Chapter 209: Found the Lair!

Keen!

The crane's wail and keen strike the soul directly!

Nearby immortals all felt as if their divine souls were about to leave their bodies.

What's more, the targeted Upper Immortal...

His three hun and seven po seemed to be seized, leaving him unable to move.

Immortal power naturally had nowhere to be exerted; the whole person—no, the whole divine soul—was tightly restrained, left to Shen Qingli to toss about, to boil, fry, sauté, and deep-fry.

Bai Chong Luan's still-handsome face was already bathed in cold sweat.

Such unfathomable ghost‑god methods, he doubted he could withstand them.

"This," Bai Ren Shen Wang looked at the Queen Mother of the West, "Your Ladyship won't stop this? Isn't this openly meting out private punishment in public?"

"I'll bear it." Jin Wu declared, "If our Young Emperor grabs the wrong person, I'll abolish my divine status."

Bai Ren Shen Wang immediately fell silent, after all he could no longer find a pretext to harp on.

In the future, anyone who wants to learn from Shen Qingli must have behind them a primordial god's work like Jin Wu's as backing.

Looking over the whole divine realm, probably only Shen Qingli has this 'capital'.

However, the Grand Supreme was a little worried: "The Upper Immortal's memories are vast and boundless—Junior Tutor, can you handle it?"

This is also a point of concern for the Queen Mother of the West: each Upper Immortal has at least tens of thousands of years of memories, and searching their souls is extremely laborious.

Shen Qingli's mental power is strong, but she had obviously just exhausted it completely; in such a short time, she could not possibly recover fully.

And Shen Qingli, with her eyes closed, was indeed feeling strained.

Because she hadn't just expended mental power in alchemy; the subsequent 'fishing' also consumed a lot of spirit.

Otherwise, even with Jiu Ying's aura assisting her, she would hardly be able to pinpoint the target among the tens of thousands of immortals in the hall.

After all, this thief is an existence capable of deceiving even primordial gods like the Queen Mother of the West! His hiding place is no ordinary depth.

His memories, too, had clearly been tampered with!

"Chaos, disorder."

Shen Qingli frowned; was this prepared in advance to guard against soul‑searching?

No wonder he dared to risk his person on the Dao Canon; he indeed came well prepared.

Thus…

An hour passed.

Shen Qingli's face grew ever paler, yet she did not stop searching the soul.

"Are you just stubbornly searching without finding any evidence?" Bai Ren Shen Wang spoke slowly, breaking the hall's rather dead‑silent atmosphere.

Jin Wu also furrowed his brows, worried that Shen Qingli was over‑exerting herself and would suffer irreversible harm.

"A Li, I'll help you!" Jiu Li suddenly spoke.

Then its round, chubby fists transformed into a Taiji diagram, embracing Shen Qingli's head.

At that moment, person and beast seemed to stick together, their breaths mingling and giving rise to each other.

Jiu Li, the king of iron‑eating beasts, with its vast mental power, instantly helped Shen Qingli regain a lot of vital energy.

However, facing this memory that had been tampered with, continuing to drain like this is no solution.

"Then let's try this move…"

Shen Qingli suddenly sat cross‑legged, but her mental power remained immersed in that Upper Immortal's sea of consciousness.

At that moment, the mysterious dark patterns again spread like blooming flowers, appearing on her body, face, and pupils!

Countless mysterious vines, as if substantial, poured into the Upper Immortal's sea of consciousness; each one seemed to have grown eyes.

"Go."

Shen Qingli treated that Upper Immortal's sea of consciousness as the universe, using the universe's origin—dark matter—to search, and endowed the primordial power with pupil technique!

Thus fused, even if that Upper Immortal's sea of consciousness were as extraordinary as it could be, able to surpass the vast universe, the tiny sea of stars? Clearly not.

Therefore! Only a moment passed.

"Buzz!"

Shen Qingli opened her eyes!

The golden dark pupil seemed to come from the depths of the starry universe.

A uniquely constructed architectural complex had already appeared in her vision!

Almost at the same moment, Shen Qing Tong cried out again, "Careful!"

Moreover, this time, the one who had long been guarding Shen Qingli's side grabbed her and pulled her away!

"Whoosh!"

A dark flash shot instantly from the depths of that Upper Immortal's sea of consciousness, grazing Shen Qingli's face.

"Roar!"

The Queen Mother of the West's true form let out a roar that burst out instantly; the gods in the hall hadn't even cleared the phantom when that strand of dark energy was already seized in her hand.

At the same moment, a Lower Immortal exploded!

And this time…

The six Primordial Gods of the Dao Palace, no longer mere figureheads, simultaneously struck out.

"Seal!"

Tai Jin Emperor's stellar true form!

The Grand Supreme's divine artifact whisk!

The other four gods' primordial divine power directly suppressed that Upper Immortal's self‑explosion completely.

"Go!"

The Tai Jin Emperor also used his golden‑sharp divine power to tear open space, sending this burst of flow into the void.

With this method, if he wanted to send anyone into the void, that person would surely die!

People then realized that the Tai Jin Emperor was the only god capable of tearing open the void within the Dao Palace's territory.

"..."

After a long silence fell within the hall.

The Queen Mother of the West spread her palm, and the dark aura clutched by the claws of her divine visage emitted a dark green light.

"What kind of monster is this?" the Venerable Elder immediately asked, "How bold of you to actually take refuge in the sea of consciousness of a Shen Ting immortal!"

The Queen Mother of the West had also never encountered this kind of light before, and could not investigate its source; her expression was inscrutable. "I will have someone look into this matter to the end. There is no need for you to panic—judging by the reaction of the Upper Immortal of Heze, he is not unaware."

In other words, even if it was a possession, it was voluntary on the part of that Upper Immortal! At the very least, he was not completely unaware.

The immortals indeed all breathed a sigh of relief, but some still worried, "What if he is being coerced?"

"I should know how to separate it," Shen Qingli said after completing her breath adjustment.

But the Queen Mother of the West's gaze fell on Shen Qing Tong beside her, "You always seem to be able to see it."

All the immortals then turned their gazes toward him, and his pair of crystal‑clear blue eyes also attracted special attention.

"Yes, it glows before it moves, as if triggered from afar," Shen Qing Tong said truthfully.

"Could it be that the other party shares the same origin as this one?" an immortal speculated.

"Hold back! I think this young man's eyes are far more handsome than that wisp of the sneak attack."

"You are the Young Master's elder brother, unaffiliated with any faction—would you join my retinue?" the Queen Mother of the West extended the invitation.

Shen Qing Tong blinked in surprise, "Me?"

"Not bad." the Queen Mother of the West said, already retracting that wisp of dark light.

Shen Qing Tong, however, looked at his little sister, uncertain whether the Queen Mother of the West could be trusted, wondering if she intended to seize him to control his sister.

"No rush—give me a reply before you leave the Dao Palace." Having said that, the Queen Mother of the West rose to her feet, "I will no longer disturb your elegant gathering."

She usually dislikes attending banquets, normally only attending the Dao Lord at his side; today, if she had not been forced to appear, she would not have lingered so long.

Of course, before leaving, she sent a mental message to Shen Qingli: "Three days' limit, Young Master, as you wish."

Shen Qingli understood that this matter was now settled.

As for the building complex she had "seen," she decided to wait for her father to wake up before asking him.

Even though the Queen Mother of the West seemed trustworthy, since it concerned A Jin, caution was required!

With the thought decided, Shen Qingli's complexion changed, and an uncontrollable wave of dizziness surged over her head!

"A Li!"

Jiu Li was the first to sense that something was wrong with her!

But before it could even cry out, Shen Qingli collapsed.