Chapter 526: Pantheon! Three Heavenly Immortals (6k, seeking monthly votes)

The Changyun Royal Capital, as the core of this vast world, gathered a massive number of immortal cultivators, among whom the number of Immortals was beyond counting.

At the highest point of the Royal Capital stood a magnificent palace. Standing there, one could overlook the entire capital. This was the "Changyun Immortal Palace," the residence of the Emperor of the Changyun Dynasty.

Endless radiance radiated from the Immortal Palace, illuminating the heavens and earth in all directions, allowing the palace to be seen from every corner of the capital.

On the divine pillars outside the Immortal Palace, golden dragons coiled, exuding monstrous auras.

Inside the Immortal Palace, a large number of beautiful immortal maidens stood respectfully on both sides. These maidens were at least at the Earth Immortal level, each one incomparably reverent.

On the high throne sat a figure wearing purple imperial robes. His face looked as if it had been carved by a knife and axe, filled with majesty.

He was the ruler of the Changyun World for ten million years—the founding Emperor of the Changyun Dynasty, "Heavenly Immortal Changyun."

A Heavenly Immortal was already an extremely noble existence in this world.

"Fellow Daoist Feng Rui, how is the tally?" Heavenly Immortal Changyun's voice boomed.

In the Immortal Palace, besides Heavenly Immortal Changyun, there was a scholar in black robes. His gaze was deep, his eyes seemingly able to perceive everything, and his ethereal aura was no less than that of Heavenly Immortal Changyun.

He was also a Heavenly Immortal existence.

"Haha, Changyun, we are old friends. Fifty True Immortals, six thousand Earth Immortals, and one million Nascent Soul Semi-Immortals—I trust you won't make a mistake," Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui laughed. "After all, you know this is required for the Dao Ancestor's alchemy. If there is a mistake, both of us will be punished."

"Indeed, there are no small matters when it comes to the Dao Ancestor," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said solemnly.

He knew very well that he was not the strongest among those guarding a vast world.

In terms of strength, there were tens of thousands of Heavenly Immortals under the Hongguang Dao Court, far stronger than him.

His main value was his administrative ability, ensuring the Dao Ancestor's orders were carried out well.

For example, selecting a large number of suitable Earth Immortals and True Immortals from the "Ascension Register" on time and sending their Primordial Spirits to the Heavenly Realm as "primary alchemy materials" was the most basic task of the Dao Ancestor.

Ordinarily, such tasks could be left to subordinates, but Heavenly Immortal Changyun never dared to be careless, handling everything personally.

"It doesn't matter if there is a mistake once or twice; the Dao Ancestor won't blame me," Heavenly Immortal Changyun thought to himself. "But if there are too many mistakes and the Dao Ancestor gets angry, stripping me of my position as World Lord would be the least of it. If he were to swallow me directly..."

A Heavenly Immortal was already the pinnacle of immortal cultivation.

Over long ages, numerous vast worlds constantly reproduced, and logically, True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals should be born endlessly... yet the number of Heavenly Immortals and True Immortals in the Hongguang Dao Court always remained stable.

Why?

Aside from the casualties brought by the campaigns in the "Wanquan Void," most were simply swallowed.

For Heavenly Immortal Changyun, living well was more important than anything else.

"Changyun, it is not easy for me to stay in the Hongguang Palace for long," Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui laughed. "Unlike you, ruling a vast world, as long as you hand over the required amount, you can eat whatever is left. It is quite enjoyable."

"Haha, whatever Fellow Daoist Feng Rui wants to do, just say the word," Heavenly Immortal Changyun laughed. "The many blood-foods in this palace are appetizers prepared just for you."

The other party was a page of the Dao Ancestor; he did not wish to offend him.

These words caused the hundred-plus immortal maidens in the hall to tremble in fear.

"Then I won't be polite." Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui's gaze swept over the hundred-plus immortal maidens in the palace. "Not bad, Changyun, you understand me."

Roar!

Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui suddenly opened his mouth. His large mouth seemed to possess an invisible devouring power, causing the hundred-plus immortal maidens, who had been standing respectfully, to lose all ability to resist and fall into his mouth.

"Ah!"

"No!! Senior, spare us." The female immortals let out desperate screams.

They had never expected that simply being ordered to come and "attend" would lead to such a catastrophic disaster.

"These female immortals, their Primordial Spirits are indeed delicious!" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui closed his eyes in satisfaction, seemingly savoring the aftertaste.

"I have also prepared..." Heavenly Immortal Changyun was just about to speak.

Suddenly—

"Hmm?" Heavenly Immortal Changyun's expression changed slightly.

"What is it?" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui noticed that Heavenly Immortal Changyun's expression was not quite right.

"Brother Feng Rui, there is some trouble. I may need to ask for your help," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said in a low voice.

"Oh? What is it?" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui asked, puzzled.

"I just received news," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said with a grave expression. "In a fiefdom under my command, two True Immortals were killed by a demonic cultivator in their own lair."

"Killed two True Immortals in their own lair? How?" A flash of shock crossed Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui's eyes. "Could it be some Heavenly Demon?"

True Immortals and Heavenly Immortals not on the Ascension Register were all wanted by the Dao Court as "True Demons" or "Heavenly Demons."

"It is not yet certain," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said in a low voice. "The most critical point is that the 'Ascension Register Spiritual Light' of the two True Immortals seems to have been stolen."

"What?" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui was completely shocked. "How is that possible!!"

Why were the Dao Court's immortals controlled by the Ascension Register? Why could they revive using the "Immortal Pool" even with a remnant of their Primordial Spirit Spiritual Light? Why could they avoid worldly karma?

Everything was because a wisp of "Ascension Register Spiritual Light" was fused into the Primordial Spirits of the Dao Court's immortals.

Even those wanted Heavenly Demons, when ambushing Earth Immortals or True Immortals... could never steal the "Ascension Register Spiritual Light."

Because that originated from the supreme "Ascension Register," the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao!!

"Is that true?" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui realized the gravity of the situation.

"When a True Immortal falls, the Ascension Register Spiritual Light should return to its place, but now it has not," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said gravely.

Whoosh!

Heavenly Immortal Changyun pointed remotely into the void, and countless rays of light gathered to form a huge light screen.

The scene in the light screen was none other than Anshun City, far away in the territory.

As a World Lord, Heavenly Immortal Changyun possessed certain "Dao Court Authority," allowing him to quickly monitor every part of his world.

Over the sky of Anshun City.

A huge vortex was gradually forming, with countless lightning bolts intertwined—it was the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.

"It is Heavenly Punishment!"

"Those who can be enfeoffed are all people of great merit who have made many contributions to the Dao Court."

"Killing two True Immortals of great merit, his sins have reached the sixth level of 'Heavenly Punishment Sin,' which is normal." Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui looked at the light screen and frowned. "It's just that this Heavenly Punishment is unlikely to kill him."

"At least it will allow us to glimpse his methods," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said.

As Heavenly Immortals, they both knew that the power of Heavenly Punishment came from the Heavenly Dao.

Although the Heavenly Dao favored the Dao Court, the Heavenly Dao itself had no consciousness, and most of its power operated according to its own laws. Even if it descended Heavenly Punishment upon a great sinner, there was an upper limit to its power... as long as one was strong enough, one could completely ignore many Heavenly Punishment sins.

Like those Heavenly Demons, which one of them didn't possess "Uninterrupted Sin" and still roamed freely?

In the light screen.

"Boom!" From within that massive tribulation cloud, a terrifying golden lightning bolt suddenly struck down. Its power was extremely terrifying, slamming directly into that black-clad figure.

"Crackle~"

The black-clad figure actually stood in place, using a seemingly frail physical body to withstand those terrifying golden lightning bolts.

Nine lightning bolts struck in succession!

Until the Heavenly Punishment ended completely, the black-clad figure remained unscathed.

"What?"

"Withstanding Heavenly Punishment with a physical body?" Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui and Heavenly Immortal Changyun were both dumbfounded.

The power of the Heavenly Punishment lightning was approximately the limit of a True Immortal.

If one had the combat power of a Heavenly Immortal, like the two of them, resisting Heavenly Punishment was not difficult... but with a physical body? No Heavenly Immortal could do that.

Suddenly.

"Scram!" The black-clad figure in the light screen suddenly opened his mouth, and an invisible force swept past, directly causing the power that was spying to dissipate.

The two Heavenly Immortals looked at each other.

"It is a Demon God!"

"A Demon God from the Wanquan Void." A trace of fear appeared in Heavenly Immortal Changyun's eyes, along with astonishing killing intent. "He should be at the Void God Realm."

"The probability of him being at the True God Realm is not high."

"If he were a True God, possessing a True God Heart, and dared to sneak into the world, the Heavenly Dao would have already issued a warning."

God!

It was a taboo of the Dao Court! All gods must be slaughtered and cleared away.

Like the Anshun Marquis Mansion, the highest level of body cultivation was only "Fourth Stage," and there was no Fifth Stage... because any body cultivator with the potential to become a Fifth Stage Void God was secretly killed.

"Feng Rui, please help me," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said quickly.

"I understand."

"A Demon God is a great threat, but if he can be eradicated, it is also a great merit." Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui's expression was serious. "I will immediately send a message to 'Heavenly King Immortal Guang Xing,' asking him to bring the 'Void Flying Ship' down to the world to help us capture the demon."

The Heavenly Kings of the Heavenly Realm were all Heavenly Immortals responsible for leading heavenly soldiers and divine generals to campaign across the heavens and earth.

"Good, I will immediately prepare the army," Heavenly Immortal Changyun nodded repeatedly. "When Heavenly King Immortal Guang Xing arrives, we will set off immediately."

They were very cautious when dealing with Demon Gods.

Not only Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui and Heavenly Immortal Changyun, but in another magnificent palace in the Changyun Royal Capital.

In the Dao Court branch, Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan stared at the shattered light screen.

In the Changyun World, his status was comparable to Heavenly Immortal Changyun, as he represented the Dao Court, and at this moment, he was also filled with shock.

"Demon God?"

"And a Demon God who can withstand Heavenly Punishment with a physical body? His strength is probably close to that of a Heavenly Immortal." Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan thought to himself. "Such a Demon God, even in the Wanquan Void, is a giant-like figure. How could he suddenly appear in the Changyun World?"

He felt puzzled.

As a territory of the Dao Court, the Changyun World had not seen such a powerful Demon God for a long time.

"The merit of killing a Demon God is secondary."

"The most important thing is to find out the truth about the disappearance of the Ascension Register Spiritual Light; otherwise, this will have endless future troubles." Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan knew what the key point was.

The Ascension Register Spiritual Light essentially represented the source power of the Ascension Register.

If too much was lost, it would cause the Ascension Register to constantly weaken and even collapse completely.

Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan immediately sent a message to Heavenly Immortal Changyun.

In Anshun City, under the shocked gazes of hundreds of Earth Immortals and countless immortal cultivators.

Li Yuan easily blocked the Heavenly Punishment.

The terrifying tribulation clouds were rapidly dispersing.

However, although the Heavenly Punishment had passed, the sin remained. At this moment, Li Yuan's body was still wrapped in countless rays of sinful blood light, looking like blood and scarlet fire, extremely terrifying.

"Heavenly Punishment upon me, nothing more than this." Li Yuan muttered to himself. "Though this sinful blood light is quite interesting."

With his sin reaching the "Heavenly Punishment Sin" level, besides the thunderous Heavenly Punishment, Li Yuan could also feel wisps of mysterious power trying to shake and erode his inner heart.

"Power originating from the Heavenly Dao?"

"Truly weak." Li Yuan shook his head.

Perhaps the Earth Immortals and True Immortals of this world would fear such sinful blood light.

But how powerful was Li Yuan's soul will? He easily blocked the will impact of the sinful blood light.

This also made Li Yuan understand the strongest power of so-called "sin."

"Sin is not scary, Heavenly Punishment is not to be feared, but this sin is conspicuous." Li Yuan frowned. "The two forces that were spying on me just now are probably the Heavenly Immortals of the Changyun World."

With Li Yuan's mastery of space laws, as soon as the Heavenly Punishment ended, he sensed the two spying forces and directly repelled them.

However, Li Yuan was calm. With a wave of his hand, the hundreds of Earth Immortals in Anshun City flew helplessly before him. The hundreds of Earth Immortals were all shivering, looking at Li Yuan in terror.

Just now.

They had witnessed with their own eyes Li Yuan killing the two True Immortal ancestors who led the grand formation in one move... With their strength, wanting to resist? That was seeking death.

"Who is Earth Immortal Gan Sui?" Li Yuan's voice was cold.

In an instant, everyone's gaze focused on a white-haired old man. A trace of terror flashed in the old man's eyes: "Senior, I..."

Before he could finish speaking.

Pfft~ A ray of finger light swept past, and Earth Immortal Gan Sui's eyes dimmed—he had fallen!

Silence!!

"I will give you a chance to live."

"Each of you transmit to me the specific coordinates of the 'Wanquan Void'." Li Yuan's voice was cold. "Those who tell me within ten seconds, live."

"Those who remain silent, die!"

"Those who lie, die!"

An invisible force suppressed all the Earth Immortals, making it impossible for them to communicate with each other... Time was precious, and Li Yuan did not know when the Dao Court army would arrive.

!.

If he were to use illusions to interrogate them, it would take too long.

This was the method Li Yuan could think of to learn the location of the "Wanquan Void" from this group of Earth Immortals as quickly as possible.

Li Yuan believed that among the hundreds of Earth Immortals, someone should know.

And under mutual suspicion, for the sake of self-preservation, Li Yuan believed that very few would dare to lie.

Moreover, Li Yuan's spiritual sense was fully released, covering the Primordial Spirits of all the Earth Immortals present... Under such life-and-death crises, if they lied, their soul fluctuations would generally be more intense.

It seemed silent.

But Earth Immortals had already begun to transmit messages to Li Yuan... In the blink of an eye, ten seconds passed.

"I have said it."

"Those who remain silent, those who lie, die!" Li Yuan said coldly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Wisps of terrifying earthy-yellow light were born out of thin air, directly piercing through the bodies of over ninety percent of the Earth Immortals, annihilating them all.

All slaughtered.

Li Yuan's domain, when fully unleashed, could easily kill True Immortals, let alone a group of Earth Immortals.

Only six Earth Immortals remained, filled with terror in their hearts, but also secretly rejoicing... The six of them had all participated in the war of the "Wanquan Void," so they knew the coordinates of the Wanquan Void.

To survive, the information they transmitted to Li Yuan was not false.

"The Wanquan Void is actually so far away." Li Yuan looked at the information he had obtained.

It was shockingly far.

Besides the coordinates of the Wanquan Void.

In the transmissions of these Earth Immortals, Li Yuan also obtained another important piece of information: hidden in the Wanquan Void was a terrifying force that constantly fought against the Dao Court—the Pantheon.

Over long ages, the Dao Court had repeatedly conscripted massive armies of immortals to kill their way into the Wanquan Void, all to annihilate the Pantheon, but they had all failed.

This showed the power of the Pantheon.

Whoosh!

Li Yuan took a step and quickly disappeared at the end of the world, leaving behind the six Earth Immortals who were secretly rejoicing.

They had just taken a gamble, never expecting Li Yuan to actually keep his promise.

And the six Earth Immortals reacted extremely quickly.

"Must leave quickly."

"This guy is likely a Demon God. Such a big matter, the Dao Court will definitely investigate."

"Once the Dao Court finds out we passed information to a Demon God, we won't die, but we'll be stripped of a layer of skin."

"Run." The six Earth Immortals turned into six streams of light and fled frantically.

Li Yuan turned into a stream of light. He had just flown tens of thousands of kilometers out of Anshun City.

Suddenly.

Boom!

The void in the distance suddenly cracked, and a purple warship flew out. The aura of the warship was extremely restrained, as if it were shrouded in endless clouds and mist.

"This is? Void shifting?" Li Yuan became vigilant, instantly preparing for battle.

Although in the data he collected, this world seemed to have no teleportation arrays.

But Li Yuan never dared to be careless.

"Brother!"

"Come quickly and enter the warship. We are a lurking army of the 'Pantheon' located in the Hongguang Dao Court, specifically responsible for receiving brothers returning home. We just received news about you and came specifically to pick you up." Six figures flew out of the warship, each with an astonishing aura.

Five of them were actually Void Gods! And there was one True Immortal!

The one transmitting to Li Yuan was a Void God old man with complex secret patterns carved on his face, holding a scepter.

"Pantheon?" Li Yuan was slightly surprised.

Wasn't this the force located in the Wanquan Void that he had just learned about?

"How did you find me?" Li Yuan frowned.

"You are covered in sinful blood light, and everything is under the investigation of the 'Pseudo-Heavenly Dao'. How could you not be known? No matter where you flee, you will be quickly hunted down by the Dao Court." The Void God old man said, "We were able to find you... because we have similar means."

Li Yuan also understood this point.

At the same time, Li Yuan discovered that none of the six people in front of him had any aura of sin.

Of course, there was no aura of merit either.

"You enter the warship first. This warship of ours was specially refined by a True God with the help of Wanquan power, capable of temporarily masking your aura. Let's leave first," the Void God old man said quickly.

"Otherwise, you were so reckless just now, killing two True Immortals in a row. I'm afraid the Dao Court army is already on its way," the Void God old man said quickly. "Once the army surrounds you, it will be too late to escape."

"Kid, we risked our lives to save you. Don't you believe us?" Another Void God who looked like a young girl said quickly.

The girl wore a suit of cyan battle armor and held a divine spear, which was extremely conspicuous.

"If you are still unwilling to board the ship, we are leaving," the cyan-armored girl looked at Li Yuan and said urgently.

"Good, I believe you," Li Yuan said in a low voice.

Li Yuan also had his own thoughts. Even if it were a trap, he had the confidence to kill his way out.

But if this group of people in front of him were truly experts of the Pantheon.

This was the best chance to get out of trouble.

"Good." The Void God old man breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Brother, board the ship and we will leave immediately."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Li Yuan followed the six people into the purple warship. He saw the warship's cabin door close, and it tore through the void again, disappearing without a trace.

In the distant Changyun Royal Capital, the three Heavenly Immortals had already gathered.

"I have lost the trail of that Demon God." Heavenly Immortal Changyun's expression suddenly changed slightly. "Through the 'Daoxuan Immortal Book', I cannot sense his existence either."

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"He is a Heavenly Punishment sinner? So conspicuous, how could he not be sensed?" Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan and Heavenly Immortal Feng Rui were both incredulous.

The Immortal Book's sensing originated from Heavenly Dao sin and never made mistakes.

Many great sinners had been hunted down this way.

"Could it be that a lurking team of the Pantheon picked him up? How could it be so fast?" Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan immediately thought of a possibility.

"Feng Rui."

"I hope you will immediately send a message to the 'Heavenly Emperor', asking him to immediately use the 'Heavenly Realm Profound Light' to lock onto the information of this Demon God," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said quickly.

The Heavenly Emperor was the ruler of the Heavenly Realm and, under the Hongguang Dao Ancestor, the highest-ranking person in the entire Hongguang Dao Court.

"Heavenly Realm Profound Light?" Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan hesitated.

That was a great divine ability of the Dao Court. As long as there were some clues, it could investigate all the monsters and demons in the Dao Court's worlds.

But it required many Heavenly Immortals in the Heavenly Realm to cooperate with the formation, and the cost of using it once was huge.

Unless absolutely necessary, it would not be used.

"If it were an ordinary Demon God, so be it. If one escapes, it escapes. It poses no threat to our Dao Court and is not worth using the Heavenly Realm Profound Light."

"But it involves the Ascension Register Spiritual Light, so we cannot ignore it. Once the Dao Ancestor blames us, I'm afraid none of us will survive," Heavenly Immortal Changyun said urgently. "It must be fast; otherwise, if time passes and they escape into the void, it will be too late."

"Ascension Register Spiritual Light?" Heavenly Immortal Qingxuan's eyes became firm. "Good! You wait a moment."

"My incarnation will immediately go to seek an audience with the Heavenly Emperor."

"Heavenly King Immortal Guang Xing will also arrive soon."

Deep in the void, inside the purple warship moving at high speed.

"Kid, what is your name?" The cyan-armored girl couldn't help but ask. "Are you also a Void God? How can your strength be so strong? You were actually able to easily withstand Heavenly Punishment with your physical body!"

"Qinghong, do not be rude," the Void God old man holding the scepter scolded quickly.

"Senior, there is no need for that," Li Yuan said solemnly. "My name is 'Qixing'. I have been cultivating in the Changyun World. I have long heard of the Pantheon's deeds and their long-standing struggle with the Dao Court. I have always wanted to go to the Wanquan Void, but I have never found the way."

"You are a native lifeform of the Changyun World? You were actually able to cultivate into a Void God within the Dao Court and become so powerful?" The cyan-armored girl named "Qinghong" was surprised.

The others also showed surprise.

"Brother Qixing, so you didn't come from the Wanquan Void?" The Void God old man was also a bit surprised. "Then I actually received a notification... It seems your deeds are indeed astonishing."

Li Yuan's heart stirred. Notification?

Could it be that the Pantheon also has some forces lurking inside the Dao Court? And can lock onto his position?

That's why they could notify this lurking army in front of him so quickly?

"I have indeed never joined the Pantheon," Li Yuan said.

"Brother Qixing, your Earth Immortal aura should be a disguise, right?" The Void God old man asked. "I observe that you should be a Void God."

"It is indeed a disguise," Li Yuan said, curious. "Senior, why are you certain I am a Void God?"

"Haha."

"Let me tell you." The cyan-armored girl laughed. "If you were a True God, you would definitely have condensed a True God Heart. Once you step into the territory of the Dao Court, the True God Heart would immediately be sensed by the Pseudo-Heavenly Dao... Therefore, the True God experts of our Pantheon are all in the Wanquan Void."

"The Pantheon experts lurking in the Dao Court's territory are all just Void Gods. This is basically an open secret."

"And with your powerful strength, you couldn't possibly be a Semi-God," the cyan-armored girl said.

Li Yuan suddenly understood.

No wonder there wasn't a single True God among the six people in front of him.

Just as Li Yuan wanted to ask further.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan's expression changed, and he turned his head abruptly. "Hmm? Are other warships approaching?"

"Such a strong aura!"

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PS: 6,000-word two-in-one! Making up for the two chapters of guaranteed updates owed on the 3rd of this month.

My physical condition is better.

Seeking monthly votes from my brothers!

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