I forge immortality with a pagoda.

"Senior Yue!"

Yue Ling exclaimed in surprise and quickly used her qi to rise up, nimbly circling and catching Yue Jianxin's falling body, bringing him back to the ground.

Looking up, one could see that Shen Yu had somehow risen into the air, his true qi surging around him, blocking Gu Xuan's escape route.

In mid-air, a burst of light suddenly appeared! Shen Yu waved his sleeve, and several talismans shot out, with golden light like chains stretching across the sky, weaving into a net that enveloped Gu Xuan.

Gu Xuan's figure twisted strangely in the air, narrowly avoiding several attacks formed from talismans. Facing the golden chains, he snorted coldly and raised his hand to summon a palm-sized bronze mirror.

The bronze mirror instantly shrank to the size of a door, its ancient patterns glowing with a faint light. Not only did it block all the chains, but under the bright light of the mirror, it also emitted several identical golden chains.

"What a wonderful tool!"

Shen Yu let out a low shout, and once again unleashed a barrage of Daoist techniques. The two exchanged blows with lightning speed, the light of their magical treasures and Daoist techniques colliding constantly in the air, stirring up the surrounding mist and disrupting the spiritual energy.

Gu Xuan fought and retreated, employing a variety of tactics, clearly not someone to be trifled with. Shen Yu, on the other hand, remained calm and composed, countering each move with equal skill, making it difficult to determine who was superior for the time being.

As Gu Xuan fought, he grew increasingly alarmed and furious. Throughout his life, he had relied on his Soul-Shocking Curse to often achieve unexpected victories against his enemies. Even those with higher cultivation levels would suffer a great loss and have their primordial spirits injured if caught off guard.

However, this Qi Refining stage youth in front of him was like a stubborn mule. Every time the incantation power pierced his mind like a cone, his body would only pause slightly and his eyes would be dazed for a moment before his divine light would re-condense.

Yue Ling saw that although Yue Jianxin's face was pale, his breathing was steady. She figured that he was just unconscious due to the shock to his primordial spirit and should be fine.

She quickly took out two calming pills and fed them to Yue Jianxin, then said urgently to Cui Youxin, "Fellow Daoist Cui, please stay here and look after Senior Yue."

After speaking, he rose from the ground and soared into the air to pursue her.

Even though she pushed her movement technique to its limit, the two intertwined and colliding figures in front of her still quickly receded into the distance, leaving only rolling waves of air, showing how intense the battle was and how fast the two were.

Ahead, Gu Xuan's face was so gloomy it could drip water.

He, a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator, was forced to use all his skills by a Qi Refining cultivator, yet still could not win. It was an utter disgrace.

Seeing that Shen Yu's swordsmanship was exquisite and his Taoist arts were perfectly executed, without revealing the slightest flaw, the killing intent in his heart had reached its peak.

"Young man, since you are so ignorant of your own mortality, don't blame me for being ruthless and sending you to your death."

Gu Xuan suddenly shouted and changed the hand seals.

A distorted ripple suddenly spread out, and in the blink of an eye, the space within a radius of several dozen feet transformed into a bizarre and illusory world. This world seemed to be pieced together from numerous shattered mirrors, reflecting many scenes of flowing light and shadow.

These scenes vividly depict Shen Yu's past experiences: the hardships of begging as a child, the loneliness of walking alone in the mountains, and the thrilling battles with others. Countless fragments of Shen Yu's life unfold within these fragments.

Gu Xuan seemed to have become the master of this world. He casually manipulated the fragments, and the images in them became disordered, reversed, and even included some memories that did not belong to Shen Yu.

Each time he fiddled with it, Shen Yu felt a sharp pain deep in his mind. His memories were stirred up and altered, the familiar became strange, and the coherent became fragmented.

The pain struck his very soul, as if fine needles were piercing his skull, causing his vision to go black, making him want to vomit, and his temples to throb violently as if they were about to burst.

"Senior sister, don't come any closer!"

Despite his throbbing headache, Shen Yu roared, "This is an extraordinary phenomenon of his Dao Seed, incredibly bizarre, and only those with a strong soul can withstand it! Quickly go and awaken Master!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Ling abruptly stopped ten feet away. Although she was extremely anxious, she could also sense the danger of that strange phenomenon.

She nodded emphatically: "Hang in there, Brother Shen."

Without hesitation, he turned around and transformed into a streak of light, shooting towards the pavilion where Yue Jianxin was.

Seeing Yue Ling leave, Shen Yu felt a little relieved and frantically activated the Xuanqiong Pagoda with his divine sense.

Deep within the spiritual platform, the Xuanqiong Taimiao Pagoda floated silently, its body cascading down countless strands of rosy light, completely protecting the primordial spirit figure seated upon it. At the same time, it kept some gray-black phantoms outside the spiritual platform, thus allowing him to regain his senses from the chaos and disorder.

"So this is the kind of extraordinary treasure you rely on to protect your primordial spirit."

Gu Xuan's voice came from all directions, filled with surprise and greed. Those black phantoms were the manifestation of his divine power.

"How long can you hold out with just external objects? Once your spiritual energy is exhausted and the pagoda is ownerless, let's see how you resist my Chaotic God Mirror Domain!"

"Is that so?" Shen Yu's lips twitched into a cold laugh. "Then I'll show you what real external things are."

"The Mysterious Vault Pagoda, appear!"

With a low shout, a brilliant light shone from his spiritual center.

The Xuanqiong Pagoda trembled slightly and leaped out from Shen Yu's ancestral aperture between his eyebrows. In an instant, it transformed into a solid pagoda over ten feet tall, ancient and heavy, hovering above Shen Yu's head. Auspicious rays of light descended, and various auspicious phantoms of flying cranes, spirit deer, and qilin came one after another to protect Shen Yu.

The tower has nine levels. At this moment, the bottom level is glowing, and although the second level also has light, it is still very faint and not fully open.

In an instant, Shen Yu felt his spiritual energy being frantically drained by the pagoda like a river bursting its banks, and the consumption just to maintain its physical form was alarmingly high.

If it weren't for his solid foundation and the extremely high quality of the true qi he cultivated, he would have been exhausted of spiritual energy in an instant and suffered harm instead.

However, the power gained at this cost was also earth-shattering.

"Click...click click..."

Under the oppressive force emanating from the Xuanqiong Pagoda, the Chaotic God Mirror Domain emitted a cracking sound as it could not bear the weight.

The light on the fragments quickly dimmed, the image distorted and collapsed, the entire strange space began to tremble violently, and dark cracks spread out.

"What?! This... what kind of treasure is this?!"

Gu Xuan's blurry figure flickered in and out of focus, and he cried out in horror.

The aura emanating from the pagoda was ancient, vast, and supreme, carrying the meaning of suppressing all heavens and establishing the order of the universe. It was by no means an ordinary talisman or magic weapon, and even surpassed his understanding of magic treasures.

Fear struck instantly, and Gu Xuan dared not harbor any more illusions. With a strange cry, he spared no effort to expend his life essence and unleashed the Blood Escape Technique, transforming into a blur as he frantically fled into the depths of the ruins.

"Want to leave now? Too late."

Shen Yu's face turned pale, a sign that his true qi was being rapidly depleted, but his eyes were cold as he pointed at Gu Xuan.

"town!"

The Xuanqiong Pagoda hanging overhead trembled slightly, and a blazing white streak, refined to its extreme, shot out.

The light was initially as thin as a wisp of silk, but after leaving the tower, it suddenly expanded, like the Milky Way in the sky turning upside down, or the sky collapsing. With an irresistible and immeasurable might, it instantly crossed space and appeared behind Gu Xuan!

Gu Xuan was filled with dread, feeling as insignificant as dust in the face of the overwhelming power of heaven and earth.

All escape techniques and protective magic treasures became a joke in front of this bolt of lightning.

With his last ounce of strength, he let out a piercing, desperate roar, "Fellow Daoist, spare my life! I am a direct descendant of the Gu clan of Zhonglang Prefecture! Killing me will surely lead to the extermination of your entire clan..."

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