66: Immortal Alliance Incident

Immortal Alliance Headquarters, Demon Suppression Hall.

This place, which should have been the core for suppressing the frontline's malevolent energy and coordinating reinforcements from all directions, was now filled with a suffocating silence. On the massive Starry Sand Table, points of light representing the defense lines were dimming and extinguishing at an alarming rate, as if being devoured by an invisible, gaping maw. The piercing alarm arrays had long since been forcibly shut down, leaving only the occasional electrical sparks on the metallic wreckage, reflecting a few twisted and greedy faces.

Before the main control crystal pillar, Bai Li was tightly bound by several chains, black as ink and inscribed with Asura Clan runes. Her plain white palace dress was stained with specks of blood, her veil torn, revealing a corner of her pale yet resolute jaw. Her glass-like eyes burned with towering rage, fixed on the skeletal old man before her, Xuan Gu Immortal Monarch.

"Xuan Gu, you dare to collude with the Asura Clan! You betray the Immortal Realm!" Bai Li's voice trembled from the suppression of the chains, yet each word was like an ice pick.

"Betrayal? Hahahaha!" Xuan Gu Immortal Monarch let out a harsh, screeching laugh like a night owl, his withered fingers caressing a crucial node on the crystal pillar. "Bai Li, you are too naive! You guarded your so-called righteousness, led a group of useless people, and barely survived for ten thousand years! What was the result? The Immortal Realm grew weaker and weaker, its territory smaller and smaller! The Asura Clan is the true power! They promised! A new Immortal Realm will be dominated by us!"

Beside him, Chi Xiao Immortal Monarch and several other elders who had defected had expressions of fanaticism and savagery. At their feet lay several corpses of Heavenly Punishment Guards, their eyes wide open in death—Bai Li's last loyal retainers.

"Look!" Xuan Gu suddenly pointed to a section of the defense line on the sand table that had suddenly become extremely weak; it had originally been guarded by three early-stage Immortal Monarch elders, but now all their light points were extinguished! "The breach has opened! The Asura Clan's Blood Slaughter Legion and the Soul Devouring Insect Swarm are heading straight for that Star Palace, which doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth! Once they both suffer heavy losses, ha ha ha…" His eyes gleamed with a snake-like light. "Lin Xuan's treasures and resources, the Chaos Furnace, and his genius disciples will all be ours!"

"You're insane! Inviting the Asura Clan into our home will surely lead to the destruction of the Immortal Realm!" Bai Li struggled, her chains clanking, but she couldn't move an inch. These chains were ancient forbidden artifacts specifically targeting the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox Clan, and she never imagined they would be used on her.

"Destroyed?" Xuan Gu sneered, "Only the disobedient will be destroyed! Those who survive will be the masters of the new Immortal Realm! As for you, Alliance Leader Bai Li, you are still useful. Your essence blood and immortal soul are the key to opening the Ten Thousand Fox Cave and obtaining that item…" His withered fingers almost touched Bai Li's cheek, but she recoiled in disgust.

Xuan Gu didn't care. He turned to Chi Xiao and commanded, "Proceed as planned! For that little girl who excels at music and manipulates souls, set up a perfect stage for her! Remember, she must be alive! Her soul is of great use to that Lord!"

Chi Xiao licked his lips and grinned sinisterly, "Don't worry! The successor of the Heart-Bewitching Demonic Sound will use the Ancient Battlefield Ruins of the Fallen Immortal's Swan Song as bait. Let's see if she takes the hook!"

Star Palace, before the Blood Crystal Stele.

The atmosphere was so heavy it could drip water. On the light screen, large areas representing the Immortal Alliance's defense line suddenly dimmed and collapsed at an incredible speed! A huge breach, like a hideous wound, appeared! And according to the scattered, broken intelligence reports from the front line, an unimaginable mixed torrent of Asura Clan and insectoids was rushing through this breach at a frantic pace, heading straight for the Flowing Fire Desert! Straight for the Star Palace!

"Bastards!" Mo Sha, the most hot-tempered among them, slammed his fist into a nearby Starry Steel Pillar, leaving a clear imprint. "Those old geezers in the Immortal Alliance! How dare they let them through?! How dare they!"

"It's not letting them through, it's betrayal." Su Yuan's voice was chillingly cold. On the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk before him, countless data streams flashed wildly, and the results of his deductions were shocking. "Xuan Gu, Chi Xiao, and the others have seized control of Alliance Leader Bai Li and deliberately opened the defense core of the Seventeenth Fortress Cluster! This is to trap us and the Asura Clan in a deadly struggle!"

Yun Qingyao's beautiful face was frosty as she quickly issued commands: "All external mission teams! Highest emergency alert! Abandon all missions and immediately evacuate to the nearest hidden point or spatial node! Lie Tian Divine Tiger! Prepare for large-scale jump rescue! Chu Xinghe! Activate all defensive arrays in the Dao Field! Highest level!"

The entire Star Palace instantly entered its highest state of combat readiness! Piercing alarms echoed throughout the vast Dao Field! Countless immortal lights rose from every corner, and array formations lit up layer by layer! Inner Sect Disciples formed battle arrays, while Outer Sect Disciples were ordered to enter reinforced shelters. Important areas like the medicinal fields and artifact halls were heavily guarded.

Lin Xuan stood atop the main hall, his dark robe fluttering in the sudden strong winds. His usual laziness was gone, his eyes cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice, as he watched the crisis approaching like a gaping maw of blood. His mid-stage Heaven Immortal realm pressure was released without reservation, mixed with the Chaos aura, acting like a stabilizing needle, barely suppressing the panic among the disciples in the hall.

"Master! Senior Sister Ling Long's team has lost contact!" A Zi suddenly cried out, a purple lightning orb in her hand flashing violently. It was a Heart-Bonded Thunder Seal Ling Long had left her before leaving. "The last signal location was in the Ancient Battlefield Ruins of the Fallen Immortal's Swan Song!"

"What?!" Everyone's faces changed drastically!

Fallen Immortal's Swan Song! That was the ruins of an ancient immortal-demon war, where space was extremely unstable, filled with various chaotic energy storms and terrifying residual malevolent thoughts, even capable of distorting divine sense! Normally, no one dared to go there! How could Ling Long be there?!

Su Yuan frantically manipulated the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk, his face instantly becoming incredibly grim: "It's a trap! We intercepted an extremely secretive, false intelligence report directed at Senior Sister Ling Long! It claimed that a fragment of the Heavenly Sound Treasure Wheel, capable of greatly amplifying musical divine abilities and even influencing the Insect Queen, was discovered there! The intelligence source was disguised as a relic from one of our fallen intelligence agents! Senior Sister Ling Long fell for it!"

"Immediately pinpoint her location! Lie Tian Divine Tiger!" Lin Xuan's voice was like the biting wind of the Nine Netherworld.

The Lie Tian Divine Tiger let out a low roar, spatial power fluctuating violently around its body, its tiger eyes locked onto a direction. But the next moment, it let out a frustrated growl: "Boss! That area of space has been completely stirred up! At least three Immortal Monarch-level powers are jointly interfering and sealing it off! Forcibly jumping would cause severe coordinate deviation, possibly even crashing into spatial turbulence!"

"Xuan Gu! Chi Xiao!" Leng Yuechan's voice carried chilling killing intent, and the Pseudo-Immortal Slaying Sword Scabbard in her arms hummed with a thirst for blood.

Everyone understood! This was a meticulously planned poisonous scheme! Using the pressure of the entire Star Palace colliding with the Asura Clan's main force to distract attention, while simultaneously using an irresistible bait to lure Ling Long's elite team into a death trap for capture!

"Master! I'll take Nirvana Sword Hall to rescue her!" Leng Yuechan stepped forward. "I'll take the Ancient Demon Battle Group! We'll tear that rotten place apart!" Mo Sha growled. "No!" Yun Qingyao immediately rejected. "The Asura Clan and insect swarm from the breach direction will arrive in at most an hour! Our main force absolutely cannot be dispersed! That would be courting death! Moreover, the enemy has Immortal Monarch-level ambushes; going with too few would be suicide!"

What to do? Rescue, and potentially sacrifice more, even leading to the collapse of the defense line. Don't rescue, and Ling Long and her Demonic Sound Sect elites are sure to meet a tragic end!

Lin Xuan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, his Chaos Nascent Soul frantically circulating within him. The power of his Law-Breaking Chaos Eyes penetrated layers of spatial obstruction, barely catching a glimpse of the stirred-up space. A massive death cage, formed by malevolent energy and Immortal Monarch laws, was slowly contracting. Faint sounds of desperate musical explosions and sinister laughter could be heard from within.

He suddenly opened his eyes, looking at A Zi, who was almost crying in her urgency, and then at the group of disciples around him, their eyes bloodshot, their battle intent boiling, yet suffocated by reality.

"Qing Yao, Xinghe, Ruyan, guard our home!" Lin Xuan's voice was terrifyingly calm, yet it contained a volcano on the verge of eruption. "What's coming through the breach are mere chickens and dogs! Stick to the original plan and smash them to pieces for me!"

"Lie Tian Divine Tiger! Don't worry about coordinates! Crash into that chaos for me!" Lin Xuan grabbed A Zi, placing her on the Lie Tian Divine Tiger's broad back. "A Zi! Your lightning, blast open a path for me!"

"Jin Bao! Yu Lin! You Ye! Follow me!" Lin Xuan roared, his figure instantly transforming into a streak of chaotic light, leading the charge out of the hall!

Jin Bao let out a resounding dragon roar, turning into a golden light and following closely! Yu Lin dropped the half-eaten metal, her silver eyes unwavering, but her figure followed silently like a ghost! You Ye's figure completely merged into the shadows, like a shadow clinging to bone!

The Lie Tian Divine Tiger let out a sky-shattering roar, its body burning with fiery golden divine flames, and violently tore through space, carrying A Zi, who was tightly clutching its neck and whose body was now wildly flashing with purple lightning, as it slammed into the turbulent void, which had been churned into a paste by Immortal Monarch power!

"Master!" Yun Qingyao cried out, but Lin Xuan's figure had already vanished.

She suddenly turned, looking at the projection of the Asura Clan and insect swarm surging like a bloody tide, the last trace of hesitation in her eyes transforming into bone-chilling resolve: "All disciples of Star Palace, heed my command! Engage the enemy!"

"Kill!"

A heaven-shaking roar erupted like a tsunami from the Star Palace's vast Dao Field! Countless immortal lights ignited, and battle formations took shape! Chu Xinghe manipulated the nascent form of the Chaos War Fortress, which had just been activated, its massive muzzle beginning to condense destructive light!

Meanwhile, in the distant and chaotic Ancient Battlefield Ruins of the Fallen Immortal's Swan Song.

Ling Long's lips were bleeding, her once enchanting face pale as paper. The jade flute in her hand was already cracked. Behind her, more than half of the hundred Demonic Sound Sect disciples had fallen, and the rest were all wounded, trapped on a broken altar by an invisible musical cage and violent energy storms.

Around the altar, three figures slowly emerged, exuding terrifying Immortal Monarch-level pressure, watching them playfully as they struggled like trapped beasts. They were the Three Absolutes Immortal Monarchs, Xuan Gu's most skilled in array formations and confinement!

"Little girl, stop struggling. Come back with us obediently, and you'll suffer less." The leader chuckled sinisterly, continuously casting hand seals to reinforce the musical cage.

Despair flashed in Ling Long's eyes, but even more so, ferocity. She abruptly wiped away the blood from her lips, about to desperately burn her soul to unleash a forbidden melody... Boom!—

The chaotic energy storm above them was suddenly and brutally torn open by an extremely savage force! A massive divine tiger, burning with fiery golden divine flames and crackling with violent purple lightning, crashed in like a meteor! On its back, a purple-haired little girl shrieked, unleashing countless destructive lightning bolts as thick as buckets, indiscriminately blasting everything!

Immediately after, a chaotic sword qi, like the creation of heaven and earth, directly shattered an array flag set by one of the Three Absolutes Immortal Monarchs! Golden light flashed, and a dragon's roar shook the heavens! A silver-white figure seemed to teleport, indifferently smashing a fist towards another Immortal Monarch's face! Shadows writhed, and deadly illusions and mental attacks assailed the last person like poisonous barbs!

Lin Xuan's figure descended like a demon god, landing in front of Ling Long. Chaos energy swirled around his dark robe, his eyes coldly locked onto the three Immortal Monarchs whose faces had changed drastically.

"You touch my disciple?" Lin Xuan's voice was not loud, yet it caused the chaotic energy of the entire ancient battlefield to pause. "Who gave you the audacity?!"

In utter despair, reinforcements arrived in the most violent and unreasonable manner!