Chapter 236: Ancient Secrets

"Formation, rise!"

While frantically dodging the attacks of the Dark Nether Profound Spirit, Wu Mowu was also setting up a large Formation around her. As the Formation completed, Wu Mowu's steps suddenly halted.

With her furious shout, countless dim grayish light pillars erupted from the surroundings in an instant, directly forming a cage that trapped the Dark Nether Profound Spirit.

"Roar! Human, you deserve death!"

The Dark Nether Profound Spirit also sensed something was amiss and manipulated the dark darts within its body to bombard the Formation. However, before the darts could even reach the Formation's foundation, they seemed to lose all power and simply fell to the ground.

"The most terrifying aspects of a Dark Nether Profound Spirit are its own Mental Energy and the dark darts within its body. A Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level Dark Nether Profound Spirit possesses tens of thousands of these darts, each capable of killing a Golden Immortal Peak expert."

"The Myriad Ways Soul-Suppressing Formation I've set up has the effect of suppressing Mental Energy. At most, it can suppress the Mental Energy of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal down to the Golden Immortal level. Once that happens, the Dark Nether Profound Spirit's Mental Energy will be greatly diminished. And this… is when it's my turn to strike."

"Divine Demon's Fall!"

As Wu Mowu channeled all her power into the spear in her hand, the next moment she hurled it. Instantly, the spear, seemingly shrouded in layers of divine and demonic phantoms, shot towards the Dark Nether Profound Spirit.

The Dark Nether Profound Spirit naturally felt the power of this spear strike. Roaring, it manifested its unease and, in the next second, mobilized all the dark darts within its body to form a shield in front of itself.

However, if this had been before, Wu Mowu's spear strike would definitely not have broken through the Dark Nether Profound Spirit's defense. But now, it was different.

The very next moment, Divine Demon's Fall slammed into the Dark Nether Profound Spirit's dart shield. After a stalemate of about five minutes, Divine Demon's Fall directly shattered the dart shield and pierced straight through the Dark Nether Profound Spirit's body.

As the Dark Nether Profound Spirit's body was pierced and turned to ashes that dissipated, Wu Mowu finally let out a sigh of relief.

"Phew, let me see what exactly it is that the Golden Bloodthirsty Ape was guarding."

After adjusting his own condition, Wu Xianni then stood up and walked towards the depths of the great mountain. Soon enough, Wu Xianni smoothly found a mountain cave. An inexplicable feeling in his heart, like a voice, seemed to tell him to go inside, that what he desired was within.

But Wu Xianni did not let his guard down. Only after preparing everything did he set off into the cave. However, the moment Wu Xianni stepped inside, the cave entrance behind him vanished without a trace.

Wu Xianni, however, did not notice this point. By now, he was already captivated by the cave before him, his expression becoming one of extreme anticipation.

"This… should be the Legacy site of either the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor or the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor, right?"

Soon, looking at the majestic palace that appeared before him, Wu Xianni thought with immense excitement in his heart.

As if confirming Wu Xianni's thoughts, the next moment, a pure white, seemingly utterly pristine radiant phantom appeared before Wu Xianni. Looking at Wu Xianni, it spoke with a hearty laugh.

"Young friend, I see you possess extraordinary Aptitude and formidable strength. Presumably, it was you who passed my trial. I am the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor. Are you willing to receive this Emperor's Legacy?"

"Senior, are you truly the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor?"

Wu Xianni was also surprised by the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor before him. After all, the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor was an Immortal Emperor from the Ancient Era, far more powerful than himself, who was merely at the Immortal Emperor Early Stage.

Hearing this, the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor couldn't help but sigh and say,

"Correct, I am indeed the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor. Since you have entered the Dao Ran Secret Realm, you must also know about the enmity between this Emperor and the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor, I presume?"

"I know a little. It is said that during the Ancient Era, Senior, you once led the entire Heavenly Immortal Sect to war against the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor's Fallen Demon Valley, ultimately resulting in mutual destruction. Both you, Senior, and the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor subsequently left your legacies within the Dao Ran Secret Realm."

Wu Xianni said without hesitation.

Wu Xianni believed the version he recounted was probably close to the correct history, but he never expected the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor to shake his head with a grave expression.

"No, that is not the case. In truth, it was not that our two great forces actively went to war, but rather that we were forced into it."

"Forced into it?"

On the other side, Wu Mowu had also arrived before the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor and heard a similar explanation as the one from the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor.

Hearing her question, the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor nodded with a solemn expression and said,

"Exactly, forced. You must be aware of the existence of the Blood Soul Gate, I presume."

"I have some understanding. During the Ancient Era, the Five Great Holy Lands led the powerful experts of the entire Upper Realm to war against the Blood Soul Gate. In the end, after paying a heavy price, they expelled the Blood Soul Gate from the Upper Realm."

Wu Mowu nodded, her expression grave as she spoke.

This time, it was the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor's turn to be stunned. Only after a long while did he sigh and say,

"The Blood Soul Gate has already grown to such a formidable extent? It seems our two old fellows guessed right back then."

"Senior, what exactly happened between the Fallen Demon Valley and the Heavenly Immortal Sect during the Ancient Era?"

Wu Mowu asked, somewhat puzzled.

Hearing Wu Mowu's words, the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor first sighed, remained silent for a good while, and then finally spoke.

"In truth, back then, this Emperor and the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor were close friends. Although one of us was a Righteous Path Cultivator and the other a Demonic Path Cultivator, it did not hinder our friendship. However, ever since the Blood Soul Gate appeared, all Demonic Path forces in the Upper Realm were forcibly coerced by the Blood Soul Gate's Sect Leader, the Blood Emperor, into joining the Blood Soul Gate."

"This Emperor was unwilling and intended to fight the Blood Emperor to the death. But this Emperor was no match for the Blood Emperor. After just one encounter, the Blood Emperor planted a Blood Demon Seed within this Emperor's body. Once implanted with the Blood Demon Seed, this Emperor would be compelled to obey the Blood Emperor's commands."

"After the Blood Demon Seed was planted within this Emperor's body, this Emperor's self-awareness was also affected, unable to remain lucid for extended periods."

"Under such circumstances, this Emperor could only ask Tianxian to eliminate me. But never did I expect that just as Tianxian was about to do so, the power of the Blood Demon Seed erupted. This Emperor completely lost control and engaged in battle with that fellow Tianxian."

"That battle led to the full-scale war between our two great forces, the Heavenly Immortal Sect and the Fallen Demon Valley. By the time this Emperor regained consciousness, the great war had already concluded. Both this Emperor and the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor were on the verge of perishing, our Daos dissipating. With no other choice, this Emperor and the Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor could only join forces to create the Dao Ran Secret Realm, in order to pass down the legacies of our Heavenly Immortal Sect and Fallen Demon Valley…"

"And what you see before you now is merely a wisp of this Emperor's remnant soul."

The Heavenly Immortal Immortal Emperor and the Fallen Demon Immortal Emperor looked at Wu Xianni and Wu Mowu before them respectively, their expressions appearing extremely solemn as they spoke.

Hearing this, Wu Xianni and Wu Mowu couldn't help but fall into silence for a moment. No matter how they thought about it, they never imagined that this was the true reason for the downfall of the Heavenly Immortal Sect and the Fallen Demon Valley.