The Sacred Astral River Scroll had been forged in the celestial realm. It had fallen into the mortal realm three hundred thousand years after that. Countless clashes between heaven and earth had damaged many of its parts.

Even so, the damaged Sacred Astral River Scroll remained far stronger than ordinary immortal artifacts. An immortal artifact contained a world of its own, and the world within the Sacred Astral River Scroll, which rivaled an Immortal King, would naturally be even bigger.

After countless years, the Sacred Astral River Scroll had given birth to its own laws, forming its own cycle of heaven and earth.

Under the violent impacts between heaven and earth, every living being inside the scroll had long perished, leaving only grass, flowers, and trees behind.

After Liu Wuxie landed on the ground, he stood on a mountain range as dense laws struck him. He could clearly sense the laws within him becoming even more complete.

Liu Wuxie looked around, his eyes blazing with strong desire. "If I can cultivate here, I'll be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Nightmare City could only hold out for another ten days at best, and the Heavenly Sealing Array would activate ten days from now. This meant Liu Wuxie had to hold back Gan Xingzhou and the others for this duration. Thus, he would not allow them to leave the Sacred Astral River Scroll. If they left, they would surely slaughter ordinary people without restraint.

After his breakthrough to the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, Ghost Pupil's effects had increased greatly. He activated Ghost Pupil, which enveloped the entire mountain range, capturing everything.

"It's the Snowcloud Fruit!" Liu Wuxie's eyes narrowed. He found a Snowcloud Fruit born in the depths of a mountain range. It was a rare immortal fruit that could allow him to reach the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm if he consumed it.

He vanished in a flash, speeding toward the Snowcloud Fruit. Aside from him, others had likely noticed the fruit as well. Liu Wuxie had to obtain it before anyone else.

If Gan Xingzhou and the others used the treasures here to break through in their cultivation, they would become increasingly more difficult to deal with. Thus, Liu Wuxie had to seize every moment available to increase his strength.

He shot out like lightning, appearing a thousand meters away with a few leaps.

The laws here were too dense. If he had been outside, he could have easily flown tens of thousands of miles.

After the other immortals arrived, they immediately began searching. But since they lacked a Ghost Pupil like Liu Wuxie, they could not search for treasures as efficiently as he did.

"It would be perfect if I found treasures left behind by Ning Chou," Liu Wuxie murmured as he hurried forward.

The laws within the Sacred Astral River Scroll were identical to those of the celestial realm, which suppressed the flight of heavenly immortals. This meant he could only travel on foot. The same applied to high immortals, and only origin immortals could attain brief flight here.

As Liu Wuxie drew closer to the Snowcloud Fruit, its terrifying energy had already spread out. He could see several figures approaching the fruit ahead of him.

"Someone actually beat me to it?" Liu Wuxie's gaze turned cold, and he increased his speed. A thunderbolt carried him as he dashed forth.

Three immortals swiftly approached from three directions, drawn by the energy released by the Snowcloud Fruit. The Sacred Astral River Scroll was too massive, and everyone found themselves in different places as soon as they entered. This meant Gan Xingzhou and the others had also scattered.

The three immortals also detected Liu Wuxie's presence and increased their speed.

"Heretic Blade, stop them!" Liu Wuxie roared, and the Heretic Blade streaked out like a comet. He was determined to obtain the Snowcloud Fruit no matter what, and no one could take it from him.

He did not recognize those three immortals. Since they were not from the celestial realm, they must have been in seclusion in the Skyfall Realm.

The appearance of the Sacred Astral River Scroll had attracted immortals from all over the four astral domains. After all, the four astral domains had produced countless immortals over the course of millions of years of development.

The Heretic Blade released powerful blade rays that greatly hindered the three immortals' speed. Liu Wuxie's goal was not to kill them, but to restrain them.

"Damn it!"

Possessing an immortal artifact was a luxury for cultivators of the mortal realm. Most immortals did not possess immortal artifacts of their own. Even Qu San and Shao Shan hadn't possessed immortal artifacts, and only Xiang Yiliu had one.

While the three immortals were restrained, Liu Wuxie appeared within a hundred meters of the Snowcloud Fruit. It was a white fruit the size of a fist that gave off an enticing fragrance, a sign that it had nearly matured.

"Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, swallow it!" Liu Wuxie did not hesitate to summon the cauldron when he entered the hundred-meter range.

A terrifying black hole appeared and devoured the Snowcloud Fruit before the three immortals could react.

"Kill this brat!" The three immortals looked unfamiliar, as if they were from other astral domains. They must have arrived recently, since they did not recognize Liu Wuxie.

The Heretic Blade returned to Liu Wuxie's hand while the three immortals surrounded him. They were not weak, with their cultivation at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. They were likely old monsters who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, all looking at him with grim expressions.

"Brat, hand over the Snowcloud Fruit!" The elder on the left demanded, releasing his aura at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm on Liu Wuxie.

"Get lost!" Liu Wuxie had no intention of fighting. He only wanted to find a place where he could break through as quickly as possible, not to mention that killing low-level Heavenly Immortals would no longer help him raise his cultivation.

"You're courting death! How dare you tell us to get lost!" the elder on the left responded and attacked without hesitation, unleashing a giant palm that descended from the sky.

The moment he attacked, the other two immortals, who shared the same goal, attacked as well. Once they killed Liu Wuxie and obtained the Snowcloud Fruit, they could then decide the winner among themselves.

Facing the attacks from three immortals, a cold light flashed in Liu Wuxie's eyes. Since they were courting death, they could not blame him for being ruthless. Once he killed them and stripped their laws, he could create even more immortals after leaving the Sacred Astral River Scroll.

"Die!" The Great Five Elemental Immortal Art descended from the sky. Since the laws here were identical to the celestial realm's, fighting here would not cause much disturbance, like it would in the astral domains. Liu Wuxie was also confident that this attack was more than enough to deal with the three of them.

The three immortals shuddered before the power of the five elements. They could not believe a third-level Heavenly Immortal could unleash power ten times stronger than theirs. Moreover, Liu Wuxie's immortal runes had also reached an unimaginable quantity.

Ordinary ninth-level Heavenly Immortals would only have around one million immortal runes, but Liu Wuxie possessed three million at the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. If he reached the ninth level, would that not mean his immortal runes would exceed ten million?

The elder on the right had charged the fastest and died the fastest. The Great Five Elemental Immortal Art directly destroyed his body before a black hole appeared and devoured his laws.

The remaining two elders were terrified by the scene, and both stepped back. They no longer cared about the Snowcloud Fruit and only wanted to escape. But how could Liu Wuxie possibly let them go? The moment they attacked him, they had already sealed their own fate.

The Great Five Elemental Immortal Art's power increased as its speed doubled under the Heretic Blade's support.

The Heretic Blade easily pierced through their bodies, causing their blood to spray out. With that, all three immortals died in the blink of an eye.

After absorbing their laws, Liu Wuxie immediately refined the Snowcloud Fruit. Since no one was nearby, he refined the Snowcloud Fruit with little effort and directly smashed open the gateway to the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

With unstoppable momentum, Liu Wuxie used only three breaths to complete his breakthrough, reaching the pinnacle of the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. Such a rapid breakthrough was simply unbelievable.

As the Desolate Devouring Art circulated, the surrounding immortal energy flooded his body. The desolate world gradually shrank, but it became even more refined. As more celestial realm laws poured into Liu Wuxie's body, the desolate world gradually grew denser than before.

Liu Wuxie's breakthrough caused a huge disturbance as immortal energy began converging toward him, making it difficult to avoid attracting attention.

After Gan Xingzhou entered the Sacred Astral River Scroll, he separated from his companions and immediately used a Communication Talisman to contact them. After all, their task was to kill Liu Wuxie, and failure to complete the mission would mean death upon returning to the celestial realm.

Compared to that, the treasures in the Sacred Astral River Scroll were secondary. As long as Liu Wuxie were to die, no cultivator in the mortal realm would be their match, and the treasures here would ultimately fall into their hands.

After spending half a day, Liu Wuxie's cultivation finally consolidated at the pinnacle of the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. A powerful aura rippled outward from him, causing the surrounding space to tremble when he clenched his fists.

If Liu Wuxie had been outside, just the aura he released could have destroyed a small planet. His combat strength was now comparable to a second-level High Immortal.

He continued to extend Ghost Pupil's reach in search of Ning Chou's treasures. After all, immortal fruits were rare, and finding one here was already heaven-defying luck. This meant a second immortal fruit would not appear within a radius of tens of thousands of miles.

Then again, there was no way around it. The birth of an immortal fruit required a vast amount of immortal energy. All the immortal energy within a radius of tens of thousands of miles had gone into nourishing the Snowcloud Fruit.

Since there were no other immortal fruits around, Liu Wuxie could only continue forward. The Sacred Astral River Scroll was vast, but many regions had shown signs of fracture from collision. The fractures were so terrifying that even Liu Wuxie could not repair them.

A heavenly barrier stood in his way as the entire world fractured. This left him with no choice but to move sideways and continue searching with Ghost Pupil.

On the other hand, Yue Jinkang and the others were not so lucky after they entered. A mysterious group hunted them shortly after they entered, killing Gongsun Lin and Nalan Xihe, while the others narrowly managed to escape.

"Damn it, who are those people, and why are they hunting us?" Yue Jinkang waved his arms in frustration after they found a safe place.

Instead of obtaining treasures after entering the Sacred Astral River Scroll, they had lost two companions.

"Why don't we ascend to the celestial realm?" Lingqiong Mo asked. He was truly terrified and wanted to ascend to the celestial realm rather than remain in the mortal realm. He immediately prepared to summon his immortal runes after speaking, in an attempt to summon the ascension force and reach the celestial realm.

"Don't even bother trying. The world here is isolated from the outside world, and you can only leave if you want to ascend," Yue Jinkang said. He had already tried it but failed.

After being hunted down and running for their lives, they had already lost the way out. This meant they could only wander in the Sacred Astral River Scroll. If they could not leave the scroll, they would not be able to ascend to the celestial realm. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

But they would not be safe even if they returned to the astral domains, as Liu Wuxie definitely would not spare them. As dignified immortals, when had they ever felt so aggrieved?