Deserted by All

"Yin Yuan, for daring to betray Us, your death is well-deserved!" With great difficulty, the Immortal Emperor suppressed his Dao injuries, forcefully shoving back the root tendrils and Dao tree formed by the Ginseng Fruit Tree, returning his flesh to normal. Yet he knew that the Dao wound left by Creation Supreme was still there; he had merely suppressed it. "Then again, even Creation Supreme couldn't withstand two moves from my Far Ancestor Primordial Spirit before his soul was scattered and destroyed. What chance could Xu Ying possibly have?" The Immortal Emperor exhaled a breath of turbid air and glanced at Creation Supreme's cave abyss. He had coveted this Creation Cave Abyss for a long time, and today he had finally gotten his wish. The Immortal Emperor stepped into the cave abyss and arrived on the other shore, where he saw a manor. When the Immortal Emperor Supreme approached, Creation Supreme's elderly father, mother, and family were already neatly dressed, sitting quietly in their chairs. "Creation Supreme wished to lay down his life for righteousness, yet he implicated his own kin—disloyal, unjust, unbenevolent, and unfilial!" Brimming with murderous intent, the Immortal Emperor Supreme walked through the gates and surveyed the men, women, old, and young of the household. "As long as you curse Creation Supreme for being disloyal, unjust, unbenevolent, and unfilial, I will spare your lives." "Pah!" Creation Supreme's elderly mother spat on the ground. A cold light flashed in the Immortal Emperor's eyes, and the old woman blew apart with a roar. The old father chuckled. "There are no dishonorable people in the Yin family. If you want to kill or butcher us, do as you please. Why put on such a hypocritical show?" "Have it your way!" The Immortal Emperor swept his sleeve, and the entire manor abruptly collapsed, disintegrating into fine powder. The Immortal Emperor burst into loud laughter. "Creation Supreme, even if you left me a Dao wound, so what? Didn't I still obtain your Creation Cave Abyss in the end? With this cave abyss, my cultivation and strength will surely surge once more! How can Xu Ying possibly contend with me?" At that moment, he suddenly noticed the scenery within the cave abyss. Before the other shore, a colossal fissure came into view. Creation Supreme had already struck and cracked this cave abyss, leaving the Dao of Creation crippled and incomplete. The Immortal Emperor Supreme's hands trembled in uncontrollable fury. "Every cave abyss given to me is crippled, crippled...! Hahahaha, do you think this can stop me? Do you think this can defeat me? You are wrong, all of you are wrong! We are destined to become an emperor through the ages! We are destined to hold all power alone!" He strode outward, his immense dharmic power warping the Creation Cave Abyss as he began to refine it. Even if it was a damaged cave abyss, the boost it granted him was still terrifying, causing the power he could mobilize to rise continuously! On Cuiluo Island, Fairy Huoling and Dao Lord Yuanying saw the Immortal Emperor emerge from the island's interior without Creation Supreme at his side, while an extra cave abyss now floated behind him. A foreboding sense of dread welled up within them. The Immortal Emperor Supreme glanced at them and said, "Creation Supreme Yin Yuan rebelled and attempted to ambush Us. We have already executed him." Fairy Huoling and Dao Lord Yuanying's hearts sank. Dan Xuanzi chimed in, "Well killed! Creation harbored wild ambitions and dared to sneak-attack Your Majesty. Disloyal, unrighteous—he deserved to die!" The Immortal Emperor Supreme said, "If anyone is disloyal to me, Creation Supreme's fate will be yours! We continue our journey." Elder Long Dai chuckled. "Your Majesty truly acts with thunderous resolve. This is how the ruler of the Earth Immortal Realm ought to conduct himself. Could Your Majesty be injured, perhaps?" He asked with apparent concern, "May I ask if Your Majesty's injuries are severe? This old man could assist in treating them." A chill ran through the Immortal Emperor's heart. He said, "A mere scratch, not worth mentioning." He had transported Wuzhuang Temple into his Taiyi Cave Abyss, and the Ginseng Fruit Tree was right there. If Long Dai treated him and disturbed the Ginseng Fruit Tree, the tree would surely attack Elder Long Dai! Furthermore, he had no idea whether Elder Long Dai would tamper with him during the treatment! Even Creation Supreme had tampered with his treatment; how could he trust an outsider from an alien race? "Against someone of Xu Ying's caliber, once I summon the Far Ancestor Primordial Spirit, a single strike will annihilate him," the Immortal Emperor thought to himself. "Or perhaps I should not kill him right away, but harvest him once first." Elder Long Dai did not press the matter. By the time they reached the Heavenly Abyss, it was already the following day. The vicinity of the abyss was an ocean of people. Since the Immortal Emperor was, after all, the supreme ruler of the Immortal Realm, the crowd parted upon his arrival, voluntarily clearing a path. Right at that moment, an uproar broke out among the spectators. Many craned their necks to look, and someone shouted, "The Little Heavenly Venerable is here!" The commotion was far greater than when the Immortal Emperor had arrived, prompting Elder Long Dai to look over. After a moment, a scholar clad in white rode clouds toward them, accompanied by dragons and phoenixes, a cave abyss hanging high behind him. Standing tall and distinguished, his cultivation was not in the least inferior to a seventh-realm Dao Realm dragon immortal of the Heavenly Immortal Realm! Astonished, Elder Long Dai asked, "This man has an extraordinary bearing. What is his background?" The Immortal Emperor replied, "He is Xu Ying's disciple, Xu Ergou. Because his name is uncouth, he is called the Little Heavenly Venerable." The Little Heavenly Venerable possessed an exceptionally powerful aura, not inferior to the Nine Heavens and Nine Emperors. Clearly, his achievements in the New Dao were extraordinarily high, and he had likely cultivated to the Dao Scenery Realm. When the Little Heavenly Venerable arrived, the crowd parted for him with even greater reverence than they had shown the Immortal Emperor. The Immortal Emperor Supreme's face darkened with displeasure. Ever since Xu Ying began imparting the New Dao, it had branched out and spread throughout the world. Xu Ying, as the Dao Ancestor, held an exalted status, and even his disciples shared in that glory. Anyone cultivating the New Dao, save for a select few of supreme standing like Lou Mingyu and Yuan Weiyang, had to address the Little Heavenly Venerable as Eldest Senior Brother. For he was Xu Ying's direct personal disciple; that title alone was enough to grant him transcendent status and prestige. At that moment, the crowd erupted into another clamor. Someone yelled, "Old Heavenly Venerable Xu and his wife are here!" Long Dai followed the commotion with his eyes, only to see a scholar leading a beautiful woman toward the Heavenly Abyss. Though prematurely gray-haired, the scholar carried an extraordinary presence, exuding the bearing of a commander who held a million soldiers within his breast. The scholar's cultivation and strength were even more profound and vigorous than the Little Heavenly Venerable's. As for the woman, when Long Dai swept his gaze over her, she appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary lady. "Those two are Xu Ying's parents," the Immortal Emperor smiled. "His mother was once my adopted daughter, which makes Xu Jing my son-in-law." Long Dai observed, "This Xu Jing is exceedingly formidable; he is not far from the eighth Dao Realm." The corner of the Immortal Emperor's eye twitched. He murmured, "Attaining the Supreme Realm? Heh, even if you do, your strength will be far below mine! What's more, you won't live that long!" Suddenly, another young monk strode over from afar. As he walked, Buddhist light shone radiantly behind him in magnificent splendor, faintly revealing a peerless great Buddha seated amid the illumination, towering and majestic. The Buddhist light was dazzling. Abruptly, within the glow, an immense cave abyss slowly rose, hovering in the sky behind the monk, as abundant Buddhist aura circulated from within. "A New Dao Supreme!" The crowd seethed with excitement as all eyes turned to the monk. The immense Supreme-grade cave abyss spun rapidly, accompanied by chants of the Buddha's name, until it finally condensed into a radiant Dao wheel suspended behind the young monk's head. Someone in the crowd recognized him and cried, "It's Brutal Buddha Jijue! Without making a sound, he cultivated all the way to the Supreme Realm! Where is the justice in this?!" The Immortal Emperor's expression darkened once more. An obscure monk had quietly attained the Supreme Realm, which caught him completely off guard. Just then, another New Dao expert arrived with earth-shaking momentum. Boundless corpse qi warped space and time, producing a wondrous phenomenon of ten thousand corpses ascending as immortals. "Heavenly Monarch Pingnan! A corpse attaining the Dao has actually reached remarkable achievements in the New Dao!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed in shock, "Is he going to prove his Dao as a corpse and become a Supreme?" Hardly had Heavenly Monarch Pingnan arrived when the father and son Ning Zhong and Ning Qing appeared. Both possessed formidable cultivation and strength; Ning Zhong had reached the Dao Scenery Realm, while Ning Qing lagged behind only slightly. The strength of father and son was enough to rank alongside the Nine Heavens and Nine Emperors! "Lord Dog is here!" someone else cried out. Others shouted in astonishment, "Look! A dog! A dog has become a spirit!" "That dog has reached the Dao Scenery Realm!" Long Dai, the Immortal Emperor, and the others looked over. A slender-waisted black hound was standing on two legs, walking just like a human. Clad neatly in Daoist robes, with an air of otherworldly grace yet strutting about like a puffed-up gentleman, he strolled toward them. Behind him was also a cave abyss, within which Dao scenery drifted. That dog was actually a grand master of the Dao Scenery Realm, driving countless onlookers half-mad with envy! Humans hadn't even cultivated to the Dao Scenery Realm, yet a dog had! Could this black hound break through and become a Supreme? A Dog Supreme—just the thought made many existing Supremes want to cough up blood in vexation! Those who had not yet achieved the Supreme Realm would likely feel even more miserable. From then on, people cultivated like madmen, and "Don't let a dog become a Supreme before you do" became the supreme motto spurring them forward. "That's the dog who rescued Xu Ying!" Dan Xuanzi glared fiercely at Daoist Xiaotian, muttering through gritted teeth. At that moment, a massive serpent approached, its colossal body concealed beneath the sea, stirring churning waves as it swam. Atop the serpent's head stood the Great Emperor of the demon race. Both the giant snake and the Demon Emperor had actually reached exceptionally high levels in the New Dao as well! In addition, Nan Ziyan of the Ziwei Ancestral Court walked up, his fluctuating aura rivaling the best among the younger generation, drawing widespread attention and showcasing the extraordinary heritage of Ziwei. Furthermore, Yun Hai and Daoist Yuan of the Shangqing Ancestral Court arrived from afar, both supreme experts among the younger generation. They were joined successively by Xing Daoyuan from Daoist Taiyuan's lineage, Yan Kongcheng and Chen Chaosheng from Saint Luo's sect, as well as Ji Man, Liu Ruyi, and others under Dao Monarch Jiugong. Without anyone realizing it, they too had embarked upon the path of the New Dao. Right then, another Supreme-grade aura shook space and time, startling the crowd. Everyone traced the aura, only to witness an utterly flabbergasting sight. A clockwork-like Taiyi Cave Abyss hovered in midair. A young woman with a curvaceous figure led a host of Heavenly Craftsmen, flitting around the mechanical cave abyss as clangs, clatters, and rapid hammering echoed incessantly. Though the mechanical Taiyi Cave Abyss was still a work in progress, it was already enough to leave viewers wide-eyed and staring blankly! Beneath that mechanical cave abyss strode Zulong Zhao Zheng, external realms arrayed behind him, his momentum overwhelmingly suppressing his contemporaries! Seeing this spectacle, Elder Long Dai's expression changed drastically. The Earth Immortal Realm was clearly perched on the precipice of a grand era, on the verge of entering a glorious age where a multitude of brilliant stars shone and various emperors arose together! "If this spark is not stamped out now, before long it will pose a colossal threat to our Heavenly Immortal Realm!" Just as this thought crossed his mind, a vast and profound aura surged from the opposite side of the Heavenly Abyss. Looking across, everyone saw Daoist Yuji in black robes appearing on the other side, his figure cloaked in dark mist. Then, shadowy figures shifted on the opposite shore as another towering silhouette emerged. It was none other than the Immortal Emperor's junior brother, Wei Xu. Yet at this moment, Wei Xu's cultivation was astonishingly potent, with a small-scale Taiyi Cave Abyss suspended behind his head. "That utterly wicked Wei Xu has also become a New Dao Supreme!" The crowd gasped, "He's not even as respectable as Dog Supreme!" Wei Xu flew into a rage, ferocious light shooting from his eyes as he prepared to slaughter someone. At that moment, a massive ship sailed in, revealing the tip of an iceberg through the fog across the abyss. Her sleeves fluttering in the wind, Yuan Weiyang stood atop this ancient galley. Long Dai's eye twitched. "The woman who rammed me with that ship!" Quite a few dragon immortals had been crushed to death back then. One of Long Dai's purposes on this journey was to force the Earth Immortal Realm to hand over this woman and Xu Ying so they could be escorted back to the Heavenly Immortal Realm for trial and punishment. Suddenly, another powerful figure stepped out of the mist across the abyss: Heavenly Monarch of the Ten Wastes Liu Guanyi, a coffin floating behind him, moving in step with his stride. Following Liu Guanyi's appearance, another mighty surge of aura rolled in. Lou Mingyu and the young Holy Venerable appeared on the opposite bank, one following the other. Though Lou Mingyu had yet to attain the Supreme Realm, his aura was far more powerful than that of Wei Xu, who had already become a Supreme. The young Holy Venerable's cultivation was equally terrifying. Standing together, master and disciple cast an awe-inspiring pressure over the world! Then, another figure slowly emerged from the mist, instantly capturing the gaze of everyone present. The figure was clad in imperial robes, wearing an imperial crown, an imperial sword belted at his waist. He was a Supreme, yet not of the New Dao—he was the most primal of Supremes. For the Supreme Realm was the very realm he had pioneered. Emperor Qingxuan. The Immortal Emperor shuddered, horror flashing across his face before he snapped out of it: "He isn't Teacher Qingxuan! He is Qingxuan the Waste! He is merely the waste my teacher discarded before attaining the Dao!" Fury blazed within his chest. "Scoundrel! How dare you desecrate Teacher's corpse and impersonate Teacher to terrify me! Unpardonable! Deserving of ten thousand deaths!" Beside Qingxuan the Waste, Patriarch Boshan walked out. The Immortal Emperor Supreme's heart sank. Of the Six Supremes and Twelve Wondrous, this was the very first time one of them stood on the opposing side. Yet in the next moment, another imposing silhouette emerged from the mist opposite, growing clearer. With resolute features and a valorous demeanor, he stood there giving the impression that heaven and earth revolved around him. Dao Venerable Lü. Among the Six Supremes and Twelve Wondrous, he was the sole individual who had never been suppressed by the Holy Venerable—and he was a Supreme! The Immortal Emperor Supreme exhaled heavily, his heart filled with bleak sorrow. The last time he had faced Xu Ying here, Creation, Yaoluo, Boshan, Luofu, Dan Xuanzi, Yuanying, Dongshi, Huoling, and the others had all stood facing the foe, and his own side held the overwhelming advantage. Yet looking at things now, only three people remained behind him: Yuanying, Huoling, and Dan Xuanzi! What was worse, Yuanying and Huoling clearly harbored second thoughts; the only one he could count on was Dan Xuanzi! Just then, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out. Hearing it, joy flashed across the Immortal Emperor Supreme's face. "Yaoluo Supreme!" He looked in the direction of the voice, only to see Yaoluo Supreme running over madly, his head covered in scars and suppurating sores, laughing wildly, "Hey, I lost!" The Immortal Emperor frowned. Yaoluo jumped over to the opposite side, turned around, and barked, "I am the world's number one sword!" Then he jumped back again, barking, "You lost! Hahahaha!" The Immortal Emperor Supreme's brow furrowed deeply. Just then, Master Dongshi's voice drifted over: "This has nothing to do with me! I'm only here to watch the excitement!" The Immortal Emperor's face darkened. He swept his gaze over Master Dongshi, only to see him shrinking back timidly, not daring to come anywhere near this side, clearly terrified of being liquidated afterward. The corner of the Immortal Emperor's eye twitched. He calculated whether he should directly destroy Dongshi's Dao fruit, but destroying the Dao fruit alone could not kill an existence of the Wondrous Realm. At this time, Jun Wudao, Dao Lord Kuyang, and Dao Lord Luoxiao descended, yet they showed no intention of approaching him, merely watching coldly from a distance. Elder Long Dai chuckled and said, "Rest assured, Your Majesty. With this old man here, I am worth countless numbers of them. So long as I sit here holding the fort, no one can harm Your Majesty!" The moment the words left his mouth, killing intent suddenly surged into the heavens. An inconceivably massive broken sword descended from the sky, plunging into the Heavenly Abyss with a ringing clang, suspended between heaven and earth! Elder Long Dai's expression changed slightly, turning solemn; for the first time, he sensed a threat. Suddenly, a chime of clanging bells rang out. A great dragon shrouded in Innate Indestructible Spirit Light whistled through the air, an equally glittering giant bell hanging beneath its neck, while an odd dragon-headed man stood atop the dragon's head. The great dragon pointed at Elder Long Dai and shouted, "That's him!" Elder Long Dai's face drained of color, and he immediately fled in panic. The Far Ancestor Big Dragon whistled after him in pursuit, the clanging bell notes fading into the distance. The Immortal Emperor's heart turned colder and colder. Dao Lord Yuanying and Fairy Huoling exchanged a glance of tacit understanding, turned, and departed. By the time the Immortal Emperor noticed they were no longer behind him, their traces were nowhere to be found. He tried to sense their Dao fruits, but found nothing. "They severed their Dao fruits!" The Immortal Emperor was jolted with shock. Just then, the crowd fell dead silent. Everyone turned their heads in unison to look in the same direction. The Immortal Emperor also looked toward that direction, only to see a youth walking across the surface of the sea, heading straight toward them. The vast sky was washed clear, a vast expanse of azure and white.