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Translator: Fate
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Nevertheless, that was merely Wang Zijin’s opinion. Even if she voiced it, she knew that few would believe her. The mentality of most living beings in this world differed from hers. They wholeheartedly believed these historical records that were circulated in all manner of ways.
Furthermore, when it came to the Forbidden Existence, even the act of talking about him in casual conversation would lead to catastrophic backlash and Karmic consequences. Therefore, everyone was even more afraid of mentioning him.
There was one more thing that seemed the most peculiar to Wang Zijin.
[If it is true that the Forbidden Existence was hellbent on destroying the Immortal Domain, why had he not done anything yet? Why would he wait until everyone got prepared for it? Is he just toying with his prey in a game of cat and mouse? Or, did he simply not care? If we take a step back, perhaps he never held such inclinations. We shouldn’t jump into hasty conclusions without the support of reliable firsthand information.]
As time passed, the situation that took place within the Wang Family played out across the rest of the Central Immortal Domain.
Many Forces tried to find ways to relocate. They wanted to ensure the survival of some of their legacy as they were worried about the possibility of their bloodlines dying out.
Everyone lived in constant trepidation, worried that such a day would come.
Many Immortal Kings were busy making arrangements to ensure the survival of their Family members. They were prepared to die and be used as nourishment.
Ripples of activity were detected from the depths of some of the ancient and isolated Forbidden Areas. Some of the old Immortal Kings, who had been in seclusion for ages, were finally reemerging.
However, their reemergence did not bring about any positive changes to the status quo. Instead, everyone became increasingly uneasy as even the old Immortal Kings had been made to move because of this situation.
They had entered seclusion for countless epochs. Few remained aware of their continued existence. Yet, this one message token had awakened them from the depths and brought them out to face the situation alongside everyone else.
During this time, many cultivators were frantically checking all the texts and records to find the ruins and caves that were left behind from ancient times. They wanted to know where the long-lost supreme experts were now.
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In a place exceedingly far away from the Immortal Domain, there was a mysterious place known as the Nine Heavens Paradise.
Some Families had once relocated to that place, but they did not leave a trail behind. Thus, later generations could not find the precise entrance to that place.
Now that things had come to this, a fair number of Immortal Kings wanted to establish contact with the Nine Heavens Paradise in an attempt to seek help.
In the end, many Immortal Kings gathered within the Central Immortal Domain to discuss the situation. The Immortal Kings from the Eastern Immortal Domain and Northern Immortal Domain came over in a hurry too. They wanted to find a solution to the crisis at hand.
“We have heard nothing from the Other Domain. Surely it means that the Immortal Emperors have no intention of getting involved. They wish to stand by and watch as calamity befalls the Immortal Domain.”
“Alas, in this era, the Immortal Domain no longer has any living being who’s mightier than an Immortal King. Otherwise, perhaps we could have been able to negotiate with that being.”
“I doubt he has fully regained the cultivation he had at his prime yet. I think we still have a slim chance of success.”
Those words came from a newly emerged Immortal King. His voice was a little wistful, though he had come to accept the situation already and did not feel much despair.
“The Source World is the root of our world. It is rich with vitality. If a being who surpasses the Immortal King Realm does emerge, that being could only come from there.”
The old Immortal King who spoke up this time had once created what was known as the Unrivalled Celestial Technique.
Many Immortal Kings had to address him respectfully as their Senior.
He now explained that the Celestial Technique he created was actually one he found by accident in the Source World. Out of sheer coincidence, in his travels, he came across a vast and boundless world. The place had been suppressed by World Principles. It was there that he stumbled across this Celestial Technique.
Later on, he realised that it had been the Source World. But by then, it had been cut off from the Immortal Domain.
All of the Immortal Kings were stunned by his explanation. The Unrivalled Celestial Technique he supposedly created was an incredibly powerful one, and yet he had merely found it at random within the Source World.
Apart from leaving them shocked, this revelation also silenced them.
As of now, the Immortal Domain could not give rise to a being higher than an Immortal King. Or, more accurately speaking, no one could reach that level.
Who was to say that this issue was unrelated to the Source World?
The ancient and mysterious Source World existed long before the Immortal Domain. In ancient times, it was said that the Immortal Domain was originally a large continent within the Source World. Later on, an Absolute Being refined it through a Divine Techniques, and that led to its separation from the Source World.
However, during that time, cultivators could live in the Immortal Domain even if they had not become Immortal. The Immortal Domain was simply a name given to this place. It did not mean there were no other living beings apart from Immortals.
After all, even Immortals reproduce, and no matter how strong the parents’ talent and aptitude were, the child would not be born an Immortal. On a side note, the higher one’s cultivation, the harder it was to reproduce.
King Luo sighed and said honestly, “All efforts to find a solution are in vain if we don’t have a being who has exceeded the Immortal King Realm on our side. We will be heading to the Southern Immortal Domain to attend the banquet tomorrow. If you don’t have anything else better to do, you should consider using this time to say a few last words to your descendants.” His words were extremely direct. It was only just short of telling them to settle their affairs before dying. Nevertheless, none of the Immortal Kings refuted him. Unspeaking, they sighed in their hearts.
None of them ever thought they would end up in a situation like this. Their hands were tied. They could do nothing but accept their fate, even if it meant ending up on the chopping board and walking to their doom.
It was unthinkable, and yet, it was reality.
“It’s a pity Bai Chuan immediately returned after leaving the Central Immortal Domain. Otherwise, we could have asked him about the situation over at Queen Luna Residence right now…”
An Immortal King remarked with a sigh as he thought about Bai Chuan who had come to deliver the decree a while back. Many thought Bai Chuan knew a thing or two about the situation.
However, on that very day, a terrifying scene unfolded. It was not just seen by those in the Immortal Domains. Even beings in the distant Other Domain saw it. It left many cultivators feeling chilled to the bone. They were deeply terrified.
Quite a number of them even fell to their knees while trembling. Their knees had given away.
Initially, a strange mist rose from the very edge of the horizon. It seemed to be drifting over from a distant place, giving off a dark and dismal feeling.
The large swaths of cloud-like grey mist were impossibly heavy, and soon, it covered every corner of the sky.
Some Immortal Kings vaguely heard the sounds of waves and the rumblings of ancient worlds shattering.
“What’s that?”
“Is someone trying to destroy the Immortal Domain?”
The scene felt like a sign of the end times. All living beings in the Immortal Domain were stricken with terror. They did not know what it was, but they could feel the unceasing and formidable power that weighed down on them.
Many of the ordinary cultivators quaked. The fluctuations made them feel like ants that could be crushed at any given moment.
During that time, the feeling was even more pronounced for the Immortal Kings.
It was as if the sky would rip apart. It was unable to bear the mighty and heavy grey fog.
“That’s not real. It’s merely an illusion projected from a place far, far away. Something seems to be approaching the Immortal Domain…” A veteran Immortal King spoke up grimly as his heart grew heavy.
Apart from the Immortal Domain, the strange scene was also seen by those in the Other Domain. It seemed to have been projected all across the universe from a distant place, almost as if it were foretelling something.
“The aura from the Sea of Boundless Expanse…”
“Has someone from that place discovered the location of the Mountains and Oceans True World?”
Inside the glowing cave in the Other Domain, an awakened Immortal Emperor had a profound look in his eyes. Terrifying scenes unfolded among them. Stars fell, moons shattered, and even the sky crumbled apart.
He tried to use divination to predict the situation, but in the end, he shook his head with a sigh. “At the latest, perhaps ten thousand years, but it could also be as soon as less than a hundred years.”
It was incredibly perilous for one to travel across the Sea of Boundless Expanse with one’s True Body. Even Immortal Kings had to proceed with extreme caution as they only had a one-in-ten chance of survival.
Someone who could traverse the Sea of Boundless Expanse undoubtedly possessed unfathomable cultivation.
When Mountains and Oceans True World became fragmented countless epochs ago, the aura of its True Spirit that had dissipated acted like a spark that lit up a lighthouse in the endless darkness.
Many beings within the Sea of Boundless Expanse noticed the location of the fragmented Mountains and Oceans True World and wanted to come over. They wanted to either to occupy the place or to swallow it up.
This included terrifying beings who existed since the ancient times. However, all along, they were trapped inside the Sea of Boundless Expanse.
Some wanted to move over to a new world due to the decline of their True World, while some wanted to seize the True World to strengthen their own.
Regardless, it was impossible to imagine just how terrifying beings who could travel through the Sea of Boundless Expanse were. Even Immortal Emperors dared not enter it recklessly. They could not even say for sure they had a one-in-three chance of survival.
Furthermore, without the protection of the True Spirit, the Mountains and Oceans True World had been exposed to the endless Sea of Boundless Expanse. Those near enough could see the location of Mountains and Oceans True World.
It had to be noted that the Sea of Boundless Expanse was filled with horrors and calamities. Only the existence of a True Spirit allowed a True World to be protected by hiding its location and keeping it from being visible in the Sea of Boundless Expanse.
Many True Worlds had been destroyed because their location had been exposed.
“It’s indeed true that misfortunes never come singly…” the Immortal Emperor sighed. He could not mask the worry in his voice.
Due to the sudden appearance of the terrifying scene, the panic and terror that swept through the Immortal Domain and the Other Domain only intensified further, leading to even more chaos.
Countless drowned in despair. They believed that it was a sign of the impending destruction of the universe or an omen of the end times.
Inside Queen Luna Residence in the Southern Immortal Domain, Gu Changge, who was currently sitting on a cushion, looked up.
“What’s that?” Beside him, Sky Deer Goddess also looked up in shock. She saw how light inexplicably dimmed and dissipated at the edge of the horizon.
In the far distance, something seemed to be gradually becoming clearer as it approached this world. It kept coming closer with a sound akin to crashing waves.
While ordinary people might not be able to hear it, Immortals could definitely hear its terrifying sounds. They did not know how near it was to the Immortal Domain.
“That’s the outline of the Sea of Boundless Expanse. After countless epochs, someone has finally located Mountains and Oceans True World… Perhaps they wish to descend upon this place.” Gu Changge spoke up calmly. He did not sound surprised at all.
“You mean the Sea of Boundless Expanse that’s connected to the other side of the Boundless Battlefield?” Queen Lunar was thunderstruck. She was only aware of the Boundless Battlefield.
It was a gap located in one of the universes in the Central Immortal Domain. Many ancient Immortal Cities were set up there to defend the place. The road that led to the battlefield was known as the Ancient Path To Other Realms (Ancient Frontier Path).
For the living beings of this world, that was the only way out of this the Mountains and Oceans True World.
However, the many Immortal King Families in the Central Immortal Domain took over that road and used it to guard against the Boundless Battlefield.
Now and then, the Families would send their younger generation to the battlefield to experience battle and seek opportunities.
That was because many mysterious things from the Sea of Boundless Expanse that would end up on the Boundless Battlefield. Those were things that even the Sea of Boundless Expanse could not destroy.
Queen Lunar heard that King Luo of the Central Immortal Domain once found a mysterious bronze tablet from the Boundless Battlefield. Besides that, much to her envy, many Immortal Kings gained mysterious items from the Boundless Battlefield, including pieces of flesh and blood from unknown creatures, profound ancient mirrors, and clothes from an unknown time and universe…
“What would happen if beings from that place descended upon this world?” Sky Deer Goddess could not resist asking.
Upon coming to the Immortal Domain, she abruptly realised that this place was not as peaceful as everyone thought it was. It held many hidden secrets. Even the slightest thing could bring about a great deal of Karmic consequences.
Queen Lunar also had her eyes on Gu Changge. She wanted to find out about these secret matters from him.
She realised that Gu Changge was not as vicious and terrifying as everyone else thought he was. On the contrary, he was fairly easygoing. She was no longer as fearful as she had been previously.
Many things proved to be nothing more than rumours.
Just a few days ago, everyone started spreading the rumour that Gu Changge wiped out Buddhist Kingdom. However, that was not true. He had merely gone over there without doing anything.
The so-called collapse of Buddhist Kingdom was merely reality finally came to light after the facade had been lifted.
“If they come here, they will sacrifice this world. They would sacrifice this world to their True World, letting theirs’ devour ours. All living beings in this world and everything that has ever existed, including time and space, would be sacrificed and cease to exist…” Gu Changge explained in a slow and unruffled voice. It was as if he had simply described the weather.
“What!?” However, Queen Lunar froze in shock. Chills ran down her spine. She was in utter disbelief.
“Sacrifice everything?” The Sky Deer Goddess was dumbstruck as well. She could hardly believe her ears.
Such was the state of the world on this day. The people across all the ancient universes were beside themselves with fear and panic. Terrified by the horrifying scene they saw, they were certain that a major upheaval would be happening soon.
Though the scene soon vanished, all kinds of rumours abounded.
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“Someone is trying to cross the Sea of Boundless Expanse. They’ll probably descend upon Mountains and Oceans True World in mere centuries. I don’t have much time left!” In a fragmented universe somewhere, Ni Chen, who was currently refining his Soul Fog, suddenly opened his eyes. He had sensed the fluctuations as well.
Amidst the mist that shrouded him, he muttered to himself as his aura kept changing.
The universe started crumbling apart. He seemed to be absorbing it into his body.
This was one of the reasons why the Deep Control Clan was terrifying. They could even possess universes and use the universe as their body, controlling all life and death of that universe with just their thoughts.
After noticing the strange scene, Ni Chen’s heart grew heavy. He felt an even greater sense of urgency.
If he could possess Mountains and Oceans True World and replace its True Spirit that had disappeared before those beings arrived, he could hide the location of this True World and save it from impending doom.
For if he failed to do so, all of his plans and everything he had done up till now would be for naught.
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