By the Mishui Riverbank, the Immortal Peach Tree of the Jade Pool ripened. The winds and clouds of the nine heavens churned, and ten thousand bolts of lightning descended from the sky, seeking to destroy this heaven-defying thing.
As myriad lightning bolts descended upon the world, Knowing Fate flew into a rage. With a slash of his sword, a wild gale spanning ten thousand miles split heaven and earth, scattering the lightning that filled the sky.
The Trapping Immortal Sword rose and hung across the heavens. Streams of red light spread forth, forming a barrier between heaven and earth.
Thunder rumbled as it struck the immortal sword without pause, unable for the moment to cross this heavenly barrier.
Below, Ning Chen walked step by step beneath the divine tree. Looking at the ripe fruits on its branches, he raised his right hand after a moment and collected the immortal peaches.
At that moment, the void in the distance twisted. Ancient monsters who had waited for untold years appeared one after another. Seeing the immortal peaches in his hand, their expressions all changed.
Immortal Divine Medicine!
Ning Chen ignored them. With a sweep of his hand, an Ice Coffin appeared amid crisscrossing sword light. Within it lay a woman who had slept for a hundred years, as peaceful as though she were merely asleep.
"Stop him!"
Seeing this, the ancient monsters immediately realized what he intended to do. Their faces changed drastically as they rushed forward.
Dozens of figures came—Void Realm, Manifest Realm, even True Realm experts, each stronger than the last. Ancient monsters who had slumbered through countless years had emerged today for the chance at immortality, charging forth regardless of all else.
Ning Chen paid them no heed. Carrying the fruit of the Immortal Divine Tree, he walked to