The righteous path punishes Heaven

Chapter 84 Crisis Amidst Four Fronts

In the eastern part of the Daotian Continent, there is the Great Green Mountain.

The immortals here have been gone for several months. There used to be a small sect in Daqingshan called Kaoshan Sect, but it was directly destroyed by the arrival of the Immortal Ruins and became a ruin.

The sect was originally small and weak, and the disciples felt there was no future in it, so they all chose to leave. Now, with the destruction of the Backing Mountain Sect by the fall of an immortal, this crumbling little sect has been completely wiped off the Dao Tian Continent.

Now all that remains are even more dilapidated ruins and the immortal's tomb, a place brimming with danger and opportunity. No one cares whether a small sect still exists; what everyone is more concerned about is the largest power entrenched in the vicinity.

On the Dao Tian Continent, every region has a major sect or power. They divide the area centered on themselves into their own territory and place it under their rule. Other smaller sects and factions with insufficient strength will choose to submit, either quietly developing on their own or becoming vassals of the major sect or power.

As for the Ming Dynasty in the mortal realm, these cultivator forces are not to be trifled with, but no cultivator dares to act recklessly in the mortal realm. This is because the existence of the will of Heaven influences the behavior of cultivators.

If a cultivator dares to massacre mortals, the will of Heaven will punish such a cultivator, including damage to their fortune, reduction of lifespan, regression of cultivation, or even direct annihilation by heavenly tribulation.

While conflicts and killings among cultivators are not restricted, harming mortal beings will be condemned by the Heavenly Dao. This is a truth that all cultivators understand, and it is also the reason why mortal dynasties can exist.

However, there exists a group of cultivators that combines cultivators and mortals, creating a completely new sect system.

This sect has two supreme leaders: a mortal and a cultivator. The reason for this situation can be traced back to the history of the sect's founding.

The sect's patriarch was originally a mortal, but by chance, he was enlightened by a cultivator, which completely changed his life, and he also became a cultivator.

The first thing he did after gaining power was to use his immortal magic to save all living beings, uniting the mortals who were suffering terribly under the corrupt dynasty and providing them with unified relief.

Gradually, his good deeds earned everyone's recognition, and everyone elected him as their leader. He lived up to expectations, organizing these hundreds of thousands of ordinary people into an army to fight against the corrupt court at that time.

With the help of magical powers, they succeeded. The dynasty was overthrown, the traitors were executed, and all mortals in the world were saved.

However, this cultivator did not want to become the new ruler. He assisted another wise ruler to become emperor, while he himself established a sect to maintain the stable operation of the new dynasty. He adopted a model of joint management by mortals and cultivators, with both sides complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses and developing together. The sect began to flourish.

However, the sect closest to the Immortal Ruins is not this one, but another powerful sect that emphasizes physical cultivation—Wudang Mountain.

They were only a few hundred miles away from Daqingshan and were the first major force to learn of the arrival of the Immortal Ruins. Although they had already sent more than a dozen disciples with mid-to-late stage Golden Core cultivation to try to enter and obtain opportunities, they not only gained nothing, but several disciples also lost their lives there, making it extremely dangerous.

Gradually, the matter of the Immortal Ruins became known to other forces. The Three Pure Ones Mountain, the Quanzhen Sect, and other forces joined in. This mysterious and dangerous place of opportunity has now been targeted by most of the cultivators on the Dao Tian Continent. Wudang Mountain lost its chance to seize the initiative and now has no choice but to be drawn into this chaotic battle as well.

Countless cultivators have now gathered at the foot of Mount Daqing, each with their own thoughts and plans, their gazes filled with hostility towards others. After all, the opportunities contained in this destiny are limited, and with so many people sharing a piece of the pie, whoever wants a bigger slice depends entirely on their own abilities.

Ren Tianxiong, the Grand Elder of the Quanzhen Sect, had been waiting there for some time. As an old monster with the cultivation of the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, although he met the conditions for entering the Immortal Ruins, he still could not act on his own.

As the backbone of the Quanzhen Sect disciples, he had to be responsible for everyone's safety. Therefore, the disciples belonging to the Chang'an City faction were all led by the Quanzhen Sect's Second Elder, Ming Shan, to enter the Immortal Ruins together.

Everyone else was easy to talk to, but Ren Tianxiong was more worried about his grandson Ren Jixing. If it were back then, he wouldn't have cared about anything, but now that he had become a woman, even though his cultivation had improved, he, as the grandfather, was still very uneasy.

Ren Tianxiong found Ren Jixing with a solemn expression and said earnestly, "...Jiamo, women are different from men. Besides, I told you to use the spirit plate to train your body, but you wouldn't listen. Now, although you have the cultivation of the late Golden Core stage, you are still just a fragile mage with a worrying ability to protect yourself."

Before Ren Jixing could refute, Ren Tianxiong took an item from his storage bag and handed it to her, instructing her:

"This treasure is a protective magic item that I borrowed from Ming Shan after going through tremendous effort and even wearing myself out. Now I entrust it to you. You must use it immediately in case of danger, and don't lose your life. Your father's death has already caused great damage to our Ren family, and Grandpa cannot lose you as well..."

Hearing this, Ren Jixing swallowed his rebuttal. Looking at Ren Tianxiong's somber expression, he carefully accepted the magic weapon and nodded heavily.

"There's a gap here!?"

Someone shouted, immediately attracting the attention of everyone around. Several cultivators even risked their lives, spreading their divine senses to discover that there was indeed a place where the immortal energy was very thin, and then they rushed in.

Sure enough, the place was passable, but an unexpected change occurred immediately. The cultivators who entered first suddenly burst into flames, and their desperate attempts to activate their spells were to no avail.

Two of the cultivators realized something was wrong and quickly reacted, taking a sharp step back to the entrance. The cultivators who had gone deeper inside were much worse off; they were burned to ashes in despair and resentment.

Seeing this, everyone realized that the man had deliberately shouted that there was a gap here, but he himself did not enter, in order to lure other impulsive cultivators to go in and explore first.

After realizing the danger, no fool would dare to try it again.

But seeing the giant pit formed by the immortal's corpse and the mysterious building emitting a blue light not far away, everyone was eager to enter and find out what was going on. Whoever could withstand the fatal damage brought by the barrier surrounding the Immortal Ruins would be the first to obtain the opportunity.

This is where the true strength of each sect comes into play. Since there's no room for opportunism, they have no choice but to resort to forceful measures.

Led by Li Zijian, the Second Elder of Sanqing Mountain in the southwest of Daotian Continent, who was at the late Nascent Soul stage, the group used the Sanqing Mountain Heavenly Rank Magic Treasure, the Heavenly Canopy Umbrella, for protection as they slowly advanced into the Immortal Ruins with their disciples.

Wudang Mountain was no less impressive. They also possessed the high-level defensive magic treasure, the Golden Bell Shield, for protection. Led by their Grand Elder You Zhengfeng, the Wudang Mountain disciples stepped into the Immortal Ruins.

Seeing this, the remaining clans also unleashed their own magical treasures and followed suit, forcing their way in.

The Quanzhen sect and the major families of Chang'an City are quite eccentric, remaining stagnant to this day. Why is that?

The answer lies in the incomplete inheritance map held by the Pei family.

Their intelligence secrecy was excellent; once the map was pieced together completely, it pointed to this very location. This proves that this once-in-a-millennium Immortal Ruins is actually the place of the exiled immortal's inheritance marked on this fragmented map.

Nevertheless, the Quanzhen School of Taoism conducted a thorough analysis and study of this incomplete map, which, judging from its age, is at least several hundred years old.

However, the Immortal Ruins only appeared recently, which doesn't match the timeline at all. Unless the person who drew this map could foresee the future, it's hard to explain.

But there is another possibility: the place where this immortal fell coincidentally overlaps with the legacy of the banished immortal that appeared hundreds of years ago.

Others were unaware of this matter and could only see the Immortal Ruins covering the surface, but the Quanzhen Sect and the major families of Chang'an City were well aware that if it was really as they guessed, then this opportunity would be enormous.

Besides gaining fortune in the Immortal Ruins, one can also find the legacy of a banished immortal through this fragmented map...

Thinking of this, the Second Elder, the Old Monster of the Underworld, couldn't help but become excited. Watching the other sects deploy their defensive magic treasures and enter the Immortal Ruins, he chuckled, slowly took out a treasure from his storage bag, and after injecting spiritual power into it, the surrounding immortal energy immediately fluctuated violently.

With the appearance of this magical artifact in front of Ming Shan, a safe passage was directly formed. The disciples behind him were all extremely surprised and turned their gazes to it.

Ming Shan held aloft a magical artifact, its golden light radiating a powerful aura—it was none other than the immortal Vajra Bracelet!