Chapter 2470: Chaos in the Golden Crow Palace

After Fang Bai left the Golden Crow Palace, the chaos that occurred was similar to what he had imagined.

Dozens of Immortal Emperor Realm experts who had been captured by the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor to the Golden Crow Palace, chose to flee decisively after restoring their strength, fearing that the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor might suddenly return.

The high-ranking members of the Golden Crow Palace were astonished when they discovered the Formation around the Palace Master Hall had been breached, and the numerous captured Immortal Emperor Realm experts along with the prodigies had escaped from the Palace Master Hall. They immediately tried to intercept them.

The Golden Crow Palace’s higher-ups knew that those trapped in the underground palace beneath the Palace Master Hall were captured by the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor for cultivation purposes. If they escaped, the Palace Master would surely be furious upon his return.

And among these higher-ups, several would certainly be unlucky.

Thus, one side was desperately trying to escape while the other was desperately trying to prevent them, leading to an inevitable chaotic battle among nearly a hundred Immortal Emperor Realm experts and prodigies.

Without the presence of the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor, the several dozen captured Immortal Emperor Realm experts weren’t significantly weaker than the Golden Crow Palace higher-ups.

Therefore, this battle turned the Golden Crow Palace upside down.

A large number of Immortal Halls were destroyed in the fierce battles, entire mountain peaks collapsed, and thousands of Golden Crow Palace disciples, affected by the battle, either perished or were injured, causing severe losses.

Seeing the situation spiraling out of control, the Yanshi Immortal Emperor reluctantly crushed the Messaging Jade Token to summon the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor back.

The space tore open and traversing the endless space from millions of miles away, the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor returned to the Golden Crow Palace and was nearly driven to rage when he saw the chaotic scene.

Influenced by the Heaven Devouring Art of the Demon Clan Emperor, his temperament had long changed, and in his fury, he turned blood-eyed, like a madman, and slaughtered all the captured Immortal Emperor Realm experts and prodigies.

Not even a few Golden Crow Palace disciples were spared and fell victim to the frenzied attacks of the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor.

After dealing with the captured immortals, the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor immediately entered his Palace Master Hall to investigate.

Upon his return to the Golden Crow Palace, he noticed the Formation around the Palace Master Hall was destroyed, which alerted him of the trouble.

Sure enough, upon entering the hall, he saw all his cultivation resources were gone.

Entering the underground palace, he found that the Heaven Devouring Art he had obtained by chance from the Demon Clan Emperor had also vanished, which angered the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor immensely, causing him to roar at the sky.

"Who? Who did this? Who stole my Heaven Devouring Art?"

The Golden Crow Immortal Emperor had been cultivating the Heaven Devouring Art for some time and felt he had grasped some of its intricacies. He was originally planning to use the blood essence of the captured immortals on the Heaven Devouring Art’s blueprint to reveal more powerful runes.

Unexpectedly, all those immortals had been released from their seals, and the Heaven Devouring Art was nowhere to be found.

The Heaven Devouring Art acquired by the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor had displayed only a part of the introductory runes. To reveal the subsequent runes, it required the blood essence of numerous Immortal Emperor Realm experts and prodigies to be dripped onto it.

Hence, the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor captured immortals and brought them back to the Golden Crow Palace for imprisonment.

However, before he could gather enough immortals, this incident happened, and the Heaven Devouring Art disappeared, how could he not be furious?

He couldn’t imagine anyone other than the other seven top Immortal Emperors having the capability to break the Formation around his Palace Master Hall and unseal the Qi Sea of those Immortal Emperor Realm experts.

"It must be them! They can’t tolerate my success in reaching the Great Emperor Realm, so they are intentionally causing trouble! Only they can come and go without a trace, leaving no sign of any presence! It’s truly hateful!"

Unable to find any traces of other immortals at the scene, the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor directed his suspicion towards the other seven top Immortal Emperors, believing they were the most likely culprits.

Because, aside from the seven top Immortal Emperors, he truly couldn’t think of anyone else in the current Immortal Realm daring to target the Golden Crow Palace so fiercely and stir such a storm.

In truth, the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor was unaware that the blame partly lay on himself this time.

If he had dispersed the over one hundred Immortal Emperor Realm experts captured and imprisoned them in different places, Fang Bai would have had no opportunity and the subsequent chaos of dozens of Immortal Emperor Realm experts escaping and causing havoc in the Golden Crow Palace wouldn’t have occurred.

The chaos "directed" by Fang Bai caused the Golden Crow Palace heavy casualties, not to mention the loss of numerous cultivation resources and thousands of fallen disciples, and the deaths of many high-ranking members in the chaos pained the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor.

After this incident, it would likely take a thousand years for the Golden Crow Palace’s overall strength to return to its peak.

Although the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor wanted to cover up the incident, the truth couldn’t be concealed for long, and eventually, the matter spread widely.

Upon hearing of the incident, the seven top Immortal Emperors in the Immortal Realm were astonished and speculated on the mastermind behind the event, while sending disciples to the Golden Crow Palace to "console," but were all rebuffed by the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor.

After this incident, the trust between the Golden Crow Palace and the other seven top forces was utterly broken, and their relationships grew increasingly cold and distant.

With its strength greatly reduced, the Golden Crow Palace no longer flaunts as it used to. The disciples have become reclusive, quietly cultivating within the palace.

Even the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor declared he would remain in seclusion within the palace, refusing to meet any immortals.

In reality, only a few high-ranking members like the Yanshi Immortal Emperor know that the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor didn’t actually retreat into seclusion, but quietly left to investigate and hunt down the immortals who stole his Heaven Devouring Art.

The Golden Crow Immortal Emperor originally intended to rely on the Heaven Devouring Art to charge towards the Great Emperor Realm and transcend the other Immortal Emperors. However, as he had only cultivated the introductory portion of the Heaven Devouring Art, in order to access deeper cultivation techniques, he must retrieve the Heaven Devouring Art again.

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Fang Bai rode the Single-Horned Dragon Horse, flew tens of thousands of miles, and distanced himself from the Golden Crow Palace, arriving at a secret realm nestled in deep mountains.

Before heading to the Golden Crow Palace to rescue Linghu Qianjiao, to prevent endangering Xia Chenyu, Qin Yaorao, Lotus Fairy, Fan Hua, the daughter of Antarctica Immortal Emperor in the Five Elements Space Ring, as well as his parents and sister Fang Yun in the mortal realm, Fang Bai had them temporarily stay in this secret realm.

This time upon return, Fang Bai would reunite with them, and together with Lotus Fairy, head to the Nine Nether Thunder Sea to explore and see if they could find any news of the Hundred Flowers Empress.

Entering the secret realm, Xia Chenyu, Qin Yaorao, Lotus Fairy, Fan Hua, Fang Yun, Fang Gang, and Yang Mei sensed the presence of Fang Bai and other immortals, and emerged from a stone house to meet them.

Seeing Fang Bai rescuing Linghu Qianjiao on this outing, Fang Yun and Fang Gang were particularly joyful, warmly engaging with her, full of enthusiasm.

Lotus Fairy and Fan Hua learned that Linghu Qianjiao was Fang Bai’s immortal partner and treated her with exceptional respect.