What is an immortal?

Chapter 1085 - 1050: Not Allowed to Borrow

Seeing this, Daoist Mu hurriedly took off the Communication Token and infused a trace of Mana into it.

Suddenly, the token emitted a bright light, and a figure emerged from it, revealing itself to be Yuan Ming.

The image of Yuan Ming spoke, briefly narrating the situation in Demon Cloud Valley and delivering the news that the crisis had been resolved.

Then, the communication ended, and the light shadow extinguished.

The entire palace instantly plunged into silence.

"The crisis is resolved? Did he say the crisis is resolved?" Daoist Mu was dumbfounded, shocked, and unable to calm down.

The others nearby also wore expressions of disbelief.

"Could this be deceit? Although Fellow Daoist Yuan is strong, how could he possibly be a match for the Demon Clan lurking in Demon Cloud Valley?" the long-bearded cultivator hesitated.

"Yes! Could this be a conspiracy by the Demon Clan, spreading false information to make us lower our guard so they can launch a sudden attack?" another person worried.

More than half of the palace's people expressed doubt.

In their eyes, it was simply impossible for Yuan Ming alone to defeat the Demon Cloud Valley's Demon Clan army.

Just as Daoist Mu and the others were somewhat skeptical, the Communication Array in the palace suddenly lit up. But this time it was Ancestor Bing Lan who had just arrived at the Returning Ruins.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, for some reason, the Demon Clan on this side of Returning Ruins has suddenly retreated." Ancestor Bing Lan's image appeared in the Communication Array, not with any joy, but full of anxiety.

He believed that the Demon Clan's unreasonable retreat certainly indicated a greater scheme.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Bing Lan, no need for random speculation; the reason the Demon Clan retreated is that their hidden forces in Demon Cloud Valley have been obliterated." Daoist Mu seemed to recall something, his expression relaxing, laughing heartily.

Ancestor Bing Lan's communication was timely, providing a certain degree of corroboration for Yuan Ming's transmission.

"What? Obliterated? By whom?" Ancestor Bing Lan was overjoyed and quickly asked.

Daoist Mu then recounted Yuan Ming's communication content.

"Unbelievable, how did he achieve it?" Ancestor Bing Lan, after hearing, felt an even stronger shock.

"I'm also not sure; he might have urgent matters to attend to, the communication was very brief without clarity. However, this event is undoubtedly a great merit, crucial for our battle against the Demon Clan." Daoist Mu said.

"Indeed. I am now increasingly curious about the situation in the Wentian Secret Realm..." Ancestor Bing Lan said sincerely.

"I am also extremely curious," Daoist Mu chuckled.

...

Unaware of the reactions of Daoist Mu and others outside, Yuan Ming had already returned to the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace, swiftly accompanied by Vajra and Hua Zhi.

Upon arrival, he saw that within the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace, purple aura soared to the sky. Above an enormous array, golden halos circled towards the sky, seemingly summoning something.

At that moment, Xi Ying, who had been guarding outside, immediately withdrew the defensive Illusion Array and came forward.

"Senior Xia Jie, what's happening here?" Yuan Ming asked.

Xi Ying glanced up and down at Yuan Ming, seeing he was uninjured, and then replied, "He is summoning the corpse of the Bright Moon Goddess, intending to merge with it to attempt a breakthrough to become the new generation Witch God."

As they spoke, the two had already reached the depths of the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace, in front of that Level 8 Magic Array.

Within the Great Array, only Xia Jie sat cross-legged alone, both hands raised high above his head, palms supporting the soul bone, emitting a dazzling light, shooting into the depths of the sky along with the light pillar.

In the depth of the sky, black light mixed with silver light rolled ceaselessly, with massive space fissures spreading, constantly tearing through the void and constantly vanishing.

Moments later, with a silver moon-shaped disc array rising within the Great Array under Xia Jie, the rolling light at the end of the light pillar suddenly coalesced, and a space door seemed to be opened.

...

Bright Moon Palace, within the secret chamber of Moon Viewing Cliff.

A golden formation lit up beneath the Crystal Jade Coffin below, layers of golden light surged, transforming into chains wrapping around the coffin, with the golden light emitted on it, striving to block the leakage of the Bright Moon Goddess's Divine Power.

But at this moment, wisps of black and silver light suddenly emerged from the ceiling of the secret chamber, surging like a viscous dense mist, inside which faintly appeared an ancient and mysterious array.

The Bright Moon Palace Master's head lifted, sensing waves of Space Power fluctuations from within, her expression suddenly changing.

Just before she could act, a strong Space Pulling force suddenly emerged from the rolling dense mist, directly locking onto the Crystal Coffin below.

The Crystal Jade Coffin trembled violently under the pull, with the casket lid uncontrollably banging open.

The Bright Moon Goddess's corpse was enveloped by an invisible force, floating upwards.

The Bright Moon Palace Master was greatly alarmed upon seeing this, quickly rushing to the Crystal Coffin's side, waving her hands, from which thousands of silver threads emerged to entwine the Bright Moon Goddess's body, dragging it back.

The two forces immediately reached a stalemate, and the Bright Moon Goddess's corpse was constantly being tugged while suspended in mid-air.

On the side of the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace, Xia Jie was already at the final juncture of his breakthrough. As he sensed an obstruction, his hands rapidly transformed spell patterns, and the great array beneath him shone with increased brilliance, magnifying its pulling power tenfold.

Half of the Bright Moon Goddess's body instantly penetrated the space portal swirling with dense mist and arrived in the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming and Xi Ying both sighed in relief, showing joyful expressions.

On the other side, the Bright Moon Palace Master was in shock, feeling both anxious and furious.

She gnawed her teeth, and her eyes suddenly focused as she performed the Soul Attachment Secret Technique.

Two silver crescent moon marks lit up in her eyes, and with a flash of light at the top of her skull, her Divine Soul separated from her body and flew into the relic of the goddess, which was about to be fully dragged into the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace.

In the next moment, the eyes of the Bright Moon Goddess lit up with brilliance, and a powerful Divine Soul aura instantly spread throughout the Purple Cloud Heavenly Palace.

"Resurrected?" Yuan Ming exclaimed in surprise.

He was most sensitive to the perception of life aura, and in that moment, he suddenly felt that the deceased body of the Bright Moon Goddess seemed to have come back to life.

But immediately, he realized something was wrong. That negligible vitality was not something a Witch God should possess.

"It's possession. The Bright Moon Palace Master's Divine Soul is possessing the body of the Bright Moon Goddess," Xi Ying promptly said.

"Xia Jie, the old ghost, how dare he steal the body of the Bright Moon Goddess! Damn it!"

The face of the Bright Moon Goddess showed no change in expression; her mouth didn't open, yet a strong Divine Soul intent erupted in the Sea of Consciousness of Yuan Ming and the others.

Both Xi Ying and Yuan Ming shook their heads in response. The former felt as if his Divine Soul had been sharply struck, while the latter remained unaffected and casually nullified the Bright Moon Palace Master's attack.

"The Chuyun Realm faces calamity, and the Bright Moon Palace cannot remain uninvolved. It's just a body; why not borrow it?" Xia Jie seemed unaffected and responded accordingly.

Having said that, he waved his hand, and a massive golden palm print flew from him, striking the body of the Bright Moon Goddess.

Seeing this, the Bright Moon Palace Master controlled the goddess's body, forming sealing hand signs with her hands in front of her before striking out with a palm.

The palm strikes they both unleashed were very similar to Yuan Ming's former Great Black Sky God Palm, yet their power was incomparable.

By mobilizing the vast soul power that remained from the Bright Moon Goddess, the Bright Moon Palace Master's palm was evidently stronger than Xia Jie's.

The moment the two palm prints collided, Xia Jie's huge palm was shattered, and the palm descending from the sky only had its golden light slightly dimmed, but it still fell irresistibly.

"This is bad!" Xi Ying was alarmed upon seeing this.

At this moment, a "dong" sound of a bell rang out, and the Soul-Falling Bell, which Xia Jie had previously put away, suddenly flew out, suspending itself above his head.

As the bell tolled, layers of dense golden bell shadows appeared, layer upon layer, enveloping Xia Jie to shelter him in the center.

The golden palm print struck the Golden Bell, breaking through one layer after another.

By the time it actually landed on Xia Jie, the power of the golden giant palm had been completely exhausted, causing no harm.

"Bright Moon Palace Master, using your rank to forcibly soul-fuse with this Witch God relic is akin to a child carrying a mountain. If you don't want your Divine Soul to disperse, retreat quickly," Xia Jie shouted loudly.

The silver moon mark in the Bright Moon Goddess's eyes flickered and began showing signs of instability.

"Even if I die, I won't let the goddess's body fall into the hands of an old ghost like you," the Bright Moon Palace Master roared hysterically, her eyes bloodshot.

Before her voice even fell, she suddenly twisted her posture, controlling the Bright Moon Goddess's body to drill back toward the other end of the space portal, attempting to escape back to the Bright Moon Palace.

However, the restriction power of the great array remained, severely limiting her speed.

"Senior, quickly shut down the reception array to cut off her escape route," Xi Ying loudly reminded.

Currently, both Xia Jie and the Bright Moon Palace Master were within the array. Even if Yuan Ming and Xi Ying wanted to help, they couldn't intervene, and acting rashly could backfire.

Once the reception array was shut down and the space portal closed, with the Bright Moon Goddess's body trapped here, the combined power of the three of them would surely suppress the Bright Moon Palace Master, helping Xia Jie complete the fusion.

Clearly, Xia Jie had already planned for this, and the moment Xi Ying shouted, he had already taken action.

In the sky above the array, the black mist interwoven with black and silver light began to rapidly shrink, on the verge of completely disappearing.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Xia Jie's body suddenly trembled violently, and he couldn't help but let out a long howl skyward.

His eyes, ears, mouth, and other orifices all began to emit a ghostly blue light, swelling outward.

It appeared as though his Divine Soul was swelling, attempting to break free from the shackles of his body.

"This is bad, the array has sensed the presence of the goddess's body, prompting Senior's Divine Soul to detach prematurely; the fusion is about to begin," Xi Ying hurriedly said.

With this sudden delay, the space portal in the void above didn't close in time. The Bright Moon Palace Master seized this opportunity, controlling the goddess's body to plunge into the black mist.

"We can't let her leave, or Senior Xia Jie will be doomed," Xi Ying shouted urgently.