Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The three daggers were incredibly fast, and a faint black mist emanated from them, clearly coated with some potent poison. Contact with the skin would certainly lead to a swift and agonizing death.

However, upon witnessing all of this, Chen Tian's face remained devoid of any fear. Instead, he sneered inwardly.

As if prepared for this eventuality, the moment the three daggers shot out from the purple-gold alms bowl, Chen Tian's right hand lashed out with lightning speed. With a few deft taps, the two daggers on the sides instantly disintegrated into a shower of iron filings, vanishing into nothingness. However, Chen Tian did not disperse the middle dagger; instead, he caught it firmly between two fingers, immobilizing it completely.

"Boy, release me! I will tear you limb from limb!"

The moment Chen Tian's fingers clamped down on the dagger, a human face materialized upon it, revealing itself to be none other than the Nascent Soul of the Southern Immortal Taoist.

It turned out that before his demise, the Southern Immortal Taoist had secretly concealed a wisp of his Nascent Soul within the dagger, intending to launch a final counterattack and kill Chen Tian when he opened the purple-gold alms bowl.

However, what he didn't anticipate was that Chen Tian had already foreseen this possibility.

Knowing the Southern Immortal Taoist as he did, Chen Tian understood that if nothing happened at this point, it would be highly abnormal. He knew that the Taoist would inevitably launch a final, desperate attack before his death.

Perhaps the Southern Immortal Taoist never realized that his arrogant and conceited nature had long been thoroughly understood and seen through by Chen Tian.

That was why his confident, last-ditch counterattack was so easily thwarted by Chen Tian.

Staring at the face on the dagger, twisted in extreme rage, Chen Tian's expression suddenly turned grim. He said in a cold voice, "Remember, if there is a next life, never provoke me again. Otherwise, I will hunt you down for all eternity! Now, you can die in peace."

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden blaze erupted from Chen Tian's palm, engulfing the dagger containing the Southern Immortal Taoist's Nascent Soul.

Under the scorching flames, the Southern Immortal Taoist let out a final, unwilling roar, and his Nascent Soul dissipated, ceasing to exist.

After obliterating the Southern Immortal Taoist's Nascent Soul, the black dagger gradually melted away in the golden flames, eventually transforming into wisps of black smoke that drifted into the sky.

Only after the last wisp of black smoke vanished from Chen Tian's fingertips did he exhale a long breath, his heart finally relaxing completely.

Fortunately, the Southern Immortal Taoist was hot-tempered and lacked cunning, which allowed Chen Tian to see through his plans so easily.

If it had been some other old monster with deep schemes, they certainly wouldn't have been so eager to appear. Instead, they would have secretly concealed their Nascent Soul, waiting for the opportune moment to strike at Chen Tian.

And at that point, even if Chen Tian didn't die, he would have suffered severe injuries.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian couldn't help but secretly feel lucky. After all, not every late-stage Core Formation Realm old monster was as easy to deal with as the Southern Immortal Taoist.

But fortunately, all of this was now in the past. After wiping out the wisp of Nascent Soul hidden within the dagger, the Southern Immortal Taoist had completely disappeared from this world.

Chen Tian was so certain because he could clearly sense that there was no longer any trace of the Southern Immortal Taoist's aura within the jade belt in front of him.

As a storage treasure, the jade belt would definitely contain the brand of its user. However, at this moment, there wasn't even a trace of aura within the jade belt, as if it were an ownerless object.

This precisely proved that the Southern Immortal Taoist, as its original owner, had completely vanished into thin air, erased from this world.

Seeing this scene, a look of intense joy flashed across Chen Tian's face. Then, he eagerly grabbed the jade belt.

Due to the Southern Immortal Taoist's death, the defenses within the jade belt had lost their power. Without much effort, Chen Tian quickly immersed his spiritual sense within it.

After scanning the interior of the jade belt, the excitement on Chen Tian's face grew even more intense.

At that moment, Chen Tian's mind flickered, and instantly, a ten-inch-long folding fan flew out from the jade belt.

The folding fan was placed within the jade belt, clearly one of the magical treasures that the Southern Immortal Taoist had collected.

The folding fan was ten inches long, and its fan bones were made of an unknown vermilion wood, exuding a refreshing fragrance. The fan surface was woven from golden-yellow silk.

The front of the folding fan was painted with a bare mountain in ink wash, with nothing else besides it.

The mountain seemed to rise from the ground, reaching high into the sky. Although the lines were simple and the composition was monotonous, a closer look would reveal an aura of 'I am the only one' emanating from the mountain, causing one to feel awe and fear.

On the back of the folding fan was inscribed a poem.

"Once the sea was vast, other waters seemed tame,\nExcept for Wushan clouds, no other clouds the same.\nThrough blossoms I'd stroll, too listless to look,\nFor half I became a Taoist, and half for your sake."

Of course, if the folding fan was only like this, then Chen Tian wouldn't have taken it out separately. Chen Tian discovered that there were actually hidden secrets within this folding fan.

And the secret was actually in the poem.

If you looked at it from a distance, you would only think that the poem was magnificent and had no special features; but if you looked closely, you would find that all the characters in the poem were actually composed of restrictions.

That's right, each character here is actually composed of countless layers of restrictions.

Don't underestimate these characters. Chen Tian had just counted and found that behind each character, there were 999 restrictions, all of which were powerful attack-type restrictions.

There were 28 characters in total here, which meant that there were tens of thousands of powerful restrictions contained within this folding fan.

To put it bluntly, don't look down on this inconspicuous folding fan, but it is actually a very rare and peerless magic weapon.

Chen Tian had traveled the Immortal Cultivation World for so long, but he had never seen a magic weapon with such ingenious construction. He really didn't know where the Southern Immortal Taoist had obtained it from.

After marveling for a while, Chen Tian couldn't help but reveal a strange smile at the corner of his mouth.

Because at this time, the Southern Immortal Taoist had already died, which meant that this folding fan magic weapon also belonged to him.

Thinking of this, Chen Tian put this item into his own storage ring.

After doing all this, Chen Tian's gaze shifted slightly, and he picked up the jade belt again.

Because there were still a few things inside that Chen Tian felt very interested in.