Chapter 979: Threat of the True Immortal

As True Immortal Tang Yu flicked her fingers twice, Lou Zhe and Dai Yikong were blown into dust.

Staring at the spot where Huang Yu disappeared, True Immortal Tang Yu seemed to fall deep into thought. However, she tapped her finger on the Elysium Boundary Marker and Origin Holy Artifact to return them to where they were supposed to be. Her figure swayed slightly the next moment before disappearing from where she stood.

When she reappeared, she had already arrived in the vicinity of where the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar was.

She stared at the strange space in front of her and instead of being angered by what was happening, she chuckled in amusement. “Power of the Elysium? This is interesting... It actually has the ability to stop me from appearing right in front of the pillar!”

Earlier, she wanted to transport herself right in front of the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar. However, she was interrupted by the power of the Elysium as she made her way over. Even as an expert in the Martial Void Realm, she was unable to continue passing through space when it was being disrupted by an outside force. She was forced to emerge from the void dozens of miles away from where the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar was.

However, that was about the extent of power Shang Xia could draw from the Elysium with the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar.

True Immortal Tang Yu took another step and she quickly entered the domain where Shang Xia could control with the power of the Elysium.

His Five Element Origin that had fused into the Elysium transformed into a five colored giant grindstone that spun with as much force as it could to destroy the barrier around True Immortal Tang Yu.

The void around her started to transform and twist as space crumbled in an attempt to stop her from getting closer. She discovered that despite taking a single step, she only managed to travel a thousand or so feet! That was far from what a Martial Void Realm expert was capable of!

What did that mean?!

With such a powerful force trying to stop her, she was certain that there was another rat who managed to refine the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar to draw on the power of the Elysium. The rat who did it even had the ability to intercept a Martial Void Realm expert!

Who the hell is this?!

True Immortal Tang Yu was starting to feel annoyed, but her curiosity overwhelmed her anger.

She could be sure that the rat who refined the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar wasn’t a disciple of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake. Moreover, from the strength that was displayed, she felt that their cultivation was definitely in the large completion stage of the Martial Dipper Realm or higher.

If the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake had an expert at that level, they should have attempted a breakthrough to the Martial Void Realm the moment they sealed the sect back then. They wouldn’t have allowed the situation to turn so dire.

Also... The rat was most likely not from the Emptiness Drifting Mountain.

An expert of the Martial Dipper Realm with such foundations and strength would be rare even in the Emptiness Drifting Mountain. Even if True Immortal Chong Shan wanted to devour and give up on a disciple at that level, True Immortal Chong Xu would never allow it.

That made the identity of the rat who refined the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar a mystery!

Could experts of other factions also have infiltrated the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake when the Martial Dipper Realm experts of the Emptiness Drifting Mountain made their move?

Were they disciples of the Heaven Embroidery Palace?

That didn’t seem too likely. Moreover, there was no need for them to do anything since True Immortal Tang Yu was the one who would control the Heavenly Lake Elysium.

The more she thought about it, the less urgently she wanted to get her hands on the rat. Instead, she reached into the lustrous mist around her and pulled out a drop of dew before lightly flinging it into the void.

A moment later, a figure appeared in the Heavenly Lake Elysium and rushed over to where True Immortal Tang Yu was.

“Greetings, True Immortal Tang Yu!” Fei Gu didn’t stare at her directly and his gaze was lowered. He held his hands before him and gave her a deep bow.

In a placid voice, True Immortal Tang Yu mumbled, “There’s no need for such formalities. Let me ask you... How many people from the Emptiness Drifting Mountain came to infiltrate the Heavenly Lake Elysium and who were they exactly? Are there any foreign cultivators among them?”

Fei Gu raised his head in shock and when he felt a piercing cold sensation deep in his eyes from staring at the ball of mist, he hastily lowered his head again. “There were 6 of us in total. The group from the Emptiness Drifting Mountain consisted of Lou Yi, Lou Zhe, Shan Yunchao, Huang Yu, and myself. There was also Shang Jianqi, a master of breaking formations Huang Yu found in Star Origin City. The Emptiness Drifting Mountain also had a spy they placed in the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake a long time ago. Other than that, I don’t think there’s anyone else.”

“Master of breaking formations?” True Immortal Tang Yu mumbled. She thought back to everyone she had seen and noticed that the only person who didn’t appear earlier was the ‘master of breaking formations’ Fei Gu mentioned. She couldn’t help but ask, “How are his skills?”

Fei Gu thought about it for a moment and replied, “His skills are brilliant! Lou Yi and Lou Zhe probably had treasures True Immortal Chong Shan prepared for them to break the formation around the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake, but with Shang Jiangqi’s skills, they didn’t use a single one of their trump cards at all!”

“Oh?” A light flashed in True Immortal Tang Yu’s eyes. She nodded to herself and mumbled, “Alright, there’s nothing else for you to do here. You can choose to leave, or to return to the Heaven Embroidery Palace. However... Would you like to stay here to become one of the elders of this Elysium after I take over?”

Fei Gu struggled with the decision slightly but it didn’t take him long to make up his mind. “I am willing to listen to True Immortal Tang Yu and stay in this Elysium!”

“Oh? Why is that so?” True Immortal Tang Yu raised an eyebrow curiously while asking.

Fei Gu arranged his thoughts and he didn’t dare to hide anything from the True Immortal before him. “Even though I came from the Heaven Embroidery Palace, their inheritances are more beneficial for female cultivators. Even though I made great contributions this time, I might not receive the full support of the sect even after I return. Now that True Immortal Tang Yu gained control of the Heavenly Lake Elysium, it’s going to be a huge undertaking to transform it from top to bottom. However, it’s also a great opportunity! I am willing to give my all to assist you. Moreover, the inheritances here benefit cultivators of all genders...”

True Immortal Tang Yu chuckled happily in response. “Alright, since you’re willing to stay, you can focus on carrying out all my orders. I won’t treat you badly either. As for the matters regarding the Heaven Embroidery Palace... I’ll deal with it. I’ll ask them for the favor of letting you stay here. I believe Senior Sister Su wouldn’t reject it.”

Fei Gu felt a trace of joy and revealed a look of excitement. “Many thanks to True Immortal Tang Yu’s consideration!”

“Hm.” True Immortal Tang Yu grunted once before reaching out her hand. A brass bracelet landed in Fei Gu’s hand. “I believe you’re no stranger to this treasure. It shall belong to you not. Head outside and placate the other experts not in the Elysium. After I deal with matters here, I’ll explain everything to the remaining members of the Solitary Peak Heavenly Lake.”

Fei Gu held Lou Yi’s treasure carefully. He had seen its might back then and a burst of joy filled his heart. “True Immortal Tang Yu... No... Ancestor Tang Yu, please rest assured that I will do my best!”

True Immortal Tang Yu chuckled softly in response and waved her hand to send Fei Gu away.

After she was done, she turned back to stare at the location where Shang Xia was. Her gaze seemed to pierce through the distance of dozens of miles to meet Shang Xia’s eyes.

“Looks like you should be Mister Shang Jianqi from Star Origin City. Will it be possible for you to show yourself?” True Immortal Tang Yu’s voice rang clearly in Shang Xia’s mind.

Shaking his head violently, Shang Xia protected his soul with his divine will as a trace of lingering fear appeared in his eyes. He couldn’t help but feel a trace of anger rising in his heart.

True Immortal Tang Yu might have asked him to show himself, but she tried attacking his soul with her voice earlier. She was able to directly affect his soul and the moment he was distracted, she would most likely be able to capitalize on that moment of weakness to take action.

Fortunately, Shang Xia’s divine will was powerful and his soul was firm. He also had the Crimson Soul Tablet in his sea of consciousness. That was how he realized something was off when her voice rang in his mind.

Faced with her question, he didn’t respond immediately.

Rather than answering her question, he responded another way. Pissed off by the dirty tricks she was pulling, Shang Xia swung the Heaven Supporting Jade Pillar in her direction without any warning. After refining the treasure a little further with the recognition of the Holy Artifact Spirit, he was able to control its size.

Power of the Elysium gathered above the surface of the Heavenly Lake and formed a massive glowing pillar that smashed directly at True Immortal Tang Yu’s head.

Raising her eyebrows, True Immortal Tang Yu snapped, “Preposterous! How dare you...”

Sending the lustrous ball of mist out, A spatial tunnel opened in the skies above, and a heavenly river seemed to descend. It shattered the pillar made from the power of the Elysium.

“Don’t refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!” True Immortal Tang Yu growled before taking another step towards Shang Xia.

However, the space around her started to twist the moment she made her move. 2 powerful rings of five colored light made from Shang Xia’s Five Element Qi arrived. It shattered the void around her while eating away at the mist that surrounded her. It was also corroded by the mist at an astonishing speed and both sides were grinding away at each other’s energy.

This time, True Immortal Tang Yu moved double the distance towards Shang Xia. It might seem like an improvement, but only she knew that she used more than double her energy as compared to before to make that much progress.

With how much power of the Elysium Shang Jianqi was pulling, she could tell that the mysterious master of breaking formations not only had the ability to disrupt and resist an expert at the Martial Void Realm. He most likely already had the qualifications to fight against and threaten one!

The mist surrounding her being eaten away was the biggest proof of that! After all, that was made from True Immortal Tang Yu’s Void Origin!

“Who exactly are you?!” True Immortal Tang Yu no longer believed that Shang Jianqi was a mere master at breaking formation. In her eyes, Shang Jianqi definitely came from one of the other factions and was planning something sinister by infiltrating the Heavenly Lake Elysium.

At the bottom of the lake, Shang Xia controlled his divine will to protect his soul as he unleashed the full might of his Five Element Annihilation Yin Yang Ring to stop True Immortal Tang Yu from closing the distance so quickly.

Earlier, he could tell that Huang Yu successfully escaped with the rank five Teleportation Talisman. He was certain that even with True Immortal Tang Yu so close by, he would also be able to escape without a problem!

Since his escape route was already secured, Shang Xia was unwilling to let go of such an amazing chance to challenge a Martial Void Realm True Immortal!

Ever since he comprehended his martial intent to enter the grand completion stage of the Five Element Realm, it was his third time going all out!

The first was when he just comprehended his martial intent in the Spirit Luxuriant World and exchanged a single blow with Kou Chongxue.

The second was during the exchange between 10 True Immortals in the Star Relay. He pushed himself to his limit back then and managed to stay till the end.

Now that he was fighting True Immortal Tang Yu, he wouldn’t hold back! He could fight to his heart’s content!