Immortal Refiner

The Southern Domain of Azure Ridge was perpetually covered in snow.

Here, the Lingyun Sect had reactivated the high-grade spiritual veins in the snow-field, the site of their original mountain gate.

Over the years, the mountain gate nestled in the snow mountain’s branch had flourished, now boasting two supreme elders in the core formation realm.

Wu Chong, who had long since achieved nascent soul formation, reigned as Ancestor in this secluded place, enjoying a life of tranquility.

But this peace was about to be shattered. The sealing formation Li Qing had left behind had failed and crumbled.

News of this reached Li Qing’s ears with lightning speed.

Boom!

A sonic boom echoed across the sky as a tall figure in a cyan daoist robe descended slowly toward the mountain gate perched on the snow-field.

”It’s truly destroyed,” Li Qing murmured, his brow furrowing as he approached the gate. ”The sealing formation I left should have lasted for millennia. How could it have vanished so quickly?”

Even before reaching the gate, Li Qing sensed the impact that had shattered the formation, leaving it completely disintegrated.

At that moment, Li Qing had no interest in checking on the sect’s recent developments in the snow mountain branch. He immediately sent a divine sense transmission:

”Fatty Wu, come see me at once!”

Soon, a plump figure rapidly flew over—Wu Chong, who had long since advanced to the nascent soul realm.

After reaching the nascent soul realm, Wu Chong’s cultivation of the Gluttonous Divine Art required even more accumulation. Moreover, the faint trace of Taotie bloodline within him seemed to have awakened, causing his physique to become even more rotund.

”Li Qing! You’ve finally arrived! I was about to disband all the disciples in the mountain gate to prevent the spatial node connecting to the demon realm from suddenly opening. If that happens, we won’t have time to escape!” Wu Chong said, wiping sweat from his forehead. Seeing Li Qing, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Clearly, he had been racking his brains over this matter for days, constantly fearing that a demonic realm rift might suddenly appear in the sky.

”Let me assess the situation first before we decide. A sealing formation doesn’t collapse without an external cause,” Li Qing said, stepping toward the mountain gate. In an instant, his figure vanished and reappeared within the gate.

This place had once been the Ice Prison of the Lingyun Sect, used to imprison guilty disciples and elders. Now, due to the presence of a spatial node connected to the demon realm, it had been designated a forbidden land.

”Even the remnants of my spiritual power have completely vanished,” Li Qing murmured, his eyes gleaming with sharp insight as he thoroughly examined the void.

To his surprise and confusion, the spatial node was remarkably stable, showing no signs of an impending demon realm invasion.

”Fatty Wu, are you absolutely certain no one has been here?”

”The spatial node is stable. If the sealing formation has collapsed, it must be due to external interference.”

Wu Chong frowned deeply. ”Impossible,” he protested. ”This is a forbidden land of the sect. No disciple would dare trespass—the consequences would be severe. Besides, I haven’t left the mountain gate since arriving here. No foreign cultivator could have infiltrated.”

The two fell into deep thought, considering various possibilities.

With Li Qing, a divine transformation ancestor, now leading the Lingyun Sect, the sect stood in formidable glory, towering over the entire human realm.

Across the entire world, who would dare provoke them? Such an act would be tantamount to courting death.

Yet in the very next moment, the spatial node trembled violently, distorting the surrounding landscape.

Li Qing’s pupils constricted as he witnessed this, realizing the mutation had manifested far sooner than expected.

”Get everyone out of the mountain gate immediately!” Li Qing shouted to Wu Chong.

Wu Chong, a nascent soul ancestor himself, was startled by the sudden upheaval. Fortunately, he acted swiftly, understanding the urgency of the situation.

He knew that if the demonic realm rift truly opened, his presence here would only hinder Li Qing. Moreover, with the mountain gate teeming with disciples and elders, any delay in evacuating them would result in catastrophic casualties.

Li Qing, a cultivator in the divine transformation realm, possessed cultivation that defied comprehension and heaven-reaching abilities. Even Wu Chong’s deepest worries were futile.

Wu Chong acted swiftly, using his divine sense to transmit orders throughout the mountain gate. Qi refining disciples and foundation establishment elders alike responded immediately, scrambling to flee beyond the mountain gate.

The spatial tremors intensified, but Li Qing’s expression gradually calmed, losing its earlier panic.

Times had changed. Now a divine transformation cultivator, suppressing a single demonic realm rift was no longer a significant challenge.

Even if the Demon Realm Saint Ancestor’s dao body descended, he was confident in his ability to fight.

Whoosh!

Following the spatial node, a pitch-black rift stretched from the ground to the sky.

Immediately afterward, heart-pounding primordial demonic qi surged forth, quickly staining the entire sky a deep, oppressive darkness.

Li Qing watched calmly, his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze utterly serene.

”I wonder if demonic realm rifts have opened in other great domains, or if this is the only one.”

”Judging by the scale, this doesn’t seem like a demonic cataclysm.”

Finally, from behind the opened demonic realm rift, a thunderous voice shook the heavens and earth:

”I never imagined the day would come when I would return to this realm.”

As the ancient demonic language reverberated through the air, a colossal foot, vast enough to blot out the sky, descended from the rift, as if piercing through the endless void.

Boom!

Even before the foot landed, the surrounding spiritual energy seemed tainted, radiating a sinister black aura.

The moment the voice echoed, Wu Chong, who had been organizing the sect’s evacuation, whirled around, his gaze fixed on the demonic realm rift in the sky.

The voice was far from unfamiliar; it felt intimately familiar. He had heard it countless times during his inner demon tribulation.

Even Li Qing, who couldn’t discern anything particularly special about the voice, sensed ill intent. He was certain the newcomer was an ancient demon in the divine transformation realm.

How this being had managed to descend unscathed, without facing any suppression, remained a mystery.

”After all these years, I would have almost forgotten this place if not for the saint ancestor’s instructions,” the voice continued.

”Now that I think about it, there was quite a farce here back then.”

”Heh, this realm still makes me feel as uncomfortable as ever. It’s nowhere near as pleasant as the holy realm.”

The ancient demon’s full form emerged from the demonic realm rift. Behind him stretched a pair of demonic wings that blotted out the sky, radiating a chilling demonic qi.

Eight black spheres of demonic qi orbited the ancient demon, forming a strange equilibrium around him.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth dispersed upon contact, as if repelled by some invisible force.

A terrifying pressure emanated from the ancient demon, causing many disciples who hadn’t yet fled to turn deathly pale, some nearly vomiting blood.

Wu Chong, his eyes bloodshot with rage, spat out each word: ”Chi Tribe Old Ancestor!”

His voice was thick with bone-deep hatred.

Indeed, the ancient demon who had descended into this realm was none other than one of the primary culprits behind the destruction of the Lingyun Sect: the Chi Tribe Old Ancestor!

(End of the Chapter)

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