I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

A huge island floated in the sky. Calling it an island would be inaccurate; its size was almost comparable to the entire Yong Kingdom, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a continent.

This is the sacred site of the Great Yu Kingdom, which borders the Great Jin Dynasty!
The Great Yu Holy Land is no less impressive than the Great Jin Holy Land, and is equally prosperous. There are no fewer than several hundred Dao Saints and Martial Saints in the Holy Land. Furthermore, since its founding, the Great Yu Kingdom has produced a total of seven Immortal beings.

At this very moment, within one of the Dao Saint Temples, a figure clad in a black robe sat cross-legged, floating in mid-air, seemingly comprehending something. After an unknown amount of time, his eyes suddenly opened, a glint of dark light flashing within them.

"finally……"

A smile appeared on the face of the Taoist priest in black robes.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Dao Saint Youling has exhausted all his efforts and resources, even resorting to underhanded tactics against his fellow disciples to seize treasures. Today, he has finally comprehended the third step of the Dark Law!

This step was a qualitative change for him. Previously, his strength had only barely reached the level of the fourth tribulation. However, after comprehending the third step of the law, he experienced a leap forward. Even without relying on the third step of the law to cultivate more profound Dao techniques, his strength had at least reached the level of the sixth tribulation.

With further cultivation and mastery of more profound Taoist techniques, he will naturally overcome the seventh tribulation, and there is hope for the eighth. In the more distant future, he may even have a chance to achieve immortality!

but……

As soon as something came to mind, Dao Sheng Youling gave a cold smile.

Yuan Mu is truly a hateful person!

He was already a useless person, but instead of finding a place to spend his old age in peace, he had to come out and stir up trouble again, which caused him to expose the treasure he possessed, resulting in that treasure being taken away by his master!
Fortunately, his master also gave him a lot of compensation and said that as long as he could comprehend the third step of the law, he could go to pay his respects and the master would bestow that treasure upon him again. After all, it was very difficult to wield a treasure without comprehending the third step of the law, but with the power of the third step of the law, he would indeed be qualified to wield a treasure.

Once he regains the treasure, he will have no fear of even those peak Dao Saints at the Eight Tribulation Realm!

"Yuan Mu, what good are all your schemes? You'll still end up dead and your soul destroyed. The treasure I took from you will eventually return to me. I will unleash its full power, roam the world with it, and seek even greater opportunities for myself, pursuing the path to immortality in the future!"

"And you, in the end, are just an insignificant speck of dust in the passage of time."

Youling Daosheng sneered, then waved his sleeve, suddenly stood up, and took out a jade talisman, intending to send a message to his master, Tongyou Daoren, and go to pay his respects in person.

but,
Just as he was transmitting the message from the jade talisman.

Suddenly, the entire hall where he was located began to tremble slightly.

"Ok?"

Dao Sheng Youling was slightly taken aback, wondering what had happened, and was about to speak when...

Suddenly, a vast and immeasurable power descended upon us with a thunderous roar.

Rumble!!

The entire hall collapsed instantly, revealing the outside world. Above, the azure sky was covered by a giant hand formed by interwoven purple lightning. The lightning hand, which covered the clouds and sun, came from beyond the heavens. In just an instant, it shattered the array light of the Great Yu Holy Land, forcibly broke into the interior of the Great Yu Holy Land, and headed straight for Youling Daosheng.

Upon seeing this, Dao Saint Youling was immediately shocked and subconsciously tried to resist. However, in just one moment, the power of his primordial spirit collapsed, and he was completely unable to condense any Dao techniques. He was directly grabbed by the purple lightning hand and instantly pulled out of the holy land and into the sky!

"Ah! Senior, spare my life!"

"This junior has no idea how I offended you, senior. Please spare my life!"

As Youling Daosheng felt the suffocating, supreme power, he naturally knew that it was the power of an immortal being, which he could not resist at all. Although he did not know how he had provoked an immortal being to take action, he still roared and begged for mercy.

At the same time, he was also trying his best to activate the jade talisman in his hand to contact his master, Tongyou Daoren.

Crackling sounds!

The next moment, the purple lightning hand that had captured him suddenly retracted and transformed into nine chains, binding him within them and continuing to pull him upwards into the sky until a figure appeared in front of him.

Wu Ming, dressed in simple clothes, stood atop the clouds, his gaze indifferent as he looked at the Dao Saint Youling who had been captured, and said, "You are Youling?"

"Ah...yes, yes, my Daoist name is Youling, and my master's Daoist name is Tongyou..."

Youling Daosheng did not recognize Wu Ming, nor did he know why Wu Ming would go to such lengths, even going so far as to personally come to the Holy Land and break through the Holy Land's array light barrier to capture him. Yet, he was still filled with immense fear, trembling repeatedly.

While responding, he also brought up his master, Tongyou Daoren, in an attempt to make Wu Ming think twice. At the same time, he was frantically thinking in his mind about when he had offended an immortal being.

And in the very next moment.

Above the sky, the void suddenly shattered.

Wu Ming's arrival in the Great Yu Kingdom, his decisive action shattering the Great Yu Holy Land's array barrier and capturing a Dao Saint from within, naturally shook the entire Great Yu Holy Land. Countless Dao Saints and Martial Saints emerged in horror, staring at the sky in shock. Such a massive commotion had already been noticed by the several immortal beings behind the Great Yu Kingdom. *Buzz!*

In the shattered void, an aura of immortality suddenly spread out, and a Taoist figure draped in a gray robe stepped out. His brows were furrowed, and he was about to question who was so presumptuous in Dayu, but when he saw Wu Ming's face, his questioning words were immediately stuck in his throat, and he froze.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, the gray-robed Taoist gave a somewhat forced smile and cupped his hands towards Wu Ming, saying, "Fellow Daoist Wu Ming, I am Tong You. I wonder what my unworthy disciple has done to provoke such a great anger in you that you have come here personally to arrest him?"

"He didn't provoke me, but there is indeed a karmic connection between us."

Wu Ming looked at the gray-robed Taoist Tongyou and spoke in a calm tone.

"Oh?"

The Taoist Master Tongyou was slightly taken aback and said, "I wonder if you would be willing to tell me?"

"I have come here precisely to clarify this matter and settle the matter of cause and effect."

Wu Ming remained calm and made no attempt to conceal anything. In front of Tongyou Daoist and Youling Daoist Saint, he briefly recounted Yuan Mu's experiences back then, including Yuan Mu's escape to Yong Kingdom, his reincarnation, his change of name to 'Liu Muyuan', and his subsequent acceptance of him as a disciple.

Tongyou Daoist was stunned for a moment, then stroked his beard with some emotion and said, "So that's what it is. I learned a little about it later, but I never thought there was such a connection. He went to Yong Kingdom and met you again, and you gave me the kindness of being recognized on your path to enlightenment. It is truly unpredictable and fate is hard to fathom.

Back when Yuan Mu and You Ling were fellow disciples of the Holy Land, they were not yet under his tutelage. At that time, they were both Grandmasters and had not yet reached the Dao Saint level, so they naturally did not attract his attention.

After that, Youling entered the Dao Saint realm and was taken in as his disciple, but he never cared about Youling's past.

It wasn't until over a thousand years ago that Youling revealed that she possessed a supreme treasure, which surprised him. He summoned Youling and inquired about it, but Youling only told him that she had obtained the treasure by chance in a secret realm.

Although he vaguely sensed that Youling was hiding something, he didn't pursue it too much. After all, it's normal to have some secrets on the path of cultivation, and he wouldn't delve into the details. However, given Youling's strength at the time, he hadn't even comprehended the third step of the Laws yet, so even if he possessed a supreme treasure, he couldn't control it. Therefore, he took it into his own hands, partly to prevent it from being taken away by others, and partly so that if Youling could comprehend the third step of the Laws and have the opportunity to break through to immortality, he could give the treasure back to him.

I never imagined that this treasure had such a complicated and long-standing history.

aside.

Youling Daosheng was completely dumbfounded, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How could such a thing happen?!
Are you kidding me?!
Yuan Mu obtained a supreme treasure in that secret realm. Such an opportunity is something that countless Dao Saints and Martial Saints would find difficult to obtain. After he ambushed Yuan Mu, he managed to seize the treasure with great difficulty. As a result, after Yuan Mu escaped half-dead, he was clearly a cripple, yet he was able to meet a figure like Wu Ming in a remote small country!
Although it was his first time meeting Wu Ming and he did not know him, the most shocking piece of information in this world in the past few hundred years was the fact that Wu Ming, the Dao Saint of the Great Jin Dynasty, had attained immortality!

After more than a thousand years of proving his immortality, the entire world was in an uproar, causing countless shocks!

Even if we go back millions of years in history, Wu Ming is definitely one of the most legendary and immortal figures on the road to rise!
result,

Now they're telling him that Wu Ming is the disciple of his junior brother Yuan Mu, whom he once plotted against and personally killed? This is an absolute joke! How could such a thing possibly happen?!
However, Wu Ming is an immortal being and would not casually make up his origins. Since he said so, it must be true that he was once favored by Yuan Mu and has now come to settle the karmic debt from back then after attaining enlightenment.

"..."

In disbelief, Daoist Youling trembled violently as he looked at his master, Daoist Tongyou.

however,
He was met with an indifferent look.

It's a joke. The scene of Wu Ming killing an Immortal with a single sword in the outer void is still vivid in my mind. Not to mention that even the Immortal King Yan Wang politely invited Wu Ming to fight. To fight with Wu Ming for a mere disciple would be utterly insane. Moreover, Wu Ming explained the cause and effect, and that his coming to avenge his master was in accordance with the will of Heaven.

Seeing that his master, Tongyou Daoren, was no longer paying attention to him, Youling Daosheng knew that he was finished. After his body trembled, he suddenly couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh.

"Haha...hahahaha..."

He laughed so hard he almost cried.

puff.

With a flick of his finger, Wu Ming's maniacal laughter abruptly ceased, leaving only a wisp of ashes in the void.

"The cause and effect are settled, farewell."

After briefly addressing the Daoist Tongyou, Wu Ming's figure flickered, transforming into a bolt of lightning and disappearing into the horizon.

Seeing Wu Ming leave and walk away, Tongyou Daoist finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he glanced at the wisp of ashes left in the void with some dissatisfaction, and with a wave of his sleeve, he caused all the ashes to be completely annihilated.

A disciple he casually accepted almost brought him a great disaster!
This disciple... it's best not to take on any more in the future! (End of Chapter)