This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

"Nangong Jue, is what you said true?"

At the summit of the highest mountain in the center of the blessed land of Lingze, within a palace that seemed to sit in the clouds, stood a white-haired middle-aged man dressed in a purple-gold robe on a high platform resembling an altar.

This person is Cangming, the current Holy Master of the Qingyun Sword Sect.

Below the altar, there was a row of slightly lower seats, seven in total, each occupied by a person, both male and female, each emanating an extremely terrifying aura.

The one who spoke was one of them, a middle-aged man with black clothes, gold patterns, black hair and beard, and sharp eyebrows and bright eyes.

This person is one of the seven elders of the Qingyun Sword Sect, the Heavenly Sword Elder in charge of punishments.

Inside the vast and majestic palace, a young man in white bowed before the altar and replied:

"Reporting to the Elder, everything I have said is true."

"Based on the information provided by the branch sect leader, I can conclude that the person is the murderer who killed Senior Brother Ye in the Jingming Cave Heaven."

These words moved the seven elders on the high seat.

Several years ago, Nangong Jue and his companions went to Jingming Cave for training, but not only did they gain nothing, Ye Tingzhou, the closed-door disciple of Elder Tianjian, even perished inside.

Ye Tingzhou was the last disciple designated by Elder Tianjian as his successor, and he was the most talented disciple of this generation, even having the potential to reach the Earth Immortal realm.

It was a pity that he died in the seemingly safe Jingming Cave, not to mention Elder Tianjian, even the Holy Lord Cangming felt sorry for him.

But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is the information brought back by the other disciples.

A divine treasure of the Great Dao was unexpectedly discovered within the Jingming Cave Heaven.

Although everyone later agreed that this was absolutely impossible, because the Jingming Cave Heaven had long since declined, the balance of heaven and earth was extremely fragile, the spiritual energy was exhausted, and the spiritual energy was cut off, if such a treasure as the Great Dao Spiritual Treasure appeared in the Jingming Cave Heaven, this cave heaven world would definitely collapse in an instant.

However, several disciples confidently asserted that they had all witnessed the mysterious aura emanating from the magical treasure.

This incident forced the higher-ups of the Qingyun Sword Sect to take it seriously.

However, the Jingming Cave Heaven only experiences a period of weakness in the operation of heaven and earth once every sixty years. After this period, it is almost impossible to enter again unless the entire cave heaven world is torn apart from the outside.

In this way, this small world created by heaven and earth will be completely shattered. Not only will all the billions of living beings inside perish, but the person who made the move will also suffer the disgust and rejection of the will of the Xuanhuang Great World, and may even be punished by heaven.

Therefore, this matter can only be put aside for now, and we plan to deal with it again at the next sixty-year mark.

Not many people within the sect actually knew that the Southwest Branch had gotten involved with a local immortal.

Nangong Jue was a disciple of the Sword Testing Peak, and happened to be in charge of many matters related to the outer sect's branch.

This also allowed us to see some information that Jian Chen, the leader of the Southwest Branch, revealed after being interrogated.

After some thought, Nangong Jue reported the matter to the sect.

The elders of Sword Testing Peak then summoned many high-ranking officials here to discuss this matter.

"absurd..."

After he finished speaking, Elder Lijian Peak immediately stood up to refute him.

"You say that person is the murderer from Jingming Cave Heaven who killed Ye Tingzhou? Then let me ask you, what realm was that person in a year ago? What was their strength?"

Nangong Jue said with a hint of fear:

"Reporting to the elder, that person's strength at the time was probably equivalent to the sixth level of the Heavenly Realm, but he possessed many miraculous abilities, including..."

"Sixth Heaven? It's only been a few years since you returned to reclaim the Jingming Cave Heaven. Nephew Nangong, let's not even talk about how he came out of the Jingming Cave Heaven. Do you really think that in that spiritually barren place, the Jingming Cave Heaven, one could cultivate from the Sixth Heaven to become an Earth Immortal in just a few years? Throughout the hundreds of thousands of years of history in the Xuanhuang Great World, even those imperial princes who were born with divine physiques have never been seen to have cultivated to become Earth Immortals in just a few years. This is absolutely impossible."

Nangong Jue was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Elder Lijian Peak is right. In the recorded history of the Xuanhuang Great World, there has never been such a heaven-defying person.

It is said that the Great Emperor Hongyu, who lived ten thousand years ago, entered the Earth Immortal realm in ten years, became a Martial God in a hundred years, and proved himself to be a Great Emperor in a thousand years.

Only four or five years have passed since they returned to Jingming Cave.

Even though it sounds unbelievable, Nangong Jue was quite certain that this Earth Immortal must be the person from the Jingming Cave Heaven.

"Elder Lijian, although it sounds impossible, this disciple believes it is him."

"Jian Chen once said that this person has a grudge against several disciples of my Holy Sect."

"And he specifically mentioned the terms 'cultivating the Tao' and 'this humble Taoist,' which serve as proof."

"Moreover, this person seems to be completely ignorant of many common knowledge about the Xuanhuang Great World. The key point is that Jian Chen had someone investigate his background, and it was completely blank."

"How could someone who has cultivated to the Earthly Immortal Realm possibly have nothing in their past?"

"He seemed to have appeared out of thin air in Tianshui Marsh, and he didn't seem to be a native of the Great World at all."

"Furthermore, I have consulted some ancient books. It is said that in the ancient Xuanhuang Great World, there were many ascension platforms created by heaven and earth. If the natives of those cave worlds could break through the void and transcend their original world, they could come to the Xuanhuang Great World by relying on the guidance of the ascension platforms."

"Ancient books record that all those who can ascend to immortality are unparalleled geniuses, one in a billion."

"They will adapt to the rules of the Xuanhuang Great World at an extremely fast pace, and their growth rate will be incredibly rapid."

"This disciple is worried that if this person truly is one who ascended from the Netherworld Cave Heaven, given his rapid growth and his attitude towards our Holy Sect, he will surely become a great calamity in the future..."

Elder Lijian frowned upon hearing this. Although he still didn't believe it, what Nangong Jue said seemed to make sense.

"Heh... Nangong Jue, what exactly did you do on your trip to the Jingming Cave Heaven that makes people so unforgettable?"

At this moment, the only female elder among the seven elders, the Elder of Washing Sword Peak, suddenly spoke up with a smile.

Nangong Jue smiled and said matter-of-factly:

"It's nothing, I just took care of a few people who were in my way while carrying out the mission."

Nangong Jue's master, the elder of the Sword Testing Peak, waved his hand and said:

"Alright, everyone has heard it. What Jue'er said makes sense. If this person really ascended from the Jingming Cave Heaven, he will surely become a scourge in the future."

"Hmph... Why wait until the future? What realm does an enemy at the Earth Immortal level need to reach before he becomes a threat? A Martial God?"

Elder Tianjian Peak shouted.

Hearing him say that, the others also shut their mouths, feeling that it was quite a tricky situation.

We can't possibly disturb the ancestor over something so trivial, can we?

Everyone remained silent, turning around to look at the Qingyun Sect's Holy Master, who had remained silent on the altar behind them.

Cangming's gaze was indifferent, half-open and half-closed, seemingly unaffected by these events.

Seeing the gazes of the crowd, Cangming spoke calmly:

"Tianjian, go and investigate this matter thoroughly..."

After saying that, Cangming's figure slowly faded away and disappeared.

Elder Tianjian was quite helpless, but still bowed respectfully and replied:

"Yes, ma'am..."