Chapter 117: Ancient Immortal Emperor's Cave Residence

"How about I go first?"

A sound without any warning entered Hong Yueyao's ears!

"Hm?" Hong Yueyao slightly furrowed her brows and slowly turned her head.

Then an exceedingly handsome man in white appeared before her eyes.

"This..." Hong Yueyao was instantly stunned, her eyes sparkling like stars!!

Such handsome looks, such immaculate aura!

Desire, want!

Later?

Hong Yueyao suddenly froze for a moment.

Who is this person?

How could they appear here silently?

Outside, four Immortal King Realm demonic cultivators were guarding the cave residence!

Even if Immortal King Realm strongmen attacked, there would still be some sign!!

How did this person get in?

Wait, there's another person.

Hong Yueyao saw that behind the white-clad man stood a woman with a cold aura and peerless beauty!

It was Mu Xuanyi; she simply stood quietly, her gaze fixed on Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming on the altar.

"You... who are you?!"

Recovering, Hong Yueyao was instantly frightened and stepped back three times, her coquettish charm vanished, replaced by solemnity!

Four Immortal King Realm strongmen guarded the cave residence outside; how did this person cross them without any sign and walk in?

Boom!

Just as Hong Yueyao finished speaking, a terrifying pressure suddenly descended!

Waa!

Hong Yueyao instantly spat a mouthful of fresh blood, her whole body pressed to the ground by the sudden pressure, unable to move.

"What?!"

Hong Yueyao's expression changed wildly, her face turned extremely pale.

On the altar, Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming were stunned when they heard that voice familiar to their very bones!

Both widened their eyes, staring fixedly at the suddenly appearing white figure, their eyeballs nearly popping out!

The next second!

Both trembled with excitement, tears instantly streaming out!

"Sect... Sect Master?!"

"It is the Sect Master!"

"Damn, it's really the Sect Master!"

Xiao Jue roared with excitement, his eyes, once utterly desperate, instantly burst with brilliant light—a joy of narrowly escaping death, a thrill at seeing a powerful backing!

Liu Yiming also became visibly excited:

"Sect Master! You finally came."

"I thought you had abandoned us."

"If we had been a step later, we both would have been drained by that demoness!"

"If you don't come again, we will have to die with resentment, never seeing you again!"

The two were bound by blood-colored chains on the altar, unable to move, desperately twisting their bodies, shouting toward Li Zhangsheng.

That appearance was as aggrieved as could be, as tragic as could be!

Li Zhangsheng glanced at the two on the altar, observing their superficial cultivation and frantic aura, his eyebrows slightly raised, his tone still calm: "How did you two end up like this?"

"Alas, Sect Master, it's hard to explain!" Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming sighed simultaneously.

Just after ascending, they thought they'd met a kind person!

But they fell into a demonic cultivator's den, were forced to be fed resources, piled up to the peak of the Immortal Profound Realm, just waiting to be harvested—telling that would be shameful!

Hong Yueyao's face turned as white as paper the moment she heard Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming call the man before them "Sect Master"!

This white-clad man, is he their Sect Master?!

But weren't these two just ascended from the lower world?!

How could they have such a powerful backing?!

Just by pressure alone she couldn't move; is this person's strength Immortal King Realm, or Immortal Emperor Realm?!

No, it can't be Immortal King Realm!

If he were Immortal King Realm, he couldn't have crossed the four Immortal King Realm guards without any sign and entered directly...

So, this white-clad man is... a stronger-than-Immortal Emperor Realm being?

Oh my God!!

Thinking of this, Hong Yueyao felt a cold current surge from her feet to her head, her whole body icy, her soul nearly fled in terror!

"Senior... senior!"

"I, the junior, have no eyes!"

"My eyes are as blind as a dog's!"

"I didn't know they were your disciples, please spare me!"

"I beg the senior lord to be generous and spare me this time!"

Hong Yueyao begged for mercy frenziedly; where is there still a trace of the saintess's arrogance and charm? Only endless fear and humility remain!

Her guts are filled with regret now!

Isn't it fine to just cultivate properly?

You insist on practicing that Yin-Yang Dual Cultivation Great Method, and you insist on capturing these two disciples who ascended from the lower realm!

Now you've kicked an iron plate!

Li Zhangsheng looked down at Hong Yueyao kneeling on the ground, trembling, his gaze without a ripple, as if looking at an insignificant ant: "Spare you?"

Li Zhangsheng spoke lightly, his voice not loud, yet carrying an undeniable authority:

"You seized my sect's disciples, used them as furnaces, forcibly fed them drugs to boost their cultivation, intending to drain their origins and ruin their Dao foundations, and now with just a clueless remark you want me to spare you?"

"Do you think… that's possible?"

With each sentence, Hong Yueyao's body trembled a bit more.

In the end, she went limp on the ground, her whole body weak, without any strength.

"Senior, I was wrong, I really was wrong!"

"I am willing to be your slave, to be your cultivation furnace, you can do whatever you want with me, please don't kill me!"

Hong Yueyao screamed hoarsely, tears and blood mixing together, her appearance wretched to the extreme.

Before absolute strength, all struggle is futile!

"It's fine, just be careful in your next life!"

Li Zhangsheng couldn't be bothered to waste more words on her, he lightly raised his right hand and flicked a finger!

An insignificant white stream of light instantly shot toward Hong Yueyao's forehead!

Hong Yueyao had no chance to resist, couldn't even utter a scream, her body instantly stiffened!

The next second, she turned directly into a cloud of blood mist, both body and spirit destroyed!

Clean and neat!

Seeing this, Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming on the altar felt extremely delighted!

The Sect Master is still that Sect Master!

Still as overbearing!

Even in the Immortal Realm, he's just as fierce!

"Hehe, Sect Master is mighty, Sect Master is overbearing!"

"This demon woman died well, died well!!"

"This vile woman, instead of learning good things, insists on learning that deviant demonic dual cultivation method; she deserves to have body and spirit destroyed!"

Liu Yiming chuckled and said: "Damn, I almost became a dead soul under that vile woman's pomegranate skirt."

Li Zhangsheng casually waved his hand, two gentle forces surged out, instantly shattering the blood-colored chains binding Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming!

The moment the blood-colored chains shattered, Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming fell directly from the altar.

The two staggered to their feet, hurriedly ran to Li Zhangsheng's front, and performed a salute:

"Disciple Xiao Jue, greetings to the Sect Master!"

"Disciple Liu Yiming, greetings to the Sect Master!"

Li Zhangsheng said lightly: "Get up, we're all family, no need for excessive courtesy."

Afterwards, Li Zhangsheng's gaze fell on the two, his brows slightly furrowed.

Their internal aura was frivolous and frenzied, their cultivation had been forcibly piled from early Immortal Person Realm to the peak of Immortal Mystic Realm.

Their meridians, dantian, and origins suffered great damage!

Even if not drained by Hong Yueyao, they would likely soon explode from the violent power within their bodies, becoming total cripple!

"You two..."

Li Zhangsheng let out a light sigh, raised his right hand again, two streams of healing surged directly into Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming's bodies!

Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming only felt a stream of warmth to the extreme suffusing their limbs and bones!

Their originally damaged meridians, dantian, and origins repaired at a visible speed!

The frenzied, frivolous power within their bodies was instantly sorted and stabilized by this force!

The Immortal Mystic Realm peak cultivation that had been forcibly piled up instantly became extremely solid, foundations stabilized, as if they had cultivated step by step themselves.

"It really takes the Sect Master's healing, it's so comfortable!"

"Sect Master, my body feels like it's been reborn, my power has surged countlessfold!" Xiao Jue clenched his fists, feeling the vast power within, he said somewhat excitedly.

Liu Yiming's eyes shone brightly: "Hehe, Sect Master, I feel I could blow up a planet with a casual punch."

"This demon woman, ironically, happened to help us speed up our cultivation progress!"

Just then!

Outside the Blood Jade Cave, a furious roar came!

"Saintess, what's happening inside?!"

"What's with that aura just now?!"

"Open the door quickly!"

Exactly the four Immortal King Realm devil cultivators previously driven out by Hong Yueyao!

They sensed two new auras inside the cave, and Hong Yueyao's aura had completely vanished; they were instantly shocked and frantically smashed the cave door!

Boom—!

The Blood Jade Cave's gate was directly blown apart by the four!

The four Immortal King Realm devil cultivators, clad in blood-red robes, their aura icy and overwhelming, rushed in; upon seeing the scene inside the cave, they were instantly stunned!

Hong Yueyao had already turned into blood mist, vanished without trace!

And those two cauldrons, Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming, now stood beside a white-clothed man, their aura stable, their spirits radiant!

Who are you? How did you get in?

Where is the Holy Maiden?!

What did you do to the Holy Maiden?!

The four Immortal King realm demon cultivators' eyes almost burst, staring fixedly at Li Zhangsheng, their gazes filled with killing intent!

"She's dead." Li Zhangsheng looked at the four Immortal King realm demon cultivators and said lightly.

Bastard!

Kill!!

Hearing that, the four Immortal King realm demon cultivators roared, demonic qi surging around them, they each unleashed their demonic weapons and bombarded Li Zhangsheng!

The power of the Immortal King realm erupted, instantly clearing everything around!

Seeing this, Li Zhangsheng casually pointed.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Those four Immortal King realm demon cultivators who had charged forward instantly turned into blood mist!!

Who dares to act recklessly in my Red Moon Holy Sect?

Hum!!

At that moment, a scarlet terrifying power descended from afar in an instant!

The sect master of the Red Moon Holy Sect, the Red Moon Demon Lord, arrived with a group of people.

The commotion here alerted them.

Li Zhangsheng glanced over lightly...

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...

The Red Moon Demon Lord and his entourage instantly exploded into blood mist...

"Let's go!" Li Zhangsheng, as if doing something trivial, flicked his sleeve and took Xiao Jue, Liu Yiming, and Mu Xuan Yi away, disappearing on the spot.

Moments later, the four appeared outside this blood-red planet!

Li Zhangsheng halted, turned his head to glance at the blood-red planet, and casually slapped it!

Bang!

The entire planet exploded outright...

Afterwards, Li Zhangsheng led Xiao Jue and the four of them on a journey.

They searched dozens of big and small immortal realms, yet never saw the other ascended ones.

Before they knew it, they had stepped into the edge of a dead, barren immortal realm.

Looking up, the heavenly laws of this realm were shattered, the Great Dao in chaos!

The immortal qi in the air was so thin it was nearly exhausted!

As far as the eye could see were shattered stars and dim nebulae, not a trace of living aura could be felt.

"Sect Master, where is this?" Xiao Jue frowned slightly and asked curiously.

"The Hongmeng Immortal Realm." Li Zhangsheng's gaze calm, looking at this dead land, he said lightly, "It is one of the four ancient immortal realms of the immortal world."

"Now it has long become a wasteland, the heavenly laws broken, no living beings remain!"

Liu Yiming shrank his neck and muttered: "There's not even any immortal qi, no wonder we can't sense any living beings!"

"Since we're here, let's go check out that ancient emperor's cave dwelling." Li Zhangsheng looked at Mu Xuan Yi: "Give me the ancient emperor's secret key; I want to see the location of that ancient emperor's cave dwelling."

Mu Xuan Yi nodded, took out the ancient emperor's secret key, and handed it to Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng received the ancient emperor's secret key, scanned it with his divine sense, and secretly memorized the route to the ancient emperor's cave dwelling.

"Ancient Emperor's Cave Dwelling?" Liu Yiming asked curiously: "Sect Master, what the heck is this ancient emperor's cave dwelling?"

Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming did not know that Mu Xuan Yi had once obtained a key capable of opening the Ancient Immortal Emperor's cave dwelling.

"It is a legacy left by the ancient immortal emperor; inside lie opportunities enough to drive the entire immortal world mad!" Mu Xuan Yi explained: "I once obtained a key to open the Ancient Immortal Emperor's cave dwelling in a secret realm."

"Miss Mu is impressive." Liu Yiming gave a thumbs-up: "You can even get hold of this thing."

"Let's go, let's check out this ancient emperor's cave dwelling and move its inheritance back to the Changsheng Sect." Li Zhangsheng also harbored curiosity; he too wanted to see what the ancient immortal emperor's cave dwelling in the immortal world was like,

Immediately after, Li Zhangsheng flicked his sleeve, taking Xiao Jue and the three of them, and rushed deep into the Hongmeng Immortal Realm.

Under the shattered starry sky, Li Zhangsheng followed the ancient map on the ancient emperor's secret key, passing through one dead star region after another, crossing one collapsed spatial barrier after another!

Finally, in a pitch-black void, they found an independent supreme secret realm that had been opened up.

Outside the secret realm, a spatial gate spanning heaven and earth stood silently.

The gate was entirely cast from unknown ancient divine metal, engraved with the sun, moon, stars, and myriad worldly beings; the marks of time covered it, yet it still exuded the power to suppress the ages of an immortal emperor.

Even after countless ages, that pressure still made Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming tremble all over, making breathing difficult.

"What a terrifying aura... is this what the ancient immortal emperor left behind?" Liu Yiming's voice trembled.

Mu Xuan Yi also grew solemn: "The gate's secret realm is a world unto itself, far beyond an ordinary cave dwelling."

Li Zhangsheng lifted his gaze to the spatial gate, his eyes showing no ripple.

He raised his hand and pressed the ancient emperor's secret key toward the central recess of the gate.

Hum!

A soft tone resonating through Hongmeng rang out!

The ancient emperor's secret key instantly merged into the gate; the previously silent spatial gate suddenly blazed with billions of ancient lights!

The shattered heavenly laws around the gate reassembled, the withered immortal qi frenziedly gathered here, forming a terrifying immortal qi storm.

Crack... crack...

The immensely heavy ancient gate slowly swung open!