Heaven-Dominating Martial Emperor

But now that he had calmed down and was recalling the scene, Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable felt that something was off.

'With Fairy Luoxia's abilities, we had already come face-to-face. At such a close distance, how could she have possibly let me escape so easily?'

'Besides, there was something strange about Fairy Luoxia's condition at the time.'

But Celestial Slaughter Nether Venerable had fled in such a panic that he hadn't paid much attention to Fairy Luoxia's condition.

Although doubts were now creeping into his mind, he didn't dare go back.

Eight years ago, Fairy Luoxia had left him with memories that were far too terrifying.

He truly never wanted to encounter that woman again!

"A pity about my secret treasure, the Soul-Catching Lamp!"

"After lending it to that bastard Greenface, I can't believe it just fell into someone else's hands! I refuse to accept this!!!"

Inside the cave, Evil Qi surged violently, and the great cauldrons all around, filled with fresh flesh and blood, began to tremble.

...

After leaving the martial arts tournament, Ye Chen and his two companions quickly made their way out of the city without any trouble.

"I can't believe so much happened at the tournament!"

"And to think I was so absorbed in my cultivation that I didn't even notice you had left! If I had known, I would have gone to watch those scoundrels from the Black Tiger Gang get what they deserved!"

On the road, at Song Yubing's insistence, the realm spirit recounted everything that had happened.

She looked astonished and sighed with regret, as if lamenting that she had missed a huge spectacle.

"They were just a bunch of insignificant thugs. Nothing much to see."

Ye Chen smiled.

While the realm spirit and Song Yubing were talking, he was taking stock of his spoils.

After wiping out the Black Tiger Gang, his haul had increased considerably.

These thugs, who had been robbing and plundering for years, indeed had far more resources than ordinary Cultivators!

"Speaking of which, we're heading to Kunlun Mountain now."

"How much do you know about this secret realm on Kunlun Mountain?"

Ye Chen looked at the realm spirit beside him and asked.

He recalled how Old Master Liu Tianxin of the Liu family had offered him the Kunlun Key as a token of gratitude. It was only because the realm spirit had urged him on so insistently that he accepted the Liu family's ancestral treasure.

Before, Ye Chen had been skeptical, unsure if the secret realm on Kunlun Mountain was truly anything special.

But now, seeing evil cultivators from the Hall of Yama and experts from the Black Tiger Tribe all flocking to Kunlun Mountain, it undoubtedly meant the Kunlun Mountain secret realm was anything but ordinary.

"To be honest, I don't know much about this secret realm either," the realm spirit answered truthfully. "But if I recall correctly, when I roamed the lands with my first master, I did see a powerful expert pass away on Kunlun Mountain."

"Even from my perspective back then, he was definitely one of the rarest and most powerful experts of his time."

"In that era, countless Cultivators from all over came to the foot of Kunlun Mountain to listen to the sounds of the Dao and comprehend its principles. All that prosperity and excitement vanished when that expert passed away."

"Everyone suspected that the peerless expert must have left behind a precious Daoist legacy on Kunlun Mountain, but no matter how people searched for it later, no one ever found anything."

"But after hearing what that old master from the Liu family said, I'm at least ninety percent certain that if you want to find that Daoist legacy, the Kunlun Key is probably a crucial item."

Hearing this, before Ye Chen could say anything, Song Yubing's eyes widened in astonishment. "You... you had a previous master?"

"Of course," the realm spirit said, blinking with an innocent expression.

Song Yubing was stunned for a moment, then asked, "From the way you were just talking, it sounds like the era when you roamed the lands with your first master was a very long time ago?"

"Of course. It's been tens of thousands of years, I can't even remember how many," the realm spirit replied.

Song Yubing was speechless.

Her eyes widened again as she carefully sized up the stunning young woman before her.

Inwardly, she was trying to gauge the truthfulness of her words.

"Speaking of which, I don't think I've gotten your name yet..." Song Yubing said, choosing her words carefully.

"It's fine. It's been so long, I've forgotten my own name," the realm spirit said.

Song Yubing was speechless again.

It only made her more curious about the origins of the young woman before her.

"Ahem..." Ye Chen coughed pointedly, interrupting their conversation.

He wasn't sure how to explain the situation to Song Yubing at the moment.

At present, he was the only one who knew that the realm spirit was merely a Spirit Body.

And the realm spirit had existed in this world for countless years; with her abilities, she could hide her aura so well that she was almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person, making it very difficult for anyone to notice anything unusual about her.

Unless they were a Cultivator at or above the Divinity Transformation Realm.

After all, Cultivators at the Divinity Transformation Realm and above had already begun to focus on cultivating their Divine Soul.

And once the Divine Soul became powerful, one's perception would naturally increase exponentially, making it much harder for any disguise to escape the notice of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator.

"Alright, let's get back to business."

Ye Chen looked at the realm spirit and asked, "Do you still remember the name of that expert who passed away on Kunlun Mountain?"

"I have a vague memory..." The realm spirit furrowed her pretty brows, a hint of reminiscence in her eyes. "I think he was called something like... the Kunlun High Immortal?"

"High Immortal?" Song Yubing said in surprise. "To dare call himself an Immortal, he must have been an existence with truly unfathomable power."

"Although his title contained the word 'Immortal,' he hadn't yet reached the stage of ascension."

The realm spirit shook her head. "But even so, his power was already terrifying. In the current age, I have yet to see a Cultivator who could compare to him."

"In that case, the treasures left behind by such an existence must be extraordinary!" Hearing this, a glimmer of anticipation appeared in Song Yubing's eyes.

'The Kunlun High Immortal...' Ye Chen frowned, lost in thought.

Soon, the three of them were traveling and talking, and before they knew it, they had arrived before a vast and majestic mountain range.

Kunlun City was already situated on the border of the Great Hong Dynasty, so it wasn't far from Kunlun Mountain.

After leaving the city, although Ye Chen and his companions hadn't traveled at full speed, they still arrived in under four hours.

Kunlun Mountain was located in the middle of this range—a peak that soared into the sky, perpetually shrouded in clouds and mist.

Perhaps it was because Kunlun Mountain looked so suffused with Immortal Aura, like a paradise on earth, that it had become the subject of so many myths and legends, attracting Cultivators from all over to explore its secrets.

"Let's go."

The moment he set foot on the mountain range, a strange sensation suddenly arose in Ye Chen's heart.