The Script

"Yuxiao, you must give us an explanation today! Stop him!" Immortal King Yuankun barked the order! "You dare?!" Immortal King Taiyi shouted angrily at Immortal King Yuankun, Chairman of Tianyuan Group, and Immortal King Zhongyan, Chairman of Shenluo Group. "You dare disregard the Lord of Yuanxi's prohibition and make a move against us?!" "The Lord of Yuanxi's prohibition? When you killed Immortal King Wumu of our Shenluo Group a few years ago, did you abide by any prohibition?" Immortal King Zhongyan replied flatly. From the other side, Immortal King Huanyin of Star Sun Group stepped forward as well. "The Lord of Yuanxi has yet to resolve the matters in the starry cosmos, and lately, the immortal spirits of all our major groups have submitted countless requests. With the great supreme intellect temporarily lacking computational power, monitoring every corner of the Immortal Realm is only reasonable." Back then, this Immortal King had studied the technique of two souls in one body and cast an avatar down to the lower realm. Even after Yaoguang's true body eradicated that avatar, his main body still survived. At this moment, he looked coldly at Immortal King Taiyi. "So, do your Xiyu Group and Dusk Group truly intend to stand with Creation Group—which only has two combat-capable Immortal Kings left—and fight our four groups to the bitter end?" "Indeed, Taiyi. Were it not for your Xiyu Group interfering, we might have already forced Creation Group to concede and allowed everyone to participate in the grand plan to breach the Gate of Karma and the Gate of Fate. Your actions are cutting you off from everyone else." An Immortal King from Changsheng Group also stepped forward and spoke. "I understand your true goal, but have you never considered what you would gain if Immortal King Yuxiao buckles under the pressure and uploads everything he possesses to the Lord of Yuanxi?" Immortal King Taiyi swept his gaze over the many Immortal Kings present. "Setting aside whether you can bypass our obstruction to disrupt Immortal King Yuxiao from triggering resonance with the Grand Dao and shaking the Gate of Karma, even if you wage an all-out war with us—even paying the price of having the authority of several directors reset to zero—and manage to disrupt his resonance, the worst he could do is surrender the inheritance to the Lord of Yuanxi." The Chairman of Xiyu Group sneered. "Once he hands over the inheritance, Immortal King Yuxiao will merely miss the opportunity to become a Level-20 Dominator, but elevating his authority to Level 19 would be child's play. And what about you? Not only will you have paid the price of multiple Level-18 or even Level-19 authorities being wiped clean, but you will also end up with nothing. Why go to such lengths?" "Everyone, if you make a move against us, you will lose either way. Why not foster goodwill instead?" The directors of Dusk Group also spoke up, attempting to mediate. "Hand over the inheritance? The Lord of Yuanxi cannot even attend to matters here; do you think he will have the chance to hand it over?" "Perish? The only ones who will perish will be the Immortal Kings of your Xiyu Group and Dusk Group, not ours! We outnumber you two to one—what do you have to resist us?!" "Taiyi, I'll give you one last chance. Step aside." The Immortal Kings of the four major groups voiced their threats one after another. "Impossible! If you want to stop Immortal King Yuxiao, you'll have to go through us first!" Immortal King Taiyi spoke with resolute conviction. Behind him, sixteen Immortal Kings from the three groups had already formed a battle formation. After all, Dusk Group had only been persuaded to intervene by Xiyu Group's heavy payment; they had not deployed in full force. However, the Immortal Kings from the four major groups had not yet all arrived either. Overall, both sides were fairly matched. Yet at this moment, seeing Yaoguang drawing closer and closer to the Gate of Karma, Immortal King Zhongyan of Shenluo Group lost his patience. "Enough, stop wasting words on them. Since Xiyu Group and Dusk Group are determined to stubbornly side with Creation Group, let us grant their wish! Strike and crush them!" As divine thoughts surged forth, the intent of death and destruction flooded the void. The two Grand Daos violently oscillated, manifesting in full view. This Chairman of Shenluo Group had actually cultivated two Grand Daos concurrently through a special method! Judging from the overwhelming might of the Grand Daos... His combined mastery over the shares of these two Grand Daos definitely exceeded six thousand shares. Such a monumental share of Dao power, coupled with his peerless mastery of immortal arts, meant that when this composite immortal art formed from merely two Grand Daos came crashing down, several weaker Immortal Kings of Xiyu Group were forced to pull back in frantic retreat, dodging the brunt of this immortal art. "Yuanchu, go intercept Yuxiao!" Immortal King Zhongyan's divine sense reverberated. Back then, he had projected an avatar down to the lower realm using a secret technique, founding the God race as the Ancestor God of the End, leaving behind the God race's heritage, and searching for the inheritances of the Time Dao Ancestor and Void Dao Ancestor. Yet after millions of years with nothing to show for it, Yaoguang had spent merely a thousand years in the Land of Dao Oblivion before returning triumphantly with the inheritances of both the Time Dao Ancestor and the Void Dao Ancestor, leaving deep bitterness in Zhongyan's heart. Not just him—Immortal King Yuanchu, another Immortal King of Shenluo Group, had also been to the lower realm. Hearing Immortal King Zhongyan's divine transmission, Yuanchu seized the opening and shuttled across the battlefield. Not just him—Immortal King Yuankun of Tianyuan Group also surged with divine sense: "Hongmeng!" Receiving the command, Immortal King Hongmeng pressed down with an outstretched hand: "All things in the world must revolve according to rules! All things have order; all things have their Dao; that which is perpetually grand is supreme principle, is the Heavenly Dao!" The power of the Grand Dao of Truth erupted. Before the Immortal King directly facing him could even draw upon the might of the Grand Dao, he was suppressed outright by Immortal King Hongmeng's Grand Dao of Truth. Taking this opportunity, Immortal King Yuankun pierced through the void, following right on Immortal King Yuanchu's heels as they broke through the blockade formed by the sixteen Immortal Kings of Xiyu Group, Creation Group, and Dusk Group. Yet at this moment, Immortal King Taiyi suddenly cast out a massive scroll. The scroll unfurled a Bagua diagram spanning heaven and earth, instantly intercepting the two Immortal Kings who had breached the line. "Taiyi Wuji!" The scroll swept inward, directly drawing in both Immortal King Yuanchu and Immortal King Yuankun. However, at that very moment, three more Immortal Kings arrived together from another direction. "Since your Xiyu Group wants war, our Shenluo Group and Tianyuan Group will accompany you to the very end!" From yet another direction, four more Immortal Kings tore through the void. "And our Star Sun Group and Changsheng Group!" "We've been sick of you for a long time! Taking advantage of this moment without the enhancement of authority computation, let's cut loose and fight an all-out battle to see who truly is the strongest Immortal King in the Ancient Immortal Realm!" The addition of seven Immortal Kings to the fray instantly shifted the balance of power. The number of Immortal Kings on the four major groups' side surged from seventeen to twenty-four. Meanwhile, the three groups of Creation Group, Xiyu Group, and Dusk Group—due to Creation Group's prior heavy losses and Dusk Group not deploying in full force—still had only sixteen Immortal Kings, leaving them at a distinct disadvantage in numbers. And that was not even counting Yaoguang. Moreover, Creation Group, Xiyu Group, and Dusk Group were defending to prevent the four groups from breaking through and disturbing Yaoguang, while the four groups were on the offensive, holding the initiative. Under these circumstances, three Immortal Kings quickly broke through the perimeter and charged straight toward Yaoguang to strike. "Taiyi, Nizhuan! Need our help? Hahaha! If you put our Brahma Group's Immortal Kings first when distributing the contribution gained from breaking the Gate of Karma and Gate of Fate, we might just lend you a hand." "Indeed, the only ones left who can help you now are the six Immortal Kings of our Brahma Group." "We five Immortal Kings of Aoshu Group don't mind stepping in either, but what price are you willing to pay?" Seeing this, the Immortal Kings of the other two groups watching from the sidelines transmitted their divine thoughts across the void. They had barely visited Creation Group to seek cooperation with Yaoguang, yet they never missed any major scene, monitoring developments closely precisely to jack up their price at this very moment. "Damn it, you..." Fury flashed in Immortal King Taiyi's eyes. "And so..." Yaoguang, who was flying toward the Gate of Karma, glanced at the three Immortal Kings pursuing him, then at Immortal King Taiyi and the others who were clearly being suppressed, feeling somewhat speechless. "Is this the solemn promise you gave of making thorough preparations to ensure I can comprehend the Gate of Fate and Gate of Karma in peace? If you cannot guarantee an environment for me to peacefully comprehend the Gate of Fate and Gate of Karma, our agreement won't be considered valid." "We can hold on!" A chilling killing intent flashed in Immortal King Taiyi's eyes. "Zhongyan, Yuankun, Yongsheng, Huanyin, do you truly wish to fight us to the bitter end? I can tell you plainly: even if we fight to the last, you won't gain any advantage! Yuxiao is a Void Immortal King; you can't capture him at all. His worst-case scenario is simply surrendering the inheritances of the Void and Time Dao Ancestors to the Lord of Yuanxi, and you will gain nothing!" His divine sense carried an inspiring power. "Whereas for us, even if we die in battle... according to our agreement, the contribution Yuxiao gains from handing over the two Dao Ancestors' inheritances to the Lord of Yuanxi will be prioritized to help our fallen Immortal Kings restore their authority! Therefore, we will ultimately suffer no loss!" These words made quite a few of the more aggressively advancing Immortal Kings hesitate slightly with caution. However, Immortal King Yuankun did not back down at all: "You don't seriously think that when we decided to strike, we wouldn't have a way to suppress his Grand Dao of the Void? Furthermore, should any Immortal King from our four groups sacrifice themselves, their group will grant corresponding compensation once the matter is settled!" Transforming into chaos, this Immortal King shuttled forward and broke straight out of the Bagua diagram formed by Taiyi Wuji. "In that case, let us fight! Since you wish to sacrifice yourselves in vain to gamble on this opportunity, I shall grant your wish!" As Immortal King Taiyi spoke, a supreme sacred artifact manifested behind him. From this moment on, the battle between the two sides escalated into a fight to the death. Fully unleashed Dao power clashed continuously; one false step, and an Immortal King could perish on the spot. Meanwhile, Yaoguang drew closer and closer to the Gate of Karma. The Gate of Karma was in truth the manifestation of the Grand Dao of Karma, hanging across the vault of heaven, spanning countless tens of millions of li. The closer he drew to this gateway, the more insignificant he felt. Yet... As he charged toward the Gate of Karma, he glanced back at the more than thirty Immortal Kings locked in mortal combat. The divine abilities and techniques these Immortal Kings displayed... 'As expected of Level-18 or even Level-19 authority holders who can draw upon the Lord of Yuanxi's computational power at any time to aid their comprehension of realms and cultivation of immortal arts—the Daos they command are truly vast and varied.' For a moment, Yaoguang was in no hurry to trigger the Gate of Karma. Better to slaughter a few Immortal Kings first, gathering a bit of "energy" to "light up" Grand Daos one by one. When the time came to borrow the power of the Gate of Fate to comprehend the Three Thousand Grand Daos all at once, the difficulty would likely be reduced somewhat. Besides, since this was a plot playing out according to a script, even if Xiyu, Creation, and Dusk Groups were to lose, the people from the Ancient Immortal Alliance would surely jump out to stir up trouble, indirectly enabling him to trigger the Grand Dao of Karma. Therefore, he would do whatever pleased him. With this thought, Yaoguang looked at the three Immortal Kings pursuing him using a secret treasure, mobilized the Grand Dao of the Void to coalesce the Great Void Art, and brought it crashing down upon their heads.