Chapter 1065: Great Yu Bulies Great Qian, No One There

As the cultivators of Great Yu cheered, celebrating Guan Shanhai’s victory and the support he offered, and the cultivators of Great Qian endured profound humiliation, Prison Peak erupted in an uproar.

Lu Yang silently appeared, and both sides immediately fell silent, no longer daring to speak. Following closely behind was Senior Sister. The prisoners on Prison Peak were so frightened that they directly lowered their heads, not daring to meet Lu Yang’s gaze, fearing they might be targeted by this bringer of calamity. Thanks to Lu Yang, they enjoyed highly nutritious medicinal meals every day, followed by bloodletting.

“Why is it so quiet?” Lu Yang had heard the unruly prisoners making a lot of noise from outside just moments ago, but as soon as he entered, they went silent, as if the earlier commotion had been an illusion. “Never mind, it’s trivial, I won’t bother with it.”

Lu Yang opened the cell door where Lord Silei was held, raised the dark ancient ring, which flashed with a black light, and absorbed Lord Silei inside. Lu Yang and Yun Zhi also entered the ancient ring one after another, leaving the prisoners looking at each other in confusion. "Isn't it unusual for Dao Seeking Sect to enter a ring during interrogations?"

Guan Shanhai silently watched the dark ancient ring, instinctively feeling that its origin was extraordinary. He wasn't skilled in artifact refining, but Wu Yao was; the Azure Edge Sword was crafted by Wu Yao. "Is this ancient ring an immortal artifact? Who refined it? Could it be the legendary Immortal Yingtian?"

Inside the ancient ring’s miniature world, Lu Yang was about to say something, perhaps "confess and be treated leniently, resist and face harshness," or "if you don't confess, we have ways to make you confess," or "look who this is," and so on. Before he could fully prepare his spiel, Lord Silei knelt on the ground and earnestly said, "Just ask, I'll confess everything."

"You're honestly confessing... huh?" Lu Yang was just about to recite his lines when Lord Silei's first sentence interrupted his plan. "Are all cultivators from Great Qian so honest?" Yun Zhi, uncharacteristically, showed a hint of confusion. She had interrogated so many people, yet this was the first time she had encountered someone so cooperative. "Looks like you don't need me anymore?"

Only then did Lord Silei notice a golden dragon circling in the sky, each of its scales as large as a mountain. The giant dragon then transformed, becoming a handsome man radiating immense imperial might. The moment he saw the man, Lord Silei's body trembled uncontrollably. This was a fear stemming from the deepest part of his nascent Dao Fruit, a fear even more intense than that brought on by an Emperor's wrath. "Im-Immortal Yingtian..." he stammered out the handsome man's name. Only his superior, Immortal Yingtian, who wielded the Calamity-Responding Dao Fruit, possessed such an overwhelming presence! He was created to seek out traces of Immortal Yingtian, but never imagined he would encounter him in such circumstances.

"We still need to trouble Senior Yingtian to prevent him from using his nascent Dao Fruit and then command him to tell the truth." Lu Yang didn't trust Lord Silei; using the Dao Fruit to suppress him was the most reliable method. However, upon testing with the Dao Fruit, it was discovered that Lord Silei truly had no ill intentions; he genuinely wanted to confess the truth. Unfortunately, just like Lord Sichen, Lord Silei was also bound by an incense-and-fire restriction, preventing him from revealing the location of the Immortal Palace, whether explicitly or implicitly. All the rare treasures, spirit stones, and magical artifacts he had accumulated were also in the Immortal Palace and inaccessible, which Lu Yang found very regrettable.

"Is there anything else you wish to say?" Considering Lord Silei's good attitude in admitting his faults, Lu Yang felt that if Lord Silei had any requests, as long as they weren't too excessive, he could fulfill them. Lord Silei angrily slapped his thigh, growing more incensed the more he thought about his recent experience: "Great Yu dares to mock Great Qian as having no one! If the Emperor and Lord Siming were here, we would certainly not suffer such humiliation!" He continued, "How arduous and great it was for the Emperor and Lord Siming to establish a dynasty from ruins! How could Wu Yao and Guan Shanhai ever compare to them? Our Great Qian forces are undoubtedly the strongest wherever they are. Does that mere Imperial Advisor of Great Yu really think he's so impressive?" "Uh, I'll try." Lu Yang was somewhat awkward; this request was genuinely not something he could help with just by wanting to.

In the forbidden grounds of the Imperial Palace, the two immortals of Great Xia faced each other over a game of chess. Black and white pieces clashed on the board, each move perilous, with a single misstep leading to total defeat. "That scoundrel Guiyuan has crawled out of some forgotten corner?" Gentleman Meng was beside himself with excitement upon hearing this news, slapping the chessboard so hard it shattered. Jiang Ping'an looked at Gentleman Meng with a resentful expression, wanting to pick up the hoe by his feet and hit this shameless fellow. "I was almost winning!" Immediately, Jiang Ping'an also revealed a comforting smile. It was indeed excellent news that Guiyuan was alive. Eighty thousand years ago, when Heavenly Venerate Guiyuan disappeared, he had used the power of national destiny but couldn't find any clues about him, thinking something unexpected had happened. "I knew he was tough and wouldn't die."

Before the two could lament their old friend's return, a burly figure forcefully barged into the Imperial Palace's forbidden grounds, laughing boisterously. "Gentleman Meng, I knew you sneaky scoundrel had become an immortal! Come, let's spar!" After defeating Master Tiankui and regaining his confidence, Heavenly Venerate Guiyuan immediately dragged the dispirited Master Tiankui to challenge Gentleman Meng without stopping. If Venerable Zhuiyue hadn't been inconveniently absent, he would have wanted to drag her along too.

"Silei was captured by the Dao Seeking Sect?" The Central Heavenly Emperor was utterly astonished when he heard this news. However, considering that his own clone had fallen in the Dao Seeking Sect, it was reasonable that Lord Silei would be no match for them. "Why are our people dwindling?" The Central Heavenly Emperor turned to Lord Siming and asked. In just a few years, not a single one of the Four Ancient Immortals had been found; instead, several Half-Immortals had been lost. Even if nascent Dao Fruits could be produced through incense and faith, Half-Immortals were not easily born. "Has the Great Era War begun?" Lord Siming pondered for a long time before finally coming up with an explanation. "No, the ancient Great Era Wars always started with young prodigies. This time, it's starting directly with Half-Immortals?" "Perhaps the ancient Great Era War hasn't ended yet?"

"Explosions, continuous explosions..." The figure seated on the white bone throne focused on a detail in the intelligence that few others had noticed: the explosions that had caused Heavenly Venerate Guiyuan and Lord Silei to fall unconscious. "It sounds like the power of these explosions isn't as great as the one at Xitian Temple, but the ability to produce continuous explosions, apart from an immortal artifact, can only come from a nascent Immortal Dao Fruit!" He continued, "The person who caused the explosions at the Mountain-Moving and Sea-Filling Sect might possess a nascent Immortal Dao Fruit! No, not 'might,' but 'definitely'!" His tone grew increasingly excited. "She also made a move at the Sword Tower, directly confronting Liu Ningxuan's Nirvana Sword Art. I thought she possessed a nascent Dao Fruit of the Vajra lineage. From this perspective, she possesses a nascent Immortal Dao Fruit!" Ever since the mysterious immortal acted at Xitian Temple, they had vanished without a trace. The figure had been searching for clues about the mysterious immortal, but unfortunately, had found nothing. It was as if the mysterious immortal had simply evaporated. Now, the clue of the Immortal Dao Fruit had reappeared; how could he not be excited? "She claimed to be Yun Zhi at the Sword Tower? No, Yun Zhi isn't that weak. But she definitely has a connection to Yun Zhi. This will be tricky..."