Chapter 977: Alliance Secrets, Immortal Cave Opening

"Qing Lin has quite the scheme… I didn't expect such a shocking turn of events the moment his Immortal Cave opened… If I hadn't absorbed other Demon Spirits, I would certainly be firmly suppressed right now!"

"However, none of that matters now. Even if this Demon Spirit Land returns to how it was back then, it won't hinder me! The Immortal Cave is open, and this time, I will definitely succeed! Ancient Demon, Immortal Emperor, I, Bero, have arrived!"

A look of savagery appeared on the demonic face, and in its distortion, it rushed out of the pool, transforming into a streak of demonic light as it headed toward the sky.

The Immortal Wind swept over his body, but the moment it neared, it was immediately devoured by the demonic light, transforming into Demonic Qi and further increasing the brilliance of the demonic light.

Within the Immortal Spirit Heaven territory, beneath the imperial capital of a Demon Prefecture, Yao Xixue, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly looked up. The moment she looked up was the exact instant the Immortal Wind swept past. She immediately sensed the Immortal Qi, her body trembling as a sinister light appeared in her eyes, and a massive surge of Demonic Qi abruptly erupted from within her body.

It formed a massive Vortex, pulling all the Immortal Qi that had swept over her into the Vortex, where it was quickly shredded and absorbed.

Yao Xixue's body flickered, and she instantly vanished from her original spot. When she reappeared, she was already standing in mid-air. Her entire body was shrouded in waves of Demonic Qi, making her features unclear, but her cold aura was extremely intense.

After a brief pause, she immediately transformed into a streak of demonic light and shot forward.

There was one other place that was also preserved under the Immortal Qi: the Fire Demon Prefecture, now the Soul Refining Sect!

Inside the Soul Refining Sect, at the location of Wang Lin's stone statue, the Immortal Qi whistled past, attempting to dissipate the Demonic Qi within the statue. A sharp whistling sound immediately emanated from within the stone statue.

The moment the Immortal Qi arrived, the millions of Disciples of the Soul Refining Sect all sensed the anxiety and meaning within that whistling sound. Without needing anyone to lead them, all the Soul Refining Sect Disciples deployed their Soul Banners. An unimaginable number of souls instantly filled the capital city, and under layers of protection, they immediately shielded the black stone statue in the valley.

The entire Soul Refining Sect capital was filled with black mist, and countless souls whistled as they resisted the Immortal Wind. However, the power of the Immortal Wind was too great; as it swept across, the Soul Refining Sect was like a lone boat in a raging sea, appearing as if it could collapse at any moment.

The millions of people of the Soul Refining Sect within the black mist sat cross-legged with expressions of fear, yet they still gritted their teeth and persisted!

Just then, a portion of the incoming Immortal Wind suddenly changed slightly, as if it possessed its own will. Instead of continuing to swirl around the Soul Refining Sect, it formed a Vortex around it, helping the Soul Refining Sect resist the other three waves of Immortal Wind.

The three merged waves of Immortal Wind paused. They did not force an impact but instead bypassed the surroundings and instantly whistled away.

The Immortal Wind Vortex surrounding the Soul Refining Sect quickly contracted, followed after them, and merged back into them, sweeping across the world together.

As this Immortal Wind permeated the entire Immortal Spirit Heaven territory, the four pillars of light in the east, west, south, and north immediately emitted brilliant colors, and beams of light shot out, causing the sky to be shrouded in this radiance.

Those four pillars of light were even connected to each other by beams of light, as if weaving a layer of protection within the Immortal Spirit Heaven territory!

The Immortal Spirit Heaven of the past had once again activated the protective barrier that should have existed!

At this instant, at the midpoint between the four pillars of light—the very center of this Immortal Spirit Heaven—as the brilliant light swirled and the protective barrier was reactivated, this place, which was originally a landscape of crisscrossing mountain ranges, suddenly began to change.

The earth shook, and those mountain ranges shed large amounts of rubble. Countless particles of dust fell, and dust billowed into the air. Looking from afar, a cloud of dust covered everything.

Amidst the dust, the rubble of one of the mountain ranges collapsed with a rumble, revealing a purple glow within. A ten-thousand-zhang-long purple Dragon roared and rose up. As the purple Dragon moved, all the rubble fell away.

The purple Dragon ascended into the sky, its roar earth-shattering! This purple Dragon was extremely majestic, its pair of Dragon eyes revealing endless coldness.

Following it, another mountain range on the ground collapsed, and a second purple Dragon roared as it flew up. At the same time, more mountain ranges on the ground shattered. Within moments, purple Dragons rushed out one after another. Finally, in mid-air, nine purple Dragons circled, their roars echoing across the world like an eternal sound.

As these nine purple Dragons circled, they intertwined with one another. Amidst the flashing of purple light, they immediately transformed into a circular Formation. This Formation was composed of the nine Dragons, and the moment the Formation appeared, the Immortal Qi within the entire Immortal Spirit Heaven territory surged instantly.

The Nine Dragon Formation floated in mid-air, purple light flashing; even from a great distance, one could clearly see the purple hue filling the sky.

Outside the Formation, the sky distorted, and three figures materialized. They were Ling Tianhou and the purple-robed man surnamed Zhao. Between the two, Void Realm Child had a calm expression, but a flash of sharp light passed through his eyes as they opened and closed.

Not long after the three appeared, a distortion materialized not far away, and one person stepped out!

The moment this person appeared, Ling Tianhou's eyes immediately turned sharp. Void Realm Child beside him also raised his head, his gaze falling upon the Heavenly Fate Child who had stepped out.

Heavenly Fate Child's expression was calm. He cupped his fists toward Void Realm Child and said indifferently, "heavenly fate greets Fellow Daoist Void Realm Child."

Void Realm Child smiled slightly and nodded, saying, "Ling Tianhou invited me, so I came to take a look."

Heavenly Fate Child looked toward the Nine Dragon Formation on the side and said calmly, "With only my own strength, I don't have much confidence, but since Fellow Daoist Void Realm Child has come, this trip should be without hindrance!"

As the two conversed, two locations on the other side of the Formation distorted simultaneously, and the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion and Wang Lin's group materialized.

Behind the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion, that illusory figure followed. Around Wang Lin were Situ Nan, Fufengzi, and others. Everyone appeared at the same time and could not help but size each other up.

The moment Wang Lin appeared, the illusory figure behind Wang Wei trembled. It looked at Wang Lin carefully, its eyes revealing emotion and gratification.

Wang Lin's gaze fell upon the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion. He had seen these two before, but he was not familiar with them. However, the illusory figure behind the two made Wang Lin recognize at a glance that this person was none other than Zhou Yi!

Wang Wei looked at Wang Lin with great interest and smiled, saying, "You are the Wang Lin who took the key to the fourth Immortal Cave?"

Wang Lin's expression remained normal, but he was cautious in his heart. He could not see through the cultivation of the man before him, and the woman beside him had cultivation that was even more unfathomable.

"Cloud Immortal Dao Companion!" Years ago, Wang Lin had learned from Yao Xixue that such a pair of Dao Companions existed, that they controlled an Immortal Cave, and never went out. At this moment, he immediately understood that these two must be the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion.

"That is correct," Wang Lin said calmly.

Hu Juan, who was beside Wang Wei, chuckled at Wang Wei, "You lost our bet from back then."

Wang Wei nodded with a smile and laughed at Wang Lin, "Was the Restriction at the entrance to the Fire Demon Prefecture in the Tidal Abyss laid by you?" As he spoke, Wang Wei waved his right hand in the void, and a small blade of grass immediately appeared in his hand.

The moment he saw this small blade of grass, Wang Lin recognized it as a Restriction he had laid down years ago. He remained composed and nodded slightly.

"The younger generation is to be feared. At your age, I was still unable to lay down such ingenious Restrictions," Wang Wei sighed, his eyes revealing admiration.

"Senior praises me too much," Wang Lin said, cupping his fists, his gaze sweeping seemingly casually over the illusory figure behind Wang Wei.

When Wang Lin's gaze looked over, Zhou Yi's eyes flashed imperceptibly.

Wang Lin immediately understood.

Just then, several long rainbows whistled over from the distant horizon. The one in front was that middle-aged beautiful woman who looked like a village woman. Following behind her were four Disciples, and Qian Qin and the one suspected to be the Kunxu Saintess were among them.

After the village-woman-like beauty approached, she looked around. She first greeted Heavenly Fate Child, then carefully sized up the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion with a kind smile on her face. Finally, she nodded slightly at Wang Lin and came to the side of Void Realm Child.

Heavenly Fate Child's expression remained normal, but his brows furrowed slightly.

After the village woman, among the two figures arriving from afar, the old man sitting on a Gourd and the cold-faced man in black quickly approached. The Gourd old man's gaze swept over everyone, and when he saw the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion, his pupils shrank. After a moment of silence, he came to the side of Heavenly Fate Child.

As for the cold-faced man in black, he didn't say a word and stood beside Wang Lin's group.

Wang Lin's gaze flashed as he looked at the man in black. Wang Lin had not even spoken a word to this person, but he could vaguely feel that this person's personality was likely solitary and arrogant, not liking to be close to others.

The man in black met Wang Lin's gaze and spoke for the first time, saying calmly, "Take me in."

Wang Lin pondered for a moment and nodded.

The Nine Dragon Formation, bathed in purple light, slowly rotated. But at this moment, a dense demonic flame suddenly appeared in the distance with a roar and headed straight for this place.

In an instant, the demonic light neared and transformed into a human figure, but its body was shrouded in Demonic Qi, making its face unclear, and one couldn't even distinguish if it was male or female.

However, the moment this figure appeared, Wang Lin's mind stirred, and he looked over sharply. At this moment, the demonic flame figure also looked at Wang Lin, and a hateful gaze pierced through the Demonic Qi, heading straight for Wang Lin like a sharp sword.

After just a moment, this person withdrew their gaze, said nothing, and stood beside Heavenly Fate Child.

Heavenly Fate Child's expression remained normal, and he nodded slightly, but his gaze fell into the distance, with a hint of anticipation in his expression.

At the end of Heavenly Fate Child's gaze, a bald young man dressed in red walked over slowly. This person's appearance was extremely handsome, and there was a hint of demonic beauty about him.

His head was smooth without a single hair, and he was shrouded in Immortal Qi. As he walked over, his first glance was toward Wang Lin, and he smiled, "Little Brother Wang, I'm late."

"Bero…" Wang Lin's expression was calm as he nodded, "Not late, this is just the right time."

The appearance of this bald young man caused Void Realm Child's gaze to freeze, and his pupils shrank sharply. Not only him, but even the Cloud Immortal Dao Companion had a flash of cold light in their eyes.

Only Heavenly Fate Child slowly revealed a smile at the corner of his mouth.

The Nine Dragon Formation operated, surrounded by waves of Immortal Qi. With the roars of the nine purple Dragons that made up the Formation, the purple light above the Formation suddenly flickered violently, covering everything within several hundred zhang.

The light vanished in an instant, and everyone's figures disappeared.

The fifth Immortal Cave, opened!