Chapter 861

“No wonder it’s an immortal’s prohibition.”

Li Rui gazed at the stone door closing behind him; the moment he entered the room, the prohibition activated, trapping him inside—yet even a Dao Lord might not be able to enter.

Just now.

The reason he, with only a split-soul body, could outmaneuver a True Lord was not only because his true body was itself a True Lord, but more crucially, because of the magic treasure given to him by the old Daoist of the Suspended Mirror.

“True Cultivators of the Grand Sects really have it easy.”

He alone possessed three True Lord artifacts.

Not to mention the talismans for preserving life.

No wonder Grand Sect prodigies are so hard to kill—they’re all overpowered gear, and who dares provoke a pay-to-win master?

Li Rui felt no shame.

Therefore

he had now become one of them.

It was precisely these methods that allowed him to succeed despite the close watch of two True Lords.

Otherwise, even with a True Lord’s true body, the gap in realm would be nearly impossible to bridge.

Even inside the room, with the stone door blocking him, he could still faintly hear Fan Yu True Lord’s roars of rage.

The great fortune was almost in his grasp—only to be snatched away by another.

And the one who snatched it was someone he’d regarded as a mere ant.

How could he not be furious?

Fan Yu True Lord had schemed against Penglai City and broken the rules of Luofu Immortal Grotto—he would still pay a price. Now, with Zi Dian Immortal entangling him, he’d likely return empty-handed.

Worse still, he’d face punishment.

“Unthinkable!”

Fan Yu True Lord roared like an enraged lion.

Of course.

All this was now irrelevant to Li Rui.

He turned his gaze away and began to examine the room.

The room was not large, empty, with only one object: a stone mill placed at its center.

“What is this?”

Ancient, crude, weathered.

Judging by its appearance, it had existed for an extremely long time.

He stared at it for a long while.

Li Rui detected no anomaly in the stone mill, but since it was placed within an immortal ruin, it must possess extraordinary qualities—just as he was considering whether to simply carry the mill away—

Boom—

Suddenly,

the stone mill began to rotate on its own.

At first, there was no noticeable change, but as its rotations increased, the situation shifted.

Only seen

wisps of blue smoke rose within the room, gradually filling it with swirling mist.

“It’s the primordial essence of the Immortal Dao!”

Li Rui’s sensitivity to the primordial essence of the Immortal Dao rivaled even that of a Dao Lord—he recognized the nature of the smoke in an instant.

His gaze toward the stone mill grew even more astonished.

“This thing connects to the Ascension Platform!”

He had been to the Ascension Platform before and knew its inner workings intimately.

The stone mill linked directly to the Ascension Platform, drawing forth its primordial Immortal Dao energy—thus, this room was effectively half an Ascension Platform.

All mortals knew the Ascension Platform held immortal treasures.

But in truth, merely entering the Ascension Platform’s secret realm was already a great fortune—it was the supreme cultivation ground.

Yet no one could remain within the Ascension Platform’s secret realm for long, so seeking treasures was naturally more important than cultivation.

But now, with this stone mill,

he was effectively inside the Ascension Platform’s secret realm.

Wealth, companions, methods, terrain.

The “terrain” aspect was paramount—cultivating in this room was even better than in the Shangqing Palace of the Three Pure Ones Sect.

Remember,

that was a Dao Lord’s cultivation hall.

Li Rui’s eyes gleamed with delight.

“Wu’s friend truly deserves trust!”

He had heard Zi Dian Immortal mention at the Three Lives Altar gathering that overseas secret realms could connect to the Ascension Platform—he never imagined he’d actually encounter one.

If he could cultivate in this room for sixty years,

perhaps

he could become a True Lord outright.

When he reunited with his true body, he’d be a flawless Triple Certification.

The first in ten thousand years!

Discard all distractions.