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Tan Shuchang walked boldly into Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain, and under the warm reception of the Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain disciples, he visited the world-famous Lotus Tower and casually freed everyone locked inside.

Then, Tan Shuchang browsed through the collection of ancient texts of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain. Indeed, as the master of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain had guaranteed, their collection was no less impressive than that of Luoja Mountain.

Moreover, there were many ancient texts that were even from beyond the Jiawu Realm.

Some were bound by bridges; some were about boundless waters where ships were built for cultivating immortality; and others depicted walking skeletons that seemed almost alive. When he got to the end, there was an incomplete sentence— "The realm of immortals may feed on the mundane."

"Who wrote this book?" Tan Shuchang asked, holding the book.

"The writer is the founding patriarch of our Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain," the master of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain promptly answered.

"Your sect's patriarch?" Tan Shuchang was somewhat surprised.

"It is indeed hard to believe, but it is so. After all, if it weren't for our patriarch, this book wouldn't have been so solemnly treasured within the sect," the master of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain said. "The content recorded in this book is mostly unverifiable. And about the last line, we too were curious for a long time. After much investigation and deduction, we believe there should be a preceding line that the patriarch somehow did not record."

"Do you have any guess about the preceding line?" Tan Shuchang asked.

"It is indescribable, but I can assure you there are many conjectures about it. Our past seniors mostly didn't dare to write down their thoughts, so they just assumed there was a preceding line. From my perspective, I believe the line could be— 'Witness many strange events.'

Tan Shuchang nodded upon hearing this.

He could understand this.

People start learning to speak at the age of three, but in the decades that follow, they are actually learning to keep silent. Those who can travel far on the path of cultivating immortality are invariably those who are adept at keeping silent.

The predecessors of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain were reluctant to speak out, partly because they feared their own cultivation was insufficient to convince others, and partly because it would be disrespectful to criticize the patriarch, going against propriety and rules.

Tan Shuchang felt slightly regretful, so he continued to browse the ancient texts.

However, no more books like this one were seen. It seemed, as the master of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain had said, if not for this ancient text being recorded by the patriarch himself, it probably wouldn't have been preserved.

Then, Tan Shuchang expressed his desire to meet the two Sons of the Heavenly Mandate.

Upon hearing this, the master of Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain did not hesitate and immediately sent for Ning Shuqi and Jun Zimo. If the patriarch couldn't do anything about Tan Shuchang, this so-called plot of both sects was as good as ignored.

Before long, Ning Shuqi and Jun Zimo arrived.

"Greetings to the Demon Lord!" Whether it was the proud and sensitive Ning Shuqi, or Jun Zimo, who esteemed himself above the multitudes, both bowed in respect when they saw Tan Shuchang.

For they too had reached the hundred-year stage of truth cultivation, where even Long Zhangyuan, a Son of the Heavenly Mandate who lost much of heaven's favor, could enter such a realm, let alone these two still favored by heaven?

And it was precisely by stepping into such a realm that they could deeply understand how terrifying Tan Shuchang, who had confirmed his immortality at that moment, truly was! Experience more on empire

"Fellow Daoists, no need for such formalities. I had a breakthrough in my cultivation recently, so I just wanted to see what kind of fate the Sons of the Heavenly Mandate possess," Tan Shuchang said, returning a simple salute.

"Demon Lord, what does my fate look like?" Upon hearing this, Ning Shuqi, who had interacted with Tan Shuchang several times, boldly asked.

"Purple-gold, your fate's pillar seems to shoot straight into the sky, but it dims midway as if lacking in endurance, and where it enters the clouds, it fades into formlessness," Tan Shuchang detailed.

After saying this, Tan Shuchang clasped his fists, indicating that he was about to leave. Then, spreading out a five-colored cloud light, he disappeared in an instant.

After all, he had come to Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain; there was no reason not to make a trip to Western Tuo Mountain.

One should not show partial favor.

And Western Tuo Mountain, expecting Tan Shuchang's arrival, had prepared ancient texts and the spirit treasures of Western Tuo Mountain for him.

Although Tan Shuchang had taken all the spirit treasures from Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain, there weren't many, even including the Lotus Tower, totaling only three spirit treasures.

Like Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain, there was a Spirit Treasure at Western Tuo Mountain's pass.

Yet these spirit treasures deeply disapproved of Tan Shuchang, for even disciples from Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain and Western Tuo Mountain must first earn the approval of these spirit treasures to activate them.

But Tan Shuchang didn't mind; with the "experience" of obtaining the Chaotic Life Dharma Bead, he directly submerged these spirit treasures into the Blood Pool.

He planned to suppress them for five hundred years.

The ancient texts of Western Tuo Mountain, although extensive in scope, were of little help to Tan Shuchang. However, before leaving, Tan Shuchang did receive some useful information.

It concerned "Comprehending the Self-transforming Freedom Sutra, obtaining the second method."

Originally this item was at Western Tuo Mountain, but a very long time ago, it was traded to an Immortal Sect in exchange for something else.

As for which Immortal Sect, not one cultivator at Western Tuo Mountain could say.

It was as if the existence of this Immortal Sect had been erased.

However, fortunately, there had always been many cunning thoughts among the bald (monks), so at that time, some records about this method were left behind. Although the disciples of Western Tuo Mountain had not cultivated the "Comprehending the Self-transforming Freedom Sutra" nor its other methods and therefore could not understand it, Tan Shuchang got it at a glance.