Chapter 706: Daoist Shangqing's Transformation
On this day, Su Yu suddenly received two pieces of intelligence information, sent by Fairy Wen.
"Among the people you wanted to find, two have been located. One is Emperor Zhenwu, who has now joined the Heavenly Court and is a Centurion in the celestial army. The other is Daoist Shangqing, who apparently was captured by the Qinghe Earth Witch Clan Hong Clan and is currently held as a mining slave in the Qinghe Chiyuan Immortal Gold Mine."
Hearing this news, Su Yu was momentarily stunned, then his expression became somewhat peculiar.
Daoist Shangqing was actually captured and became a mining slave?
As for his master, Emperor Zhenwu, joining the Heavenly Court's celestial army and becoming a Centurion, Su Yu was not surprised.
After all, Emperor Zhenwu was the Supreme Emperor of the True Martial Immortal Court before, and now in the Immortal World, he naturally yearned for the Heavenly Court, the supreme power of the Human Clan, aspiring to be a grand figure like the Heavenly Emperor.
Joining the Heavenly Court is his best option to achieve this goal.
But Daoist Shangqing....
This situation is truly tragic.
Having ascended to the Immortal World, how could he have been captured to mine?
Su Yu checked the intelligence on the Qinghe Earth Witch Clan Hong Clan and learned that it is an ancient Witch Clan force at the northern edge of the Hundred River Immortal Domain. Though merely an Earth Witch force, the ancient Witch Clan always bands together, making such a force difficult to handle.
After pondering for a long time, Su Yu decided to take the old dragon for a visit to the Qinghe Earth Witch Hong Clan.
There's no need for a direct confrontation or negotiation; if they could quietly take Daoist Shangqing away, that would be the best choice.
Leaving the Yellow Court Immortal Alliance.
On the way to Qinghe Territory, the old dragon advised with some apprehension, "The ancient Witch Clan is a group of madmen. It's best not to provoke them if possible. These people aren't right in the head, or perhaps they just have a screw loose."
Su Yu, intrigued, asked, "Have you had contact with the ancient Witch Clan?"
The old dragon snorted lightly, "Not just contact, fought with them."
Before Su Yu could ask, the old dragon began to recount the past. Back then, during his time in the Dragon Clan, due to a conflict over treasure, a prodigy of the Dragon Clan slew a young genius of the ancient Witch Clan, leading to turmoil within the Dragon Clan.
The Great Witches, Heavenly Witches, and Earth Witches of the ancient Witch Clan descended, engaging in a fierce battle with the Dragon Clan.
The fight nearly breached Dragon Island.
Su Yu, hearing such a secret for the first time, curiously asked, "Who won then?"
The old dragon's lips curled into a smirk as he looked skyward at a forty-five-degree angle, exuding an air of superiority, "Who else but us, the Dragon Clan? What is the ancient Witch Clan compared to us? They lost at least twice as many people as we did."
But seemingly remembering something, the old dragon's face fell again, with a gloomy tone, "Yet the ancient Witch Clan doesn't even count the lives of their own as important, or perhaps they are just innately cold-hearted. After that battle, every Great Witch, Heavenly Witch, and Earth Witch shouted with joy at such a satisfying battle before turning to leave."
Listening to the old dragon's depiction, Su Yu could imagine the scenario back then.
It seems the minds of the ancient Witch Clan are indeed quite unique.
Perhaps they do not care if their own people perish, but if there's a chance for battle, they become very excited, rushing forward to fight bloodily.
As Su Yu made his way towards Qinghe Territory.
Within the territory of the Qinghe Ancient Witch Clan Hong Clan, in the Chiyuan Immortal Gold Mine amidst the mountains, Daoist Shangqing, who was mining, suddenly paused, as if sensing something, his gaze shifted to beneath his feet.
He sighed gently, murmuring to himself, "Perhaps this is destiny."
"Boom!!!"
Suddenly.
A terrifying aura erupted from beneath the Chiyuan Immortal Gold Mine, causing the entire mine to tremble violently. Under that erupting aura, nearly everyone in the mine felt their scalp tingle with terror.
"What happened? What's going on!"
"Ahhhh, the mine is collapsing, the mine is collapsing, quick, quickly, get out!"
"Run away!"
Visible to the naked eye, under the shock waves of that terrifying underground force, the entire Chiyuan Immortal Gold Mine was collapsing and crumbling.
Many mining slaves rushed out from the tunnels, using what little immortal power they had to rise into the air, looking at the now collapsed and sunken mine below with bewildered, terrified expressions.
And at the moment of the mine's collapse, the Immortal Array confining the mine was also destroyed.
A Golden Immortal of the ancient Witch Clan guarding the mine appeared, his eyes full of anger and shock as he looked at the ground below. There, a vortex-like passage resembling a black hole was faintly visible, slowly ripping through and expanding the barrier of the Immortal World.
However, such disturbances also provoked the great wrath of the Immortal World's Heavenly Dao, with tribulation clouds beginning to gather and appear, striking at the vortex passage while simultaneously attempting to use the power of the Heavenly Dao to restore it.
Due to the resistance of the Immortal World's Heavenly Dao, this passage was very unstable, requiring some time to stabilize.
Seeing the passage appear, the Golden Immortal of the ancient Witch Clan was both alarmed and furious, "An alien passage!? Damn it!"
With a heart full of shock and anger, he hurriedly sent this news back to his clan, requesting reinforcement from his clansmen.
Such a passage, guarded only by himself, a mere Golden Immortal, could not be managed or resolved; only by requesting the elders of the Earth Witches in the clan could there be any chance of suppression.
Yet, even as he was now seeking assistance, it would take some time for the clan's powerhouses and clansmen to arrive for support.
And beneath the mine, some alien figures were already forcibly emerging from that yet-to-be-stabilized passage.
Even if he could see many aliens being torn apart by the collapsing power of the passage before even emerging, turning into blood mist and powder.
But there were too many aliens, too many indeed.
With a large portion dead, there were still countless aliens rushing out from the other side of the passage.
Among them were some with extremely powerful auras.
The Golden Immortal of the ancient Witch Clan's expression changed, without the slightest hesitation, he waved his hand to remove all restrictions within the mining slaves, shouting angrily, "Everyone, join me in suppressing these aliens. If you can drive them back, then from this day forward, you will be free."
Upon the lifting of restrictions within his body, Daoist Shangqing, still in tattered clothes, remained calm, taking one step after another forward.
And as he took each step forward, his aura surged.
From all directions, immortal qi frantically surged towards Daoist Shangqing, and his cultivation visibly advanced.
Early Stage of Heavenly Immortal Realm, Mid Heavenly Immortal Realm, Late-stage Heavenly Immortal Realm....
"Boom!"
Effortlessly, Daoist Shangqing's cultivation broke through to the True Immortal Realm.
Until finally stepping into the Golden Immortal Peak, the aura of Daoist Shangqing gradually stabilized. Looking at the crazed alien figures rushing out below, he extended a palm and struck down.
"Boom!!!"
At that moment, the world trembled violently, as if the entire Immortal World became darkened, and a celestial hand akin to an upholding the heavens, carrying supreme Immortal Might and phenomena, descended towards the depths of the mine.