333: Three years

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

Just as Lin Yang and his companions were collectively in seclusion, Lingxiao Heaven began to shake violently due to certain events.

The source of all this dates back to shortly after Lin Yang and his group began their seclusion...

Three years ago.

The Upper Realm, which had been calm and peaceful, suddenly experienced a shocking fluctuation.

The Void Realm exploded, and a bronze warship, broken into two, rushed up from the Lower Realm, carrying blood mist and astonishing Evil Qi.

Many people were alarmed, unable to understand why such a dilapidated warship had suddenly appeared in the Upper Realm, with fresh blood constantly dripping from it—a truly gruesome sight.

On the broken warship, some people saw, through the mottled bloodstains, the ancient emblem of the Immortal Alliance, suspected to represent some alliance from the past.

The Immortal Alliance was shocked upon receiving the news; many experts were dispatched to shift the warship through the Void Realm and bring it back to the Immortal Alliance headquarters.

"It comes from the frontier!"

Not long after that, such a voice echoed within the Immortal Alliance.

"Woo..."

Following that, various immortal forces in the Upper Realm received a secret assembly order from the Immortal Alliance, each dispatching experts to gather.

At first, a Quasi-King expert from the Immortal Alliance led these experts to the Lower Realm.

But not long after, the Immortal Alliance issued an even more urgent mobilization order!

That time, it was Li Sanxuan, Deputy Alliance Leader himself who led a group of experts to the Lower Realm.

Since then, the Upper Realm had been relatively peaceful for over a year.

However, just when everyone thought the matter had subsided, half a year ago, the Immortal Alliance suddenly dispatched a large number of experts again, heading down to the Lower Realm in a mighty force.

Someone happened to be near the passage to the Lower Realm at that time and had the fortune to witness that army of experts heading down.

Among that final Immortal Alliance legion to head to the Lower Realm, the leaders were suspected to be two Immortal Kings!

Once the news spread, it immediately caused an uproar in the Upper Realm; the ten continents rumbled, and many people discussed it, speculating endlessly.

But many also doubted the authenticity of the person's words.

"As everyone knows, the Immortal Alliance only has two Immortal Kings. Vice Alliance Leader Li already went to the Lower Realm earlier; how could there be two more Immortal Kings following up?"

"Exactly. The Lower Realm is a barren land where True Immortals are few and far between. What kind of crisis could there be that Vice Alliance Leader Li couldn't solve alone? Why would more Immortal Kings need to go down?"

The rumors of Immortal Kings descending to the Lower Realm spread among the crowd, and the discussion remained intense.

Some asked for the truth from various immortal forces, but those immortal forces remained silent, and no one came out to respond to the matter.

Perhaps they didn't know, or perhaps they knew but someone forbade them from speaking.

But the paper could not cover the fire forever; not long ago, someone finally found out the truth!

"The frontier of the Lower Realm has crumbled, the Immortal King is knocking at the gates, leading countless Strange Creatures to invade the Lower Realm of Lingxiao Heaven!"

This news was like a thunderclap, shaking the entire Upper Realm and filling people with panic.

Many who had some knowledge of the past history felt their scalps tingle and cold sweat break out on their backs upon hearing this news.

This was absolutely the worst news in peaceful times!

It would not be an exaggeration to call it devastating news!

In the distant past, the Upper and Lower Realms were one, both belonging to Lingxiao Heaven.

It was only later, when the Eerie Clan invaded on a large scale, that the Lower Realm was beaten down, creating the distinction between Upper and Lower.

After the war, the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance decided to use the Lower Realm as a buffer zone and built a majestic pass at the border, so that if the Eerie Clan invaded again, they could only enter from the Lower Realm.

Before they could truly threaten the Upper Realm, they could gain extra time to prepare.

Just like this time.

The Eerie Clan suddenly attacked, using Heaven-Defying means to construct a fake sky to shroud the Lower Realm, deceiving the vision of the experts in the Upper Realm, and taking the opportunity to occupy the Lower Realm's territory on a large scale.

By the time the Immortal Alliance reacted, the frontier of the Lower Realm had almost completely fallen!

However, even so, the Upper Realm remained completely undisturbed, allowing them to organize effective forces for a counterattack.

"Did they really come at this time..."

Although everyone knew that sooner or later, the Strange Creatures would attack Lingxiao Heaven again.

But when this day truly arrived, it was inevitable that some timid souls would be scared out of their wits, feeling as if the end of the world had arrived, turning pale with fear.

"It's too sudden. I'm not ready yet; how could they have come?"

A young man shouted; as a seed figure of a great Family, he had not yet grown up, and encountering such a sudden change, he felt that heaven was jealous of heroic talent.

It wasn't just him; many people had no psychological preparation, and for a time, many places were in chaos, with people filled with panic.

At this moment, the leadership of the Immortal Alliance was revealed; they quickly organized personnel to pacify the public.

And they clarified that this was not a full-scale invasion by the Eerie Clan, but rather one of their super clans that had come to test the current strength of Lingxiao Heaven; the Immortal Alliance could handle it, so there was no need for excessive panic.

However, even so, many people were still trembling inside, hoping that the point in time would arrive as late as possible.

Some elders of the Immortal Alliance saw this and shook their heads and sighed repeatedly.

It was precisely because they feared the collapse of public morale that the Immortal Alliance had deliberately concealed the news of the Lower Realm's invasion by the Eerie Clan over the past few years, only summoning immortal forces to participate in the war, hoping to drive the Eerie Clan out before the news leaked.

In this way, when the news finally spread later, they would certainly be able to boost morale with this victory.

However, they had underestimated the strength of the Eerie Clan.

Even fighting on their home turf, they had been dragged into a stalemate by this invading super clan, and it was difficult to repel them for the time being.

"What is there to fear? The boundary of our Lingxiao Heaven is as solid as metal; if the Eerie Clan could break in, would they have waited until now?"

"Even as strong as the Eerie Clan is, weren't they beaten back by our ancestors many years ago? Now that they have returned, we, the younger generation of Lingxiao Heaven, should inherit the will of our ancestors and defeat them again. What is there to fear?"

Some experts spoke up; they were all proud sons of heaven who had once led an era and were objects of admiration for many of their contemporaries. With their voices, plus the assistance of the Immortal Alliance, the turmoil in various states gradually subsided quite a bit.

Time flowed like water, and in the blink of an eye, another half a month passed.

Eastern Divine Continent.

Boom!

The Void Realm shook, the myriad Daos roared, and the space in all directions appeared to be in a near-distorted state.

A moment later, the depths of space slowly split open, and an indescribable, vast fluctuation whistled out from within, as swift as thunder and as powerful as the sea.

And amidst the spreading of that vast fluctuation, an elegant young figure slowly walked out.

It was Lin Yang, who had finished his cultivation.

"indestructible twelfth heaven!!"

"Late Stage Heavenly Immortal..."

Lin Yang muttered to himself.

The gains from this seclusion were too great; not only had his cultivation skyrocketed to the Late Stage of the Heavenly Immortal realm, but he had also been incredibly lucky to extract a drop of complete Origin Force Peak Realm Blood from the carnelian stone he had obtained at that auction!

Combined with the Ancestral God Medicine liquid collected from deep within the Mine Mountain earlier, as well as some precious Body Refining medicinal materials, he had finally miraculously broken through the final layer of the Indestructible Scripture in one go!

Now, Lin Yang felt terrifyingly strong; relying solely on his Physical Body strength, he could go head-to-head with a genuine Immortal King!