Primordial World Shaken—Who Is the Mysterious Expert?

Above the East Sea, the aftershocks of a brief yet soul-stirring massacre had only just begun to spread.

On a barren reef several thousand miles from that stretch of sea, several low-cultivation Rogue Cultivators had gathered together, terror and shock still lingering on their faces.

They were the closest witnesses to this upheaval.

An old Daoist in a gray robe, his face withered, spoke in a trembling voice, as though he had yet to recover from what he had just seen.

"Gone... just like that, gone?"

"Huo Teng, the young master of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect—he was an Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert! And that magnificent immortal vessel of his, along with the dozen or so Golden Immortals and True Immortals aboard... in a single breath, all gone!"

Beside him, a plump Female Immortal known as "Fairy Liu Xia" patted her chest and added fearfully, "More than gone! They evaporated! Not even a drop of bloody water was left behind! Did you all see it clearly? That peerless fairy merely... merely lifted her hand!"

The moment those words were spoken, sharp gasps rang out all around.

A burly man carrying a massive sword swallowed hard, his eyes brimming with fervor and disbelief.

"I saw it! I saw it crystal clear! She just casually drew a circle before her! The next second, the seawater within a thousand miles went mad! Hundreds of waterspouts that pierced heaven and earth! I'll never forget that sight for the rest of my life!"

"That wasn't an array—it was a miracle! It was Words Manifest as Law! She was the god of that sea!"

Everyone spoke over one another, growing more animated the more they talked, and finding it ever more inconceivable.

In their descriptions, Qiong Xiao's image was elevated without limit, becoming a battle goddess of arrays who could summon the mighty power of heaven and earth with a wave of her hand and rule over life and death.

"But... but don't forget," the old Daoist who had spoken first said, trembling as he raised a finger, "that even more terrifying man!"

The entire group fell silent in an instant.

If Qiong Xiao's display had been a miracle, then Lin Feng's existence was a taboo beyond miracles—the terror itself, unspeakable and unfathomable.

Fairy Liu Xia's face turned deathly pale as she lowered her voice. "Right... That Man... from beginning to end, he only said a sentence..."

With merely one sentence, two late-stage Golden Immortal experts had been imprisoned where they stood, unable to move. Even their Primordial Spirits seemed frozen, leaving them only able to watch helplessly as the water dragons tore them apart.

What kind of overbearing method was that?

What kind of vast disparity in strength was that?

"Who Exactly Are You...?" The sword-bearing man's voice was filled with reverence.

"No idea... I've never heard of such a figure in the Primordial World."

"That female grandmaster of arrays was already absurdly powerful, yet before that man, she was as docile as a Maidservant... She even called him 'Master'!"

"Gasp—!"

This discovery made the souls of everyone present tremble.

Taking a female grandmaster of arrays capable of instantly killing an Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal as a Maidservant?

What a staggering feat!

Just what unfathomable realm had that man's strength reached?

Zenith Heaven?

No, an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal could never be so calm and light!

Could he be... a Quasi-Sage?

Or perhaps some Hidden World mighty being who had attained the Dao in ancient times and now wandered through the mortal world for amusement?

For a time, countless speculations surged through their minds, yet none could hold up.

In the end, the old Daoist was the first to react, a gleam flashing in his eyes.

"Earth-shattering news! This is absolutely news enough to shake the entire Primordial World!"

"Quick! Spread This Matter! A mysterious female grandmaster of arrays and a mysterious expert suspected to be a Quasi-Sage Mighty Being have appeared in the East Sea and wiped out the entire Fire Spirit Immortal Sect with a wave of their hands!"

The Rogue Cultivators exchanged glances, each seeing the fiery excitement in the others' eyes.

They immediately took out their own communication Jade Talismans and sent what they had seen and heard in every direction, embellishing it along the way.

A storm began to brew.

The news spread far faster than anyone had imagined.

East Sea Dragon Palace, deep within the Crystal Palace.

Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea, was resting with his eyes closed when a shrimp soldier scrambled and crawled inside, his shrill voice piercing the air.

"Report—! Dragon King! Terrible news!"

Ao Guang frowned and opened his dragon eyes, displeased. "Why are you panicking? Where is your decorum?"

The shrimp soldier dropped to his knees with a thud and incoherently reported the news he had just received.

"Huo Teng, young master of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect... he and his vessel were wiped out on the East Sea! Not a single survivor was left!"

Hearing This, Ao Guang was first stunned, then let out a scoff. "The Fire Spirit Immortal Sect? So what if they were wiped out? What does that have to do with my Dragon Palace?"

A second-rate sect that had to burn incense in thanks just to have an Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal overseeing it was not worth him taking another look.

"B-but, Dragon King," the shrimp soldier said tremblingly, "it is said that the one who acted was a mysterious fairy. She used only one move to stir the seawater for ten thousand miles, set down a peerless grand array, and slaughtered Huo Teng, an Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal, on the spot!"

Ao Guang's smile froze on his face.

One move, and a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal was instantly slain?

This was no joke.

"And... and behind that fairy, there was an even more mysterious man! Huo Teng's two Golden Immortal guards were immobilized by a single glance from that man, left at the mercy of others!"

Ao Guang abruptly rose from the dragon throne. Dragon might spilled forth, making the entire Crystal Palace tremble.

"Is what you say true?"

"True beyond all doubt! Rogue Cultivators across the entire East Sea have gone mad with rumors! They all say a Hidden World Great Being has arrived in the East Sea!"

Ao Guang's expression shifted between light and dark as he paced back and forth.

The Fire Spirit Immortal Sect itself was nothing to fear, but the power backing it was someone even the East Sea Dragon Palace could not afford to offend.

"Men!" Ao Guang shouted gravely. "Go and inspect the soul lamps the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect left in the Dragon Palace at once!"

A moment later, a turtle minister hurried in to report, his face deathly pale.

"Dragon King... they... they've all gone out."

Ao Guang's body swayed. He collapsed back onto the dragon throne, his eyes filled with terror.

They really were all dead.

Not only was the other party terrifyingly powerful, but they acted with utter abandon, showing no regard whatsoever for the Sect of Elucidation behind the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect!

"Pass down my order!" Ao Guang's voice carried a faint tremor. "Seal off the Dragon Palace. Recall every sea-patrolling yaksha! No one is to approach that sea region, much less investigate This Matter! Pretend we know nothing!"

He was afraid.

The East Sea Dragon Palace could not wade into these muddy waters!

The Netherworld Sea of Blood churned with towering waves.

Old Ancestor Minghe sat upon the Karma Red Lotus, listening to the report from the Asura demon general below. A trace of amusement appeared on his face.

"Oh? A grandmaster of formations? A mysterious expert?"

"Interesting. I would like to see just what kind of figure dares act so wildly in the East Sea, not even giving the Sect of Elucidation the slightest face."

He waved a hand.

"Send someone to take a look. Remember: observe from afar, but do not draw near. Bring me portraits of those two."

Longevity Mountain, Wuzhuang Temple.

Zhen Yuanzi held a pair of jade shears, carefully trimming the branches and leaves of the Ginseng Fruit Tree.

A breeze swept past, carrying news from afar.

Zhen Yuanzi's movements paused briefly. Then he chuckled and shook his head.

"The Heavenly Secrets are muddled. There is one more variable now."

"That opportunity in the East Sea is becoming livelier and livelier, it seems."

With that, he paid it no further mind and continued leisurely tending to his garden.

Across the major powers of the Primordial World, some were shocked, some curious, and some wary. Countless gazes, open and hidden alike, began converging upon the East Sea.

Everyone wanted to know just where that mysterious master-and-servant pair, who had appeared out of nowhere, truly came from.

Yet among all the powers, none reacted more fiercely than Kunlun Mountain.

Jade Void Palace, the sacred ground where Yuanshi Tianzun expounded the Dao.

Auspicious Clouds curled through the air, while immortal melodies came in waves.

Guang Chengzi, foremost among the Twelve Golden Immortals, sat cross-legged upon a Cloud Bed, contemplating the Great Dao.

Just then, a Daoist boy came stumbling in with a panicked expression, shattering the tranquility of the place.

"Senior Brother! This is bad! Something terrible has happened!"

Guang Chengzi slowly opened his eyes, a flicker of displeasure passing through them. He said in a deep voice, "Why are you panicking?"

The Daoist boy dropped to his knees, panting heavily as he rapidly recounted the events in the East Sea. At the end, he emphasized, "Senior Brother, Huo Teng of the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect carried a token of our Sect of Elucidation! Now that he has been killed and the token's whereabouts are unknown, this... this is a slap in the face of our Sect of Elucidation!"

At last, Guang Chengzi's expression Changed.

A mere Fire Spirit Immortal Sect was not worth mourning.

But they had acted under orders from the Sect of Elucidation to investigate the opportunity in the East Sea.

Now they had been wiped out completely. This was no mere slap in the face—it was provocation! An open provocation against a Saint's lineage!

"Presumptuous!"

Guang Chengzi snorted coldly, and a terrifying aura swept out. The Daoist boy was instantly crushed flat against the ground, unable to move.

He extended his right hand, his five fingers blooming like lotus petals as he began to calculate the Heavenly Secrets.

He wanted to see just who had such audacity!

Yet the Next Second, Guang Chengzi's face suddenly turned pale.

His fingers froze in midair, and unprecedented shock and gravity filled his eyes.

He could not calculate it!

The Heavenly Secrets were a chaotic blur, as though they had been completely veiled by an even more powerful force!

Not only had he failed to uncover any trace of those two people's origins, but his own cultivation had suffered a slight backlash from his forced attempt to peer into them!

How was this possible?!

He was a direct disciple of a Saint, at the peak of the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, wielding the Houtian Supreme Treasure, the Fan Tian Seal. In terms of divination and deduction, few among his peers could rival him.

And yet... he could not uncover the origins of two unknown nobodies?

Guang Chengzi's brows knit together tightly, forming the shape of a deep, furrowed ravine.

A sense of foreboding clouded his heart like dark storm clouds.

For the other party to obscure the Heavenly Secrets to such an extent, their strength likely far exceeded anything he had imagined.

More importantly, even knowing that the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect was connected to the Sect of Elucidation, they had still struck without the slightest hesitation.

That meant they simply did not care about the Sect of Elucidation's prestige! Perhaps they had even come with hostility!

A mysterious expert of unfathomable strength, one who bore hostility toward the Sect of Elucidation, had appeared just as the opportunity in the East Sea was about to emerge...

The more Guang Chengzi thought about it, the heavier his heart became.

He realized that the severity of the situation had already surpassed what he could handle.

Guang Chengzi slowly rose from the Cloud Bed, his expression incomparably solemn as he looked toward the deepest part of Jade Void Palace.

That was where the Saint cultivated in seclusion.

"This Matter... must be reported to Master at once!"