Lâm Phong slowly regained consciousness, feeling a splitting headache and seeing stars. He struggled to push himself up, only to realize he was lying in the middle of a field of scattered rocks. The surrounding scenery wasn't bad at all; mountains were verdant, waters clear, a vibrant green everywhere. The spiritual energy was incredibly abundant. *Strange*, he thought, *how could the Thản Tang Continent have so much spiritual energy?*
He quickly checked his body, only to find his magic power completely gone. Fortunately, it was only his primordial spirit that was overly depleted; he could recover in a few days.
Among his magic treasures, only the Soul-Snatching Pearl was nowhere to be found. Lâm Phong didn't pay it any mind; as long as the Taiji Diagram was still there, that was all that mattered. The others were just trivial magic treasures not worth bothering with.
Another strange thing was that the living souls within the Exquisite Pagoda were also nowhere to be seen.
Lâm Phong didn't have time to worry about these minor issues. He quickly stood up and carefully surveyed his surroundings. The sky was blue, clouds white, and all around him were towering mountains that pierced the clouds. He had no idea where he was, vaguely feeling that he wasn't on the Thản Tang Continent. With his magic power completely gone, he would first need to recover it before he could go out and explore.
Just as he sat down cross-legged to meditate, two streaks of demonic light descended before him. The demonic light dissipated, revealing two men who looked like henchmen. These two men were incredibly ugly, their bodies brimming with demonic aura. He had no idea what kind of minor demons these two were.
Both minor demons carried a token. The minor demon on the left was Gui Wuchang, and the one on the right was Wuchang Gui.
The minor demon Gui Wuchang pointed at Lâm Phong and bellowed, "Hey, you! A little rat like you dares to trespass on our Great King's territory?"
Wuchang Gui then said, "I reckon this brat is most likely a junior from those old geezers of the Cuihe Sect. We just happened to run into him; let's grab him and bring him back to the Great King to be boiled and served with wine!"
"Ah!" Lâm Phong exclaimed immediately upon hearing those words. If his magic power hadn't been unrecovered, he would surely have leaped up. He wasn't sure if these two minor demons were just bluffing, but he couldn't suppress his anger any longer. He let out a cold snort and said, "How audacious! You two fools who don't know life from death, do you know who my master is?"
Gui Wuchang said, "Go on, tell me!"
Lâm Phong's mind raced. The spiritual energy here was abundant, so it definitely wasn't the Thản Tang Continent. He didn't know if there were any powerful figures around, and seeing that these two minor demons had already cultivated into spirits, a flash of inspiration struck him. He shouted back, "My master is the Demon Clan's Heavenly Emperor Tai Xuan! Hurry up and scram, lest you lose your lives!"
"Tai Xuan?" Gui Wuchang repeated, "Is that Taiyi or Tai Xuan?"
Lâm Phong's heart clenched, but he said firmly in a deep voice, "Of course it's Tai Xuan! Now scram!"
Gui Wuchang turned his head and asked, "Have you ever heard of Tai Xuan? I only know that our Demon Clan's Great Sage is Donghuang Taiyi. Who's Tai Xuan?"
The ancient war between demons and devils had happened too long ago. Tai Xuan was long gone, and these two minor demons hadn't even become Heavenly Immortals yet, so naturally, they had never heard of the Demon Clan's Heavenly Emperor who had shaken the primordial chaos in those ancient times.
Wuchang Gui said, “Tai Xuan is his grandfather, and he’s my nephew. Damn it, this kid is shifty and looks very cunning. One look and you know he’s no good. Why waste so many words? Heh heh. Look at this kid’s smooth skin. Let’s capture him and offer him to the Great King. Steam him up for the brothers to enjoy with their wine.”
“This time we’ve made a great contribution! Who knows, after we return, the Great King might be in a good mood and reward us with something nice!” Wuchang Gui fantasized, preparing to step forward and seize Lin Feng’s primordial spirit.
Lin Feng almost fainted. He had originally intended to use the name of the Demon Emperor Tai Xuan to scare these two little demons. Who would have thought that an Eastern Emperor Taiyi would suddenly appear out of nowhere, and what’s more, these two little demons didn’t even know of the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Emperor Tai Xuan, whose might shook the primordial chaos of antiquity. This was like a Frenchman not knowing Napoleon, or an American not knowing Washington.
It seemed that indeed, in a big forest, all kinds of birds could be found.
Waiting to die was not Lin Feng’s style. Seeing Wuchang Gui about to seize his primordial spirit, he gritted his teeth, risking his already injured primordial spirit, and forcefully activated the boundless Primordial Violet Qi within the Seven-Colored Primordial Stone. As he unleashed his power and roared, his fingers formed a hand seal. Two torrents of violet qi surged forth, utterly annihilating the little demon, reducing him to dust.
Lin Feng opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his body swaying as if about to fall.
Forcefully activating the Primordial Violet Qi within the Seven-Colored Primordial Stone, with his current cultivation, his primordial spirit could not withstand the impact of the boundless Primordial Violet Qi. Even a slight activation had injured his primordial spirit.
He hastily circulated his profound art, suppressing his injuries, and quickly regulated his breath to recover some spiritual power. He secretly thought that he shouldn’t stay here long, so he reluctantly used an escape light and fled north.
After fleeing several hundred *li* in one breath, he finally landed, panting, in a relatively hidden mountain gorge. He found a place to conceal himself and used a spell to hide his presence. He hastily circulated his profound art to recover his spiritual power.
Although he didn’t know where he had ended up, just by looking at the two little demons from earlier, he knew this was definitely not Earth or the former Tan Sang Continent.
These two lackeys both possessed late-stage Sword Tribulation cultivation, on the verge of entering the Great Ascension stage and achieving the Great Dao of Heavenly Immortals. Very few people on Earth reached late-stage Tribulation Transcension, let alone demons with such potent demonic power.
As for the Tan Sang Continent, there were even fewer.
He could be certain that this place was dangerous. If he hadn’t risked his injured primordial spirit to kill the two little demons with one strike just now, he feared he would have already fallen into the maw of a demon.
The most pressing matter at hand was to quickly recover his spiritual power.
The Taiji Profound Art was truly wondrous. Originally, with his current cultivation, after his spiritual power was depleted, it would take him at least ten days to half a month to fully recover. Yet now, in just a short three days, his spiritual power had fully recovered. Half of this was due to the miraculous effects of the Taiji Profound Art, and the other half was thanks to the Primordial Violet Qi and the essence of Demon Emperor Tai Xuan within the Primordial Violet Qi.
Amidst the mixed purple, white, and green cloud light, a tiny nascent soul sat silently, looking exactly like Lin Feng, a miniature version of himself.
A tiny wisp of purple qi and Tai Xuan essence qi emerged, then refined into spiritual power and merged within his nascent soul. Lin Feng's life-bound Tai Qing Xuan and Tai Xuan essence qi, painstakingly cultivated, gradually merged into the Primordial purple qi, and his nascent soul also slowly turned purple.
Lin Feng exhaled a mouthful of turbid qi, withdrew his cultivation, and stood up. He hastily mounted his escape light and flew up to a cloud, gazing into the distance. All he saw was an endless expanse of towering mountains stretching for thousands of miles in every direction, with no end in sight. He had no idea where he truly was.
He wanted to ask for directions, but there wasn't a single soul in sight. After pondering for a long while, his only option was to mount his escape light and fly north.
He flew for over a thousand miles in one go, yet still hadn't left this region of continuous mountains; one could imagine the vexation in his heart.
As the sun set, Lin Feng descended onto a mountain peak. After recovering his depleted spiritual power, just as he was about to continue his journey, he heard shouts echoing from ahead. He quickly rushed over, hid himself in the distance, and secretly observed. A few miles away, he saw a young man and woman fighting fiercely, neither gaining the upper hand, while a beautiful immortal maiden stood watching nearby.
The young man wielded a flying sword of superior quality. Its sword light was dazzling, and its power immense. From his appearance, he seemed to be a sword cultivator; his immortal arts weren't particularly profound, but his cultivation level was not inferior to Lin Feng's.
And that woman...
Lin Feng almost couldn't help but cry out.
The woman fighting the young man was none other than the little snake demon he had once encountered in Cloud Mist Mountain.
Little Green Snake's cultivation was clearly much weaker than the young man's. Moreover, she was using a shoddy flying sword, struggling greatly to defend herself. Her protective demonic light was shattered by a single strike from the young man's flying sword. She looked like she was about to collapse and would likely be subdued in just a moment.
The young man seemed very relaxed, as if he were toying with Little Green Snake like a cat with a mouse. With an arrogant expression, he said, "Demon spawn, how dare you cause trouble in our Cui He Sect's territory! If you know what's good for you, quickly throw down your sword and surrender. Otherwise, I'll be forced to utterly annihilate your body and spirit."
Little Green Snake's hair was disheveled, blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, and the green robe, transformed from her snake skin, also showed many cracks. While parrying with her sword, she gritted her teeth and said, "You Cui He Sect disciples rely on your power to bully others and show no respect for fellow cultivators! When have I ever caused trouble in your Cui He Sect's territory?!"
Although Little Green Snake's cultivation was not as strong as the young man's, she had clearly made progress. It seemed the demonic arts he had taught her had benefited her greatly. It's just that with a flying sword like that... it was truly too much of a disadvantage. He didn't even know which junkyard she'd picked it up from.
The beautiful immortal maiden watching the battle showed a look of anger on her face. Seeing that her lover seemed to have some interest in this snake demon, she felt enraged. "You shameless demon spawn, who needs to waste words with you!" With that, she drew a verdant flying sword and, without another word, slashed straight at the little snake demon.
Lin Feng watched from the sidelines for a while. He had already guessed that this young man and woman were most likely disciples of the so-called Cui He Sect. He was pondering how to help Little Green Snake when he suddenly saw the woman act with such viciousness, and he couldn't help but be startled.
That blue flying sword's water elemental power fluctuations were extremely strong, clearly refined from precious water crystals. This woman's magic power was no less than his own. Little Green Snake couldn't even withstand the fight with that young man; how could she possibly have the strength left to block this flying sword?
Many thoughts quickly spun in his mind. These two young men and women were clearly not benevolent types, and Little Green Snake was the only person he had known since he drifted here. He had to save her, no matter what. Living in this unfamiliar place, the more companions one had, the more help one would receive.
Lin Feng was inherently decisive. After a moment's consideration, he quickly unleashed the Taiji Diagram, wrapping both the female immortal and the flying sword within it.
Given her higher cultivation, she should not have been so easily overwhelmed by such an attack. However, the female immortal had just seen her human lover showing interest in the snake spirit, and her jealous heart was agitated. In an instant, she was consumed by rage, carelessly failing to notice someone hiding behind her.
By the time she realized it with a start, it was already too late. Although Lin Feng's magic power was inferior to hers, it wasn't too far behind. The golden light swept forth, and the female immortal, along with her flying sword, immediately fell inside.