More and more immortals descended from above.
Not a single one among them had a cultivation base lower than the seventh tier of the Heavenly Immortal realm!
One had to know that with the Immortal Gate now shattered, cultivators who descended into the True Void could never return...
There was no way back!
In other words...
Every single person who came down today was prepared to die.
Either everyone would detonate themselves today to destroy the realm, forcing Su Xuan to ascend!
Or...
They would kill Su Xuan, willingly lower their cultivation realms, and remain trapped in the Human Spirit Realm forever.
The moment they chose to set foot into any spiritual realm, the drop in their cultivation would be irreversible.
Su Xuan narrowed his eyes. Across the entire Seventh Domain, the cultivators stood arrayed in strict battle readiness.
Su Xuan slowly raised his right hand, then pressed it down hard!
In an instant, the Heavenly Dao of the entire world was violently stirred.
A boundless heavenly majesty, like an overturning ocean, surged forth.
Heaven and earth shook; the void trembled violently.
All seven levels of the Seventh Domain were sealed shut in an instant!
When Li Guanqi rushed back to the Seventh Domain, he felt that terrifying pressure just the same.
His face grew unusually grim. This was...
Meng Wanshu furrowed her brows, her expression grave as she asked in a low voice, "What is happening? Why have all the domain passages been sealed?"
Li Guanqi was burning with anxiety, not knowing what had transpired outside the domains.
Turning to Meng Wanshu, he comforted her gently, "We don't know what happened yet. Wait for me here. I'll go take a look."
Meng Wanshu took a step forward, about to say something.
Yet Li Guanqi spoke resolutely, "Don't worry, I will definitely protect myself. I want to go up and check on Grandfather."
Only then did Meng Wanshu nod and release her grip. Li Guanqi turned to Cao Yan, gave a slight nod, and urged him with a couple of brief reminders.
The sword coffin materialized with a sharp ring.
Red Lotus shot into his grip in an instant, and a terrifying pressure erupted from within Li Guanqi's body!
*Hum!*
Sword intent soared to the heavens as immortal essence surged madly inside him. Pengluo instantly transformed into a streak of flowing light and merged into Li Guanqi's body.
As the divine patterns across his brow spread outward, Li Guanqi raised his sword and cleaved fiercely toward the firmament!
The Realm of Celestial Spirits was a domain he had created himself; all he needed to do was break open the entrance to the second domain!
*Riiip!*
A sound like tearing brocade rang out. The sword light flashed past, carving a rift several tens of zhang long across the sky.
Li Guanqi's figure turned into a bolt of purple lightning and shot right into it!
At that moment, the cultivators of the Second Domain were slightly flustered, yet they remained on high alert just as always.
They had no idea what was truly happening, assuming it was merely the usual descent of cultivators from the Immortal Realm.
Only Li Guanqi knew how dire the situation truly was!
Li Guanqi hurtled forward, flashing across the Third Domain and the Fourth Domain.
When he reached the Fifth Domain, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted the Four Kings stepping into the void, weapons drawn.
The four stood at opposing corners, four-colored streamers of light blanketing the sky, forming a mysterious battle array.
Yet the moment Li Guanqi streaked past, Bai Su's gaze briefly locked with his.
Though Bai Su's gaze was completely calm, Li Guanqi frowned slightly.
He could not detect a single excess emotion in the man's eyes.
Dragon King Wen Guyan had clearly mentioned a few things to him before.
Yet the way Bai Su looked at him now was utterly placid, without the slightest ripple of extraneous feeling.
This was very strange...
If one person envied another, then whenever they looked at that person, some emotion would inevitably leak through.
No matter how well concealed, it was impossible to be this calm...
Still, he did not dwell on the matter. He had far more important things to attend to.
The Sixth Domain!
By now, the entire Sixth Domain was blanketed in a sky full of blazing red-gold Gengjin light!
Ling Tianchen sat alone in meditation at the very center of the domain.
Li Guanqi sensed a terrifying law the likes of which he had never felt before!
At this moment, Ling Tianchen's figure expanded infinitely in his eyes!
That thin, frail frame now resembled a towering mountain overlooking all living beings.
That boundless metal-attribute law carried an invincible sharpness, as though it could cleave through anything.
The domain space of the entire Sixth Domain trembled frantically.
Right then, Ling Tianchen slowly opened his eyes.
"Go."
As he spoke, the entrance leading to the Seventh Domain flickered with light, the warped radiance seeming on the verge of collapse at any second.
Li Guanqi dared not linger and vaulted straight into the screen of light.
Watching Li Guanqi leave, the old man slowly exhaled a long breath.
A streak of golden light flashed across his previously turbid eyes!
He slowly reached out into the void and drew forth an ancient, unadorned longsword.
Uncorking his wineskin, the old man tipped his head back and drained it dry!
A bit of wine spilled down the corner of his mouth.
*Smack!*
The wineskin shattered, and the red cord binding his hair abruptly snapped.
A mane of graying hair whipped wildly in the wind. Ling Tianchen's gaze turned sharp as a hawk's as he slowly looked up toward the heavens!
Immediately following that, the entire domain began to collapse under the unbearable weight of the old man's law power.
A golden law sword spanning ten thousand zhang slowly coalesced!
The ten-thousand-zhang golden sword rose upright, pointing straight toward the sky!
Yet Ling Tianchen did not act rashly.
He was waiting...
He was waiting for the power of the Heavenly Dao to suppress the immortals.
As long as the power of the Heavenly Dao's laws forcibly locked down those immortals' cultivation realms, that would be the moment for him, Ling Tianchen, to strike!
The golden ten-thousand-zhang longsword was colossal beyond measure, blotting out the sky and sun as it stood upright like a peak thrusting into the clouds.
The old man's hair danced wildly, his robes flapping furiously as violent power poured continuously into the great sword.
The light of that sword grew increasingly dazzling, until in the end, it turned profound and fathomless.
The domain fractured and caved in.
Li Guanqi reached the Seventh Domain. Stepping across the threshold, he darted through the doorway!
In the dead silence of the pitch-black void, one could usually see their surroundings only when starlight flickered on occasion.
Yet right now, that dark void was as bright as day.
Su Xuan stood alone before the Human Spirit Realm.
And facing him were a full thirty mighty figures of the Immortal Realm!
These cultivators were dressed in opulent, shimmering robes, colorful ribbons fluttering at their shoulders, mysterious marks stamped across their brows.
Jade hung from their waists, folding fans rested in their hands.
Some even held radiant pagodas in their palms or gripped treasured banners, their immortal artifacts numerous.
Every single person who had descended bore a look of grim resolve.
The gaze they directed at Su Xuan burned with a hatred that longed to gouge out his bones and drink his blood!
Su Xuan simply held his scabbard, lightly tapping the void before him.
"Twenty-seven, twenty-eight... thirty."
"Tsk, only three second-tier True Immortals?"
The moment those words fell, the expressions of all the immortals shifted drastically!
"'Only'?"
"Only three?!!"
"What does he mean... Wasn't he supposed to be just an eighth-tier Heavenly Immortal?!"
Hearing Su Xuan's words, every immortal's heart was shaken, a flicker of unease flashing in the depths of their eyes.
At this moment, a man clad in a dark navy robe holding an immortal sword slowly stepped forward, his eyes narrowed as he spoke in a heavy voice, "Impossible... That's absolutely impossible..."
"Su Xuan, drop the bluff!"
The man pointed at the old man several hundred zhang away, his voice chillingly cold.
"Across millions of years of Immortal Realm records, the highest realm ever reached by a Human Spirit Immortal was merely the ninth tier of the Heavenly Immortal realm!"
"And that was only because the world back then had been cast down by the Immortal Realm itself, full of immortal ruins, structurally stable, and rich in immortal qi."
As the man went on, he seemed immensely confident in his own knowledge.
He sneered at Su Xuan.
"A mere Youhuang Realm..."
"Once someone breaks through to the Golden Immortal realm, the Heavenly Dao of any spiritual realm would be utterly incapable of bearing it! The entire world would instantly shatter!"
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