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“This way, we’ll probably completely lose track of the other party.”

“Investigate! We have to find out!”

“At all costs!”

“We have to find that Dao Cultivator.”

“This might be our chance…”

After Gu Zong and the others reacted, they immediately took action and passed down the orders. They began to investigate the surroundings of the Qi Lian Mountain Range one after another.

Qi Ming had already eliminated all traces early on. He had even used the Great Divine Power of Shifting Stars to tamper with and hide the heavenly secrets. He had completely hidden himself.

It was almost impossible for them to find and discover Qi Ming.

Time passed.

In the blink of an eye, another half a month later.

In the Ancient Immortal City, in a courtyard.

During this period of time, Qi Ming did not pay attention to the outside world. He stayed in the courtyard and cultivated. He obtained gains almost every day, and his Dharmic powers and cultivation slowly increased.

He cultivated under the enhancement of 1 trillion times. At the same time, he was deducing the Chaos Great Dao Scripture and the Shifting Stars Grand Formation.

“As expected of a Dao Cultivator.”

On the other side, the Golden Immortal Elder of the Ancient Immortal Sect, Gu Zong, took a deep breath. He frowned and said in a deep voice, “After investigating for so long, we basically did not obtain anything. We don’t know the other party’s whereabouts at all.”

“Indeed.”

The Golden Immortal elder of the Silver-Winged Yaksha Race nodded. He was very emotional, “We even used divine powers to deduce, but we could not obtain the corresponding heavenly secrets. We can only confirm that the other party is in the range of the Ancient Immortal City.”

“The Ancient Immortal City is so huge. It’s not easy to find the other party.”

The Golden Immortal elder of the Purple Mansion Sect said, “Moreover, if we find him too brazenly, we might offend that Dao Cultivator.”

“If we really offend that Dao Cultivator, it will be easy to deal with us when he grows up.”

“That’s right.”

The elder of the Feng Clan was a little afraid. He pondered for a moment and said, “We can only suppress this for the time being. Let’s talk about it in the future. Moreover, the other party might not be a Dao Cultivator.”

“Moreover…”

“The Nine Provinces Immortal Dynasty will probably interfere in this matter. After all, this might be a Dao Cultivator.”

Another half a month later, the four first-rate factions of the Ancient Immortal City withdrew their forces one after another and stopped investigating. Everything seemed to have returned to normal.

In the dark, the four first-rate factions did not give up on finding that possible Dao Cultivator. However, they did not continue to brazenly interrogate and search. Instead, they investigated in the shadows.

The Nine Provinces Immortal Dynasty had also received news that a Dao Cultivator might appear in the territory of the Ancient Immortal City. They sent the secret guards of the Dark Team Pavilion to investigate.

Unfortunately, the Dark Team Pavilion could not investigate Qi Ming’s whereabouts because he had already completely covered his traces. He had even used the power of the Great Divine Power to tamper with the heavenly secrets.

This way, unless a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal personally took action to investigate, and was one who was skilled in deduction and heavenly secrets divine powers, they could not break the divine power of the Shifting Stars.

Or rather…

Only when a Golden Immortal expert who had grasped a Great Divine Power similar to the Shifting Stars made a move and deduced could they possibly discover Qi Ming’s whereabouts.

Qi Ming cultivated the Great Dao and had the protection of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. Coupled with the enhancement of the Purity Golden Body, if a Golden Immortal expert who had grasped a Great Divine Power similar to the Shifting Stars attacked, even if they deduced Qi Ming’s whereabouts and information, the other party would suffer the backlash of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.

At that time, even if the other party did not die, he would be heavily injured.

In the outer city of the Ancient Immortal City.

In the courtyard.

Qi Ming waved his hand. He had already set up the Shifting Stars Grand Array in his courtyard. He used the power of the array to protect the courtyard and hide his whereabouts.

This way, the fluctuation emitted by Qi Ming’s seclusion in the courtyard would not be discovered. It would be blocked by the Shifting Stars Grand Formation to reduce the possibility of being exposed.

If the fact that Qi Ming was a Dao Cultivator was discovered, not to mention the other factions, the Nine Provinces Immortal Dynasty would be the first to be unable to sit still because it was established by a Dao Cultivator back then.

Now, a trillion years had passed, which was an epoch.

The appearance of the second Dao Cultivator would greatly affect the rule of the Nine Provinces Immortal Dynasty. Moreover, Qi Ming preferred to cultivate quietly and increase his cultivation level. He would obtain complete freedom and pry into the highest realm.

At that time, as long as his cultivation level was high enough and his strength was strong enough, all problems would be resolved.

Be it the Upper World or the lower realm, they were actually worlds where the strong were respected.

In the blink of an eye, another hundred years later.

On this day,

At noon.

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. The Shifting Stars Grand Formation has been deduced for a hundred years under the enhancement of 1 trillion times and has further been deduced to become the Small Heavenly Star Array.”

A notification appeared.

Qi Ming was delighted. “The Shifting Stars Grand Formation has been further deduced to be the Small Heavenly Star Array. This way, it can guarantee my safety and hide my whereabouts.”

Then, Qi Ming directly received the Small Heavenly Star Array. relevant vast information surged into his mind and he quickly memorized and understood.

Not long after, Qi Ming had completely grasped the Small Heavenly Star Array.

“Very good.”

With a thought, Qi Ming opened his inventory and found many materials. He sat cross-legged and began to refine the array foundation and array core of the Small Heavenly Star Array as well as the corresponding core array diagram.

Seven days later, Qi Ming had already successfully refined it.

“Rise.”

Qi Ming waved his right hand, and streaks of light appeared. This scene was like the stars in the sky. There were many of them, and they transformed into the scene of a vast starry sky.

The Small Heavenly Star Array contained 129,600 secondary array foundations, 14,800 main array foundations, 365 secondary array cores, and 108 main array cores.

There was a Core Formation Diagram: Small Heavenly Star Array Formation.

“Formation, arise!”

Qi Ming waved his right hand, and the core array formation floated. The surrounding array core and array foundation floated again and quickly overlapped with the original Shifting Stars Grand Formation.

A vast light flashed.

The two array formations combined and became even stronger. The courtyard Qi Ming was in seemed to have become a scene of the universe and starry sky.

Qi Ming heaved a sigh of relief. The entire array slowly hid. The phenomenon of the array disappeared. With the protection of the two array formations, he was even more at ease.

Almost at the same time, in the Ancient Immortal City branch of the Nine Provinces Immortal Dynasty’s Dark Team Pavilion.

There was a 99-story building.

At the top, in a secret room.

“Pfft…”

A golden-haired man sat cross-legged. Eight trigrams circulated around him as Yin and Yang fused. Symbols flickered and heavenly secrets circulated. However, his face suddenly turned golden, and his eyes widened as he spat out blood.

He screamed, “This is impossible…”

Then, he directly fainted.

His original head of golden hair had actually turned white in an extremely short period of time. His body emitted a stench as if the Heavenly Human Five Declines was about to descend.

“Daoist Golden Toad.”

The door to the secret room was knocked open.

Two Golden Immortals of the Dark Team Pavilion rushed in. When they saw the miserable state of Daoist Golden Toad, shock appeared on their faces.

“Gasp…”

The square-faced Golden Immortal among them gasped, “This… This… Daoist Golden Toad is a Golden Immortal. Moreover, he grasped the deduction divine power and was actually hurt to this extent.”

“This is really shocking.” The other thin Golden Immortal said in a low voice, “That Dao Cultivator probably grasped a powerful divine power technique. Otherwise, Daoist Golden Toad would not be in such a miserable state.”

This Daoist Golden Toad was a Golden Immortal invited by the Dark Team Pavilion. They wanted him to help deduce Qi Ming’s whereabouts. Originally, Daoist Golden Toad had indeed obtained some information, but because Qi Ming had set up the Small Heavenly Star Array, it directly caused Daoist Golden Toad to suffer the backlash of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao, and more than half of his fortune and merit dissipated.

Three days later, Daoist Golden Toad woke up. There was still fear lingering on his face. He had spent a considerable price to recover his merit and fortune, but he did not dare to continue deducing.

“Fellow Daoists…” Daoist Golden Toad said bluntly, “You should find someone else. The other party’s background is too great. If I continue forcefully deducing, I’ll probably die on the spot.”

“Goodbye!”

Daoist Golden Toad turned around and fled.

“This…”

The two Golden Immortals of the Dark Team Pavilion looked at each other and shook their heads. They were quite helpless, but they were even more certain of the authenticity of the appearance of a Dao Cultivator.

“Report this matter truthfully. As for what the higher-ups will do, it has nothing to do with us. If we’re too overbearing and offend that Dao Cultivator, it won’t do us any good.” The square-faced Golden Immortal said.

“That’s good too.” The thin Golden Immortal of the Dark Team Pavilion nodded.

In the blink of an eye, another hundred years later.

On this day, in the morning.

Ding!

“Congratulations, host. You have cultivated for 200 years under the enhancement of 1 trillion times. Your cultivation level has increased. You have successfully broken through from the early-stage Immortal realm to the mid-stage Immortal realm.”

A notification appeared.

With a thought, Qi Ming sat cross-legged. In his mind, various comprehensions of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao surged into his mind, understanding all kinds of profundities.

Then, Qi Ming seemed to have transformed into a black hole. The surrounding Upper World immortal qi surged into Qi Ming’s body and was absorbed and refined by him.

Even so, these Upper World immortal qi were not enough for Qi Ming to break through. If this continued, the commotion when Qi Ming broke through would cause a domain that formed a vacuum of immortal qi around him.

Qi Ming waved his hand and opened his inventory. He took out a large number of immortal crystals and refined and absorbed the energy of these immortal crystals.. Only then did it satisfy his need for immortal qi energy when he broke through.