Chapter 735: Immortal Emperor, Immortal Ghost (1/2)

“Just what is that Ichor Bog…” Xing Chen frowned when he heard Ge Yanxia’s final vengeful squeal. In his eyes, the fur seal was deader then dead, returned to whatever odious substance comprised of her.

Yet somehow, she was still alive.

The tribulation clouds in the sky were slowly dispersing, but that stifling and ominous atmosphere lingered on.

“Four hours for the Immortal Subjugation Seal… That's almost impossible!” Lu Yun had rushed into the immortal emperor’s tomb by this point, but its complexity ran far beyond his expectations. Layers upon layers of formations and layouts overlapped and intersected with each other; it would take quite some time and effort for him to decipher them all.

Outside the tomb, Xing Chen began to fret with worry.

“There's another way.” Qing Yu suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her beloved’s replica. “I can pass my tribulation first and become an immortal, then return to refine the Central World’s mandate again.”

She was already halfway through the process of refining it, and as she progressed, the concentration of the immortal dao’s might upon her increased as well. Her tribulation would descend at the moment of complete refinement, however, she still lacked a critical last detail. Success wasn't guaranteed unless they made use of special provisions.

“No!” refused Lu Yun. “You can't attempt your tribulation unless we are one hundred percent sure of success!”

“Don't worry, I can handle things.” Qing Yu nodded slightly and closed her eyes again, continuing to refine the mandate.

……

Though the heavenly tribulation was no more, none of the immortals in the Central World dared return to the scene. The demonic aura grew so colossal after the appearance of the completed cauldron that one could feel it even in Destiny City.

Within the immortal emperor’s tomb, Lu Yun took one painstakingly difficult step after another in a complicated route.

“This isn’t a formation, a layout, or a boundary. It’s a type of restriction.” He panted heavily and his body felt like it weighed a thousand kilograms; circulation of immortal force within his body had almost ground to a halt. He'd been picking his way through this passageway for nearly two hours, but still hadn't reached its end.

“Just what kind of place is this?” He tried calling upon his Wandering Step and when that failed, the death art Boundless Step instead, but a strange power blocked both of them. He saw more than one corpse lying on the ground as he made his way further in—all of them had perished when their nascent spirit exploded. Plainly, the nascent spirits of ordinary immortals were unable to withstand this restriction.

“Right, nascent spirit!” His eyes lit up. “Mine is incredibly strong and practices the nascent spirit observation method. It won't be obstructed by this restriction.”

Hummmm.

To think of the deed was to take action, so his nascent spirit replica immediately emerged from his body and observed it from the air. Then, the energy of the world gathered into another outline of Lu Yun’s body.

“This is definitely possible!” His double created by the nascent spirit was identical to his primary body, and the immortal restriction was ineffective in levying any kind of restraint.

Whoosh!

His projected double became one with his nascent spirit replica, then turned into the trace of a shadow before disappearing in the depths of the tomb. Lu Yun’s primary body remained seated cross-legged on the ground, attention fully focused on the six paths of his nascent spirit in hell and continuously supplying energy to his nascent spirit double.

“You actually succeeded.” A sudden breath of wind brushed past Lu Yun as a ghastly white figure blinked into existence next to him, looking very out of place. He was translucent and didn’t have the slightest tinge of color in his face. A ball of verdant green flame burned in his empty eyes.

The immortal emperor!