Chapter 504: Human Nature (1/2)

At the precise moment of conclusion for the interment of heaven and earth and completion of the bronze palace, the scene grew dark before Lu Yun’s eyes and he almost collapsed to the ground.

Having been baptized by the grand influence of heaven and earth, though, his will wasn’t what it’d once been, and he managed to stay on his feet.

Survivors in Azure City hurried out of the capital and worked together with the immortals stationed outside the province to deal with the yin spirits. The Azure governor called upon his seal again, combing through every part of the land to flush out and kill all of the lurking yin spirits.

It took about three days for the province to be cleansed of evil.

As Lu Yun had predicted, however, the calamity had left Azure Province a desolate and barren land, most of those who called her home erased from existence.

Having completed clean-up, the Azure governor and his kin knelt on the bloodied land of the province, weeping silently. Foundations set up and painstakingly tended to over the past tens of  thousands of years had been destroyed overnight.

Every living soul fell silent.

This was one of the worst disasters Nephrite Major had suffered in its history. Billions of lives in the province had been slaughtered. Even those who’d rushed from other parts of the major to help had suffered great casualties as well.

Those who’d survived were heavyweights of the world, or geniuses equipped with great treasures or fortune.

No one took their leave of Azure Province, instead making their way to the bronze palace, which was a bit of a misnomer since it was, in fact, a giant mausoleum. The structure was a hundred kilometers wide and covered the enormous breach beneath it.

It seemed like a single entity that contained enormous bronze tombs, each of them related to each other as a singular feng shui layout. The grand influence of the world buried the will of death beneath the fissure.

However...

A deep-seated horror prickled skins when everyone realized they could still hear the despairing cries and wails of the Qing and Feng immortals.

They hadn’t died, but were instead buried alive—an even more chilling prospect. Many immortals who approached the palace could feel a cold air of malice and resentment from it.

“Don’t you think you crossed a line, Lu Yun?!” demanded a Nephrite official.

Before his voice could reach Lu Yun, the soundwaves were dispersed by Feinie’s casual brandish of a sleeve.

Lu Yun and Qing Han had come to and sat cross-legged on the ground, their inner energy circulating at great speed and their presences increasing in strength.

They were both already in the unravelled void realm. Exhausting their strength earlier had pushed them through their current bottleneck and broken another layer of shackles. Once they’d recovered, they’d ascended further to peak unravelled void realm.

With a wave of her hand, Fenie summoned the Formation Orb of Yin and Yang. Killing intent shining out of her eyes, her frosty gaze focused on the gathering immortals.

Their eyes glittered with greed, as they hadn’t forgotten about the Embittered Bamboo that had emerged from Qing Han’s body.

That was a connate spirit root!

More importantly, there was also the formation of heaven and earth here—one that could be incorporated into the body for an enormous boost in power. Acquiring the formation would allow current-generation immortals to compete with void realm cultivators, even after the latter ascended to immortality. Obsoletion was off the table for them!

Qing Han was right before them, and Lu Yun, who possessed the formation, was equally debilitated!