Chapter 2501: A Future of Ten Deaths, No Life

"Here, there were once three alien true immortals, their essence still lingering—no mistake."

"However, they fled."

Kaiyang Sword Child's gaze grew somewhat gloomy as he looked toward the Immortal Gate Chancellor and the Moon Yin True Immortal beside him.

It was obvious: this was flight without battle. At the moment they saw the human true immortal forcibly establish a super teleportation array, these three true immortals fled, with no intention of contact.

Now, they should be in some desolate expanse of the starry void.

The Boundless Starry Void is too vast!

Numerous star domains and myriad world clusters cannot even express the vastness of the Boundless Starry Void—worlds and life are anomalies in the universe, and at most, ninety-nine percent of space is occupied by desolate starry void. If a living being hides in the desolate starry void, finding them would be extremely difficult.

In past battles among true immortals, such situations were extremely rare.

Because when a true immortal abandons their domain, they abandon the future of exploring the constants of the Dao of Immortality through experience and formula. Stranded in a desolate star domain, they can do nothing—cannot even accumulate magic power, let alone refine their immortal scriptures. Once the slaughter in the Boundless Starry Void ends, they merely await death with bared necks.

No true immortal would willingly die in such humiliation; better to fight. After all, we are all heaven's chosen of the Boundless Starry Void—who fears whom?

But now, it is completely different!

These three alien true immortals have a retreat—at least until the Supreme Dao Orthodoxy is utterly destroyed, they still have a way out!

This is utterly terrifying.

"I have a premonition,"

"that from now on, every true immortal we encounter will be like this—fleeing without battle—until they gather into a vast, terrifying army of true immortals."

Kaiyang Sword Child spoke in a low voice.

In this era, with every step he takes, he feels as if he is being calculated against, as if countless indifferent pupils in the dark gaze upon his future fate, then place down piece after piece.

"It should be exactly so."

"These alien true immortals ought to have fought to the death, with no possibility of mutual trust—no promise could ever hold, for in this era, only one true immortal can survive."

"Yet they have trusted each other, united in sincerity—strangely chilling to the heart."

The Immortal Gate Chancellor spoke coldly.

The reclamation of the star domains has begun.

This time, Moon Yin True Immortal overruled all objections, ceasing retaliation and slaughter of alien beings, instead gathering alien lifeforms from myriad worlds, organizing production, and restoring each world's output in the shortest time—even if it meant hoarding one more spirit stone before the decisive battle, it would be good.

On this point, the Immortal Gate Chancellor and Kaiyang Sword Child offered no opposition.

The Immortal Gate Chancellor has his own tasks: he leads the Immortal Gate's Daoist scientific team to reverse-engineer the three major alien true immortals' immortal scriptures from the alien inheritances of each world, at least extracting fragments for reference in evolving his own immortal scriptures, while frantically accelerating the expansion of star domain territories.

If we can calculate the coordinates of other star domains before the alien true immortals, the vast human and material resources, along with the Daoist industrial chains in the human immortal sects' holy lands, will be at our disposal—strength will surge rapidly, armies will grow swiftly—this is a tremendous advantage, the sole chance for victory in the current situation.

And what of Kaiyang Sword Child?

He travels from world to world, using secret inheritance methods to seize the karma and aura of the three alien true immortals, then plunges headlong into the desolate starry void without looking back, only occasionally appearing at the reconstructed Great Dream Sword Realm Daoist Scientific Conference; in the real starry void, he is essentially untraceable.

Time in the Boundless Starry Void flies by once more.

Unnoticed, three thousand years have passed.

During these three thousand years, the Great Yang Human Race's star domain expanded to over ten thousand star domains, speed accelerating again—thanks to the progress of the three major human true immortals' immortal scriptures, and the spare-no-effort calculation of star domain coordinates.

In these three thousand years, human true immortals encountered alien true immortals four times—sometimes one, sometimes several—but without exception, all alien true immortals chose retreat, avoiding contact with any human true immortal, their discipline so strict it inspires fear.

On this day, as Moon Yin True Immortal attended to state affairs in the Ziwei Heavenly Pivot, her brow twitched slightly.

She then reached out, took out various heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and began constructing the outline of a super teleportation array; a vast, radiant light gate gradually formed, within which scorching, sharp light burst forth.

A radiant figure stepped from within, holding in hand two heads with eyes still open in death.

Though reduced to mere skulls, these two beings still emitted a terrifying, heavy aura—wherever they went, they naturally tore through the surrounding starry void, triggering heaven-earth Dao resonance, utterly terrifying.

Yet such terrifying beings were beheaded by human hands, their heads held aloft.

"You have grown stronger."

"This era suits you better—this new star domain is?"

Moon Yin True Immortal spoke slowly.

The comer was none other than Kaiyang Sword Child, returned after three thousand years apart—he not only found alien true immortals in the vast, deathly desolate starry void, but also succeeded in slaying them, returning with an even more terrifying sword intent, and bringing coordinates for two entirely new star domain clusters—his gains were rich.

Beyond the light gate, the scenes of a brand-new star domain world unfolded—faintly visible were alien beings kneeling in submission; they would become slaves for the immortal dynasty's production and construction, until human powerhouses rise, after which all their strength will be utilized.

Clearly, this generation's Great Yang Sword Child has already marched ahead of all human true immortals.

"Nothing much—I was ambushed by seven alien true immortals."

"Indeed, they maintain close communication!"

Kaiyang Sword Child's chest was nearly pierced through by a bloody wound, the injury marked with fine, dense, root-like scars, still retaining some bloodthirsty, terrifying will—even the Great Yang Sword Intent cannot cleanse it.

Moon Yin True Immortal's gaze sharpened.

The being that left this wound is a terrifying powerhouse not inferior to Kaiyang Sword Child in the slightest!

"His name is Bloodthirsty Demon Tree, the Bloodthirsty Demon Tree True Immortal!"

"He commanded six true immortals to surround me—I nearly died. Had I not successfully established the super teleportation array and communicated with the Ziwei Star Domain, I would already be dead!"

Kaiyang Sword Child smiled faintly and said.

Even in such circumstances, he still smiled, and in his final moments succeeded in slaying two alien true immortals and returning—his combat ingenuity is terrifying to the extreme.

"What of the Bloodthirsty Demon Tree True Immortal?"

Moon Yin True Immortal drew a deep breath and said.

This person must be among the strongest of alien true immortals—his individual strength is already formidable; if he were to form a siege with ten, twenty true immortals, the future would be utterly terrifying.

"He fled."

"At the moment I succeeded in establishing the super teleportation array, he had already fled—otherwise I could not have slain these two fellow Daoists."

Kaiyang Sword Child likewise felt utmost regret.

If the Bloodthirsty Demon Tree True Immortal delayed just a little longer, the Immortal Gate's collective will true immortal, Moon Yin True Immortal, and a large host of human supreme Dao soldiers would descend—he would surely die!

"Is that so?"

It seems that capturing a lone alien true immortal is now impossible.

The Moon Yin True Immortal and the Opening Yang Sword Child exchanged a glance, each seeing the other's resolute fighting spirit and their unyielding refusal to face a future of certain death.