Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 999 - 83: Siege

The Holy Emperor Venerable was alerted to the change before Wang Qi.

To prevent reverse tracking by the Holy Emperor Venerable, Wang Qi had set the ring to only transmit signals one way. This way, it was like he received a signal that spread in all directions, and no one could find his flaw. However, it also meant that it couldn't accept any instructions from Wang Qi, relying solely on pre-stored changes from Wang Qi, making it rigid and unable to adapt to multiple problems flexibly. Moreover, Wang Qi's sensing of it might not be sensitive.

He sensed it the first moment the variation occurred.

One "Sky Supporting Warrior" had lost connection with him.

"What's going on... what exactly is going on?"

"What happened?"

"Is it Guan Wuji? What did he do... no, impossible. Not to mention Guan Wuji, this Martial Arts Cultivator, even a Divine Tao Cultivator of this world cannot directly break through my Sky Supporting Warrior Skill... The Divine Tao Method of this world is primitive and backward, he wouldn't have such capability!"

The reason the Holy Infant Sect could become the number one Divine Tao sect through the ages was partly due to his secret manipulation, making him very familiar with the Divine Tao Methods of Shenzhou.

After just a moment of hesitation... perhaps just a moment? A red light burst upward against the sky. He sensed the death of his trusted subordinate, Lord Wu Qi. A cultivator's soul—more accurately, a residual soul, transformed into a heroic spirit, merged into his Divine Country, and then became a brick, embedded into the earth of nihility.

This Divine Country also required a certain amount of residual souls to be completed, so a while ago, he intentionally sent some subordinates on suicide missions.

However, this person dared to kill his subordinate outside his plan, which was a blasphemy!

A strange cultivator, clad in bright red heavy armor, rose slowly from the ground. He made an insulting gesture at this side and shouted: "Blood Sacrifice Blood God, Skull Offering Skull Throne, Pseudo Emperor - Heavenly Punishment!"

Guan Wuji's voice echoed throughout the Underground City. The entire Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao was in turmoil. They were outraged. After nearly ten thousand years of transformation, the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao had long become like the Divine Tao. He, the Holy Emperor Venerable, was like a god, worshiped by all the disciples of the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao.

The Holy Emperor Venerable was insulted, and all disciples of the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao felt as if they were insulted.

Three cultivators soared into the air. Aside from the one who died in the Divine Capital years ago, they were the only Body Integration Realm cultivators left in Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao. One cultivated martial arts, another magic, and the third literature. Together, they launched a strong offensive.

A punch was thrown upwards with the momentum of a meteor falling from the sky, heavy and solid, as if embodying the orthodox power of the world. The force of this punch threatened to change the world's great trend.

This punch was named, Divine Heaven Inheritance Seal.

A surge swept in all directions and flowed back like water. Guan Wuji seemed to be at the lowest point under the heaven and earth, all radiant energy revolving around him, positioned at the lowest layer of the world's grand trend.

This technique was named, Emperor Shifts the World.

Countless characters burst like a volcanic explosion, with earth fire surging backwards, transforming into golden light waves that engulfed Guan Wuji's figure. Within these characters, the history of the Human Clan from eighty thousand years ago was re-enacted, depicting how the Human Clan carved out a paradise among the Group of Ten Thousand Demons.

This script was named, "Human Emperor Descends."

The three supreme methodologies from the Emperor's Extreme Split Sky Dao, although from the same origin, appeared in different forms, converged on Guan Wuji at the same moment without a hint of interference or contradiction, merging into a whole, even melding together their Divine Essence.

In contrast to the impression given by the crimson heavy armor, Guan Wuji's movements were agile. His entire heavy armor was formed by Divine Power, devoid of static mass and unaffected by gravitational interactions. His form flickered not to escape but to charge head-on, meeting force with force, fist against fist.

This was undoubtedly a foolish approach. His mana was stripped away, merely regaining cultivation through Wang Qi's technology, which was just empty power. With the restraints of Emperor Shifts the World, he couldn't fully wield his strength.

However, how could the Swallowing World Battle Dog True Skill, which harnessed the Terror Torture Fist Intent, conform to common logic?

Rage fueled this Half-step Mahayana Cultivator's power, and with one punch, both sides were injured, flying backwards. But this self-harming tactic didn't weaken Guan Wuji, covered in the blood-colored battle armor. On the contrary, it ignited all his ferocity. Meanwhile, he slightly broke free from the restraint of Emperor Shifts the World, leveraging the Martial Cultivator's unification power.

At this moment, his rich combat experience from years ago came into play. His palms weaved through the binding light of Emperor Shifts the World like fish in water, entering with finesse, slicing through the restraint like a hot knife through butter. Chaotic flames of rage ignited from his form, transforming into violent Demon Path flames. Red demon flames gushed forth, barely holding off the splendid text attack from the Literary Cultivator's unification.

"Pseudo Emperor! Heavenly Punishment!" Guan Wuji roared once again. Now, carrying the momentum of defeating three Body Integrations, no one doubted his strength. All eyes turned to the Holy Emperor Venerable in the Jinshen Hall, hoping he would act and subdue the demon. The Holy Emperor Venerable narrowed his eyes, ready to strike.

—Just a mere Half-step Mahayana...

"Guan Wuji? Did he really seize control of my Parasitic Gods? How could this happen? What Fist Technique is he using now?"

This Fist Technique was likewise not among the techniques of Shenzhou. Holding the Immortal Dao Burning Book List and with insights from several worlds, the Holy Emperor Venerable was confident in grasping the development trajectory of Shenzhou's spells. For any technique, even if he couldn't identify its name, he should discern its origin.

But this boxing technique completely defies the Dao of Shenzhou's fist techniques and doesn't resemble the martial arts of Shenzhou people at all!

"Should we let him leap around a bit more? But allowing him to shout arrogantly here truly undermines authority..." 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

At this moment, something astonishing and almost laughable occurred. After roaring out the domineering slogan, "Pseudo Emperor Heavenly Punishment," Guan Wuji suddenly turned into a red light, attempting to smash through the underground city's dome and soar away.

It seemed that his boundless majesty and formidable demonic intent were just acts.

"Hmph, once I leave here... Um..."

For some unknown reason, as Guan Wuji approached the dome, he suddenly had a premonition, feeling that some terrifying forbidden technique was buried above the dome. Blundering into it would ensure his ruinous demise. Trusting his intuition, he abruptly turned his Escape Light, exerting force on the dome top, then redirected toward the southern exit.

"Anyone who can capture this scoundrel for me will be rewarded with one rank of cultivation."

The voice of Holy Emperor Venerable leisurely echoed then.

—I want to see what kind of abilities you truly possess.

.........

Wang Qi was in the Quiet Room watching the live broadcast. Seeing Guan Wuji attempting to break through the heavenly vault, he shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "Luckily, I never trusted those high-level ancient method practitioners' integrity, having implanted a suggestion beforehand..."

Wang Qi knew high-level cultivators never considered others' lives in their actions. To Guan Wuji, breaking through the dome to escape was his first priority. He wouldn't consider whether people lived on the surface of the island or whether low-level cultivators in the underground city could survive the dome collapse.

He might even have done it intentionally. He wanted to crash the dome, making those high-level cultivators divert to rescue their disciples, thereby slowing down their pursuit of him.

As for mortals, they likely don't deserve a place in the thoughts of an integration stage cultivator.

But to Wang Qi, those guys are of great use, as the mortals on the island are the foundation of his Heart Demon Mysterious Net, crucial to his resistance against Holy Emperor Venerable. And those low-level cultivators are valuable empirical life beings; how could they die?

To prevent this scenario, he had already implanted a suggestion in Guan Wuji's mind.

Zhen Chan was somewhat puzzled: "When did you learn Demon Path True Skill?"

"Fabricated it out of thin air."

Wang Qi's reply shocked Zhen Chan: "Fabricated?"

"Yes, fabricated." Wang Qi nodded. "According to the theories of Wanfa Sect's boxing techniques, I used mathematics to create an illogical yet self-consistent boxing structure and then casually made up a Martial Arts True Intent."

"The various cultivation methods Holy Emperor Venerable passed down to cut off heritage aims to obtain... some forgotten human Dao components. So, if I use existing human concepts to fictionalize an image, what would result? Isn't it interesting to try?"

Holy Emperor Venerable requires more memes to complete his Divine Tao True Method—although Wang Qi doesn't know how he accomplishes it—it doesn't hinder his speculation about Divine Tao Power and cultural power.

Memes themselves hold no power. They resemble instructions to the Human Dao system, capable of eliciting its power. Thus, using the world's existing memes, fabricating a cultural phenomenon and filling it with Heart Demon Curse instead of the Power of Human Dao, making some deeply believe in it, what phenomena might emerge?

As Wang Qi and Zhen Chan conversed, Guan Wuji had already fled to the island surface. There, another cultivator intercepted him.

It was a Body Integration Realm cultivator from the Five Elements Sect, specializing in Escape Technique cultivation.

Holy Emperor Venerable's words of "rewarding one rank of cultivation" unsettled these integration stage cultivators.

Even if he is half-step Mahayana, so what? Half-step Mahayana ultimately isn't true Mahayana, ultimately hasn't formed an absolute disparity with integration stage cultivators. On Spirit Phoenix Island, more than ten integration stage cultivators can certainly kill him!

That Five Elements Sect cultivator couldn't withstand for long, soon getting dispersed by Guan Wuji's punch, turning into blue light to escape by water. But it wasn't long, a mere instant before other integration stage cultivators caught up.

Lord Xutian raised his long sword, but rather than slashing, employed risky maneuvers, turning the long weapon into a short one. Powerful Sword Qi shattered everything within inches. Guan Wuji swung his fists, repelling it, yet the arm armor of his bloody heavy armor also shattered a piece.

After all, he was half-step Mahayana gravely wounded by Holy Emperor Venerable, utterly unable to withstand the siege from so many integration stage cultivators!