A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Immortal Realm

Chapter 1124: Remnants of Tai Sui's Soul

Never had Han Li and the others witnessed such a farcical sight. A peak-Great Encompassment cultivator was darting around back and forth right before their eyes, chasing around a golden beetle like a mortal chasing after a fly.

Qu Lin wanted to beg for mercy on several occasions, but he was always cut off by the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity's blows.

Everyone could only look on with dumbstruck expressions while occasionally dodging to the side to avoid being struck by the flying Qu Lin.

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity had forbidden them from leaving, so they didn't dare to stray too far away for fear of incurring his wrath.

Right at this moment, a streak of white light shot forth from afar, then faded to reveal the azure-robed man riding atop Lekima.

Han Li, Fox 3, and Wyrm 3 were ecstatic to see him, while Qi Mozi was clearly less than enthused by his arrival.

"Please have mercy, Fellow Daoist Dark Heavens," the azure-robed man implored as he swept a sleeve through the air to release a burst of gray light, attempting to break Qu Lin's fall.

However, Qu Lin had been struck with such tremendous force that he tore straight through the gray light before crashing into a nearby wall, causing it to collapse.

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity seemed to be in a much better mood after taking out his frustrations on Qu Lin, and he turned to the azure-robed man as he asked, "What are you doing here, Liu Zizai? Are you trying to get in my way as well?"

"I came here to congratulate you on regaining your freedom, Fellow Daoist Shi. On top of that, my bonded soul tablet is here, and I've come to retrieve it now that the restriction here has been broken," Liu Zizai replied, only to have his expression instantly stiffen upon catching sight of the destroyed five-colored altar in the palace.

His gaze then quickly turned to Qi Mozi, and his expression instantly darkened slightly.

Meanwhile, Lekima was scouring its gaze over everyone in the palace, unable to detect who was in possession of its bonded soul tablet.

"I have some matters to attend to right now, so your bonded soul tablet will have to wait. Seeing as you're a corpse soul of Liu Qi's, I'll help you look for the tablet later, but for now, stay out of my way!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity harrumphed coldly.

So he's a corpse soul of Patriarch Liu Qi's...

Han Li was instantly struck by a sense of enlightenment upon hearing this.

With that in mind, it was no wonder that he had been reminded of Patriarch Liu Qi back when he first met Liu Zizai, and on top of that, the two of them had also mastered the same type of law powers.

Han Li then shook his head to rid himself of these trivial thoughts, refocusing his attention on the situation at hand.

All of a sudden, a thought seemed to have occurred to him, and he communicated something to Fox through voice transmission.

Fox 3 took a glance at him, then quickly gave a barely perceptible nod.

"You have my thanks then, Fellow Daoist Shi," Liu Zizai replied with a nod.

Right at this moment, Qu Lin's feeble voice rang out.

"Save me, Fellow Daoist Liu..."

His physical body was near indestructible, but the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity's physical prowess was even more formidable, and after taking such an extensive beating, his entire body was riddled with wounds, and even all of his orifices were leaking golden blood, presenting a very sorry sight to behold.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, you're a peak-Great Encompassment cultivator with powers far superior to ours, so why go after Qu Lin? He may have been spying on the Eon Palace in secret earlier, but that was only for the sake of his bonded soul tablet, so please forgive him," Liu Zizai implored as he cupped his fist in a salute.

"You can take him away. I feel a lot more loose and limber now that I've had some exercise, so I'll save him for next time," the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity replied with a casual wave of his hand.

Qu Lin shuddered slightly at the thought of a "next time", but overall, he was very relieved to have finally been spared.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Shi," Liu Zizai said with an elated expression, then swept a sleeve through the to release a burst of gray light that carried the golden beetle back to his side.

The golden beetle reverted back to Qu Lin's human form, and his face was bruised and battered beyond recognition, presenting a rather comical sight to behold.

With that, Liu Zizai was just about to depart when he suddenly took a glance at Fox 3, and an intrigued look appeared in his eyes as he stopped in his tracks.

"Fellow Daoist Shi, now that the Eon Divine Lamp restriction has been broken, you and I have been freed. Do you have any plans from here onward? Would you be interested in paying our Heavenly Fox Tribe a visit?" Liu Zizai asked.

"I'll pass this time. I've found out where my wife and son are, and I'm going to rescue them so that I can finally be reunited with them. That fox den of yours probably stinks anyway," Dark Heavens Devilish Deity chuckled in response.

"Is that right? That's certainly fantastic news! Please allow me to offer my congratulations. May I ask how you managed to find out the whereabouts of your wife and son?" Liu Zizai asked.

For some reason, a sense of foreboding welled up in Qi Mozi's heart at this line of questioning, and he secretly slid his right hand up his sleeve.

"Fellow Daoist Qi Mozi here told me that he's going to take me to Jin Ling and my son," the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity replied as he pointed at Qi Mozi.

"You're going to trust him to take you to your wife and son? Are you not aware that he's the current chief warden of the Immortal Prison?" Liu Zizai asked with a surprised expression.

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity seemed to be quite trusting of Liu Zizai, and he immediately turned to Qi Mozi with a cold expression as he asked, "Why is he also saying that he's the chief warden of the Immortal Prison? Is that true?"

"Don't be fooled by their lies, Fellow Daoist Shi!" Qi Mozi hurriedly replied.

"I think this will tell you all that you need to know, Fellow Daoist Shi," Liu Zizai said as he swept a sleeve through the air, releasing a ball of gray light.

On the surface of the ball of light was an image depicting the scene where Qi Mozi had approached the White Bone King and the Copper Lion King, and their conversation rang out as clear as day, while Qi Mozi presented his chief warden badge to them.

"How dare you lie to me!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity roared as he turned to Qi Mozi with a look of murderous rage in his eyes, but Qi Mozi was already prepared for the worst, and he instantly released his Time Severing Fire Domain, encompassing everyone within it.

Everyone was instantly immobilized within the Time Severing Fire Domain, while Qi Mozi flew away as quickly as he could as a streak of golden light.

"You won't trap me with this flimsy little Time Severing Fire Domain of yours!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity roared as a burst of black light erupted out of his body in all directions, instantly tearing the Time Severing Fire Domain apart.

Immediately thereafter, he reached out with one hand, and an enormous, black hand that took up half of the entire sky instantly emerged before grabbing down onto Qi Mozi.

A burst of overwhelming compressive force converged toward Qi Mozi from all directions, slowing him down significantly, yet right as he was about to be captured by the giant hand, a burst of blinding, golden light erupted out of his body, lighting up the entire sky.

In the next instant, a ball of golden light that was thousands of feet in size appeared, resembling an incandescent, golden sun as it hurtled toward the giant, black hand.

The two clashed with a resounding boom, and the nearby space shuddered violently before shattering into countless pieces.

Qi Mozi fell out of the ball of golden light with blood flowing out of all of his orifices, yet even as he came plummeting toward the ground, he was still clutching the Eon Divine Lamp tightly in his hands.

A burst of golden light emerged over his body, and he was able to stabilize himself before continuing to fly away without so much as a turn of his head.

Even following his departure, the ball of golden light still remained, and it abruptly swelled even further in size as countless thin tendrils of golden flames erupted forth from within, instantly punching countless holes into the giant, black hand.

In the blink of an eye, the giant hand was completely eradicated.

The Dark Heavens Devilish Deity was looking up at the ball of golden light with excitement glowing in his eyes, seemingly having already completely forgotten all about Qi Mozi.

In the next instant, the ball of golden light transformed into a golden figure that was giving off an aura of unmatched authority, but his features were rather blurred and difficult to make out. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Lei Yuce and the Almighty Sword Sect cultivators were ecstatic to see this golden figure.

"It's our patriarch!"

"I knew it! Our patriarch has never left this pagoda all these years!"

All of the Almighty Sword Sect cultivators immediately fell to their knees and began kowtowing to the golden figure in excitement and reverence.

"So that's why the Eon Divine Lamp is still so powerful even with no one controlling it. I should've figured that you had implanted a fragment of your soul within it, Tai Sui!" the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity harrumphed coldly.

The golden figure looked down at the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity in silence, and in the next instant, black and golden light erupted from their bodies in unison before clashing with tremendous force.

The half-ruined Eon Palace was instantly destroyed, but its ground remained intact, perhaps due to the presence of the Five-Elemental Great Annihilation Array.

Han Li and the others were sent flying by the shockwaves from the clash, and they took advantage of this opportunity to get far away from the Dark Heavens Devilish Deity and the golden figure.