33: On the day the gates of the Immortal Palace reopened, the Chaos Green Lotus suppressed all the powerful!

Outside the bronze immortal palace, the Void Realm had completely transformed into a chaotic tide of energy Hell.

Hundreds of Cultivators, the lowest of whom were in the Nascent Soul Realm, and no fewer than ten Body Integration Stage old monsters whose aura was as deep as the sea and subtly resonated with the Laws of Heaven and Earth, were now completely red-eyed, recklessly mobilizing their life's worth of Cultivation to unleash their most ferocious attacks upon the tightly shut bronze immortal palace gate.

"Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin! Open up for this old man!" A Body Integration Stage Sword Cultivator from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect in the Central Region had his hair and beard flying, as the phantom images of ten thousand swords behind him converged into a brilliant river of swords that tore through the star river, violently striking the palace gate and exploding into a sky full of rune sparks!

"Vajra Subdues Demons! Om!" An old monk from the Vajra Temple in the Western Desert, solemn in appearance, chanted a mantra and struck out with his palm. A golden Buddhist Palm covered the sky and the sun, with a rotating Swastika Buddhist Seal in its center, carrying the mighty power to deliver all living beings, crashing down!

"Demon God Swallows Heaven!" A mighty expert of the Yao Race from the Southern Wilds manifested part of his true form: a gigantic Three-Headed Demonic Ape, roaring up at the sky. Its massive mouth opened, forming a black hole vortex that devoured everything, fiercely tearing at the defensive light surrounding the palace gate!

There were also the Extreme Cold Storm from the Ice Soul Divine Palace, the Light of Deduction and Formation Breaking from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion, and secret Divine Abilities passed down by numerous Hidden Families... The multicolored, world-destroying torrent of energy almost completely annihilated that section of the Void Realm!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!

The ceaseless explosions ruptured eardrums, and energy shockwaves spread out in circles like a tsunami, directly tossing away some Cultivators with weaker Cultivation base far away, their blood splattering across the sky.

The ancient runes on the bronze immortal palace gate flashed rapidly, flickering erratically like a candle flame in the wind. Subtle, almost invisible cracks even began to appear on the door panels!

"It's almost time! The palace gate can't hold on much longer!"

"The Opportunity is right before our eyes!"

"Put in more effort! Break it open!"

Everyone's eyes were filled with greed and madness, and their attacks became even fiercer, like a sudden violent storm!

Just as the radiance of the palace gate dimmed to its limit, and the cracks spread, seemingly about to completely shatter in the next instant—

All sound, all attacks, seemed to be instantly choked by an invisible, massive hand!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

An oppressive might, whose vastness and terror were beyond description, erupted thunderously from behind the soon-to-shatter palace gate, like a Primordial God-Demon suddenly awakening after slumbering for millions of years!

This oppressive might was not merely at the level of Spiritual Qi; it was an absolute suppression of status and rank! It surpassed Soul Transformation, towered above Body Integration, and even faintly touched upon a trace of... the Immortal Domain! Furthermore, it contained the true meaning of Chaos that splits heaven and earth, as well as the Azure Emperor's vitality that nourishes all creation!

Buzz—!!!

The Void Realm seemed to solidify into a viscous substance. All the torrents of energy, Divine Abilities, Spells, and Magic Treasure radiance that were fiercely attacking instantly dissolved, disintegrated, and scattered silently and rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun when this oppressive might descended!

There was no explosion, no impact, only the simplest and most direct... erasure!

"Pfft—!"

"Ugh!"

Their attacks were forcibly interrupted, resulting in an energy backlash. Countless Cultivators were struck heavily, spitting out fresh blood, their auras instantly wilting. Even the Body Integration Stage old monsters who had been at the forefront turned pale, their bodies shaking violently, their eyes revealing unprecedented horror!

"This... What kind of aura is this?!"

"Immortal... Immortal Might?! No, it's older than Immortal Might, and more... Chaos!"

"What exactly happened inside the palace?!"

Before their horrified thoughts could fully form, under the focus of all eyes, the massive bronze gate, covered in cracks and seemingly about to break apart the next moment, did not shatter as they had expected.

Instead, amidst a deep, magnificent roar that sounded like the movement of all heavenly stars—

RUMBLE!!!

The palace gate slowly opened on its own, from the inside out!

Ten thousand streams of Chaos Immortal Light burst forth from within the gate, dispelling all the external energy turbulence and illuminating the entire Void Realm in a hazy glow!

In the center of the light, a figure slowly walked out.

He was still clad in the same green robes, his appearance unchanged, but his demeanor had undergone an earth-shattering transformation.

Faint streams of Chaos Qi flowed around him. This Qi was no longer just gray; it was intertwined with strands of vibrant cyan Immortal Light. The two interwove and flowed, forming a harmonious and supreme Dao Rhythm. With every step he took, a lotus flower, condensed from Chaos Qi and cyan Dao Light, automatically sprouted beneath his feet, supporting him, creating a lotus step with every stride!

And above his head, the chaos green lotus phenomenon had solidified several times over! The three lotus leaves were increasingly vivid: one encompassed Chaos, one flowed with Reincarnation pure light, and one faintly showed the Dao Markings of Finality. The cyan lotus bud in the center, though still closed, emitted a Dao Rhythm of "Beginning," "Perfection," and "Invulnerability to all Laws," which was more than ten times stronger than before!

The cyan lotus gently swayed, scattering pure radiance that transformed the three-zhang area around him into an absolute Domain. Wherever the pure radiance reached, all Laws retreated, and all evils were repelled!

Lu Qingxuan's gaze calmly swept over the dense crowd of experts from all sides in front of him, who were currently frozen as if immobilized by a stasis Spell.

He did not speak.

He didn't even deliberately release any oppressive might.

But the aura naturally emanating from him—the Fusion of the Chaos Law and the Origin of the Azure Emperor Longevity Art—along with the chaos green lotus phenomenon above his head that suppressed the eternal blue sky, formed an invisible yet overwhelmingly heavy pressure, like divine mountains weighing millions of jun, crashing down upon everyone's hearts and Divine Souls!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Like wheat being cut down, the Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators couldn't even hold on for a single breath. The moment his gaze swept past, they felt their Divine Souls about to split and their Dao foundations shaking. Their legs went soft, and they uncontrollably knelt down, burying their heads deep, lacking even the courage to look up!

The Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators managed to hold on for an extra breath or two, but that was all. Their faces were deathly pale, their bones creaked under the overwhelming pressure, and the Nascent Souls within them trembled. Ultimately, they too could not withstand the dual suppression originating from the level of life and the status of the Great Dao, and they all bent their knees, lowering their once-proud heads!

In the blink of an eye, in the Void Realm outside the Immortal Palace, only a handful of Body Integration Stage old monsters remained standing!

But even they had extremely solemn expressions, their blood and Qi surging within them, and their Spiritual Qi circulation sluggish, as if they were walking while carrying the blue sky on their backs! The look they directed at Lu Qingxuan was filled with disbelief, horror, and a trace of... fear!

How long had this youth been inside the Immortal Palace? How could his strength have soared to such a degree?! This had completely exceeded the scope of their understanding!

"Playing tricks! Let this old man test your measure!"

An Early Integration Stage old monster from the Yao Race in the Southern Wilds, who possessed the most volatile temper, was transformed from a Sky-Rending Demonic Bear that had Cultivated for thousands of years. Unable to endure this silent suppression, he roared, manifesting a hundred-zhang Demonic Bear Dharma Idol. He swung his gigantic, mountain-like claw, wrapped in terrifying demonic power capable of tearing the firmament, down toward Lu Qingxuan's head!

This single claw strike was enough to smash ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers into dust!

Facing this terrifying strike, which would have made even Body Integration peers treat it with solemn caution, Lu Qingxuan did not even lift an eyelid.

The chaos green lotus above his head merely swayed one of its lotus leaves, the one containing the Dao Markings of Finality, scattering a wisp of gray pure radiance that appeared weak but contained the true meaning of Annihilation of the Returning Ruins.

That wisp of pure radiance lightly floated up to meet the gigantic Demonic Bear claw that covered the sky.

There was no earth-shattering collision.

Under the gaze of everyone, who looked as if they had seen a ghost, the massive demonic power claw, capable of destroying heaven and earth, instantly decomposed, dissolved, and returned to the Returning Ruins silently and rapidly, like a sandcastle meeting a tide, the moment it touched the wisp of gray pure radiance!

Starting from the tip of the claw, it was annihilated inch by inch, turning into the most Origin Spiritual Qi particles, dissipating between heaven and earth!

Furthermore, the meaning of Annihilation of the Returning Ruins traced the demonic power back to its source, acting directly upon the true body of the Sky-Rending Demonic Bear old monster!

"Pfft—!"

The Demonic Bear old monster was struck as if by lightning. His hundred-zhang Dharma Idol instantly collapsed, revealing his true form. A mouthful of demonic blood containing his vital essence spurted out, his aura plummeted like an avalanche, and his massive body flew backward like a meteor, crashing into a distant mountain peak, his life status unknown!

A single wisp of pure radiance heavily wounded a Body Integration expert!

Silence!

A deathly silence!

All the remaining Body Integration old monsters froze in place, a chill rushing straight from the soles of their feet to their crown, as if all the blood in their bodies had been frozen!

The look they cast upon the chaos green lotus above Lu Qingxuan's head was filled with boundless terror!

What exactly was that phenomenon?! How could it possess such terrifying power?!

Lu Qingxuan still did not speak. He did not even look at the Yao Race old monster who had been struck flying, acting as if he had merely brushed away a speck of dust.

His gaze swept once more over the remaining Body Integration old monsters, who were trembling with fear, and the dense crowd of kneeling Cultivators below.

Wherever his gaze fell, no one dared to meet his eyes. They all lowered their heads, avoiding his sharp edge.

His fierce might reached this peak, suppressing the entire scene!

Only then did Lu Qingxuan slowly speak, his voice calm, yet resonating deep within everyone's Divine Souls like a Heavenly Dao decree:

"The matter here is concluded."

"Get out of my sight within three breaths."

"Defiers will die."