"Huang is slumbering in the depths of the Spiritual Transformation Stream, within the Spiritual Transformation Azure River."
"The Spiritual Transformation Stones here, capable of suppressing spiritual energy fluctuations, are ford from the river water of the Spiritual Transformation Azure River through gradual accumulation over days and months."
"If even the Spiritual Transformation Stones possess such effects, then the Spiritual Transformation Azure River itself is all the more terrifying. Even a Dao Integration cultivator risks drowning if they linger inside too long."
"But for Huang, this place serves as an exceedingly rare sacred ground for cultivation. With all spiritual energy fluctuations suppressed to the extre, he can focus entirely on tempering his physical body."
Zhou's expression grew grave as she erected a protective barrier, leading the group to dive into the Spiritual Transformation Azure River.
They plunged deeper and deeper.
Unlike ordinary rivers, where it grows darker the further down one goes, the waters of the Spiritual Transformation Azure River seed to be a source of light in themselves. No matter how far they descended, the surroundings remained an unchanging, disconcertingly eerie shade of green.
The profound azure waters acted like an isolation barrier, gradually shielding even Li Fan's superior divine sense perception.
Fortunately, after inquiring with Tianyang and learning that the materials of his puppet body and the strands of source power essence were utterly unaffected by the Spiritual Transformation River water here, Li Fan felt sowhat reassured.
Seeming to sense Li Fan's unease, Tianyang proactively layered a protective force over him.
This slight ripple of energy drew the attention of the two Dharma-Transmitters.
"Senior Tian truly possesses remarkable thods!"
This location was one of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's major secret realms; naturally, they were no strangers to it and had long mastered a way to barely maneuver within the Spiritual Transformation Azure River water.
Yet this Senior Tian from the Federation of All Worlds appeared completely unaffected by it...
Their assessnt of Tianyang's strength rose yet again by a fraction.
"We've arrived..."
Gazing at a vortex below, the Dharma-Transmitter Zhou said softly.
Li Fan looked down upon hearing this and saw what appeared to be a gaunt human silhouette concealed within the vortex.
The vortex persisted for a mont before suddenly calming. Then, its direction reversed, and it erupted fiercely upward, spewing forth the Spirit Transformation River water.
Only then did Li Fan realize that this vortex was ford by the gaunt silhouette's breathing as it inhaled and exhaled the river water!
"So he is Huang..."
Emaciated to the point of resembling a re skeleton, Huang's outward appearance seed utterly at odds with a body of formidable might.
Yet the faint dark golden hue of his skin, even conspicuous in the depths of this azure riverbed, subtly betrayed the extraordinary nature of his fra.
"Huang is currently in deep slumber. If we rashly awaken him, we will inevitably face his storm-like onslaught," Zhou said, glancing at Tianyang.
Li Fan's heart stirred, and Tianyang's face took on an air of arrogance. He flew forward and slapped Huang squarely on the head.
The Dharma-Transmitters Zhou and Wei both felt their eyelids twitch.
Instinctively, they pulled Li Fan back, retreating upward a short distance.
After a mont of silence, a terrifying montum, akin to a volcanic eruption, suddenly surged from the depths of the riverbed.
Huang opened his eyes from his slumber, cold and brutal like a primordial behemoth.
In an instant, he locked onto the diminutive form of Tianyang.
Threads of golden light flickered in his eyes as Huang regarded Tianyang, who stood calmly before him, and raised his palm high.
Boom!
The calm, silent Spiritual Transformation Azure River suddenly churned violently.
The river water suddenly turned turbulent, and the three onlookers, Li Fan included, could only barely maintain their footing amid the roaring rapids.
However...
Huang's impending strike, laden with destructive force, was firmly gripped by a childish hand.
It could not move another inch.
"Hmm?"
Huang's expression changed drastically.
He tried to wrench free his locked right hand.
Yet even after unleashing his full strength, he still could not break loose.
In an instant, his body shrank; Huang transford from a gaunt middle-aged man into a skeletal child like a starved corpse.
Once free from Tianyang's grasp, his figure retreated violently.
"Who exactly are you?"
In the realm of absolute confidence in his power, to be defeated by this sudden stranger.
The shock in Huang's heart was imaginable.
He showed none of the legendary madness, rely scrutinizing Tianyang with extre caution.
"Hahahaha, Huang, I never imagined I would live to see the day you suffer a setback!"
Dharma-Transmitter Wei's voice ca from above, and only then did Huang notice the three observers, Li Fan and the others.
"No need for surprise, Huang. This is Senior Tian from the Federation of All Worlds; his strength has reached the Longevity Immortal stage. It is normal for you to be no match," Zhou explained, his face bearing an undisguised smile.
"The Federation of All Worlds? What is that?!" Huang showed no goodwill toward these two forr colleagues before him.
"How long have I been in slumber?"
"Only fifteen years?" Huang said, sowhat incredulous.
"I should be the one questioning you. You claim to monitor the Xuanhuang, yet you know nothing of such a powerful hidden force as the Federation of All Worlds in the Xuanhuang Realm?" Zhou transmitted privately.
He also relayed in detail everything that had recently occurred in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
"Remnants of the Xuantian Sect stirring up trouble, possessing a Dharma-Transmitter. Usurping the nest, seizing control of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance?"
Upon hearing of such upheaval, Huang showed no particular rage.
Instead, he pondered calmly.
He continuously questioned Dharma-Transmitter Zhou on various details.
"How much have you uncovered about the Federation of All Worlds' background?"
"Nothing at all... Do not give that look. This federation seems to have appeared out of thin air; we cannot trace its origins or roots. It does not match any of the recorded hidden powerhouses. If not for the fact that this star sea now holds only our Xuanhuang Realm, I would truly suspect they are from another cultivation world."
...
The three Dharma-Transmitters quickly exchanged information.
They then turned together toward Li Fan and Tianyang.
"Thanks to Senior Tian's intervention, otherwise with Huang's morning temper, there would surely have been a great disturbance, drawing the attention of the cultivators in the Spirit Transformation Stream above. Perhaps even Chen's side would have noticed," Wei said, cupping his hands with so relief.
Huang's face bore an unfriendly expression, while Zhou wore a grinning one.
"Your strength is great."
"I used only three-tenths of my full power to suppress you."
Without Li Fan's instruction, Tianyang saw Huang's unwillingness and spoke up to console him.
Huang's complexion grew even darker.
For he knew that powerhouses like Tianyang had no need to exaggerate.
"Three-tenths of his strength..." A sense of powerlessness and hope arose in Huang's heart at once.
For thousands of years, he had followed the Immortal Ancestor's thod, tempering his body ceaselessly day and night.
He had vaguely sensed that he seed to have reached so kind of limit.
Because of his status as a Dharma-Transmitter, he could no longer defy the laws of heaven and earth.
His path of the Dao appeared to end there.
But the appearance of Senior Tian before him seed to offer a glimr of dawn.
Huang always acted straightforwardly; right before the crowd, he directly sought guidance.
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