Fear
Yue family.
In a valley more than 16,000 miles from the Yue family's fiefdom, some large buildings have already been built, and they look quite large.
However, at this moment, the busy construction project seemed to have come to a standstill.
The project manager, Chi Yue, the head of the Yue family, and Wan Yue, the Peak Master of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, were both in front of the building complex, bowing respectfully to the two figures.
These two were none other than the true pillars of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, ancient beings renowned for over a thousand years—Supreme Luo Jiuxiao and Supreme Wang Xuanjing.
A thousand years ago, they cultivated into Xuanxian, leading an era and dominating all directions, making the Lineage and many top forces in the Xuanxian realm dare not make any rash moves.
Over the course of a thousand years, their cultivation has become unfathomably profound.
If it weren't for the fact that the spiritual energy in the Xuanxian Realm dissipates too much, breaking through to the peak Xuanxian, which is the fourth-level Xuanxian, would cause an imbalance in the spiritual energy between themselves and the external environment, they would probably already be powerful figures at the fourth-level Xuanxian or even the fifth-level Xuanxian realm.
Even so, their mental state still reached a level that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Judging solely from their mental and spiritual realm, they are probably no less than those Sixth Heaven Immortals or even Seventh Heaven Immortals.
In other words, if they were to return to a world abundant with spiritual energy, it wouldn't be long before they could reach the level of a Sixth Heavenly Immortal, or even a Seventh Heavenly Immortal.
This is also why the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect hopes to stall for time with Gu Jinlai.
As long as the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and the Creation Sect can maintain peace for the next few decades, the two of them can quietly enter the Realm of Immortality to cultivate. They dare not say they will become Seven Heavens Immortals, but becoming Six Heavens Immortals within a few decades is by no means a pipe dream.
But...
At this moment, the two showed no intention of going to the Realm of Immortality to cultivate into Six Heavens Mystic Immortals.
Both of their faces were solemn.
"Supreme Elder."
Chiyue and Wanyue bowed respectfully in greeting.
"How is the construction of the boundary gate progressing? Can it be activated?"
Wang Xuanjing didn't beat around the bush at all and asked directly.
"Due to the short construction period, only the first three phases of the six-phase project have been completed so far, namely capture, positioning, and anchoring. The remaining three major projects are connection, activation, and stabilization."
As the Crimson Moon Dao Master spoke, he glanced at Wang Xuanjing and said, "Even with the support of the sect, it is estimated that it will still take a year to fully open the boundary gate."
"One year!"
"I'm not waiting anymore."
Wang Xuanjing stated directly, "I will take care of the forced connection, activation, and stability myself!"
"This... might damage the structure of the boundary gate, rendering it unusable..."
"The Crimson Moon Dao Master hesitated," he said.
Wang Xuanjing and Luo Jiuxiao exchanged a glance.
If their guesses are true, then it's actually a good thing that the gate can no longer be used.
They not only want to destroy this boundary gate, but they also want to destroy all the passages connecting to the Realm of Immortality, completely severing the connection between the Realm of Mysterious Immortality and the Realm of Immortality.
If necessary, they might even re-establish contact with the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty...
Join the Immortal Cave Heaven Project.
"Let's connect to the Realm of Immortality."
A mirror-like treasure appeared in Wang Xuanjing's hand. "Leave the rest to me."
The moment this treasure appeared, faint ripples spread out in space.
"Sky-Breaking Mirror!"
When the Crimson Moon Dao Master saw this object, his pupils suddenly contracted.
The Mirror of Broken Sky.
This is the Sky-Breaking Mirror, one of the six great immortal artifacts of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.
Ancestor Xuan Yuan left behind a total of six immortal artifacts for the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect. Four of them were taken away by the Lineage when the sect split up. The remaining two are the Void-Breaking Mirror, which has the ability to distort and traverse space, and the Xuan Yuan Immortal Sword, which is the most powerful of the six immortal artifacts and carries Ancestor Xuan Yuan's Dao of Destruction.
At the moment...
In order to enter the Realm of Immortality undetected by all eyes and ears throughout Gu Jinlai, Wang Xuanjing even brought this immortal artifact with him.
"Let's connect to the Realm of Immortality."
Wang Xuanjing gave the order.
"Yes."
The Crimson Moon Dao Master dared not disobey, and quickly summoned a group of array masters to work on the unfinished boundary gate.
In just half a day, a vortex had formed on the gate, but there were no spatial ripples coming out from inside. Instead, it seemed to be brewing some kind of terrifying storm, as if anyone who fell into it would be torn apart by the power of the storm.
"The sooner we confirm our guesses, the sooner we can prepare and make arrangements."
Wang Xuanjing glanced at Luo Jiuxiao: "In any case, the evil spirit has already appeared, and has been for a thousand years... The probability of it being an evil god is too high. While you are in charge here, you need to be prepared to evacuate."
Luo Jiuxiao nodded. "Take my clone with you, and once we've confirmed the situation, we'll proceed with the next step immediately."
Wang Xuanjing recalled the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect's ancient texts and some images describing the great battle ten thousand years ago...
In the entire Xuanhuang Alliance, most of the Golden Immortals of the Great Dao have perished...
What a tragedy and destruction it was!
The thought alone sends chills down my spine.
If that evil god really does reappear, and even appears beside them...
They must be prepared for the worst-case scenario.
The entire clan fled the Xuanxian Realm!
With this pressure and solemnity, Wang Xuanjing quickly arrived at the vortex that contained a destructive storm.
The spatial ripples on the Void-Breaking Mirror in his hand kept flashing, gradually forming a thin film that resembled a distorted space, enveloping his figure.
Maintaining this state, the Supreme Elder took a step and directly stepped into the vortex.
A sense of loss of time and space has emerged.
However, Wang Xuanjing appeared quite calm and did not show any unease about the anomaly brought about by the teleportation.
He maintained the Mirror of Destruction, enveloping himself in a distorting force, and traversed space amidst the storm.
As the concepts of "space, time, and matter" reappeared around them, a completely new world unfolded before their eyes.
The place where he appeared was located on an island in the middle of a vast ocean.
The island is small, spanning only a dozen or so miles.
Along with the sea breeze, there was an incredibly rich Spiritual Qi that Wang Xuanjing found hard to believe.
Even though it was just unrefined Spiritual Qi, it still revived his entire immortal body in an instant.
Especially when the power of the cave within his body began to circulate, refining the omnipresent Spiritual Qi in the void and transforming it into spiritual energy, the sense of fulfillment and abundance made him unable to resist indulging in it.
It's like someone who's been enduring a blizzard for half a month suddenly finding themselves in a beautiful hot spring...
The chill and fatigue in my body vanished the moment I immersed myself in the hot spring; that feeling...
Even Wang Xuanjing, the Supreme Elder of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect who had seen countless storms, did not want to make any moves for the time being, and only wanted to quietly enjoy this unprecedented comfort and beauty.
However, he was ultimately a top figure who had cultivated to become a Xuanxian (a type of immortal).
Wang Xuanjing quickly recovered from this "gentle embrace".
He quickly took out a special crystal.
A powerful divine thought emanated from the crystal.
With Wang Xuanjing investing thousands of resources to forge an immortal body, an immortal body was quickly condensed and formed.
It was none other than Luo Jiuxiao, located on the other side of the boundary gate.
"This world..."
Luo Jiuxiao was also somewhat captivated by the surrounding environment.
"Fresh, beautiful, and full of life."
Wang Xuanjing said, and then took out another special treasure that resembled glasses. "However, what we need to do most now is to ascertain the situation..."
Luo Jiuxiao nodded.
As Wang Xuanjing put on the eyeglass-like treasure, the world before his eyes quickly changed.
Countless flashes of inspiration, varying in strength, appeared in his "vision".
However, he ignored these flashes of light and instead looked into the depths of them as quickly as possible.
This perspective...
It is exactly the same as the Heavenly Lord who can glimpse the true spirit world in the third step of the Heavenly Lord.
Moreover, unlike the Three-Step Heavenly Lord who can only "see" a small area.
With the help of this special treasure that resembled glasses, his "vision" was as if it had been equipped with a radar, and the range he could "see" far exceeded the Heavenly Lord's imagination.
And it is precisely because of this amazing field of vision...
In less than a few hours, a completely transparent, enormous phantom, seemingly composed of azure light, appeared before him.
The phantom was over 800 meters long and shone with intense light.
Even though Wang Xuanjing was a top-tier expert who had cultivated to the level of a Xuanxian, he still felt an inexplicable fear from the depths of his heart when he saw the huge phantom radiating azure light.
It was like someone suddenly blew a breath of sub-zero air onto his neck...
A chill surged forth, penetrating to the very marrow.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Jiuxiao, who was standing nearby, quickly noticed Wang Xuanjing's unusual behavior.
Wang Xuanjing remained silent, simply handing over the spectacled treasure to Luo Jiuxiao.
Wearing this treasure, Luo Jiuxiao looked in the direction Wang Xuanjing had just observed.
Before long, his immortal body trembled slightly, almost disintegrating.
Even his immortal body was almost unable to be maintained, which shows how shocked his mind and thoughts were at this moment.
After several breaths, the Supreme Elder of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect finally opened his mouth, his voice somewhat hoarse. "Evil... evil spirit..."
"It's an evil spirit."
Wang Xuanjing nodded heavily.
Evil spirit, confirmed, then...
He took the spectacled treasure from Luo Jiuxiao again, poured his powerful mental energy into it, and continued to look deeper into the spirit realm.
As he continued to observe deeper into the spirit realm, more and more of those creatures composed of azure light appeared before him, and their sizes grew larger and larger.
When his mental energy was mostly depleted, the largest evil spirit had already exceeded three thousand meters in size.
This size, that azure radiance...
It is enough to suffocate any intelligent being that "sees" him.
However, even at this moment, Wang Xuanjing still did not stop.
He continued to focus his mental energy, peering deeper into the spirit world.
Go deeper, go deeper, and go even deeper!
Finally...
As the attack penetrated to a certain depth, a bright blue light that almost filled his entire field of vision gradually appeared in his "field of vision".
And as his "vision" deepened, the azure light grew brighter and brighter...
In the later stages, this azure light completely filled his "vision," as if his "vision" had become a transparent azure expanse.
Or perhaps...
The whole world is this transparent azure!
"Buzz!"
The severe mental strain left Wang Xuanjing feeling weak and in pain.
The transparent, azure world before my eyes vanished at an extremely rapid pace.
Luo Jiuxiao quickly removed the eyeglass-like treasure from Wang Xuanjing's body.
Elder Wang!
He looked at Wang Xuanjing with deep concern.
This pillar of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, who had lived for nearly three thousand years and weathered countless storms, was now deathly pale...
To be precise, his entire body was completely devoid of temperature.
Although he kept his eyes open and maintained the most basic emotional fluctuations, even the divine sense he emitted presented a deathly silence.
Just like...
Like a person who has just been brought back to life from the brink of death, whose body, consciousness, and mind have not yet recovered.
"You... saw it?"
Luo Jiuxiao asked.
"He is the world."
Wang Xuanjing muttered to himself.
"World!?"
Luo Jiuxiao's heart trembled violently.
At this moment, Wang Xuanjing suddenly jolted awake, seemingly regaining consciousness and waking up from the shock that had almost frozen his mind.
He trembled slightly, his divine senses fluctuating wildly. "Go! Go! Go quickly! Let's go! Leave! Leave this world!"
Luo Jiuxiao looked at him, feeling the extremely rich spiritual energy of the Longevity Realm, and there was some resentment in his eyes.
But more than anything, there was fear.
"World..."
"I knew it, this world isn't normal..."
Wang Xuanjing seemed terrified, and dared not hesitate for a moment. "Let's go! Let's go!"
After saying that, it soared into the sky at top speed.
After sensing the direction of spatial fluctuations through the Sky-Breaking Mirror, it flew straight in one direction.
Over there, clearly, was the direction of the Immortal Kingdom's spatial passage.
Clearly, even at the risk of revealing that they had been to the Realm of Immortality, they wanted to leave the Realm of Immortality as quickly as possible.
"Any living being that lives for a long time will eventually develop all sorts of trump cards and methods. The gap between the Golden Immortals of the Great Dao is actually much smaller than that between the Nine Heavens Profound Immortals, but when it really comes down to it... it's not just a simple difference in realms."
In the quiet room, Gu Jinlai slowly put down a book that recorded the legends and deeds of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.
Because the Xuan Yuan Sword Manual is Cultivation Method that has been impossible to cultivate in eight or nine out of ten times Gu Jinlai.
Of the four immortal techniques, only the Great Limitless Annihilation Sword Qi and the Thunder Punishment Eye have a chance of being mastered.
But this does not mean that the classics obtained from the furnace of life are useless.
The greatest benefit of these classic texts is that they broadened the horizons of Gu Jinlai.
This allowed him to completely broaden his horizons beyond the realms of the Immortal Realm and even the Profound Immortal Realm, extending his vision to beyond those two worlds.
"The cultivation of a Golden Immortal of the Great Dao lies in the degree of harmony with the Great Dao. From one-tenth to nine-tenths, as long as enough time and resources are invested to persevere, one will eventually be able to break through. There are no dangers or bottlenecks. However, whether one is one-tenth or nine-tenths in harmony with the Great Dao, the change in power between the two is far less significant than that between a One-Day Profound Immortal and a Nine-Day Profound Immortal."
I Gu Jinlai.
The ancestor of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect had a compatibility of only 30% with the Great Dao of Destruction, but his most glorious battle was when he fought against nine Great Dao Golden Immortals, ultimately achieving the brilliant feat of killing three and defeating six.
Of those nine people, more than half had a higher degree of compatibility with the Great Dao than he did.
The one with the highest cultivation level has a 60% compatibility with the Great Dao.
The Xuan Yuan Sword Manual gives extensive coverage to this battle.
Although the achievements that are worth describing so diligently by later generations must have other factors involved, and the Great Dao of Destruction itself is a Great Dao that is proficient in killing, this also shows that the difference in strength between Great Dao Golden Immortals is not based on the degree of compatibility between Great Daos.
In the Xuanxian Realm, if a Sixth Heaven Xuanxian were to face a Threeth Heaven Xuanxian, even if the Threeth Heaven Xuanxian possessed a celestial artifact and mastered celestial techniques, he would still be crushed to death by the opponent simply because of his sheer size.
But among the Great Dao Golden Immortals...
The Great Dao Golden Immortal, whose harmony with the Great Dao reached 60%, joined forces with eight other Golden Immortals, but was utterly defeated by the patriarch of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect.
The most crucial factors, besides the types of Dao, lie in immortal techniques, Secret Method, forbidden techniques, and immortal artifacts.
If before the Great Dao Golden Immortal realm, cultivators only pursued advancement in their cultivation level and disdained Secret Method and immortal arts, then the Great Dao Golden Immortal realm...
Especially the Immortal Golden Immortal, who has basically reached the pinnacle of cultivation.
Just like ordinary people on Blue Star, no matter how much they cultivate, they can't break through the limits of humanity.
When everyone's skill ceiling is roughly the same, the only thing left to focus on is studying tactics and killer moves.
"Immortal arts, Secret Method, forbidden arts, immortal artifacts, mental and spiritual realms..."
Looking at the things recorded in many Gu Jinlai and modern books.
It can only be described as a complete mess.
May the Great Dao Golden Immortal live forever.
Especially the Immortal Golden Immortals, who truly live as long as heaven and earth and shine as brightly as the sun and moon.
As long as it's not the Dao Ancestor at the source who wants to purify the Great Dao, they can continue to exist.
This timeline is so long that it spans billions or even tens of billions of years!
Given the same level of cultivation, would an Immortal Golden Immortal who lives for 100,000 years and an Immortal Golden Immortal who lives for 1 billion years have the same level of strength?
Gu Jinlai have been reading these classic texts.
At this moment, Ye Yan's voice came from outside. "Grand Elder, Luo Xiao requests an audience, and he is accompanied by another person... If I am not mistaken... it should be the Grand Elder Luo Jiuxiao, who has been famous for thousands of years in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and can be called the pillar of the sea."
After saying that, he added, "It is the real person who has come."
"Oh?"
Gu Jinlai somewhat surprised. "Luo Jiuxiao actually came to our Creation Sect in his true form?"
It should be understood that although the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect and the Creation Sect have entered into peace talks, both sides know that a battle will inevitably await them someday.
Under these circumstances, Luo Jiuxiao actually dared to leave the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect's headquarters and come to talk to him in person...
Aren't you afraid he'll keep him here?
After thinking for a moment, he still said, "Take him to the reception room and hear what he has to say."
"Yes."
Ye Yan agreed and quickly withdrew.
Gu Jinlai, people have always put down their books and gone to the reception room.
Inside the living room, the two from the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect had already arrived.
Yes, there were only two people.
The rest of the delegation did not accompany them.
It seems he didn't want too many people to know about their upcoming conversation.
At this moment, Luo Xiao was looking at his ancestor, who was also his greatest reliance in securing his position as the sect leader of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, and said worriedly, "Ancestor, do you really have to come in person... It wouldn't be a problem if an avatar came..."
"You don't understand."
Luo Jiuxiao said in a deep voice, "Only in this way can we show our sincerity and let Jiang Yufeng understand just how dire the situation is in the Longevity Realm."
He paused, then said, "This is no longer just a matter for our Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, but a major event for all living beings in the entire Xuanxian Realm, the Changsheng Realm, and even the surrounding realms."
Luo Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and her face turned slightly pale.
At that moment, a streak of light seemed to flash in front of them, and then, Gu Jinlai's figure appeared in the reception room.
"Sacred Jiang."
Upon seeing Gu Jinlai, Luo Jiuxiao showed none of the arrogance of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect's pillar of strength, and took the initiative to bow and greet him.
Gu Jinlai didn't reply, but instead looked at Luo Jiuxiao for a while.
After a long pause, he said, "I never expected that Elder Luo would actually come in person. This is quite a surprise to me."
Luo Jiuxiao took out a Jade Slip: "Saint Jiang will know why I came in person once he sees this Jade Slip."
Gu Jinlai reached out and took the Jade Slip. After glancing at it and finding no problems, he then sent out a wisp of his divine sense to probe the information recorded in the Jade Slip.
As he explored, a scene that seemed like a memory appeared in his mind.
In this picture...
It seems that hundreds of great paths intertwine to form a world.
Yes!
One world!
It is not a grotto-heaven constructed from grotto stones and the Heavenly Dao, but a real world.
Of course, since the Great Dao is incomplete, this world is also imperfect and can only be described as a small world.
But this world still spans a vast expanse of 100,000 miles.
Countless great paths intertwined, propelling this vast world, spanning tens of thousands of miles, into the sky. Its immensity and grandeur, even if merely a memory, still brought an indescribable awe to Gu Jinlai.
He had no doubt that if this small world were pushed toward the sun, the sun, which was millions of miles in diameter, would be completely destroyed.
This power...
It's already surpassed the level of a planetary destroyer!
This is a destructive force capable of destroying a star system!
"This is..."
All eyes, Gu Jinlai, involuntarily fell upon Luo Jiuxiao.
Luo Jiuxiao did not reply, but simply made a gesture of invitation, indicating that he should continue "watching".
Divine thoughts flowed.
Such a destructive force, capable of destroying a star, looms over the heavens, and it seems that everyone is praising and awestruck by its vastness and power.
Then...
The sky has fallen.
The entire sky seemed to collapse, completely covered by a transparent, azure light.
As this azure light swept across this world spanning tens of thousands of miles, the operation of all the Great Daos on the surface of the small world froze and ceased.
Final...
The world collapsed.
As the world collapsed, countless powerful life forms, swept by that azure, transparent light, simultaneously lost their vitality and plummeted from the sky like raindrops falling in a soft patter...
This kind of scene...
It was like a nightmare.
The next moment, the azure light drew ever closer, gradually filling everyone's vision. A creature so enormous that its size could not be described slowly descended and flew toward the ground.
The scene abruptly ends there.
Gu Jinlai, people have been immersed in the suffocatingly desperate memories of the "person who experienced it" contained in the Jade Slip, remaining silent for a long time.
After a long while, he looked at Luo Jiuxiao again. "This is..."
Luo Jiuxiao knew what he was going to ask, and nodded solemnly. "Ten thousand years ago, the Xuanhuang Alliance fought against the Evil God."
"Unbelievable..."
Gu Jinlai, people have wanted to say something, but simply didn't know how to begin.
"And now, that evil god... has reappeared."
Luo Jiuxiao looked at Gu Jinlai, his voice trembling slightly with fear. "It's in the Realm of Immortality."