164: The mere Immortal King

Doubts still lingered in You Pu's heart.

He was afraid.

He feared that the Immortal Palace's death trap would disturb those old monsters in the Xuanhuang Great World who had been slumbering for countless eons.

Those true Immortal Kings!

Once they acted, never mind one Immortal King—even ten would meet a tragic end.

"Lord Envoy, there is more than just the Su Family behind Su Xuanchen."

You Pu's voice was hoarse, filled with wariness.

"He has marriage ties with both the Longevity Gu Family and the Primordial Dragon Clan. If those Immortal Kings are disturbed..."

"Heh."

The Immortal Palace Envoy gave a light chuckle, interrupting him.

That laughter was full of arrogance and disdain.

"Do you think the Ancient Ancestor of the Immortal Palace wouldn't have considered that?"

He paced forward and leaned into You Pu's ear, his voice extremely low yet striking You Pu's mind like a bolt of thunder.

"We have already allied with the Chaos God Clan."

The Chaos God Clan!

You Pu's pupils constricted.

He remembered now.

That Su Xuanchen acted domineeringly and without restraint; he had once forcibly abducted an envoy sent to the Lower Realm by the Chaos God Clan and forced her into marriage, forging a blood feud that would only end in death!

"The Ancient Ancestor of the Immortal Palace has personally communicated with the Chaos Clan King."

The smile on the Immortal Palace Envoy's face grew increasingly grim.

"When the time comes, the God King of the Chaos God Clan will personally take action."

"Across endless time and space, he will use supreme power to block the heavenly secrets of the Xuanhuang Great World, shielding Su Xuanchen from all his Immortal in-laws!"

"At that time..."

The Envoy spoke word by word, like a devil's whisper.

"Su Xuanchen will be a turtle in a jar, with no way to heaven and no door to the earth!"

"All his backers will become deaf and blind!"

"They can only watch helplessly as he is crushed to death by Lord Ran Zun... with a single finger!"

The last of the doubts in You Pu's mind vanished into thin air.

What followed was peace of mind and a bone-deep sense of gratification.

"A plan to exterminate the lineage!"

"This is a true plan of extermination!"

He could already see the scene of Su Xuanchen being tortured to death in despair, his Divine Soul utterly annihilated.

The shame of having one arm severed could finally... be washed away!

...In the Dark Great Realm, the fall of dozens of Peak Immortals triggered a massive upheaval.

Sunken Immortal Domain.

Ancient tombs that had slept for several eons suddenly split open.

Figures emitting an aura of decay and corruption walked out from within.

They were Immortal experts who had rushed over upon hearing the news, including many old monsters who had been in seclusion for years.

"Who is it?!"

"Who dares to provoke the majesty of my Dark Race!"

Endless fury transformed into a literal dark storm, sweeping across the entire Immortal Domain.

A true Immortal King rose from his throne.

His blood-colored eyes pierced through endless time and space, and his will spread throughout the entire Dark Great Realm.

The Immortals who were currently campaigning outside the realm, plundering resources from across the heavens, all received this will.

They stopped their slaughter, abandoned the prey they were about to seize, and turned into streaks of light, rapidly returning toward the Sunken Immortal Domain.

In a shattered Cosmic Sea.

A being cast entirely from gold was holding a Golden Heavenly Blade, engaged in a bloody battle with an Immortal King from the Xuanhuang Great World.

Blade light traversed hundreds of millions of miles; with every strike, a galaxy was extinguished.

Suddenly.

His movements paused, and he looked up toward the direction of the Dark Great Realm.

"The King's summons..."

Without hesitation, the golden being forced his opponent back with a single blade strike and turned to leave.

"You want to leave?!"

That Immortal King roared, unwilling to let him come and go as he pleased.

"Begone!"

Without looking back, the golden being swung his blade behind him.

The blade radiance transformed into a golden heavenly river, drowning the Immortal King.

By the time the Immortal King scrambled out of the blade light, the golden being's figure had already vanished at the edge of the Universe... Chaos Great Realm, God Race Holy Land.

A cluster of eternal, inextinguishable Chaos Flame surged violently.

A majestic will, devoid of any emotion, emanated from within.

"Kill Su Xuanchen."

"Wash away the shame of the God Race."

Below.

Several God Race experts, surrounded by Chaos Qi, knelt on the ground together.

"We obey the Clan King's decree!"

They looked up, their eyes filled with fanaticism and Battle Intent.

The matter of Su Xuanchen forcibly marrying the God Race envoy was a permanent pain in their hearts and a supreme humiliation for the entire Chaos God Clan.

Now, the opportunity for revenge had finally come!

...Within the Immortal Domain, there was much discussion.

"Have you heard? That human named Su Xuanchen is facing a great disaster!"

"Heh, an ant from the Lower Realm who doesn't know the height of the heavens or the depth of the earth actually dared to slay dozens of our realm's Peak Immortals. If he doesn't die, who will?"

"Exactly! Lord Ran Zun has ended his seclusion, and the Immortal King is enraged. This brat will surely be ground to dust, his Divine Soul eternally suppressed in the Dark Abyss!"

Countless Quasi-Immortal Kings and Peak Immortals watched coldly, their words filled with contempt and disdain for Su Xuanchen.

They were certain that Su Xuanchen's fate was sealed.

The envoy sent by the Immortal Palace even spread this news to all the factions hostile to Su Xuanchen.

For a time, undercurrents surged.

Everyone was waiting to see Su Xuanchen perish and the Su Family vanish like smoke... Su Family, Purple Heaven Palace.

Su Xuanchen emerged from the gentle embrace of his home.

He had fully digested the insights from the battle in the Devil's Cave.

That dazzling Great Emperor Dao Fruit floated within his Purple Mansion, becoming a bit more solid as Daoist rhymes flowed around it, profound and unpredictable.

He had already touched the threshold of the Immortal Dao.

But Su Xuanchen disdained to take the ordinary path of a True Immortal.

The path he wanted to take was an invincible road without precedent or successor.

To forge a Mortal World Immortal Foundation!

Within this billowing Mortal World, amidst the vast worldly temptations, he would live nine lives in reverse to prove his path to immortality!

"Husband."

A cool yet worried voice came from behind him.

Gu Lingshuang approached him with light steps.

Her beautiful eyes were filled with an inseparable worry.

"What is it?"

Su Xuanchen turned around and took her into his arms, smelling the fragrance of her hair as he asked softly.

"I feel uneasy."

Gu Lingshuang leaned against his chest, feeling that powerful heartbeat, yet the unease in her heart did not diminish.

"I have a premonition that an unprecedented crisis is approaching you."

She looked up and stared seriously at Su Xuanchen.

"You killed so many dark Immortals; I'm worried... it will attract Immortal King-level experts from the Dark Great Realm."

"Husband, you must make plans early."

She gripped Su Xuanchen's sleeve, her voice trembling slightly.

"The Su Family, and so many of us sisters—now... everything depends on you alone."

Hearing this, the laziness on Su Xuanchen's face vanished, and his expression became serious.

He knew that Gu Lingshuang's premonitions had always been accurate.

He lowered his head and gently kissed her smooth forehead.

"Don't be afraid."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a domineering confidence that would make all the heavens submit.

"A mere Immortal King..."

Su Xuanchen grinned, revealing a row of snowy white teeth.

"Your husband will kill one for you to see all the same."