CHAPTER 666: CHAPTER 492: SENLUO HELL! TRUE IMMORTAL PRISONERS!

"Behind the ’Hanging Mirror Sea’, it’s most likely not an Ancient Immortal."

Chen Jichuan pondered.

Of course.

There’s also a very small chance that an Ancient Immortal is plotting.

Perhaps heavily injured and in slumber, needing to devour True Immortals to slowly recover.

Or perhaps inherently cruel, taking pleasure in slaughtering True Immortals.

Or perhaps needing True Immortals as materials to forge supreme treasures, sufficient for experiments.

But this probability is very low.

Even if they love to kill True Immortals, or need True Immortals for research, with the powers of an Ancient Immortal, they could easily capture them in the Upper Realm without the need to manage ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ with such effort and time.

"We cannot rule out the possibility of an Ancient Immortal."

"But the likelihood is very low."

However, Chen Jichuan had to prepare for the worst-case scenario, still thinking of ways to break through ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ as if facing an Ancient Immortal.

If it truly is an Ancient Immortal playing around.

Chen Jichuan wanted to, in more than forty thousand years of reality, in a world like ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ with significant restrictions, break the shackles and escape the cage, which is extremely difficult.

He would have to cultivate various Divine Skills to the highest level in the Dao Fruit World, or simply achieve the status of an Ancient Immortal to have a glimmer of hope.

"’Hanging Mirror Sea’ is composed of two supreme treasures: one is the ’Hanging Mirror’, which derives forty-eight thousand mirrored worlds, evolving into a realm. While hosting billions of beings, it also controls their life and death fortunes."

"The other supreme treasure is the ’Mysterious God Scroll’."

"The ’Mysterious God Scroll’ is fused within the ’Hanging Mirror’, just waiting for a True Immortal to prove their Dao in Hanging Mirror Sea, then dragging them into the Senluo Hell derived by the ’Mysterious God Scroll’, turning them into prisoners, with a miserable end."

"The powers of these two treasures are profoundly mysterious, exceeding ordinary Immortal Artifacts, perhaps comparable to the ’One Origin Golden Wind Bag’ treasured in the One Origin Dao Sect, or even stronger."

"With the combination of the two treasures, let alone newly advanced True Immortals, even Thunder Tribulation True Immortals like Yiyuan Ancestor Master and Vermilion Blood Ancestor might not escape."

This time, Chen Jichuan witnessed part of the power of the ’Mysterious God Scroll’ firsthand during the opportunity of Quliang City Lord’s ascension.

Once the strange black smoke emerged, a newly advanced True Immortal like Quliang City Lord had no power to resist and was subdued. The punishment pillars in the Senluo Hell further imprisoned True Immortals, their life and death not in their control.

Chen Jichuan also had no assurance of countering such supreme treasures.

But if he adopted a different approach, a bolder one.

"A Magical Treasure is still a Magical Treasure, an Immortal Artifact is still an Immortal Artifact. If I can glimpse into the source of the two treasures and cultivate ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’ to a higher level, I might catch them off guard and snatch away the two treasures. Without obstructions, initiate ’Wind Thunder Walking’, and escape swiftly. Even if facing an Ancient Immortal upfront, there is a slim chance of escape."

This plan.

Firstly requires ’Insight’ and ’Dayan Divination Method’ to locate the core source of the ’Hanging Mirror’ and ’Mysterious God Scroll’, to swipe them away.

Secondly requires ’Daluo Heavenly Sleeve’, a divine skill for capturing and swiping treasures. If one possesses Daoist cultivation akin to a True Immortal, and further cultivates this divine skill to an extremely profound level, swiping away ordinary Immortal Artifacts becomes trivial. Even swiping away supreme treasures like ’One Origin Golden Wind Bag’ isn’t difficult, giving a great hope of swiping the ’Hanging Mirror’ and ’Mysterious God Scroll’, these two supreme treasures.

Treasure hunting.

Treasure snatching.

Next, if the ones controlling the two treasures are merely True Immortals, with Chen Jichuan’s True Immortal cultivation and his Divine Skills at that time, he won’t be discouraged at all.

But if it’s an Ancient Immortal in the background.

Given the absolute disparity in cultivation, Chen Jichuan should preferably avoid confrontation and hasten to flee.

Therefore, ’Wind Thunder Walking’ also needs focused cultivation.

For more safety, the ’Five Elements Escape Technique’ can also be considered.

Add to that ’Guiyuan Cangtian Technique’ to hide one’s tracks, ’Vajra Calamity Armor’ to enhance frontal defensive capabilities, and ’Pure Heart Mantra’ to resist mental illusions for an all-round strategy.

"Dayan Divination Method."

"Daluo Heavenly Sleeve."

"Wind Thunder Walking."

"Guiyuan Cangtian Technique."

"Vajra Calamity Armor."

"Pure Heart Mantra."

All six Divine Skills need significant enhancement.

"At least to the Fifth Realm."

"Might even continue deriving and push the level of Divine Skills a notch higher."

Witnessing the tragic outcome of a newly advanced True Immortal firsthand, Chen Jichuan felt an alarm in his heart, prompting even greater urgency.

The present situation in the real world has mostly become clear.

Hanging Mirror Sea is a trapped dragon land.

’Mysterious God Scroll’ is hidden within the world, controlling the life and death of True Immortals.

But who exactly controls ’Mysterious God Scroll’ and ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ is yet unknown.

But for Chen Jichuan, there are essentially two scenarios.

"One is True Immortal."

"One is Ancient Immortal."

If a True Immortal, everything is manageable.

If it’s an Ancient Immortal, escape becomes nearly impossible.

But success lies in human effort, destiny in the heavens, regardless of the circumstances, he must push his preparations to the utmost. Even if it is an Ancient Immortal behind the scenes, he will strive to seize that fleeting chance of survival.

This chance lies within the Dao Fruit World.

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"We must be quick!"

"The current pace is still too slow!"

In the Golden Wind Mountain and Sea, Chen Jichuan sat cross-legged in the True Immortal Palace, pondering how to forge ahead in the Dao Fruit World.

The best scenario, of course, is to reach the pinnacle of a True Immortal and step into the realm of the Ancient Immortals.

In this way, the predicament in reality could be largely resolved.

However—

"Ancient Immortal."

Chen Jichuan shook his head.

In the vast universe, among billions of stars and small worlds, as well as over eight thousand medium heavens, and twelve large heavens, Ancient Immortals are indeed as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Proving True Immortal is difficult, but at least in a single Shenzhou Heaven and Earth, there are more than a thousand.

But Ancient Immortals.

"It’s worth striving for; it can be a goal, but I can’t fixate on just this aspect."

"Divine Skills!"

"More and stronger Divine Skills, deeper and more profound insights into Divine Skills. With ’Enlightenment’ and ’Derivation’, only Divine Skills are more reliable."

Chen Jichuan’s thoughts stirred, preparing to walk on two paths.

On one hand, striving in cultivation, making every effort to break into the realm of Ancient Immortals.

On the other hand, aggressively advancing in Divine Skills, improving continually until confident of escaping under the hands of an Ancient Immortal.

It’s too risky to make mistakes in reality.

But in the Dao Fruit World, in this universe, Ancient Immortals do exist. There’s an opportunity to witness the might of Ancient Immortals, so in reality, I can have a targeted approach.

"Ancient Immortal."

"In this universe, only in the twelve large heavens do Ancient Immortals exist."

"To witness an Ancient Immortal, I must go to the large heavens."

Moreover.

Shenzhou Heaven and Earth is ultimately just a medium heaven, with limited resources for True Immortals to quickly cultivate. Poor Chen Jichuan, with all his source jade, yet finds it hard to spend it all.

Rapidly enhancing Daoist cultivation.

Rapidly enhancing Divine Skill mastery.

Relying solely on Shenzhou Heaven and Earth is not enough.

"I must step out!"

In this life, it’s been 120,000 years since proving Dao.

Chen Jichuan has already laid the foundation in the True Immortal Realm.

One Divine Skill after another has gradually been elevated to the Fourth Realm.

Daoist cultivation has also reached the First Realm Third Step, capable of leveraging the river of time for long-distance travel in the universe.

The time to leave Shenzhou Heaven and Earth has matured.

"The large heavens!"

Chen Jichuan thought to himself, then suddenly had an idea: "I could venture into the large heavens, but there’s also a mutually beneficial way with the One Origin Dao Sect here."

Chen Jichuan pondered for a good while, then got up and walked out of the Dongqi Immortal Palace.

...

Shangshan Dao Palace.

Master Fu Danzi looked at Chen Jichuan with curiosity and said, "The Dongqi Palace Master rarely comes here unless specifically invited. What brings you today?"

"Disciple focuses on rigorous cultivation and rarely comes out, beg the Sect Leader’s pardon."

Chen Jichuan quickly cupped his hands in salute.

"Just joking."

"There is no need for the Dongqi Palace Master to be formal."

"Have a seat."

Fu Danzi chuckled, inviting Chen Jichuan to sit, then looked at him and shook his head, saying, "Personal cultivation is fundamental; attention must indeed be given. However, cultivation also requires a balance of work and relaxation. In your leisure time, guiding disciples to cultivate their spirits is also good. Since Shi Ze proved Dao eight thousand years ago, only two True Immortals have emerged from the Dongqi and East River Palaces. In this regard, you and your disciple have been somewhat lax in recent years."

Fu Danzi’s tone was intimidating.

Such a statement as ’only two True Immortals in eight thousand years’ is not something just anyone would say.

However, two proved in eight thousand years is, of course, excellent compared to the distant past. But the One Origin Dao Sect once experienced the glory of ten immortals proving Dao in four thousand years, so this sudden decrease inevitably feels like a downgrade.

It’s easier to go from frugality to luxury than from luxury to frugality.

That’s the principle.

Even a Dao Sect Leader like Fu Danzi can’t avoid this reality.

"The Sect Leader is right, Zhou Yan has indeed become somewhat slack. I will certainly put in more effort in the future to cultivate more True Immortals for our Dao Sect!"

This time, Chen Jichuan did not dodge or fool around but instead addressed Fu Danzi with a serious expression.

"Oh?"

Fu Danzi was taken aback by this.

His gaze lingered on Chen Jichuan’s face for a moment, and the next moment he understood, letting out a jubilant smile.

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