Hunting Immortals and Demons

Mr. World had initially wanted to refuse, but then he thought if these members of the Immortal Clan escaped and spread the news about Lu Yan possessing the Dao Book, it would mean certain death for Lu Yan.

Not only that, it would show he had failed to protect the Dao. Therefore, without saying much more, he nodded, and the two of them left. Mr. World’s Spiritual Sense spread out, searching for the remaining traces of the Immortal Clan.

Lu Yan’s own Spiritual Sense also spread out, joining in the search.

...

The timeline rewinds to the time of Lu Yan’s great battle with Zhao Zhihuan.

As Lu Yan battled Zhao Zhihuan, a silent, unnoticeable flame drifted toward Wangu City. The city’s defenses did not impede the flame in the slightest, and it effortlessly passed through, flying directly toward the imperial palace.

When it neared the palace, the flame flickered and transformed into a middle-aged beautiful woman.

"Found it."

The middle-aged beautiful woman revealed a smile and flickered rapidly through space. Although the palace was heavily guarded, no one noticed her presence. Finally, she entered a luxurious palace.

Shen Yinuo paced back and forth anxiously within the palace, waiting for news of Lu Yan.

"Who’s there?"

Suddenly, Shen Yinuo’s eyes flashed like lightning toward a specific direction.

"No wonder you possess the peerless Organ Miracle, your Spiritual Perception is indeed sharp..."

A light laugh followed, and a hand made of flames rapidly expanded, reaching towards Shen Yinuo.

Sensing the essence of the hand, Shen Yinuo’s face drastically changed, feeling a lethal threat.

Without any hesitation, she unleashed all her power, summoning the Great Sun Melting Furnace and launching it at the fiery hand.

With a boom, the Great Sun Melting Furnace was blasted back, but the fiery hand retreated as well, its brightness dimmed.

After repelling the fiery hand, Shen Yinuo shot upward, attempting to escape.

"Exquisite indeed, but today, you will not escape."

The middle-aged beautiful woman’s figure appeared, finding the Great Sun Melting Furnace even more profound and unfathomable up close, a look of obsession in her eyes.

She too ascended rapidly, instantly drawing near to Shen Yinuo, and with a grasp in the void, two massive fiery hands materialized, tangible and heading straight for Shen Yinuo.

"Break."

Shen Yinuo let out a cry, blood seeping from the walls of the Great Sun Melting Furnace to augment her own strength, increasing her power.

Merging with the Great Sun Melting Furnace, she charged in one direction.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion rang out, shaking the entire Wangu City violently. Where the two clashed, a pillar of flame rose to the sky, piercing the clouds.

This time, Shen Yinuo couldn’t smash through the fiery hand. Instead, she was forced into a retreat by the powerful force, her complexion pale, coughing up blood.

"It’s the Empress! Someone is attacking the Empress!"

"Protect the Empress!"

The entire imperial palace was alarmed, with numerous experts rushing towards the scene.

"Do not come here; the opponent is an Immortal, you are no match for them."

Shen Yinuo shouted, her voice carrying far.

Many people halted their advance.

Immortality!

It was actually an Immortal.

Facing an Immortal, no number of them would make a difference; a single move might be enough to kill them all.

"Young lady, just give up. I assure you, I won’t kill you," the middle-aged beautiful woman said.

"What do you want me to do?" Shen Yinuo asked, all the while regulating her breath and accumulating power.

"Come with me across the sea to the Desolate Land. My sect will treat you as a distinguished guest. You know the gap between us is huge, don’t struggle in vain," the middle-aged beautiful woman said coldly.

"Dream on."

Shen Yinuo, grinding her teeth, unleashed her full strength, maneuvering the Great Sun Melting Furnace. Her body was enveloped in a bloody glow as she tried to break free again.

"Stubborn fool," the middle-aged beautiful woman scolded coldly. With a wave of her hand, a fiery red pagoda flew out, as large as a mountain, pressing down on Shen Yinuo.

This was an Immortal Treasure.

Despite Shen Yinuo’s best efforts to resist, the gap was too vast, and all was in vain. As the pagoda descended, it captured Shen Yinuo inside, then shrank and landed in the hand of the middle-aged beautiful woman.

"You go fight for the Three Emperors Command. I’ll not join this fray. With this furnace, my sect will rise quickly. Mother might even use it to break through the constraints of the Immortal Fifth Layer and enter the Immortal Sixth Layer. There’s no need for reinforcements to leave the Wild Ocean and enter the Origin Continent."

The middle-aged beautiful woman smiled, then vanished from the spot with a flicker of her body.

The Empress was captured; the imperial palace descended into chaos.

....

"Found them, follow me," Mr. World said after a brief search, leading Lu Yan toward the northern edge of Wangu City.

In the mountains to the north of Wangu City, the remaining White Jade Elephant, Purple Eye Celestial Ox, and the Immortal Great Freedom had all convened there.

"This continent isn’t bad, plenty of Earth Essence is left. Once we’ve dealt with that Lu Yan and Mr. World and gotten the Three Emperors Command, we can cultivate here for a while. Extracting the Earth Essence will definitely increase our Cultivation Levels," a Transcendance Tribulation Stage White Jade Elephant said with a laugh.

"Indeed, it’s rare to find a continent without the control of the powerful. It would be a pity not to extract its Earth Essence," the Purple Eye Celestial Ox also said with a laugh.

In the vast Wild Ocean, finding a continent free of powerful overseers was not an easy task.

As for the fact that extracting the Earth Essence would turn this world into a barren wasteland where no grass grows and all life withers away, they didn’t care nor did they bother to think about it.

To them, a bunch of ants dying was of no consequence. What did it have to do with them?

"Truly a bunch of parasites and vampires. Such creatures should not exist in this world," a voice descended from the sky, startling all the Immortal Clan members. They hurriedly looked up into the sky.

They saw Lu Yan standing in the air above, gazing down at them with an expression of cold indifference.

"Lu Yan... you... how could you possibly be here?"

A White Jade Elephant cried out in panic and confusion.

According to the flow of time, wasn’t Lu Yan supposed to be dead by now?

How did he come to this place, and moreover, beside Lu Yan, was Mr. World.

Where were their superiors?

"Immortal Great Freedom, so it was you stirring up the storm..."

Lu Yan’s gaze fell on Immortal Great Freedom, causing his face to turn pale as he bellowed, "Leave!"

At the same time, he swiftly retreated.

The other members of the Immortal Clan scattered in all directions as well.

Whoosh!

Lu Yan, holding the Five-Colored Battle Knife, slashed through the air, his blade radiating thunderous power, its strike reaching tens of thousands of zhang in length.

As the blade light descended, two Transcendence Tribulation Stage and one Nirvana period member of the Immortal Clan were directly slain, their bodies charred to ash by the thunder, leaving a chasm of hundreds of miles on the ground, resembling a deep abyss.

Lu Yan wished he could slap himself.

What a waste.

The bodies of three powerful members of the Immortal Clan had been squandered; he had been too focused on showing off and had used too much force.

Dense runes appeared around the area, blocking all the Immortal Clan members who tried to scatter and escape.

At the same time, chains of flame shot out like serpents, entwining all of the Immortal Clan members.

"Senior, keep their bodies, they are useful."

Lu Yan communicated to Mr. World through a spiritual message, controlling the Thunder Bell as he flew downwards.

With a resounding dong, invisible soundwaves surged out. The Primordial Spirits of the Nirvana period Immortal Clan members could not withstand a single strike from the Thunder Bell and were directly obliterated.

The Transcendence Tribulation Stage were a bit stronger, able to endure one strike.

So he struck several more times, obliterating the Primordial Spirits of all the Immortal Clan members, leaving only Immortal Great Freedom alive.

"Lu Yan, if you’re going to kill, just kill, but do not humiliate me," Immortal Great Freedom roared.

Lu Yan couldn’t be bothered to pay attention and said to Mr. World, "Senior, this fellow has many tricks up his sleeve, his essence divided into countless thoughts. I’m afraid he has thoughts that remain unextinguished, stirring up the storm. Could you search his soul, find all his other thoughts, as well as the remnants of the Spirit Sect?"

Lu Yan said.

This time, Mr. World did not refuse, nodding his head, he reached out and grabbed Immortal Great Freedom, pressing his fingertip against Great Freedom’s forehead. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Don’t even think..."

Immortal Great Freedom struggled mightily, but as Mr. World’s finger fell, he went limp, motionless.

The soul search was soon over.

"This fellow, he originally had several thoughts that were not extinguished. However, over the past few years, in order to recover, he merged them together. As long as you eliminate him, there will be no other thoughts left."

"Also, the remnants of the Spirit Sect have been located. Most of their cultivation levels aren’t strong, with the strongest only being at the fifth turn of the Primordial Spirit. I will compile a list in time, and you can have someone execute them," Mr. World said.

"Thank you, Senior,"

Lu Yan bowed with clasped hands.

"Let’s go. There are also a few subordinates of Zhao Zhihuan that need to be dealt with promptly," Mr. World said. After speaking, he clenched his palm, and Immortal Great Freedom exploded into ash.

On a mountain peak south of Wangu City, Zhao Zhihuan’s subordinates were there.

They didn’t speak, waiting calmly.

Suddenly, within the void, two figures appeared, their terrifying presence overwhelming as if it were the might of the heavens, enveloping them.

"Lu... Lu Yan, no..."

Upon seeing Lu Yan, the group was horrified and their faces showed terror.

"Kill!"

Lu Yan coldly shouted, slashing his knife. Streaks of Thunder Sword light fell.

The bodies of these people were not as useful as those of the Immortal Clan, so Lu Yan showed no mercy in his strikes.

As the blade light descended, those at the Nirvana period were cut down with a single slash.

And it was the same for the Transcendence Tribulation Stage.

"Spare me, please spare me. I know everything there is to know about the Desolate Land. If you want to go to the Desolate Land, you will definitely need me. Spare my life, ah..."

A gaunt old man thudded onto the ground on his knees, crying loudly, his face wet with snot and tears.

Lu Yan’s heart stirred. He had initially directed his knife at the gaunt old man but decided at the last moment to pull back six or seven-tenths of his strength. With a thud, the old man was struck and sent flying, but he did not die.

As for the others, Lu Yan showed no mercy, killing them all.

Bang!

Lu Yan landed before the gaunt old man.

"Spare me, spare me, oh Lu Yan, no, Your Majesty, I will be your ox or horse from now on, at your beck and call..."

The gaunt old man struggled to get up and begged for mercy.

"Senior, could you place a restriction upon his Primordial Spirit?"

Lu Yan asked Mr. World.

The gaunt old man’s words from just moments ago had given Lu Yan an idea, which is why he spared the old man’s life.

Someday, he might truly go to the Desolate Land.

Because with the Wild Ocean potentially erupting into a frightful war at any moment, he must keep improving his strength.

But on this continent, the upper limit was greatly suppressed.

Although he wielded the Thunder Sword and the Rule of Thunder he comprehended was flawless, making it likely not difficult for him to transcend the Heavenly Tribulation and step into Immortality,

On this continent, bound by various conditions, reaching the Immortal First Layer was the limit.

But the Immortal First Layer, in the face of the imminent great war, was far from sufficient, simply cannon fodder.

He had to become stronger.