Gateway of Immortality-Chapter 473: Immortal Residence

In the blink of an eye, all the runes surrounding the stone platform began swirling rapidly, eventually transforming into a door.

A downward-facing door opened on the stone platform.

Every rune shattered, spinning swiftly within the doorway. Inside, waves of shimmering light rippled. At the end of those fragmented rays lay only chaos, nothing else visible. No one knew where it would ultimately lead.

Just as the Star-Controlling Elder released the stream of light, Yu Shanting suddenly summoned his bronze bell, shoved Luan aside without glancing back, and lunged straight toward the door.

Luan had been trying to prevent Yu Shanting from getting close to Granny Jing. But at that critical moment, Yu Shanting abruptly changed direction, catching it off guard and managing to shake it off.

Around the Star-Controlling Elder, the spatial fluctuations grew increasingly violent and terrifying. Even he appeared unable to withstand the pressure of the space breaking apart. His forehead drenched in sweat, his body trembling as if he were shivering uncontrollably.

The space surrounding him turned ever more perilous, as if a monstrous and destructive power were brewing.

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The Star-Controlling Elder shouted hoarsely.

Even speaking had become a struggle for him. His voice was raspy and nearly inaudible.

Stars shifted, constellations realigned, and the silver robe—like a shattered reflection of the galaxy—descended from the heavens and draped itself once more over the Star-Controlling Elder.

The astral robe reformed, linking all the stars together into a seamless whole, just like the first time it had appeared.

With his astra restored, the Star-Controlling Elder looked noticeably relieved. Ignoring Granny Jing entirely, he followed Yu Shanting’s lead and flung himself toward the door with all his might.

Although his cultivation had surged, he was barely any faster than Yu Shanting. The immense pressure from the shattered space severely limited his speed.

The silver robe, which had absorbed most of that pressure on his behalf, was already showing signs of splitting apart. The outermost layer of stars was vanishing at an alarming rate.

Even if the Star-Controlling Elder managed to escape with his life, the astra would suffer grievous damage. It would likely take decades of careful nurturing to restore it to its former state.

He didn’t have even a breath’s worth of time to spare. The broken space was on the verge of consuming the robe. Should that happen, the Star-Controlling Elder would be doomed. He didn’t dare to waste a single moment.

Only one thought consumed his mind: escape!

...

That door was the one they had entered through!

The realization struck Qin Sang like lightning. On the other side of that door was the place they had come from.

The Star-Controlling Elder had broken his chains and unleashed his cultivation precisely to undo the barrier that sealed the entrance.

They were trying to flee!

Seeing this, Qin Sang’s expression darkened.

He had already recalled his ebony sword. The space around the Star-Controlling Elder was far too dangerous. If the sword entered, it would only be devoured.

He wanted to redirect his sword to pursue Yu Shanting, but it was already too late. Clearly, they had long prepared for this moment, and their timing had been flawless.

Even more terrifying was that the shattered space triggered by the Star-Controlling Elder was rapidly spreading in all directions. Darkness flooded the void, and within that darkness lurked a ferocious beast capable of devouring everything.

The entire plaza was about to be engulfed.

At that critical moment, Qin Sang suddenly felt a flash of brilliance before his eyes. A sliver of moonlight shifted slightly and enveloped him.

Granny Jing!

Qin Sang’s head snapped upward. Granny Jing had stood up. She hovered mid-air, transcendent and ethereal, like a celestial being, gazing down at the Star-Controlling Elder.

Darkness had also encroached upon the space around her, threatening to consume her. Yet she remained calm, her expression as serene as ever, her eyes utterly unmoved.

"You’ve chosen death."

Granny Jing spoke coldly.

Above her head floated the Hidden Moon Landscape Scroll. At some unknown point, the moon had returned to the painting.

The scroll unfurled grandly, revealing what seemed to be an actual world within.

Endless mountains and rivers.

Winds surged. Clouds billowed.

From the sea of clouds, a bright moon rose!

The moon absorbed all the vital energy within the scroll, eclipsing everything else. Beneath its glow, all other elements of the painting faded into insignificance. Then, a beam of moonlight—soft yet unimaginably fast—shot out from the painting.

That moonbeam seemed to teleport. The instant it emerged from the scroll, it landed upon the Star-Controlling Elder.

The door stood just a step away. A simple leap would have taken him through it.

But that single step now seemed as vast and impassable as a chasm between heaven and earth.

The Star-Controlling Elder was frozen in place by the moonlight, unable to move a muscle.

In the next instant, Luan soared toward him, her elegant form trailing a stream of azure light. Ignoring the shattered and chaotic space surrounding the Star-Controlling Elder, she charged in fearlessly, embracing him without hesitation.

Luan lifted her head and cried out to Granny Jing. Her cry was filled with sorrow, and her eyes brimmed with grief so deep it seemed endless—a single tear even appeared to fall.

Then, she unleashed power far beyond that of an ordinary Demonic Spirit Realm spirit beast, violently slamming into the Star-Controlling Elder and hurling him away.

"No—"

The Star-Controlling Elder let out a final, despairing scream, his voice echoing with utter hopelessness.

Qin Sang, momentarily stunned by Luan’s action, suddenly felt a tightening force envelop his entire body. Granny Jing had swept him up using the Hidden Moon Landscape Scroll, carrying him straight into the doorway alongside her.

In that final moment, Qin Sang recalled his two flying swords, not forgetting to grab the handsome young man who had been abandoned by both the Star-Controlling Elder and Yu Shanting.

As their figures vanished, the entire plaza was consumed by darkness.

A terrifying storm erupted, swallowing both Luan and the Star-Controlling Elder, growing more ferocious by the second.

What lay behind the door?

Is the Yuanshen Sect's army waiting on the other side? Is Leng Yuntian there himself?

Qin Sang had no answers. But he had no choice either; he could only follow Granny Jing’s lead. The Star-Controlling Elder had almost certainly been devoured by the spatial storm. But Yu Shanting had slipped through the door; he absolutely could not be allowed to return to the Yuanshen Sect.

Qin Sang was fully in favor of Granny Jing hunting Yu Shanting down to the death. As for how things would end... that was up to fate.

Chaotic energy raged within the door, making Qin Sang feel dizzy and disoriented. Thankfully, the Hidden Moon Landscape Scroll remained tightly wrapped around him, keeping him from being separated from Granny Jing.

"Suppress your cultivation to the Qi Refining Realm..."

Granny Jing’s voice reached his ears. The order struck Qin Sang as odd, but he didn’t question it. He immediately followed her command and activated the Spirit Evasion Art.

Just as he finished suppressing his cultivation, a cool sensation spread across his chest. Granny Jing had reached out and tapped him there, inscribing a barrier onto his body.

It was a simple barrier, intended only to conceal his cultivation fluctuations.

A moment later, the surrounding chaos abruptly vanished.

Qin Sang felt his feet land on solid ground. He quickly opened his eyes and found himself standing inside a grand hall. It was as large as the plaza outside. Towering stone pillars rose around him, but unlike before, they weren’t crudely piled together from rough blocks.

The ground was smooth and level, and directly beneath them rose a stone platform—one strikingly similar to the one in the plaza.

The hall itself was empty. Qin Sang scanned the space and spotted a figure darting toward the exit.

"Yu Shanting!"

He called out in a low voice.

The Hidden Moon Landscape Scroll shot out another beam of moonlight, striking Yu Shanting squarely in the back. A scream tore from his throat as a bloody hole burst open in his back, and he crashed to the ground, only to scramble back to his feet moments later.

Seeing Yu Shanting about to escape the grand hall, Qin Sang panicked. "Senior, kill him now!"

At the same time, he prepared to summon his ebony sword to assist Granny Jing in the pursuit.

This place seemed to be another hidden realm, much like Zhitian Peak. Qin Sang recalled that the Star-Controlling Elder had referred to it as the immortal residence.

The absence of the Yuanshen Sect army was good news. But Yu Shanting had to die.

To his surprise, Granny Jing didn’t go after Yu Shanting. Instead, she put away the Hidden Moon Landscape Scroll, turned to Qin Sang, and said calmly, "No rush."

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