347: Rebellious Immortal Cult

With the commencement of Li Daoxing's Golden Immortal celebration, the entire Forging Immortal City was bustling with extraordinary excitement.

Most importantly, after parading through the central district of Forging Immortal City, Li Daoxing began his sermon at Heaven-Sculpting Mountain, located at the city's very center.

Heaven-Sculpting Mountain was a massive floating mountain, spanning a full million miles. While it seemed vast, it appeared somewhat small within a city as large as Forging Immortal City, which spanned hundreds of billions of miles.

As Li Daoxing preached, every True Immortal scrambled to enter Heaven-Sculpting Mountain.

Not only True Immortals, but there were also hundreds of thousands of Mahayana Cultivators!

They almost filled the entire Heaven-Sculpting Mountain to capacity.

Li Daoxing preached for three years, during which Great Dao phenomena constantly manifested, radiating pure power of the Great Dao.

For Cultivators at or below the True Immortal level, absorbing even a sliver of this could significantly increase their power of Law.

The price, however, was that this sermon nearly depleted Li Daoxing's own cultivation base.

Yet, even so, Li Daoxing remained content and happy to do it.

Su Yu felt he could never match such a desire to show off before others!

However, he had come to Ningxian Prefecture for important business.

After leaving Chiyou Heavenly Valley, he had originally intended to find a dangerous land to travel through.

Thus, he headed west, flying toward the nearest dangerous land suitable for a Golden Immortal's tempering.

However, midway there, the identity jade plate at his waist suddenly emitted a red glow and vibrated incessantly.

This situation meant only one thing: a Disciple of the Tianxuan Immortal Academy was in danger and was calling for help from nearby fellow Disciples.

If any other person from the Tianxuan Immortal Academy was within one 'Li-nei' (one sextillion miles), they would be notified to come to the rescue.

Su Yu was, after all, a True Disciple of the Immortal Academy, so it was only natural for him to lend a hand.

Moreover, his identity jade plate had received the distress signal; if he stood by and did nothing, he would inevitably be held accountable later.

Thus, Su Yu transformed into his Heavenly Phoenix true form, tearing through space as he flew toward the source of the distress signal.

By the time he arrived, there was no sign of his fellow Disciple at the scene.

Even the aura of the attacker had completely vanished.

It was as if some existence had erased every trace of both individuals' presence.

However, after Su Yu transformed into his Taotie true form, he still sensed a slight abnormality.

A very faint scent of blood floated in the air; if not for his Taotie transformation, he likely wouldn't have noticed it.

The fellow Disciple who had called for help didn't seem to be dead, but rather captured and imprisoned.

Based on what he sensed through his Taotie transformation...

That fellow Disciple was at the Early Golden Immortal Realm, while the one who attacked him was a Mid-stage Golden Immortal expert, one minor Realm higher.

For a Golden Immortal, the gap of a single minor Realm was like a chasm, difficult to cross.

If it were just Su Yu, he wouldn't fear a Mid-stage Golden Immortal at all.

With his abilities, he could leave with ease even if facing a Peak Golden Immortal.

If a Half-step Dao Lord were to attack him, that would be a case of the strong bullying the weak; then they couldn't blame him for 'calling his people' and summoning his nominal Revered Master, Dao Lord Mingsui.

Additionally, rescuing a fellow Disciple allowed one to apply for a sum of contribution points at the Tianxuan Immortal Academy.

For all these reasons, Su Yu naturally wouldn't ignore the matter.

He then investigated all the way, which led him here to Forging Immortal City in Ningxian Prefecture.

The aura had stopped at this location.

However, after that person entered Forging Immortal City, their aura completely disappeared.

Even with Su Yu's Heavenly Sage Delusion-Breaking Immortal Eye, it was difficult to detect the slightest trace.

But as long as they were in Forging Immortal City, they would show themselves sooner or later.

As soon as they appeared, Su Yu would be able to sniff out the abnormality using the slaughter-scent of his Taotie true form.

Over the past few years, Li Daoxing's Golden Immortal grand ceremony had actually given Su Yu a chance to fish in troubled waters.

He searched everywhere and did indeed discover a few abnormalities.

Forging Immortal City was unlike the immortal city forces under the Immortal Court's jurisdiction.

In a place like Wang Yu Immortal City, there were over a dozen Golden Immortal officials, ranging from Peak Golden Immortal to Early Golden Immortal.

Only a Peak Golden Immortal could serve as a City Lord, while a Late-stage Golden Immortal could only serve as a deputy.

The five major Immortal Sects were different; for instance, when Su Yu picked someone up at Bowang Immortal City previously, the City Lord there was only a Half-step Golden Immortal.

Forging Immortal City was the same, except that Li Daoxing had recently been promoted from a Half-step Golden Immortal to a Golden Immortal.

Therefore, Li Daoxing had absolutely not noticed the previous abnormalities in Forging Immortal City.

It was precisely because Li Daoxing hadn't been a Golden Immortal that those people dared to hide within Forging Immortal City.

Otherwise, over a long period, something would surely have been discovered.

Especially now, with Li Daoxing becoming a Golden Immortal, those people would definitely take action.

After all, doing shady things under the nose of a Golden Immortal expert from the Yueyan Immortal Sect was risky; for safety's sake, they would surely change their hiding spot.

If they were hiding because of something extremely important that couldn't be moved...

Their choice might be very aggressive, perhaps even attacking Li Daoxing to bring him under control.

So Su Yu's current approach was to remain calm and wait for changes.

As for that captured Junior Brother, he could only hope the man hadn't died yet.

If he unfortunately died, Su Yu could only avenge him afterward and still collect the contribution points... "Black Five, how is the matter proceeding? The utmost yin divine pearl must not be lost. If it isn't completed on time, you know Elder Tianku's methods!"

"Rest assured, Black One. We are now only three Golden Immortals short of being able to refine the utmost yin divine pearl.

Black Four and Black Three have already captured people and are about to bring them back. Now, the only one left is Li Daoxing, who is right before our eyes!"

"Li Daoxing cannot be touched. He is the grand-Disciple of Dao Lord Fengyang, and his Revered Master, Heavenly Lord Chi Mo, is a highly favored Disciple of Dao Lord Fengyang.

If he dies, it will certainly attract Heavenly Lord Chi Mo, a Peak Golden Immortal, to come and investigate.

Although there are eight of us, all Mid to Late-stage Golden Immortal experts, it would be difficult to defeat a Peak Golden Immortal in one blow.

Once he escapes, it will surely attract a Dao Lord!

The utmost yin divine pearl is a major matter concerning our Nixian Cult; we cannot afford the slightest disturbance!"

"But in that case, it will be difficult. Daoning Immortal Prefecture is merely a lower-tier immortal prefecture with few Golden Immortals to begin with. Could it be we have to sacrifice one of us eight to refine the utmost yin divine pearl?"

"Who said we have to sacrifice ourselves? With your cultivation, have you not noticed that a strange Golden Immortal has arrived in Forging Immortal City?

That person seems related to the Immortal Court member you captured. Although he noticed a few abnormalities, he hasn't rushed to act.

Clearly, he is waiting for us to move. So why don't we make some noise and lure the tiger into the trap!"

"Now that you mention it, I did indeed faintly sense someone secretly spying on our hiding place.

In that case, I'll stir up some trouble!"

Inside a secret chamber in Forging Immortal City, two Late-stage Golden Immortal experts were currently conversing.

From what they discussed, they were clearly the ones who had captured Su Yu's fellow Disciple.

Particularly the utmost yin divine pearl and the Nixian Cult they mentioned.

If anyone knowledgeable about the Nixian Cult were to find out, they would surely be shocked.

One must know that the Nixian Cult was a force founded hundreds of billions of years ago by a Great Unity Dao Ancestor who defected from the Immortal Court.

Since its inception, this organization had only one goal: to overthrow the rule of the Immortal Court.

However, the Immortal Court had many experts. While he was a high-and-mighty Great Overarching Dao Venerable in the outside world, in the Immortal Court, with his Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal Realm, he was not considered a top-tier existence.

If not for his some connections with the Karma Palace, he would have long ago had his future peered into, his hiding place found, and been killed.

Alas, this man had wild ambitions and actually wanted to use the Karma Palace to destroy an entire Immortal Domain, forcibly using the path of sacrifice to increase his cultivation.

The result was that he was slain with three sword strikes by Dao Venerable Zhuoyan of the Karma Palace, with only a wisp of his immortal soul escaping to parts unknown.

However, the Nixian Cult refused to give up their wicked heart, causing massacres everywhere in remote Immortal Domains, wanting to resurrect the slumbering Sect Master of the Nixian Sect.

They even refined treasures like the utmost yin divine pearl, which harmed the harmony of heaven.

Once such a treasure was successfully refined and activated even slightly, it would turn into an endless tide of extreme Yin, devouring everything.

The flesh and Souls devoured would be absorbed by the Sect Master of the Nixian Sect through time and space!

Once this person was resurrected, it would be a great disaster for the remote Immortal Domains!

On the Immortal Court's Myriad Tribulation Dao-Demon List, he ranked ninth! This was enough to show just how dangerous this person was!