Chapter 2687: Mysterious Barrier
Fang Bai trailed all the way and discovered that the aura of that Mysterious Demon Emperor finally vanished within Heaven Devouring City.
Fang Bai conjectured that the Mysterious Demon Emperor must be living in some Demon Dwelling inside Heaven Devouring City, and that he had definitely set up a Concealment Formation inside and outside that Demon Dwelling.
From this it could be seen that the Mysterious Demon Emperor not only understood the Array Path, but was also an absolute master of it; otherwise it would have been impossible to deceive Fang Bai, who had been unmatched in formations in his previous life.
Entering Heaven Devouring City under the identity of an early-stage Demon Emperor Realm powerhouse, Fang Bai wandered around the city, investigating the residence of the Mysterious Demon Emperor.
Heaven Devouring City covered a radius of a hundred thousand li, and every Demon Dwelling in the city had formations laid down. Yet in Fang Bai’s eyes those formations were not even worth mentioning; his Divine Sense could easily seep into them.
On this day, when Fang Bai was probing an inconspicuous Demon Dwelling in Heaven Devouring City, his Divine Sense was obstructed. He found that the formation laid around this Demon Dwelling was actually extraordinarily exquisite, and thus guessed that this was very likely the hiding place of the Mysterious Demon Emperor.
So Fang Bai found a nearby Demon Dwelling and moved in, in order to monitor the movements of the Mysterious Demon Emperor, while at the same time pondering how to break the formation of his Demon Dwelling so that his own Divine Sense could seep inside.
Fang Bai, who had been unmatched in formations in the Immortal Realm, unexpectedly encountered not a small amount of difficulty when breaking the formations laid by the Mysterious Demon Emperor, and thus became ever more certain that the other party was a successor of the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor.
Only a dazzlingly gifted powerhouse like the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor would have such an outstanding successor, whose formations could stump even Fang Bai.
However, for Fang Bai, difficulties were only temporary. Given enough time, there was no formation in this world that he could not break.
A dozen days later, just as Fang Bai had gained some clues on how to crack the formation, he suddenly discovered that the Mysterious Demon Emperor had left the Demon Dwelling and Heaven Devouring City, summoned a Wind Roc, and flown toward the Immortal Realm.
"What is this guy going to the Immortal Realm for again?"
After the Mysterious Demon Emperor had flown tens of thousands of li away, Fang Bai appeared in front of his Demon Dwelling, muttering to himself.
Fang Bai was in no hurry to pursue the Mysterious Demon Emperor. Instead, he rapidly broke the formation of his Demon Dwelling and entered it.
In Fang Bai’s view, since this was where the Mysterious Demon Emperor resided and was protected by a supreme formation, there might very well be some good things inside.
Sure enough, after searching inside that Demon Dwelling for a while, he found an Emperor Rank Spatial Demon Ring, and inside it were actually quite a number of Starshine Stones.
This discovery made Fang Bai overjoyed.
Although that Emperor Rank Spatial Demon Ring could not be compared with the Five Elements Space Ring, its internal space was still quite vast; it was no problem to hold several million pieces of Immortal Stone.
And since Starshine Stones were taken from Endless Space, their effect was comparable to Emperor Elixirs and extremely hard to obtain; for Fang Bai this was a great harvest.
Unfortunately, the Spatial Demon Ring worn on the Mysterious Demon Emperor’s finger was always carried on his person. To obtain it, a fierce battle would be unavoidable.
Afterward, Fang Bai also left Heaven Devouring City, summoned a Wind Roc, mounted it, and followed along the Mysterious Demon Emperor’s aura in pursuit.
The Mysterious Demon Emperor thought he had hidden his aura extremely well, but never expected Fang Bai’s sensing ability to be exceedingly sharp. The two were separated by over ten thousand li, one in front and one behind, flying toward the Immortal Realm.
Fang Bai was not worried about being discovered by the Mysterious Demon Emperor. After all, his current identity was only that of a small early-stage Demon Emperor Realm cultivator, an ant in the other’s eyes.
Would a male lion pay attention to an ant?
Even so, Fang Bai still did his best to keep a distance of more than ten thousand li from the Mysterious Demon Emperor, staying outside the range of his Divine Sense so as not to arouse his suspicion.
Within a day, the Mysterious Demon Emperor and Fang Bai successively flew past the Tianyin Mountain Range at the border between the Immortal and Demon Realms and entered the Demon Ring.
After the Mysterious Demon Emperor reached the Immortal Realm side, he suppressed his own cultivation, transforming his Demonic Qi into Immortal Qi, looking just like a high-rank Immortal Emperor Realm expert.
And after Fang Bai returned to the Immortal Realm, he also stopped circulating the Heaven Devouring Art, maintaining the cultivation of an early-stage Immortal Emperor Realm expert.
Fang Bai could not guess the purpose of the Mysterious Demon Emperor’s entry into the Immortal Realm this time, but he knew that he would definitely not come without reason. Thus he followed his aura all the way, to see what exactly he intended to do.
In the Ninth Heavenly Domain of the Immortal Realm, at the central area where the four wild regions of the Chengtian Domain met, there was a peculiar territory covering a radius of a hundred thousand li.
Within this hundred-thousand-li area, there were mountains and waters, Immortal Birds and ferocious beasts, deserts and forests, grasslands and seas of flowers... It gathered almost all landforms and sceneries from the mortal world to the Immortal Realm.
Moreover, the space here was filled with Immortal Qi of various attributes, pure and dense.
Multiple attributes of Immortal Qi coexisted within a single space and even got along harmoniously without the slightest conflict; this was what was most peculiar.
In some Cultivation Holy Lands of the Immortal Realm, whenever there were Immortal Qi of different attributes present, it was very difficult for them to be mutually compatible. Once they clashed, they would trigger heavenly phenomena.
For example, water and fire, fire and metal, metal and wood, and so on—once they collided, they would churn endlessly and not be at peace.
Yet in this central region, the Immortal Qi of the metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning attributes intermingled—within you there was me, within me there was you—yet remained at peace, leaving many Immortals puzzled.
Originally, with such pure and dense Immortal Qi of all attributes, this place ought to have been a unique Cultivation Holy Land in the Immortal Realm, and many Immortals had indeed entertained such thoughts.
Unfortunately, this region was like an independent kingdom, refusing any Immortal entry.
Even if Emperor Realm Experts of the three realms came, they would still be rejected outside.
Back in the day, Fang Bai had also come here once. At that time, he was at the peak of his strength, high-spirited and full of confidence, yet he was still blocked outside by an invisible wall of air.
Fang Bai had then speculated that this hundred-thousand-li area must be a Barrier left behind by some powerful expert, and that perhaps after his cultivation reached the Great Emperor Realm, he could try to break in again.
And at this moment, Fang Bai had followed the Mysterious Demon Emperor all the way to this region, which could be called the most mysterious area of the Immortal Realm.
"Could it be that he also wants to enter this Barrier?"
Shortly after the Mysterious Demon Emperor approached the Barrier, Fang Bai also appeared at the edge of the Barrier, the distance between them narrowing to around a thousand li.
Around the Barrier, quite a number of Immortals were wandering about. These Immortals had all seen the extraordinary nature within the Barrier and hoped to find some opportunity.
With so many Immortals present, Fang Bai was not worried that the Mysterious Demon Emperor would pay him any mind again.
The Mysterious Demon Emperor stood atop a small hill at the edge of the Barrier, his gaze burning as he looked at the scenery inside the Barrier. His expression kept changing, as if he was extremely excited.
"This hill belongs to this Immortal Emperor. You, get lost to the side!"
A moment later, a peak Immortal Emperor Realm expert flew over from the distance and landed on the mountaintop where the Mysterious Demon Emperor was, then waved his hand at the Mysterious Demon Emperor as if shooing away a fly.
"That guy is dead for sure!"
Fang Bai noticed the commotion over here and couldn’t help but silently mourn for that peak Immortal Emperor Realm expert.
As expected, the Mysterious Demon Emperor didn’t even look at that peak Immortal Emperor Realm expert. He casually blasted out a punch, and instantly smashed that arrogant peak Immortal Emperor Realm expert into dust.