Just as all the Supremes had entered the light curtain and received the immortal baptism, such a sudden change actually occurred.
In an instant, the sacred rainbow radiance around the Ascension Platform vanished completely, and a chill aura descended, enveloping everything.
High above the heavens, a terrifying aura suddenly appeared. A powerful figure emerged in the clouds.
He was a middle-aged man with gray hair, sitting cross-legged atop the clouds and looking down at the countless Supremes below.
His black robes hung down around him, as though he were the Ruler above the Ninth Heaven.
Immortal Dao aura swirled around him.
"Who is that?"
"Immortal Dao aura... He's an Immortal!"
"Why has an Immortal appeared here? Who is he? What is his purpose?"
Everyone stared at the figure in the clouds in shock.
The figure atop the clouds looked down indifferently. A sliver of cold laughter appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"The quasi-Immortals and Supremes of the Southern Domain are all here. From this day forth, this domain's Dao foundation shall be severed!"
His cold voice boomed like thunder. He raised a hand, and suddenly, all the Supremes below felt an immense terror. One after another, they vomited blood!
"No... Why can't I control the spiritual power throughout my body?"
"My vital energy has suffered a devastating blow... No, the immortal spiritual energy I just inhaled is eroding my cultivation!"
"This... this isn't immortal spiritual energy at all! What in the world is this?!"
In an instant, all the Supremes were terrified.
The immortal spiritual energy they had greedily inhaled moments ago was now frantically destroying their vital energy.
Their Dao foundations were being ruined!
"No... How is this possible? My Supreme cultivation..."
One Supreme's expression changed drastically. His cultivation had already fallen to the Venerable realm!
—Those at the ninth level of the Composite Realm could be called Supremes, while those below the ninth level of the Composite Realm were called Venerables.
But something even more terrifying happened right after.
After falling to the Venerable realm, some Supremes actually fell to the Mahayana Realm!
"No... I refuse to accept this! I refuse!"
"...My Dao foundation has collapsed... My cultivation!"
"What kind of devilish curse is this... No!"
Everyone wailed in agony. So what if they were Supremes? So what if they were Holy Lords? At this moment, all of them were suffering!
"The light just now did not originate from the Ascension Platform at all. It was a trap deliberately laid out!"
There was a trace of blood at the corner of the white-haired woman's mouth!
"How is this possible... No... No! Who exactly are you? You're poisoning us!"
Even the Evil God's eyes were nearly splitting with rage. He stared at the figure in the clouds in utter terror.
Even he, who had already stepped one foot into the Immortal Dao, could not withstand this erosion.
"Poisoning you? You're nothing but a bunch of ants."
The figure sitting cross-legged in the clouds spoke coldly. His eyes turned toward a certain place in the sky as he said,
"Once the ants of this world have all become my puppets, the 'World Tree' will become a rootless thing. Taking it will then be effortless... Heh heh."
A deep look flashed through his eyes.
Below, the wails continued unabated.
The white-haired woman also spat out a mouthful of blood. She looked toward the sky and shouted, "The Ascension Platform was established by the Immortal Domain! Aren't you afraid that the Immortal Domain will be enraged if you run rampant here?!"
With that, she suddenly took out a jade bottle. Inside the bottle was a single crystalline drop of blood!
That was immortal blood!
"Immortal Blood Connects Heaven!"
With a low shout, she slammed the jade bottle onto the Ascension Platform.
Immortal radiance instantly flashed across the Ascension Platform!
The true Ascension Platform had awakened!
"Boom, boom—"
Immortal might surged forth, as if a giant dragon were awakening. Above the heavens, space and time seemed to shift and transform!
The boundary wall gradually emerged in the sky. It was an invisible heavenly chasm!
On the other side of the boundary wall, a figure appeared.
"Who has disturbed the Ascension Platform in the lower realm?"
A cold voice rang out.
In an instant, all the Supremes below the Ascension Platform became excited.
"That's an existence from the Immortal Domain!"
"An existence from the Immortal Domain sensed what happened here... The Immortal Domain won't let this man run wild!"
"High Immortal, save us!"
Countless Supremes cried out loudly!
The existence beyond the boundary wall had eyes that flashed like lightning. His gaze swept over the scene below, and when he saw the figure sitting cross-legged in the clouds, even he was startled.
"This man has set a deadly trap at the Ascension Platform to harm us. We request that the Immortal Domain uphold justice!"
The white-haired woman shouted at the top of her voice. Her cultivation was also declining, but her voice could still pierce through the boundary wall!
Beyond the boundary wall, that figure stared at the existence atop the clouds and said in a deep voice,
"Who are you? How dare you set a deadly trap at our sect's Ascension Platform!"
"Are you trying to challenge the Immortal Domain?"
His words were filled with anger.
Yet the figure sitting atop the clouds merely sneered.
"Challenge the Immortal Domain? Heh heh. What Ascension Platform? It's merely a tool used by a small sect on the outskirts of the Immortal Domain to select disciples. And you dare call it the Immortal Domain?"
He calmly revealed a secret.
The existence beyond the boundary wall instantly flew into a rage.
"I'll see for myself what kind of divine being you are!"
As the existence beyond the boundary wall spoke, a figure suddenly crossed the boundary wall and appeared in this stretch of sky.
He had crossed realms!
His aura was extraordinarily powerful. He was a middle-aged man in blue Daoist robes. Staring at the figure atop the clouds, he said, "I grant you death!"
With that, he raised his palm. Endless wind and clouds were swept up as he smashed it toward the figure atop the clouds.
A massive palm formed from gathered spiritual power appeared in the sky. Immortal spiritual energy spread across the heavens and earth, causing countless Supremes below to kneel and prostrate themselves!
But the figure sitting atop the clouds merely sneered and said, "A mere projection of a Human Immortal, and you dare act so arrogantly?"
He flicked a finger.
In the blink of an eye, the palm carrying boundless might vanished with a thunderous crash!
The Immortal in blue Daoist robes' expression changed drastically. "This is bad... A True Immortal?!"
He turned and tried to flee, but after taking only one step, his body completely shattered. It transformed into streams of immortal radiance and dispersed on the spot.
"Pff—"
Beyond the boundary wall, a certain existence immediately coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Don't be so arrogant! Do you think my sect has no True Immortal?!"
"Invite the Sect Master!"
The existence beyond the boundary wall roared and called for someone!
Before long, another figure appeared beyond the boundary wall!
A pair of lightning-like eyes pierced through the boundary wall and landed on the existence atop the clouds.
"Why have you run amok at our sect's Ascension Platform and even attacked our sect?"
A dignified voice rang out!
But the figure atop the clouds merely sneered and said, "You and I are both in the True Immortal realm. At most, you can send a projection of a clone here, so you have no right to speak to me."
"Get lost!"
He rebuked him outright!
Silence fell on the other side of the boundary wall!
That was because the figure atop the clouds had spoken the truth. For experts in the Immortal Domain to cross the boundary wall and come here, they would have to pay a tremendous price.
And a projection... was simply no match for the existence atop the clouds.
"Sect Master, abandon those ants in the lower realm. The price is too great."
"That's right. Recruiting disciples from one less realm is nothing. But to truly fight across realms... we can't afford it."
The voices of the Immortals faintly drifted from beyond the boundary wall!
Seeing this scene, everyone from the Profound Heaven Realm below fell into utter despair.
It was over.
Even the existences in the Immortal Domain couldn't stop him?
Were they all... destined to die?!
"I don't want to die... Why? Why would an Immortal use such despicable schemes against us?!"
"The inheritance of the Southern Domain can be said to have been severed from this day forth... The quasi-Immortals are all dead, and the Supremes have fallen..."
"Heavens, why can such an evil person become an Immortal?!"
They roared and cried out in grief.
Even the Evil God could no longer withstand it. He collapsed to the ground, vomiting large mouthfuls of blood as his realm fell.
The white-haired woman's face was deathly pale. Though she was incomparably weak, she turned her head toward Huo Ling'er.
"The Immortal Domain and the black hand have both appeared. Why hasn't that one... taken action yet?!"
She spoke.
Luoming, Hong Xuan, and the others also looked toward Huo Ling'er and the others.
Every Supreme and quasi-Immortal present had their cultivation ruined by the immortal spiritual energy they had just inhaled. Yet Huo Ling'er and Mu Qianning were completely unharmed!
At first, Yu Qishui had vomited blood in great mouthfuls, but Huo Ling'er had immediately given him the Li Tian Divine Palace. The immortal spiritual energy within Yu Qishui's body was instantly suppressed as well!
Thus, the three of them were actually the only people in the scene who were completely unharmed at this moment!
Huo Ling'er had been utterly shocked by the successive appearances of the Immortals. Now, hearing the white-haired woman's words, she immediately reacted and took a step forward.
"Senior Li was prepared for this long ago!"
With that, a scroll of paper suddenly appeared in her hand!
She slowly began to unfold the paper!!
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