The series of actions, while seemingly rather complicated, took only a few moments to transpire.
A moment later, the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace went flying off with a bang.
Jin Tianya pushed past the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace and flew at Tang Jie. “Give me back my formation!”
After three days of recovery, he had restored seventy to eighty percent of his strength, which had also restored his confidence. In his view, even as a fallen True Immortal, eighty percent of his strength was enough to deal with a new Earth Immortal.
Tang Jie shook his head and smiled. “Did you forget your promise not to attack humans?”
A moment later, a bolt of lightning shot out of the sky at Jin Tianya.
Jin Tianya ignored it, enduring the heavenly lightning as he attacked Tang Jie. “Even if I have to break the oath, I’ll kill you!”
Jin Tianya majestically soared through the air, the lightning as his backdrop, his blue eyes coldly glinting.
He raised his hand, which transformed into a huge mountain that descended onto Tang Jie’s head.
He raised his hand, and a hand made of clouds moved upward to meet the mountain.
This Drifting Cloud Hand was a Divine Connection he had created on his travels. It wasn’t particularly powerful, but it was a rather exquisite technique.
Alas, it was obliterated on first contact with Jin Tianya’s mountain palm.
A crimson cloud appeared, the Flesh Millstone merging with the Drifting Cloud Hand to face the challenge. But Jin Tianya still easily pushed through. The vast power of this palm truly suited the domineering aura of a True Immortal.
Jin Tianya laughed, “Junior, you really think that you can sit on the same level as me just because you’ve reached Immortal Platform? You’re still too young!”
Tang Jie nodded. “In terms of cultivation, you truly are stronger. When it comes to regular combat power, I’m inferior… no, ‘greatly inferior’.”
“Huh?” Jin Tianya was surprised by his indifferent tone.
Tang Jie continued, “Fortunately, I’ve never primarily relied on Divine Connections for battle.”
What sort of joke was that? What did an Immortal rely on for battle if not Divine Connections? Dao Arts?
Jin Tianya didn’t think this casual thought of his would be the truth. He simply didn’t believe that someone could comprehend all Twelve Great Daos. After all, in this world, someone who could comprehend just four Daos was rare enough, let alone all twelve. Worst of all, he didn’t even have the right to experience it.
He was only able to see one: the Infinite Palace.
In the face of his domineering foe, Tang Jie finally unleashed the just-upgraded Infinite Palace.
In a burst of rainbow lights, the resplendent palace emerged.
Among these halls was a particularly tall palace with a flat roof, and upon this roof sat that throne, on the back of which was a fierce face.
This face was alive, and it was grinning at Jin Tianya.
Clouds emerged from its mouth, shrouding the region in a mystical and intimidating atmosphere.
“The Immortal-sealing formation!” Jin Tianya cried out in alarm.
He was far too familiar with this feeling.
No, it was slightly different.
This Immortal-sealing formation was even stronger and fiercer than the one that had sealed him!
Jin Tianya felt powerless against the pressure of this formation, even felt like he should fall on his knees. Thankfully, this formation also suppressed the lightning. Ɽ₳ΝỐᛒĚȘ
Even so, Jin Tianya paled and immediately stopped attacking.
A voice rang out. “Kneel before the throne!”
Tang Jie had appeared on that platform, his robes majestically floating around him, his eyes exuding dignity, and his words shaking Jin Tianya to the core.
Despite his shock, Jin Tianya stubbornly replied, “‘Kneel’, to you!?”
He raised his hands, sending out a surge of blue light that exploded against the insides of the Infinite Palace.
Tang Jie snorted, “As stubborn as expected. Seal!”
The clouds churned, and a particularly powerful force descended upon Jin Tianya, pushing back his blue lightning.
Aghast, Jin Tianya desperately attempted to gather Immortal energy and push back the torrent of energy. But this energy was like a mountain, an ocean, the entire chiliocosm, utterly impossible to resist. Blue light erupted from his hands over and over, but that power ground it away into nothing. It seemed like the helpless struggle of an ant against an approaching carriage, or the last sparks from an electric eel against a fisherman…
The torrent of energy gradually pushed Jin Tianya to his knees.
The energy then transformed into giant shackles that chained down Jin Tianya and robbed him of any ability to stand.
“How… how is this possible?” Jin Tianya wailed.
Tang Jie had sealed him without even moving a muscle, and he had used the Immortal-sealing formation he had just taken.
There was no mistaking this familiar feeling.
But even the original Immortal-sealing formation couldn’t hold him, and the one Tang Jie had seized should only have been weaker. How was it that it was stronger?
He found it impossible to understand or believe.
Tang Jie didn’t even look at him, seating himself upon the throne and saying, “Well? Are you convinced now?”
Jin Tianya stared at him in shock.
“In the end, I’m the one who gave you freedom. Even if it was a fair trade, I still showed you some kindness. For you to attack me is to repay kindness with evil. How should I treat such an ungrateful person?”
Jin Tianya viciously glared at him. “Don’t try and trick me. You really think I would believe that you inadvertently came across me and decided to save me? Hmph, you probably had some plan in mind when you came to let me out, right? Although I don’t know what your goal is, since you went through the trouble of saving me, you naturally wouldn’t kill me so easily.”
Tang Jie was taken aback, and then he smiled. “Alright, alright, I suppose you are an old monster who’s lived several thousand years. You’re smart enough to not be fooled by my little act. In other words, I can’t use your life to extort anything out of you, right?”
“Hmph!” Jin Tianya looked away.
He talked tough, but deep down, he was rather nervous.
After all, he had been captured by Tang Jie right after being freed. If this man got angry and decided to lock him up again, he would have nothing left but his tears. He was just doing his best right now to put up a tough front.
Fortunately, Tang Jie had no plans on extorting him any more, primarily because he was too poor.
Since Jin Tianya had guessed that Tang Jie had no intention of killing him, he decided not to waste time, saying, “You’re correct. I let you out for a reason. But as for the reason, there’s no reason for me to tell you. Just know that you can go on with your business, and so long as you don’t provoke me, you can do whatever you want. Right, if possible, it’s best not to mention me. Just say that you got out on your own.”
The cultivators guarding this place had either died or fled, and Tang Jie had kept himself concealed while acting, only revealing himself at the very end. Thus, nobody knew of Tang Jie’s involvement and took all the phenomena to be Jin Tianya’s work.
“Of course, you can not listen to me and insist on pulling me down, testing whether or not I dare to kill you. As for whether I can… you’ve already tried that, and I trust you don’t need to try again.”
Tang Jie smiled, a smile so cruel that it made Jin Tianya shiver and realize that he wasn’t joking.
Just as Tang Jie said, he had already proved that he could kill Jin Tianya, and very easily at that. So long as Jin Tianya was still thinking straight, he wouldn’t provoke Tang Jie again.
Not only that, in the future, he would probably do his best to avoid Tang Jie and be on his best behavior if he couldn’t.
Helpless, Jin Tianya could only nod and agree.
Seeing that the old man had finally gotten the picture, Tang Jie withdrew the formation.
Jin Tianya finally felt the pressure lighten, his freedom restored.
This time, he didn’t dare to linger and immediately left.
As he departed, Tang Jie’s face darkened. “A fallen True Immortal… really is quite strong.”
Suppressing Jin Tianya with the formation had seemed easy, but it had taken sixty percent of the formation’s power.
This didn’t sound like a lot to suppress an Immortal, but it was still far from where Tang Jie wanted.
Tang Jie’s idea was to use the combination of the Immortal-sealing formation and the Eight Gates Banners to suppress at least three Immortals at once.
At this level, when combined with Tang Jie’s own strength, he would be able to deal with an entire group of Earth Immortals as he pleased.
Tang Jie hadn’t encountered this many Immortals at once yet, but there was no end to the pursuit of power. No matter how strong Tang Jie was, he would never feel that he was strong enough and didn’t need to grow any stronger.
Through this test, he had proved that the combination could easily seal one Immortal, but it was only able to seal two at most, and probably only for a short amount of time.
In addition, the Stellar Net Astral Demon Formation wasn’t strong enough, so rather than putting power into the offensive formation, it would be better to concentrate it all on the sealing formation to extend the sealing time.
But the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace was very powerful. While the Eight Gates Banners also used the power of the Great Dao, they lacked offensive power, while the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace was the opposite. If it could be merged with the Infinite Palace, it could further boost the formation’s power.
However, the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace was the only divine treasure he had forged himself. It bore his spirit, and it had unlimited potential. The Sovereign Blade was his number one offensive treasure, the Mountain River State Diagram was his number one resource treasure, and the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace was his number one defensive treasure. After all, it had been able to block Jin Tianya’s attack for a time.
If the Myriad Yin Yang Furnace were merged with the Immortal-sealing formation, it might grow more powerful in the short term, but its long-term development would be hindered.
In the end, Tang Jie gave up on the idea.
There was nothing perfect in this world. The Immortal-sealing formation could already seal two Earth Immortals. If he wanted to make it stronger, he would just look out for some other opportunity.
With this thought in mind, Tang Jie flew into the distance.
With matters here settled, he just needed to patiently wait.
Given Jin Tianya’s personality, he would soon deliver the news Tang Jie wanted.
Suddenly, Tang Jie felt a feeling that he had lost a long time ago.
This was…
After a moment, Tang Jie gleefully realized what it was.
It was the will of the original body!
After a period of hibernation, the original body’s will had finally awakened!