Nuclear-powered Sword Immortal-Chapter 660 - 631 Trump Card

Gu Jinlai quickly reached the area where Immortal Sui Mu, Beichen True Immortal, and Ying Huo True Immortal were imprisoned.

At this moment, their Essence Qi Spirit had declined to the extreme, and they appeared to have burned their immortal bodies in a desperate counterattack.

Clearly, when the Immortal Country’s Zhao Xi made his move against them, they realized that their chances of survival were slim, so they resisted with all their might.

This could be seen from the fact that Zhao Xi himself had acted but still had not prevented the death of the Earth Suppressing True Immortal.

One must understand, the Longevity World is not the Profound Immortal Realm.

In the Longevity World, True Immortals have no way to defeat Heavenly Immortals by dragging out the fight or exhausting the opponent. Apart from risking their lives, even powerful True Immortals have little chance of survival against Heavenly Immortals.

Especially since they were on the territory of the Immortal Country.

"Gu Jinlai!?"

Seeing Gu Jinlai step into this sealed space, Beichen True Immortal’s pale face showed a cold murderous intent.

"Was it you who instigated Zhao Xi to strike against us, right? You have no idea what a mistake you have made! Without the support of our Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, the Immortal Country cannot defeat the devils of the Demon Realm! Moreover, by letting Zhao Xi strike against our Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, do you think we will let this go easily? Soon, you’ll face the pincer attack from both our Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect and the Devil!"

Beichen True Immortal shouted fiercely.

Ying Huo True Immortal also glared at him: "The power we possess in the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect far exceeds what your Immortal Country imagines! Let Zhao Xi release us now, and we can forget this ever happened, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what? The Master Wanxiang himself will come forth to deal with me?"

Gu Jinlai looked at this True Immortal from the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, who still acted superior even at this moment: "I have already directly and indirectly clashed with your Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect’s Daoist Xuan Jian and Master Wanxiang, even directly breaking through your defenses in the Red Flame Canyon on the other side of the passage and killing a True Immortal named Yan Wuwen stationed there. So, what can your Sect’s masters possibly do to me?"

"Yan Wuwen, the elder!?"

Upon hearing this, the already pale faces of the True Immortals due to excessive loss of Essence Qi Spirit grew even paler.

"You... how could you..."

"Gu Jinlai!"

The True Immortals gritted their teeth, their gazes toward Gu Jinlai almost wishing they could devour him alive.

At this moment, Sui Mu, who had been quiet all along, suddenly realized something, his pupils widening in shock: "It was you!?"

He had found Gu Jinlai somewhat familiar when he first saw him, and now, recalling carefully, he suddenly remembered that over a year ago, someone had attacked his Divine Soul, and that person...

Was it Gu Jinlai!?

Suddenly, it dawned on him, sending a chill through his heart: "The previous Zhao Xi was very cautious with us, but made no other moves, until more than a year ago... Was it also when our Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect was exposed!?"

Gu Jinlai did not respond, but instead surveyed them: "For the sake of a final struggle, your Essence Qi Spirit had been exhausted to the extreme. The fact that you can still maintain your immortal bodies intact is all thanks to the Spirit Mechanism of Grotto Heaven injected into your bodies... which indeed saved me quite some effort."

"Gu Jinlai has a secret technique similar to body seizing that allows him to read through memories. Quickly, keep your minds guarded! Seal your consciousness!"

Sui Mu quickly reacted, shouting in horror to the other two True Immortals.

"Separate him."

Gu Jinlai pointed to Ying Huo True Immortal and spoke to the Void.

As Master of Cave Heaven, Zhao Xi naturally heard Gu Jinlai’s words.

With a ripple in space passing by, the Void in front of them seemed to stretch and split.

Quickly, Gu Jinlai was already standing in a wooded area, leaving only Sui Mu and Beichen True Immortal before him.

Ying Huo True Immortal had disappeared without a trace.

Realizing something, Beichen True Immortal quickly contained his mental fluctuations.

"You won’t get any useful information from me."

Sui Mu constantly reaffirmed his belief through his words.

"The Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect intends to engulf my Longevity World, and you should be prepared to pay a price! These consequences will start with you, Sui Mu."

Gu Jinlai said, lacking any extra effort, with a flick of his ethereal hand...

Sui Mu, already weak and barely sustained by the Spirit Mechanism of Grotto Heaven, saw his immortal body collapse with a crash.

"Sui Mu!?"

Although Beichen True Immortal knew that falling into the hands of Zhao Xi and others meant their fate was largely grim, seeing Sui Mu killed right before his eyes still involuntarily caused ripples in his mind.

Seizing this opportunity, Gu Jinlai directly used the Void Projection Technique to project onto Beichen True Immortal, and his True Spirit erupted. By the time Beichen True Immortal thought to resist, the radiance of the Great Sun Eternal Radiance had already burst forth, illuminating his entire spiritual world.

"You won’t get any useful information from my mind!"

Beichen True Immortal’s spiritual will, with a resolve like a moth to a flame, continuously charged towards the Great Sun Eternal Radiance radiance transformed by Gu Jinlai.

If Gu Jinlai did not maintain the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique, his True Spirit would be expelled by Beichen True Immortal’s will, and even severely damaged.

If he maintained the Great Sun Eternal Radiance Technique, Beichen True Immortal would use this method to let his thoughts and will burn into ashes.

Regrettably...

What he didn’t know was that Gu Jinlai didn’t need to thoroughly understand what secrets were hidden in his mind; a mere scan of the memories released as his will was incinerated was enough.

These memories flitted by in an instant, theoretically impossible to capture, but under Qingguang’s influence, all information would be revealed.

Dozens of breaths later, Beichen True Immortal’s spiritual will was burned to ashes by the radiance of the Great Sun Eternal Radiance.

Gu Jinlai withdrew his True Spirit.

Watching Beichen True Immortal, whose immortal body had collapsed without any signs of life, there was no semblance of sympathy in his expression.

Everyone acted for their own masters.

Should he have been moved by the invaders’ fearless will to fight and ultimately shown mercy?

That wasn’t righteousness!

It was foolishness!

...

On Qing Lian, the consciousness bathed in Qingguang.

Meanwhile, all of Beichen True Immortal’s memories rapidly flashed through his mind.

Compared to the few memories sorted out from Immortal Sui Mu the last time, this instance provided a far more complete set of memories as he witnessed Beichen True Immortal’s consciousness fade from existence to annihilation.

From his birth, nurtured painstakingly by his parents who were both Profound Immortals, building his foundation with materials of utmost rarity, treating Nourishing God Pills like daily snacks, mastering Divine Sense in his first year of adulthood, achieving Primordial Spirit at the age of twenty-one, advancing to Returning to Void at twenty-six, refining this realm to its peak over ten years, and through his parent’s arrangement, watching his beloved, whom he thought could become his Daoist Companion, perish in a Sect war, realizing that he could only truly rely on himself in this world.

Hence, he formed an Undying Will and further congregated a Sacred Body, advancing to Mahayana.

Hundreds of years were spent on Enlightenment and facing Tribulations thereafter.

In particular, it took him two hundred years just to gather the tens of thousands of Five Elements materials needed to mold his immortal body.

This was still with the aid and backing of his family.

"Oh!? Beichen True Immortal is actually a disciple of Master Xuanling?"

Gu Jinlai digested this information with some surprise, yet felt it was expected.

Zhao Xi fostering the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao benefitted Master Xuanling the most; it was impossible that he wouldn’t send someone close to accompany him.

Taibai, as a newly risen Heavenly Immortal of the Sect and leader among the five, represented the will of the Sect.

Both Beichen True Immortal and Immortal Sui Mu were disciples of Master Xuanling, representing Master Xuanling in monitoring the progress of the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao.

"Master Wanxiang, Daoist Xuan Jian, Master Xuanling, Red Star Daoist, Taibai Heavenly Immortal, Qingluan Heavenly Immortal!"

Gu Jinlai murmured these six names.

These were the true ruling layers of the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect.

One Immortal Lord, three Great Daoists, and two Heavenly Immortals.

Among these three Great Daoists, Master Xuanling and Red Star Daoist had been in seclusion for a long time; the outside world didn’t even know if they still existed.

Taibai Heavenly Immortal was the one who had risen to Heavenly Immortal status within the last twenty years.

Out in the open for the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect were Master Wanxiang, Daoist Xuan Jian, and Qingluan Heavenly Immortal.

"Our biggest hidden danger right now is Master Xuanling."

Gu Jinlai pondered as he carefully reviewed Beichen True Immortal’s memories related to Master Xuanling.

Master Xuanling had been cultivating for over two thousand years!

Yes!

Two thousand years!

True Immortals, having attained Dao Fruit and formed immortal bodies, had already escaped the physical limits of flesh and blood; it was not bodily aging but their ability to endure spiritual strain that limited their lifespan.

Time cuts like a knife!

Only a powerful Divine Sense could withstand the erosion of the Power of Time.

Heavenly Immortals integrate Dao Fruit into their Grotto Heaven and require a mighty Divine Sense Ability, whereas Daoists, whose existence allows the Dao Fruit to take root and sprout anew, bear even stronger Divine Sense abilities than Heavenly Immortals.

Yet even so, living for two thousand years was no easy feat.

Although there was a Heavenly Immortal whose profound Divine Sense lived over four thousand years in the history of the Profound Immortal Realm, that was because he was too poor to nurture a Heavenly Dao with sufficient Spirit Crystals and top-tier materials. Otherwise, with his level of Divine Sense strength, it wasn’t out of the question for him to reach Immortal Lord or even Profound Immortal status.

Most Heavenly Immortals and Daoists actually live for less than two thousand years.

This is also why those calculating the lifespan of Daoist Masters and Heavenly Immortals in the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect do not account for Master Xuanling.

"A Daoist who has lived for two thousand years, senior even to Master Wanxiang... His Divine Sense Ability is not weak; on the contrary, it is exceptionally strong. It is said to be comparable to that of a Profound Immortal, otherwise he wouldn’t have lived for two thousand years. His inability to fully nurture the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao results from its difficult cultivation, high consumption, and modest power. In the relatively financially strained Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect, resources were prioritized for nurturing the unparalleled Daoist Xuan Jian..."

Gu Jinlai’s expression grew grave, "According to Beichen True Immortal, as well as other Venerable Daoists’ accounts, given an opportunity and sufficient resources to Master Xuanling, the realm of Immortal Lord is within easy reach, and even... the Profound Immortal Realm, is not beyond hope."

Divine Sense Ability of the Profound Immortal Level!

"The foundation is too deep... Once he arrives wielding the Transforming Spirit Heavenly Dao, Zhao Xi... most likely won’t stand a chance against him!"

If Master Xuanling were to successfully take over this Super Cave Heaven...

Gu Jinlai had to admit, they had underestimated their adversary in the Ten Thousand Stars Sword Sect.

"We must add a few more trump cards,"

Gu Jinlai said solemnly.

Add more trump cards...

He focused his attention on the "Three Realms."

He wondered if cleansing the Immortal Country Realm could perhaps elevate the "Three Realms" to Perfection.