ISWI Chapter 985-986 (Patreon)

Chapter 985: Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal!

Hearing her master's words, Su Yuxuan smiled softly and replied in her heart, "This woman keeps mentioning Senior Brother's favor. Clearly, she has received benefits from him and has no intention of dual cultivating with him.

"That makes things easier. I am Senior Brother's Dao companion, after all. If there is any power of new life, I'll ask for it in Senior Brother's name. If she gives it, that would be best. If she doesn't, she will definitely feel even more guilty toward Senior Brother. Who knows, she might end up letting Senior Brother have his way.

"And since I helped Senior Brother, I can justifiably ask him for help afterward. Master, you won't have to feel embarrassed anymore… With Senior Brother's help, we might even be able to flip the entire Land of Fallen Immortals upside down and find the most suitable physical body for you, Master."

Manjusaka: "…"

After all these years, she still could not keep up with her disciple's way of thinking. In truth, her disciple had always wanted to ask Ye Chen for help.

But Manjusaka felt too embarrassed. After all, during the Heavenly Intention Holy Son incident, Ye Chen had already helped her obtain the materials to reshape her body. And what had she done in return?

Because of her aversion to male cultivators, she had always spoken coldly to Ye Chen and said many unpleasant things. Asking Ye Chen for help again really made her feel ashamed.

But now the matter concerned her physical body and had reached the final step. Even though Manjusaka still felt a bit awkward, she had no choice but to lower her head and remain silent.

On Yan Ruyu's side, she raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Yuxuan. She said nothing more. With a gentle wave of her hand, she condensed a massive hand from seven-colored divine light and reached for the golden coffin.

Divine patterns flowed across the surface of the golden coffin, and faint immortal might leaked out, attempting to resist the seven-colored hand. However, it had decayed for far too long. Even its immortal might had dissipated greatly over time.

In just a few moments, the seven-colored hand suppressed it completely, gripped the coffin lid, and lifted it off in one swift motion.

The moment the lid flew away, all three pairs of eyes shot toward the interior. They were all startled.

Inside lay a golden-haired woman. Her hair shone brilliantly like cast gold. Her features were breathtakingly beautiful, with a high nose bridge and deep-set eyes that gave her face a striking three-dimensional quality, like a work of art.

Her body was covered only in tattered immortal armor. Even after the passage of time, faint traces of immortal might still lingered, shielding the most critical areas. The exposed skin around the armor was exceptionally fair, in no way inferior to Yan Ruyu's.

She was undoubtedly an incomparably beautiful woman. But the most peculiar thing about her was the six wings on her back. They were pure white and flawless, with every feather extraordinary.

Most importantly, even after falling for so long, the feathers showed no signs of decay. These wings proved her identity. The Heavenly Human Clan was born with wings on their backs.

Ordinary clansmen had two wings. Only top geniuses possessed four wings, and in ancient times, they were almost guaranteed to become immortals. Six wings were even rarer—only a handful existed in the entire Heavenly Human Clan. It was a talent that could rival existences like Celestial Prince and the Exiled Immortal.

The woman's eyes were tightly shut, her expression gentle. She did not look dead, but rather as if she were merely sleeping. A penetrating wound could be seen on her abdomen, slightly above the navel. It looked as though it had been punched straight through. Faint traces of immortal blood could still be seen flowing within the wound.

Manjusaka had long been eyeing the immortal corpses in the Land of Fallen Immortals and had consulted countless ancient records. She immediately guessed the woman's identity.

"The Heavenly Human Clan's True Immortal from back then, the one who once hunted down the Heavenly Emperor! Later, after the Heavenly Emperor attained immortality, he killed her and nearly wiped out her entire clan. I never expected her to be buried here as well."

Manjusaka spoke while staring at the wound. Traces of reincarnation power that had yet to completely fade could still be felt there. This left Manjusaka filled with deep emotion. The Heavenly Emperor of that era had truly been terrifying.

Yet in her mind, Ye Chen's figure involuntarily appeared. Ye Chen's current performance was even more terrifying than the Heavenly Emperor of that era. The enemies he had faced also far surpassed what the Heavenly Emperor had encountered back then.

For example, Celestial Prince was already an upgraded version of the opponents from that time. If Ye Chen attained immortality, just how invincible would he become?

Manjusaka quickly cast aside these distracting thoughts and stared fixedly at the chest of the Heavenly Human Clan immortal corpse. It was not for any improper reason.

At the chest of the Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal, a faint green aura was constantly circulating. Within the thick death qi enveloping the immortal corpse, it stood out conspicuously. Although the faint green aura was weak, it was exceptionally tenacious.

Clearly, it was fighting for resurrection. Once the power of new life overwhelmed the death qi, the immortal corpse would resurrect.

However, whether the resurrected being would still be the original Heavenly Human Clan True Immortal was uncertain. It could also be the corpse developing its own sentience.

Regardless, the presence of new life qi was the best news. If the corpse had been filled with nothing but death qi, she would have no way to suppress it to condense her new physical body.

But with new life qi, things were different. She could use this strand of new life qi as the source and gradually refine its essence, bit by bit, until it completely belonged to her.

…

In front of her, a trace of excitement appeared in Yan Ruyu's usually calm eyes. There really was new life qi. Once she obtained this strand, she could use it as the foundation to gradually comprehend it, condense the ninth tail feather, and control the ninth divine light. At that point, she would be truly flawless.

Yan Ruyu immediately raised her hand. seven-colored divine light condensed into a jade disk, preparing to extract the new life qi within.

But at this moment, Su Yuxuan, seeing that opening the coffin had brought no danger and that the immortal corpse showed no abnormalities, drifted closer. "Fellow Daoist, please wait…"

Yan Ruyu frowned slightly. She heard Su Yuxuan continue, "I am Senior Brother's Dao companion. I see that you feel pressured because you owe Senior Brother a favor. Since that's the case, I'll give you a chance to clear that debt completely. Hand over this entire immortal corpse to me. From then on, you and Senior Brother will be even, with no more karmic entanglement between you…"

Su Yuxuan knew that Yan Ruyu had publicly rejected Senior Brother in front of everyone, so she went straight for the vital point with her first words.

Yan Ruyu's eyes flickered slightly. But she still shook her head. "If Ye Chen personally asks me in front of me, I will naturally yield. But you are merely one of his Dao companions. That is not enough to bear this favor."

The corners of Su Yuxuan's mouth lifted. "Senior Brother and I grew up together. My heart was personally dug out by Senior Brother and given to me. I naturally have the qualifications to settle this favor on his behalf. If, under such circumstances, you still refuse! Then are you only grateful with your mouth, yet unwilling to give up any actual benefits?

"Or are you saying one thing but meaning another—pretending to distance yourself and maintain your dignity, when in reality you don't want to settle the karma with Senior Brother and truly become even?"

Su Yuxuan attacked with full force. This woman could have refused Senior Brother in private. Instead, she had chosen to reject him publicly, letting him be ridiculed and gossiped about. She was definitely not a good person. Of course, Su Yuxuan had to vent some anger for her Senior Brother.

However, Yan Ruyu's temperament was extraordinarily profound. She merely glanced indifferently at Su Yuxuan, neither speaking nor showing any anger. In the next moment, she controlled the jade disk and prepared to extract the power of new life.

Su Yuxuan did not make a move. She and her master could fight ordinary Great Emperors, but against someone like Yan Ruyu, they had no chance. Scolding her a few times was enough. Once they left this place, she would immediately go find Senior Brother and cry to him…

Chapter 986: Would Senior Brother Like an Immortal Corpse?

Su Yuxuan retreated and stopped competing.

Yan Ruyu raised her brows slightly, a trace of surprise flashing across her face. She soon stopped caring about it.

The jade disk formed from seven-colored divine light slowly activated, drawing out the power of new life from the immortal corpse.

That faint green aura slowly rose. A hint of a smile had just appeared on Yan Ruyu's peerlessly beautiful face when her expression changed drastically.

The entire grand formation froze, as if time itself had stopped at this moment.

A terrifying aura surged upward.

Yan Ruyu's entire body turned cold, as though she were being stared at by a monstrous beast. Her vigilance shot to the extreme.

In the next instant, the Heavenly Human Clan immortal corpse's tightly shut eyes suddenly opened. They stared fixedly at Yan Ruyu.

For a moment, Yan Ruyu felt as if her heart would leap out of her chest. Her hands and feet turned ice-cold.

The immortal corpse had actually awakened!!! The power of new life had not yet suppressed the death qi. Why had the immortal corpse awakened ahead of time?

Before Yan Ruyu could figure it out, a beam of tribulation light surged from the immortal corpse's emotionless eyes and shot straight toward her.

The terrifying power felt like heavenly punishment. Seven-colored divine light gathered around Yan Ruyu, forming an umbrella in front of her.

Yet the moment it touched the tribulation light, the umbrella exploded. The tribulation light pierced directly through Yan Ruyu's shoulder. The horrific wound and the attached death qi caused her face to change dramatically.

Immediately afterward, another beam of tribulation light shot from the immortal corpse's eyes, heading straight for the center of Yan Ruyu's brows.

It carried endless death qi. If it pierced through, Yan Ruyu would undoubtedly die.

At this moment, Yan Ruyu no longer held anything back. Eight-colored divine light surged and transformed into a flower petal, blocking the space before her brow.

The tribulation light was unstoppable. It slammed into the petal and drove straight into its core. The petal exploded instantly, but it took the tribulation light with it.

The terrifying aftershock still sent Yan Ruyu flying, but she had ultimately blocked the attack.

At that moment, the thought of retreating rose in Yan Ruyu's mind. Although she was still only a Great Emperor, ever since condensing the eight-colored tail feathers, her combat strength was no weaker than most quasi-immortals.

Yet she could not even withstand a single glance from the opponent. The opponent's combat power definitely far exceeded the quasi-immortal level. She was no match at all.

Seeing that the immortal corpse remained lying there and had not attacked again, looking somewhat dazed as if it had just woken from a long sleep, Yan Ruyu immediately began to retreat, slowly approaching the edge of the formation.

Her gaze swept toward where Su Yuxuan had been earlier. She planned to bring the other party along when she left, for Ye Chen's sake.

However, the moment her eyes landed there, her pupils shrank. The black-skirted Su Yuxuan, barefoot with bells on her ankles, had already slipped to the edge of the formation at some point and was preparing to leave…

Yan Ruyu's expression stiffened slightly. The woman had probably been ready to run the moment the immortal corpse opened its eyes. Her sense of danger was truly sharp.

Since the other party had the means to escape, Yan Ruyu no longer bothered with her. She turned and struck out with divine light, primarily using black light, intending to leave the same way she had entered.

However, the formation only rippled slightly without forming any opening. There was a problem with this grand formation.

With the immortal corpse's awakening, the formation seemed to have awakened as well. Escaping had become difficult.

After reaching this conclusion, Yan Ruyu's expression changed again as she looked toward Su Yuxuan. She discovered that Su Yuxuan had also failed to leave.

At the same time, Su Yuxuan stopped trying to escape. Instead, she took out an array disk and slammed it down. A terrifying quasi-immortal defensive formation instantly rose up.

Yan Ruyu was startled. A quasi-immortal defensive formation activated directly from an array disk. This was far more precious and rare than ordinary quasi-immortal formations. Even she did not possess one.

Did the Nether God Holy Land value their Nether Maiden so highly?

But after glancing at the still-dazed immortal corpse, Yan Ruyu shook her head. A quasi-immortal formation would likely struggle to block the opponent.

However, in the next moment, Su Yuxuan's small hands kept moving. She took out eight successive Extreme Dao weapons in a row.

Yan Ruyu's small mouth opened slightly. For the first time, she lost her composure. There was armor resembling a Black Tortoise turtle. There was a shield. There was a small cauldron, a jade tree… All eight were defensive-type Extreme Dao weapons.

Most importantly, all these Extreme Dao Weapons radiated the peak power of the Extreme Dao.

Eight supreme Extreme Dao Weapons—how was that even possible?

Supreme Extreme Dao Weapons were rare even for Holy Lands. Even the top Holy Lands would be lucky to possess one or two. Yet Su Yuxuan had taken out eight of them at once.

Watching Su Yuxuan arrange the eight supreme Extreme Dao Weapons inside the quasi-immortal formation according to the Eight Trigrams pattern, Yan Ruyu immediately understood. These were definitely not given to Su Yuxuan by the Nether God Holy Land. They had come from the Heavenly Emperor's heir.

This realization made Yan Ruyu even more shocked. After all, among all of Ye Chen's female companions, Su Yuxuan was not particularly outstanding. In the eyes of the outside world, the one Ye Chen favored most was Yi Qingwu of the Heavenly Intent Holy Land.

Next came people like Yan Qingcheng. Su Yuxuan should have been near the bottom of the list. Yet even she had received such lavish equipment. What about Yi Qingwu and the others? Just how much had the Heavenly Emperor's heir given them?

In this moment, Yan Ruyu gained a new understanding of Ye Chen's wealth and his generosity toward his female companions.

Looking at the quasi-immortal formation that appeared impregnable under the support of the eight supreme Extreme Dao Weapons, Yan Ruyu almost felt the urge to ask if she could hide inside it as well.

…

On Su Yuxuan's side, after finishing her preparations and gaining a sense of security, she took out a jade pendant. The pendant was only half a piece, carved with dragons and phoenixes.

Without hesitation, Su Yuxuan crushed it. In an instant, a peculiar fluctuation drifted out from her hand. It ignored all the grand formations and the eerie aura of the Land of Fallen Immortals, floating far away.

After doing all this, Su Yuxuan finally relaxed completely. This item had also been given to her by Senior Brother. As long as she was within the world of cultivation, no matter where she was, crushing the jade pendant would allow Senior Brother to know immediately and come to her rescue.

With Senior Brother around, she was not worried even if the immortal corpse had opened its eyes. Even if a True Immortal emerged, Su Yuxuan believed Senior Brother could handle it. People on the outside kept guessing whether Senior Brother could defeat this person or that person. Recently, they were even discussing whether he could defeat the Eight-Crowned King.

Su Yuxuan found it amusing every time she heard it. No one understood Senior Brother's ability to hide his trump cards better than she did. She felt that the strength Senior Brother had shown to the outside world so far was probably only fifty percent of his true capability.

Senior Brother had long been invincible. It was just that her master was too stubborn, always saying that a woman should rely on herself. She repeated every day that relying on a mountain would eventually cause it to collapse, relying on water would eventually cause it to dry up, and relying on people would eventually cause them to die. But Su Yuxuan believed that Senior Brother would always be someone she could rely on.

In short, after summoning Senior Brother, Su Yuxuan was no longer anxious at all. She glanced at the immortal corpse. The green aura on it was slowly growing stronger, and the immortal corpse had already sat up from the coffin.

Looking at the perfect figure beneath the tattered golden armor, Su Yuxuan nodded appreciatively. It was beautiful and pleasing to the eye, though a bit small.

But in the next moment, Su Yuxuan's expression changed. With Senior Brother's style of doing things… Would he take this immortal corpse as one of his female companions?

Logically speaking, a normal person would not. But with Senior Brother… it was hard to say…