ISWI Chapter 1371-1372 (Patreon)

Chapter 1371: Inheritance of the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord!

In the Immortal Realm, within a certain ruin, several figures stood high in the air with ugly expressions. Any outsider would have been shocked to discover that every one of them was a peak Great Luo existence. Their moods, however, were clearly extremely poor.

"To have the prize snatched from our jaws by a mere peak Profound Immortal female cultivator… how are we supposed to explain this to Chief Ye when we return?"

"If we cannot even handle a matter of this level, how can we continue to follow at Chief Ye's side in the future?"

"It was not only the peak Profound Immortal female cultivator. There was also a Celestial Race female cultivator providing support!"

These few were all outer disciples of the Dao Academy. Their ages had already surpassed three thousand years. The Dao Academy possessed abundant resources and did not mind recruiting additional outer disciples to raise the overall strength of the Immortal Realm. Their status, however, was far inferior to that of the core disciples under three thousand years of age.

Therefore, they all sought patrons within the Dao Academy to serve, handling various miscellaneous tasks. This was one of the reasons the Dao Academy recruited them—to lighten the burden on the core disciples so the latter could focus entirely on cultivation and grow rapidly.

These few had been fortunate enough to meet Chief Ye Bai once. Chief Ye was the undisputed number one among the core disciples of the Dao Academy, as well as the number one under three thousand years of age. His cultivation had already reached the peak of the Ancestral Immortal realm, and he could break through to the Origin Immortal realm at any moment.

Most importantly, Chief Ye's origins were extraordinary. He came from the former imperial Ye Family and possessed one of the most noble bloodlines in the entire Immortal Realm. Under such circumstances, if they could follow at his side, their futures would be boundless.

Regrettably, the very first task they had undertaken for Chief Ye had gone awry. Within this ruin, a Five-Transformation Nirvana Lotus had been nurtured. It could greatly enhance the origin power of flesh and blood and assist an immortal in breaking through the grade of their physical body.

Now that the Five-Transformation Nirvana Lotus had matured, they had been sent by Ye Bai to collect it. Upon arrival, however, they discovered a barefoot female cultivator already in the process of harvesting it. They had not paid her much attention.

After all, the barefoot female cultivator possessed only peak Profound Immortal cultivation—in their eyes, little more than a slightly larger ant. One of them, noticing her pure yet alluring beauty, which was exceedingly rare, even developed improper thoughts.

Yet that female cultivator turned out to be skilled in corpse control, and the corpse she manipulated actually possessed Great Luo-level combat strength. Caught off guard, they suffered a small loss.

That, however, was nothing serious. They were all peak Great Luo cultivators; any one of them alone could have suppressed the immortal corpse given a little time.

Unexpectedly, the female cultivator proved extremely decisive. The moment she struck, she detonated the immortal corpse. The power of the explosion rivaled a full-strength strike from an Ancestral Immortal and severely injured all five peak Great Luo cultivators.

In addition, she had arranged a formation in advance that trapped them as well. There was also a Celestial Race female cultivator with an imposing figure providing support. Although that female cultivator was only at the early Golden Immortal realm, the spatial power concentrated upon her pair of wings was excessively dense, and her speed of escape was astonishing.

By the time they recovered and emerged from the formation, the two women had already fled without a trace. Every vestige of their presence had been erased… not the slightest clue remained. Even various methods of detection and deduction proved completely useless.

The faces of the five men were especially ashen. If they failed to handle this matter, they would not only lose the chance to cling to a powerful thigh; they might even lose the opportunity to remain in the Dao Academy.

One of them gritted his teeth. "We five peak Great Luo cultivators were actually toyed with by a mere Profound Immortal. It is truly humiliating! Moreover, Chief Ye will almost certainly become an Immortal King in the future and protect an entire region when the Other Domains arrive. The chance to cling to the thigh of such an existence comes only once! Therefore, we absolutely cannot give up!"

The moment the words fell, that man's expression turned ruthless. He raised his hand and struck his own heart with vicious force, spitting out a large mouthful of origin essence blood.

With the expulsion of that blood, his entire body instantly wilted. Such a loss could not be recovered without at least a hundred years. Yet he had no time to feel the pain. He immediately tossed out a golden tortoise shell.

"Heaven and Earth without limit, ten-thousand-li tracking… Heavenly Secret Divine Art, reveal the traces for me…"

With an angry roar, the cultivator activated the ancestral Heaven-Roaring Divine Art. In the next moment, his eyes changed. A line invisible to outsiders yet clearly visible to him appeared within the void. His face was pale, yet cold light shone in his eyes.

"A mere peak Profound Immortal dares to snatch food from a tiger's mouth… Once I find you, I will make you unable to live and unable to die. Follow me!"

The words fell, and the man shot away with explosive force. The others, seeing that a clue had appeared, also revealed expressions of joy and hurriedly chased after him. Their hatred for the two women had truly reached the extreme.

Deep within a certain void, two graceful figures stood. One was taller and more imposing, her figure magnificent and her chest vast as a valley. The other was more delicate, her figure slender, yet her small feet tender and fair.

These two were Manjusaka and Su Yuxuan. Manjusaka's face was filled with lingering fear as she looked helplessly at her disciple. This disciple of hers truly possessed a frighteningly bold heart. Those had been five peak Great Luo cultivators, yet under such circumstances she still dared to snatch food from a tiger's mouth. It was truly audacious.

To be honest, there were many times when Manjusaka felt that she herself was the disciple and Su Yuxuan the master. Over the years, however, they had already undertaken quite a few risky ventures. Manjusaka no longer dwelled on the point. Instead, she looked with a measure of worry at the dress covering Su Yuxuan's body.

In the past, Su Yuxuan had always worn a white skirt that reached her knees, revealing her slender white calves and arms. Now, apart from her neck, cheeks, and small feet, everything else was tightly wrapped. All of this was because of the inheritance Su Yuxuan had obtained ten years earlier—the inheritance of the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord.

The Blood-Purifying Demon Sect had been an old-line top-tier power during the era of the Heavenly Emperor. The Blood-Purifying Demon Lord himself had been an Immortal King-level expert.

In those days, however, he had offended the Heavenly Emperor and been annihilated, his orthodoxy wiped out completely. Unexpectedly, Su Yuxuan had obtained the inheritance. Yet the inheritance of the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord was far too bizarre.

The immortal power cultivated from it continuously eroded the skin and flesh. The higher the realm, the more severe the erosion. The skin beneath Su Yuxuan's dress was now covered in gray, demonic-looking patterns that brought her endless pain every day.

It was not entirely without benefit. If she could endure it, Su Yuxuan would obtain the Blood-Purifying Immortal Body. This was an immortal body the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord had created after birth, yet its strength was in no way inferior to those top-tier immortal bodies.

Within the inheritance of the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord, there were also solutions: refine the skins of numerous immortal beasts and use form to supplement form, continually resisting the erosion upon the skin, or refine the flesh of top-tier immortal body powerhouses.

After the era of the Heavenly Emperor, however, due to the invasion of Other Domains and other reasons, the environment of the Immortal Realm had greatly declined. Many of the immortal beasts and strange creatures mentioned by the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord had already gone extinct amid the changes in the greater environment.

As for ambushing powerhouses with immortal bodies of flesh, that was even more difficult. The strength of the two women was far from sufficient. In the end, they could only rely on obtaining certain treasures that enhanced the skin and flesh to temporarily resist the erosion… yet this was clearly not enough.

Chapter 1372: Don't Give Me Money at a Time Like This!

In short, every one of the three paths was difficult to walk. The first path had seen many immortal beasts and strange creatures go extinct. Those that still existed were either too powerful to defeat or too precious to obtain.

As for the second path—cultivating through humans—Su Yuxuan was not like Ye Chen. Ye Chen was unwilling to slaughter the innocent and basically only struck back with overwhelming force after the other party attacked first.

Su Yuxuan's moral standards were undoubtedly a little lower. She felt no resistance toward staining her hands with blood. Or rather, having walked all the way up from the lower realms, her hands had long been stained with countless drops of blood.

Therefore, it was not that Su Yuxuan was unwilling to ambush cultivators with special physical bodies to aid her own cultivation. She simply had no opportunity. Anyone whose physical body possessed special qualities was almost always protected by a family or a sect.

Moreover, the foundation of the Immortal Realm far surpassed that of the lower realms. The two of them had grown up from the lower realms and their aptitudes were not top-tier. Even within the same realm, they could only claim they would not lose; they dared not claim certain victory. Two unsupported lone cultivators truly had no chance.

The third path—relying on heavenly materials and earthly treasures to strengthen the skin and flesh—was equally difficult. Starting from the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, the Immortal Realm began to emphasize the physical body. These heavenly materials and earthly treasures were precisely what powerhouses at the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm required, causing their prices to soar.

At the beginning, Su Yuxuan had managed to exchange for a few by selling many of the gifts Ye Chen had given her, barely maintaining her condition.

In the main, she still had to collect them herself. Yet the strength of the two women truly amounted to little within the Immortal Realm. Had they not obtained a peak Great Luo Golden Immortal immortal corpse puppet from the inheritance of the Blood-Purifying Demon Lord, they would have been unable to take even a single step.

This, one could say, was the true living condition of lone cultivators in the Immortal Realm. Someone like Ye Chen who had suddenly become an ancestor of the Jade Pool Immortal Sect was truly rare.

"Yuxuan, we are safe now. Although this Five-Transformation Nirvana Lotus does not enhance the skin, it can replenish the origin of the physical body and will still bring you considerable benefits. It should be able to delay the erosion for a long time. Next time we will think of another way and investigate other treasures. We should be safe for the moment. You refine it first. I will guard you!" Manjusaka spoke softly.

Su Yuxuan nodded lightly. Even though her body was filled with extreme pain, a sweet smile remained on her face. "Many thanks, Master… Master, you are truly good. After arriving in the Immortal Realm it has always been you who took care of me. Without you, Master, I would probably have fallen long ago…"

Hearing this, Manjusaka shook her head helplessly. When she and Su Yuxuan first met, they could only be said to have each harbored their own ulterior motives. Yet as the two of them gradually grew closer, Su Yuxuan had busied herself running about for the sake of her recovery and had even brushed past death several times. After so many years, they had long trusted each other to the extreme.

"Between us there is no need for thanks. Yet I feel that back then we truly should have waited for Ye Chen to become an immortal and stayed by his side. Setting everything else aside, at the very least we could have entered a top-tier power like the Jade Pool Immortal Sect and would certainly not lack resources the way we do now. As for the problem you are facing, Ye Chen might even be able to help you solve it!"

Su Yuxuan smiled and shook her head at those words. "Senior Brother becoming an ancestor of the Jade Pool is very strange. I feel he may not necessarily be living so well there. There might be some conspiracy, such as the Jade Pool intending to use Senior Brother as a sacrifice to revive the Western Empress.

"Otherwise, the Jade Pool Immortal Sect would not have abandoned Senior Brother at the critical moment and caused him to miss the chance for the Dao Academy. Moreover, although Senior Brother was frighteningly wealthy in the lower realms, the Heavenly Emperor's treasury he controlled was probably left behind when the Heavenly Emperor was still in the lower realms…

"Placed in the Immortal Realm, it does not amount to much. For example, that Enlightenment Tea looks decent, yet in the Immortal Realm it is truly ordinary. Therefore Senior Brother's days are most likely not easy either."

It was not that Su Yuxuan insisted on suffering when she did not have to. Rather, she preferred the stimulating feeling of wandering outside. Secondly, if Senior Brother was doing well, she would of course go to him and ask for help. When Senior Brother helped the pitiful version of herself, he would feel satisfaction and pride. Yet if Senior Brother was not doing well and she still went over looking pitiful, that would only add to his frustration and might even affect their relationship.

Ever since the year she was sold by her family, Su Yuxuan had lost her conscience. Only when facing Senior Brother did that long-lost conscience grow again. Therefore, even though she had long heard news of Senior Brother, Su Yuxuan, who was not doing particularly well herself, had never gone to disturb him.

Manjusaka felt that Su Yuxuan's words made sense. She nodded and let out a soft sigh. Cultivators of the lower realms went mad trying to enter the Immortal Realm. The two of them had been lucky enough to know Ye Chen and obtain the opportunity.

Yet upon arriving in the Immortal Realm, they discovered that this place was still no paradise. With their mediocre aptitudes, they could not enter any great sect, and their days were truly far from easy. Without further words, the two prepared to attend to proper business.

Just as Su Yuxuan sat cross-legged and prepared to refine the Five-Transformation Nirvana Lotus she had obtained, her long cyan hair suddenly stood on end. Every hair on her body rose in an instant.

She no longer cared about refining the lotus and stood up at once. "Master, our tracks have been found… Three of the restrictions left along our escape route have already been triggered in succession. We must leave immediately!"

Su Yuxuan rose directly.

Manjusaka's expression changed slightly at the words. The divine ability she used for escape was one awakened by the Celestial Race after becoming immortals—traceless and formless. Even cultivators several major realms higher than herself would find it difficult to detect.

Relying on it, the two of them had avoided crisis several times. Yet the methods of Immortal Realm cultivators were truly too numerous. This time they had failed.

She immediately spread the eight wings on her back—half blood-red, half pure white. On her peerlessly beautiful face that looked as though it had been sculpted, a helpless expression appeared. "If my divine ability is useless, where can we run? The opponents are five Great Luo Golden Immortals!"

Su Yuxuan crushed a divine talisman with one hand while pointing in a certain direction with the other. "Master, we will flee toward the Jade Pool Immortal Sect…"

Manjusaka did not hesitate. Her eight wings vibrated at once as boundless spatial power boiled and carried Su Yuxuan away at extreme speed. Yet a look of confusion remained on her face. She had seen that the jade talisman Su Yuxuan crushed was the one Ye Chen had left behind back then. Had Su Yuxuan not said that Ye Chen was not doing well either and that going to him would be useless?

Moreover, Su Yuxuan had also said that Ye Chen had been so glorious in the lower realms that, having fallen on hard times in the Immortal Realm, he would certainly be unwilling to be seen by his own women. That was why she had never gone to find him.

Su Yuxuan understood her master's confusion and smiled faintly. "No matter how poorly Senior Brother is doing, he is still Senior Brother. We are about to die—how can we still care about such things?

"When Senior Brother was only at the Golden Immortal realm, he could slaughter an entire group of prodigies. Even if he never entered the Dao Academy and his cultivation progress has been slow, he should at least be at the Great Luo realm by now…

"These five are not top-tier prodigies. Senior Brother will certainly not find it too difficult to deal with them. We can even send him a few enemies so he can cultivate his invincible will a little…"

Manjusaka's mouth twitched at the words. This disciple of hers always came up with crooked ideas that somehow seemed to contain a bit of reason upon closer thought.

Yet Manjusaka was also somewhat worried. Relying on her bloodline divine ability, although she was only a Golden Immortal, her speed could rival that of an ordinary Great Luo Golden Immortal. She had to carry Su Yuxuan with her, however, and the opponents were five peak Great Luo existences who could catch up at any moment.

Could Ye Chen truly receive the message? Even if he did receive it, the two of them were currently separated from the continent where the Jade Pool Immortal Sect stood by an entire continent's distance. Could Ye Chen arrive in time? Most importantly, did the present Ye Chen still care about Su Yuxuan?

Manjusaka knew her own place well enough to understand that she held little weight in Ye Chen's heart. Therefore, only if Ye Chen still cared about Su Yuxuan would he come to save them. Would Ye Chen come?

In the Jade Pool Immortal Sect, inside his fiancée's cave abode, after finishing their affairs, Ye Chen recalled how he had spent the past two years fiercely simping Shen Qingge and forgotten about his fiancée.

Feeling a little guilty and ashamed, he spoke. "Qingwu, I have been negligent these two years and failed to obtain any origin for you… Next time I will definitely bring you origin."

Hearing this, Yi Qingwu, who had been bustling about, immediately narrowed her phoenix eyes on her exquisite face, raised a delicate fist, and pounded hard against Ye Chen's chest. Ye Chen was startled, thinking his fiancée's sixth sense was too sharp and she had seen the ghosts in his heart.

Just as he was regretting his loose tongue, Yi Qingwu gritted her teeth and spoke. "Next time, after finishing this sort of thing, can you not mention sending me origin? It makes it seem as though I…"

His fiancée did not finish, yet Ye Chen understood. It was like a couple walking out of a hotel after booking a room, and the man asking the woman whether she had money for a taxi while pulling out two hundred yuan.

Although it was perfectly reasonable, the feeling of receiving money at the hotel entrance was rather delicate… In the past gifts had always been given first and the affairs handled afterward. Bringing it up after the fact this time did indeed carry a faint sense of paying a service fee.

Ye Chen hurriedly soothed his fiancée and clarified that he had not meant it that way. Their interest, however, was inevitably somewhat affected. His fiancée had not yet withdrawn her demonic form. Now she did so, rolling her eyes as she shooed him away. "Hurry up and go find those good senior sisters of yours…"

Ye Chen immediately felt amused. So his fiancée was still a little jealous. Just as he was about to say something, he frowned slightly. Within his small world, an ancient talisman had begun to vibrate. It was a two-way sensing talisman he had specially obtained through gift feedback while still in the lower realms.

Even across hundreds of millions of li, or when separated by secret realms and formations, it could not block the mutual connection. He had given this ancient talisman to quite a few of his dao companions from the lower realms so that even if they were not together in the Immortal Realm, he would learn of it the moment they encountered danger.

Looking at the mark activated upon the ancient talisman, Ye Chen knew that Little Demoness had met with an accident.

Yi Qingwu sensed the change in Ye Chen's aura, raised her beautiful eyebrows, and looked somewhat puzzled. Ye Chen smiled faintly. "Qingwu, I know you are unhappy. I will go collect origin for you right now."

The moment the words fell, his figure vanished from the spot.

Yi Qingwu was slightly stunned. Then she gritted her teeth. Was she angry because of the origin? He still brought up the origin, making it seem as though she had ended things early simply because she had not received any. The next time they met, she would harden her heart and… give Ye Chen a proper lesson.