Gateway of Immortality

Chapter 1371: Abyssal Ruin Fragment

The ice crystal palace fell into dead silence. One could hear a pin drop. The expressions of the others were no better than Yue Wu’s.

Even those with minds as strong as Spiritual Infant cultivators had all fallen into a daze. The way they looked at Qin Sang was like they were looking at a monster.

The juniors standing in attendance below could not see the change in Qin Sang’s cultivation. Seeing the strange reactions of these Spiritual Infant grandmasters, they were all so frightened that they did not dare make a sound, each wearing a different expression.

"What is this? Do none of you welcome me?" Qin Sang walked into Ice Crystal Palace and gave a soft laugh.

"How could we dare! How could we dare! Temple Master Qin, please come in..." The Yue Brothers snapped awake as though from a dream, repeatedly apologized, and quickly stepped forward to welcome him.

In the past, they had treated Qin Sang as an honored guest because they were grateful that he had helped the Tianxing Alliance drive away Sin Abyss.

Now, there was even more respect in their eyes. Respect for a powerhouse!

Fairy Qiuzhi rose gracefully. Her beautiful eyes locked onto Qin Sang, as though she wanted to see through his depths. "Hehe... I never expected you to break through to the middle stage of the Spiritual Infant Realm in such a short time. Now, I am no longer your match either."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall was shocked.

"What?!"

"Senior Qin broke through to the middle stage of the Spiritual Infant Realm?"

"How is that possible?!"

The juniors’ eyes widened like copper bells, filled with disbelief.

The Snake King glanced at Jingyu beside him. "Daoist Qin’s breakthrough is a good thing. Was there a need for you to hide it so tightly?"

Jingyu smiled bitterly and looked at Qin Sang with a somewhat reproachful gaze. "I had only just come out of seclusion when I answered your invitation to attend this meeting. I had not yet had time to ask the juniors anything. How could I have known that..."

Jingyu knew that Qin Sang had three Corpseflower Blood Ambers in his possession. But no matter what, she could not have imagined that Qin Sang would break through to the middle stage of the Spiritual Infant Realm so quickly.

This cultivation speed was truly astonishing. If Old Devil Ye were still here, even he would have felt ashamed of his inferiority and sighed that another genius had emerged in Beichen Realm.

Did bottlenecks not exist for him?

"Another heaven-shaking talent has appeared among the human race!" Snake King sighed, his expression somewhat worried.

"Fortunately, it is Daoist Qin," Jingyu said, suppressing the shock in her eyes.

Snake King nodded heavily. "Indeed. Fortunately, it is Daoist Qin!"

Qin Sang was invited to the seat of honor.

The atmosphere in the palace remained extremely unusual. Everyone’s gazes were focused on Qin Sang. From the looks of it, the council would find it very difficult to continue.

"I was quite lucky. I happened to obtain some opportunities, and unexpectedly broke through the bottleneck in one go..." Qin Sang spoke in an understated tone.

The disbelief in everyone’s eyes was obvious. Qin Sang did not explain further, and the others did not dare ask.

After a round of embarrassingly excessive flattery, the meeting continued. However, the impact everyone had received was too great. All of them looked distracted, and the meeting ended hastily.

Still, Qin Sang had already inquired clearly about everything he wanted to know.

In addition, Qin Sang no longer concealed anything. He openly issued a bounty through the Beichen Alliance to search for the Ghost Mother and Tan Hao.

Based on the information he had gathered during this period, Qin Sang guessed that Tan Hao and the Ghost Mother had most likely already left Beichen Realm. The bounty was merely for confirmation.

If he wanted to find Tan Hao, he would probably have to leave Beichen Realm and go to the other three realms.

As it happened, Qin Sang had just broken through. His cultivation would be difficult to improve again in a short period, and he also wanted to travel outside.

With his current cultivation, he should be able to barely pass through the storm belt. He had the Moon-Gazing Rhinoceros's horn in his possession, so he did not need to worry about losing his way in the storm. He had greater certainty than others.

Before leaving, he needed to enter seclusion for a period of time to stabilize his cultivation. There were also a few matters he had to deal with.

After the meeting ended, Qin Sang and Jingyu traveled together. They did not return to Qingyang Temple, but flew toward Sin Abyss instead.

There was no need for them to flatter each other. Jingyu only asked Qin Sang about his experiences during this period of seclusion. Qin Sang, in turn, spoke of his plan.

"I’m afraid it would be inconvenient for me to travel with you. Chilei’s cultivation has progressed well, but he still needs me to watch over him personally. Only after a long period of careful tempering can I feel at ease letting him consume the Corpseflower Blood Amber..." Jingyu said with an apologetic expression.

Qin Sang had not intended to trouble Jingyu in the first place.

With Jingyu remaining in Beichen Realm to oversee their foundations, no petty villain would dare act recklessly. He could then travel outside without worries.

Although Qingyang Temple had been founded by Qin Sang in accordance with Wandering Man’s final wish, it had ultimately been created by his own hands. He did not want Qingyang Temple to decline so quickly either.

"After I leave, Qingyang Temple will be entrusted to you" Qin Sang said.

"Rest assured, Daoist." Jingyu nodded, then suddenly laughed. "Did you see the expressions on those old fellows just now? Your breakthrough this time was far too frightening. Even if you do not show yourself, I suspect no one will dare touch Qingyang Temple for the next thousand years..."

Fairy Qiuzhi, who was flying ahead, heard the laughter. She slowed down and turned back to ask, "What are you two Daoists talking about that is making you so happy?"

Qin Sang shook his head, caught up with Fairy Qiuzhi, and asked about the situation in Abyssal Ruin.

Canghong was still at the bottom of Heavenly Scar, tirelessly searching.

"It does not look optimistic..." Fairy Qiuzhi did not conceal anything. "Sage Canghong found several places, but they all turned out to be empty hopes. Only one place is suspected to be an Abyssal Ruin fragment. It is extremely chaotic and dangerous there. He tried many times, but was helpless. With Daoist Qin’s assistance this time, there will surely be gains!"

"After all these years, he only found one place?" Qin Sang was shocked.

Seeing Fairy Qiuzhi nod, Qin Sang’s heart sank slightly. Abyssal Ruin had truly been completely destroyed.

After arriving at Sin Abyss, Fairy Qiuzhi invited them to visit her sect.

Several hours later, the three entered Heavenly Scar and met up with Canghong. The bottom of Heavenly Scar was far more dangerous than before.

Fragments of ancient barriers were everywhere. The space here had also been torn apart.

Now, Golden Core Realm cultivators no longer dared enter too deeply into Heavenly Scar.

Even someone as powerful as Qin Sang had to proceed cautiously, avoiding the rays of light that flew everywhere.

Those rays were turbulent currents. Some were connected in large stretches, while some were only thin strands. If they were struck by these currents and were unfortunately swept into ancient barriers or crashed into a spatial rift, the outcome would certainly be grim.

After exploring a place like this for several decades, Canghong’s expression faintly carried fatigue.

There was no need to mention how shocked they were when they saw Qin Sang’s realm.

The group arrived at the target location. When he saw the scene ahead, Qin Sang finally understood why there had been no progress for so long.

Ahead, rays of light linked together in sheets. Ancient barriers, spatial rifts, and turbulent currents were tangled into complete chaos. The place suspected to be an Abyssal Ruin fragment was right at the center of the rays.

Qin Sang hesitated somewhat. Taking such a great risk was truly not worth it when the place inside might not be the Blood Lake he was looking for.

Canghong repeatedly urged him and made promises.

They knew that Qin Sang possessed an extraordinary spiritual eye supernatural ability, which could be of great use here. They had previously gone to Qingyang Temple many times to invite him, but all had returned without success.

Now that they had finally seen the man himself, how could they let him go? Qin Sang considered it for a long time before agreeing to help.

The Spiritual Infant cultivators were overjoyed. They had studied the place for a long time and had already found a point of entry.

The Spiritual Infant Talisman Puppet and Jingyu protected him on the left and right. Qin Sang activated the Sky Eyes, guiding everyone as they searched for a path through the impossible.

They spent several full months before finally making a new discovery, but in the end, they encountered another obstacle.

From here, they could already tell that the place inside was indeed a fragment of Abyssal Ruin. Unfortunately, it was not Blood Lake.

This place was too dangerous. Qin Sang decided to withdraw, leaving Canghong and the others to continue studying it.