Is this what people say?

Amidst the deafening roar,

A torrent of violent power surged skyward from the gaping hole on the East side of the Shangqing Cave Heaven, like a long dragon, directly piercing the heavens.

Boom!

The next moment, not only the Shangqing Cave Heaven, but even the entire surrounding hundred million li of Heaven and Earth trembled violently, as if Heaven and Earth were about to collapse and shatter. The boundless terror of the might caused everyone outside to change color dramatically.

"What terrifying power!"

Sect Leader Zun Tianyu exclaimed, "This is definitely a True Immortal level power! No wonder Xu Qianfeng is so respectful to this person; he is a True Immortal descended to the mortal realm!"

Although Xiang Wuxia was also deeply shocked, her delicate brows furrowed upon hearing this. "A True Immortal descended to the mortal realm? Our Four Great Immortal Sects, who control Immortal Artifacts and Cave Heavens and guard the four directions of the Second Heaven, should have sensed it if a True Immortal level existence from the Upper Realm descended."

"Why did none of us detect anything?"

"This..." Sect Leader Zun Tianyu frowned, "A True Immortal level being possesses endless methods; perhaps he used some means to obscure the aura sensing?"

Xiang Wuxia shook her head, noncommittal.

The connection between the Second Heaven and the Upper Realm was not like that between the First Heaven and the Second Heaven, where one could break through on their own with enough strength.

As far as she knew, the Second Heaven had a Guardian sent down from the Upper Realm, responsible for guarding the Heaven and Earth Xuan Jian—which was the barrier between the Second Heaven and the Upper and Lower Realms.

Those who ascended from the Lower Realm were cursed and had limited strength, and the curse was not contagious. If people from the Second Heaven sought death by exposing themselves to the curse, that was their own business, so the Guardian generally did not interfere with the comings and goings between the First and Second Heavens.

But the descent of a True Immortal from the Upper Realm would surely cause turmoil in the Second Heaven, and the Guardian should not have remained unresponsive.

However, she had to admit that the power displayed by this young man was terrifying, definitely that of a True Immortal level figure.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, when the Fengtian Hall, which is the First Heaven, was first contaminated by the curse, True Immortals from the Upper Realm withdrew one after another. However, some powerful individuals, for various reasons, sealed themselves and remained in the First Heaven. Could it be..."

Regardless of Xiang Wuxia's thoughts,

everyone within the Shangqing Cave Heaven was stunned by Zhong Qing's punch.

After the power of that punch was unleashed, only a void remained before them, and the enormous, ten-thousand-li-wide hole in the distance.

Zhong Qing retracted his fist, feeling a bit disappointed.

Heaven and Earth bore witness, he truly only exerted one extra bit of strength just now.

He hadn't expected such a huge difference.

What a pity. He had originally wanted Ling Tian to play with him a bit longer, as he hadn't encountered an opponent who could withstand his second move in a long time.

For example, the Dust Emperor before, who had once made his blood boil, making him think they could have a satisfying battle, but in the end, he was gone with one punch, which was truly a waste of emotion.

"This should be pretty much over now, right?"

Zhong Qing mused, stroking his chin.

No, he remembered Xu Qianfeng mentioning that the Shangqing Immortal Sect also had some True Immortal Ancestor?

He had just killed Ling Tian like that; he wondered if the other party had enough time to send a message?

As he was pondering, a cold laugh suddenly echoed from the void before him.

"Hahahahaha, Zhong Qing, I didn't expect that even so, this Zong still underestimated you."

As soon as the voice emerged, everyone present was startled.

Whose voice was this, if not Ling Tian's?

Then, in the void, a faint phantom coalesced, revealing Ling Tian.

"Not dead yet?"

Zhong Qing was both surprised and delighted, ready to strike again, but Xu Qianfeng, who discerned something, quickly spoke.

"Senior, don't rush. Ling Tian's spirit and physical body should both be destroyed. This seems to be just a wisp of a remnant soul's will."

"Ah?" Zhong Qing stopped, feeling a little disappointed upon hearing this.

Ling Tian's phantom sneered, "He's right. Your punch shattered my physical body and at the same time blasted through the Cave Heaven Immortal Artifact. Although I transformed into a tool spirit and entrusted my main soul to the Cave Heaven, I haven't reached the True Immortal level after all, and my soul was already shattered by that shock."

"Zhong Qing, I didn't expect that even after paying such a heavy price, this Zong is still not your match."

At this point, Ling Tian's expression suddenly darkened.

"It's just that I don't understand, with your strength, why do you still covet the luck that my Shangqing Immortal Sect collected in the Lower Realm?"

"Even that two hundred thousand years of luck can at most push someone to the level of a Nine Revolutions Pseudo Immortal, which is meaningless to you."

By this point, Ling Tian was no fool.

He initially thought Zhong Qing was a pawn placed in the Lower Realm by the Yuhua Immortal Sect, to seize the Heaven and Earth Xuan Jian for the Yuhua Immortal Sect.

But now it seemed utterly impossible.

How could the Yuhua Immortal Sect, at its level, command an existence like Zhong Qing?

There was no doubt that Zhong Qing came from the Lower Realm, and with his strength, he wouldn't personally help the Yuhua Immortal Sect seize luck.

So now, even on the verge of his soul scattering, Ling Tian still wanted to know the answer to this question.

If not for those two hundred thousand years of luck, his Shangqing Immortal Sect would not have fallen to such a state.

The next moment, Zhong Qing was stunned.

"Luck?"

He was dazed for a while before remembering, "Oh, it seems there was something like that."

With that, he flipped his hand, and the Heaven and Earth Xuan Jian he had previously obtained from Nether Monarch Wang Yan appeared in his hand.

Everyone's gaze also fell upon it.

All of this began because of this small Heaven and Earth Xuan Jian.

Long before coming to the Second Heaven, when Zhong Qing was still only at the Saint Realm, he felt that the two hundred thousand years of luck power had immense wondrous uses, so he kept it.

But now that he had broken through to the Great Emperor, his level was becoming increasingly unfathomable. In his current view, this power of luck was actually not very useful anymore.

Just as Ling Tian said, even if it were all poured into one person, it could at most allow them to reach the level of a Nine Revolutions Pseudo Immortal.

It was not as good as a True Immortal Immortal Artifact that Zhong Qing could casually take out.

Zhong Qing scratched the back of his head, "Actually, I just took this thing casually."

"Mainly, it was your Fengtian Hall people who provoked me, and I casually wiped them out."

"Then after I came up, your people came to cause trouble again. I'm afraid of trouble, so I simply came over and wiped out your Shangqing Immortal Sect as well, so there wouldn't be so much trouble."

His words made everyone present twitch their faces.

Listen, just listen.

Are these the words of a human?

Just because he was afraid of trouble, he wanted to wipe out one of the Four Great Immortal Sects?

You might not be troubled, but do you know how much trouble this will bring to everyone in the Second Heaven?

Of course, these words were only dared to be spoken in their hearts; they dared not utter them aloud.

Upon hearing this, Ling Tian's expression seemed calm, but his phantom soul body trembled slightly, as if ripples spread across water, on the verge of shattering at any moment, revealing the turbulent waves within his heart.

At this moment, Ling Tian's roar in his heart was almost bursting through the heavens.

He had thought of many things: whether it was a conspiracy by other Immortal Sects, whether changes in the Upper Realm affected the Lower Realm.

But he had never expected it to be such a simple reason.