Rapidnovel Chapter 203: The Buzhou Immortal Sect’s Forbidden Grounds
Chapter 203: The Buzhou Immortal Sect’s Forbidden Grounds
Chapter 203: The Buzhou Immortal Sect’s Forbidden Grounds
Realmlord Demonseal sighed as he glanced at the broken corpse on the ground. The kilometer surrounding the corpse was charred black, and some parts of the ground were partially glass. Coupled with the faint remnant tribulation essence, anyone who passed by would think that the cultivator died due to failing his heavenly tribulation.
However, Realmlord Demonseal knew the truth.
Descending towards the corpse, he reached out and closed Lushu’s eyes, wide-open eyes filled with hatred and the shock of betrayal. Upon closer inspection, he could see the signs of healing Lushu’s body was undergoing, but it was cut short. Now, burnt skin peppered the corpse’s body, but what truly made it terrifying to look at was how withered it was, as if someone had drained all its blood.
It is a pity. This old man was thinking of taking this youngster as my first and final disciple. He had supervised the Demon Cage Realm for over a hundred thousand years. At first, it was only a prison for demons that the Buzhou Immortal Sect captured. Later, after the seclusions of the demons after the Human-Divine Beast War, the Demon Cage Realm had changed into a farm in all but name.
Lushu was the first native of the Demon Cage Realm that Realmlord Demonseal saw adequate talent. He wanted to take him as a nominal disciple and further appraise Lushu’s talent before fully accepting him as his personal disciple. If Lushu passed, then he would take Lushu and his family to the Huang Realm and become a member of the Buzhou Immortal Sect.
Realmlord Demonseal glanced at a side and concealed himself. If a cultivator were present, Realmlord Demonseal appeared to have disappeared into thin air, but to Realmlord Demonseal himself, he was still standing at the same spot. Not long after, a few residents of Fan City had come out towards ground zero of the heavenly tribulation.
His name seems to be Zhangya? Realmlord Demonseal thought. As an immortal, the lifespan of the denizens of the Demon Cage Realm, even the cultivators, was akin to a blink of an eye to him, so he hardly bothered paying attention to them.
Zhangya and four others walked forward and saw Lushu’s corpse. He released a howl of grief and punched the ground, shattering it and revealing the earth beneath the charred surface. He wasn’t just mourning for the loss of his friend, but the future guardian of Fan City.
Lushu had told that he needed to meet someone outside of Fan City. Although Zhangya didn’t know who, he trusted Lushu and so bid farewell, but after months of no response, Zhangya left the safety of the Starry Star Immortal Grotto to search for Lushu.
Immediately after leaving, Zhangya could see the unnatural landscape due to the Soul Nourishing Heavenly Tribulation. Wondering who it was, Zhangya came to investigate, but he never expected to see Lushu’s corpse.
“How is this possible?” Zhangya muttered to himself. After he suppressed the sadness threatening to burst out, Zhangya analyzed the scene and noticed the remnant aura of tribulation.
Lushu was indeed the one at the most advanced cultivation of all of Fan City, but he had heard Lushu say that he was still far from the next realm, the Soul Nourishing Realm. So why was it that Lushu suddenly died to tribulation? If a stronger demon killed Lushu, Zhangya wouldn’t have been so puzzled, but this was death due to tribulation that Lushu said he was far from.
Off at the side, Realmlord Demonseal saw the confusion in Zhangya’s eyes. When he heard Zhangya mutter about ‘immortals,’ a withered old hand reached out towards Zhangya but ultimately stopped.
Forget it. He’s a good seed that can protect his fellow humans. If I kill him, I’ll just ruin the chances of them rising even more after Lushu’s death, unlikely as it is. Even if he suspects something, he won’t be able to live long to investigate anyway. Lamenting at the death of a promising disciple, Realmlord Demonseal returned to his abode and entered deep sleep to extend what little longevity he had left.
Mentioning the rising wars at the periphery of the Heaven Continent, Emperor Soulfish couldn’t help but analyze the situation deeper. The increasing wars are queer. Someone, or rather, some force is acting in the dark. But that’s better for me, I can use their hands to hide my actions.
After an unknown period of time, a colossal red whale emerged above the sea. A sprout of water erupted from its blowhole and created a rainbow. A figure in a red robe with white hair and a horn on his forehead appeared not long after. Emperor Soulfish waved his hand, and the red whale monster submerged itself into the deep once more.
The red whale was Emperor Soulfish’s soul puppet. The soul residing within the red whale was not the original, and the body had been converted into an immortal grotto. Although the outer appearance of the whale appeared normal except for its coloring, the inside appeared to be a separated world where the Soul Pagoda was situated at the center. The mobile pagoda wasn’t as elusive as an immortal grotto formed from spacetime laws, but it still allowed Emperor Soulfish to be undiscovered.
After making sure that the Begonia Whale Immortal Grotto had completely submerged and hidden itself, Emperor Soulfish flew towards the Heaven Continent while concealing his traces.
While flying through the air of the Buzhou Immortal Sect, Sect Master Xia examined the sphere in his hands and couldn’t help but sigh. The sphere was naturally the Vast Heaven Islands that he had borrowed from Tianyi. When he heard that Tianyi created a pseudo realm by carving out a piece of the Demon Cage Realm, Sect Master Xia thought he had misheard. He was an immortal monarch. How could he have misheard?
When Tianyi came back, he had planned on asking Tianyi how he accomplished such an act. It had to be known that no one in the history of the Buzhou Immortal Sect had come close to replicating the act of creating a realm. Even if it was a pseudo realm, Tianyi had accomplished something that not even the immortals could replicate. Did the Concealed Emperor foresee such a day? Is that why he told me to pay special attention to Little Xi?
Sect Master Xia wanted to examine the Vast Heaven Islands some more, but he still had an errand to finish. As for who could make the sect master of the Buzhou Immortal run errands? It was naturally the Concealed Emperor! In fact, the end of the Demon Slaying Expedition was also the will of the Concealed Emperor.
After a considerable amount of time, Sect Master Xia landed in front of the entrance to the Buzhou Immortal Sect’s forbidden grounds. The Buzhou Immortal Sect only had one forbidden ground, and it was surrounded by mountains from all sides.
The name forbidden grounds wasn’t just an empty title either. The secrecy of the forbidden grounds was to the point that even true immortals did not know what it contained. No one was allowed to enter without permission aside from the head elders, grand elders, and sect master. Even then, none of the above-mentioned figures would lightly enter without good reason. Even Sect Master Xia only learned the truth after he ascended to his position, and upon walking in, he was shocked to his core.
Sect Master felt his breath hitch at the magnificence before his eyes upon walking through the entrance and entering the forbidden grounds. Although he was the sect master, this was only the sixth time he entered during his tenure.
The forbidden grounds of the Buzhou Immortal Sect did not exist within the Huang Realm. To be more precise, it was situated in a realm within the Huang Realm, a realm within a realm.
Tiles formed of white jade, walls built on divine clay, bridges formed of primordial stones, pillars forged from divine steel, shingles refined from dragon scales, and palaces constructed from glorious chaos jade. Not only were his eyes lambasted by the splendor, but the dense immortal qi also impacted Sect Master Xia.
Regaining his wits, Sect Master Xia made his way towards the largest structure. The structure was a palace yet not a palace because it had walls, pillars, tiles, and everything except the roof.
When Sect Master Xia entered, he didn’t take any detours and went straight to the throne hall. Except for the roof, it greatly resembled the throne room of the Xi Dynasty. Or rather, all throne rooms or halls resembled the throne hall Sect Master Xia entered. Upon entering, Sect Master Xia kneeled and bowed to the figure on the throne.
The throne was a masterpiece not of mortal make. It seemed to be forged from the hands of divinity. On it, the story of creation could be seen, from the time when the world was still an egg not yet split by Pangu to the creation of the Immortal Court.
On the throne sat a figure wearing jade-green robes embroidered with lotuses from golden silk. The figure’s face was that of a peerlessly handsome man in his thirties with long black hair and beard. His eyes seemed to contain the heavens within, and atop his head was a crown of stars.
He was the Concealed Emperor of the Buzhou Immortal Sect and a survivor from the primordial era.