Myriad Realms Gatekeeper

The Formless Heavenly Demon looked up at the mural.

The mural did not move.

—The painting of the Master of Penglai also remained still.

However, outside the Dharma Aspect, in the small pavilion, Shen Ye exhibited a pensive expression.

After receiving the personal instruction in the Heaven Connecting Technique—

The Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace had no more secrets before him.

That mural was a Seal.

—It was a Soul Binding wall formed based on the Lifebinding Soul Refinement Technique.

The painting of the Master of Penglai seemed to contain the power of a soul.

It appeared to be a self-aware remnant soul.

Unfortunately,

he could not go there himself.

Only existences like the Formless Heavenly Demon could avoid all detection and reach the deepest part of the Saintly Honor's Dharma Aspect.

What to do?

Shen Ye pondered briefly and soon had an idea.

As his thoughts shifted, the Formless Heavenly Demon immediately sensed it.

The Heavenly Demon stood in place, mobilizing all its Spiritual Power, and began to erect the Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace.

Whatever mistakes the Saintly Honor made when constructing this Dharma Aspect, the demon replicated them.

—Striving to make the two Dharma Aspects exactly the same.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

The void behind the Heavenly Demon opened.

A broken wall quietly appeared.

This wall emerged midair, yet it emitted the exact same aura as the Life Binding Soul Refining Palace.

Unfortunately, the wall was only temporarily constructed, and—

—the Formless Heavenly Demon's strength was too weak, unable to manifest a Dharma Aspect identical to the Saintly Honor!

Shen Ye closed his eyes briefly, then reopened them.

The next second.

A faint golden glow emerged from the Formless Heavenly Demon.

Flame Spirit Divine Light!

Releasing this refined Spiritual Power, the Formless Heavenly Demon's strength temporarily tripled.

The Formless Heavenly Demon's hands formed the Spell Seal again.

—Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace!

A vermilion palace wall quietly emerged behind the Formless Heavenly Demon.

The same nature of power, the same composition of the Dharma Aspect, the same source of the Taoist Magic—

There was no reaction from the surroundings.

The entire Dharma Aspect seemed to treat this palace wall as part of itself.

This will do.

Now for the truly critical step.

The Formless Heavenly Demon drew the Spring Rain Blade and slashed several cold lights at the opposite wall.

The wall with the mural carved on it was cut down and stored in his ring.

It swiftly replaced its own palace wall.

Perfectly seamless!

Alright, the switch was successful!

The Formless Heavenly Demon turned to leave, but Shen Ye sensed something amiss.

He controlled the Formless Heavenly Demon to turn back and look at the wall.

The wall was empty.

—Even though they looked alike, the absence of the painting would eventually be discovered!

Never mind.

The Formless Heavenly Demon drew out the Spring Rain Blade again, hooked a flame, leaped up, and engraved a mural on the wall.

In no time,

The new mural was completed.

Although only consisting of a few strokes, it was intensely vivid.

Not to mention there was a brief mural title below it.

Extremely fitting!

The Formless Heavenly Demon then turned and left.

It flew out of the Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace and found that ship on the vast Sea of the Law Realm, returning to Shen Ye's Dharma Aspect with the Four Kings.

Upon arriving back at the Immortal Country Dharma Body, the Formless Heavenly Demon removed the cut wall and leaned it against the stele.

On the wall, the Master of Penglai suddenly came to life.

She spoke,

"I felt it..."

"You are the person I found during the Heart Demon battle all those years ago; you bear my imprint."

"It is I," Shen Ye spoke, "I did not expect that after tens of thousands of years, I would still find you at the ruins of Penglai Mountain."

The Formless Heavenly Demon placed its hand on the wall, using the Supreme Forgetting Love Feathering Ascension Scripture, and constructed a brand-new Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace.

This time,

The power of the Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace appeared even more vast and pure, like the most supreme and ruthless dao between heaven and earth.

"Release."

The Formless Heavenly Demon shouted.

Boom—

The wall shattered into pieces.

The Master of Penglai fell from the wall, still wearing shackles on her hands and feet.

The Formless Heavenly Demon swung the Spring Rain Blade—

The mighty blade activated, breaking through all obstacles.

Clatter!

The shackles fell to the ground.

After tens of thousands of years, the Master of Penglai regained her freedom!

"From the moment you saved me, things started to get dangerous, you must hurry—wait, have you not obtained the jade slip I hid in the Nine Palaces Bagua Furnace?"

The Master of Penglai said.

She seemed to sense something and gestured with her hand.

The jade slip that was on the stele flew into her hand.

—It was precisely the jade slip Shen Ye obtained from the Pill Furnace!

"Time is short, one thing after another, especially since this Saintly Honor is such a master of suspicion, so I haven't had time to cultivate the content on it."

Shen Ye explained.

The Master of Penglai nodded and spoke,

"Initially, I was afraid the Heaven-penetrating True Law would be lost, so I left this jade slip."

"Now that my true self is here, it will work well with this jade slip to help you complete this critical step."

She cast a spell with her hands.

Colored lights cascaded onto the jade slip.

The jade slip suddenly emitted billions of light rays, illuminating the entire Dharma Aspect.

The void displayed dense tiny characters, upon closer inspection, they were the contents of a Cultivation Technique.

The Master of Penglai's hand gestures moved again.

"I imbue you with it!"

She exclaimed.

All the Taoist Magic characters quickly arranged neatly, soared into the air, blinked a few times, and disappeared.

Simultaneously,

Shen Ye felt a strange sensation in his mind.

It didn't feel like the knowledge of the Supreme Binding Life Refining Soul Palace previously passed down by the Heaven Connecting Technique.

Rather...

It was as if something was calling him.

He had received some kind of recognition, so it too awakened and was calling him continuously.

Something had become his authority.

Its call grew stronger.

Shen Ye instinctively stood up, then under everyone's gaze, discreetly turned his head to look beyond the pavilion at the layers of peach blossoms.