Chapter 990: Mountains and Rivers Scroll, Illusory World

Chapter 990: Chapter 990: Mountains and Rivers Scroll, Illusory World

While speaking, Jade Spring Fairy had already activated the Taihua Mirror, using its hazy reflection to protect Shen Mo, clearly taking Shen Mo’s side!

If Jiuli Dark Lord still wants to make a move, he would not only have to deal with Shen Mo, who possesses the Thousand Laws Robe that can prohibit magical abilities, but also handle another powerful Earth Immortal.

"Sect Master Shen is a distinguished guest invited by our Xuanyuan Family. I ask Jiuli, on account of my old self, not to overly dispute with Sect Master Shen!"

Another force simultaneously suppressed the aura of contention from both sides, naturally by the divine patriarch of the Xuanyuan Clan, Xuanyuan Tongzhen.

His voice was filled with feelings of age, containing an irresistible majestic will, as if anyone dared to disregard his will or resist it, this old Divine Immortal would immediately unleash thunderbolt fury even scarier than an Immortal Tribulation, plunging someone into eternal damnation!

"Kid, you’re lucky, considering Jade Spring and Senior Tongzhen’s favor, today I’ll spare you from death. Remember to steer clear of me while in the Immortal Realm in the future, otherwise... hmph!" With both an Earth Immortal and a Divine Immortal applying pressure, only then did Jiuli Dark Lord relent, slowly withdrawing his ghostly aura, sitting back at the table with a gloomy expression.

Shen Mo also withdrew his methods, lightly chuckling as if he hadn’t heard, and sat with Chen Mengze and Lady Scarlet, below Jade Spring Fairy’s position.

Previously, when he was dealing with Jiuli Dark Lord, Chen Mengze and Lady Scarlet were isolated outside, feeling anxious from afar, but given their current abilities, they couldn’t have assisted anyhow!

Although Jiuli Dark Lord was ruthless in his approach, he didn’t harm others, and for this, Shen Mo quite appreciates his character.

Possibly because Shen Mo arrived ostentatiously with the Jade Wheel Palace, which originally belonged to the Longevity Demon Lord, it stirred unpleasant memories for Jiuli Dark Lord, causing some discontent in his heart and prompting him to find an excuse to "probe" and discipline Shen Mo somewhat.

In fact, Shen Mo has always avoided recklessly making enemies.

But as soon as he entered the Cloud Palace, Jiuli Dark Lord attacked him, and given his personality, he naturally wouldn’t turn around and flee or bow down in disgrace!

However, Shen Mo had already weighed the matters in his heart before taking action.

Besides, he had already offended Jiuli Dark Lord before, so shaving off his face wouldn’t mean much; this grudges wouldn’t escalate to the level of "life-and-death feud," yet appropriately showcasing his strength could make Xuanyuan Tongzhen and other True Immortal figures hold him in higher regard, garnering more valuable connections at the True Immortal level, and facilitating alliances in future matters.

Moreover, Jiuli Dark Lord’s "probing behavior," can help his Thousand Laws Robe evolve into the Prohibition Lotus, should he one day really become an enemy never-ending feud, it could give him some advantage in a magic duel!

...

Once seated, Shen Mo noticed the female cultivator sitting next to Xuanyuan Tongzhen, primarily because there were too many True Immortal figures in Cloud Palace, making this female cultivator who had only a Divine Bridge Realm cultivation seem somewhat inconspicuous.

This woman’s appearance was relatively decent, yet her body was immensely obese, with her chin and torso merging into one, and her waist immensely sturdy like an elephant, roundly fattened into a sphere, her limbs extremely robust, appearing incredibly short under the contrast of her bulky physique!

"Fairy, is that Xuanyuan Tongzhen’s beloved daughter Xuanyuan Luan?" Shen Mo asked Jade Spring Fairy with some surprise, secretly transmitting.

"Indeed, it’s her!" Jade Spring Fairy heard the peculiarity in Shen Mo’s tone and explained with a smile, "Xuanyuan Luan has an unusual cultivation method, which led to such an obese figure. Each inch of her flesh is filled with vast origin power, making her mana exceed her peers hundreds-fold. By the time she cultivates to the Formless Realm stage, she should be able to return to a slim and good-looking form!"

"So that’s it." Shen Mo nodded, moving his gaze away from Xuanyuan Luan.

In this Cloud Palace, there were over two hundred people in total, besides Xuanyuan Tongzhen, Jade Spring Fairy, Jiuli Dark Lord, Ao Hao, and others, there were over thirty True Immortal figures, most being Ghost Immortals and Human Immortals, with Earth Immortals like Jade Spring Fairy being extremely few, not a single Divine Immortal!

Benefiting from Shen Mo’s previous astonishing performance, aside from several Spiritual Monsters and Big Demon cultivators achieving True Immortal, other Immortals warmly exchanged greetings with him using their sense.

Immortals feasting here naturally includes celestial phenomena such as Spiritual Fairy dances, heavenly tunes in ears, auspicious beasts presenting blessings, and immortals inside Cloud Palace indulgently savoring rare dishes and spiritual wine, discussing profound theories with peers, truly carefree and unrestrained!

After three rounds of drinking.

Old Divine Immortal Xuanyuan Tongzhen, seeing the timing was right, cast a spell to initiate a grand Mountains and Rivers Scroll;

This is his Lifebound Magical Artifact, like the Taihua Mirror, Thousand Laws Robe, Death Jaw, God-slaying Dagger-Axe and other artifacts, also a formidable celestial artifact!

The scroll slowly unfolds, showing the mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and stars drawn upon it, also marking the mystery Dao runes representing heaven, earth, and humanity’s three talents, four directions, five elements, six realms, eight wildernesses, heavenly stems, and earthly branches, and between mountains and rivers hiding traces of the Ten Thousand Races of the Immortal Realm and various exotic treasures...

If examined closely, one can discover the maps of Phoenix Continent, Dongjie Continent, Cangwu Continent, Kunlun Continent, Zhuji Continent, Juku Continent, and other immortal continents configured within, resembling a miniature Universal Realm.

The Mountains and Rivers Scroll descends onto Xuanyuan Mountain, with mysterious immortal light revolving, enveloping the Xian Dao strongholds holding "special" invitations.

Instantly, among them including Cao Ren, over a hundred figures were captured into the Mountains and Rivers Scroll;

No need to speak much, these hundreds are distinctly talents selected by Xuanyuan Family for Xuanyuan Luan’s "Dao companions candidates," Xuanyuan Tongzhen seeks to pick among them the one most promising to achieve True Immortal status and possessing the longest path of Dao!

Through Jade Spring Fairy’s explanation, Shen Mo learned about this celestial artifact’s properties.

Xian Dao strongholds captured inside the Mountains and Rivers Scroll, regardless of prior high or low cultivation levels, all within this scroll turn into early Divine Bridge Realm, and inside the scroll the sun and moon turn, stars change exceptionally fast, time velocity reaches a million times that of the Outer Realm; meaning, when one day passes outside, nearly three thousand years have passed inside the scroll world.

Moreover, all nature’s spiritual energy, all spiritual item resources, all Immortal Path opportunities in the scroll world can only support one Xian Dao stronghold cultivating into True Immortal.

Cao Ren and over a hundred Xian Dao talents need to rely on their own abilities, showcasing their Skills and ways to win that sole qualification of Immortal transcendence, while the rest either get killed or die of old age!

Of course, even if Xuanyuan Tongzhen is among Divine Immortals, and even if this Mountains and Rivers Scroll is an Immortal Level Magical Instruments, it doesn’t possess the ability to truly create a world, let alone speed up time to a million times and cultivate a True Immortal.

Ultimately, everything happening inside the scroll world is indeed "illusory."

As soon as the cultivators exit this artifact, their cultivation level increase, lifespan loss, sustained injuries... all revert to their initial state!