Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Wei Xi gripped the invisible chain, yet it felt as if she were bound.

When people are at a loss, their minds either go blank or familiar knowledge comes to mind.

At this moment, Wei Xi, who was holding Qi Yu's hand, was overwhelmed by knowledge.

The vast water, as Wei Xi thought to himself, was produced from the sixteen snow-capped mountains of the Western Regions. Every year, the first handful of melting snow from the mountain peaks would disappear without a trace, but when held in the palm of one's hand, it would feel chilling to the bone. This was the vast water.

The value of this thing lies in its rarity; after all, the hardest part is not finding it, but obtaining it.

Imagine a vast snow-capped mountain; how could one easily distinguish the first handful of melting snow on the summit?

Finding the vast water that the Hehuan Sect could use to refine this chain was a bit of a hassle.

Wei Xi gradually regained his senses as the coldness in his palm brought him back to his senses. The other end of the chain remained motionless, like a puppet.

"The Hehuan Sect is ruthless. The vast waters are extremely cold, and it's also known as the Thousand Mountains Cold Poison. They used this to bind this person."

As Wei Xi grows older and has experienced many ups and downs, he knows that everyone has their own thoughts and intentions, and who knows whether a person or a ghost is hidden beneath the surface?

However, even though he had become an accomplice to evil, Wei Xi couldn't help but feel unhappy.

Wei Xi, who was holding the chain, glanced to the side and could only see the swirling yin and yang energy around the hood.

Others thought this person was strange, as he wore a very dark hood that made it impossible to see his face.

Wei Xi, who had attained enlightenment, could see clearly that the out-of-control Yin-Yang energy was so dense that it obscured the person's face.

Wei Xi felt a little apprehensive – could it be that after attaining the Dao, he would only be able to see these Yin and Yang energies?

As Wei Xi thought of the face of his beloved being gradually swallowed up by the dark clouds of yin and yang energy, his heart sank.

Before Wei Xi could think further, the previously noisy crowd fell silent.

Wei Xi gripped the extremely cold chain tightly in his hand and looked up at the center of the disc.

It turned out to be the old man with the cane during the day. Lian Gouhan was well-informed and had already found out the man's identity and informed Wei Xi.

The old man with the cane was the junior uncle of the former sect leader of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. He had entered the Daoist path at a young age, but due to a misjudgment that allowed demons to escape, a hundred people died tragically and his hair turned white overnight. After that, he volunteered to guard Dieji Mountain and stayed out of worldly affairs, only caring about the peace of this area. As the Yangtze River flows on, the new generation surpasses the old, and decades have passed, few people still remember Jiang Xian of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

Just like now, who remembers that the Qingcheng Sect was once famous throughout the world?
Standing beside Jiang Xian was Master Du. Wei Xi didn't know which face the Ten-Faced Buddha was showing to the public now, so he quickly looked away.

"Everyone, the time has come, open!"

At Jiang Xian's command, the large disc beneath everyone's feet instantly disintegrated, like falling stars rushing towards the boiling Yin-Yang energy of Dieji Mountain.

Wei Xi was caught off guard and almost fell off the piece of broken wood at his feet.

Fortunately, Wei Xi was agile and managed to grab onto the small patch of ground as he fell, while his other hand tightened around the chain of water.

It wasn't that Wei Xi had been careless and hadn't used her spiritual power; it was just that in the blink of an eye, she realized that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect wouldn't act recklessly.

The formation of the Golden Core is crucial to the future of all sects, so why would they harm so many disciples? Besides, the "rope" that everyone had been hoping for has not yet appeared.

Wei Xi immediately became suspicious, feeling that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect wanted to test him. Since he was already carrying E Qiyu, it would be best to play it safe at this time.

Little did Wei Xi know that he was overthinking things. It turned out that Dieji Mountain had been shrouded in a mysterious array, and falling from the clouds was the only way to enter. Wei Xi only knew that there was a secret within the large disc, but he didn't know that it was called the Overturning Heaven Chessboard. Legend has it that it was a protective artifact for immortals who had attained enlightenment and ascended to immortality. Later, the immortals, unable to bear seeing their descendants without hope of becoming immortals, threw the disc down from the clouds. After many years of wandering in the mortal world, it fell into the hands of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect as a channel to escort their disciples into Dieji Mountain to form their core.

Falling from a great height, Wei Xi's arm ached from the impact of E Qiyu's fall. Unable to throw the pitiful madman down, she saw the surrounding cultivators displaying their supernatural abilities and pulled out a puppet to support the two of them, which made things much better.

After much deliberation, Wei Xi still did not discard the fragments of the Overturning Chess.

Wei Xi stood on the puppet and quickly tied up E Qiyu before reaching out to examine the fragment closely.

This fragment is neither wood, nor metal, nor stone. If you look closely, you'll see that the magic arrays inside are layered one on top of another, and the runes in the middle are intertwined like tree roots.

Wei Xi frowned slightly, vaguely realizing the extraordinary nature of this thing.

As Wei Xi examined the object, he felt something was off.

"It looks like it was... smashed?"

Wei Xi was somewhat uncertain. Her elixir formation was rather haphazard, and she only possessed some talent in weapon crafting. Even with a renowned master like Xian Hua providing instruction, she couldn't make any rash judgments about such a magical artifact.

However, Wei Xi had a keen eye and could tell that the various marks on the magic artifact seemed to be the work of two people.

The two men's methods were so similar that ordinary people wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

"Is it from the same source or just a remake?" Wei Xi clutched the fragment in his palm. "It can't be imitated so closely."

Wei Xi chuckled lightly—why was he still pondering the magical artifact of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect? What did the origins of this thing have to do with him?

Putting his thoughts on the Overturning Chess game aside, Wei Xi turned his attention to finding the rope.

After all, the chain to the lower realm that the various sects valued had not appeared, but not all the cultivators around were panicked. Based on this alone, Wei Xi knew that it was not yet time to take action.

At the same time, Wei Xi became vigilant. Although it was under the watchful eyes of many, it also presented an opportunity to strike. If a traitor within the Hehuan Sect seized the chance to attack, she could easily suffer a great loss.

Fortunately, that I Qiyu was well-behaved and did not resist in the slightest, nor did he act crazy.

Wei Xi only needs to keep her distance from the people around her, which is easy for her now.

Fortunately, this eerie descent did not last long. Wei Xi watched as Dieji Mountain drew closer and closer, and the strange yet familiar abyss between the peaks seemed like a gaping maw, ready to devour these vibrant lives.

Seeing the unfathomable crevice lurking in the mountains, Wei Xi felt a sense of relief.

There is no mistake, the Yin-Yang boundary of Dieji Mountain mentioned by the cultivators is no different from the Black Abyss outside Chongxiao City and the Zhongyuan outside Dead Water City.

After confirming this, Wei Xi had another question: Although the cultivation world is lacking in talent, there are still people like Master Du who travel around the four regions. How come others are blind to the details she can discover?

While they were thinking, the falling cultivators suddenly let out a series of screams.

The fragments of the Overturning Heaven Chess began to integrate, instantly transforming into dozens of chains composed of the fragments, each chain adorned with a string of terrified cultivators.

Wei Xi was lucky; he was hanging at the end of the Qingcheng Sect's chains with a huge puppet attached to him, which prevented him from accidentally injuring his fellow disciples.

This is the rope that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect mentioned; it was actually reassembled from a magical artifact.

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, they were struck by a wave of yin and yang energy, feeling disoriented and as if they had lost something. (End of Chapter)