The truth of the Xuanhuang Realm

Liu Ruchen also felt somewhat moved: "Back then, the Ancestral Master's unintentional act of kindness actually left a way out for our generation…"

"Eh?"

Liu Ruchen's voice suddenly became filled with astonishment.

"What happened?" Old Huang couldn't help but ask.

"Strange, why has the Medicine King Cauldron's trajectory shifted?" Liu Ruchen's voice was full of confusion. "Could there be a problem with the Dao Beacon's resonance?"

A moment later.

"Everything is normal with the Medicine King Cauldron."

"Then what exactly is…"

Before Liu Ruchen could find the answer, Old Huang's panicked voice came through.

"Sect Master, something seems wrong."

"Why does it feel like we aren't moving forward, but rather upward?"

The surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

As the perspective continued to shrink, Xiao Heng and the others saw that shortly after detaching from the Xuanhuang World…

The Medicine King Cauldron, which was originally flying straight into the distance, had somehow slowly begun to change its trajectory.

It was as if something above was attracting it.

In the dark Void Realm, the Medicine King Cauldron traced a curve.

Helplessly, it slowly began falling upwards.

Its speed grew faster and faster.

There was no starlight there; it was pitch black.

But at this moment, it was like a man-eating beast, opening its massive maw, waiting for its food to arrive.

Liu Ruchen's heart turned ice-cold.

Staring at the glowing cloud below that represented the Xuanhuang World—which was constantly receding and growing smaller—he felt as if he saw a mocking gaze coming from within it.

In an instant, Liu Ruchen understood everything.

Why the Ten Immortal Sects knew they wanted to escape but did nothing to stop them.

Because they had known all along.

There was simply no way to escape.

"Ten Immortal Sects…" Liu Ruchen said through gritted teeth.

The Medicine King Cauldron's speed had already surpassed the limit it could withstand, and it began to shake violently.

"Sect Master!"

Creaking and groaning sounds came from all directions, and Old Huang let out a panicked cry.

Only a few breaths later.

"Sect Master, you…"

First, Old Huang let out an incredulous scream.

"Disciples of the Medicine King Sect, hear my command…"

Then, Liu Ruchen began issuing orders to the Disciples within the Medicine King Cauldron.

He told them to return to their respective rooms immediately.

"Don't blame me…"

Liu Ruchen's whisper echoed in this space.

"Relying on my power alone, it is impossible to escape from there…"

A trace of despair leaked from his voice.

"However, for the sake of the Medicine King Sect."

"I must do this."

An instant later, Liu Ruchen spoke with absolute determination.

Following this, a vast expanse of greenish-blue light enveloped the entire Medicine King Cauldron.

"Ten Immortal Sects!!!"

Amidst a roar full of resentment.

The green light grew even more intense.

The Medicine King Cauldron's speed suddenly slowed significantly.

But it still could not change its fate of falling upwards.

But gradually, from within the Medicine King Cauldron, threads of the same greenish-blue light were drawn out one after another.

The green light became more and more dazzling.

The Medicine King Cauldron's speed became slower and slower.

Slower and slower.

Finally, in a region of endless pitch-black, it came to a standstill.

An instant later, much more green light was extracted.

Only then did the Medicine King Cauldron begin to change the direction of its velocity.

Avoiding the fate of being swallowed, it began falling downwards.

During the escape process, the green radiance flickered constantly.

It seemed to be being consumed rapidly.

Eventually, when the Medicine King Cauldron fell back into the Xuanhuang World, the green light had become barely visible.

…

The images came to an abrupt end.

"That is what happened back then," Linghu Chang said with sorrow.

Meanwhile, Xiao Heng and the others were still in shock from the images they had just seen, unable to react at all.

After a long time.

"What was that?" Even the usually fearless Su Xiaomei asked with a face full of dread.

Although she didn't say it explicitly, everyone present understood what she was referring to.

"That is the [Immortal Ruins]. A long, long time ago, before the path to Ascension was severed, that was where the passage to the Immortal Realm was located," Linghu Chang answered her question.

"Before the Sect Master passed away, he understood many things," Linghu Chang said.

"The Immortal Path not appearing, the connection with other Cultivation Worlds being severed…"

"All of this is because such a terrifying existence appeared above the head of the Xuanhuang World."

"It devours everything; it can even warp time and space."

"Just by taking a single turn in front of it, a thousand years had already passed in the outside world."

Linghu Chang's voice was low as he spoke slowly.

"And the Ten Immortal Sects of that time clearly knew this truth. Yet they watched us go to our deaths without giving any warning…"

Linghu Chang clenched his fists so hard that his nails were about to pierce his flesh.

"Immortal Ruins…" Xiao Heng and the others murmured, their hearts filled with an inexplicable horror.

"Will we… will this world not be sucked up entirely?" Su Xiaomei opened her mouth and asked somewhat blankly.

Linghu Chang gave a cold laugh: "Back then, the Ten Immortal Sects were still engaged in open and secret struggles, with constant conflicts."

"But suddenly, from a certain moment on, they became incredibly united and began speaking with a single voice."

"Presumably, the fact that the Xuanhuang World has been able to survive safely until now is thanks to their efforts back then."

Hearing this, Xiao Heng and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief.

However, the feeling of trepidation that surfaced in their hearts from time to time could not be eliminated in the short term.

…

Just as Xiao Heng and the others finally realized the true situation of the Xuanhuang World.

Li Fan, who was still unaware of all this, had completed the inspection of the Lock Spirit Array in the final state.

With the full coverage of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Array imminent, all the Formation Masters involved in its construction received an invitation from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Headquarters.

"Go to Tianling State to watch the show of the Lock Spirit Array making its debut?"

"What does this mean?"

Li Fan looked at the black-gold, jade-tablet-like invitation in his hand and asked Huangfu Song.

"Perhaps it has something to do with the Tianling State Void Realm," Huangfu Song said quietly.

"Anyway, somehow it's almost certain that the Five Old Men Association is going to provoke a war again."

"So, the Alliance decided to take the opportunity of the Lock Spirit Array's debut to give them a severe lesson."

Hearing this, Li Fan nodded slowly.

Looking at this Jade Slip, for some reason, a trace of unease suddenly surfaced in his heart.

"Let's go, many people have already arrived."

"It would be a shame to miss such a grand feast."

Huangfu Song piloted the crossing dust boat and flew toward Yanghua Immortal City.

Then, through the teleportation array, they continuously rushed toward Tianling State.

Midway, Li Fan suddenly stopped.

"Senior Huangfu, you go ahead."

"I have something to do; I need to go to the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Headquarters first."

After a moment, Li Fan said to Huangfu Song.

At the same time, he gave a 'you know what I mean' look.

"Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Headquarters?" Huangfu Song was taken aback, but he quickly reacted.

"Then let me congratulate you in advance, Fellow Daoist!"

Looking at Li Fan with envy, Huangfu Song then shook his head privately and left first.

After Huangfu Song left, Li Fan's expression remained unchanged.

In his heart, however, he was recalling the message Lu Xuejing had just sent.

"Danger."

"It seems my premonition was correct; there really is a problem with Tianling State."

Li Fan began to calculate secretly in his heart.