The Sutra of Nothingness

"There are actually people who dare to infiltrate Pro City. It seems my chance has come!" The man said softly, looking at the jade slip in his hand that was emitting a faint yellow light.

When the man emerged from the darkness, his full appearance was revealed. He was a sickly pale man, so thin he was practically skin and bones, with sunken eyes, and his face looked no different from a skull.

"My children, get ready! Our spring is coming! Whether we can break through to the Golden Immortal realm in one fell swoop depends on this operation. That old guy should step aside!" The man smiled coldly, his eerie green teeth making him look even more bizarre.

In addition, with a casual wave of his hand, countless strange creatures kept emerging from the ground and rushed towards his body without hesitation!

"Hahahaha, the Golden Core, here I come! This guy has been the city lord for so long, it's time for him to move his butt!" After hundreds of strange figures disappeared into the man's body, he laughed wildly and turned into a gray stream of light that shot away.

"Achoo!" At that moment, Shangguan Duo, who was drinking in Leici Village, suddenly sneezed and his whole body shivered uncontrollably!

"Master, you... have caught a cold?" Zhang Youli asked, looking at Shangguan Duo with a puzzled expression.

"Nonsense! How could a cultivator be troubled by those mortal ailments? This must be a reaction caused by my master's relatives and friends missing me, a reflection of the Great Dao. It seems I should speed up my pace!" Shangguan Duo tapped Zhang Youli on the head with his sword finger, explaining with a reproachful look.

"By the way, what was the name of the city in the Refining Netherworld you mentioned earlier?" Shangguan Duo scratched his head and asked embarrassedly.

"Bismarck, the city in the Refining Netherworld that's in our First Heaven is Bis City! The city lord guarding it is the famous Golden Immortal Darbis!" Zhang Youli answered vaguely while eating noodles. These past two days, her master had been forgetting the information she had gathered, and she was starting to wonder if immortals could also suffer from dementia!

Although Shangguan Duo looked to be only about six or seven years older than her, the age of an immortal is always an unsolved mystery.

"Ah, Booger City, the Big Booger Golden Immortal, I wonder what kind of Dao Laws his Dao Realm is. If it's one I haven't seen before, then I'm in big trouble! Moreover, the Golden Immortal realm is beyond my ability to contend with. I can't even hide from him. He could crush me with a single finger! Jingjia, Jingjia, you really know how to pick a place for your master. I'm already afraid of ghosts and monsters, and this Refining Netherworld is extremely strange. How am I supposed to find you? I wonder how Sister Yue is doing. Alas, the task is arduous and the road is long!" Shangguan Duo stared blankly at the distant sky, his expression revealing bitterness, and his brows were furrowed.

"Youli, find a place to hide and cultivate first. Don't follow me. Take this. If you are about to become an immortal, contact me. I have something to take care of!" Suddenly, Shangguan Duo hurriedly left behind a low-grade immortal crystal and a jade slip, leaving Zhang Youli standing there dumbfounded, forgetting to swallow the noodles in her mouth.

"No, Master, where are you going?" Zhang Youli didn't dare to shout loudly, and could only try to communicate with Shangguan Duo through telepathy, but even this greeting went unanswered.

"Whoosh!" Just after Shangguan Duo left, a gray light streaked across the sky, leaving a trail of screams and cries in its wake.

"Wow, isn't that the Celestial Immortal Lian Tong under the guidance of the Golden Immortal Proluo? How did he end up here? And who is the person he's chasing? How could he have alarmed such a big shot!" Just as Zhang Youli was in a daze, the surrounding chatter immediately snapped her out of it.

As a resident of Pro City, even if she didn't specifically follow the cultivators there, she would know about the Pro City Golden Immortal and the Eight Celestial Immortals of Pro City! These were the foundation of their city and the guarantee of their safe lives. And now, one of them was chasing her master. In just a quarter of an hour, she was already terrified, her hair standing on end, and she hurriedly grabbed the jade slip and ran.

"I wonder if you have seen my servant, young friend? He attained immortality a few days ago, and I specially sent him home to visit his family, but he hasn't returned for many days!" In the mountains outside the village, the Celestial Immortal Lian Tong blocked Shangguan Duo, who was trying to escape, and asked in a hoarse voice.

"This Celestial Immortal Venerable, I am but a lowly rogue cultivator. How could I possibly encounter such a noble person as your attendant!" Shangguan Duo was so startled by the voice that he broke out in a cold sweat. He could not look directly at the Celestial Immortal Lian Tong and could only look around frantically, trying to find a way to escape.

"Oh? Then how did you manage to detect the aura of my servant on this young fellow Daoist?" The Celestial Refining Child stared at Shangguan Duo with a half-smile, his disdain and determination piercing Shangguan Duo's mind like a needle.

"Haha, I guess it was a noble person I met before? That's why they left a trace of their aura on me. I certainly didn't dare to look them in the eye, so I have no recollection of them!" Shangguan Duo hurriedly explained, his fingers already tightly clenched behind his back, waiting for that moment to buy himself even a millisecond of escape time.

"Haha, it seems that we are destined to meet, young friend. Why don't you come to my residence for a visit? Perhaps you can become an honored guest of my Pro City!" The Celestial Refining Child was not going to be fooled by Shangguan Duo so easily. He reached out with his left hand, intending to forcibly take Shangguan Duo back.

"The world is one, and you are me!" Shangguan Duo stretched out his hands, pointing the last sword finger at Lian Tong Tianxian. In an instant, Lian Tong Tianxian's outstretched hand unexpectedly grabbed his shoulder.

"Concealment! Spatial Dao, Escape!" Shangguan Duo didn't care about anything else at this moment. He withdrew his left hand and forcibly tore through space. The spatial Dao he had comprehended also surged out, protecting his body as he tried to drill into the spatial rift.

"Interesting! Hahahaha, little guy, you really surprise me. But after I refine you, your power of Dao will be mine!" The Celestial Child Refining Child was completely amazed by Shangguan Duo's counterattack. He couldn't help but smile, and he withdrew his previous pretentious act!

"Ten Thousand Refinements Dao Realm! Tremble!" The Celestial Refining Child waved his right hand and chanted incantations. In just that instant, the spatial rift that Shangguan Duo had torn open was smoothed out by a wave of energy, causing him to crash headfirst into the air.

"The power of spatial principles? No, it's static energy. His principles are clearly not spatial principles!" Shangguan Duo looked at his formidable opponent with a solemn expression, muttering to himself.