Chapter 872 - The Underworld Sages Doubts (1/2)

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Boom!

The Dark Mountains transformed into a stream of light and shot straight into the Immortal Realm. It had only to reach its target and the sturdy ground of the Immortal Realm, along with the Dark Mountains, would ground Zhou Bao into fine powder. Neither his Primordial Spirits of Three Separations, Supreme Fairy Weapon or even his spirit could get away. Being such a high-level Earthly Immortal, once Emperor An were to use all his powers, Zhou Bao would have no chance at all.

Just when Zhou Bao and Yu An thought he would be done for, an ochre airstream suddenly appeared. The surface of the Immortal Realm was hard like pure steel. The moment Zhou Bao touched it, the surface suddenly softened into an immeasurably thick sponge. It completely absorbed the formidable attack descending from the sky. Zhou Bao was overjoyed and immediately took advantage of the opportunity to use the Infinite Realms Teleportation divine sense. Using all his powers, he split open the space in the Immortal Realm. As he did so, a huge gravitational force came from the fissure. It sucked him in and he disappeared inside.

Boom!

Everything in the Immortal Realm had just returned to normal. The ground burst open, leaving a huge bottomless pit, thousands of miles wide.

“Who could it be?”

The moment when Zhou Bao split open the space, Yu An was all set to stop him. However, a miraculous force suddenly appeared in mid-air beside him, blocking the emperor’s actions. Yu An felt as if he was punching into emptiness, using his full strength to no effect. He wanted to follow Zhou Bao, but he had disappeared without a trace.

“It must be a Celestial Immortal. Only a Celestial Immortal could have this kind of divine sense. Effortlessly lifting and saving somebody like that. Only a Celestial Immortal could be so relaxed when facing my attack!” He thought with enmity in his heart. All he could feel was a deep resentment smoldering in his chest, with no way to let it out.

He left empty-handed. He had lost everything while trying to grab more in greed. In his attempt to get hold of Zhou Bao, his Dark Mountains were fundamentally damaged. At the last moment, someone had beat him to it. How could he ever live with this?

“It wasn’t the Nine-headed Fierce Beast Sage, nor was it the Gale Sage. Right now, neither of them could do anything!”

Beaten to it. Naturally, he was unhappy and of course he wanted to find out who had saved Zhou Bao. But deep down, he knew that the three Celestial Immortals of the Immortal Realm could not have done it; he was certain that they could not have blocked him. There was no way that halfway through his battle with Zhou Bao, a Celestial Immortal would suddenly pop up.

“Maybe this is the legendary luck of the Tribulation Takers? Alarming even a Celestial Immortal!”

Fate was something that could not be seen or felt, but it certainly existed in this world. It was something nobody could deny. However, under normal laws, it would not affect Celestial Immortals. In other words, fate only affected those at the Earthly Immortal level and below. But Celestial Immortals had the power of creation deities, independently setting up Taoist rites in Extraterrestrial Areas. They had the power to re-open universes and so decided other peoples’ fates. How could they be affected by fate themselves?

Only, if it wasn’t the effect of fate, how could the Celestial Immortal have suddenly appeared? This was the Immortal Realm, where there were only three Celestial Immortals. Who were Celestial Immortals, anyway? They were the supreme practitioners of the Void Universe, of the highest rank. Reaching the Celestial Immortal level was the pinnacle of one’s cultivation.

Even if this era was destroyed, Celestial Immortals would remain.

So they were not the usual practitioners and did not just come and go.

Besides the Three Great Celestial Immortals, Heaven Realm had a few others in hiding. But these Celestial Immortals were not able to come out and they definitely could not intervene.

This was only the Dharma Ending Tribulation. It was completely meaningless to the ancient Celestial Immortals hiding in the depths of spacetime. Since they could not get involved, it must have been a Celestial Immortal from the outside the Immortal Realm. So, who was it then?

Yu An frowned indignantly. At first, he thought it was Taoist Zhen Yuan, but then he changed his mind. Taoist Zhen Yuan clearly did not want to get involved in this tribulation. He even carried the Fifth Manor of Longevity Mountain away. This made it clear what his attitude was like. Who else could it have been, then?

Were there any other Celestial Immortals Zhou Bao was in touch with? Could it have been the Treasure Snatching Rock?

It could not have been. The Treasure Snatching Rock was not strong enough. Its device spirit was slightly stronger than his own and only because it had the home advantage. It also seemed to have some connection to the Immortal Realm and nobody there had anything to do with Zhou Bao for a while. Making someone travel thousands of miles just to pull off a rescue mission for Zhou Bao? That was highly impossible!

Apart from Taoist Zhen Yuan and the Treasure Snatching Rock, who else could it have been?

Who else could it have been?

Yu An could think of no-one else.