Chapter 410: Qingxia Immortal Maiden (6K)

The Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State flew out, instantly enveloping the void.

The space was immediately sealed.

In the Dao diagram, heaven and earth, sun and moon were inverted; in an instant, a vast imperial sovereign's authority merged into it.

Zhang Jian had no intention of engaging this gluttonous demon god in a prolonged battle—that would be too inefficient.

His goal was to enter the immortal abode as quickly as possible, the happier the better.

Best to avoid triggering any disturbance or fluctuation.

The State Sovereign's authority transformed, boundless golden light shaping into towering mountains that directly suppressed the gluttonous demon god.

The immense force pressed down; in an instant, the gluttonous demon god turned into minced meat, crushed to death by the authority's golden light.

Even several primordial spirit true persons witnessing this violent scene broke into cold sweat—under such terrifying force, even an extraterritorial demon god of true immortal level could not withstand a single exchange.

This divine authority was far more fearsome than imagined.

Zhang Jian's expression remained unchanged; as his grasp of divine authority deepened, so did his insight into its essence.

The intrinsic nature of this divine authority was merely a deeper control over the heavenly dao and earthly laws.

Immortal-level beings who have cultivated to this stage can likewise employ laws to manifest various mighty immortal techniques.

Fundamentally, it is the same.

Thanks to the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State sealing the void, Zhang Jian exercised divine authority to slay the gluttonous demon god without leaking any spiritual fluctuations.

At the spot where the extraterritorial demon god turned into minced meat, Zhang Jian noticed threads of immortal divine light condensing into form, faintly revealing a tiny, multifaceted black crystal.

This was the divine authority wielded by the gluttonous demon god—the Gluttony Divine Crystal.

A divine object materialized from the authority's essence.

Zhang Jian glanced at it, paid no heed, and directly used the Sun's True Fire to completely refine it into primordial qi, which he infused into the Map of Mountains, Rivers, and the State.

This authority of gluttony had already been seized—and even corrupted—by the extraterritorial demon god; recklessly refining it would surely fall into their trap, so it's better not to touch it lightly.

"Let's go in!"

Zhang Jian greeted the group first, his form transforming into a wisp of blue smoke as he shot toward the cave entrance.

The other three, as if waking from a dream, reacted and hurriedly followed.

Yet at this moment, their hearts still could not help but be shaken.

The strength Zhang Jian displayed now was simply beyond imagination.

A true immortal-level gluttonous demon god was resolved in an instant, and the divine authority it commanded was as deep as an abyss, as grim as a prison.

In the narrow, forbidden passage.

The group could sense that this forbidden passage had already been more than half destroyed.

The spatial prohibitions forming the passage were somewhat unstable; Zhang Jian simply tore open a space with overwhelming force and entered the depths of the forbidden passage.

In a shaded forest path, four figures appeared out of thin air.

Unexpectedly, the surroundings were a vast expanse of bluish-green.

As far as the eye could see, there were countless green plants; the air still flowed with the intense fragrance of grass and trees. Gazing at this scene, even the icy countenance of the Lunar Yin Immortal Maiden softened slightly.

"What abundant wood spirit power!"

At this moment, the Purple Orchid True Lord's face was also full of astonishment; he even felt some delight.

As he formed seals with his hands, an invisible ripple flowed from his body, faintly as if resonating with the towering ancient trees of the wolf forest around him.

Zhang Jian's gaze swept over—he knew the Purple Orchid True Lord's primordial spirit immortal arts were primarily wood-attribute and not generally skilled.

The technique he was now employing resembled his Myriad Realms Spiritual Awareness Sphere; likely he was communicating with the flora in this space to probe for danger.

After a moment, he opened his eyes, greeting the North Star True Lord and Zhang Jian with a smile.

"The wood spirit here is unusually active—I don't know if there's a problem, but there must be many wood-attribute spiritual objects; everyone, don't miss them!"

The group nodded and proceeded inward; after just a few hundred meters, they discovered several strange flowers and herbs, including thousand-year-old Solomon's seal growing by the roadside, as well as earth lingzhi, etc.

Zhang Jian's expression, however, was somewhat unusual—he sensed that the vitality here was astonishingly vigorous, even to an abnormal degree.

Following this abnormal vitality, Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit awareness enveloped this space.

After a moment, his expression shifted slightly; he quickly sent a warning through his primordial spirit awareness.

"Be careful—there's something down there!"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing Zhang Jian's words, the others' expressions changed; suddenly, within this wood spirit space, an invisible, intoxicating fragrant aroma flowed out, as if enveloping the entire void, with countless green light threads sealing the void.

This invisible intoxicating fragrance enveloped them; instantly, they felt a sour, soft sensation on their skin—not just flesh and blood, but their primordial spirit awareness also became sluggish and weak.

"Not good—this is Hundred Fragrance Intoxication; there must be a wood spirit strange beast below!"

At this moment, the Purple Orchid True Lord shouted a warning; a layer of azure-green divine light flowed from his body, blocking the tangible-like invisible green substance in the void.

Zhang Jian had long sensed it; within his hundreds of apertures, vast crimson red light burst outward from his body.

Clusters of heavenly purifying fire flowed outward; within the space, countless green mists were instantly ignited by the heavenly purifying fire.

But as Zhang Jian looked ahead, the states of the North Star True Lord and the Lunar Yin Immortal Maiden seemed off—countless green vapors appeared on their faces, making them appear as if poisoned, their bodies weak, unable to muster even their spiritual power.

At the same time, the earth trembled.

Countless green lights shot into the sky; countless plants and vines, like poisonous dragons, surged toward the group.

Yet the moment these plants and vines appeared, they were instantly coated with a layer of icy light; Zhang Jian's Lunar Yin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel appeared, and countless icy blue lights flowed like waterfalls, wherever they passed, countless plants were coated with a layer of blue, icy cold force.

After a moment, it suddenly exploded, instantly shattering into countless fragments.

Zhang Jian simultaneously warned the Purple Orchid True Lord: "Purple Orchid Martial Uncle, you lead them in retreat first—that thing's true form is about to appear!"

Deep within the earth, Zhang Jian felt a previously unknown strange, violent force.

It was not demonic qi, nor magical qi!

In an instant, the earth rumbled again, as if an earth dragon turned over; countless vines flowed from deep within the earth, and Zhang Jian now saw the 'monster's' true form below.

At this moment, in the East Emperor's Treasure Mirror above his head, a terrifying phantom of a living thing appeared — it was a vine.

Countless vines, densely packed like a waterfall, swept in, accompanied by rolling green light that, from above and below, sealed the void in a short time.

Many of the vines even appeared silver-white, as if woven from countless gold and iron, even carrying a strange force that oppressed the void.

Zhang Jian's expression remained calm; this time he did not use the Mountains and Rivers State Map, but instead activated the Taiyin Refinement Form to drive the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel, from which vast Taiyin divine light flowed around his body, like a crescent moon leaping above the water.

Bone-chilling cold burst forth from his entire body, covering heaven and earth.

"Taiyin Ice Soul, freeze heaven and earth!"

As he cast the spell, the Taiyin divine fire within the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel appeared before him, azure-blue firelight intertwining around his body, a great and wondrous Taiyin immortal technique erupting from his hand, invisible ice light sweeping across heaven and earth from his palm.

This was a Heavenly Immortal-level Primordial Spirit Immortal Technique inherently possessed by the second-grade immortal treasure, the Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel.

The Ten Directions Taiyin Freezing Immortal Technique.

This second-grade immortal treasure contained at least four second-grade Heavenly Immortal laws.

The Ten Directions Taiyin Freezing Immortal Technique is the most suitable Primordial Spirit Immortal Technique for dealing with this kind of field-control immortal technique.

Only seen, the formless ice light transformed into ripples in all directions, sweeping past; the countless silver-white vines rushing in were frozen within the Taiyin Ice Soul, and along with the massive vine body below, in an instant were sealed by boundless cold, frozen.

Countless ice withered filled this void.

Zhang Jian gazed at the countless ice, his expression at this moment also becoming somewhat solemn.

This Taiyin Divine Fire Treasure Wheel is far more useful than I imagined.

With just one strike, he completely controlled the massive wood-attribute living being below.

Immediately, Zhang Jian turned his gaze toward Zhenjun Zhuxing, Taiyin Immortal Maiden.

"Are you two alright?"

At this moment, wherever Zhang Jian looked, both of them had somewhat dazed eyes, their pupils flushed red, as if deeply drunk, on the verge of sleep.

Only, strands of immortal light drifted from their bodies, their protective techniques activated, yet they could not dispel this state.

At this moment, Zhenjun Zijin, seeing this, spoke.

"They should have been affected by the Hundred Fragrance Drunkenness of the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine — it is the essence of Yin Wood, most numbing to the tendons and bones; as long as one uses their natal true fire to drive it away cleanly, they should be fine!"

After thinking, he took out two red pearls from his bosom: "I have two Yan Jing Dan here, which can also counteract this kind of wood-attribute strange fragrance!"

He took out the pills and gave one each to Zhenjun Zhuxing and Taiyin Immortal Maiden.

After taking the pills, Zhenjun Zhuxing and Taiyin Immortal Maiden's bodies improved considerably in just a moment, the greenish aura on their faces gradually fading.

Seeing this, Zhang Jian silently nodded.

However, this kind of natural wood fragrance capable of numbing a Primordial Spirit true person — he had never seen it before.

At this moment, Zhenjun Zijin also came forward, his eyes showing something unusual, even a hint of joy as he stared at the ice vines below, and he said.

"This is the Star Beast Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine! A very special wood-attribute star beast, rare in the starry sky, but I've never heard of one growing this long?!"

Zhang Jian's pupils flickered.

Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine — hearing this, it sounds more like a kind of spiritual plant.

But he also knew that in the starry sky, wondrous things are countless; similar to this kind of innate wood-attribute spirit beast, they are indeed not uncommon.

The spiritual power emanating from the entire body of this Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine before him is not weaker than that of the previous Gluttonous Devil God, and it has grasped part of the wood-attribute laws of heaven and earth; just don't know if, after slaying it, there will be any other gains.

Zhenjun Zijin's eyes held some excitement, he looked toward Zhang Jian and said.

"Junior Nephew, the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine is very rare; I once heard my master say that this object is actually very suitable as a natal spiritual vine for us wood-attribute cultivators; Junior Nephew, can you allow me to try it?"

"Oh, can it also be kept as a spirit pet? Uncle Master, go ahead and try — I'll suppress it for you!"

Zhang Jian let Zhenjun Zijin come forward on his own.

He felt a bit curious deep down.

Upon hearing this, Zhenjun Zijin was slightly pleased, immediately stepped forward, his body transforming into a stream of light that slowly arrived below this space, entering the root and stem of the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine.

The root and stem skin of the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine was rough, like dragon scales, its entire body emitting a silver-white hue, as if some terrifying metal.

But when Zhenjun Zijin reached its root, he drew his purple divine sword from behind and slashed at a certain spot; instantly, the silvery-white root split open a crack, countless silver-white juices shot out, and a jade-green pearl floated out from within.

The pearl was crystal clear, its entire body emitting a beautiful jade-green glow.

Inside, a special wood-attribute immortal Dao law power flowed out, extremely intense.

Zhang Jian knew, this was probably the lifeblood, the inner core, of this Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine.

Only seen, Zhenjun Zijin gazed at this spirit pearl, his eyes brightening.

He stood before the spirit pearl, and in an instant squeezed out a drop of heart's blood from his fingertip, staining the pearl red, while simultaneously forming hand seals and silently chanting the true words, an invisible power enveloping the pearl.

Zhang Jian could see that Zhenjun Zijin was slowly refining this spirit pearl through the water-polishing method.

Hope it looks big.

After he first froze and heavily wounded this wood spirit, it was equivalent to having already removed most of its resistance; now that the natal spirit pearl is under control, it basically has little resistance left.

Zhang Jian stood in the void, he did not wait long.

Two hours later, Zhenjun Zijin slowly opened his eyes; at this moment, there was considerable sweat on his forehead, the sweat expelled after a great consumption of mana, though his eyes now gleamed with joy.

At this moment, he slowly released the spirit pearl before him, only to see the wood spirit pearl transform into a stream of light, instantly sinking into the body of the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine.

Boom—!!

As the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine awakened again, countless ice blocks trembled, countless ice shards fell along with the vines; this Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine struggled out with difficulty, its entire body emitting countless green lights, which in an instant condensed into a palm-sized green vine that drilled deep into Zhenjun Zijin's palm, then vanished.

At this moment, having stored this Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine within his body, Zhenjun Zijin's body erupted with a vast spiritual pressure from his surface, vast emerald spiritual light overflowing from his surface, as if countless vines surged forth from the green light behind him, silver-white vines carrying a strange devouring and suppressing power over all spirits, dancing wildly.

His aura rose step by step, in an instant reaching the peak of the Unity Dao realm, even his surface overflowing with immortal light.

Zhenjun Zhuxing and Taiyin Immortal Maiden had already awakened at this moment, seeing this scene, they couldn't help but show expressions of astonishment.

"Are you about to become an immortal?"

Zhang Jian also saw this scene at this moment, his eyes somewhat fluctuating.

It seems that refining this variant Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine has brought great benefit to Zhenjun Zijin; his future attainment of the Dao Immortal path is promising.

Zijing Zhenjun's aura surged upward, directly surpassing the True Immortal level, and only after a moment did he gradually slow this growth.

At this moment, Zijing Zhenjun's eyes were filled with joy; he felt his entire body brimming with magnificent spiritual energy, his primordial spirit power extraordinarily vast, and through the Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine within him, he could mobilize several times more magical power, even drawing upon a portion of the Immortal Dao laws.

Though his realm had not yet broken through to True Immortal, he could already access a portion of the Immortal Dao laws, equivalent to possessing partial True Immortal combat strength.

This journey was truly a great gain.

Joy in his eyes, he then turned his gaze to Zhang Jian's figure, his aura converging slightly as he bowed slightly with clasped hands.

"Thank you, Junior Nephew, for your fulfillment; without your fulfillment, this poor Daoist might not have reclaimed this Heaven-Reaching Wood Spirit Vine!"

Zhang Jian also felt joy for Zijing Zhenjun's fortune, smiling: "This is also your fortune, Uncle Master; it seems not long before our Tongshan Dao lineage gains another True Immortal—joyous and congratulatory!"

Zhuxing Zhenjun, hearing this, also could not help but be stirred, took a deep breath, and hurried forward to speak.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother; this is indeed fortune!"

All present wore expressions of joy, and Zijing Zhenjun's mood was even better.

After a moment of joy, Zhang Jian gazed upon this space gradually turning into icy ruins, then said: "We continue deeper, accelerate our pace into the Immortal Mansion's core, refine the Immortal Mansion sooner, and our safety will be all the more assured!"

Upon hearing this, everyone quickly nodded.

Everyone soon found the exit again, and after a moment, escaped through the gap in escape light.

According to the Taiyin Immortal Maiden, there are additionally over ten large and small secret realms surrounding this Immortal Mansion.

Most of these secret realms are used to nurture sect spiritual objects.

The small space before them is called the Wood Spirit Secret Realm.

The Immortal Mansion's great gate lies at the center of these secret realms.

Yet after everyone departed, an hour later, a dense demonic aura surged in from outside the depths of the void.

The Gluttonous Demon God before the forbidden passage had vanished; finally, demons sensed the forbidden passage's existence and probed inward from outside.

Within the demonic aura, a figure in golden robes, of portly build, appeared; his gaze swept over, and at a glance he saw countless fragments of profound ice within the Wood Spirit Secret Realm.

Merely a glance, and his expression instantly turned somewhat solemn.

"Second-rank Immortal Law! Ten Directions Taiyin Freezing Realm!"

A hint of solemnity flashed in his eyes.

There was some suspicion in his eyes.

"Could there be other True Immortals existing within this Yue Zhu Mountain?"

Immediately, his gaze flashed toward the spatial passage within the profound ice depths, and as he chanted, his form transformed into flowing light and plunged into it.

……

At this moment, deep within the core, Zhang Jian and the three others wandered about, guided by the Taiyin Immortal Maiden, and had already arrived before a great hall.

This is a magnificent plaza carved from countless Taiyin ice crystals.

Around it stand towering majestic pillars.

And around it stand blue-armored divine generals, each ten zhang tall, their bodies radiating vast divine power, as if truly living deities.

After the four landed, in this narrow void, an intangible killing aura also emerged.

At this moment, the two rows of puppet blue-armored divine generals, in an instant, all in unison raised the long blades in their hands, sealing the sole passage.

Azure divine light burst forth, the void seeming to tremble.

Gazing upon these blue-armored divine generals, everyone's expressions changed.

At this moment, everyone also noticed beneath their feet.

It seemed to float in the mountain's belly, below empty and hollow, above floating small suspended islands, surrounded by countless forbidden spiritual lights.

The four first scanned their surroundings, finding only purity and crystal clarity, with nothing conspicuous, save for a depression appearing on the main gate before the hall.

The gate was covered in countless intricate Taiyin runes; upon close inspection, it seemed as if Taiyin true dragons coiled around the depression, lifelike, and Zhang Jian even had an intuition that they could fly out at any moment.

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden gazed at the depression; at this moment, her eyes rarely showed some joy, then she said: "Your Majesty, it should be here!"

Zhang Jian knew the Taiyin Immortal Maiden referred to the entrance of the Secret Key Treasure Sword.

But Zhang Jian did not rush; he glanced at the two rows of blue-armored puppet divine generals, his gaze fell upon the central road, furrowed his brow, and said:

"No hurry; there are traces of forbidden laws on this road, likely mechanisms; we should first dispel the forbidden laws!"

Doing things fears nearly succeeding but failing at the last!

Having come this far, Zhang Jian now felt no urgency.

Zhuxing Zhenjun, Zijing Zhenjun, and the Taiyin Immortal Maiden nodded; they also noticed the spiritual light on these blue-armored puppet divine generals.

No one acted rashly; having cultivated to this level, they had endured countless traps, naturally knowing that the closer to the final moment, the less one can be careless.

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden's gaze pondered, then she glanced again at the two rows of blue-armored divine generals, and said in a deep voice: "These two rows of divine generals should be the guardian divine generals forged by the ancestors of my Yuejian Sword Sect; we cannot force our way through, but likely need to open the path with my Yuejian Sword Sect's sect secret seal."

"I shall try!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jian and the three others' expressions stirred.

The Tongshan Dao lineage's ancestral hall also has similar guardian divine generals; if not a disciple of this sect bearing the sect's law seal, others intruding would surely die a bad death.

Zhang Jian said: "Then let us try; if it fails, we shall think of another way!"

The Taiyin Immortal Maiden lightly nodded, stepped forward, condensed the secret seal in her hand, and in an instant, a graceful silver moonlight radiance formed a secret seal that burst forth from her hand and vanished into the depths of the void.

As this secret seal was released, the bodies of the two rows of divine generals ahead instantly burst forth with spiritual light; their skulls slowly turned, settling upon the Taiyin Immortal Maiden, as if confirming her identity and spiritual traces.

After a moment, countless blue lights faded; the long blades they gripped tightly slowly lowered, returning to the ground.

The intangible killing atmosphere also vanished with it.

This change stirred the three's expressions, and a hint of smile appeared on their faces.

Success!

Zhuxing Zhenjun then laughed: "I never expected the Yuejian Sword Sect people to actually be so petty!"

Clearly, this Immortal Mansion is regarded by the Yuejian Sword Sect as a forbidden land; if others rashly approach, they likely will not have good fruit to eat!

The forbidden spell on the road was broken, and the Taiyin Immortal Maiden no longer hesitated. She stepped forward to the main gate of the great hall, slowly raising one hand. A dense immortal light emerged from the depths of her palm.

This was the Sunset Moon Immortal Sword!

She slowly lifted this Sunset Moon Immortal Sword, aligning it with the recess and gently inserting it.

Under the slightly solemn gazes of the four, the immortal sword slowly sank into the depths of the recess. The Taiyin Immortal Maiden slightly turned the sword hilt, and moments later, radiant light flowed across the temple gate. Streams of Taiyin true dragons seemed to swim within the light, gradually condensing into a substantial Taiyin true dragon that manifested from within.

The Taiyin true dragon soared into the sky, its hundred-zhang length roaming freely in midair. After a moment, it transformed into a frosty-faced female cultivator appearing before everyone.

Her figure was graceful, her features peerless, yet her eyes gleamed with icy moonlight—like a goddess reigning supreme in the nine heavens, governing the firmament, incomparably majestic!

Her gaze fell upon the Taiyin Immortal Maiden, merely glancing briefly. A hint of softness appeared in her eyes, and her cold, clear voice rang out.

"Latercomer, if you can open the secret treasury of my Sunset Moon Sword Sect, you must be a disciple of my Sunset Moon Sword Sect. Before receiving the complete inheritance of my Sunset Moon Sword Sect, you must first remember the enemies of my Sunset Moon Sword Sect!

Our enemy is the ancient celestial immortal, Qingxia Immortal Maiden!"

But as her words faded, countless terrifying thunderclaps suddenly erupted from the depths of the void. In an instant, a bolt of lightning annihilated a primordial spirit in the void, and simultaneously, a vast, magnificent will was born from within. This mighty will carried intense malice.

Under this terrifying malice, everyone felt a sudden chill run through their bodies!

In that instant, they were completely unable to move.