Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs-Chapter 358 - 306: Celestial Essence Immortal Sect, East Sea Immortal Artifact

"Guardianship?"

Yuan Huang was initially stunned, then focused his attention, "The Sect Leader is right, something is indeed amiss."

"The Black Tide converges, certainly birthing a Monarch of the Strange. Though it possesses a modicum of reason, it still remains wildly rampant, invading like a wildfire, yet now it can calmly guard this place..."

At this, all the Celestial Pavilion Mahayana cultivators sensed something was off and simultaneously turned their gaze to Zhang Kui.

Zhang Kui did not speak. Instead, he used the Tongyou Skill to look towards the distant center of the Sea of Strange, which was already shrouded in darkness, as if something was lurking, brewing...

Fallen Immortal Mountain, indeed it's not simple!

With this thought, Zhang Kui said grimly, "Set up a defense line here, I will go investigate."

"Sect Leader..."

Yuan Huang was about to dissuade him, but saw Zhang Kui had already swept his wide sleeve, disappearing instantly, leaving him to shake his head helplessly.

When they first met, he was impetuous and unrestrained, and now, as the leader of a sect and leader of the Divine Dynasty, he still rushed forward...

What he didn't know was that Zhang Kui was now half a step into the Immortal Path, unless faced with those Starry Sky Evil Gods or Immortal Dynasty remnants, he had no equal.

The Fallen Immortal Mountain's unknown Immortal Ship contained a vast amount of Cave Heaven Divine Crystals, and the ruined Ancient Bronze Mirror was as enormous as a mountain range, critical to the chance of ascension. Zhang Kui dared not be negligent.

Executing both the Invisibility Skill and Qi Prohibition Skill, Zhang Kui silently swept across the eerie ocean.

The scenes within the strange ocean made him furrow his brows.

These strange forms had extremely chaotic abilities; sometimes they were so weak that even a Grain Avoidance Realm cultivator could deal with them alone, yet they could also merge into mighty Monarchs of the Strange, entirely unrestricted by rank.

And within the odd sea, numerous mountain-sized tumors continuously writhed, devouring and merging with the surrounding peculiarities, brewing a terrifying aura.

Yuan Huang was mistaken; it wasn't that there weren't Monarchs of the Strange, but rather a true legion of strange was brewing.

Could this be the lair of the strange in the Underworld of the Eastern Continent? And what connection does it have with the Fallen Immortal Mountain?

With all these questions, Zhang Kui accelerated his pace, and in an instant briskly covered a thousand miles, finally witnessing the Underworld appearance of the Fallen Immortal Mountain.

Those were two towering pillars piercing the heavens, surrounded by various-sized stone mountains, where countless massive underworld malignant tumors loomed, like strings of grapes.

Looking up, the height of these two pillars rivaled that of Kunlun Mountain, with faint shadows connecting them above...

"Immortal Gate!"

Zhang Kui was dumbfounded.

Although obscured by numerous malignant tumors and evidently damaged, it bore an uncanny resemblance to the Immortal Gate on the Moon Palace's orbit.

Unexpectedly, the Celestial Essence Star also had an Immortal Gate. Of course, even though separated by some distance, the Immortal Gate is a channel connecting star realms. It's not surprising for one to appear on the Celestial Essence Star if there is one on the Moon Palace.

Hmm... something isn't right!

Zhang Kui suddenly frowned, recalling a matter. The Divine Spirit remnant soul Fusheng from the Immortal Dynasty mentioned that there was no Star Sect on the Celestial Essence Star.

Then there's only one possibility.

This Immortal Gate was established after he was thrown into the Divine Prison, or perhaps temporarily during the ancient war.

Fusheng said the Immortal Gate is related to an Immortal King named Bai Li in the Formless Heaven of a distant star realm. Beyond the Fallen Immortal Mountain there is also the shattered Domain of Formless Heaven...

Summing up all the information, Zhang Kui seemed to envision an ancient battle in his mind:

Due to some strategic reason, the Celestial Essence Star needed to set up a Star Sect, hence a celestial ship under Immortal King Bai Li's command arrived here.

However, halfway through the Immortal Gate's establishment, foreign enemies suddenly invaded, the Immortal Gate was destroyed, and both parties perished in the Mortal World...

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui secretly thought: Fallen Immortal Mountain, Immortal Gate destroyed, Immortal Dynasty fallen, Immortal Path broken, it indeed lives up to its name.

Furthermore, the Underworld of the Celestial Essence Star also had a defensive Star Array. It's possible that the strange of underworld poured in massively through it...

A fierce killing intent flashed in Zhang Kui's eyes, the vulnerability was here; as long as this place is sealed, completely clearing the strange from the underworld of the Celestial Essence Star would not be far off!

However, there are so many malignant tumors, each capable of brewing Monarchs of the Strange, this place is definitely not simple and requires extreme caution.

With this thought, Zhang Kui grew even more cautious, examining carefully, leaving no detail unchecked, and soon spotted something unusual. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Below those Heaven-Reaching Stone Pillars, the various-sized peaks were indeed broken gates, with malignant tumors of strange perched upon them, appearing to be siphoning something, just as those on the stone pillars.

It seems, the materials used to construct the Immortal Gate are not simple either...

Zhang Kui observed from afar, then looked up, his figure ascending higher and higher, finally seeing the top of the Immortal Gate.

Above, there was only a beam connecting across, clearly unfinished at the time, and upon the enormous beam, hung an unprecedented massive tumor, like a gigantic mountain suspended upside down, with countless bodies ceaselessly writhing upon it, terrifying to the extreme.

Suddenly, upon that enormous tumor, eyes of all sizes sprung open with a boom, some as large as a room, others as big as a plaza, making one's scalp tingle.

Accompanied by eerie black ripples, those eyes of all sizes swiveled around, gradually focusing on the place where he hid.

Not good, this creature can see me!

Zhang Kui wasted no time, rapidly retreating, even using the Illusion Skill mid-flight, transforming into an ever-present black mist whirlwind of the Underworld, in the blink of an eye, retreating a hundred miles away.

Once seemingly out of the sensing range, the eyes of all sizes upon the mountain-like tumor slowly began to close.

"This thing..."

Zhang Kui displayed a chilling smile at the corners of his mouth; he was now entirely sure that the entity brewing within was of an immortal level, merely too weak at the moment, hence the protection of the Sea of Strange.

If I were to slay this creature, could it be possible to commence Celestial Gang Skill cultivation ahead of time?