Moving into the Immortal Court Forbidden Land! Heavenly Venerable +1, Heaven-Defying Comprehension!

"I can finally shake this fellow off."

Sensing the fluctuations from the battle between the two supreme experts, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi's eyes showed a trace of bitterness.

Had he been at his peak... no, even in a period when his blood and vitality were a little more abundant, why would he have needed to divert this flood of trouble toward someone else?

Unfortunately, he no longer had so much strength to squander.

In the time he had left, he wanted to seek that single thread of survival!

His body had already deteriorated beyond recognition.

Even the Immortal Divine Medicine could only let him blaze with glory for a moment.

Now, he was like a funnel, unable to retain even the slightest trace of vital essence.

Thus, his only path to survival.

Was to seal himself away completely with a vast quantity of Immortal Source liquid!

But there were too many Supremes on Chaotic God Mountain.

There was no longer enough Immortal Source liquid for him to use, so he had emerged only to see whether he could move to another nest.

If that failed, he could only dissipate completely between heaven and earth.

After using the Great Accomplished Tyrant Body to hold Ye Mingyuan back, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi returned directly to Fallen Immortal Star.

His gaze swept across one forbidden zone after another.

"The Desolate Ash Sea... has quite a few people, too."

"The Kunlun Divine Ruins... I remember that old fellow chose to move in there. That won't do either."

He screened through the forbidden zones one by one.

It was not that every forbidden zone was unsuitable. In fact, one major forbidden zone even extended an olive branch to him.

After all, the Supremes within forbidden zones could be said to huddle together for warmth.

Only with more Supremes could they avoid being chosen by the reigning Great Emperor as a target for reckoning.

And with Heavenly Venerable Taiyi's strength, he would naturally be welcomed.

However...

"I'm not that foolish."

"Rather than let you join forces to swallow me whole, I'd be better off finding somewhere quiet to end my own life."

Heavenly Venerable Taiyi naturally knew about certain forbidden lands with long records of foul deeds.

By the time he finished weighing his options.

He had passed over all eight forbidden zones.

Finally, he set his gaze upon the Immortal Court!

His brows furrowed, and he seemed somewhat hesitant.

After all, this newly established Life Forbidden Zone was truly rather strange.

Within it was only one Supreme, and he was a Chaos Heavenly Emperor who had no need to seal himself away at all!

He could not fathom this Chaos Heavenly Emperor's ways.

But his vital essence was on the verge of dissipating completely. If he did not enter Immortal Source liquid to seal himself away now.

He feared he would not have enough left to endure until the immortal path opened.

And so, he could only give it a try.

"Fellow Daoist, could you leave me a place to stay within your forbidden zone?"

Carried by divine power, his voice spread throughout the Immortal Court.

This made Lu Qingyun, who had been watching the children brawl with great interest, furrow his brows.

My territory.

Leave you a spot?

In your dreams!

Yet just as Lu Qingyun was about to bark at him to scram.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck him!

Wait!

His system was called the Eternal Forbidden Zone System.

And the conditions for the rewards he had received these past few times had all been related to the forbidden zone.

If that was the case, could it be... that having a Supreme move in would also earn him a reward?

At that thought.

He felt it was worth a try!

After all, the entire Immortal Court had been given to him as a system reward. He had absolute control over it!

For any enemy who entered the Immortal Court, he could summon its built-in formations of endless imperial patterns with a single thought and instantly slay them!

In other words, if there was no reward when the time came...

At worst, he could simply kill him.

There was no need to concern himself with morality in this matter anyway.

Besides... he did not have any of that.

And so, Lu Qingyun spoke, his divine voice of chaos ringing out.

"Granted."

"But there is one thing you must know."

Hearing this, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi rejoiced inwardly and said, "Please speak, fellow Daoist."

"Anyone entering the Immortal Court must immediately seal themselves away with Immortal Source. Unless an outside enemy invades, you may not awaken on your own, whatever the reason. Those who violate this rule... die."

That word, "die," pressed upon Heavenly Venerable Taiyi's heart like a heavy mountain.

He did not believe Lu Qingyun was making empty threats.

Because even before entering the Immortal Court Forbidden Land, with his discerning eyes, he had already spotted quite a few exceptionally intricate imperial Dao formation patterns around its perimeter!

He could well imagine what a terrifying sight awaited in its core!

Not to mention, this forbidden land had not endured since ancient times. Rather, this Chaos Heavenly Emperor had acquired it from some unknown place.

It was bound to hold no small number of secrets.

Had he not already been on the brink of desperation.

He would never have set a single foot inside!

Still... judging by that tone.

The reserves of Immortal Source liquid within might be considerable.

If he could truly remain sealed until the moment the immortal path opened, why would he not gladly do so?

With that thought.

Heavenly Venerable Taiyi no longer hesitated and stepped into the Immortal Court!

The moment he entered, the sights within caught his eye.

An exotic beast resembling a Qilin, with imposing horns and a body shrouded in divine fire, leaped past before him.

The concentration of Qilin Bloodline within its body was so great that, for a moment, he thought he had truly seen a pure-blooded Qilin immortal beast!

"Such an extraordinary breed would have been difficult to find even in ancient times."

"Just where did this Immortal Court come from?"

As Heavenly Venerable Taiyi ventured deeper, the nearly liquefied Qi of immortal resonance within even caused his long-withered blood and vitality to show signs of reviving.

This discovery shocked him once again.

Had he not been certain that this place was still within the greater universe, he would even have suspected that he had somehow stumbled into the immortal realm at some point!

And at the heart of the Immortal Court, he saw Lu Qingyun's true body.

His body was shrouded in Chaos Immortal Light, his blood and vitality deep and powerful, yet all lay dormant within him, like an active volcano that might erupt at any moment.

Within those indifferent eyes, his gaze was like an incomparably sharp immortal sword.

Meeting his eyes, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi even vaguely felt as though his soul were being sliced!

He discovered to his astonishment!

In a mere thousand years, this Heavenly Emperor who had attained the Dao with a Chaos Body.

Had not only brought his own Dao Fruit to perfection.

But had also cultivated an imperial art that spanned heaven and earth, one rarely seen in the world!

He compared the current Lu Qingyun with himself at his peak, and the conclusion made him smile bitterly.

Because by his estimation, what Lu Qingyun had revealed at this moment alone was enough to defeat him within a thousand exchanges!

"Lord of the Immortal Court..."

Heavenly Venerable Taiyi bowed to Lu Qingyun, feeling nothing improper about this form of address.

In his eyes, the Immortal Court... was completely different from the other eight great forbidden zones.

Within the other forbidden zones, no matter how powerful or ancient an existence was, they could only be considered residents, differing at most in the amount of territory they occupied.

But in the Immortal Court Forbidden Land, he could clearly sense it.

This place belonged entirely to Lu Qingyun alone!

It had only one master. The others... were merely guests who had moved in.

Precisely for this reason, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi addressed Lu Qingyun directly as the Lord of the Immortal Court.

Lu Qingyun nodded, not paying it much mind.

He casually pointed somewhere and said, "Seal yourself away. Enter the deepest slumber, and retain none of your senses. If anything happens, I will awaken you myself."

It sounded as though he was placing his entire life completely in Lu Qingyun's hands.

Without any protection whatsoever.

Yet Heavenly Venerable Taiyi showed not the slightest dissatisfaction.

After all, if he did not comply, he would die.

Moreover, he did not believe that an existence who had surpassed his peak in a mere thousand years.

Could have any designs on him.

"Then I'm sorry for the trouble."

Looking at the Immortal Source liquid rippling in the lake, Heavenly Venerable Taiyi could barely conceal his excitement.

Even as one of the first beings to move into Chaotic God Mountain, he had never witnessed such extravagant abundance!

He eagerly drew forth a great quantity of Immortal Source liquid, covering his entire body.

He sealed himself away completely, allowing not a single wisp of vital essence to escape.

And at the very moment he successfully sealed himself away!

The system notification rang out, just as Lu Qingyun had expected!

[Ding-! A Heavenly Venerable has moved into the forbidden zone. Its active forces have increased for the first time! Rewards greatly increased! Reward obtained: Heaven-Defying Comprehension (permanent)]

[Note: All beings who move into the forbidden zone are uniformly regarded as subordinates of its master! They can never betray you for all eternity!]

[Host, please keep working hard. Grow bigger and stronger, and bring glory to the forbidden zone once more!]