First Ancestor Carries Heaven's Will to Destroy Gods! Seemingly Real, Seemingly Illusory

Before the unfamiliar newcomer even appeared, the unreleased spiritual power already swept over like a raging storm.

"Nascent Soul!"

Chen Dengming's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong. There really was Nascent Soul True Lord lying in ambush nearby among the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator. They probably had observed him landing earlier and were now pursuing him.

Although he had faced Nascent Soul experts before, he was now deep in enemy territory, and Chen Dengming had no intention of fighting this newcomer.

He quickly made a hand seal and escaped from the tree, moving swiftly among the trees.

With his exceptional talent and superior Wood Spirit Root, he could use the Wood Escape Technique with ease, darting far away in the blink of an eye.

However, that astonishing aura followed him closely, swiftly pounced, and locked onto him.

Chen Dengming's expression changed, and he suddenly emerged from the tree, releasing his spiritual power. The Nascent Soul in his Dantian opened its eyes, forming another powerful aura.

Boom!--

As the two immense spiritual auras clashed, the forest instantly became awash with powerful energy.

Chen Dengming's eyes shone with a silvery light, radiating power and revealing a resolute intent. The Seven Star Mother-Child Glazed Blade appeared around him, ready to strike decisively and end the battle quickly.

"Sect Leader Chen, do not panic! This old Feng Qingbo, has come on the orders of the Venerable Lord to escort you out of this place!"

An aged voice quickly rang out, and the powerful aura immediately receded. A figure flashed in the woods, revealing an old man dressed in a dark blue robe.

"The Moon Reflection Sect Supreme Ancestor?"

Chen Dengming looked at the newcomer with wariness and surprise.

The old man was not tall, with gray hair, a deep face, and eyes that revealed determination and calmness. His brows showed a hint of vicissitude. After landing and bowing, he revealed a token in his hand.

A flash of Silver Light appeared on the token.

Chen Dengming immediately sensed a fluctuation of Human Immortal Way Power emanating from the token, and relieved, he bowed to the old man.

"So it was Senior Feng in person! I failed to recognize you earlier and have been very rude. I hope you will forgive me."

The old man smiled, appreciating Chen Dengming's polite attitude, but still nodded politely and said, "Sect Leader Sect Leader Chen, you are too kind. I have heard the Venerable Lord mention your name many times. You are also a successor of the Human Immortal Orthodox Lineage, so it is fine for me to treat you as an equal. There is no need for so much formality!"

"How dare I!"

Chen Dengming made a polite remark, and seeing that the battle over there was escalating, the two exchanged a tacit glance, stopped talking, and quickly fled.

"Young friend Chen, you must be carrying a wartime map with you, right? Let's use our escape techniques to bypass the defensive perimeter of the Evil Cultivator and flee far away."

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

Chen Dengming nodded and took out a specially crafted wartime map from his Storage Bag.

Once the map is unfolded, Chen Dengming's coordinates can be seen. The map also marks many places occupied and defended by Outer Domain Evil Cultivator, all shown with red warning lines, which almost completely surround the two of them.

They are now deep behind enemy lines, so it's not surprising that they are surrounded by enemy forces.

In other words, enemy cultivators could appear at any time from our current location.

"Senior Feng, let's break through here. Let's leave along this route first."

Chen Dengming pointed out a route on the map, his expression grave.

He was very familiar with this Ten Thousand Mile Frontier. Although the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator had greatly altered this area over the past few decades by moving mountains and filling rivers, he could still vaguely recognize some of the original landscape.

"Alright, let's not delay, let's go!"

Feng Qingbo scanned the route with his Divine Sense and memorized it. In the blink of an eye, he cast a Qi Escape Technique, his figure disappearing and drifting away into the distance.

Chen Dengming also used Wood Escape Technique to follow closely.

The two fled quickly. When they encountered rivers, Chen Dengming used water escape techniques to cross them. When they encountered open fields, he used Golden Escape Technique to enter the repaired Myriad Gold Pearl and continue their journey.

In the wilderness, the wind swirled up yellow dust, and Myriad Gold Pearl appeared and disappeared in the dust, chasing after a wisp of Spiritual Qi that Feng Qingbo had transformed into.

In the river, white foam billowed up, and the blinding light of the battle in the distance dimmed the water. Wave after wave, Chen Dengming floated and sank into it.

This ever-changing and instantaneous escape technique also opened Feng Qingbo's eyes to a whole new level.

He had never seen anyone use the three-element escape techniques so skillfully, which even made him feel a sense of appreciation for talent and want to pass on the Qi Escape Technique that he had discovered in the High Antiquity immortal relics.

However, considering that Chen Dengming is the head of the Longevity Sect, whose status is even more prestigious than his own as the Moon Reflection Sect Supreme Ancestor, his idea of becoming a half-mentor in imparting knowledge is neither appropriate nor reasonable.

The two had only traveled a thousand miles when several waves of powerful cultivators with strong spiritual auras swept past them. Some were Golden Core cultivators, while others were Nascent Soul. They were clearly experts from the Outer Domain Evil Cultivator who had been alerted.

Fortunately, both of them were highly skilled in escape techniques, and the Evil Cultivator were all distracted by the commotion of the Spirit Transformation stage battle, so they were not discovered.

After traveling thousands of miles, they had almost completely distanced themselves from the core area where Spirit Transformation experts were fighting, but they still couldn't be said to have completely escaped the sphere of influence of such a battle.

As Chen Dengming approached a large river, he was about to switch to Water Escape Technique when suddenly his heart sank, and he felt as if the air around him was filled with a strong repulsive force.

A faint aura of Incense and Faith enveloped all directions, like countless pairs of blood-red eyes staring down at him, causing his Qi and Blood to surge, and even his blood vessels to bulge uncontrollably from under his skin.

"Oh no! The Blood God has mobilized his incense offerings and Blood God Realm; we've been discovered! We must break free from his incense offering lock immediately!"

Feng Qingbo's expression changed as he received Divine Sense reminder.

Both of them were interrupted from their escape techniques.

"What a strange power of Incense and Faith!"

Chen Dengming immediately restrained his fluctuating Qi and Blood, tried to mentally connect with the rapidly strengthening Incense and Faith in the air, and probed the Battlefield behind him with his Divine Sense.

Then they 'saw' several terrifying mushroom clouds, accompanied by translucent holes, silently suspended in mid-air on the distant horizon behind them.

The sky was filled with rosy clouds, some light and some dark, and the distant Sky Dome looked like an unevenly faded curtain.

A humid and hot atmosphere filled the air, making people feel uneasy.

Night had not yet fallen, and the crimson clouds had not yet covered the sky, yet the ground was already quite dark.

The sun, however, seemed to have been frightened away by the battle between the many Spirit Transformation, and day turned into night.

Faint wisps of Spiritual Qi accompanied by rolling strong winds, carrying some scorched dust, seemed to be searching for something on the ground, bumping around haphazardly.

Boom!!

A flash of red light appeared in the distance, as if the powerful Blood God had made his move, tearing open a piece of the dark clouds to reveal a vast, translucent sea of blood.

Before long, another violent gust of wind, seemingly accompanied by a roar, swept in with even greater force and speed.

The surrounding environment quickly descended into a dim light illuminated by blood.

The air was thick with a sense of oppression and restlessness, except for the Battlefield a thousand miles away, where the clouds parted to reveal a bright light and a vast expanse of Spiritual Qi gathered in the glow of the sunset.

Several chilling figures, large and small, could be vaguely seen in the light, rapidly colliding and creating shockwaves of Spiritual Qi.

Each burst of Spiritual Qi energy released a dazzling, blinding light that tore through the clouds.

Just then, Chen Dengming felt as if a thick dark cloud had descended upon his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

The Immortal Celestial Dao Power within his Sea of Consciousness fluctuated wildly, becoming extremely turbulent.

Instantly, the power of Incense and Faith in the surrounding air weakened significantly, greatly reducing his pressure.

It seemed as if a terrifying being, startled from above the clouds, had descended.

The terrifying aura seemed to silence everything around, even the Blood God within the crimson light seemed startled, looking up in terror as if letting out a roar.

Everything seemed to slow down, even time itself seemed to slow down, entering a phase of 'Heavenly Timing'.

"The Heaven's Will? The First Ancestor!?"

Chen Dengming felt his heart skip a beat. Just as the thought crossed his mind, a faint yet oppressive aura wafted over from afar.

In an instant, the turbulent river in front of him suddenly calmed down, as if it had been gently pressed down by a giant hand of heaven, becoming as calm as a smooth mirror.

Above the distant, swirling, murky clouds illuminated by the light, within the chaos, seemed to be a pair of cold, majestic, and vast eyes slowly opening.

It was as if a crack had appeared in the gray curtain of the sky! A cold, penetrating slit that revealed the mystery and vastness of the Heavenly Dao!

Like a gleaming blade, slicing across this curtain!

A terrifying gaze, accompanied by the overwhelming will of Heaven's Will, descended upon us!

Everything around them fell silent instantly.

Under that gaze, countless Spirit Transformation, their bodies shrouded in chaotic aurora-like Spiritual Qi, appeared one after another, as if frozen in a slowed-down 'Heavenly Timing'.

"Long-lived old tortoise."

With ice crystals shattered all over his body Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord seemed to utter words slowly and haltingly, letting out a roar of unwilling anger.

The next moment!

All sounds were instantly shattered by a terrifying roar.

Chen Dengming felt as if a terrifying, unpleasant thunderclap had erupted from several dozen feet above his head, which could only be heard by his Mental Will.

In the distance, it was as if a bolt of lightning, like a sharp sword, pierced straight down, completely shattering and breaking the sky. The Blood God and the Heavenly Crystal Dao Lord were both submerged in this sharp, sword-like divine Heaven's Will.

Even though Chen Dengming had already experienced the power of Heaven's Will several times, he still couldn't help but be so shocked this time that he cursed. The ground didn't shake, but he felt his feet go numb and tremble.

He held his breath; the distance before him was a vast expanse of white, and his surroundings were shrouded in darkness and a terrifying oppressive atmosphere.

At that moment, he felt as if the sky above him had cracked open.

The shattered fragments of the sky fell on his head and back, burning his skin and shaking his soul.

That's not the sky cracking open.

Rather, it was the collapse of the Blood God's Incense and Faith within the Blood Realm, with countless believers screaming in agony, demonstrating just how dire the Blood God's current state was.

"Go, go, go! Hurry! Your ancestor, your ancestor has made a move! He's gone mad! A Spirit Transformation might have died! Hurry, hurry, hurry! It's possible that Dao Integration Great Power cultivator from beyond the realm is about to intervene!"

Feng Qingbo screamed in alarm, as if he had been driven mad with fright. His hair stood on end, and his Divine Sense quickly sent a message. He immediately used his Qi Escape Technique to escape.

Chen Dengming was also shocked upon hearing this. He hadn't expected his ancestor to be so powerful; once he made a move, it was earth-shattering, directly killing a Spirit Transformation.

It seems that my initial guess that the First Ancestor and the Qu Shenzong might have planned to unite was correct. The First Ancestor's old habit of scheming against people hasn't changed, and may even be more severe.

Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

Without hesitation, Chen Dengming quickly plunged into the river and fled.

If a Dao Integration Great Power tear open the curtain and storm in later, the old tortoise, the First Ancestor, might be alright, but it's hard to say what will happen to this little tortoise.

Using their combined methods, the two crossed the great river and then traversed several mountains, fleeing for two thousand miles. They avoided several waves of extraterrestrial cultivator teams and spirit boats that roared past, until they reached a mountain gorge two thousand miles away. There, they could only see a few bowl-shaped ribbons of spiritual energy faintly visible in the distant sky, slowly healing and disappearing like cracks in the heavens.

At this point, both of them breathed a sigh of relief and lay sprawled out on the grass in the mountains, breathing in the mountain stream vapor and the fragrance of grass and trees. They felt refreshed, relieved, and completely relaxed.

Looking at each other's disheveled appearance, Feng Qingbo couldn't help but grin, and Chen Dengming did the same. At this moment, they didn't care about each other's status Nascent Soul seniors, and they both burst into laughter without saying a word.

One of them was Nascent Soul True Lord, the Moon Reflection Sect Supreme Ancestor.

One is the current sect leader of the Longevity Sect, who has reached the peak of his Golden Core Perfection.

Now, however, they are like stray dogs, hiding everywhere in a sorry state. If their respective sect disciples saw this, they would be shocked and incredulous.

The laughter had just subsided.

Chen Dengming sat up again and looked up. A gap was left in the middle of the canyon, and a sliver of sky made him dizzy and frightened.

The path they were on wound its way through a crevice in the valley, with massive stone walls on either side. Below, a raging torrent rushed through the fissures, causing water vapor to billow out and making the air icy cold everywhere.

Chen Dengming's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned, muttering, "A sliver of sky—is this a sign that heaven has not completely blocked out all paths, finally offering a glimmer of hope, or am I still surrounded by danger, unable to escape?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Qingbo burst into laughter again, sat up, and said, "Sect Leader Chen, you're quite versed in divination and fortune-telling, aren't you? You can even discern auspicious and inauspicious celestial phenomena?"

Chen Dengming didn't take it seriously, and stroked the [Longevity Jade Seal] at his waist with his palm, pondering.

"I have also encountered the Heaven's Will a few times. I cannot say that I can fathom the Heaven's Will Heaven or understand its secrets, but I can rely on the Unseen in my heart to avoid misfortune and make some predictions."

Senior Feng, it seems we are still not safe and need to continue our journey.

Feng Qingbo was skeptical, thinking that Chen Dengming was resorting to the same old tricks of Gou Xiu from the Longevity Sect.

He immediately dismissed the concern, saying, "Sect Leader Chen, rest assured. We've avoided so many extraterrestrial cultivators along the way, and now we're far from the Spirit Transformation Battlefield. Even if some extraterrestrial Dao Integration Great Power were to tear open the curtain and join the battle, it wouldn't pose a significant threat to us. Besides, I think the battle over there is already over."

Trusting his intuition, Chen Dengming got up and took out a wartime map to locate his current position. He determined that it was not far from the former Yin Ghost Sect's Mountain Gate, only about two thousand miles away.

He couldn't help but think of the Yin Spring Ghost Cave, and frowned, saying, "Although we have avoided many Outer Domain Evil Cultivators, I have observed that there are very few Nascent Soul among them, or perhaps they are lying dormant."

We haven't completely withdrawn from the Ten Thousand Mile Frontier of the Southern Region yet, and we might run into some formidable opponents. Let's leave the Ten Thousand Mile Frontier first and then settle down."

After he finished speaking, he sent out his Divine Sense to inquire about the Little Array Spirit Soul House.

"Ling'er, can you sense where the Fei Du areas are now?"

The Little Array Spirit quickly responded, "I... I can't sense it anymore. Several years ago, even the You Jing couldn't sense Fei Du's presence. I... I suspect that Fei Du has already fallen victim to the Ghost King Qian Luo's poisonous hand."

As the conversation drew to a close, the Little Array Spirit's spirit became dejected.

Chen Dengming felt a chill run down his the Unseen. That inexplicable surge of emotion welled up again, and he felt as if the narrow crack above his head suddenly seemed incredibly high, making him dizzy. The cliff walls on both sides seemed endless, as if they were constantly shrinking and closing, about to extinguish that last Life Force.

Dangerous warning signs are blaring!

In fact, all predictions and telepathic intuitions are omens derived from a synthesis of clues and traces from various things, and are not entirely ethereal or untraceable.

When all the clues and traces point to one place, the premonition of something happening becomes increasingly certain, until it actually happens.

"Let's go! There's a high chance that some experts have already been watching us along the way. We might already be trapped in an illusion array."

Chen Dengming let out a low shout and, without hesitation, made a hand seal, preparing to disappear into the river.

Feng Qingbo was filled with doubt and surprise. After quickly sensing the situation, he said helplessly, "Alas! Sect Leader Chen, how could there be such a powerful illusion array that could deceive my senses? We were hidden so well."

Before his Divine Sense could fully manifest, he suddenly sensed something was wrong and immediately cried out, "Oh no!"

Almost simultaneously, Chen Dengming, who was about to escape into the river, interrupted his spellcasting and was forcibly forced out.

Suddenly, the once-flowing mountain stream flashed with spiritual light, abruptly freezing into ice. A chilling aura wafted through the air, causing rocks and stones to crumble and fall. Suddenly, a large number of menacing, sharp ice spears protruded with a series of cracking sounds, heading straight for Chen Dengming.

At the same time, the strange sight of a narrow sliver of sky above them resembled the flapping wings of a giant bird, as if it were about to close rapidly. It was as if the sky was about to transform into a narrow, leaden plate, completely covering their heads, leaving them with no way to escape and no chance to fly away.