Chapter 991: Realm Passage, Departure

The Wood Avatar solemnly presented the purple-golden small spiritual world to He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng looked at it!

Indeed, the spiritual materials cultivated within were nearly inexhaustible!

He Pingsheng took the small spiritual world and pulled out another, handing it to the Wood Avatar: “This one is for you… I’m about to enter a new small world, and I fear spiritual roots there may be insufficient, so I’ll take the spiritual herbs you’ve cultivated these years.”

“I hope you won’t be upset!”

The Wood Avatar said: “All for the Master’s service!”

“Good!” He Pingsheng then produced five immortal peaches, giving one to each of his five avatars: “Consuming these will extend your lifespan!”

“My advice is: don’t eat them yet!”

“Wait until you’ve reached the Hermit Immortal realm before consuming them!”

“Ten ninth-rank attack talismans each—using these for defense won’t drain your own spiritual power, so your lifespan won’t be diminished!”

“Also!” He Pingsheng produced another aura and gave it to the Gold Avatar: “Gold Avatar… this aura can locate the previously activated small spiritual world!”

“Take it!”

“We’ll need it to open the passage this time!”

“First, help me locate it!”

“Yes!” The Gold Avatar nodded and accepted the aura.

He Pingsheng added: “Once we open that family world, keep this aura safe—perhaps one day I’ll return from that small world!”

“Then I’ll use this aura as my beacon!”

This was He Pingsheng’s escape route.

What if that small world couldn’t ascend… he’d have to return to ascend!

This aura was the fifty-fifty aura peeled from himself by his senior brother Wang Dun.

“Enough!” He Pingsheng waved his hand: “All of you, help me activate the formation!”

He Pingsheng personally presided over the formation.

The five avatars and Jin Ku provided the power.

Boom…

The formation activated!

The light of the Zhou Tian sun and moon surged toward it.

In an instant, the entire spiritual world turned dark.

Because the sun and moon’s power had been temporarily seized by He Pingsheng.

At this moment, He Pingsheng, controlling immense power, hoped for only one thing: Great Lun Ming Wang, don’t you dare ascend!

If you ascend, my aura will lock onto the Immortal Realm—but the Immortal Realm’s barrier won’t open!

The ninth-rank formation emitted dazzling, blinding light.

He Pingsheng roared: “Gold Avatar, focus on the location!”

“Yes!” The Gold Avatar began sensing the aura, then detected another aura emanating from Great Lun Ming Wang.

At a certain moment, he suddenly opened his eyes: “There… there’s a faint connection here!”

He Pingsheng immediately targeted the spot the Gold Avatar indicated and smashed the void, tearing open a massive black rift.

The barriers of both worlds opened simultaneously.

It was a circular breach roughly a hundred zhang wide, its edges black, its center a white vortex.

Within the white vortex swirled nine-colored light, gleaming brilliantly.

“I see it!” the Gold Avatar said: “The sensation is clearer now—this is definitely it, Master, you’ve opened it!”

Even without the Gold Avatar’s sensing, He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense, through the passage, had already seen the other world’s condition.

He even smelled Su Zhen’s aura.

“Go…”

Boom…

He Pingsheng instantly turned to light and shot through the hundred-zhang-wide barrier between worlds, vanishing.

Once the formation was left unattended, it instantly dimmed.

The dark sky above slowly brightened again.

The sun and moon’s power seized by the formation was fully released back.

“Phew…” Jin Ku took a deep breath, then turned to the other five: “Gentlemen, this old man takes his leave!”

Saying this, Jin Ku departed immediately.

The five avatars did not leave; they watched the vortex fade, then each turned to light and vanished.

…

Boom…

As soon as he entered this realm, He Pingsheng’s spiritual sense spread out.

The rules here were identical to those of the spiritual world he’d just left.

There was virtually no difference.

Though his spiritual sense was strong, it could not cover the entire world.

Within sight, mountains stretched endlessly, rivers crisscrossed densely.

Among the broken, flat lands between mountains and rivers lived countless human beings.

He Pingsheng even spotted the figures of a couple of low-level cultivators.

He flashed once and landed beside a broad river.

There was a city here.

At the city’s center stood a square, now crowded with people.

Two tables stood in the square’s middle, behind which sat two Qi Refining seventh- and eighth-layer cultivators.

A line of children waited to be tested by them.

“What are they doing?” He Pingsheng asked a nearby mortal.

An old man in tattered clothes chuckled: “Selecting children to see if they have spiritual roots!”

“Those with spiritual roots can enter an immortal sect and cultivate!”

He Pingsheng asked: “What is an immortal sect?”

“You don’t even know what an immortal sect is?” the old man said: “Of course, it’s the Solitary Pine Immortal Sect!”

Hearing this name, He Pingsheng immediately knew he hadn’t come to the wrong place.

Finally arrived.

The next moment, he stepped directly before the two cultivators.

The Qi Refining seventh- and eighth-layer cultivators jumped in fright; the eighth-layer man erupted in fury: “Who the hell are you… get the hell back!”

“Immortals are selecting here—don’t disturb, or we’ll kill you, don’t blame us for being merciless!”

He Pingsheng said calmly: “Where is the Solitary Pine Immortal Sect?”

“Tell me!”

“You…” the man stood up: “Don’t you want to live?”

Hummm…

He Pingsheng said nothing, only slightly extended his hand.

Crrrack…

The void behind him split open a small tear.

With a mere gesture, he tore the void.

Such cultivation nearly terrified the two young cultivators to death.

Thud…

Thud…

Both immediately knelt before He Pingsheng.

He Pingsheng retracted his power: “No need to kneel—stand and answer my questions.”

“Yes!” They scrambled to their feet.

He Pingsheng asked: “Where is the Solitary Pine Immortal Sect?”

The man pointed: “That direction—fly there by airship for about three years!”

“Of course… Elder, you wouldn’t need to!”

He Pingsheng nodded, then asked: “Who leads the Solitary Pine Immortal Sect?”

The man said: “Our sect’s Grand Elder, West Lake Ancestor!”

Understood!

He Pingsheng had no need to ask further.

He turned to light and shot into the heavens, vanishing in a flash!

After several inquiries, He Pingsheng finally arrived at this so-called Solitary Pine Immortal Sect.

Looking down from the void, it truly had the feel of Solitary Pine Mountain.

Same snow-covered plains, same massive volcanic crater.

Unfortunately, the spiritual energy here was lacking.

He Pingsheng stood in the void, finally exhaling a breath of relief.

For he had seen Dalundemingwang, Su Zhen, and Xihu, among others.