308: White Eyebrow Venerable

What excited Chen Tianming the most was that on the very edge of the star map, within a nebula so thin it was barely visible, he had found his hometown!

The blue planet drifted there all alone; just one look at it brought peace of mind.

An excited heart, trembling hands.

Chen Tianming scoured all the rewards in the system, but there was never one that could allow him to return home.

He took a deep breath and told himself:

"Don't rush."

"As long as I've found it, there is a chance."

At this moment, he had already returned to the crowd.

The fall of the Golden-Winged Roc had caused major problems for the entire training team.

The timid and cowardly ones were all worried, shivering and babbling nervously.

"This isn't divine favor, this is divine punishment! Divine punishment!"

The greedy ones roared and shouted like wild beasts.

"The Grandmaster's prayer beads belong to me!"

"The Golden-Winged Roc's Golden Feather Rakshasa Sword belongs to me! Hahaha!"

The area around the two corpses was in utter chaos; even the Yin Demon's Golden Core and the Golden-Winged Roc's Spirit Core had been viciously gouged out.

In the end, they didn't even spare the Sarira or the bright pearl.

A few people tried to dissuade them, but there were still greedy individuals who insisted on trying to take the golden bead that could cut through everything.

The one who obtained it was hunted by those who wanted it, and two Golden Immortals fell before the golden bead finally found its owner.

He confidently believed it was a divine object that could not acknowledge a master or be absorbed, but only worshipped; yet, he was not killed by the golden bead.

However, Chen Tianming also heard some people secretly plotting to form alliances to forcibly seize the treasures after the training ended.

Chen Tianming watched coldly.

With a thought, the base of the statue rumbled open, revealing a secret passage leading deeper inside to everyone present.

This secret passage was also designed by Chen Tianming.

He wanted to continue letting these sanctimonious great immortals go deeper into the small world.

It wasn't that Chen Tianming hated evil and felt compelled to eradicate the filth before him.

It was because among this group of nauseating great immortals, there was a protagonist Chen Tianming had been keeping an eye on for a long time!

He stared sternly at a Golden Immortal in white robes.

This person had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes; his robes were adorned with sparse and dense calligraphy, which surprisingly contained many profound truths of the Great Dao.

As he reached out his fingers, a Seven-Star Sixty-Three Array vaguely appeared, with the chessboard grid crisscrossing and constantly evolving.

This person was the Chess Immortal, who had comprehended the Dao of Chess and was born with six fingers.

When the passage appeared, some in the crowd exclaimed in surprise, while others retreated.

At this moment, the Chess Immortal took a few graceful steps forward and spoke with the spirit of a scholar:

"I sense that this passage contains thousands of formations, which are very troublesome. Since I have studied array techniques since childhood, why not let me explore the secrets within?"

After he stepped out, someone in the crowd let out a low shout.

"I am also quite proficient in the Dao of formations. Why don't I accompany you!"

Looking from afar, an old Daoist with white eyebrows was draped in brocade, exuding an aura of wealth and nobility.

He took a step, his golden boots scraping against the ground.

He quickly arrived in front of the Chess Immortal and stood opposite him.

Everyone exclaimed loudly.

"This is... isn't this the White-Browed Sword Saint who dominated the winds and clouds back in the day?"

"Guarding a city alone, opening the heavens with one sword, ascending to the heavens in one step... White-Browed, how did you manage to mix into the training team?"

Seeing that someone had recognized him, the White-Browed Sword Saint answered loudly:

"Everyone, quiet. No matter how great my abilities were, that is all in the past. Now that I am old and decrepit, it is only natural for me to join your training team!"

"The reason I disguised myself was simply because I didn't want to reveal information prematurely. Today, I might as well tell you all!"

"Before the South Heaven Gate reappeared, I had already discussed this with high-level cultivators such as Hundred-Eye Heavenly Monarch, Green Bull Saint, Sword Sect's Liao Mei, and Heavenly River Old Lord!"

Hearing these names, everyone swallowed their saliva, shut their mouths, and looked up.

These were all famous great immortals in the Fantasy World.

They were powerful and could be said to cover the sky with one hand.

At the same time, they were representatives of the powerful sects of the entire Fantasy World, and they were the ones who could ascend to the heavens in one step and open the Heavenly Gate.

However, with White-Browed's strength, he could naturally be mentioned in the same breath as such powerhouses, so absolutely no one would disbelieve his words.

Chen Tianming had long been aware of White-Browed's rhetoric.

Having controlled the Fire Qilin, which was now the Star-Constellation Qilin, he was the master of this small world.

Every time a powerful expert from the Fantasy World scanned the South Heaven Gate, he could feel it.

Plus the group of cultivators Chen Tianming brought back to the Fantasy World... it wasn't that Chen Tianming hated them.

But these cultivators all knew the secrets of the small world.

Chen Tianming had openly forged miracles at the South Heaven Gate, so they would definitely be the first to notice something was wrong.

Stranded in the Fantasy World, it was inevitable that they would sell out their hometown in exchange for protection and a chance to survive.

However, Chen Tianming hadn't expected that the twelve strongest people on the Fantasy World's ranking list would have tacitly agreed to arrive at the South Heaven Gate together, break the barrier when no one was around, break in, investigate it personally, and then leave.

Chen Tianming had guessed this day would come back then.

And what White-Browed said next made everyone present gasp in astonishment.

"There are no miracles at all! And it's not divine favor! Fellow Daoists, we have all been played!"

"After our prior investigation and the confession of the Dao slaves we captured, this so-called Gate of the Heavenly Realm is actually just a filthy, exiled land from the ancient times!"

Suddenly, there was an uproar.

"Old Mother Lishan imitated her predecessors and, to save the common people, had no choice but to cut off the entire continent and exile it, causing the entire continent to flip north-to-south and leading to frequent natural disasters!"

Chen Tianming sighed.

"So you're saying, the South Heaven Gate has just been in an empty state all this time? That's why there's a legend that the South Heaven Gate was originally the gate for attaining immortality, but was sealed by the Great Goddess Nüwa, which is why in these long years, no one has been able to ascend?"

White-Browed looked at Chen Tianming with a smile.

"This Fellow Daoist, what you said is exactly right!"

Chen Tianming nodded seriously on the surface, but actually couldn't help but laugh inside.

He had spoken up to test them, wanting to see if he had already been exposed.

From this White-Browed Venerable's tone and attitude, it could be seen that he was not being targeted by the Twelve Great Immortals.

Sure enough, White-Browed spoke next.

"Everyone! Whether it is this ice crystal palace or the golden beads, in fact, they were all designed by someone to deliberately harm you!"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay.

"Harm us? We have cultivated all our lives, committed no murders, why would someone want to harm us?"

He felt guilty himself just saying that.

And White-Browed ignored such hypocritical remarks.

"Everyone, the person who designed this has great supernatural powers and is extremely treacherous. Right now, I fear he is secretly monitoring us from somewhere. I boldly implore you all, if you can join me in capturing that villain and flaying him alive to serve as a warning to others, I, White-Browed, am willing to impart everything I have learned in this life and do my utmost to help you all reach the peak soon!"

Under such temptation, all the great immortals were immediately stirred up.

"We are willing to assist White-Browed Venerable in finding the villain and killing and flaying him!"