Above the Immortal Realm, Ning Chen returned from the Three Ancient Eras and battled Zhongtian, foremost of the Four Dark Kings.
The battle was fierce. The war between darkness and light had reached new heights.
Yet just as the battle reached its white-hot peak, at the end of the Dark Abyss, the Lord of Darkness emerged from seclusion. His injuries had fully healed, and his cultivation surpassed even that of the ancient era.
An absolute pressure shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. The Lord of Darkness stepped out of the Dark Abyss, crossed several starfields, and appeared in the Immortal Realm.
The moment their eyes met, the Lord of the Mortal Realm and the Lord of Darkness encountered one another for the first time. Their gazes clashed, each stirred by turbulent waves.
"Turns out you're still alive!"
The Lord of Darkness spoke coldly. Raising his right hand, he unleashed surging darkness that pressed down upon the Lord of the Mortal Realm before him.
Ning Chen had also recognized the identity of the man before him: the peerless human genius who had ascended to the Northern Immortal Realm in the ancient era, the mastermind behind the chaos of darkness.
The Lord of Darkness struck. Power beyond the Monarch Realm was no longer something any mortal expert could withstand.
Ning Chen stepped back sharply, evading the power of darkness.
He knew that the gap between himself and the Lord of Darkness was far too great. There was simply no way he could receive that blow.
"Not bad speed. It seems that after more than a hundred thousand years, you have mastered new power."
As he spoke, the Lord of Darkness took a step and instantly crossed before Ning Chen. His speed, beyond the limits of heaven and earth, was staggering.
Ning