Chapter 923

Late at night in Luo Po valley, Qin Bai Sheng openly hands a crucial Immortal Gu to the mysterious black robed Gu Immortal and calls it very important. The black robed immortal’s face is unknown outside Shadow Sect, and his battle strength sits around rank seven’s upper tier. He tells Jiang Yu that he and she can die, but the black robed immortal must survive for the plan. Jiang Yu vows she will not let him perish before she dies herself. Hei Cheng and the others are astonished at this depth of loyalty within Shadow Sect. Soon after, Luo Po valley erupts as the five break out. ^{ch. 923}

Standing guard outside, Fairy Ling Mei shouts the alarm, then is caught alone by the five attackers and falls into mortal danger. She and Fairy Ao Xue jointly wield the rank seven crescent moon Gu, and together they can unleash peerless crescent moon slash, a signature killer move of Heaven’s Envy Manor. Earlier, that combined strike injured almost all of Shadow Sect, to varying degrees. The pair are normally never apart, but Central Continent’s thin numbers force them to split to encircle the whole valley, leaving Ling Mei alone now. ^{ch. 923}

Jiang Yu leads the attack on Ling Mei with lethal intent, and at the instant between life and death Ling Mei destroys an Immortal Gu to buy three breaths. A Gu formation built by Hong Chi Ming, of Wind Cloud Manor, then teleports her far away to safety. Seeing her escape, Jiang Yu gives up the kill and continues the breakout. ^{ch. 923}

Fairy Ao Xue arrives in alarm for Ling Mei, while Chen Zhen Chi and Bu Fei Yan, two famous flying grandmasters of Central Continent, close in as pursuers. Hong Chi Ming raises a Gu formation wall of light to block the five, announcing that Feng Jiu Ge predicted the breakout and offering them surrender. Feng Jiu Ge’s approaching aura terrifies Shadow Sect’s group, but Qin Bai Sheng, badly wounded, fires a golden arrow that shatters the wall and heavily injures Hong Chi Ming. He then blocks Ling Mei, Ao Xue, Chen Zhen Chi, and Bu Fei Yan. All four are beaten outright, and he lets them retreat rather than killing them, keeping his attention on Feng Jiu Ge. ^{ch. 923}

Having read Qin Bai Sheng’s injury, Feng Jiu Ge casts the killer move green jade song on the retreating five, slowly turning their flesh to jade. They cut or dig out the contaminated flesh to break free of it. Qin Bai Sheng answers with soul suppression against Feng Jiu Ge’s face, forcing him to defend and drop green jade song, which lets the five gain distance. Qin Bai Sheng’s two major trump cards are soul suppression and the sword path killer move five finger fist heart sword, so strong that ordinary Gu Immortals cannot endure even one hit from him. Feng Jiu Ge’s three, in order, are heaven and earth song, green jade song, and submission song. Qin Bai Sheng then binds Feng Jiu Ge in metal path golden chains, but after a hundred days of fighting Feng Jiu Ge knows the trick and shatters them within a breath. ^{ch. 923}

Qin Bai Sheng then reveals Luo Po valley’s true secret, activating a mystical space path light through the valley. It immobilizes Feng Jiu Ge just as he breaks free of the chains, and also strikes Ao Xue and Ling Mei, though Chen Zhen Chi and Bu Fei Yan dodge it. Recognizing the light as harmless, Feng Jiu Ge tells the others to stop resisting. He, then Qin Bai Sheng, then Ao Xue and Ling Mei, who choose to trust him, are each drawn deep into the valley by the light. ^{ch. 923}

Chen Zhen Chi, realizing what has happened, orders the remaining Shadow Sect immortals held back, and with Bu Fei Yan restrains the five while Hong Chi Ming, Old Lord Can Yang, and Old Man Tian Long arrive to fight off their escape. Hei Cheng is struck and falls behind, calling for help. Jiang Yu orders the group to abandon him and protect the black robed Gu Immortal instead, and they press on. Deep within the valley the four dragged inside find a mysterious space, which Feng Jiu Ge identifies as a hidden true inheritance of Thieving Heaven Demon Venerable. ^{ch. 923}