The Entire Dynasty Ascends

Yang Immortal Venerable paced back and forth near Bai Qiuran a few times, then sighed, "My monarch, the Eastern Azure Emperor, is the youngest of the Five Directions Immortal Emperor, but also the most ambitious."

He glanced at Bai Qiuran and hesitated before saying, "Actually, this world is the very world where the Azure Emperor and the thirteen Immortal Venerable of the Eastern Immortal Realm were before their Ascension."

"Um?"

Upon hearing what Yang Immortal Venerable said, Bai Qiuran vaguely recalled a dynasty that a certain Wisdom Immortal had mentioned.

"Could it be that you're talking about...?"

"Before Ascension, the Azure Emperor was already the Nine-Five Supreme, the emperor of a dynasty. https://www. hetushu. com. com"

Yang Immortal Venerable replied, "And the dynasty he ruled was once called the Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty."

"So it was you!"

At this moment, Wisdom Immortal, whose belt was pinned to Bai Qiuran's waist, also began to shout.

"The Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty, destroyed overnight!"

"... And who is this?"

Upon seeing such a strange creature as Wisdom Immortal, even Yang Immortal Venerable couldn't help but glance at it.

"My friend, please don't take offense."

Bai Qiuran waved her hand.

"Go on."

Yang Immortal Venerable glanced at Bai Qiuran, then at Wisdom Immortal, and continued, "Just as this gentleman said, His Majesty the Azure Emperor was the last Saint Martial Azure Emperor of the Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty. However, the Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty did not perish overnight, but Ascension overnight."

"Ascension overnight?"

Wisdom Immortal flew off Bai Qiuran's belt and looked at him.

"Yes, Ascension overnight."

Yang Immortal Venerable replied, "That was a premeditated collective Ascension operation, known at the time as the Holy Selection Plan. Back then, all the civil officials, military officials, aristocratic families, powerful clans, and royal family members within the entire Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty who were loyal to the Azure Emperor and possessed strength above the Houtu Realm had all communicated with each other and, under the Azure Emperor's command, would follow him to Ascension the Immortal Realm at a unified time."

Bai Qiuran quickly figured out the trick and sneered, "One person attains enlightenment, and the whole country ascends to heaven—that's quite a move!"

While others Ascension from scratch, the Azure Emperor Ascension with a max-level account and an Immortal Dynasty. What chance do the other Immortals of the Eastern Immortal Realm have?

"It seems you've come to your senses... That's right, His Majesty led the entire Eastern Azure Immortal Dynasty to Ascension to the Immortal Realm to contend for supremacy and seize the throne of the Immortal Emperor."

Yang Immortal Venerable said, "Back then, His Majesty somehow found a top-tier Cultivation Technique ranging from the Houtu Realm to the Firmament Realm. Long before Ascension the Immortal Realm, he was already at the Immortal Emperor-level. Moreover, when we Ascension to the Shanghe [Illustrated Book], the former Azure Emperor had just died in battle, leaving the Eastern Immortal Realm leaderless... Now that I think about it, since His Majesty went on a journey to the Savage Lands and returned, his cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds. It must have been around that time that he met Eastern Emperor Taiyi and obtained information from him."

"By doing this, aren't you abandoning your own Subjects?"

As one of the outcasts of the Immortal Dynasty, Wisdom Immortal couldn't help but question him.

"I don't deny it, and I know I did wrong, but at the time, Azure Emperor was the one I was loyal to, and obeying his and the Book's orders was my duty as a soldier."

Yang Immortal Venerable frankly admitted, "Azure Emperor doesn't care about giving up his country and Subjects, because by abandoning this Mortal Realm Immortal Dynasty, he can exchange it for a true immortal dynasty that is also high and mighty in the Immortal Dynasty Immortal Realm, ruling over all realms. In fact, among the remnants of the original Immortal Dynasty, this world has always been called the Land Forsaken by Immortals."

"When the Azure Emperor Ascension his entire court, the Demon Race immediately attacked and swallowed up most of the Human Race's land. Wasn't that also a conspiracy between the Azure Emperor and Eastern Emperor Taiyi?"

Anger flashed across Bai Qiuran's face.

Yang Immortal Venerable glanced at him cautiously and replied softly, "Based on my understanding of His Majesty... that's ninety percent likely."

"This is outrageous..."

Bai Qiuran with his hands behind his back, muttering to himself, pacing back and forth a few steps. Then he stopped and asked, "So, what do you know about the First Immortal Emperor Bai Li?"

"I don't know much about it."

Yang Immortal Venerable replied, "The First Immortal Emperor is a very mysterious ruler. We only know that he stays in the Supreme Heaven of the Central Immortal Realm and never comes out of his seclusion. Although he nominally rules over the Fivefold Immortal Realm, in reality, the Fivefold Immortal Realm still obey the orders of their respective Immortal Emperor."

"In all these tens of thousands of years, you haven't even seen him once?"

Yang Immortal Venerable pondered.

Does watching his speech on a mirror broadcast count?

"Of course not."

"Then I haven't seen it."

Yang Immortal Venerable replied, "The Central Immortal Realm is heavily guarded against external threats; even Immortal Venerable like us cannot enter casually. Moreover, one cannot directly enter the Central Immortal Realm through Ascension. Every hundred years, the Central Immortal Realm sends out inspectors to patrol various parts of the four Heaven and Earth. To join the Central Immortal Realm, one must pass the inspectors' test."

"They're being so secretive; they must be hiding something."

Bai Qiuran frowned.

It's possible that what Eastern Emperor Taiyi said is true; his unfortunate disciple is probably dead.

"That's all I know. I'm really sorry I can't help you much."

Yang Immortal Venerable bowed his head to Bai Qiuran.

"No, it has already helped me a lot."

Bai Qiuran paused, then said to him, "However, there is one more thing, Yang Immortal Venerable. I cannot let you run around for the time being. I hope you can understand."

"I see."

Yang Immortal Venerable said dejectedly, "Even if you asked me to return to the Immortal Realm now, I wouldn't be able to."

Do you have a wife and children?

Bai Qiuran asked him.

"My wife passed away during the Immortal Dynasty, and my son was selected to go to the Central Immortal Realm thousands of years ago..."

No wonder the Azure Emperor wants you dead.

Bai Qiuran and said, "A person as upright as you, without the leverage to control you, and with the Azure Emperor's ideology, you will rebel sooner or later."

Yang Immortal Venerable remained silent.

"Wait a moment, I'll make some arrangements for you. You'll stay there for the time being."

Bai Qiuran speaking to him, he closed his eyes and his Spiritual Sense crossed the two realms, Unicom with the Ghost Emperor Phantom that he had left in the Underworld Ghost Realm.

Manipulating the illusory figure, he rose from his seat in the Ghost Emperor Hall and calmly ordered, "Go and invite Venerable Yin and Ling Venerable over here."

After issuing the order using the Ghost Emperor Phantom, Bai Qiuran led Yang Immortal Venerable back to where Zhao Tianzong was. Just then, the Army Commander of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army had just rescued all the trapped Cultivators and Immortals.

Upon seeing Bai Qiuran approaching with a tall, unfamiliar man, the black-armored Army Commander asked in confusion, "Sword Ancestor, who is this?"

He didn't recognize Yang Immortal Venerable, but it was obvious that many of the Immortals who had been captured knew him, and they all showed expressions of fear when they saw Yang Immortal Venerable approaching.

"It's you, Yang Immortal Venerable!"

Seeing the expressions on the faces of these Immortals, Yang Immortal Venerable smiled wryly and cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "Don't worry, everyone, I am now just like you, a fugitive with no choice in my own life."

Upon hearing this, the Immortals all showed expressions of doubt.

"What are Sword Ancestor and Immortal Venerable? They seem pretty powerful."

Zhao Tianzong asked again.

Bai Qiuran glanced at Yang Immortal Venerable.

"He's a traitor to justice."