342: Chapter 342 Severing Cause and Effect

Immortal Realm, Eastern Divine City.

While the members of the Heavenly Court were defending against the Destroyer, a cluster of dim starlight suddenly appeared above the Eastern Divine City.

Inside the starlight, two unconscious women were being carried.

One of the women had bright eyes and white teeth, with skin as fair as snow. She wore a simple, plain-colored Daoist robe, looking like a Fairy descending to the world, unstained by dust.

The other woman was completely different; her ugliness was difficult to describe in words.

One beautiful and one ugly, they formed a stark visual contrast.

"Swish!" A figure appeared silently. Looking at the two people within the starlight, his expression was somewhat gloomy. "Meng'er..."

He was none other than the Immortal Emperor Dongfang.

The two women within the starlight were Shangguan Yue and Jiao Yufeng.

Dongfang Jiba waved his hand, and the starlight dissipated, causing the two within to slowly awaken.

Shangguan Yue opened her eyes, her expression changed, and she immediately put distance between herself and Jiao Yufeng, looking at the middle-aged man before her with vigilance.

"You... are you perhaps the Immortal Emperor Dongfang? Where is this?"

"The Immortal Realm!" Dongfang Jiba spat out those two words softly.

"The Immortal Realm..." Shangguan Yue did not show much surprise, obviously having guessed it long ago.

"The Immortal Realm?" Jiao Yufeng, who had just woken up, was somewhat panicked and hurriedly looked around. "Meng-lang, where is my Meng-lang?"

Hearing this address, the Immortal Emperor Dongfang's gaze grew colder, and his expression of disgust was undisguised.

Just then, another old Daoist appeared out of thin air and stood beside the Immortal Emperor Dongfang.

"Emperor, what is this?" The old Daoist looked at the two women before him and asked in confusion.

"State Preceptor, take this woman down and keep her under strict guard!" The Immortal Emperor Dongfang pointed at Shangguan Yue. "Remember, do not let anything happen to her!"

"Very well!" The old Daoist nodded and turned to look at Jiao Yufeng. "And what about this one?"

"I will handle this one personally. You may leave!" The Immortal Emperor Dongfang clearly did not want outsiders to know about the ugly affair between his son and this Old Witch.

"As you command!" The old Daoist bowed slightly, raised his hand, and a flash of Formation light enveloped Shangguan Yue, after which both of them disappeared without a trace.

Watching them leave, Jiao Yufeng became even more nervous. "My... Lord, please don't kill me. I... I am Meng-lang's Dao Companion..."

"Shut up!" The Immortal Emperor Dongfang only felt his ears burning. With a thought, he made it impossible for the ugly woman before him to speak again.

Jiao Yufeng's face was filled with terror. She didn't know what the majestic man above wanted to do to her, and she tried her best to move her mouth, but could not produce a single sound.

After a moment of silence, the Immortal Emperor Dongfang extended a finger and pointed it at Jiao Yufeng. "Karma, appear!"

Instantly, transparent threads appeared on Jiao Yufeng's body, connecting to the void.

The transparent threads were thick and thin, connecting to the people who shared Karma with Jiao Yufeng in this life.

Among them, two threads of Karma were particularly conspicuous.

"Hmph! Forced Karma?" The Immortal Emperor Dongfang looked at the two thick threads of Karma, his eyes turning cold.

He could clearly sense that one of them was connected to his own son, Dongfang Meng.

"And the other one is... Dongfang Lin?" The Immortal Emperor Dongfang frowned, unable to understand the connection.

Finally, he shook his head and probed his Divine Sense into the two threads of Karma.

Immediately, the scenes of what had transpired between Jiao Yufeng, Dongfang Meng, and Dongfang Lin flooded into his mind.

Even as an Immortal Emperor and a hegemon of the Immortal Realm, Dongfang Jiba's body still trembled imperceptibly.

Especially some of the segments involving the three of them; even an old monster like him, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, found them unbearable to witness.

Coupled with the fact that one of the protagonists was his own son, it made it even harder for him to accept.

"Cut!" After a few breaths, he could no longer bear to watch. A phantom blade appeared in his palm, and he slashed fiercely at the two threads of Karma before him.

"Snap!" The two threads of Karma broke in response.

Jiao Yufeng stood there blankly, as if she had lost her soul.

With her own Karma severed, it was as if she had been forgotten by this world, leaving no trace of her existence.

In the Desolate Ancient Continent, under the main assault of the Lord of Sacred Heart Mansion and the combined attack of Lin Bei and the others, the Peak Immortal King Destroyer struggled for half an incense stick of time before finally turning into ashes.

"Hmm?" Just then, Lin Bei frowned, took out the ten thousand demon tower, and threw a figure out.

"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh..." After the figure appeared, he hunched over and began to vomit continuously.

As he vomited, he suddenly raised his palm and struck his own crown.

Lin Bei was quick-witted and instantly subdued him. "Want to die? Not yet!"

"Let me die! You let me die!" Dongfang Meng struggled continuously within the restraints, his voice filled with a hint of pleading.

Lin Bei looked puzzled. "What's wrong? Your Feng-er is still waiting for you to find her in the Immortal Realm..."

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Dongfang Meng vomited even more violently. "Stop talking! I beg you, stop talking!"

Just a moment ago, his obsession with Jiao Yufeng had suddenly vanished.

Then, thinking of all the past events over these few years, he had only one thought in his mind: to die and be done with it!

"Eh? Could it be..." Seeing Dongfang Meng's reaction, Lin Bei immediately had a guess.

He couldn't help but turn his head and scan Feng Xiaoyao and Wang Teng in the distance.

If these two knew that an Immortal Emperor could sever Karma, he wondered what they would choose.

"Sigh! Fellow Daoist Dongfang, this is where you are wrong!" Lin Bei curled his lips. "A night of being husband and wife brings a hundred days of grace; how can you pull up your pants and despise her?"

"You... you... I'll kill you!" Dongfang Meng nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. No longer considering the gap in strength, he roared and charged at Lin Bei.

Lin Bei curled his lip, waved his hand, and a Restriction flew out to bind him, after which he retracted the ten thousand demon tower.

Dongfang Meng was the bargaining chip to exchange for Shangguan Yue, so naturally, he couldn't give him the chance to commit suicide.

The structure of the Immortal Realm was not much different from the Desolate Ancient Continent, generally divided into the four regions of East, South, West, and North.

In the West stood a massive city that was in no way inferior to the Eastern Divine City.

While the Immortal Emperor Dongfang was cutting Karma, a grand banquet was being held in the city.

Sitting in the main seat was the Peak Immortal Emperor powerhouse who ruled the entire Western Immortal Realm, Ximen Kuang!

"Today, our Western Divine City has a great joyous occasion! That is, Fellow Daoist Qiu has joined us!"

"Come, come! Let us raise our glasses together to welcome Fellow Daoist Qiu to our Western Divine City!"

There were seven people in the seats below, and every one of them was at the Immortal Emperor cultivation level!

Upon hearing Ximen Kuang's words, six of them picked up the wine glasses in front of them and looked at the remaining man.

"Welcome, Fellow Daoist Qiu!"

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Qiu has arrived; our West has gained another Immortal Emperor!"

"It is indeed a great joyous occasion!"

"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I toast you..."

...

The Cultivator surnamed Qiu had a handsome face, and his long golden hair looked very elegant.

He also picked up his wine glass, signaled to the people around him one by one, and finally fixed his gaze on Ximen Kuang. "Emperor, it is my, Cupid's, honor to be able to join the Western Divine City!"

"Here, I, Qiu, will finish this first as a toast!"

With that said, he raised his wine glass and drained it in one gulp.

However, before he could swallow the immortal brew, his face suddenly turned pale, and he opened his mouth and sprayed it all out.

Mixed within the transparent wine was a faint, bloody red!