Xuanjia, Primordial

Boom! A colossal roar rang out. The clash had erupted too suddenly, and too many supreme experts were involved. The void shattered, and in the blink of an eye, the lands around Nanyuan were reduced to a black abyss. "The Dragon Martial might, who else but us!" Amidst the fierce battle, a unified shout rang out as a battalion of a thousand guards roared in unison. "Kill!" "Draw blades!" "Draw blades!" "Draw blades!" Blade qi blanketed heaven and earth. A Sun Moon expert was surrounded by this thousand-man battalion. The battalion commander, at the Lingyun Realm, led his soldiers in continuous, thunderous bellows that pierced the heavens. "Strike! Strike..." Rumble! That Sun Moon cultivator possessed boundless might. With a sweep of his palm, dozens of soldiers exploded into mist. With a sweep of his leg, the void fractured, and dozens more blew apart. When the Lingyun commander fell, an upper-stage Soaring soldier took up the roar: "Strike! Strike!" Rumble! "Insects!" The Sun Moon expert was completely indifferent. What could a swarm of mere ants do to him? In the blink of an eye, more than half of the soldiers had been slain. Yet these men were utterly fearless and crazed, surging forward nonetheless to swing their blades! The blades of the Xia family! The Xia blade was number one under heaven! Clang! A blade slashed down. A Soaring Realm warrior struck the enemy's arm, but the violent recoil reduced the warrior to dust, detonating him on the spot. Still, the remaining soldiers threw themselves forward one after another. Kill! The Xia family's Dragon Martial Guards were the finest under heaven; the Xia blades conquered all! One slash, two slashes... The Sun Moon expert didn't care in the slightest. Did a mere thousand Dragon Martial Guards honestly think they could slay a Sun Moon powerhouse like him? A joke! No matter how fierce insects were, they were still just insects. Still, slaughtering a thousand Dragon Martial Guards took a bit of effort; after all, they were a force of Soaring and Lingyun experts. One strike, then another—countless Xia blades hacked down upon his body. Killing intent and blood qi blanketed the surroundings. As the last surviving warrior brought his blade down in a final strike, a roar echoed through heaven and earth: "The blades of Great Xia are the sharpest!" Boom! A massive detonation rang in all directions. The arm of the besieged Sun Moon expert suddenly boiled with violent blood qi, and with a deafening blast, it blew apart. At that exact split-second, a Sun Moon commander of the Dark Guards materialized from the void like a phantom, striking out with a single slash! Tears welled in his eyes! The Dragon Martial Guards had thrown away their lives solely to wear the enemy down, to wound him, all to pave the way for this final blow from the Dark Guard commander—so that he could make the kill more easily, smoothly, and with less exhaustion. The blood qi of a thousand men had surged into the enemy's body and blown off an arm of a Sun Moon expert. Was it worth it? In that moment, the last fallen soldier smiled as he collapsed to the ground. It was worth it! The blade of Great Xia was the fiercest! The number-one blade across the myriad realms! Boom! As the blade descended, the wounded Sun Moon expert's eyes changed drastically. Having lost his arm in the blast, he was unable to defend himself in time. With a thunderous crunch, he was cleaved clean in two! His sea of will was shredded! This strike carried furious rage, murderous intent, and the fatal resolve of a last stand! Boom! The Sun Moon cultivator's physical body exploded and his sea of will collapsed. In a single strike, the Dark Guard commander had slain him on the spot, and a crescent moon plummeted from the sky. This scene was not happening in only one place. Across several other battlefronts, the same tragedy played out. Corpses littered the ground! Soldier after soldier of the Dragon Martial Guards paid with their lives to pave the way for their Sun Moon commanders, all so those commanders could strike unburdened and unleash their lethal, decisive blows! Up in the void, even the quasi-Invincibles could not resist looking down. The Xia family's blades! The blades of Great Xia! The Xia blade was truly sharp! Several thousand Dragon Martial Guards had already perished. The entire legion had fewer than ten thousand men to begin with, yet they chose to plunge into a battlefield dominated by Sun Moon experts, spending their blood and lives to set up that final strike for their commanders. Rumble! In an instant, more than three Sun Moon experts were slain! "The Xia family's blade is the sharpest!" High in the void, Marquis Xia let out a furious, manic roar as his aura erupted violently! Boom! An earth-shattering roar resounded. With his hair disheveled and a long blade in hand, Marquis Xia's chubby frame instantly withered into a lean, hollow figure. "You wanted the Xia blade? I'll give it to you!" "Split the Heavens!" His frenzied bellow shook the surroundings. The quasi-Invincible opposing him had been suppressing him the entire time, beating him until he spat blood repeatedly, but now that opponent's expression shifted drastically. Marquis Xia's blade had grown unbelievably powerful in this instant! Buzz! This blade truly split the heavens. The void was cleaved open, plunging heaven and earth into total darkness—no, a bright light was born from within the dark: blade qi! "Ninth-stage Sun Moon!" Someone gasped. Marquis Xia was at the ninth stage of the Sun Moon Realm! He had brewed this power and endured suppression for so long just to unleash this all-out strike! His opponent was none other than the god race quasi-Invincible. Frowning, the god race expert let out a thunderous shout. In the void, not one figure appeared, but two—both were him, one of his three-life embodiments. The two merged in an instant and punched outward! Bang! A deafening crash sounded like metal colliding, and flesh and blood flew—it was the flesh of the god race quasi-Invincible. Yet after throwing that punch, the quasi-Invincible's face changed. Something was wrong... At that very instant, Marquis Xia tore through space... Indeed, a second Marquis Xia appeared abruptly right behind him! Holding a blade just like the first! "You wanted the Xia family's trump card? Here it is!" "Kill!" A low roar sounded like thunder, shaking the eardrums of countless onlookers until they bled. Squelch! As the blade slashed down, the god race quasi-Invincible's expression shifted drastically. He instantly tore open a river of time thin as a strand of hair, attempting to reverse time and return to the previous moment. Yet it was futile! With a sharp hum, blade radiance flashed. A wet squelch followed as he was hacked to ribbons, and even that sliver of the river of time was severed. And in that instant, a quasi-Invincible with blood trickling from his mouth reappeared not far away... No, his aura was plunging rapidly, tumbling down to the ninth stage of the Sun Moon Realm within seconds. At Marquis Xia's feet lay a mound of mangled flesh. His present embodiment had been slain! His past embodiment had managed to flee, but now, the god race quasi-Invincible looked utterly horrified. Marquis Xia was a quasi-Invincible! In the void, the two Marquis Xias merged instantly, raising his blade to strike again! Right then, a figure manifested and thrust out a palm with a boom—it was the Eighth Elder of the Heaven Hunting Pavilion. At the same time, another quasi-Invincible appeared behind Marquis Xia: a golden-armored ape. "Marquis Xia... Who would have thought!" The Eighth Elder sighed in marvel. Truly, no one had expected this. The Xia family actually harbored another quasi-Invincible. The god race quasi-Invincible had nearly been killed by him. Even though he survived, his present embodiment had been hacked to pieces, leaving his past embodiment with only ninth-stage Sun Moon strength. If there had been fewer quasi-Invincibles around, Marquis Xia could have finished him off directly! Marquis Xia spoke with absolute coldness: "You wanted the Xia blade—is it sharp enough?" With the ape quasi-Invincible and the Eighth Elder joining the fray, the god race quasi-Invincible whose present embodiment had been severed took a step back, his expression dark. The original plan had been for the Eighth Elder to strike first, but he had assumed Xia Xiao'er could be killed at will. As a result, he had met with wretched misfortune, having his present embodiment cut down in one strike by Xia Xiao'er. He had nearly died! At this moment, three quasi-Invincibles joined forces to besiege Marquis Xia. Marquis Xia gave a cold snort and said no more. In an instant, the void was hammered into nothingness, plunging into total darkness. ... "Xia Xiao'er is actually a quasi-Invincible!" "The Xia family... hid it so deeply!" At this moment, ten million li away in a grand hall, a silhouetted figure murmured in wonder. A quasi-Invincible! Not counting Xia Longwu, even Xia Xiao'er was one. This was completely unexpected! In just over fifty years, Xia Xiao'er had advanced from the Character Cultivation Realm to the quasi-Invincible level. His talent was barely inferior to Xia Longwu's. "Is that all?" The figure muttered. Was this it? A quasi-Invincible Xia Xiao'er who had only fished out his past embodiment rather than his future embodiment—was this all? Was this the capital the Xia family intended to use against him? He didn't believe it! It couldn't just be this. A quasi-Invincible was formidable, but if this was all they had, they were underestimating him far too much; they were underestimating an Invincible. "There must be more... The Xia family... must have another card to play!" The figure muttered. Xia Xiao'er being a quasi-Invincible was indeed unexpected, but it was far from enough. The gap was far too vast. If he had fished out a powerful future embodiment, that would be one thing, but this was merely a past embodiment. Just as the figure was pondering this, his gaze shifted. ... At the same time. In the void above Nanyuan, a figure abruptly materialized, as if appearing out of nowhere... The instant he showed up, he didn't waste a single word, smashing a massive warhammer straight at the god race expert whose present embodiment had just been severed. "No..." The god race expert went pale with terror. How could someone suddenly appear like this? Even a quasi-Invincible shouldn't have been able to appear right in front of him without giving off any disturbance beforehand. Boom! Giving him no time to think, the warhammer came crashing down with a deafening blast. His present embodiment had already been severed, and his past embodiment was naturally weaker. Under this hammer strike, his physical body was pulverized into bloody fragments on the spot. Before his sea of will could fully shatter, he tried to flee, but space was locked down and squeezed in instantly. With a pop, his sea of will exploded! The newcomer exuded an immortal, transcendent demeanor, his white hair fluttering. "Niu Baidao!" Countless people gasped in astonishment. Wasn't Niu Baidao on the Allheaven Battlefield? Yet Niu Baidao paid no heed to their shock, scooping up the carrier left behind by the exploded past embodiment. Along with his motion, a broken sun plummeted from the sky. The first quasi-Invincible had fallen just like that! Not far away, Hu Xiansheng yelled furiously, "Fuck! It shattered!" His spatial teleportation gate had shattered. Indeed, just moments ago, it was he who had teleported Niu Baidao from afar. The price was that the teleportation gate—for which he had already demanded compensation from Su Yu—was now completely destroyed. "Old Niu, pay me a carrier and we'll call it even!" Hu Xiansheng shouted, his eyes red with envy! A carrier! Niu Baidao glanced back at him without saying a word, but his expression spoke volumes: *Dream on!* *I made the kill!* As for Hu Xiansheng's teleportation gate, Su Yu had already compensated him for it long ago, so this was just making use of scrap. Right now, that shattered gate radiated spatial fluctuations. Hu Xiansheng tossed it haphazardly into an early-stage Sun Moon expert; spatial tears erupted, instantly mincing that Sun Moon cultivator into pieces. Shattered to bits! Seeing nearly everyone on the battlefield looking his way, Hu Xiansheng took fright. "Don't look at me! Old Niu made the kill, it has nothing to do with me..." What are you looking at! I'm just a newly advanced Sun Moon! "He's from the multiple divine character faction too..." Someone yelled coldly. The next moment, an upper-stage Sun Moon expert lunged toward him! "Fuck!" Hu Xiansheng fled in an instant. The moment he bolted, the spot where he had stood was suddenly filled with countless beauties, jugs of fine wine, and even an immortal-like Invincible figure... an illusion! The battle had barely begun, yet because Marquis Xia hid his true strength and Niu Baidao made an abrupt return, the two working together had actually slain the god race quasi-Invincible! This sent a shockwave through the spectating quasi-Invincibles. Without another word, three quasi-Invincibles descended. Of the fourteen quasi-Invincibles, one had died. Among the remaining thirteen, the immortal race, Archaic Giant race, and Five Elements race had yet to move. Of the other ten, two besieged Marquis Xia and three besieged Niu Baidao. As for the remaining five: Zhu Tiandao and Qin Hao each held off one; Chief Hu and General Zhao teamed up to hold off another; and the five small realm wardens of the Xia family fought against the last two quasi-Invincibles. Across every front, the humans were suppressed. High in the void, the remaining three quasi-Invincibles exchanged glances, both surprised and shaken. One of them had been slain right at the start? They hadn't sensed Niu Baidao's return either, which was owed entirely to Hu Xiansheng's teleportation gate bringing him over instantaneously. In the distance, Zhu Tiandao laughed heartily, "Xia Xiao'er, our Great Ming Prefecture got the first kill on a quasi-Invincible! It was us!" Just as Marquis Xia was about to snap back, a deafening blast rang out! Down below, a Dark Guard commander was pulverized in an instant! A seventh-stage Sun Moon fiend god looked around coldly. This wasn't the first human commander to die. At this moment, Xia Yunqi, Hong Tan, and the others were also locked in a bloody struggle, shaking the void. Chen Yong had already advanced to the Sun Moon Realm and came charging out of the city without even taking time to stabilize his cultivation! Having just shown off, Niu Baidao was now beaten by three quasi-Invincibles until he coughed up blood continuously, completely stripped of his earlier transcendent demeanor. Dozens of human Sun Moons were besieged by foreign experts, suffering horrific casualties. ... On the other side. Su Yu had barely felt a burst of joy at Niu Baidao's appearance before it turned into despair. "Elder Xuanjia..." Su Yu saw Hong Tan and the others being knocked backward repeatedly. Wu Yuehua, merely at the peak of the Shanhai Realm, already had her body battered and her poison cauldron shattered. He could hardly bear it any longer! Were they still going to wait? If they waited any longer, the people he cared about would perish. When strangers died, Su Yu felt sorrow, but not this overwhelming anxiety. But now, those over there were all people he knew, and they were on the brink of death. Xuanjia maintained the poise of an aloof master, surveying the surroundings. Hearing him, he transmitted his voice: "Soon. Don't be impatient. Listen to me—someone is still hiding. We can't rush. If we reveal all our trump cards too early, we won't even have a chance to turn the tables!" "But..." Su Yu said no more. Gritting his teeth, he threw a punch and sent a Sun Moon expert from the Great Ming Prefecture flying! Nearby, seven or eight Sun Moon experts whose attacks missed looked toward Su Yu. Su Yu sneered, "Are you trying to steal my spoils?" The group dispersed immediately. There was no need to brawl with Xuan Jiu over this; enemies were everywhere, and whoever they killed was their prize. Squelch! Among those seven or eight Sun Moon cultivators who had just stepped away, a fiend god had his torso severed by an old man's sword strike. Panting heavily, the old man stared at Su Yu with bloodshot eyes. Elder Wang of the Quest Realm was grievously injured. He had just dragged his broken body into battle and slain a Sun Moon expert. Now, he was at the end of his rope. "Little beast... Back in the day, your grandpa here... slaughtered foes across the heavens..." The old man roared, reminiscing about his past glory. But now he was old and heavily wounded; killing an early-stage Sun Moon had drained every last drop of his strength. Su Yu looked at him coldly. He could tell the old man had nothing left. Without a word, he threw a punch! Boom! The old man struck with his sword, but the blade shattered instantly, and his divine character exploded. With a bang, his physical body burst apart, leaving behind a slightly cracked orb. Su Yu reached out and seized the orb, saying darkly, "A seventh-stage Sun Moon sea of will... looks like I've struck it rich!" Nearby, several other experts who had been preparing to strike cursed under their breath! Fuck! Xuan Jiu snatched the bargain again! A seventh-stage Sun Moon was formidable, but this old man was clearly on his last legs. Now Xuan Jiu had gotten the spoils for nothing. Under normal circumstances, where could a third-stage Sun Moon ever slay someone at the seventh stage? Su Yu cast a cold glance around, said nothing, and tucked the orb into his robes. In the distance, Xuanjia glanced over, keeping silent. ... The battle had erupted too fast. In the blink of an eye, Sun Moon experts were falling one after another. Yet across Nanyuan, there was still a patch of safe ground. The periphery! Dozens of Sun Moon cultivators had gathered on the outskirts—from the Quest Realm, the War God Hall, and the various prefectures. Watching countless Dragon Martial Guards of the Xia family die in battle, watching human Sun Moon experts fall one by one, watching Elder Wang get blasted to death by Xuan Jiu's single punch... A few Sun Moon experts stood in silence for a moment, then flew forward. "The blades of the Xia family are the sharpest! The fists of the Great Han Prefecture are the strongest!" A Sun Moon expert roared, punching out with maniacal fury and sending an enemy Sun Moon flying. In the blink of an eye, he brutally beat one Sun Moon to death, but was gravely wounded himself in return. Seeing three enemy Sun Moons close in on him, he was on the verge of falling—perhaps setting a record for the shortest time between entering the fray and being killed. Just then, a cheerful voice chuckled from behind: "The warriors of Great Han are trash! Great Jin's physical bodies are invincible!" Boom! The newly arrived Sun Moon immediately engaged the three enemy Sun Moons in combat. On the perimeter, the remaining Sun Moons watched. In that brief moment, six Sun Moon cultivators had charged out, only to be surrounded and entangled by foreign Sun Moons within seconds, blood splashing everywhere. The onlookers stared—some lost, some sighing, some frowning, and some utterly indifferent... Zhang Qi continued watching silently, not uttering a word. Nearby, Yuan Qingdong and his group watched as well. Yuan Qingdong looked several times toward Zhang Qi, and several times toward his newly arrived father: what should they do now? Yet none of them spoke. In the crowd, someone saw one of the Sun Moons who had just charged out get slaughtered on the spot. He murmured, "Why rush out to die? If you don't go out... you won't die." They were already at the Sun Moon Realm—couldn't they see the situation clearly? Charging out meant almost certain death. As he spoke, he felt like crying. He was a Sun Moon who had advanced not long ago. He had fought before, but not often; the Sun Moons hadn't engaged in a grand war for many years. He wanted to cry; he felt terrified... He cursed that man for being a fool. Yet in the next instant, his scalp tingled. Suddenly, he let out a furious roar and charged out of this safe haven! That idiot who had just died! That was his master! Yes, his master—what an utter fool! Why did he charge toward a fourth-stage Sun Moon when he was only at the third stage? Wasn't that just seeking death? So stupid! Filled with fear, anger, and utter reluctance, he threw himself into battle anyway. The master was a fool, and the disciple was one too—otherwise, how could they be from the same lineage? "Reinforcements from the Great Wu Prefecture have arrived!" At that moment, another group charged into the battlefield, roaring, "Our king died in battle! Our prefect guards the Great Wu Prefecture, but all other Sun Moon commanders have arrived to reinforce! Xia and Wu are one family—we will fight until our deaths!" Rumble! The battle intensified again as the Great Wu Prefecture went all in. King Dawu had fallen long ago, and this prefecture had few Sun Moon cultivators left. Today, apart from the prefect guarding the prefecture itself, all eight remaining Sun Moon experts had arrived. The clash of battle shook heaven and earth! Great Qin, Great Ming, Great Shang, Great Han, Great Tang, Great Wu, Great Jin, Great Song... Experts from various prefectures continuously threw themselves into the fray. Some were filled with heroic fervor; others swore loudly as they fought. *Why the hell are we fighting!* *Isn't peace across the myriad realms good enough?* *Couldn't the Xia family just hand those people over and be done with it?* *What kind of nonsense is this!* *How great would it be if they just handed Hong Tan and the others over?* Someone cursed loudly as he charged straight into the thick of combat, arriving right before Hong Tan and his severely wounded companions. Standing before them, he cursed, "Wouldn't it be easier if all you multiple divine character people just died off? Why make things so troublesome..." Even as he cursed, he engaged the formidable enemies in instant combat, bellowing, "Get lost! Why are you standing in my way? Looking to die? You'd better activate the human realm restriction, you hear me? If you don't activate the restriction, you're letting me down... Hong Tan, you guys are fucking useless! Your master was too—I've wanted to curse him out for ages! Fuck him, if he wasn't sure of success, why the hell did he try to attain the Dao? Fuck his ancestors!" With roars, madness, bitterness, and reluctance, the burly man hurled curses left and right—cursing the fifth head, cursing Hong Tan, cursing the multiple divine character faction... With a boom, the man detonated a Sun Moon enemy with his blade, but was simultaneously hammered to powder by the combined strikes of the other Sun Moons! Even as he died, he was still cursing: *Too useless!* *How can you be so damn useless!* More and more humans joined the battle, yet their peak combat power was still too lacking. The true pinnacle experts were all on the Allheaven Battlefield. ... And at that very moment, a beam of white light blanketed all of Nanyuan, stretching tens of li beyond its perimeter. A silhouette walked out slowly. "Since you've all come, none of you need to leave." A person stepped out from the darkness, effortlessly picking off a Sun Moon expert. He looked in all directions—at Marquis Xia, at Niu Baidao, at Hong Tan and the others—and sighed, "I arrived late. There were a few pieces of trash outside, so I dealt with them first." "Primordial!" "Nan Wujiang!" Up in the void, the quasi-Invincibles grew intensely vigilant. Another quasi-Invincible—Cult Master Primordial! No, perhaps he should be called Nan Wujiang! Cult Master Primordial, whose face remained an indistinct blur, gave a soft chuckle: "Were you waiting for them?" With that, three orbs appeared in his hand, and he sighed, "They won't be coming!" Boom! He crushed the orbs. Instantly, three immensely powerful broken moons plummeted from the void. Shock rippled through all four directions! Marquis Xia, who had been coughing up blood non-stop, couldn't help roaring frantically, "Holy shit, what... what is with you? Three quasi-Invincibles?" Cult Master Primordial chuckled. Even without seeing his face, one could tell he was smiling. "Impressive, aren't I?" Cult Master Primordial coughed softly, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and smiled: "Impressive or what... three quasi-Invincibles... You've been fighting all this time... and you still haven't... cough cough... killed as many as me!" He coughed again. At that moment, the fiend race quasi-Invincible roared, "Immortal race, Five Elements race, Archaic Giant race, are you just going to watch the show?" "He's injured!" Everyone was shaken! What a formidable quasi-Invincible—Cult Master Primordial had slain three quasi-Invincibles on his own! However, he was injured! Severely injured! Everyone could see it. Cult Master Primordial gave a slight smile. "Even injured, killing you... is an easy feat! Originally, I wanted to wait for that fellow, but you lot just had to serve as his vanguard!" Everyone understood his meaning: he had been waiting for the traitorous Invincible. A quasi-Invincible capable of slaying three of his peers must have fished out his future embodiment, or perhaps both past and future, standing just half a step away from attaining the Dao! No wonder—no wonder the Great Xia Prefecture dared to set up this trap to hunt an Invincible! Marquis Xia, Niu Baidao, and Cult Master Primordial were all peak powerhouses among quasi-Invincibles. With the three joining hands, even if they couldn't overcome an Invincible, they could hold him off long enough to draw out his true body. The onlookers were stunned: Cult Master Primordial truly belonged to the human race! They had thought it was just baseless rumors, but it turned out to be real. The third head had returned! The moment he acted, three quasi-Invincibles had died—experts who had been lurking on the periphery, perhaps waiting to snatch easy pickings. Yet Cult Master Primordial's appearance did not alter the overarching balance. The three quasi-Invincibles of the immortal race, the Five Elements race, and the Archaic Giant race exchanged glances. This time, they no longer stood aside; all three descended at once. Whether they were neutral or not, wiping out the multiple divine character faction was a shared consensus. In this regard, every race other than the humans shared the same goal. ... At this moment, Su Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief. It really was him! He had suspected Cult Master Primordial might not be a good person, perhaps merely someone used to divert attention. But the man had arrived early and secretly slain three quasi-Invincibles; there was no doubt left now. Nan Wujiang had come! The third head had come! He was indeed terrifyingly strong, slaying three quasi-Invincibles, though... he seemed to be quite heavily wounded. ... Right as the battle in the Human Realm erupted. On the Allheaven Battlefield. King Daqin stood atop the peak of the East Rift Valley, gazing into the distance. After a long while, he spoke: "Everyone, wait a moment longer. In the Human Realm, once three Eternal three-life embodiments reveal themselves, attain the Dao!" The Human Realm had to draw away at least three Invincibles! Everything was for the sake of the dozen-plus people behind him successfully attaining the Dao. King Daqin turned back, looking at everyone, and said coldly, "Remember this, all of you! Remember this day, and remember those fighting in the Human Realm. They... are buying this opportunity for you! Right now, at least five hostile Eternals have snuck into the Human Realm!" The upheaval in the Great Xia Prefecture had drawn away at least five of them! At the very least! That was five fewer Invincible experts who could intercept and slaughter these aspirants. This was their chance! King Daqin turned back toward the distance and repeated once more: "The moment three or more Eternal Realm three-life embodiments reveal themselves, attain the Dao! Remember this!" "Understood!" Behind him, Invincibles and quasi-Invincibles responded one after another. Some remained silent, while others lowered their heads. Beside King Daxia, Xia Longwu was also silent. The Xia family's scheme was also meant to protect and pave the way for his Dao attainment. One fewer Invincible blocking him meant one more shred of a chance. King Daqin believed Great Xia could draw out three Invincibles. Xia Longwu firmly believed they would, but... if they really appeared, could they be held back? He didn't know. Xia Longwu remained deathly silent, yet his aura grew steadily stronger, rippling through the void. Around him, some quasi-Invincibles clearly felt the pressure—a heavy, suffocating pressure. They glanced his way. Xia Longwu ignored them, keeping his head down, looking at no one. He was going to attain the Dao. He would succeed, and even if he didn't, he would still charge forward! ... Boom! The battle raged on. Sun Moons crashed down continuously. At the same time, accompanied by a low shout, the whole of Nanyuan trembled for a split second, and a bright moon rose from within Nanyuan City. The next moment, a figure with fluttering long hair soared into the sky from inside the city. "Liu Wenyan!" Many gasped. Liu Wenyan had made his breakthrough! Having advanced, Liu Wenyan's aura swelled rapidly—first-stage Sun Moon, second-stage, third-stage... It surged all the way to around the third stage before stabilizing, rising no further. Many breathed a sigh of relief! Third-stage Sun Moon—they had honestly thought he might jump straight to the ninth stage. Liu Wenyan said nothing, appearing outside the city in an instant. A seventh-stage Sun Moon was just about to execute the heavily wounded Chen Yong when Liu Wenyan abruptly manifested. That seventh-stage Sun Moon was first startled, then delighted. *You came to me?* Killing Liu Wenyan carried a handsome reward. Just as the thought crossed his mind, a battleaxe appeared in Liu Wenyan's hand. In that instant, the battleaxe emanated power so terrifying that the seventh-stage Sun Moon didn't even have time to react before Liu Wenyan brought it down. Squelch! His physical body was cleaved directly in two! A peak Sun Moon divine character! The final primary divine character left by his master! Having reached the third stage of the Sun Moon Realm, Liu Wenyan could now fully sustain this divine character. For a brief period, he could exert power equivalent to the peak of the Sun Moon Realm. Hacking the enemy to death with one axe strike, Liu Wenyan flickered and reappeared by Niu Baidao's side. The three quasi-Invincibles had battered Niu Baidao until his past and present embodiments separated, and just as Niu Baidao was on the verge of falling, Liu Wenyan had finally broken through! Without a word, Liu Wenyan swung his axe and began chopping! Just then, a tremor ran through the city! Above the residential district where Su Yu's home was located, something suddenly surfaced: an ancient ruin. Countless pavilions and towers appeared as vast amounts of Heaven Yuan Qi billowed out in every direction. The yuan-qi-depleted Nanyuan was instantly inundated with rich, surging energy. The ruin shook the void, and a white jade stele rumbled, as though pounding against space to break free—as though influenced by Liu Wenyan and yearning to fly toward him. Yet, separated by the barrier of the void, it could not reach him. Marquis Xia roared wildly, "Go back! Enter the ruin and take the Tombstone of Civilizations..." He bellowed at Liu Wenyan, roaring, "Take the Tombstone of Civilizations! Remember, you can definitely succeed... Everything we have done is for the multiple divine character faction, for the human race... Go, now!" He roared maniacally, continuing to battle two quasi-Invincibles with his embodiments, his present and past bodies suffering increasingly grave injuries. And the instant the Tombstone of Civilizations appeared, the void suddenly darkened. A figure materialized. A soft sigh echoed: "The Xia family's scheme was quite clever. Alas... your luck is poor. With the Tombstone of Civilizations surfacing, we had no choice but to come. Otherwise, you truly might have drawn that one out..." The newcomer shook his head, sighing with a touch of regret. The Xia family's trap was decent, but unfortunately, they were one move short. The Tombstone of Civilizations had drawn out far too many powerhouses. No one could wait any longer! *You Xia family wanted to lure out that traitorous Invincible? Apologies, but we won't give you that chance.* This was a three-life embodiment of an Invincible! Even though it was only an embodiment, its aura instantly suppressed everyone present. The figure walked straight toward the ruin, murmuring indifferently, "The Xia family's misfortune lies squarely on this ruin. Don't blame me for beating you to it..." The moment this figure appeared, even the strongest presence, Cult Master Primordial, was thoroughly overshadowed, like trying to vie with the sun and moon—instantly dimmed. Invincible! This was a genuine Invincible powerhouse. What had arrived was a future embodiment, boasting combat strength bordering on Invincible. While an Invincible's future embodiment might not necessarily be at the Invincible Realm itself, he was immensely powerful—far stronger than any quasi-Invincible. ... At this moment, Su Yu wanted to scream! All they wanted was to draw out that traitorous Invincible! The Tombstone of Civilizations... damn it! Regret welled within him. Should he have not placed the Tombstone of Civilizations inside? Was Old Wan about to come out? If Old Wan showed himself, then... that traitorous Invincible probably wouldn't appear. Moreover, could Old Wan kill this Invincible's three-life embodiment? Old Wan knew about the Tombstone of Civilizations and knew it might attract even more experts. What was his plan? In this moment, Su Yu was at a loss. Feeling helpless, he wondered... *Should I just reveal my true identity? If I expose myself, maybe I can draw that bastard out.* Liu Wenyan's emergence hadn't drawn him out; that fellow had unbelievable patience. High in the void, the Invincible's three-life embodiment walked toward the ruin. As if walking through an empty realm! Marquis Xia couldn't help cursing again: "Damn it! You bastards, why couldn't you wait a little longer!" The Invincible's embodiment sneered with disdain, "Xia Xiao'er, not everything goes according to your plans. You wanted to draw that person out... but we refuse to let you succeed! The Human Realm is much more amusing this way, isn't it?" He let out a chuckle, but at that exact moment, his expression suddenly shifted. At the same time, the Eighth Elder was just about to execute Marquis Xia's past embodiment when he froze slightly. Beside him, someone called out: "Eighth Elder, don't..." A familiar voice! The Eighth Elder's heart clenched. Just as he was about to turn his head, a deafening blast rang out! "Eighth Elder, don't look back!" A faint laugh echoed in his sea of will. He tried to reverse time and return to the past, but with a bang, the river of time snapped instantly! The world fell silent! In a split second, a broken sun shattered. Xuanjia! Yes, in this moment, countless onlookers were struck dumb with utter horror. Xuanjia hovered in midair, having pulverized the Eighth Elder with a single palm strike. The other quasi-Invincible besieging Marquis Xia bolted in terror. Even the Invincible stared in slight surprise. "You... who are you?" There was something familiar about him. Not just him—everyone was dumbfounded. Who was this now? Xuanjia sighed softly, "Why did you have to wade into these muddy waters? I wanted to be the last to show myself, to slay that traitor... What a pity. Did you come out so early just because you're in a hurry to die?" The Invincible showed no fear. He glanced at Xuanjia and said calmly, "You do have some capital. You've fished out both your past and future bodies. Though your three embodiments haven't merged into one, you are far stronger than ordinary quasi-Invincibles... Perhaps... you truly can exchange blows with an Eternal... Someone like you cannot be an unknown!" His aura steadily swelled as he smiled: "It seems I've been turned into someone's target. Great Xia... truly knows how to endure. I'm very curious: who are you? I should know you!" Xuanjia smiled: "And what about you? Since you're already here, let me see your true face. I should know you as well." "Fair enough." The figure directly revealed his true countenance. Below, Zhan Wushuang was overjoyed: "God King Tiandang!" The god race quasi-Invincible had been slaughtered, leaving Zhan Wushuang so frustrated he had wanted to vomit blood. But seeing this God King now filled him with overwhelming ecstasy! This was a God King of the god race! God King Tiandang looked at Xuanjia, then suddenly shifted his gaze to Cult Master Primordial, laughing, "You two..." Then he suddenly looked toward Hong Tan and the others, unable to hold back a burst of laughter: "You... the multiple divine character faction truly knows how to endure! I am surprised, truly surprised. Xia Chen's lineage actually makes me feel a bit of fear!" In that moment, he laughed heartily: "Nan Wujiang... Xuanjia! Hahaha!" All around, including Su Yu, everyone was struck dumb with shock. What did that mean? If Xuanjia was Nan Wujiang, then... then who was Cult Master Primordial? Su Yu was completely stunned. Xuanjia... Nan Wujiang... the third head? Holy crap! This was the third head! He had said he was Su Yu's grandfather before—hell, if he was the third head, he wasn't just a grandfather! By Liu Wenyan's reckoning, Su Yu would have to call him great-grandfather! Su Yu was entirely bewildered! If Xuanjia was the third head, then... who was Cult Master Primordial? Just as Su Yu was drowning in confusion, Xuanjia smiled: "Tiandang, why insist on coming here to die? What's the point?" "Nan Wujiang... your tone is as big as ever!" The God King laughed, and as he laughed, he turned toward Cult Master Primordial, sighing with emotion: "Xia Chen's lineage simply produces too many geniuses. Primordial... no, no, no, you must be Yun Chen, Nan Wujiang's eldest disciple and Ye Batian's senior brother... Am I right?" The blur over Cult Master Primordial's face faded, revealing his true visage. Looking somewhat somber, he said softly, "Greetings, God King. Master, it seems... we won't be able to slay that traitor after all!" Master! Cult Master Primordial was Yun Chen—Ye Batian's senior brother and Wan Tiansheng's teacher! His teacher in the truest sense! At this moment, Ye Hongyan and the others quickly understood as well. Ye Hongyan recalled what had been said that day: Cult Master Primordial had claimed he was not Nan Wujiang, but had been entrusted by someone to rescue them! Who was that someone? Xuanjia... no, Nan Wujiang! The true Nan Wujiang! This lineage was terrifying indeed. In this moment, the same thought rose in everyone's minds! The third head was truly alive! Not only was he alive, he was terrifyingly powerful, casually slaying the Eighth Elder and standing toe-to-toe with an Invincible. And his disciples—Cult Master Primordial, Ye Batian—were both his disciples! What outsiders didn't know was that he also had a nominal disciple who was even more terrifying! God King Tiandang looked at the two and smiled: "The two of you feigned death for so many years. I'm quite curious: a hundred years ago, that person in your human race hadn't betrayed you yet. Why pretend to be dead?" Xuanjia said indifferently, "I didn't plan on faking my death. It's just... attaining the Dao is too difficult. I merely wanted to sneak into the Heaven Hunting Pavilion to attain the Dao, never expecting this identity would come in handy... Yun Chen also only wanted to use the identity of Cult Master Primordial to attain the Dao... In the end... we've disappointed everyone." ... At this moment. Far away in that grand hall thousands of li away, the silhouetted figure laughed—laughed uproariously. "So that's how it is!" "Nan Wujiang, Yun Chen, Xia Xiao'er..." In this instant, everything became crystal clear! All of it made sense now. This was what the Xia family had been relying on! No wonder they were so confident! The mighty third head, along with the quasi-Invincible Xia Xiao'er and Yun Chen—three great powerhouses joining forces! If he had truly gone there, even if they couldn't kill him, pinning him down wouldn't have been an issue at all! "Hahaha, what a pity, what a shame! Your luck is just too poor—the Tombstone of Civilizations appeared!" The figure laughed boisterously. Pitiful, regrettable—there was no need for him to act. Because of the Tombstone of Civilizations, a massive number of Invincibles had snuck in. *You have failed!* *There is no need for me to step forward!* With so many experts present—and not even all of them had shown themselves—he didn't need to do a thing. Of course, if the right opportunity presented itself, he might try to finish these people off! After all, they were all lurking threats. Grave threats!