Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Zhang Yuanjing didn't dare approach the ground.

This leather-faced person was the first cultivator he had encountered who could extend his methods to more than six hundred zhang underground. It wasn't just that his cultivation was profound, but also that his magical treasures were peculiar and his methods were strange. He absolutely couldn't treat him carelessly.

He tried to communicate with Zhang San several times with his divine sense, but received no response, which made him feel an ominous premonition.

Zhang San had protected him and Daoist Fire Crow in that earth vein, which had consumed a great deal of his power. In the past two years, although he had accumulated a lot of spiritual power by absorbing mid-grade spirit stones, he was ultimately limited by the environment, and what he gained was limited.

This battle with the leather-faced person was almost a full-force attack to break through the confinement of the Milky Way, and then he was hit hard by the golden flying sword. He was afraid that his origin had been damaged, and even his spiritual consciousness was damaged, causing him to fall into a deep sleep.

This was really bad timing. Going to the main altar of the Candle God Sect was an unsafe place, and it was precisely when the Refined Yang Umbrella was needed to exert its power, but it encountered such misfortune. It was really bad luck.

He sighed, collected his thoughts, carefully rose to a layer of soil more than two zhang deep, and then began to travel horizontally, heading towards the place where the cultists of the North Third Altar of Huguan were stationed, while constantly searching for the impressions of the two people in his mind.

The iron-faced person's aura was relatively familiar, but none of the Foundation Establishment cultivators he had known in the past could match his figure.

As for the leather-faced person, his voice sounded familiar. He went through all the Nascent Soul cultivators he had ever seen, especially those from the Heavenly Demon Abyss, and it seemed like someone, but he couldn't be sure.

After traveling thousands of miles, feeling that he was very close to Huguan, and not finding any unusual movements above, he slowly rose, and released his divine sense to the ground, observing the vicinity.

When he reached the soil layer of twenty to thirty zhang, his divine sense could extend to more than thirty miles. Apart from the barren mountains and large rocks, there were no signs of any living things around.

He didn't dare to be careless. At the cost of consuming his soul power, he carefully plowed the surrounding area for several miles with his divine sense, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he drilled out of the ground, drove his flying sword through the air at low altitude, and flew into the army formation.

At this time, Chai Laoqi and Zhao Shijie had already withdrawn the cultists outside the valley and set up camp relying on a low mountain.

Although this army was attacked and suffered many casualties, they were all cultivators after all, and their emotions had long since stabilized, restoring the murderous appearance of an army that had fought a hundred battles.

However, the deaths and injuries of more than a thousand people, all of whom were elite vanguards, had more or less dampened the morale of the army.

Half an hour after Zhang Yuanjing arrived at the camp, King Golden and Daoist Fire Crow flew back with depressed faces. Without asking, everyone knew that their pursuit had failed.

King Golden's anger had not subsided. He only instructed Zhao Shijie to reorganize the team and send out more scouts, then returned to the commander's tent with a gloomy face.

Zhang Yuanjing told Daoist Fire Crow about his encounter with the leather-faced person, and said that the person was likely Chu Tianxiong, a Nascent Soul True Person from the Heavenly Demon Abyss.

At the beginning, he and Tong Tianfu designed to deal with Wen Zaidao, and additionally attracted three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Heavenly Demon Abyss. Lu Dingyi and Qin Guangzhi died on the spot, while Chu Tianxiong escaped with a space-piercing talisman. When such talismans are used, if they encounter a heavy blow, they are likely to be swept into the spatial turbulence, and it is not impossible to cross tens of millions of miles.

Daoist Fire Crow asked, "Then why is this person staying here and not leaving? Could it be that this place has something he wants to plot?"

Zhang Yuanjing pondered for a moment and said, "The Candle God Sect's inherited cultivation method, the Candle Yin Art, which I passed on to Zhang Xuan, was obtained from Feng Wujiu, a disciple of Chu Tianxiong. And this cultivation method was originally carried by the previous leader of the Candle God Sect. Why was it obtained by Feng Wujiu? Did Feng Wujiu obtain it by chance, or did Chu Tianxiong give it to him? If it is the latter, then the death of the previous leader of the Candle God Sect is inseparable from the Heavenly Demon Abyss, and Chu Tianxiong may want to use this to plot something from the Candle God Sect!"

Daoist Fire Crow was shocked when he heard this, shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect that this Candle Yin Art would involve such secrets! In this old Taoist's opinion, the Candle Yin Art on Feng Wujiu must have been given by Chu Tianxiong, and Chu Tianxiong must have obtained it from the Heavenly Demon Abyss. Could it be that he gave the Candle Yin Art to Feng Wujiu to test the reaction of the Candle God Sect, so as to decide on subsequent actions. It's just that this Feng Wujiu died in the mustard space before he had time to go to the Candle God Sect. And Chu Tianxiong had an accident because of piercing the space, and went to the desolate death zone or its vicinity, so he simply came here to carry out his long-planned plan!"

Zhang Yuanjing nodded in agreement and said, "What the senior said makes a lot of sense, it is very likely to be like this. King Golden once said that the previous leader received a letter before leaving the main altar, and never returned. Could that letter have been sent by a cultivator from the Heavenly Demon Abyss? I just don't know why the Heavenly Demon Abyss wants to deal with the Candle God Sect. It's been more than a thousand years, and apart from Chu Tianxiong, there has been no follow-up action from the Heavenly Demon Abyss."

Daoist Fire Crow said, "This is not surprising. Perhaps, the person in charge of the Heavenly Demon Abyss a thousand years ago wanted to attack the Candle God Sect. However, later, another person in charge felt that it was not beneficial to deal with a demonic cultivation force across tens of millions of miles, so he gave up."

The two discussed for a long time, and felt that if the leather-faced person was really Chu Tianxiong, his plot was first of all against the Candle God Sect, not Zhang Yuanjing, so he would not stare at them to attack. Therefore, they only needed to be careful and not be alone. After all, at the main altar of the Candle God Sect, there was also a divine beast with unfathomable strength, enough to make this person afraid.

The next day, King Golden summoned Daoist Fire Crow and Zhang Yuanjing, and explained to them that the Demonic Cloud Escape Talisman was the unique secret technique of the Red Dharma King among the Four Dharma Kings. The person who attacked yesterday was either from the Red Dharma King, or she cooperated with one party to provide this escape talisman.

Judging from King Golden's furious appearance yesterday, his relationship with this Red Dharma King must be close, which is why he was so angry. However, King Golden didn't mention it, so the two wouldn't ask.

"This defeat was due to my old Jin's carelessness. I didn't expect the enemy to be so bold, daring to infiltrate my North Third Altar's territory and ambush us in Huguan! I, old Jin, swear that no matter who did it, old Jin will avenge this revenge!"

In front of everyone, King Golden took responsibility and made a solemn promise, trying his best to boost the morale of the army, and then announced that he would continue marching. Earlier, he had sent out all five hundred golden eagle troops, which he regarded as treasures, to monitor the movements within a thousand miles around the army.

Before long, the army marched to Huguan. Zhao Shijie led the vanguard and had already reorganized the gate and sent a thousand-man team to guard it.

King Golden came here and inspected it inside and out, but he was still not at ease, so he left the two Great Preceptors, Qi and Hou, and instructed them to carefully guard the rear.

After that, whether it was the vigilance of the golden eagle army, or the enemy did not arrange for harassment, the army walked smoothly down the mountain road of 1.7 million miles. Except for the sneak attacks of the earth demons, there were more than a thousand casualties, and the army marched smoothly all the way to the outside of Mirror Lake Pass.

Candle Yin Valley is located in the center of the desolate death zone and is also the center of the entire dragon vein. It has a dangerous terrain. If the army travels, there are only two routes to enter, north and south. The north needs to pass Mirror Lake Pass, and the south needs to pass Qishan Pass. The two passes are like two strong locks, firmly controlling the passage in and out of Candle Yin Valley.

Of course, for cultivators above the Foundation Establishment stage, ordinary dangerous passes are like flat ground, and they can fly over from the sky.

However, Candle Yin Valley is a very special place. The turbid air in it is extremely thick, seeping out from the ground. It is blocked by the surrounding high mountains and goes straight to the sky, conflicting with the spiritual power in the sky, forming extremely frequent sky thunder, fire, and thick poisonous fog, covering a large area of the sky. The lowest point is even below the mountain peaks, becoming a natural barrier for Candle Yin Valley. This is also an important reason why the Candle God Sect chose this place as its main altar back then.

Mirror Lake Pass is named after Mirror Lake in front of the pass. Mirror Lake is a thousand miles in radius and is the most shining pearl in the millions of miles of dragon veins. Its water is as calm as a mirror, hence the name Mirror Lake. It is said that Mirror Lake is one of the holy places for the inherited divine beast Candle Dragon to practice, so it is listed as a forbidden area by the Divine Sect, prohibiting any cultists and outsiders from entering the lake.

At this time, there were still three months left before the one-year period. King Golden ordered the army to camp on the shore of Mirror Lake and sent Zhao Shijie to report to the pass in person.

The Mirror Lake Pass garrison officer is a Saint Core realm demonic cultivator with five thousand elite cultists under his command, equipped with a large number of Divine Light Guns, Demonic Fire Bombs, and Extinguishing Yuan Arrows. This person received the pass report and only said that he would send it to Altar Master Chang Guangming of the main altar as soon as possible. As for when he could enter the pass, he had to wait for instructions from above.

However, a month passed, and the main altar, which was close at hand, still did not send any news. The spies that the North Third Altar had arranged in the main altar also seemed to have disappeared, and no information was sent out.

King Golden was very unhappy and ordered Zhao Shijie to urge him every day. In the first few days, the Mirror Lake Pass garrison officer still received him according to the rules, but later he simply closed the door and refused to see him.

This made King Golden very angry. He went to Mirror Lake Pass in person to question him, but this garrison officer was impervious to oil and salt, only saying that without instructions from the main altar, no one could enter the pass, not even King Golden.

When had King Golden ever been subjected to this kind of anger? He immediately rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat this person up.

This garrison officer was short and stocky, with small eyes and a flat nose. He looked no more than forty years old, and his cultivation was only in the early stage of the Saint Core realm. He was very tough in the face of King Golden's irritability and coercion. Seeing that he wanted to attack, he simply closed his eyes and put his hands behind his back, completely determined to have his life taken away but not allow him to enter the pass, making King Golden even more angry.

At this time, a long roar came from outside the mansion gate: "Report - Garrison Officer, the messenger from the main altar has arrived and is waiting outside the door!"

When King Golden heard this, he was immediately amused. He sat down on the main seat with a golden horse and a big knife, ignoring the slightly unnatural expression of the garrison officer, and shouted: "Let him in!"

Seeing this, the garrison officer had no choice but to sit down on the seat next to him, close his eyes and rest his mind, looking like it had nothing to do with him.

After a while, a black burly man in his thirties walked in. This person's cultivation was at the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment realm. He was carrying a bamboo tube in his hand and a yellow silk package on his back, just like the messengers sent by the main altar to various places.

"Guardian Vajra Song Xuren, greetings King Golden!" The black burly man cupped his fists and bowed to King Golden on the main seat, saying neither humble nor arrogant.

"Oh, you are the Vajra Song of the main altar. I, old Jin, have heard your name. You are a good man! Why did you change to delivering letters instead of training soldiers in the main altar!" King Golden squinted and said.

Song Xuren respectfully said: "Reporting to the Dharma King, this subordinate is delivering orders, not letters. Please also ask the Dharma King to follow the etiquette of the sect and accept the Divine Envoy Order signed by the Left Divine Envoy, co-signed by the Right Divine Envoy, White Dharma King, Green Dharma King, and Red Dharma King."

"Divine Sect Order?" King Golden was shocked and stood up straight. "What is the content?"

The Candle God Sect has three major orders and seven minor orders. The three major orders are the Sect Leader Order, the Divine Sect Order, and the Edict. The seven minor orders are the instructions controlled by the Left and Right Divine Envoys. Among the three major orders, the Sect Leader Order has the highest authority and is issued entirely by the Sect Leader alone. The Divine Sect Order must be issued with the co-signature of the Left and Right Divine Envoys and four of the Four Dharma Kings. The Edict is issued by the Left and Right Divine Envoys together.

Previously, summoning the North and South Six Altars to transport sacrificial materials to the main altar was only an Edict. Now, I don't know what it is for, but a Divine Sect Order has been issued, and it has been signed by the two Divine Envoys and the three Dharma Kings except for him, King Golden, which means that this order may only be issued to him alone.

Song Xuren's black face was like the bottom of a pot, and he couldn't see any expression, but he said firmly: "Please Dharma King accept the decree according to the etiquette of the sect!"

King Golden was still in shock, but he didn't care about Song Xuren's toughness. Instead, he took a few steps, crossed the threshold, came to the courtyard, faced the direction of the main altar, put one hand on his chest and raised the other, and said loudly: "Candle God is above, believer Lan Kuisong accepts the decree!"

Song Xuren had already prepared everything. He immediately stepped forward, placed the bamboo tube in his hand in front of King Golden, uncovered the lid, and immediately a plume of green smoke came out, which made people feel at peace.

He also took off the yellow silk package on his back, unraveled the knot skillfully, and took out a red-skinned, black-lettered book. The black letters were the three words "Divine Sect Order", and the red skin was engraved with complex patterns, like a rather advanced restriction.

"Candle God is above, please believer Lan Kuisong accept the decree!" Song Xuren held the book in both hands, respectfully raised it above his head, and then knelt down on one knee in front of King Golden.

King Golden took the book in both hands and then said: "Believer Lan Kuisong accepts the decree, please Candle God understand!"

This ritual is to urge the cultists to act according to the decree after receiving the decree, no matter what the decree is. According to the strict sect rules, when performing this ritual, the cultists who receive the decree must clearly promise to fully execute the decree.

However, due to the endless infighting in the sect in the past thousand years, the leaders of the various forces have long changed the receiving ceremony beyond recognition. The ritual used by King Golden is the program that his faction has been accustomed to using for hundreds of years.

Song Xuren wouldn't care. After King Golden received the Divine Sect Order, he took a few steps back and waited for his reply.

King Golden opened the book, and there were only a few sentences inside: "This order: The 'Divine Grace Messenger' from the Netherworld Cave, without the approval of Lord Candle Dragon, his identity is doubtful and cannot enter Candle Yin Valley. After the Nirvana Sacrifice and the Sect Leader ascends the throne, he will be brought into the valley by the main altar guards, please Lord Candle Dragon identify him before disposing of him! After receiving the order, King Golden must execute it immediately without error!"

King Golden's yellow face immediately turned reddish-brown, and he roared: "I, old Jin, disagree with this order! If you want to identify him, go identify him now. Old Jin will send someone to escort him. What are you waiting for the Nirvana Sacrifice and the Sect Leader to ascend the throne! What Nirvana Sacrifice can be held without the Divine Grace Messenger present? How can the Sect Leader ascend the throne without the Divine Grace Messenger witnessing it!"

Song Xuren stood aside without saying a word. The garrison officer, who was watching from afar inside the door, said loudly: "Dharma King Golden, be careful. This is the Divine Sect Order co-signed by the Left and Right Two Divine Envoys and the Three Dharma Kings of White, Green, and Red. How can it be overturned at will!"

"Bullshit! What Divine Sect Order! Is there a Divine Sect Order that is so disrespectful to the Divine Grace Messenger! If you dare to talk nonsense again, I, old Jin, will crush your dog's head!"

King Golden glared at the garrison officer with his bull eyes, and then pointed at Song Xuren and shouted, "Report what I, old Jin, said to those five guys without changing a word. Tell them to identify the identity of the Divine Grace Messenger first, and then hold the Nirvana Sacrifice. If they don't agree, I, old Jin, will directly transfer all 100,000 troops from the North Third Altar to start a war. It doesn't matter if the north is not guarded!"