Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

If they won, with Senior Brother Zhang Jing's character, he naturally wouldn't abandon them, but if they lost, then they really could only wait for death.

However... even though their realms were low, they could still discern that Senior Brother Zhang Jing's situation was far from optimistic at the moment.

The four exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of despair on the others' faces.

Afterward.

You Yuanming seemed to have seen some unbelievable sight, his pupils shrinking, betraying threads of horror.

What was that?

The other three also hurriedly looked in the same direction.

In the far distance, a figure in a yellow robe, ghostlike, was making its way toward them, seemingly moving at a leisurely pace. Yet with every step it took, it covered tens to hundreds of miles.

The key thing was that this figure looked all too familiar no matter how they looked at it.

"Isn't that Senior Brother Zhang Jing? Wait, how can there be two Senior Brothers?" Nong Xingzhou's eyes flickered with confusion.

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...

Not much later.

"Dao brother, I will soon fully activate the Innate Thick Earth Immortal Body and the Wutu Xuanhuang Immortal Light. It can interfere with this fiend's control over the earth Dao principle, but there will only be a moment for you to seize the opportunity," said a voice that suddenly rang out in Zhang Jing's heart, clothed in blue.

"Haha, it's about time you arrived, Dao brother. My original body didn't deceive me. Only a moment... that should be enough. Please, I ask for your assistance!"

"You and I are one, it should be so. As soon as my original body sensed danger lurking on your side, it directly sent me to respond. I just didn't expect to arrive right on cue."

"I will act in ten breaths. Be prepared, Dao brother!" warned Zhang Jing in yellow, mentally.

"Dao brother, go ahead and act freely."

In the sky, Zhang Jing's expression turned solemn. Behind him, the Qingyun realm began to slowly contract, starting to accumulate power.

In his hand, the Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi, finally understanding his wish, emitted an excited tremor.

"Haha, why hold on to the True Teaching so desperately?"

Seeing the celestial light on Zhang Jing quickly fade, the True Immortal from Hidden Mountain couldn't help but laugh heartily, intensifying his onslaught.

Zhang Jing remained silent, only resisting with all his might.

One breath!

Two breaths!

...

Six breaths!

...

Time ticked away bit by bit.

At a certain moment.

"Now is the time!"

Zhang Jing's gaze suddenly became sharp, the Qingyun realm expanded explosively behind him, the massive force of the world pouring into the Heavenly Three Treasures Ruyi.

An unprecedentedly vast aura burst forth.

In the blink of an eye.

The Jade Ruyi left his hand, flying through the void, heading straight for the True Immortal from Hidden Mountain's crown.

"Useless, useless, such methods are utterly ineffective! Has the True Teaching run out of tricks?"

Watching the spiritual treasure Ruyi appear suddenly overhead, Hidden Mountain's True Immortal showed not a trace of fear on his face.

This sort of attack was not new to him.

He had long been prepared for it.

The immortal power within him boiled instantly.

Hidden Mountain's True Immortal skillfully activated the severely damaged yellow seal, intending to fend off this strike.

However, at that very moment, he suddenly lost his connection with the Dao principle.

Let alone activating the seal, even the pervasive immortal power began to dissipate bit by bit.

Hidden Mountain's True Immortal was thrown into utter chaos.

Then, as if realizing something, he looked at Zhang Jing in disbelief, his eyes revealing an unprecedented fear.

"Is it you? What the hell did you do—"

Before he could finish his sentence.

The Three-Treasure Jade Ruyi struck his crown mercilessly.

Accompanied by a crisp sound like a watermelon splitting open, the terrifying power of the Ruyi surged straight into his shattered skull and rampaged through his body.

Hidden Mountain's True Immortal's consciousness became muddled.

But in the face of this life-and-death crisis, his headless body instinctively stepped forward, directly entering the void, vanishing from sight.

"Sigh, I still couldn't keep him here."

Looking at the empty space before him, Zhang Jing in the blue robe sighed with self-reproach.

"Dao brother, don't blame yourself. After all, he is a Harmonized Dao True Immortal; it's not that easy to kill," said Zhang Jing in the yellow robe, slowly appearing beside the blue-robed Zhang Jing, pointing to a yellow seal nearby that seemed to buzz around like a headless fly, and comforted him with a smile:

"Moreover, it's not like we got nothing out of it."

"Haha, that's true. Besides, this treasure is extremely powerful and suited to Dao brother's attributes," added the blue-robed Zhang Jing.

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...

On the ground.

Joy and sorrow do not communicate between people, and smiles will not disappear into thin air.

You Yuanming and the other three were ecstatic.

In contrast.

"Hidden Mountain's True Immortal... actually lost?"

Looking at the devastated sky, Father Chu still wore an expression of disbelief on his face.

The smile he had earlier had long since vanished.

He had been thinking of paying a visit to the True Immortal after his victory, while he was in high spirits.

And now, with the loss of Hidden Mountain's True Immortal, should the resentment grow overtime, it could very well be directed at the cultivators of Lingjiang Immortal City who witnessed the scene, as well as the Chu family that ruled the Immortal City.

"I must obtain the Locking Immortal Treasure and the Innate Divine Object. In case the True Immortal harbors resentment, one of them can be used to apologize. Of course, if the True Immortal doesn't hold a grudge, both treasures will naturally belong to the Chu family."

He slowly turned his head to look at You Yuanming and the other three, thinking about how to extract information about the location of the Innate Divine Object from them, only to find, to his surprise, that a blue-robed figure had suddenly appeared before them.

"Who is this—"

Father Chu seemed somewhat familiar with him.

"Senior Brother... brother, your... your Immortal Binding Chain!"

You Yuanming carefully handed the Immortal Binding Chain back to Zhang Jing, stammering his words.

He stole a glance at Zhang Jing as if he were seeing him for the first time.

Defeating a Harmonized Dao True Immortal head-on with just a Golden Core cultivation—was this really an achievement a member of the Human Race could accomplish?

Could he be an innate deity in human disguise?

On the other side.

Zhang Jing smiled and nodded, then turned directly to Father Chu and said genially,

"I hear you want my Immortal Binding Chain?"