Anlan was in high spirits. Holding the Red King's Furnace in his palm, he gave little thought to the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths he was about to reach.
Not long ago, when the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had still stood between the Immortal Domain and the Exotic Domain, he would never have thought this way.
Back then, the Heavenly Abyss and the Primordial Imperial City could still hold back the Exotic Domain's forces. Even its invincible giants could do nothing against them. Anlan considered himself powerful, but not so powerful that he could invade the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths alone.
Now, though the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had escaped its awkward position between the two domains, the move had exposed far too many weaknesses.
The Heavenly Abyss was no longer an absolute defense against the Exotic Domain's Undying Kings. Anlan had bypassed it and was closing in on the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
In this era, the shattered Nine Heavens and Ten Earths could hardly stir Anlan's interest in a fight. If not for the search for the missing Red King, he might have waited tens of thousands of years before returning to this world he had once set foot in.
"Where has the Red King gone?"
Anlan held little hope for this trip. He had come only to placate the Red King's Furnace and keep the terrifying Undying King weapon from losing control.
Forged by the Red King, a giant, the furnace now held the refined Dao Fruit of another giant. Even a giant would have to avoid the force it could unleash in a short burst.
Lu Gu had died because the Red King's Furnace had seized a chance to strike from ambush, using its unfathomable Time Law to gravely wound the Immortal