Chapter 2611: He Lingchuan's Privilege

Xuan Du is a true immortal of this realm, and in the Liuli Sea where spiritual energy is extraordinarily dense, he can act without restraint.

Not only did Jiuyou retreat unharmed from the Liuli Sea he guarded, but he also retrieved the body of the Hidden God Lord!

"We only exchanged a few moves," He Lingchuan exhaled lightly, "once I seized the main trunk of the Hidden God Lord, I returned immediately."

Why does he dare to enter the tiger's den once more, unafraid that Yun Tai will imprison him in the Lingyun Palace?

Because he holds the leverage:

Since the Panlong New Secret Realm and the Great Square Vase reestablished their connection, He Lingchuan has gained a new privilege—

As the creator of the Panlong Secret Realm, he can return directly to the Panlong Secret Realm through the Divine Bone Necklace!

This privilege ignores distance and obstacles; as long as the Divine Bone Necklace remains connected to the Great Square Vase, even if he is separated from the Panlong Secret Realm by Yun Tai and a small world, the Great Square Vase can still summon him back instantly.

This shows how profound the Dao mastered by the Great Square Vase is, having surpassed many laws.

However, this is a backdoor the Great Square Vase pried open for him within the legal system—it cannot be used frequently, at most once every six months, and only to transport him alone, with no overloading allowed.

The Great Square Vase has drilled a loophole in the laws for him; this loophole cannot be expanded repeatedly.

Therefore, during He Lingchuan's previous infiltration of the Liuli Sea, although he saw the Hidden God Lord, he dared not act, because Dong Rui, Zhu Xiuer, and others were in Doukou Garden, and he could not abandon his companions to return to the city alone.

He Lingchuan felt that using this return-to-city secret method in the plan to seize the Hidden God Lord was truly cost-effective.

With the spoils in hand, the mission of this trip to Yanxia Bay was perfectly successful, and he had no desire to provoke Xuan Du again.

The Earth Mother is indeed powerful, but Xuan Du is the rightful overlord of the sea, and Yanxia Bay lies by the sea, making it half his domain. For the Earth Mother and the Cangyan people to wage a death battle against him here would be utterly unwise.

Moreover, the myriad immortals and demons in the Lingyun Palace will not stand idly by; if given more time, the Lingxu Holy Sovereign could still dispatch more reinforcements.

In summary, although He Lingchuan also found the idea of destroying the Lingyun Palace very tempting, he understood better the wisdom of knowing when to stop.

Zhu Xiuer still exclaimed in disbelief: "How could Xuan Du be colluding with the heavenly demons?"

"In the ancient war of immortals and demons three thousand years ago, few sea clans participated," Mingke Immortal, who knew more of these old tales, said, "except for certain islands and shallow sea regions, the sea clans actually had little interaction with terrestrial beings, while the heavenly demons' main battlefield was on land, not in the sea, so there was no eternal enmity between sea clans and heavenly demons. Who rules the land—humans or heavenly demons—is irrelevant to the sea clans. Thus, the battles between heavenly demons and humans actually do not involve most sea clans."

The ocean and land are naturally separated, so communication between the powerful beings of these two realms is not that close.

Zhu Xiuer murmured in agreement: "Indeed, the dragon clan is a rare exception."

"The dragon clan will fight to the death, first because of their close ties to the land, and second because the Black Dragon Holy Sovereign opposes the heavenly demons with extraordinary firmness. Other sea clans need not do so; they can live in peace." Mingke Immortal gave an example: "For instance, the Hidden God Lord has no interest in the war of immortals and demons. Were it not for his importance to the Lingxu Holy Sovereign's descent plan, the heavenly demons would not have bothered him until now. For these three thousand years, the heavenly demons have stirred up trouble in the human world, but they have hardly disturbed the sea clans."

"Actually, the grudges between sea clans and terrestrial cultivators are even greater and more complex than those with heavenly demons."

"Ah?" Zhu Xiuer scratched her head, "Why?"

"Over the past three thousand years, the tides of spiritual energy have risen and fallen several times, but the overall trend has been downward. Immortals, sects, and cultivators, in their quest for spiritual energy, have not only fought on land but also ventured into lakes and seas to hunt aquatic beings, stripping them of demon cores, horns, and scales, or refining them into spirit pills or crafting magical artifacts. For example, the Night Yaksha clan of Chaohu Lake, as their territory shrank and their leader died in battle against the dragon clan, lost the protection of their stronghold, and thus the Chaohu Night Yaksha clan repeatedly suffered encirclement and annihilation by nearby sects, ultimately disappearing." Mingke Immortal paused, then continued, "When I emerged from seclusion one thousand seven hundred years ago and passed through the underwater gorge of the Qianfu Strait, I actually saw hundreds of corpses lying sideways underwater, with sharks, whales, and small fish fighting over them. These were all the Qianfu Sea Clan, whose demon cores had been extracted, and thereafter that strait was renamed, no longer called Qianfu."

"According to the materials I have reviewed, one thousand four hundred years ago, the sect Dongyun Fu, located on the southwest shore of the Endless Sea, suddenly suffered a large-scale invasion by sea clans, the cause being the escalation of long-standing coastal conflicts and friction. The two coastal cities under its control were submerged, and the sect itself suffered heavy casualties." Ling Jinbao interjected, "But overall, due to natural constraints, the number of times sea clans have come ashore to attack and kill people is not high."

Therefore, sea clans have little goodwill toward immortals, sects, and terrestrial powers, and their collaboration with heavenly demons is not surprising.

He Lingchuan recalled his own rebuke of the Sea Emperor in the Liuli Sea as a lackey of the heavenly demons; the other party took no offense, only laughing at him as an "ignorant junior."

"These years, sea clans have frequently harassed various nations' maritime trade routes—hm, no wonder." People originally thought it was due to the revival of spiritual energy, with sea clans also becoming active. It seems the cause is not just this one.

As they spoke, the Earth Mother passed by Baishu City.

The residents of this great city had already fallen into sleep, utterly unaware that a colossal entity was silently passing beneath their feet through the earth.

Everyone recalled the various sights from their first entry into the city, and all felt a sense of melancholy.

Ling Jinbao even said: "Since the Lingyun Palace has already been exposed, the heavenly demons will likely abandon this city and experimental site. The endeavor of sustaining Baishu City with the strength of a whole nation will probably not happen again."

"Those jobs that pay little and are close to home will probably become rare." Over the past ten years, the livelihood of Baishu City's residents has mainly been providing services for Yanxia Bay; if the heavenly demons withdraw the experimental site, their economic source will lose nine-tenths, and the people of Baishu City will have to seek other livelihoods.

In today's world, it is indeed difficult for commoners of small states to make a living.

"But they can reproduce." Dong Rui stretched lazily, "If they knew the truth, I don't know whether they would prefer the past or the present life."

The Earth Mother still had a long voyage ahead, and he went to sleep.

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Wu Yu Immortal and others returned to the Lingyun Palace, reported the battle within the Panlong Secret Realm, and the fact that the Henglu Tian's incarnation had fallen.

It was again Cangyan and Jiuyou! The Lingxu Gods were greatly startled, the Lingxu Holy Sovereign flew into a rage, and ordered an immediate pursuit.

Thus, half a quarter-hour after the Earth Mother departed, flocks of avian demons arrived above the Zhuzhu Islands, circling low for a long time, yet found no new clues.

And just as the sea surface had finally calmed, the winds and clouds shifted suddenly, great waves rose one after another, and after an hour, the furious waves surged onto the shore, turning into a tsunami.