Mu Chen sat cross-legged atop the Willow Deity's former body, a vast trunk like a continent. Chaos gleamed faintly in his Double Pupils as he meticulously analyzed the flesh of the Wushang Emperor Clan immortal floating before him.
The runes of Spiritual Power Immunity had indeed transformed and evolved upon reaching the immortal dao domain!
If he could identify the direction and pattern of that transformation and extrapolate from them, he might acquire Spiritual Power Immunity on the same level as Wushang!
Combined with False World, True Realm: Future-Taking Body and Immaculate, magical techniques below the quasi-Immortal Emperor level should no longer pose any threat.
As he delved deeper into his research and deductions, the immortal's body was sliced open bit by bit, revealing bones and muscle that gleamed like divine gold, yet were covered in intricate innate dao patterns.
Even with its vitality extinguished and its primordial spirit annihilated, even after being sliced apart, this immortal body naturally radiated a pressure that set hearts trembling.
It was the lingering resonance left by the intertwining of its level of existence and its laws. If ordinary mortal-dao cultivators approached, even their dao foundations might crack under the pressure.
Mu Chen concealed most of that immense immortal pressure, but allowed a small remainder to seep out slowly, washing silently through the inner city, brushing past the towering walls, and scattering into the wind.
Countless cultivators within the Imperial Pass suddenly felt their hearts grow heavy.
It was as though an invisible mountain had appeared upon their souls, making even their breathing falter.
Those with weaker cultivation turned pale, cold sweat beading at their temples as even the circulation of spiritual power within them grew sluggish.
"This is... an immortal's aura?!"
"It's coming from the forbidden grounds in the inner city... it's that