The battlefield at the Hidden Dragon Cavern.
The supreme Gu Immortal Formation that had been suppressing Di Cangsheng had already been breached by the Eastern Sea's Eighth Transformation experts. More than half had collapsed, leaving only the core hub barely maintaining the situation.
Elder Beifeng, gravely wounded, was holding on through sheer willpower. His grandson, Feng Chanzi, stayed by his side, desperately waiting for reinforcements from the Heavenly Court — but none ever appeared. Feng Chanzi's expression grew ever more desperate.
Outside the core hub, the Eastern Sea's Eighth Transformation experts had completely surrounded it.
Hua Caiyun, the Supreme Grand Elder of the Hua Family, released her Primordial Cloud Beasts, which latched onto the core hub and continuously ground away at the formation.
"Truly the work of the Heavenly Court. Even with only the core hub remaining, it still stubbornly resists the erosion of my cloud beasts," Hua Caiyun remarked with admiration.
ROOOAAAR—!
At that moment, another dragon roar erupted from the depths of the earth trench, shaking heaven and earth.
The sound waves rolled outward, causing the entire massive trench to tremble. Countless fragments of rock cascaded down the trench walls.
The Eastern Sea's Eighth Transformation experts cast worried glances into the dark abyss below. Shen Congsheng urged, "The formation is mostly destroyed and can barely hold Di Cangsheng any longer. To avoid complications, let's act now."
Di Cangsheng was an extremely unique creature among the Primordial Desolate Beasts. It had been formed from the power of Central Continent's earth veins, combined with human negative emotions — resentment, fear, and other dark sentiments.
Because of this, it naturally harbored hatred and a killing intent toward the human race. More critically, unless its source was destroyed, it was essentially immortal. It had once caused tremendous trouble for the Heavenly Court, and the Eastern Sea Gu Immortals had no wish to fight Di Cangsheng needlessly. Their plan was to seize the Dragon Palace, wash away their past shame, and then let Di Cangsheng escape — allowing it to continue causing problems for the Heavenly Court and Central Continent.
"That should do it." Song Qiyuan nodded.
He softly uttered a single syllable.
Immortal Killer Move — Mirror-Shattering Radiance.
Crack.
A crisp sound rang out, like a mirror hitting the ground and shattering into countless pieces.
The entire core hub was like a breaking mirror — the strained halo of light shattered into tens of thousands of fragments, revealing Elder Beifeng and Feng Chanzi inside.
"No!" Feng Chanzi stumbled backward in terror, screaming in horror.
Song Qiyuan's killer move was quite peculiar. When it first invaded its target, there were no visible signs whatsoever. Once it had accumulated enough power and erupted all at once, it typically caught opponents completely off guard.
This Mirror-Shattering Radiance was one of Song Qiyuan's proudest techniques. It excelled particularly against stationary targets, such as great formations.
With the formation shattered, Di Cangsheng roared repeatedly, its sound waves rolling through the trench and shaking it from end to end.
"Quick, seize the chance!" The Eastern Sea's Eighth Transformation experts swarmed forward.
"I'm going to die!" Feng Chanzi collapsed backward onto the ground, eyes squeezed shut in terror, trembling from head to toe, his face twisted as he awaited death.
Elder Beifeng let out a deep sigh. He no longer had the strength to fight, and the gap between himself and his enemies was simply too vast. It seemed his only option was to bare his neck and await the blade.
"Don't kill him. Leave him to me — I'll take him alive," Shen Congsheng suddenly spoke up.
The Eastern Sea Gu Immortals' assault faltered. They were all inwardly surprised — did Shen Congsheng really have the means to capture an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal alive?
"Watch closely, everyone," Shen Congsheng said with a confident smile. "Go."
The Eastern Sea immortals watched as countless pale threads of light suddenly appeared on Elder Beifeng's body, wrapping around him like strands of silkworm silk, thoroughly binding him from head to toe.
"This is a killer move I only recently mastered — Lingering Sound!" Shen Congsheng explained.
Elder Beifeng's face filled with grief and indignation. He had originally been prepared to die in battle, but he never expected the Eastern Sea Gu Immortals would want to take him alive. This was undoubtedly an even greater humiliation.
The Eastern Sea immortals fell silent.
It seemed that Shen Congsheng really could capture a fellow Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal alive. Although a large part of the reason was that Elder Beifeng's combat power had dropped to rock bottom, the fact that Shen Congsheng possessed such means was enough to make everyone wary.
The foundation of an Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal was typically formidable, and Shen Congsheng's intervention clearly demonstrated this.
Elder Beifeng had no power to resist. As for Feng Chanzi, he was already trembling from head to toe. When the Eastern Sea immortals saw that he was only at the Sixth Transformation and carried himself like such a coward, they couldn't even be bothered with him.
Shen Congsheng poured his full power into the Immortal Killer Move, wanting to capture Elder Beifeng alive. A living Eighth Transformation Gu Immortal was worth far more than a dead one. Setting everything else aside, simply capturing a powerhouse of the same level was a feat brilliant enough to boost Shen Congsheng's — and even the Shen Family's — prestige among the Eastern Sea Gu Immortals by a significant margin!
The other immortals began searching for the Immortal Gu House — the Dragon Palace.
They had come together specifically for this Eighth Transformation Immortal Gu House.
Before long, Zhang Yin spotted a clue.
"There!" He pointed upward with an excited expression, then unleashed an Immortal Killer Move designed for detection.
After the move dissipated, an Immortal Gu House materialized, hovering above the immortals, several zhang away from Elder Beifeng.
The Eastern Sea immortals were overjoyed. If this wasn't the Dragon Palace, what else could it be?
Aside from Shen Congsheng, who was focused on dealing with Elder Beifeng, the other Eastern Sea immortals hurriedly surrounded the house, their faces all showing varying degrees of excitement.
Shen Congsheng focused on dealing with Elder Beifeng and was in no rush. Before setting out, all the Eastern Sea immortals had entered into a pact, and its binding force was quite strong. The pact stipulated that if the Eastern Sea immortals obtained the Dragon Palace on this expedition, everyone would receive a share. The size of each share would depend on how much each person contributed.
Now that the Dragon Palace had revealed itself, Song Qiyuan and the others naturally made their moves, attempting to subdue the house.
But after two or three killer moves, the Dragon Palace merely trembled violently — it refused to submit and acknowledge a new master.
"This Immortal Gu House is truly extraordinary!" The Dragon Palace's stubborn resistance only made the Eastern Sea immortals more excited and more determined to claim it.