Chapter 1648: Ancient Mystery, The Agreement of Yesteryear

Seven-colored light flashed out. The retreating Venerable Master's footsteps suddenly halted, stopping his panicked escape. His expression revealed bitterness and complexity as he looked toward that seven-colored light.

There was also the Seventh Immortal Concubine, who had luckily survived under the Li Guang Bow by resisting with a Magic Treasure; at this moment, her gaze toward the seven-colored light in the starry sky was also filled with deep complexity.

"He really came!" Wang Lin's pupils constricted. Without the slightest hesitation, he retreated several steps. He raised his right hand and grabbed into the void; immediately, a Jade Slip appeared in his hand.

He crushed it. With a 'bang', the Jade Slip turned into dust and dissipated. Immediately after, at the spot where Wang Lin had crushed the Jade Slip, a fist-sized black hole suddenly manifested.

A heaven-shaking suction force erupted from the black hole, emitting a ghostly light that shrouded Wang Lin's body, intending to suck him into it.

In the distant starry sky, amidst the permeating seven-colored light, a phantom figure walked forward. This figure was a middle-aged man in a Daoist robe, looking like an immortal with a refined air, surrounded by seven-colored light. His expression had been calm, but the moment he saw Wang Lin crush the Jade Slip and the Vortex-like black hole appear, a strange look flashed through the seven-colored Daoist's eyes.

"Thinking to leave using this method? Not possible." As he spoke, the seven-colored Daoist raised his right hand and pointed very casually at Wang Lin.

Under this finger, the seven-colored light in the starry sky suddenly shone brilliantly, gathering before the Daoist and merging into that finger, turning into a seven-colored finger wind that whistled towards Wang Lin.

The speed of this seven-colored finger wind surpassed the naked eye; in an instant, it tore through the heavens and earth, coming within seven feet of Wang Lin!

A chill spread from Wang Lin's mind to every pore, transforming into a life-or-death crisis. At the speed of this finger wind, it seemed Wang Lin would not be able to enter the Vortex black hole in time.

However, his expression held no panic, as if all of this was within his calculations. Just as the seven-colored finger wind approached, a woman's jade hand suddenly reached out from the Vortex black hole. On the middle finger of this hand was a jade-green thumb ring. The moment it reached out from the black hole, it collided with the seven-colored finger wind.

Silently, the seven-colored finger wind suddenly collapsed, but it transformed into seven-colored Qi, like seven poisonous snakes that, at the moment of collapse, burrowed into that jade hand.

A muffled grunt of injury came from the Vortex black hole. The jade hand trembled and suddenly formed Hand Seals. With a flicker, it split into seven. Looking from afar, seven identical jade hands overlapped into a circle, and suddenly, another burst of seven-colored light radiated from these seven jade hands.

With a gentle tap, these seven jade hands, each emitting a different color, formed a seven-colored light that flashed past Wang Lin and headed straight for the seven-colored Daoist in the distance.

Meanwhile, Wang Lin's body flashed and was completely sucked away by the Vortex black hole, disappearing into the starry sky of the Primordial Stars.

This all took a long time to describe, but it happened in an instant.

Upon seeing the strange hand seal formed by the seven jade hands, the Venerable Master's expression changed drastically. He stared at the hand seal, his eyes revealing a sharp glint.

"So it was her!!"

Even more shocked was the Seventh Immortal Concubine. The woman's face turned pale instantly, and she subconsciously retreated several steps, exclaiming, "Big Sister!! She didn't die!!"

Only the seven-colored Daoist remained calm. As the seven-colored hand seal whistled toward him, he raised his right hand and violently waved his sleeve. The starry sky before him immediately rippled with seven-colored waves, which expanded forward and collided with the seven-colored hand seal.

Booming sounds echoed, and after a moment, everything dissipated into nothingness.

The seven-colored Daoist closed his eyes, wondering what he was thinking. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, looking toward the east where Wang Lin and the Vortex black hole had disappeared, his eyes revealing reminiscence.

"Seven-Colored Jade Hand Seal… that should be the name… It's a pity that what I obtained was only the Divine Ability, not the complete memory… However, wanting to escape in front of me? Not possible. The Li Guang Bow has also completed its mission, it is time to take it back." The seven-colored Daoist raised his head, took a step forward, and instantly vanished without a trace.

Only the Venerable Master and the Seventh Immortal Concubine remained in the starry sky. The two looked at each other, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes. What they were shocked by was the appearance of that hand seal and the identity of the owner of that jade hand.

The Immortal Venerable's First Immortal Concubine! She was also the younger sister of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable's Dao Companion!

In the depths of the Inner Realm's Cloud Sea Star Domain, outside the former Demon Sect, there was a huge Rift. Few people knew where this Rift led, but it contained many Vicious Beasts that often rushed out to wreak havoc.

At this moment, deep inside this Rift, in a pitch-black, unfamiliar starry sky, there was a giant beast thousands of feet in size. The beast looked like a lion, but a single horn grew from its head.

On this majestic lion's head, in front of the horn, a woman sat cross-legged. This woman was peerlessly beautiful, with an exquisite appearance. At this moment, her face was pale, and while sitting cross-legged, her hands were forming Hand Seals, constantly waving before her.

In front of her was a fist-sized Vortex black hole, seemingly devouring the surrounding darkness. Before long, the Vortex black hole suddenly shook and began to expand, eventually reaching the size of a zhang, and Wang Lin's body stepped out from within.

The moment he stepped out, the Vortex black hole collapsed directly, turning into specks of crystal light and dissipating completely.

"Many thanks!" Wang Lin cupped his fists toward the woman sitting cross-legged.

The peerlessly beautiful woman opened her eyes, a trace of fatigue revealing itself in them. She looked at Wang Lin, and after a long while, she shook her head and sighed softly.

"When we parted back then, your cultivation was still low and weak, yet I didn't expect that upon meeting again today, you have reached such a level… I originally thought you had forgotten our agreement. It was only a year ago, when I received the Divine Thought you sent via the Jade Slip, that I realized you hadn't forgotten."

"Back then, you helped me leave this place; Wang will naturally not forget this. It is only because I was entangled in trivial matters that I have come a bit late." Wang Lin smiled, looked down at the giant lion beast running forward in the starry sky, and simply sat down cross-legged to the side.

When he decided to go to the Primordial Stars to destroy the Outer Realm's Ancient Immortal Realm, he had already thought of a retreat. Wang Lin knew deeply that this trip was by no means simple. Once the power of the two bows was exhausted, the Venerable Master would definitely pursue him. Even if Wang Lin did not have only the power of two bows left as the Venerable Master claimed, the Outer Realm was the world of the seven-colored Daoist. Once this person took action, with Wang Lin's cultivation, it would be extremely difficult to escape.

Therefore, a year ago, when he was breathing and absorbing energy during the Revolving Formation, he used the Jade Slip that this woman had gifted him back then to send a Divine Thought, reaching a consensus with this woman he hadn't contacted for a long time, using the Jade Slip as a medium.

The reason he sought this woman's help was that through various clues and the situation he knew, he had sixty percent confidence that this woman was indeed the missing Immortal Venerable's First Immortal Concubine!

After a simple communication between their Divine Senses, the woman revealed her identity. It was indeed as Wang Lin guessed; she was the Immortal Venerable's First Immortal Concubine!

"I was once the Seven Dao Sect's Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable's First Immortal Concubine. I already informed you of this when we spoke via Divine Sense earlier. I have another identity: I am the younger sister of the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable's Dao Companion, Fan Shanmeng. My name is Fan Shanlu!" the peerlessly beautiful woman said softly.

"Since you and I communicated via Divine Sense earlier, and you already know that everything here is just an Immortal Cave, I will not hide anything from you again. It is indeed so. Back then, during the battle between the two of the Nine Yang, that Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable, in order to obtain treasures, viciously used my sister as bait, which allowed him to take advantage and obtain them, and afterward, he sealed off the Seven Dao Sect. Here, I cannot trust anyone from the Immortal Astral Continent, and I was injured by the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable, and my cultivation has never recovered. Until you appeared—between you and me, there is no conflict of interest, so we can cooperate!" the woman said softly.

"You want to take the Cultivators of this Immortal Cave Realm and leave this place to go to the Immortal Astral Continent; I will help you with this point as well!"

"The Immortal Astral Continent is a very magical place. It is too vast, and wars are constant; there is rarely peace between the various Sects. If you want to gain a foothold there, you must have a Sect! And any place that is even slightly better has already been occupied. To be honest, with your cultivation, you cannot snatch a mountain gate! Moreover, the Immortal Cave Realm is, after all, a place manifested from illusion; all living beings here, if one says they are fake, they are indeed fake… Since ancient times, I have rarely heard of anyone on the Immortal Astral Continent coming out from the Immortal Cave Realm of various Sects. I need to tell you this in advance."

Wang Lin remained silent, sitting there listening to the woman's words.

"But it is not impossible. However, when you go to the Immortal Astral, you need to pay a huge price and must endure the punishment of entering the Immortal Astral. I have heard a little about this matter, but that kind of entry punishment can only be survived with some certainty after one's cultivation in the Immortal Cave Realm reaches the Empty Tribulation Realm. However, I can also help you with this!" the woman looked at Wang Lin and said slowly.

"I am listening." Wang Lin's expression was calm, without the slightest ripple. Seeing this, a trace of appreciation involuntarily appeared in the woman's eyes.

"My sister, she did not die!" After a moment of hesitation, the woman suddenly spoke.

Wang Lin's gaze narrowed; he did not speak.

"She is not here; she is in the Immortal Astral! It is difficult to obtain a mountain gate on the Immortal Astral Continent, but if you kill the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable, this Seven Dao Sect's mountain gate will be yours! My sister and I will take nothing. In reality, the two of us are not people of the Seven Dao Sect, but Core Disciples of the Great Soul Gate within the Nine Sects and Thirteen Gates of the Eastern Immortal Astral. Back then, we were both blind and both set our hearts on the Seven-Colored Immortal Venerable…" The woman gritted her teeth, revealing a look of resentment.

"Even after you obtain the Seven Dao Sect's mountain gate, if you wish to continue to Cultivate, my sister and I can introduce you to the Great Soul Gate!"

"As for the punishment for entering the Immortal Astral, I will have my sister beg our Master to let her take action to help you, guiding you in the Immortal Astral so that the entry punishment is reduced."

Wang Lin was silent, and after a long while, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Besides me, what about the other Cultivators in this Immortal Cave Realm?"

The peerlessly beautiful woman was about to speak, but suddenly her expression changed, and she turned her head sharply. At the same time, Wang Lin's expression also turned grim, and he turned his head to look behind him.