# Chapter 3120: Clues to the Immortal?
In the divine hall, only Zhang Ruochen and Void Heaven, who sat high upon the divine throne, remained.
Void Heaven let out a cold snort: "To act clever before a Heavenly Lord is undoubtedly the height of stupidity."
Zhang Ruochen was well aware of the anger burning within Void Heaven. He knelt on one knee and confessed his guilt: "Senior Void Heaven sees through all things with clarity. You should understand that everything in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain was Wu Yue's scheme. If she had truly lost her memory and suffered severe injuries, how could this junior have let her escape? Why would she instead take the Universe Cauldron and the Heavenly Venerable's Treasure Gauze from me?"
"In the end, before a spiritual power expert like her, this junior simply has no standing to compete."
"Wu Yue's ambition reaches the heavens. She acted this way both because she was unwilling to enter the Great Calamity Palace and be bound by Senior Void Heaven, and also to use Senior Void Heaven to consolidate the power of the Hell Realm, seeking to capture the Hundred Clans Royal City and Xinghuantian in one fell swoop, benefiting the Darkness Temple."
"In this struggle, this junior is absolutely the victim."
At this moment, there was no need for pretense. The two finally spoke openly and honestly.
Void Heaven cast a cold glance at Zhang Ruochen and said, "If I didn't know it was her playing petty tricks, do you think you'd still be alive?"
"Thank you, Senior Void Heaven, for sparing my life." Zhang Ruochen quickly said.
Void Heaven said, "To oppose this Heavenly Lord and even use me as a tool—Jiusi Yitianhuang has underestimated me, Xu Fengjin, too much. This grudge will eventually be settled with him."
Clearly, in Void Heaven's view, Wu Yue and Wubian wouldn't have such audacity. Behind them must be Jiusi Yitianhuang's instigation.
This might also be one of the reasons he deliberately arranged the marriage.
Void Heaven stared at Zhang Ruochen and said, "You found the Sword Realm, didn't you?"
Zhang Ruochen had long known that Void Heaven would definitely ask this question. Therefore, he controlled his heartbeat, breathing, and gaze, remaining calm despite the crisis. He smiled bitterly: "If I had found the Sword Realm, why would this junior still come to Fate Divine Mountain to take such a risk?"
"Then where did you and Jiwang disappear to during that time?" Void Heaven said.
This old fellow was too shrewd!
Moreover, his spiritual power was terrifying. There were too few things in this world that could be hidden from him.
Jiwang and Fei Mawang had fought in that starry sky where the Yaksha Clan's ancestral realm was located. Zhang Ruochen had also left the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain at almost the same time.
To tell Void Heaven that he hadn't traveled with Jiwang—such nonsense wouldn't even convince Zhang Ruochen himself.
Zhang Ruochen said, "I dare not lie before Senior Void Heaven. In the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, I was pursued by Ming the Sword God. It was the Dragon Lord who saved me."
"A single Ming the Sword God could make Jiwang disappear for so long?" Void Heaven sneered.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Ming the Sword God is naturally nothing before the Dragon Lord, but the Chaos Ancient demon Fei Mawang is no easy opponent."
Zhang Ruochen could only gamble that, in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, his Grandmaster had indeed restrained Void Heaven, preventing him from knowing everything that happened inside.
Hearing the name Fei Mawang, Void Heaven's expression indeed became much more serious. He said, "So, your disappearance during that time was related to Fei Mawang?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "Fei Mawang was awakened by this junior and then suppressed inside the Universe Cauldron. She must hold a grudge against me, which is why in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, she targeted me at every turn, seeking to kill me."
A demon revived from the Chaos Ancient times.
For someone of Void Heaven's level, this was far too attractive.
Void Heaven's attention was drawn by Zhang Ruochen to Fei Mawang. He said, "How did you awaken her? Tell me in detail. Don't omit any details."
"Speaking of this, Fei Mawang has deep ties with the Destiny Temple. A thousand years ago, during the Heaven Hunting Battle, the Destiny Temple had three divine maiden candidates. The Pink Skeleton from the Fierce Horror Divine Palace was one of them..."
Zhang Ruochen began to narrate in detail.
After he finished, Void Heaven's expression grew increasingly grave. He said, "You're saying that this Pink Skeleton's skull contains a blood lake? Her divine soul and divine source are preserved in that blood lake?"
"That should be the case." Zhang Ruochen said.
Void Heaven said, "She was killed four times and resurrected four times?"
"This is no secret. With a single thought, Senior Void Heaven could deduce and see through it." Zhang Ruochen said.
"Could it be... the blood of an Immortal? But how could an Immortal possibly exist?" Void Heaven murmured to himself.
Zhang Ruochen had never thought in terms of an Immortal. Hearing Void Heaven say this, he was greatly shocked inside.
Indeed, besides the blood of an Immortal, what else could preserve a deity's divine soul and divine source for so many years?
Could the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable back then have discovered similar traces, which was why he searched everywhere for an Immortal?
Void Heaven said coldly, "That Fei Mawang ranks thirty-eighth among the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods. In terms of cultivation, she is certainly no weaker than the current Heavenly Lords of the Heavenly Court and Hell. But her cultivation is far from its peak. With Jiwang's strength, can he not deal with her? Jiwang wants to capture her alive and seize the Immortal's blood from her body, doesn't he?"
Zhang Ruochen said, "That is beyond this junior's knowledge. Immortal? How can there truly be an undying person in this world? Even gentle plant-type beings, once they develop intelligence and embark on the path of cultivation, will be destroyed by the Eon Calamity."
Void Heaven clearly agreed with Zhang Ruochen's view. This was a belief he had held all his life, but a seed of immortality had been planted in his heart.
"Crackle!"
The chains on Zhang Ruochen's body all snapped, turning into iron powder that scattered on the ground.
"Thank you, Senior Void Heaven."
Zhang Ruochen knew that only now was the crisis on him truly resolved.
Void Heaven said, "Don't thank me too early. It's not that simple. Although this time it was the Darkness Temple's scheme, you slept with this Heavenly Lord's woman. How can I swallow this bitter anger?"
Since Void Heaven could say this directly, Zhang Ruochen instead breathed a secret sigh of relief.
He was afraid that Void Heaven would remain silent. That would be false, and that would be the real danger.
Void Heaven said, "You offering the Universe Cauldron shows some cleverness. But the Universe Cauldron no longer belongs to you. I have to seize it myself. So this cannot atone for your crime, nor can it repay the favor you owe me. Bring out the God-Defying Stele!"
Zhang Ruochen hesitated.
Void Heaven sneered: "If I wanted to forcibly take the God-Defying Stele, I would have done so in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain. But I disdain such actions. Times have changed. You owe a debt, and it must be repaid, right?"
Zhang Ruochen took out the half-piece God-Defying Stele, lifted it with divine qi, and presented it to Void Heaven.
The God-Defying Stele flew automatically before Void Heaven. He examined it closely, his fingers stroking the stele, his expression full of contemplation.
"This is what the Sixth Patriarch brought back. The material is indeed very special. It should not belong to this world."
Void Heaven released divine qi, pouring it into the God-Defying Stele. The characters on the stele appeared one by one.
Frowning slightly, he waved his sleeve, and all the characters on the stele were erased, turning it into a piece of stone.
The characters on this stele were inscribed by the Heavenly Court's deities when the Heavenly Court was established one hundred thousand years ago. Clearly, Void Heaven felt these characters were too superfluous, obscuring the essence of the God-Defying Stele.
Strands of rule divine patterns surged from Void Heaven's fingertips.
But before they could approach the God-Defying Stele, these rule divine patterns dissipated, becoming formless.
"Indeed, it cannot accommodate any inscription or rule in this world. This thing isn't particularly indestructible, but it's extremely bizarre. Could it be that thirty thousand years ago, the place they went was there..." Void Heaven seemed to have thought of something, his expression turning strange.
Zhang Ruochen had long known that once the God-Defying Stele was exposed, it would most likely not be kept.
After all, it involved the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords' expedition to the unknown place thirty thousand years ago, touching upon the greatest secrets of this world. The stronger someone like Void Heaven was, the more interested they were in this secret.
Void Heaven's expression suddenly changed. He waved his sleeve, and the God-Defying Stele flew back to Zhang Ruochen's side.
Void Heaven said, "I thought it was something remarkable. Even ordinary deities can inscribe divine texts on it. To beings at our level, one strike can shatter it. Put it away. It's a useless thing."
Zhang Ruochen was stunned. He absolutely did not believe that Void Heaven would be uninterested in something the Sixth Patriarch and the others had risked their lives to bring back.
In fact, Void Heaven was not just interested—he was extremely interested.
So interested that he was ready to take the God-Defying Stele and seek out the place where the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords had campaigned.
And this thought could not be suppressed.
But reason told Void Heaven that he absolutely could not go to that place. He had to suppress this thought.
Even if he were to go, it would have to be after he became invincible under heaven. Going now... he didn't want to follow in the footsteps of Nishen Heavenly Venerable and the others.
Curiosity could kill a Heavenly Lord.
Void Heaven's state of mind was difficult to calm. He quickly said, "Zhang Ruochen, you bastard, who told you to take out the God-Defying Stele? What are you trying to do? Do you want me to retrace the path of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Lords and campaign in that unknown place? Rest assured, after I defeat Fengdu and Haotian and become invincible in this world, I will definitely come to you for the God-Defying Stele. What Nishen Heavenly Venerable and those useless fellows couldn't accomplish, I can certainly bulldoze through."
Zhang Ruochen was inwardly frustrated but couldn't argue, so he could only put the God-Defying Stele away again.
Void Heaven forcibly shifted his thoughts elsewhere and said, "Bring out that divine corpse. Let me study it."
Zhang Ruochen took out the divine hall and presented it.
Void Heaven pointed with his finger. The fist-sized divine hall suddenly expanded, turning into a majestic steel city, suspended in the void that alternately expanded and contracted.
Gazing at the Old Corpse Ghost imprisoned on the flame light pillar, Void Heaven laughed, "No wonder you could control it. It was the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable's handiwork. Great Venerable, indeed a Great Venerable. Even after ten eons, he can still influence later generations."
Void Heaven might never have seen the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable, but the Great Venerable had a tremendous impact on the era Void Heaven lived in.
How could Void Heaven be completely ignorant of the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable's power?
"Oh!"
Void Heaven's gaze shifted from the Old Corpse Ghost to the flame light pillar that imprisoned him.
This flame light pillar was one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred miles long. It had suppressed the Old Corpse Ghost for over two million years yet remained completely intact. Clearly, it was no ordinary item.
"Haha! Such a large piece of Fire Source Divine Iron Essence. Excellent! I've found the last material needed to forge my own divine sword!"
Void Heaven looked at Zhang Ruochen and said, "I want this!"
"If Senior Void Heaven takes the Fire Source Divine Iron Essence, what about the Old Corpse Ghost?" Zhang Ruochen said.
Void Heaven sneered: "The Old Corpse Ghost you speak of is actually the previous life of Fengdu Dadi. Do you think you can keep it? Better leave it with me. This divine corpse still has much worth studying."
Yu Hun had used the Corpse Transformation Forbidden Art to refine the Star Huan Heavenly Venerable's corpse into his body. Even Xu Wenzhi of Star Heaven Cliff knew this. How could Void Heaven, a being of such stature, not know?
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One chapter today. Will resume live-streaming writing and two chapters tomorrow.