Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 323 Shocked

"Are we not going to get out?" Li Shuangshuang asked in despair.

"I don’t know, but I’m afraid it’s going to be very difficult to break through the entrance." At this moment, Li Xuanqing had also put away his gun, staring at the boulders blocking the entrance with a solemn expression.

He had already exerted all his strength, but still couldn’t break the huge stone.

Xue Hu had obviously set a prohibition on the outside.

"Damn it, Xue Hu wants to trap us all in here to die." Qin Yu cursed angrily.

Xu Ping’an’s face was grim, as he hadn’t expected to be outwitted like this.

Because Xue Hu held no intention of killing him, but just wanted to block the cave, the character for "ominous" in Xu Ping’an’s mind didn’t stir.

It was precisely because of this that he had been careless.

"It seems in the future I can’t rely too much on this thing, I have to trust my own judgment." Xu Ping’an reflected.

He casually looked around the cave.

The cave was still shaking, though the amplitude had decreased somewhat.

Fortunately, the cave hadn’t completely collapsed, otherwise they would have been buried here.

"I can’t believe Xue Hu is so swift. He was all smiles on the way here. I did not expect him to be so treacherous." Li Shuangshuang cursed vehemently.

"A smiling tiger. Dogs that bark don’t bite, but it’s people like Xue Hu who are truly terrifying," Song Yan said.

Li Shuangshuang and the others nodded; Xue Hu was indeed a smiling tiger.

"We can only hope now that Snow King realizes we are here." Li Shuangshuang said.

However, Song Yan shook her head, "I’m afraid that’s unlikely. The entrance is extremely hidden. Snow King didn’t enter the valley, and even if he did, it would be very difficult for him to find this place, and our communication has been blocked too."

Hearing this, both Li Shuangshuang and Qin Yu wore faces of disappointment.

"Xu brother, what are you thinking about?" Li Xuanqing turned to the silent Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an responded, "I’m thinking about the last thing Xue Hu said. He mentioned there is a ’lovable little fellow’ to keep us company here."

"There doesn’t seem to be anything else here but us, right?" Qin Yu said, puzzled.

However, at that moment, Xu Ping’an’s expression suddenly changed.

Li Xuanqing also had a sudden change in expression, staring intently in the direction of the altar.

"This is bad!" Li Xuanqing exclaimed in alarm, then his face revealed a strong fury.

Seeing this, Xu Ping’an’s expression became extremely grave.

Just now, the character for "ominous" in his mind began to throb violently.

And the direction of the throbbing was the altar.

"There’s something under the altar," Xu Ping’an said gravely.

The throbbing was intense, which meant they were in great danger.

The thing under the altar was probably terrifying.

"Something? The ’lovable little fellow’ Xue Hu mentioned?" Li Shuangshuang asked, confused.

Song Yan also wore a puzzled face.

But Li Xuanqing cursed out loud, raging to the heavens, "To hell with the ’lovable little fellow,’ Xue Hu just wants to kill all of us. Do you know what is sealed beneath this altar?"

Xu Ping’an and the others were all taken aback, having never seen Li Xuanqing so enraged.

A terrible premonition grew stronger within their hearts.

Suddenly, Xu Ping’an realized why the formation pattern on the altar looked familiar.

It was nearly identical to the formation pattern he had seen on Tianchen Island.

"It’s an evil spirit," Xu Ping’an said with gravity.

"You’ve guessed it, Xu brother? That’s right. What’s sealed below the altar is an evil spirit. Xue Hu’s heart is too dark, releasing such a thing. If it gets out, there would be chaos and massacre," Li Xuanqing said angrily.

The others, hearing the term evil spirit, also were filled with shock and fear.

Certainly, they knew about the existence of the evil spirit.

An entity that could not be killed.

"Let’s not discuss the possibility of chaos and massacre, we are likely in big trouble now," Song Yan said, her face etched with extreme seriousness.

At that moment, Xu Ping’an did not speak but was immersed in thought.

In his past life, he had never fought against an evil spirit, only heard about some of their deeds.

He had not expected to encounter an evil spirit in this life.

"Crack!"

A fissure opened up on the surface of the altar, and an extremely cold breath seeped out from the crack.

"This is bad, the evil spirit is coming out," Qin Yu exclaimed in alarm.

"Is there any way to reseal the evil spirit?" Song Yan asked urgently.

"It’s no use. If the formation base was still here, perhaps we could try, but the formation base was taken away by Xue Hu, and this seal can no longer hold the evil spirit," Li Xuanqing explained.

"Formation Base? The Immortal Emperor Seal you mentioned?" Xu Ping’an asked, puzzled.

"Yes, the Immortal Emperor Seal is the Formation Base, the object used to suppress the evils at the Sealing Ground. Some of them are these Immortal Emperor Seals," Li Xuanqing explained.

"These Immortal Emperor Seals? Are there many of them? What exactly is an Immortal Emperor Seal?" Xu Ping’an asked with confusion.

At this moment, he was very puzzled about the Immortal Emperor Seal.

Because amongst immortals, there was no rank of Immortal Emperor.

"There are seventy-two Immortal Emperor Seals," Li Xuanqing responded.

"So many?" Xu Ping’an was surprised.

Li Xuanqing nodded and said, "Brother Xu might not know this, but this is actually one of the biggest secrets of this world. I don’t know much myself, only that after the Twelfth Rank Immortal Emperor lies the Immortal Emperor Realm."

Xu Ping’an was taken aback, completely dumbfounded.

"Immortal Emperor Realm after Immortal Emperor? Isn’t it the God Realm?" Xu Ping’an asked with a look of surprise.

"No, in fact, there is another Immortal Realm after the Immortal Emperor, which is the Immortal Emperor Realm. Only after the Immortal Emperor Realm comes the Divine Being Realm, but the Immortal Emperor Realm no longer exists," Li Xuanqing said.

"It no longer exists?" Xu Ping’an asked, his face filled with confusion.

What does that mean?

Song Yan and others were also puzzled.

To them, this information was as shocking as discovering a new world.

It was too astonishing.

So there was another Immortal Realm after the Immortal Emperor.

"’No longer exists’ means that the heavens and the earth no longer allow it; all within the Immortal Emperor Realm can no longer break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm," said Qin Yu.

The heavens no longer allow it?

Song Yan and Li Shuangshuang looked puzzled.

Yet Xu Ping’an’s heart was greatly shaken.

Limits of heaven and earth, more accurately, restrictions of the Dao Laws.

So the path to breaking through to the Immortal Emperor had been severed.

In his past life, he had always believed that after the Immortal Emperor lies the Divine Being Realm, the ultimate realm of sky-reaching powers, which was why it was impossible to break through the Divine Being Realm.

Now he realized that there was an Immortal Emperor Realm within the Immortal Realms.

This revelation undoubtedly refreshed Xu Ping’an’s worldview.

"So you’re saying the Immortal Emperor Seal is an item of the Immortal Emperors? What does Xue Hu want with it?" Xu Ping’an inquired.

"Indeed, the seventy-two Immortal Emperor Seals were forged by seventy-two Immortal Emperors. After the destruction of the Immortal Realm, the seventy-two Immortal Emperors disappeared, and many of the Immortal Emperor Seals did too. Some were used to suppress evils…" Li Xuanqing explained.

"Wait, the Immortal Realm was shattered?" Xu Ping’an was shocked.

"Yes, there used to be an Immortal Realm, not the Four Great Spirit Realms. The Four Great Spirit Realms are actually the largest four remnants after the Immortal Realm was shattered. Brother Xu, didn’t you know this?" Li Xuanqing asked with surprise.

Xu Ping’an was incredibly astonished.

The Spirit Realm was a fragment of the shattered Immortal Realm?

This was the first time he had heard such a claim.

In the past, his sole focus was on cultivation, and he rarely explored the Spirit Realm. It hadn’t been long since he became an Immortal Emperor.

It seemed there were many secrets of this world he was unaware of.

"Why did the Immortal Realm shatter?" Xu Ping’an asked.

"That I do not know. It is said that a great war took place in the Immortal Realm, and since then, the ultimate connections were severed, all Immortal Emperors disappeared, and Immortal Emperors can no longer be made. It’s rumored that the Immortal Emperor Seal could allow an Immortal Emperor to break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm, but it’s just a legend. Xue Hu’s desire for this item is probably due to this belief," said Li Xuanqing.

Xu Ping’an was profoundly shocked.

The Immortal Realm?

In the past, he had wondered, if there were immortals, why was there no Immortal Realm?

Now it turned out that it wasn’t that it didn’t exist, but that it was destroyed.

Who could have done this?

Who had the capability to destroy the entire Immortal Realm?

And the seventy-two Immortal Emperors?

Doesn’t that mean there were even more Immortal Emperors?

How splendid must that era have been?

Why is there no record of this in any Ancient Books?

Has it been intentionally erased?

Why would someone do that?

All these questions flashed through Xu Ping’an’s mind one after another.