Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal? Chapter 788: Moving Mountains

Meanwhile.

Chen Niu lingered with a dark scowl in a barren gorge.

The day before, he had scoured the vicinity of the Demon Sealing Pagoda thoroughly, but failed to uncover even a trace of Chen Huaian.

This unpredictable figure's strange vanishing act left him completely perplexed, his chest burning with rage he couldn't release.

He was convinced that the masked Sword Cultivator had employed some advanced Escape Technique, though he remained clueless about the escapee's destination.

Still, given the variable's fascination with the Fierce Beast Demonic Souls and the Celestial Jade Marrow stored in the Demon Sealing Pagoda, the foe was bound to walk right into his snare.

Chen Niu gazed toward the heavens, a glint of savage resolve sparking in his gaze, as though he were conversing with an invisible entity.

Soon after, his immense demonic energy, infused with a strand of the colossal divine might from his actual form in the Immortal Realm, erupted outward.

From far-off horizons, toward the positions of the remaining four Demon Sealing Pagodas, four massive beams of light erupted at once.

An unseen energy web appeared to connect these beams, causing the ground to quiver subtly, while the Earth Veins' power was compelled into action.

Chen Niu's flood dragon form twisted, his savage bull head tilted upward, emitting a deep growl resembling stifled thunder, as his talons shaped an intricate, archaic mudra: "Borrowing the power of Heaven and Earth, the Five Sacred Mountains heed my command! Mountain-Moving Seal—RISE!!"

RUMBLE!!!

The ground quaked beneath an overwhelming strain.

The mountain chains hosting the other four Demon Sealing Pagodas started to shudder fiercely, as if seized by some hidden colossal grip, ripped forcibly from their roots.

Chen Niu lifted his arms in an upward gesture, his pale green skin shifting to red and then violet, like he was bearing the weight of sky and soil.

"ARGHHHHHH! RISE FOR ME!"

The ground's tremors intensified further.

The four dislodged Demon Sealing Pagodas commenced their journey toward Chen Niu's spot, steered by an intangible force.

His plan was to deploy his ultimate Divine Ability to drag all four Demon Sealing Pagodas together, resolving the conflict in a single clash.

With the cultivation of his former avatar, pulling off such a feat would have been impossible. Yet now, nearing the height of might in this domain, empowered by his true body's immortal essence and the immortal relic granted by it—the Mountain-Moving Seal. Even as a mere copy, it sufficed to activate the Divine Ability just enough.

Once this was done, Chen Niu eyed the four Demon Sealing Pagodas clustered nearby, a hint of weariness crossing his stare.

The Fierce Beasts sealed in these four towers were all incredibly powerful. Confronting them individually would challenge him greatly, much less facing four simultaneously.

He'd simply let the variable deal with those Fierce Beasts.

Then, he could claim the spoils.

From remote territories echoed waves of savage beast cries, while the heavens darkened under a thick swarm of flying demons, resembling an ominous storm cloud.

The demonic beasts protecting the Demon Sealing Pagodas were converging steadily, with even more on the way.

Within three days, this range would transform into an ocean of demonic creatures.

Chen Niu paid no mind to those demonic beasts. He merely settled into a cross-legged position on a stone ledge, suppressed his presence, and set about restoring his drained demonic power.

The Demon Sealing Pagodas were now managed. The next target was the Celestial Jade Marrow.

And the sole expert capable of pinpointing the Celestial Jade Marrow's emergence site was Hua Jin the True One, master of divination techniques.

Upon replenishing his demonic power, Chen Niu turned his gaze eastward toward the Kunlun Immortal Palace, a vicious grin twisting his lips.

"They all say Hua Jin the True One excels at unveiling heavenly mysteries. I wonder if she foresaw her own impending doom?"

With those words, his flood dragon form undulated, harnessing the winds. In under half an incense stick's duration, he reached the outskirts of the Kunlun Immortal Palace.

A horrifying Demon Immortal's suppressive presence, blended with lingering immortal might, crashed over the whole Immortal Palace like a colossal wave.

"ENEMY ATTACK!!!"

A shrill warning cry rent the air instantly.

The Kunlun Immortal Palace disciples reeled from this abrupt demonic pressure, their vital energies roiling. Weaker cultivators crumpled straight to the earth.

Multiple rays of light streaked from assorted halls and structures. At the forefront flew Hua Jin the True One, her demeanor icy and detached, clutching a sword in one grip.

Upon spotting the gigantic silhouette twisting mid-air over the plaza—a flood dragon frame topped with a brutal bull head—her eyes narrowed abruptly, her features hardening into severity.

"Chen Niu!" Hua Jin the True One's tone held a faint undercurrent of strain. "Instead of guarding the Buddha statue at the Great Thunder Temple, what business brings you to invade my Kunlun Immortal Palace? Have you disregarded the decrees laid down by the Upper Gods?!"

Wang Shouyi, accompanying Hua Jin the True One, wore a ghastly look as well.

Previously, Chen Niu had wounded Hua Jin the True One. He had assumed that after Chen Niu's heavy injuries from those variables, he'd retreat for some time.

Unexpectedly, he resurfaced to stir trouble so quickly? And his aura felt even more daunting now?

He instinctively balled his hands into fists, gazing at Hua Jin the True One's slim, apparently delicate figure ahead, his chest tightening with pain.

His power remained far too insufficient.

Why did cultivation feel so oppressive, regardless of his efforts? As though this realm was an inescapable prison.

However, he detected no such distress in Senior Chen, Senior Zhang, or Senior Gu. They moved with effortless liberty, akin to a soft gust wandering through the cosmos.

It appeared they could roam as they pleased.

Could it truly stem only from his lacking strength?

Chen Niu's harsh laughter shattered Wang Shouyi's musings.

His huge bull-like eyes peered down icily at Hua Jin the True One. Twin bursts of hot white vapor blasted from his nostrils, his voice booming like thunderclaps: "Hua Jin, cease attempting to cow me with regulations!

My deeds are beyond your control!

Even sharing a lord, alliance eludes us. Should I desire it, slaying you remains within my grasp!"

His enormous flood dragon tail lashed irritably over the terrain, carving out deep furrows.

"Spare the chatter! Tell me, when and where shall the next Celestial Jade Marrow emerge? Perform the divination now and reveal it!"

Hua Jin the True One's spirit plummeted. It was for the Celestial Jade Marrow, as suspected.

Upon the fifth Well of Heaven's activation, she had sensed the Celestial Jade Marrow's imminent arrival.

Along with a creeping dread.

Now, that dread's origin stood revealed.

It was Chen Niu!

Composing herself with effort, she replied frostily, "Chen Niu, the Celestial Jade Marrow draws the Upper Gods' scrutiny. It falls to the worthy!

The Upper Gods granted me the means to peer into celestial enigmas due to their regard and faith in me.

If you seek it, petition the Upper Gods directly..."

"Nonsense!" Chen Niu bellowed, the sonic blast agitating the cloud layers. "I lack the leisure to dally with you!

Hua Jin, do not presume that overseeing this forsaken site dubbed Kunlun grants you leverage against me! Will you divine it or refuse?"

A savage gleam flared in his vast bull eyes. One talon, sheathed in dark blue-black scales, ascended. Dreadful energy amassed inside it, targeting Hua Jin the True One directly and Wang Shouyi trailing her. The crushing pressure warped the nearby void. "Provide the information, or... I'll raze your Kunlun training grounds and test if your lord avenges a useless subordinate like you!"

His stare shifted to Wang Shouyi, the malicious smirk on his visage broadening.

"Word is you've grown attached to worldly affections, taken a mortal youth as your paramour?

Refuse to disclose the Celestial Jade Marrow's site, and I'll slaughter that youth alongside you!"

Hua Jin the True One's complexion drained to ashen. Sensing that raw murderous intent, she realized this lunatic Chen Niu meant every threat!

Though both served the Heavenly Gods, they hailed from rival groups. So long as personal disputes stayed moderate, the Upper Gods typically overlooked them.

Chen Niu couldn't eliminate her.

But he'd show no mercy to Wang Shouyi or the Kunlun Immortal Palace.

She dared not risk it!

Kunlun's legacy must endure!

Her Little YiYi must live!

Hua Jin the True One drew a steadying breath, humiliation and resolve flickering in her eyes. She snapped at Wang Shouyi, who itched to charge from behind: "Stand down! Do not be foolish!"

She locked eyes with Chen Niu, clenching her jaw as she declared, "Very well! Chen Niu, today's affront will not be forgotten! I shall inform the Upper Gods in due time!"

Thereupon, she gently shut her eyes, fingers weaving a mudra. A mystical divination radiance enveloped her, subtly linking to the Kunlun range's terrestrial energies, tapping into heavenly veiled truths.

Chen Niu observed with patience, his massive bull eyes unmoved, revealing only icy scheming.

After an extended period, Hua Jin the True One's eyes reopened, her vitality clearly diminished. Fixing Chen Niu with her gaze, she stated evenly, "In one day's time, at the core of the Eastern Sea. There, the Celestial Jade Marrow shall manifest."

Securing the intelligence, a spark of contentment lit Chen Niu's enormous bull eyes at last. He huffed disdainfully, "Why not comply from the outset and spare the hassle?"

Spurning further looks at Hua Jin the True One or the Kunlun assembly, his flood dragon tail flicked, and his shape dissolved into nothingness like a specter, vanishing.

He abandoned a landscape of ruin and a hushed Kunlun Immortal Palace.

And a Hua Jin the True One whose countenance brimmed with dire severity, her nails nearly piercing her flesh.