On the Avenue.

Chapter 634 Escort
"Yin Suijun is still powerful; he injured me. He was originally inferior to me, but he was enfeoffed as the Tai Sui God, and his divine position is higher than mine. After more than 300,000 years of cultivation, his divine power is much stronger than mine. If he uses the magic weapon of his sect, I will hardly survive in his hands."

Lord Guchen sighed, “After becoming a deity, one’s cultivation level is no longer determined by personal talent or comprehension, but by the rank of one’s divine office. The higher the rank, the more offerings one receives, and the greater one’s strength. Heh, everything was predetermined. This Heavenly Court is nothing more than a game played by the Three Pure Ones, and my Tongtian lineage is nothing more than a pawn manipulated in this game.”

His words were outrageous, after all, the current Heavenly Court was established by the Three Pure Ones, and the Earthly Immortal Realm was also created by the Three Pure Ones, but fortunately there were no outsiders present.

“Yin Suijun was only able to come because he was entrusted by someone, and he had no intention of fighting me to the death.”

Lord Guchen continued, "After this battle, he can go back and give his report."

Chen Shi asked, "I heard my senior brother address him as Your Highness just now. What is the background of this Lord Yin Sui?"

The Lone Star Lord said, "He was originally the crown prince of the Shang Dynasty. King Zhou wanted to kill him, but he escaped and became a disciple of Guang Chengzi. Later, he rebelled and returned to the Shang Dynasty, where he eventually died tragically. He was a pitiful man, controlled by the world and unable to be free. I have a divine duty to perform and cannot stay for long."

He rose into the air, transformed into a streak of starlight, and vanished without a trace, his speed astonishing.

His voice drifted from afar: "There are definitely other deities plotting against you, but don't worry, I've found you some helpers! Hehe, my Golden Turtle Island is finally about to prosper. In just five hundred years, we've gained a junior brother. I'd like to see who has the ability to do so..."

The voice of the Lone Star Lord disappeared, and Chen Shi did not hear what he said afterward.

The star raft continued its journey, and the surrounding star field became increasingly desolate. Where hundreds of stars could be seen in the sky before, there were now very few.

They arrived at a stargate and docked in the harbor.

Jiang Guodao said, "There is no starship that goes directly to Jin'ao Island. We have to transfer to another starship to go to Penglai West."

Not long after, they boarded another starship and continued their journey.

There were only a dozen or so passengers on this starship.

The star field ahead was even more desolate, with only a few stars visible occasionally.

Even the Xuan Tian Aurora outside the ship became faint at this moment, and the black pot also withdrew its head, no longer using the Xuan Tian Aurora to temper its body.

“Black Pot, if your physical body is strong enough, I can put you into the Sword Nurturing Gourd and use the Xuanhuang Sword Qi inside the gourd to temper your body,” Chen Shi coaxed patiently.

The black pot has an air of "I've seen right through you."

At this moment, many more stars appeared in the sky, attracting the attention of other passengers. Someone exclaimed, "These stars are still moving!"

Chen Shi looked up and saw that the stars in the sky were moving at a speed that even a star raft could not keep up with.

"It's other forces in Heaven that are hunting me down!"

Chen Shi's heart pounded. He stared intently, trying to discern what those stars were, but they were too far away to see clearly.

With a slight thought, he activated the Great Wilderness Dao Collection and sensed the Primordial Star Domain. He immediately sensed the star power contained within those distant stars!
"The Five Grains Star! The Jiazi Tai Sui! And all the myriad Grain Gods and Year Gods!"

Chen Shi carefully sensed the surroundings, then suddenly looked surprised and turned to look at the dark starry sky in front of the star raft.

He sensed that within that darkness lay countless glittering starlight, its power extremely fierce!

But it was clearly dark there.

The Five Grains God and the Jiazi Tai Sui Star Lord led thousands of Grain Gods and Year Gods transformed into starlight, moving rapidly towards the Star Raft. At the speed of starlight, it would collide with the Star Raft in just a few moments.

The passengers on the starship cried out in alarm, running around like headless flies, trying to find a place to hide.

Just then, countless stars suddenly lit up the dark starry sky, instantly making the dark starry sky incredibly bright and dazzling, blocking the starlight that was chasing the star raft!
Those stars immediately froze in the night sky, as if there were impenetrable walls of bronze and iron in front of them.

The star raft whistled away, growing ever farther into the distance.

Chen Shi looked back and saw the brilliant starry sky rushing away and disappearing from his sight.

He thought to himself, "Are those stars that blocked the pursuers also my senior brothers from Jin'ao Island?"

In that starry sky, Yang Ren, the Tai Sui of Jiazi, stood with a somber expression, alongside Yin Hong, the Star Lord of the Five Grains. Behind them followed a large army of Year Gods and Grain Gods. Looking at the army of gods and demons that stretched before them like the Great Wall, the two felt a sense of dread.

In the opposing Heavenly God camp, plague flags rose one after another, beneath which were figures of plague gods. The aura of plague permeated the air, and each of them was a fierce and malevolent figure, blocking their path.

A thunderous roar suddenly echoed from the center of the camp, followed by the thunderous beat of drums. The six Plague God messengers raised their flags and stood on either side, while a central altar rose. Lu Yue, the Plague Emperor Haotian, sat atop the altar, his face benevolent, and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoists, it's been quite a while since we last met. I never expected to meet you here. Where are you two headed?"

Yang Suijun said, "We two are not on duty and have been thinking of traveling around. Where has the Plague Emperor gone?"

The Plague Emperor laughed and said, "A plague broke out in the Three Continents of Dao. I led my men to quell the plague and accumulate merit. Now that I have returned from quelling the plague, I happen to meet you two. Since you two fellow Daoists have been traveling around aimlessly, why not come and stay at my Plague Department for a few days?"

Yang Suijun said, "Thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist, but..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Plague Emperor had already risen from the altar, walked a few steps to his side, took his hand, and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Yang, why do you refuse?"

Helpless, Yang Suijun gave Yin Xingjun a wink and said, "Very well, I'll go and be a guest for a few days. Your Highness, if you have something to attend to, please go ahead and do your business."

Just as Yin Xingjun was about to leave, he was surrounded by the gods of the Plague Department and could not leave.

The Plague Emperor laughed and said, "You two don't need to refuse. Stay for a few more days and we'll talk later." After saying that, he took the two men hostage and led his troops away.

Chen Shi stood on the star raft, looking around. He saw that the starry sky was becoming quieter and quieter. Occasionally, a streak of starlight would fly by rapidly. Whenever this happened, the originally dark starry sky would suddenly shine brightly, and thousands of stars would appear, blocking the starlight.

Chen Shi was filled with doubt and surprise. Along the way, they had encountered several similar phenomena!
"What exactly happened in the starry sky?" he wondered to himself.

Thunder Department.

Deng Tianjun led more than ten generals from the Thunder Department, all clad in full armor, and hurriedly arrived at the Divine Firmament Jade Palace to see the Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation of Thunder in the Nine Heavens. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, we have already gone to the west of Penglai, intercepted the pursuers, and escorted the disciples of Golden Turtle Island for a while."

The Heavenly Venerable of Universal Transformation and Responding to the Origin of Thunder nodded gently and said, "Understood. You may go and rest."

Deng Tianjun agreed and led the group to rest.

The Celestial Venerable slowly opened his vertical eye between his brows, taking in the entire progress of the star raft, and murmured, "So, another fourth-generation disciple is about to emerge from Jin'ao Island? This one is going to be so difficult; they haven't given us a way out yet..."

Fire element.

Luo Xuan, the Fire God of the South, returned with many gods and demons from the Fire Department, still seething with anger. He muttered, "The Three Pure Ones lineage has gone too far! They don't intend to leave a single one of their offspring on Jin'ao Island! Are they trying to eradicate them completely?"

...The journey seemed peaceful on the surface, but in reality it was thrilling. Many battles took place only in the starry sky, turning into twinkling stars, and went unnoticed.

The starship carrying Chen Shi paused slightly and docked inside the star gate.

Jiang Guo jumped off the Star Raft and said, "Junior Brother, this place is Penglai West, which is quite desolate. The Milky Way ends here. Without the Star Raft, we still have to travel a long way to reach Jin'ao Island."

Chen Shi and Hei Guo also jumped off the star raft, wondering, "Why is this place called Penglai West?"

Jiang Guodao said, "It is said that the name Penglai West was chosen to commemorate the Penglai Immortal Island of the ancestral temple. When the Three Pure Ones opened up the Immortal Realm, Penglai West was also opened up at that time. Because there was an immortal island in this place, it was a rare Yuqing Holy Land, so it was named Penglai West."

Chen Shi looked around and saw that Penglai West Ferry was a relatively remote ferry in the Earthly Immortal Realm. Star gates were all built on the waterway of the Milky Way. This place was at the end of a tributary of the Milky Way and was rarely visited by people.

The Milky Way is the most important river in the Earthly Immortal Realm, with an extremely wide basin and numerous tributaries. Thousands of tributaries extend into the Xuanhuang Sea Worlds, and some of these worlds have even established ferry crossings. Even in those worlds, the number of ships traveling to and from the ferry crossings is far greater than here.

"Isn't Penglai West the sacred land of Yuqing? How did it become so desolate?" Chen Shi asked, puzzled.

Jiang Guodao said, "It used to be very prosperous, but later a great demon appeared, many immortals died, and the sacred land was also polluted, so it became desolate. Our predecessors from Jin'ao Island saw that no one wanted this place, so they moved Jin'ao Island here."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi thought to himself, "It seems that life on Jin'ao Island is not easy either; they can only pick up the scraps that others don't want."

Outside the west ferry of Penglai lies a celestial city, floating in the air, towering ten thousand feet high, forged from black iron, its entire body jet black, with chains connecting it to the mountains below, securing the iron city.

The surface of the Iron City glowed with a dark red light, and the smell of iron and blood could be smelled from afar.

Upon closer inspection, Chen Shi saw that the surface was decorated with various strange and intricate patterns of the Dao, created using the relief carving technique.

The outer walls of the entire immortal city are covered with Dao patterns carved using this relief carving method, and then the blood of strange beasts is used to trace them again, allowing the demonic blood to seep into the iron city!

Jiang Guo, along with Chen Shi and Hei Guo, passed by and got closer and closer to Tiecheng.

Chen Shi noticed that many immortals were peeking out from the Iron City, looking down at him. Each of them exuded an extremely powerful aura, which was terrifying.

The immortals guarding this iron city are at least immortals from the True Immortal Realm!
Chen Shi looked around and saw that Penglai West was very desolate. Looking around, it was hard to see any fairy mountains or blessed lands.

Moreover, he also sensed that many places in Penglai West were filled with demonic energy, which was obviously extremely dangerous.

He looked into the distance, where everything was pitch black. Occasionally, a strong black wind would pass by, shaking the earth and causing thunderstorms to erupt within it, making the black wind look like a red-hot lump of coal, which was quite frightening.

Chen Shi felt that the demonic path was gradually flourishing in this place, and he unconsciously felt a sense of closeness to it.

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

The two men and the dog walked forward. Chen Shi felt pairs of eyes staring at his back. When he turned around, he saw immortals on the Black Iron City whose faces he could not see, but whose eyes emitted a faint light, very conspicuous, like a row of light points floating in the darkness.

"Senior Brother Jiang, how come there is such a large army of immortals here?"

Chen Shi asked, "Could it be to suppress the great demon of this place?"

Jiang Guo shook his head: "It's for defense against our Jin'ao Island."

Chen Shi's heart skipped a beat, and he felt uneasy, thinking that Jin'ao Island was probably not some sacred place, but a pirate ship being watched by countless people!
They continued on their journey, and along the way they could see many ruins, showing that this place was once extremely prosperous. Unfortunately, a great demon caused the destruction of this sacred place, and Penglai West became a desolate place.

Every so often, a similar black iron immortal city could be seen floating in the air, guarded by immortals who would become very nervous upon seeing them, keeping a close eye on them.

"Is it really necessary to use so many immortals to monitor Jin'ao Island?" Chen Shi couldn't help but shake his head.

At this moment, Jiang Guo paused, looked at the black storm ahead, and said, "Let's walk and fly to Jin'ao Island after the storm passes."

The two men and the dog landed, and Jiang Guo led them on a fast journey. They noticed that the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and gradually, deafening roars filled the air, causing the earth to shake violently, which was extremely terrifying.

The two people and the dog were blown off balance by the wind. Jiang Guo shouted, "Black Fur, the wind is too strong! Let's hide in the Dao Realm first, and come out when it's safe!"

He summoned the Dao Realm and hid inside it first.

Chen Shi also summoned his Dao Realm, the Demon Realm in the Well, and was about to hide inside when he suddenly saw a huge limb tumbling and sweeping past in the black wind, like severed limbs.

He didn't have time to look closely. He took the black pot and entered the demonic realm in the well. Looking back, he saw countless severed limbs tumbling in the wind and howling away.

Suddenly, a severed limb grabbed the well wall and poked out half of its thin, long head. Half of the head had been cut off by something, leaving only half. It was impossible to tell what race it belonged to. It struggled to burrow into the well, trying to escape the black wind.

Chen Shi's heart pounded wildly. He activated the Blood Transformation Divine Blade and slashed at the long, thin head. With a loud clang, the long, thin head was unharmed and deflected the Blood Transformation Divine Blade.

Chen Shi brandished the long white bone whip, and the scorpion barb at the end pierced the thin head with a sharp crack. The thin head, in pain, let go of the whip and was immediately swept away by the black wind, disappearing without a trace.

Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and looked out of the well, only to see countless severed limbs being swept up by the black wind and crashing into the nearby Black Iron City, making a clanging sound.

From his vantage point, he could clearly see the Black Iron City engulfed in the storm. The power of those severed limbs was immense, causing the city to sway precariously and constantly tightening the chains binding it, as if it wanted to break free!

Amidst the black storm, Black Iron City suddenly shone brightly. The Dao patterns on the city's walls were activated, resembling luminous dragons that danced around the city. Most terrifyingly, however, lay beneath Black Iron City, where countless dense Dao patterns emerged—intricate and profound, resembling bird-script and insect-script characters!

"Beneath the Black Iron Immortal City lies what resembles a giant seal, but this seal is far too large, complex, and mysterious!"

Just as he thought of this, he saw countless limbs fall down and be suppressed by the immortal town.

But more things were blown in by the black wind, crashing into the immortal city and shaking it constantly, threatening to be blown apart by the black wind at any moment.

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

Chen Shi emerged from the Demon Realm in the Well and waited for a while before Jiang Guo also emerged from his own Dao Realm. The two continued their journey, flying for several days until they saw a vast swamp ahead, with dilapidated mountain peaks scattered like islands throughout the swamp.

"This place was originally the sea, but it was transformed into this state by a great demon."

Jiang Guo quickened his pace, "Our Jin'ao Island is just ahead!"

Chen Shi caught up with him, and the two hurried along for another half a day before a vast, idyllic landscape came into view.

We've finally arrived at Jin'ao Island.

(End of this chapter)