Chapter 1281
[Immortal Realm Chapter] Immortal Trees Bloom in Spring, Star Abyss Slides
"Fellow Daoist Lin, what are you standing there for?"
The others were about to tell him to destroy it quickly, but when they saw the withered branch in his hand, they were all confused. Many people wondered if they had seen it wrong!
It's supposed to be a technology detector, so how did it suddenly turn into a tree branch?
And it looks familiar!
"This...this can't be..."
The crowd stammered, pointing and unable to speak coherently, their eyes wide as if they had seen a ghost!
At this moment, Xingjianxian stepped forward and tried to grab the empty star skirt.
"Quick, throw this thing away! It has the monitor's blood on it. The enemy will be able to track us down using this information, and we'll all be finished!"
"Wait!"
Ancestor Yanling suddenly spoke, interrupting the recovery of spiritual power and telling Lin Shan not to make a move.
"This is the immortal wood preserved in the coffin of Immortal Lord Xuheng. Perhaps it contains a contingency plan left by the elders of the immortal path back then. Maybe the Immortal Lord is still alive!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
Is the Immortal Lord still alive?
This is not impossible.
Not long ago, the monitor was ambushed and severely injured, and then this dead tree followed and chased after it on its own. How could such a spiritual tree not be controlled by consciousness? They would never believe it!
But at this crucial moment, another person stood up to voice their opposition.
"I think it should be destroyed, or exiled into the void turbulence. Holding onto it is like holding a hot potato; once the monitors catch up, everyone will die!"
Everyone turned around and discovered that the speaker was none other than the Spirit Master!
The other party looked wary, as if facing a formidable enemy, staring intently at the withered branch, their fear palpable.
Having barely escaped with his life, he naturally refused to risk his safety again.
“Junior Brother Yu Ling, you’re wrong. Although we’ve escaped, we still don’t know how to leave the Microcosm. How can we throw away the immortal wood we’ve already obtained?”
Patriarch Yanling immediately refuted this, and no one expected that the two patriarchs would disagree at such a crucial moment!
For a moment, the members of the Immortal Remnant Alliance didn't know whose side to listen to, because they realized that both sides had valid points in their arguments.
This thing is indeed dangerous, but it is also their hope of leaving.
You must understand that without the Kongtong Realm in the Microcosm, the only pure land has been lost. The outside world is in an era of absolution of magic, and the extinction of cultivators is inevitable. Staying is just waiting to die, so it's better to take a gamble!
The Spirit Master nodded:
"Isn't there Fellow Daoist Lin here? He has a powerful figure backing him up; perhaps he can lead us away."
Lin Shan then stood up and nodded in affirmation.
"I just asked, and I did get the method to get out, so there's no need to worry about that."
Everyone suddenly started breathing heavily, unable to catch their breath, overwhelmed with excitement!
Master Yanling stepped forward and grabbed him:
Are you telling the truth?
"real."
Lin Shan told him not to get excited, and nodded to everyone, telling them that he already knew the coordinates to leave the twilight universe, but out of caution, he did not reveal where it was.
Because no one knows if anyone on the field will leak the information, what if someone gets carried away and reveals the coordinates, and the Microcosm forces surround and block them?
So it's enough for him to know it alone; there's no need to make it known to everyone. He'll just take everyone out with him when the time comes—that's all he can do.
"Yes, yes, yes, that makes sense!"
Ancestor Yanling understood his actions. At this time, the old man became Lin Shan's staunch supporter again, just like when he helped him break through to the Void Realm, treating him as a lifeline.
"Then let's just throw this dead branch away."
Well, this guy changes his mind pretty quickly.
Lin Shan shook his head and told him that the withered branch could not be thrown away. As for why it could not be thrown away, it was because the remnant soul of Immortal Lord Xuheng was inside!
This is a celestial being! They've come to you of their own accord, and you're just going to abandon them? Only a fool would do that!
Of course, this information cannot be revealed to the outside world, since it was identified through the enhanced panel; we can only deliberately find other reasons.
"Ahem, this thing is celestial wood! Celestial treasures are incredibly precious, and given its ability to ambush and penetrate even a Star Refiner, it must contain laws within. I can't bear to discard it."
Seeing Lin Shan's pained expression, Xing Yiyuan couldn't help but jump out again.
"You're really blinded by greed, you don't even know when to stop? You finally escaped this bad luck and got away with it, why do you have to be greedy for this little bit of advantage?"
"Shut up!"
Lin Shan was very indignant that this woman was using the term "jinx" to describe someone who brings bad luck.
"You perished in the second year of the Great Cataclysm. You were just an unlucky guy to begin with. What does that have to do with me?"
These words seemed to hit the nail on the head, and Xing Jianxian, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, jumped up and exploded!
Seeing that they were about to fight again, the crowd quickly stepped in to stop them.
"Time is of the essence, so let's put everything else aside for now. Fellow Daoist Lin, take a closer look. This withered branch is already rotten; where is the law you speak of? Besides, you're not a cultivator with a wood-attribute spiritual root."
"Don't worry, I can make it grow!"
Lin Shan took out his newly acquired Heavenly Dao reward, the Spirit Pearl of the Breath of Earth.
"This is the personal medicine garden that was just bound to me after I broke through to the Void Realm in the Kongtong Realm. Planting a celestial root here would be a piece of cake!"
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Now everyone was speechless.
Everyone wore expressions of envy and jealousy, and no one doubted its authenticity.
After all, they had all witnessed it with their own eyes: the Heavenly Dao of the Microcosm drained the Kongtong Realm just to condense a Heavenly Dao reward for this guy. How could such a reward be bad?
"Ahem, I don't doubt whether you can grow it, but there are still traces of the monitor's blood on it. I'm just afraid they'll catch up with us."
The patriarch Yanling, who had been firmly opposed just moments before, is now surprisingly reasonable and has begun to reason with Lin Shan!
The members of the Immortal Remnant Alliance nodded repeatedly, but they didn't dare to push too hard, since they still needed this man to lead the way if they wanted to get out.
"It's alright."
Lin Shan summoned the Myriad Manifestations Star Flame and unintentionally showed it off to a group of country bumpkins.
"This Heavenly Dao Spiritual Flame was obtained when I broke through to the Nascent Soul stage. It has the characteristic of being refined by starfire, specifically designed to cleanse and eliminate imprints and tracks. Just watch closely!"
The blue starfire was indeed domineering; it fiercely burned the withered branches and actually managed to burn the immortal wood.
This really shocked everyone!
What's the origin of this fire? Could it be some kind of celestial fire? It's simply unbelievable. Lin Shan smiled. The Myriad Manifestations Star Flame was the flame of the former Star Spirit Ancestor, so it was naturally extraordinary. Although it hadn't reached the level of a celestial fire, it was still easy to wipe away the bloodstains on the surface.
Then, it is thrown into the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl of the Breath of Earth for cultivation. As long as the immortal wood is revived, the remnant soul of Immortal Lord Xuheng can also be healed along with the restorative treatment. This is a win-win situation!
Of course, one should always be wary of others.
Who is this Immortal Lord Xuheng? Will he repay kindness with enmity after I saved him? No one can say for sure. Therefore, I separated him into a small, enclosed space in the Spirit Nourishing Pearl and set up multiple restrictions to ensure that I could know his every move immediately.
Seeing that he had dealt with the aftermath, Ancestor Yanling said nothing more.
This little incident only intensified the sense of urgency he and the Spirit Master felt. After recovering a little of their cultivation, they hurriedly resumed their journey aboard the Xuanwu Spirit Boat!
Sure enough, they left only a quarter of an hour later.
This space was forcibly locked, and then a tall figure stepped through the air and smashed it to pieces with a single punch!
"My intuition is correct. I was clearly here, so why did I suddenly disappear?"
The monitor was blind in one eye, surrounded by an aura of rage, and his emotions were extremely unstable and fluctuating. Seeing this scene made him even angrier!
The only remaining eye gleamed with a ghostly blue light.
"There must be a conscious soul hidden inside that withered branch, which is very likely the remnant soul of Immortal Lord Xuheng. I must seize it!"
Seven days later.
The Xuanwu Spirit Ship traversed the vast universe, stopping and starting along the way, until it arrived at a deep abyss, guided by Lin Shan.
This is a rare spectacle in the universe, known in the local astronomical community as the 'Bolt Singularity Landslide'.
The general idea is that in ancient times, a star failed to evolve into a world, and after a series of coincidences involving microscopic and macroscopic reactions, it suddenly impacted the outer universe, thus forming a landslide phenomenon.
When manifested in the real world, what remains is a vast abyss of stars!
"Fellow Daoist Lin, are you sure we want to go down from here?"
The Spirit Master peered out and his face turned solemn. He couldn't help but gasp. The members of the Remnant Immortal Alliance also had different expressions.
Lin Shan sat upright at the stern of the boat. In the past few days, in addition to consolidating the rudimentary form of his domain, he had been strengthening the "Wind and Thunder True Scripture" to the Void Realm and then transforming his own divine essence into Void Essence.
Nearly 80% of them have been converted so far, and compared to seven days ago, they have undergone a complete transformation, with their combat power more than doubling!
He stood up, roughly aligned himself with the position given to him by the man in the straw hat, and then nodded in confirmation.
"It's inside!"
The two patriarchs looked at each other and sighed.
In recent days, they have also intercepted a lot of radio waves from various worlds in the Microcosm through special means. The contents of these waves are varied and chaotic, but they all discuss the monitors and the Kongtong Realm.
The Immortal Alliance slipped away amidst the chaos, infuriating the native Star Emperor.
More importantly, the monitors asked them to focus on finding the dead branch. According to the comprehensive monitoring of the space probes that day, the dead branch and the escape route of the Yixian Alliance overlapped in many ways, which meant that it was in the hands of the Yixian Alliance!
Therefore, the monitors have turned their attention back to them.
There were times when it was blocked by the space fleet, but the Xuanwu Spirit Ship lived up to its reputation as a Xuantian spiritual treasure. Its flying escape technique was unparalleled in the world. It came and went without a trace, and easily shook off all those fleets and probes.
It's fair to say that they were able to get all the way here thanks to this flying magical artifact!
"Go down, I don't have many spirit stones and pills left. I'm afraid I won't last more than a few days. When my supplies run out, I'll be an old man with cultivation but no spiritual power, and I won't be able to help you anymore."
Ancestor Yanling had always played a leading role, and at this moment he made a resolute decision to steer the spirit boat into the vast star abyss.
Upon entering, one immediately feels a powerful repulsive force, as if the entire abyss is rejecting outsiders!
"Don't panic, this is temporary. Star Abyss has energy tides according to the laws of the universe, with gravity and repulsion alternating. The pursuers will find this place sooner or later. Try to break through as quickly as possible!"
As they spoke, the three of them simultaneously channeled their primordial energy, resisting the repulsive force as they fell into it.
Now that Lin Shan has the strength, he naturally won't keep his skills hidden any longer. Instead, he joins forces with the two patriarchs, and the three of them working together are much faster than before.
The further you fall, the greater the resistance becomes, and you might even be pushed back a great distance if you're not careful!
As they struggled, they suddenly felt the hand left above them being touched, and their hearts jumped into their throats.
"They're here!"
Everyone was on edge, secretly encouraging the three of them. Lin Shan, through his Star Realm Insight, clearly saw that outside the Star Abyss, several Star Martial Emperors were leading a fleet to catch up and were currently ordering their accompanying scientists to come down and conduct calculations.
There was a constant stream of pursuers gathering behind them, clearly indicating that the other side was also using a continuous stream of big data from all directions to make inferences and eventually trace their whereabouts.
The Star Abyss is vast and boundless, with an atmosphere that is incredibly dense!
Thousands of strands of silk hung down all around, filled with a hazy yellow mist, within which tiny bolts of lightning flickered and danced, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere that made it hard to breathe.
After enduring half a day of walking, the world suddenly went awry!
The repulsive force disappeared in the blink of an eye, replaced by an extremely strong gravitational force!
The three Void Realm cultivators were not able to adapt for a moment, and the Xuanwu Spirit Boat instantly lost control, transforming into a sharp arrow that surged forward with an extremely fast falling speed.
The members of the Immortal Remnant Alliance were all dizzy and had no time to think. Only the three Void Realm cultivators were able to wake up and hurriedly transferred their own Void Essence into the ship to control it.
However, as the gravitational acceleration gradually increases, the inertia becomes greater and greater, and it is already showing signs of becoming uncontrollable!
"Fellow Daoist Lin, how far is it?"
"It's too far, but this isn't a solution."
Lin Shan felt powerless. Faced with the wonders of the universe, even someone as powerful as Dongxu was helpless and could only drift with the tide. If he encountered any danger, he would have no room to struggle!
Fortunately, he wasn't alone.
The other two patriarchs put in their best efforts and managed to regain some control of the course, trying their best to ensure that the ship would not veer off course and avoid crashing into the edge, resulting in the loss of life and property.
I don't know how much time passed, but the tables turned, and repulsion replaced attraction once again!
The Xuanwu Spirit Boat was instantly reduced to trash, blown back by Xingyuan's combined spray and spit. The force was incredibly strong, beyond human resistance.
"Don't resist. You don't have many supplies. Just use micro-management like this and make sure you drop as much as possible each time. You'll get closer to your destination eventually!"
Xing Yiyuan, the Star Sword Fairy, stepped in again to assist them.
Upon hearing this, the group readily accepted the advice and stopped fighting against the Star Abyss Tide. Instead, they tried their best to control it and guide it in the direction they could manage.
But by sheer coincidence, they spotted the fleet from the luminous universe during the repulsion!
The opposing Star Martial Emperor was simply reckless, daring to descend from a cosmic wonder to chase after them, which was utterly astonishing.
"Hahaha, so you really are here. It wasn't for nothing that I investigated so thoroughly. It seems this abyss landslide is your death sentence!"
Faced with the merciless mockery, no one responded, and they drifted one after the other in the Star Abyss.
Until the next sudden surge of gravity, both sides immediately exerted all their strength and fell frantically downwards, with a loud roar coming from far behind, coming from the monitor!
"Hand over that withered branch and the remnant soul of the Immortal Lord, or you will all perish with them. I mean what I say."
"Ignore him!"
Lin Shan roared, and based on the coordinates given by the man in the straw hat, as well as the duration of the gravity pull and the distance of descent, he realized that there was hope of escaping!
As long as the distance can be controlled, there is a chance to completely shake off the pursuers! (End of Chapter)