Eternal Tale

If he were to cast another spell, this black mountain would explode with unstoppable force like a volcanic eruption, reducing everything to dust. The sinister trap left by these black-clothed individuals was truly vicious.

Just now, Shadow wasn’t admiring any masterpiece of his own; instead, he was filled with an absolute sense of horror, his face dumbfounded. He had been outsmarted!

However, in front of others, he still needed to maintain his composure, keeping the shape of the black mountain intact. This way, no one would suspect he was planning to flee. Clearly, there was already a traitor among his people.

He trusted no one now, knowing that he had been targeted by a true menace!

Shadow took a deep breath in secret, having multiple life-saving techniques at his disposal: blood rebirth, reincarnation arts, tearing the immortal essence technique, and more... all mastered!

Half a day later.

He entered the black mountain, seemingly in seclusion for cultivation, but in reality, preparing to escape. He no longer trusted the Ten Directions Heavenly Dao Sect either, as he was not one of those old monsters’ disciples.

Half a month later.

Shadow’s traces completely vanished, but his corpse appeared on an unnamed path in the Eastern Wilderness, transformed into a black mountain. Even at the time of his fall, his presence was completely concealed, with no sign of heavenly weeping.

This Great Venerable, who had roamed the Wild Heaven Region for tens of thousands of years, with countless lives taken by his hands, fell silently and without a trace, discovered only by a Little Ghost...This incident caused a huge uproar in the Eastern Wilderness. A Tribulation Crossing Great Venerable had died more miserably than a dog.

At least when a dog dies, it lets out a few pitiful cries. But the fall of this Great Venerable Shadow was utterly silent, prompting the Ten Directions Heavenly Dao Sect to send elders to investigate.

To no avail!

His body, soul, Three Souls and Seven Spirits, immortal essence, and blood were all severely damaged, with as many as 3,600 fatal wounds. He was undoubtedly lured into a world-shocking killing array and slaughtered, an extremely terrifying event.

This topic became taboo among the cultivators of the Eastern Wilderness. Shadow’s body was personally collected by Lan Feng.

Upon witnessing the scene, Lan Feng’s expression couldn’t help but change slightly, feeling a sense of sorrow for the fallen. Ultimately, Shadow couldn’t escape this calamity.

As for who killed him, Lan Feng dared not speculate. The power behind such a silent death of a Great Venerable was unimaginable, something he dared not touch.

And his possessions were also thoroughly looted, with even his cave abodes left empty...

The death of Venerable Shadow became a major unsolved case in the Eastern Wilderness, recorded in the immortal history of the region, occasionally brought up by some junior cultivators as a topic of conversation during their cultivation breaks.

...

Today, the fishing festival of the Five Aggregates Sect had been in full swing for half a month.

When the Chen family members returned to the Five Aggregates Sect along the way, they almost cursed out loud. They had been risking their lives outside, and the old master was hosting a festival? Most importantly...

Why weren’t they invited?!

When it came to fishing, the Chen family had never conceded to anyone, all having been personally taught by the old master.

When the Venerables from outside reached the outskirts of the Jade Bamboo Range in a hurry, they were all stopped, completely dumbfounded. The Five Aggregates Sect was hosting a fishing festival, and no outsiders were allowed!

”What?! Isn’t this supposed to be the grand event of your immortal sect’s prodigies?”

A sea spirit’s eyes widened like copper bells, shouting at an Outer Disciple of the Soul-Nourishing Spirit Clan in the Foundation Establishment stage.

This shout was not insignificant; it caused the Outer Disciple to instantly collapse, and the surrounding ’Foundation Establishment’ Outer Disciples were also wailing, unable to withstand the aura of a Tribulation Crossing Venerable!

”Senior Brother, I can’t hold on... Ugh!” The Soul-Nourishing Spirit Clan member leaned against a Crane Spirit Tree, slowly collapsing, his face pale, looking as if he wouldn’t last much longer, ”Some senior is harming me...!”

”What?!” The massive sea spirit in the sky was anxious, roaring, ”Little friend, how can the dignified Five Aggregates Immortal Sect let Foundation Establishment disciples guard the gate? Impossible!”

Splat!

Splat!

...

The sound of blood spurting erupted, and the mere ’Foundation Establishment cultivators’ couldn’t withstand the roar of the Tribulation Crossing Venerable. Thousands of Outer Disciples around collapsed to the ground, trembling fingers pointing at the sea spirit in the sky.

Roar!!

Suddenly, a deafening beast roar erupted outside the mountain gate of the Five Aggregates Sect, even dispersing the clouds and mist, revealing the face of an ancient beast, overlooking everyone at the outskirts of the mountain range.

”How dare you, in broad daylight, you old scoundrel from the blue sea, dare to harm our sect’s disciples in our domain!”

”Everyone saw it, right?!”

”Senior Brother Chen, Junior Brother has already taken out the Image Stone to record everything, the evidence is conclusive, the crimes are undeniable!”

”And those over there who destroyed our domain’s hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual flowers and herbs, their crimes are witnessed by heaven and earth, simply unspeakable!”

...

A series of dignified voices resonated, with several powerful figures stepping through the air, hands behind their backs, gazing righteously at the powerful figures who had come to observe.

These words left all the Venerables dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded...

What, what is going on?!

Sui Sui and He Zhi’s expressions changed slightly. Fortunately, they hadn’t stepped into the outskirts of the Jade Bamboo Range, let alone the region of the Five Aggregates Sect. This Dao Ancestor of the Five Elements was blatantly robbing from the moral and powerful high ground!

”Fellow Daoists, it’s a huge misunderstanding!!” The two Venerable sea spirits from the blue sea were shocked, their voices shaking the heavens, ”We had no intention of offending the Five Aggregates Immortal Sect, we only came to present gifts!”

”Naturally, our Five Aggregates Sect is also the most reasonable sect, the only one in the Wild Heaven Region.”

The Chen family members spoke righteously, their voices echoing in all directions, audible to everyone, ”Leave your gifts, and we will forgive your grave offense of humiliating our sect’s disciples.”

”If this were any other sect in the Wild Heaven Region, you wouldn’t be able to take a single step out of their domain. Only our Five Aggregates Sect is so understanding, these gifts will be used for our disciples’ recovery.”

”Ah! Thank you, fellow Daoists!!”

The two massive sea spirits were overjoyed, relieved to have resolved this karma, fearing that the Five Aggregates Sect would hold onto this matter, making it impossible for them to cultivate immortality peacefully.

This time, they were too careless, never expecting the cultivators guarding the outskirts of the Five Aggregates Sect to be so weak, unable to withstand even a breath that could kill them ten times over!

This scene left many powerful figures with expressions of mixed emotions.

These two sea spirits were truly the epitome of being sold by others and still having to thank them for it...

But this tactic was simply unbeatable, and the Five Aggregates Sect was truly shameless, who would have thought the Five Aggregates disciples would be like this!

In the distant sky.

”Sui Sui, the Five Aggregates Sect is actually hosting some fishing festival.”

He Zhi took a deep breath, seemingly trying to calm his emotions, ”It’s not a sect prodigy competition at all, this purple qi was artificially arranged, not innate purple qi!”

Sui Sui’s small face puffed up, her chest heaving, her face turning pale, almost unable to speak.

At first, they naturally didn’t dare to directly investigate the Jade Bamboo Range, only using divine sense to observe its anomalies from afar. You know, it really looked the part... they didn’t even suspect much, also being too intimidated by the name of the Dao Ancestor of the Five Elements.

This blunder gradually made the grand world cultivators realize that to deceive immortals, often the simplest and most straightforward methods were needed. The Sky-Supporting Sect’s special effects master later expressed:

I have no regrets in death! Today, I understand what it means to deceive the heavens and the earth!