I became an immortal in the mountains

Chapter 691 Differences Between People

Qin Tianyang crashed into Shi Yin in Beiquan Town and committed suicide.

The Five Directions Formation lost a corner, greatly reducing its power.

The lightning continued to fall from the sky, and the energy of thunder and fire traveled along the outstretched arm, heading straight for Gu Yuanqing's true form. This was originally the most feared thing for cultivators to do when attacking other realms, but for Gu Yuanqing, it became the best help to obtain the power of other realms.

Even the immortal Hun Tian fears the power of divine punishment, as its power can even erase the mark of immortality.

However, Gu Yuanqing, who possessed the Northern Spring Cave Heaven, was as if he were cheating. The power of heavenly punishment was not fully applied to him before it was dismantled and neutralized by the power of controlling objects.

His power of the Northern Spring Town Seal did not immediately suppress it, because he also wanted to use the power of the Flame God Sect to gather the power of the Crimson Flame Realm.

As Qin Tianyang died, the other four elders of the Flame God Sect who held the Domain Tokens also gave a bitter smile and dispersed the power of the Five Directions Grand Array.

In fact, it's useless if they don't disperse. Even the complete Five Directions Formation couldn't defeat them, let alone now.

The power of divine punishment is still descending. This is the divine punishment that naturally arises in this world because Gu Yuanqing's own power exceeds the limit of the Crimson Flame Realm.

However, compared to the power mobilized by the Five Directions Grand Array, this is merely a heavenly punishment arising from the changes in the world itself, which is far too weak.

It might be enough to injure Hun Tian Bu Si, but for Gu Yuanqing, it wouldn't be that useful.

Moreover, the full activation of the Five Directions Formation actually damages the essence of one of the realms. Although the battle just lasted only a moment, the losses incurred will increase the difficulty for cultivators in the Crimson Flame Realm to comprehend the Dao in the next few years, and the Great Dao will become even more obscure as a result.

All five great formations have always been the last resort of the lords of each realm; no one would fully activate them unless absolutely necessary.

The protective array of the Flame God Sect was completely shattered, and all its power seemed fragile under this palm strike.

The crimson-gold barrier shattered, and the nine crimson crystal divine steles, each nine hundred feet tall, collapsed.

The Yan Shen Sect cultivators, seeing that the opponent had only extended a single hand, felt a mixture of grief and despair. Even if they wanted to escape, they couldn't. The moment the protective mountain formation shattered, each of them felt as if a mountain was pressing down on them, rendering them immobile. They were like lambs to the slaughter, only able to watch helplessly as the palm drew closer and closer to them.

At this moment, there is no difference between the celestial beings and the Dao embryo; in fact, it can be said that all beings under the chaotic heavens are equal!
Even if a master of Yin-Yang cultivation arrives here, all they can do is offer their neck for slaughter!
Perhaps their only hope is that if their sect leader dies, the other side will spare their lives.

The elder of the Flame God Sect, having exerted all his strength, could barely stand upright. He clasped his hands and said, "Brother Gu, all of this is the fault of our Flame God Sect. But our sect was merely going with the flow. Now that the power on the Crimson Flame Token has been withdrawn and our sect leader Qin Tianyang is dead, we have paid the price. Brother Gu, could you please show mercy?"

Gu Yuanqing said indifferently, "It's not enough. I gave you a chance before you made your move, but now that you've fully activated the Five Directions Formation, things are completely different. People have to pay the price for their mistakes. It's not that easy to just admit your mistakes and be done with it."

The elders felt a chill in their hearts.

The Discipline Elder asked, "What exactly does Brother Gu want us to do to let us go?"

Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "That's something you should think about yourselves."

The elders who controlled the domain tokens exchanged glances, their last shred of hope gone.

“We understand! Brother Dao, could you give us a little time?” the Enforcement Elder asked.

Gu Yuanqing said calmly, "The time it takes for an incense stick to burn."

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist!" The Transmission Elder's smile was bitter.

The seal of Beiquan Town in the sky suddenly vanished into thin air, and the hand that reached out from the void also disappeared.

Only Gu Yuanqing's clone stood in the void, having completely concealed its aura.

The raging tribulation clouds began to dissipate, leaving only the heavily injured cultivators within the Flame God Sect and the broken divine stele, making it clear that what had just happened was not an illusion.

The time it takes for an incense stick to burn quickly passed.

The Transmission Elder presented a storage bag: "This bag contains a small apology from our Flame God Sect for what we did back then. Please accept it, Senior."

Gu Yuanqing reached out and took it, glanced at it casually, and then slowly said, "Please!"

The four elders exchanged a glance, sat cross-legged, and their bodies blazed with Dao fire. Their cultivation transformed into spiritual energy and dissipated into the mountain. A trace of pain appeared on their faces.

All the disciples of the Flame God Sect knelt down in worship.

"Farewell, Elder!"

"Disciple respectfully sees off Master."

Gu Yuanqing's clone suddenly disappeared into the void.

Inside the North Spring Cave.

Li Chengyi said with some surprise, "I never expected that the sect leaders and elders of the Yan Shen Sect would be willing to sacrifice themselves for the sect and their disciples."

Gu Yuanqing withdrew his clone, then tossed the storage bag to Li Chengyi, saying, "What? Feeling reluctant?"

Li Chengyi shook his head and said, "How could that be? Since we are enemies, we are responsible for our own lives. I was just sighing."

Gu Yuanqing smiled and said, "To be honest, in the eyes of the people of the other Linglong Realm, we are the real villains, just with different positions. However, today I forced their Yanshen Sect's sect leader and elders to destroy their cultivation and die, which can be considered a real enmity. They dare not do anything to me, or even to you. This enmity will probably be passed on to their descendants."

Li Chengyi said, "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Cultivators fight against heaven, earth, and man. Even without the Flame God Sect, their journey will not be smooth sailing. Besides, only through a hundred temperings can one become steel. By the way, Father, do you plan to take action against other realms today?"

Gu Yuanqing chuckled: "Let's meet with the Underworld Palace again. These two worlds are vast, and the power of divine punishment can provide me with more assistance. If we miss today, I'm afraid the Underworld Palace will just give in. In that case, it would seem that I'm really making trouble out of nothing and bullying the weak."

Li Chengyi jokingly said, "Father, you still care about these things?"

Gu Yuanqing tapped Li Chengyi on the head in mid-air and laughed, "You're asking for a beating. I'm not an immortal, so how can I be completely unmoved by external things? A cultivator's actions must be in accordance with his heart, so as not to fall into inner demons."

In the end, your father is just an ordinary man. If the Underworld Palace backs down, I would be too embarrassed to bully the weak and actually take action against them.

But if I do nothing, I'll be unhappy. So, what the outcome will be for them is up to them!

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yuanqing once again tore through the void, sending his clone into the Nether Sea Realm.

Ninety percent of this world is covered by seawater.

However, Gu Yuanqing was also proficient in waterways, and he was not at all uncomfortable in the Nether Sea Realm. He moved silently through the water.

The Underworld Palace is located atop the Nine-Aperture Spirit Jade Mountain, a bottomless abyss.

This mountain is quite mysterious, covered with fluorescent coral forests. Every time the moon changes phase, it spews out stardust from the Milky Way, forming a dazzling star mist in the deep sea.

Within the Linglong Realm, it is considered a wondrous and exotic place. Every year, countless people come to the Nether Sea Realm just to see this sight.

As the eighth-ranked sect in the Linglong Realm, it is also a top-tier sect, and it even has a cultivator at the Yin-Yang Longevity Realm presiding over its territory. The sect's protective formation—the Zhou Tian Water Curtain—has already been activated.

The three-dimensional array, composed of 360,000 Gui Water Thunder Talismans, can be triggered when encountering an enemy. The seawater within the array can instantly transform into Xuanming True Water, which freezes the primordial spirit and injures the physical body upon contact.

Three hundred and sixty illusory figures of halberd-wielding celestial soldiers appeared, all formed from the power of the waterway. Within this deep sea, their power was virtually inexhaustible.

All the cultivators of the Underworld Palace were on high alert, seated within the array's base.

Inside the Chaoyin Hall.

The Palace Master, Supreme Elder, and Elders of the Underworld Palace are all gathered together in separate spirits.

Their expressions were all extremely solemn, because they had seen that the Flame God Sect had withdrawn the power of the Crimson Flame Token, and had obtained the truth about certain things from the Ancient Realm.

"You mean that within the Flame God Sect, the Sect Master Qin Tianyang, the Law Enforcement Elder, the Transmission Elder... and the other five cultivators who controlled the Domain Tokens are all dead?" Palace Master Ye Haichen of the Underworld Sea Palace said in a deep voice.

Deputy Palace Master Yuan Chaosheng said with a wry smile, "That's true."

"Even the Five Directions Formation can't stop Gu Yuanqing?" asked the Supreme Elder Duan Yan.

"Uncle-Master, it is indeed the case now. The relationship and history between the Flame God Sect and the Ancient God Sect are even greater than ours. If they had no other choice, how could they dare to withdraw the power of the Crimson Flame Token?" said Vice Palace Master Yuan Chaosheng.

"Senior Brother Yuan, is there any more accurate information? How did these five people die? Were they all killed by Gu Yuanqing?" an elder asked.

"No, the people of the Flame God Sect are not exactly tight-lipped about this matter, but they are very reluctant to talk about it. I brought it up several times, but they changed the subject and only reminded me to be cautious about the Underworld Sea Palace."

"Uncle-Master Duan, is the Ancient Divine Sect still not making any response?" Ye Haichen asked.

"No!" Duan Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Gu Yuanqing was the first to attack the Flame God Sect, so we are very likely to be the second. Therefore, everyone, it's time to make a decision. What are your thoughts on this matter?" Ye Haichen asked.

“Although the Flame God Sect couldn’t stop Gu Yuanqing, we might be able to. Although the Flame God Sect is ranked above us, they don’t have a Yin-Yang master like Uncle Duan. Moreover, the Nether Sea Palace is located within the Ten Thousand Bottom Abyss…” an elder said.

"What? Does Elder Zhang think that Haiyuan, whose cultivators can all descend from the Heavenly Transformation Realm, can stop a Grandmaster of the Chaotic Heaven Realm?" another elder mocked.

"What? You want to surrender before the battle even begins? I think you're just a coward who's afraid of death," Elder Zhang said.

"Easy for you to say. Why don't we have Elder Zhang go first when the time comes!"

"Alright! I'm here to discuss things, not to argue!" Ye Haichen slammed his hand on the table next to him and shouted angrily.

The entire hall fell silent immediately.

Ye Haichen stood up and slowly said, "Although I am the Palace Master, the Underworld Palace has never been a place where I can make my own decisions. This matter is also related to the survival of the Underworld Palace. Let all the elders vote together!"

The elders looked at each other, but none of them were willing to reveal their intentions first.

After a while, Ye Haichen frowned and was about to speak when suddenly the bell rang outside.

Gu Yuanqing's voice also came through the water curtain.

"I will give you three breaths to make a choice. If you withdraw the power of the Nether Sea Token, I will spare your lives. If not, then we shall become enemies!"

"three!"

As Gu Yuangang began counting down, he suddenly fell silent. The Underworld Palace had already made its choice, and the power that the Underworld Realm had bestowed upon the Ten Directions Token had been completely withdrawn.

Palace Master Ye Haichen of the Underworld Sea Palace cupped his hands and said loudly, "Senior Gu, please wait. We have no intention of causing trouble for the Qian Yuan Realm. Everything was out of necessity. Please forgive us, Senior..."

He then presented three rare items from the Underworld as an apology.

Throughout the entire process, everyone in the Underworld Palace placed themselves in a subordinate position, as if their past actions of following the Ancient Divine Sect in rebuking Gu Yuanqing were merely an illusion.

Gu Yuanqing looked at the treasure floating in front of him, somewhat speechless.

Such a bachelor and such a sect have certainly broadened Gu Yuanqing's horizons.

This is a completely different concept from the previous Flame God Sect.

"You may escape death, but you can't escape punishment! Take this one and you'd better pray for good fortune!"

Gu Yuanqing said calmly, and suddenly, his eyes blazed with sword light, and he had already used the Heart Sword Technique.

These words were spoken so softly that only cultivators above the Heavenly Change level within the Nether Sea Palace could hear them. Upon hearing them, they couldn't help but look at Gu Yuanqing, their eyes meeting.

Many cultivators were startled, realizing something was wrong. They immediately felt sword energy suddenly arise in their sea of ​​consciousness, and their true essence transformed into sharp swords that pierced their meridians and bodies.

The others in the Underworld Palace were fine; they immediately began to suppress the sword energy within their bodies.

However, the elder surnamed Zhang, who already possessed the Domain Token, sensed Gu Yuanqing's attack and, for reasons unknown, suddenly poured his power into it, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth to transform into a spell that attacked Gu Yuanqing.

He shouted with a somewhat crazed expression, "I don't believe you can withstand the power of divine punishment!"

"Zhang Rui, are you crazy? What are you trying to do?" Ye Haichen was furious. While suppressing himself, he attacked Zhang Rui.

"I'm not like you, a bunch of cowards! I don't believe Gu Yuanqing would dare to use the power above Yin and Yang here." Zhang Rui shouted, completely disregarding his own safety, and frantically used the Boundary Token to draw upon the power of heaven and earth to attack Gu Yuanqing.

Gu Yuanqing looked up and his aura suddenly surged, instantly reaching the ordinary Chaotic Realm. The power of Heavenly Punishment descended suddenly and crashed down.

Ye Haichen cried out in terror, "Senior Gu, this was done by Zhang Rui alone, and has nothing to do with anyone else from my Underworld Palace."

"That's right, it was all his doing!"

Amidst the voices, many elders of the Underworld Palace, even disregarding the sword energy that Gu Yuanqing had just unleashed upon them, simultaneously attacked and suppressed him, seizing the Domain Token from his hand and preventing him from speaking again.

Moreover, Gu Yuanqing could even sense that Ye Haichen and the others were using the Domain Token to weaken the Heavenly Punishment power above his head.

Looking up at the Heavenly Punishment above him, which was so weak it could barely harm a Chaos Realm cultivator, he remained silent for a long time before saying calmly, "Perhaps you are unwilling to accept this. I, Gu, will allow you to try and see if this Heavenly Punishment can do anything to me."

"I wouldn't dare, Senior Gu, please don't be angry!"

"Don't worry, since I said that, I won't blame you for it," Gu Yuanqing reassured him.

(End of this chapter)