Reverse flow of the Yellow Springs

The second-generation divine son of the Jing family deliberately left a restriction within the Immortal Palace to ensure that the Jing family members could inherit the legacy.

To prevent the power that rightfully belongs to the Jing family from falling into the hands of other forces.

To protect this restriction, the Jing family specially built a sturdy temple.

The temple is constructed entirely of exceptionally strong metal, and its walls are engraved with wondrous patterns.

This made the temple extremely sturdy, and under the protection of the Yin army, the Jing family found it difficult to approach and break into the temple in a short time.

However, Li Yelai broke through the Yin Soldier formation, and with the Overlord's Double Pupils that could see through weaknesses, the building was easily breached. No matter how sturdy a building is, it has weaknesses. You don't need to exert too much force; you just need to find the corresponding 'weak point' precisely to break through the entire building.

However, Li Yelai's expression darkened as he entered the temple.

There was a huge gap in the ground. Even the floor tiles had been ripped open by some force.

The array inscribed on it vanished without a trace.

The magic circle isn't here? No, it was moved beforehand? Do the ghost soldiers have this kind of method and technology?
Move the formation away in advance and continue to deploy heavy troops near the temple to deplete the human forces that come to destroy the formation.

Damn, that's so smart? Wait, can formations be moved?
At this moment, the purple flames in the eye sockets of a ghostly skull scattered near the temple turned into eerie blue spots of light.

At the same time, a sound containing pleasure rang out from the skull.

"We salute you, Your Majesty Emperor Yan. Such a grand performance would be too much of a shame to end here. Perhaps we should pay homage to the great Thousand Changes."

"Fuck you, you troublemaker! Where is the formation?" Even Li Yelai couldn't help but swear.

When the pale blue light appeared, Li Yelai knew things were going to get bad.

That damned Guidao is up to something again!
This was not a change of formation by the ghost soldiers, but a dramatic change made by these damned cult followers close to the ground for their so-called performance!
Li Yelai was furious. Millions of human warriors were rushing to the battlefield to eliminate the calamity.

If he had opened the barrier earlier and destroyed the anchor point in advance, it would have saved humanity a lot of unnecessary casualties.

Unfortunately, because the so-called 'performance' wasn't exciting enough, the cultists increased the difficulty!
This is why all living beings loathe the treacherous path to the extreme; even other factions within the same chaotic force despise it.

In pursuit of the ultimate performance, and to weave a brilliant conspiracy, they'll do anything!

What's even more infuriating is that, as believers in the unorthodox path, they possess almost limitless knowledge. They can easily decipher most formations and rituals.

Once, a cunning chosen one, in order to orchestrate a conspiracy, entered a forbidden zone, traversing over a dozen restrictions and formations, releasing a terrifying monster suppressed by the forbidden zone, and killing the offspring of a forbidden zone king. This sparked a power struggle within the forbidden zone.

Now, Li Yelai has used up more than 60% of his spiritual energy, breached the legion, killed the Yin Soldier Commander, and opened the temple. Yet he gained nothing. For the followers of the Demonic Path, this is a successful conspiracy.

No, perhaps only the chosen one of the unorthodox paths can achieve this!
"Emperor's Fall, our lord also awaits your performance. If you deliver an even more spectacular show, our lord will be willing..."

"You wish! I'll find you out sooner or later!"

Enraged, Li Ye smashed the skull with his halberd. He'd really been outmaneuvered!
Then, Li Yelai looked at Jing Lin and the other members of the Jing family who were running towards him and shouted, "The formation here has been moved, there's nothing here! It's a conspiracy by the evil sect!"

"Damn it! It's another trick!" Jing Lin's expression changed drastically; no one wanted to hear those two words.

Without destroying the formation, the barrier cannot be closed.

The main force would then be unable to enter the battlefield or efficiently destroy the anchor points.

The rest of the Jing family also paled. They had been overjoyed to see Li Ye open the temple. Destroying the formation meant they could escape this place. But now, the outcome presented them with a despairing iron curtain.

"Damn it, those ghost soldiers have risen again. We'll be worn down by them!"

"Quick, go back!"

"Damn it, where exactly is the formation? The formation is connected to the earth, so why was it moved?"

"Captain Night General, take a closer look!"

The Jing family experts were shocked and furious, and some even worried that Li Yelai's eyesight was poor.

Jing Ji quickly arrived near the temple and asked Li Yelai, "Are you injured?"

Li Yelai did not respond to his grandfather's concern, but instead looked in the direction of the pagoda: "Is that the palace?"

“Indeed, that is the Pagoda of Freedom, and also the residence of our ancestors.” A powerful member of the Jing family responded, “Each level contains astonishing inheritances, gifts left to us by our ancestors. Night General, since you are a disciple of the three lineages, you should also receive these inheritances.”

Li Yelai's combat prowess was so astonishing that even the powerful members of the Jing family, who were hostile to the three lineages, could only show goodwill.

Jing Jing was so pale that she didn't dare to say a word.

As for the ancestor, he was the 'immortal' that the Jing family's ancestors had come into contact with.

It is unknown how the Jing family ancestors obtained the bloodline of immortals.

Through some kind of ritual, the first generation of divine children was created, bringing victory to humanity amidst the calamity.

The humans who emerged from this place established the Radiant Azure City. Because of the favors bestowed upon the Jing family, the city treated them with great kindness.

However, with each generation, the immortal bloodline in the Jing family will become increasingly diluted.

Unless a rare bloodline atavism occurs.

Otherwise, sooner or later, the proportion of immortal blood in the Jing family's bloodline will decrease to a point where it is negligible.

Therefore, the Jing family devised the method of the Divine Child Mother.

And the second generation of divine children was successfully born, which can be considered as a purification of the immortal bloodline.

"Is there a challenge to get inside?" Li Yelai asked.

"The Jing family bloodline is not needed."

"But something changed inside the pagoda; it was occupied by the survivors from back then. After Jing Liang led his men inside, the ghost soldiers arrived. He didn't show up to support us. Perhaps he was willing but unable." Jing Ji spoke quickly; he had already learned from Jing Lin that the situation was urgent. He immediately informed Li Yelai of the information.

"Understood. You'd better stay away! Don't let the ghost soldiers bother me!"

As soon as Li Yelai finished speaking, he switched his appearance again, this time as Huo Qubing, the legendary general who sealed the wolf's lair.

Shadow Army, swift as the wind.

Thousands of shadowy cavalry phantoms appeared, and the next second, Li Yelai transformed into a shooting star and rushed straight towards the pagoda.

The Jing family was surprised, while Jing Lin quickly recounted everything that had happened outside.

This caused the expressions of many members of the Jing family to change drastically.

Calamity? The Tree of Time? Anchor Point?

“Outside the barrier, tens of thousands of powerful humans are rushing here! If we don’t destroy the anchor point, the Tree of Time will open. We will all die! And many of us will die!” Jing Lin said quickly as he ignited the Yin Soldiers.

"How do we destroy the anchor point? He's all alone?" A powerful member of the Jing family asked the crucial question.

The barrier cannot be opened now, preventing powerful individuals from the outside from entering. How could Li Yelai possibly destroy the anchor point?
"I don't know, but Old Li used some unknown means to destroy a palace! Now, as long as the pagoda is destroyed, the target should be changed," Jing Lin replied. "Destroy the... the Free and Unfettered Pagoda?" The Jing family expert was shocked and instinctively objected: "Absolutely not! That's our Jing family's greatest asset!"

"Indeed, what will become of our Jing family if the pagoda is destroyed?"

"So, do you want to die in the calamity? Do you want the calamity to kill countless fellow humans?" Jing Ji retorted.

"Then go! Go stop my grandson! Let the Tree of Time grow! Then, we'll go down to hell together and kneel before our ancestors! The Jing family will be forever etched on the pillar of shame!"

The Jing family members had different expressions, but they still silently resisted the ghost soldiers.

On the other side, Li Yelai rushed towards the pagoda and took out a lucky wheel from his storage space.

Since we can't open the barrier, let's try destroying the entire pagoda. That way, we'll destroy the anchor point!
However, at that moment, Li Yelai's eyes suddenly lit up.

Then he saw it, shimmering from the pagoda in the distance.
Blue flames!

A few minutes ago, inside the pagoda.

Corpses lay strewn across the main hall, some surviving descendants, others elite members of the Jing family. But now, they were all dead. Their bodies were violently ripped open, blood spilling onto the ground and quickly absorbed.

Looking at the lifeless old man before him, the middle-aged man with a hole in his chest let out a painful sigh.

Beside him, Jing Liang, covered in blood, trembled as he reached out his arm and struggled to close the eyes of a Jing family sixth-sense expert.

"How could this be?!"

Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, Jing Liang finally managed to focus his gaze on the figure high above.

He was a handsome man dressed in a Taoist robe, radiating a pure light, as if he were an immortal descending to earth.

But his ethereal face now looked somewhat cold and incongruous.

There were some tears on his right sleeve, and a small wound on his wrist.

He looked down at the two below and smiled slightly: "Not bad, Immortal Xiaoyao really has a way. Back then, he escaped from the black hole with only a drop of his essence blood, and you two such interesting descendants were born. Not bad, very good."

Then, his gaze fell on the middle-aged man: "Especially you, Jing Tianming. You actually managed to hurt me? That's quite unexpected."

"Who told you you're not human?" Jing Tianming said quietly. "For the past 180 years, I've really been taken care of by you."

For the past 180 years, the humans trapped in the celestial palace have strived to live, and at one time, they have been extremely prosperous.

From an initial population of just over three thousand, their numbers grew to tens of thousands. With the help of the celestial palace, their lives gradually stabilized.

However, a terrible curse followed.

The birth of stillborn infants or monsters, the death of the dead, the collective distortion of psychics.
These curses ravaged humanity, forcing them to venture deeper into the celestial palace and triggering repeated internal conflicts. The population plummeted to a precarious state.

Fortunately, over the years, the survivors' bloodlines have intertwined. Almost every survivor carries the blood of the Jing family.

This allowed them to seek refuge in the Palace of Leisure. Perhaps it was the protection of the immortals of Leisure, but within this palace, they were no longer affected by the curse.

However, some people have noticed the conspiracy, and perhaps there is some undetectable entity that orchestrated this plot.

They were forced to approach the Palace of Leisure.

Whatever conspiracy that being may have, the survivors have no intention of letting it succeed.

Considering that if the Celestial Palace were to open, the main branch of the Jing family would inevitably enter the palace, the survivors prepared to stop them.

However, one side hates the Jing family who trapped them in the Immortal Palace, while the other side is determined to enter the palace and suspects that the other side wants to monopolize it.

The moment the two sides made contact, a conflict broke out.

The Jing family, with its superior fighting strength, still forcefully entered the palace.

Then, this guy who called himself an 'immortal' appeared.

With his inexplicably powerful fighting strength, he almost single-handedly slaughtered nearly everyone.

Even a master of the Six Awakenings was like a child before him, easily defeated.

The powerful attacks landed on him, but they were unable to cause him any harm.

Only Jing Tianming's desperate shot broke through his defenses, leaving a wound on his arm. But that was all.
A terrifying despair descended, and the two survivors were already on the verge of death.

They can't even stand up; the difference in their levels is too great.

"I went to great lengths to get you here," the 'immortal' laughed. "Now, it's all done. Your blood is diluted, but you still possess the blood of the Carefree Immortal. Now, lend me a hand."

"Go to hell. If it weren't for your immortal body, you'd be fucking dead by now! You bastard, I should have brought some black dog blood." Jing Liang spat out a mouthful of blood. But he didn't have the strength, and the blood fell to the ground and was absorbed by it.

Previously, the powerful members of the Jing family had already discerned the identity of the 'immortal'.

His body was indeed that of a genuine immortal! Unlike the skeleton of the Yin Soldier Commander, his body was full of flesh and blood, no different from that of a living person.

But the inner consciousness, or rather the soul, is some cold, sinister entity.

Whether the corpse is a living being or the one who returned has taken over the corpse, it is unknown.

This is why this 'immortal' possesses terrifyingly strong combat power, almost ignoring any attack.

Jingliang is a divine bloodline returnee, and his spiritual energy intensity is higher than that of the other six senses.

He had gradually reached the level of a hegemon, but he was still no match for him and was easily defeated, with both of his legs broken.

Thinking of this, Jing Liang looked at Jing Tianming: "What happened with that shot of yours? When I fought you, it didn't seem that powerful. If you have any other special moves, just unleash them. Don't worry about me, I'll kill this thing!"

As he spoke, he took out the medicine and pushed it to Jing Tianming.

He could no longer stand up, so he planned to give the medicine to Jing Tianming, who was producing even higher output.

“Because you are human, and he is not.” But Jing Tianming’s eyes were already blurry, and his heartbeat was gradually slowing down.

He was about to die.

"Jingliang, I'm entrusting my companions to you," he murmured.

Jingliang sighed. He was going to die here anyway, so what was the point of talking about companions? Even if he was going to entrust his son to someone, he should at least find a reliable person. Soon everyone would be drinking the Meng Po soup (a symbol of oblivion), so what was the point of entrusting his son to someone?
However, a blue flame ignited in Jing Tianming's eyes.

"It's a real shame. I should have done better."

"My compatriots, please help me. Tear this despair apart."

The next instant, his physical body suddenly emitted a dazzling light.

"I will ignite the Azure Flame!" (End of Chapter)