167: Chapter 167 Taking one's own life, what a wise and worthy enemy!

"Since you were able to Breakthrough to Immortal Venerable, you must have been a top expert of the Hengluo Star Domain. Could you be the Tianluo Demon?"

One person spoke, his heart filled with trepidation.

"No," Xu Jinhuan shook his head.

"You are so young, and the Hengluo Star Domain hasn't had a new Peak Heavenly Immortal in a long time. You must be a newcomer from a neighboring Star Domain. Are you Venerable Shutian from the neighboring Yuheng Star Domain?"

"You got half of it right. I am indeed an outsider, but the identity is wrong."

Xu Jinhuan shook his head slightly, looking at them with a half-smile.

This indifferent smile made everyone from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty feel their skin crawl.

Outsider, young man...

As these two labels overlapped, an ominous realization dawned on everyone.

Shadow, who held the highest status, was now drenched in sweat. A chill surged from his spine to the top of his head.

It nearly flipped his skull open; his soul was almost scared out of him.

It's impossible!

Exchanging glances, this group of spies and assassins from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty saw the same suspicion in their companions' eyes, and then they all shook their heads.

They didn't dare to admit this fact!

"Sir, could you be a descendant of a Great Sect from the Central Immortal Realm?"

Shadow still wanted to put up a desperate struggle, attempting to deceive himself.

Xu Jinhuan coldly exposed him, the smile on his face widening.

"No. I've already said this much, why must you keep deceiving yourselves?"

"I am the Ascendant you are looking for. I am the target you were sent to eliminate on this trip."

Boom!

The group felt as if they had been struck by Chaos Immortal Lightning. Their minds went blank, and their legs shook so violently it was like a torrential rainstorm was brewing between them.

It really was him!

How could it be?!

Shadow looked at Xu Jinhuan, his eyes full of despair and his heart shocked to the extreme.

"It's only been two short months since you ascended, how could you possibly...?!"

The words 'Breakthrough to Immortal Venerable' were stuck in his throat; he simply couldn't say them.

"For Immortal Realm natives with mediocre Aptitude like you, of course it's impossible."

Xu Jinhuan looked at the group mockingly. He had no intention of making a move, because there was no need.

Just moments ago, these people had already dug their own graves.

They had placed the blades against their own necks with their own hands.

"Now, can you still say you harbor no ill will toward me?"

Buzz!

The voice was clearly not loud, a feather-light sentence, yet it exploded in the minds of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty experts like a morning bell or evening drum, or a thunderclap over a raging sea.

The memory of their oath resurfaced in their hearts.

Crack, crack...

It sounded as if something was shattering; the sound of cracking echoed continuously, one after another.

Including Shadow, the faces of everyone from the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty aged and collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

What was shattering were their Dao Hearts and their Dao Foundations.

It was their lifelong cultivation and their very lives!

They had lived for countless eons, hundreds of millions of years. Their Divine Souls and Physical Bodies had accumulated a terrifying amount of temporal erosion, which they could normally suppress by relying on their True Immortal and Heavenly Immortal cultivation.

Now that their cultivation was dissipating and the temporal erosion was no longer suppressed, it erupted suddenly. They were doomed!

Realizing this, the faces of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty members were filled with an emotion called terror.

"No, I don't want to die!"

"Sir, I can trade secrets of the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty! Please, save me! I don't want to die!"

"Sir, I can too! I know more than him! Save me!"

The group knelt before Xu Jinhuan, wishing they could bash their heads and shatter their souls in supplication.

There were also those who remained unyielding and absolutely loyal, still thinking of sending a message to the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty and their master before death.

"Your Majesty, there is something wrong with that Ascendant. He has become an Immortal Venerable!"

"Quickly ask the Old Ancestor to take action, otherwise a great calamity will befall the Immortal Dynasty!"

"Shadow's final words!"

Xu Jinhuan watched the group coldly. He didn't stop Shadow's message, nor did he have any intention of helping those begging for mercy.

He simply watched them collapse, their bodies and souls turning to ash bit by bit.

"Taking their own lives... what a considerate group of enemies..."

Deep in the starry sky, a stellar storm swept through.

The people, already on the brink of collapse, instantly turned to fly ash, their souls extinguished and their bones gone.

Countless ashes scattered, merging into the vast and endless Universe, some clinging to meteorites, others settling on the surfaces of stars.

As Xu Jinhuan watched, a sudden realization dawned in his heart.

"Karmic ties govern life and death, fate and Reincarnation. Is there a set destiny and connection within the vastness?"

Boom!

An obscure and ethereal ripple emanated from his body.

He understood. He had mastered two Daos that were rare even in the Endless Immortal Domain.

Fate and Reincarnation.

Moreover, he had directly comprehended them to a terrifying degree, surpassing ninety percent of those on the same path and rivaling the top Immortal Kings of these two paths.

"It's alright. The power is slightly stronger than the Green Lotus Sword Dao. Not bad."

Xu Jinhuan found this harvest barely satisfactory; it wasn't useless, but it didn't cause much of a stir in him.

"Next, it's time to head to the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty to bring Qing Xian back, and settle accounts with that old Emperor while I'm at it."

He looked beyond the Hengluo Star Domain.

With a light lift of his finger, three Heavenly Dao ripples suddenly shot away, racing toward the northwest at a speed that transcended perception.

These three ripples were Shadow's final words.

Xu Jinhuan hadn't intentionally intercepted them, but the Eternal Domain of the Eternal Chaos Body was too fearsome, completely isolating the external Heavenly Dao.

Even though Shadow had tried to be clever in his final moments by splitting his message into three to prevent interception...

He hadn't expected that the Heavenly Dao inside and outside the Domain would be different, and none of the transmissions could get out...

As the transmission ripples departed,

The Immortal Artifact Eastern Emperor Mountain appeared, carrying Xu Jinhuan. It turned into a streak of light, closely following the direction of the transmissions into the depths of the star river.

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Endless Immortal Domain, Central Continent.

This was the region with the densest Immortal Spiritual Qi in the Endless Immortal Domain, and the gathering place of the supreme experts.

Nearly ninety percent of Immortal Kings gathered on this continent, which covered less than one-ten-thousandth of the Endless Immortal Domain's area, to establish their sects.

Deep within the Central Continent, two of the top experts, the Immortal King of Destiny and the Reincarnation Immortal King, suddenly opened their eyes at the same time.

"Who?!"

An incomparable ripple suddenly spread, causing the entire Central Continent to tremble.

Rumble!

"Hiss! I feel like the whole continent is about to be destroyed. The Immortal King of Destiny is truly terrifying!"

"In that instant just now, I really felt like I was dead. Is this the strength of the Reincarnation Immortal King? Too scary!"

"Phew, is that urine? I knew it, it's just a bit of pressure, how could it make me sweat... Crap, there's some yellow mud too. No, I have to go home. This blind date ends here, Fellow Daoist, let's meet another time."

"Speaking of which, for these two Peak Immortal Kings to act at the same time, has some earth-shattering treasure appeared?"

On the continent, countless beings prostrated themselves on the ground, buzzing with discussion. Some were terrified, others curious.

Only the two Peak Immortal Kings who had just acted had ashen faces as they contacted each other.

"Fate/Reincarnation, do you also have that feeling of being caught up to?!"