Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign's words came so suddenly that everyone, still deep in their wild thoughts, was startled and stumbled, almost falling down the steps.

After finally regaining their balance, everyone looked down with a mixture of surprise and suspicion.

They saw Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign turn around about a hundred feet in front of them, a faint smile on his face as he watched them.

Beneath Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign's feet, the steps that had been stretching downwards suddenly disappeared, revealing an extremely empty space. Clearly, they had arrived underground.

Seeing this, Chen Tian and Ji Ao frowned slightly, but without hesitation, they continued to maintain the aura, protecting everyone as they walked down the steps and arrived beside Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign.

Strangely enough, while in the tunnel, everyone felt immense pressure, but the moment they stepped off the stairs, the great oppressive force that had enveloped them vanished in an instant.

Without this pressure, Old Man Feng and the others breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had been pulled back from the brink of death. Then, they began to stretch their stiff bodies and make slight adjustments.

Only Chen Tian and Ji Ao were not troubled by the heavy pressure, so as soon as they arrived in this vast space, they couldn't help but look around.

Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign didn't stop them, but stood quietly to the side, allowing them to see clearly!

According to Chen Tian's estimation, they were now about a thousand feet below the surface! What was surprising was that there was such a vast space so deep underground.

Even more surprising to Chen Tian and Ji Ao was that in the very center of this huge space, there was a hollow pipe-like structure extending upwards.

"Huh?"

When they saw this hollow pipe, Chen Tian and Ji Ao seemed to discover something at the same time, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Then they slowly walked towards the pipe and observed it very carefully!

This pipe was about thirty feet thick, and could easily accommodate ten people standing side by side. At the lower end of the pipe, there was a broken opening, just enough for people to enter and exit.

At the same time, the surface of the pipe was engraved with extremely strange and complex patterns and lines, intertwined and exuding an incomparably powerful and terrifying pressure!

Even cultivators at the level of Chen Tian and Ji Ao would feel dizzy if they stared at these patterns for a while. Obviously, these things were not simple!

"This is... an ancient immortal's formation?"

After carefully examining the patterns engraved on the pipe, Chen Tian seemed to realize something, his lips slightly parted, and he said in a somewhat incredulous tone.

It turned out that Chen Tian discovered that the seemingly strange lines and patterns on the pipe formed an extremely large ancient formation.

Moreover, this formation possessed unimaginable power, far exceeding the understanding of the entire cultivation world, and was an extremely high-level and mysterious existence. Chen Tian believed that the current cultivation world was not capable of creating such a complex formation, so the only possibility was that it came from the hands of ancient immortals!

After all, besides the immortal race, only the ancient immortals who once dominated the world had the strength to create such a magnificent and vast formation!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian and Ji Ao couldn't help but gasp, then turned their heads and looked at each other.

Hearing Chen Tian's words, except for Ji Ao, Old Man Feng, Supreme Lord Liao Hua, and even Duan Mu Ya, were startled. They stared blankly at Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign, as if waiting for his answer.

Looking at the gazes focused on him, Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign nodded with an extremely serious expression and slowly said, "That's right, this is the passage directly to the Ancient Immortal Realm. I found the broken tile here."

Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign's words were like a thunderbolt, striking everyone's hearts and making their minds go blank!

However, after the surprise, a strong excitement burned in Old Man Feng's eyes. He quickened his pace, as if trotting, and came to the front of the pipe carved with complex patterns. He stretched out his wrinkled hand and gently and cherishedly stroked the strange, thick pipe, as if touching an infant's skin.

After all, Old Man Feng had spent his entire life searching for a passage to the Ancient Immortal Realm, and now that the passage was right in front of him, how could he not be excited?

However, compared to Old Man Feng's excitement, Chen Tian and Ji Ao seemed much more rational, after all, they had already guessed it.

"Alright, senior, can you tell us now, what exactly is going on?" After a long silence, Chen Tian finally spoke, breaking the silence.

"Alas!" Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign sighed slightly, then said with a wry smile, "Alright, now that things have come to this, I will tell you everything you want to know! It all starts from the beginning..."

At this time, a trace of reminiscence suddenly appeared in Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign's eyes, as if the floodgates of his memory had suddenly opened at this moment, and those past events that he had sealed for a long time and never revealed to them reappeared in his mind.

Just as Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign had told Chen Tian, when the Ancient Immortal Realm collapsed, he was shot through this passage by a strange force and sent to the Qian Yuan Continent.

After a long period of slumber, Zi Wei Celestial Sovereign slowly awakened.

However, he had already lost his memory at that time, and the first thing he saw was this strange and vast space.