142: Exposure and battle of wits

At this moment, within the boundless Weihai, Dao Lord Thunder Spear stood there with eyes full of excitement. He was now certain that behind this whirlpool lay the immortal path's base they had yearned for and searched so hard for. With such a great contribution, forget about his current punishment—he would receive a heavenly reward. He might even be able to make a push for the Soul Transformation Realm.

He slowly retreated. He knew that as a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, it was impossible for him to enter directly; after all, among those in the Nascent Soul Stage, he was at the bottom of the barrel.

He immediately headed for the Technology Immortal Sect to report the matter. Along the way, he pushed his magic power to its limit, flying at an immeasurable speed, and soon arrived at the Technology Immortal Sect.

“Dao Venerable, I have a matter of immense importance to report. It concerns your hundred-year grand plan.”

Liu Xiu's expression was very unsightly. He had just secretly sent the man out a few days ago, and now he had returned with such fanfare, which clearly contradicted their plan. Having been the dominant power for so many years, Liu Xiu had long developed the habit of his word being final. He had already decided in his heart that if the man didn't have a matter of immense importance, he would definitely make him pay a huge price.

“Someone, go bring him to me. Don't let him keep blathering out there.”

He even used profanities he often used in his past life. He sat on his throne, and soon, Dao Lord Thunder Spear entered. As soon as he came in, he fell to his knees with a thud.

“Heaven bless the Venerable! I have discovered the location of the immortal path's base!”

Liu Xiu's anger vanished in an instant. He gripped his chair and stood up, his voice loud and his expression full of excitement: “Is it true?”

Dao Lord Thunder Spear nodded: “I am very certain. That place is the base of the immortal path.”

He began to laugh heartily with joy. A long-cherished wish of many years was finally about to be fulfilled. Heavenly Dao, you helped cover for them for so many years, but in the end, he still found them. This time, he would surely wipe them out entirely, leaving the Heavenly Dao with no other choice in the future.

“Good, you have done very well. I said before that anyone who could find the immortal path's base would be heavily rewarded. Just you wait; if this is true, your status will be different from now on. Let's go, show me the way.”

After saying that, he grabbed Dao Lord Thunder Spear and flew out. This Liu Xiu was at the Spirit Transformation Third Layer, and the difference between his cultivation and that of Dao Lord Thunder Spear was like heaven and earth. Soon, they returned to the Weihai whirlpool.

Inside the immortal path's base, the Demon Venerable instantly sensed the arrival of the uninvited guests. He hadn't expected the opponent to find them before the Ascension even began. Fine, he would have to take action himself. With a wave of his hand, he struck out a cloud of white smoke; this was a control-type Spirit Treasure.

The Ranks of magical items are divided into Magical Artifacts, Spiritual Artifacts, Magic Treasures, and Spirit Treasures. Spirit Treasures are already the most powerful treasures in the mortal world; even in the hands of a Soul Transformation Stage powerhouse, they can influence the outcome of a battle.

This white smoke was called the Taiyi Cloud Mist, a Spirit Treasure for large-scale confusion and entrapment. In an instant, half of Weihai was enveloped in the cloud mist. Within this mist, their Divine Sense could not spread out, and their eyes could only see a distance of three meters. Even Liu Xiu could no longer find the location of the whirlpool.

He waved his hands, and his magic power began to surge continuously. Countless lasers were fired out, killing many living beings in the ocean, but the cloud mist before him did not dissipate in the slightest. He began to shout.

“Heavenly Dao, how dare you obstruct me like this! It is I who have been continuously leading the world to ascend! You have protected them for so many years, yet they can't even produce a single Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator. Why bother? I don't care how you try to protect them; today, I will definitely bring about the total Extinction of the immortal path.”

He still thought it was the Heavenly Dao obstructing him. He never imagined it was a powerhouse from a Different Realm fighting him. However, although the Heavenly Dao lacked sentience, its instincts prevented it from taking the blame. It sent a message to Liu Xiu through the void, saying it had not acted and that a great powerhouse was currently engaged in a magical duel with him.

Liu Xiu's expression became even more unsightly. If it were the Heavenly Dao, it would actually be easy to solve; the Heavenly Dao couldn't protect them forever, plus he currently held a significant amount of the Heavenly Dao's Luck. So if it were the Heavenly Dao, it wouldn't last long. But it was different if it were a powerhouse from a Different Realm.

For a moment, he thought of many enemies. Their Canglan Realm had destroyed eight Small Worlds, five of which were immortal path worlds. Some Cultivators had escaped from them, but they couldn't have reached Soul Transformation in such a short time. Even if they had, each layer of Soul Transformation was like a different heaven; they wouldn't have the ability to fight him.

Then it could only be someone from the Minor Thousand Worlds. They had only destroyed one Minor Thousand World, and it was one already on the verge of destruction where not a single Cultivator survived. Could it be that one of their previously ascended Seniors discovered their home was gone? That was possible. Of course, the most likely candidate was the immortal path world they were currently in contact with, the Qingyun Realm.

In fact, ever since he sent people into the Qingyun Realm, he had regretted it. He could sense that the opponent had two Middle Stage of Spirit Transformation Cultivators. Although it was a low-level Minor Thousand World, it had already reached the standard for an Intermediate Minor Thousand World. They were much more powerful than his Realm, and they were completely outmatched. But since they had already entered, there was no helping it. He even suspected that the opponent's people had come here.

It must be said that his guess was quite accurate. But regardless of who was behind the opponent, he intended to wipe out the immortal path. To resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the interior. He even felt that his cultivation was currently stuck at a Bottleneck because he hadn't wiped out this immortal path. Now that he had finally found the immortal path's base, he would not let the matter rest.

He summoned his mecha. His mecha was over a hundred meters tall, as massive as a deity. Once he piloted the mecha, his power was celestial. Boundless raging flames and lasers lit up Weihai, and countless marine creatures met their deaths. This clearly made the Heavenly Dao unhappy.

However, after he paid such a price, the cloud mist slowly began to dissipate. After all, the Demon Venerable had come as a Clone and could not exert his full power. However, it was impossible for him to have only these few tricks up his sleeve.

The Demon Venerable's hands began to form mysterious hand seals. Instantly, the seawater of Weihai began to undergo a transformation. No one knew what the Demon Venerable's true form was, but he was certainly of the aquatic race; his attainments in the Law of Water were extremely profound.

Countless currents transformed into eight sky-piercing Water Tornadoes, forming the shape of the Eight Trigrams, enveloping the hundred-meter mecha and preventing it from making any movement. The mecha also began to be tossed about by the rotation.

The Demon Venerable controlled the mecha to fly up, but it was still difficult to break free from the constraints of the Water Tornadoes. Finally, two steel wings appeared on the back of his mecha to help stabilize it, and only then was it truly held steady. But the attack was not over yet.