Blinded by greed, the Immortal Lotus Feast! Slipping inside, turning the order upside down!

Ye Mingyuan had lived for thousands of years.

He had never founded any force of his own, remaining within the Feng Family all along.

Thus, throughout those thousands of years, the Feng Family had been the undisputed number one force!

However.

With the founding of the Black Realm.

With the only Great Emperor of the current era holding sway, its influence expanded rapidly.

Fallen Immortal Star, a source star of life that was practically the most important in the entire universe, naturally received great attention from the Black Realm as well.

And with the sudden intrusion of such a colossal entity, the territories of the other forces naturally had to shrink considerably.

Among them, the Feng Family was undoubtedly affected the most!

The Feng Family's ancestral grounds.

"Ancestor Xue!"

"Those creatures of the Black Realm have gone too far! They deliberately injured our clansmen and even proclaimed that Ancestor Ye knew his own strength was insignificant and dared not vie with the Black Emperor for brilliance!"

Opposite Feng Zixue.

A white-haired old Saint spoke with grief and indignation written all over his face.

As though he had suffered the greatest injustice under heaven.

Yet Feng Zixue merely rested her indifferent gaze on him and said calmly, "Deliberately injuring our clansmen and slandering the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body."

"Was this... truly the Black Realm's doing, or... did you arrange it deliberately?"

At her words.

The old Saint's face instantly turned deathly pale.

As though every scheme in his heart had been seen through.

But soon, he gritted his teeth and said stiffly, "Ancestor Xue!"

"Although this matter was planned by us old fellows, the Black Realm's intentions are plain for all to see! If we don't stop them in time, our Feng Family..."

"Enough."

Feng Zixue interrupted the old Saint, her eyes filled with disappointment. "What about the Feng Family? Our Feng Family is an ultimate force, with an ancient heritage and profound foundations. The only difference from before is that we now have a Great Accomplishment Sacred Body of another surname protecting us."

"Before, you styled yourselves the number one force and repeatedly suppressed the others. But ultimately, you never went too far, so I turned a blind eye."

"But now, instead of curbing your greed, you have let it grow ever greater!"

"What did you hope to accomplish by planning this? To have me, to have the Great Accomplishment Sacred Body stand up for you and fight for this little bit of profit, this little patch of territory? To go so far as to confront the Black Emperor and start an ultimate battle over it?"

"For your own selfish desires, you disregard all living beings beneath heaven! You... are unworthy of being elders of the Feng Family!"

At these words, the old Saint's expression changed at once.

They had originally only intended to have their ancestor make a few casual appearances, allowing them to drape themselves in a tiger's hide and fight for benefits.

They had never imagined that the consequences could be so terrifying!

Blinded by greed-that was all there was to it.

His expression shifted repeatedly before, at last... he let out a deep sigh.

"Go receive your punishment yourselves."

"You shall no longer serve as elders. Replace yourselves with a younger generation that has yet to be corrupted."

"As for you... do as you please."

Feng Zixue's gaze was indifferent. With a few sentences, she decided the sweeping reforms that would follow in the Feng Family.

The old Saint gave a bitter smile, his eyes considerably clearer.

After bowing to Feng Zixue, he rose and left...

Peace returned to the ancestral grounds once more.

After a long while.

Feng Zixue let out a quiet sigh.

She was detached by nature and had always disliked these entanglements of power and profit.

Yet as a daughter of the Feng Family's direct line, and the most talented among them.

From the very beginning, her life had never been her own.

She yearned for a life of freedom, doing as she pleased.

Yet she could only remain bound by her family all her life.

The only unexpected turn in her life... seemed to have been that one time.

As though recalling something, Feng Zixue's face flushed slightly.

But in the end, a trace of dimness passed through her eyes.

Time was merciless, turning prodigies gray-haired and leaving beauties past their prime.

All living beings struggled to cross the bitter sea.

Yet some could sit deep within forbidden zones, looking down upon the mortal world for tens of thousands of years.

While she...

Feng Zixue lifted a lock of black hair, her gaze stirring as she looked at it for a long, long time...

The year 5700 of the Immortal Court calendar.

Clang-!!

A bell rang, seeming to echo throughout the entire universe.

Two thousand years after the Black Emperor attained the Dao.

On a whim, he held an Immortal Lotus Feast.

Aside from a few places allotted to each of the ultimate forces, the rest... had no restrictions.

All with the requisite fate could enter.

This was undoubtedly a feast that drove nearly the entire universe mad!

For rumors revealed that what would be served at the banquet was... Semi-Divine Medicine!

The rarest thing beneath Immortal Divine Medicine!

Even for ultimate figures, a single Semi-Divine Medicine could have an immense effect.

Yet for this Black Emperor, it was something he could use to hold a banquet!

One could well imagine just how extravagantly wealthy he was!

Its sheer prestige was who knew how many levels above some Peach of Immortality Gathering!

And so, from every corner of the universe.

Mighty figures whose lifespans were nearing exhaustion crossed star domains, seeking only admission and another thousand years of life!

So much so that those who reached the Black Realm.

Were at least Great Sages.

Or young prodigies brought along by powerful elders to broaden their horizons.

Unfortunately...

Fated opportunities were hard to come by, and many powerful cultivators crossed star domains to get there.

Only to find themselves unable to enter in the end.

Fortunately, outside the enormous black lotus, essence Qi was extremely dense, though it could not compare with that within the Black Realm.

It was still enough to qualify as a rare blessed land.

Moreover, this place had been shrouded in a Great Emperor's Dao resonance for years, forming an extremely special environment that greatly reduced the difficulty of cultivation.

Many even broke through on the spot, which counted as a modest gain.

Even so, whenever they saw someone fortunate enough to enter the Black Realm, they would cast envious looks their way.

"Another lucky one. What an honor, to enter the Black Realm and attend the feast!"

"Look how young he is. He's probably another terrifying prodigy. No wonder the Black Realm's barrier offered him no resistance whatsoever. Like a fish in water, he slipped right in."

"Didn't you see that golden blood Qi? He's probably another Sacred Body! The same physique as that other one! If someone like him were barred outside..."

"Ah-how enviable! If I could obtain a Semi-Divine Medicine and extend my life by a thousand years, I'd probably be able to break through the cultivation bottleneck that has held me back for centuries. Then... my future would surely be very different!"

"Hmm? Why do I keep feeling that young man just now looked a little familiar?"

The crowd discussed things from time to time.

Among them, an elderly Great Sage frowned, seemingly searching through the images in his memory.

But before long, he scratched his head again and said in confusion:

"Wait, what did that young prodigy just now look like?"

Essence Qi swirled, and immortal music played.

Spirit fruits were laid out on long tables, and the maids moving among the banquet guests were at least at the Immortal Platform realm.

The guests all came from extraordinary backgrounds and possessed considerable strength.

With his ridiculously handsome face, Lu Qingyun mingled among them without looking out of place.

In fact, because he was disguised as a Sacred Body.

His golden blood Qi and formidable physique were extremely conspicuous, recognizable to everyone present at a glance.

As a result, not a single person dared approach him to strike up a conversation.

After all, everyone understood the current situation and knew the awkward position that Great Accomplishment Sacred Body now occupied.

None wished to invite trouble.

And this was precisely what Lu Qingyun wanted.

His main purpose in coming here was to get close to the Black Emperor's Great Dao and study it.

As for his secondary purpose... it was to plunder the rich!

And get a share of the Semi-Divine Medicine!

Whenever he thought of the Black Emperor's extravagant wealth, Lu Qingyun felt indignant!

Why!

When he had attained the Dao back then, his entire fortune had amounted to a single Semi-Divine Medicine.

Yet this fellow had so many that he could even use them to hold a banquet and win people over!

Unfair!

Utterly unfair!

Although Semi-Divine Medicine was no longer of much use to him now.

Those eight hundred years of poverty back then had already instilled in him the fine virtue of wasting nothing.

It was free anyway. Why pass up something free!

"Still... an Immortal Divine Medicine that attained the Dao really is something else."

Lu Qingyun narrowed his eyes.

This Black Realm seemed to have been manifested from the Black Emperor's true body.

The mysteries within it were considerably clearer than those of ordinary Immortal Divine Medicine.

Because of their cultivation realms, other cultivators could not perceive its mysteries at all.

Even the Black Emperor himself might not understand the profundities within.

Only Lu Qingyun, aided by his realm and Heaven-Defying Comprehension, continued to gain insights.

So much so that the distance he had traveled along the Black Emperor's Dao.

Was even a stretch farther than the Black Emperor himself had currently reached!

It was simply... turning the order of heaven upside down!