CHAPTER 640: WHO IS BEING HELD CAPTIVE?

Chapter 640: Who is being held captive?

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Cangyun Realm, 'Immortal' Realm.

White Sword stood before a sand table formed from Immortal Qi, his brow deeply furrowed.

"His cultivation progress is quite fast. I need to make him spend more time in the Cangyun Realm."

He murmured to himself, his eyes containing caution and a trace of dangerous cold light.

"Immortal Venerable, we've lowered the Heavenly Tribulation difficulty as you requested... but are you certain you won't slaughter any more ascending immortals?"

Real Person Jade Compassion appeared behind White Sword.

She glanced at the sand table before White Sword—it was a sand table of the five continents of Cangyun Realm, with astonishingly intricate detail.

White Sword stood before that sand table, surrounded by flowing Immortal Qi, truly appearing like an immortal who controlled life and death in Cangyun Realm.

It seemed he only needed to reach out slightly, and a hand that blotted out the sky would appear above Cangyun Realm. And if White Sword casually grabbed toward a mountain range, that mountain range would instantly collapse...

But she knew this was probably just her illusion.

White Sword was indeed powerful, but that sand table should just be a sand table.

"I always keep my word."

He didn't turn around, his voice indifferent even when questioned.

"To merge the two realms, I've already killed so many immortals to refine the Myriad Tribulations Origin Core. Now that the core is complete, there's no need to continue strengthening it with immortal lives. Now I need more immortals to power the Myriad Tribulations Origin Core and accelerate the merging of the two worlds."

Jade Compassion remained silent for a while.

Regarding White Sword's words, she had her own way of discerning the truth.

The Myriad Tribulations Origin Core was indeed in a closed state—it was a chaotic energy entity containing vast karma energy, but it didn't absorb any external energy. Even if she directed energy toward the core, it wouldn't be absorbed. RåŊꝋβËṦ

Her immortal essence was consumed in progressing the fusion of the two realms.

In that case, White Sword's words should be without exaggeration.

However...

She recalled something White Sword had mentioned earlier, which seemed to be a questionable point.

"Didn't you say the Cangyun Realm's resources were depleted and couldn't produce more immortals?"

"The past is the past, the present is the present."

White Sword, with his back to Jade Compassion, curled the corners of his mouth slightly.

"The Cangyun Realm will soon lack no resources. Just do as I say."

"Alright... fine."

Jade Compassion nodded with difficulty.

She didn't know why White Sword was so certain.

But she was now an immortal herself, and her divine sense could observe the Cangyun Realm.

If there were signs of Spiritual Energy recovery in Cangyun Realm, she would be able to see it.

She had to verify whether White Sword's words were true.

Before that... she wouldn't allow any immortal to ascend.

Speaking of which, working under White Sword, she felt like she was meddling in others' affairs, worrying about unnecessary things.

But she had no choice.

She was no match for White Sword—the gap between them wasn't just a matter of a few major realms.

It was like comparing a cultivator to an immortal—the gap between her and White Sword... was a vast chasm in life dimensions.

As soon as Jade Compassion left.

White Sword stared at the sand table for a while. He could see Cangbo Mountain, he could see the Moon Shadow Sect, and he could see all the cultivators within the Moon Shadow Sect.

At the mountain's base, a fledgling bird tumbled from its nest. It fluttered helplessly on the ground, struggling to return to its nest.

If it remained below, it would face predators not only including sharp-eyed hawks but also active snakes and wildcats in the mountains.

White Sword leaned closer, watching the fledgling struggle, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

Then he reached out and scooped, sending it back to its nest.

And in the Cangyun Realm, White Sword's hand didn't appear—only a gust of wind swept the fledgling back to its nest.

It looked around bewildered, its small brain unable to comprehend what had just happened.

It was clearly down below, so how did it suddenly return to the nest?

Nevertheless, it chirped twice toward the sky.

Regardless, it was lucky, and luck was bestowed by heaven.

Only the fledgling didn't notice that a venomous snake had coiled on a branch not far away.

The snake was flicking its tongue, slowly and cautiously crawling toward the nest.

White Sword saw the snake, but he didn't intervene.

He then dispersed the sand table, the ferocity in his eyes like ice.

"Even if you're a combination of the main body and the lower corpse, so what? Lust brings danger—stay properly in the Cangyun Realm and be a wasted cultivator..."

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Cangyun Realm.

Chen Huaian smacked his lips.

The girl was just joking, showing good judgment.

It didn't make him uncomfortable—it was actually quite interesting.

Perhaps this was the kind of playful banter between Dao Companions?

Where did she learn these little schemes?

Could it be from those romance novels!

She had him completely hooked.

No, he should take the opportunity to read those novels too, see what outrageous tactics they contained.

"Alright, your disciple needs to get up and cultivate~"

Li Qingran got up to wash up.

Chen Huaian didn't need to wash up—he was clean from head to toe, shiny and new.

Watching Li Qingran bustling about the room tidying up, he felt happiness becoming tangible in that moment.

After a while, Li Qingran returned from washing up and saw Chen Huaian still sitting on the bed. She couldn't help but tilt her head in confusion.

"Master, don't you have matters to attend to? Or..."

She licked her lips and giggled: "Or can't you bear to leave your disciple and want to go another round?"

"Not happening." Chen Huaian shook his head.

It wasn't that he didn't enjoy it, but the tightly strung chord in his mind warned him.

Lust brings danger—while enjoying having a beauty by his side, he absolutely must not neglect cultivation.

To protect Li Qingran, he needed to make his main body strong enough!

"Your master plans to start cultivating in the Cangyun Realm for three hours every day from today!"

Chen Huaian said with a serious, solemn expression.

"Oh?" Li Qingran blinked her big eyes, her eyebrows immediately lifting with delight, but then she scrutinized Chen Huaian suspiciously, "Master, could it be... you've developed a taste for it, so..."

After all, Master had never cultivated in the Cangyun Realm before.

Unusual occurrences must have underlying reasons.

If Master was indulging because he coveted her beauty, although she'd be happy inside, she still needed to advise him to focus on cultivation.

Chen Huaian waved his hand dismissively, saying sternly: "Hah! Do you think your master is someone without self-control? Even if you..."

Li Qingran snuggled into Chen Huaian's embrace, pouted and kissed his Adam's apple, then asked with a smile:

"Even if what? Even if your disciple is in your arms, can you remain unmoved?"

Chen Huaian looked up, angrily looked up!

He cleared his throat lightly, wrapping his arm around his little disciple's waist: "That definitely wouldn't work. What I meant was, I can focus on cultivation seriously without you, little girl, causing interference. If you deliberately try to manipulate your master, then your master will..."

Chen Huaian averted his gaze, saying sheepishly.

"Ahem, then I'll just have to let you manipulate me..."

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