Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Last time, bringing the Phoenix Ancestor was one thing, but this time directly bringing two ancient Semi-Immortals to Captive Peak, huh?

I am at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, not an Immortal.

If this continues, he can hardly imagine what sort of formidable figures he might bring back next.

"Lu Yang again, that kid?" The Child Ancestor suddenly realized the source of the unending disturbances since his retirement.

"Junior Brother just happened to be at the scene."

The prisoners of Captive Peak let out a chorus of gasps.

In the past two years, the prisoners held in Captive Peak all had relations with this cultivator named Lu Yang.

Moreover, each prisoner had a more heaven-defying background than the last, first there was Emperor Yu, followed by Semi-Immortals contending for supremacy over the world. If Captive Peak could also be counted as a power, it would be on par with the Demon Nation.

The Demon Nation only had two Semi-Immortals.

In their lifetime, they never imagined they would see the two great Venerates contending for supremacy over the world.

Emperor Yu, Wu Youdao, looked away when he saw Nightmare Supreme; his gaze flickered.

As the sixth Emperor Yu, he was well aware of the formidable might of Nightmare Supreme; in the struggle of the ancestors for supremacy over the world, it was an undisputed fact that Nightmare Supreme was the most significant stumbling block.

"Nightmare stays here, I'll take Void out for a bit."

Eldest Senior Sister wasn't afraid that Nightmare could escape. She had already planted a thought seed within Nightmare Supreme. If he even entertained the idea of escape, the thought seed would grow and torment him to an existence worse than death.

Knowing about the thought seed, Grandmaster finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Void Venerate had no idea where Yun Zhi intended to take him, being carried by the scruff of his neck by Eldest Senior Sister. They sped through the air and ultimately arrived at their destination.

Imperial Palace of the Imperial City!

Void Venerate's eyes greened with envy in an instant.

If it wasn't for the Jiang Family and Meng Family, this place would have been his territory—no, the entire Great Xia would have been his!

Before reaching the Imperial Palace, Yun Zhi sent a message to Emperor Xia, asking him to clear his attendants.

Emperor Xia, who was dealing with memorials from Chunjiang City in Yangxin Hall, was initially startled but quickly understood and ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to leave.

Yun Zhi, holding Void Venerate by the collar, arrived at Yangxin Hall. Void Venerate, seeing Emperor Xia, who bore a slight resemblance to Jiang Pingan between his brows, was so angry that his breathing became unstable.

"I presume he is the Void Venerate who contended with my ancestor for dominion over the world?"

Emperor Xia scrutinized Void Venerate carefully, clicking his tongue in wonder; it was not easy to have a chance to meet the opponent of his great ancestor.

With Yun Zhi's strength on clear display, Void Venerate would be wary, but facing the descendant of his enemy, especially one with little talent in cultivation like Emperor Xia, Void Venerate was not so particular.

"It seems that Jiang Pingan has done many evils, such that his descendants barely have a few years to live!"

He instantly recognized Emperor Xia's frailty, which stemmed from the deficit in lifespan, and couldn't help but revel in schadenfreude.

Emperor Xia's complexion turned rather unsightly, this was his most painful issue.

Yun Zhi suddenly remembered that Fairy Eternity once mentioned that there exists a Heavenly Root in this world, resembling a peach tree, outside the category of heavenly materials and earthly treasures. The peaches born from the tree could prolong life, but its whereabouts were unknown.

And the secret realm where she had grown up, aside from the Mother-child River, also harbored innumerable peach trees.

Could it be that one of the trees in the secret realm was that so-called Heavenly Root?

If that were the case, Emperor Xia could be saved.

This matter was still uncertain, so there was no need to tell Emperor Xia and give him false hope.

Void Venerate's mood inexplicably improved quite a bit; originally he thought Sect Leader Yun brought him here to tease him, but now it seemed like it was to provide him with some entertainment.

Wait a minute, since Sect Leader Yun and this Emperor Xia knew each other, could it mean that Great Xia was colluding with the Ancient Heavenly Court?

Something felt quite wrong.

"Then I'll go ahead and take him in to meet someone," Yun Zhi said offhandedly, and upon hearing those words, Emperor Xia personally opened the door for Yun Zhi.

The Void Venerate was somewhat puzzled, why did she need to take him to see someone else?

Yun Zhi had no intention of explaining to the Void Venerate and instead, while holding onto him, they walked to the back courtyard of the Imperial Palace, a place referred to as "forbidden" by the palace maids and eunuchs.

Red walls, red doors, green tiles—these were the impressions the palace residents had of the forbidden area.

As for what the forbidden area actually looked like, why no one was permitted entry, and who exactly lived inside, that remained unknown.

The tall red doors were carved with two bronze demon beast heads, holding door knockers in their mouths, and Yun Zhi gently knocked three times on the knockers.

Clang, clang, clang.

The bronze demon beasts' sinister eyes lit up, and the door opened quietly without a sound.

Upon entering the forbidden area, the Void Venerate found that the inside was not as seen from the outside.

From the outside, the forbidden area showed no buildings, hills, or anything rising above the red palace walls.

But inside, the forbidden area was vast and boundless, with rivers and mountains all present, yet all were very low, with the tallest mountains only thirty to forty meters high, like small mounds.

The rivers were pitifully narrow and the lakes so small they resembled puddles formed after rain.

It was as if objects from the outside world had all shrunk upon entering this place; they were like giants walking through the world.

The more the Void Venerate looked at one of the mountains, the more familiar it seemed, "Wait, that mountain is Mount Tai'an, and next to it is Bamboo Forest Lake..."

As the Void Venerate matched the surrounding scenery one by one, he suddenly realized.

This was a miniaturized version of Great Xia!

"Let me see who Fellow Daoist Yun has brought here, ah, a familiar face."

A relatively young-sounding voice echoed from the horizon.

"This voice…" Upon hearing this voice, the Void Venerate's aura uncontrollably leaked out, filled with murderous intent.

The young man dressed in coarse hemp cloth, carrying a hoe, landed with a cheerful look and smiled brilliantly at the Void Venerate. His clean-cut appearance made it easy for others to feel affection for him.

"Void, it's been about a hundred thousand years since we last met, right?"

The Void Venerate, seeing the young man, wished to devour him whole; he would never forget that face in his lifetime: "Jiang Pingan, you're still alive!"

If it weren't for Jiang Pingan, he would have been the reigning emperor; Great Xia should have been his!

The youth's smile grew even wider: "If you're still alive, why can't I be?"

Jiang Pingan made a bowing gesture: "Fellow Daoist Yun, please let him go, with you and me here, he can't run away."

Yun Zhi released her grip, and the Void Venerate flipped in the air to land steadily on the ground.

"Void, I know you're not convinced, thinking that it was only because I and the gentleman fought two against one that we won against you."

The Meng Family's ancestor, Meng Gentleman.

"Actually, I alone could defeat you; it was merely faster to win against you with two people, that's all."

The Void Venerate sneered again and again, believing your ghost tales would be the real encounter with a ghost.

"Look, I'm not a cheater, and since we rarely meet, if you're so unconvinced, then let's have a real fight again. I won't ask anyone for help, how about that?"

"Fine!"

The Void Venerate agreed readily.

"Void Realm Descend!"

The Void Venerate shouted aloud, with a sly smile as if he had succeeded in his plot, opened the Void Realm, and enveloped the two of them into the Void Realm, while the Eldest Senior Sister brought out the Emperor's chair and waited by the side for the outcome.

It wasn't long before the Void Venerate could no longer smile.

"Jiang Pingan, did you damn well become an immortal!?"