Cultivation of immortality begins with an eighty-year-old eunuch.

Chapter 479 The Seal is Broken! The Soul Refining Sect!

"What are you afraid of! He has been sealed for ten thousand years and is long past his prime! We have been planning for a thousand years, isn't this the day? Go in!" Young Master Wang said sternly, and took the lead in transforming into a stream of light and rushing into the light gate.

Qinglian Daoist, Zhou Shan, and others followed closely behind, and the other Nascent Soul elders also filed in.

The two Nascent Soul cultivators who were guests of the Wang family stayed behind, coldly glancing at Chen Fan and Tian Xiangzi: "Take them and go!"

The chains tightened, and Chen Fan and Tian Xiangzi were lifted by a great force, involuntarily thrown towards the blood-red light gate. The moment they passed through the light gate, Chen Fan felt a chill all over his body, as if he had passed through a layer of icy water, and then the scene before him changed abruptly.

What came into view was not the gloomy cave or dilapidated sect that I had imagined, but a vast and boundless dark space.

The sky was an eternal dark red, without sun or moon, only a faint light from who-knows-where barely illuminated the earth.

The ground was not soil, but a dark, iron-like rock covered with strange patterns.

Most breathtakingly, in the center of this space stands the outline of an enormous, semi-real palace complex!

The outline stretched for countless miles, with palaces and pavilions layered upon each other. Although most of them were dilapidated, one could still imagine their magnificent grandeur at their peak.

Further out, there were layers upon layers of densely packed sealing formations, shimmering with various colors of light, like countless chains, tightly binding the central palace complex.

"This... is the sealed main branch of the Soul Refining Sect?" Although Tian Xiangzi was weak, he was shocked by the scene before him and murmured to himself.

Chen Fan's gaze swept over the layers of sealing formations, and his heart skipped a beat.

The rhythm of those array runes, the way the spiritual energy nodes were constructed... were surprisingly similar to the original runes he had painstakingly cultivated for many years, which originated from the "Fixed Word Technique"!

No, it's not just similar. The core concept behind those more profound and complex sealing arrays seems to originate from the same source as the Fixed Word Technique, only it is a thousand times more grand and profound!

"Fixed Word Technique... Seal..." A vague thought arose in Chen Fan's mind.

Could the Word-Fixing Technique be related to the ancient powerhouse who sealed the Soul Refining Sect?

He subconsciously tried to circulate his spiritual power and carefully sense his surroundings, but his nascent soul in his dantian was firmly imprisoned, his meridians were blocked, and he couldn't even muster a trace of magical power, let alone verify his conjectures.

A long-forgotten sense of powerlessness welled up in my heart.

At this moment, Young Master Wang and the others, who had entered earlier, had gathered in front of the nearest layer of the sealing light screen.

The light screen was pale gold, several feet thick, with a shimmering surface and faint phantom images of dragons and phoenixes moving about, exuding an aura of solidity and immortality.

Behind the light screen, the outlines of some palaces on the periphery of the Soul Refining Sect could be vaguely seen, as well as the terrifyingly vast aura emanating from deeper within.

"The first layer of seal is the Dragon and Phoenix Imprisoning Heaven Lock." Daoist Qinglian's expression was solemn. "This formation borrows the power of the dragon and phoenix divine beasts and combines it with the earth's veins, making it extremely sturdy. It requires a massive amount of spirit stones as a base, supplemented by... the blood sacrifice of living beings to attack its nodes in order to temporarily tear open a crack."

Without hesitation, Young Master Wang waved his hand, and several storage bags opened, revealing a mountain of spirit stones that instantly formed a small mountain in front of the light screen, the dense spiritual energy almost tangible.

At the same time, Zhou Shan raised his hand and grabbed, causing a crack to appear in the void. Hundreds of mortals and low-level cultivators who were already prepared and had numb expressions were pulled out by an invisible force and suspended in front of the light screen.

"Begin!" Young Master Wang coldly commanded.

Qinglian Daoist, Zhou Shan, and several other Nascent Soul cultivators simultaneously formed hand seals, pouring their immense spiritual power into the pile of spirit stones.

The spirit stones turned to dust at a visible speed, and a massive amount of spiritual energy was forcibly extracted, transforming into a thick torrent of pure white spiritual energy that crashed violently into several specific rune nodes on the light screen.

At the same time, before the screams of the mortals and low-level cultivators who had been captured could even be heard, they all exploded, turning into a sky full of blood mist.

The blood mist did not dissipate; instead, drawn by the power of the formation, it merged into the torrent of spiritual energy, staining it with an eerie crimson hue.

"boom!!!"

A deafening roar echoed through the sealed space.

The pale golden light curtain trembled violently. At the point where it was impacted by the torrent of blood-red spiritual energy, the light dimmed rapidly. Finally, with a "crack," a gap that could only allow a few people to pass through appeared.

"Fast forward! The crack won't last long!" Qinglian Daoist shouted in a low voice.

Young Master Wang took the lead and slipped inside. The others followed closely behind, escorting Chen Fan and Tian Xiangzi as they rushed in.

Passing through the crack, the scenery changes again.

This area appears to be the outer perimeter of the Soul Refining Sect, with more dilapidated palaces and crisscrossing streets, vaguely revealing the layout of the sect during its heyday.

The air was filled with a rich spiritual energy that had been accumulated over millennia, mixed with the unique scents of elixirs, magical treasures, and spiritual materials, which invigorated the spirit. Even more striking were the array-like light barriers of varying sizes and radiances that enveloped the entrances of many palaces, the center of plazas, and even the sides of streets.

Within the light barrier, jade slips, magical artifacts, elixir bottles, piles of spirit stones, and even some unnamed rare and precious materials could be vaguely seen, radiating an alluring glow.

"Treasures! Treasures are everywhere!" A Nascent Soul stage ancestor from one of the eight great families breathed heavily, his eyes filled with greed.

"Be careful!" Qinglian Daoist shouted. "These formations are all components of the Soul Refining Sect's protective formation from back then. Although their power has greatly diminished over ten thousand years, they are by no means easily broken. Touching them recklessly could trigger a chain reaction and unleash deadly danger!"

Before he could finish speaking, one of the early-stage Nascent Soul elders from the Qian family couldn't contain himself any longer and summoned a flying sword, stabbing it at a light blue light shield that was shrouded in several bottles of pills.

"clang!"

The flying sword pierced the light barrier with a crisp sound, but was easily deflected. Suddenly, the pale blue light barrier shone brightly, its surface rippling, and several icy blue ice cones materialized out of thin air, shooting towards the Qian family patriarch like lightning.

The Qian family patriarch's expression changed, and he hurriedly dodged and blocked. Although he was not seriously injured, he was still somewhat disheveled, and a layer of frost condensed on his flying sword, dimming its spiritual light.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines, and only then did they completely abandon their contempt.

Looking around, there are hundreds or even thousands of similar array formations and light shields in this outer area.

To obtain the treasures within, one must first break through its protective formation.

Young Master Wang frowned and tried to attack the smaller light barrier with brute force, which triggered a thunderous counterattack. Although he managed to block it with his mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivation, it still took a considerable toll on him.

"This is indeed troublesome." His face darkened. "This place is riddled with formations. If we try to break them one by one by force, who knows how long it will take, and we might even trigger unknown dangers."

The Azure Lotus Daoist pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping over Chen Fan, whose cultivation was sealed and who remained silent, before suddenly speaking:

"Young master, this old eunuch... seems to be an expert in formations."

"Oh?" Young Master Wang raised an eyebrow and looked at Chen Fan. "I remember that when you were infiltrating the Qingyun Sect, you studied the sect's formations extensively. Later, you even set up a large formation that sealed off the Qingyun Sect for a whole year."