Urban Immortal Cultivation Supreme

As Zhu Bufan leaped into the pitch-dark rift, his eyes were at once enveloped by a thick darkness. However, the situation soon dissipated, and he found himself in an endless dark void, akin to the environment when battling within the soul.

Even though it was dark, the blackness here did not obstruct Zhu Bufan's vision. He quickly located Huo Ling and Wang Hui. After combining forces, the three of them gazed into the vast and dark void, unsure of how to navigate forward. Sensing everyone's loss of energy, Wang Hui hurriedly took out Returning Qi Pills from his Storage Ring for all to consume.

"Just keep moving forward," said the little fox held in Zhu Bufan's arms as everyone seemed perplexed. "No matter which direction you proceed in the spatial rift, you'll eventually reach the other side. That's the spatial property of rifts. Hence, we can simply move straight ahead and we'll be able to leave this place eventually. Just beware of the Demon Beasts lurking around."

As Zhu Bufan was holding the little fox, a flash of light emanated from Emperor Yan's weapon behind him, and Emperor Yan's figure appeared beside Zhu Bufan.

"Humph, dead fox. So, you ended up following us after all. Isn't it time you told the truth? Or does His Majesty need to unmask you himself?" Emperor Yan shook his little foot and continued, "It's rather clear now. With everything that's happened before, your foxy tail has been fully exposed."

"Psh! I've always been a fox and never intended to hide my tail." A faint blue light shrouded the little fox, then her body began to transform within the light. She gradually took on human form as the glowing changed.

As the light dissipated, the little fox to Zhu Bufan and the others' surprise, transformed into a young girl comparable in age to Emperor Yan. The girl had an innocent, adorable appearance with a pure, coquettish charm, and her large, expressive eyes sparkled like deep blue sapphires.

She was dressed in a form-fitting, silver-white fur coat, her neck wrapped in a scarf made from fox tails. On her feet, she wore small, silver-white boots, and her jet-black hair was tied into a ponytail. Embodying silver-white as her main color, contrasting with Emperor Yan's black, the two presented a charming display of black and white.

"Humph, so you finally show your true appearance. His Majesty thought you'd want to deceive people in your Demon Fox form forever, using a fake name, isn't that right, Bai Ling?" Seeing the little fox transform into a human, Emperor Yan didn't show the slightest surprise. However, when Emperor Yan uttered the little fox's name, it made Zhu Bufan and the others tense up.

"Don't get it wrong," Bai Ling, formerly known as the little fox, instantly showed an angry face in response to Emperor Yan's words. "When in beast form, my name is indeed Ling Bai, and in human form, it's Bai Ling. I never used a fake name! It's all because of you always declaring yourself 'His Majesty,' even though you're so far behind the strength of those at the 'Emperor' level. Don't you even feel ashamed?"

"What did you say? You lying Demon Fox!"

"You're the one, you pretentious black Demon!"

The two girls glared at each other as if they were fighting cocks, both looking like they were ready to burst into a fierce battle. Seeing the girls acting madly, Zhu Bufan quickly stepped in to separate them, saying, "Stop fighting. Are you really the Six-tailed Spirit Fox Bai Ling?"

"Humph! Of course!" Bai Ling responded irritably to Zhu Bufan's question: "That damned old Demon targeted my Spiritual Tail from the start. Although the Spiritual Fox's tail is an extremely powerful weapon, it's also where one's cultivation is rooted. Once severed, the cultivation level plummets realm by realm. Of course, under normal circumstances, it's impossible to sever the tail, not even the destructive forces from a collapsing space can do so. But that old Demon, with his incredible space control ability, managed to cut off four of my tails. He caused me to fall from the peak of the Sixth Rank to the Second Rank, oh..."

As she spoke, Bai Ling began to cry uncontrollably, her tears gushing forth like a fountain. Seeing Bai Ling cry so heartbreakingly, Zhu Bufan quickly stepped forward to comfort her.

"Indeed, although a bit resentful, that feathery bird's space control ability is truly powerful, probably one of the top few within the Earth Rank," said Emperor Yan, holding her small hands and ignoring Bai Ling, who was crying a river, speaking earnestly instead.

"That's the multiple layers of space tearing, twisting, then fusing again—the complexity of control. It's baffling where that feathery bird learned such bizarre powers. Could it really be because it's an Artifact Refiner? Damn! Why can't I be an Artifact Refiner?" With that, Emperor Yan began jumping in frustration.

"Alright, no more crying," Zhu Bufan said as he patted Bai Ling's little head, finally comforting her enough to stop the non-stop tears. After sniffling, Bai Ling said, "Actually, I should be thanking you. If you hadn't blasted that old demon with your move, I would've ended up with more than just four tails cut off. I might have died from all my spiritual tails being completely severed. That's why I was always willing to help you guys."

It turned out that it was because of Zhu Bufan's redirected attack that day that the Demon King's control over space momentarily weakened, allowing Bai Ling the chance to pull back two of her tails. However, the Demon King quickly regained control over the space, so Bai Ling's other four tails could not escape their grim fate and were severed by the multiple twisted spaces. Knowing the Demon King would surely pursue them to the end, Bai Ling used a blood escape technique just as her power was waning, and fled the scene.

"The Demon King has his own standing, and his strength is without a doubt formidable, so there's not much we can say about that. Let's go, we need to quickly leave this space-time fault. If we encounter a demon beast, that would be really bad news." After rubbing the heads of the two young girls, Emperor Yan and Bai Ling, Zhu Bufan said, "It doesn't matter how powerful you once were; now you have to listen to me because you are both just children, got it?"

"I, the Emperor, am certainly not a child!"

"Don't compare me to this dark demon!"

After exchanging glances, the two girls, one black and one white, both indignantly turned their heads away from each other. Seeing the two of them squabbling again gave Zhu Bufan a headache, but inside he felt somewhat joyful because despite their frequent quarrels, Emperor Yan had found a friend.

Walking through this endlessly dark space with two young girls who both had terrifying origins, the oppressive feeling in everyone's heart lightened considerably. Listening to the bickering of the two girls even relaxed their spirits a bit, preventing the oppressive environment from bothering them too much.

"How long have we been walking?" In the endless darkness, after walking towards the bottomless black void for an unknown amount of time, Zhu Bufan finally couldn't help but ask Huo Ling beside him.

"In this world, there is no concept of time. The longest distance is but a step's time. This is the nature of a space-time fault. Some faults, I'm afraid, cannot be traversed even in a person's entire life. This particular fault has been directly affected by the impact caused by mutations on the Tenth Layer, making a direct connection between the Ninth and Tenth Layers." After hearing Zhu Bufan's question, the little fox spoke softly.

"By the way, Bai Ling, I've been meaning to ask since before, what exactly happened on the Tenth Layer, and why did it result in even the Earth Gate not being able to open?" Mentioning the anomaly on the Tenth Layer again, Zhu Bufan couldn't help asking Bai Ling, who fell silent upon hearing his question.

"Actually, I don't really understand it myself." After a long while, Bai Ling shook her small head and said, "I only remember that at that time, the entire Ninth Layer began to shake violently, with powerful energies continuously surging up from the lower level to the Ninth Layer. It felt as if some extremely powerful presence was clashing on the Tenth Layer, and it was during that time that cracks in the Heavenly Pillar were blasted open by those frenzied energies."

"At that time, the heavens and earth changed color, and the Ninth Layer was almost constantly hit by these violent energies. The space cracks kept overflowing with powerful flows of spiritual energy. Therefore, I had no choice but to seal the area around the Heavenly Pillar with prohibitions. As for what exactly happened, I really don't know," Bai Ling said, shivering as if the scene was still vivid in her mind.

"Even a Sixth Rank pinnacle spiritual beast feels terrified of the energy, what on earth happened on the Tenth Layer?" After hearing Bai Ling's account, Zhu Bufan and the others were shocked, and even Emperor Yan furrowed her brows deeply, clearly startled by the news.

"Anyway, worrying is useless. We'll soon be on the Tenth Layer ourselves, and then we'll see what's going on, right?" After a long silence, it was Wang Hui who spoke first. But just as his words faded, the space around them trembled slightly.

"What's happening?" The sudden jolt in the stable space put everyone on alert. Then, above the dense fog-like space, it suddenly began to churn as if something wanted to emerge from the pitch-black fog.

"Not good, it's a demon beast from within the fault, run!" Seeing the tumbling fog, Emperor Yan shouted loudly. Just at that moment, a huge mouth protruded from the fog, and as the demon beast's body emerged, everyone saw that its entire body was covered with large and small mouths, and apart from the mouths, it had no other external organs.

"It's the 'Hundred-Feeder' demon beast. Like the Taotie, it eats everything, only satisfied by its appetite. Let's run, dealing with the Hundred-Feeder is too much for us right now." Seeing the beast's form, Bai Ling also spoke up. Compared to knowledge, Bai Ling may not be as rich as Emperor Yan, but it was not to be taken lightly; she identified the demon beast as soon as she saw it.