IS Chapter 97

Wei Sheng Xian suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if something extremely dangerous was about to happen.

There was even the possibility of losing something, like his life.

He quickly cleared his throat with a fake cough and said, “To speak of the Open, Rest, and Life Gates in this world, they aren’t particularly important places. I just happened to pass by and opened them as a matter of convenience. As for opening the ‘Death’ Gate here by chance, it was just a lucky accident.”

“…”

“The most difficult to open are the Du and Jing Gates within the Illusionary Realm. These two gates are the core of the grand formation, and one must pass through layers of checkpoints and gain the approval of the formation’s guardians to open them. On the way here, you all saw the formation’s light that lit up in the west; that was opened by our Micro-Snow Palace’s Second Palace Master, Ye Zhuo. Without him risking entering the formation, I fear that the separation of the two realms would be hopeless, and they would only collide.”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Zhuo received some strange attention.

The people who had spoken up for him earlier were only fellow sword cultivators, and all they proved was that he wasn’t practicing evil arts. But if he had opened the crucial gates of the grand formation for the human realm—such a feat of turning the tide—connecting it with this person seemed different from the impression he had previously left on people.

As Wei Sheng Xian spoke, his eyebrows danced with excitement, as if he were honored.

But this wouldn’t change Ye Zhuo’s gaze towards him in the slightest.

So-called “happened to pass by,” so-called “opened as a matter of convenience,” was just falsely claiming to be an ancient teleportation array and then pretending to mis-teleport, taking them all over the cultivation world?

“Don’t pull me.” He said to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan coaxed him, “Wait until Palace Master Wei Sheng finishes praising you, then it won’t be too late to hit him.”

—Who wants to listen?

“Guess how True Man Yu Lou is feeling right now?” Li Yuan said. “Now everyone knows that they clearly could have found a way to prevent the collision of the two realms, but they insisted on colluding with the ghost realm for profit.”

He learned many things from the human world, knowing that an ancient sage said that people have unexpected praise and are destroyed by demands for perfection.

The Upper Purity Mountain acted in such a way that they always touted themselves as moral gentlemen, concerned for the common people. This time, they exposed their true colors under the public eye, and all their previous efforts were in vain.

And Ye Zhuo had never left a reputation for compassion and concern for the world in the Immortal Dao. Suddenly doing something good would give everyone a fresh perspective.

Wei Sheng Xian was still speaking.

Around him, spiritual light fluttered and swirled, like butterflies in a dream.

“Now, Ah Zhou has also handed over the inheritance pearl of the ‘Jing Gate’ to me, not allowing it to fall into the hands of those with ulterior motives.” Wei Sheng Xian smiled and stretched out his hand, and another piece of spiritual light disappeared into his palm.

He really knew how to talk. Li Yuan suddenly didn’t want to stop Ye Zhuo.

Wei Sheng Xian: “Originally, of the grand formation’s eight gates, only five were opened, and of the Du and Jing Gates, only one was opened. Even if the human and ghost realms could be separated, it would take more than ten days. Now, six of the eight are opened, and the Du and Jing Gates are opened together, and the separation can be completed within two days. The human and ghost realms will no longer have any connection.”

No longer have any connection. These four words made Jun Shao Liu feel bored, but they made the people of the Immortal Dao feel that the haze in their hearts had finally dissipated.

But as the old haze dissipated, a new haze floated up.

In this situation, what would the Upper Purity Mountain do?

Back in the human realm, what would they do with the Upper Purity Mountain? What would the Micro-Snow Palace do with the Upper Purity Mountain?

The Immortal Dao hadn’t had a major change in hundreds of years.

Shen Jingzhen: “Palace Master Wei Sheng, you say that the grand formation has been opened, but you have no proof. Is there any evidence?”

Wei Sheng Xian said, “Wait.”

The sky was a thick red.

Everyone felt the tremor on the ground. The two behemoths that were originally slowly moving towards each other now had an opposite force pushing them apart.

At first, this force would slow down the speed at which the two collided. Then, at a certain moment, their advance would stop. And after this moment of stopping, they would go in opposite directions, gradually moving away from each other.

This was the amulet left by the ancestors of the human realm more than 1,400 years ago. All the worst possibilities they had imagined had now come to pass.

“Brother Wei Sheng, you are a hidden gem.” The Red Dust Sword Immortal said with a smile, “How did Brother Wei Sheng know about this grand formation? Could it also be an inheritance from your predecessors?”

“Brother Sword Immortal, you can’t say that.” Wei Sheng Xian gently stroked the wooden sword branch, “Couldn’t it be that I accidentally deduced it?”

The Red Dust Sword Immortal laughed loudly, but drew his sword.

The last bit of spiritual light disappeared. The ancient formation on the stage suddenly shone brightly, and a snow-white beam of light shot straight into the sky.

The grand formation was completely activated.

“It’s time to go.” Someone said.

Yes, it’s time to go.

If they didn’t leave, were they going to stay in the ghost realm, separated from the human realm by a river?

But who could leave?

The moment the grand formation was activated, Li Yuan’s left hand, which had been holding Ye Zhuo, had already let go. Ye Zhuo’s sword was already out of its sheath.

Behind Clan Master Shen, the forty-nine talismans flew up again.

And above everyone’s heads, a glazed lamp with flowing light and color suddenly appeared, inverting the continuous mountains, the dilapidated ghost town, and everyone in the town into it.

Its aura had the power of primordial times; it was a sacred artifact of immortals.

The Red Dust Sword Immortal sent out a sword energy, which was like an ant shaking a tree, and didn’t break it at all.

Yu Lou and Yu Shan rose into the air. The remaining disciples of the main sect and the elders of the Dao Sect attacked at the same time!

Today, all the sects of the Immortal Dao had witnessed that the Upper Purity Mountain’s momentum was gone, the plan had been completely exposed, and there was no possibility of contact between the human and ghost realms. What else could they do?

Naturally, they would fight back from the brink of despair, to the death, leaving everyone’s lives in the ghost realm!

That way, no one would know what had happened in the ghost realm. That way, the Immortal Dao would still be the Immortal Dao.

This was expected.

Ye Zhuo’s sword had already pierced Yu Lou’s heart.

The coldness in the sword’s edge made Wei Sheng Xian shiver, as if if this kind of thing hadn’t happened, this sword should have been slashing at him.

Brother Yu Lou, thank you, thank you.

But he still had to think about what delicious food he should make after returning to Green Mountains.

No one was fighting Ye Zhuo for Yu Lou.

Shen Jingzhen was still attacking his old opponent, Yu Shan, and the Killing character hadn’t been used up yet. A sword light pierced through the air; it was the Red Dust Sword Immortal coming to join him.

As if he had finally figured something out, the Red Dust Sword Immortal, who had been stuck at the peak of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm for many years, had a change in his aura, transforming towards the Human Immortal Realm.

Shen Jingzhen inexplicably remembered a scene: when everyone gathered in the Emerald Mountain Valley, waiting for the ghost gate to open, the Red Dust Sword Immortal was talking to Ye Zhuo.

They hadn’t had much contact before. But now, working together, they actually had some understanding.

Shen Jingzhen was a Dao cultivator, and he could resolve Yu Shan’s Dao domain, but ultimately he wasn’t good at attacking, and the Red Dust Sword Immortal’s sword just made up for this point.

Elder Pu and the Great Mountain Sect Master each found a main sect disciple to hold back, not letting them go to help Yu Hu over there. In the blink of an eye, they saw that Little Su of the Sword Sect had also found a main sect disciple to fight one-on-one. The Sword Sect’s Second Elder was not a person on either side, not knowing whether he should help the main sect or his disciple. In the end, he helped his disciple with a look of bereavement.

Although they were called disciples, how could the disciples of the main sect be ordinary disciples? They were the next generation of Dao protectors, not someone who was easy to deal with.

But no matter how difficult they were, they had to be extinguished today. Today’s matter was either you die or I live.

So, people really can’t know too much.

The entire Pill Cauldron Sect was gone; Elder Pu now felt that they might have been silenced.

At this moment of exposure, the other sect leaders and elders also took out their housekeeping skills and fought with the Upper Purity Mountain people, as well as the several lackeys who were still standing on the side of the Upper Purity Mountain to this day.

In an instant, swords collided, talismans and formations came out together, and various Dao domains interfered with each other, making it very lively.

Wei Sheng Xian unfolded his Dao domain, but didn’t participate in the battle. He protected the Nascent Soul and Integration disciples of the various sects and took a few steps back: “Stay away, this Daoist Priest will teach you how to draw a formation.”

Fighting was indeed lively, but it was best for him not to participate. He had to watch Yin Ye here. This person was quiet and hadn’t moved yet, which was very strange.

—Abbot Yin Ye was an ordinary person, and the aftermath of any battle could kill him, so he followed Wei Sheng Xian step by step. Wei Sheng Xian taught the young disciples how to draw formations, and he stood by and watched.

“Brother Wei Sheng.” Yin Ye suddenly spoke.

Wei Sheng Xian: “What is it?”

“How much joy does one have in a lifetime?”

Wei Sheng Xian smiled and thought about it.

“None at all.” He replied.

Yin Ye also smiled.

“Why did you cultivate the Heavenly Dao?” He asked.

Wei Sheng Xian: “My master taught me, so I cultivated it.”

“I see.” Yin Ye said, “No one taught me.”

Wei Sheng Xian: “No wonder.”

Wei Sheng Xian was drawing the formation, and Yin Ye was chatting leisurely on the side.

The Immortal Sect disciples were all wearing flowing Daoist robes, while he was wearing a cloak, with a pale face as if he had lost too much blood. No one thought that he should be doing anything.

What’s more, he was the Abbot of the Poor Passage Temple, a legendary figure with connections to the heavens.

“The place where I grew up was called Thousand Lantern Tower.” Yin Ye said, “A brothel. Have you been there?”

“This Daoist Priest is a serious person.”

“It’s just extravagance, male prostitutes and female thieves. Of course, this Abbot wasn’t a serious person at that time.” Yin Ye smiled.

“I’ve heard of it.” Wei Sheng Xian finished a stroke and glanced at the most conspicuous place in the battle. Their Second Palace Master was always stronger when facing the strong. After fighting Yu Lou for a while, he was no longer affected by the Light and Time Domain.

“I heard that Yu Lou rescued you from the Thousand Lantern Tower and sent you to the Poor Passage Temple.” Wei Sheng Xian said, “Naturally, you became a running dog of the Upper Purity Mountain.”

“Boring.” Yin Ye said.

“Sounds like something you would say after exhausting all your schemes.”

“Palace Master Wei Sheng is an interesting person.” Yin Ye smiled sincerely.

“It’s a pity that we shouldn’t talk deeply when our friendship is shallow, not to mention that our paths are different.” Wei Sheng Xian continued to draw his formation. “Abbot, be a good person in your next life, and then we can play a game of chess.”

“Very good.” Yin Ye nodded.

The disciples didn’t understand what they were talking about. It didn’t matter. As long as Second Palace Master Ye couldn’t defeat True Man Yu Lou, everyone would die here. It didn’t matter whether they understood or not. They were very calm.

In this calmness, they suddenly heard Abbot Yin Ye say a word.

“He won’t lose.” Yin Ye said.

—As if knowing what was on their minds, he said it to them. The disciples looked up in horror, but only saw Abbot Yin Ye quietly, still looking as if he couldn’t hear or see.

Li Yuan was also very calm.

The fight was so lively, and they could no longer practice the gentlemanly style. Several people were fighting one person. Now even Shen Xin Ge had gone down to help his master. Shen Xin Ge could actually summon seven Heavenly Thunders at once to strike Yu Shan’s head, but he could only stay on this roof.

Why?

Because there was still a Ghost Emperor here. He had to watch Jun Shao Liu.

He thought Jun Shao Liu should die.

He didn’t watch him for a moment, and Yu Lou took out another immortal artifact. Li Yuan felt annoyed. How could there be immortal artifacts in the human world? He didn’t know what kind of shady deal it was again.

Ye Zhuo could draw his sword and chop up the immortal artifact, but what was that sword? It was his scale.

The person holding the sword seemed to want to compete with the immortal artifact, but Li Yuan only felt pain in his scales.

That immortal artifact looked familiar, like it was imitating a magic weapon left by an ancient immortal. Coincidentally, the original magic weapon was now on Li Yuan, in a ring that Old Ancestor Golden Dragon had stuffed into him before he left.

So Li Yuan directly summoned that magic weapon and took Yu Lou’s immortal artifact away.

Yu Lou’s hand was suddenly empty.

How could he have suffered such humiliation?

Glaring at Ye Zhuo, Yu Lou only saw this person’s still calm face and the undiminished sword’s edge.

If he couldn’t cut the immortal artifact, cutting Yu Lou was the same. Ye Zhuo wasn’t obsessed.

True Man Yu Lou didn’t want to cause something like Yu Hu’s death again, so he condensed the Light and Time Domain between the two of them and competed with Ye Zhuo until now.

However, he still had sword wounds on his body and in his primordial spirit. Ye Zhuo could still hurt him.

Such a person was the only one Yu Lou had ever seen in his life.

Even Yun Xiang Xi, who was also a demonic existence in the Sword Dao—at least he knew what Yun Xiang Xi wanted.

But he didn’t know what Ye Zhuo wanted.

If they continued to fight, the secrets of the Light and Time Domain would probably be completely spied upon, and then cut off with one sword.

Yu Lou knew that he was going to lose. His will had dissipated.

He glanced at the situation in the entire field.

Yu Shan had already retreated steadily, and the others were at the end of their rope.

Wei Sheng Xian of the Micro-Snow Palace was leading a group of people to draw some kind of formation. Looking at the formation’s trend, he wanted to lift the glazed lamp.

Those who were trapped by the glazed lamp and unable to return to the human realm were these people, but the ones who were really fighting like trapped beasts were the Upper Purity Mountain.

Yu Lou looked at Yin Ye—he thought he was the only one who would do something.

But he found that Yin Ye’s gaze was hazy, looking up at this side, but not looking at himself. It was more like he was trying to see Ye Zhuo’s figure clearly.

It was useless. The situation was gone.

It was a strange thing, all of them were seamless plans.

But how could such a person have suddenly appeared in this Immortal Dao?

A layer of hazy light suddenly lit up on Yu Lou’s body. The passage of his time sped up, allowing him to avoid Ye Zhuo’s sword’s edge in an instant and fall towards the place with the most people.

Almost in an instant, Ye Zhuo knew what he was going to do.

In the next moment, everyone’s time was frozen. Inside the glazed lamp, a completely still picture.

And the light on Yu Lou’s body suddenly burned, as if it was about to explode outward in the next moment—he was going to self-destruct.

Everyone was unable to move or defend, and he was using the body of a Human Immortal to detonate the domain’s Great Dao. If there were no accidents, he could leave everyone behind.

Ye Zhuo thought that this person’s brain was probably stunned by him. Or was it that in the Upper Purity Mountain, what you wanted could always be obtained, and what you wanted to plot could always be plotted, making him feel that no matter what he did, he would definitely be successful.

Did he think that he was the only one here who cultivated the Domain Dao?

Did he think that Wei Sheng Xian was dead? Or that the Ghost Emperor and the Ghost Emperor’s military advisor were also dead, and would do nothing, watching him take them all away with him?

—Even if it was bad, there was still Dragon Li Yuan watching, and nothing would happen.

Except for Yu Lou himself, no one would die here.

In the next moment, as Ye Zhuo expected, Yu Lou’s self-destruction had just begun when a hand suddenly pressed on his shoulder, forcibly stopping it.

Before everyone could panic about the self-destruction, they saw the scene of the light being pressed back into Yu Lou’s body.

The first to strike was not Wei Sheng Xian.

Nor was it the military advisor accompanying the Ghost Emperor.

The fingers on Yu Lou’s shoulder were pale and bloodless. The person was smiling, with a beautiful and demonic face. It was Abbot Yin Ye of the Poor Passage Temple.

“Benefactor, don’t rush to die.” Yin Ye said softly, “How about staying to sacrifice to the formation?”