527: escape

Starting from his brow, countless cracks spread out.

However, a triumphant smile appeared on Hao Duo's face.

A surge of Saintly Dao Qi suddenly erupted from his body.

Lu Tianyuan's brow furrowed abruptly, and with a slight movement of his body, he was about to close in on Hao Duo.

Just then, Hao Duo's voice rang out, full of delight: "Haha... Lu Tianyuan, oh Lu Tianyuan. Although you still possess a saint position, making it so that even a single Clone of yours in this Immortal Realm is something I cannot contend with, you ultimately overlooked one thing."

Before his words finished, Hao Duo's entire body exploded with a bang.

Where his Physical Body was annihilated, a dim light orb also shattered inch by inch—it was precisely that light orb obtained from the Nirvana Realm, carrying a portion of Primordial Great Saint's saint position.

The moment the light orb shattered, a vast and boundless Saintly Dao energy erupted with a roar.

Not only did it blast Lu Tianyuan's Clone back a million miles, but the explosive energy was also completely swallowed by the great formation below.

A thunderous roar echoed throughout the entire Immortal-Demon Realm.

In the Void Realm, a passage opened in response.

Countless dark Taboo Power surged out like a tide.

Lu Tianyuan's expression finally lost its composure, leaving only an unprecedented solemnity.

The passage released a terrifying suction force, frantically devouring the Immortal Qi between heaven and earth, while the surging taboo black Qi continuously leaked outwards.

Emperor Hao Tian, Queen Mother of the West, the World Honored One of Buddhism, and other top powerhouses, watching this scene, all trembled uncontrollably.

"This... this is..." Saintly Venerable Hao Yun felt a fear originating from the depths of his Soul surge into his heart.

He was a newly promoted Quasi-Saint in the last million years and had never personally experienced Saintly might, yet the terrifying oppressive feeling at this moment was dozens of times stronger than when Lu Tianyuan's Clone had descended earlier.

In a battlefield thousands of miles away, a figure in black robes with a silver mask was fiercely battling a giant man over ten feet tall.

The giant man wielded a black-red greatsword in each hand, and as their figures intertwined, destructive Sword Qi continuously shattered large sections of space.

Cao Xiaochuan's eyes behind his mask were bloodshot, his Immortal Qi circulated to its maximum, as he dodged Sword Qi while also avoiding collapsing spatial crack.

Tens of thousands of dark golden longswords condensed with his Divine Thought, swirling towards the giant man like a rainstorm.

However, they were all shattered by the opponent's sword, turning into Immortal Qi and dissipating.

"Cao Xiaochuan! No matter how many times you come, you'll only be beaten into a dead dog by me! Remember—no matter how many times!" Tie Zhamu laughed wildly, shattering Soul weapons while mockingly enunciating each word.

Cao Xiaochuan remained silent, only continuously forming hand seals as he fled.

The seals were complex and lengthy, seemingly with tens of thousands of variations.

As the incantation progressed, his aura continued to drop.

Tie Zhamu seemed to sense something, a fierce glint flashed in his giant eyes, and he roared: "Trying to save up for a big move? You'll have to see if grandpa here gives you the chance!—Myriad Destruction Sword Light!"

Before his roar finished, he clapped his hands together, and the two demonic swords merged into one, a chilling destructive power emerging from his palms.

Strands of destructive light overflowed like willow catkins, guided by his Divine Thought, effortlessly crushing the incoming dark golden sword river and sweeping back towards Cao Xiaochuan.

And in this instant, a universe-shaking roar echoed between heaven and earth.

Immediately after, the sky of the Immortal Realm—turned black.

Even Tie Zhamu was distracted by this sudden change.

In a split second, Cao Xiaochuan's hand seals abruptly stopped.

Overwhelming killing intent erupted from his body, condensing into a hundred-zhang demonic shadow.

The demonic shadow was blood-red all over, its appearance eight-tenths similar to Cao Xiaochuan's.

Vast hatred and murderous Qi swept in all directions, and the destructive willow catkins that had just approached scattered one after another.

Tie Zhamu's expression changed drastically; before he could react, a blood-red fist, larger than his entire body, had already smashed down.

"Boom—!"

Tie Zhamu was unable to dodge and was hit by a punch, shattering him and the surrounding space, falling into the Void Realm Turbulence.

The deep red demonic shadow did not stop, tearing through space and leaping into the Turbulence immediately after... Immortal-Demon Border, the sky was cloudless, yet as black as ink.

A suffocating and oppressive aura continuously poured out from the passage opened by Hao Duo.

Lu Tianyuan's Clone frowned deeply, gravely watching the direction of the passage.

"Old Ancestor! Why don't you forcefully close this passage?" Emperor Hao Tian shouted from afar.

Lu Tianyuan merely shook his head slightly.

It wasn't that he was unwilling, but that he couldn't.

Hao Duo sacrificing billions of fierce evils was merely a pretense; what truly opened this passage was the power of Primordial Great Saint's saint position.

Such power, even his Clone, could not break.

And if his Main Body were to arrive, he feared... Lu Tianyuan looked around, sighing faintly: "Go, all of you, leave the Immortal-Demon Realm... Go as far as you can."

After speaking, this Saint's Clone slowly dissipated.

Emperor Hao Tian and the others were greatly shaken by these words.

Even a Saint couldn't stop it?

Hao Duo's words implied his Main Body was probably also a Saint, and an extremely powerful existence.

Even Saint Lu was injured by him, and had not recovered for millions of years... Everyone exchanged glances, then one after another, they shook off the dozen or so frenzied Quasi-Saints of the Abandon Heaven Cult and fled without a trace.

And those Abandon Heaven Cult Quasi-Saints who had lost their opponents quietly stood guard by the passage, allowing the taboo black Qi to erode their bodies.

Black veins appeared all over their bodies, their expressions both painful and fanatical.

From beginning to end, not a single sound was uttered by anyone.

Extremely eerie.

Seven days later.

The black Qi leaking from the passage gradually slowed, and its consumption of the Immortal Realm's Spiritual Qi also greatly weakened.

On this very day, a gaunt figure, wreathed in black Qi, slowly walked out of the passage.

The moment he stepped out of the passage, his body began to change at a visible speed.

His shriveled body gradually filled out, his dull skin became as white as jade, and all the dirt and grime from his matted hair was gone.

Immediately, a black imperial robe naturally condensed, and his long dark hair was tied up with a golden nine-Dragon crown.

In the blink of an eye, the passage behind him disappeared, leaving only the pervasive taboo black Qi in the air, and a handsome man in a golden crown and black robe.

Of the Abandon Heaven Cult Quasi-Saints who had originally guarded the passage, only scattered robes remained on the ground.

"Immortal-Demon Realm... truly nostalgic." The man's narrow eyes drooped slightly, and the black Qi in the sky rolled back, merging into his body, as a terrifying and peerless Divine Sense spread out, covering everything.

Wherever the Divine Sense passed, all living beings, even Immortal Beasts that had reached the True Immortal Realm, exploded and died.

After a few breaths, the man opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing within them:

"They actually didn't leave... Interesting."

Before his murmur finished, the person had already disappeared... Heavenly Court.

The once heavily guarded palaces were now empty and desolate.

Seven days prior, after Emperor Hao Tian and Queen Mother of the West returned, they dismissed all heavenly soldiers and maidens.

Even they themselves were now nowhere to be found.

The figure of the black-robed and crowned man silently appeared, walking slowly above the Heavenly Court palaces, taking a thousand zhang with each step.

Where his toes landed, ripples spread out.

Wherever the ripples reached, majestic Immortal palaces and pavilions were all annihilated.

Wherever he went, all things returned to the Void Realm.

Before long, he arrived at the entrance of a floating courtyard.

Before he could push the door, the door opened by itself.

"Hao Duo, you are still so violent. All the beautiful scenery has been ruined by you."

A voice, so indifferent it contained not a trace of emotion, came from within the courtyard.