Chapter 195: I Am the Fate Immortal King!

"Bai Xi?"

Hearing the guard's words, Chen Zheng was suddenly surprised; he hadn't expected that Bai Xi would turn out to be a real tough guy, also coveting the assets of Nine Tripod Pavilion.

Beside them, Yun Jin's mind tightened, and he quickly sent a mental message to Chen Zheng: "Young Master Chen, Bai Xi is a close confidant of the Immortal Sovereign of the Nine Tripods; it is said that when the Immortal Sovereign forged the State Tripod years ago, Bai Xi contributed great strength. He must have something that can reveal the Immortal Sovereign's life or death, which is how we learned of his demise. What should we do now?"

"Calm down, no need to be impatient."

Chen Zheng sent a calming mental message to Yun Jin, then turned to the guard again and said gravely: "I did encounter some danger in the Mysterious Yellow Great World, but I didn't die. Brother Bai Xi is mistaken. Where is he now?"

The guard glanced at Chen Zheng's expression and replied cautiously: "Lord Bai Xi and several of your direct disciples have gone to the treasury, preparing to divide the inheritance you left behind... the assets."

"Bai Xi really can't wait to seek death."

Chen Zheng narrowed his eyes, a fierce killing intent rising within him, and released his divine thought, sweeping from the entrance toward the cauldron-shaped palace.

Inside the palace there was a hidden realm; the interior space was far larger than it appeared from outside, a miniature world spanning tens of millions of li, complete with mountains, rivers, lakes, sun, moon, stars—everything that exists outside, forming an entire realm.

But for Chen Zheng, this realm was not large; a single sweep of his divine thought was like examining a pattern on his palm, discerning everything within the world.

"Let's go see how Brother Bai Xi and my good disciples are dividing my inheritance."

A warm smile spread across Chen Zheng's face as he led Yun Jin toward the palace entrance.

More than a billion li from Nine Tripod Pavilion stood a massive tower soaring into the starry sky, surrounded by endless treasure light, an indescribable luxury—the True Lord Tower, ranked tenth in the Cultivation Great World.

"Damn! When Steward Wu brings you back from Jin Xiu Mansion, I'll make you know what it means to wish for death over life!"

In a grand hall on the eighth floor of True Lord Tower, a young master with ancient runes dotted on his brow, his complexion ashen, paced back and forth, roaring viciously like a lone wolf howling at the moon—Young Master Qi.

His father, True Lord Qi, is a void immortal!

He kills whomever he wants, beats anyone he dislikes, and has never experienced the humiliation of Chen Zheng stepping on his face, especially not in front of a crowd.

What a disgrace!

I can't endure it no matter what.

We must drag Chen Zheng out and torture him to death with the most vicious torments under heaven.

"Young Master."

The hall's door was suddenly pushed open by a withered arm, and a gaunt old man as thin as a skin bag walked in.

The old man was the chief steward of True Lord Tower, surnamed Wu.

"Steward Wu, didn't you bring back that nameless brat who beat me?"

Young Master Qi abruptly halted, seeing Steward Wu empty‑handed, his face contorting as he shouted a question.

Steward Wu shook his head: "When I arrived at Jin Xiu Mansion, that kid had already left. Moreover, I couldn't at all deduce his background or whereabouts; he's not simple."

"How could that be?" Young Master Qi was startled.

Steward Wu, a powerhouse of the Eighth Tier Mixed Cave Realm of Eternal Life, still couldn't calculate Chen Zheng's information?

Could it be that Chen Zheng is a void immortal, or even a true immortal?

Steward Wu seemed to read his thoughts and said: "He's certainly not a void or true immortal, at most he's at the Mixed Cave Realm like me. As for being undetectable, a true immortal or some supreme treasure must be concealing all information about him. However, I've learned that after he left Jin Xiu Mansion with Yun Jin, he went to Nine Tripod Pavilion."

Young Master Qi suddenly felt his head flush green, his anger swelling: "Yun Jin shows me no false courtesy, yet gets all hot with that kid—what a fickle scoundrel! Let's go to Nine Tripod Pavilion, seize the supreme treasure on that kid's body, and capture him and Yun Jin!"

Steward Wu, however, remained unmoved, his expression hesitant, urging: "Young Master, that kid's identity may be beyond our imagination; perhaps True Lord Tower cannot afford to provoke him. Perhaps we should just let it be."

"What are you saying? Let it be?"

Young Master Qi screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, glaring at Steward Wu: "Are you senile? I've been publicly humiliated, my woman taken; if I don't reclaim my honor, how can True Lord Tower save face? How will my father reestablish his authority! Moreover, I am the close maternal grandson of the Head of Great Yi Sect; even if that kid's background is complex, he still dares to challenge the Great Yi Sect!"

"Alas."

Steward Wu saw Young Master Qi's flailing demeanor and sighed inwardly.

He ultimately said nothing more.

After venting, some of Young Master Qi's malice eased.

He wasn't a fool; he understood Steward Wu's concerns.

True Lord Tower is indeed strong, but it is only ranked tenth in the Cultivation Great World.

Even as strong as the Great Yi Sect, it still has opponents.

Across the entire Three Thousand Great World, forces far stronger than the Great Yi Sect are everywhere.

For example, Ten Thousand Demons Star River, Land of Ancestral Demons, Horizon Sect, Supreme Nine Pure Heavens, Central Great World, Heavenly King Great World, and other forces.

A careless move could cause True Lord Tower to provoke a being even the Great Yi Sect cannot contend with.

He pondered briefly, then softened his tone: "Steward Wu, you have a point; that kid may not be simple. We cannot fight alone. I will now seek the Young Masters of Heaven and Earth Hall, Sun and Moon Treasure Pavilion, and Shaking Universe Tower—they are my good brothers; we share fortunes and hardships. I will bring them to Nine Tripod Pavilion to deal with that kid. Even if he truly has a great background and targets us, he will have to consider the many major merchant guilds we represent."

"Using a knife to kill?" Steward Wu showed a thoughtful expression and nodded: "That indeed is a good method."

Young Master Qi licked his lips: "And you, Steward Wu, must mobilize the eighteen Dominant Guard Titans of our merchant guilds, extract the Ten Quadrillion Pure Yang Pills from the treasury, and also retrieve the supreme Dao artifact 'Boundless Eternal Sand' that suppresses qi. Carry these treasures to covertly protect me, preventing that kid from having any trump card."

Steward Wu, startled, warned: "Young Master, the quantity of Ten Quadrillion Pure Yang Pills is enormous, and Boundless Eternal Sand was forged by the tower master over fifty‑six thousand years, gathering countless sands from the Boundless Great World, which offended several powerful figures there. After the tower master emerges from his seclusion, he intends to let Boundless Eternal Sand undergo the celestial thunder tribulation to further boost its power. If anything goes wrong, the tower master will blame it, jeopardizing your standing. After all, the tower master has more than one son; many have been placed in various branches to manage businesses, all silently vying for his favor and to usurp your position."

People face calamities, treasures also face tribulations.

Supreme Dao artifacts come in two types. One type has not yet passed the thunder tribulation, such as the Feather Ascension Gate's Feather Ascension Heavenly Palace, the Star Gate's Ancient Meteor, and so on; they require a powerhouse of the Eighth Tier Mixed Cave Realm of Eternal Life to forge, possessing immense power—one strike can easily destroy millions, even tens of millions of stars in the universe.

The other type has passed the thunder tribulation; its power is further amplified, and once activated, it can shake the cosmos, overturning a galaxy containing hundreds of billions of suns, moons, and stars.

Even stronger ones can casually destroy countless galaxies, blasting the universe straight through to other great worlds, sinking vast realms.

Young Master Qi gestured: "No problem. I fear you're not a match for that kid, which is why I have you use the Ten Quadrillion Pure Yang Pills to activate Boundless Eternal Sand. After we deal with him, immediately return Boundless Eternal Sand, and I'll find a way to replenish the Ten Quadrillion Pure Yang Pills; my father won't blame me. As for my close brothers, after this incident I will seclude myself to break into the Realm King Realm, making them give up entirely."

Steward Wu nodded reluctantly: "Fine. But when you reach Nine Tripod Pavilion, don't act on that kid immediately, lest we alert the Law Enforcement Alliance. Once I cloak everything with Boundless Eternal Sand, you can have the Young Masters of the other major merchant guilds lead the charge for you. Heaven and Earth Hall ranks ninth, above our True Lord Tower, so you can also take this chance to scheme against its Young Master Qi."

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, many merchant guilds in the Cultivation Great World, led by Fen Bao Yan, formed a Law Enforcement Alliance that constantly patrols the skies of the great world; anyone who dares cause a major incident is immediately suppressed.

It is because the Law Enforcement Alliance exists that order is maintained, and the golden mountain displayed openly in the Cultivation Great World remains untouchable.

As for Chen Zheng's scuffle with Young Master Qi at Jin Xiu Mansion, it was merely a minor tussle, no lives lost, and the enforcement squad generally wouldn't intervene.

"You needn't say that."

Young Master Qi shook his head and laughed, then added: "Steward Wu, hurry to retrieve Boundless Eternal Sand and the pills. I'm going to find the Young Masters of the major merchant guilds, persuade them, and rendezvous at Nine Tripod Pavilion."

He moved his figure, left the True Lord Tower, flew continuously in one direction, and finally flew to the outside of a valley filled with decadent aura.

Outside the valley stood a huge archway, carved of red jade, with the three large characters "Joyful Valley" inscribed on it.

Inside Joyful Valley, everywhere were hot springs, but the water was not ordinary; it was jade nectar, emerald clear, emitting fragrance.

In each hot spring, there were countless girls or young married women dressed in thin light silk, and many beauties whose upper bodies were human and lower bodies were snakes, all walking back and forth in the water, performing various seductive moves.

They lured the many old and young men soaking in the hot springs, engaging in indecent acts with the men, and the stimulating atmosphere spread throughout the valley.

This Joyful Valley extended inward, its breadth unknown, with countless hot springs and beauties, countless people indulging in lewd acts; it was exactly the "Realm of Lust" recorded in ancient Daoist scriptures, where everything was dominated by sound, color, dogs and horses, and even a bodhisattva who had cultivated for years and comprehended Zen would be infected here and become a flower monk.

Swish!

Young Master Qi flew into the depths of Joyful Valley, arriving atop a vast hot spring that resembled an ocean.

In the hot spring, three young men, exhilarated, were embracing beauties while soaking.

These three were Qi Shao of the Heaven and Earth Hall, Kun Shao of the Sun and Moon Treasure Pavilion, and Zhen Shao of Zhenyu Tower, all ranked among the top twenty young masters of major merchant guilds.

Upon seeing Young Master Qi appear, Zhen Shao stopped his trembling, rose his head from the water, and lazily said, "Young Master Qi, why have you come? Weren't you recently flirting with Miss Yun Jin of the Splendid Mansion, saying you would abstain from lust and gather strength to deal with her?"

Young Master Qi's expression darkened, then instantly returned to normal, and in a deep voice said, "I have come today to discuss with you a major matter of seizing a supreme treasure…"

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"What kind of transformation technique is this? It's so marvelous that even a cultivator two or three realms higher cannot perceive my true form."

Within the world of Jiuding Pavilion, Yun Jin looked at her current form and silently clicked her tongue.

She had been turned by Chen Zheng into a gust of wind with the "Transformation" word, feeling that she was truly wind; her flesh, blood, magical power, and even her divine thought had become wind.

No ordinary illusion technique could achieve this; it was astonishing.

Chen Zheng's methods opened her eyes.

"This is my transformation secret art. Let's go, we will slay Bai Xi in the treasure vault over there."

Chen Zheng also turned into a gust of wind, called out to Yun Jin, and silently drifted forward.

In his sensing, Bai Xi had already entered the treasure vault with several direct disciples of the Jiuding Immortal Sovereign, and was devouring his wealth inside.

It was simply rotten to the core.

When he stealthily approached, he would deliver a fatal strike to Bai Xi.

Thus, the two floated, floated, and finally arrived before a massive ancient mottled stone rooted in the earth.

This stone turned out to be the "Object God Stone", one of the Four Great Divine Stones, extremely precious; it is said that the Bridge of Fate in the Underworld Map was forged from this stone.

However, the Object God Stone that Chen Zheng saw was hollow—it was the treasure vault of Jiuding Pavilion.

The treasure vault door stood open.

Chen Zheng flew down to the entrance, and saw inside a dazzling array of boxes containing various pills and spirit medicines, with medium‑to‑high quality Daoist implements hanging on shelves, and treasure artifacts piled like mountains.

Moreover, deep within the treasure vault lay a sea that exuded an all‑covering pure Yang aura, entirely composed of Nine Yang Holy Water.

"A sea of Nine Yang Holy Water! The Jiuding Immortal Sovereign truly did not deceive me; his fortune includes dozens of trillions of Pure Yang Pills." Chen Zheng's eyes brightened, then a cold murderous intent surfaced.

Because seven people stood before the Pure Yang Sea.

Six of them were at the third to fifth levels of Longevity, presumably direct disciples of the Jiuding Immortal Sovereign.

The other was a towering, muscular man two heads taller than an ordinary person, his skin snow‑white, clad in equally white soft armor, exuding overwhelming pressure.

The man, full of vigor, opened his huge mouth and, like a great whale sucking water, drew in the Nine Yang Holy Water, causing the sea's level to continuously drop.

"Young Master Chen, that armored man is Bai Xi, a King‑Realm cultivator; his magical power is immensely strong, several times that of a King‑Realm cultivator of the Jiuding Immortal Sovereign. When I cooperate with you, we must kill him with a single decisive blow without alerting the enforcement squad." Yun Jin transmitted her voice, sounding very solemn.

A blade‑like crystal light flew from her, it was her Eternal Divine Sword fragment, ready to aid Chen Zheng with this treasure.

To fully befriend Chen Zheng, a monster who could kill across several great realms, she was willing to break the rules, risking great danger to help Chen Zheng kill.

Chen Zheng replied, "No need; since Bai Xi dared to steal my Nine Yang Holy Water, I will kill him myself."

As he spoke, he restored his original form, raised his long arm, and aimed at Bai Xi's chest.

Seeing this, Yun Jin instantly felt an illusion that Chen Zheng's arm was no longer an arm but had become a cannon, a cannon emitting destructive aura that made her hair stand on end.

It was not an illusion; Chen Zheng had integrated the Great Calamity Ancient Cannon, allowing his limbs to transform into cannons at any time, capable of firing and bombarding the ancient heavens where the gods reside.

At this moment, his arm was the Great Calamity Ancient Cannon, and his fist the cannon's muzzle.

Moreover, he had inscribed two calamity characters on the cannon, "Chao" and "Zhu".

Chen Zheng fired, unleashing the strongest strike that could bring heaven crashing down; the cannon fire was unbelievably fast, surpassing the limits of time and space, yet silent, as if its sound had been exiled to a two‑dimensional realm.

Boom!

Without any surprise, the black cannon fire struck Bai Xi's chest.

The half‑excellent Daoist armor he wore offered no resistance, being pierced directly by the cannon fire.

He instantly turned pale, a large hole gaped in his chest, his vital energy severely damaged.

He tried to reconsolidate flesh and blood to seal the wound, but the wound was filled with black smoke carried by the cannon fire; the black smoke, like a festering ulcer, ravenously gnawed his flesh, enlarging the hole.

"Which senior is trying to kill me? You cannot kill me; I am the Created Immortal King..."

Watching his own flesh and blood being gnawed inch by inch by the black smoke, no matter how he tried to reconsolidate, he could not stop it, and Bai Xi let out a terrified scream.

Chen Zheng entered the treasure vault, placed his large hand on Bai Xi's head, and the "Refine" true fire ignited, instantly refining him, and the scream abruptly ceased.

(End of Chapter)