Chapter 3631: Ling Domain Great Perfection

Xuan Yang Realm, Qian Ling Continent.

In the Nine Yuan Alliance, Su Xiangdong, Luo Feng, and Su Jianjia were sitting in a cyan stone pavilion, discussing something.

"The Ten Thousand Treasures Gate actually sent people to the lower realm? Is that true?" Su Xiangdong exclaimed in surprise.

Luo Feng nodded. "It's true. Fellow Daoist Chen from the Wondrous Sound Sect told me himself. He has no reason to lie. Xu Long must have a death wish, stealing from the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate so soon after their arrival."

"Is the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate very powerful in the immortal realm?" Su Jianjia asked curiously.

"Our patron is also in the North Sea Immortal Domain. To put it simply, for the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate to destroy our patron would be like crushing an ant," Su Xiangdong explained.

Su Jianjia gasped. The patron they were so proud of was like an ant before the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate, which showed just how powerful the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate truly was.

"Oh, right, I heard the Eight Directions Alliance sent invitations to the Azure Lotus Immortals and Ye Xuanji, inviting them to attend the Dao Discussion Assembly hosted by the Cao family," Su Xiangdong said, frowning as he recalled something.

"That's true. Unfortunately, our relationship with the Cao family is just average. If only we could establish a connection with the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate, then the Cao family would be insignificant," Luo Feng sighed.

"It's not easy to connect with the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate. Xu Long dared to steal from them only because he has opened two apertures. Our alliance leader has only opened one aperture and is no match for Xu Long. Let's abandon that idea for now and try to find a solution at the Dao Discussion Assembly," Su Xiangdong suggested.

To say they weren't interested in the Heaven and Earth Bottle would be a lie, but they lacked the power to claim it.

"You're right, Fellow Daoist Su. Our relationship with the Wang family is quite good. We can strengthen our ties with them, which will benefit our future development. In time, the Wang family will surely become a True Spirit family," Luo Feng suggested.

A family with two cultivators who have opened apertures is rare even within the Eastern Profound Continent realm cluster. The Wang family's rise was unstoppable. Su Xiangdong nodded and said, "Let's go to the Dao Discussion Assembly with the Azure Lotus Immortals then. Our alliance leader has also received an invitation."

In the Black Sea Realm, over a certain dark sea, the sea breeze rustled, and the sun shone brightly. A black light streaked rapidly across the sky.

A deafening clap of thunder echoed from high above, and a golden bolt of lightning sliced through the sky, striking the black light precisely. The black light plummeted quickly towards the ground, landing on a deserted island.

The light of the escape technique receded, revealing Xu Long's figure. His body was covered in blood, emitting a scorched scent, and bone was visible.

A ball of golden lightning lit up above his head, revealing Zhao Ting's figure.

Xu Long's expression changed drastically. Two dazzling spiritual lights shone from his Dantian, and gusts of cold wind blew, accompanied by loud wails like ghosts crying.

An ink-black ghostly claw materialized out of thin air, striking towards Zhao Ting's head. Before the black claw even descended, the void tore open, and cold winds gusted.

Three dazzling spiritual lights shone from Zhao Ting's Dantian. The three lights merged, and a series of loud thunderclaps echoed from high above. Innumerable mysterious runes emerged, and Zhao Ting vanished from his spot.

After these mysterious runes glowed brightly, they transformed into a massive silver lightning cage, trapping Xu Long inside.

Countless electrical arcs erupted from the silver lightning cage, and dense silver lightning bolts flew out, continuously striking Xu Long's body.

After a series of deafening roars, blinding lightning light engulfed Xu Long.

A blinding black light flared, and the lightning cage burst open. A mini Nascent Soul flew out from it. Zhao Ting let out a cold snort, formed a hand seal, and a silver halo on the Nascent Soul's surface immediately brightened. A silver net materialized out of thin air, covering the mini Nascent Soul and drawing it back to Zhao Ting's side.

He grasped the mini Nascent Soul with his right hand and performed a Soul-Searching technique on it.

"A remnant Golden Immortal soul! A Tier-Three Immortal Talisman, no wonder!" Zhao Ting realized, finally understanding how Xu Long was able to kill Lu Shan and Chen Xue.

Xu Long was a remnant Golden Immortal soul who had seized a body and resumed cultivation. His detached soul was able to descend to the lower realm primarily due to a Tier-Three Immortal Talisman, the Myriad Soul Cross-Realm Talisman. Tier-Three Immortal Talismans are extremely valuable talismans that only cultivators at or above the Taiyi Golden Immortal stage can refine.

Xu Long had mastered multiple ghost-path secret techniques and used a sneak attack to kill Chen Xue and Lu Shan. Zhao Ting possessed the Pure Thunder Physique, and Xu Long, merely at the Mahayana stage, was no match at all.

Xu Long's detached soul descending to the lower realm involved some secrets of the Myriad Ghost Gate. This was not something Zhao Ting could handle on his own; it needed to be reported.

Three streaks of escape light flew from a distance. Zhao Ting confiscated Xu Long's possessions, found the Heaven and Earth Bottle in his storage bracelet, then took out a silver talisman, placed it on the mini Nascent Soul, and put the Nascent Soul into a silver jade box.

Not long after, the three streaks of escape light stopped, revealing Qin Feng and his companions.

"Senior Brother Zhao, how is it? Is the Heaven and Earth Bottle in his possession?" Qin Feng asked, looking nervous.

"It was on him; I've recovered it," Zhao Ting replied truthfully. The Heaven and Earth Bottle had been tampered with by an elder of the Ten Thousand Treasures Gate, making it impossible for him to secretly keep it.

Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worried that the Heaven and Earth Bottle might not be with Xu Long.

"Alright, let's head back. Safely returning the Heaven and Earth Bottle to the immortal realm will be a great achievement," Zhao Ting said, then departed with Qin Feng and the others.

Spring passed, autumn came, and two thousand years went by.

Xuan Yang Realm, Profound Spirit Continent. On Azure Lotus Island, the door to a certain secret chamber opened, and Wang Changsheng emerged, his expression excited. He had spent over two thousand years cultivating his Spiritual Domain to the Grand Completion stage.

Having opened two apertures and cultivated his Spiritual Domain to Grand Completion, his strength had significantly improved. The Myriad Spirit Dao Fruit played a considerable role.

According to ancient records, Wang Changsheng's speed in mastering the Spiritual Domain was relatively fast. Of course, some Mahayana cultivators with exceptionally high comprehension could master it very quickly, but such cultivators were one in ten thousand.

Without the Myriad Spirit Dao Fruit, Wang Changsheng wouldn't know when he could cultivate his Spiritual Domain to Grand Completion.

Calculating the time, the Dao Discussion Assembly was about to be convened.

Wang Changsheng walked out, finding the courtyard empty.

He took out a cyan communication disc, channeled a magical art into it, and asked, "Yongqian, have there been any major events in recent years?"

"The Heaven and Earth Bottle was stolen by a Mahayana rogue cultivator and its whereabouts are unknown. The Changyuan Palace has issued a high-price bounty for his capture, but there's no news yet," Wang Yongqian briefly summarized the major events in the cultivation world over the years, primarily Xu Long's theft of the Heaven and Earth Bottle.

Wang Qingfeng successfully refined an eighth-tier puppet beast and placed it in the family's treasury as a foundational asset.

Bai Yuqi set up multiple sets of eighth-tier formations to strengthen the defenses of the family's important strongholds. Liu Hongxue could also refine various eighth-tier elixirs, and Wang Yulan could now refine the Heaven and Earth Demon Suppressing Talisman. The family's development was flourishing.

The number of Wang family cultivators now exceeded a million, and their growth rate was particularly fast.

What surprised Wang Changsheng was that Xuan Qingzi had returned safely. He had thought Xuan Qingzi had perished, as there had been no news for several millennia.