Bang!
A sonic boom suddenly resounded in the air, and even the surrounding spatial barriers showed signs of cracking. The invisible spatial barriers actually showed Silk -like cracks after being hit.
When the Human Python's fleshy wings spread out, they cut through the air. The condensed energy caused a loud whistling sound in the air, and the " Xu Long " beneath its body instantly turned into countless fragments and fell to the ground.
A deep shock flashed in his emerald eyes, dimming the endless madness he had displayed earlier. Just now, when Xu Long uttered a single word, an invisible force of restraint appeared in the air.
This power shocked it; its attack was momentarily frozen in an invisible confinement, leaving it no choice but to let Xu Long escape.
After launching its attack, it naturally knew that Xu Long in front of it was just an afterimage, and Xu Long's escape was already a fact.
The cultivator before it was truly awe-inspiring. It considered itself a superior being in the Red Land, possessing the strength to fight against a powerful Immortal Realm, but it couldn't unleash its full power on Xu Long.
Xu Long's bizarre methods are endless. Whenever he is about to establish his dominance, he always comes up with strange methods that are hard to defend against. This time, the power of sealing is even more terrifying.
This is already a reversal of the world's rules in the Land of Exile, making this world at my disposal. The extraordinary phenomenon of the heavens and earth manifesting as law is a power that only a true immortal can possess.
The Human Python knew that Xu Long was definitely not a powerful Immortal Realm, but Xu Long's methods at this moment were so strange that they had already surpassed those of the Immortal Realm.
There is no Reincarnation Temple of Heavenly Dao in the Land of Exile, no stable world rules, and absolutely no one named Xu Long. Who exactly is he?
It pondered Xu Long's various unusual behaviors, clearly indicating that he was a cultivator unlike any other in the Land of Exile.
Countless years of complex memories were rummaged through in his mind, and then, as if by some strange twist of fate, he gradually overlapped with another figure.
That imposing figure often gave it a great sense of oppression. Although the other party never took it seriously, the Human Python still felt a deep fear of him.
The Xu Long that it couldn't see through now overlapped with the figure in its memory. Perhaps in its eyes, the identities of unpredictable people were all similar.
Beings that have triggered the heavenly Lightning Tribulation and reversed the rules of the world, disregarding their Origin Will, are considered anomalies in the Land of Exile.
The Human Python's figure paused slightly in mid-air, and a pair of fleshy wings, carrying a raging azure dragon, bypassed it and swept straight ahead, the massive tornado chasing after a streak of light.
By this time, it was almost exhausted. After its all-out attack failed, it knew that it no longer had the chance to annihilate Xu Long.
The snake's forked tongue flickered, catching a glimpse of sharp energy. After shattering Xu Long's afterimage, the Human Python was once again locked onto by a sword light; Xu Long's backup plan had arrived.
The Daoist nun stiffly raised her head, and a dazzling star was reflected in her pair of green eyes. When the star suddenly shone, it eclipsed the sun in the sky, making it look like two suns in the sky from a distance.
It had no way to avoid it at this point. Xu Long had calculated the timing perfectly. Once the seal was broken, it would be the death of the Human Python!
Only then did it realize Xu Long's intentions, but it was too late.
The Human Python hatched from the corpse of a powerful being. From a young age, it seized the energy and appearance of the Daoist nun, and after growing up, it roamed the Red Land Wuji.
Over countless years, it laid eggs to expand its race, and then encountered a fine cauldron. Its bestial greed led it to provoke Xu Long, and the fate of this higher being seems to be coming to an end today.
The Daoist nun twisted her stiff face, her white bones appearing particularly terrifying beneath her flesh and blood, and her ferocious aura slowly subsided.
A hint of disorientation flashed in her emerald eyes, reflecting the surging blue river within them—the womb she had once protected with her life.
Snakes are said to be cold-hearted, but on their deathbed, whether out of animalistic instinct or human nature, the Human Python gave its offspring a complex look.
Boom!
A tremendous sound erupted from the earth, and even echoed back through the boundless sea of sand.
After the stars crushed the Human Python and crashed to the ground, the immense energy surged through the yellow sand, sending a cloud of earthy yellow dust billowing into the sky, while the sword energy it carried raged below.
A crack suddenly appeared in the vast sea of sand, and countless sword lights shone in the crack. The power of the stars bursting out was absolutely overwhelming. The shining light all turned into sharp edges, and the Geng Metal Qi in the air Human Python's body to break apart inch by inch.
Xu Long dared not hold back. He had personally witnessed the Human Python's tail Rebirth Divine Hall after being severed, so he simply had Xingchen condense sword energy. Under the onslaught of countless sword energies, the Human Python's body would instantly turn to ashes, with no possibility of the Rebirth Divine Hall.
The Human Python's body was about to be shredded by the sword light within the crack. At this moment, the earth was covered in dust, and the cold air and sword energy were mixed together. Countless Mist Beast instinctively dodged, fearing that the chaotic energy would affect them.
Xu Long's figure was enveloped in a raging azure dragon in the air, and endless cold air attacked from his side. His left eye was completely white, and the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire that he had prepared in advance suddenly shot out from his body.
The momentum of the azure dragon suddenly halted, like a knight pulling back a wild horse, its swift power stopping before it.
Xu Long forced out some of the chill that had entered his body, and in that instant, the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire Stream unleashed its Power of Oblivion Kung Fu Hustle.
A surge of scalding energy coursed through his meridians. After being infused with this scalding energy, the originally resilient meridians were wracked with waves of intense pain.
At this moment, the cold air outside the body and the heat inside the body were constantly intertwining, and the two strange energies merged within Xu Long's body.
The energies, so different from each other, were incompatible when they met, like being roasted on a hot coal fire and then plunged into ice water. His face contorted in pain, and he could barely bear the agony.
Xu Long gritted his teeth, pondering: he had to escape from the Eternity Ice Mist, or he would surely be frozen solid by the mist.
At this moment, disregarding the depletion of his internal Magic Power, Xu Long poured scalding energy into his palm, and the azure tornado seemed to be stirred up by his own power.
One of the figures immediately leaped into the air, and scorching energy surged within the mist like a sea dragon emerging from the sea, with the azure tornado hissing under the intense heat.
The great cultivator's energy was indeed immense. As the energy surged out wildly, the mist around Xu Long finally began to thin.
Xu Long immediately clasped his hands together and pushed them above his head. Scalding hot energy suddenly burst forth in the air, like a giant umbrella being forcibly opened in the blue mist.
The azure dragon's momentum was halted, as if something had forcibly severed its body. The dragon, which had been devouring people earlier, was now much weaker, and Xu Long, who was inside, forcefully broke through the dragon's body.
The hissing sound was incessant as the two energies violently clashed in the air, turning the surrounding airflow into a vacuum and causing the spatial barriers to become visible.
As the cold and heat clashed, plumes of water vapor instantly rose up, and the two violent energies carried the water vapor far and wide.
After the moisture dispersed, a huge Bifrost rose from the vast yellow sand.
The Land of Exile is not blessed by the Heavenly Dao, so the seasons are not accurate. The seasons can only be changed by the energy core in the city. After the fall of Blackwater City, it has not rained here for ten thousand years.
The Bifrost that appeared at this moment was truly a Immortal Realm, rising from the Blackwater City at one end, with its high corridors seemingly connecting to the sky at the other end.
The enormous archway spans the entire desert, bringing the colors of civilization to this wild land.
In an environment devoid of Heavenly Dao favor, Xu Long is an anomaly, merging his own energy with the energy of this world.
Two energies that would never meet converged in Blackwater City, causing the common Celestial Phenomenon of a rainbow to appear in the Land of Exile!
A ray of intense sunlight finally shone down on his head, and Xu Long seized the opportunity to swiftly dart out.
The azure dragon instantly unleashed boundless chilling energy, while a giant umbrella formed from energy was unfurled in its hand like a peacock's tail.
Xu Long's face was unusually flushed in the mist, and then the giant umbrella above his head opened wide, and the mist around him condensed into ice under the umbrella.
When the two completely different energies clashed, the surrounding spatial barriers were frozen and cracked for a time, and then scorched by heat. After several repeated exchanges of energy, the spatial barriers were deformed.
The giant umbrella, carrying Xu Long's figure, flashed in the mist, then, carrying a surge of scorching energy, instantly broke through the encirclement of the blue mist below.
The sunlight overhead dappled the earth, and a surge of scorching energy shot straight into the sky. Without the restraint of the azure mist, the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire unleashed its Power of Oblivion, nearly piercing through the spatial barrier.
After Xu Long emerged from the azure tornado, the thick fog below had not yet dissipated, and the condensed azure furious dragon seemed to change with the Winged Mist Beast.
He was secretly anxious, and with a flick of his wrist, he took out Spirit Stone and frantically absorbed its spiritual energy to replenish his Magic Power.
Behind the Human Python, Winged Mist Beast lurked menacingly. Xu Long stared intently at the Winged Mist Beast gathering behind him, and the countless Spirit Stone in his palm instantly turned to dust.
His internal Magic Power was rapidly recovering, and the blazing sunlight overhead was about to be obscured by a blue cloud, causing Xu Long to feel a strong sense of alarm.
Just as he was about to make his move, the countless Winged Mist Beast in the air seemed to sense something, paused in front of Xu Long, and then changed direction and headed downwards.
The azure dragon in the air spun once, its rolling body swept down by a group of Winged Mist Beast.
Seeing that the crisis was over, Xu Long breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly glanced at the still raging sword light below, and he could no longer sense the presence of the Human Python in his mind.
At this moment, it felt as if a huge weight had been lifted from his heart, and the invisible force of cause and effect on his body was dispelled.
Xu Long subconsciously stretched out his arm, and when his gaze fell on it, the previous line of Poison Curse was no longer visible.
Presumably, the Human Python had already perished, and the Poison Curse that had clung to him like a bone-deep sore had automatically dissipated.
This signifies that the relationship between oneself and the Human Python has been severed, and there are no longer any karmic entanglements.
A deep crack appeared in the earth, within which chaotic sword energy raged; the Human Python had already perished under the sword light.
However, before the sword energy could dissipate, countless giant azure pythons rushed towards the crack, and a hissing sound echoed through the yellow sand.
Within the raging fissures of sword energy, something seemed to exert a powerful attraction on the horde of Mist Beast, causing countless Mist Beast to surge towards the fissures recklessly.
Without the control of the Human Python, the blue river spread almost uncontrollably through the yellow sand, turning the earth and sky a uniform blue.
Xu Long looked up and saw that the Winged Mist Beast in the sky were indeed flapping their fleshy wings and heading downwards.
Gazing at the crack cleaved by the sword energy, Xu Long lowered his eyelids, his immense will instantly sensing an anomaly within it.
A wisp of pure spiritual energy seeped out from the crack, and strange energy spread in the air. When the countless Mist Beast on the outside sensed this energy, they accelerated their pace as they rushed toward the crack.
As if this energy had a fatal attraction for them, they completely forgot about the sword energy in the crack. When they sensed the strange energy, Xu Long's will instantly shot out.
A mass of cold air was completely enveloped within the heavy sword energy. When an invisible will lifted up this mass of cold air, it instantly drove the Mist Beast horde into a frenzy.
Mist Beast Inner Core!
Xu Long's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Having previously examined numerous ancient texts in the main hall of Blackwater City, he vaguely knew that Inner Core could condense within the body of a powerful Mist Beast.
These creatures parasitize the bodies of powerful cultivators, steal the laws and energy from their corpses after growing up, and then condense their natal Inner Core after growing into powerful Mist Beast.
This Inner Core is like the essence of its life, containing the life essence of the Mist Beast. However, the ancient texts also state that if the Inner Core is not collected quickly, its energy will dissipate into the world.
At this moment, the horde of Mist Beast surged toward the Inner Core. Although they were not as powerful Human Python, they could still sense the pure spiritual energy and boundless power within it.
This is the condensation of the Daoist Human Python's life essence. They are originally one, so they do not reject the energy within.
The reason they rushed to chase after the Inner Core elixir was simply to obtain the immense energy left behind by the Daoist Human Python during her lifetime.
Xu Long narrowed his eyes, and an invisible will enveloped his Inner Core as he was about to soar. The surging tide of Mist Beast instantly froze, and the cyan river stopped outside the crack.
They felt their Inner Core move and simultaneously flick their tongues upwards, creating a hissing sound.
Xu Long's gaze turned cold. He knew he couldn't linger in the Mist Beast tide any longer. With a thought, the sword light from the crack suddenly burst forth, appearing in the yellow sand in sharp, chilling patterns.
The billowing smoke and dust made the sky seem to be covered with a layer of yellowish-brown screen, and the gathering tide of Mist Beast was pushed back by the sword energy.
The tide of Mist Beast retreated across the land like a blue wave, the rampant sword energy carrying the Inner Core rapidly receding, leaving behind gusts of cold air in the air.
Xu Long quickly withdrew his will, and the Inner Core he had been supporting moved with his will. The sword energy below quickly retracted and ceased its fighting.
As the inner Inner Core in the air moved, it seemed to spin with remarkable intelligence, emitting a strange energy throughout the world.
At this moment, Xu Long naturally sensed the special nature of the Inner Core. According to ancient records, the Inner Core condensed within the Mist Beast was indeed a rare treasure.
Worried that his inner Inner Core would dissipate into the world, he frowned and swiftly moved towards the sword energy in mid-air.
A series of "thump-thump" sounds rang out in the air as Winged Mist Beast swept down from the sky, instantly shrouding the earth below in a thick layer of dark clouds.
Unlike the giant blue python on the ground, the Winged Mist Beast were clearly much stronger. Like the Human Python, they had a pair of fleshy wings growing from their ribs.
With its fleshy wings spread out, it flew through the air with great speed, its strength far surpassing that of the giant blue python on the ground.
The strange energy emanating from the Inner Core was naturally sensed by them, and the madness in their eyes was even more intense than that of the blue python.
Within the strictly hierarchical Mist Beast clan, these creatures with wings on their ribs are considered a formidable fighting force, but they are still quite a distance from the Daoist- Human Python.
To rise in status within their tribe, one must increase their strength. In the Land of Exile, the hierarchy among the Mist Beast tribes is far more rigid than that among cultivators.
The Daoist Human Python could urge them to their deaths under Xu Long's sword light Wuxian; this was the firm suppression of lower beings by higher beings!
At this time, the Daoist Human Python had already perished, leaving behind Inner Core, which was the transformation of her life's energy. This Inner Core was fatally attractive to them.
By becoming a superior being, one can control the lives of countless Mist Beast within their race and roam Wuji in the Land of Exile.
By harnessing the energy and laws within the Inner Core, one can even glimpse the legendary " Path of the Great Sage," thus shedding one's animalistic nature and truly becoming a powerful being!
The azure python instinctively wanted to obtain the immense energy within the Inner Core, while the Winged Mist Beast, possessing some intelligence, clearly knew the path to its own power.
They even summoned Eternity Ice Mist to rush towards the direction of the sword energy. The fierce sword light had left a deep impression on them. At this moment, they did not dare to directly surround and attack, but instead used their innate divine abilities to test the waters.
However, the azure mist they condensed was far less imposing than before. The condensed azure dragons no longer possessed the ferocity to attack, as if they had lost the organization of the Daoist Human Python, and their innate supernatural powers had lost their previous offensive force.
Even if they possess some intelligence, how could they possibly have the true combat experience of the Daoist Human Python? This is the most important thing for a strong person, the belief that they can hold their own against Xu Long!
Buzz!
A sword's cry resounded in the air, and the surrounding horde of Mist Beast instinctively retreated, the rampant sword energy chilling countless Mist Beast to the bone.
Xu Long's Magic Power surged rapidly, and the energy flowing through his meridians boiled like a boiler. When the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire was poured out, his face turned an unusually flushed red.
All the Magic Power within his body was poured into the sword light, and the sword energy that was retreating in the air burst forth with a strong momentum in an instant.
The scorching energy shot straight into the sky like a torch, and the spatial barriers around the sword's edge rolled up like thin sheets of iron, making a "whooshing" sound as they were scorched by the scorching energy.
The azure dragon that attacked from the sky paused abruptly. Without the organization of the Daoist Human Python, the condensed Eternity Ice Mist no longer possessed its invincible power.
A hissing sound emanated from the intense energy, and the water-like heat caused large and small water vapors to blur the view.
The azure dragon was pierced by the sword light in an instant. Without the added power of the Daoist Human Python, Xu Long was like a tiger among sheep in the chaotic tide of Mist Beast.
After piercing the azure dragon, the sword light did not pursue it relentlessly. Instead, it spun around once and remained outside the Inner Core, the swirling sword light appearing unusually calm.
The sword energy scattered in the air was still howling, and the power that had just burst forth seemed not to be the work of sword light.
But what had just happened had left a deep impression on the Winged Mist Beast in the air.
With a loud "thump-thump," the Winged Mist Beast in the air could not stand idly by and watch its Inner Core spin away.
Hissing sounds rang out continuously, as if they were communicating. The snake's forked tongue collected the energy overflowing from the Inner Core, and its vertical pupils were filled with greed and madness.
The Winged Mist Beast, which had been lined up in the air, gradually separated, and then instinctively huddled together, trapping the Inner Core below.
Although the Azure Dragon had lost its advantage, the Winged Mist Beast were not prepared to give up. After surrounding the Inner Core, they condensed mist again to completely isolate Xu Long and the Inner Core.
The azure mist stretched out in the air, one end connected to the other, as if each part were linked to the other. As the encirclement of the Winged Mist Beast shrank, the connection of the azure mist accelerated rapidly, and the gaps in the air became smaller and smaller.
However, at this moment, a flash of light appeared, and before the mist could fully dissipate, Xu Long's figure had already entered the mist.
He unleashed a surge of immense energy that instantly enveloped the Inner Core. A strange energy immediately rushed towards him, and the coldness on the Inner Core lost its freezing power, instead appearing somewhat like a rare treasure.
When the will was withdrawn, the Inner Core in the air did not fall, but instead spun around in the air, as if it knew that someone was coming to collect it, showing that it was quite intelligent.
Xu Long inwardly marveled at the mystery of this object. He flipped his hand in the air, and the energy carrying the Inner Core swirled back. It felt quite heavy when he held it, and he examined it closely in his hand.
After the Daoist Human Python died, the Inner Core she left behind was about the size of a fist, and its surface was a pale blue color.
The Inner Core core appears to be perfectly round, but it is actually shaped like a goose egg, with fine cloud patterns on it, as if something is engraved on it, giving it a mysterious feel.
Upon closer inspection, however, one discovers a misty atmosphere within, from which the pure spiritual energy and strange power emanating from it must emanate.
Below lies a profound and weighty heart, above are delicate cloud patterns, as if the world were newly born, each complementing its own nature. When the two combine, they create a mysterious and wondrous phenomenon.
When his will was immersed in it, it exuded a Power of Laws. When the cloud patterns and the heart of cinnabar were combined, it seemed to be deducing the heavenly Heavenly Dao. Xu Long was startled and for a moment he even thought of the secrets of heaven.
This tiny Inner Core actually contains the mysteries of heaven and earth. There is no Heavenly Dao Reincarnation Temple in this Land of Flowing Light, yet the Inner Core of this Mist Beast contains heavenly secrets. Doesn't that mean the Mist Beast has fulfilled the cultivator's opportunity?
At this moment, Xu Long was sensing the mysteries within the Inner Core, as if he were pondering something. He suddenly recalled Yuan Changwu's strange behavior earlier; while everyone else was fleeing, he actually went against the current.
Although Xu Long had only met Yuan Changwu once, he judged that the man was by no means stupid. Judging from Yuan Changwu's strange behavior, this guy must know something!
Xu Long learned from ancient books that only powerful Higher Mist Beast possess inner Inner Core, but he had not condensed such a magical Inner Core within himself despite having killed so many cyan pythons and Winged Mist Beast.
Moreover, this Inner Core has a fatal attraction for the Mist Beast horde, causing them to fight for it from Xu Long without fear of death.
He then concluded that the giant blue python was a low-level creature among the Mist Beast, an initial Mist Beast with limited intelligence.
The Winged Mist Beast, which sprout wings from their ribs and can fly in the air, are mid-level creatures in their race. Their intelligence is no different from that of ordinary humans, and their combat strength is among that of Mahayana Stage cultivators.
The deceased Daoist nun- Human Python was a high-ranking being in the group, possessing extremely strong combat power and vitality.
They are Mist Beast that grow parasitically within the corpses of powerful beings, and are born with the great wisdom of cultivators.
They roam Wuji in the Land of Exile, command all the middle and lower-ranking Mist Beast Wuxian within the strictly hierarchical clan, and also bear the responsibility of procreating their race.
Their status should be the same as that of powerful beings at the Immortal Realm, supreme in the Land of Exile!
This Inner Core was originally condensed by the Human Python using the art of sexual cultivation, absorbing the insights and energy from the corpse of a powerful being. When it became a higher being, it was used for its own purposes and could be continuously nurtured within its body.
But now that Xu Long had obtained it, a thought suddenly occurred to him: This Mist Beast cultivators as cauldrons for parasitism, so now that he has obtained this Inner Core that has been nurtured for countless years, isn't the Mist Beast itself also a cauldron?
I bitterly lament that year after year I embroider gold thread, only to make wedding gowns for others!
Xu Long's mind raced with thoughts. He knew he was an anomaly, but he never expected to have seen through the rules of the Land of Exile.
Whether Mist Beast or a cultivator becomes the furnace for cultivation is not determined by the Reincarnation Temple of Heavenly Dao, but by the strongest!
With a sharp look in his eyes, Xu Long flipped his hand and put away the Inner Core in his hand, and a circle of azure mist in the air sealed him off.
"Snort!"
As the Eternity Ice Mist was about to engulf him, Xu Long frowned. He had to get out of there as soon as possible and couldn't stay in the mist for long.
Because the energy consumption of the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire was terrifying when it triggered the Power of Oblivion, a thousand High-Grade Spirit Stone in the Divine Hall had already been consumed in just a short Kung Fu Hustle during the battle with the Human Python.
Xu Long's heart was bleeding. Without Spirit Stone to replenish his strength in the Land of Exile, his combat power would be greatly reduced.
Buzz!
Deciding to finish the battle quickly (and run away), Xu Long unleashed his sword light. After a sword cry resounded in the air, the Winged Mist Beast all froze.
They were extremely sensitive to the sound of the sword, and at this moment, a cold glint flashed in their eyes as they unleashed their sword light, having already found an opening.
Without the Daoist Human Python's restraint, Xu Long had no reason to fear these Winged Mist Beast!
A burst of sword light erupted in the air, the fierce sword light, enveloped in scorching energy, piercing through the mist ahead in an instant.
After the sword light shot straight up, it identified a direction, and a whistling sound arose in the air. After the cold light disappeared, a hurricane came.
The hurricane wasn't cold; on the contrary, it brought with it a heatwave.
Because of their innate supernatural abilities, the Winged Mist Beast naturally prefer cold and cannot withstand this heat. However, they do not retreat; the Eternity Ice Mist they condense powerfully counteracts the heat wave.
At that moment, the sword light from behind swept in, and with a loud "boom," the sharpness of the sword light shone in the mist, and the scalding energy raged in the Mist Beast tide.
The encirclement in the air was pierced in an instant, and countless winged Mist Beast fell to the ground under the sword light. Layers of water vapor dispersed in the sky, blurring the vision of many Mist Beast.
The lingering power of the sword light was still strong, and they dared not try to plug the gap. So, in a daze, they only felt a flash of light, as if a bolt of lightning had followed the sword light and swept out of the encirclement.
After Xu Long put away the Inner Core, the strange energy and pure spiritual energy in the air had dissipated, and the Mist Beast tide was now like a group of dragons without a leader.
After Xu Long broke through their formation, the Winged Mist Beast, not daring to retaliate, could only watch helplessly as a bolt of lightning streaked across the sky.
The cyan river below also stopped in place. Outside the Blackwater City, a cyan world stretched out, where countless Mist Beast lingered. The condensed Eternity Ice Mist churned in the air, seemingly intent on completely burying this dilapidated city and freezing the once civilized land forever.
Xu Long's figure flashed through Blackwater City. His gaze lingered on several ice-sculpted cultivators. These were a group of people brought by Yuan Changwu who wanted to take advantage of the chaos, and they had been turned into ice sculptures at the start of the Mist Beast tide.
A glint flashed in Xu Long's left eye, and the Heaven-Burning Sacred Fire within his body shot out in an instant. The stiff bodies of several great cultivators rapidly melted, and their imprisoned souls gradually recovered.
After they recovered, they stared in shock at the great cultivator before them. They had died within the seal of the Eternity Ice Mist, yet someone had resurrected them.
The scorching energy spreading within his body instantly suppressed the frigid mist. When had such miraculous energy ever existed in the Land of Exile?
The cultivators under Deng Shouchong's command possess such earth-shattering power!
Before the powerful cultivators could even speak, everything went black, and their souls, which had just been freed from their confinement, were suddenly possessed again.
A sharp pain shot through their minds, as if something had brutally invaded their souls, relentlessly extracting their memories without regard for their lives.
Xu Long's Magic Power surged, and the scalding energy was still being poured into the bodies of the several ice sculpture cultivators. At this moment, they were being searched by Xu Long's immense will, and dared not make any unusual movements.
After a breath, Xu Long withdrew his immense will. The several great cultivators present all stared blankly into Xu Long's eyes.
Meanwhile, Xu Long's scalding energy continued to pour into their bodies, like a flame surging through their meridians. In just a moment, they were transformed from an ice sculpture into a pile of ashes in Xu Long's hands.
Sensing the ever-approaching Eternity Ice Mist behind him, Xu Long suddenly extended his will. In the vast sea of sand, several powerful auras seemed to be rapidly converging.
Xu Long's heart sank, and his expression became extremely solemn. This place had been completely occupied by the Mist Beast, and there must be some unknown secrets hidden in the vast sea of sand.
He dared not linger, and in a flash, he leaped up in Blackwater City, throwing something into the air. A hurricane immediately swept through the air, swirling and pushing back the blue mist below. Xu Long's figure suddenly rose higher into the sky.
The rising mist spread across the land, making the Blackwater City appear smaller and smaller in the distance, like a vast blue net spread out in the sea of sand, enveloping everything within it.
Amidst the vast expanse of yellow sand, Blackwater City appeared exceptionally small. The civilized lands before their eyes had been submerged by the tide of Mist Beast, and the once-mighty city of cultivators had utterly fallen.
Despite Xu Long's exorcism that killed the Daoist Human Python, it did not appear to be a revival of Blackwater City by the cultivators. In the endless blue world, Xu Long's actions seemed more like a final burst of energy before death.
The Vulture King spread its broad wings, like a barrier between heaven and earth. The hurricanes stirred up beneath its wings swept across this barren land, and Xu Long in the air remained silent for a long time.
A city that had been silent for ten thousand years has fallen today, the civilization of cultivators has been destroyed by barbarism, and the once inextinguishable flame has been extinguished.
In the rolling blue mist, one could still see the City Lord's Manor embracing the sky, and scenes from ten thousand years ago flashed through the main hall, but in the vast sea of sand, they had become history.
Blackwater City has fallen!
After leaving Blackwater City, Xu Long couldn't help but think of something about Phoenix City while looking at the Vulture King.
The Land of Exile was vast and boundless. In the ancient books and memories of the city lord of Blackwater City, he learned that the Ancestral Spirit might be an ancient god, and that it had been sealed away somewhere due to a struggle.
To find the Ancestral Spirit, one must go to a place where cultivators gather. The Phoenix City that Deng Shouchong mentioned must be visited. Xu Long carefully considered the matter in his mind based on the memories obtained from the soul search.
According to the memories of several powerful cultivators whose souls were searched, Phoenix City was built in a very spacious manner, equivalent to a large blessed land, so it could accommodate many cultivators even after countless years.
It was a colossal city that would never fall, bearing witness to the civilization of cultivators and passing on the torch within the Land of Exile.
There are three major powers in Phoenix City, with the most prominent being the Phoenix City Lord's Manor.
The Phoenix City is named Deng Lifu, and he is Deng Shouchong's uncle. He is proficient in divination and has a profound understanding of large-scale formations.
He is one of the few cultivators at the Earth Immortal Realm level in the Land of Exile. He controls the most resources in Phoenix City, possesses an energy core, and thus controls the entire city. His own combat power is also the strongest in the city.
The discovery of Blackwater City was due to his divination, which allowed him to accurately capture events that occurred tens of thousands of years ago, even from millions of miles away.
The other two forces are the Pill Cauldron Sect and the Rogue Cultivators Association. Although they are subordinate to Deng Lifu's City Lord's Manor, their strength is by no means inferior to that of the City Lord's Manor.
It simply lacks the energy core needed to build a city, so it can only coexist in the same city as the Phoenix City.
The leader of the Rogue Cultivators Association is Chen Yuping. She is the youngest Immortal Realm expert in the Land of Exile in recent years, but no one knows her true form. Her rare natural Daoist techniques give her a mysterious veil.
Xu Long had already experienced the natural Celestial Phenomenon she possessed. To achieve such success in the Land of Exile was truly a gifted individual, a true immortal. She had already seen the path to her own Dao.
The Rogue Cultivators Association established by Branch Master Chen is not as powerful as the City Lord's Manor and the Pill Cauldron Sect; it relies entirely on Branch Master Chen's public support.
Although Branch Master Chen is a woman, she is righteous and tolerant of her subordinates, so many cultivators in Phoenix City are willing to serve her.
Because of their large number of subordinate cultivators, the Rogue Cultivators Association controls the most spiritual veins outside Phoenix City and possesses the most resources and channels outside the city.
Her combat power surpassed all cultivators at the Lesser Immortal Realm, but was below that of Deng Lifu.
The main reason for coming to Blackwater City this time is the energy core. In Phoenix City, we have always been dependent on others. In the Land of Exile, in order to establish our own city, we need an energy core, which is essential to resist the tide of Mist Beast!
The sect leader of the Pill Cauldron Sect is Yuan Changhe, the elder brother of Yuan Changwu. The two brothers are originally demons of the bird-crane type, but they are exceptionally intelligent and can be considered rare and extraordinary species in the world.
In his early years, before he transformed into an immortal, Yuan Changhe followed a master named Yuan outside his Land of Exile. This master was of extremely high spiritual attainment and was also proficient in alchemy.
Yuan Changhe was an extraordinary being, possessing a natural talent for cultivation. He was influenced by the immortal master day and night, and eventually followed the Immortal Master Yuan in taking medicine, lighting fires, repairing furnaces, and refining pills.
Seeing its exceptional intelligence, the Immortal Master Yuan imparted all his Daoist skills to it. After the Immortal Master Yuan passed away in Land of Exile, the crane began to cultivate using the Daoist techniques left behind by the immortal master.
It considered itself to be in a master-disciple relationship with Immortal Master Yuan, so it simply adopted his surname and gradually began to cultivate and build its own power in the Land of Exile.
Relying on the Daoist arts and elixir formulas left behind by Immortal Master Yuan, they strengthened their own power and also protected a branch of their clan who survived and multiplied in the Land of Exile.
Therefore, Yuan Changhe's Pill Cauldron Sect was extremely important in Phoenix City. With the help of Immortal Master Yuan, he embarked on his own path of alchemy and provided a large number of pills for many cultivators in the city.
This time, Yuan Changwu brought a group of powerful cultivators to Blackwater City not only for the energy core, but also for the Inner Core the Mist Beast.
According to Yuan Changhe's understanding of alchemy, Yuan Changwu had been stuck in the Lesser Immortal Realm for a long time. If he wanted to break through to the Immortal Realm in the Land of Exile where there was no Heavenly Dao Reincarnation Temple, he would need a Mist Beast Inner Core as a guide, and various kinds of spiritual materials from heaven and earth as supplements, to refine a pill to forcefully break through the realm.
The Inner Core of the Mist Beast contains heavenly secrets, something that even Immortal Realm can perceive. Yuan Changhe can refine a breakthrough pill, but he cannot leave Phoenix City to help Yuan Changwu hunt the Mist Beast.
As sect leaders, they had to be stationed in Phoenix City year-round, so they could only deduce the situation of the Mist Beast in Blackwater City based on clues from the City Lord's Manor.
Since Blackwater City fell ten thousand years ago, the Mist Beast within must have been feeding on the ice-sculpted cultivators.
Higher Mist Beast are relatively weak before and after laying eggs, as their life's blood and energy are integrated into the eggs. If Yuan Changwu seizes the opportunity at this time, he still has a chance to hunt down a Higher Mist Beast.
However, Xu Long and his group arrived in Blackwater City first, severing the connection to the energy core. Yuan Changwu then desperately sought to kill the Mist Beast for its Inner Core.
However, her own strength was insufficient, and the Daoist Human Python was hunted down and killed by Xu Long, whose Inner Core was now in Xu Long's hands.
No wonder Yuan Changwu did such a strange thing; he wanted to use this Inner Core as medicine to help himself break through to the Immortal Realm!
Although Yuan Changhe was a demon, the path of cultivation he followed was no different from that of a cultivator. On the path to immortality, there was no longer a distinction between humans and demons, and each pursued the same great path.