Chapter 827: The Path Turns Again

No hesitation.

Li Rui immediately severed the surveillance from Nantianmen.

“Could there really be a Mortal Immortal hidden in the cultivation world?!”

He furrowed his brows.

This matter is far too significant.

An Immortal is nearly equivalent to a fragment of Heaven’s Dao—a being that utterly crushes cultivators of this world.

“Why is he in the cultivation world?”

Li Rui’s thoughts raced.

There were two possibilities: either an ancient Immortal who never left the cultivation world, or a mighty cultivator who achieved Immortality here but failed to ascend.

And from the Immortal’s appearance, he was clearly a Dragon Lord!

He quickly calmed himself.

With an Immortal’s power, dominating the cultivation world would be effortless.

Then why is the existence of Immortals almost unknown in the cultivation world today?

There were two possibilities.

One: the Immortal’s status was so exalted that mundane things held no interest for him.

Two: there were other entities in the cultivation world that restrained this Immortal from acting freely.

Li Rui found the first unlikely.

His understanding was no longer what it had been in his youth; whether from fragments in Hongwen Pavilion or records left in the Grand Void Dao Field, he was certain of one thing—even Immortals required resources.

Thus, the second scenario was far more probable.

“Enough.”

Li Rui stopped thinking about it.

Whichever it was, it was no concern of a True Lord—he left such matters to the Dao Lords.

He turned his attention back to the Immortal Court.

It was subtly changing.

In the center of the Immortal Court, two small towers slowly emerged—identical to the Zhuxianxiaota he had previously obtained.

“The final two Zhuxianxiaota were hidden within the Immortal Court all along!”

There were nine Zhuxianxiaota in total; Li Rui had already acquired seven.

He had long wished to gather them all.

Yet no matter how hard he searched, he had never found even a trace of them.

Now he understood—they had been hidden within the Immortal Court.

“Truly, after searching far and wide, the answer comes without effort.”

Li Rui was delighted.

As he had suspected, meditating on the Immortal Court in the Outer Heaven had unique effects—whether seeing the Dragon Lord at Nantianmen or now discovering the Zhuxianxiaota , both were signs of his deepening mastery over the Immortal Court.

He shifted his intent.

The other seven Zhuxianxiaota flew from his storage pouch into his purple palace.

The two Zhuxianxiaota within the Immortal Court responded, rising together and spinning in a circle in midair.

Li Rui felt the connection in his heart.

He uttered a low command: “Merge!”

Instantly—

Above the Immortal Court, a great sun blazed in the sky, turning his entire purple palace into blazing white.

An entire day and night passed.

Only then did the great sun gradually fade, revealing a towering structure hundreds of zhang high, made entirely of lustrous Liuli , now standing at the center of the Immortal Court.

The complete Zhuxianta !

Historical records showed the last time the Zhuxianta were united was during ancient times, by the Tower-Carrying Dao Lord.

Yet why the Tower-Carrying Dao Lord’s artifact was hidden within the Immortal Court remained unknown—Li Rui had now reconnected a path severed for tens of thousands of years.

After ten thousand years, the Zhuxianta had reemerged.

Suddenly—

A piece of information appeared in his mind.

【One body gathers ten thousand energies; mortals may slay Immortals!】

Even in ancient times, the Zhuxianta was an exceptionally rare magic treasure.

The Tower-Carrying Dao Lord used it to establish his sect hall at the very heart of the Grand Void Dao Field—proof of its extraordinary nature.

In ancient times, the Tower-Carrying Dao Lord was also known as the Demon-Sealing Dao Lord, for he had slain countless Outer Realm Demons.

In the handwritten notes left by the Ten-Thousand-Year Dao Lord, the Tower-Carrying Dao Lord was mentioned repeatedly.

His words betrayed regret over having failed to obtain the Zhuxianta during their ancient expedition.

That a Dao Lord would feel such regret proved the Zhuxianta ’s immense power.