The Unruly Immortals

"Mao's Gate?" Master Danyang looked at the three large characters on the huge jade token in shock.

The sudden appearance of these three characters before him made his head buzz with vibration, and various questions instantly filled his brain.

"How could it be Mao's Gate? Isn't this the Southern Heaven's Gate? Isn't the Immortal Realm beyond this? Aren't the ones beyond immortals who have achieved ascension?"

He looked down at the stars beneath him and then looked up, only to see the pitch-black outer heavens.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do next, as if in that instant, everything had lost its meaning.

"You still don't understand? There's no damn Immortal Realm in this world! You've been deceived, your whole life is a joke!"

A familiar voice suddenly appeared, making Master Danyang whip his head around, but nothing materialized where the voice had come from.

Just when he thought the previous hallucination was about to emerge again, he located the source of the voice; it was one of his three heads.

His left head, unbeknownst to him, had at some point been replaced by Li Huowang's head.

"This is impossible! The Three Corpses have been severed, who are you!!"

Startled, Master Danyang raised the Flesh and Blood Coin Sword in his hand and pressed it to Li Huowang's neck.

Li Huowang, however, didn't care at all and chuckled, "Guess."

"You unfilial and traitorous disciple!" Furious, Master Danyang was about to strike, but he found he couldn't cut down no matter how he tried; there was a force within him preventing it.

All of a sudden, his other hand that wasn't gripping the sword rose up and slapped Master Danyang's face.

Watching Master Danyang almost breath smoke from his seven orifices in anger, Li Huowang's face was brimming with even more joy.

Previously, when he saw Master Danyang approaching to absorb him with the three heads, he, barely regaining his senses, made a decision instantly—that he absolutely couldn't let Master Danyang get away with it!

As he was sucked in by another Master Danyang into the original body, a thought popped into his mind.

"You dare to hit me!" Master Danyang, provoked into a frenzy, lashed out at Li Huowang with all his might.

After all, it was Master Danyang's body, and gradually Li Huowang was overpowered, the Flesh and Blood Coin Sword quickly cutting into Li Huowang's neck.

To this, Li Huowang showed no fear on his face, laughing heartily and liberatingly.

"You mangy monk! Do you know? For some time before, I kept trying to find various ways to kill you, to get rid of you, but I couldn't succeed with any method."

"But just now, I realized I was thinking about it all wrong. I don't need to kill you; I just need you to live a life worse than death."

"The torment and pain I endured these years have finally come into use."

Before Master Danyang could understand what was going on, other voices started appearing out of nowhere around him.

"Goat Eunuch, you little mongrel, you won't die a good death! Young one! Kill him quickly! Get revenge for this lord!"

"You ass-licking old bastard, why don't you just die!!"

"Taoist, kill him quickly, this person is extremely evil! You must carry out justice on behalf of heaven!!"

At this moment, whether it was Li Huowang's hallucinations or Master Danyang's hallucinations, they all began to appear gradually.

Li Huowang's bewilderment now manifested itself upon Master Danyang.

In this pitch-black realm beyond the skies, their bodies had become weird and elongated, twisting around the two like seaweed.

Li Huowang's Xinsu followed his will and appeared on Master Danyang once more, and this time it was in person.

Seeing that Master Danyang's breathing had become somewhat disordered, Li Huowang continued to mock the leper before him.

"Master, how is it? Do you like it? These things are your disciple's filial offering. Even if you kill me, who's to say you won't be the one to endure the torture of Xinsu alone later!"

"You madman!" With these words, Master Danyang dared not strike down. Looking at everything around him, he felt an inexplicable fear.

"I'm mad? It's all thanks to Master's excellent teaching!!"

While the two were locked in a stalemate, the massive Jade Token beside them stirred anew.

The monstrous beings that should have been devouring something inside, as if separated by a mere gauze, moved closer, sizing up the two men through the Jade Token.

Suddenly, without warning, the Jade Token vanished into the darkness, and in its original place, a series of kaleidoscope-like wondrous sights appeared.

Li Huowang and Master Danyang saw something shockingly strange, something built upon terror and abnormality.

Immediately after, a faint breeze wafted out from the wondrous sights, and with sighs, it drew Li Huowang and Master Danyang towards it.

"The White Jade Capital in the heavens, with twelve towers and five cities, the Immortals touch my crown, bestowing upon me eternal life. Is this the White Jade Capital? Is this the White Jade Capital?!"

A Taoist of high virtue, lost in the illusion, looked upon everything there, too excited to contain himself.

Master Danyang, whose eyes should have been filled with reluctance, upon seeing this scene, suddenly erupted with tremendous potential. He could not be bothered with Li Huowang anymore and rushed madly towards it.

"I want to go to the White Jade Capital!! I'm going to become an Immortal! I am about to become a deity!"

Master Danyang certainly wouldn't allow him to succeed and used all his strength to pull away.

"You shall not thwart my ascension!! You shall not!" Struggling, Master Danyang fought with everything he had to charge inside.

The constant struggle brought the two ever closer, so close that they could now see the so-called Immortals waiting to touch their crowns inside.

In that amazing scene, the closest was a Bodhisattva, with gentle and graceful movements. The seemingly random flutter of her "skirts" gave the illusion of being underwater.

A pale and strange halo enveloped the back of her head, obscuring her face from the two men. But as they drew close enough, they saw that the halo was actually made up of myriad small white eyes.

This was merely the most normal aspect of the scene; in terms of strangeness, there were only levels higher, none lower.

Looking at the formless Bodhisattva before him, Master Danyang felt an inexplicable surge of fear rising within him, and this fear grew deeper and deeper, quickly overwhelming his heart.

Everything in his body was hinting to him that this was an extremely dangerous place, one absolutely not to be entered.

"This is wrong, this isn't Heaven's Gate! This is Mao's Gate! They inside are not Immortals!" Master Danyang, whose mind had been clouded by the desire for immortality, suddenly realized.

However, just as he was about to retreat, Li Huowang, who was fused with him, suddenly spoke.

"Master! Are you prepared? Your disciple will now assist you in becoming immortal!!"

The momentum with which Li Huowang had been trying to pull away abruptly ceased, and taking advantage of the instant Master Danyang was unprepared to lose his strength, he charged with him towards the Bodhisattva's face.