CHAPTER 518: CHAPTER 34 THE STRANGE MAN FISHING WITH THE SWORD TOMB

When the Dragon Embryo was dragged into the Purgatory Pure Land, the eerie presence abruptly ceased, though numerous blood vessels continued attacking the cultivators instinctively.

At the same time, the blood vessels began to spawn horrifying entities—nameless Merfolk of unspeakable forms.

Such a scene cast the South Sea Dragon Palace as though it were the Underworld, with fine strands of flesh constantly writhing madly on the ground.

However, without the Dragon Embryo’s control, at least it no longer posed a threat to Void Refining cultivators.

The situation was brought under control, causing the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain to show signs of sinking further. No one could imagine what the spectacle would be at eleven thousand miles.

"Damn it! Are all Innate Immortal Seeds just monsters?"

Golden Light Venerable looked toward the backyard of the Dragon Palace with an expression of tension and uncertainty.

Earlier, the moment the Dragon Embryo broke out of the soil, its emitted aura had clearly touched the perfection stage of the Void Refining Period.

Even if it were him, Golden Light Venerable wouldn’t dare to recklessly pull it into a Void Realm. Any slight mishap would heavily damage one’s Externalized Dharma Body.

Yet Li Mo had not only brought it into his Void Realm but had also managed to suppress the Dragon Embryo.

Could this be achieved by someone in the Fake Void Realm?

The Void Refining cultivators exhibited mixed expressions, finding Li Mo’s existence unbearably oppressive.

Should they extend goodwill? Based on Li Mo’s demonstrated disposition, sooner or later, he would utterly devour them; Attempting to encircle and kill him? No one dared to take the risk.

While there were many Void Refining cultivators present, only Master Dan Yan was actively rallying against Li Mo, while the rest remained indecisive.

Time passed, and the disturbances at the South Sea Dragon Palace grew increasingly intense.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The ground of the Dragon Palace caved in, and the remnants of buildings floated into the air, while Merfolk began to gather together, stitching themselves into hair-raising abominations.

Anyone with even a semblance of discernment could tell that the Dragon Embryo no longer had a chance to regain control.

Otherwise, the Dragon Palace wouldn’t have descended into madness.

The Void Refining cultivators each fought their own battles, unwilling to intervene in Li Mo’s affair.

Why is the Heavenly Sword Sect composed of lunatics? Yu Xiao, who strove for Land Immortal status, is one; and now this sudden emergence of Taiyi Daoist.

"Once Taiyi deals with the abomination, our Meat Lotus Sect is doomed."

Master Dan Yan’s face turned deathly pale.

Not long ago, the attitudes of the other factions were still ambiguous; should Li Mo’s injuries show an exploitable opening, they might have a chance to inflict heavy damage.

But once the factions realized the Dragon Embryo posed no threat to Li Mo, their stance abruptly changed.

Master Dan Yan muttered curses under his breath. A creeping sense of crisis grew increasingly intense, unsettling even his Externalized Dharma Body.

Clock Dong, another Void Refining elder from the Meat Lotus Sect, spoke up, "Sect Master, aren’t you overthinking this? We haven’t had any conflicts with the Great Sun Sword Tomb."

Seated cross-legged on a lotus throne made of countless human heads, Master Dan Yan drew closer to Clock Dong with a sinister expression, his gaze filled with killing intent.

"Conflicts? He’s a lawless maniac, but why? Just because of the meat lotus artifacts under us? Are they sufficient!!"

As a branch of the Ten Thousand Demon Dao, they were inevitably involved in using living beings for Artifact Refining.

The Meat Lotus Sect stood out among them, with meat body lotus treasures of artifact-grade requiring at least thousands of women’s heads as primary materials.

Master Dan Yan knew one thing clearly.

Li Mo’s extermination of the Hundred Faces Sect was absolutely unrelated to Fu Wen’s scheming against the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

It was purely because the Hundred Faces Sect was a demonic sect and rubbed him the wrong way, so he annihilated them.

Evil men aren’t terrifying, but an Innate Immortal Seed with a sense of morality is truly fearsome.

"No, we need to find Bi Hengguang and Luo Yang, using the meat-body lotus technique to control them. Once we leave the South Sea and have the Ten Thousand Demon Dao’s Heavenly Demon Eye Line, he wouldn’t dare to act boldly."

Clock Dong ripped off one head from the meat body lotus, drank the marrow blood as though it were an elixir.

"Sect Master, calm down. Controlling Bi Hengguang and Luo Yang is feasible, but we must do it covertly and with planning."

"There’s no time left..."

Master Dan Yan felt a weightlessness, sensing himself sinking into even deeper sea domains.

Just as he was about to say something, his gaze caught sight of a massive shadow approaching—a half-Buddha, half-demon Externalized Dharma Body.

"Such audacity, daring to scheme against the Great Sun Sword Tomb."

Li Mo showed no concern for Master Dan Yan’s reactions or the content of their argument; he imposed his own reasoning and unveiled his killing intent.

The Buddha Demon Body pressed downward powerfully.

Master Dan Yan drove the meat body lotus in resistance, his bones cracking audibly under the pressure.

Before his consciousness faded, his last sight was an infinite void, with the Artifact Pill Body slowly rotating at the center, magnetic force seeping into his flesh and bones.

He also caught sight of a deformed True Dragon embryo undergoing magnetic corruption.

"What a Taiyi Daoist. Such a waste to send him to the Heavenly Sword Sect; he should’ve joined the Ten Thousand Demon Dao—absolutely an Innate Demon Seed."

Master Dan Yan closed his eyes in bitterness.

Thus, the two branches of the Ten Thousand Demon Dao that came to the South Sea perished at Li Mo’s hands.

"Keh keh keh, the Taoist inheritance of the Meat Lotus Sect truly complements the Buddha-Demon Cultivation Scripture, enhancing the Buddha Demon Body’s refinement."

Unlike the Hundred Faces Sect’s eradication, the annihilation of the Meat Lotus Sect stirred no ripples.

The factions showed extraordinary apprehension toward Li Mo, acknowledging his strength far surpassed mere Fake Void Realm status—he must be regarded as a Void Refining Perfection-level cultivator.

"In ten minutes at most, we’ll arrive at eleven thousand miles."

Li Mo found Luo Yang and the other’s side hall, where they had long been prepared, and they concealed themselves within the shadow-transformed Ghost Tiger.

A short moment later,

The South Sea Dragon Palace fell into absolute silence; the factions revealed their means, yet even using Divine Sense, none could locate them.

The South Sea Dragon Palace delved deeper, its buildings transforming into their original, complete forms.

All the writhing flesh vanished.

The Ghost Tiger stealthily approached the outskirts of the Dragon Palace. Wrapped in shadows, the six observed the radically transforming sea domain like onlookers.

Luo Yang couldn’t help but exclaim, "Something’s off. Eleven thousand miles should be even more bizarre—why is there such an eerie calm?"

Bi Hengguang shook his head and added, "I haven’t spotted any abominations either. Perhaps we’ve returned to the nine-thousand-mile sea domain. Taiyi, what do you think?"

"This is indeed eleven thousand miles, and yet..."

Li Mo could no longer communicate with the shallow sea’s cancerous cells, but based on the responses of the Symbiotic Dharma Body, it was clear they were nearing the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

The Symbiotic Dharma Body emitted constant sword sounds.

An incessant flow of cultivation technique content flooded his mind, surpassing the analytical capabilities of Fake Soul Consciousness, demonstrating the profoundness of Immortal Marrow.

Just a taste led to enlightenment; consuming a drop of Immortal Marrow could inspire breakthroughs in Fake Immortal techniques.

The trio of Jiang Xi also appeared deep in thought, their Heavenly Palace Stage bottlenecks loosening; though they weren’t immediately breaking through, they had at least glimpsed the path to Void Refining.

Li Mo gazed at the South Sea Dragon Palace for a long time before saying, "Be cautious. The Great Sun Sword Tomb has arrived."

Just as the words landed,

Boom!

The cultivators fully descended into the eleven-thousand-mile sea domain, and the South Sea Dragon Palace’s architectural clusters crumbled, while the ground swelled into an enormous mound.

Luo Yang and Bi Hengguang shared a glance, unable to hide their expressions of delight.

It was indeed the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

The cracks on the mound’s surface radiated dazzling light, and in an instant, the colossal Great Sun Sword Tomb broke through the soil, its Sword Intent scattering far and wide.

However, in the eleven-thousand-mile sea domain, only a small portion of the Great Sun Sword Tomb was revealed.

The majority still remained buried underground.

The cultivators’ emotions were visibly stirred; the exposed section of the Great Sun Sword Tomb had a clear gap, from which Immortal Marrow radiated.

It seemed straightforward to obtain Immortal Marrow by moving into the interior through the gap.

And with Zhang Qiyang nowhere in sight, the cultivators felt the illusion of Immortal Marrow being within reach, prompting them to converge toward the Tomb.

Only Li Mo frowned slightly, his Cave God’s Eye fixated on the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

Ye Zhuo Daoist assumed Li Mo’s hesitation stemmed from concerns about Luo Yang and the others being nearby, sneered, and said, "Senior Brother Taiyi, with your talent, if the Great Sun Sword Tomb remains intact, the sect is bound to reward you with Immortal Marrow."

"Immortal Marrow takes a thousand years to form a single drop. Given today’s circumstances, if you don’t fight for it, the other factions will seize it."

Ye Zhuo Daoist dared not touch the Immortal Marrow, even if it meant offending Luo Yang and Bi Hengguang. He understood that Li Mo, when acting generously, never cheated his allies.

Jiang Xi chimed in, "That’s right. Senior Brother Taiyi, if you harness Immortal Marrow, you’ll certainly ascend to the Body Integration Realm ahead of time, reshaping the foundation of the Great Sun Sword Tomb."

Daoist Bai Shuo remained silent, but his stance showed he sided with Li Mo.

Luo Yang hesitated for a few seconds, then revealed a killing intent and said, "Taiyi, go ahead and act; we will assist you. They’re merely petty distractions."

"I’m not contemplating the Immortal Marrow; it’s just that... something feels off."

Li Mo shook his head slightly, signaling for them to rein in their Divine Sense. He then infused his Divine Sense into the Cave God’s Eye, meticulously observing the surroundings.

Luo Yang opened his mouth as though to speak but hesitated. Within those few moments, the factions had already entered the Great Sun Sword Tomb.

Li Mo remained unmoved.

Faced with the leaking aura of the Great Sun Sword Tomb, he began to discern numerous peculiarities.

"Does the Three Pure Heavens really possess the ability to target the Great Sun Sword Tomb? If they could relocate it to the South Sea Dragon Pond, why would they go to such lengths to arrange this?"

Behind the Great Sun Sword Tomb, there was undoubtedly a significant threat.

Li Mo pushed his Cave God’s Eye to its limits, resulting in his Great Wilderness Immortal Body instinctively modifying itself, causing intricate changes within the Cave God’s Eye.

His Innate Essence flowed freely, fueling the Cave God’s Eye’s evolution.

Li Mo displayed remarkable patience, refusing to stop even after ten days, prompting complex patterns to emerge within his lifeforce-enhanced Cave God’s Eye.

Luo Yang and the others grew fretful, attempting multiple times to remind Li Mo without receiving any response.

After more than two months,

Luo Yang and the others stopped their urging and finally calmed down, recognizing the threat posed by the Great Sun Sword Tomb. After all, even Zhang Qiyang had been in the dark about its presence in the South Sea Dragon Pond.

Unexpectedly, the Great Sun Sword Tomb momentarily became chaotic.

Li Mo sharply inhaled, as though witnessing an unimaginable scene.

"What the hell..."

Luo Yang and the others had never seen Li Mo so visibly shaken.

Li Mo leveraged the anomaly within the Great Sun Sword Tomb and caught a fleeting glimpse of its mystery. The peak of the Tomb revealed a thin, intangible thread.

Yes, a thread.

The thread extended upward into the deep and boundless sea domain, rendering the Great Sun Sword Tomb akin to... bait.

Crack.

The Cave God’s Eye consumed nearly a thousand years of Innate Essence, and the intersection of Yin Yang Tai Chi started to fracture, revealing an eye with the "荒" (Desolate) character as its pupil.

Driven by instinct, Li Mo’s Great Wilderness Immortal Body pushed the Cave God’s Eye to transcend into Immortal Bone.

In that brief glance, he discovered the end of the thread.

Upon the clouds, a figure squatted, holding a fishing rod that dangled into the South Sea. His face was grotesquely twisted, and his mouth rested in an exaggerated U-shape.

Li Mo didn’t have time to process the memories transferred from the Creation Book.

"Run! Run quickly!!!"

The Great Sun Sword Tomb shook violently, as though a fish had taken the bait.

The thread grew taut.