For those able to descend to the lower realm this time, it was mostly a matter of sheer luck.
After all, no one knew where the Human Spirit Realm's ascension passage would appear!
This time, virtually none of the cultivators breaking through realms had an Immortal Ascension Platform!
Without an Immortal Ascension Platform, the Immortal Realm could not accurately receive them, nor could it discern which realm they originated from!
And so... these individuals had become unregistered outcasts with neither name nor standing in the cultivation world.
It was precisely these people who, from the moment they stepped into the Immortal Realm, lost any chance of being chosen by immortal sects.
Jiang Bin had happened to be dragged along by that surge of power, and he also knew that everyone's mission was to locate an item!!
Yet what that item was, no one had told them.
However, the moment he sensed that aura just now, he became utterly convinced that what they sought was undeniably the phantom greatsword in Li Guanqi's hand!!
Jiang Bin steadied his mind, drawing his sword with a resounding clang as terrifying sword qi crisscrossed the void.
Explosive flames gathered beside him, grand and imposing.
Li Guanqi looked at his opponent with a stir of emotion.
The other man's strength surpassed his by several major realms; it was even quite likely that he was by no means the weakest among the ranks of immortals.
Yet Li Guanqi had no other choice now. His eyes narrowed slightly, showing not the slightest hint of retreat!!
Gripping the greatsword manifested by the sword spirit, their minds connected as one, his sword heart clear and bright!
Li Guanqi had never felt himself to be this powerful, and what was more...
Holding the sword spirit's true form, an extraordinarily profound sensation welled within his heart.
It was as though... all immortals were beneath his notice!!
Indeed, influenced by the sword spirit, Li Guanqi's gaze gradually turned contemptuous and haughty!!
Perhaps he would not feel this way even when facing Tribulation Transcendence realm cultivators, yet such an emotion surged within him when confronting this incomparably formidable immortal!
Screeech!!
The primal energy within Li Guanqi roared like a dragon, coursing through him like ten thousand galloping steeds!!
Tyrannical strength circulated through his whole body in an instant, and Pengluo's power was pushed to its absolute limit.
The sword spirit's voice rang in his ear: "I will use supreme might to pull off a daring sleight of hand, briefly dragging him into an independent world."
"Inside, I can imitate the law powers of heaven and earth's order to suppress his realm and strength down to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!"
Li Guanqi's gaze shook; he had never expected the sword spirit to be capable of doing such a thing!!
Yet on second thought, it made sense. Formidable though the sword spirit's power was, this opponent had descended through the ascension passage.
His cultivation realm stood above the Ascension Realm; the disparity in realm and strength between them was simply too vast.
Only by doing this might he have a chance of defeating him!
Li Guanqi nodded silently, murmuring in his heart, "How long can it last?"
The sword spirit fell silent for a long moment before replying in a deep voice,
"One incense stick's time! That is the limit!"
Li Guanqi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Good!"
Pengluo's weak, hoarse voice echoed in Li Guanqi's mind.
"I... I can still... hold out for half... half an incense stick!"
The moment the words fell, a horrifying crimson glow instantly swept across heaven and earth, and in an instant, Jiang Bin's posture abruptly sank!!!
A crushing momentum comparable to the oppressive might of heaven and earth pressed down upon him!!
Jiang Bin sensed immediate danger and frantically unleashed his full power in resistance.
Yet all his methods were entirely futile; the level of the sword spirit's power was simply too high—crushing him completely would be no exaggeration.
Amid the interweaving red radiance, the void for a hundred li around was engulfed in an instant.
Li Guanqi and the man vanished from midair almost simultaneously.
The arriving Jiang Yong was none other than the one who had originally traveled with Li Guanqi.
The man swept his sharp gaze across his surroundings, yet discovered nothing.
Had the space here not still retained the celestial spiritual energy left behind after the two had fought, he would have suspected he had come to the wrong place.
With a somber face, Jiang Yong stared at the devastated earth all around, his mind shaken beyond measure!!
The chasm and abyss that had nearly ripped the entire Qingyun Continent in two lay a hundred li away, clearly visible.
This tier of power had completely surpassed his comprehension!
He did not know what sort of supreme cultivator could tear an entire continent apart with bare hands.
Within that abyssal fissure, faint wisps of dense, misty energy would occasionally diffuse outward.
The dissipating aura quickly vanished into heaven and earth.
This loss of power rendered the land within a hundred li of the fissure barren of grass, its life force reduced to a faint trickle.
Jiang Yong turned his head and looked at Linyan City not far away, virtually intact, sinking into deep thought.
Linyan City, where only the outer defensive walls had collapsed, formed a stark contrast with the deathly still, devastated earth and mountain ranges surrounding it.
He did not know what had transpired here earlier, but he could sense the terrifying aura of thunder dissipating all around.
This aura clearly belonged to Li Guanqi. Not only had he withstood an immortal all on his own for so long...
He had even shielded an entire city of people right under the opponent's nose!!!
Jiang Yong's eyes flickered, and as his gaze swept across the area, he murmured softly,
"It seems there must be someone inside this city... who is terribly, terribly important to him!!"
With their current strength, withstanding an immortal possessing full power...
Never mind him; even if the Four Kings came, they would have to weigh the matter with utmost caution.
Jiang Yong formed hand seals and touched down outside Linyan City.
"Spirit Incantation No. 69: Earthly Guardian!"
Instantly, layer upon layer of earthen-yellow city walls rose up.
One layer of earthen-yellow barrier after another flashed frantically!
A top-hundred earth-element spirit incantation!
Having done all this, Jiang Yong looked up at the firmament, his brow furrowing slightly.
He felt the clouds in the sky seemed somewhat different, yet he could not pinpoint what was off.
Suddenly!!
The man's pupils contracted slightly as he saw the ascension passage overhead slowly shrinking.
"It seems that even if these immortals descend through the ascension passage, they still have a time limit!"
"Once the ascension passage closes, the immortals... probably won't be able to return!"
He raised his hand and brought out the Seventh Domain's identity jade slip. Spiritual light flashed furiously upon it as many people were transmitting messages to him.
Jiang Yong hurriedly gave a full account of everything that had happened here.
Hong Zhi was now burning with anxiety; one from the east and one from the west, she and Long Hou headed toward the Qingyun Continent in unspoken accord!
Meanwhile.
Within the blood-red domain realm, Jiang Bin, who had descended to the lower realm, was struggling in agony.
Plumes of blood mist burst from all over his body, and he looked around his surroundings in utter terror...
The heaven and earth here were almost identical to what he had seen in that illusion!!!
Fear... an inexplicable terror seized his mind.
The man's aura began plummeting madly, falling from the eighth stage of the Mystic Immortal realm all the way down to the first stage.
Then it plunged from the peak of the Ascension Realm down to the peak of the early Tribulation Transcendence realm!
Jiang Bin retreated tens of millions of zhang in a frantic burst, looking around in stark horror!!
"No... impossible!!!"
"This isn't the Immortal Burial Realm!! I clearly came down through the ascension passage."
"Why are there laws of heaven and earth's order forcibly suppressing me?!!"
"Who are you?!!"
Li Guanqi's current appearance was truly wretched.
His face was burned beyond recognition, his eyelids stuck together and his nose collapsed, making him look like a vicious demon.
Bare-chested, dragon scales surfaced across his upper torso, and the sheer physical might of his body shattered the void beneath his feet into dark fissures!
Operating the Dragon Elephant Prison-Suppressing Art at full power, Li Guanqi now possessed the might of eight dragons and eight elephants within him.
The blood within his body thundered as though dragon roars and elephant bellows echoed from inside.
The tattered remnants of his upper robe hung around his waist. Treading upon a sea of blood, the hem soaked in gore gave him a bizarre, otherworldly air.
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