Chapter 564: Chapter 401: The Pavilion Master is actually him!_2
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"Originally, I had him ask for your help, but he unexpectedly took action against you on his own, so, it's up to you to deal with him!" the Pavilion Master said with a smile.
Li Cheng subtly raised his eyebrows, looking towards the Longevity Pavilion Master, yet unable to see his face.
"Are you trying to win me over?" Li Cheng asked calmly.
The Pavilion Master nodded, "My Longevity Pavilion possesses the Way to Immortality. As long as you are willing to join, I will share the way of immortality with you immediately."
Li Cheng scoffed, "Immortality? I'm still young, not yet at the stage where I pursue immortality. But what I want to know is, are you targeting the Spirit of the World for immortality?"
The Pavilion Master chuckled as well, "Rest assured, there will be no harm to any life in the Human Ancestor's Divine World. So, are you willing?"
He didn't explicitly admit it but didn't deny that collecting the Spirit of the World was for immortality.
"As I said, I'm not yet at the stage where I pursue immortality, and to me, your secretive behavior signifies a complete lack of sincerity," Li Cheng said.
The Pavilion Master chuckled and shifted his gaze into the distance, reaching out to grasp, "Then, let me be direct!"
Boom!
The space before the Pavilion Master shattered, and his large hand reached into the spatial rift. In the next moment, he pulled out Confucius Ancestor and the Dragon Emperor!
The space around the two was frozen, rendering them completely incapable of resistance in his grasp.
"Let's make it straightforward this time. You join, or they turn to dust; quite an easy choice, isn't it?" the Pavilion Master said with a smile.
Within the frozen space, the two couldn't move and could only desperately signal to Li Cheng with their eyes.
The meaning unveiled in their expressions was only one: escape!
Li Cheng's expression darkened!
"Not an easy choice? Then I'll add the Confucian Sect!" the Pavilion Master continued.
Li Cheng clenched his fists tightly, gritted his teeth, and slowly raised his head to look at the Longevity Pavilion Master, "What exactly do you want me to do!"
"Alchemy!" the Pavilion Master said casually.
"Release them!" Li Cheng strained to keep himself calm.
The Pavilion Master crooked his finger, "Easy to say, hand over the soul origin!"
Li Cheng took a deep breath. At the early stage of the Heaven Supreme Realm, facing this mysterious Pavilion Master, he felt so helpless!
Chi!
Suddenly, a sword light flashed by. The Pavilion Master's left arm burst apart with a bang, and the frozen space he controlled likewise vanished!
Li Cheng's heart leaped with joy; could it be that Supreme Kunlun had arrived?
Without any hesitation, Li Cheng threw his most powerful punch, shattering space, and in an instant, his fist reached right before the Pavilion Master's forehead!
But beyond Li Cheng's expectations, the Pavilion Master ignored this punch and slapped out with his remaining right hand toward his left!
Bang!
Li Cheng's punch landed on the Pavilion Master's forehead, yet he was the one sent reverberating backward, his arm numb, as he was flung back through the air!
The Pavilion Master's right hand, on the other hand, met a withered great hand, and instantly, a spatial rift roared open between them, tearing apart the encirclement formed by those twenty-two!
"Human Ancestor? You're still alive?" the Pavilion Master said in surprise as he looked towards the spatial rift.
From the rift, a hunched old man emerged at a leisurely pace.
The elder appeared to be on the verge of decay, with wrinkled, somewhat terrifying skin exposed.
Yet, the aura he exuded was shockingly powerful, no weaker than that of the Pavilion Master!
Li Cheng was sent flying tens of thousands of miles before he steadied himself, focusing his gaze, his pupils shrinking with astonishment!
The elder, who seemed inches from the grave, was the Human Ancestor?
Their auras were much more powerful than a complete Heaven Supreme; what realm could it be?
The space between the Human Ancestor and the Pavilion Master suddenly stretched, and in an instant, they were separated by tens of thousands of miles.
At the same time, from the spatial rift behind the Human Ancestor, Bai Qingming stepped out!
She surveyed the scene and upon seeing Li Cheng, a look of joy appeared on her face as she hurried toward him.
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As she flew towards her destination, the Astonished God Tripod floated out from her waist and let out a booming laugh that echoed between heaven and earth, "Haha, big brother, I have finally found you again!"
The next second, the Astonished God Tripod swiftly flew towards the Pavilion Master.
This scene rendered Li Cheng dumbstruck, even Bai Qingming, who was flying over, hastily stopped in her tracks, staring incredulously at the Astonished God Tripod!
The Astonished God Tripod had already flown to the Pavilion Master's side, its joyful laughter unceasing!
In the dumbstruck expressions of Li Cheng and Bai Qingming, the Pavilion Master's severed left arm flew back and instantaneously restored itself to its original state. Then, he slowly reached out and grabbed the Astonished God Tripod, "Indeed, it has been too long since we last met!"
"Big brother, you're a handsome man, why wear a mask?" laughed the Astonished God Tripod.
Li Cheng snapped back to reality, looked at Bai Qingming, and they exchanged glances before turning their gaze back to the Pavilion Master, their eyes filled with disbelief!
The Pavilion Master sighed, the mask on his face disappeared, revealing the familiar face that both of them knew well!
"Master!"
Li Cheng and Bai Qingming spoke with some difficulty, their voices somewhat hoarse!
How could they have imagined that the Pavilion Master of the Longevity Pavilion, the person coveting the Human Ancestor's Divine World, was actually their master, Wu Ya!
Li Cheng came back to his senses, yes, back then Master had left the Divine Realm to seek immortality in the outer realms.
It seemed that Master had indeed gone to the Long River of Time and even to different eras, and his cultivation had greatly advanced, leading to the establishment of the Longevity Pavilion!
"Wu Ya, brother!"
Behind the Human Ancestor, the Confucius Ancestor and the Dragon Emperor stepped forward side by side, seeing the Pavilion Master reveal his true face, they, just like Li Cheng, were full of disbelief.
Wu Ya paid no attention to Li Cheng and the others, his gaze shifting from the Astonished God Tripod to the Human Ancestor, "I had a feeling that something was hidden at the end of the Long River of Time, so it was you!"
The Human Ancestor, hunched over, took a slow step forward, "My Human Ancestor's Divine World will not tolerate your meddling, get out!"
Wu Ya shook his head with a smile, "Human Ancestor, how many years have you been clinging to life? With your current state, I suggest you continue to roll back to the Long River of Time and stay there, don't come out again."
The Human Ancestor glanced at the island below before looking back at Wu Ya, "If not out, then dead!"
As these words fell, the crack in the space behind him suddenly enveloped Wu Ya. Wu Ya did not resist and allowed the spatial crack to swallow him. The next moment, the two of them disappeared without a trace.
The Confucius Ancestor casually drew a crack in space, "They have gone to fight in the Void World, let's go take a look!"
Li Cheng quickly made a spatial crack as well, but before he could even take a step, a terrifying power struck them from the crack, the same thing happened on the side of the Confucius Ancestor.
Everyone quickly retreated, clearly, they didn't even have the right to watch the battle between the Human Ancestor and Wu Ya!
Li Cheng moved next to the Confucius Ancestor, "Father, how is it?"
With a lingering fear, the Confucius Ancestor shook his head and turned to Bai Qingming, "Thanks to Miss Bai for timely bringing the Human Ancestor!"
Before, he addressed Bai Qingming as a senior, the Netherworld Ancestor, but now, Bai Qingming's cultivation was merely at Human Supreme Perfection, far inferior to the Confucius Ancestor, so the title changed.
Bai Qingming breathed a sigh of relief, "Is there a realm above Heaven Supreme?"
With the strength displayed by the Human Ancestor and Wu Ya, everyone had reason to believe Bai Qingming's speculation.
"No, at the same Heaven Supreme Perfection, one's power can undergo a transformation and become extremely close to the Innate State, which is the true Heaven Supreme. Perhaps it should be called Innate Supreme, or maybe Ancestor Realm, but it's not actually a higher realm," explained the leader of the twenty-two people from the Longevity Pavilion.
Perhaps to these twenty-two people, the Human Ancestor was no match for Wu Ya, and since Li Cheng and Bai Qingming were disciples of Wu Ya, and the Confucius Ancestor and Dragon Emperor also knew Wu Ya, that made Li Cheng and the others one of their own.
Still, just to be cautious, they surrounded them, waiting for Wu Ya's return to decide what to do.
The explanation of the leader sparked a thought in Li Cheng's mind; what he had absorbed inside the Ten Thousand Ancestor Origin Land and the Spirit of the World was exactly the kind of power that had been mentioned.
As long as his cultivation reached Heaven Supreme Perfection, there would be no need for a transformation of his power -- he would already be in the stated innate state!
That meant, once he reached Heaven Supreme Perfection, he would have the same power as the Human Ancestor and Wu Ya!
At the moment, while the top combatants of both sides continued their battle in the Void World, with neither side showing intention to make a move, Li Cheng asked, "My master took the Spirit of the World and recruited me to do alchemy; could he possibly want to use the Spirit of the World for alchemy?"
The leader remained calm and did not respond to Li Cheng or give any hint of the truth.
After a few seconds of silence, the leader finally spoke, "You should ask the Pavilion Master yourself."
Li Cheng stared at the leader, "The Longevity Pavilion controlled the Hunting Emperor Sect, aiming to use them to control the Human Ancestor's Divine World. After our interference, the Pavilion Master personally rushed here in search of the Spirit of the World."
"A long time ago, someone refined the Spirit of the World, causing a great surge in their cultivation. If my master also aims to refine the Spirit of the World, then all I can say is, I'm sorry!"