Two Realms: I Will Become the Immortal Emperor

Chapter 381: Chapter 352: Meeting Chixia

Beyond the crack, a colossal beast lay coiled.

It was shaped like a wolf.

It was over a hundred zhang long and dark blue from head to tail. The beast was lying behind the gate, its eyes fixed intently on the opening. In its almond-shaped pupils, the faces of the cultivators were reflected with startling clarity!

Who wouldn’t be shocked by such a sight? Who wouldn’t be terrified?

As they scrambled back, everyone attacked in unison. The onslaught from four Golden Core and two Foundation Establishment cultivators was ferocious; Magic, Spiritual Artifacts, Flying Swords, and a Soul-Calling Banner rained down upon the creature.

They were even prepared to retreat from the Traveling Palace entirely.

But unexpectedly, the beast didn’t react to the barrage of attacks. Instead, the force of the impacts caused it to stagger before collapsing to the ground.

"Wait."

Seeing this, Meng Changtu and Xiao Chan cried out at the same time.

Everyone else also stopped in their tracks.

"It’s dead!?"

The cultivators exchanged glances, all realizing that the colossal beast had no aura of life whatsoever.

Their earlier fear had been born from a failure to notice this in the heat of the moment.

Chen Che bent down, picked up a piece of rubble, and tossed it at the beast. There was no reaction.

"Let’s go in and see!"

Meng Qianxun hesitated for a moment before being the first to step through the gate.

Seeing that there was still no reaction, Chen Che followed him.

"This is a Double-tailed Dragon Wolf. They can reach the Nascent Soul Realm upon adulthood and prefer to live alone... Yes, this matches the descriptions in the biography of True Master Chixia. It says a Nascent Soul True Monarch once gifted him a Dragon Wolf cub in exchange for a Pill."

Meng Qianxun patted the wolf’s corpse and turned to Chen Che.

"This must be it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have reached adulthood. It looks like it starved to death here."

Chen Che nodded slightly.

Although the Dragon Wolf was immense, it was starved to the point of being a mere skeleton, with nothing but a layer of skin draped over its bones. Moreover, the barrage of attacks from the group had left its corpse mangled.

A chain was fastened around its neck, the other end extending to a White Jade Pillar about thirty zhang long. On the collar locking its neck, the faint, flickering traces of runes could still be seen, though they were now incredibly weak.

One glance was all it took for the group to guess the Double-tailed Dragon Wolf’s fate:

Clearly, it had been chained here, unable to break free. Even a Demon Beast of this level would eventually starve to death.

"What a pity."

Meng Changtu sighed. As a Beast Master, this was the kind of sight he hated to see most.

Xiao Chan shook his Soul-Calling Banner, but he failed to summon the Double-tailed Dragon Wolf’s Soul. Nearby, Chen Xi also shook her head grimly. The Dragon Wolf’s body had been dead for too long; all its energy had completely dissipated, leaving nothing but an empty shell.

"If we use it for Alchemy, it’s only good enough to be an ingredient."

Chen Che commented.

The only valuable thing left on this Double-tailed Dragon Wolf was probably the chain itself.

The group worked together to remove the chain and stow away the wolf’s corpse before heading deeper inside.

Although it was a false alarm, everyone became even more vigilant. From the Jade Swords outside to the Double-tailed Dragon Wolf behind the gate, everything pointed to the immense power and resources of this Traveling Palace.

They had no choice but to be careful.

...

The Black Tortoise Calm Sea had finally returned to a rare state of peace. In the years since the war between the Primordial Sect and the Star-Picking Sect, the blood and flesh of the Cultivators who fell here had attracted large schools of the Aquatic Race to take up residence.

Many Cultivators who made their living by fishing in these waters no longer dared to venture deep into the Jinghai.

However, there were still some daring Cultivators who would brave the stormy waves and head out to sea.

Just then, deep in the Jinghai, storm clouds suddenly began to churn. A bowl-sized hole appeared on the calm surface of the sea. Then, as if it were a gateway to another world, the hole began to expand at a frantic pace.

In the blink of an eye, it widened—a hundred zhang, a thousand, ten thousand...

Any of the Aquatic Race or Spiritual Boats within its reach were dragged into the vortex and torn to pieces before they could escape.

It was as if all the water in the Jinghai was about to be swallowed whole.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Dozens of figures shot out from the vortex, rising into the sky and hovering in midair.

All of them looked disheveled and were soaked with seawater. It was clear they had exhausted all their strength to escape the vortex, bursting out with such force that the water couldn’t even slow them down.

Once free of the water, they looked back at the vortex with expressions of dissatisfaction, regret, or fury, then turned to glare at the opposing group with resentment.

However, both sides exercised restraint and did not come to blows.

"How are we going to settle this? It was your people who acted and triggered the mechanism! Now the entire palace is destroyed, and at least half the treasures are still inside."

Du Zhongyi’s face was a mask of cold fury.

"Hilarious."

The Primordial Ancestor raised his eyes slightly, his expression unreadable.

"If we hadn’t acted, were we all supposed to die in that palace? That was the Taotie Devouring Spirit Sword Formation. The palace isn’t completely destroyed yet. If you’re so unwilling to let it go, feel free to go back into the sea."

Earlier, upon entering a palace hall, the cultivators had accidentally triggered a Sword Array and found themselves trapped. The only escape route, however, was also the core of the Grand Array protecting the palace itself... In other words, to survive, they had to destroy the palace. Otherwise, they would die inside the Sword Array.

Evidently, this was the palace owner’s final measure to protect the Treasures within. Knowing they couldn’t stop this group of ’tomb raiders,’ the owner had forced them into a choice: the palace or their lives.

As they spoke, the vortex on the sea’s surface swelled several times larger, its effects altering the weather for hundreds of li around.

Beneath their feet, thunderclouds roiled.

Even from a great distance, they could feel the terrifying tearing force within the vortex. Anyone below the Nascent Soul Realm who entered would be instantly shredded.

At the same time, the very center of the vortex bored straight down to the seabed. Before the cultivators’ regretful eyes, the once-magnificent palace collapsed into ruins under the terrifying water pressure and the vortex’s shearing force.

Several Treasures, which had been glowing with Spiritual Light, were extinguished in the vortex, their Spiritual Qi depleted. Clearly, within the Taotie Devouring Spirit Sword Formation, all things were destined to become nothing.

"Now that the palace is destroyed, our previous agreement is void."

Du Zhongyi narrowed his eyes. A flash of light appeared before him, and a contract drawn with Divine Sense materialized in midair. With a CRACK, it shattered, dissolving into specks of golden light that vanished.

At that same moment, everyone felt an invisible restriction lift from them.

It was the agreement that had forbidden them from attacking each other while exploring the palace.

"Let’s go!"

However, the other party showed no intention of fighting. Instead, with a flick of his robes, Du Zhongyi transformed into a streak of Escape Light and flew away from the Black Tortoise Calm Sea.

On the Primordial Sect’s side, they glanced at the shrinking vortex and had no intention of staying either. The palace was destroyed, the Spiritual Light was gone, and there wasn’t much left to salvage. Besides, most of them were injured.

After the other group left, they also shot away at high speed. Only after leaving the Jinghai far behind did they slow down.

"After we return to the Sect, I plan to enter seclusion and push for the Nascent Soul Realm!" the Primordial Ancestor suddenly announced.

In truth, despite the palace’s collapse, the group had still profited handsomely.

After all, the estate of a Nascent Soul True Monarch was bound to be rich in resources. The others followed behind him, waiting for him to continue. As expected, the Ancestor spoke again:

"While I am in seclusion, Duobao will be in charge of overseeing the Sect."

"Yes!"

Duobao was unsurprised by this command. As for the other Golden Core cultivators, they were by turns startled, bewildered, or lost in thought.

...

「At the same time.」

Marsh Forest, True Master Chixia’s Traveling Palace.

The group stood on the corner of an ornate palace cliff, their eyes scanning the surroundings. Chen Che’s Divine Sense was also spreading out in all directions. A Flying Sword circled him, and immense Sword Qi gathered around him, ready to be unleashed at a moment’s notice.

The Red Dragon Lock Chain coiled around his body as well, flickers of flame darting along its length.

He wasn’t the only one. Xiao Chan gripped his Soul-Calling Banner, his expression a mixture of surprise and apprehension.

Meng Changtu, Meng Qianxun, Chen Xi, and Lu Qinglian were all fully armed and on high alert. Yet, there wasn’t a single sign of battle on any of them.

They had been inside the Traveling Palace for three full days.

They had advanced from one palace hall to the next, yet they hadn’t encountered the slightest danger. Even the palaces that should have had restrictions active were completely open.

It was as if someone was still living in the Traveling Palace and had left the doors to the other rooms open...

Of course, the strangeness of the situation didn’t end there.

Within this palace, the group had also sensed a powerful Divine Sense, one whose strength was no less than that of a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator. When their senses made contact, that Divine Sense seemed to faintly urge them to enter the main hall quickly.

"How can there be such a powerful Divine Sense? Could it be that True Master Chixia isn’t dead? Or did he transform himself into a Ghost Cultivator after his demise?"

Meng Qianxun’s expression was grave.

Hearing this, the others also looked startled and suspicious.

This was not a good sign. The fact that this presence was urging them to enter the hall made everyone even more confused and wary. They worried that a trap awaited them in the depths of the Traveling Palace.

Moreover, the brief moment their senses had touched that Divine Sense, they had felt an immense pressure, as if they were being crushed beneath Tai Mountain. If the contact had lasted any longer, their very Divine Souls might have shattered.

"Not necessarily..."

Chen Che slowly shook his head. When their Divine Senses made contact, he hadn’t detected any malice. On the contrary, it felt somewhat... excited and expectant.

"Since we’ve already been discovered, there’s no point in hiding anymore. We might as well walk in openly and see what tricks this person has up their sleeve."

"Agreed!"

His gaze clearing, Meng Changtu immediately extinguished any thoughts of retreat.

’A Cultivator’s path is one of defying the heavens. Playing it safe will never lead to the Great Dao. Hesitation only leads to missed opportunities.’

After coming to an agreement, the group pushed their Body Techniques to the limit. Several figures leaped into the air, streaking toward the depths of the Traveling Palace. In less than half an incense stick’s time, Chen Che spotted a towering Pill Furnace, seven or eight zhang high, standing within the palace.

And beneath the Pill Furnace sat a cross-legged elder with white hair and a white beard, his hands pressed against the furnace as if he were in the middle of performing Alchemy.

Upon seeing the elder’s face, everyone came to an abrupt halt.

The man was none other than True Master Chixia.

But he, too, had long since passed on, devoid of any aura of life.

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