"You’re lucky. You’re also a cultivator from the Saint King Dao Lineage. Today, this immortal will spare your life, but you can’t escape punishment. Wait for your fellow Daoists of the Tongshan Dao Lineage to pay a high ransom for your offenses!"
He spread his palm, and the Flame Dragon Jade Bowl transformed into a stream of light, falling into his hand. In front of him, the Crystal Palace completely melted away, dissipating as spiritual mechanism.
With a flip of his palm, he extracted a jade bottle from ’Zhang Jian.’
What made Ji Ke’s expression strange was that the jade bottle was unexpectedly decorated with a strange wall painting.
It depicted him with a smile on his face, a quite comical one.
This sudden change in Ji Ke’s expression was accompanied almost simultaneously by a grand voice suddenly echoing beside his ear.
"Feeling satisfied, fellow Daoist?"
He looked up, only to find himself standing within a massive jade bottle, with a giant god appearing above, looking down with a faint smile.
"You’re not?"
Seeing Zhang Jian reappear before him, Ji Ke’s expression shifted. He realized he might have been caught by some kind of magic or high-tier immortal technique!
In an instant, a layer of intense firelight burst from around him, grand Emperor’s Dragon Qi circulated from his body, evolving into strands of Red Virtue Dragon Qi. Yet, in a moment, his expression changed as a terrifying cold current suddenly swept in from all directions.
The overwhelming cold current fell down, like a celestial river of cold air, freezing the void and the ten thousand realms.
Deep in Ji Ke’s forehead, a layer of intense red light emerged. It was a Treasure Pearl emitting a crimson treasure light, grand immortal Dao Divine Light protecting his body, but still, strands of white frost emerged in the depths of his forehead.
"Tier Two Immortal Treasure?"
Through the Map of Mountains and Rivers, Zhang Jian also noticed the power of the Treasure Pearl deep in Ji Ke’s forehead.
Only a Tier Two Immortal Treasure could withstand the Tier Two Immortal Technique, Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light.
But even if Ji Ke took out this Tier Two Immortal Treasure, it was too late.
At this moment, he took out the Tier Three Immortal Treasure, Taiyin Ice Soul Bow.
Bending the bow and drawing an arrow, an invisible Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Arrow appeared on the bowstring. In an instant, cold air shot like a meteor, piercing through the Map of Mountains and Rivers, immediately penetrating the immobilized true body of Ji Ke.
A hint of shock and anger appeared in Ji Ke’s eyes, but this trace of anger solidified in his eyes, as he was suddenly frozen by numerous cold ice, an arrow piercing through his forehead, freezing his Life Palace.
Zhang Jian merely used this Tier Three Immortal Treasure to launch a Tier Two Taiyin Immortal Technique, Taiyin Ice Soul Divine Light.
But it was enough to completely defeat this true immortal of the Ji Family.
At this time, Zhang Jian slowly retrieved the Taiyin Ice Soul Bow in his hand, his eyes looking calmly at this ice-sealed true immortal of the Ji Family within the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
It was like a higher-dimensional life form looking at lower-dimensional life in a bottle.
A terrifying sense of playing with everything naturally arose.
At this time, Zhang Jian vaguely understood the future evolution direction of his Map of Mountains and Rivers.
One day, he could truly evolve this Map of Mountains and Rivers into a Dimensional Dao Map, covering the heavens, enveloping heaven and earth, freely altering the laws of heaven and earth, restructuring heaven and earth, completing the life and death of the Heavenly Dao. Perhaps by then, he could be called Pangu.
"But now, it’s still too far away!"
Zhang Jian sighed inwardly, but looking at Ji Ke settled smoothly within the ice, he still felt a glimmer of hope.
Immediately, his voice echoed in Ji Ke’s ear.
"I heard what you said before, you were right. After all, you’re a descendant of the Saint King Dao Lineage; you should be grateful!
A true immortal of the Ji Family should be of great worth. I’ve decided that the thirty-six million spent this time in the Dragon Palace will be all on your Ji Family’s tab!"
Zhang Jian’s expression was cheerful. He knew that with the tenacious life force of Ji Ke at the true immortal level, he would surely hear his voice.
This was truly an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Zhang Jian’s eyes now looked towards the direction of the ongoing battle deep within the Dragon Palace, still deciding to go and see the excitement.
The true immortal force that made the move was clearly in collusion with those Outer Demon Gods. Faced with such banditry, there’s nothing to say; if possible, he’ll strike with full force.
Of course, this is based on ensuring his own safety.
Zhang Jian’s gaze swept towards the area where they were fighting, a seven-colored divine light appeared around him.
That was the Golden Lotus Concealment Technique.
The brilliance of innate divine techniques enveloped him, his figure seemed to merge with the void, vanishing instantly from his original spot.
Before approaching here, Zhang Jian’s massive primordial spirit slightly sensed the aura of Bai Liying.
Bai Liying was also currently in the core area of the Dragon Palace, meditating with Bai Shuang, taking advantage of the secret land to integrate the Profound Nether Dragon Carp bloodline within him.
He noticed several intense divine lights and even demonic Qi rushing rapidly towards the core area of the Cosmic Dragon Palace. However, the target was not the area where they retreated for cultivation, but more towards the areas where the Forbidden Divine Light was most intense.
It seemed to be the treasure vault or some kind of secret inheritance area.
These divine lights and demonic Qi immediately engaged with the strong defenders of the Dragon Palace.
Upon noticing that the disturbance did not engulf that area, Zhang Jian felt a bit relieved.
The attackers didn’t seem to be after slaughtering the Dragon Child and Dragon Descendants of the Dragon Palace; they appeared to have another purpose.
Zhang Jian was not actually worried about Bai Liying’s safety.
Bai Liying possessed the Golden Lotus Concealment Talisman; as long as he was careful, there wouldn’t be any danger.
At this moment, a massive divine presence encompassed Zhang Jian, and many gods of the Qingping Dragon Palace shouted loudly.
"Someone has entered the sea eye, quickly send people in to hunt the demon fiends, the sea eye cannot afford any accidents!"
"Sea Eye?"
Upon hearing the call, Zhang Jian could not help but become solemn.
The Sea Eye is the core of the sea region.
Billions of spirit veins take this as their ancestral vein; if something goes wrong, it could affect the entire sea region’s spirit veins, causing great chaos!
However, a hint of eager anticipation still flashed in Zhang Jian’s eyes.
Obviously, this was a high-stakes game, but successfully resolving this calamity would undoubtedly bring immense benefits to the Great Xia Dynasty and even to himself in the Ancestral Hall.
"I can’t help it; I’m naturally warm-hearted!"
Zhang Jian even quickened his pace towards the Sea Eye’s location.
At the periphery of the Ocean Secret Land, a divine light pierced through a true immortal of the Dragon Race still stationed there. A figure, his body radiating intense divine light, appeared out of thin air, surrounded by a peculiar power of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.
This was also an imposing water element power, but distinctly different from the Sea God power of the Qingping Dragon Monarch. It was more barbaric, domineering, and majestic.
Surging with intense water element radiance, he was like a god born of heaven and earth, proud and overbearing.
"A mere true immortal who doesn’t even dare to step out of Qingping Sea dares to show up before this god!"
His handsome face exuded immense divine authority.
At this time, deep in the void, a dozen divine lights appeared one after another, each accompanied by intense divine auras. Besides him, there were three other figures enveloped by intense immortal Dao laws, some wielding Celestial God powers.
His gaze fell upon one of the figures.
"Qingxu, you stay here with Ding Huo, Yuanji, and Fangfeng Jian. If anyone else approaches the Sea Eye Secret Land, kill without mercy!"
Upon hearing this, the leader, a divine figure wearing an ancient noble robe of purple and blue, surrounded by intense Incense Fire Divine Power, smiled faintly and said.
"Rest assured, Your Excellency, with Qingxu here, no one can trespass into the sea and disturb Your Excellency!"
Hearing this, the imposing divine figure nodded slightly, but still added.
"Don’t be careless. The Qingping Dragon Palace has many powerful individuals, some with profound Dao practices; be careful not to get caught off guard!"
As the words fell, a divine light wrapped around ten or so figures around him, turning into a stream of light that disappeared into a point of blue light in front. Within the blue light, a portal faintly appeared.
Qingxu Daoist looked into the eyes of the other three divine figures surrounded by intense divine light. Upon seeing Qingxu Daoist’s eyes flicker, a divine light flowed in his hand, summoning a gigantic tree that covered the sky in an instant, its light enveloping the surroundings, causing the four figures to vanish suddenly.
Almost at the same time, Zhang Jian, concealing his form, suddenly appeared around the Sea Eye.
His gaze swept over the Sea Eye and a strange look emerged in his eyes.
He had encountered his kind this time.
The spatial immortal technique before him could not escape the sensitive substance of his primordial spirit.