Chapter 495: Ominous Peril (1/2)

Scarlet yin spirits were far more powerful than the regular black spirits that were frequently seen from the tomb’s previous outbreaks, catching many dao immortals off guard. Azure Province fell into chaos once again, and even the sky turned a bloody red. Keeping watch over the cities of the province, the Ingress Path churned furiously, barely rebuffing the tide of yin spirits and preventing the cities from being overrun.

“Abandon all cities beneath the immortal level!” commanded a voice. “Retreat to the immortal cities!”

Arriving in cyan robes, a portrait of a stunning woman danced around Art Saint Wayfarer—Yuying! The portrait turned into a streak of white light and whipped through the sky, strangling every scarlet yin spirit it passed through.

“The Ingress Path can’t protect all of the cities,” he said with steel in his voice. Smears of ink splattered around him like a splash-ink painting, transforming into figures that rushed into the fray.

“Art Saint Wayfarer!!” Many of the immortals recognized him. After all, he’d been a household name in the world of immortals only twelve hundred years ago, and the Dusk governor a thousand years ago.

A millennium was but the blink of an eye to immortals.

“You… you’re the one who’s been helping His Majesty!” Expression shifting, Zhao Changkong’s uncle pushed the Ingress Path to its limits and called out, “You’re right, but we can’t just abandon hundreds of millions of citizens!”

Azure Province was very vast. Apart from the immortal cities, there were also other lesser cities and settlements that housed countless living spirits. If they were abandoned, all Nephrite citizens would lose confidence in the heavenly court.

“Fool!” the Art Saint almost choked on his anger. “The Ingress Path connects all of the cities in Azure Province! It’s as simple as having everyone take the path into the immortal cities!”

Bam!

A crimson yin spirit suddenly broke apart the splashes of ink around Wayfarer and almost cut through his defenses.

Shamefaced, the old imperial uncle quickly descended from the sky and assumed control over the Ingress Path, shuttling immortals and cultivators into the immortal cities. The treasure was able to transcend space; when pushed, it could keep the scarlet spirits at bay for some time.

Wayfarer was here as well, but he headed straight to the ancient tomb rather than meet up with the Art Saint and attempted to seal the crack above the tomb. However, there was a strange power encircling the tomb which seemed to have torn into the world and left behind an indelible wound, rendering all of his efforts futile.

……

Seeing the chaotic battlefield, Lu Yun brought Qing Han with him back to Azure City. In the sky, azure light intertwined with the white of the Ingress Path, forming an invincible wall.

Still, the city was cast in dark crimson as countless yin spirits had attached themselves to the barrier formed by the formation, gnawing away at its power. What should’ve been an invincible formation continuously quaked and slowly weakened under the pressure.

Lu Yun could see cracks surfacing on the formation when he opened his Spectral Eye. Without the Ingress Path, the formation activated by the Azure Seal would’ve long been destroyed by the scarlet yin spirits.

“This won’t do!” He stood on top of the city with a grave look on his face. “The ancient tomb must be sealed again. Otherwise… Azure Province won’t be the only victim. The neighboring provinces will be hit as well!”

As for the rest of the world… Lu Yun expected the world would take notice once the yin spirits spread further. Crippled origin dao immortals would then work together and eliminate the terrifying enemies.

Therefore, only Azure Province and its nearby neighbors would fall prey to the yin spirits. There were, however, hundreds of millions of people in Azure Province. Add to that its neighbors...

“Do you have a solution?” Qing Han perked up. If Lu Yun mentioned sealing the ancient tomb, then he must have a way of doing that.

“I do!” Lu Yun answered decisively. “I can set up another tomb and re-bury the premises!”

“It’s you two!” shouted a hoarse voice from the city. “You’re the ones who attracted the swarms of yin spirits!!”