It is said that the Wandering Immortal stepped into the small pavilion, and suddenly, a kaleidoscope of colors and brilliance appeared. Countless bizarre and fragmented scenes flashed, seemingly recording something real, but upon closer inspection, nothing could be clearly distinguished.

In an instant, the Wandering Immortal disappeared without a trace.

His “disappearance” was clearly not like Zhong Qin’s, who was erased, but rather that he himself had entered some mysterious realm.

His residual aura was still present, even with the dissipation of Dao essence. But Zhong Qin was completely and utterly gone, with nothing remaining.

After the Wandering Immortal vanished, a wondrous transformation occurred.

The dilapidated mountain pavilion seemed to be restored by some power.

The pavilion pillars were raised, the flying eaves connected, and the long benches grew…

In an instant, it was as good as new.

A quaint and elegant pavilion stood by the mountain path.

A plaque hung on the pavilion, bearing the inscription “Welcoming Pavilion.”

On the two pillars in front of the pavilion, a couplet was carved.

The left read: “Welcoming friends from all directions.”

The right read: “Greeting noble companions from every realm.”

Jiang Wang couldn’t help but praise in his heart, “What magnificent spirit!”

These words were all crafted with Dao scriptures, requiring no literacy to directly grasp their meaning.

Welcoming guests from the myriad realms, what ordinary sect would dare to display such a couplet?

Perhaps this Welcoming Pavilion belonged to the Cloud Top Immortal Palace that Dou Mian had mentioned earlier. And the Wandering Immortal had likely entered a space related to the Welcoming Pavilion. If there were no accidents, the entrance and exit decree should be within.

He just didn’t know where that power came from, why Zhong Qin was erased, but the Wandering Immortal was unharmed at this time.

Thinking of these things, Jiang Wang remained still, paying attention only to Dou Mian’s movements.

Dou Mian had explored the Welcoming Pavilion the earliest, and would never allow the Wandering Immortal to seize the benefits before him.

Jiang Wang didn’t act for the time being. Ye Qingyu formed a hand seal and injected it into the green banner. The Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot suddenly rose a canopy. Upon closer inspection, it was not a canopy, but a large tree, naturally providing shade.

The tree swayed, and countless green leaves flew out. The green leaves were like blades, rushing out of the Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot to cut at the translucent barrier left by the Wandering Immortal, but progress was difficult.

Dou Mian glanced at them indifferently, and turned his hand to bring the Heaven-Wildering Blade back in front of him.

The translucent barrier, which seemed to extend infinitely, also retracted as if it had its own intelligence, neither willing to clash with the Heaven-Wildering Blade, yet always firmly enveloping Dou Mian.

The means left by the Wandering Immortal were indeed not easy to deal with. Perhaps this was his confidence in taking the lead, confident that his means could trap his opponent for a while, allowing him to calmly seize the harvest first.

Dou Mian held the blade in his right hand, horizontally in front of him, with his left palm upright, pressed against the back of the blade.

In this posture, the Heaven-Wildering Blade was drawn horizontally.

Jiang Wang seemed to hear a cracking sound, or perhaps he heard nothing at all. But the translucent barrier that enveloped Dou Mian collapsed!

Over here, the flying leaf blades of the Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot were still stubbornly struggling with the translucent barrier, and it seemed that it would continue for some time.

“Need help?” Dou Mian asked, suspended in the air, holding his blade.

“Gratefully appreciated,” Jiang Wang replied quickly.

Dou Mian had no more doubts. With a turn, he stepped into the Welcoming Pavilion.

He would leave the two from Lingxiao Pavilion here for now. He would rely on his understanding of the Welcoming Pavilion to solve the Wandering Immortal first, find the entrance and exit decree of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, and seize the Cloud Top Immortal Palace inheritance.

The Spiritual Sky Palace had explored the Welcoming Pavilion for many years, and all the information was in his mind. Zhong Qin’s death was an accident, but similar situations had occurred in history. The Spiritual Sky Palace had no way to deal with that strange power, and didn’t know its origin, but vaguely guessed that it might be some kind of mountain-guarding means left by the Cloud Top Immortal Palace.

But they had also summarized that such power appeared less and less frequently. After erasing Zhong Qin, it would take at least a hundred years before it appeared again, or perhaps it would never appear again.

He had been hesitant and angry before because he was seeing that power for the first time, and he was not confident, and he also wanted to confuse the other two competitors.

But he didn’t expect the Wandering Immortal to be much more decisive than him, and actually took the lead.

Having already fallen behind, he couldn’t waste any more time now. How could he help the two from Lingxiao Pavilion get out of trouble?

Asking was just to test how long the two from Lingxiao Pavilion would be trapped.

As soon as Dou Mian’s figure disappeared, Jiang Wang immediately reached out of the deep blue light shield of the Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot, and the Samadhi True Fire ignited.

The blade-like flying leaves of the Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot had not yet finished, but they had already lost their target. The translucent barrier that had trapped them had disappeared.

The translucent barrier left by the Wandering Immortal was a first-class method for trapping people. It was extremely tough and could extend with the blade’s edge. It was a secret technique specially developed for trapping people, and it was not easy to break through.

He had clearly seen Dou Mian’s previous strike. Dou Mian’s blade did not directly destroy the Wandering Immortal’s barrier, but to some extent, it shattered the foundation on which the barrier was attached, and could even be said to have briefly cut open space. Although it was only for a moment, the barrier had nothing to rely on, and therefore collapsed.

Jiang Wang’s method at this time was similar, directly burning the space with Samadhi True Fire, leaving the translucent barrier with nowhere to rely on, breaking itself without being attacked.

“That Cloud Top Immortal Palace they mentioned, are you sure you don’t want to give it a try?” Jiang Wang extinguished the Samadhi True Fire and asked.

“We only just learned the name Cloud Top Immortal Palace, and have no advantage at all. To go with no preparation against someone who is prepared is not the act of a wise person,” Ye Qingyu said while controlling the green banner, retracting the blade-like flying leaves. “It’s better to directly take the Divine Power Fruit and end the competition.”

Ye Qingyu was a person with a clear vision, and would not easily change what she had decided.

Jiang Wang was just asking casually, and in his heart he also agreed with Ye Qingyu’s judgment. Moreover, he felt very uneasy about the power that directly erased Zhong Qin.

The two abandoned the mysterious Cloud Top Immortal Palace. The Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot directly changed direction, and the azure banner unfolded, returning to the top of the mountain at the fastest speed.

Without the restraints of Dou Mian and the Wandering Immortal, the speed of the Seven-Colored Banner Cloud Chariot was brought to its extreme, and the mountain scenery on the roadside flew by.

When they returned to the top of the mountain, the huge “Mountain-Guarding Spirit” still stood there, a giant tree reaching into the sky, with no end in sight, but there was no further movement.

Jiang Wang tentatively flew out of the mountain and observed from behind.

As expected, he found a translucent fruit behind the giant tree.

It is worth mentioning that this fruit was indeed connected to a branch, but not the kind of connection that grows on a tree. Rather, it was like being held by a branch. A more vivid analogy would be that the Mountain-Guarding Spirit was holding it behind its “back.”

Like a child hiding a beloved object.

The Mountain-Guarding Spirit had not moved again, giving Jiang Wang considerable courage. He quickly formed a hand seal, and the Soul-Binding Chains drilled out of the void, went around behind the Mountain-Guarding Spirit, and wrapped and twisted, bringing out the translucent fruit.

It did not encounter any obstacles, and it was easily obtained, which was unbelievably easy.

Two black Soul-Binding Chains intertwined into a concave disc, like a bowl.

The translucent fruit was held within, with an ancient and mysterious aura.

Was this the Divine Power Fruit?

From this fruit, Jiang Wang felt an aura similar to that of a Divine Power Seed.

Jiang Wang controlled the Soul-Binding Chains, presenting the fruit to Ye Qingyu.

“Want to taste it?” he said with a smile.

This was the moment of harvest. Both Jiang Wang and Ye Qingyu were feeling the “victory” of their trip to Slow Cloud Mountain.

They had made decisive choices and found the harvest they wanted.

But at the next moment, right in front of them, the huge “Mountain-Guarding Spirit,” which occupied one-third of the mountaintop, suddenly “collapsed”!

It originally had a clear appearance and a substantial pressure, but now it was as illusory as a phantom, easily disappearing.

As if it had been destroyed by some force in an instant!