Aspiring to the Immortal Path

Chapter 947: Hibernation

Without the Genesis Cloud, Tang Jie's original body was now free, and he threw a punch at Flowing Wind.

Flowing Wind was powerless to stop this strike.

Knowing that he was about to die, Flowing Wind shouted, "Master will avenge me!"

Boom!

The thunderous punch obliterated Flowing Wind.

He didn't come back.

Drawing back his fist, Tang Jie indifferently commented, "That has nothing to do with you."

"Husband!" Xu Miaoran flew over, holding the avatar.

Half of Tang Jie's avatar had been pulverized by that finger strike. If this had been an ordinary attack, even a law cultivator would be able to recover from these injuries, but this had clearly been the attack of some Gold Immortal. Any sliver of energy that touched one would cling like a maggot to the bone, preventing the wound from being healed. The avatar's condition was worsening.

Fortunately, there was the original body. The two became one, and the body cultivator's blood energy began to slowly nourish the avatar.

Flowing Wind had been slain, so the battle was basically settled.

On the other end, Mou Siming had long ago lost the ability to contend against the old dragon and the Flame Celestial Sovereign. Although he had the Starshatter Ring, Yiyi had the crown to neutralize it. Without this edge, he was bound to lose the two versus one.

Seeing that even Flowing Wind had died, Mou Siming panicked and tried to flee.

But nobody was going to give him that chance, surrounding him.

Mou Siming despaired and roared, "Let's all die together, then!"

Immortal energy blasted outward as he self-detonated.

An Earth Immortal's self-detonation was closely linked to the amount of Immortal energy they had left. When they had plenty of Immortal energy, they would think they still had a chance and not self-detonate, and when they wanted to self-detonate, they had already exhausted most of their Immortal energy, so its power was limited.

However, this self-detonation induced by despair, while containing less than a fourth of his Immortal energy, was enough to create a devastating disaster.

His intent to bring everyone down with him made the dragon and the Flame Celestial Sovereign grimace.

Only Tang Jie was smiling. "You could have done that ages ago, but you had to wait until now."

Xu Muyang had used this move against Shi Wunian, and so it was no surprise that an Earth Immortal was capable of it. In truth, his original plan included forcing at least one person to self-detonate so that he could run off while bringing trouble for his foes. Alas, Origin Defender and Jade Truth had been willing to die rather than self-detonate, and Flowing Wind had nothing left to detonate, so he hadn't been able to use this tactic.

Now that Mou Siming had finally made this choice, Tang Jie could finally activate his plan.

With a wave of his sleeve, everyone was shifted out of the Five Origins Estate to a different place, though before that, Tang Jie remembered to take the Overflowing Heaven Mirror. While this treasure was damaged, it was still a natural Dao armament, still retaining some of its value.

The Yellow Court World!

Everyone remembered that Tang Jie had overlaid the Yellow Court World and Five Origins Estate on top of each other, and he could freely move between them.

Once they had been brought to the Yellow Court World, they were able to view Mou Siming's resplendent self-detonation through a spatial projection.

That berserk torrent of Immortal energy swept over the meadow and across the skies, even engulfing them—but all of this took place on another plane of existence.

They oohed and aahed at the eruption of Immortal energy like they were viewing the bottom of the ocean through a pane of glass.

Mou Siming's explosion was as majestic as it was destructive, and not even a body cultivator like Tang Jie dared to take it on directly. But because they were in a different space, it did nothing to them.

Yiyi laughed and clapped her hands. "Big Brother's plans are as comprehensive as always. There really was someone who couldn't take it anymore and self-detonated. It was just surprising that this old man who played with fire surrendered. If he had self-detonated, he would have definitely made for a dazzling fireworks show."

The Flame Celestial Sovereign inwardly shivered. It seemed like this brother and sister were both the same in nature.

Other people would be happy to have an Earth Immortal as a servant, but these two! The big brother wanted fertilizer while the little sister wanted a fireworks show!

In terms of fertilizer, the Five Origins Estate was in tatters after that battle, and any kind of seal had been destroyed. Considering that the Miniaturization Formation had also been broken, there was nothing to stop Tang Jie from completely incorporating the estate into the Yellow Court World.

With Flowing Wind, Jade Truth, Origin Defender, and four True Lords becoming Returned Remnants in this place, this land was rich in spiritual energy, and once it was all integrated, it was bound to give the Yellow Court World a big boost.

To become an Earth Immortal there would no longer be difficult for Tang Jie.

Not only that, a Heaven–Man Union through the Yellow Court World would make Tang Jie stronger than a regular Earth Immortal. By then, he would no longer need to rely on numbers to defeat his foes. His avatar alone would be able to fight above his level.

Just when Tang Jie was going to collect this land, something moved within the clouds.

Curious, Tang Jie activated his Celestial Eye, and what he saw was a dragon in the clouds. This dragon had two horns growing from the top of its head, was dark in color, and had a rather strange appearance. Its head was particularly large while its body was much fatter and its four limbs were much thicker. At this time, it seemed to be in a rather bedraggled state, drenched in blood and missing many scales.

The sight of this dragon immediately brought scenes from the Court of Myriad Domains to Tang Jie's mind. Countless scenes flashed by until they settled on one.

"The Lithos Dragon!" Tang Jie blurted, finally recognizing this dragon.

This was the mount of one of the Four Sages of the court, the Sage Lord of Cosmic Origin.

The Azure Dragon also recognized this, pointing at the Lithos Dragon and stammering, "Li… the Lithos… The Lithos Dragon? Why is he here?"

After not even half a day out of the Eternity Sarcophagus, the Azure Dragon had already run into two Immortals from High Antiquity. It was easy to understand his shock.

The others were not as well informed, so they asked what this was. Yiyi even pointed at the dragon and said, "He's so fat, so he should clearly be called the Fatty Dragon."

Tang Jie explained, "This is the Lithos Dragon, the mount of the Sage Lord of Cosmic Origin in the High Antiquity era. It is born with the ability to travel through the earth and can also render itself almost undetectable when underground. From the look of it, he's been hiding here for some time now. The Five Origins Estate was already forced open by Flowing Wind's group, so there was no barrier to keep him out, allowing him to quietly sneak in through the earth. But it seems like he has poor luck, and he happened to run into Mou Siming's self-detonation…"

Tang Jie smirked.

This Lithos Dragon truly was rather unfortunate. With his concealment abilities, unless Tang Jie had known about him beforehand and then used the Celestial Eye to seek him out, it would have been impossible to detect him.

Alas, the immense energy from Mou Siming's self-detonation had sent the entire estate into upheaval.

No matter how formidable the Lithos Dragon's ability to conceal himself in the earth was, he was still blasted out into the open, with the explosion leaving him howling in pain.

Even so, Tang Jie didn't pity him.

This old dragon definitely wasn't harboring good intentions, sneaking in like that, so he needed to question him as to his purpose. Moreover, Tang Jie felt a familiar energy from him that made him recall a youth he had once met by chance.

But just when he was about to seize the old dragon, a stone chamber suddenly appeared in the air.

Tang Jie could see that this stone chamber was the one he had been to previously, but what had once been a tiny hole in the Miniaturization Formaton was now of normal size.

The Lithos Dragon laughed and clawed at the stone chamber, saying, "It finally came out."

Just as the claw was about to reach the chamber, the doors of the chamber opened, and a hand reached out and flicked the claw. "This place already has a master. Leave at once!"

This single flick left a large hole in the Lithos Dragon's sturdy claw!

He howled, "Who is it!? How do you know about this place?"

His voice was stricken with fear. Evidently, the appearance of this mysterious hand was a massive shock to him.

The doors fully opened, and a person flew out of the stone chamber.

Seeing this man, the Azure Dragon couldn't help but cry, "Wind Holder!"

Yes, the one emerging from the stone chamber was none other than the Wind Holder whom Tang Jie had buried.

But Wind Holder didn't seem like a corpse at all, exuding the transcendent air of a living and breathing Immortal.

Moreover, given that the Lithos Dragon was a Void Returning fiend, it was clear from the strike just now that Wind Holder had to have broken through Earth Immortal and become a True Immortal.

Notably, the old dragon had earnestly declared that Wind Holder had an unstable foundation and could never go higher than Earth Immortal, but there was no doubting that this person had truly become a True Immortal.

"Wind Holder!" The Lithos Dragon had also recognized the man.

After a moment of shock, he seemed to realize something and shouted, "That thing… you used it?"

His voice was brimming with sorrow and despair.

Wind Holder coldly snorted. "A beast dares to glimpse the will of the heavens? But Fate alone decides what you give and receive, and if it's not yours, all your efforts to attain it will be in vain! Lithos Dragon, you lived your life as a mount and served the Sage Lord in the past. The Sage Lord has fallen, so this one will give you an opportunity. If you immediately submit and become my mount, I can grant you eternal life."

"'Eternal life'?" The Lithos Dragon erupted in laughter. "Absurd! Ridiculous! A puny character like you dares to speak of eternal life, even demand that I be your mount? You have the power to command Immortal beasts?"

"I didn't in the past, but I do now," Wind Holder indifferently said. "Ten thousand years of hibernation were all for a single day. I waited more than ten thousand years for this day, so what do you understand?"

The Lithos Dragon was dumbfounded. "'Ten thousand years'? You're saying you waited more than ten thousand years for this day? Do you also know about that? How could that be?"

Wind Holder slightly frowned. "What do you mean? Were you also slumbering for ten thousand years?"

Tang Jie and the Azure Dragon were both shaken by these words.

He looked over at the Azure Dragon and found the old dragon shaking, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

Tang Jie casually said, "How interesting! If I recall correctly, Azure Dragon, you were also in hibernation for more than ten thousand years, right?"