148: Chapter 148 Envoy from the Central Immortal Realm

Outside the Southern Heaven Gate, winds gathered and clouds swirled.

Heavenly Emperor Li Xuan had issued an edict.

Everyone could achieve Grand Unity.

The reward was the Nine Revolutions Profound Unity Divine Pill.

The entire Heavenly Court went mad, plunged into a fervor of Cultivation and construction.

That group of old retainers from the Yuhua Immortal Dynasty, who had followed Li Xuan since the Lower Realm, were crazier than the next.

They were all stuck at the Peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.

Stuck for who knows how many tens of thousands of years.

Only one step away from Grand Unity.

Now, the Opportunity was laid before them.

After establishing illustrious military achievements in the Heavenly Court's expansion, led by the newly advanced Grand Unity Golden Immortal Zhao Wuji, the first batch of ten Peak Taiyi powerhouses obtained the qualification to exchange for the Divine Pill.

Ten Golden Cores flowing with Dao rhythm were bestowed in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

These old ministers who had lived endless years, their hands trembled violently one after another, weeping uncontrollably on the spot.

Three days later.

From the Heavenly Court's secluded cultivation Secret Realm, ten powerful and vast Grand Unity auras soared into the heavens.

Each aura represented a newly advanced Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

On this day, above the Heavenly Court, the great Dao resonated in harmony, and Immortal light shone everywhere.

The Immortal Realm wasteland spanning hundreds of millions of miles felt this pressure that made eternity tremble.

Countless ancient creatures lurking in the darkness were startled by this newborn power and dared not emerge.

Ten Grand Unity Golden Immortals added in a single day.

What a Heaven-Defying feat this was.

Even during the most prosperous era of the Ancient Heavenly Court, there had never been such an outrageous record.

Once the news spread, the entire Immortal Realm would be overturned.

But while the Heavenly Court Immortals were still immersed in joy and pride, the aura of an unwelcome guest descended.

It was a Nine Phoenix Greeting the Sun carriage.

Pulled by nine seven-colored luan birds whose Bloodline had reverted to their ancestors, each comparable to a Peak Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The carriage body was entirely crafted from Purple Dawn Divine Jade, a material of the Immortal King level, engraved with intricate and profound array patterns.

Wherever the carriage passed, the Void Realm automatically parted to make way.

The Nine Phoenix carriage did not pause, stopping directly and arrogantly before the majestic Southern Heaven Gate.

Its front even pressed past the Southern Heaven Gate's lintel.

A provocation.

Before the curtain opened, a vast Divine Thought swept out from within the carriage.

This Divine Thought was a spiritual storm, arrogantly sweeping across the entire Heavenly Court domain.

From the mist-shrouded pavilions and towers to the bustling construction sites, and even to the Secret Realms where the newly advanced Grand Unity cultivators were consolidating their cultivation, without exception, all were roughly

inspected

by it.

Hmph, a bunch of unstable, shoddy imitations.

Forced up by pills, do they even deserve to be called Grand Unity?

This little domain is somewhat interesting, actually built upon the core of a Dragon vein.

A pity, the technique is too crude, wasting a divine object.

This so-called Southern Heaven Gate has only been superficially repaired; the inner Ancient Dao rhythm is already shattered beyond recognition.

And that one... the Chaos Thunder God Body? The Grandmist Alchemy God Body?

Not a bad seedling.

Born in such a barbaric place, what a shame.

Within that Divine Thought was undisguised contempt and judgment.

Like an emperor inspecting his own most barren territory, the tone was full of patronizing

guidance

.

Zhao Wuji and the others, having just emerged from seclusion, were at the Peak of their confidence.

The words

shoddy imitations

made their faces turn livid with anger.

How dare you! Who dares to be so disrespectful in our Heavenly Court!

A hot-tempered newly advanced Grand Unity roared in fury, immediately about to charge out of the Southern Heaven Gate.

But as soon as he moved, Zhao Wuji pressed down on his shoulder.

Calm down!

Zhao Wuji's expression was grave. He stared fixedly at the Nine Phoenix carriage and transmitted his voice:

This person's cultivation is unfathomable. His daluo dao fruit is far more complete than ours. He's at least an old monster at the sixth heaven of Grand Unity Golden Immortal or above. He's not here with good intentions!

Upon hearing this, the other nine Grand Unity cultivators suppressed their anger.

But the humiliation and hatred in their eyes were almost tangible.

At that moment, the curtain of the Nine Phoenix carriage was lifted by a hand wearing a white glove.

An old man in a green Daoist robe, wearing a purple-gold crown, stepped out.

His face was lean, with three long strands of beard floating before his chest.

He stood on the carriage, not even lifting his eyelids, only glancing sidelong at the ten Heavenly Court Grand Unity cultivators standing guard below.

As if looking at ants.

A pageboy behind him, borrowing the tiger's might, stepped forward, pinched his throat, and shouted in a shrill voice:

Envoy from the Central Immortal Realm's Purple Dawn Immortal Palace, the Venerable Qingxuan's sacred carriage has arrived in person!

The master of this place, come forth and kneel in welcome!

Boom.

Master of this place.

Kneel in welcome.

These two phrases were a resounding slap, fiercely striking the faces of all the Heavenly Court Immortals.

The veins on the backs of Zhao Wuji and the others bulged, their knuckles turning white from clenching.

Their dignified Heavenly Court, with the Heavenly Emperor presiding and the Four Great Heaven Gates guarding it, when had they ever suffered such a profound humiliation?

Yet Venerable Qingxuan's aura was heavy as a mountain, pressing on their hearts, making them dare not act rashly.

Inside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Li Xuan sat cross-legged on the white jade steps below the imperial throne, watching his children play.

Li Danchen, who had just learned to walk, toddled on his short legs, wobbling as he chased a ball of starlight.

That was something Li Xuan had casually conjured.

Li Danchen occasionally fell on his bottom, then got up again with a

giggle

.

Beside him, Li Qingyue, already a delicate, jade-like little girl, was teaching her younger brother Li Lei, who had a lightning mark on his forehead.

Teaching him how to combine Lunar Power with thunder power to create more beautiful

frost lightning flowers

.

The entire hall was filled with warmth.

Zhao Wuji's figure appeared at the hall entrance. He knelt on one knee and quickly reported everything happening outside.

His tone was filled with barely suppressed anger.

Your Majesty! That old man Qingxuan is too insulting! Please allow us to engage in battle! Even if we die in combat, we will never tarnish the prestige of our Heavenly Court!

Li Xuan did not even turn his head.

His gaze followed that small figure chasing the ball of starlight.

Watching Li Danchen fall again and get up by himself, he smiled with satisfaction.

Zhao Wuji finished speaking.

Only then did he seem to notice someone at the door, responding casually.

Hmm.

Then, he reached out and grabbed at the Void Realm.

A larger, brighter ball of starlight, trailing a seven-colored tail, appeared in his palm.

He shook it towards his son and said with a smile:

Danchen, look, Daddy made you a bigger one.

He flicked his finger, and the beautiful ball of starlight drifted leisurely towards Li Danchen.

The little one's eyes lit up at the sight. Forgetting the previous one, he clapped his little hands and chased after it even more happily.

From beginning to end, Li Xuan did not glance at Zhao Wuji.

He did not mention a single word about the matter outside the hall.

He did not show any emotion.

Zhao Wuji stood frozen in place, not knowing what to say.

What did the Heavenly Emperor mean by this...?

Did he simply not put the other party in his eyes at all?

As he hesitated, another change occurred outside the Southern Heaven Gate.

On the Nine Phoenix carriage, Venerable Qingxuan waited for a long moment, but no one came out to welcome him.

Not even a single voice responded.

His expression darkened.

As a distinguished envoy of the Purple Dawn Immortal Palace, wherever he went in the Immortal Realm, which overlord did not receive him with utmost respect, welcoming him from a hundred miles away?

Today, in this barbaric wasteland, he was actually ignored like this.

Good, very good!

Venerable Qingxuan instead let out a cold laugh. He lifted his eyelids, a cold light flashing in those turbid eyes.

This seat will see for himself what kind of rat dares to put on such airs before me!

As soon as the words fell, a Grand Unity pressure a hundred times more terrifying than his previous Divine Thought erupted from within him.

This pressure was no longer a probe.

It was a display of power and an attack.

It condensed into an invisible storm, ruthlessly crushing towards the Southern Heaven Gate, towards the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Boom...

The entire Heavenly Court domain trembled violently under this pressure.

Countless newly built pavilions and towers groaned, the glazed tiles on them cracking with

snap

sounds, fissures appearing.

The Immortal mist surrounding the Heavenly Court was instantly scattered.

Heavenly Court Immortals with lower cultivation were directly pressed to their knees, unable to move, their faces pale, Immortal blood seeping from their seven orifices.

Even Zhao Wuji and the other ten newly advanced Grand Unity cultivators felt as if struck by a falling star.

Each groaned, their dao fruits unstable, forced to retreat repeatedly.

Too strong.

Though all were Grand Unity, the other's comprehension of Laws and the profundity of his Immortal essence were far beyond their reach.

Was this the Foundation of a top-tier force from the Central Immortal Realm?

Inside the Lingxiao Treasure Hall.

Li Danchen was startled by the violent tremors. Losing his footing, he fell to the ground with a solid

thump

.

He froze for two seconds.

Then he let out a

wail

and cried.

Li Lei, who had been focused on playing with his

frost lightning flowers

, was also jolted off balance. The flower in his hand crackled out of control, shocking himself. His little face scrunched up, on the verge of crying as well.

The gentle smile on Li Xuan's face vanished at that moment.

He did not move.

He did not even stand up.

He merely frowned slightly.

Then, in a voice so calm it held no emotional fluctuation, he softly uttered a single word.

Noisy.

This word was very soft.

Outside the hall.

That terrifying pressure that was crushing the Heavenly Court and making even the ten Grand Unity cultivators gasp for breath.

Was wiped away.

By an invisible hand.

Yes, wiped away.

There was no confrontation, no clash, not a single ripple of energy caused.

It just vanished into thin air, without a trace.

As if it had never existed.

On the Nine Phoenix carriage, the cold smile on Venerable Qingxuan's face froze.

His Grand Unity pressure, like a pebble thrown into the sea, vanished without even a bubble surfacing.

Before he could even react.

A supreme power beyond his comprehension descended out of nowhere.

This power held no pressure, no killing intent.

It simply

existed

there.

But its very existence transcended this heaven and earth, transcended the myriad great Daos.

Venerable Qingxuan discovered in terror that all the Grand Unity Laws within his body had been frozen.

His daluo dao fruit, which he had operated for hundreds of millions of years, became incredibly sluggish.

His connection to the river of time was forcibly severed.

He, a lofty Grand Unity Golden Immortal, was now reduced.

To a Mortal facing heavenly might, empty-handed and defenseless.

Crack.

The Nine Phoenix Greeting the Sun carriage beneath his feet, crafted from Immortal King-level divine material, groaned under unbearable strain. The gorgeous array patterns shattered inch by inch, dimming.

The nine proud seven-colored luan birds pulling the carriage had long since collapsed in fear in the Void Realm, burying their heads deep into their wings, trembling like leaves in the wind.

As for Venerable Qingxuan himself, his knees were bending inch by inch.

He wanted to resist, to shout, to summon his Magic Treasure.

He could do nothing.

That supreme power was not oppressing his Physical Body, but oppressing the very

concept

of his existence.

He was utterly isolated and abandoned by the entire world.

Thud.

Under the stunned gazes of the Heavenly Court Immortals, this lofty envoy from the Central Immortal Realm's Purple Dawn Immortal Palace could no longer hold on. His knees heavily struck the Void Realm as he knelt.

Cold sweat rolled down his temples, instantly soaking his luxurious Daoist robe.

He knelt there, his body unable to move, only his eyeballs able to roll in terror.

Only one thought remained in his mind.

What kind of power is this?

This is not Grand Unity.

Absolutely not.

Could it be the legendary... Immortal King, who hasn't appeared for countless years?

Awe-inspiring without showing anger.

Only now did Venerable Qingxuan truly understand how terrifying these four words were.

Just as his Divine Soul was about to collapse and his dao fruit on the verge of extinguishing.

A plain voice sounded, as if from all directions, yet also as if directly from the depths of his mind.

Come in.

As the voice fell, that supreme power quietly dispersed.

Venerable Qingxuan went limp all over, collapsing on the carriage, gasping for breath. Arrogance was gone from his eyes, replaced only by the fear of having narrowly escaped death.

He straightened his robes in a disheveled manner, not daring to show the slightest disrespect anymore. Facing the majestic Southern Heaven Gate, he bowed deeply with utmost reverence.

Then, only with the support of his pageboy, who was already scared out of his wits, did he take one trembling step after another, entering the Southern Heaven Gate.