At this moment, when Murong Xiu saw that figure descend, it was as if a great weight had been lifted from his heavy heart. He let out a sigh of relief, and a faint smile appeared on his icy face.
The burly man, Chen Hu, gazed at the man in white, who exuded a magnificent aura like a blazing sun, and was undoubtedly shaken to his core. He had been in cultivation for over a hundred years to break through to the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak and considered himself exceptionally talented, yet he couldn’t even touch the threshold to the next Realm, which was like a massive chasm, let alone cross it.
One must understand that in the Eastern Profound Domain, with a population of over one hundred billion, there were only a few dozen Tongxuan True Monarchs in total. This showed just how difficult it was to achieve the Tongxuan Realm!
But this man had broken through to the Tongxuan Realm at the young age of thirty-something, shattering a record that had stood in the Eastern Profound Domain for thousands of years. He was, without a doubt, a supreme prodigy.
Truly Heaven-Defying!
’Why would the Mandate of Heaven for this era appear in the Profound Celestial Sect!?’
After his shock subsided, Chen Hu’s heart sank to the abyss, and a sense of terror welled up inside him.
The massive, blood-red Demon Giant Wolf’s crimson vertical pupils constricted. It cried out in shock, "Damn that Ancient Nether Sect! Didn’t you say no True Monarch would show up!?"
Below, the members of the Ancient Nether Sect felt the terrifying, suffocating aura descending from the sky. It was as if they had been plunged into an icy cavern. They all stood frozen in place, unable to move a muscle, only able to swallow hard and gasp.
The Profound Celestial Sect Cultivators, however, were the complete opposite. Despite their blood-soaked robes and battered, scarred bodies, the looks of despair on their faces were now replaced by expressions of excitement.
The First Senior Brother of the Profound Celestial Sect had arrived.
’This was the man who had defied a True Monarch while still at the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak. Now that he has advanced to the Tongxuan Realm, just how powerful must he be!?’
As for what the people below were thinking, Ye Xuantian—floating in the void above, his body radiating a misty, sun-like brilliance and an overwhelming aura—was completely unaware.
Ye Xuantian’s expression was calm.
At first, when he saw the blood-red Demon Giant Wolf, he was slightly surprised—not by the Demon Fiend’s strength, but by why a Demon Fiend would appear here.
He still remembered that in his past life, during the great war between the two Sects, no Demon Fiends had appeared to slaughter the Profound Celestial Sect’s Cultivators. The appearance of a Demon Fiend clearly did not align with the trajectory of his previous life.
Perhaps his rebirth had caused some kind of butterfly effect.
Then, he quickly let the thought go. ’If something as unbelievable as my own rebirth can happen, what’s impossible?’
In this life, he had advanced to the Tongxuan Realm much faster than in his last.
Possessing the Innate Dao Body, coupled with the Sect’s massive allocation of resources and his comprehension of Realms far beyond Tongxuan from his past life, had allowed him to advance to the Tongxuan Realm ahead of schedule.
But... this was far from enough.
The thought of the enemies of immense Divine Power who would descend from beyond the heavens in the future weighed heavily on his heart, filling him with a sense of urgency.
However, when he remembered that a supreme expert known as the Flame Emperor would one day arise from his Profound Celestial Sect, a hint of relief touched his lips.
All of this happened in the span of a single instant, though it seemed to take much longer.
"Perish!"
A voice that seemed to carry the divine rhythm of the heavens and the earth echoed from high above, as if his words were law. It reverberated through every corner of the void for a hundred miles in all directions.
Immediately after, an incomprehensible power, seemingly filled with an incomparably profound Daoist Technique, spread out from the void. It was so tyrannical that it felt as if the void itself would be annihilated.
All the Ancient Nether Sect Cultivators here were locked in place by an utterly terrifying aura, as if a Sword of Damocles hung over their heads.
Then,
BANG!
At that moment, all the Ancient Nether Sect Cultivators in the area spontaneously and uncontrollably exploded, splattering endless blood everywhere.
As for the blood-red Demon Giant Wolf, it was already half-dead from that single move.
And what greeted it next was,
a massive, terrifying Palm Seal, carrying a surging, unstoppable power as if the heavens and earth themselves were pressing down.
Within the giant Palm Seal, profound runes flickered in and out of existence. Space itself seemed to be created and destroyed, wreathed in what looked like chaotic energy, causing even the void to collapse.
The blood-red Demon Giant Wolf’s crimson pupils dilated infinitely in an instant, filled with the terror of facing death.
"No—" Before the word could even escape its lips,
the giant wolf’s entire body was utterly pulverized by the Palm Seal that covered the sky.
Crimson blood rained down from the sky, as if a shower of blood had begun.
"GASP!"
"My heavens, that’s just too Heaven-Defying!"
"As expected of our First Senior Brother!"
The crowd of Profound Celestial Sect disciples—their robes tattered from the great battle, dripping with blood, and covered in wounds—were now utterly stunned by Ye Xuantian’s vast Divine Power, filled with boundless admiration.
Immediately after, they all clasped their fists respectfully and shouted toward the sky, "We pay our respects to First Senior Brother!"
"Junior Brothers and Sisters, this matter is concluded. You may all return."
Then, a young man’s voice came from the void. It was not loud, yet it clearly entered the ears of everyone present.
With a flash, Ye Xuantian’s figure vanished from the spot, as if he had never been there at all.
...
Gu Yun, of course, knew nothing of the great battle in the Nether River or the arrival of Ye Xuantian. At this moment, he was holding an ancient map.
It was one of the items he had obtained from Chen Hongwu.
The map was quite profound. Following its directions, he had arrived at the Wanyou Mountain Range within the Eastern Profound Domain, a place near the Chaotic Star Sea.
He was surrounded by towering peaks and ancient, sky-piercing trees, with a vast sea of clouds below. Before him was a stretch of grassland, slightly different from the surrounding area.
If one were just passing by, they wouldn’t notice anything unusual. Even a scan with Spiritual Sense would reveal nothing.
But Gu Yun didn’t believe for a second that there was nothing here.
With this in mind, Gu Yun waved his hand and took out the matching Token for the ancient map from his Storage Ring.
As soon as the Token appeared, it began to resonate faintly, emitting a misty glow out of thin air.
Seeing this, a jolt went through Gu Yun’s body.
"Just as I thought!"
In the empty space above the grassland ahead, faint ripples suddenly appeared.
The ripples were extremely subtle, like a one-millimeter-high wavelet spreading across a calm lake, making them difficult to perceive.
But with his powerful Spiritual Sense, Gu Yun easily detected this subtle fluctuation.
Immediately after,
the subtle fluctuations suddenly changed and rapidly expanded. Space trembled, and finally, a diamond-shaped portal of void appeared!
Gu Yun looked at the portal that had appeared before him, hesitated for half a moment, and then stepped inside.
「The world spun around him.」
Gu Yun found himself in a strange, wide-open space. The scene before him had changed completely.
Gone were the towering peaks, ancient trees, and vast sea of clouds. In their place was a dim and gloomy world.
’Where is this?!’ Gu Yun’s pupils contracted.
Heavy black clouds obscured the sky, allowing only a few rays of light to filter down.
The dim sky looked as if a storm was about to break, giving one the heavy, oppressive feeling that the heavens were about to fall.
Gu Yun scanned his surroundings with his Spiritual Sense, his brow furrowing slightly.
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