Just as Fang Han and True Lord Qi were negotiating on a planet deep within the "Starry River of Heavenly Death", an unconventional negotiation was also unfolding within the Taiyi Sect.
This negotiation was about Yan Shuitian.
Deep within the Eternal Shrine.
The three great experts, Taixu Tian, Taihe Tian, and Taihuang Tian, accompanying that mysterious envoy of the Immortal Realm, were communicating about something unknown toward an uncharted void.
Besides these three, there was even another person.
It was actually Hua Tiandu!
At this moment, Hua Tiandu seemed to have obtained tremendous benefits. He had already broken through from the Undying Body to the realm of spatial laws, becoming a mythical figure of the Cavern Heaven Realm. He stood respectfully and deferentially behind that mysterious envoy of the Immortal Realm, his back bowed deeply, displaying perfect humility, but his face revealed ferocity and malevolence.
"Fang Han, you actually hooked up with my woman, Yan Shuitian, causing her to betray me. Fortunately, it was seen through by the Immortal Realm envoy! Now Yan Shuitian has been suppressed. As long as the Immortal Realm envoy and the Eternal Divine Furnace negotiate successfully, this woman will belong to me, to be tortured by me until she begs for death!"
Hua Tiandu emitted ferocious thoughts in his heart, circling around.
"Eternal Divine Furnace! Yan Shuitian has already been defiled by that Fang Han, becoming a disgrace to the Taiyi Sect. Fang Han's master, the Great Emperor of the Yellow Spring, violated the rules of the Immortal Realm; it is not that you are unaware, he has already been killed by the supreme intent of the Thirty-Three Heavens. And the Electric Mother Heavenly Lord is very close to Fang Han. That Electric Mother Heavenly Lord is even more an abandoned sinner of the Immortal Realm, a rebel. If she can be captured and returned to the Immortal Realm, a massive reward can be obtained. And this Yan Shuitian can lure Fang Han out, and even lure the Electric Mother Heavenly Lord out."
Taihuang Tian spoke to the depths of the Eternal Divine Furnace.
"Taihuang Tian, I am upholding the will of the upper realm." In the depths of the Eternal Divine Furnace, an aged voice transmitted out: "This Yan Shuitian has immense use and must be sent to the Immortal Realm. I have already received a Dharma decree from the upper realm."
"Oh? Eternal Divine Furnace, whose Dharma decree?" The mysterious Immortal Realm envoy, a figure like a Heavenly Immortal, suddenly let out a piercing voice: "I have come upholding the will of the Disaster Heavenly Lord to guide the Taiyi Sect in resisting the invasion of the God Race. Everything must uphold my intent. I now command you to hand over Yan Shuitian. The Great Five Elements Art and various divine abilities on her must all be taken back."
"You? Upholding the will of the Disaster Heavenly Lord? You are but a lowly Heavenly Immortal. Above you are countless powerful immortals. I am afraid you cannot even meet the face of the Disaster Heavenly Lord, yet you speak like this!" The aged voice seemed to be the item spirit of the Eternal Divine Furnace: "And I am an Immortal Artifact personally refined by the Eternal Heavenly Lord. The difference in status between you and me is truly too vast. Could it be that you wish to use the Disaster Heavenly Lord's title to suppress me?"
"Hmph! The Eternal Heavenly Lord is the most ancient existence in the Immortal Realm, who knows how many Immortal Artifacts he has refined. He can casually condense the laws of the immortal path. You are nothing but an Immortal Artifact refined casually by the Eternal Heavenly Lord. The Eternal Heavenly Lord is currently refining an Artifact of Creation, an existence that awes all the heavens. You are an abandoned Immortal Artifact."
The mysterious Immortal Realm envoy's voice was piercing, meeting him blow for blow.
"Is that so? At least I am able to see the Eternal Heavenly Lord. While you are but a minor pawn of the Immortal Realm. In short, Yan Shuitian, I will send her into the Immortal Realm. This is a person the Eternal Heavenly Lord personally specified to be brought to the Immortal Realm. Stop dreaming of laying your hands on her."
"You!" The mysterious Immortal Realm envoy became furious, sneering repeatedly: "Do you think I won't directly penetrate into your core and snatch Yan Shuitian out from within? Your immortal path laws are merely a single streak; can they withstand me?"
"Then try me!"
The aged voice came from the item spirit of the Eternal Divine Furnace: "A lowly Heavenly Immortal is truly arrogant."
"Kill!" On the body of the Immortal Realm envoy, waves of magical power vibrated out, seemingly about to charge inside and engage in combat with the Eternal Divine Furnace.
"Hold on!" Taihuang Tian shouted. He naturally could not allow the Eternal Divine Furnace and the Immortal Realm envoy to fall into a dispute. The Eternal Divine Furnace was the foundation of the Taiyi Sect; once shaken, it would alarm the heavens and shake the earth. Yet the Immortal Realm envoy could not be offended either, so he could only mediate in between: "There is no need for the two of you to argue. Report to the upper realm respectively and see what the upper realm intends. If you flare up so easily, I am afraid it will destroy the upper realm's grand plan to resist the God Race."
"Hmph!" The mysterious Immortal Realm envoy stopped, his eyes flashing. He also knew that the Eternal Divine Furnace was extremely mysterious and was indeed refined personally by the Eternal Heavenly Lord. Although he was a Heavenly Immortal, compared to a Heavenly Lord, he was still a minor figure.
"My mission is also to resist the God Race!" The aged voice continued: "Taihuang Tian, prepare enough Pure Yang pills for me. I need to communicate with the upper realm to obtain a quota to enter the Immortal Realm, to send Yan Shuitian up."
"Alright!" Taihuang Tian nodded.
Subsequently, the item spirit of the Eternal Divine Furnace became dead silent.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Immortal Realm envoy sneered repeatedly and suddenly cast his gaze onto Hua Tiandu.
"Ah! Junior greets Lord Heavenly Immortal!" Seeing the Immortal Realm envoy staring at him, Hua Tiandu's mind experienced a burst of excitement and shock. He hastily knelt on the ground, his buttocks raised high, face facing the floor, prostrating piously.
"This is a genius who upholds the will of Immortal Venerable Panwu. He was originally a destined person. It was a pity that the Electric Mother Heavenly Lord influenced Fang Han. Fang Han used some unknown methods to gain the support of the Human Emperor Pen, snatching away his destiny, causing him to lose the treasures of the Heavenly Martial Treasury." Taihuang Tian explained.
"Is that so? Immortal Venerable Panwu? I know his title. In the mortal world, he cultivated into a powerful existence close to a Heavenly Lord, obtaining the inheritance of the ancient Daoist of Origin. With hundreds of millions of years of skill. In the end, he was also killed by the joint efforts of the God Race's Seven Great God Emperors, Di Shitian, and the Ninefold God Emperor. Moreover, the Immortal Realm suspects that he did not die but is hiding somewhere. If that's the case, this child still has a little bit of value." The Immortal Realm envoy looked at Hua Tiandu.
"Indeed. Precisely because of this, I used the Twelve Treasure Forms of the Profound Gate Immortal Art to internally condense virtual laws for him to help him advance. This child is also exceptionally brilliant with a firm will for cultivation, and by using the virtual laws, he truly broke through to the Cavern Heaven Realm. How about the Immortal Realm envoy takes him as a disciple? I just happen to have a quota to go to the Immortal Realm here, how about you take him to the Immortal Realm?"
Taihuang Tian's eyes flashed, his words carrying profound implications.
"Very well. Kid, your name is Hua Tiandu. I will take you as a disciple, pay your respects to your master!" The Immortal Realm envoy nodded, and a force struck onto Hua Tiandu's body!
"I can finally go to the Immortal Realm!" Hearing this, Hua Tiandu felt thrilled. He felt a massive force from the Immortal Realm envoy bombarding his body, and he instantly felt his lifespan and magical power endlessly rising. His cavern heaven became incomparably stable, unexpectedly reaching the realm of great perfection of spatial laws in one fell swoop.
"Alright, comprehending realms and laws must rely on yourself. Even though this Seat is a Heavenly Immortal, I cannot make you comprehend the laws." The Immortal Realm envoy said: "Since Taihuang Tian is giving up an Immortal Realm quota to send you up, I will grant this favor and take you as a disciple. The Immortal Realm is a supreme world. Going up there now, your status will be like that of a slave in the mortal realm. You absolutely cannot roam unhindered through heaven and earth as you do in the mortal world. You must think clearly and thoroughly adjust your mindset."
"Correct. Unless one directly cultivates to the True Immortal Realm in the human world, then accumulates enough power to directly ascend, only then will one have some status in the Immortal Realm. Otherwise, you will truly be like a pig, dog, or slave. This is the situation of the Immortal Realm recorded in ancient Daoist scriptures." Taihuang Tian said: "You must think clearly; the Immortal Realm also holds many dangers. One misstep, and you will be killed."
"In order to kill Fang Han, I must go into the Immortal Realm to cultivate. Even if I face nine deaths, I have no regrets!" Hua Tiandu crawled on the ground, letting out a firm voice.
"Good!" The Immortal Realm envoy said: "Pay your respects! When you go to the Immortal Realm, you are my disciple. Naturally, you will have some status and won't be casually slaughtered like a pig or dog by certain figures in the Immortal Realm."
"Yes! Master! Please accept your disciple's grand ceremony of three bows and nine kowtows!" Hua Tiandu was overjoyed and kowtowed ceaselessly.
"Alright! Before going to the Immortal Realm, I will tell you some necessities. Upon reaching the Immortal Realm, since you possess the serendipity of Immortal Venerable Panwu, you can also perform some humble tasks for me." The Immortal Realm envoy said coldly. With a wave of his sleeve, Hua Tiandu was swept into his own world and disappeared.
"I sense that the great calamity is not far off. The God Race's invasion is currently being planned. I must go into secluded meditation to calculate some matters. Please do as you please." The Immortal Realm envoy's body flickered and vanished.
After a long time, Taihuang Tian, Taixu Tian, and Tailong Tian looked at each other in the eye: "Senior Brother, do you think Hua Tiandu going to the Immortal Realm can truly scout the path for us and find out what the current situation in the Immortal Realm is?"
"Naturally he can. In truth, I now have more or less enough power to tear open the gate of the Immortal Realm and carry out ascension." Taihuang Tian said: "However, my cultivation intuition tells me that even if I go to the Immortal Realm, it probably won't be an ideal world. Therefore, I need to know exactly what the situation is in the Immortal Realm. In the mortal world, we can do as we please and receive the reverence of the masses, but upon going to the Immortal Realm, one is merely a minor figure, unable to guarantee surviving from morning to evening, terrified all day long. A single misstep and losing one's life is entirely possible."
"But only by ascending to the Immortal Realm is there vast space for cultivation. Only then can we see more things and cultivate to more realms. Rumor has it that the vastness of the Immortal Realm is even broader than three thousand major worlds combined. It is even another universe, a universe of a higher level than ours. Our multiple heavens and ten thousand worlds, our vast universe, may just be a small mud puddle in the eyes of the Immortal Realm. A dragon must go into the great sea to achieve great deeds."
Taixu Tian said.
"This is natural; the Immortal Realm must be gone to." Taihuang Tian nodded: "But there is no rush for the moment. Waiting for this God Race great calamity, I will borrow the power of the calamity to take my cultivation a step further and accumulate more. After obtaining the Immortal Artifacts within several treasure vaults, then I will ascend. After doing so, having more trump cards in the Immortal Realm, I will be able to mix well and rise along the way. Moreover, sharing my thoughts is also that disciple of mine, Linglong! She also wishes to enter the Primordial Secret Treasury once more to truly obtain the inheritance of Daoist Primordial. In that case, even without going to the Immortal Realm, one can cultivate to an extremely high immortal tier."