Dark True Immortal

The Mighty Pass that once guarded the entrance to the Immortal Ascension Road had already been redirected.

Its main gate no longer faced the entrance of the Immortal Ascension Road, but instead faced the depths of the former Immortal Ascension Road.

The former deeper Immortal Ascension Road was no longer as it once was, but had been encroached upon by an endless darkness.

Taiyin could clearly see that at the end of the darkness, the broken world waves surging in the Sea of Realms were completely shrouded in darkness.

Dark mist continuously spread through the Sea of Realms, encroaching towards this end of the Immortal Ascension Road.

If the entire universe of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands were considered a sphere, then the Immortal Ascension Road was a vent that allowed this sphere to connect to the outside.

It was a checkpoint that, under the self-sealing of the Realm Barrier, allowed outsiders to enter more easily.

The Mighty Pass, which once spontaneously attacked any invaders from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands attempting to enter the Immortal Ascension Road, was now surprisingly calm.

Millions of God-Demon Phantoms, each with the peak combat power of the Quasi-Emperor Ninth Heaven, guarded the city walls, ignoring the arrival of Taiyin and the others.

Upon entering the Mighty Pass, several Emperor-level existences greeted Taiyin and the others along the way.

Taiyin could feel a potent, dense aura of blood and malevolence permeating the entire Mighty Pass.

This indicated that a terrifying battle had occurred here not long ago.

At the center of the Mighty Pass was an incomparably massive blood pool, or rather, a blood lake.

This was a product created by the block left behind by Fang Zheng, which could endlessly produce Taiyin essence blood.

A lake of essence blood that even a million, or even ten million, Taiyin Sacred Emperors could not drain.

Several Emperor-level existences, whom Taiyin found somewhat unfamiliar, were soaking in this blood pool.

They were covered in wounds, and their Weapons of Proving the Dao were almost shattered, yet they were still circulating secret arts to absorb the Taiyin essence blood from the pool as quickly as possible, rapidly healing themselves and their weapons.

Taiyin noticed that the wounds on them and their weapons were strange, as if they were self-inflicted rather than inflicted by an outsider.

Clang...

As a bell chimed, Taiyin heard himself murmur, "They're here again, then it's time to fight."

Taiyin Sacred Emperor, Sun Holy Emperor, Wushi Great Emperor, Ruthless Great Emperor, Undying Heavenly Emperor...

Several Heavenly Emperor-level powerhouses, some from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and others who had grown in this universe, walked towards the gates of the Mighty Pass.

Within the swirling black mist, a storm erupted, and in the storm, a blood-stained Black Iron Coffin fell.

Immediately, it cracked open slightly.

Instantly, a dark galaxy poured out from the crack, countless warships carrying dense armies were spewed forth, and they charged towards the Mighty Pass.

At the same time, heavy footsteps echoed in the darkness.

Over three hundred powerhouses clad in armor, exuding an immortal aura, emerged from the coffin.

Each of them emanated the aura of a True Immortal.

They were expressionless and hollow-eyed, seemingly devoid of reason, like mere empty shells.

Endless darkness spread, and over three hundred powerhouses, each capable of challenging a Great Emperor, attacked simultaneously.

It was not a difficult battle, but it was troublesome.

During the battle, the past Taiyin could sense that these Dark True Immortals, who seemed to lack reason, were not particularly strong.

They did not cultivate the Secret Realm Law like Taiyin, but rather various ancient cultivation methods never heard of before.

Compared to the Secret Realm Law, their combat power was slightly weaker.

They seemed to come from a strange world different from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Although they possessed Immortal Dao laws and were extremely powerful in both body and Primordial Spirit, barely reaching the level of an ordinary Great Emperor of one lifetime, their Primordial Spirits were in a state of ignorance.

Their Immortal Dao laws could also be easily countered or even suppressed by the Supreme Dao Laws of Emperor-level powerhouses like Taiyin.

With their reason dulled, they could not maintain the Divine Prohibition like Taiyin and the other Great Emperors and Supreme Beings, only managing to reach the level of eight prohibitions.

If they were in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, such individuals would not only fail to become True Immortals but would likely be casually killed by the prodigies who had the potential to become Great Emperors during the competition for the Emperor's path.

In battle, whether it was one-on-one or even multi-on-one, Heavenly Emperor-level existences like Taiyin Sacred Emperor, who could permanently reside in the Divine Prohibition, could slaughter them at will.

However, their numbers were indeed too great, and while their numbers were large, they could also form formations, greatly compensating for the shortcomings caused by their lack of combat awareness.

During the battle, Taiyin stood shoulder to shoulder with Sun Holy Emperor, their supreme yin and yang powers evolving into a great yin-yang grinding disc, grinding the flesh and blood that shed black true blood into paste.

The Wushi bell chimed, freezing a patch of space, and Wushi Great Emperor threw a fist seal towards them.

Ruthless Great Emperor circulated the Flying Immortal Art, turning the miraculous into decay, and her jade-like hand pierced through their skulls, shattering their Primordial Spirits.

Undying Heavenly Emperor wielded his Heavenly Blade, severing heads, and the Phoenix Nirvana True Fire incinerated their Primordial Spirits...

Every Emperor-level powerhouse was engaged in combat.

Taiyin and Sun Holy Emperor alone killed nearly a hundred Dark True Immortals in this battle.

By the end of the battle, all the powerhouses who had gone out to meet the enemy were exhausted and severely wounded.

However, their severe injuries were mostly self-inflicted.

Slaughtering these Dark True Immortals wasn't difficult; the challenge lay in the contamination they carried.

The various Great Emperors even suspected that these Dark True Immortals were deliberately sent to be killed, with the sole purpose of corrupting them with darkness.

Once afflicted by this contamination, both the physical body and the Primordial Spirit would be subtly and deeply eroded.

Only by making a swift and decisive cut, severing and crushing the contaminated flesh and Primordial Spirit before the corruption took hold, could the potential risks be minimized.

Fortunately, within the Mighty Pass of Laws, there was an inexhaustible supply of Taiyin Sacred Emperor's essence blood, which served as a potent elixir to replenish their losses. Otherwise, healing alone would have taken an immeasurable amount of time.

After the battle, the Taiyin from the past could hear the sighs of the future Taiyin: "The numbers have continued to increase."

The Sun Holy Emperor also lamented, "Indeed, the number of these Dark True Immortals grows, and their strength intensifies."

"Since the first dark storm began to encroach, one Dark Quasi-Emperor led an army, only to be annihilated by the Mighty Pass of Laws."

"When the second storm swept in, there were two."

"During the third storm, there were three..."

"The storms from the darkness have increased in frequency, and the intervals between them have shortened, with stronger dark beings emerging."

"Until recently, dark beings weaker than the Quasi-Emperor realm no longer appeared; only an endless stream of Immortal-level powerhouses arrived."

The Sun Holy Emperor sighed, "These are likely the very enemies that caused the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Immortal Realm to shatter and fall into ruin."

He then chuckled self-deprecatingly. "However, these beings probably never saw us, nor the former Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and Immortal Realm, as enemies."

"They are simply, arrogantly and calmly, piling us up and burying us with an ever-increasing number of ever-stronger Dark True Immortals."

Looking up, the black mist in the distance of the Mighty Pass of Laws grew thicker. Another blood-stained warship plunged down from it, and over five hundred Dark True Immortals emerged.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

The bell signaling another battle rang out, and the Sun Holy Emperor sighed wearily.

"Are two rounds of dark storms arriving consecutively this time? The Cosmic Boat is about to set sail; we can only continue fighting and hope to hold out until then."

Immediately, another round of battle commenced.

The ceaseless fighting and slaughter had almost numbed the Great Emperors.

Gradually, during the rest period after the battle, Taiyin finally learned from the conversations among the Great Emperors how this future had come to be.