After binding the investment system, I began to cultivate the empress

boom--

Clouds surged and swirled within the clear abyss, then suddenly poured into the imperial mausoleum.

The 'Supreme Elder' accidentally let slip that Shangguan Wencang had no choice but to act ahead of time. The flowing clouds, though seemingly ethereal, were invisibly like solidified chains, leaving the entangled members of the Demonic Sect powerless.

Situ Ding was ultimately at the seventh realm; the clouds and mist could not get close simply because his aura rose around him.

Then, with a cold snort, he broke the shackles and slammed his left foot on the ground. In an instant, an inexplicable force swept through, blowing the clouds and mist like waves even though there was no wind, and they vanished in an instant.

With just one move, he recognized the identity of the person who made the move.

"Shangguan Wencang?" Mo Chaozong seemed taken aback and hadn't reacted for a moment.

But wasn't the other party a helper sent by the immortal?

"We've fallen into their trap!" As soon as he finished speaking, Situ Ding threw a punch, a flash of black light, incredibly fast.

The fact that the Qingyuan Sect Master is here suggests that their entire scheme has likely been exposed to the enemy from the very beginning.

But who is that 'immortal'?

But he had no time to think about those things right now. If he couldn't finish the battle quickly, the backup plan left for him by the cult leader might not be effective once other forces arrived.

Tear——————

Although the black light was small, each flash was terrifying. It repeated hundreds of times in an instant. It seemed to be silent, but the clouds around Shangguan Wencang rose and surged and exploded hundreds of times before disappearing in an instant.

With just one strike, Shangguan Wencang was already in a deadly situation.

The difference of a single realm is like an insurmountable chasm. Even though he was in the imperial mausoleum, he could mobilize the cloud-like evil energy that had accumulated in the Qingyuan for thousands of years. In the first encounter, Situ Ding gained an absolute advantage.

But only three moves.

boom----

The ground shook violently inside the imperial mausoleum.

The black light exploded in front of Shangguan Wencang, engulfing his figure.

"No matter how cunning you are, if you don't reach the seventh realm, you're still just an ant."

Situ Ding turned away with his hands behind his back, refusing to look at the explosion.

Yes, although he is extremely cautious in his actions, that is for a genius.

There's no need to pay special attention to martial artists like Shangguan Wencang, who only just entered the sixth realm at the age of seventy or eighty and have no hope of mastering the profound realm in their lifetime.

Even though they were both at the seventh level, they were extremely wary of fighting him head-on, as he would have no chance of escaping unscathed.

"You dare to scheme against me? You have some courage."

After saying this, Situ Ding felt that he had forgotten something, but this was not the time to think about it.

He turned to leave.

"stop!"

Suddenly, an old voice came from behind.

"Ok?"

Situ Ding, who was about to go and support the believers, stopped in his tracks.

At the same time, ripples appeared in the void, and the countless streams of air at the center of the explosion, which should have been ejected outwards, instead contracted towards the center.

The clouds swirl and shift, seemingly empty on the outside but solid on the inside, with an inexplicable force surging within.

"He didn't die... and he even broke through to a higher realm?" Situ Ding was somewhat astonished.

"Between life and death lies both great terror and great mystery..."

Shangguan Wencang was dressed in tattered clothes, and his originally old and cloudy eyes were now incredibly bright, and his aura was becoming increasingly powerful.

So what if you break through a minor realm?

Situ Ding was only slightly surprised, but although breaking through in the heat of battle was not easy, he had seen many such breakthroughs over the years, so it made no difference to him.

hum!

The black light flashed again, and the clouds that had just gathered, along with the bubbles, were burst.

Perhaps to avoid any complications, Situ Ding struck harder this time, and the black light was more condensed than before.

"At your age, to be able to break through and rebuild, you're quite something."

Situ Ding sensed that Shangguan Wencang was indeed completely devoid of life this time, and he turned to leave.

Suddenly, Shangguan Wencang's voice rang out again from the center of the explosion.

"Go away!"

Situ Ding: "?"

He had only heard of the fact that the breakthroughs he had made on the brink of death were all achieved by peerless geniuses, and all of them were at relatively low cultivation levels.

wrong.......

As Situ Ding gazed at the strange, bird-shaped formations floating in the gathering and dispersing clouds, a thought arose in his mind.

It was an ordinary sparrow, yet as it soared through the clouds, its feathers seemed to grow brighter and more dazzling with each flight...

Such a strange and miraculous effect aroused his interest, and he began to carefully observe what the other party's magical body was.

Could it be the body of a sparrow or a swan?

It is said that martial artists who cultivate this kind of body will have their talents weakened considerably. Even those who were originally exceptionally talented will become mediocre, and their combat strength will be slightly weaker than those of others in the same realm. However, once they are put in a life-or-death situation, they will use their accumulated skills to become famous overnight.

But he could never reach the level of Shangguan Wencang...

"What do you know? This is just my meager savings."

When Shangguan Wencang said these words, his old face didn't even blush; instead, his words were resounding and firm.

"Who taught you to omit it like that?" Situ Ding's beard twitched. He gave up thinking. No matter how miraculous the physical body is, it is still just a physical body. If you grind it to dust, can it be brought back to life?

"die!!"

The black light surged, like ice and waves, and even the array patterns on the stone walls of the imperial tomb dimmed and swayed under the sweep of the 'black water'.

Shangguan Wencang's vital energy weakened, and he could no longer maintain his cloud-riding aura.

"The Way of Mysterious Water".

He recognized the Dao that the other party possessed.

"Your eye for talent isn't bad, but it's useless for you to know. I'll see if you can 'unleash your hidden potential' this time!"

Situ Ding's eyelids twitched. He hadn't expected to waste so much time on someone who had just entered the sixth realm of the Dharma Body.

I wonder how things are going with Yuwen Cuojin.

If we can't retrieve the Life and Death Reincarnation Array, capturing Li Mo and Ying Bing would be a barely acceptable outcome.

The black water poured into the clear abyss, and even the surrounding void rippled and twisted like water waves.

After a moment, the clouds completely subsided, showing no signs of reviving. Situ Ding snorted coldly, feeling reassured. He was genuinely afraid that as soon as he turned around, someone would make him stop again.

It seems that the opponent is using the accumulated Cloud Fiend Qi of the entire Qingyuan as backup, which is why they are so difficult to deal with.

"There's something strange about the people from Qingyuan Sect."

The thought had barely settled in my mind.

Suddenly, a thin mist rose from the still, black water of the ancient well.

"If it weren't for the sect's cultivation of this 'Sparrow and Swan' technique, I would have already secured a place on the Heavenly Ranking!"

wow-

Watching Shangguan Wencang leap out of the water, his aura not only became stronger again but also seemed to be more than ten years younger. He not only returned to his peak but was even stronger than before.

Situ Ding leaned back slightly.

He's not dead yet?

He had been a member of the Demon Summoning Cult for a hundred years and had never seen anything so bizarre.

Just how strong was Shangguan Wencang's original talent?

"I don't believe it!"

Situ Ding's face twitched, and he roared in anger.

.....

"This cult leader may be a bit slow, but he has quite a rich imagination."

In a corner of the imperial mausoleum, Qin Yuzhi spat out a melon seed she had somehow found and shook her head with a tsk-tsk sound.

In a direct confrontation, she is no match for Situ Ding now, as the Yunmeng Dao is not good at facing enemies head-on.

Fortunately, she never takes a direct approach.

As the master of the Dream Path, her grotto is a Yunmeng Marsh, where being in it is like being in a dream, and everything within it is under her control.

Of course, this excludes those who have mastered the Dao and are at the Profound Realm, or even stronger beings, whose own Dao can break free from the constraints of Yunmengze.

Unless she can make the other person unable to realize it's a dream and believe everything that happens in the dream.

Shangguan Wencang's current strength is the result of breaking down and rebuilding, a power that has been accumulated over time. If Situ Ding believes in him, it will come true in Yunmeng Marsh.

This is a double-edged sword. If Situ Dingru thinks that his opponent is as strong as an immortal, it will come true. If he thinks that his opponent is as young as a child, it will also come true.

fortunately.

The sect leader, influenced by Xiao Mo, secretly read storybooks in private.

I especially love watching stories that start with a stern tone and then culminate in a grand display of virtue.