Chapter 612: Ancient Ruins, Spirit Immortal Head (2)

Chapter 612: Chapter 30: Ancient Ruins, Spirit Immortal Head (2)

This sphere of light had thirty-three layers. Each layer seemed to be separated by a thousand miles, and between them were countless Golden Seal Jade Talismans.

Normally, with his Cultivation, a distance of a thousand miles could be crossed in an instant.

But now, the countless Golden Seal Jade Talismans in the void transformed into thousands of weapons and Armored Warriors, assailing him madly and forcing him to pause slightly.

Each of these Golden Seal Jade Talismans manifested different kinds of Magical Weapons and Tools or Golden Armor Warriors, each possessing different Divine Powers. In terms of strength alone, they were comparable to a Dharma Cultivator.

When these Golden Armor Warriors and Magical Weapons and Tools combined to form a Grand Array to besiege him, their Power of Slaughter already surpassed that of an ordinary First Tribulation Cultivator.

Fang Cheng’s expression tightened slightly. With a wave of his great sleeve, a stream of Taixu Sword Qi roamed through the air. Wherever it passed, whether Golden Armor Warriors or Magical Weapons and Tools, all were diced and sliced apart by the sword light.

He flew calmly toward the second layer of the Treasure Light Prohibition. With a flash of his sword light, he tore an opening in the treasure light and slipped inside.

At the edge of the giant pit, it was a completely different scene from Feng Yan’s perspective.

As Fang Cheng entered the treasure light, his entire body suddenly shrank a hundredfold, transforming into a finger-sized Profound Gold Little Man. He was surrounded by hundreds and thousands of Golden Seal Jade Talismans, and a fight broke out.

The Profound Gold Little Man unleashed a beam of sword light, instantly annihilating all the Golden Seal Jade Talismans. It then pierced through the second layer of treasure light and flew inward.

The power of the Golden Seal Jade Talismans within the second layer of treasure light seemed even greater, but they still couldn’t withstand a single strike from the Profound Gold Little Man. He broke through the encirclement in an instant and continued onward like a hot knife through butter, flying straight toward the center of the giant pit.

Feng Yan silently deduced in her heart, ‘If this pattern holds, the power of the Golden Seal Jade Talismans in the subsequent layers will probably exceed the scope of the Tribulation Realm…’

At this thought, Feng Yan looked at Xia Yue and said, “Disciple, I need to go in as well. Come, attach yourself to me.”

Xia Yue nodded obediently. With a shimmer, she transformed into a peach branch and inserted herself into Feng Yan’s topknot.

Her black skirt fluttering, Feng Yan passed calmly through the treasure light, chasing after Fang Cheng, preparing to join forces with him to break the prohibition.

Suddenly, the layers of treasure light spun, and endless Golden Seal Jade Talismans flew about. Feng Yan’s vision blurred, and she was teleported to the other side of the spherical prohibition.

The layers of the sphere were nested within each other, their Profound Mechanisms changing every moment. Before she could react, the sky filled with Golden Seal Jade Talismans that rained down upon her.

Feng Yan waved a slender hand, and a ripple of watery light washed over the area, completely annihilating the Golden Seal Jade Talismans. Afterward, her figure drifted forward, transforming into a black thread that crossed the thousand-mile distance to reach the second layer of treasure light.

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In the vast, boundless desert of the Lingkong Celestial Ruins, a torrential rain fell without end. The sea of sand was covered with strange, deep blue flowers that bloomed with an otherworldly divine light, which suffused the heavens.

Numerous ancient ruins rose from beneath the desert floor, bathing silently in the great rain and the strange light.

These strange phenomena naturally attracted many Cultivators. Some called their friends and companions, using methods like Jade Talismans, Sound Transmission Incense, and Two-Heart Pendants to inform their sects, families, and friends of the changes here. More and more Cultivators began to pour into the desert.

The Bronze Palace Ruins.

A bronze pillar over ten thousand zhang tall stood majestically in the center of the desert, propping up the heavens and the earth. It reached into the thick clouds blanketing the sky and was extremely conspicuous.

Not long after Fang Cheng and Feng Yan entered the giant pit, a streak of Escape Light flashed across the horizon. From it emerged a young Cultivator in a blue robe with a long sash, wide sleeves, and straw sandals.

His great sleeves billowed, his eyes were bright and full of spirit, and his face wore an expression of calm and leisure.

He first entered the intact Bronze Palace, then flew out with a hint of regret. He then came to the edge of the giant pit and began to observe it carefully.

When he saw the Sixth-rank Magical Artifact, an ancient bell, at the bottom of the pit, as well as the Profound Gold Little Man and the woman in the black dress who had already passed through several layers of the Treasure Light Prohibition, his expression changed slightly.

“I didn’t expect two different groups to arrive here in such a short time…”

He saw that Fang Cheng and Feng Yan were in two different locations within the Treasure Light Divine Prohibition Giant Ball, and they had penetrated a different number of layers of the void, clearly indicating they hadn’t entered at the same time.

Just then, two streams of extremely dense black smoke pierced through the heavy curtains of rain and landed in the nearby void.

The black smoke dissipated, revealing two pale-faced, gaunt old men who had appeared out of thin air.

Both men were dressed in sackcloth, with strings of paper money hanging from their temples. One held an iron fork wreathed in black smoke, while the other held a two-chi long Hemp Banner painted with a Demon Talisman and spattered with blood. They stood hovering in the air, their forms flickering in and out of sight.

As soon as the two appeared, their ghostly, flickering green eyes darted about, searching everywhere. One of them flew into the intact Bronze Palace, emerging a moment later with a similar look of regret.

“So, it’s the Two Elders of Youxuan from the Black Universe Heavenly Nether Sacred Sect. I’ve heard much about you,” the blue-robed man said with a slight smile, greeting the pair.

The gazes of the Two Elders of Youxuan were full of caution as they looked at the blue-robed man. They replied politely, “You flatter us. Might you be Ji Jiu Pan Lang of the Daxia Academy in Yuelang Heaven?”

The blue-robed man was slightly surprised. “I rarely come to the Lingkong Celestial Ruins. I didn’t expect the two of you to recognize me.”

One of the Two Elders of Youxuan said in a low voice, “The Heart Demon Sect of our Black Universe Heaven once compiled a complete record of all Cultivators at or above the Six Tribulations level within the seventy-eight World Heavens near the Lingkong Celestial Ruins. This record was made into the ‘Immortal Ascension List’ for the world to see. You, sir, are ranked in the top one hundred on this list and have a high chance of ascending to the Upper Realm. Naturally, you are quite famous.”

“The Immortal Ascension List? I have heard a little about it,” Pan Lang said with a faint smile.

The Dongyang Immortal Alliance was an Immortal Dao Organization that spanned many realms. It governed thirty-three World Heavens and was headquartered in the Spiritual Sky Realm. It had already existed for twelve Yuanhui, making its history much longer than even that of the Beiming Immortal Race.