Chapter 1582 - Restrict

Not long after Su Yi first arrived at White Deer Mountain’s Ascension Ground, he arranged for Qi Fufeng to get the other new ascendants settled in.

He also ordered Qi Fufeng to visit the White Reed Province to investigate a few things that had happened a long time ago.

But after his time exploring the Immortal Realm, Su Yi understood on a visceral level that after the long Age of Fallen Immortals, the Immortal Realm was no longer the place Wang Ye remembered. It hadn’t been for a long time.

Su Yi suspected that it would be difficult to find many leads regarding those incidents Wang Ye remembered.

In any case, no matter what, I have to visit the White Reed Province,

thought Su Yi.

The White Reed Province was a place of extraordinary significance to Wang Ye.

In a sense, it was the start of Wang Ye’s journey to the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, as well as his foundation!

Way back when, he fought the demons of the Beyond at the White Reed Province’s Seventh Gate of Heaven.

It was on the banks of the Luo River that he built the Academy of Eternal Night.

And it was on Mount Taiwu that he crowned three sovereigns of the Central Immortal Palace.

The White Reed Province was home to countless memories.

Prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, they even called it the Little Heavenly Court. This was because the sole master of the Immortal Realm, the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign, lived there.

He was just one man, but his power rivaled that of the Court of Heaven!

But Su Yi wasn’t visiting the White Reed Province impulsively.

Back in the Human Realm’s Eastern Profound Star Domain, he and Daoist Master Red Cloud agreed to meet there after arriving in the Immortal Realm.

There were several other reasons to go there too, like investigating what happened back then, reuniting Fang Han and his sister, and learning the reasons behind the Bi’an Spirit Race’s annihilation...

Daoist Master Red Cloud’s clan, the Southern Profound Ning Family, was located in the White Reed Province, too!

“Fellow Daoist Su, late tomorrow night, the ship will arrive on the banks of the Mirror Lake.” Fu Yunzhong approached with a smile and said, “Of late, the Mirror Lake Immortal Assembly has drawn widespread attention. It’ll begin tomorrow night. With a little luck, we’ll get there in time to witness this grand occasion. If you’re interested, I can arrange a spot for you to spectate.”

Su Yi thought for a moment, then said, “If I have free time, there’s no reason I can’t check it out, but there’s no need to arrange a seat.”

The Mirror Lake Immortal Assembly!

This was an event hosted by the Divine Mysteries Pavilion. It had drawn attention from throughout the Immortal Realm starting a month prior.

When the event began, numerous top experts of the Universe Realm Immortal Rankings would participate, including the absolute monsters in the top ten!

These top Universe Realm Immortals would “discuss the Dao” at the Mirror Lake Immortal Assembly in a series of one-on-one duels.

And the hosts of this assembly, the Divine Mysteries Pavilion, would announce the updated Universe Realm Immortal rankings during this grand occasion! It was inevitable that such an event would draw widespread attention.

But Su Yi wasn’t particularly interested.

What did interest him was the Divine Mysteries Pavilion. Just what kind of faction were they, and what made them qualified to rank the Immortal Realm’s Universe and Void Realm Immortals?

Prior to the Age of Fallen Immortals, there had been no such faction; Wang Ye had never heard the name “Divine Mysteries Pavilion.”

Fu Yunzhong had a complicated look on his face. He sighed and said, “Hua Xingchen, Tao Shanyun, and the others were on their way to participate in the assembly. Alas, they were ignorant of the height of the heavens and the depths of the earth. They foolishly offended you, and their deaths are truly unworthy of pity.”

Su Yi was briefly stunned, but he quickly understood. He said casually, “In any case, there are some open spots on the Universe Realm Immortal Rankings.”

Fu Yunzhong was stunned, but then he laughed. “That’s true!”

𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

The cloud ship soared through the blue skies, carrying them further into the distance.

......

The Dark Province.

The depths of the Abyss of Dark Fog.

Dark fog surged throughout the boundless, barren landscape. The ground was littered with fragmented corpses and broken treasures.

Some of the corpses had rotted for countless years, to the point that a strong wind could scatter them into ash.

Dazzling, bright-red lightning arced through the air like nimble serpents, flashing in and out of view amidst the fog.

This was an extremely terrifying type of calamitous lightning. A moment’s incaution, and it could scatter even an Immortal Lord’s soul.

A swarm of fist-sized bronze ants marched across the ground in perfect unison, shaking the ground with every step and filling the air with clouds of dust.

The sound was like the beating of a heavenly drum.

Who could have imagined that this was the noise of a swarm of ants?

“Get them——!”

A roar emanated from within the distant fog, and countless fragmented corpses of stars fell from the sky.

It was indistinct, but an unfathomably massive figure marched into battle and fought amidst the fog.

He was like a god out of a legend, with eyes the size of lakes. His massive body was hundreds of thousands of feet tall and completely covered in blood-red chains, each as thick as a mountain range. His sheer ferocity shook the heavens.

Every time he attacked, a portion of the dome of heaven collapsed into a rain of light. Countless waves of spatial energy swept through the surrounding skies.

A series of gasps rang out.

Mo Canqiu and the other Immortal Lords stood in a nearby mountain pass. Chills coursed through them, and their faces filled with terror and uncertainty.

“Fei Yun, you have to hold on!” Mo Canqiu gazed down at an old man in hemp clothing with obvious worry.

The old man’s body was in tatters, and his skin was tinged an unhealthy shade of green. As he lay there, his life force flowed away, and his face was contorted with agony.

“We should never have come here,” the old man in hemp said in a raspy, feeble voice. “Who could have imagined that a mosquito bite would practically cost me my life?”

The crowd’s expressions filled with lingering terror at the mere mention of it.

Only six hours had passed since they’d entered the Abyss of Dark Fog, but they’d already run into numerous oddities and perils. Any one of them was more than sufficient to threaten the lives of Immortal Lords.

Like butterflies with countless silver tentacles, eight-winged mosquitos, swarms of bronze ants, toads whose cries could shatter entire landscapes...

The old man in hemp had been bitten by one of the mosquitos, resulting in a terrifying, corrosive power invading his body. His soul and vitality were severely damaged!

The others had piled on numerous injuries along the way too.

By now, they’d given up all hope of finding Darkflame Dao Embryo Fruit. All they wanted was to leave this blasted place as soon as possible.

But what really made them give in to despair was that they were trapped!

The entire desolate landscape was swathed in black fog, and terrifying lifeforms lurked at every corner. They could neither retreat nor advance.

“Ultimately, we underestimated how terrifying this place was. I suspect that even Immortal Kings would meet with almost certain doom here!” someone sighed.

Someone else said gravely, “Can you quit it with all that depressing talk? Right now, we ought to prioritize finding out a way out of here as soon as possible!”

“Out? Where can we go? There are dangers on all sides! Any one of the monsters here can easily claim our lives!” someone said bitterly.

The atmosphere was instantly stifled, and the crowd’s hearts were heavy.

They were Immortal Lords. In the outside world, they could command the wind and rain, but here in the Abyss of Dark Fog, they seemed pitifully weak!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Suddenly, heaven and earth shook, and the mountains and rivers swayed.

Far in the distance, that towering, several-hundred-thousand-foot figure approached from afar, like a demonic god marching into battle.

With every step he took, he formed a massive chasm in the earth.

The ferocious aura emanating from him made the distant skies collapse. He was like a hurricane sweeping across the landscape, collapsing both heaven and earth.

The strange lifeforms spread throughout the barren landscape scattered in apparent fright. All of them were desperate to escape that terrifying, towering figure.

“This is bad. He’s coming our way!” someone cried out.

“Retreat! Hurry up and retreat!”

Mo Chanqiu and the others immediately took action. All of them shot through the sky with all their might.

But before they got far, a hand so massive as to blot out the sun bore down on the sky and enveloped them.

It was as if the curtain of heaven were falling onto their heads.

Every digit was like a pillar capable of supporting the dome of heaven.

By comparison, Mo Canqiu and the others seemed as paltry and insignificant as ants.

Even more terrifyingly, when that massive hand drew near, the surrounding space tore like cloth, suppressing their cultivation bases. They couldn’t even struggle.

All of them panicked, and all of them were on the brink of despair.

All they could think was, “We’re finished!”

That massive hand belonged to that towering figure. His arm was wrapped in chains as thick as mountain ranges.

But just as the hand drew near, a resplendent Edict appeared over Mo Canqiu and shot into the sky. It spun in midair, then formed an ancient and mysterious sword-shaped Dao Marking.

“Restrict!”

It was just one word reflected in the sky, and it was only about a foot tall. It shone like a lantern.

If that giant hand was an ocean, it was no more than a drop of water. It was entirely unassuming.

Yet that massive hand stiffened in apparent fright. That terrifying “demonic god” withdrew his hand, and his lake-sized eyes filled with terror and unease. His utterly massive frame even started quivering uncontrollably.

Whoosh!

The chains covering his body suddenly started clattering.

We aren’t dead?

Mo Canqiu and the others reacted as if awakening from a dream. All of them were drenched in cold sweat, like they’d just had a close brush with death. They looked at each other.

A moment later, all of them looked at Mo Canqiu.

A talisman was floating above him. Colorful light flowed around it, and a strange and mysterious sword shaped marking read “Restrict”!

It was just one word, but it was like a divine needle stabilizing the ocean. It seemed eternal, unmovable, and unshakable!

That single word, “restrict” had terrified that massive, terrifying figure akin to a demon god so badly that he withdrew his massive hand!

They’d found life in the face of despair. Indescribable delight coursed through Mo Canqiu and the others’ hearts.

Someone said in a quavering voice, “That’s.... That’s the jade slip Fellow Daoist Su gave us!”

All of a sudden, the old monsters were visibly overcome with excitement. It was as if they’d just witnessed a miracle!