Chapter 288: Chapter 267 Netherworld Soul Nurturing Altar_2

Just as Li Cheng was preparing to use his moments of Enlightenment, Jiang Zhipan’s voice rang out.

All eyes turned to him, only to see Jiang Zhipan beginning the Formation disintegration in his haste, even at the cost of consuming his already dwindling spirit energy.

Before long, the grand Formation thunderously dissipated!

“Get ready, these Dead Spirits are about to awaken… Huh?”

Jiang Zhipan had not finished speaking when the Divine Path within flashed and disappeared from sight!

The commotion here had long since alerted the powerful beings on the distant platform; as they watched the Formation break, before their joy could set in, the Divine Path vanished!

In an instant, tens of thousands were left in stunned silence, their hearts filled with disbelief.

How could this be the result after assembling the efforts of many for over ten thousand years here?

“Where’s the Divine Path?”

“Could it have been just an illusion? Was the Divine Path never here to begin with?”

The crowd flew toward the center one after another.

Li Cheng suddenly looked at Grand Venerable Bai Jie and the Five Elements Great Emperor, “Did you notice? The Order of Heaven and Earth is changing!”

Grand Venerable Bai Jie and the Five Elements Great Emperor nodded together, with the Five Elements Great Emperor saying, “It’s becoming complete!”

“Ha, why the fuss? Once the Formation sealing the Divine Path is broken, naturally the Divine Path returns to the Three-way Abyss on its own!”

“You didn’t think you’d have to carry the Divine Path back, did you?”

Jiang Zhipan said in jest.

So that was it!

The arriving crowd all breathed a sigh of relief, then joy appeared on their faces; with the reappearance of the Divine Path, the world was no longer incomplete.

“These Dead Spirits are about to wake up, I’ll leave them to you. Tian Yuan and I are withdrawing!” Jiang Zhipan announced with joy.

What did it matter if he spent some spirit energy to break the Formation? Soon, he would be able to recover at the altar.

Immortal Emperor Tian Yuan looked at Li Cheng and took a deep breath, smiling, “The journey to the Divine Realm may be fraught with difficulties. You must hold on. When I and Elder Jiang arrive someday, I hope your name will resound through the Divine Realm just as it does in the Immortal World.”

According to Jiang Zhipan’s estimate, it might take them a million years.

And Immortal Emperor Tian Yuan understood very well that a million years was more than enough for Li Cheng to make a name for himself in the Divine Realm.

Li Cheng had a smile on his face and bowed respectfully to Immortal Emperor Tian Yuan, “Thank you for all these years, senior!”

Immortal Emperor Tian Yuan waved his hand nonchalantly and turned to leave, his voice trailing behind him, “Yeah, after all these years, you never once called me ‘brother’…”

Li Cheng smiled; there were no longer any signs of Immortal Emperor Tian Yuan and Jiang Zhipan before him.

“Great Emperor, Grand Venerable, I’ve heard that the Kunlun Realm is reviving, and all the ancient ruins are reappearing. Now that affairs here are concluded, shall we depart?” A burly Elf from the Wood Elf Tribe stepped forward, eager to leave.

Who wouldn’t want to return home after tens of thousands of years?

Grand Venerable Bai Jie looked at Li Cheng with a smile, “Brother Li, there is nothing else for you in the Immortal World, right?”

Li Cheng couldn’t help but think of the farewell from the high levels of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect a few days ago. It hadn’t even been a month, and here he was, returning to the Heavenly Mechanism Sect – quite the awkward situation.

But now that the Five Elements Elf Tribe had relocated within the Three Talents Formation of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, settling near the abounding Five Elements energy at the bases of the Five Elements Protective Sky Array, it was only proper for Li Cheng to accompany the return of the Five Elements Great Emperor and the seniors above the Golden Immortal level.

Besides, Grand Venerable Bai Jie was eager to see Ling Xi, and as Ling Xi’s master, it was only right for him to visit.

With these thoughts in mind, Li Cheng nodded, “There’s nothing else, I will naturally return to the Kunlun Realm together.”

That day, from the Holy Lands of the Immortal World’s Demon Suppression Abyss, a host of mighty beings soared into the sky!

In less than half a day, everyone had already returned to the Southern Domain.

Stepping off the Ascend to Immortal Platform, the powerful beings of various tribes bid their farewells to Grand Venerable Bai Jie; they were powerhouses who had emerged from the ancient ruins of the Southern Domain. Now, feeling the presence of their kin, they could hardly wait for a reunion.

“Eh? The Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch’s avatar is gone, and Ao Qianchi is nowhere to be seen, either.” Grand Venerable Bai Jie looked in the direction of the Misty Forest, puzzled.

Li Cheng cleared his throat, “I have eliminated them, and as for Senior Ao, he said he wanted to return to the Immortal World to have a look.”

After a pause, Li Cheng continued, “The Ten Thousand Aspects Immortal Emperor, is he really the same as the Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch from back then?”

Grand Venerable Bai Jie smiled and with a look of realization said, “He has actually been hiding in the Immortal World for a long time, until more than twenty million years ago when he was discovered. Moreover, the so-called Ten Thousand Aspects Immortal Emperor or Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch is not his true self, whose true identity remains unknown to us. I surmise it must be in the Divine Realm.”

Grand Venerable Bai Jie understood the Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch even better, guessing that the Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch was merely an avatar of some deity from the Divine Realm, and that such avatars existed in other Immortal Realms as well.

Just that the Divine Path in the Kunlun Immortal Realm was broken, so the connection between the Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch and his true self was severed, effectively making him independent.

“Back then when I suppressed that avatar of the Bone Clan, it was to temper Ao Qianchi’s temperament. I had no other intentions,” Grand Venerable Bai Jie added without going into details.

From his words, Li Cheng could guess that Ao Qianchi back in the day was likely hot-tempered, so the Venerable deliberately suppressed an avatar of the Ten Thousand Aspects Evil Monarch and deceived him into guarding it, in reality to temper his character.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng couldn’t help but smile. If Ao Qianchi found out he had been tricked, his expression would certainly be priceless.

During their conversation, the three of them, along with the Five Elements Elf Tribe, had already arrived in front of the Three Talents Formation.

Grand Venerable Bai Jie’s expression was calm, but there was a flicker of tension in his eyes.

The Five Elements Great Emperor glanced at Grand Venerable Bai Jie and transmitted to Li Cheng, “When Li Baijie sent his daughter forward by ten thousand years, it was so that one day upon his return, he could raise her with his own hands.”

“However, clearly, that time vortex appeared several decades earlier, or perhaps we returned several decades too late.”

Li Cheng nodded in understanding. What Grand Venerable Bai Jie now faced was not the infant Ling Xi, but Ling Xi who was already at the Immortal Emperor Realm, grown into adulthood, yet she lacked her father’s company.

As a father, how could he not be anxious?

Seeing Grand Venerable Bai Jie hesitating to move, the Five Elements Great Emperor was about to speak when suddenly a gentle and graceful woman flew out from the formation.

The woman had long hair flowing down to her waist like a waterfall, slender eyebrows, eyes bright as stars and the moon, a refined nose, cheeks lightly blushed, and flawless snow-white skin.

It was indeed Ling Xi.

With a sweet smile on her unparalleled face, Ling Xi stepped forward into the air and came before the somewhat at a loss Grand Venerable Bai Jie, maintaining the smile as she looked up at him, a head taller than her, her gaze showing no trace of timidity or alienation.

“After all these years, my father’s Immortal Sense has been with me; finally, I see my father in the flesh!” Ling Xi said, her expression filled with anticipation.

Li Cheng discreetly raised an eyebrow. When Grand Venerable Bai Jie’s shadow dissipated back then, he mentioned that transferring some knowledge to Ling Xi had drained his power, and he could no longer maintain his presence. It seemed that he still left something behind to accompany Ling Xi as she grew.

Grand Venerable Bai Jie slowly raised his hand as if to touch Ling Xi’s cheek but stopped himself. Instead, he gently patted her shoulder and smiled, “You’ve grown up!”

Five Elements Great Emperor rolled his eyes, “Dull. I’d rather watch the Three Talents Formation. It looks quite impressive. Li Baijie, why don’t you try to break the formation with force?”

“Don’t. The formation has been strengthened with difficulty. If Grand Venerable Bai Jie strikes it even once, all the gains from these years would be wasted,” Li Cheng quickly interjected.

Their conversation eased the awkward atmosphere between the father and daughter.

Just then, a strikingly red carpet extended from the south, carrying a crowd of the Five Elements Elf Tribe. Though they were not yet physically there, their voices preceded them, “Qingfeng, Mingyue, Shan Qian, Xingyu, Yanqing, leading our clansmen to welcome the Emperor’s return!”

The endlessly extending carpet turned out to be an Immortal Artifact!

“Yanqing, is it? Your Fire Elf tribe has too much free time?” The Five Elements Great Emperor raised an eyebrow subtly and spoke faintly, her voice as cool as ever.

Manufacturing the red carpet Immortal Artifact was clearly the Fire Elf Tribe’s doing.

Yanqing trembled all over, opened his mouth, but could not utter a word.

Behind the Five Elements Great Emperor, an Immortal Emperor strongman glared at Yanqing as if his gaze whispered, “How did I ever pass the Clan Leader’s position to you, a fool with a head full of problems?”

“Bai Jie, Female Emperor, please, come this way!”

At that moment, Tianji Zi’s voice rang out, and his figure appeared, making a welcoming gesture.

“Tianji, you have eliminated the backlash, congratulations!” Grand Venerable Bai Jie, looking at Tianji Zi before him, showed a look of great joy in his eyes.

Li Cheng was inwardly surprised, noticing at a glance the ailment Tianji Zi had sown by prying into the heavenly secrets was gone. Grand Venerable Bai Jie’s insight was far more astonishing than he had imagined.

He knew very well that his ancestor master had a special constitution, and he couldn’t see through whether the ailment in his body still existed, but Grand Venerable Bai Jie had noticed just with a glance.

The gap between him and Grand Venerable Bai Jie seemed quite large!

With this thought, Li Cheng couldn’t help but look at the Five Elements Great Emperor. Equally one of the top ten extraordinary figures, he had never seen the Five Elements Great Emperor make a move and wondered about his strength and how it compared to Grand Venerable Bai Jie’s.