CHAPTER 665: CHAPTER 492: SENLUO HELL! TRUE IMMORTAL PRISONERS!

Chen Jichuan had seen great matters, even True Immortals could be mass-produced. Four more Fourth-order cultivators were just numbers to him, no different from mortals or ants.

He stood with Chen Shaohu in a Guard City within the Quliang territory, his gaze directed towards the center of the territory. The newly ascended True Immortal, Quliang City Lord, used Great Dharma Power to project the scene from Quliang Ancient City onto the twenty-eight Guard Cities, allowing everyone within the city to see it.

Chen Jichuan saw it too.

Quliang City Lord had a tall and slender figure, with a refined appearance, resembling a frail scholar.

But within the ancient city, Peak Immortals from all over Hanging Mirror Sea restrained their temperaments. Those who were once unruly, arrogant, and violent now dared not show it.

This was the deterrence of a True Immortal.

Quliang City Lord spoke softly, discussing ancient and modern times, discussing scriptures and the Dao with the Peak Immortals in the city, appearing quite amiable.

Chen Jichuan listened as well.

Though this newly ascended True Immortal’s Daoist cultivation and Divine Skills were far inferior to his own, and far inferior to other Daoist True Immortals, he was still a True Immortal of this world, offering perspectives and some insights that were somewhat inspirational to Chen Jichuan.

Time flowed by.

Chen Jichuan was multitasking.

While listening to the teachings of Quliang City Lord, he also used ’Insight’ to observe Quliang City Lord.

"The Daoist cultivation is genuine, a normal Proving Dao."

Chen Jichuan observed for a long time without uncovering anything notable.

Even in ’Quliang Ancient City’, there seemed to be no hidden trickery.

So he waited patiently.

The grand gathering would last for several months.

Several months later.

"It has come!"

Chen Jichuan’s expression shifted as he finally observed a Transformation.

Boom!

Rumble!

In an instant, a roar resounded.

The entire world seemed to become one entity, the vast and mighty heavenly power was astonishing. This overwhelming force descended without warning, enveloping the Quliang City Lord.

The time had come.

This was ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ rejecting the True Immortal, urging the Quliang City Lord to ascend.

"It has come!"

Chen Jichuan was fully focused.

At this side.

Quliang City Lord also understood that the time had come.

He stood up, and behind him, the void opened up, impossible to discern reality with either eyes or Divine Sense. Quliang City Lord held anticipation and joy in his eyes.

After cultivating arduously for 40,000 years, the moment of transcending the mortal world finally arrived today.

Hanging Mirror Sea no longer held any attraction for him, his heart had long soared to the Upper Realm.

"Lower Realm cultivators can’t attain immortality, but True Immortals have infinite lifespan. I wonder how many True Immortals are there in the Upper Realm, and what lies beyond True Immortalhood."

In his heart, Quliang City Lord felt joy, curiosity, and anticipation. Carrying a slightly excited heart, he cupped his hands to the four directions, "Ladies and gentlemen, I go ahead now, see you in the Upper Realm!"

He then took a step, ascending in broad daylight.

Booming!

As a True Immortal ascended, heaven and earth rejoiced together.

"Ascend!"

"Let me see, where exactly are you going!"

Chen Jichuan stared at the opening Void, his eyes penetrating delusions, seeing the truth.

He saw, beyond this world, at the end of the void, there lay a Senluo Hell, billions of black smokes transforming into dragons and serpents, lunging and writhing.

"Immortal Realm, here I come!"

Quliang City Lord stepped inside, with no one around, his face no longer hid the smile nor the immense joy of ascension.

But this smile and joy quickly dissolved under the pervasive black smoke.

He finally detected something amiss.

His body halted.

"This—"

Anxiety tightened the heart of Quliang City Lord, a sudden palpitation.

Without hesitation, he tried to roll his mana, intending to return to ’Hanging Mirror Sea’ immediately.

"Danger!"

"Danger!"

"The path to the Upper Realm has a great peril blocking the way!"

Quliang City Lord didn’t suspect the ascension was an ancient deception, only thinking it was an unavoidable danger and test on the path to ascension, another calamity.

He tried all his might to turn back to Hanging Mirror Sea.

But like a lamb in the tiger’s den, there was no escape! As he turned his head—

"Hanging Mirror Sea?!"

The space behind was empty, no trace of heaven and earth!

Despair gripped Quliang City Lord’s heart. Before he could take further action, he saw the sweeping black smoke, dragons, and serpents entangling, ensnaring Quliang City Lord at a glance.

"Break!"

"Break!"

Quliang City Lord exerted his mana to the extreme, holding nothing back. But at the instant mana rotated, it was sealed. Soon after, his body and Primordial Spirit were also sealed, unable to move, all methods rendered ineffective.

Only a frown remained on his face, frozen, as he was dragged straight into that Senluo Hell.

"Such formidable black smoke!"

"Quliang City Lord is finished!"

Chen Jichuan looked intently, following Quliang City Lord’s form, glimpsing the scene within the Senluo Hell. He saw, within Senluo Hell, rows of punitive stakes stood erect. On each stake, a being was bound by black smoke, exuding Daoist cultivation aura, clearly Great Mahayana True Immortals.

The Daoist aura was unabashedly exposed.

Chen Jichuan’s gaze swept across, seeing three hundred twenty punitive stakes, three hundred twenty True Immortal prisoners.

With Quliang City Lord’s arrival, a tricentennial first stake rose within the Senluo Hell.

Quliang City Lord, unable to escape, powerless to resist, was bound to the stake, becoming the three hundred twenty-first True Immortal prisoner within Senluo Hell.

Booming!

The next moment, the void closed.

Chen Jichuan’s vision was lost.

...

"Senluo Hell!"

"True Immortal prisoners!"

Chen Jichuan gazed into the void, his heart sinking.

As early as at Panlong Mountain, he had already doubted the ultimate fate of this world. Seeing this scene today, he wasn’t much shocked or terrified.

Instead, he pondered more.

"Ancient Immortals possess vast Divine Skills, transcending beyond the world, they should disdain beings like ’Quliang City Lord’, a newly ascended True Immortal. Even Yiyuan Ancestor Master’s level of Fourth Realm Thunder Tribulation True Immortals, in the eyes of Ancient Immortals, are probably just larger ants."