Zhu Tian: Where Did All These Half-Immortals Come From?

The great battle that unfolded at the Dao Seeking Sect was impossible to conceal; the disciples taking the entrance trial and the parents present had all witnessed it. Before long, news of it spread through every street and alleyway. "Heavens above, even Daoist Lord Wanfa has emerged into the world! He was a peerless prodigy of legend, and to think he has already cultivated to become a half-immortal!" "And look at that cohort under him—five at Tribulation Transcendence and over twenty in the Body Integration stage! Good grief, that's enough to match nearly half the Demon Domain." "That's nothing. The scariest part is that they launched a sneak attack on the Dao Seeking Sect, only to be captured by them instead!" Previously, people assumed the Dao Seeking Sect had only one cultivator at Tribulation Transcendence, plus a trump card comparable to Tribulation Transcendence—the standard setup for an immortal sect. Who could have imagined the Dao Seeking Sect possessed such terrifying foundation? With this battle, the Dao Seeking Sect thoroughly cemented its standing as the head of the Five Great Immortal Sects. "The Ancestor of Sect Revival from fifty thousand years ago, Daoist Lord Hanhai, is still alive as well! The world thought he was merely at Tribulation Transcendence, but he secretly ascended to half-immortal!" "The Dao Seeking Sect is truly terrifying." "A nephew of mine participated in the Dao Seeking Sect's entrance trial and happened to witness the whole thing. There's one detail no one has brought up yet." "What detail? Do tell, Fellow Daoist!" "You know Lu Yang, Paragon Lu, right?" "Who hasn't heard of Lu Yang? While only at Foundation Establishment, he fought across realms to challenge someone in the Soul Formation stage—a genius without equal in the world!" "That's still nothing. According to my nephew, after Daoist Lord Wanfa was defeated, he fell to his knees before Lu Yang. Lu Yang didn't want to accept the bow and stepped to the left, but Daoist Lord Wanfa refused to let it go—he adjusted his angle and kowtowed right to Lu Yang, posture impeccably upright!" "What?! A half-immortal knelt and kowtowed to Lu Yang?! How is that possible?!" "I didn't want to believe it either, but my nephew saw it with his own eyes. That's just the plain truth!" Sitting nearby drinking wine and having a meal, Daoist Buyu and Clan Head Jin overheard the entire discussion. Daoist Buyu was thoroughly surprised. "Patriarch Hanhai is still alive?" As the Sect Master, he actually had no clue about this, only learning of it from listening to others gossip. Clan Head Jin was also taken aback, not expecting the Dao Seeking Sect to have a half-immortal as well. "Looking at how things stand, who knows how many mighty figures are lurking in the shadows? I only hope our Little Ancestor can live up to expectations and truly secure the Qiongqi Clan a spot among the top ten in the struggle of the Golden Age." "I can't slack off either," Clan Head Jin spurred himself on. Following Daoist Buyu over the past half year or so had transformed him completely. "Brother Buyu, who are we swindling next?" ... The Demon Domain, Demon City. In a palace of antique elegance, Zhu Tian stared at the intelligence submitted by his subordinate, slightly dazed. "Something's not right. I waited over two hundred years without seeing a single half-immortal show up. So how come the moment I become Lord of the Demon Domain, half-immortals start popping out of the ground like radishes?" "Setting Jiang Lianyi aside, there's Nightmare Supreme, Void Supreme, Daoist Lord Wanfa, Daoist Lord Hanhai... Where did so many half-immortals suddenly come from?" He had slept from the Ancient Era until now—wasn't his whole goal to reign supreme in an era devoid of half-immortals and enjoy the pleasure of holding sway over the world? If he had known this era would be so bustling, he would rather have gone right back to sleep and waited for the next era. Why had he insisted on joining the madness of this one? "Judging by how chaotic things are getting, immortals might even take the stage... Oh wait, that's right, there's already an immortal residing in Big Brother Lu Yang's spiritual space." Zhu Tian bared his teeth, deeply troubled. "Even if I'm the foremost figure beneath the immortals, I probably won't have an easy time in the struggle of the Golden Age." "Is it too late to go back to sleep now?" ... Dao Seeking Sect, Prison Peak. Prison Peak had never been as bustling as it was today. In the past, captives were hauled back one by one. Today was different—a full thirty people were joining the big family of Prison Peak. If Prison Peak counted as a faction, it would be a top-tier power rivaling the Demon Domain. As Daoist Lord Wanfa entered Prison Peak, his pupils constricted sharply, as if he had seen a ghost. Wu Youdao, Nightmare Supreme, and Void Supreme were all here, along with many familiar Great Yu cultivators.