CHAPTER 911: INHABITANTS OF THE UPPER REALM

Translator: CinderTL

A cold glint flashed in Song Wen’s hand as a short blade materialized. He lunged fiercely at Xu Geng.

Xu Geng swiftly pinched out several magic seals towards the Bronze Ring. A Bronze Ring Phantom Shadow materialized instantly, surging forth to envelop Song Wen.

Song Wen’s expression twisted in alarm as he whirled around, desperate to escape.

This Phantom Shadow possessed the power to imprison its target, impervious to spells or Mystic Treasures. Once trapped within its grasp, escape seemed impossible.

However, the distance between them was too short. Even with lightning-fast reflexes, Song Wen couldn’t evade the Phantom Shadow’s binding force.

The Phantom Shadow rapidly contracted, clamping tightly around Song Wen’s chest.

A crushing force seized him, instantly disrupting the once-torrential flow of Spiritual Power within his body.

Desperately, Song Wen activated his Cultivation Method, attempting to mobilize his Spiritual Power, but his efforts proved futile.

As the Phantom Shadow tightened further, its binding force intensified. The flow of his Spiritual Power became increasingly sluggish until it froze completely, as if encased in ice.

"Hahaha..." Xu Geng threw back his head and roared with laughter. "Stop this futile resistance! You may have many tricks, but most rely on external power. With only a Late Nascent Soul cultivation, you stand no chance of breaking free from the Mount Tai Ring."

As he spoke, Xu Geng swiftly flew to Song Wen’s side.

In the next moment, his expression suddenly froze.

Though the person he had trapped looked exactly like Song Wen and possessed an identical aura, Xu Geng’s Divine Transformation Stage Divine Sense detected a subtle anomaly. Moreover, the short blade in the captive’s hand wasn’t the Spirit Treasure—the Soul Cleaving Blade.

Just then, the rubble below began to stir violently.

A figure burst forth from the chaotic pile of stones, surrounded by twelve black Corpse Coffins that floated around him.

Each coffin emitted an eerie glow, coalescing into a hundred-zhang-tall Giant Corpse Phantom Shadow.

The Giant Corpse Phantom Shadow raised its massive black hand and slammed a palm strike toward Xu Geng.

Xu Geng hastily activated the Bronze Ring above his head, conjuring a cyan protective shield that enveloped him.

Simultaneously, he activated the Bronze Ring Phantom Shadow, causing it to contract rapidly and crush the trapped "Song Wen" into two halves. Yet no blood flowed from the corpse; instead, it transformed into a piece of severed wood covered in runes.

Seeing this, Xu Geng immediately realized he had been deceived by an Incarnation of his opponent.

The Giant Corpse Phantom’s colossal hand descended from the sky, striking the Bronze Ring with a deafening boom.

The Giant Corpse Phantom swayed slightly, seemingly destabilized by the terrifying recoil emanating from the Bronze Ring.

Although the azure shield remained intact, the immense force behind the Giant Corpse Phantom’s strike sent Xu Geng plummeting downward along with the Bronze Ring.

Xu Geng crashed deep into the rubble, shattering countless stones and kicking up a cloud of dust that blotted out the sky.

The Giant Corpse Phantom leaned down, plunging its hands into the debris to seize Xu Geng.

However, the unbroken azure shield formed by the Bronze Ring prevented the phantom’s hands from grasping Xu Geng directly; instead, they closed around the protective barrier.

As Xu Geng rapidly formed a magic seal, preparing to channel it into the Bronze Ring overhead, three figures flickered into existence. Three Corpse Puppets materialized simultaneously, joining Song Wen to encircle him.

These Corpse Puppets were all Fourth-Tier Peak Golden Corpses, and one even wielded the Soul Cleaving Blade.

"Senior Xu Geng, your Mystic Treasure possesses the power of imprisonment, which I admit I cannot resist. However, if you dare activate it against me, my Three-Headed Corpse Puppet will shatter your defensive shield and slaughter you. As for me, I possess the Life Substitution Art—you cannot truly kill me," Song Wen said calmly.

Xu Geng immediately stopped forming the magic seal. "What exactly do you want?"

"As I said, I only want the Teleportation Array," Song Wen replied. "I also have a few questions for you, Senior."

"The Array Disk is already in your possession," Xu Geng said. "I’ll now give you the array’s location and control methods."

With that, Xu Geng produced a jade slip and tossed it across the azure defensive shield toward Song Wen.

The jade slip passed through the shield and landed before Song Wen. He probed it with his Spirit Sense, discovering a Sea Chart and a set of Formation control methods.

According to the chart’s markings, the Teleportation Array was located within a deep-sea trench in the Southern Region. The array’s control methods were identical to those Song Wen had previously used.

Satisfied, Song Wen nodded and stored the jade slip in his Storage Ring.

"If you have any more questions, just ask," Xu Geng said. "I’ll tell you everything I know."

"Where did the Divine Blood Gate originate?" Song Wen asked. "And why did it vanish so quickly from the Immortal Cultivation World?"

Xu Geng looked up at the sky, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

"The Divine Blood Gate wasn’t originally from this world," he explained. "It came from the Upper Realm. It was so long ago that I can’t even remember how many years it’s been. Two other Late Nascent Soul cultivators and I were ordered to descend to this Lower Realm and establish the Divine Blood Gate. We began by recruiting talented individuals from this world, then used Cultivation Methods, Secret Arts, and Mystic Treasures from the Upper Realm to swiftly dominate this realm."

Song Wen wasn’t surprised by Xu Geng’s account. He had already suspected as much.

"Can people from the Upper Realm descend to the Lower Realm at will?" Song Wen asked.

Xu Geng shook his head. "There’s a Boundary Force between the Upper and Lower Realms. Only Great Divine Power Practitioners can break through it. Moreover, even if they managed to break through, the Heaven and Earth Laws of your world would prevent cultivators at the Divine Transformation Stage or higher from entering."

"What was your true purpose in coming here?" Song Wen pressed.

"Since you’ve been to the Divine Blood Hall," Xu Geng said, "you must have seen the artificially hybridized creatures in the Demon Spirit Hall. Our purpose in descending to this realm was to hybridize a completely new life form capable of surviving indefinitely in Primordial Qi. After countless trials, we finally created the Nether Fox."

"Primordial Qi?" Song Wen frowned deeply. "Senior, are you referring to the Ghost Mist in the Misty Ghost Realm?"

"Precisely," Xu Geng confirmed.

"How did you people from the Upper Realm learn of the Misty Ghost Realm?" Song Wen asked.

"Primordial Qi isn’t unique to this realm; it exists in the Upper Realm as well," Xu Geng explained. "As for the Misty Ghost Realm, we learned of it through accounts from those who ascended from this world."

"You went to such great lengths to hybridize the Nether Fox. What was the ultimate goal?" Song Wen pressed.

"I honestly don’t know," Xu Geng admitted. "We were merely carrying out orders. To achieve our objective, the three of us brought juvenile Divine Beasts with us when we descended to the Lower Realm."

Xu Geng’s words instantly reminded Song Wen of the names of the Divine Beasts he had seen in the Demon Origin Cave. At the time, he had wondered if such creatures truly existed in this world. Now he understood: these Divine Beasts had been brought here from the Upper Realm by Xu Geng and his companions.

(End of the Chapter)

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