Chapter 492: with translation of chapter title

"Brother Xu, quite a few people came down with us this time." Wu Qian looked around and said.

Xiao Ran

After a while, a cultivator from the Sun and Moon Palace arrived, cupped his hands and said, "I am Lietian of the Sun and Moon Palace; greetings, fellow Daoists."

Lie Tian

"Fellow Daoists, from now on your activities in the Sun and Moon Palace will be coordinated by Lietian and yourselves."

Lietian nodded: "That's right. Fellow Daoists, you may have been to Sun and Moon Island before, but I need not explain the current state of the island. To cut a long story short, in a few days I will lead you all into the Sun and Moon Palace, where we will open the anomalous zone; then you will enter to explore. I hope you keep the Sect Master's seal in mind. Whoever among you finds it, the Sun and Moon Palace will give a great reward."

Sun Moon Palace

Sun Moon Island

Since everyone will be rewarded if any one person finds the Sect Master's seal, who would voluntarily go look for it?

Penglai Secret Realm

But upon reflection, the Sect Master's seal was a personal item of the former Ascendant Light Sect's Sect Master; it could not have been lost in the outskirts of the anomalous zone—it must be at the center.

Such a dangerous place is not somewhere these Nascent Soul cultivators can enter, so his saying amounts to: as long as you don't fight among yourselves and honestly serve as the vanguard, that's enough.

Ascending Bright Sect

Yan Buji looked around; the Nascent Soul cultivators present were not fools—even if someone had been in seclusion for hundreds or thousands of years, a moment's thought would make clear what Lietian's words meant.

Eight Transformation Immortal Formation, Collapsing Heaven

Sect Master's Seal

Purple Lightning Divine Art

Lightning Seed

Lightning Spear Technique

For this trip into the anomalous zone, he prepared many pills, mainly because he was unsure whether his Immortal Essence could resist the corrosion of the anomalous zone's rosy qi; with his current Golden Core mana, staying half a year inside the anomalous zone still carries some risk, so he prepared plenty of mana-restoring elixirs.

Besides that, although the Purple Lightning Divine Art has been entered, the lightning seed still requires a long time of Immortal Essence to nurture; fortunately, the nurtured lightning seed can be cultivated without devouring Dao Marks, but he tried it and found that using Martial Dao Dao Marks to nurture it would be faster.

But now Yan Buji's painstakingly cultivated Dao Marks amount to only six hundred; pouring them all into nurturing the lightning seed feels wasteful.

Moreover, he lacks any Dao martial technique or Martial Dao divine ability that could effectively activate the lightning seed, and his Thunder Spear technique cannot bypass the Mysterious Skill to directly activate the seed, so Yan Buji chooses to temporarily refrain from cultivating it.

Demonic Shift Breath Method

Blue-Faced Vengeful

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji and the others followed Lietian into the Sun and Moon Palace.

Core Formation Stage

"What a powerful restriction." Wu Qian's face grew solemn as he felt the flow of Dao Marks around them stagnate somewhat, and he couldn't help but become even more cautious.

Although the Sun and Moon Palace's vast size means it wouldn't trick these Nascent Soul cultivators into entering just to kill them, entering the palace still gives these unfettered rogue cultivators a vague sense of danger.

"This should be the Sea-Jue restriction of the Sun and Moon Palace, combined with its Eightfold Immortal Array, Heaven-Shattering; even a Mahayana cultivator would probably find it hard to force their way in."

Sect Master

The surrounding Nascent Soul cultivators were quite envious, but since they stand at the starting point of the Dao, their actual need for a sect is not that great.

First-Tier Spiritual Material

Yan Buji also marveled that the Sun and Moon Palace truly deserves its reputation as a super sect that once governed a realm, not inferior to the legendary sage's dojo; but suddenly he sensed two familiar auras.

Dao Mark

Nascent Soul Cultivator

Spiritual Material

Immortal Essence

Yan Buji could hardly believe it; the memories of his mortal years were vivid. Not to mention Xiao Ran, that strange junior, even Lingyan's background is quite extraordinary. Back then he had heard that she entered the Xuan Kun Dao for cultivation.

Only about two hundred years, how have they all already reached the Nascent Soul stage?!

"Ling Yan must possess a unique divine eye, top‑tier talent; does Xiao Ran have the same? How interesting—everyone we met back then were geniuses." Yan Buji smiled and turned his head away.

It isn't the time to trouble them now; they likely can't discern my true state beyond the Demon‑Turning Rest Method and Qingmian Chouyu, so if possible I'll get close to them to gather information.

At that moment, Xiao Ran and Ling Yan suddenly turned their heads, looking at the cultivators in the pair beside them.

The two exchanged a glance and said in unison, "Do you feel someone watching us?"

Xiao Ran was startled for a moment, then pondered, "Since you also have that feeling, it means someone is truly watching the two of us."

Ling Yan frowned, then smiled, "It could also be that they sensed we're not local cultivators, so they're a bit curious."

"If that's the case, that would be fine."

Xiao Ran wouldn't go looking for trouble just because of an inexplicable stare, but keeping a watchful eye is always wise.

Ling Yan said that, likely aware that the aberrant zone is fraught with danger, yet being overly cautious would hinder them and prevent full power, so it's better to relax and face the difficulty.

"Fellow Daoists, don't fall behind; once we enter the Sun‑Moon Palace, just follow me and don't wander around." Lie Tian's expression was stern, and everyone nodded and clasped fists in response.

Immediately after the group entered, they were indeed stunned by the dense, almost material‑like Qi within the Sun‑Moon Palace.

"This Qi is even denser than that of the Penglai Secret Realm… even the plants along the path are First‑Tier Spiritual Material?"

"Look over there! Damn, a treasure tower built with Spiritual Stone?!"

"What a brilliant treasure light! Is that the Treasure Vault of the Sun‑Moon Palace?"

For most of them, it was their first time entering such a massive sect interior; strictly speaking, even though they are Nascent Soul cultivators, ordinary forces would still treat them with great courtesy. But to enter a super‑large sect like the Sun‑Moon Palace, which governs an entire domain, they clearly are not qualified.

This turn, however, was an opportunity; even though they followed Lie Tian into the Sun‑Moon Palace, everything around them was saturated with the depth and power of a super‑large sect.

Soon after, the group arrived at a secluded plaza; the surrounding Sun‑Moon Palace cultivators were all Nascent Soul, and even three Transformation‑stage cultivators stood ahead.

Lie Tian hurried over and began conversing with the three Transformation‑stage cultivators.