Above the Great Dao-Chapter 1351 - 632: Safe Passage (Part 2)

Monarch Yang said, "Thank you for your kind offer, Daoist. However..."

Before he could finish, the Emperor of Plague had already risen from the altar, walked over to him, and took his hand, smiling, "Daoist Yang, why refuse?"

Monarch Yang, helpless, threw a glance at Yin Star Lord, and said, "Fine, I'll be a guest for a few days. Your Highness, if you have matters to attend to, go ahead."

Yin Star Lord was about to leave but found himself surrounded by the gods of the Wen Department, unable to move.

The Emperor of Plague laughed and said, "No need to refuse, stay a few days before you go." Then he escorted the two and led his soldiers away.

Chen Shi stood on the Star Shuttle, looking around. The starry sky had grown increasingly quiet, with only an occasional streak of starlight darting across. Whenever this happened, the once dark starry sky would suddenly burst into light, with countless stars appearing to block the starlight.

Chen Shi was puzzled. On this journey, they had encountered several such phenomena!

"What exactly is happening in the starry sky?" he pondered.

Thunder Department.

Deng Tianjun led over ten generals from the Thunder Department, fully armored, hastily arriving at the Shenxiao Jade Mansion to meet Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun, bowing slightly as he reported, "Heavenly Venerate, we have gone to Penglai West and intercepted the pursuers, escorting the disciples of Golden Turtle Island for a while."

Jiutian Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun nodded lightly and said, "Understood. You may go and rest."

Deng Tianjun acknowledged and led his group to rest.

The Heavenly Venerate's vertical eye at his brow slowly opened, taking in the advancement of the Star Shuttle, murmuring, "Is there going to be another disciple of the fourth generation from Golden Turtle Island emerging? This one is so difficult; even now, there's no path of survival for us..."

Fire Department.

The Southern Three Qi Fire Virtue Star Lord Luo Xuan led the gods and demons of the Fire Department back, still unable to quell his anger, and muttered, "The Three Pure Ones Lineage is truly outrageous. They don't intend to leave a single sprout of Golden Turtle Island! It's like they want total annihilation!"

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The journey seemed peaceful but was, in fact, thrilling, with many battles hidden within the starry sky, turning into flickering stars unnoticed.

The Star Shuttle carrying Chen Shi paused slightly, docking at the Star Gate.

Jiang Guo jumped off the Star Shuttle, saying, "Junior Brother, this place is Penglai West, rather desolate. The Heavenly River ends here, and without the Star Shuttle, we have quite a distance to walk before reaching Golden Turtle Island."

Chen Shi and Black Pot also jumped off the Star Shuttle, puzzled, "Why is this place called Penglai West?"

Jiang Guo replied, "It's said that it was named Penglai West to commemorate the Penglai Immortal Island of the Ancestral Court. When the Three Pure Ones created the Earth Immortal Realm, Penglai West was established because there was an Immortal Island here. It was a rare Yuqing Holy Land, hence named Penglai West."

Chen Shi looked around, finding Penglai West ferry to be one of the more remote ferries in the Earth Immortal Realm, with the Star Gates built along the route of the Heavenly River. This place was at the end of a tributary of the Heavenly River, rarely visited by people.

The Heavenly River is the most important river in the Earth Immortal Realm, with a vast basin and developed tributaries, extending into countless Xuanhuang Sea Worlds. Some worlds have also established ferries, and even in those worlds, the ferry traffic exceeds this place greatly.

"Isn't Penglai West a Yuqing Holy Land? Why has it become so desolate?" Chen Shi wondered.

Jiang Guo replied, "It was very thriving, but later a Great Demon caused havoc, many Immortals died, the Holy Land was polluted, and it became desolate. Our predecessors from Golden Turtle Island saw no one wanted this place, so they moved Golden Turtle Island here."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi thought, "It seems Golden Turtle Island isn't faring well either, resorting to picking up what others abandon."

Outside Penglai West ferry stood an Immortal City, floating and towering high, forged entirely from Black Iron, pitch black throughout, with chains connecting it to the mountains, anchoring the iron city.

The iron city emitted a dark red glow, with the smells of iron and blood wafting from afar.

Chen Shi looked closely and saw that on it, using the Yang Engraving Method, various strange Great Dao Textures were etched.

The outer wall of the entire Immortal City was covered in Great Dao Textures engraved using the Yang Engraving Method, then painted over with the blood of mutant beasts, allowing the blood filled with Demonic Nature to seep into the iron city!

Jiang Guo led Chen Shi and Black Pot past, getting closer and closer to the iron city.

Chen Shi noticed many immortals peeking from the iron city, looking down, each one exuding an incredibly powerful presence, daunting.

The immortals guarding this iron city are at least True Immortal Realm!

Chen Shi surveyed the surroundings, finding Penglai West quite desolate, with hardly any sight of Immortal Mountain Blessed Lands.

Moreover, he also noticed that the demon energy was particularly heavy in several places in Penglai West, clearly indicating extreme danger.

He looked into the distance, where the horizon was dark, and occasionally a great black wind swept through, shaking the earth and mountains, and thunderstorms erupted within it, turning the black storm into a burning coal, quite frightening.

Chen Shi felt a growing sense of kinship as the Demon Path flourished here.

"This place is suitable for my cultivation," he thought privately.

The two of them, along with a dog, continued forward, as Chen Shi perceived pairs of eyes watching his back. When he turned to look, he saw immortal beings atop Black Iron City, their faces indistinguishable, but their eyes glowing hauntingly like floating dots of light in the dark.

"Brother Jiang, why is there such an immortal army here?"

Chen Shi inquired, "Are they here to suppress the Great Demon of this place?"

Jiang Guo shook his head, "They are to guard against us from Golden Turtle Island."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, uneasy, realizing Golden Turtle Island might not be an Immortal Holy Land but a pirate ship under countless eyes!

They continued on, witnessing remnants of walls and broken structures along the way, indicating the prosperity of this place in the past. Unfortunately, the Great Demon brought ruin, turning Penglai West into a place where few dare to tread.

Every now and then, they saw similar Black Iron Immortal Cities floating in the air, guarded by immortals who grew tense upon seeing them, watching them intently.

"Does it require so many immortals to monitor Golden Turtle Island?" Chen Shi couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, Jiang Guo paused, looking at the black storm ahead, saying, "We should proceed on foot and fly towards Golden Turtle Island after the storm passes."

The two of them and the dog descended, with Jiang Guo leading them quickly on their way, as the wind intensified around them, with deafening roars shaking the earth and mountains, terrifyingly.

Blown into instability, Jiang Guo shouted, "The black hair wind is too strong; let's hide within the Dao Realm until it's safe to come out!"

He summoned the Dao Realm, entering it first.

Chen Shi summoned his Dao Realm, the Well Demon Realm, about to enter it when he suddenly saw massive limbs tumbling through the black wind, appearing like severed limbs.

With no time to take a closer look, he entered the Well Demon Realm with the Black Pot, turning back to see numerous severed limbs swept away by the wind.

Suddenly, a severed limb grabbed the well's wall, revealing half a thin, elongated head. Half of its head was sheared off, leaving only half, its race indistinguishable, struggling to enter the well, trying to escape the black wind.

Chen Shi's heart raced wildly as he activated the Blood Transformation Divine Saber, slashing at the elongated head, hearing a resounding clank, as the elongated head remained unscathed, deflecting the Blood Transformation Divine Saber.

Chen Shi then wielded the White Bone Whip, the scorpion hook at its end hitting the elongated head with a sharp ding, causing it pain, and letting go, instantly swept away by the black wind, disappearing from sight.

Chen Shi finally let out a sigh of relief, gazing outside the well, witnessing numerous severed limbs carried by the black wind crashing into the Black Iron City with a clanging sound.

From his vantage point, he could see the Black Iron City amidst the storm. The power of those severed limbs was immense, shaking the city, straining the chains binding it, seemingly about to break free of their restraints!

Within the black storm, the Black Iron City suddenly gleamed brightly as the Dao Patterns on its walls were activated, resembling luminous Jiao Longs, flying around the city. Most terrifying were the dense Dao Patterns emerging beneath the Black Iron City, complex and profound!

"Below the Black Iron Immortal City is like a great seal, except this seal is too vast and intricately mysterious!"

He had just thought of this when countless limbs fell, subdued by the Immortal City.

Yet more things were swept in by the wind, striking the Immortal City, rocking it constantly as if about to be destroyed by the black wind.

After a long while, the black hair wind gradually weakened, and clarity returned to the surroundings.

Chen Shi emerged from the Well Demon Realm, waited a while, and Jiang Guo also came out of his Dao Realm, continuing on their journey. After flying for several days, they saw before them a vast marshland, with numerous crumbling peaks resembling islands, scattered across the marsh.

"This place was originally a sea, but when the Great Demon came, it transformed into this."

Jiang Guo quickened his pace, "Our Golden Turtle Island is just ahead!"

Chen Shi followed him, hurrying along, taking another half day, they finally saw a vast marsh with Immortal Mountains.

Golden Turtle Island, at last, they had arrived.