122: Sea of ​​Blood and Corpses

Immortal Venerable!

The weight represented by these two words was enough to crush the eternal azure sky!

When Lin Xuan's boundless Immortal Venerable pressure erupted like a breached flood, sweeping across the entire Blood Soul Whirlpool battlefield, everything seemed to be paused again.

The sounds of battle, explosions, and shouts… abruptly ceased.

Whether it was the rogue cultivators frantically snatching soul crystals, the elites of various major forces fiercely clashing, or even the projections of the Nether Skull Ghost King, Skeleton Queen, and Soul-Devouring Demon Lord, who were high above, controlling the battle, all seemed to have their throats gripped by an invisible giant hand, their movements frozen, their eyes filled with unbelievable terror!

Immortal Venerable! It was the aura of an Immortal Venerable!

And not just an ordinary Immortal Venerable! The chaotic origin, monstrous demonic might, and a trace of Time Law fluctuations that made all beings tremble, all indicated that this was an extremely special and powerful newly ascended Venerable!

“Impossible!!!” The Nether Skull Ghost King’s projection roared in disbelief, the soul fire in his eye sockets flickering violently, almost extinguishing. “How could he break through to Immortal Venerable here?! How long has it been?!”

The Skeleton Queen’s charming skeleton face was also filled with shock and a hint of imperceptible fear: “Chaotic aura… and the essence of Time Law… What kind of monster is this child?” The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord’s soul tentacles twitched restlessly, emitting a low hiss, filled with apprehension.

Meanwhile, on the Star Palace’s side, all the disciples, after a brief moment of shock, erupted in earth-shattering cheers!

“Master has broken through!” “Immortal Venerable! It’s the Immortal Venerable realm!” “This is great!”

Yun Qingyao, Leng Yuechan, and other disciples who had just broken through to Immortal Monarch felt it most deeply. They could clearly sense that Lin Xuan’s aura at this moment was like a vast sea of stars, unfathomable, separated from them by an insurmountable chasm! It was a complete leap in the level of life!

Lin Xuan slowly floated up, chaotic currents swirling around him like a subservient royal robe. His tattered clothes had long been reshaped during his breakthrough, turning into a battle robe as dark as night, adorned with star and demon patterns. The bronze battle axe in his hand hummed incessantly, excitedly spitting out demonic light, perfectly resonating with the power of the Chaotic Demon Venerable within him.

He gently clenched his fist, feeling the surging, roaring power within him, as if he could change heaven and earth with a single thought. Immortal Venerable and Immortal Monarch were indeed worlds apart! His perception of laws, control over energy, and mastery of space had all reached a whole new level. The Time Law, which he had previously found abstruse and difficult, now became much clearer. Although he still couldn't easily use its origin power, ordinary acceleration and deceleration could now be performed with a mere thought.

His gaze, like two sharp swords forged from ancient ice, slowly swept across the entire scene, finally settling on the three faces of the Nether Skull Ghost King, Skeleton Queen, and Soul-Devouring Demon Lord, which were filled with terror.

“Just now, did you enjoy the fight?” Lin Xuan’s voice was calm, yet carried a chilling coldness that froze souls, clearly reaching the ears of every being present. “Now, it’s this Venerable’s turn.”

Before his words finished, he moved!

There was no earth-shattering commotion, just a simple step forward!

Shrinking the ground into an inch! Space folding!

Everyone only felt a blur before their eyes, and Lin Xuan’s figure had already appeared directly in front of the Nether Skull Ghost King’s massive projection like a ghost, ignoring countless obstacles and distances in between!

“Time — Slowdown!”

A faint light flashed in the vertical eye between his brows, and the flow of time around the Nether Skull Ghost King’s projection suddenly became extremely slow. His expression of shock and anger, and his attempts to defend, all became slow-motion footage!

“Break!”

Lin Xuan didn’t even use his bronze battle axe, merely pointing his fingers like a sword, with extremely condensed Chaotic Annihilation Sword Qientanglement around his fingertips, and lightly slashed at the giant skeleton projection!

Rip!

That Ghost Emperor projection, which could withstand the attacks of peak Immortal Monarchs, was actually split in two from the middle like fragile glass under this seemingly casual finger! Even the Nether Skull Ghost King’s divine sense contained within it was instantly annihilated by the domineering Chaotic Annihilation Sword Qi!

“Pfft!” Far away in the depths of the Skeleton Demon City, the Nether Skull Ghost King’s main body suddenly spat out a mouthful of black soul blood, his aura instantly weakened by a significant margin, his eyes filled with boundless shock, anger, and a hint of fear! With his projection destroyed, his main body also suffered a considerable backlash!

One strike! Just one strike! And he destroyed a Ghost Emperor’s projection!

The entire scene was dead silent!

Everyone was terrified to the core by this horrifying sight!

The Skeleton Queen and Soul-Devouring Demon Lord were even more terrified, and without thinking, immediately manipulated their projections to retreat rapidly, while frantically ordering their armies: “Stop him! Quickly stop him!”

“Trying to leave now? Too late!”

Lin Xuan’s icy gaze turned towards the Skeleton Queen’s projection, which was attempting to escape.

The bronze battle axe in his hand finally moved!

It was still a simple, direct chop! But this time, besides the Chaotic Demonic Essence, the axe blade also incorporated Leng Yuechan’s Annihilation True Intent, Yun Qingyao’s extreme ice coldness, and a trace… of weak but real Time Severing power!

“Space-Time — Severing Slash!”

Where the axe light passed, space was silently cut open like cloth, and even time seemed to be severed for an instant!

The Skeleton Queen’s projection, composed of countless beautiful skeleton women, didn’t even have time to scream before it shattered inch by inch under that eerie axe light, turning into a sky full of bone dust that scattered! The divine sense within it was also annihilated!

Another Ghost Emperor projection, annihilated!

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord was scared out of his wits, burning his projection’s origin with all his might, transforming into a distorted soul light, and frantically fleeing towards the outside of the whirlpool!

“Can you escape?”

Lin Xuan was expressionless, his left hand suddenly clenched towards the fleeing soul light from afar!

Chaos — Imprisonment!

Buzz!

The entire space around the Soul-Devouring Demon Lord’s projection was instantly solidified and sealed by incredibly dense chaotic currents! It was like an insect frozen in amber, unable to move at all!

“No!!!” The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord let out a desperate shriek.

Lin Xuan punched out from a distance!

A pure, extremely violent Chaotic Demon Venerable power, compressed into a dark, black hole-like fist print, instantly crossed space and slammed into the imprisoned projection!

Bang!!!

The Soul-Devouring Demon Lord’s projection, along with the divine sense within it, was directly blasted into primordial particles by this incredibly brutal power, completely dissipating between heaven and earth!

In a flash of lightning!

The projections of the three Ghost Emperors/Demon Lords who dominated the northwestern region of the Abyss of Sunken Souls and struck fear into countless beings, were easily crushed by Lin Xuan with overwhelming force, as if swatting flies!

All of this, though slow to describe, happened in just two or three breaths!

So fast that everyone hadn't even reacted!

It wasn’t until the three great projections were completely annihilated that their affiliated ghost armies, blood demons, and demonic creatures, as if losing their backbone, fell into a huge panic and chaos!

“Master is invincible!” The Star Palace disciples wereExcited, their morale soaring to its peak!

“Kill! Follow Master to wipe out these evil spirits!” Yun Qingyao let out a clear shout, taking the lead in wielding her Ice Soul Immortal Sword, and charged towards the scattered enemy forces! Her power as a newly ascended Immortal Monarch was fully displayed; wherever her sword light passed, ghosts were frozen, and blood demons shattered!

Leng Yuechan and Ye Chen were like grim reapers, specifically targeting and killing the leaders who tried to organize resistance. Mo Sha and Kong Ming, one charging into the formation and the other guarding, were invincible. The other disciples also went all out, beating the fallen dogs!

Lin Xuan did not attack the ordinary enemy forces again. An Immortal Venerable had his dignity; the task of clearing out the small fry could be left to his disciples for practice. He floated in the air like a demonic god descended, his cold gaze sweeping across the entire battlefield.

Those forces that had previously tried tosiege the Star Palace, or take advantage of the chaos, were now all trembling in fear, retreating one after another, wishing they could dig a hole and crawl into it, terrified of being noticed by this newly ascended malevolent Demon Venerable.

The entire battlefield situation of the Blood Soul Whirlpool was instantly reversed due to Lin Xuan’s breakthrough and his decisive actions!

However, Lin Xuan’s brow furrowed slightly. He felt that after he broke through to Immortal Venerable, especially after using the power of Time Law to crush the three great projections, in the ethereal realm, several more secretive and immensely powerful wills seemed to project themselves from extremely distant places and landed on him.

These wills were filled with ancientness, majesty, and a sense of inquiry, seemingly coming from higher up in the Immortal Realm, or even… the legendary Divine Realm?

“It seems the commotion was a bit too big…” Lin Xuan understood. An Immortal Venerable was already a top-tier combatant in any realm, let alone an Immortal Venerable who achieved it through Chaos and Time Law. It would be difficult not to attract the attention of those true old monsters.

However, he did not regret it. In this world where the strong prey on the weak, only by demonstrating sufficient strength and value could one earn respect, and even… opportunities for cooperation.

He temporarily suppressed these thoughts; the most important thing at hand was to harvest the spoils of war.

His gaze turned towards the still gushing eye of the Blood Soul Whirlpool, and the soul crystals and Nether Lotuses scattered across the battlefield, which no one dared to easily snatch anymore.

“Su Yuan, mark all high-energy targets!” “Chu Xinghe, set up the attraction array!” “Everyone else, collect with all your might! Don’t miss a single one!”

“Yes!” The disciples responded with a roar, full of vigor.

With Lin Xuan, this great deity, holding down the fort, no other force dared to disturb them. The Star Palace members efficiently cleared the battlefield like a strong wind sweeping fallen leaves, collecting countless Blood Sea Soul Crystals and Hell Nether Lotuses into their bags, with a harvest far exceeding imagination!

As for Lin Xuan himself, his gaze once again turned towards the bottomless eye of the whirlpool.

Eyes of Reincarnation… Golden-Patterned Nether Lotuses… and the projection of the Well of Reincarnation deeper within… He knew that the secrets there were far from being uncovered.

Just as the Star Palace members were busy harvesting, no one noticed that on the edge of the battlefield, an extremely weak, almost transparent remnant soul, glared resentfully in Lin Xuan’s direction, then silently merged into a tiny spatial crack and disappeared.

Was that… a wisp of Xuan Gu Immortal Monarch’s remnant soul? He wasn't completely dead yet?

At the same time, deep within the distant Skeleton Demon City, the Nether Skull Ghost King’s main body slowly opened his eyes, which were filled with endless resentment and a deep sense of dread.

“Chaotic Immortal Venerable… Time Law… Lin Xuan…” He hissed in a low voice, his withered fingers carving deep marks on the throne. “This matter… cannot be left like this! The secret of the Well of Reincarnation… must be obtained!”

He pondered for a moment, a hint of ruthlessness and determination flashing in his eyes, as if he had made a certain decision.

“It seems… I have no choice but to awaken the slumbering ‘Ancient Burial Lord’… although the price is a bit high…”

The struggle for the Blood Soul Whirlpool seemed to have temporarily concluded. But a greater storm, perhaps, had just begun to brew. And Lin Xuan, who had broken through to Immortal Venerable and officially entered the ranks of the Immortal Realm’s top powerhouses, would also face new challenges and opportunities.