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Chapter 1198 - Chapter 1198 Chapter 494 Qing Yans Legacy Mutated Immortal

Chapter 1198: Chapter 494: Qing Yan’s Legacy, Mutated Immortal Tribulation_1 Chapter 1198: Chapter 494: Qing Yan’s Legacy, Mutated Immortal Tribulation_1 Du Mingxu hesitated in place for a moment before deciding to explore the Miao Lei Region.

The Dharma Origin Sect’s True-Teaching Elders can only be held by True Immortals, and if one were to break through to the Profound Immortal Realm, these True-Teaching Elders would be promoted to Core Elders.

Every hundred years, some of the peak True Immortals among the Dharma Origin Sect’s True-Teaching Elders will enter the Miao Lei Region to cross the Profound Immortal Calamity.

The reason for Du Mingxu’s worried expression was that whenever Dharma Origin Sect’s True-Teaching Elders entered the Miao Lei Region, it would provoke an ominous stir within a dark organization ensconced within the Dharma Origin Sect called ‘Black Yama’. The organization would send peak True Immortal assassins, being Robbing cultivators, to rob and kill the True Immortals of Dharma Origin Sect after they had crossed the Profound Immortal Calamity.

Black Yama and the Dharma Origin Sect had deep-seated grievances, ones that Du Mingxu naturally had no place meddling in. However, with every robbing and killing incident that occurred in the Miao Lei Region, its impact was never confined to the Miao Lei Region alone but also included a vast area beyond the region. It was a disaster for the Qian Lei Sect, as the Immortal Cities near the Miao Lei Region might be affected, with lighter consequences being city breaches and more severe outcomes being the total destruction of cities.

Hence, as the rulers of this region, the Qian Lei Sect suffered these grievances in silence.

As Du Mingxu set out, his primary objective was to obstruct or steer the course of the robbing and killing upheaval subtly. He couldn’t possibly take action against the Black Yama assassins who were Robbery Immortals, as truly angering this dark organization would leave the Qian Lei Sect with no option but sect extermination.

Of course, situated between two sixth-tier sects, it was uncertain towards which side the robbing and killing upheaval would spread, and this applied to the Water Mirror Sect as well.

Thus, when Du Mingxu sensed the aura of a Profound Immortal Calamity within the Miao Lei Region and set out, on the other side of the Miao Lei Region, a Supreme Elder of the Water Mirror Sect, a Profound Immortal named Shui Qianchou, also rushed to the Miao Lei Region after a moment of hesitation.

Like Du Mingxu, if possible, Shui Qianchou would act to guide the course of the upheaval, preventing it from affecting the territory of the Water Mirror Sect.

…

Simultaneously.

Outside the Miao Lei Region, about one hundred thousand li away in an Immortal City, atop a pagoda hundreds of meters tall, three youths suddenly took flight into the sky, looking in the direction of the Miao Lei Region.

“Profound Immortal Calamity?”

“Who dares to bring down a Profound Immortal Calamity in the Miao Lei Region, unaware that it is the Tribulation Crossing Place of the Dharma Origin Sect?”

One youth frowned in puzzlement.

“Hmph, it must be the Qingyan Ghost of this generation. He, like us, is at the peak of True Immortal, one step away from the Profound Immortal Realm, lacking only the triggering of the Profound Immortal Calamity.”

“It seems that, disregarding the rules, he has precipitated the Profound Immortal Calamity before us.”

Another youth’s face darkened with concealed fury as he huffed heavily.

The third youth’s brows were deeply furrowed; he remained silent, eyes fixed on the depths of the Miao Lei Region.

“Brother Chen, is there something amiss?” the first questioning youth inquired.

The second, openly angry youth also looked towards this silent third youth.

This youth, known as Yin You, even within the Dharma Origin Sect’s generation of True-Teaching Elders, could rank in the top one hundred. His formidable strength made the other two willing to obey his command.

Yin You’s expression grew increasingly grim, prompting the other two youths to think of something, too. They continued to gaze towards the Miao Lei Region, their faces turning solemn, even revealing a hint of horror.

“Impossible, this is impossible.”

“Never have I seen such a colossal Profound Immortal Calamity. The Law Divine Thunder has surpassed a thousand strikes, no, it’s still increasing.”

“Could this possibly not be a Profound Immortal Calamity, but a Gold Immortal Tribulation?”

The second youth exclaimed in shock.

Yin You moved swiftly toward the Miao Lei Region, his voice lagging behind as if delayed.

“Come, let us go see which eminent figure is undergoing the tribulation?”

The other two youths hastily followed.

…

Outside the Miao Lei Region in a mortal town, a butcher, adept at his craft, deftly tied a piece of pork with straw string and tossed it to a woman purchasing meat. He flourished a handsome cleaver spin, securing the knife to his waist.

“Closing up for now, everyone else can come back later.”

The woman who caught the chunk of meat strung with straw teased, “Butcher Chen, Widow Luo isn’t home at this hour, and even if you go now, you won’t get a warm meal, will you?”

The middle-aged man known as Butcher Chen gave the woman a sidelong glance, remaining silent, and rolled the pork up to place it to the side.

Subsequently, his figure wavered and, like a phantom, vanished from the spot.

The woman, who’d previously teased with a sly smile, instantly widened her eyes, her throat choking up as if caught, and her face swiftly turned to horror. It took her a full three seconds for her scream to echo through the marketplace.

“Ghost!”

“Butcher Chen, Butcher Chen is a ghost!”

The marketplace vendors and passersby cast puzzled glances her way, only to see a woman holding a piece of pork and shouting in terror.

And, eerily.

The onlookers who turned their gazes were all silent as death, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

The woman’s pupils dilated rapidly and, as she slowly turned to look at everyone, her face became one of extreme horror. She could see that, regardless of attire, gender, age, everyone had the same face, remarkably resembling the butcher from before.

At that moment.

Out of the corner of her eye, the woman glimpsed a mirror shard, and through it, she even saw her own face taking on the butcher’s likeness.

“I, I…”

The woman’s face was frozen in terror.

Her gaze lifted, finding the entire street, indeed the whole town, in the same state.

As a breeze blew by, the town, which had been established for over thirty years and had once seen Immortals pass through, without revealing its illusory nature, condensed into a single phantom. Within the phantom, every person in the town was frozen, meticulously detailed and lifelike.