Zhu Qi and his subordinates

At the same time.

Canglan Continent.

The Yaochi Sacred Clan territory, inside a certain active volcano.

A huge space had been carved out within the boiling magma.

Inside the space, a tall, thin man was leading a large group of people, staring intently at a light screen manifested by a Sacred Artifact.

It looked a bit like a group of people watching a movie.

The identity of this group would scare many people to death; they were members of the Lutian Tower.

The tall, thin man leading them was the seventh-in-command of the Lutian Tower's intelligence department, Zhu Qi.

Behind him sat dozens of Martial Saints; their names were mostly Zhu followed by a number.

These were only a portion of the subordinates under Zhu Qi, the seventh-in-command of the Lutian Tower's intelligence department; his total number of Martial Saint-level subordinates likely numbered one or two hundred.

From this, it was evident that the strength of the Lutian Tower was truly formidable.

Looking back at the scene on the light screen.

A layer of indigo-pink light occupied the entire screen; it was the barrier deployed by the sea of the sky.

In truth, they wanted to see deeper, but unfortunately, their own Sacred Artifact simply couldn't compete with the other party's Immortal Artifact; they could only see a thin, smooth, and silky barrier.

“This is a defensive barrier formed by a true Immortal Artifact!”

“Wasn't it a quasi-immortal artifact before? How did it suddenly become an Immortal Artifact!?”

“Damn it, the original quasi-immortal artifact suddenly turned into an Immortal Artifact, and Zhu One-Hundred-and-Eight died without rhyme or reason. This Su Lang is just too bizarre!”

“Our people heard some news and speculate that Zhu One-Hundred-and-Eight died at the hands of an old servant by Su Lang's side. That old servant is a remnant from ancient times, the Ancient Great Saint Xianyang Martial Saint. As soon as he appeared, he took Su Lang as his master.

Furthermore, Su Lang refined the quasi-immortal artifact, the sea of the sky, in front of countless people. Now that the sea of the sky has suddenly been promoted to an Immortal Artifact, it's likely Su Lang's doing as well.”

“Perhaps the quasi-immortal artifact he refined earlier was just a semi-finished product that needed time to mature before it could gradually give birth to an artifact spirit and promote to an Immortal Artifact?”

“Perhaps that's it. I've also seen examples of quasi-immortal artifacts evolving into Immortal Artifacts over a long period. However, this sea of the sky was clearly subjected to some kind of miraculous method by Su Lang that greatly shortened the time.”

“Hiss, this can be considered directly refining an Immortal Artifact. If Su Lang can refine Immortal Artifacts, he would be treated as an honored guest anywhere he goes on the Canglan Continent!”

“Indeed, Immortal Artifacts are several times rarer than Martial Immortals. A talent capable of refining Immortal Artifacts—even the Imperial Clans would likely give him some Face!”

“Although this person isn't a direct blood descendant of an Imperial Clan, he likely has a significant background. Otherwise, that ancient Martial Saint Li Xianyang wouldn't have taken him as master.”

“Hmph, regardless, this person killed someone from our Lutian Tower, so he must provide an explanation.”

“Correct. Can't he refine Immortal Artifacts? We'll capture him and make him refine Immortal Artifacts for our Lutian Tower day and night.”

“Haha, anyway, the Immortal Clans won't dare provoke us, and the Imperial Clans likely wouldn't care for an Immortal Rank Artifact Refiner. As long as we catch him, no one will save him.”

“That's a good idea. Many of our Lutian Tower's Martial Immortal Lords don't even have Immortal Artifacts!”

“This Su Lang must be captured. However, this person is too cunning and his defenses are so tight; we need to plan this carefully.”

“Given the value Su Lang has shown, we can definitely have the Martial Immortal Lords within the organization take action. Perhaps even Lady Zhu Xian would be interested.”

“By the way, what exactly is Lady Zhu Xian busy with? Why is she always coming and going in such a hurry? It always gives me a feeling that a storm is brewing.”

“How could you possibly fathom Lady Zhu Xian's business? Be careful, or Lady Zhu Xian might calculate with her fingers and find out you're being disrespectful behind her back, hehe!”

“I wasn't being disrespectful! I didn't say anything…”

“…”

The group discussed for a while, feeling incredibly shocked by the sea of the sky's sudden transformation into an Immortal Artifact, and their attitude towards Su Lang also changed somewhat.

When they first came, they arrived with a must-kill mindset.

Now, it had turned into capturing him alive to become a tool for refining Immortal Artifacts for the Lutian Tower.

However, it was obvious that they still chose to stand in opposition to Su Lang.

And what awaited them would be a tragic end… Of course, these fellows from the Lutian Tower had no idea they had provoked an enemy so freakish that he defied description.

They were still fantasizing about the wonderful scene of making Su Lang refine Immortal and Sacred Artifacts after capturing him.

A Sacred Artifact for every person—just thinking about it was exciting!