Chapter 772
I Can See Through Everything – Chapter 772
Chapter 772: The Curtain Falls and Departure
The sudden change caught everyone off guard.
A gigantic black hoof, like a divine mountain that could hold up the heavens, flew out from deep within the Star River Formation, from that Immortal Palace.
With a momentum that could shatter the stars, it crossed the grand formation and smashed outward.
The first thing it met was the Sky-Covering Demonic Palm driven by Mo Cangtian.
Under the gaze of all the powerful experts, the seemingly world-shaking, terrifying Sky-Covering Demonic Palm was blasted apart in a single strike from that enormous black hoof.
Then the black hoof’s force did not diminish in the slightest, continuing onward as it stamped toward Mo Cangtian’s colossal body.
“Hm?”
Mo Cangtian had not expected that such a terrifying creature was still hidden within the Guixu Secret Realm.
The aura leaking from that massive black hoof had clearly reached the Dao-Integration realm.
He did not dare be careless. He struck out again with another palm, meeting the huge black hoof head-on.
Boom!
The black hoof, enormous as a star, collided with his palm.
In the starry void, an incomparably violent storm of energy erupted at once.
Space was like a calm lake surface struck by a boulder—instantly twisted into jagged fragments.
A vast, pitch-black hollow appeared. Countless Spatial Rift spread outward, while rippling spatial fluctuations surged in all directions, expanding at extreme speed and reaching a thousand li away in the blink of an eye.
What was even more shocking was that in that horrific collision, Mo Cangtian’s palm exploded on the spot, bursting into a skyful of black mist.
His entire body was knocked back like he’d been slammed by a star, tumbling through the starry void.
In the span of a single breath, he was blasted tens of thousands of li away, finally smashing apart a floating astral body before he barely managed to stop.
“What?!”
In that exchange with the unknown creature inside the Immortal Palace, Mo Cangtian had been sent flying with one blow.
That outcome was beyond everyone’s expectations.
The other four Dao-Integration experts all had their pupils contract, staring in shock at the scene.
Mo Cangtian was no weakling. He was a powerhouse on the same level as them.
Yet a Dao-Integration expert like him had been kicked away by a single hoof from an unknown creature within the Guixu Secret Realm.
And judging by his aura, Mo Cangtian had clearly suffered a heavy injury—his Essence itself had been damaged.
As for the Nascent Soul Realm experts who had just emerged from the secret realm, they were even more dumbfounded.
They had stayed in the Guixu Secret Realm for more than twenty years, yet they had never known that such a horrifying creature lay hidden within the Immortal Palace.
Luckily, they hadn’t committed any disrespect inside the secret realm. Otherwise, they probably wouldn’t even know how they’d died.
“Hmph, you’ve got a bit of skill. You actually didn’t die. If you dare offend the Immortal Palace again, I’ll make you scatter into ash—no grave, no bones left behind!”
Its master seemed mildly surprised that its strike hadn’t blown Mo Cangtian apart, only sent him flying.
It slowly withdrew its hoof, its voice carrying heavenly might as it warned Mo Cangtian.
As the enormous black hoof returned to the Immortal Palace, the Star River Formation began turning even faster. The phantom of the Immortal Palace at its center gradually faded, sinking into boundless emptiness.
Boom!
Mo Cangtian stood up atop the nearly shattered astral body, his expression shifting as he stared at the Immortal Palace disappearing into the void.
In the end, he still didn’t dare make a move, only watching as the Immortal Palace vanished completely from the formation’s center.
Then he glanced at the other Dao-Integration experts, who were looking at him with half-smiles that weren’t quite smiles.
His expression changed slightly. With a cold snort, Spatial power surged around him, and his figure vanished from where he stood.
He had left directly, without arguing or entangling himself with the others any further.
“A pity. That old devil is still as cautious as ever.”
Seeing Mo Cangtian refuse to come closer and instead use Spatial Transference to leave, the white-robed beautiful woman from the Kongming Sect showed a trace of disappointment in her eyes.
“He’s badly wounded, and his Essence is damaged. He’s afraid we’ll hunt him down, so of course he doesn’t dare linger,” said the Sword Master of the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect, unsurprised.
Mo Cangtian had always been ruthless and cunning. No matter how fierce he shouted earlier, this sort of person treasured his life the most.
The moment anything felt off, he would flee and run—something as ordinary to him as breathing.
This time his Essence had been injured. The damage was far from light. Facing four same-realm experts at peak condition, it would be stranger if he didn’t run immediately.
What truly shocked the Sword Master was that the Guixu Secret Realm actually hid such a powerful living being.
Ever since the Guixu Secret Realm appeared in the world, it had existed for at least several hundred thousand years.
Yet all this time, no one had ever detected that a living creature remained inside.
Which meant the secrets within that Immortal Palace were far more outrageous than they had imagined.
The other three Dao-Integration experts also stared toward the depths of the Star River Formation, suspicion and unease on their faces.
An unknown creature that had lived for hundreds of thousands of years… just thinking about it made them feel chilled.
To think the Guixu Secret Realm had concealed such a powerful being all along.
No wonder Dao-Integration experts had once tried to force their way into the secret realm, only to die inexplicably.
With such a terrifying creature guarding it, and a formation left behind by the Daoist of Transcendence…
Even the strongest Dao-Integration expert would likely end up drinking hatred there.
“Let’s go back. Since matters here are settled, it’s time for us to leave,” the Sword Master said.
He focused and sensed for a while, but felt nothing. In the end, he gave up.
Then he turned to the white-robed beautiful woman. “Sect Master Lin, thank you for coming to support us. If it were only me, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to hold that devil back.”
“Senior Brother Xuan, why say that? Disciples of my Kongming Sect were here as well. Naturally, I had to come protect them,” the white-robed beautiful woman said with a graceful smile.
“This opening of the Guixu Secret Realm was rather strange. I must return and discuss it with my fellow senior brothers. I won’t stay longer. Sect Master Lin, until we meet again.”
With that, the Sword Master swept his hand, and the treasure ship carrying Yu Jian and the others quickly shrank. Ship and people together fell into the Sword Master’s sleeve.
He nodded slightly to the white-robed beautiful woman, then took a single step forward. Laws of Space rippled, and his figure vanished from where he stood.
The white-robed beautiful woman did not hesitate either. She gathered her own treasure ship, along with Qing Xi and the other disciples, into her flower basket.
In the next instant, her figure blurred and slowly dissipated on the spot.
From beginning to end, neither of them paid any attention to the master of the Enchantress Pavilion or the black-robed old man nearby, much less exchanged pleasantries.
“Those two really are as arrogant as ever.”
The pink-robed, fox-charming woman laughed with open mockery.
After that, she grabbed her own treasure ship and teleported away as well.
Only the black-robed old man from the Netherworld Palace remained, shaking his head helplessly.
After so many years, these few still had the same temperaments, almost unchanged from their youth.
“Master, what should we do?” Hei Ming asked.
“Of course we’re returning as well. Once we’re back, you’ll tell me the rest in detail,” the black-robed old man said.
He understood his disciple’s nature and knew Hei Ming definitely still had things he hadn’t explained clearly.
But there were too many eyes and ears here. Once they returned to the Netherworld Palace, he could question him carefully.
Finally, he took one last deep look at the Guixu Secret Realm, now completely sealed shut, then left with Hei Ming and the others.
With the last Dao-Integration powerhouse gone, the Nascent Soul Realm experts of the other forces truly relaxed at last.
Even so, they didn’t hesitate. They immediately urged their starry treasure ships onward and fled in all directions, as if escaping for their lives.
Even those forces that had been waiting outside, hoping to take advantage of chaos and loot, no longer had any desire to do so.
After all, inside the nearby Star River Formation, there was still that terrifying creature capable of heavily injuring Mo Cangtian.
Who knew whether fighting here would provoke it to strike again?
Besides, they had already heard that the forces who entered the secret realm hadn’t gained much anyway, making it even less worth taking action.
So very quickly, this stretch of starry void—once rather lively—became empty again, returning to peace.
Only the Sea of Annihilation to the side continued to glitter with starlight.
…
Inside the Immortal Palace, the Black Savage Bull flicked its hoof with some regret, clearly dissatisfied with its performance.
Just now, it had been the one to strike, blasting Mo Cangtian away in a single blow and injuring his Essence.
“Stop bragging. Dao-Integration experts aren’t that easy to kill. Even if your realm is one or two minor stages higher than his, if he’s determined to run, you still won’t be able to kill him,” Ming Feng said, rolling its eyes without a shred of politeness.
“That’s only because my true body can’t leave this place. Otherwise, a mere early-stage Dao-Integration expert—maybe I couldn’t kill him, but I could at least make his Essence drain to the point he couldn’t recover within ten thousand years!” the Black Savage Bull argued.
“So you still can’t kill him,” Ming Feng said coldly.
“You…”
“Enough. Don’t argue again. You’ll make Ah Qing laugh at you,” Old Canglong said, rubbing at a headache and quickly cutting them off.
The Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng both glanced at Lu Qing to the side. Then they snorted in unison and stopped bickering.
Lu Qing watched all this with a calm face, eyes lowered, as if he hadn’t seen anything.
In truth, his mind was turning over what had just happened.
Not long ago, Old Canglong had informed him that the Guixu Secret Realm would be closing early.
After Lu Qing left his cave dwelling, Old Canglong immediately moved him here.
Then he witnessed everything happening outside the Star River Formation.
He hadn’t expected that his killing of the Black-and-White Temple disciples would end up drawing five Dao-Integration experts to gather.
If he hadn’t earned Old Canglong and the others’ recognition, allowing him to remain in the Immortal Palace…
If he had followed everyone outside instead, he would probably have already been seized and controlled by those Dao-Integration experts.
Lu Qing’s current strength meant he feared no one in the Nascent Soul Realm.
But after seeing the collision between the Black Savage Bull and Mo Cangtian, he understood clearly that between himself and a true Dao-Integration expert, there was still a chasm-like gap.
Even if he cultivated all the way to Nascent Soul Nine Tribulations, it still wouldn’t necessarily mean he could withstand a palm strike from Mo Cangtian.
The difference between major realms was not something easily crossed.
Unless… he could do what he had once done in the Golden Core Realm—break the limits and step into an unprecedented tenth tribulation of the Nascent Soul.
If he reached that point, perhaps he would have a chance to recreate the invincible bearing he’d had in the Golden Core Realm, and fight a Dao-Integration expert across realms.
Thinking this, Lu Qing’s desire to raise his cultivation quickly grew even firmer.
“Senior Canglong, now that the secret realm is closed, can I still leave this place?” Lu Qing asked.
“Ah Qing, you want to leave the Immortal Palace?” Old Canglong asked.
The Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng also turned to look.
“Yes.” Lu Qing nodded, completely坦然. “I still have family and friends outside. If I don’t return for too long, they’ll certainly worry about my safety.
“And the immortal mountain cave dwellings in the second layer space no longer help my cultivation much.
“If I want to keep improving, I’m afraid I’ll have to go out and search for cultivation resources.”
As soon as he said this, Old Canglong and the others looked somewhat awkward.
They naturally knew how Lu Qing had been cultivating these past few years.
Those immortal mountain cave dwellings in the second layer space truly could no longer let his cultivation advance.
Now, even the most qi-rich cave dwelling could only support Lu Qing for a day or two before it became drained of spiritual resonance, needing a long time to slowly recover before he could cultivate there again.
And even if he sucked an entire cultivation cave dwelling dry, the growth in Lu Qing’s cultivation was still negligible.
The terror of the resources Lu Qing required far exceeded Old Canglong’s earlier estimates.
But no matter what, for the majestic Immortal Palace to be unable to supply its own disciple’s cultivation needs still made Old Canglong and the others feel embarrassed.
“Actually, after the secret realm closes early this time, the spiritual qi within the Immortal Palace will grow again after a while. Ah Qing, you can cultivate here a bit longer. There’s no need to rush out,” Old Canglong explained.
“It’s not only a matter of how much spiritual qi there is,” Lu Qing shook his head. “My mana is already extremely refined. Ordinary spiritual qi can no longer increase my cultivation much.
“I tested it. Now I’m afraid only spiritual items on the same level as superior-grade spirit stones can meet my cultivation needs.”
“Superior-grade spirit stones… Unfortunately, when the master left back then, he took all the spirit stones from within the Immortal Palace. Otherwise you wouldn’t be worried about cultivation resources,” Old Canglong sighed.
“Senior, please don’t say that. My master has already left behind more than enough opportunities. I’m deeply grateful. I can’t be greedy and demand more,” Lu Qing said solemnly.
“Then when do you plan to leave?” Old Canglong asked.
Old Canglong was still quite satisfied with Lu Qing’s attitude.
At the very least, Lu Qing respected the master greatly and had never shown the slightest disrespect.
“After Xiao Li leaves secluded cultivation, I’ll prepare to go,” Lu Qing replied.
While Xiao Li was in secluded cultivation, he could take the time to finish the last bit of business here as well.
“Good. Xiao Li’s cultivation should be reaching a stopping point too. Once it comes out, I’ll send you both away,” Old Canglong said, nodding, without trying to dissuade Lu Qing.
It also understood that in the Immortal Palace’s current state, it could no longer offer Lu Qing much help.
If Lu Qing wanted to go further, going outside really was the only path.
As for the Black Savage Bull and Ming Feng, they didn’t say anything either.
In truth, they had long expected Lu Qing would leave sooner or later.
They just hadn’t thought this day would arrive so much earlier than they’d estimated.
After that, the Immortal Palace returned to peace.
Lu Qing went back to his cave dwelling in the second layer space of the Immortal Palace to cultivate.
Just as Old Canglong had said, once the secret realm closed, the spiritual qi within the Immortal Palace became noticeably richer.
But for Lu Qing’s cultivation, the benefit was still not great.
And during breaks from cultivating, Lu Qing also went through that trial passage several more times, taking every legacy he could take, taking them all.
Another month passed like this.
On this day, Xiao Li finally left secluded cultivation.
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