Cultivating Immortality in a Family: I Prove Immortality Through the Chaotic Dao Realm

Chapter 258 The Palace of Eternal Night

Anyway, our side has achieved good results and is in good condition without being injured, while the opponent is seriously injured and probably won't be able to recover for a very long time.

This is an unprecedented boon to the overall land reclamation efforts ahead.

Fourth-order life forms, especially these demonic beasts with extremely large amounts of vital energy and essence, find it extremely difficult to replenish and recover from excessive consumption, let alone such a fundamental injury, which makes recovery even more difficult.

Since the Void Demon Emperor has suffered such a great loss this time, it's probably best to let it go for now.

It would be much safer to wait until all three Nascent Soul cultivators have gathered before taking them down in one fell swoop.

Just as everyone was silently watching the giant beast depart...

But some people think differently!

In Tianfeng Pass, a gray figure suddenly disappeared and then reappeared in the Void Demon Emperor's domain, dozens of miles away!

This was a figure shrouded in gray light, its form appearing and disappearing as if it were part of the void itself.

He entered the shattered domain of the Void Demon Emperor without any hindrance and pulled a slender, aloof beauty into his arms!
At that moment, the Void Demon Emperor's spatial magic was activated...

then……

The Demon Emperor's enormous body, along with a few scattered figures within his domain, vanished!

This, of course, also included that gray figure... and the aloof beauty in his arms!

……

When the spatial innate divine power was activated, the Void Demon Emperor seemed to sense something, as if there was something "strange" in his domain, but he was in a very bad state at the moment, and his perception was also much more chaotic.

Therefore, it had no energy to investigate these minor anomalies and only wanted to return to its old lair on Kongming Island to recuperate.

The Demon Emperor teleported away, but a massive amount of beast energy remained before Tianfeng Pass, telling the story of the extremely fierce battle that had just taken place.

"Fellow Daoist Mo, did you see that clearly just now?"

Azure Phoenix True Monarch swept his gaze around, and the figure in the gray light had also vanished without a trace along with the departure of the Void Demon Emperor.

Even with her divine eye technique and fourth-level divine sense, she was unable to sense his subsequent whereabouts.

"It seems to be a young Foundation Establishment cultivator..." Mo saw it, but in the blink of an eye, he couldn't see it clearly.

Inside Tianfeng Pass, the expressionless inspector's eyes gleamed with a sharp light.

He saw it too, and saw far more than the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, but He was still unable to analyze the specific situation thoroughly and clearly.

Besides, this was something outside its authority, and it didn't have the curiosity of ordinary humans. At most, it would just record it and wouldn't delve into it further.

Apart from these three transcendent beings, no one in the entire Tianfeng Pass discovered that a human cultivator had also disappeared along with the Demon Emperor.

……

Tianfeng Pass, on the eighth platform.

Lin Wanshuang was in a daze amidst the crowd.

She could see clearly that although the vast majority of cultivators within hundreds of miles of the Void Demon Emperor had fallen, ...

However, a very small number of people, including Sister Qianxue, were still imprisoned by the Demon Emperor's domain.

Then, it seemed that Sister Qianxue was enveloped in a cloud of gray light...

And then... it just disappeared!
The area outside Tianfeng Pass was filled with the scent of beasts, and the scenery was appearing and disappearing indistinctly.

She finally came to her senses and wanted to grab Chen Qian beside her to leave the pass together and search for Shen Qianxue...

But to my surprise, my hand grasped nothing.

"Ah! Senior Brother Chen, where are you?" she exclaimed in surprise.

Could it be that he left the pass before her?
Just as she was about to rush out of Tianfeng Pass, a slight vibration occurred in her arms.

"Hmm? Who is contacting me!?" Lin Wanshuang was naturally familiar with this vibration; it was a notification from the sensing talisman.

As her divine sense probed in, a familiar, clear, and cool voice quietly resounded in her sea of ​​consciousness...

"Wanshuang, I'm fine, don't worry. Chen Qian is with me. Go and let the Chen family know that he has gone out on a mission and is expected to return in a few days."

……

Returning to a few dozen breaths ago, golden light descended from the sky, severely injuring the Demon Emperor. Jade Sword fell unconscious, the Demon Emperor revealed his true form, and the beastly energy surged in all directions…

The changes that occurred in that instant were so rapid that countless people experienced system crashes.

After the Demon Emperor was severely injured, his domain collapsed, and most of the imprisoned cultivators were freed.

Although Shen Qianxue is still imprisoned, the dilapidated domain has already dropped several levels in strength.

Even so, she, a mere mid-Foundation Establishment sword cultivator, was still unable to save herself.

However, a sword cultivator not far from Shen Qianxue, with sword light emanating from his body, managed to break through the Demon Emperor's domain and escape.

This is a Core Formation sword cultivator, none other than Shen Qianxue's martial uncle, Yuan Conghuan, the Azure Blood Sword of the Hidden Edge Pavilion.

He turned around to save Shen Qianxue, but the place where he was imprisoned was not far from the broken part of the law domain, so he was able to break free with difficulty.

But Shen Qianxue... was still within a dozen feet of the broken Dharma Domain!
The Demon Emperor's body was already half-ethereal, and his innate divine power began to activate. Yuan Conghuan was hit by his aura and was thrown several miles away. Obviously, it was impossible for him to save Yuan Conghuan.

Jade Sword had already fallen unconscious, but the other two Nascent Soul True Monarchs had no intention of saving him at all.

If they were to approach the Void Demon Emperor at this moment, they would inevitably suffer a strong counterattack.

In their view, since the vast majority of cultivators had been rescued and only a handful remained in the Demon Emperor's Domain, it was not worth taking such a risk.

In war, how can people not die?
Given the severity of the Demon Emperor's surprise attack, the fact that so few people died is already a stroke of good fortune amidst misfortune.

……

Chen Qian kept his eyes fixed on Shen Qianxue within the Demon Emperor's domain. An inexplicable intuition told him that if he could seize a moment, he might be able to rescue her.

Soon, the opportunity came!

This was the moment when the Demon Emperor's domain collapsed and he turned to leave!
Aka unleashed the full power of the Fate Wheel Realm, Xiaoyin possessed the Little Tai Chi, adding the Yin-Yang Domain to the power of the world, and Chen Qian also fully opened his magic power and divine sense, injecting them into the body of the Soul Observation and Breath Searching Mirror...

He had done everything in his power to open a path to life for Shen Qianxue!

But... it's still not enough!
There was no way to simply "snatch" Shen Qianxue away!
Since that won't work, we'll have to go there in our true form!
In less than a fraction of a second, Chen Qian made his decision. His true form teleported over, embraced Shen Qianxue, and was then swept away by the Void Demon, rushing into the spatial turbulence...

Under these circumstances, it would be unwise to rashly leave the Void Demon Emperor's innate spatial domain.

Especially since it is still in the process of being relocated.

But doing nothing is also not feasible.

Then, we can only return to the Wheel of Fate first.

Amidst Shen Qianxue's shocked, anxious, and somewhat incredulous gaze, Chen Qian whispered in her mind, "Relax, don't resist."

The two disappeared from the Void Demon Emperor's domain and returned to Taichu Peak. The Void Demon Emperor naturally couldn't be unaware of the anomaly in its own domain, but its injuries had worsened due to forcibly activating its innate divine power, leaving it powerless to pay attention to anything.

The spatial anchor point that entered the Wheel of Fate naturally followed the movement of the Void Demon Emperor and was gradually brought into its Void Island lair.

……

Sky Island.

This is an enormous island, where demonic energy is condensed like solid ink, and the beast essence is so viscous that it is almost impossible to dissolve.

At the center of the island lies a deep, dark blue sea eye. In the frigid depths of the ocean, there is a colossal, suffocating obsidian palace, ruggedly and menacingly rooted in the dark, turbulent seabed, its sharp spire piercing the churning waves above.

This is the lair of the Void Demon Emperor—the Palace of Eternal Night.

At this moment, deep within the Palace of Eternal Night, suppressed roars, like muffled thunder, repeatedly struck and echoed on the smooth, black jade walls.

"Roar--!"

Upon returning from his teleportation, the Void Demon Emperor immediately entered the palace and closed the doors tightly.

Inside the enormous palace, a massive amount of spiritual energy seeped from the source of the fourth-order spiritual vein, constantly being absorbed and transformed by the Void Kun's main body, forming an incredibly dense spiritual tide.

The enormous body of the Void Kun was curled up in the center of the palace. Thick black blood kept seeping from the edge of the terrifying wound on its head, which was hundreds of feet in diameter. It was also tightly imprisoned near the wound by some invisible spatial force, forming a strange, floating, and constantly writhing giant blood tumor.

At the center of the hematoma was a huge, grayish-purple demon core, covered with cracks that spread like a spider web. It was undoubtedly also severely damaged by the golden light that fell from the heavens.

Above the demon core, a miniature Netherworld Void Kun soul body coiled, spewing pure soul essence towards the giant demon core in an attempt to suppress the injuries and repair the cracks.

However, it is clear that the repair is extremely difficult, and could even be said to be ineffective.

When a demon beast advances to the second tier, it develops a life core. The third-tier life core transforms into a demon core, which is roughly equivalent to a human's true core at this point.

However, advancing to the fourth tier is quite different.

Humans shatter their True Core to transform into Nascent Souls, while demon beasts' Demon Cores not only don't shatter, but instead receive a greater boost. Demon beasts with powerful bloodlines can even condense a Law Domain using their Demon Cores as the core.

For a fourth-tier demon emperor, the spirit also transforms from its original illusory state into a tangible form, truly becoming one of the core elements of the physical body.

Once one survives the tribulation of transformation, one can take human form.

Nourished by the calamity energy, the spirit transforms into a divine spirit, greatly increasing its supernatural powers and intelligence, making it no weaker than an adult human.

A demon core plus a divine soul equals a human's nascent soul.

Each painful spasm of the Void Kun's true form caused the entire palace to tremble slightly and groan under its unbearable strain.

The destructive aura originating from the heavens above, like a maggot clinging to its bone, is relentlessly and frantically eroding its beastly body and the essence of its demonic core.

Severe injuries! Unprecedented severe injuries!
Its very essence has been damaged, and its vitality has been greatly diminished!

What terrified the Void Demon Emperor even more was that, despite the massive influx of spiritual energy to replenish his injuries, his condition not only showed no signs of improvement but was actually worsening over time.

Outside the Palace of Eternal Night, three enormous and oppressive auras, like three volcanoes about to erupt, silently hovered in the turbulent waves of beast energy outside the gates of the Jade Palace.

On the left is a giant tortoise-like monster, its size as large as a moving island. Its scales and shell, covering its entire body, gleam with a cold metallic sheen in the darkness, and its vertical pupils radiate a fierce light as they open and close.

To the right was a giant white snake with its triangular head slightly raised. Its scarlet tongue flickered in and out, emanating a beastly aura containing a deadly poison that could corrode bones and dissolve the soul. Even the surrounding seawater made a hissing sound as it dissolved.

Directly in front was another giant Kun-like beast, its entire body covered in dark blue bone armor, resembling a moving black mountain.

Each of their heavy breaths stirred up turbulent currents in the surrounding waters, an invisible force field churning the seabed and producing a low rumble. Their heavy breathing revealed their restlessness.

These three colossal beasts are the most powerful forces under the command of the Void Demon Emperor.

Even as a top-tier demon king, he couldn't help but feel uneasy upon realizing that the incredibly powerful emperor had suffered a crushing defeat and was severely injured.

……

The Realm of Destiny, at the peak of the Primordial Peak.

The space rippled silently like water as Chen Qian stumbled and fell out, carrying Shen Qianxue.

He forcefully used the power of the Life Wheel Realm's origin to tear apart the Demon Emperor's shattered domain and then forcibly moved into it. It seemed easy and casual, but in fact, it had already consumed most of his magic power and divine sense.

The sudden and excessive exertion left Chen Qian pale and his breathing slightly disordered, no longer displaying his usual composure.

"Chen Qian!" Shen Qianxue quickly hugged him. Her pretty face, which was usually somewhat indifferent, now showed some panic and lingering fear. "What happened to you? Are you hurt?"

Her voice trembled almost imperceptibly as she watched the figure rush into the Demon Emperor's domain without hesitation and throw himself at her side. A mix of panic and sweetness she had never experienced before instantly pierced her heart.

At that moment, she almost thought the two of them were going to die together.

"Cough cough..." Chen Qian forced a reassuring smile, looking at Shen Qianxue with gentle eyes, "It's alright... It's just that I was too exhausted for a while, I'll be fine after a short rest."

Shen Qianxue felt slightly relieved. She grabbed Chen Qian's large hand with her slender hand and channeled her pure and gentle magic power into his somewhat depleted meridians.

"Don't worry." Chen Qian took a breath, sat down cross-legged, and closed his eyes to regulate his breathing.

The immense power of the world began to stir the spiritual energy within the realm, and the swirling spiritual energy gathered to help him recover and regulate his breathing.

Only then did Shen Qianxue have time to look around.

where is this place? !

Below the peak lies a vast expanse of sky and earth.

At the foot of the mountain stands a magnificent and continuous palace complex, where celestial mountains float in the air, spiritual springs cascade down waterfalls, and pure air swirls around, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

In the void, there was an extremely pure and clear spiritual energy. Although the concentration of spiritual energy was far less than that of the fourth-order spiritual vein of the Hidden Edge Pavilion, she sensed that its spiritual energy was extremely higher and more ethereal, no weaker than any blessed land!
Further away, one can vaguely see a vast lake and a boundless grassland, the whole world exuding a boundless and magnificent life force.

This completely overturned her cognition.

……

Nourished by the spiritual energy of the world's origin, Chen Qian recovered extremely quickly.

Several hours later, his disordered breathing gradually calmed down, and the color returned to his pale face.

Chen Qian slowly opened his eyes, his gaze bright and clear. Although he had not fully recovered from his exhaustion, he was no longer in serious danger.

His gaze fell on Shen Qianxue, who was meditating alone.

"Qianxue".

Shen Qianxue opened her eyes upon hearing the sound, her cool gaze looking over with a questioning expression.

"How are you feeling?" Chen Qian asked softly.

"I am fine now."

Shen Qianxue's voice was clear and melodious. Although the Void Demon Emperor had taken some of her life force, fortunately, it hadn't been long and her body wasn't too depleted, so she recovered very well.

"Where is this? How did we escape? That demon emperor..."

(End of this chapter)