Chapter 160: Primordial Chaos
By now, Jin Xuan had already passed out.
Li Changsheng casually took Jin Xuan's storage bag, then grabbed his body with one hand and rushed toward a pre-scouted location.
The spot he had chosen wasn't far, just a few thousand kilometers away on a massive meteorite.
Li Changsheng tossed Jin Xuan to the ground, cut off the pair of wings on his back, and stashed them in his storage bag. Killing Jin Xuan would lead to a bloodline mark being placed on him, and he wouldn't be able to escape the pursuit of the Demon Court's experts. Even hiding within the protective formations of the Primordial Chaos Sect's main hall wouldn't save him.
But simply taking a pair of roasted wings and crippling Jin Xuan wouldn't be a problem.
Li Changsheng wasted no time, quickly disabling the unconscious Jin Xuan, then swiftly setting up more than a dozen 11th-tier formations around him.
Creating 12th-tier or higher formations took too much time, and if he delayed any longer, the Demon Court's forces would arrive.
After a few dozen breaths, Li Changsheng left, racing toward the ruins of the Primordial Chaos Sect.
...
Half an hour later.
A burly figure appeared in the area where the battle had taken place, followed by the sweat-soaked Jin Yuan.
He had just been sent away by Jin Xuan and was on his way back to the Demon Court when he encountered the furious Tiger King. Only then did he learn that the Third Prince's soul lamp was flickering faintly, almost extinguished.
The Tiger King had come to search for the Third Prince.
'Please don't let anything have happened!'
Jin Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he silently prayed.
Though the fault wasn't his, the Third Prince had been under his watch when they left. He knew all too well how protective Jin Xuan's mother was. If anything happened to Jin Xuan, even as a True Immortal of the Demon Court, he wouldn't escape punishment.
The Tiger King had now taken on a human form—a middle-aged man over two meters tall, clad in armor.
His aura was as deep and vast as the ocean, unmistakably that of a Mystic Immortal.
His face was cold as he walked forward in silence, each step covering hundreds of miles.
"He's here!"
The Tiger King sensed Jin Xuan's aura in a certain direction and darted toward it.
Jin Yuan hurriedly followed.
"The Third Prince is there!"
Jin Yuan spotted the golden fire raven lying quietly on a massive meteorite hundreds of kilometers wide. Relief washed over him.
Though Jin Xuan's aura was weak, at least he was still alive. As long as he was alive, the Demon Court's resources could heal him, which would lessen his own culpability.
The Tiger King, now in his human form, also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as Jin Xuan wasn't dead, everything could be managed.
However, the moment they stepped onto the meteorite, countless 11th-tier killing formations activated. Endless sword lights, thunderbolts, wind blades, and blade energy surged toward them.
"Hmph!"
The Tiger King let out a cold snort.
The more than a dozen formations Li Changsheng had set up shattered instantly, disappearing without a trace, while the meteorite remained completely unharmed.
The Tiger King and Jin Yuan landed beside Jin Xuan's demonic form. At the sight before them, Jin Yuan nearly fainted.
What was he looking at?
Third Prince Jin Xuan's wings had been chopped off, and a makeshift barbecue rack lay nearby, complete with signs of roasting. Two massive bird wing bones, skewered on quasi-immortal tools, were casually discarded to the side.
The wings of the Demon Court's Third Prince had been roasted and eaten. If this got out, Jin Xuan could forget about ever competing for the position of Demon Emperor.
"Boom!"
The Tiger King waved his hand, and the barbecue rack and wing bones vanished without a trace.
"Only the two of us know about this. It must not be revealed."
The Tiger King glanced at Jin Yuan, his voice icy.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Jin Yuan nodded repeatedly. He had already decided to take this secret to his grave.
"Let's go!"
The Tiger King walked over to Jin Xuan, tossed a pill glowing with faint yin-yang energy into his mouth, then picked up Jin Xuan's demonic form and headed back toward the Demon Court.
He wasn't skilled in tracking, so it was best to return Jin Xuan first. Specialized tasks should be left to specialists.
...
Meanwhile.
Li Changsheng had already entered the Primordial Chaos Sect's secret realm and was racing straight toward the Three-Fingered Mountain. After an hour, he finally saw the mountain.
"This is it."
The Three-Fingered Mountain was enormous, with each finger spanning hundreds of kilometers. After searching the area, Li Changsheng finally found a spot with spatial fluctuations.
Without hesitation, he stepped into it.
"Boom!"
The moment he entered the alternate space, countless formations engulfed him.
However, these were only the outer formations of the palace. Li Changsheng's mastery of formations had grown here, so the outer formations posed no threat to him.
Li Changsheng strolled leisurely toward the heart of the palace.
In just a few breaths, he traversed several thousand meters through the formations and caught sight of the palace.
But beyond this point, the formations were all 12th-tier or higher, layered and interwoven. Even Li Changsheng had to slow down, taking several breaths to advance a hundred meters. The closer he got to the palace, the stronger the formations became.
Li Changsheng frowned slightly.
This pace was too slow. If he followed the simulation step by step, dismantling all the formations around the palace, the Heavenly Court's forces might arrive before he could finish.
"Fortunately, Jin Xuan's storage bag has plenty of goodies."
Li Changsheng murmured.
"Recharge everything."
[Recharge successful. Balance: 3.7 million gold coins.]
[Would you like to use the Immortal Cultivation Simulator now? Each use costs 500,000 gold coins.]
The Demon Court's Crown Prince was indeed wealthy. Even after Li Changsheng had won six million immortal jade from him at Golden Lion Mountain, Jin Xuan's storage bag still contained over four million immortal jade, along with several top-tier immortal artifacts.
These items would stir up fierce competition among Heavenly Immortals in the outside world.
Adding in various rare treasures, Li Changsheng estimated that if he weren't afraid of exposure, he could exchange these items for at least ten million immortal jade. Unfortunately, these were all Jin Xuan's belongings, and with the Demon Court's immense power, trying to exchange them now would be suicidal.
After all, the Demon Court had more than one Golden Immortal!
[Simulation begins.]
[At 148 years old, you successfully enter the Three-Fingered Mountain and dedicate yourself to studying formation techniques to enter the palace.]
[You work tirelessly day and night, studying the formations around the palace.]
[At 300 years old, you reach a point 700 meters from the palace, and your formation mastery advances to the mid-13th tier.]
...
[At 570 years old, you reach a point 100 meters from the palace and can clearly see the interior. Bolstered by confidence, you speed up your formation-breaking efforts. Accidentally triggering the thirteen deeply hidden 14th-tier formations at the core, you die!]
...
Just when he thought he was making progress, he got instantly wiped out?
"Choose option two!"
"Boom!"
His formation mastery advanced to the mid-13th tier, and countless formation-breaking experiences flooded his mind.
Li Changsheng stepped lightly, covering hundreds of meters in an instant. After a few more movements, he was just 100 meters from the palace.
Li Changsheng could clearly see a plaque on the palace gates, inscribed with two characters: "Primordial Chaos"