No mortal being can surpass this speed!

This is what countless memories told Mei Gemu. Because the movement of "leaping out of the long river" transcends the concept of speed. Nothing can catch up with it.

Except for light.

However, ordinary mortals cannot touch the domain of light. Their light-speed attacks are incredibly feeble.

After the Demon Blood Valley has been boiled to more than eighty percent, Mei Gemu can completely ignore Wang Qi's Light Speed Sword Qi. The kind of Sword Qi without rest mass, he can even devour it with just the natural flow of Essence Demon Energy.

Wang Qi's strike was the same.

However, after consuming this Sword Qi, Mei Gemu's smile froze.

This Sword Qi... is strange...

Chill gradually climbed onto Mei Gemu's spine. He sensed a familiar taste.

——This is... this is... the same method that not long ago almost completely destroyed the "other me," forcing this me to become "me"!

How could it be? Such a pinnacle heterodox spell, and he actually cast it this way!

No no no, calm down, calm down... This heterodox spell is indeed inherited from "me" in the Divine Capital, but it doesn't have the irresistible feeling of that one in the Divine Capital...

If I am given time... with the experience of having been cursed once, I can expel it!

The most important thing is to escape.

Mei Gemu didn't hesitate for a moment, accelerating towards the teleportation gate. Since most of his strength was maintaining the state of leaping out of the long river, his speed wasn't fast in his relative space-time. When approaching the Teleportation Array, Lian Yichen had time to shout: "I still have a daughter and a disciple..."

Mei Gemu gave Lian Yichen a cold look. That look was enough to silence Lian Yichen. However, before confirming his own safety, Mei Gemu didn't intend to turn against Lian Yichen.

Later, if that secret spell the outsider cast on him unfolds, he might need these people to protect him.

Thinking this, he paused before the Teleportation Array, taking Lian Xingling and Lian Xinjie with him. Lian Xingling and Lian Xinjie only felt a shadow flash before their eyes, and suddenly a strangely appearing person appeared before them [consequence of demon blood boiling], and the scene around them also slowed, naturally surprising them. But Lian Yichen remained clear-headed and shouted: "We're not out of danger yet, rush through first!"

Mei Gemu immediately rushed the three of them through the teleportation gate. The four of them felt the sky and earth spin, and then their bodies lightened, entering a mystical place.

Here, there was a sky, but no sun or moon. Light shone from an unknown source. Apart from a small stone platform on which the four stood, the surroundings were all muddy swamps. Strangely, there were countless tall trees growing among these muddy swamps. The trees here seemed different from the outside world, all extinct. And not far away, there were towering mountains. These mountains were peculiar, very steep, more like pillars and not naturally formed.

The first thing Mei Gemu did after dispelling the Cave Heaven Ruler was to shatter the small Array Plate with a backhand. Lian Xinjie breathed a sigh of relief. But Lian Yichen sternly said: "Do not relax! We're not out of danger yet!"

Lian Xingling was puzzled: "Haven't we already shattered the Array Plate?"

"For cultivators skilled in formations, familiar with the universe, deducing your destination from the Teleportation Array left behind isn't difficult." Lian Yichen gritted his teeth: "That enemy, seeing his robe now, is clearly from the Wanfa Sect... My fault, I forgot to let you leave a timed explosive method there."

Wanfa Sect is the best at calculation, proficient in formations, familiar with space and time.

Everyone knows this.

Upon hearing this, Lian Xingling was about to fly out. But Lian Yichen pulled her back, saying: "Prepare for protection. The sludge here contains potent poison, even a Nascent Soul Cultivator may have their physical body ruined."

At this moment, Mei Gemu pulled Lian Yichen aside and asked: "Daoist Fellow, do you know what place this is?"

He awakened the memories of an Immortal and was well-informed. However, this planet alone left him in the dark. After all, when he first set foot here, his body was ruined by "something," forcing him to transcend tribulation.

"The Hundred Thousand Mountains."

"The Hundred Thousand Mountains..." Mei Gemu suddenly felt a surge of daze. He vaguely felt that this Secret Realm held important clues left by "another me."

It was Lian Xinjie, though, who clicked his tongue in wonder: "Is this the legendary Hundred Thousand Mountains?"

The "Hundred Thousand Mountains" is also quite a famous Cave Heaven World in Shenzhou.

Natural Cave Heaven Worlds are enclosed spaces formed by Spirit Element Great Veins interfering with planetary gravity fields. However, this "Hundred Thousand Mountains" is somewhat special. Its size is similar to the "Kunlun Secret Realm" and the "Holy Dragon Treasure Palace." But the Kunlun Secret Realm is supported by the largest Feng Shui Dragon Vein on this planet, the "Holy Dragon Treasure Palace" located in the Holy Dragon Abyss is suppressed by the Dragon Emperor, an incomparably ancient being, while the entrance to "Hundred Thousand Mountains" in the present world is merely a lonely little mountain.

The wonders of the Hundred Thousand Mountains go beyond that. Not only is it massive, but it's also very stable—judging by the relic species inside the Secret Realm, this Secret Realm appeared at the end of the Dragon Clan civilization, boasting a history of two hundred million years. In comparison, the Kunlun Cave Heaven, which has existed for several millions of years, is insignificant. Since the Hundred Thousand Mountains occasionally opens to the present world, portals occasionally open near a lone peak jestingly called the "Hundred Thousand Mountains." And that lone peak happens to be in the basin at the lower reaches of the Xiao River, one of Shenzhou's six duos. Those relic species eventually formed their own evolutionary tree in that basin,.

This is also known as the famous "Naxi Ancient Land," a haven for Witch Gu Cultivators and Poison Dao Cultivators.

Two thousand years ago, when the Holy Infant Sect dominated the world, the Five Poisons Sect in the Naxi Ancient Land escaped calamity through using the Hundred Thousand Mountains Secret Realm. It wasn't until the Modern Cultivators surveyed the earth veins that the stable portals of the Hundred Thousand Mountains were opened, leading to its complete eradication.

Now, the Ten Thousand Great Mountains is also the largest "natural reserve" for Modern Cultivators, and the only "natural reserve" where shapeshifting creatures above the Transformation Stage are allowed to appear.

Mei Gemu withdrew his thoughts, then said, "I just expended a lot of my mana, so I must trouble Daoist Fellow Lian to protect me a little."

Lian Yichen nodded and said, "This place is not suitable to stay for long, let's move quickly."

Just as Mei Gemu didn't want to clash with Lian Yichen until confirming his escape, Lian Yichen also definitely wouldn't turn against Mei Gemu.

While being moved by Lian Yichen, Mei Gemu's thoughts drifted to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.

—Ten Thousand Great Mountains... What exactly did "another me" leave behind here?

—The origin of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains is a mystery. Could "my" contingency be related to the origin of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains?

—I must know all of this... This matter is really interesting...

Mei Gemu didn't notice that at that moment, a thought not belonging to himself had slipped into his mind.

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Wang Qi looked unpleasantly at the teleportation array.

"They managed to escape."

Wang Qi hesitated slightly. Soon, various sensing magic tools were pulled out from his Storage Bag and thrown into the air. These highly sensitive sensing magic tools were purchased while he was researching the Heart Demon Curse in the Divine Capital, and hadn't been much used since. Unexpectedly, they were now useful.

To pursue a Banished Immortal awakened by the Heart Demon Curse.

Nowadays, Wang Qi no longer needed Jarvis to control these magic tools. His mana directly entered the tools, connecting his spirit with the sensing components to collect the disturbances left in the spirit power field around the teleportation array. Meanwhile, he glanced at the array diagram on the ground, performing rapid calculations in the virtual Xiangyu.

Mi appeared beside Wang Qi, looking concerned, and asked, "Are you going to chase them?"

"Naturally, I will," Wang Qi smiled. If those cultivators were cautious enough, they would definitely destroy the array diagram on the other side upon arrival. And the spiritual power traces around would soon disappear, so calculations could only be made now.

Mi frowned, "You're in danger."

"Ah! I've calculated it! This teleportation array is based on the earth veins..." Wang Qi looked up, "Look, Senior Sister. This teleportation array, no matter how it operates, is confined within Shenzhou, not leaving the continent."

"No reports of teleportation array activation have been received from other parts of Shenzhou." Mi shook her head, "It must be a secret realm."

"All secret realms are under the control of the Immortal Alliance."

Geographers will one day fully discover their home planet's continents. For Modern Cultivators, it is the same with secret realms. Modern Cultivators, who have mastered the world's spirit veins, have also brought all secret realms on the Shenzhou Continent under their control.

"Just those two could potentially harm you."

"Impossible, this time I have absolute certainty of victory," Wang Qi confidently smiled, "And it's precisely because of this 'victory' that I must go."

The last sword strike by Wang Qi injected the Divine Plague Curse Technique into the opponent's body.

This type of spell, unrelated to 'substance' but based on 'information', can indeed be cast this way; however, under normal circumstances, it would be neutralized by the strong disturbances of Protective Gang Qi.

If Mei Gemu hadn't repeated his old trick of swallowing Wang Qi's Sword Qi, Wang Qi wouldn't have used such a method.

Wang Qi's mana had already merged with his consciousness. He could, with the ability of Dataized Cultivation Method, temporarily reorganize the operators within his body, transforming a portion of his thoughts into a "virus" that would infect others. Once this thought begins to operate in someone else's body, it continuously replicates itself, encroaching upon the person's thought processes and gradually annihilating their original consciousness.

The effect is similar to the Tribulation God Riddle. If there is a significant disparity in strength and consciousness between the caster and the recipient, the caster can even directly turn the recipient into a copy of themselves.

The inspiration for this move came from Mi's "Tribulation God Riddle". Wang Qi called it—"Tribulation God Plague"!

If Mei Gemu cannot eliminate all the "foreign thoughts" at once, the Divine Plague Curse Technique on him will only grow heavier and he himself will only become weaker.

However, a Banished Immortal is extraordinary, and Wang Qi dared not leave him be. Just for that sword strike, Wang Qi felt the need to personally make a trip.

Moreover, a completely awakened Banished Immortal is enough for him to take a risk.

"There's an inconspicuous spirit vein here, which will feed into the Xiao River Water Vein, and then along the Xiao River Water Vein... The destination is south, coordinates... these coordinates... seem to lead to the Naxi Ancient Land... no, something's odd."

"Calculating using the hexad equation... it's a secret realm? It's the Ten Thousand Great Mountains?"