Time rewound to half an hour earlier.
Xin Wan’en had stumbled into the Spirit Nurturing Mountain. She had just begun to recover her ghost energy.
Suddenly, she sensed numerous ghost creatures gathering around her.
Wait—she had already entered the Heavenly Realm.
So why were there so many ghosts here, but not a single immortal?
This abnormal situation made Xin Wan’en stop focusing on cultivating ghost energy.
She stood up abruptly, looking around cautiously.
Soon, the ghosts around her did not hide their forms but instead surrounded her tightly.
One of them, wearing a Taoist robe, spoke in a hoarse voice: “Such pure ghost energy. You are not an immortal whose spirit has transformed.
You seem more like a genuine ghost creature.
What is going on here?”
Hearing this, Xin Wan’en was utterly confused.
What do they mean by “seem like”?
She was originally a pure ghost creature!
And what is this spirit transformation from immortals?
Xin Wan’en furrowed her brows slightly, then suddenly sensed something strange about these ghosts.
Although they were also ghost creatures, their bodies carried more death energy rather than ghost energy.
There was a marked difference compared to herself.
Though she did not fully understand the situation, her top priority now was to leave this strange place as soon as possible.
Instinctively, Xin Wan’en tried to leave.
But the ghosts blocked her way.
“Ghost creatures must stay within Spirit Nurturing Mountain. That is the master’s order; no one is allowed to disobey!
Moreover, I have already informed the master.
He ordered us to definitely keep you here!”
Upon hearing this, Xin Wan’en’s expression grew increasingly serious.
She did not want to listen to these “impure” ghost creatures’ nonsense about masters and servants.
Immediately, she raised her hand and performed ghost immortal arts.
A pair of huge ghost claws descended from the sky, sweeping away the surrounding ghosts in an instant.
Taking advantage of the gap, Xin Wan’en prepared to leave completely.
However, reinforcements arrived faster than expected.
More than sixty figures wearing paper clothes appeared in the sky above Spirit Nurturing Mountain.
Xin Wan’en sensed strong immortal energy fluctuations from them.
Undoubtedly, these were immortals of the Heavenly Realm.
The leader was none other than Cai Linwang.
Originally, after hearing the bell, he had parted ways with Ye Yu inside the side hall.
He had gone to the main hall to find the sect leader and grand elder to inquire about what was happening.
But upon arriving, the hall was empty.
Instead, he heard the grand elder Wang Shangshang’s telepathic voice:
“Hurry to Spirit Nurturing Mountain. The ghosts there have reported discovering a pure ghost creature suspected to be a ghost immortal from the Underworld.
Go check if it’s true.
If it is, capture it at all costs.
Whether Spirit Nurturing Temple can rise again depends on you!”
After receiving this message,
Cai Linwang immediately brought his men here, surprised to find that it was true.
His eyes gleamed as he looked at Xin Wan’en, his expression excited, trembling as he said: “That’s right, the grand elder was correct.
I have never encountered such pure ghost energy before.
This might truly be a natural ghost creature.
This is a great opportunity—our Spirit Nurturing Temple will finally rise!
Men, quickly set up the Immortal Sealing Formation and trap her inside completely.
Be careful—do not harm her!”
As the second elder of Spirit Nurturing Temple,
Cai Linwang fully understood what a pure natural ghost creature represented.
He knew that over the years,
the main reason Spirit Nurturing Temple had declined so much was the lack of ghost creatures to aid their cultivation.
By now, all the ghosts accumulated in Spirit Nurturing Mountain
were spirits transformed from immortal souls.
Although they looked like real ghosts and had strong ghost energy,
there was still a gap.
In terms of talent and growth, they lagged far behind the Underworld ghosts.
Most importantly, the number of these transformed ghosts was too small.
They could not support Spirit Nurturing Temple in raising a powerful ghost creature.
But now, a pure natural ghost creature had appeared in the Heavenly Realm.
This implied two possibilities.
First, with the revival of immortal energy, the Heavenly Realm had changed and begun producing genuine ghost creatures.
Second, the Six Realms’ passages were malfunctioning, allowing Underworld ghosts to enter the Heavenly Realm.
Of course, both possibilities were extremely unlikely.
Regardless, Spirit Nurturing Temple could treat this as a chance to rise again.
Provided they captured Xin Wan’en and interrogated her first.
Following Cai Linwang’s order,
dozens of immortals immediately began setting up the Immortal Sealing Formation.
However, they clearly underestimated Xin Wan’en’s strength.
At the peak of the Ghost Realm,
among all the immortals present, only Cai Linwang was at the same realm as Xin Wan’en.
The others were lower realm immortals.
So before the formation was complete,
Xin Wan’en suddenly struck, breaking through the formation’s barrier and rushing outward.
Seeing this, Cai Linwang naturally [N O V E L I G H T] moved forward to stop her.
But to his surprise, Xin Wan’en’s strength was tremendous.
He was defeated in only two moves.
If not for the assistance of the surrounding ghosts,
he might have died by Xin Wan’en’s hand.
This made Cai Linwang uneasy, and he began secretly cursing the sect leader and grand elder.
Damn it! They made me take the lead? How annoying!
I almost died!
Cai Linwang immediately took out a communication stone and contacted grand elder Wang Shangshang, reporting his defeat.
The reply was:
Currently, the grand elder and sect leader are unavailable to come to Spirit Nurturing Mountain.
You can try forcing this ghost creature to the Spirit Nurturing Temple’s main hall.
Once it arrives, we will deal with it.
Remember, complete the mission at all costs.
Even if all the ghosts in Spirit Nurturing Mountain die, it is worth it.
After finishing, the communication stone’s light went out.
Angry, Cai Linwang cursed aloud.
Are you ladies so delicate that you can’t even leave? Want to see me die?
Wait—Xin Wan’en seems to be running low on ghost energy and weakening.
This is great news.
Suddenly, Cai Linwang felt his heroic spirit return.
He immediately instructed the immortals to mobilize all the ghosts and drive Xin Wan’en toward the main hall.
Thus,
the current scene unfolded.
The reason Xin Wan’en just changed direction was that she saw Ye Yu in the side hall.
She trembled and called out “Yu’er,”
then rushed straight into Ye Yu’s embrace.
By then, all her ghost energy was completely exhausted.
But none of this mattered anymore.
Xin Wan’en held Ye Yu with all her strength, afraid that if she let go, he would disappear.
This scene,
however, puzzled Cai Linwang greatly.
Damn!
She’s gone wild—ghost and immortal embracing like lovers.
And judging by their appearance, they seemed like an intimate immortal couple.
Could it be that Xin Wan’en was once an immortal herself and became a ghost due to obsession?
