Thus, while Lin An and his group were fighting fiercely, Li Shuang stubbornly continued refining ore, truly a breath of fresh air.
Li Shuang sensed the general situation.
By now, Lin An and his group had already reached the second floor.
Their progress had slowed somewhat, but they were still bravely heading towards the third floor.
Li Shuang kept refining.
Lin An and his group finally reached the third floor.
As soon as they arrived on the third floor, all sound ceased.
No matter how hard Li Shuang listened, she couldn't hear a single thing.
"Hmph. The sect leader and elders are on the third floor. These traitors actually dared to go up."
"As soon as they go up, they'll probably be captured."
"Exactly. Let their blood pave the way for this ascension!"
The disciples on the first floor spoke with righteous indignation.
Li Shuang raced against time, working on her task while simultaneously running the Rebirth Art to gain information from these disciples.
Li Shuang, mimicking their angry expression, said, "This Senior Brother really is something. The sect leader trusted him so much, yet he does something like this!"
"Right! As the sect leader's head disciple and the sect's chief disciple, he has all the glory in the world. What more could he be dissatisfied with?"
"If he doesn't want to ascend, fine, but why does he have to drag down the rest of the sect!"
"He might think too highly of himself, believing he can ascend on his own. But what about disciples like us, whose talents are not as good as his? In the Central Continent, normally only one ascendant appears every hundred years. Most of us will never have a connection with the immortal realm in our lifetime! Now that there's finally such an opportunity, why does he have to ruin our fate!"
"Exactly! These people are truly incredibly selfish."
"Exactly, exactly." Li Shuang echoed, continuing to probe, "Besides Senior Brother, it seems there are others too?"
"Senior Brother is indeed extraordinarily powerful. But he alone couldn't cause such a huge commotion. Besides him, three of the sect's ten elders have also betrayed the sect, and those damned demon beasts have been hoping to disrupt our plan from the very beginning."
Li Shuang's eyes flickered.
She knew.
The relationship between humans and demon beasts had always been quite poor; even if it improved for a while, it would quickly return to a state of conflict.
The threat of demonic seeds was originally evident. Yet, the demon beasts preferred to watch the situation worsen rather than cooperate with humans. Their attitude even subtly leaned towards the demonic seeds. This matter was truly strange.
Back in the Southern Bloom Continent, when the super demonic seed was rampant, the super demon king Chiling had set up a five-hundred-year barrier and then led all demon beasts into slumber, unwilling to get involved in the conflict between the two sides. It could only be said that the demon beasts' hostility towards humans was often greater than their hostility towards demonic seeds.
Recalling the seemingly endless demon beasts in the beast stable of the Langya Sect, Li Shuang's expression became solemn.
Could it be.
The grievances between the two races had already shown signs five hundred thousand years ago?
"Demon beasts?" Li Shuang asked, feigning indifference, "Are there any other demon beasts in our sect besides those in the beast stable?"
That disciple snorted coldly, "In the Central Continent, humans are supreme. Demon beasts, these creatures, shouldn't even exist! If it weren't for their bones and blood having the effect of dispelling turbidity and shaping true spiritual bodies, our Langya Sect would have long since wiped out all demon beasts in the world."
Li Shuang's pupils suddenly constricted.
So.
The so-called dispelling of turbidity actually required the bones and blood of demon beasts for purification?
No wonder there were so many demon beasts in this stable.
No wonder Lin An was unwilling to expel the turbidity and was thus excluded from the ascension array.
"When we ascend to the upper realm, we'll kill all these demon beasts! Otherwise, they'll betray us sooner or later."
"No need to kill them all; keep them and raise them slowly. Their bones and blood still have great uses."
Another disciple said.
Li Shuang looked at these distorted faces and felt a shiver down her spine.
Has the Langya Sect from five hundred thousand years ago already become like this?!
Is the temptation of ascension so great that it can turn a normal person into such a monstrous being?!
She felt uncomfortable hearing this, but her face still showed approval, and she continued to probe, "Then why not imprison all the demon beasts and instead leave some outside, letting them cause trouble with that Lin An?"
A disciple sneered, "The spiritual beasts left outside are all bound by contracts with others; they are personal property, so naturally, they cannot be touched."
"Ah! Then I understand why Lin An is fighting so desperately!"
"The Frost Dragon imprisoned on the top floor is his demon beast companion! He wants to save that Frost Dragon, doesn't he?"
"How foolish! We searched the entire Central Continent, and only this Frost Dragon possesses an ancient aura! How can we let her escape?"
"Ancient aura, what is that?" Li Shuang pressed on.
However, these disciples all showed puzzled expressions.
Clearly.
They only knew the "what" but not the "why"!
Li Shuang tried to change the subject again.
However, perhaps this was all the information she could obtain on the first floor within the setting; no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get anything else.
Li Shuang guessed.
She had taken a shortcut through the Rebirth Art.
If others had come, they would probably have to complete many missions and take huge risks to find out this much.
Fortunately, she had comprehended the second stage of the Rebirth Art before entering Langya Palace.
Otherwise.
She probably wouldn't be much better off than others here!
As Li Shuang was contemplating.
Suddenly.
A burst of insane laughter came from above.
"It's done! It's finally done!"
An incomparably mysterious aura, as if from ancient times, emanated!
The entire Langya Palace began to shake violently.
Then.
Pulled by an incredibly powerful force. The entire palace slowly began to rise.
The palace floated high above, and through the heavy chains below, the entire Langya Sect also began to ascend.
Inside Langya Sect, the idly waiting crowd suddenly looked up at the sky.
Cang Yin's eyes flashed with shock!
Good heavens!
This!
What a scene!
Only to see a gigantic net suddenly appear in the sky! It was the divine artifact: the Thousand Silk Net! Billions of silver threads burst forth, one end pulling the entire Langya Palace, the other, shrouded in dazzling golden light, tearing through the firmament!
The entire Langya Palace let out a strained hum, and the whole sect shook wildly.
With the help of the Thousand Silk Net!
The Langya Sect intended to forcefully break through the Heavenly Dao's boundaries and ascend directly to the Immortal Realm!
Such an act was naturally not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao.
Rumble!
A blood-red fissure, spanning ten thousand miles, suddenly ripped open in the Nine Heavens, with countless dark purple lightning surging. The Thousand Silk Net suddenly wove into a silver cocoon, enveloping the entire sect and lifting it from the ground. Tens of thousands of chains inscribed with ancient runes deeply cinched into the mountain, brutally dragging the spiritual, pavilions, and even the earth's crust into the void.