Long Since Fallen from Glory, the Legendary Heavenly Ancient City Appears
Long Since Fallen from Glory, the Legendary Heavenly Ancient City Appears
“Could it be the path that all the clans have been searching for?”
“It can’t be wrong. The reason the Western Immortal Domain was destroyed back then was because the ancestors of our various clans deduced that the path lay in this place.”
“This is the gateway and passage that connected the Immortal Domain and that world countless years ago.”
These Other Domain beings were extremely powerful, with astonishing vitality surging through their bodies. After their initial panic, they quickly recovered, gazing at the vast, magnificent scene erupting in the distance, their faces filled with delight and excitement.
They could hardly be blamed for reacting this way, because the Immortal Domain of today had long since been shattered, no longer possessing even a trace of its former glory.
The Royal Families of the Other Domain could easily lead great armies to trample every city of the Immortal Domain flat. Numerous star domains had already been occupied, and the descendants of the former Immortal Domain had either been reduced to slaves or become blood food.
Countless years ago, after the Immortal Domain suffered a great war, it split into five regions—the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and Central Immortal Domains—all scattered across different locations, sealed off from one another, each struggling to survive on its own.
And the Western Immortal Domain beneath their feet had been breached by the supreme experts of the Other Domain many years ago.
The Western Immortal Domain’s King had stained the skies with his blood, and afterward his corpse was wrapped in a war banner and carried back.
Aside from the Western Immortal Domain, the Southern Immortal Domain and Northern Immortal Domain had also been left in ruins, though not as thoroughly as the Western Immortal Domain. With wars raging continuously over the years, their fall was only a matter of time.
As for the Central Immortal Domain, it was truly too far from this place. The various clans and Dao lineages within it had sealed their mountains and refused to emerge, attempting to cling to survival—but facing the vast and boundless armies of the Other Domain, they too would be breached sooner or later.
The Immortal Domain was no longer the world of countless years ago that could contend with the Other Domain. Its vitality had withered away, its immortal Dao lay broken, and even immortal-level figures had gone into hiding.
Even those once-invincible Immortal Kings now suffered from weakened vitality, unable to pass the Five Decays.
They had been struck by a blade from the Will of Heaven and carried its suppression upon their bodies. Even if they fought to the death, they could never match the Kings of the Other Domain.
This was a great trend, an unstoppable tide. The Immortal Domain simply could not withstand it. And beyond its Kings, the Other Domain had even more ancient existences holding the fort, beings comparable to the most distant ancestors of the Immortal Domain...
Were it not for the fact that the laws of heaven and earth of the Immortal Domain repelled them, the invincible existences of the Other Domain would have long since slaughtered their way over and bathed everything in blood.
And at this moment, upon this broken primordial continent—
Besides these Other Domain beings who had been stunned by that world-shaking sight, all the other Cultivators also looked on in disbelief.
Sacred radiance surged skyward from that place, as if a vast world was emerging in that direction. Rain of light scattered across the heavens, and the entire world itself seemed to be evolving.
All manner of terrifying phenomena appeared one after another—a blazing great sun, a full moon glittering crimson like blood, and all kinds of shattered starry skies. An ancient and boundless firmament was reflected there.
A grand stone gate and weathered, towering walls seemed to sketch out the embryonic outline of something hazy. Light pierced through heaven and earth; a primordial, ancient aura pressed down upon the sun, moon, and firmament, blooming with boundless radiance. It was simply too magnificent, as though recounting an incomparably ancient and majestic piece of history.
“Hurry and report what has happened here to the clan! The path that the Great Ancestors have been searching for—that gate has appeared!”
The Other Domain beings who had come to their senses hastily sent word of this back. This was a monumental event—one that would not only shake the Western Immortal Domain, but had also left even these Other Domain beings stunned, turning them excited and frenzied.
Some of those with powerful cultivation were wrapped in clusters of light, appearing high in the sky and flying toward this place.
They wore the garments of the Other Domain, and their features differed greatly from those of the Immortal Domain’s descendants.
However, what was strange was that their bodies did not emanate immortal qi, but rather a hazy light tinged with dark, ashen energy.
“If this truly is that path, I’m afraid even the Kings will be alarmed.”
“It is said that behind that path lies the Source of the Immortal Domain. Even if the Immortal Domain is destroyed, as long as that world still exists, it can be nurtured anew. Many of the Immortal Domain’s experts came from there...”
They murmured among themselves, their gazes burning with fervent light—so dazzling, like a blazing great sun—as they stared at the stone gate gradually emerging in the sky.
The gate was grand and ancient, incomparably tall, surrounded by all manner of terrifying Restrictions. It had originally been concealed within an invisible stretch of void.
But now, not only was that place glowing, even a hazy, indistinct road was emerging.
Faintly, the crowd heard the iron-blooded sounds of armored horses and frozen rivers emanating from within—the thunder of thousands of troops and horses galloping forth, carrying a murderous aura as they charged toward them. Beneath those iron hooves, everything could be trampled to dust.
That was the history and phantom of the past; it had long since ceased to exist.
And at this moment, on either side of the stone gate, city walls began to solidify, covered in the marks of Blades, Spears, Swords, and Halberds, with bloodstains spreading across them—left behind in some unknown era. They were incomparably tall, like indestructible Mystic Mountains.
Even though it was merely a phantom, not yet truly manifested in this world, it still exuded an aura of slaughter that could shatter all the weak and insignificant.
“This is the legendary Heavenly Ancient City... I never thought it would truly appear.”
“But it has appeared at the wrong time...”
The phenomena there had also alarmed many descendants of the Immortal Domain.
A white-haired old man carrying immortal qi about his person appeared atop a mountain peak, his voice full of disbelief.
Although the Western Immortal Domain had already been conquered by the Other Domain, many powerful descendants of the Immortal Domain still hid in various places.
They sought to find ancient histories and ancient texts in these places—records of former glory, or perhaps cultivation techniques.
The young men and women who had previously been searching for ancient texts on this broken continent were all descendants of the Immortal Domain, with tribes behind them, now dwelling deep within this continent.
These scattered tribes were actually quite numerous. Though few among them possessed transcendent strength, they had elders who understood the history of the Immortal Domain extremely well.
After conquering this Immortal Domain, the Kings of the Other Domain had unleashed great divine abilities, causing the bloodlines of many Immortal Domain descendants to be obstructed, making it difficult for them to sense immortal qi and impossible to break through to higher realms.
If any powerful individual broke this curse, they would ultimately be sensed and detected, and then...
The Kings of the Other Domain were truly invincible existences. With a raise of their palm they could annihilate universes and stars; with a single thought they could wipe out all living beings.
Ordinary Cultivators before them did not even qualify as ants.
The Western Immortal Domain was vast, a convergence of numerous universes, its territory boundless, with many life-bearing stars and continents scattered among its various star domains.
But at this moment, all of them were thoroughly shaken by the news of the scene emerging from this primordial wilderness.
From every universe, supreme experts rushed over—some tearing through the starry sky and crossing star rivers, some traversing the void, covering hundreds of millions of miles in a single step.
“Damn it all...”
“These damned Other Domain beings—they want to sever the very roots of the Immortal Domain!”
Across this continent, the Immortal Domain descendants of many tribes revealed expressions of utter misery, their hearts filled with boundless grief.
Sou, sou—
From the ends of the firmament, many figures hurried over. From the cities nearest to this place, Other Domain beings who had received the news all appeared.
Among them were even quite a few young figures, heroic and spirited, their auras soaring. Judging by their faces alone, it would be difficult to distinguish them from the people of the Immortal Domain.
For among them were no small number of successors from clans and Dao lineages that had defected to the Other Domain.