ragginovel Chapter 2489 Palace
Chapter 2489 Palace
Chapter 2489 Palace
The storm caused by the natural disaster was like a river bursting its banks, pouring in through the narrow opening, carrying mud and sand, and everyone was swept in, involuntarily falling into the 'abyss'.
The spirit array collapsed, and all the helpers brought in by the three kings of Zhu Qian were scattered. The opportunity to kill them had come, but Qin Sang could not worry about them for the time being because he knew what kind of danger he would face next.
Just as everyone was panicking, an astonishing aura suddenly erupted from the front, as if a colossal creature was breaking free from its seal. That aura collided with the natural disaster, actually managing to block it and unleashing earth-shattering fluctuations.
A shadow appeared deep within the storm, and then people saw that at the end of the natural disaster, there was a magnificent scene of clouds, fairy mountains, blue sky and colorful clouds!
Panic instantly turned into ecstasy; in a short period of time, everyone's emotions underwent two rapid shifts.
At a glance, it was clear that what lay ahead was a celestial abode. Who would have thought that such a forbidden area concealed such a great secret! The three kings of Zhu Qian had gone to great lengths to set up a grand formation, surely for this celestial abode!
If nothing unexpected happens and they enter normally without disrupting the spirit array, the Three Kings of Zhu Qian are fully capable of controlling the situation. In a one-on-one fight, no one present is a match for the Three Kings of Zhu Qian, and no one dares to be the first to step forward and oppose them; in the end, they would probably only be able to follow behind the Three Kings of Zhu Qian and get a piece of the pie.
Now things are different. A natural disaster has struck, the spirit array has collapsed, and chaos has erupted. Faced with the out-of-control situation, even the three kings of Zhu Qian are powerless to act. Even if the three kings of Zhu Qian were to send a telepathic message now, everyone would turn a deaf ear.
At this moment, instead of fighting against the power of the natural disaster, everyone rushed towards the immortal abode.
Three divine flames drifted in the storm; these were the three kings of Zhu Qian who controlled the Crimson Scale Divine Pillar, and they were naturally scattered as well. The divine flames flickered, drifting alone, while the suppression on the Crimson Scale Divine Pillar grew increasingly severe, until finally they had no choice but to retrieve it.
As soon as the divine fire subsided, the Eastern Flood Dragon King revealed his true form, his face ashen.
Despite successfully opening the Immortal Abode, reality was completely different from what he had anticipated. At this moment, with the Immortal Abode before him, even the guest elders of the Eastern Flood Dragon King's Mansion might not obey his orders, let alone others. Some with ulterior motives might even betray him on the spot and join the Blood Soul Impermanence.
Blood Soul Impermanence escaped death and must hate them to the core, posing a huge problem later. For now, the only option is to reunite with King Nan Yun and King Du Sha, and then figure out a solution.
Seeing the streaks of light rushing towards the Immortal Palace from the depths of the storm, the Eastern Flood Dragon King smiled coldly and moved closer to the Southern Yun King and the Du Sha King.
The chaos intensified, proving its infamous reputation as a natural disaster. Even cultivators at the Void Refinement stage felt suffocated amidst it all.
As everyone rushed toward the immortal abode, they discovered that the immortal abode was also moving toward them. They were rushing in both directions, and the fastest person was already very close to the immortal abode.
The immortal abode had no door; it was as if there was a barrier that had been broken through by a spirit array. They descended directly into the immortal abode, with the immortal mountain right beneath their feet!
Here stand numerous mythical mountains, some adorned with palaces and pavilions, others shrouded in mist and clouds, shrouded in mystery. These palaces are all exquisitely beautiful, and even more remarkable is that these celestial abodes are unclaimed, open to all!
Leading the charge was a voluptuous female cultivator, clad in a set of soft armor. The armor was incredibly thin, clinging tightly to her body and accentuating her exquisite curves. The surface of the armor was covered in snake-scale patterns, making the female cultivator move like a nimble snake, moving with lightning speed. It was precisely because of the armor that she was able to take the lead.
The female cultivator in soft armor immediately took a liking to a nearby immortal mountain.
The mountain is surrounded by steep cliffs on all sides, with vertical slopes. At the top of the mountain is a lush green area, and at the very top, a platform has been carved out, where a grand hall in the shape of the Chinese character "回" has been built.
The main hall stands alone here, surrounded by cliffs on three sides. There are no plaques outside the hall, but it has an antique charm and is definitely not ordinary.
The female cultivator in soft armor twisted her delicate body, leaving a snake-like shadow in mid-air, and landed above the ancient hall in the blink of an eye. Seeing that no one else was watching this place, she was overjoyed and scanned the surroundings with her beautiful eyes.
Unexpectedly, this ancient hall seemed to be unprotected by a spirit array. The female cultivator in soft armor did not sense any fluctuations from the spirit array. She tentatively landed on the courtyard in the center of the ancient hall and, as expected, encountered no obstacles and easily entered the courtyard.
Fearing there might be traps, the female cultivator in soft armor did not land on the ground. Instead, she hovered in the air and surveyed her surroundings. She saw that the courtyard contained only a few strange stones and a clump of green bamboo. The ancient halls on all four sides were of different styles, and all the doors were tightly closed.
The ancient halls are not particularly unique in their form, but they are full of ingenious details and have a lasting charm that is truly admirable. Their form also allows one to roughly determine the function of these ancient halls.
Although the immortal abode was vast, there were also many rivals. Not wanting to waste too much time in one place, the armored female cultivator's beautiful eyes darted around, fixing her gaze on a hall that appeared to be used for alchemy. Compared to external treasures like magical artifacts, elixirs and miraculous medicines were often what cultivators valued most.
The female cultivator in soft armor flashed to the outside of the main hall, stretched out her jade hand, and a crack appeared in her palm, from which a snake's head emerged.
The white snake flicked its tongue at the main hall, its tail attached to the female cultivator in soft armor.
'puff! '
The white snake lunged at the main hall, but to the female cultivator's surprise, the snake's head passed right through the hall's door.
She hurriedly summoned the white snake back, and thankfully it was still full of energy. However, what had just happened gave the female cultivator a bad feeling. The moment the white snake passed through the door, ripples spread across the door like water.
The female cultivator in soft armor hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to grab the palace door, but just like the white snake, her five fingers passed right through the wooden door, leaving her with nothing in her hand. The palace seemed like an illusion!
"Could there be a powerful formation here that I can't see through?"
Her first suspicion wasn't about the immortal abode, but about herself. She mustered her courage and entered, only to find not the main hall, but utter darkness.
Surrounded by darkness, the female cultivator instinctively clutched her chest, feeling inexplicably panicked. She inexplicably imagined how terrifying it would be if she were imprisoned here.
She hurriedly retreated and was secretly surprised to find that the palace gate was still intact. Then she suddenly turned her head to look at the strange rocks and green bamboo behind her, reached out to grab them, but found nothing.
Not a single blade of grass, not a single tree, not even a single rock can be taken away or touched!
"Such powerful illusions exist in this world!"
Reason told the female cultivator that everything might just be an illusion.
For some reason, she had a strong intuition that the Immortal Abode was not a figment of her imagination, but a real place, only hiding secrets she had yet to fathom. Moreover, the aura and fluctuations the Immortal Abode displayed upon its emergence were definitely not an illusion!
At this moment, more and more cultivators realized that something was wrong. Their experiences were similar to those of the female cultivator in soft armor. They found that they could not take anything away, and that the immortal abode was just a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water!
Little did they know, an even greater crisis was approaching. The storm was blocked by the aura when the immortal mansion was born, but a continuous stream of natural disaster power surged in and merged with the previous aura. The natural disaster began to counterattack wildly, and the storm enveloped the immortal mansion in the blink of an eye.
However, just like the cultivators' fate, the storms formed by the natural disaster pierced through the immortal abode without causing any damage. The immortal abode was like a reflection of light from elsewhere; no matter how fierce the natural disaster, it could only stir up ripples in the light and shadow, but could not destroy the essence itself.
Unbeknownst to them, the natural disasters became increasingly severe.
……
The man in the golden robe and his senior sister also entered. Because the man in the golden robe had prepared in advance, he was much more composed than the others.
The two avoided the three kings of Zhu Qian and arrived on the wind, where they saw the immortal abode.
The woman's pupils dilated, her face filled with shock. "What is the origin of this immortal abode?"
Initially, she thought her fifth brother's actions were somewhat reckless, but upon seeing this immortal abode, the woman immediately changed her mind. For this immortal abode, any price would be worth paying!
The man in the golden robe shook his head. He only knew that the three kings of Zhu Qian had deciphered the secret of the forbidden area, but he didn't know what the secret was. Only now did he realize that it contained an ancient immortal palace.
He stirred up trouble, and now is the time to fish in troubled waters. As for the three Zhu Qian kings, hand them over to Xuehun Wuchang for now; they nearly died at the hands of the three Zhu Qian kings and won't let it go easily.
Just as the two were flying towards the immortal abode, the woman frowned slightly and exclaimed in surprise, "Why are the natural disasters getting stronger and stronger?"
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When natural disasters strike, Qin Sang, being outside the battlefield, sees them most clearly.
He saw the three kings of Zhu Qian scattered and the Wuji Academy born. If he wanted, he could have been at the forefront, but he did not, deliberately falling behind.
Let those who have been blinded by the immortal abode go and scout ahead.
What appeared before them was indeed the 'Wuji Academy in the Painting', but unlike last time, when the fox maiden from the Heavenly Fox Alliance somehow managed to sneak in, Wuji Academy has now been born directly!
Qin Sang felt a sense of anticipation. Perhaps, making the intruder invisible was some kind of seal concealing the Wuji Academy. Now that the Wuji Academy had emerged, the seal might have already crumbled.
At this moment, Qin Sang suddenly sensed that Yu Ying was calling for help.
"Master, save me!"
Qin Sang frowned, noticing that Yu Ying was not far from her. She flashed through the storm.
Upon approaching Yu Ying, Qin Sang noticed that her condition was not good. After asking, she learned that when the spirit array collapsed, everyone involved in setting it up suffered a backlash, and the Blood Soul Impermanence's counterattack had not yet stopped.
She was unlucky; she happened to be in front of the Blood Soul Impermanence and was caught off guard, sustaining injuries on the spot. She also witnessed two cultivators being swallowed up by the Azure-Crimson Ghost Mist, disappearing without a trace. Fortunately, the Blood Soul Impermanence was furious with the Three Kings of Zhu Qian and was eager to escape, so he ignored her, allowing Yu Ying to escape with her life.
With her strength, she was originally capable of protecting herself. Now, seriously injured, facing a natural disaster is undoubtedly adding insult to injury. In her desperation, she didn't care about being exposed and hurriedly asked Qin Sang for help.
The situation changed rapidly, and Qin Sang had no time to heal her injuries. She could only give her the pills and then take her into her small cave.
Soon, Qin Sang also realized that something was wrong with the natural disaster.
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The power of the natural disaster continued to grow, seemingly without limit, drawing everyone's attention away from the eerie immortal abode.
Qingning Palace was infamous for its natural disasters, but there were still some daring cultivators who ventured into the forbidden area when disasters struck. As it turned out, Qingning Palace wasn't entirely a dead end in the eyes of Void Refinement cultivators during the calamities.
The power of natural disasters gradually weakens from the inside out within the forbidden area, with only the most dangerous disasters occurring at the deepest part of the forbidden area. Moreover, as long as a cultivator at the Void Refinement stage doesn't act recklessly and strives to protect themselves, they can still escape.
The omnipresent storm and chaotic atmosphere created a sense of unease and fear among everyone.
"Something's wrong!"
Qin Sang's eyelids twitched.
At this moment, several exclamations suddenly came from within the immortal abode. The cultivators who rushed into the immortal abode first, following closely behind the female cultivator in soft armor, finally discovered the changes in their bodies.
The female cultivator in soft armor stretched out her hands and, seeing her fingers disappearing, paled in shock. Not only her fingers, but also her bare feet and toes were becoming ethereal, with a section of each already gone.
It was as if there was an invisible maw in the void, slowly devouring her body, yet she felt no pain whatsoever.
"There are monsters!"
Hearing the exclamations from afar, the female cultivator in soft armor knew that she was not the only one encountering such a strange event.
The most terrifying thing is not encountering an enemy, but not knowing what the enemy is at all!
Panic flashed in the eyes of the female cultivator in soft armor. She no longer cared about any treasures and hurriedly flew out of the immortal mansion. At the same time, more than a dozen streaks of light shot out from the surrounding immortal mountains. Everyone panicked and fled the immortal mansion at an even faster speed than when they came.
The cultivators who lagged behind stopped when they saw their actions, staring at them in astonishment. When they learned the truth, they noticed that their fingertips were also disappearing.
In an instant, everyone watched helplessly as their bodies were devoured bit by bit, and even manifesting their spirits and Dharma forms was of no use.
Qin Sang sensed the actions of some people and realized that the danger at Wuji Academy had not disappeared. Moreover, neither his imperial edict nor the Five Thunder Envoy Seal in his hand were reacting. It seemed that there would be no chance to explore Wuji Academy until the cause of the illusion was determined.
The crowd that had rushed towards the immortal mansion earlier were now fleeing in panic, only to find that the power of the natural disaster had far surpassed what it had been before, becoming the biggest obstacle.
At this moment, a storm engulfed the entire immortal abode. Even if the immortal abode was not destroyed by the natural disaster, it was still a scene of chaos, with the chaotic power of the natural disaster raging everywhere.
Those who were seriously injured earlier, without Qin Sang's help, could only be helplessly swept towards Wuji Academy by the natural disaster. Those with slightly weaker cultivation, only at the early stage of Void Refinement, struggled to move in the storm, feeling utterly powerless. Even mid-stage Void Refinement cultivators experienced a significant drop in their speed, yet dared not stop.
At this rate, it seemed that only Qin Sang and a handful of others had a chance to break through the natural disaster's blockade and escape. Unexpectedly, Qin Sang and his companions soon discovered a horrifying truth: the Immortal Abode had not stopped emerging and was actively closing in on them!
In this situation, it's as if they want to escape the Immortal Abode, but the Immortal Abode is relentlessly pursuing them.
This space is very special; it cannot be judged simply by its height or distance. No matter how fast they are, they cannot escape. In fact, the moment Wuji Academy was born, they were trapped.
"How to break the deadlock?"
Qin Sang's mind raced, and she suddenly remembered the fox maiden of the Heavenly Fox Kingdom.
The woman left behind a silver plate, its purpose unknown. Qin Sang hurriedly retrieved the plate from the small cave, holding it in her hand. She noticed the plate glowed faintly, its meaning unclear.
Little did anyone know, the female cultivator was also in a state of panic.