Chapter 471 The Golden Immortal Clan

The scene that Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor witnessed vanished completely as the pavilion collapsed.

The Holy Ancestor stiffly turned his neck to look at Ning Qi beside him, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit an ostrich egg.

"Kid...we...we seem to be in big trouble!"

Despite being bathed in golden immortal light, Ning Qi's face was slightly pale at this moment.

"It's nothing, it's none of our business, we didn't do anything!"

His tone was firm, as if everything truly had nothing to do with him.

Ning Qi did want to explore the secrets beyond the Immortal Gate, but he never intended to become an enemy of the Immortal Realm.

Not to mention that it directly shattered the immortal stone opposite, causing a terrible explosion that caused the building, which was clearly in a fairyland, to collapse.

Ning Qiguang knew that this explosion must have caused a great shock within the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm!

Ning Qi's gaze returned to the golden key that was absorbing the golden immortal light in the void.

The golden key gleamed, its powerful divine energy seemingly boiling.

The triangular runes it had just condensed were so complex that even Ning Qi couldn't understand them.

The triangular runes resembled a large net, completely seizing all the immortal power from the immortal stone in the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm, displaying extreme tyranny!

However, it did not completely devour all the stolen immortal light, and it seemed that pitifully Ning Qi and his companion were made the scapegoats.

It actually intercepted two wisps of celestial light and threw them at the two people behind it.

Then, the triangular rune, carrying the stolen immortal power, shrunk back into the key with a whoosh, adding an unknown mystery to it.

As the runes receded, the golden key trembled slightly and fell back into Ning Qi's hand.

Ning Qi looked at the key in his hand, feeling a mix of wanting to throw it away and being reluctant to part with it.

"What exactly is this thing, and why is it causing such a commotion?"

Ning Qi was puzzled.

Ning Qi and the Holy Ancestor were bathed together in golden immortal light.

Divine runes floated around the two of them, like feathers, constantly entering their bodies.

Ning Qi felt these golden immortal lights transforming his body, turning him into an immortal being.

His body seemed to desperately crave this divine power; every cell was screaming, constantly dividing and regenerating, becoming completely new.

Beside him, the Holy Ancestor was also undergoing a transformation of his immortal body. His physical form was gradually becoming as if it were cast from gold, immortal and eternal.

However, Ning Qi absorbed the immortal light much faster and in greater quantities than the Holy Ancestor.

It's unclear whether it's because Ning Qi is a realm lord, but his physique is inherently terrifyingly powerful.

As long as the world exists, Ningqi will never perish!

The Holy Ancestor was naturally no match for him in terms of physique, and was far inferior in terms of absorbing power.

In just a few breaths, Ning Qi completely absorbed the golden immortal light that enveloped him.

He clenched his fist, feeling an unprecedented surge of physical strength.

If I were to face the Mountain Ancestor again, I fear that with my physical strength alone I could withstand the Mountain Ancestor's supernatural powers after he became an immortal, and directly defeat him.

However, at this moment, Ning Qi felt an unusual hunger.

Every cell in his body was calling out to him; he hadn't absorbed enough of the immortal energy yet, which seemed to have only served as an appetizer.

Ning Qi's gaze involuntarily turned to the Holy Ancestor beside him.

The Holy Ancestor sat cross-legged amidst golden immortal light, having already entered the process of ascending to immortality.

Ning Qi could see that the golden immortal light seemed to be growing a layer of fine immortal feathers from the pores of his body. This was the form that was born when the energy rushed into the Holy Ancestor's body to the extreme.

Ning Qi struggled to suppress his hunger; otherwise, he would have loved to continue absorbing the golden immortal light that enveloped the Holy Ancestor.

If he really did that, the Holy Ancestor would probably be unable to ascend to immortality.

Ning Qi was unwilling to do so.

Of the three—he, the Holy Ancestor, and the Sea Ancestor—one of them would eventually have to try the traditional path to immortality, which would allow Ning Qi to conduct better research.

Ning Qi absorbed so much golden immortal light, yet showed no signs of ascending to immortality.

First, he possesses boundless evil energy within his body; second, he follows the cultivation system of a Realm Lord, and such a small amount of immortal power is simply insufficient to satisfy his status as a Realm Lord.

Ning Qi raised his left hand and stared at the golden key in his hand.

Suddenly, he gripped the golden key tightly.

"Spit out some more of your immortal power!"

To everyone's surprise, the golden key remained completely still, as if it had turned into a lifeless object.

Ning Qi no longer treated it as an ordinary object; he felt that this thing had its own consciousness!

So Ning Qi grabbed the golden key with both hands, as if he was about to break it, and shouted at it, "Will you give it to me or not?"

A powerful force emanated from the golden key, seemingly resisting Ning Qi's hand, causing Ning Qi's newly strengthened body to shudder violently.

Ning Qi was stunned!

The key's strength far exceeded that of any material he knew; he was completely powerless against it.

The golden key vibrated once and then stopped, seemingly unafraid of Ning Qi's threat, as if to say, "Try breaking it."

Ning Qi remained silent.

Since force doesn't work, let's try a softer approach.

Ning Qi tried to communicate with him, saying:

"Since you can seize immortal power from the fairy realm, why don't you return to the fairy realm yourself? Since you've made me take the blame, if you want to stay by my side, you must do as I say!"

Now, the silent golden key vibrated three times in Ning Qi's hand, as if in protest.

But ultimately it seemed to feel guilty and wanted to stay by Ning Qi's side, so it reluctantly spat out a ball of golden immortal light.

Upon seeing this, Ning Qi's eyes brightened slightly.

Since we can communicate and listen to his words, we can keep it; at least we can still profit from the golden key.

"Can you tell me what you are and why you're following me?"

The golden key did not answer, but instead emitted another wisp of celestial light.

The celestial light etched several words in the void in front of Ning Qi.

"Help me gather more immortal power!"

Ning Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.

Wasn't all that immortal power enough?

The immortal light it stole, Ning Qi recalled, was probably enough energy for dozens of cultivators from the lower realms to become immortals!

He became increasingly curious about the origin of this thing, but the other party wouldn't reveal a single detail. He didn't know if it was because the energy was insufficient or if there was some other reason.

Ning Qi temporarily put it away.

Looking at the golden celestial light in front of him, Ning Qi did not devour it again.

He carried the celestial light and flew back towards the distant Sea Ancestor.

Hai Zu sat on the jade coffin, gazing at the two from afar.

She couldn't see clearly from a distance and thought the two had succeeded, until Ning Qi reappeared in front of her, carrying a ball of golden immortal light.

"Lord of the Realm, you've... stolen the Immortal Sect?"

Haizu's beautiful face was blank, not understanding what had happened.

Ning Qi's face darkened slightly, and he said, "I suppose so."

After answering, he handed the celestial light in his hand to the Sea Ancestor.

"This golden elixir is reserved for your baptism."

"Give me?"

Ning Qi explained, "We accidentally blew up a pavilion in the Upper Realm Immortal Realm just now. I'm afraid we won't be able to form an Immortal Gate again for a while, and we don't dare to do so. So, to deal with the situation later, you should absorb this ball of immortal light and strengthen your strength first."

"ah?"

Upon hearing this, Hai Zu was at a loss for words.

Ning Qi has once again done something earth-shattering with her.

Previously, the Sea Ancestor had already earned the Sea Ancestor's respect by killing the Mountain Ancestor who had become an immortal. Now, the Sea Ancestor felt that his brain was about to go blank after the Sea Ancestor had actually destroyed a pavilion in the Immortal Realm from a distance.

Ning Qi pushed the golden immortal light toward the Sea Ancestor.

Golden celestial light instantly enveloped the Sea Ancestor's entire body, beginning to baptize her celestial form.

Hai Zu never imagined that he would create a celestial body in this way.

She hadn't even formed a celestial sect yet, so naturally she wasn't subject to the testing of the true immortals of the upper realm, nor was she recorded in the celestial register.

Seeing that both the Holy Ancestor and the Sea Ancestor had entered a state of ascension, Ning Qi sat alone in the void.

He would occasionally take out the golden key, ask it questions, and silently consider his next move.

The golden key eventually became extremely annoyed by him, and in the end, he used a wisp of immortal power to inscribe a few words in the void.

"The Golden Immortal Clan!"

Ning Qi stared at the four characters and asked, "What does this mean? Is it about your origins?"

However, the golden key simply played dead, completely blocking out external perception and ceasing all communication with him.

It left behind four words, clearly indicating that Ning Qi should find the answer himself.

These four characters are ancient and renowned. If we need them to explain this, wouldn't that be beneath our dignity?

...

The Great Wilderness Wonderland.

Within this fairyland, all is peaceful and serene, filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, showing no trace of the human world.

boom!

Suddenly, a violent explosion erupted in the peaceful fairyland, startling many cranes into the air.

"What happened?"

"Has a demon invaded?"

Exclamations of surprise echoed throughout the fairyland, and figures of immortals instantly appeared in the sky, overlooking the entire fairyland.

Finally, all the immortals turned their gaze to a corner at the edge of the fairyland.

The Immortal Selection Pavilion, a place that has fallen into decline in the Immortal Realm, was placed there.

An aura so powerful it could shake the very void of the celestial realm, and an immortal whose body burned like golden flames, suddenly proclaimed:

"Everyone, leave. The Immortal Selection Pavilion will be taken over by my Immortal Punishment Pavilion. No one is allowed to approach!"

"Yes, I will obey Elder Jiang Shou's order!"

When the others saw that the elders of the Immortal Punishment Pavilion, who were responsible for maintaining the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm, had taken over, they did not linger any longer.

No matter what happens, Elder Jiang Shou will uphold justice and will not harm the interests of the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm.

One after another, celestial figures vanished from the void, as if they had never existed.

But everyone was still extremely curious about the Immortal Selection Pavilion. What had happened to cause it to explode?

Jiang Shou looked around the void and, seeing no one else, breathed a slight sigh of relief.

His immortal eyes contained wisps of purple lightning, giving him an imposing and ethereal aura.

However, when those purple lightning immortal eyes looked towards the very center of the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm, they had to lower them slightly.

That place is the residence of the strongest immortals in the Great Wilderness Immortal Realm, who remain in seclusion year-round.

Jiang Shoufei flew towards the sky above Xuanxian Pavilion, looking down at the collapsed buildings below.

With a slight wave of his hand, a powerful immortal force instantly enveloped the area below, and the collapsed ruins flew into the void.

In an instant, they reassembled in the void in their original form, as if time had reversed, and they became whole again.

The Xuanxian Pavilion is high above, and in the two corners below, two True Immortals tremble as they climb up.

They glanced at Elder Jiang Shou high in the sky, and immediately their legs trembled as they knelt down.

"Cough... Elder Jiang... Elder Jiang Shou!"

Elder Jiang Shou coldly shouted, "Get out of the way!"

The two then stepped aside.

The perfectly intact Xuanxian Pavilion slowly descended and rejoined the ground, its restoration so complete that it was impossible to tell it had just collapsed.

"Come in with me!"

Han Song and Li Donglin followed Jiang Shou obediently as they re-entered the Xuanxian Pavilion.

Jiang Shou walked ahead, pacing inside the Xuanxian Pavilion.

His pair of purple lightning immortal eyes swept across the area, seemingly able to trace back through time and space, and see through everything that had happened before.

Suddenly, his pupils contracted, and purple lightning flashed in his eyes.

The immortal purple lightning swirled around him, nearly scaring Han Song and the other man behind him to death.

The two men were as pale as paper and covered in sweat, as if they had just been pulled out of the Huaqing Pool in the Great Wilderness Wonderland.

A moment later, Jiang Shou withdrew the divine lightning, stood in the center of the Immortal Selection Pavilion, stared at the empty immortal crystal stone in the center, and said in a cold voice:

"Tell me, what happened?"

Although he already knew everything, he still wanted to hear what the two of them had to say.

Han Song and Li Donglin looked at each other.

Although the two were true immortals, in front of Elder Jiang Shou, they were no different from ants facing an elephant.

Li Donglin's teeth chattered, and he could barely suppress the fear in his heart.

In the end, Han Song stepped forward, forcibly suppressing his fear, and bowed to Elder Jiang Shou, saying:

"Elder Jiang, we two have been assigned to guard the Immortal Selection Pavilion for nine years. Just now, we detected a space in the lower realm where several people are about to become immortals..."

Jiang Shou was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Although he had a clear understanding of everything that happened within the Immortal Selection Pavilion, he was unaware of the source of the matter.

"You mean multiple people in the same space are going to become immortals?"

Han Song continued to bow, saying, "Yes!"

Next, he recounted everything that had happened to him, down to the smallest detail, without holding back anything.

They even revealed the smallest details of their thoughts.

It is said that the two were greedy for the opportunity and did not report it in time, which allowed the Xuanxian Pavilion to suffer disaster.

Before Elder Jiang Shou, who could glimpse the past, Han Song finished speaking in one breath, then stood bowing in front of him, not daring to look up at his face.

Jiang Shou pondered Han Song's report, his thick eyebrows on his square face furrowing slightly from time to time.

"Interesting. You said there were four people qualified to become immortals. The first one to become an immortal was killed by the next three. The others were then tested for immortality, and the lowest level they were at was Silver Immortal?"

"Han Song dared not hide it."

"Hmm." Jiang Shou paused for a moment, then asked ruthlessly, "Later, one of the three of them condensed a golden immortal gate in an attempt to become an immortal, but in the end, you saw in the images transmitted back by the immortal crystals that there were actually two people in front of the immortal gate?"

"yes!"

"Two people? When have our immortal sects ever encountered such a thing?"

Purple lightning flickered in Jiang Shou's eyes as he slowly said:

"Back then, the Immortal Realm built the Immortal Gate, which could cover the Three Realms, and made all living beings sign the Immortal-Mortal Crossing Agreement. No one has ever been able to break the tradition of the Immortal Gate. Is it possible that the Immortal Gate of my Immortal Realm is about to be invaded by the Boundary Sea?"

Han Song respectfully replied, "Reporting to Elder Jiang, this time it was not the power of the Boundary Sea."

"What kind of power is that?"

Elder Jiang Shou's voice suddenly rose a notch and became unusually cold.

Upon hearing this, Han Song seemed to be startled by the voice, as if his heart was being gripped by Elder Jiang Shou.

"I don't know what kind of power that is either, I just saw a strange rune..."

Jiang Shou paused for a moment, then turned to look at Li Donglin behind him.

"Is what he said true? Did you see anything?"

Li Donglin trembled violently and knelt on the ground.

For some reason, he subconsciously felt that Elder Jiang Shou wanted him to say that he hadn't seen it.

Li Donglin recalled the mysterious runes that appeared at the end of the Xuanxian Pavilion after the explosion, and his mind became much clearer. It seemed that he had seen them once before in the ancient books of Gandao Palace.

That rune seemed to concern the very survival of the entire immortal realm, a great secret of the immortal world.

Thinking of this, Li Donglin changed his mind and gave a different answer, saying, "This subordinate didn't see anything."

Han Song's eyes widened, and he thought to himself, "It's over!"

Li Donglin, being from the Gan Dao Palace, knew more information than the Turtle and Crane Sect.

Given his fickle nature, he probably realized something was amiss in Elder Jiang's words.

However, Han Song adhered to the principle that he should not hide anything from Elder Jiang Shou, which was probably a mistake.

But the next second, Jiang Shou calmly said:

"Li Donglin of Gandao Palace, exiled to Jiehai; Han Song of Guihe Sect, come with me!"

Han Song's heart, which had just jumped to his throat, suddenly fell back down. He looked at Li Donglin with pity.

It turns out that Elder Jiang Shou was testing the two of them!

(End of this chapter)