Chapter 2500: Heart of the Island

vels, I saw a record about the Divine Dao in a book and thus knew," Shen Xiang said."Indeed! How did you enter here It's not hard to discover that hole, but it's difficult to realize there are treasur...Chapter 2500: Heart of the Island

“You guys have been occupying Ling City for so long, have you enjoyed enough blessings It's time for you to cease to exist now," Shen Xiang said with a cold smile. Then, he instructed Xia Bai-ling to seal the Boundary Emperor and throw him into the Creation God Furnace using spatial power.

請將以下內容翻譯成英文，保留原有的HTML標簽，僅翻譯標簽內的文字內容，不新增任何其他內容：它介紹了自己的身份和目的：“我是天泉宗的弟子楊開，受我的師尊所托，前來尋找一位‘不朽’級彆的強者。我知道你是唯一符合條件的人選。”翻譯內容：

It introduced its identity and purpose: "I am Yang Kai, a disciple of the Heavenly Spring Sect. I have been sent here by my senior to seek out a powerful being of the 'Immortal' rank. I know you are the only candidate who fits all the criteria."

Rising Chen found several good items from the Realm King, including a talisman for communicating messages!

He transformed into the appearance of the Sovereign Realm and imitated his voice, using a communication jade talisman to send messages to the Ten Kings and many powerful generals. He asked them all to come to the imperial palace.

After the questioning, Shen Xiang found the Ten Sons of that Realm Ruler inside the imperial palace. He did not kill them, but merely threw them into the Primordium God Cauldron.

In just two hours, Shen Xiang was able to gather the Ten Kings and thirty generals together. All of them were at the Dao Po Realm, tenth level.

These are the strongest ones in this land of spirits. If we were to get rid of them, then Shen Tianhu and co could easily take back the land of spirits with minimal sacrifices.

"King Qi, I've also heard about your son's matter. No doubt everyone knows why I've called you here! It's about this Shen Xiang matter."

"But we don't know where ShenTianhu and his gang are right now! We guessed that you all would hide and wait for us to retaliate against you," the King of Qi said, his face filled with anger. Being provoked in such a way and being powerless to do anything about it was frustrating.

Shen Xiang nodded and said, "I know where that Shen Xiang is!"

"Oh" The Marquis of Qi and the others were alarmed.

"Right here!" Shen Xiang grinned mysteriously, then immediately transformed back into his own appearance.

Seeing this, the wily old foxes, Qi Wang and co., were alarmed. They never imagined that someone would have this capability to impersonate the boundary emperor and summon them here. Relying on their years of experience, they immediately knew why Shen Xiang had gathered them here: to eliminate them all in one go.

Summer Belying had already set up a spatial boundary. There was no way they could escape!

"Sister Bailing, go ahead and act!" Shen Xiang hurried to find the spirit of this island.

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Xia Bailing immediately used her powerful spatial powers to sever the limbs and heads of these people. Then, Shen Xiang used the Fire Sword Dao Trace and unleashed a flaming sword that rushed over to cut them all down, leaving only their heads behind.

This group of forty people, although all at the Dao Substance Realm Stage Ten, were powerless against Xia Bailing due to her spatial powers. They were easily killed by Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang held their heads and quickly returned to the underground palace. It was merely a day's journey.

"Did you fail to find their location" asked Shen Tianhu when he saw how quickly Shen Xiang returned.

Shen Tiantiger was still conferencing with other powerhouses on how to launch an attack.

"No, I've already taken care of those fellows," said Shen Xiang as he threw the heads of the Realm Sovereign, the Ten Kings, and the generals onto the ground.

Seeing those familiar heads, Shen Tiantiger and the others were in shock. These people were all considered powerful enemies by them, and yet their heads were here before their very eyes in less than a day.

Especially the Boundary Emperor at the Daoxián realm, who was once a formidable opponent that they could hardly overcome, now died in such a disgraceful manner.

"Hehe, Senior White Spirit is a Deity Sovereign, with her help, this is nothing at all," Shen Xiang said with a smile. "Old dad, should you guys have no problem dealing with those shrimp soldiers and crab officers"

"Absolutely no problem, they are the strongest among those few dozen people over there. They're all dead now, making it completely effortless."

"Dad, I want to find a guy and talk to him alone!" Chen Xiang said.

Sen Tianhu nodded, and then he had an elderly man collect these heads, bringing them to their soldiers as a way to boost morale.

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Shen Tiantiger and Shen Xiang came into a secret room.

"Dad, when was the guy who keeps appearing in your dreams not there" Shen Xiang asked.

"You're going to find him Do you know where he is" asked Shen Tiegou.

"Well, I think he is the island spirit!" Chen Xiang nodded.

"He hasn't contacted me since I entered the Earthly Spirit Realm. He told me before that he might not appear again." Shen Tianhu was surprised to find out it was an island spirit, seemingly understanding more about the situation.

"Could it be that he has perished due to the toxic rain" Shen Tianhu sighed. "He was like my master, if not for him, I would have died long ago."

"I feel like he's not dead, but just very weak. If he doesn't receive help again, he might die. That's why I'm going to find him," Shen Xiang said, "I feel like he might be inside the Earth."

"Is there really a way" Shen Tianhu asked hurriedly. "He never told me where he was, all he said was that he had been on this island."

"If that's the case, then it's most likely him," Shen Xiang said. "There's no time to waste; I'm going to find him right now. I need to talk to him first before figuring out how to assist him properly."

"Xiang'er, you must try your best to help him!"

Shen Tianhu patted Shen Xiang's shoulder.

“Sure thing!” Shen Xiang smiled and said, "I'll go now."

" Alright, you don't need to worry about this. We can handle it," Shen Tianhu said.

Shen Xiang crawled into the depths beneath the ground from the crypt. This must be as close to the center of the earth as possible, and there is a place here where magma can erupt.

The Islet Spirit is likely located at the Earth's core, a deduction made by Shen Xiang. Although not entirely certain, this is currently the only direction in which the search for the Islet Spirit is directed.

He quickly made his way to the center of the earth, and with Xia Bailing protecting him with spatial power, he didn't have to worry about encountering any dangers underground.

"This heart of the earth is continuously withering!" Xia Bailing said. "But what can be certain is that if there were island spirits here, he would still be alive. As long as the heart of the earth doesn't die, he won't either."

The heart of the earth contains a large amount of dense molten fire, which constantly gushes out from that core. However, the core is now merely burning and unable to absorb the Dao qi from the heavens and earth. Moreover, the surface of the land is continuously being devoured by that lethal poison, sucking away its energy. Therefore, it's only a matter of time before this island meets its demise.

Shen Xiang is heading towards the location of the core. Within the earth's center, he can clearly sense the direction where the core is located. There is extremely terrifying and chaotic energy there, and it would be very difficult for him to reach that place even with Xia Baoling.

Several hours later, he finally reached the place where the core was located. It was a massive spherical bead that was fiery red in color. He gently touched it with his hand and felt a strong force of attraction pulling him towards it, eventually drawing him inside.und an elephant. The tongue was soaked in blood and exuded hot steam, suggesting recent consumption of a human.Scared out by the sudden appearance of the monster, Sc翔 quickly used his spatial power to...