Yellow Court Daoist

Countless hearts yearned for the day when this great deity would ascend and depart.

Now, seeing the Dutian Daoist achieve True Immortality, in the Three Mountains and Nine Waters, it's likely many people felt like Wu Jiu—both filled with emotion and heaving a sigh of relief.

"The Dutian Daoist has done good deeds among mortals, yet he has also made numerous enemies. Now that he has become a True Immortal, though the heavens and earth bestow no calamities upon him, great disasters from beyond the skies still loom. It's uncertain whether he can surmount them or not."

Wu Jiu lamented.

The majority of Primordial Spirit Practitioners in the Three Mountains and Nine Waters were well aware that just beyond the landscape, Top-Level True Immortals from the Upper Realm had set their seals. For one who had just ascended to True Immortality to break through the blockade was indeed arduous.

Life prospects looked dim.

The day of becoming a True Immortal might very well be the day one perishes in the Netherworld.

Lu Qingfeng heard this and chuckled, choosing not to respond.

Without the need to gaze, he could sense in Dutian City where the Eight Desolate Avatar writhed with surging mana, roaring like thunder cleansing meridians, shattering all shackles and surging towards the True Immortal Realm.

In an instant.

Strange phenomena appeared, transformation began.

Lu Qingfeng, not waiting for the transformation to complete, took action the moment he resolved to break through.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A series of thunderous echoes resounded as a grand city, thirty-six miles in length and twenty-four miles in width, trembled. Shaking and swaying, it rose from the ground, tearing through the sky, boldly plunging into the fissure, leaving the Three Mountains and Nine Waters, stepping into the Void!

Whether it was his avatar or his True Body, this was Lu Qingfeng's first time leaving the Three Mountains and Nine Waters to venture beyond into the Void.

Observing the pitch-black Void.

Seeing sparks of stars.

Instantly, he felt an unshackling, a boundless freedom of spirit. His mind relaxed, unwinding ceaselessly.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lu Qingfeng, steering Dutian City, swiftly leaped from the Mountains and Waters.

The position he chose was very particular, coincidentally right over the land of Elixir Pills under the jurisdiction of Han Ling City.

At that moment.

Han Ling City was gathering a storm, Spiritual Energy surging violently, engaging in an earth-shattering battle.

Above Han Ling City, a Divine King materialized, armored all around, wielding a treasure sword, projecting a domineering stance as if oppressing the entire world.

With an angered glare.

Space in all directions stagnated, utterly sealed and suppressed, territories drawn, imprisoning demons!

"The Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue!"

Lu Qingfeng recognized it. This was the very Top-Level War Killing Weapon repeatedly recommended to him by Han Ling'er years ago. Rumored to possess the power of 'Void Control,' it could suppress the Void so that even Top-Tier True Immortals trapped within it struggled to move, entangled to death.

Initially.

Han Ling'er quoted a price of three hundred and twenty Immortal Crystals to acquire a set of 'Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue' for Lu Qingfeng.

He refused.

Unexpectedly, Han Ling'er purchased one for herself and placed it in Han Ling City.

The 'Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue,' once deployed, stretched over a thousand miles. Within that span, space itself came to a halt.

Some hundred miles from Han Ling City.

A demon creature with wings growing from its back, four ferocious legs, and a long, sharp mouth was trembling its wings, locked in combat.

Its massive form was none other than the Lord of Star Absorption that had lurked outside the Mountain and Water Realm for hundreds of years.

Strong in flesh.

Having clashed with Han Ling'er numerous times, neither triumphed over the other. This time, returning with a vengeance, it had not anticipated falling into a trap.

"Ha-ha!"

"Back then, outnumbered, this king narrowly escaped death; today, you spawn of evil will pay with your life!"

A loud voice emanated from the Void.

A towering figure was locked in combat with the Lord of Star Absorption.

Standing proudly in the Void, clad in black armor with eight legs. The eight legs danced wildly, clashing with the Lord of Star Absorption hundreds of times in the blink of an eye. The Lord of Star Absorption was renowned for its physical toughness, yet this eight-legged warrior showed no fear. Even at a disadvantage, he barely managed to hold on.

This man was none other than...

Meng Ba, the clan leader of the Black Armor Clan from Sky-reaching Gorge, was once tasked with clearing out Demon Spirits but was nearly fatally wounded and killed when besieged by the Lord of Star Absorption and his forces.

This time, to complete the job once and for all, Han Ling'er specifically invited Meng Ba to eradicate the Lord of Star Absorption.

Centuries had passed.

Meng Ba's injuries had long healed. With the assistance of the Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue, he entangled the Lord of Star Absorption, which led to the latter wailing and thrashing in a violent rage.

Yet, he couldn't break free.

As they tangled, arrows that blazed like fire and light burst forth from Han Ling City.

These weren't ordinary arrows.

They were Sun-shooting Arrows fired by the war-killing weapon, the Sun-shooting Bow.

Its power was fierce, surpassing both the Star Destroying Crossbow and the Demon Extermination Crossbow. The latter two could strike with full force at ordinary True Immortals who would usually be able to dodge with ease. Often, they required multiple simultaneous shots paired with other tactics to take down a True Immortal. They were mostly used against large-scale waves of demons.

Once unleashed into a demonic wave, any creature below Fifth-Order would be killed or wounded upon any contact – a premium weapon of slaughter on the battlefield. Even in its heyday, Yuan Gui City possessed only eighteen Demon Extermination Crossbows, renowned alongside the Star Destroying Crossbows.

But the Sun-shooting Bow was different.

It was even fiercer.

The Sun-shooting Arrow was swift and so powerful that ordinary True Immortals struggled to evade it, making it an excellent weapon against True Immortals as well as Fifth-Order Demon Spirits.

At this moment, with Meng Ba's entanglement and the Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue in play, the release of a Sun-shooting Arrow struck the Lord of Star Absorption squarely in the back. The intense impact pierced through one of his wings and then exploded violently, leaving behind a terrifying wound.

The Lord of Star Absorption had a formidable vitality.

The wound kept healing, but the destructive power left by the Sun-shooting Arrow lingered, continuously inflicting new damage.

Concealing such formidable weapons, Han Ling'er reaped exceptional results.

For a while, the Lord of Star Absorption fell into a severe disadvantage.

"Ha ha!"

"Die!"

With the situation turning in his favor, Meng Ba let out a triumphant laugh, relentlessly advanced upon the Lord of Star Absorption whose eight-legged flurry was like a Wind Splitting assault, leaving the Lord of Star Absorption powerless to retaliate.

"In just a few centuries, that War City has actually come up with such killing devices!"

The Lord of Star Absorption raged in his heart, aware of the gravity of his situation.

Suppressed by the Void.

Entangled by Meng Ba.

Assailed by relentless ambushes from the Sun-shooting Bow.

He had no chance of winning. If he didn't make his escape soon, death was inevitable.

Without any hesitation.

With a tremor of his four wings, he suddenly plunged his mouthpart halfway into nothingness, disappearing. His body then inflated dozens of times over, and at the spot where his mouthpart vanished, a faint passageway through the Void began to emerge.

This Lord of Star Absorption had managed to use his mouthpart to devour the power of the Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue that suppressed and sealed the Void, forcefully creating an escape route for himself.

His mouthpart plunged in.

His form inflated dramatically.

Without a moment's pause, the Lord of Star Absorption entered, his wings vibrating, and his whole body's power surged to the extreme, propelling him a thousand miles away from Han Ling City at breakneck speed.

It was foreseeable.

Under these circumstances, once the Lord of Star Absorption escaped, he would flee far and wide, never to face Han Ling City again.

"Damn!"

"Not good!"

Meng Ba, caught off guard by this sudden turn, couldn't catch up.

Han Ling'er, who controlled Han Ling City, had pushed the Controlling Void God King Venerate Statue to its limit, now without any moves left to play.

Both of their faces were pale with ill fortune.

Right at this critical moment, just as the Lord of Star Absorption flapped his wings about to escape without a trace—

A majestic War City suddenly appeared out of nowhere, backed by the Three Mountains and Nine Waters.

Upon its appearance.

From within the city loomed a giant spider that spat out silk. A web spread along the Void, instantly sealing the escape route. The Lord of Star Absorption, elated to have traveled a thousand miles, joyfully proceeded only to smash headfirst into the spider web.