Chapter 1401: Return to the Ruins of Zhenhai Sect

Ziyue Immortal's phoenix eyes glowed purple. With her spiritual vision, she could faintly discern many dark shadows in the void ahead; these shadows were all spectral entities.

Ziyue Immortal's spiritual eyes were innate. While they could detect spectral entities, they couldn't perceive spatial rifts. Her spiritual vision was far inferior to Ye Lin's Golden Moon Spiritual Eyes, Wang Ruyan's Black Phoenix Eyes, and certainly Ye Haitang's Yellow Spring Dharma Eyes. Ye Lin's Golden Moon Spiritual Eyes were the most potent, followed by Wang Ruyan's Black Phoenix Eyes.

If they encountered moving spatial rifts, Ziyue Immortal might not detect them, which would depend entirely on Wang Changsheng's powerful divine sense.

The surroundings were shrouded in a grayish haze. Occasional wails and howls echoed, creating an oppressive atmosphere.

Along the way, they encountered numerous low-level spectral entities, but these posed no threat.

An hour later, they emerged above a black sea. Thick black mist enveloped the area, obscuring visibility. Wang Changsheng's divine sense could only extend about two hundred zhang; any further was beyond his reach.

Suddenly, Wang Changsheng's divine sense detected something rapidly approaching. In an instant, several spatial rifts, a few zhang long and flickering faintly, appeared before them. If Wang Changsheng's divine sense hadn't been exceptionally powerful, he might not have noticed them.

"Junior Sister Tian, be careful!"

Almost instinctively, Wang Changsheng wrapped his right arm around Ziyue Immortal and dodged sideways.

Several spatial rifts brushed past them. A few screams erupted as over a dozen spectral entities were bisected by the rifts, vanishing in a puff of green smoke.

He held Ziyue Immortal in his arms; she felt warm and fragrant like jade. A faint, delicate fragrance wafted into his nostrils. More importantly, his chest felt pressed against something soft.

"Senior Brother, please release me."

Ziyue Immortal's face was flushed with shyness. It was her first time being held by someone of the opposite sex, and the scent of a mature male drifted to her. Her heart pounded like a startled deer, and her earlobes turned bright red.

Wang Changsheng gave an awkward smile and released Ziyue Immortal.

"Who's hiding there?"

Wang Changsheng's expression hardened. He struck out with his right fist towards the void ahead, causing countless blue lights to surge forth and coalesce into a blue fist-shadow over ten zhang in size. With a piercing whoosh, it slammed into the void.

*Rumble!*

The blue fist-shadow plunged into the thick black mist. A deafening boom echoed, and a significant portion of the black mist was dispersed. There was no other anomaly.

"It's that Nascent Soul stage spectral entity! It's targeting us."

Ziyue Immortal's beautiful face changed, and she gasped.

The surrounding thick black mist violently churned. The wails and howls intensified, and a vast expanse of hundreds of black spectral shadows became vaguely visible within the mist.

Wang Changsheng let out a soft hum, raising his hands in a cradling gesture.

The calm sea below seemed to boil, violently churning and bubbling in a very peculiar manner.

*Rumble!*

Amidst a deafening roar, the seawater in a five-li radius erupted, sending waves over a hundred zhang high. This was the spiritual art, 'Turbulent Waves'.

A series of shrill screams erupted. Hundreds of low-level spectral entities were pierced by the dense waves; after emitting a puff of green smoke, they transformed into black Yin beads.

A large expanse of waves approached a black cloud mass. The waves suddenly dispersed, as if affected by some mysterious force.

The void rippled, and a colossal blue palm, over a hundred zhang in size, materialized. Its surface crackled with numerous blue electrical arcs, emanating a terrifying aura.

The black cloud swiftly retreated. However, at that moment, a rapid ringing of bells sounded, and the cloud's speed visibly decreased.

*Rumble!*

The blue colossal palm struck the black cloud. A shrill scream echoed as a black fiend, its face grotesque, tumbled out of the cloud.

Before it could catch its breath, a searing heatwave washed over it. A crimson fire sparrow, over ten zhang in size, appeared before it. A significant portion of the sea below evaporated, giving rise to a vast expanse of white mist.

The black fiend roared skyward, spewing a grayish sound wave.

The crimson fire sparrow collided with the grayish sound wave. Gray and red lights intertwined, erupting in dazzling spiritual light and a powerful surge of air, sending splashes over a hundred zhang high.

Soon, the grayish sound wave shattered. The crimson fire sparrow then lunged at the black fiend. The fiend tried to evade, but a rapid ringing of bells sounded.

The black fiend's speed diminished, and the crimson fire sparrow slammed into it, transforming into roaring flames that engulfed the fiend.

*Rumble!*

The black sea surface below suddenly exploded. Over a thousand foot-long black water arrows shot forth, directly targeting Wang Changsheng and Ziyue Immortal.

Ziyue Immortal calmly summoned two One Yuan Water Controlling Bottles. She cast a spell into each bottle, causing them to spray forth a vast quantity of blue seawater. This water formed a thick blue curtain, enveloping both her and Wang Changsheng.

The dense black water arrows struck the blue water curtain, vanishing as if absorbed by the sea.

At this moment, a sudden strong gust of wind blew. The crimson flames swiftly extinguished, and a black cloud, about a zhang in size, flew into the distance, quickly vanishing into the thick black mist.

Wang Changsheng and Ziyue Immortal could have annihilated this Nascent Soul stage spectral entity, but they chose not to. This entity could help them keep watch over the Zhenhai Sect ruins.

The formation array originally set up here by Ye Haitang had been broken by the spectral entities. This was not surprising, as it was primarily a concealment formation, not a defensive one.

Enveloped by the blue water curtain, Wang Changsheng and Ziyue Immortal slowly descended towards the seabed.

Soon after, they stopped. Wang Changsheng took out a token and infused it with spiritual power. A streak of colorful light shot out, striking a section of the void. The void rippled, and an opening about a zhang wide suddenly appeared. They flew through the opening.

Wang Changsheng and Ziyue Immortal experienced a blur before their eyes, suddenly finding themselves in a lush, verdant space.

Some clan members were tilling spiritual fields, others were flying on artifacts high above, and some were gathered in a vast bluestone plaza, exchanging goods.

Courtyards, pavilions, gardens, and rockeries were ubiquitous.

Wang Changsheng hadn't visited this place in over a century. It had undergone significant changes, with many more buildings and a substantial increase in both cultivators and mortals.

"We're finally in. By the ancestors' blessing, no cultivators have managed to attack."

Wang Changsheng breathed a sigh of relief, a look of satisfaction spreading across his face.

"This place is quite dangerous. Nascent Soul stage spectral entities are one thing, but the mobile spatial rifts are impossible to guard against. I doubt any cultivator would dare scheme against these ruins. I will be stationed here to ensure its safety from now on. However, cultivators won't be able to leave this place easily."

Ziyue Immortal said slowly, her tone grave.