They Really Are Unlucky — Just Who Is Hunting Whom?
They Really Are Unlucky — Just Who Is Hunting Whom?
“Reporting to Daren, Queen Lunar does indeed come from the Yue Family, the most ancient lineage in the entire Southern Immortal Domain...”
Before the Heavenly Ancient City, Jin Yuan spoke respectfully. When Gu Changge mentioned the Yue Family, he had been somewhat surprised.
After all, this was something only beings of the Southern Immortal Domain would know, and Gu Changge had clearly only just arrived in the Immortal Domain. Then again, it was possible that he and the Yue Family’s Ancestors... might have some connection.
Thinking of this, Jin Yuan grew even more reverent.
Although he was a Quasi-Immortal King, standing before Gu Changge, he could still feel that heart-palpitating, unfathomably deep and terrifying aura.
Even in the presence of a true Immortal King, he had never felt anything like this.
Therefore, Jin Yuan was absolutely certain that the Profound Earth Immortal King of the Other Domain had indeed been frightened away — it wasn’t because of any misgivings or other reasons.
It was purely because he had sensed that he was no match for the Gu Changge before him, and so he had swiftly fled this universe.
“The current Queen Lunar can actually only be considered a junior of the Yue Family. She inherited her Ancestors’ legacy, and only then was she able to take that step into the Immortal King realm and overlook the entire Immortal Domain.”
“The Yue Family can be said to be the most ancient clan in today’s Southern Immortal Domain.”
“As for King Bodhi, he is a mysterious Immortal King who came from a distant universe. It is said he is connected to Buddhism, and all the teachings he passes down are Zen principles and Buddhist sutras.”
“He once established a Buddhist Kingdom in the Southern Immortal Domain, delivering salvation to all beings. He even conferred the ranks of Bodhisattva and Arhat, and his believers are spread across several universes. His true strength remains an enigma.”
Gu Changge nodded. Although the Yue Family might have some connection to the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty behind Yue Mingkong, it didn’t matter much to him.
The Immortal Domain and the Beyond had been severed from each other for so many epochs. The kin of old had long since evolved and developed into different clans — even the Immortal Domain itself had been divided into five regions.
Something like bloodline had grown even thinner.
Moreover, besides the Yue Family, lineages and powers like the Longevity Gu Family and the Longevity Wang Family all had roots on the Immortal Domain side as well.
As for exactly which region of the Immortal Domain they were in, or whether they had already been annihilated, or had taken root in the Other Domain — that was not something Gu Changge needed to consider.
He wasn’t interested, and he didn’t care.
“Then whose subordinate are you?”
Gu Changge swept a glance over Jin Yuan, his gaze then falling upon the True Immortals behind him, asking in a casual tone.
“Reporting to Daren, I came at Queen Lunar’s command...”
Jin Yuan answered respectfully. He was, after all, a Quasi-Immortal King — in a certain sense, even an Immortal King would treat him with a measure of courtesy.
The term “subordinate” seemed a bit too dismissive and casual.
But before Gu Changge, he didn’t dare show any of his displeasure.
“Then Queen Lunar sent you over — for what? Does she not have legs of her own? Or is it that she doesn’t have the guts to appear before me?”
Gu Changge’s tone remained casual and simple as he asked lightly.
Hearing these words, the many cultivators and beings present — whether from the Immortal Domain or the Other Domain — all broke out in cold sweat, their expressions shifting slightly.
Judging from his various actions, they truly couldn’t tell which side Gu Changge stood on.
The many descendants of the Western Immortal Domain, at this moment, didn’t know what to say either. It was clear Gu Changge had no intention of standing up for them, of helping them restore the Western Immortal Domain’s former glory.
Beads of sweat surfaced on Jin Yuan’s forehead, and his back was drenched in cold sweat.
Others couldn’t sense it, but he could — the moment Gu Changge’s words fell, it was as if his heart had been seized in an invisible grip.
Even as a Quasi-Immortal King, if he misspoke by even half a sentence, he would face utter annihilation, body and soul.
“Queen Lunar is currently holding a banquet in the Southern Immortal Domain to celebrate Daren’s arrival, so she instructed me to come here to welcome Daren.”
Jin Yuan could only steel himself and say this, his heart trembling with fear.
Queen Lunar had sent him here to ascertain Gu Changge’s intentions and purpose — she wanted to know...
One had to understand, at a time like this, the sudden appearance in the Immortal Domain of a mysterious existence with unfathomable cultivation — one who had frightened away even an Immortal King — was enough to stir up the entire current situation of the Immortal Domain.
And Queen Lunar was cautious by nature, unwilling to lightly leave the Practice Ground where she resided, worried about an ambush by other Immortal Kings of the Other Domain in the Western Immortal Domain.
“Is that so?” Gu Changge smiled faintly and didn’t pursue the matter further.
His question had only been to test that Queen Lunar’s attitude. But such excessive caution hardly seemed like the style of an Immortal King.
In the current Immortal Domain, if not quite at the point of jumping at every shadow, it was close enough.
That Queen Lunar didn’t dare appear here in person was partly because she didn’t know his intentions — couldn’t tell if he was friend or foe — and partly because she was wary of the Immortal Kings on the Other Domain’s side.
The other True Immortals of the Southern Immortal Domain now also breathed long sighs of relief. They had worried Gu Changge might strike at them, and worried he might stand up for the Western Immortal Domain.
But their worries were clearly unnecessary. By now, even the many descendants of the Western Immortal Domain...
“The Western Immortal Domain has already fallen. Its immortal cities have long been occupied by the Other Domain, and its resources divided up among the various Royal Families of the Other Domain. Why doesn’t Daren move on to our Southern Immortal Domain? Queen Lunar is willing to share the world with Daren.”
Then, Jin Yuan spoke again, conveying Queen Lunar’s willingness to jointly rule the Southern Immortal Domain with Gu Changge.
At the same time, he hoped to use this to sound out Gu Changge’s disposition.
If Gu Changge was interested in ruling the Immortal Domain, then Queen Lunar would inevitably have to...
Apart from the Western Immortal Domain, every other region of the Immortal Domain had an Immortal King presiding over it — the Northern Immortal Domain especially, which had a full three Immortal Kings.
By comparison, the Southern Immortal Domain had only two Immortal Kings, and King Bodhi was extremely special — he didn’t meddle in the affairs of the Immortal Domain, only occasionally appearing in the Buddhist Kingdom to preach the sutras and the Great Dao to its believers.
In other words, the Southern Immortal Domain was effectively controlled by Queen Lunar alone. If the Other Domain invaded, it would mean she alone had to face the vast armies of the Other Domain and its many Immortal Kings.
The outcome, naturally, would be no exception — it would be the same as the Western Immortal Domain’s fate.
Hearing these words, the expressions of everyone before the Heavenly Ancient City changed. None had expected Queen Lunar would actually be willing to offer terms of sharing the world.
Of the current five regions of the Immortal Domain, the Southern Immortal Domain could be called a vast universe with boundless territory and abundant resources.
Moreover, the five regions of the Immortal Domain could actually be compared to a shrunken universe — viewed as a whole, they counted as one great complete universe.
The difference was that within this great complete universe were contained countless slightly smaller universes, each equivalent to a vast, boundless starry sky.
Among the many universes under the Southern Immortal Domain’s jurisdiction, there were no few clans and lineages — True Immortal families, and even some families that had once produced Immortal Kings.
These families had deep foundations. Some had been passed down since the Forbidden Epoch, and some from even further back.
Even the Immortal Kings of the Other Domain coveted these foundational resources.
Yet now Queen Lunar intended to carve it up and hand it over to Gu Changge.
“Share the world with me?”
Gu Changge’s expression suddenly turned somewhat peculiar. Then, with a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth, he said, “Are you certain these were Queen Lunar’s own words?”
“They were indeed Queen Lunar’s own words. I would not dare deceive Daren.”
Jin Yuan didn’t know what Gu Changge meant by these words, but he felt there was a strange look in his eyes, as if he had some other intent.
However, before such an existence, he didn’t dare make wild conjectures.
“In that case, go back and relay a message to Queen Lunar. Tell her to wait, and to prepare herself — I will come to take this world.”
“If she dares deceive me, then even if the Yue Family’s Progenitor were to revive, I will scatter their Original Soul to nothingness, annihilating them in body and spirit.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, but his tone brooked no question.
Jin Yuan’s expression changed, and he hurriedly said, “Daren, rest assured — these words were spoken by Queen Lunar herself, witnessed by heaven and earth. If she breaks her word, Queen Lunar will suffer the entanglement of karma. She would not dare trifle with Daren.”
His heart trembled with dread. He had a feeling that Queen Lunar’s probe this time had run into a major problem.
The being before him — every casual utterance contained things that chilled his courage, things he dared not examine too closely. The Yue Family’s Progenitor reviving...
Could it be that this one knew the Yue Family’s Progenitor?
But the Yue Family had existed since before the Forbidden Epoch, deeply connected to the God of the Moon, a Primordial God from the dawn of creation.
Thinking of this, even Jin Yuan, a Quasi-Immortal King existence, felt lingering fear and dared not think any further down that line.
Reincarnation was the most mysterious thing in this world.
At a certain level, every word and action would drag out immense karma.
For the being before him to mention the Yue Family’s Progenitor without the slightest scruple could only mean he cared nothing for it at all.
Such an origin could no longer be described with the word “terrifying.”
The people present naturally heard these words. Though they were but a few short sentences, they contained much information that defied belief.
The many beings of the Other Domain turned pale with fright, anxious and uneasy, waiting for Gu Changge to decide their fates.
And just then, a blinding light swept in from the end of the Western Immortal Domain. That place was the Other Domain, and an aura with no limit in reach came billowing over.
The Great Dao collided between heaven and earth, emitting the rumbling sound of a universe in motion.
The terrifying momentum came crashing like ocean waves. The starry skies within the Western Immortal Domain cracked apart like spiderwebs, as if momentarily unable to bear so many supremely powerful auras.
The black ocean surged and churned, as if pushed by a pair of invisible, dreadful giant hands, rushing toward the long-collapsed and ruined Heavenly Gate of the Western Immortal Domain.
Several terrifying figures abruptly appeared, their gazes indifferent to the extreme, like beings from the dawn of creation.
Chaos Energy cascaded down, accompanied by dense immortal qi, and an astonishing, supremely powerful divine might spread out.
It could crush ancient history itself. Behind them, fragments of time danced, and the shadow of the River of Time could be seen.
Their Dharma Bodies were incomparably tall — even the starry sky was pushed aside. The Astral River flowed beside them like mist, appearing all the more insignificant by comparison.
These were several Immortal Kings, descending together upon the borderlands of the Western Immortal Domain, standing level with heaven and earth.
It was a world-ending sight. The sky and earth went dark; the sun, moon, and stars all dimmed; the rules of the Dao emitted sounds of tearing.
Grand Dao Chains extended out, seeking to seal off that place, but they shattered apart at the first instant.
There, an ocean of laws bloomed, and all manner of supreme Daos evolved, only to converge into a single palm.
At this moment, it was as if a peerless demon was about to emerge and destroy the world. The Western Heavenly Gate, already utterly ruined, now showed cracks once more.
This kind of might, belonging solely to peerless Immortal Kings, left all living beings and cultivators trembling in terror. Under their gaze, one felt as if one had become an ant in an instant — even a True Daoist would be reduced to powder in a heartbeat.
Like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Even supreme experts within the Immortal Dao domain would fall into despair in an instant before these Immortal King existences.
When the Western Immortal Domain was breached back then, the Immortal Kings who descended had been no more than this.
“Immortal Kings of the Other Domain...”
“And a full four of them!”
“Are they all going to descend here?”
Before the Heavenly Ancient City, Jin Yuan and the other cultivators from the Southern Immortal Domain all changed expression, their scalps exploding with a buzz.
They had never imagined the Other Domain would mobilize on such a scale — a full four Immortal Kings appearing.
And every single one of them possessed heaven-defying, terrifying strength.
These four Immortal Kings, their gazes indifferent, stood towering at the borderlands of the Western Immortal Domain, reaching out great hands to tear apart the rules and Daos of this domain, seeking to descend here in their true bodies.
All the Immortal Domain subjects within the Western Immortal Domain turned fearful in their gazes, recalling the day their Immortal King fell in battle — back then, just as many Immortal Kings of the Other Domain had appeared.
That battle had been too horrifying. Calling it world-ending would be no exaggeration. The Western Immortal Domain itself had been smashed apart; continents and life-bearing stars burst asunder together, flying off to every corner of the starry sky.
Countless Immortal Domain subjects were soundlessly annihilated in that battle, reduced to ash.
“It’s the Immortal Kings of our realm descending!”
“Wonderful! A full four Kings descending — even the Immortal Kings of the other domains wouldn’t dare interfere. We’re saved!”
“Four Kings spanning the sky — in today’s Immortal Domain, who can contend against them? This is an unsolvable situation!”
The many beings of the Other Domain all cheered, incomparably excited. This scene was like seeing light in the darkness, leaving their hearts surging with exhilaration.
After all, even among them, very few had ever seen an Immortal King of the Other Domain.
Let alone four Kings spanning the sky, pressing down together, seeking to tear apart the barrier of the Western Immortal Domain and descend in their true bodies, just like when they had conquered the Western Immortal Domain last time.
Such a sight was exceedingly rare even on the Other Domain’s side. Ordinarily, the various Immortal Kings remained in their own Practice Grounds, slumbering for millions of years at a stretch.
But from this situation, one could also see how much importance the Kings of the Other Domain placed on Gu Changge.
“Four Kings of the Other Domain...”
Beside Gu Changge, the Big Red Bird’s expression also changed. It had thought this trip would be nothing more than revisiting old haunts, a return to the Immortal Domain.
But four Immortal Kings — in the current era, that was likely the absolute pinnacle of combat power.
Even though Gu Changge was incomparably mysterious, his strength unfathomable, it wasn’t certain he could contend against four Immortal Kings.
However, it glanced at Gu Changge and saw that his expression held not the slightest ripple — the faint smile at the corners of his mouth hadn’t even faded. Somehow, that trace of worry dissipated into nothing.
“Four Immortal Kings...”
“Are they rushing over to deliver me their Source?”
Gu Changge truly couldn’t hold back, letting out a soft laugh.
The Big Red Bird froze, almost wondering if it had misheard. Then it came back to its senses...
Changge was not joking when he said this.
He truly regarded these four Other Domain Immortal Kings who had descended as nourishment for his Source.
This reminded the Big Red Bird of Gu Changge’s cold ruthlessness back in the Beyond, when he had slaughtered countless Hidden Experts and schemed against all the heavens of the Beyond.
Back then, Changge had been even more vicious and unscrupulous, treating all living beings under heaven as his own nourishment. How many Dao traditions and universes had he destroyed? The number of living beings and Cultivators who perished was simply beyond counting, let alone those who were indirectly annihilated because of it.
Moreover, it knew of Changge’s other identity—
The World-Destroying Demon Lord.
Even now, the Big Red Bird did not know what exactly had happened before the Forbidden Epoch that caused Gu Changge to strike, shatter the Immortal Palace, and bring about the collapse of all heavens—an era regarded by later generations as an age of absolute darkness.
Although it now served as the Artifact Spirit of Gu Xianer’s Heaven-Slaying artifact, following at Gu Changge’s side as he returned to the Immortal Domain and revisited old haunts, it still could not fathom or guess Gu Changge’s thoughts.
“Oh, no, that’s not right. There’s still one more Immortal King, hiding in the shadows.”
Changge spoke again, his expression unchanged, the corners of his mouth still holding that faint smile as he gazed toward the end of the distant firmament.
Darkness surged and swept in from there like a tide, and heaven and earth plunged into gloom in an instant.
Countless star territories trembled in unison, on the verge of falling; the sun, moon, and stars seemed about to collapse.
All worlds returning to ruin, the ages themselves seeming to wail in grief.
“There’s another Immortal King?!”
The Big Red Bird could not help but shudder. That meant the Other Domain now had a full five Immortal Kings descending upon them.
From the words of Jin Yuan, the Quasi-Immortal King of the Southern Immortal Domain just now, it had also learned that even the Southern Immortal Domain ostensibly had only two Immortal Kings.
And one of them was King Bodhi, who kept himself aloof from worldly affairs, established within the Buddhist Kingdom.
The current Immortal Domain likely truly had no region left with the strength to contend against five Immortal Kings.
Treating Immortal Kings as nourishment for one’s Source...
Jin Yuan, standing respectfully before Gu Changge, was so shocked by these words that his entire body went cold, his scalp practically exploding.
He almost doubted his own ears, unable to believe such words had been spoken by anyone.
To regard Immortal Kings as Source nourishment—what outrageous arrogance! Across the myriad heavens of the ages, across endless epochs, who would dare speak such words?
Yet under Gu Changge’s casual, indifferent tone, he did not dare doubt the truth of these words.
He even recalled the earlier scene of Gu Changge reaching out to seize a True Immortal of the Other Domain, performing a Soul Search, and then devouring him in one gulp.
His gaze abruptly shifted from reverence to terror.
As a Quasi-Immortal King, his entire body was now trembling, his heart gripped by dread, no longer as composed as before.
Endless light erupted, laws surging like a vast sea.
The heaven and earth of the Western Immortal Domain were splitting apart—something that had not happened even a million years ago when the Other Domain’s army conquered it.
Four peerless Immortal Kings stood at the frontier, like shadows that had existed since before the creation of the world.
Their gazes were cold as they raised their palms and slowly pressed down toward the front; the entire stretch of ancient history seemed about to collapse.
Their Dharma Bodies had already exceeded the limits of what this heaven and earth could bear.
The starry sky above split open, countless spiderweb-like cracks appearing.
Terrifying astral winds rushed out from those cracks, mingled with Chaos Energy and surging beams of light—like a world-destroying autumn wind, about to plunge the current Western Immortal Domain into ruin once more.
“Are the Other Domain Immortal Kings here to destroy the world?!”
“Someone save us! Kings of the Immortal Domain, your subjects are being slaughtered by the Other Domain Immortal Kings!”
Countless descendants of the Western Immortal Domain, witnessing this scene, trembled in terror, their whole bodies shaking.
Many were crying out, filled with despair.
A million years ago, the gateway of the Western Immortal Domain had been breached by the Other Domain’s army.
Back then, an Immortal King of the Other Domain had struck, sweeping across the sky, his great hand splitting the sea; the entire universe cracked apart, and then the Western Heavenly Gate collapsed.
In the end, even the King of the Western Immortal Domain died in battle there, his remains carried back to the Western Immortal Domain wrapped in a bloodstained, tattered banner.
Millions of years had passed—was that scene from back then about to play out once again?
The descendants of the Western Immortal Domain, who had just been excited and thrilled by the appearance of the Source World, were now filled with nothing but despair and dread.
Four Kings sweeping across the sky, unmatched by any, looking down upon the ages, eternal and everlasting.
Meanwhile, the beings of the Other Domain were all cheering in excitement, prostrating themselves toward that direction, kowtowing again and again.
The sky and earth were densely packed with figures, and from every corner of the starry skies came grand sounds of worship and prayer.
“So that is the mysterious man you fear, Kun Xuan?”
At the end of heaven and earth, an Immortal King with a pair of black wings on his back spoke, gazing toward the depths of the Western Immortal Domain.
His entire body was wreathed in pitch-black mist, his true visage obscured; thick great fog shrouded him, Chaos swirling around him, his might absolutely peerless.
Merely standing there, the entire universe seemed unable to bear his true body; a single strand of his hair was heavy enough to crush a world.
This was a King of the Other Domain, named Immortal King Qing Ming, whose cultivation and Dao arts were profound beyond measure, having attained the Immortal King Fruit Position many epochs ago.
Qing Ming was a kind of wondrous beast in this world whose true form no one had ever seen; it was said to be able to reach the most distant places in existence—ascending to the azure heavens above, descending to the nine netherworlds below—hence its name.
Immortal King Qing Ming, moreover, controlled the ultimate speed of this world, even transcending time itself.
His face was blurred; only his cold, ghostly eyes were visible, like two cyan moons hanging at the end of heaven and earth, looking down upon all below.
Though he had now reined in his Dao arts, traces of the Great Dao still manifested, clashing with the other Immortal Kings around him.
Strictly speaking, for a single universe to give birth to one Immortal King was already the limit of what the Dao could bear.
Though the Western Immortal Domain was composed of many universes, the Immortal Kings descending upon it at this moment numbered a full four.
“It is indeed him. He walked out from that legendary gate, and with a mere thought, he beheaded the Dharma Body I had descended in—he nearly traced the threads of karma back to my true body.”
“Had I not retreated in time, I would likely have been severely wounded by him. This man’s strength is unfathomable; he is absolutely a being from within reincarnation.”
“He may even be a figure from before the Forbidden Epoch... Qing Ming, you must not underestimate him.”
The Profound Earth Immortal King spoke in a deep voice.
His blood qi surged like a blazing sun, and he wore Daoist robes; from his appearance, it was hard to associate him with an Immortal King of the Other Domain—he seemed more like a supreme being of the Daoist path.
Immortal King Qing Ming’s gaze was like a supreme divine sword, seeking to break through the shackles of this heaven and earth, to tear apart the chains of the Great Dao, falling upon the Western Immortal Domain.
“Whether it is as you say can only be known after I witness it with my own eyes,” he said, his tone flat and cold.
The Profound Earth Immortal King nodded and said no more, knowing that only after Immortal King Qing Ming and the others personally experienced that young man’s terror would they understand that his words were not false.
As Immortal Kings, all who had reached this step were the Fated Ones of their respective epochs.
They had borne the Mandate of Heaven, fought their way out from among countless peers and prodigies, and attained peerless enlightenment; their Dao Hearts were incomparably firm and could not be shaken by a few mere words.
“The Great Dao of the Western Immortal Domain cannot suppress us. Descending there in our true bodies will not be difficult.”
The other two Immortal Kings spoke coldly as well. They did not reveal their true visages, remaining veiled within thick great fog.
At the Profound Earth Immortal King’s call, they had awakened from their respective Practice Grounds.
On one hand, it was indeed because of that gate within the Heavenly Ancient City—the matter was of grave importance, concerning the exact location of the Source World.
On the other hand, it was because the Ancestor of an Emperor Family had issued an order to find that world and plunder its Source.
This concerned the great undertaking of uniting the Mountains and Oceans True World.
Even though they were Immortal Kings, before the eternally imperishable Ancestors of the Emperor Families, they had to bow their heads and treat them with reverence.
The orders issued by the Ancestors of the Emperor Families had to be obeyed; they dared not defy them.
Since the birth of the Other Domain, the Ancestors of the Emperor Families had been eternal and imperishable, the true masters of the Other Domain.
They had lived through the Forbidden Epoch and even more ancient eras.
There was even a saying that the current Ancestors of the Emperor Families were actually innate deities born at the creation of the world, which was how they had reached that step.
Or perhaps they were smugglers from other True Worlds, or Progenitors who had survived the Great Purges of the past, or powerful overlords of the Source World.
Otherwise, an Immortal King at the end of the road was the limit—even the most outstanding among them were blocked before that threshold, forever unable to cross it.
And what did an Ancestor of an Emperor Family signify?
With a single thought, they could decide the destruction of all heavens, reenact the Chaos, even trace back to before the ancient ages, fearless of the River of Time, reversing karma itself—truly imperishable and indestructible.
Even when the Immortal Domain was at its most prosperous, the Immortal Palace that ruled all heavens had no recourse against the Emperor Families of the Other Domain and could only respond with peace.
“With King Ming qianbei holding the line for us, what need is there to worry? King Ming qianbei is an existence once praised by the Ancestors of the Emperor Families themselves; his strength has received their recognition.”
One Immortal King spoke, telling the Profound Earth Immortal King not to worry, for besides the four of them manifesting in the world, King Ming was also holding the line in the shadows, guarding against any mishaps.
King Ming was a figure who had existed since the Forbidden Epoch. Although he had not yet attained the Immortal King Fruit Position back then, having lived through such dark ages, his Dao arts and cultivation were by no means comparable to those of later generations like them.
“That is true.”
The Profound Earth Immortal King nodded, setting his mind at ease.
The Great Dao of the Immortal Domain rumbled, then burst apart under the combined assault of the four Immortal Kings.
A terrifying great rift appeared there, one that could accommodate their true bodies entering without being suppressed by the heaven and earth rules of the Immortal Domain.
The four Other Domain Immortal Kings stepped into the Western Immortal Domain simultaneously, their true bodies incomparably towering, standing at the end of heaven and earth, their gazes cold and ghostly, devoid of any emotion.
Wherever their gazes reached, all vitality withered; everything was swept up as if in the apocalypse.
At this moment, whether it was the beings of the Other Domain or the descendants and clansmen of the Immortal Domain—even those in universes slightly farther away—all sensed this vast, mighty aura, trembling with trepidation, their souls quivering.
This was the might of Immortal Kings, peerlessly domineering.
The Immortal Domain descendants near the Western Heavenly Gate felt their very Physiques about to burst apart, their skeletons shuddering, their legs going weak as they collapsed directly to the ground.
They were utterly despairing. Before true Immortal Kings, even describing them as ants would be a compliment.
“The aura of the Immortal Domain, long missed—millions of years since I last felt it.”
“The last time I descended upon this realm was when I slew the King of the Western Immortal Domain. Ah yes, I believe he was called the Heavenly Immortal King.”
“His hand bones were shattered by me, as I recall.”
The Other Domain Immortal King shrouded in black fog spoke, his tone utterly cold, as if stating a trivial matter—yet his words carried over from the Western Heavenly Gate.
All the Immortal Domain descendants who heard these words wore expressions of grief and indignation, filled with hatred.
The Heavenly Ancient City was not far from the Western Heavenly Gate, separated by only a few star territories; from there, they could personally witness the scene before the Heavenly Ancient City.
The four Kings, including the Profound Earth Immortal King, were all sizing up Gu Changge, looking at this incomparably young man, his bone age leaving them astonished.
Even a successor of the Other Domain’s Emperor Families could not possibly attain the Dao within a few hundred years.
Let alone possessing, at such an age, power that made even Immortal Kings uneasy and fearful.
“It seems Kun Xuan was right. He is indeed one who has walked out of reincarnation. There is no other explanation for his current strength.”
“But no matter how mysterious he is, he cannot possibly be a match for us.”
Immortal King Qing Ming spoke, his tone simple and direct; having determined Gu Changge’s origins, he had already decided the outcome.
“If that is the case, let us join forces to hunt him down. Perhaps we can seize his legacy.”
“That may well be the secret of how he attained Immortal King at such an age.”
Another Immortal King spoke, undisguised greed flashing through his eyes, for they knew that many who returned from reincarnation carried Supreme Treasures from their past lives.
And those Supreme Treasures contained many profound mysteries that could aid one’s rapid growth.
That some of the Other Domain’s Immortal Kings had been able to reach this step was, in part, precisely because they had obtained such legacies.
“These four Kings are the Other Domain’s Profound Earth Immortal King, Immortal King Qing Ming... all of whom attained the Dao several epochs ago...”
Before the Heavenly Ancient City, Jin Yun was nearly suffocating under this aura, but he still forced a slight smile as he explained the origins of these four Kings to Gu Changge.
Facing the oppressive aura of four Kings, even he, a Quasi-Immortal King, nearly shattered—let alone ordinary living beings.
“So they all attained the Immortal King Fruit Position several epochs ago. I had thought I might run into someone who knew me.”
“Their luck really is rather poor.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, and the words he spoke made Jin Yun’s scalp tingle even more; he no longer dared to ponder Gu Changge’s origins.
And the instant these words fell, Gu Changge struck.
He stood before the Heavenly Ancient City, his figure unchanged, merely sending one hand sweeping toward the Western Heavenly Gate several star territories away.
At this moment, heaven and earth shook violently; the universe itself seemed about to be overturned.
Heaven and earth split open once more, and above the Western Heavenly Gate, a fathomless great rift appeared.
“Facing the four of us, he dares to strike first?!”
This scene caused the expressions of Immortal King Qing Ming and the others to change slightly; they had not expected that what was supposed to be their joint hunt would turn into the other party taking the initiative.
But the next moment, all their expressions changed.
Boom—
That power was far too terrifying. In an instant, they could see, at the very forefront before them, a great hand slowly reaching out from the pitch-black rift in the firmament, truly descending.
This palm slowly emerged from midair and pressed down slowly toward the four Kings, across several distant star territories—domineering and peerless.
In that instant, countless great stars fell from the firmament, exploding to pieces in the void.
The vast, surging fluctuations were as if the entirety of the heavens were being pushed down upon them, causing the four Kings’ expressions to change.