"Whoosh..." The Guiding Emissary's flying boat was incredibly fast, and in an instant it had reached above Xiao Hua's head. The Guiding Emissary could not wait to rush out of the Flying Shuttle. With a sweep of his hand, silver light blazed forth, sealing off the space around Xiao Hua. Yet when he heard Xiao Hua call him senior brother, he could not help but pause in slight surprise.
"Roar..." The dark green leopard beast suddenly let out an enraged roar, spewing a whirlwind from its mouth as it pounced over on black clouds.
"Ah?? An Azure Cloud Leopard Beast??" Only now did the Guiding Emissary see the leopard beast hidden beneath the Dark Green Moonlight. Startled and delighted, he cried out in a low voice. He flung the Immortal Rope in his other hand into the sky, chanting under his breath before pointing with one hand. "Go..."
Seeing the Immortal Rope transform into a spiritual serpent, radiating countless streaks of light as it lunged at the Azure Cloud Leopard Beast, the Guiding Emissary did not dare slack off. He rubbed his hands together, preparing to unleash a powerful Immortal Art. But just then, he suddenly came to his senses and hurriedly looked around. Where was there any trace of Xiao Hua beside him?
"Damn Ascended Immortal, you're truly too cunning!" The Guiding Emissary gnashed his teeth and cursed. "Once I subdue this Azure Cloud Leopard Beast, I'll chase after you. I refuse to believe that a dignified Immortal Official like me can't catch some insignificant Ascended Immortal!"
"Boom boom boom..." As the Guiding Emissary rubbed his hands together, hundreds of silvery-white runes flew from them, transforming into bolts of lightning that pounced upon the Azure Cloud Leopard Beast. He looked so vicious that one would think the Azure Cloud Leopard Beast was Xiao Hua's senior brother!
Where had Xiao Hua gone? Faced with the invincible Guiding Emissary and the ferocious Azure Cloud Leopard Beast, Xiao Hua naturally had no choice but to grease his soles and run.
However, just as Xiao Hua entered the light and shadow this time, his Nascent Soul Body showed signs of collapsing. He did not dare remain for long and hurriedly fled out of the light and shadow! Fortunately, after emerging, he found himself among peaks some thirty thousand meters high. Though beast roars sounded all around him, no ferocious beasts were visible at a glance.
Seeing the towering, inaccessible peaks layered one upon another, Xiao Hua suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly urged his body onward, stepping on Misty Steps as he charged up a mountain ridge, found a cave, and plunged straight inside.
Sure enough, with no direct Dark Green Moonlight shining in, the stabbing pain lessened. Although his body's surface was still scorched, it was within what Xiao Hua could endure.
"Alas, I actually never thought of such a simple method before!" Xiao Hua sighed. "It looks like Xiao needs a new head! Although Xiao was the Sect Master Lord of the Gate of Creation in the lower realm, and the foremost supreme being of the Four Great Continents, I am now in the Immortal Realm and still possess only a Nascent Soul Body. Which immortal of the Immortal Realm did not come here as a supreme being? If Xiao wants to survive, I should obediently tuck my tail between my legs and act like an immortal. Once my strength is sufficient, it will not be too late to hold my head high and exhale freely!"
Thinking of the Gate of Creation, Xiao Hua naturally also thought of Princess Zixia and the Gate of Creation disciples on Shenhua Continent. Since crossing the lightning tribulation until now, he had been fleeing for his life. Apart from taking magical artifacts from his space, he had not once looked at what was inside. Now that he finally had a moment of leisure, how could he bear the longing any longer? He hurriedly sent his Heart God into the space.
The instant Xiao Hua's Heart God entered the space, "Rumble..." lightning flashed and thunder roared throughout the entire space. Countless rays of differently colored light and waves of differing rhythms surged from Jade Tablet Xiao Hua's manifested body, crazily crashing into every formed and unformed space. The whole space shook violently. Mutations arose everywhere. The spatial realm containing Shenhua Continent rapidly expanded, while several spaces above Shenhua Continent that had not yet taken shape also swelled as though inflated by breath. However, they could not compare to Shenhua Continent in speed, and before long, they stopped changing. Yet unlike Shenhua Continent, several kinds of waves swirled around them, and the barriers formed by those waves appeared even more profound and mysterious.
Jade Tablet Xiao Hua sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, a smile on his face as he carefully comprehended the mysteries of the spatial changes. The more than one hundred injured scattered Nascent Souls did not enter Shenhua Continent either. Instead, they sat around Jade Tablet Xiao Hua. They now somewhat resembled jade tablets, yet each looked like no more than a single pattern upon one.
No one knew how much time passed before the spatial mutation gradually came to a halt. Jade Tablet Xiao Hua opened his eyes and saw that the other Nascent Souls were still comprehending their insights. Without disturbing them, he flashed downward toward Shenhua Continent. Yet the instant his body touched the spatial barrier of Shenhua Continent, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua was so terrified that his soul nearly flew from his body!!!
Because Jade Tablet Xiao Hua, who was almost omnipotent within the space, was actually unable to break through Shenhua Continent's spatial barrier! As for the dark side of the space where Xue Xue and Wu Nai were, that was even more out of the question.
"H-How is this possible? This poor Daoist actually can't get in?" Jade Tablet Xiao Hua thought in disbelief. Then, as though suddenly realizing something, he raised his hand and conjured a mirror. But before he could look into it—
Lights flashed repeatedly within Shenhua Continent, and dozens of objects tore through space and fell into one of the newly formed spaces!
"What is going on now? This poor Daoist can clearly sense the Power of Faith within Shenhua Continent, yet I simply cannot enter. Who knows what Fairy Zixia and the others are like inside?" Jade Tablet Xiao Hua frowned deeply. He remembered clearly that this newly formed space had been opened when he obtained items in the upper realm. Everything he had acquired from the Immortal Realm fragment of Star Moon Palace had fallen into it when sent into the space. This space was clearly an existence above Shenhua Continent!
Without having time to inspect that formed space, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua hurriedly looked into the mirror. When he saw his own appearance reflected there, he drew in a cold breath. The self in the mirror was not a complete jade tablet form, but merely the core portion—or rather, only one tenth of the original jade tablet. The other portions had become outlines of nothingness.
"Damn it!" Jade Tablet Xiao Hua understood. This must have been caused by the separation of Thunder True Person, Witch Daoist, and the others. He could not help but curse inwardly.
After calming down for a moment, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua looked at Heavenly Dao Xiao Hua, who remained like a star cloud above the starry sky, and Karma Xiao Hua, who had transformed into the Hand of Karma. Narrowing his eyes, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua thought to himself, It seems that if I want to see Zixia again, either I must fuse the major avatars back into one, or Zixia must achieve success in cultivation and ascend from Shenhua Continent into the Immortal Realm within this space. It may not be impossible to merge Thunder True Person and the others back with me, but the problem is that I have no idea how to fuse them! And if Zixia wishes to ascend, I must build a passage of ascension from Shenhua Continent to the Immortal Realm of this space before she succeeds in cultivation. With my current divine abilities, I have no idea how to build it at all!
It seems that if I want to see Zixia, I must cultivate diligently and race against time with my escape arts! Alas, why is fate so cruel to me??
After understanding this, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua tried once more. Sure enough, the incomplete Jade Tablet Xiao Hua could not enter Shenhua Continent, and his divine abilities were also restricted. It was as if he could no longer fully control the entire space and could only partially command it!
"If that is so, then how did things like my Ruyi Scepter and Kunlun Mirror come out of Shenhua Continent before?" Jade Tablet Xiao Hua could not make heads or tails of it. He then left the space again and silently contemplated Fairy Zixia. Unfortunately, even after racking his brains, he could not bring Zixia out of Shenhua Continent!
Xiao Hua's Heart God entered the space once more, still taking the form of a broken jade tablet as he stepped into that newly formed space!
This space was roughly fifty thousand kilometers wide, similar to Shenhua Continent when it had first taken shape. High in the sky, lightning flickered between the Immortal Slaying Platform and the blazing sun transformed from the bracelet, while even more intense rays of light illuminated the entire space. Beside it, the flame transformed from the Sacred Lotus Seed, carrying Xu Zhi's cultivation insights, also shone in rivalry with the bracelet. The ground of the space was temporarily a flat plain, without ravines, mountains, rivers, or anything else. The Ruyi Scepter, Kunlun Mirror, and other items lay upon it. What Jade Tablet Xiao Hua could not understand was that Little Yellow and Little Black—even the Dream Mirage Butterfly, Little Thunder, and the others—had all emerged from Shenhua Continent. Wrapped in waves invisible to the naked eye, they lay together in one place. Naturally, the Immortal Soldiers and Immortal Armor sent in earlier were also stacked neatly there, while those Immortal Grass plants that had vanished without a trace were now growing from the ground, completely unscathed.
After watching for a while, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua came to a realization. He thought to himself, This poor Daoist understands now. Anything that I have refined, or that is related to my bloodline, can follow me to this realm parallel to the Immortal Realm. But they do not belong to the Immortal Realm's realm, so I must find a way to awaken them.
As for these immortal artifacts and Immortal Soldiers, I can use them directly! What a pity—do I dare use them? The moment I arrived in the Immortal Realm, I was ambushed by immortals. Was it not all for these things? No matter what, even if beaten to death, this poor Daoist will never admit it!
Having decided, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua flashed and stood before the blazing sun transformed from the bracelet, narrowing his eyes as he stared into it. His light escape technique had now reached the point where he could merge his body into light. Though he could not discern direction or control distance, it was still a minor achievement. His ability to merge with light was entirely due to Bone Refining Seven Colors, and he had obtained the method for Bone Refining Seven Colors from the bracelet's phantom. As for how to cultivate further, Jade Tablet Xiao Hua could only continue investigating this mysterious bracelet.
However, the moment Jade Tablet Xiao Hua fixed his gaze upon the bracelet, an indescribable palpitation rose from the depths of his heart. Realizing that something was wrong, he hurriedly withdrew from the space.
The instant his Heart God returned to its place, he sensed a strand of Emanated Thought sweeping over from afar like surging waves. Xiao Hua was greatly alarmed. He hurriedly looked around for a way to flee, but when he saw the darkness not far behind him, an idea struck him. He quickly took the bear beast out of the space, then casually retrieved an Immortal Soldier shaped like a dagger. He sliced open the bear beast's abdomen, reached in and pulled out the bloody filth within, shrank his Infant Body, and flashed inside!
Just as Xiao Hua finished all this, the Emanated Thought swept through the cave. What made Xiao Hua's heart pound was that the Emanated Thought discovered the bear beast and circled around it several times before roaring away.
"That was terrifying!" Xiao Hua quietly let out a breath. Just as he was about to emerge from the blood and filth, the sound of something cutting through the air suddenly rang out beyond the cave entrance. Xiao Hua shuddered and did not even dare move a finger...
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