360: Please consult the Classic of Mountains and Seas, I wish to seal it.

The boundless and endless Chaos Universe was cold and dark.

Galaxy after galaxy shone brilliantly, emitting endless light in the darkness, rolling and undulating to form a sea of stars. The number of stars contained within was countless, yet this was merely a drop in the ocean within the Chaos Universe.

Countless eons had passed, and a colossal entity loomed faintly within the sea of stars. Its body spanned across a galaxy, and only by standing hundreds of millions of miles away could one see its true form.

Was that a colossal, star-swallowing Dragon?

It was hard to describe!

It possessed both the characteristics of a snake and the majesty of a Dragon; it was like a Dragon yet like a snake, but it had no feet.

It drifted in the sea of stars, as if a very long time had passed.

It emitted not the slightest fluctuation of life, as if it were dead, its body shriveled as if drained dry. Yet even so, in those stark black-and-white eyes, the light that occasionally emitted pierced through the Universe, more terrifying than any Immortal sword.

Boom!

However, on this body—where even massive celestial bodies appeared small before it—if one looked closely, a woman sat cross-legged at its glabella, eyes tightly closed, like an old monk in meditation, her face deathly pale.

She was a woman of peerless, delicate beauty, her long hair gathered by a withered wooden hairpin, wearing a loose cyan robe. Her temperament was extremely ethereal, as if she did not belong to the Mortal world at all; she had an otherworldly air, as if she might ascend at any moment, so detached...

Yet the wine gourd tied to her waist with a red rope was very ordinary, grounding her ethereal presence with a touch of humanity.

Beside her lay a broken sword, its hilt shattered, the blade stuck horizontally into a pitch-black vortex—a place that seemed to be the glabella of that terrifying giant.

If Shen Nian were here, he would recognize her identity at a glance!

Even though she was now vastly different from the uninhibited, wine-drinking, pleasure-seeking, free-spirited appearance she once had, that face had always been deeply etched in Shen Nian's mind!

"Ancient Dao, mindful of the evil of the Mountain Sea Great Demon, acting with extinction-level force, swallowing the sky, the earth, and all living beings. Luo Li of the Ninth Mountain invokes the Innate classic of mountains and seas, wishing to perform demon sealing..." The woman's lips moved incessantly, chanting an ancient incantation; she had repeated it here countless times...

Every time she chanted it, the ancient stone book floating directly in front of her emitted a glimmer of golden light, from which a golden rune would drift out. It was not the script of any race in the myriad worlds; it was a script written directly to the Origin of heaven and earth. It was inconceivable; let alone a Mortal, even an Immortal would lose themselves just by glancing at one of these characters. It was too profound, involving the unspeakable.

"It is useless. You are not a Demon Sealer, and you lack the blood of demon sealing, so you cannot utilize the full power of the classic of mountains and seas..."

"Inside my belly, time and space are both altered, equivalent to the Chaos Universe. Even if you trap me for a moment, what is the point? What can this little bit of time accomplish..."

This voice appeared out of thin air, with no traceable source, ignoring all space and time. It was clearly a man's voice, somewhat effeminate yet making one feel a deep sense of vicissitudes, difficult to describe.

Regarding the appearance of this voice, the woman remained unmoved, silently reciting the scripture. Each time she chanted it, the power of her Origin diminished by a fraction, and with it, her chance of stepping into the Ancient Realm was severed by a fraction.

"Why bother..."

"Wasting your Origin to risk your life with me for the sake of these ants?"

"This has no meaning; it is all in vain..."

"By doing this, how many will be grateful to you?"

"Believe it or not, if I were to expose your identity as an innate spirit, refining you would allow one to instantly step into the Ancient Realm. The ones who would strike at you first would not be demons, but the people you are protecting behind you..."

The voice continued to sound, carrying a hint of playfulness.

However, the woman remained impassive, turning a deaf ear, silently reciting the ancient demon sealing scripture, urging the mountains and seas.

"People of the Demon Sealing Sect are all so... pedantic and stubborn..."

The voice carried some mockery, as if the other party's actions made him want to laugh.

"Risking your life, are you..."

"Ridiculous yet surprising to me. As expected of the Ninth Mountain's Luo Shen, the Luo Sword Immortal who dared to challenge the Three Teachings with a sword—this courage does not lose to your Revered Master..."

"An Immortal slaying the Ancient has never existed..."

"Moreover, I am at the Peak even within the Ancient Realm. Even at your Peak, you could not do it; how could you possibly do it now?"

"Are you trying to find that sliver of the Heavenly Net?"

"Absurd..."

"This is nothing but a fabrication by those old things in the Immortal Realm. How could a Luotian Immortal exist in this world..."

Hearing these mocking words, the woman frowned slightly, but she did not speak.

It was unknown how much time had passed; time here was chaotic and impossible to calculate.

Boom!

A trace of blood spilled from the corner of the woman's mouth. She slowly opened her eyes—a pair of blue eyes containing a sea of stars, beautiful enough to suffocate one.

"You have lost..."

"Luo Shen, I will not kill you; you may leave..."

"Consider it repaying the sliver of goodwill that The First Dao still held for me back then..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the woman, who had remained silent, was suddenly furious. She coldly rebuked, "You beast, do not speak my Revered Master's name!"

Immediately after, the woman revealed a cold sneer and said, "Do not spout such low-level tricks. As a Great Demon of the Ancient Realm, don't you feel you are lowering your status?"

"Can you even kill me?"

"Candle Nine Nethers!"

With the classic of mountains and seas, Candle Nine Nethers could do nothing to her at this moment; otherwise, this cunning Great Demon would never have let her go!

Eat her!

It would just happen to make up for the heavy injuries suffered in the past!

Her voice rang out, and the space was filled with silence. It was unknown how long it had been before the voice of Candle Nine Nethers slowly emerged.

"But you have still lost..."

"I have recovered much of my strength and can already utilize the power of an Immortal Emperor level. Do you think those ants can hold out?"

"When the Fourth Star Domain becomes a dead star, and that demon sealing Legacy is completely severed, what else can you do?"

Upon hearing this, a clear flash of panic appeared in the woman's eyes, as if she had thought of something.

"Oh?"

"Unexpectedly, after the demon sealing technique was destroyed, there is still someone on this Fourth Star that Miss Luo cares about. This is interesting..."

"Wait a moment, I will bring them here..."

After these words were spoken, the woman's face instantly turned pale, and her eyes were filled with surging killing intent. The figure of a youth appeared in her mind, and a broken sword appeared out of thin air in her hand. In an instant, the four directions were filled with flowing light and color.

The remaining power of her Origin within her body was condensing, and her entire body was covered in a kind of fiery light.

This flame was hazy, like the Undying Divine Flame, with Immortal patterns blooming within it. This was the Emperor Fire unique to the kings among Immortals, capable of burning away all Daos; even indestructible Immortal iron could be melted into nothingness in the blink of an eye!

"Candle Nine Nethers!"

"Just try touching him!"

A cold rebuke suddenly rang out in this silent Void Realm, and terrifying Sword Intent, as if capable of destroying the Universe and tearing through the abyss, was frantically radiating.

Her identity was self-evident!

Luo Li of the Heavenly Sword Sect!