Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

Crisis! Great crisis!

An indescribable sense of terrifying crisis began to rapidly consume the heart of Hidden Mountain True Immortal.

His smile slowly faded from his face, and his heart began to beat rapidly.

"This aura... a postnatal Spiritual Treasure?!" Hidden Mountain True Immortal looked at Zhang Jing in disbelief, especially at the tricolor Jade Ruyi tightly grasped in the other's hand.

Of course, he had seen postnatal Spiritual Treasures before.

One was even in the possession of an elder.

But how could such a treasure fall into the hands of a Golden Core Realm cultivator?

Even if that person was a True Teaching recipient.

After all, as far as Hidden Mountain True Immortal knew, there were many true teachings within the Tao Sect, but only a very few had postnatal Spiritual Treasures.

Or rather, only those ranked within the true teachings would possibly have them.

Moreover, even if the other party had a postnatal Spiritual Treasure, being merely at the Golden Core level, and at best considered to have reached the Dharma Phase Realm, how could he possibly activate it?

For a moment.

Hidden Mountain True Immortal's face no longer had its former composure as a surge of intense doubt and shock welled up in his heart.

And some resentment—Jiu Yan had fooled him once again!

But now there was no time for him to think too much.

Regaining his senses.

Hidden Mountain True Immortal let out a loud shout, and his immortal power poured into the treasure seal without reservation.

At this moment, Hidden Mountain True Immortal no longer held back, abandoning the cat-and-mouse attitude he had before.

Facing a revived postnatal Spiritual Treasure.

He dared not gamble on to what extent the guy opposite could activate it. If he gambled and lost, it would cost him his life.

As for what Jiu Yan said earlier, about absolutely keeping the opponent in the Beast Territory, Hidden Mountain True Immortal had already tossed it out of his mind.

"I was careless! If I had known he had a postnatal Spiritual Treasure and could use it, I should have struck with all my strength to severely wound him from the start," he thought regretfully.

His gaze became sharp.

Under Hidden Mountain True Immortal's expectant eyes, the massive treasure seal suddenly erupted with ten thousand rays of yellow light, accelerating downward with crushing force.

At the same time.

A seemingly unadorned tricolor Jade Ruyi brutally smashed through the void, arriving before the immortal seal with such swiftness and lightly tapped it.

Compared to the yellow treasure seal wielded by Hidden Mountain True Immortal, the Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi was so insignificant and unnoticeable it was laughable.

But at this moment, not a single person in heaven or earth dared to underestimate this little thing.

Under the gaze of many, either amazed or curious.

The Jade Ruyi tapped on the yellow treasure seal.

And then, in just an instant, the yellow treasure seal, which had been unstoppable from the moment of its appearance, was sent flying straight backward.

In flight, the seal rapidly shrank, and the yellow light covering it seemed precarious and unstable.

The whole process was eerily silent.

Only the endlessly spreading pitch-black cracks in the sky seemed to be silently conveying something.

No one knew how much time had passed.

It could have been a moment, or it could have been a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Jing stood on the Qingyun, holding the Heavenly Three Jade Treasures Ruyi, looking indifferently at Hidden Mountain True Immortal, who was fast recovering.

Behind him, the Qingyun realm flickered ceaselessly.

But in his heart, the calmness wasn't like what it appeared to be on the surface; instead, it was filled with a complex mix of worries and joys.

He was joyful because he could indeed stand against a cultivator of the Unity Realm Stage for a short time; but he was worried because that was all he could do.

As for causing serious harm to the opponent, that was something unachievable.

"I need to find a way to escape. If I drag this out, I'm afraid I'll be worn down to death by that guy, relying on his earth-based Dao and defensive and restorative immortal treasures," Zhang Jing thought to himself, with a flash of determination in his eyes.

Previously, he did not think much of his Earth Spirit Incarnation recklessly moving about in the Nether Night Realm. But now that he was truly facing such an opponent, he realized just how disgusting and troublesome they could be.

Suddenly.

As if he sensed something, Zhang Jing glanced subtly towards the distance.

Meanwhile, across from him.

A confident smile appeared on Hidden Mountain True Immortal's face.

"The might of the postnatal Spiritual Treasure he commands is indeed terrifying, but he still cannot severely wound me. It all boils down to a battle of attrition in the end, but a Golden Core Realm cultivator..."

He thought to himself, then stared intently at Zhang Jing.

"Haha, true teaching recipient, how many more times can you use such an attack? Wouldn't it be better to just stay down obediently? Once the time comes, we will naturally let you out," Hidden Mountain True Immortal said with a laugh, breaking the calmness and drawing Zhang Jing's attention to him.

"Let's give it a try," Zhang Jing said with a smile, his previous concerns vanishing entirely.

Boom, boom—

As his words fell.

The two sides clashed again, with treasure seals, Ruyi, sword lights, and yellow glows—shattering the firmament with cracks spreading all over.

The exaggerated commotion even drew the gaze of a True Immortal from the Wine Immortal Territory. However, he just took a brief look before turning his gaze away again.

On the ground.

"Clan Leader, shouldn't we take action now?"

An elder stealthily approached Chu father and asked softly, while pointing behind him.

Hearing this, Chu father, who had been paying attention to the battle above, withdrew his gaze and after thinking it over, he responded with a smile:

"Tell our people to hold off for now, since those four aren't going anywhere. It seems that Great Immortal Hidden Mountain is about to finish the fight; let's wait a little more. If we upset the great immortal, it would bring disaster upon us."

"The Clan Leader is wise!"

You Yuanming and three others were also focused on the battle above, their hearts involuntarily lifted.

They were very aware that whether they could survive depended on the outcome of Zhang Jing Senior Brother's battle.