Chapter 1718 Zhang Xuan Captured

"So strong!"

Zhang Xuan's disguised face changed color. He flung his longsword and hastily retreated.

He was only using the peak strength of the Golden Body realm; if his opponent didn't take him seriously, he wouldn't harm the others.

"Think you can escape?"

Seeing the man's decisiveness—fleeing immediately after a single failed strike—the black-armored man snorted. The power in his palm surged like a violent wave, exuding a crushing pressure.

"Break!"

Zhang Xuan pointed a finger.

Boom!

The supreme-grade sacred artifact longsword exploded in midair, unleashing power akin to a Saint Domain Ninth Layer expert's self-destruction, blocking the black-armored man's attack.

After doing this, he stepped in the air, his form turning into a long dragon as he shot into the distance.

"Stop!"

Clatter!

Seeing his movement, the surrounding Otherworldly Tribe members drew their weapons, ready to strike.

"No need for you to act. This fellow is interesting—leave him to me!"

With a cold laugh, the black-armored man stepped forward and clenched his hand in the air.

The explosive force of the supreme-grade sacred artifact, though not weak, was nothing to an Immortality realm expert.

Whoosh!

A giant hand appeared in the air, enveloping Zhang Xuan, sealing the space around him.

"Damn it..."

His face twisted, Zhang Xuan spat blood as if using some bloodline power. His aura instantly surged, and he charged at the sealed space.

"You're not weak for the Golden Body realm, but compared to the Immortality realm, you're still far too inferior... Come down!"

Crack!

The black-armored man clapped his hands together, causing continuous sonic booms in the air. Zhang Xuan's power ultimately failed to break through; he was trapped in the middle, like a crab bound by ropes, unable to escape no matter how he struggled.

"Come here!"

With another grab, Zhang Xuan was controlled and flew to his front, helpless.

At this moment, his face was pale, as if after burning his bloodline, he had lost all strength to resist.

"Kill me if you want. I, Xuan Zhang, won't even frown!" Knowing he couldn't escape, he spat and roared angrily.

"Kill you? Rest assured, you can live a little longer. The more powerful the master teacher, the purer the true qi, and the stronger the altar's power... Originally, I feared the power might be insufficient. Your appearance is enough..."

With a light laugh, the black-armored man flicked his finger, and Zhang Xuan flew to Hu Yaoyao and the others: "Lock him up and sacrifice him together!"

"Yes!"

Two Otherworldly Tribe members grabbed him lightly, and Zhang Xuan immediately felt a thin thread lock his pulse gate, sealing all his power inside his body, rendering him unable to use it.

After doing this, they ignored him and continued setting up the altar.

"You shouldn't have come out. This is a pointless sacrifice..."

Seeing that, as expected, he had been captured here, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he was about to study what the thin thread was, he heard a sigh in his ear.

The speaker was an old man not far away, at the Divine Realm Indestructible realm.

"Senior, do you know what they are building this altar for?"

Seeing that the man before him was clear-minded, unlike the others who were listless, Zhang Xuan couldn't help asking.

"They want to break through space through sacrifice, build a bridge, and enter the Confucian Temple!" the old man said in a low voice.

His cultivation was sealed, so he couldn't use telepathy.

"Break through space? Enter the Confucian Temple?" Zhang Xuan was stunned. "Doesn't this ice world have an exit? If we find the exit, can't we smoothly enter the Confucian Temple's vicinity? Why go through all this trouble?"

"Exit?" The old man smiled bitterly. "There is an exit, but that exit cannot enter the Confucian Temple!"

"Can't enter?" Zhang Xuan looked at him in confusion.

He had gone from the jungle world to the desert world, and then to this ice world... He had secretly deduced that, like a tower, as long as he passed the corresponding floors, he would surely reach the location of the Confucian Temple.

"The Confucian Temple has six branch halls and one main hall. Each branch hall corresponds to a different world. These worlds are connected by exits and entrances. If you follow that path, you will shuttle back and forth among these six worlds, never finding the exact location!"

The old man said: "Take this ice world as an example. If you shuttle through the exits and entrances, after passing through five worlds, you will return here..."

"Uh... is that so?" Zhang Xuan was stunned.

He had thought that as long as he moved quickly and traversed all the worlds, he would surely find the Confucian Temple's vicinity. He never dreamed that they were all connected.

In that case, wasn't it like walking in circles?

"This should be a secret. Even the Master Teacher Pavilion headquarters might not know it. How do you know?"

He looked at the old man in confusion.

As the patriarch of three great families, a nine-star master teacher, and the hall master of the Saint Child Hall... he didn't know this information. If the Pavilion Master Ren knew, he would have mentioned it earlier... How did this old man know so much detail?

"That Otherworldly Tribe member just said it himself... To enter the Confucian Temple, following the exits is impossible. The only way is through sacrifice to break space, which can directly reach the location of the branch halls!"

The old man said.

"Enter the branch halls? Didn't you say that without a World-Transmitting Heavenly Talisman, one cannot enter?"

If everyone could break space and enter the Confucian Temple's branch halls, what meaning would the so-called World-Transmitting Heavenly Talisman have?

There wouldn't be countless people fighting over it.

"Without a World-Transmitting Heavenly Talisman, of course you can't enter the branch halls. But reaching the outside of the branch halls is still possible. That is the true periphery of the Confucian Temple, where spiritual energy is denser and cultivation is twice the result with half the effort... Moreover, even if you enter a branch hall and snatch a treasure, does that mean it's yours? If your strength is insufficient, as soon as you leave the branch hall, it will be taken away... So many experts wait outside. It is said... there are even Ancient Saints!"

The old man's eyes showed fear.

"Ancient Saints? They wait outside?"

Zhang Xuan's pupils contracted.

"Yes, they are restricted and cannot enter the Confucian Temple, but they can wait for prey! Those who can enter will eventually come out. Once they leave, they are highly likely to be ambushed... To be honest, that is the truly dangerous place. We ordinary cultivators should just wander around here. If we go there, we'll only die faster!"

The old man smiled bitterly: "Forget it. Soon we'll be sacrificed. Saying more is useless. Let's save our strength!"

"Mm!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, his heart full of shock.

He had thought that even Ancient Saint experts couldn't enter here, but they could reach the Confucian Temple's periphery... If so, it would indeed be much more dangerous.

"The Otherworldly Tribe knows this. Could they have already explored all six worlds, or... are there already experts at the periphery of the branch halls?"

A thought emerged.

He had traveled through three worlds and hadn't met Zhao Ya, Wei Ruyan, or the Hundred Schools of Thought, nor Luo Ruoxi and the others. Where had they gone?

Could they have already reached the periphery of the many branch halls?