Chapter 32

Chapter 32: The Immortal Lord’s Protection

The Limitless Sect.

Immortal Lord Mo Yang released his hand and took a step back.

As soon as Spatial Confinement lifted, Mu Zi Xu lurched as if he’d been dragged out from underwater. He sucked in air, choking, and then vomited a mouthful of blood straight onto Wang Yang.

Mu Zi Xu slumped into a chair, shaking so hard the wood creaked. He stared at Immortal Lord Mo Yang with raw shock and fear, unable to stop trembling.

Wang Yang’s face was ashen too. He muttered a cleaning spell, sweeping the blood away, then stayed close to Mu Zi Xu with every muscle tight.

For a moment, he had truly believed Mo Yang would strike hard—cripple Mu Zi Xu, maybe even end him. That it had only been a warning was the only reason Wang Yang’s knees still held.

Mu Zi Xu took a long time before he managed to steady his churning qi and blood. Rage and fear battled on his face as he forced himself to speak.

“What did you mean just now?” he demanded. “As an Immortal Lord, can you strike at people like us whenever you want?”

He swallowed, then pushed on, voice stiff. “Though Mu is ignorant, I am still a disciple of the Limitless Sect. If Immortal Lord Mo Yang harms a fellow disciple, you must give me a reason!”

He wanted to sound tougher—wanted to threaten to report it directly to the Limitless Sect—but he didn’t dare.

Immortal Lord Mo Yang was famously ruthless. If he decided to cut Mu Zi Xu down one day with a sword from behind, Mu Zi Xu wouldn’t even know where to go to beg for justice.

People said the higher one’s cultivation, the more one feared death. Mu Zi Xu had worked too long, too hard, to let it all turn to nothing.

Immortal Lord Mo Yang’s gaze swept over him, colder than snow.

“She is the disciple I, Mo Yang, have chosen,” he said. “If you want to hunt her down, I will not stand by and watch her die.”

The words struck Mu Zi Xu like a blow.

How was that possible?

How had that black-clothed child drawn Immortal Lord Mo Yang’s attention?

Mu Zi Xu’s heart lurched, anxiety gnawing at him.

Not long ago, he’d used his status to intimidate Song Wan Ning. He’d invoked the Spirit Realm and the Immortal Realm, trying to crush her with threats.

Now, thinking back, it was absurd—ridiculous, even.

Behind Immortal Lord Mo Yang stood a great clan of the Immortal Realm, with power that reached even into the Spirit Realm. No matter where Mu Zi Xu went, he would never compare.

How could he dare bully Mo Yang’s disciple?

“I… we didn’t know,” Mu Zi Xu said, voice tightening.

His attitude softened, but anger and unwillingness churned beneath it. More than anything, he felt helpless.

Song Wan Ning had ruined the Medicine King Sect’s chance at an inheritance in the Lower Realm and destroyed countless spirit tablets. That grudge had barely begun to be repaid, and then she turned around and became an Immortal Lord’s chosen disciple.

He was so furious he wanted to spit blood again.

“And what she did was excessive,” Mu Zi Xu insisted, stubborn to the end. “Giving her a lesson was only reasonable!”

Immortal Lord Mo Yang didn’t look at him as if he were worth the words.

“Whether her actions are excessive is not for you to decide,” he said. “And you were the one who picked on her first.”

His voice sank.

Immortal Lord pressure rolled out again, crashing down like mountains and seas.

Mu Zi Xu opened his mouth to argue—and in an instant it felt as if invisible fingers had closed around his throat. The shadow of death dropped over him, heavy enough to crush breath. His face went ghost pale.

Wang Yang’s face blanched too. He pressed a hand to Mu Zi Xu’s shoulder, warning him without words to stop.

Then Wang Yang turned toward Mo Yang, forcing a smile.

“Since that child is someone Immortal Lord Mo Yang has taken a liking to, she must be extraordinary—far from ordinary,” he said carefully.

“Zi Xu was only blinded by anger. He did not mean to target her. Please, Immortal Lord Mo Yang, be magnanimous and do not hold it against him.”

Wang Yang bowed his head slightly, giving Mu Zi Xu a way out. “From now on, Zi Xu will never dare target that child again.”