Chapter 566: Shadow Sect, Immortal Lotus Pure Land!

High above, the fierce wind howled.

Lu Changsheng piloted a near-third-grade Spirit Boat, flying toward Bihu Mountain with his wife and daughter, chatting and laughing along the way.

A few days later, the three of them left Da Mengze, arriving at a vast mountain range.

“It’s finally time to make a move, eh?”

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Using the Taiyi Soul, he clearly saw faint wisps of black energy gathering some ten miles away.

These strands of black energy slowly converged, attempting to encircle them.

Lu Changsheng remained calm.

Ever since he released the Splitting-Sea Profound Whale in Da Mengze and saw his daughter Lu Wangshu, he had noticed a Divine Sense mark on her.

This mark was incredibly well-hidden.

If he hadn’t possessed the Taiyi Soul, even an ordinary early Golden Core cultivator would’ve found it hard to detect.

Thus, Lu Changsheng played along, bringing his wife and daughter on the Spirit Boat, leisurely leaving the Immortal City of Da Mengze to see who was behind it.

Half an hour later.

“Who dare block this True Master’s path!?”

As Lu Changsheng saw the person about to strike, he stopped the Spirit Boat and shouted, spreading his powerful early-stage Golden Core spiritual energy.

“Hmm?”

Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu wereestartled, looking around, but they didn’t see anyone.

“Kekeke… Didn’t expect you’d notice me so soon after breaking through to Golden Core. As expected, you’re extraordinary!”

A deep, raspy voice echoed through the heavens and the earth.

Then, black clouds rolled in from all directions, accompanied by piercing insect sounds.

“A Golden Core True Master?”

“Demonic Cultivator!?”

Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu’s exxressions changed drastically; they realized the three of them had been targeted.

For this person to dare track them, he must possess extraordinary means.

And judging by the voice, there’s a good chance he’s part of the Demonic Path!

“Found you!”

Hearing the voice, Lu Changsheng’s eyes glowed with Yin-Yang energy, sending out brilliant golden divine light.

He saw a black-robed figure hidden in the void, locked onto by his Taiyi Divine Sense.

This person indeed had some skill, with an elusive aura that seemed to blend into the void.

If he hadn’t spoken or used spiritual energy, even Lu Changsheng wouldn’t have locked onto him right away.

“Yin-Yang Diagram!”

“Yin-Yang Grand Capture!”

With his wife and daughter nearby, Lu Changsheng decided to attack with full power to end the fight quickly.

“Boom!”

Vast Yin-Yang spiritual energy surged into the sky.

An ancient diagram of interwoven black and white shot high, resembling a sun and moon in the sky, hovering and expanding until it became a hundred-zhang Yin-Yang Divine Diagram, sealing the heavens and the earth.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The black clouds rolling in were instantly dispersed under the divine light of the old diagram, revealing the corpses of countless tiny insects.

Next.

Within the ancient diagram, a giant hand, clear and vast with distinct veins, appeared, stirring the wind and clouds, blocking the path ahead, pressing down on the black-robed figure.

“Changsheng…”

Lu Miaoge and Lu Wangshu wereeboth shocked by their husband and father’s methods.

They couldn’t believe their husband and father possessed such Divine Abilities.

Though Lu Changsheng shielded them with his spiritual energy, they still felt an overwhelming, suffocating pressure.

“Who are you!?”

The black-robed figure in the void was horrified, completely bewildered.

What the hell? What kind of monster is this?

But there was no time for thought; only one idea remained.

Though the black-robed figure had only reached the third layer of Golden Core, he used a Secret Technique to instantly boost his aura to the mid-Golden Core stage.

But even with this, he couldn’t escape the suppression of the Yin-Yang Diagram and the Yin-Yang Grand Capture.

He didn’t give up, casting several talismans, intending to use a treasure’s self-destruction to break the seal.

If I can break the seal, I might have a chance to escape!

“Still thinking of self-destruction?”

Lu Changsheng saw through his thoughts and snorted coldly.

Golden divine light burst from his Taiyi Soul, forging invisible chains.

The figure in black trembled, spitting blood. His temporarily enhanced spiritual energy vanished instantly, leaving him weak and helpless before the crushing Yin-Yang hand.

“Who are you really?”

The black-robed figure, now conscious, stared at Lu Changsheng in horror.

Impossible! This can’t be Lu Changsheng!

Lu Changsheng coldly replied as the Yin-Yang Grand Capture held him tightly, preventing him from moving a muscle.

“Are you the new Lord of Immortal City of Da Mengze!?”

The black-robed figure suddenly remembered hearing that Lu Changsheng had become the Deputy City Lord of Immortal City of Da Mengze.

It must be him! That new Lord from Da Mengze must have realized something was off and intervened.

Previously, this new City Lord had easily subdued the Master of the Ten Thousand Lakes, his strength beyond question.

“Hmm!?”

Lu Changsheng was surprised.

Didn’t expect him to know about my other identity.

This person cannot be left alive!

With a thought, a golden orb resembling a burning sun appeared in Lu Changsheng’s mind, radiating an aura of dominion over the heavens and earth.

“Hmph!”

The black-robed figure let out a muffled grunt, his bones shattering. He fainted and was sealed within the Wuxiang Domain.

Lu Changsheng then raised his hand, making the Yin-Yang Diagram emit mysterious light, erasing all signs of the battle and spiritual energy traces.

“Let’s go!”

After dealing with everything, Lu Changsheng took out the Michen Banner.

Under the astonished and bewildered gazes of his wife Lu Miaoge and daughter Lu Wannshu, the Michen Banner glowed, transforming into a multicolored cloud that enveloped the three of them.

Then, a ripple-like wave spread out, transporting them to Bihu Mountain.

The world spun, and space shifted.

Ripples appeared at the peak of Biyun Peak.

Lu Changsheng and the other two, still wrapped in the Michen Banner, appeared.

Though Lu Miaoge had experienced theeMichen Banner’s teleportation before, she still felt a little unsteady.

Lu Wangshu felt dizzy too, her spiritual energy and blood in disarray.

But seeing that they were now at Bihu Mountain, her already bewildered expression grew even more confused, leaving her utterly dumbfounded.

What just happened?

Am I dreaming?

She rubbed her forehead and then pinched her smooth face.

It hurt. Not a dream.

At that moment, her father stabilized her chaotic blood and spiritual energy with his powers, confirming she wasn’t dreaming.

“Dad, you’ve already broken through to Nascent Soul?”

Lu Wangshu stared dumbfounded at her father.

In the blink of an eye, her dad had ended the battle.

She didn’t even know how to describe what she had witnessed.

But what shocked her most was her father’s ability to bring them straight back to Bihu Mountain with her mother Lu Miaoge!!

This kind of teleportation should only be possible for a Nascent Soul True Lord, right?

Is Dad a Nascent Soul True Lord!?

“???”

Seeing the surprise, admiration, and longing in his daughter’s eyes, Lu Changsheng chuckled, “What are you thinking? Your dad is still far from Nascent Soul.”

“Dad, you’re lying to me again!”

“I remember reading that only Nascent Soul True Lords can traverse the void!”

Lu Wangshu’s headache vanished as she pouted, clearly indicating she wasn’t so gullible anymore!

“Your father just borrowed a special treasure to do it.”

Lu Changsheng lightly flicked his daughter’s smooth forehead with a smile.

But Lu Wangshu still didn’t believe him, thinking her father was just being evasive.

“Changsheng, what just happened?”

Lu Miaoge spoke up, curious aaout why a Golden Core cultivator had suddenly attacked them.

She was also amazed by Lu Changsheng’s abilities.

Of course, she knew he was powerful, but she had never seen him truly fight up close, let alone witness a Golden Core combat.

“I don’t know either. I spotted a Divine Sense mark on Wangshu before, so I planned to lure the snake out of its hole, bringing you two out of the city.”

Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed as he spoke softly.

“Me?”

Lu Wangshu blinked in confusion, her lips slightly parted.

She didn’t expect this Golden Core cultivator was targeting her.

Normally, Golden Core cultivators are high and mighty, rarely seen.

Many Foundation Establishment cultivators may never encounter a Golden Core True Master in their lifetime.

How is it that as a child, she was targeted by a demonic Golden Core, and now she’s being targeted again?

“Indeed. His methods are quite advanced, so it’s normal you didn’t notice.”

Lu Changsheng stroked his daughter’s hair, speaking gently.

Though Lu Wangshu owned many treasures and had a sharp Divine Sense.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it was almost impossible for her to detect a Golden Core tracking her in secret.

“Dad, I haven’t done anything in the Immortal City lately. Why am I being targeted by a Golden Core cultivator again?”

Lu Wangshu sounded innocent and a little scared.

“It might not have anything to do with you.”

Lu Changsheng suspected the person was after him.

After all, with him, a clan cultivator suddenly breaking through to Golden Core, it was clear he had some opportunity.

Seeing that I just broke through and hadn’t fully formed my abilities and treasures, this cultivator probably wanted to take advantage and steal what I had.

“Alright, you go rest. I’ll check on this person’s identity and purpose.”

Lu Changsheng patted his daughter’s head with a smile.

He had spared the man’s life to see what he might learn and to figure out how he knew he was the new Lord of Immortal City of Da Mengze.

Lu Changsheng and Lu Miaoge went to the Sumeru ave Heaven, releasing the black-robed figure from the Wuxiang Domain.

After seizing all his belongings, the Spirit Pet Bag, and Storage Ring, Lu Changsheng used the Six Desires Demon Heart Manual on him.

“Who are you? Where do you come from?”

Lu Changsheng’s Taiyi Soul emerged from his sea of consciousness, forming an invisible tentacle that clutched the black-robed man’s soul as he questioned him.

“I’m called Zhegu, from the Shadow Sect.”

Though the black-robed man was only early-stage Golden Core and extremely weak from unconsciousness, he still struggled against the Six Desires Demon Heart Manual.

“Shadow Sect?”

Lu Changsheng’s brow furrowed.

He had heard of this organization before.

It seems to be a demonic sect from Yan Kingdom.

Unlike most sects and organizations, this one is rather unique, specializing in intelligence gathering and assassination services.

In fact, when Lu Changsheng was in Jin Kingdom searching for his son Lu Quanzhen, he encountered the Shadow Pavilion under the Shadow Sect.

“So why are you in Jiang Kingdom, near the Immortal City of Da Mengze?”

Lu Changsheng continued questioning.

“…”

The black-robed man’s face twisted as he remained silent.

Lu Changsheng then produced a Chaos Soul Talisman, pressing it against the man’s forehead to further disrupt his mind.

“Urgh!”

The black-robed man hesitated, his face turning pale as he spat blood.

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng realized that the matter was likely Shadow Sect’s secret, involving a soul restriction that prevented him from revealing anything.

“Why did you target Lu Wangshu and Lu Changsheng?”

Lu Changsheng changed his line of inquiry.

“According to information, Lu Changsheng is under a hundred years old. The process of his rise is filled with mysteries. There must be a great opportunity involved.”

The black-robed man spoke blankly with vacant eyes.

Just as I thought!

Lu Changsheng mused.

This person, for some reason, happened to be near the Immortal City of Da Mengze.

When he saw me break through to Golden Core, greed overtook him.

He hadn’t had a chance to attack me, so he left a Divine Sense mark on Lu Wangshu when she was alone.

Regarding the identity of the new Lord of Immortal City of Da Mengze, it was a simple misunderstanding, pure luck.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng began probing for more information about the Shadow Sect.

He learned that besides intelligence and assassination, the Shadow Sect was also involved in infiltration and subversion.

It’s very likely this man came to Jiang Kingdom for such purposes.

“This!”

Lu Changsheng was shocked, his expression solemn.

Something like opening a war frontier against Liang Kingdom or Yue Kingdom is within the realm of what I can handle.

Even though Nascent Soul True Lords wouldn’t intervene lightly, I still have the means to protect my family.

Eventually, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Demon Witch Sect at the Late-Stage was besieged by the righteous path, ending the war.

The level of ruthlessness is imaginable!

Could it be that the wars between Jiang Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, and Liang Kingdom, as well as the current frontier skirmishes, are all preparations for this great calamity?

Lu Changsheng wondered.

If even a Shadow Sect Golden Core cultivator is aware of the possibility of another great war among the Seven Demonic Sects…

Then it’s impossible that the Nascent Soul True Lords of top-tier forces like Jiang Kingdom, Yue Kingdom, and Liang Kingdom haven’t caught on.

They’ve likely been aware of this for some time, and everything they’ve been doing is to prepare themselves, to strengthen their forces as much as possible.

At this moment, Lu Changsheng recalled something from years ago.

An envoy from the Immortal Lotus Sect, White Lotus True Lord, once inspected the Demonic Cult.

His daughter, Nangong Yaoyao, was even highly valued by that White Lotus True Lord and taken as a disciple.

Although Nangong Mili and Nangong Yaoyao didn’t explain much about why the Immortal Lotus Sect was visiting the Five Poison Sect.

This level of force wouldn’t visit a place like the Five Poison Sect without a purpose; they were likely setting up some plan!

I guess the major Nascent Soul forces have already noted the clues and sensed something wrong.

At that thought, Lu Changsheng’s heart filled with urgency.

After killing the black-robed figure, Lu Changsheng thought of his obedient and lovable daughter.

It’s been over ten years since she left for the Immortal Lotus Sect.

Although I know from the system information that she has progressed rapidly and already reached the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment.

I still can’t help but sigh, seeing my daughter in such a powerful demonic sect by herself.

I once comforted Nangong Mili, promising that we could visit our daughter someday.

But I know, deep down, that day is still far away.

Unless I reach Nascent Soul, I won’t have the time.

Nor would I dare to tread so easily in such a demonic sect’s territory.

Immortal Lotus Sect.

In a gorgeous, holy palace filled with divine energy.

“It is an honor to offer the Immortal Bone to Young Miss Yaoyao.”

At the bottom of the jade steps of the Great Hall, a finely featured man gazed up at the stunning woman sitting cross-legged on the lotus seat, his expression devout, his eyes filled with reverence.

As he spoke, he produced a Magical Sword, preparing to sever the bone in his left hand without hesitation, cleanly and decisively.

But just then, a beautiful woman with bloodshot eyes, filled with worry and anxiety, rushed into the palace, shouting, “Hao’er, stop!”

She glanced at the woman on the lotus seat, adorned in a white lotus flower dress and a white veil, bathed in a faint holy light. She fell to her knees, her voice trembling as she pleaded, “Miss Yaoyao, regardless of anything, Hao’er is still a disciple of the White Lotus lineage.”

“If you remove the Immortal Bone, his Dao Foundation will be destroyed, and he will become a cripple. I beg you, Miss Yaoyao, please spare Hao’er.”

Though this woman had reached the Golden Core stage, in face of the Foundation Establishment Nangong Yaoyao, she showed the utmost respect.

However, before the woman on the lotus seat could respond, the finely featured man hurried to intervene, “Mother, I offer the Immortal Bone willingly to Miss Yaoyao.”

As if remembering something, he ignored the blood pouring from his hand and spoke excitedly, “Mother, if Miss Yaoyao refines this Immortal Bone, there could be a risk of rejection.”

“But since you and I share the same blood, why don’t we use our Essence Blood together to nourish the bone, helping Miss Yaoyao refine it?”

The woman trembled violently as if struck by lightning, seeing her son’s fevered expression.

She knew something was terribly wrong with him, and a look of panic crept across her face.

If one enters the Pure Land, one no longer suffers and enjoys eternal bliss.

Even in death, one’s soul returns to the Pure Land, receiving infinite blessings!

“Immortal Lotus Pure Land… Nangong Yaoyao… You’ve opened the Immortal Lotus Pure Land at Foundation Establishment!?”

“But you’re pushing my son into the Pure Land! I’ll kill you! Kill you!”

The woman’s bloodshot eyes fixated on the woman on the lotus seat, burning with hatred and murderous intent.

Golden Core spiritual energy surged as she prepared to advance on the woman atop the lotus seat.

“Mother!”

The finely featured man immediately blocked his mother, glaring angrily, wondering how she could consider attacking Miss Yaoyao.

Nangong Yaoyao’s lips curled into a mocking smile beneath her veil.

Then a shadowy figure appeared, suddenly striking the woman, sending her flying.

“Yuji, you have trespassed in my hall, questioned the sect’s Divine Technique, and attempted to kill me. What do you think your punishment should be?”

Nangong Yaoyao, still resting her legs on the lotus seat, spoke slowly.

Her voice was enchanting as if filled with indescribable power, enough to make many lose themselves in it, forgetting all their worries.

Yet, to the woman’s ears, it sounded like a devil’s whisper, suffocating her.