Chapter 1691: Going to the Tongyuan Royal Family

"By then, no matter how powerful the Supreme God's consciousness may be, I will have the confidence to utterly destroy it."

Xu Yang's formidable presence seemed to intensify further with the birth of the Frigid Spring artifact. Now, simply by standing before hundreds of thousands of troops, he appeared as a human manifestation of vast frost, perpetually deterring every soul in his vicinity.

Of course, when demonstrating his presence before the hundreds of thousands of beast warriors, Xu Yang had already suppressed his aura to its minimum. If he were facing enemies, his demeanor would be entirely different.

"Boss, which imperial lineage's Immortal Abode should we attack next?" Ling Yao asked, approaching Xu Yang.

Xu Yang subtly shifted his gaze to Jiu'er. Just as the girl was about to speak, he heard a serene-faced middle-aged female cultivator calmly interject from the side.

This person was the chief elder of the Tongyuan lineage, who had also pledged allegiance to Xu Yang. Was it not now her moment to act? The middle-aged female cultivator showed no sign of timidity. She walked up to Xu Yang, met his gaze, and nodded slightly.

Without hesitation, she unleashed a powerful surge of spiritual energy into the trajectory of the star inscription before them. Soon after, the corresponding unique power inscription of the Tongyuan imperial lineage materialized. The inscription then transformed again, becoming a teleportation gate connected to the Tongyuan imperial lineage.

"Haha, fantastic! The entrance to the second Immortal Abode is finally open!" Long Kun exclaimed, urging everyone. "Boss, let's hurry in! I can't wait to see what the Tongyuan imperial lineage's Immortal Abode looks like."

Just as Long Kun was eagerly prompting the group, the former chief elder of the Tongyuan lineage halted them, looking at Xu Yang with a solemn expression.

"Sir, you may not be aware, but the Immortal Abode of the Tongyuan lineage differs fundamentally from those of other imperial lineages," the elder explained. "Because our Tongyuan lineage primarily cultivates spiritual power, our imperial Immortal Abode contains countless illusion barriers."

"These barriers are our powerful means of defending against external invaders. If we were to lead hundreds of thousands of beast warriors into the Immortal Abode, it would likely result in mass casualties."

The chief elder's words immediately caught Xu Yang's attention. In fact, he had already anticipated that the cultivation methods of the Tongyuan imperial lineage would possess extremely powerful spiritual influence effects.

This would be a significant shock for beast soldiers whose spiritual power was not inherently strong. As Xu Yang pondered a countermeasure, Xiao Hua calmly spoke from beside him.

"A-Yang, in my opinion, you should take only a few companions to the Tongyuan lineage's Immortal Abode and quickly locate the source of power," Xiao Hua suggested. "Long Kun and I, along with the rest of our brothers, will guard Kunlun Peak and await your triumphant return.

After all, leading hundreds of thousands of beast warriors to directly invade an Immortal Abode, a sacred land, is something highly objectionable to the royal cultivators of the Six Human-Spirit Lineages.

Moreover, most people here wouldn't be much help anyway. It would be better for us to guard this location; it might even save you a lot of trouble."

In truth, Xu Yang had initially intended to lead everyone into the Immortal Abode. Doing so might have allowed a select few powerful warriors among them to seize their own opportunities.

However, a second thought revealed it would indeed be a counterproductive move.

Not to mention whether they would ultimately achieve individual power boosts.

Furthermore, such large-scale operations would inevitably lead to unnecessary casualties. This place was one of the Six Immortal Abodes located above Kunlun Peak, far from being as accessible as one might imagine. The dangerous barriers within each Immortal Abode could not be predicted in advance.

The reason everyone had managed to withdraw unscathed from their previous journey through the Misty Rain imperial lineage's domain was simply that the Misty Rain lineage was inherently the weakest in terms of offensive capabilities among the Six Human-Spirit Lineages.

The other five imperial lineages, to varying degrees, possessed extremely powerful forbidden attack techniques.

Provoking these factions excessively and rashly entering their Immortal Abodes would undoubtedly be met with fierce resistance.

"What are your thoughts?"

Xu Yang did not make a unilateral decision. Instead, he glanced at the Four Great Demon Beasts beside him, as they were the true leaders and decision-makers of the demon race.

The Four Demon Sages naturally deferred to Xu Yang. In order to preserve the living forces of their warriors as much as possible and prevent large-scale setbacks, they quickly unified their thoughts and decided to proceed with Xiao Hua's suggestion.

"Boss, you can go with confidence," one of them said. "In my opinion, you can take Long Kun and凌瑶. The three of you should be sufficient. We Demon Sages will stay behind to guard the army. If any real danger arises, we will send you a spiritual message immediately. Besides, with your Jade Bone Divine Sword as protection, ordinary forces simply cannot threaten us."

Xu Yang nodded gently. "Alright, let's do that."

With that, Xu Yang gently waved his palm, and the Jade Bone Divine Sword once again levitated above the heads of the army. Now that Xu Yang possessed his own life-bound divine artifact, the use of the Jade Bone Divine Sword and his other primary divine artifacts would become increasingly rare.

Thinking it better to leave these artifacts for the defense of the group, Xu Yang even released the Ice Emperor Tower primary divine artifact and handed it over to Demon Sage Qitian.

Just as he was about to enter the teleportation array space with Ling Yao and Long Kun, Yanxia Shangshen, one of the eighteen inheritors of the Old Gods' legacy, proactively offered to accompany Xu Yang.

Only then did Xu Yang recall Yanxia Shangshen's unresolved obsession: her karmic destiny and long-held wish involving a "living fossil" level elder from one of the Six Human-Spirit Lineages.

Xu Yang had never previously inquired about which specific grand elder it was. However, seeing Yanxia Shangshen's current excitement, Xu Yang could roughly surmise the reason and tacitly agreed to her request.

And so, the group of four ascended, and under Xu Yang's lead, they broke through the barrier of the teleportation seal, vanishing together into the teleportation channel.

They quickly disappeared from sight. When the four individuals landed steadily once more, the surrounding space had undergone a drastic transformation, just as the chief elder had warned.

The moment this place entered their view, Xu Yang felt an indescribable sense of eeriness and illusion. It was as if everything around them had become unreal, yet he couldn't distinguish in the short term which parts were illusory and which were real spatial traces.

At that moment, before Xu Yang and the others lay a desolate, isolated island!