Chapter 578: Chapter 296: Plotting to Become Immortal (Long Chapter) (3)

Li An boarded the nearest Immortal Dao Warship.

On this warship were practitioners sent by Celestial Fire Peak, including three Tribulation Crossing Stage experts of Li An’s generation. Li An had met them once in the Dao Sect, and they were all once geniuses of Celestial Fire Peak.

The leader was named Cao Zhiyuan. Back when Li An took the Immortal Dao Material in the Dao Sect’s trial secret realm, safeguarding Xiang Yuntian and Gu Canye as they broke the realm, he was among those affected.

Seeing Li An board the ship, Cao Zhiyuan and the others just slightly nodded, not saying much.

In the face of great trouble, past minor grievances were not worth mentioning.

Apart from Cao Zhiyuan and the others, the ship was mostly filled with young geniuses from Celestial Fire Peak.

Li An saw Fen Dao, the son of Fen Sihai, who had high prestige among the crowd and whose cultivation had reached Mahayana Perfection.

In fact, over the past thousand years, according to the normal pace of the golden era, the fifth-generation Dao Sect geniuses should have ascended by now. But a thousand years ago, the Dao Sect had already responded by repressing the cultivation of its disciples, preventing them from wantonly using Immortal Dao Materials. Thus, there were few at the Tribulation Crossing Stage among the fifth generation, and the strongest were mostly only at Mahayana.

Without relying on substances, the speed of cultivation naturally returned to normal.

Li An sat in a corner silently, waiting.

Boom!

As the warship was sailing, suddenly and unexpectedly, a terrifying beam burst out from an unknown void, slashing down towards the Immortal Ship with immense horror.

This was an attack from an Immortal Level!

"Not good!"

"Activate the defense!"

Cao Zhiyuan and the others hurriedly took action. The Immortal Dao Warship emitted Immortal Light, protecting the entire vessel, while the clash of Immortal Dao Powers almost vaporized the sea over hundreds of miles below.

The Immortal Ship shook, but was not breached. The attacker in the shadows quickly concealed themselves and did not continue.

"It was not a true immortal, but a master wielding an immortal artifact."

Cao Zhiyuan’s expression was extremely grim, knowing that someone dared to take such a risk against an Immortal Dao Warship...

It indeed seemed that the situation deep within the Mist Sea was severe.

As they ventured deeper, they saw several corpses along the way, all disciples of the Dao Sect, their skins peeled away and hung on several reefs, pecked at by seabirds.

"This is too outrageous!"

"Is this a declaration of war against the Dao Sect?!"

"Who could have done this?!"

On the warship, the disciples of the Dao Sect were all filled with righteous indignation, many with reddened eyes, eager to rush out and fight.

"Do not approach!"

Cao Zhiyuan sternly restrained them, saying: "Those areas have been laced with killing formations. Recklessly going there would make you part of those dead bodies as well!"

"Right now, it’s most important to go to the Mist Sea for support and guard the entrance to the Mist Sea!"

Though calm, his eyes twitched intensely.

The Dao Sect, long revered by the world...

Yet now...

Li An watched silently.

No matter whether you are right or wrong, if you stand opposed to the majority of this world, you will face unimaginable disaster...

In the face of the opportunity to become immortal, the world has already gone mad.

Eventually, their warship distantly sighted a sea shrouded in mist, with dreamlike Immortal Light shining from its depths, as if revealing endless Immortal Dao treasures within.

The Mist Sea!

The Exotic Realm first emerged here.

And now, the Dao Sect guarded all around the Mist Sea. Many ships came and went on the perimeter, with many experts flying in the air.

Li An saw a Celestial Awakened from the Brahma Sect, carrying Buddha Beads of Immortal Level, staring at Li An and the others’ warship for a long time, prompting readiness for battle among everyone on board.

However, this Celestial Awakened merely brought his hands together in respect and said, "The Dao Sect cannot stop this. I will allow you fellow Daoists through, but I urge you to seriously consider opening the Mist Sea, or else I will have to use the Lion’s Roar."

He departed.

"Liao Xian, the strongest among the fifth generation of the Brahma Sect, is about to become immortal soon... His goal is the Golden Bodied Arhat, tantamount to a True Immortal."

Cao Zhiyuan spoke, revealing his identity. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Everyone around watching the Dao Sect warship held unfriendly gazes!

Finally, the warship arrived at "Wind-Fire Island."

Wind-Fire Island did not originally exist, but was constructed by the Dao Sect.

To lock down the entrance to the Mist Sea, the Dao Sect combined some existing islands with many newly constructed ones, forming the "Eight Trigrams Heaven-Locking Array." Besides the main eight islands, sixty-four smaller islands served as auxiliaries, with Wind-Fire Island being one of them, corresponding to the "Family" hexagram of the sixty-four trigrams.

Guarding Wind-Fire Island were also people of Celestial Fire Peak. The leading figure was Yan Ran, who was overjoyed to see reinforcements finally arriving: "Brothers, you have finally arrived. We have faced too many assaults during this time, losing many disciples!"

On the eight main islands of the Dao Sect’s Eight Trigrams Heaven-Locking Array were immortals overseeing, while on the sixty-four small islands, the strongest were only at the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Many external cultivators did not dare to attack the eight main islands, so they focused their attention on these small islands.

Every time there was an anomaly in Immortal Dao Material in the Mist Sea, many would rush in.

Not just ordinary cultivators, but also many from major forces hiding their identities to attack, leaving the Dao Sect quite troubled.

Cao Zhiyuan promptly gathered everyone to assess the situation, with Li An, being an elder, participating as well.

"The weakest point is Meridian Reef!"

Yan Ran said: "It has already been attacked three times and severely damaged, urgently needing repairs. Moreover, if the next attack occurs, the enemy will likely start there!"