Chapter 567: Expelled from the Immortal Fortress City, the Profound Darkness Abyss Dimmed

Lei Yu, you little piece of trash, what are you doing here? Lei Kan hadn't reacted yet, and blurted out instinctively.

Oh! I get it! You must have sneaked in with a fake identity.

You've got some nerve, daring to impersonate the Sixth Elder of the Feng Family and the personal disciple of the Feng Family Ancestor! Who gave you the guts?

Lei Yu was expelled from the family by his own father because his talent was utterly worthless.

All of this must be his fabrication! That explains it!

Shut up! Elder Lei's identity is beyond doubt! No matter who you are, if you spout nonsense again, I'll kill you on the spot.

The guard drew his sword without hesitation, even if what these people said were true, whether they were Elder Lei's uncle or cousin.

However, it was obvious that there was a rift between Elder Lei and them.

As a guard of the Feng Family, I must stand on Elder Lei's side.

What's the fuss? What's going on? Why have you all drawn your swords? Hey! It's Elder Lei!

Elder Lei? What happened?

The situation quickly attracted many Feng Family members, who all gathered curiously.

After briefly questioning the guard, they all coldly stared at Lei Che and the three others.

What a bunch, really bold! To act so brazenly in the Feng Family mansion—are you seeking death or just not wanting to live?

"Family Head, this……" The Lei Family Great Elder Lei Shenjiang shielded the Family Head Lei Che in front of him, trembling as he spoke; his eyelid had twitched the moment he entered—sure enough, something had happened!

Judging by this, Lei Yu's identity is genuine! He is the Sixth Elder of the Feng Family and the personal disciple of the Feng Family Ancestor!

Wait! The Feng Family Ancestor is an Elder of the Qingyun Sect, so……

"Lei… Lei Yu, are you now a disciple of the Qingyun Immortal Sect?"

Upon hearing that, Lei Yu gave a cold chuckle: "My good second uncle, you're sharp—indeed, I am now an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect."

As for the Lei Family, he feels no affection—how much did his parents contribute to the clan while they were alive?

The result? Just because his talent was poor, he was ruthlessly expelled from the family.

"Heh, Lei Family Head, I actually have to thank you—if you hadn't expelled me from the family, I wouldn't have been harmed by treacherous people, nor would my master have taken me as a disciple."

At that moment, Feng Family Third Elder Feng Changsi arrived with a crowd, and upon seeing the scene, he immediately sank his voice: "What's happening?"

Having said that, he fixed his icy gaze on Lei Che and the others: "You are the Lei Family Head? Regardless of why you've come to my Feng Family, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation now."

Meeting that icy stare like a cold pool, Lei Che shuddered in shock and hurriedly said: "It's a misunderstanding! Purely a misunderstanding, Third Elder!"

"Lei Yu is a member of my Lei Family, and I'm also his uncle; I brought his second and third uncles to see him—just now he was only joking with us."

Feng Changsi looked at Lei Yu in surprise upon hearing that—Is Elder Lei a member of the Lei Family?

That was unexpected for him, and he had never heard Elder Lei mention it before.

"Don't flatter me—hasn't the Lei Family Head already expelled me from the family? I, Lei Yu, am not worthy of associating with your Lei Family."

"Good nephew, what are you saying? The Family Head has already seen the error of his ways; he constantly regrets expelling you from the family."

Pausing, Lei Family Second Elder Lei Jun continued, voice choking: "No, today the Family Head has brought us to your door to take you back to the clan—our Lei Family has already settled in Yunque Immortal City, not far from here."

"Heh, Second Elder, you often say my talent is worse than a guard dog's, and I can never match Lei Kan in a lifetime."

Just for that remark, I painstakingly trained myself to death—then I found he was right…

You wished to expel me from the clan—now what do you regret?

"No no no! That was just me talking nonsense—Lei Kan… Lei Kan isn't even fit to be a dog! Quick! Quick, call Elder Lei!" The Second Elder, thinking on his feet, could only resort to this now.

Upon hearing that, Family Head Lei Che and Lei Kan's faces darkened—"Not even fit to be a dog"? That's too insulting! No way—I can't agree, or else what becomes of our unyielding spirit?

In the next instant……

"Woof woof woof!"

Lei Kan dropped to his knees and howled madly, imitating even better than the real thing…… "Woof woof woof! Gasp! Gasp!"

For the sake of the bigger picture, I endured! I did this not out of fear, but from the heart……

"Heh, what a lowly wretch." Lei Yu's resentment faded considerably; he also truly saw no need to quarrel with them—it would be beneath his status.

"Third Elder, have them removed—I won't hold it against them." Lei Yu said to the Third Elder Feng Changsi beside him.

"Heard me? If you don't get out, do you really want this elder to escort you out?"

"Right, you're saying your Lei Family has settled in Yunque Immortal City, huh?" Third Elder Feng Changsi trailed off, his tone heavy with threat.

The meaning is to have the Lei Family roll out of Yunque Immortal City, or else bear the consequences.

"Yes yes! We'll roll, we'll roll!"

Upon hearing that, Family Head Lei Che, despondent, dragged the other three out of the Feng Family by crawling and rolling.

After leaving, they rushed straight to the clan's new residence—having just moved in less than a day, they now had to move again.

It's over! The heavens have completely collapsed!

Once the events at the Feng Family spread, our Lei Family won't be able to get by anywhere in the Tianzi Immortal Prefecture.

Because there are simply too many Tianzi forces eager to curry favor with Elder Lei of the Feng Family—without him even speaking, countless powers will come knocking!

At the same time, east of the Tianzi Immortal Prefecture…

Within a certain abyss, this place is rarely visited, gloomy and sinister, with occasional chilling ghostly wails and wolf howls drifting from all directions.

Strangely, the immortal spiritual energy here is extremely rich, only slightly inferior to that of the naturally blessed Stellar Constellation Mountain Range.

The thick immortal mist mingles with this place's strange environment, creating a unique flavor all its own.

This is the stationed grounds of the renowned Xuanming Deceptive Sect of the Tianzi Immortal Prefecture—"Xuanming Dark Abyss."

At the very bottom of Xuanming Dark Abyss lies the heart of the Xuanming Deceptive Sect.

"Your Majesty the Gui Emperor, the Starry Immortal Sect has already been wiped out; your subordinates have faithfully followed your orders, lying in wait around the periphery of the Stellar Constellation Mountain Range, and have witnessed the entire annihilation."

In the center of the gloomy, vast Xuanming Immortal Palace, resembling the netherworld's underworld, a black-clad person with a solemn expression clasped his hands and spoke respectfully.

That guardian divine beast sent by the Qingyun Immortal Sect has reached the realm of a high-level God Sovereign in strength; in merely a few dozen breaths, it slaughtered all the cultivators of the Xinghuan Immortal Sect.

After the black-clad person finished speaking, the Xuanming Immortal Hall immediately echoed with sounds of sharp intakes of cold breath, and many Xuanming elders trembled in shock.

The Starry Immortal Sect, which was on par with their own sect, was actually wiped out so easily!

"Your Majesty the Gui Emperor, the ancestor of the Starry Immortal Sect has met with misfortune, and our sect's ancestor has also been unreachable for a long time, perhaps..." After a long while, a hoarse, low voice came.

This was the Gui Sect's Grand Elder, a sinister-looking old woman named Sha Po, who, with cultivation at the third level of the Divine Lord realm, ranked sixth in the Gui Sect of Xuanming.

The top five were the Profound Darkness Ancestor at the seventh level of the Divine Lord realm, and the Sect Master, the Gui Emperor of Xuanming, also at the seventh level.

Two Grand Protectors of the fifth level of the Divine Lord realm, the Gui Prison Judges, the Vice Sect Master Bury-Heaven God Lord, and the Grand Sacrificial Officer of the fourth level of the Divine Lord realm, Gui Face Yankun.

The rules of the Xuanming Gui Sect are extremely strict; within the sect there is no distinction between disciples and elders, everything is ranked by strength.

Each year, the bottom hundred in the sect's ranking must spend a hundred days reflecting in the Xuanming Purgatory before they may leave.

Under such cruel and oppressive pressure, the overall strength of the Xuanming Gui Sect is considerably greater than that of the three major sects of the Starry Immortal Sect.

It is said that the Gui Emperor of Xuanming also commands a uniquely special guard, but it has never been revealed to the world, and no one knows whether it truly exists.

"What's strange is that the ancestor's life tablet has never shattered; could it be that he's been controlled?"

On the left and right sides at the front of the hall, one is a Grand Protector wearing a blood-red robe, holding the Book of Life and Death and grasping the Soul-Seizing Immortal Brush—the Gui Prison Judge.

The other is completely shrouded in a layer of black mist, making his form indistinct—the Vice Sect Master Bury-Heaven God Lord of Xuanming.

The Gui Prison Judge, while speaking, flipped through the Book of Life and Death in his hand; the page concerning the ancestor remained clearly visible.

This Book of Life and Death is a Divine Lord realm perfect immortal artifact, left by his master; its function can be described as powerful to the point of being abnormal.

Any cultivator who has come into contact with the Book of Life and Death will be recorded within it, allowing him to control their life and death using the Soul-Seizing Immortal Treasure.

However, if one's cultivation exceeds the second level, it becomes ineffective; forcibly using it will provoke a terrifying backlash.

Bury-Heaven God Lord responded: "The ancestor is definitely being controlled; we should think of a way to rescue him, even if we have to trade resources for it—I believe the long-dormant Misty Immortal Palace is still lacking in resources."

"Grand Protector, Vice Sect Master, there's another possibility you haven't mentioned." A gloomy, low voice sounded from the other side; the speaker was the Gui Face Yankun, wearing a Gui mask that obscured his face, with layers of Gui shadows beneath him.

The cultivation method of Gui Face Yankun is also special; he increases his cultivation by devouring and merging the souls of other cultivators.

Each time he devours a soul, an additional Gui shadow appears beneath him; in battle he can summon myriad Gui shadows to fight, so the more Gui shadows he has beneath him, the stronger he becomes.

After Gui Face Yankun finished speaking, the atmosphere in the Xuanming Hall instantly grew solemn; the Grand Protector Gui Prison Judge, the Vice Sect Master Bury-Heaven God Lord, and the Grand Elder Sha Po, among others, exchanged glances.

The second possibility they hadn't thought of was not that they couldn't think of it, but that they dared not speak it, or dared not believe it.

When a cultivator dies, if his life tablet remains unbroken, the only cause is being killed by the Spatial Dao Principles; and only one at the Immortal Emperor realm can freely unleash the Spatial Dao Principles.

Could the ancestor have actually been crushed to death by an Immortal Emperor? How could that be possible!

Several people felt uncertain, so they could only look toward the main seat where the Sect Master, the Gui Emperor of Xuanming, sat.

On the main seat sat a figure only five feet tall, his entire body enveloped in a strange Dao rhythm, completely obscuring his form—this is the mysteriously unfathomable Gui Emperor of Xuanming.

Speaking of which, very few have ever seen the true form of the Gui Emperor of Xuanming; it can be said that hardly anyone has, not even the Vice Sect Master and others, including the current ancestor of the Xuanming Gui Sect.

They only know that the Gui Emperor's strength is equal to that of the ancestor.

When the Gui Emperor entered the sect, he defeated everyone in the sect with no equal, forcefully taking the Sect Master's position; aside from that, nothing else is known.

"From today onward, the Xuanming Gui Sect will close its doors and hide from the world; anyone who dares to enter the world without permission will be slaughtered!"

A solemn voice issued from the Gui Emperor of Xuanming; his voice also had a distinctive quality, as if it could pierce through a person's body straight to the mind, incredibly chilling.

"We respectfully obey the command of Your Majesty the Gui Emperor." The Gui Prison Judge and others bowed respectfully together.

The current plan to close the sect and hide from the world is the best policy; otherwise, we might end up suffering the same fate as the Starry Immortal Sect, being utterly destroyed.

After this order was issued, the Xuanming Gui Sect's sect-protecting great formation was fully activated; the profound Xuanming Abyss miraculously began to close together.

This is the cleverness of the Xuanming Gui Sect's site selection; to close the sect and hide from the world, one simply needs to shut the Xuanming Abyss, thereby completely isolating from the world.

Boom—! Just as the Xuanming Abyss was about to close, the entire abyss began to shake violently! It was as if someone was forcibly preventing it from closing!

"Hahaha! Truly a filthy rat in a sewer; after doing wrong, you know only to hide and hide—can you really hide?"

An aged voice echoed above the Xuanming Abyss.

But in the void above, tens of thousands of figures stood like a wall of steel and iron, among them five figures whose auras were the most terrifying.

The speaker was the leading figure—a white-haired, stooped, gaunt old man; his identity was none other than the Tai Shang Shen Zhu of the Supreme Immortal Sect!

Vast chaotic divine power surged continuously from his body, gathering entirely on both sides of the Xuanming Abyss that was about to close; in the blink of an eye, it caused the abyss that was about to shut to come to a complete halt.

"I am the Tai Shang Shen Zhu, Lord of the Supreme Immortal Sect."

"The ancestor of the Xuanming Gui Sect, unaware of the heights of heaven and depths of earth, rashly thought to oppose my lord's sect Qingyun, has already been slain by my lord; I come here by my lord's command to annihilate the Xuanming Gui Sect."

"All cultivators of my Supreme Immortal Sect, follow me in slaughter!"

With a single command from the Tai Shang Shen Zhu, the tens of thousands of Supreme Immortal Sect cultivators in the void descended like dumplings into the Xuanming Abyss; the sight was incredibly magnificent!

Upon reaching the bottom, the first thing that came into view was the Xuanming Gui Sect's sect-protecting great formation.

However, a great formation of mid-level Divine Lord realm could not withstand the Tai Shang Shen Zhu, who is at the eighth level of the Divine Lord realm, let alone with the other four Divine Lords of the Supreme Immortal Sect joining in.

Clang! The sect-protecting formation shattered instantly!

The Xuanming Gui Sect was completely exposed before the tens of thousands of wolf-like and tiger-like cultivators; it was like a naked beauty awaiting their enjoyment.

"The Supreme Immortal Sect? The Supreme Immortal Sect is coming to kill us!"

"What great audacity! You dare to intrude upon my Xuanming Gui Sect! Hehehe! Then let's all stay here!"

"Hahaha! Finally I can have a hearty battle! Come on, darling!"

Facing the sudden enemy assault, unlike the cultivators of the Starry Immortal Sect, the Xuanming Gui Sect's cultivators rarely panicked and begged for mercy; instead, many were eager for battle!

This is all forged under the sect's cruel, high-pressure rules! In the Xuanming Gui Sect, if you fear this and that, you would have long since died countless times in the Xuanming Purgatory.