Who Let Him Cultivate?!

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A terrifying Immortal Soul explosion occurred above the small world of the Ancient Ring. Although it was tremendously powerful, Fairy Eternity deliberately controlled it so that the blast was very small, small enough to only affect Yingtian Immortal and not reach Lu Yang and Senior Sister Jinghong above and below.

"Cough cough—cough cough—" Yingtian Immortal coughed violently, feeling as if his soul was about to fly out of his Immortal Gold body.

Just now, the clone of the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord had swallowed half of his soul for ages, and yet it wasn't as forceful as this single blast.

In a blink of an eye, Fairy Eternity's soul recovered as if nothing had happened, and she asked eagerly, "How about that, do you believe me now? If not, I can explode a few more times."

Yingtian Immortal, his expression dazed from the soul explosion, regained consciousness when he heard these words and hastily gestured to preclude another blast, afraid that if he spoke too slowly, she would detonate again, "No, no, no, I believe you, I believe you."

This definitely wasn't Silent Extermination Immortal; even if he wanted to imitate such a method of self-detonation, he couldn't.

"You really are Immortal..." Yingtian Immortal asked subconsciously, then quickly realized his words might cause Fairy Eternity to misunderstand and hurriedly corrected himself, "Immortal, you were actually revived during this time."

Having seen the future of Immortal Fairy through a temporal passage in Ancient Times, Yingtian Immortal had never known exactly when this future was; it turned out to be after four hundred thousand years.

Fairy Eternity, seeing her long-lost friend again, was also delighted, "I've been revived for several years now, and I've been looking for you four everywhere without success. Xiao Ling and Lianyi have no idea where you all went. Finally, I've run into one of you. Where have you all been these years?"

"Ah, that's a long story."

"If it's a long story, let's not talk about it for now. Come, come, I'll take you to meet the person who revived me."

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Although Senior Sister Jinghong was not injured by the Immortal Soul explosion, she was awakened by it. Upon coming to her senses, she found herself in the small world of the Ancient Ring, with Junior Brother Lu Yang at her side, and her master conversing in the sky with a youthful fairy.

Senior Sister Jinghong felt a bit bewildered, "Why does it seem like the master is speaking differently than usual, and how did the master transform?"

"Hasn't he always been human?"

"How could the master be human, he said he is Venerable Ying Long...wait a second, Junior Brother Lu Yang, you know the master?" Senior Sister Jinghong instinctively explained, then suddenly realized, listening to Junior Brother Lu Yang's undisturbed tone, it sounded as though he had known the master for a long time.

Lu Yang: "..."

So you, Yingtian Immortal, have always interacted with Senior Sister Jinghong in your Ying Long form?

Lu Yang sighed, "By a fortunate coincidence, I've heard some stories about your master and, by chance, seen him a few times, although not in person."

"Stories about the master, like how he talked about proving his path through strength, splitting the heavens with his axe, controlling calamities, subjugating Suiyue, and suppressing Kirin?"

"Stories about the master, for example, how he carved mountains with his axe, forging a splendid path of light for the Human race, or how he used Yin and Yang as a ploy, comprehended the Great Dao, transcended deathly tribulations, and gambled with the Qilin Immortal only to return to his senses a century later?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment; these might correspond respectively to Yingtian Immortal's youthful days when he was poor and would block travelers to extort toll fees.

And the time he avoided Immortal Fairy's dinner invitations by playing Go with Qilin Immortal for a hundred years.

"Er, roughly speaking, yes."

"Let me tell you, it's all because Lu Yang called out my name that I was revived. I have high expectations for this young man, Lu Yang, who is now the Second Boss of my Immortal Lineage..."

Immortal Fairy descended with Yingtian Immortal to introduce Lu Yang.

"I've had the honor of meeting Yingtian Immortal," Lu Yang quickly said. Although according to Immortal Fairy's descriptions, Yingtian Immortal was an Immortal with a quirky mind and poor luck, but he was still one of the top powerhouses in the world and not to be taken lightly.

Especially as he was privy to quite a few pieces of his shameful past, he hoped Yingtian Immortal would repay with kindness and not hold grudges against a younger generation like him.

"Hahaha, young friend, no need to be so formal. We, the Four Immortals, can't thank you enough for reviving Immortal; it's I who should be paying my respects to you," said Yingtian Immortal. He gave a formal bow, observing the most authentic Ancient Times ritual, and stated earnestly, "Thank you, Lu Yang."

"Master, who is this?"

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"This is the Immortal that master mentioned, resurrected in this era. I didn't expect that."

"I've seen Senior Immortal before."

"This is the apprentice I've taken, someone you should all recognize, Jinghong. Although her talents are average, she has a good nature. Under my guidance, having cleansed marrow and refined essence, she's transformed completely and can be considered one of the top geniuses of our time."

"However, I feel standing out too much could attract unnecessary trouble, so I've advised her to keep a low profile, and that's why she has remained unknown to the world."

"You've taken an apprentice?" Fairy Eternity remembered that the Yingtian Immortal had not taken any apprentices before.

"Explaining the cause and effect of this matter would be quite bothersome now; let's not talk about it at the moment. First, I will deal with the Great Qian cultivators outside."

Yingtian Immortal hadn't forgotten that there were two Divine Monarchs outside tasked with vanquishing demons and spirits. Since they're from the Fire Dynasty, it's apparent they're of the same ilk as the Specter Monarch. With the Specter Monarch here, those two should also be left behind."

"Do you intend to leave the Ancient Ring's small world?"

"No need for that, I have my own methods," Yingtian Immortal Ao Ran said with a smile.

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"These attacks from Fairy Palace are like tickling, not the slightest powerful! Is this all you've got?" Demon-Removing Divine Monarch laughed heartily to embolden himself, cursing inwardly at the Specter Monarch for not making a move. So much time had passed.

If this went on, the Great Xia cultivators might come to aid Fairy Palace.

Indeed, not one of them on his side was reliable.

Facing the combined effort of three from Fairy Palace, Demon-Removing Divine Monarch could only defend passively, but Fairy Palace didn't have an offensive technique powerful enough to break his defense, nor did he have the means to escape from Fairy Palace.

The battle became a stalemate.

Just as the Demon-Removing Divine Monarch was grumbling about the Specter Monarch's inaction, an explosion echoed from deep within Fairy Palace.

"It's done!" the Demon-Removing Divine Monarch thought joyfully, finally able to wrap things up.

But no, the explosion did not come from the Laurel Tree Ancestor!

A wisp of red-gold fire erupted from beneath the Elixir Brewing Chamber and, even under the sunlight, shone brilliantly.

The red-gold fire transformed into a long spear and charged directly at the Demon-Removing Divine Monarch, who felt a sense of crisis looming. He crossed his arms over his chest, but the red-gold spear disregarded the defense, piercing through his arms and chest.

Then the spear turned pliable, coiling into a cord of fire that bound the Demon-Removing Divine Monarch, its scorching flames searing his skin, bones, and soul, causing him to scream in agony.

"Is this the Immortal Fire passed down from Ancient Times?" Zhui Yue True Person was astonished, as nobody had been able to refine or move this pile of Immortal Fire, so how could it have launched an attack on its own this time?

"Has it developed feelings for Fairy Palace, striking out in times of life-and-death crisis for the palace?"

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"Isn't this the Immortal Fire left from my barbecue, now you can use it too?"

"Of course, it's yours, Immortal. Ever since the person behind the scenes erased your existence, many of your possessions became unclaimed, including this Immortal Fire."

"Since Jinghong needed this strand of Immortal Fire for cultivation, I covertly refined it."

"Speaking of which, the Mother-child River also became unclaimed property. Yet for some reason, rumors spread that I created it and that I had impure motives, am lustful for life, fancy married women, and have impregnated countless ladies."

"If I ever find out where these rumors started, I'll make the culprit understand what Immortal wrath is!"

Yingtian Immortal couldn't contain his rage when this subject came up, as the image he had worked hard to cultivate throughout this era had been tarnished overnight; this grudge was as grievous as one that blocks one's path.

"Spreading rumors in future generations is indeed detestable," Fairy Eternity and Lu Yang shared the same enemy and were filled with righteous indignation.