Re-entering the Underworld

Earth Immortal Realm, Xuanhuang Mountain.

Ever since that heaven-shaking battle, this place had become a land of death.

The void was shattered, the laws were in chaos, and the lingering aura of the immortal path, together with a faint wisp of Golden Immortal Dao-rhyme of annihilation, made it so that no living beings below True Immortal dared approach.

The Xuanhuang Sect, this vast sect that had once dominated an entire continent, had already existed in name only after its sect master Xuanzun, along with two grand elders and seven core True Immortals, all perished overnight.

The remaining disciples and members either scattered like birds and beasts or spent every day in terror; their high-level combat strength was almost a vacuum.

Zhou Qing and Lin Yan had not gone far.

They concealed their auras and observed from a distance for several days. Only after confirming that the terrifying Golden Immortal had truly vanished like smoke and clouds, that Senior Yun Zhongzi's incarnation had also dissipated, and that the Xuanhuang Sect no longer had anyone to fear, did they quietly return.

The Zhou Qing of this moment was no longer the Dao Integration cultivator of the past.

His Immortal Body had just formed, and his Primordial Spirit had transformed into an undying True Spirit. With every gesture, immortal charm flowed naturally, and his perception of the laws of heaven and earth was more than ten times clearer than before.

Although he was only at the early True Immortal stage, because his foundation had been profound during Tribulation Transcendence, and because he also possessed the traits of a "divine immortal" and held the God-Beating Whip, his true combat power was far beyond that of an ordinary True Immortal.

Lin Yan's aura was also complete and full, only one step short of the True