Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor

The years slip by unnoticed beneath the lake.

Fang Bai and numerous Emperor’s Palace disciples have resided in the lakebed Immortal Palace for several years.

Even Fang Bai himself, engrossed in cultivation, hadn’t realized how swiftly time had passed.

During these years, Fang Bai distributed a portion of the cultivation resources from the Five Elements Space Ring to nearly two hundred Emperor’s Palace disciples, allowing them to cultivate on their own.

These Emperor’s Palace disciples had been personally taught by Fang Bai a thousand years ago, but had then been imprisoned by the Carefree Immortal Emperor for several hundred years, with their Qi Sea sealed and their cultivation resources completely taken away. Thus, those hundreds of years were essentially wasted.

However, as disciples of the Emperor’s Palace, they had a robust foundation that disciples of other sects couldn’t hope to match. Once Fang Bai released the seal on their Qi Sea, their cultivation realm began to rapidly advance, aided by abundant cultivation resources.

In several years, more than half of the nearly two hundred Emperor’s Palace disciples advanced in rank, pushing the overall strength to a new level.

Fang Bai himself also made considerable progress over these years, having approached the threshold of the Immortal Emperor Realm at high rank.

In the early stages of his seclusion, Fang Bai cultivated some Immortal Technique Secrets he had created in a past life.

During the later stages, Fang Bai felt the advancement speed was somewhat slow, so he devoted more time to the Heaven Devouring Art of the Demon Clan Emperor.

Ever since obtaining the Heaven Devouring Art from the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor, Fang Bai began to comprehend and cultivate it, benefiting greatly. He realized it was worthy of being the art created by a Great Emperor, as the Emperor Rank immortal techniques he had created in his past life seemed somewhat immature in comparison.

Although the Heaven Devouring Art was created by the Demon Clan Emperor, Fang Bai’s physique was extraordinary and could not be compared to ordinary immortals, especially because of the Chaos Immortal Qi in his Qi Sea, which had an incredible function. It could ’purify and filter’ the Demonic Qi generated from cultivating the Heaven Devouring Art, transforming it into Chaos Immortal Qi that was stored in the seven Primordial Spirits within his Qi Sea.

Thus, while other immortals cultivating the Heaven Devouring Art might disrupt their temperament and fall into the Demon Dao, this was not a concern for Fang Bai.

Originally, Fang Bai’s Qi Sea was like a miniature Gathering Immortals Array that could absorb and assimilate Immortal Qi from all directions, and since starting to cultivate the Heaven Devouring Art, this powerful capability had increased dramatically, with his power advancing rapidly as a result.

The cultivation resources within Fang Bai’s Five Elements Space Ring were initially abundant, but after distributing some to nearly two hundred Emperor’s Palace disciples, he retained a portion for himself. Due to cultivating the Heaven Devouring Art, the consumption over these years was unprecedentedly massive, and it was nearly depleted.

On this day, after absorbing the last pile of Immortal Stones’ Immortal Qi from the Five Elements Space Ring, Fang Bai suddenly felt a resonant, thunderous sound in his Qi Sea, followed by restless Immortal Qi turbulence.

This abnormal reaction was a sign of imminent breakthrough advancement, filling Fang Bai with joy.

"I’m about to advance. Tianzhi Immortal Emperor, take all the Emperor’s Palace disciples and leave the Immortal Palace, waiting for me a hundred miles away from the great lake!"

Fang Bai transmitted a message to Tianzhi Immortal Emperor.

In another Immortal Hall where Tianzhi Immortal Emperor was cultivating, upon hearing Fang Bai’s words, he was overjoyed and immediately summoned all the Emperor’s Palace disciples in the lakebed Immortal Palace with a cry, leading them to leave the Immortal Palace, break through the water, and head to a few mountain peaks a hundred miles away from the great lake.

"If the Palace Master advances this time, he’ll reach the high rank of the Immortal Emperor Realm... with the Palace Master’s formidable combat power, he’ll be able to contend with a Quasi-Emperor!"

An Emperor’s Palace disciple said excitedly, his eyes shining.

"Let’s hope everything goes smoothly!"

Tianzhi Immortal Emperor twirled his beard and said.

After about a hundred breaths, the area of water at the center of the great lake began to boil as if it had been set aflame.

A moment later, the entire great lake started to become restless, just like an enraged and rampaging lion, producing roaring sounds.

The vast area around the great lake was thus stirred up by waves of energy from the lakebed Immortal Palace, a sight that secretly shocked the disciples of the Emperor’s Palace.

"It’s close... it’s close..."

Tianzhi Immortal Emperor watched the surging great lake, his expression filled with excitement, murmuring to himself.

After another hundred breaths, an area of a thousand zhang radius at the center of the great lake suddenly exploded, unleashing waves a hundred zhang high.

Fang Bai’s figure appeared amidst the exploding waves.

The Emperor’s Palace disciples, including Tianzhi Immortal Emperor, sensed the powerful aura emanating from Fang Bai, realizing he had successfully advanced, and couldn’t help but cheer enthusiastically.

Fang Bai lightly tapped his toes on a giant wave, and his figure seemed to pierce through the void, appearing before Tianzhi Immortal Emperor and the other Emperor’s Palace disciples.

"Congratulations to the Palace Master for successfully advancing!"

Led by Tianzhi Immortal Emperor, all Emperor’s Palace disciples, faces brimming with joy, collectively congratulated Fang Bai.

Having successfully advanced, Fang Bai was naturally in a buoyant mood, laughing heartily and saying, "Rejoice together! Rejoice together!"

During Fang Bai’s advancement, the commotion was so great that when his Divine Sense diffused, he discovered that several already alarmed individuals were flying toward this location.

"Let’s go!"

Fang Bai realized it was inadvisable to linger here, and with a large wave of his hand, swiftly departed with the Emperor’s Palace disciples.

......

During the years Fang Bai and a group of Emperor’s Palace disciples were secluded for cultivation at the lakebed, many events unfolded within the Immortal Realm.

And many of these matters were related to the Emperor’s Palace.

The story, especially the ins and outs of the Carefree Palace campaign, was disseminated by some immortals from Bluewater Immortal City, shocking many immortals in the Immortal Realm.

No one had anticipated that the Carefree Palace, established single-handedly by the Carefree Immortal Emperor, would be attacked by disciples of the Emperor’s Palace and wiped out in a day.

No one had foreseen that the Carefree Immortal Emperor—who had garnered a reputation for ’benevolence’ by sheltering Emperor’s Palace disciples—would imprison them, solely to extract the Emperor’s Palace Immortal Technique Secrets from them.

No one had envisioned that the Emperor’s Palace, thought to be annihilated a thousand years ago, would now elect a ’new’ Palace Master.

...

These revelations spread from Bluewater Immortal City to all directions, reaching the ears of countless immortals, most of whom dismissed them, believing that without the leadership of the brilliant War Emperor, the Emperor’s Palace could never reclaim its former glory.

They even assumed that it wouldn’t be long before the turmoil caused by a group of Emperor’s Palace disciples would be quashed by the eight top-tier forces.

Meanwhile, disciples of the Emperor’s Palace, secretly distributed across various parts of the Immortal Realm, upon hearing the news, began to inquire about the new Palace Master.

As for the Carefree Immortal Emperor, after the fall of the Carefree Palace, he left Bluewater Immortal City and has been nowhere to be seen since.

Later, an unknown immortal released a rumor that after obtaining the Heaven Devouring Art from the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor, and subsequently, Flying Swan Immortal Emperor, the Carefree Immortal Emperor had acquired it and had secluded himself to cultivate.

This news again caused a clamor in the Immortal Realm.

Some immortals believed the Heaven Devouring Art was a harbinger of misfortune. Those who obtained it—the Golden Crow Immortal Emperor, Flying Swan Immortal Emperor, and Carefree Immortal Emperor—all had their sects annihilated and were themselves hunted jointly by several top-tier Immortal Emperors in the Immortal Realm.