Chapter 1614 - Refining the Heretic God's Remains

The Santi Tribe members shrieked in fury, and the chieftain had no way to salvage the situation. Although he was at the Quasi-Immortal Realm, Liu Wuxie already rivaled experts at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm.

Once Liu Wuxie made his breakthrough to the Heaven Gaze Realm, he would be able to even slaughter quasi-immortals.

The only trouble lay in his cultivation itself. The higher he climbed, the slower his breakthroughs became, as the laws of heaven and earth began to suppress him.

His Ghost Pupil had already locked onto that massive boulder, still tens of thousands of meters away. He accelerated again and circulated the Desolate Devouring Art, shaping the five elements into a drill that carried him straight through underground magma.

The excavation squad had already deviated from its original route and crept closer toward the Heretic God's remains. They had no choice but to detour because the magma blocked their path.

Liu Wuxie didn't share their constraint, and none of it mattered to him. Above ground, every member of the Santi Tribe remained locked in combat with the Snake-Scorpion Clan, and both races had paid an enormous price already.

"Liu Wuxie, don't even think about taking the Heretic God's remains!" the Santi Tribe's chieftain roared as he tore through space and hurled a punch at Liu Wuxie. He understood clearly that he could seize the Heretic God's remains only if Liu Wuxie died.

The Immortal Slaughter Palace Lord was about to reach the Serene Peace Star. Once he arrived and joined forces with Chu Zhongtian, the Santi Tribe would have no choice but to retreat.

"Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, it's up to you now," Liu Wuxie said. The earlier distance had been too great, the gap stretching over tens of thousands of meters, so he could only summon the cauldron; the moment it appeared, it sank straight into the ground.

The enormous boulder resembled a buried mountain that had been sealed underground for far too long.

"Devour!" Liu Wuxie said. A black hole opened and swallowed the entire boulder.

Right then, the attack of the Santi Tribe's chieftain finally arrived.

Liu Wuxie immediately borrowed the power of the five elements and slipped past the incoming blow with ease, warping to another spot.

The Santi Tribe's chieftain wedged himself between two massive boulders and couldn't move.

"Get lost!" the Santi Tribe's chieftain roared. A quasi-immortal's wrath could shatter heaven and earth, and the underground world began to collapse as boulders rained down from above.

"Tian Can, retreat immediately!" Liu Wuxie roared. After securing the boulder, he didn't return to the surface and instead followed the magma flow, fleeing into the distance.

By his calculations, the Immortal Slaughter Palace's palace lord would arrive on Serene Peace Star in another ten breaths. If Liu Wuxie didn't leave now, he would lose the chance to leave again.

If the palace lord arrived and joined forces with Chu Zhongtian, even Tian Can would fall into grave danger, and Liu Wuxie couldn't count on the Santi Tribe either.

The Santi Tribe had only cooperated with him for the Heretic God's remains. Now Liu Wuxie had seized those remains for himself.

Tian Can slapped Chu Zhongtian away with a single palm strike, then flashed and disappeared from the camp. Everything unfolded exactly as Liu Wuxie had predicted, and violent spatial ripples surged in the distance as the Immortal Slaughter Palace Lord finally appeared.

The moment he arrived, he didn't hesitate and struck his palm down at Tian Can.

"After him!" Chu Zhongtian roared as soon as he saw the palace lord. They had to kill Tian Can no matter what because only Tian Can's death could force Liu Wuxie to reveal himself.

Just like that, the three quasi-immortals launched into a ruthless chase.

Liu Wuxie had planned it clearly. He would use Tian Can to lure Chu Zhongtian and Immortal Slaughter Palace Lord away while he fled in the opposite direction. After all, they would never suspect that Liu Wuxie had claimed the Heretic God's remains in such a short time.

However, it didn't take long before the palace lord sensed something was wrong.

"We'll go back first and retrieve the Heretic God's remains," the palace lord said.

Although they didn't know the exact location of the Heretic God's remains, they suspected Liu Wuxie had discovered them since he had gone underground.

They stopped pursuing Tian Can and entered the tunnel excavated by the Santi Tribe's chieftain.

After Liu Wuxie collected the Heretic God's remains, he vanished without leaving a trace. With his speed, he felt confident to outrun any quasi-immortal.

The instant Liu Wuxie surfaced, he discovered that Chu Zhongtian and the palace lord had already gone underground.

𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

He turned into a streak of light and vanished from Serene Peace Star, with Tian Can following close behind. By the time the palace lord reached the depths below, Liu Wuxie was already long gone.

"Santi Tribe, you're courting death!" the palace lord roared as he ran straight into the Santi Tribe's chieftain, and another great battle erupted on the spot.

The underground battle raged until heaven and earth seemed to shatter. The Serene Peace Star trembled as its planet's core erupted, releasing a terrifying force that blasted all three of them away.

Serene Peace Star's core was unbelievably strong, and the power it unleashed could send quasi-immortals flying.

Every planet carried a lifespan, and its birth depended on its planet's core.

The True Martial Continent had only given birth to a planet core before Liu Wuxie's dao preaching. The trio continued their clash as they erupted from the underground world and returned to the surface.

"Stop! Liu Wuxie has already taken the Heretic God's remains. There's no point in us fighting anymore!" the Santi Tribe's chieftain cried out. He knew the Santi Tribe had already lost its advantage, and it had missed its best chance to retrieve the Heretic God's remains.

Giant Archaic Rats collapsed in heaps, and the Snake-Scorpion Clan had slaughtered more than half of the Santi tribesmen.

Chu Zhongtian and the Immortal Slaughter Palace Lord both halted. Cold sweat rolled down the palace lord's forehead, and a quasi-immortal like him showed fear.

Liu Wuxie's recent actions had shaken him so deeply that they cracked his dao heart.

"What did you say? Liu Wuxie collected the Heretic God's remains?" the palace lord asked, unable to keep his composure.

The Santi Tribe didn't pose any grave threat, so they hadn't been too worried. The Immortal Slaughter Palace still had hope as long as the Heretic God's remains existed. Now the camp lay in ruins, Liu Wuxie had wiped out every elder and disciple on the planet, and he had even collected the Heretic God's remains.

How could the palace lord swallow his rage?

"This is all the Santi Tribe's fault. If not for you, how could Liu Wuxie have destroyed the camp and taken the Heretic God's remains?" Chu Zhongtian roared. In his eyes, everything had been the Santi Tribe's fault.

With a single order, the Santi Tribe's chieftain withdrew with his remaining tribesmen. He knew the Immortal Slaughter Palace Lord stood on the verge of fury, and if they fought him head-on, the Santi Tribe would suffer the most.

Even in a two against one battle, Chu Zhongtian and the palace lord couldn't kill the Santi Tribe's chieftain easily, especially when their opponent had also reached the Quasi-Immortal Realm.

"Mobilize everyone! We have to find Liu Wuxie no matter what. We can't allow him to refine the Heretic God's remains!" the palace lord roared as he issued his command to Sima An and the others.

When Sima An and the other elders heard Liu Wuxie had taken the Heretic God's remains, their hearts sank to rock bottom.

They knew Liu Wuxie would become the Immortal Slaughter Palace's nightmare if they let him refine it, and with Liu Wuxie's spiteful nature, they knew he would surely return.

On top of that, the unforgivable crime they had committed against the Heavenly Dao Society ensured Liu Wuxie would never let them off.

Countless people began searching for Liu Wuxie throughout the Laman Astral Domain because he now possessed a heaven-defying treasure. That meant whoever found him could find the answer to becoming an immortal.

Experts at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm emerged from seclusion one after another. Many quasi-immortals also received the news and began watching closely.

Liu Wuxie alone had thrown the Laman Astral Domain's balance into chaos, and ancient beings who hadn't appeared for hundreds of thousands of years finally stepped into view.

After leaving the Serene Peace Star, Liu Wuxie went to a mountain range near the Immortal Slaughter Palace. After all, the most dangerous place was often the safest.

The Immortal Slaughter Palace began dispatching experts in large numbers to the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, assuming Liu Wuxie had fled the Laman Astral Domain the moment he obtained the Heretic God's remains.

However, that wasn't the truth at all. The Immortal Slaughter Palace had become hollow at that moment, and who would suspect Liu Wuxie was hiding right under their noses? Human nature made the closest danger the easiest to overlook.

After laying down a massive spiritual array, Liu Wuxie had Tian Can keep watch. Even if a quasi-immortal arrived, they wouldn't have to fear.

Without the Heavenly Deity Monument, Liu Wuxie could only rely on himself now.

Liu Wuxie sat cross-legged in a cave and set up spiritual arrays around himself to ensure a foolproof defense. After killing so many people, he had also collected countless treasures.

A large boulder hovered before Liu Wuxie, and he split it apart with the Heretic Blade, revealing a massive corpse before him. The corpse remained intact, like a living person who refused to die.

A closer look revealed that tribulation had destroyed the vitality in the soul sea and the physique, leaving behind an empty shell packed with immortal runes.

"What a powerful physique!" Liu Wuxie said as a vast, oppressive aura gushed out of the corpse. This was the power of an immortal, on a level completely beyond quasi-immortals.

"I've struck it rich!" Liu Wuxie said. Even when he had obtained a billion astral crystals and ten immortal stones, he hadn't felt excitement like this.

The immortal runes within the Heretic God's corpse had endured the tempering of tribulation, making them far stronger than ordinary immortal runes. If Liu Wuxie refined them, he believed he could unleash basic immortal arts. After all, only immortal arts could kill quasi-immortals.

"What a pity that you're only one step away from becoming an immortal," Liu Wuxie said after examining the Heretic God's remains, his face filled with pity.

This was the mortal realm, so anyone who wanted to reach the Immortal Realm had to undergo tribulation. But in the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm, that price wouldn't be necessary.

"Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, prepare to refine it!" Liu Wuxie said. Pity or not, the Heretic God was dead, yet the corpse still retained energy and immortal runes.

He stored the Heretic God's remains in the cauldron and prepared to refine them over a long period. After all, refining a corpse comparable to an immortal couldn't be completed in a few days, and it would take months at the bare minimum.

The power within the corpse was too immense, and if he absorbed it all into the desolate world at once, it would tear it apart.

Liu Wuxie didn't rush, and with Di Can and Ren Can guarding the Heavenly Dao Society, he didn't have to worry about it. The Grand Unity Sect alone couldn't stir up any real trouble.

Right now, the most urgent matter was breaking through to the Heaven Gaze Realm and destroying the Immortal Slaughter Palace. That remained his true goal for coming to the Laman Astral Domain.

Days slipped by, and Liu Wuxie seemed to vanish from the world.

The Immortal Slaughter Palace dispatched experts to the teleportation arrays, yet even after half a month, they still failed to find Liu Wuxie anywhere. Every major planet joined the search, scrambling for any trace, and they even dug through the ground, but they still found no clue of Liu Wuxie.

Gradually, the Immortal Slaughter Palace had to accept the brutal truth. A quasi-immortal's divine sense could easily cover most of the Laman Astral Domain. Yet, whenever the Immortal Slaughter Palace's palace lord swept his divine sense toward Liu Wuxie, something blocked his perception.