Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 1070 Return to the Ruins

When Jian Yunyuan slowly woke up, he felt that he was surrounded by darkness and could not see anything.

"Ok?"

Eight natal swords instantly flew out from his sleeve, circling around him and protecting their master. Jian Yunyuan's expression became wary.

His divine senses spread quietly, and he finally got a clear understanding of the surrounding environment.

"you're awake?"

At this moment, Jian Yunyuan looked around with his divine sense and found that he seemed to still be inside the [Myriad Manifestations Cardinal Ritual Plate]. Inside, all the geniuses were unconscious, except for a gray-robed youth who stood with his hands behind his back, leaning against the edge of the inner wall of the ritual plate, looking out.

"Xuanjing?"

Jing Yu gave a soft "hmm" and said, "Fellow Daoist Jian's soul is indeed resilient. You only woke up three quarters of an hour later than me."

"Where...where are we?"

Jing Yu shook her head: "I don't know. It's pitch black here, without any light. The ritual disc has been enhanced with a spatial magic by the Iron Feather Demon Immortal, and we are now trapped inside the ritual disc by this spatial magic, so we can't go out to explore."

Upon hearing this, Jian Yunyuan summoned his natal sword, [Boundless], which was related to the laws of space, and stabbed it towards the transparent inner wall of the ritual disk.

"No..." The [Boundless Distance] sword returned empty-handed. Jian Yunyuan frowned and said, "This spatial secret technique was cast by a celestial being. It is undoubtedly a fool's dream for a mere cave cultivator like me to try to break it."

But then he seemed to realize something, and his brow relaxed again: "It's alright. Every secret technique has a time limit. Although we can't break it, as time goes by, this secret technique will naturally loosen and eventually disappear."

Just as Jing Yu was about to say something more, she heard two soft groans, and Fu Qianxue and Fu Changting, the two true disciples of Taiyin, slowly woke up.

Where is this?

"Little sister, are you alright?"

Subsequently, Yue Liusu, Yue Xingzhou, Bai Zhaoyue, Yuan Jiqing and other prodigies also woke up one after another.

Why is it so dark?

"Damn it, that son of a bitch Tie Yu, he shows no mercy to us demons!"

"Wait, sister, use the [Law of Light] to light up this area first..."

The next moment, Guo Tingshu rubbed his head, slowly sat up, and looked around blankly: "Why has everyone fainted?"

"drink!"

Guo Tingshu suddenly used a sonic supernatural power, shouting, "Wake up!"

Wherever it passed, the disciples of the Golden Immortal lineage all showed expressions of pain, and under the great stimulation, they all began to awaken.

As more and more prodigies awakened, the interior of the ritual disc became increasingly noisy:

"What's going on?! Why did the Iron Feather Demon Immortal suddenly turn against us?"

"This has never happened before in the history of the Void Crow Palace. Damn it, the Void Crow Palace has offended so many of our lineages! If we return to our sect, we will definitely seek an explanation from our elders at the Void Crow Palace!"

"Why can't we get out?"

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Jian Yunyuan shouted, "Don't panic! Since we've escaped this calamity, we're bound to have good fortune after surviving a great disaster. The most important thing we need to do now is figure out where we are and how to get out..."

"We need to first go through the sequence of events."

Yue Liusu spoke softly, "We are currently comprehending the mysteries of the creation and evolution of the Immortal Realm. Almost everyone is in a state of comprehension. No one knows what is happening outside."

"But when I was interrupted from my comprehension, the Celestial Immortal Youkui said that the Demon Immortal Tieyu was corrupted by his inner demons, and it seems that what he said was true."

"after……"

"After that, the two Celestial Immortals fought. Celestial Immortal Youkui had the upper hand, but just then, an extraterrestrial demon broke through the chaotic energy and entered the Celestial Realm to absorb spiritual energy. So, the Iron Feather Demon Immortal made a desperate gamble and threw us, along with this treasure of the Void Crow Palace, into the mouth of that extraterrestrial demon. Am I right?"

"So, we're currently inside the belly of an extraterrestrial demon?" a prodigy asked in confusion.

Among the crowd, only Fu Changting's expression changed drastically, and his face turned completely pale.

Many people noticed Fu Changting's unusual behavior and quickly asked, "Fellow Daoist Fu, what's wrong?"

Fu Changting gritted his teeth and said, "This is bad...we might not be able to get out."

"Why? What do you know?" Jing Yu asked, raising an eyebrow.

"This is not inside the body of some extraterrestrial demon."

Fu Changting said dejectedly, "The extraterrestrial demons in the Dark Realm are countless, and their cultivation levels vary greatly, but they are not individual beings in essence, but a cluster."

“Each [Extraterrestrial Demon] essentially has no physical body; instead, their mouths are actually [entrances], all pointing to the same place…”

That is [Return to the Void].

"Gui Xu? How do you know about this?" Jing Yu turned to look at Jian Yunyuan: "Fellow Daoist Jian, have you ever heard of [Gui Xu]?"

“No.” Jian Yunyuan shook his head.

"A secret that even the disciples of the Sword Court don't know, how could you, a disciple of the Taiyin Palace, know it?" Jing Yu asked with some suspicion.

"Humph!"

Fu Changting snorted coldly: "What is his status, and what is mine? Does a mere ordinary disciple of the Sword Court really think he can be compared to the Taiyin Demon Prince?"

"If I hadn't once perused an ancient book in my mother's secret library, I wouldn't have known such a secret."

"Then you can continue." Jing Yu shrugged.

Fu Changting glared at Jing Yu, but didn't throw a tantrum. Instead, he continued to explain:

"【Guixu】is a desolate place outside the Immortal Realm. There is no spiritual energy here, and the laws of heaven and earth are incomplete. There is nothing here except for one thing: the 【Void Demon】."

“These so-called ‘Void Demons’ appear out of nowhere in various places in the Void every once in a while, and then harvest everything that has life.”

"But strangely, after a while, regardless of whether the [Void Demon] has slaughtered all the living beings in the Void, they will disappear into thin air and reappear after a period of time, repeating the cycle."

"There's another strange thing. Generally speaking, the realm of the [Void Demons] is not fixed. Their combat power changes dynamically depending on the strength of the creatures they encounter."

"If a Qi Refining cultivator were here, they might only encounter a Qi Refining level Void Demon."

"But what if a Golden Immortal were here? We might encounter a Void Demon at the Golden Immortal level!"

"Fellow Daoist Fu, how exactly should we leave [Guixu]? Is it written in the ancient books?" Jian Yunyuan asked.

"It wasn't written."

Fu Changting's face was ashen: "The ancient book records that no one has ever left the [Return to the Ruins] alive."

"Fellow Daoist Fu, this is not the time for jokes."

Jing Yu retorted, "Don't you think your words are contradictory? No one can leave the Ruins of Return, so who wrote that ancient book you saw? If someone hadn't successfully escaped from the Ruins of Return, how could there be any records about the Ruins of Return in the Immortal Realm!"