NOVPUBLi Fan fiercely smacked the device of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
Dozens of dedicated Immortal Alliance Cultivators, who were overseeing the extraction of the Power of Darkness, were thus silently swallowed up.
Vanished from the world.
Amidst the intense tremors, the crack also began to close.
Confronted by this sudden disaster, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals did not want to give up. In the closing fracture, the eyes controlling the Array Control Device reappeared.
The gold abacus vibrated rapidly, attempting to retrieve the situation.
However, this time, it had no effect whatsoever. They could only watch helplessly as the crack in the Ocean of Darkness healed.
The dust settled.
Li Ping and Mo Rubing watched this scene, wordless.
Although it took considerable effort, they finally thwarted the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals’ intention of extracting the Power of Darkness, and they also learned many ancient secrets of the Mystic Sky Sect.
Li Ping felt a tranquility in his heart, sensing his connection with the Xuanhuang Heaven Path growing tighter.
He was well aware, however that it wasn’t just his significant Array Mastery that enabled him to manipulate the power of the Gathering Spirit for Immortality Array—it was largely due to Mo Rubing’s assistance.
Without his transmitted Array Diagram, breaking the Forbidden Formation left by the King of Mystic Sky would not have been achievable in a short period.
More crucially, it was the demonic face Mo Rubing differentiated and attached to his own.
It was because of this face that he could move unhindered in the deepest part of the Ocean of Darkness. Even when changing key structures of the array, he wasn’t attacked or backlashed by the Great Array.
In a sense, Mo Rubing’s face had more authority than those two eyes controlling the Array Control Device.
"Back when the Mystic Sky Sect had Twelve Law Kings, where did your strength rank?" Li Ping suddenly asked.
Mo Rubing was taken aback.
Then he scoffed, "I won’t lie to you, among the twelve, my strength was the worst. You might barely be able to defeat me, but you couldn’t win against the others."
Li Ping naturally did not believe it.
Mo Rubing snorted coldly, "Our era was full of talented individuals. Peerless geniuses were as common as crucian carp crossing the river, countless and undeniable. It was undeniably a great era for cultivating immortality!"
"If the path to immortality hadn’t suddenly been severed, it wouldn’t have been impossible for a large group of Ascenders to appear in a short time."
Li Ping fell silent.
Since all information regarding those who ascended to immortality was erased from the records on the Tablet of Creation, he couldn’t verify the truth of Mo Rubing’s words.
However, considering the actions of the Twelve Law Kings before they joined the Mystic Sky Sect, Mo Rubing’s words, while perhaps exaggerated, did conform to certain truths.
"You all were so strong, how did the Immortal Dao Ten Clans win at that time?"
"Even without King of Mystic Sky, with the twelve of you working together, the Immortal Dao Ten Clans couldn’t possibly have won, right?" Li Ping pressed with a question that had been weighing on him for a long time.
"Hmph." Mo Rubing just scoffed.
After a long silence, he spoke somewhat cryptically, "Anyway, a loss is a loss, and I won’t deny it. Those people from the Immortal Dao Ten Clans weren’t simple either."
"And…"
Mo Rubing’s tone suddenly turned chilling.
"Some played their roles too well, suddenly turning traitor. Without being certain of who the traitor was, none of us could trust each other. Coupled with Xuanyuan Big Brother’s mysterious disappearance…"
"One by one, they claimed their talent was no less than Xuan Yuanhong’s, just that their destiny wasn’t favorable, and they weren’t able to ascend in time. When the real situation arose, they found that without Xuanyuan Big Brother leading, they were just a mob."
"In contrast, the Immortal Dao Ten Clans fought desperately because they knew if things didn’t work out, death awaited them."
"…"
Mo Rubing suddenly laughed, "But now I have also let go. As they say, what goes around comes around. Didn’t the Immortal Dao Ten Clans then get wiped out by this Alliance of Thousands of Immortals later? Hahaha! Good riddance!"
"Well done, Xuanhuang World!"
Mo Rubing patted Li Ping on the shoulder, praising him.
"Actually," Li Ping said suddenly, "the core members of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans are probably still alive and well."
"They’re just hiding from the world, not showing themselves."
Mo Rubing grabbed Li Ping’s shoulder forcefully.
"Hmph, hmph..." Upon suddenly learning this news, Mo Rubing not only didn’t fly into a rage, but gradually began to laugh unrestrainedly.
"So they’re not dead? Even better."
"That way, I can take revenge with my own hands. So many years have passed, they probably aren’t as united as they used to be."
Mo Rubing flashed away from Li Ping’s side, his figure suddenly becoming much darker.
"It’s time to go."
"I was originally going to find Xuanyuan Big Brother, but due to an unexpected turn of events, I ended up here first. However, it’s good in a way, clearing a wrong answer first."
Li Ping felt that the demonic face on his blank visage was about to detach.
The surrounding darkness, uncontrollably eroding toward him.
Whispers from the depth of the soul arose, corroding Li Ping’s consciousness.
Knowing this was no place to stay for long, Li Ping followed Mo Rubing, returning from the deepest part of the Ocean of Darkness.
"Speaking of which, what was your original destination that required the use of the Immortal Command Flag?" Li Ping asked.
Mo Rubing remained silent.
As they passed the empty shell of Fang Dinge, the Sect Leader of Great Taoist Sect, he suddenly said to Li Fan, "Search his body; you might still be able to find some treasures."
Li Ping watched Mo Rubing.
Mo Rubing glanced at Li Ping disdainfully: "His ability to withstand the desire to survive and fleeing all the way here before dying speaks volumes of his capabilities. A master surely has good things on him. This is something Xuanyuan Big Brother taught me."
"Moreover, if there is indeed a legacy on his body that could survive the erosion of a True Immortal’s desire to survive, it must be an incredible treasure. Aren’t you going to try?" Mo Rubing tempted.
Li Ping looked again but ultimately shook his head slightly.
"Let the dead rest here. There are many treasures in the world; must we plunder them all? Greed blinds the heart and invites disaster."
"You’re really foolish," Mo Rubing sneered.
However, he did not plunder Fang Dinge’s body either, letting it lie peacefully in its place.
After some travel, the two returned to where they had come from.
The white jade flagpole was still there.
But, eroded by the Power of Darkness, the area illuminated by its glow had shrunk considerably.
"As expected from a reforged second-hand good, truly a piece of junk," Mo Rubing criticized bluntly.
"With all this chaos you caused, I’ll have to check the other arrangements I made back then. I don’t know if they’re still there after all these years. If not, I’ll be troubling you again!" Mo Rubing said coldly to Li Ping.
Li Ping then summoned the You Clan People and opened the door to the outside world again.
"I can help you look for the King of Mystic Sky." 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
"I need his help," Li Ping said earnestly.
Mo Rubing was the first to fly into the passage, laughing heartily: "You don’t really think that just because you accompanied me through the Ocean of Darkness, I would completely trust you, do you?"
"Those other eleven brothers and sisters, didn’t we all come together through life and death?"
"Experience tells me, trust no one!"
Mo Rubing’s cold voice gradually softened.
When Li Ping returned to Jiushan Province, he could no longer find any trace of Mo Rubing.
However, the Emperor did not pursue further.
This Mystical Sky Sect King was not his enemy.
