Chapter 646: Probing

Days in the Immortal Domain passed in quiet peace; all cultivators were unaware that a major event was about to occur, an event significant enough to rewrite the history of several realms!

On this day, within the Human Emperor Palace, Su Haizhen was meditating and practicing. Over a thousand years of time had long since advanced her cultivation to the Golden Core Middle Stage. This steady, step-by-step method of cultivation, which did not rely on the assistance of Pills, was slower, but the further one progressed, the more its benefits became apparent!

By comparison, the drawbacks for Chunyangzi and Liu Qingshan, who had relied too heavily on the power of Pills, had appeared; they found it extremely arduous to advance through every minor realm! If they wished to advance to the Refining Void Stage, they would likely need over a thousand years more than Su Haizhen!

Su Haizhen, who was meditating with her eyes closed, suddenly felt a palpitation in her heart, as if a mysterious power had appeared in the sky! Her delicate figure swayed, and she flew directly out of the small building where she had been meditating. As soon as she arrived outside, she looked up toward the high sky, only to see that the sky at this moment seemed as if it were about to collapse.

Faint Yin Qi appeared in the azure sky! It became like water ripples, and it seemed as if it would shatter if blown by the breeze in the high sky!

Taking a deep breath, Su Haizhen did not know what had happened. Just as she was about to go find the others, several streaks of light rose within the Human Emperor Palace and landed before her in the blink of an eye!

Chunyangzi, Liu Qingshan, Huo Lifeng, and the others had also discovered this unusual phenomenon!

"Fellow Daoist Chunyang, what on earth is going on?"

Su Haizhen looked at Chunyangzi and asked, puzzled. After all, Chunyangzi was an elder who had grown up in the Immortal Domain; among everyone present, no one understood certain matters as well as he did!

"This appears to be a sign of the weakening of spatial power! How could this happen?"

His brows were tightly furrowed. The Spiritual Qi of the Immortal Domain had always been extremely abundant; there was no way a weakening of spatial power should occur!

Everyone was greatly shocked upon hearing this! At the same time, in Wushuang Shenghuang City, many cultivators also discovered this matter, which even caused no small amount of panic!

"The situation is too bizarre! In this old man's view..."

Before Chunyangzi could finish his sentence, a black line suddenly appeared in the sky. This line was several miles long, as if someone had slashed across it with a long blade!

At the same time the black line appeared, it suddenly split open, and it was pitch black inside, with nothing visible! Only a tremendous Spiritual Pressure emanated from it, causing all the cultivators in the Holy City to be terrified!

"What terrifying power!"

Huo Lifeng was so frightened that her face turned pale. She possessed the bloodline of a True Spirit Fire Phoenix, so her perception of danger was much stronger than that of an ordinary person!

*Swish! *

Just as everyone was looking up at the sky, dozens of people flashed out from where the black line had opened. These people were all dressed in uniform attire, but standing at the very front of them was a man wearing a black brocade robe, with a black-gold hair crown on his head, a jade hairpin inserted horizontally, and a somewhat greenish complexion, giving him an eerie feeling. His cultivation was at least at the Great Accomplishment Stage!

"A... a Great Cultivator of the Great Accomplishment Stage!"

Chunyangzi's expression turned extremely ugly. Although he could not yet confirm who these people were, the Yin Qi radiating from them was clearly not weak!

The man in the black brocade robe swept his gaze toward the Holy City below, and after a long while, he lifted his nose and took a breath of air!

"Such clear air! It smells much better than that of the Underworld! How long has it been since I breathed such fresh air!"

His voice was not loud, but it could be heard clearly throughout the entire Holy City. At this moment, the cultivators in the city were holding their breath, one after another looking up at the Great Accomplishment Stage powerhouse in the high sky!

When the man in the black brocade robe mentioned the words "Underworld," everyone's bodies trembled! They all knew in their hearts what the Underworld represented!

Especially with Zhang Nuo not in the Holy City, the sudden appearance of powerful cultivators from the Underworld meant that Wushuang Shenghuang City might be about to suffer a catastrophe!

Back when he was in the Human Realm, Zhang Nuo had killed an avatar of Zhuanlun Wang. This grudge could not be resolved, and even though Zhang Nuo's cultivation was no longer weak, it was impossible for him to contend with a Great Cultivator of the Great Accomplishment Stage!

Over a thousand years had passed, and no one knew where Zhang Nuo had gone. Moreover, it was rumored that among the Three Great Powers, there were powerful cultivators who had gone to the Wilderness to train! Could this have some connection to the arrival of people from the Underworld?

The vast Holy City was terrifyingly quiet; no one dared to make a sound, especially when facing this powerful cultivator from the Underworld, their hearts were in their throats!

The Underworld cultivators who had broken through the boundary stood quietly in the high sky, showing no intention of attacking, but Chunyangzi and the others knew that the quieter it was, the more dangerous it became!

"Where is Zhang Nuo? Is he in the Holy City?"

The leading man in the black brocade robe finally spoke. For some reason, everyone felt a sense of relief in their hearts, as if only after this person spoke could they breathe!

Chunyangzi's heart jolted. It seemed that what was meant to come would come; the purpose of this group from the Underworld was indeed Zhang Nuo! Biting the bullet, he looked up and said to the sky:

"The Human Emperor is not in the Holy City! May I ask which great power from the Underworld you are, Senior?"

"Not here?"

A trace of displeasure appeared on the face of the man in the black brocade robe. In an instant, the entire sky seemed to dim due to the change in his mood!

"This King is Qin Guang Wang, one of the Ten Kings of the Underworld!"

Once these words were spoken, the cultivators below immediately fell into chaos! Qin Guang Wang, a figure who could only be heard of in legends, had unexpectedly appeared before them in reality! It was as if the Holy City had been shaken by some force, and everyone began fleeing outside the city!

The Underworld had always been synonymous with death, and the sudden appearance of Qin Guang Wang caused a bad premonition to arise in everyone's hearts. Although the other party had not lost his temper or said anything else, the fear from the depths of their souls could not be erased!

Cold sweat had already broken out on Chunyangzi's palms, and his gaze flickered. Although he had guessed that the visitor was extraordinary, he had never imagined it would be Qin Guang Wang!

"So it is Senior Qin Guang Wang! This junior did not know of your arrival, it is truly disrespectful! I hope you will forgive me!"

Chunyangzi said respectfully, but Qin Guang Wang did not even look at him. He glanced at the cultivators fleeing in all directions in the city and suddenly let out a cold snort!

"All of you, stand where you are and do not move! Whoever dares to move again will have their soul scattered immediately!"

His voice was icy and bone-chilling! In an instant, every cultivator in the Holy City felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar! However, his words were very effective; the Holy City, which had been in an uproar just a moment ago, suddenly went quiet! Even those cultivators who had already flown out of the Holy City obediently landed on the ground!

"Where did Zhang Nuo go?"

Qin Guang Wang turned his face and looked at Chunyangzi below.

"We juniors truly do not know where the Human Emperor has gone! He has not been in the Holy City for over a thousand years!"

He answered cautiously, fearing that one wrong word would provoke Qin Guang Wang to attack!

"Human Emperor? Hmph! In front of this King, he still dares to call himself the Human Emperor! Are you telling the truth? It seems I must take action myself for you to tell the truth!"

As soon as the faint words were spoken, Chunyangzi felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet all the way to the top of his head! Just as Qin Guang Wang finished speaking, he slowly raised a finger. A black light flashed between his fingers, and then a thread of black Qi, as thin as a strand of silk, shot toward Chunyangzi!

The speed of this black Qi was very fast, reaching Chunyangzi in a flash. Chunyangzi had been on guard, but when his Divine Sense perceived the incoming black Qi, he found it impossible to dodge.

The Spiritual Pressure contained in the black Qi was enough to make his body tremble! At this moment, spatial fluctuations arose around Chunyangzi's body, and a white figure appeared, grabbed the frozen Chunyangzi, and the two of them disappeared into the space together!

The black Qi released by Qin Guang Wang plunged directly into the ground, and with a loud boom, a pit several feet deep appeared out of thin air!

The next moment, a hundred feet away from where Chunyangzi had been standing, spatial fluctuations arose again, and the two figures flashed out!

At this time, Chunyangzi turned his head as if he had survived a lifetime; the person who had just saved him was none other than Baijiaowang! At this moment, Baijiaowang had already advanced to the Refining Void Middle Stage, and as a descendant of a Heavenly Demon, his spatial divine ability was truly superb!

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Jiaowang!"

Waving his hand slightly, Baijiaowang looked up at Qin Guang Wang in the high sky, his expression also exceptionally grave. Even though his cultivation was not weak now, compared to Qin Guang Wang, he was still far behind!

The reason he had intervened was that he did not want to watch Chunyangzi perish! But it was precisely because he had intervened that Qin Guang Wang's expression suddenly sank! He probed Baijiaowang with his Divine Sense, and then a cruel sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth!

"A mere little Heavenly Demon, relying on some divine abilities, dares to defy this King's will?"

"Senior Qin Guang Wang! The Human Emperor is truly not in the Holy City; even if you kill everyone here, he will not appear!"

Although Baijiaowang appeared calm on the surface, his heart was churning like a stormy sea! To encounter an existence at the Great Accomplishment Stage, it would be a ghost of a lie to say he wasn't afraid!

"Oh? Since that is the case, then this King will kill everyone here and see if he comes out! Let's start with you!"

To capture the bandits, one must first capture their leader; currently, within the Holy City, Baijiaowang likely possessed the highest cultivation, so Qin Guang Wang decided to make an example of him first!

Shuddering violently, Baijiaowang's expression changed abruptly! Before he could even make his next move, he saw Qin Guang Wang reach out and grab at the empty air toward Baijiaowang below!

Boom! Right beside Baijiaowang, a large expanse of the void shattered, making it impossible for him to unleash his spatial divine abilities! At the same time, an immense pressure instantly descended upon his body!