This Is the Bronze Immortal Hall?!

The blood and bones of those Dark Supremes, along with the fragments of their weapons, were all devoured by the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

Blood-red mist spread in every direction. Sky Cry appeared across the world, black lightning streaked through the starry sky, and bloody rain fell amid howling winds.

It was as if Heaven were mourning these departed favored children.

Li Ming had killed seven Dark Supremes alone, shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

"Demon Venerable!"

Those Ancestral Kings and Great Saints spread the news throughout the major Life Source Grounds.

All living beings beneath heaven and earth cried out the words "Demon Venerable," as though anything less would be insufficient to express their reverence for Li Ming.

The Demon Venerable was invincible, the sole sovereign of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

To many people, Li Ming was already a myth.

He had slaughtered seven Dark Supremes in a single day, a feat rarely seen since ancient times.

Although some said that the Demon Venerable's methods against his enemies were exceptionally ruthless, and that during the Ancient Starry Sky Road, nearly all of his opponents had been killed without even bones remaining.

Many people did not know that Li Ming had devoured their origins. They thought that after killing his enemies, he did not even leave behind a scrap of their corpses.

Yet Li Ming's slaughter of the Dark Supremes had inadvertently saved countless living beings.

The various holy lands and aristocratic clans held quite a few grievances against Li Ming, especially those holy lands and clans with special constitutions.

But that could not stop the far more numerous ordinary-bodied cultivators from worshipping Li Ming.

At that moment, the entire universe was in an uproar.

Li Ming sat quietly in meditation. No one dared come to the Cosmic Frontier Wasteland to disturb him.

He was refining the origins of those Dark Supremes and continuing to fuse them into his body, hoping to further transform and enhance his Chaotic Body.

Although at his current realm, they were no longer of much use to him, the Great Dao imprints unique to the Dark Supremes were extremely useful.

His realm grew ever higher, and he had already formed a Great Dao unique to himself.

At the same time, he carefully comprehended the scriptures of those Dark Supremes.

Unlike what people had guessed, he was not recuperating here. His body had not suffered much damage.

Those Dark Supremes had not been his opponents, and he was currently at the peak of his strength.

Even if he had suffered minor injuries, he could repair them with a casual gesture.

The Heavenly Demonic Saber was refining and devouring those supreme materials, merging them into itself.

Meanwhile, Li Ming was studying those Great Dao scriptures.

Just when he believed that no one would dare attack him again and that he could travel anywhere beneath heaven, he was suddenly seized by a hair-raising sensation.

With a stomp of his Carefree Boots, he instantly shifted to another starfield at an inconceivable speed.

A bronze palace appeared out of nowhere, nearly shattering Li Ming to pieces.

It had truly been a close call, missing him by only a fraction.

His body suffered a slight injury, and Chaotic Blood flowed from it.

Though it was only a tiny wound, it was enough to reveal the terror of his attacker.

A pitch-black figure emerged from the void and landed atop that bronze palace.

Countless Immortal Dao Runes danced around the bronze palace. Divine radiance filled the heavens, as though Immortal Spirits were winding around it, accompanied by an aura of ascension and becoming immortal.

"Bronze Immortal Hall!"

Li Ming had not expected that person to use the Bronze Immortal Hall to conceal his aura. No wonder he had been able to ambush him.

This was the third Immortal Weapon, aside from the Kunlun Immortal Bell and the Desolate Pagoda.

The Immortal Ascension Cauldron had not yet been forged, and Netherworld Venerable's Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure had yet to become an Immortal Weapon.

Who was that pitch-black figure?

He was absolutely a formidable enemy, a powerhouse who had lived at least into a Third Lifetime!

Li Ming repaired the injury on his body in the blink of an eye.

That slight wound was nothing to him, but it was still a humiliation.

The pitch-black figure suddenly opened his eyes.

As Li Ming looked into those eyes, he suddenly thought of someone.

"It's you!"

"The nameless old ghost from Divine Ruins!" Li Ming said coldly.

He knew he had encountered trouble.

He had not expected that old monster to be so powerful. He had clearly lived at least into a Third Lifetime, or he could not possibly possess such terrifying strength.

Back in Divine Ruins, this person had looked like a kind and venerable senior. Li Ming did not know why he had suddenly become so vicious and savage now, as though he wanted to devour him whole.

Still, although this was troublesome, Li Ming was not afraid.

He had absolute confidence in his own strength. More importantly, he had confidence in the Chaotic Body.

Although entering a Third Lifetime would cause one's strength to soar, he believed his own strength could break through that gap.

Black mist that blotted out heaven and earth instantly enveloped this region of the universe.

Before Li Ming could even react, that old monster had used the Bronze Immortal Hall's concealment to silently complete his arrangement while Li Ming was battling the seven Dark Supremes.

That black mist forcefully blocked even the prying eyes of the Dark Supremes.

"What is that?"

"It feels familiar, yet unfamiliar at the same time!"

"I smell decay!"

"Some old monster from an unknown era has set his sights on the Demon Venerable!"

"It's actually him!"

"This is bad. Since the Chaotic Body has been targeted by that old monster, he is probably doomed."

Within the Dark Restricted Area, one Dark Supreme seemed to know just how extraordinarily powerful that old monster was.

Faced with everyone's questioning gazes, that Dark Supreme merely shook his head and did not reveal the old monster's identity.

"What a pity. This Chaotic Body is about to die at that old monster's hands. It is a great medicine capable of allowing a Dark Supreme to live another Lifetime..."

All the Dark Supremes firmly believed that as long as they devoured Li Ming, a Supreme of the current era, they could live another Lifetime.

They believed in the wonders of the Chaotic Body.

The relationships among the Dark Supremes were far from united. They even hated one another.

Yet for the opening of the Road to Immortality, they had no choice but to join forces.

Deep down, they all held the thought that it was better for others to die than themselves. They hoped the other Supremes would die, so that when they entered the Road to Immortality, they would not have to compete with anyone else for the available spots.

Li Ming frowned as he looked at that old ghost and the boundless black mist that had suddenly appeared around him.

The incomparably dense black haze emitted an aura of decay, resembling the Netherworld Soil of the Underworld.

What surprised him even more was that countless Great Dao runes flickered within the black mist. They linked together, forming terrifying chains that turned the surrounding starry sky into a cage.

He felt a strange suppression. That aura was linked to the Bronze Immortal Hall, making it difficult for him to break free in a short time, difficult to escape this prison.

And that old monster seemed capable of merging with the black mist, ready at any moment to devour the flesh and primordial spirit within it.

Li Ming's heart stirred. The five secret realms rumbled, and incomparably dazzling Immortal Ascension Light burst from his body, grinding away that strange devouring power.

This devouring power was completely different from Li Ming's own.

"You truly are an old ghost brimming with malice!"

"No amount of disguise can conceal your malice!"

"It seems my guess was correct!" Li Ming said coldly toward a patch of black mist.

That old monster did not conceal his aura. He truly was the ancient monster from Divine Ruins, an unnamed Ancient Heavenly Venerable who had lived through who knew how many ages.

He was not even recorded in the original work.

"Jie jie jie..."

His laughter was sinister and terrifying, coming from all directions and shaking the mind. Faintly, it seemed to carry a curse.

How was this still the kind, amiable, and highly respected senior from before? He was clearly an evil ghost that had crawled out of Nine Netherworld Hell.

"I never expected this ancestor to misjudge you..."

"Your strength has actually become this formidable..."

"It seems you have truly matured. You are ready to be harvested..."

Within the dense black mist, a vague figure condensed.

That black mist was actually his body. It had long since decayed into ash and transformed into Devil Mist.

It could be said that his corpse was the Devil Mist, and the Devil Mist was his body.

His primordial spirit had also fused with the Devil Mist, creating an extremely strange state.

When Li Ming had met that old monster before, he had sensed biting yin energy within him one moment, then felt as though raging flames were burning inside him the next. It had been extremely peculiar.

Now that he thought about it, the old monster had probably wanted to transform his body from yin to yang and live another Lifetime.

But after seeing Li Ming, this old monster seemed to have found a new path.

Yes, he intended to directly possess Li Ming and live another Lifetime.

Seeing the confusion in Li Ming's eyes, the old monster said arrogantly, "Are you unable to deduce this venerable one's past and future?"

"The place where I was born is absolutely beyond your imagination."

"You need not waste your efforts trying to deduce it."

"I have prepared for a long time to possess you."

"This prison is a Supreme Prison that I meticulously arranged. Even if you possess the strength of a Heavenly Venerable, do not dream of escaping."

"With the Bronze Immortal Hall as the formation core, even if the Eight Heavenly Venerables came, they could only sigh in helplessness..."

The old monster spoke with a smug expression.

Li Ming snorted coldly, not believing the old monster's boasting at all.

He roughly knew how the original work described the Bronze Immortal Hall.

Perhaps it could increase the combat power of Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors to some extent, but only to that extent.

The Bronze Immortal Hall had long since lost its weapon spirit.

And the weapon spirit of the Desolate Pagoda had been effortlessly suppressed by Azure Emperor in his first Lifetime.

What did that prove?

It proved that the weapon spirits of Immortal Weapons were not truly that powerful.

Then the strength of the Immortal Weapons themselves was also questionable.

Of course, the Desolate Pagoda's weapon spirit might have allowed itself to be suppressed by Azure Emperor because Azure Emperor had once been related to Green Lotus Immortal King and had some karma with the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.

Furthermore, it had only been suppressed or controlled, or perhaps the weapon spirit had voluntarily surrendered control. Azure Emperor had not killed the Desolate Pagoda's weapon spirit.

Li Ming remembered that when the Big Dipper Road to Immortality opened, the Desolate Pagoda had once rushed out on its own, appearing only briefly.

According to Azure Emperor, he had been absorbed in evolving the Immortal Domain at the time. He had been asleep and had not yet awakened.

Therefore, when the Desolate Pagoda appeared briefly back then, it should have been controlled by its weapon spirit.

Judging from this, it seemed more likely that the weapon spirit had voluntarily surrendered control rather than that Azure Emperor had truly suppressed it.

The most precious thing on an Immortal Weapon was the Immortal Dao Runes inscribed upon it. Those were what Li Ming wanted most.

Li Ming stared intently at the Bronze Immortal Hall flashing with immortal radiance.

He wanted to imprint all those Immortal Dao Runes onto his body and onto the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

If possible, he even wanted to refine the Bronze Immortal Hall into the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

But considering that the Bronze Immortal Hall had likely been forged by a True Immortal or an Immortal King, he would need strength at least at the True Immortal level to refine it into the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

He would probably have to live through several more Lifetimes before he could extract its Divine Substance and fuse it into the Heavenly Demonic Saber.

Li Ming observed the Bronze Immortal Hall for a while before turning to look at the endless black mist and densely packed runes around him.

Thinking of the Bronze Mirror within his body, Li Ming became full of confidence once more.

"Hehe, old ghost, it truly has not been easy for you to live for so many tens of thousands of years..."

"You have continuously possessed the bodies of others, living on again and again."

"Judging by your appearance, you should have lived at least into a Third Lifetime."

When Li Ming said that he had lived into a Third Lifetime, a chilling light suddenly erupted from the old ghost's eyes.

Clearly, he had not expected Li Ming to see through all of this.

This old ghost was indeed already in the twilight years of his Third Lifetime.

He urgently needed to live another Lifetime.

Otherwise, he could only cut himself down once more and become a Dark Supreme.

"You think that by taking my body and fusing with my primordial spirit, you can live another Lifetime?" Li Ming asked with a frown.

"That's right!" The old monster's voice remained sinister and terrifying.

"Over the countless years of the past, I cannot remember how many bodies I have possessed."

"As my strength grew stronger and stronger, ordinary bodies could no longer satisfy my needs."

"Even ordinary Supremes could no longer bear my primordial spirit."

"It is not merely an issue of the body, but a conflict of Great Daos."

"But you are different!"

"You possess a Chaotic Body. You can fuse with the myriad Daos of heaven and earth!"

Hope suddenly rose in the old ghost's eyes.

Li Ming said disdainfully, "What is the point of living another Lifetime through such a crooked method?"

"Even if you take my body and fuse with my primordial spirit, would that still be you?"

Li Ming had no regard whatsoever for this old ghost's Longevity Method, or his method of living another Lifetime.

In the original work, Carefree Heavenly Venerable continuously possessed others and survived all the way to Ye Fan's era. In the end, he discovered that his strength had actually grown weaker and weaker.

Not only was he unable to live another Lifetime, he could not even maintain the combat power of a Heavenly Venerable from his past.

In the end, he retained only the strength of an ordinary Dark Supreme.

Ye Fan, who was merely a Great Achievement Sacred Body, easily blew him apart.

It could be said that this completely shattered the prestige of the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

In Li Ming's view, Carefree Heavenly Venerable had not truly been that weak.

At the very least, when Li Ming had killed Carefree Heavenly Venerable, he had felt that Carefree Heavenly Venerable was indeed formidable.

He had possessed the strength to kill several Dark Supremes alone.

Faced with Li Ming's disdainful gaze, the old ghost still looked as though everything was under his control.

Rather than hastily devouring Li Ming, he began speaking of profound principles again, like some senior expert.

For a moment, it felt as though they were back in the Divine Ruins.

Li Ming keenly realized that this old ghost seemed to have a split personality. Perhaps he had seized too many bodies, or merged with too many other primordial spirits.

Otherwise, he would not have behaved in such a fractured manner.

"What does a junior like you know?!"

"Do you know how I, your ancestor, came into being?"

"I can tell you now—I was born from a mysterious stretch of Netherworld Soil!"

"That stretch of Netherworld Soil was later occupied by Netherworld Venerable, who founded the Underworld there!"

"I was the first Yin Spirit born from Netherworld Soil, raised by heaven and earth! I had no physical body by nature, only a Yin God!"

"I thought I would drift through life in a muddle, but unexpectedly, I happened to take possession of someone's body and began cultivating. Without any teacher, I somehow came to understand many paths of cultivation!"

"I seized the bodies of all living things and refined the wondrous qualities of their bodies. I even wished to forge a Chaotic Body and carve out a Great Dao path that belonged to me alone!"

"To others, body seizure is an utterly detestable thing. But for me, I was born to take other people's bodies. This is the innate right Heaven bestowed upon me!"

Li Ming looked at the old ghost and began to wonder whether this old ghost had later suffered a setback at Carefree Heavenly Venerable's hands.

Had Carefree Heavenly Venerable killed him instead?

Was that why he had remained unknown?

Thinking of how Carefree Heavenly Venerable had also wanted to seize his body, Li Ming suddenly wondered whether Carefree Heavenly Venerable had learned this secret technique from the old ghost.

According to the old ghost, every time he seized and fused with a new living being, it was as though he had refined that being's origin.

As long as he seized enough bodies, he would refine enough origins.

Then, he might become a true Chaotic Body.

But reality had not unfolded as he had deduced.

As he continued occupying more and more bodies, not only had he failed to become a Chaotic Body, the yin energy around him had instead grown denser and denser.

He had become an incomparably powerful Ghost Venerable.

At some unknown point, he developed an obsession with transforming yin into yang.

He wanted to cleanse away the yin energy on his body and become a true living being, like a blazing sun.

"I once tried seizing the body of a Sacred Spirit, using a Sacred Spirit's method of gestation to see whether I could cleanse away the yin energy from my body."

"But I still failed!"

"At least seven or eight Sacred Spirits died after I seized their bodies."

The old ghost spoke with some regret.

"However, things are different now."

"A Chaotic Body like yours has appeared, and you have even attained the Dao and become a Venerable. This fills me with anticipation and boundless hope."

"Kehehehe..."

The old ghost once again let out a terrifying, savage laugh, as though he had Li Ming completely in his grasp.

"You old bastard, do you really think you've got me cornered?"

Li Ming smiled and stared straight into the old monster's eyes.

Immortal Ascension Light flickered across Li Ming's body, sacred beyond compare, instantly dissolving all sinister yin forces.

Upon seeing this, the old ghost was not surprised in the slightest. Instead, he was even more delighted.

"The stronger you are, the happier I am!"

"Because everything you possess will fulfill me!"

Clatter, clatter.

Within the black mist, countless Great Dao runes linked together and condensed into mysterious chains, through which unfathomable auras flowed.

With the aid of the Bronze Immortal Hall's aura, they instantly suppressed Li Ming's Immortal Ascension Light.

The black mist silently invaded Li Ming's body with astonishing speed.

The old ghost wore the look of someone whose scheme had succeeded.

"Boy, just hand your body and primordial spirit over to your ancestor without worry!"

"One day, your ancestor will surely lead you to Mortal-World Ascension!"

Feeling that decayed aura, Li Ming's expression grew increasingly strange.

He could not help but reveal an odd smile.

"You think someone like you can achieve Mortal-World Ascension?"

"I can send you to the Western Paradise right now!"

The black mist that had invaded Li Ming's body silently dissipated, while dazzling Immortal Ascension Light burst forth from him once more.

All the black mist vanished swiftly, like melting ice and snow.

"What?"

"How could this be..."

The old ghost's face was filled with horror...