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Chapter 705: Divine Essence City, Star-Chasing Beast
Chapter 705: Divine Essence City, Star-Chasing Beast
"Senior, I've made my decision."
Sang Jinghe stood on the grass outside the sinkhole and bowed deeply to the young man in front of him.
"Oh? What have you decided?"
"I'm willing to follow you and serve you with all my heart."
Hearing this answer, Luo Chen didn't turn around, he just smiled lightly.
"Very good, it's excellent to have such determination."
Hearing that laughter, Sang Jinghe felt a great relief.
Making this decision was indeed difficult, as it meant giving up everything his Great-Grandpa had left behind, including the Tu Sang Sect, a powerful force within the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly.
But after careful consideration, he realized that although the Tu Sang Sect had many disciples, there were no heavyweight figures among them.
If he returned, aside from the uncertainty of achieving the Golden Core, just preserving and expanding the sect's legacy would be a challenge, and he could only maintain the status quo.
On the contrary!
Following Qing Yangzi, a renowned Golden Core cultivator, would undoubtedly bring him infinite benefits.
Finally, Sang Jinghe understood the true intention behind his Great-Grandpa Sang Jiu Gong's last words, asking him to stay in Purple Spirit Island and not return to the Tu Sang Sect.
It was to cling tightly to Qing Yangzi's powerful influence!
"I didn't tell you before, but during my trip to the Sinking Sea, I offended the leader of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, Moon Scatterer."
"With her temperament, she will surely pursue relentlessly. Those associated with me in the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly will likely be innocently implicated. The Tu Sang Sect is no exception."
"If you hadn't planned to follow me, I would have advised you to wait and not recklessly return to the Tu Sang Sect. Out of respect for our friendship, I would have given you one or two protective measures..."
As Sang Jinghe listened to the calm words of the cultivator ahead, he broke into a cold sweat without realizing it.
If that were the case, the Tu Sang Sect would probably have already lost its influence by now!
As his body trembled, Sang Jinghe looked at the purple monkey flowers swaying in the wind below the sinkhole, feeling a sense of camaraderie in their shared predicament.
From then on, he would have to leave his homeland and become a rootless wanderer!
...
The black city stood tall and majestic, with flags fluttering in the wind.
People bustled about, and the streets were filled with carriages and horses.
Numerous large and magnificent white buildings towered over the city.
Shouts and invitations filled the air.
A stunningly beautiful woman entered the black city alone.
Looking at the architectural style, which was distinct from the Northern Sea's cultivation world, the woman let out a cold snort.
"Are the cultivators of Divine Essence City all cowards, hiding in the shadows and only daring to secretly observe?"
Her cold voice was low, but with the support of her spiritual sense, it spread in all directions, covering the entire Divine Essence City!
All Nascent Soul cultivators who heard this were shocked.
"Late-stage Nascent Soul!"
"She really broke through!"
"Who would have thought that within three generations of Penglai Immortal Sect, the one to achieve the Great Cultivator realm isn't the highly anticipated Penglai Sect Master, but this traitor."
"The rumors are true. Moon Scatterer indeed possesses the Primordial Empress's realm. But if that's the case, are the rumors about the spiritual treasure also true?"
...
As one of the top five Northern Sea's most prestigious cities, Divine Essence City was frequently visited by numerous Nascent Soul cultivators.
Especially in recent months!
After the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly's overwhelming victory in the Sinking Sea secret realm, the number of powerful cultivators visiting Divine Essence City, which was adjacent to the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, suddenly increased several times.
Among them, there were more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators, both openly and secretly.
It was unimaginable that so many Nascent Soul cultivators would come to Divine Essence City during this heated stage of the righteous and demonic war.
Upon arriving in Divine Essence City, they would connect with each other, constantly exchanging information and forming alliances, all while secretly probing the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly.
But no one expected that Moon Scatterer, the person of interest, would ignore this force and personally enter Divine Essence City.
Furthermore, in front of all the onlookers, she spoke with scorn.
Such actions could only come from someone with a magnanimous character or absolute confidence and backing!
The probing gazes withdrew in timidity.
A figure appeared, floating in the air.
"Moon Scatterer, how are you?"
Moon Scatterer narrowed her long eyelashes, examining the newcomer.
"Shen Wandou, I don't know if you've come as the Northern Sea's Heavenly Origin Commerce Guild's Elder or as the Star Gate's Elder of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect."
Shen Wandou, with his white hair and wrinkled brow, frowned.
"What's the difference? Even though I reside in the Northern Sea, I'm still a member of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect."
Moon Scatterer's lips curled up, "The difference is significant. If you come as the Commerce Guild's Elder, I'll hold you to the promise made during the establishment of relations between the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly and the Commerce Guild, allowing me to use the Divine Essence City's teleportation formation. But if it's the latter... I don't trust outsiders."
Shen Wandou fell silent.
After a while, he stepped aside and gestured for her to enter.
"Please!"
Moon Scatterer smiled, and as her skirt fluttered, she took graceful steps forward.
Two incense sticks later.
In the central hall of Divine Essence City, a pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky.
The various Nascent Soul cultivators who saw this pillar were shocked.
This is the sign of the teleportation array activating!
Moreover, it's clearly not a short-distance teleportation but an ultra-long-distance array capable of spanning the entire Northern Sea from north to south.
"Shen, how could you let Moon Scatterer leave so easily?"
"Does she not care about the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly she established herself?"
"Oh no, now that Moon Scatterer has left, aren't we just wasting our time here?"
Facing the divine sense transmissions one after another, Shen Wandou stood there with a wry smile.
He didn't respond but instead left the teleportation hall and went deep into the underground of Divine Essence City.
An Nascent Soul cultivator had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing Shen Wandou, the young Daoist made a single-handed bow, "Liu Yuan greets Senior Uncle."
Shen Wandou waved his hand, "Since you've already achieved the Nascent Soul stage and have no family relation with me, let's set aside the past and address each other as peers."
The Daoist named Liu Yuan, also known as Longyuan, couldn't help but smile.
"Senior Brother Shen."
"Yes, Junior Brother Liu."
After re-establishing their relationship, both of them felt more at ease.
Longyuan Immortal pointed upwards, "Did that woman leave?"
Shen Wandou nodded, "Yes, she's gone, but it seems like she might come back."
"Come back?" Longyuan Immortal's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he quickly relaxed, "That's good. I see the Night Mara Heaven seal is about to collapse, and the Ancient Beast Ghost Immortal Tower has intruded. I fear that the evil creatures within are preparing to break free. When the time comes, with Moon Scatterer leading the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly at the forefront, it will buy enough time for our Heavenly Origin Dao Sect."
Shen Wandou shared the same thought and sighed.
"These Northern Sea cultivators, without the Demon King Sect as their protector, have become reckless. To even dare to plot against a powerful cultivator is simply courting death."
Longyuan Immortal laughed and asked, "Does Senior Brother not have such ambitions?"
Shen Wandou's face turned slightly embarrassed, but he quickly waved his hand, "I dare not! Unless Fu Shidi and the other two return, and with you, the rising star, forming the Five Tribulations Killing Array, we might have a three-in-ten chance of defeating Moon Scatterer."
"Three-in-ten? That's a bit optimistic!" Longyuan Immortal said softly, "I've had several encounters with Moon Scatterer, and this female cultivator's cultivation is unfathomable, and her methods are numerous. Now that she has a Spirit Treasure leading the way, the Five Tribulations Killing Array formed by five Nascent Soul cultivators might not be able to do anything to her."
Shen Wandou was slightly surprised. He never expected Moon Scatterer to be held in such high regard by Longyuan Immortal.
After all, she's just a discarded disciple of Immortal Paradise!
It's common knowledge that the Immortal Paradise Sect is merely a pawn of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect in the Northern Sea.
If Moon Scatterer was expelled from Immortal Paradise, how could she possibly surpass her former sect?
"Forget it, since we don't have the opportunity to deal with her, we shouldn't covet the Spirit Treasure either. Let's talk about you instead!"
Shen Wandou's face turned solemn, "Have you really decided to participate in the Dao Sect's grand competition held once every five hundred years and enter the Sea Dragon Abyss?"
Longyuan Immortal also stopped smiling, and his expression became serious.
"We, as disciples from humble backgrounds, rarely catch the attention of the sect. In our entire lives, we may never have the chance to encounter the opportunities of the Sea Dragon Abyss. Only when we reach the early Nascent Soul stage do we get this one opportunity."
"I gave up the comfortable life in Zhongzhou, left my family, and came alone to the Northern Sea to struggle. Step by step, I advanced from the sixth level of the Golden Core to becoming a Nine-Star Demon Hunter. With the resources of the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, I was fortunate enough to achieve the Nascent Soul stage."
"All of this was for the chance to obtain the Divine Transformation opportunity in the Sea Dragon Abyss, which opens once every five hundred years."
Shen Wandou's eyebrows furrowed, "With such ambition, why not seek the power of the Devil Slaying Land?"
"Hehe, does Senior Brother Shen not know that the Devil Slaying Land is the residence of the Heaven Forging Demon Lord? Even if there's a direct path to Divine Transformation within, it's highly likely to be closely related to the Heaven Forging Demon Lord. This demon, it's said, is disliked by the Great Venerables, and I dare not get involved in his karma."
Longyuan Immortal spoke slowly, revealing secrets that outsiders were unaware of.
Including Shen Wandou!
"Where did you learn all this?" Shen Wandou asked, his face filled with shock.
Longyuan Immortal shook his head, "It's not convenient to say. My only wish now is to return to the sect as soon as possible, be recorded in the Dao Disc, and gain easy access to the Sea Dragon Abyss."
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Shen Wandou couldn't ask further.
However, he couldn't help but ask one more question.
"The Sea Dragon Abyss is extremely dangerous, a transformation of the ancient wilderness. The Dao Sect's grand competition is held once every hundred years, but the one every five hundred years is the most intense because it's held in the Sea Dragon Abyss. Most participants will travel in groups, supporting each other. Do you have anyone in mind?"
"I do!" Longyuan Immortal replied without hesitation, and a figure of a desolate shadow appeared in his memory.
"Alright! Since you've made up your mind, I won't dampen your spirits. But..." Shen Wandou pointed outside, "The teleportation array leading to Zhongzhou and the ultra-long-distance array spanning the Northern Sea are the same. Moon Scatterer just used it, and the energy consumption means you'll have to wait for a few days."
"It's fine, I've waited for a hundred years, what's a few more days?"
(End)
"Longyuan Immortal laughed and said.
His seemingly calm demeanor belied the excitement stirring within. After a hundred years, he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, a feat his former sect mates had once deemed impossible. Now, it was time to return home in triumph!
...
In the skies above Betel Palm Island, amidst the clouds, a radiant figure slowly emerged.
She stumbled slightly, but quickly regained her balance. Her pale face scanned the surroundings, her emotions in turmoil.
"The Heavenly Origin Commerce Guild's cross-sea teleportation array can cover such a vast distance. The Commerce Guild... no, the Dao Sect! What are they up to?"
Muttering to herself, Moon Scatterer chose a direction and sped off like a bolt of lightning.
Ten days later, her figure appeared above an empty expanse of sea.
She glanced around and then let out a cold snort.
"A mere illusion technique, and you think you can fool this scatterer?"
With a casual flick of her finger, the sea erupted into towering waves.
As the spray settled, a purple aura, thick with poison, rose from an island nearby.
Sensing the deadly aura, Moon Scatterer breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, this is Purple Spirit Island?"
"Let me see if that Azure Sun brat is here."
Her spiritual sense swept out, instantly scanning the entire island.
Suddenly, she exclaimed, "How dare you linger here, you fool!"
"Good, this saves me a lot of trouble."
A cruel smile flashed in her eyes as she took a step forward, reappearing on the ground of Purple Spirit Island.
She extended her slender hand, reaching for a figure deep within the island's leyline.
Boom!
A mighty force erupted, shattering the earth and rocks, breaking the seal, and grabbing the black-robed Daoist sitting in meditation deep within the leyline.
Just then, the black-robed Daoist's body was enveloped in a blood-red light, gradually expanding.
"Something's wrong!" Moon Scatterer's face changed, and she was about to leap into the sky.
But it was too late.
Boom!
A devastating force erupted from the leyline, and within an instant, the entire Purple Spirit Island, with its decades-old formation array, turned to dust.
Terrifying energy, accompanied by towering waves of rocks and soil, unleashed its fury.
This explosion would instantly harm Golden Core cultivators, and even Nascent Soul True Persons might suffer severe injuries if caught off guard.
But before the dust had settled, Moon Scatterer stepped out from the endless aftermath, her aura unscathed.
Her expression darkened as she pinched a wooden splinter between her fingers, its surface retaining a trace of an extremely faint aura.
As she observed, the aura dissipated entirely.
With a surge of spiritual power, the wooden splinter turned to powder.
Moon Scatterer snorted, "A Nascent Soul puppet as bait, luring me to the island. Quite a bold move. This isn't the work of that Azure Sun brat; it must be the black-robed man who controlled the White Tiger puppet to attack me."
"But they've underestimated me."
She took a deep breath, turning her back to the shattered island and its towering waves. She summoned an Ink Map, adorned with silhouettes of flying beasts and running creatures.
With a pinch of the Spiritual Seal and a light command, she ordered, "Star Chasing Beast, come forth!"
In the next moment, a beast resembling a giant moth emerged from the Ten Thousand Beast Scroll.
Facing Moon Scatterer, the Star Chasing Beast roared repeatedly.
"You insolent beast, how dare you not recognize the master of your spirit!"
Despite her scolding, Moon Scatterer squeezed out a drop of essence blood and fed it to the beast.
The beast instantly became obedient after consuming the essence blood.
"Devour the life force of all beings on this island and track down the most powerful one!"
The beast let out a cry and opened its mouth.
Amidst the towering explosion, streams of energy flowed into its maw.
Witnessing this, Moon Scatterer's excitement grew.
The more she refined it, the more wondrous the Ten Thousand Beast Scroll became. Within it, countless demons and powerful beasts, whether ferocious or mighty, possessed unique talents, even the weakest among them.
With this spirit treasure, tracking down a Golden Core cultivator was child's play, and dominating the Northern Sea was within her grasp.
Suddenly, a cracking sound came from her waist.
Moon Scatterer picked up a broken jade pendant and wondered, "Is something happening at the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly?"
Zi Hou dared not break this pendant unless it was a matter of life and death of the Assembly.
Moon Scatterer hesitated for a moment, then made her decision.
After some time, she decided to return to the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly first. It was her chance to rise, and it held the key to overthrowing Penglai and seizing control of the Northern Sea!
As for Azure Sun Demon Lord...
"With a Star Chasing Beast comparable to a Nascent Soul, that Azure Sun brat won't escape."
She muttered, then waved her sleeve, and a faint ethereal light appeared, infusing the Star Chasing Beast.
The beast roared and plunged into the endless sea.
(End of Chapter)
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