Chapter 13

Profound Heaven Continent, Zhongzhou, ancient city Luoyang.

Once prosperous and thriving, a metropolis of millions with dense population,

now it has become a hell on earth.

Black mist shrouded the entire city, blocking out the sky's light.

Inside the city, no sound could be heard, deathly silent and terrifying.

Countless mortals and cultivators, frozen in their final poses from life, stood rigidly in place.

Their faces still bore the utmost fear and despair,

but their eyes had lost all luster, becoming dull and hollow.

Their life essence, vital energy, and souls were being drained by an invisible force,

continuously drawn away and gathered above the city.

"Delicious…… truly delicious……"

In the darkness, a voice that made souls tremble whispered.

"More…… a bit more…… As long as I devour all living beings in this region, I can take that final step and become a truly immortal existence! Surpass the taboo of the Undying Mountain!"

This mass of darkness is one of the sources of this uprising,

the ruler of the forbidden zone who calls itself the Supreme Soul Sovereign.

It has already devoured the Northern Domain and the Western Desert,

now its target is the entirety of Zhongzhou,

intending to use millions of living beings to achieve ultimate ascension,

seeking to break through immortality!

to become an existence equal to the great taboos!

In a corner of the city wall,

a girl in tattered clothes,

tightly clutching her already cold younger brother in her arms,

her body shaking violently from fear.

She is the last living person in this city.

A special bloodline allows her to temporarily resist that terrifying devouring power, but that's all it does.

She can feel her vitality draining away bit by bit.

The girl lifted her head in despair,

gazing at the sky shrouded in darkness,

tears of blood streamed from her eyes.

Where are the gods and buddhas? Where is the heavenly way?

Who can come to save this world on the brink of destruction?

Just as she was about to plunge completely into despair and her consciousness was about to fade,

Crack—

a clear, glass‑shattering sound suddenly rang out in the sky.

The girl blinked and lifted her head.

All she saw was the thick, impenetrable black canopy,

which suddenly split open a huge rift without warning!

It was not the dark clouds dispersing,

but the very space itself,

being ripped apart by an unimaginable mighty force!

A brilliant, holy, overbearing immortal light,

poured down from the rift like a sword,

instantly piercing the black mist that shrouded the entire city!

The long‑absent sunlight,

fell upon the girl's pale little face,

bringing a hint of warmth, however slight.

Immediately after, beyond that spatial rift,

a colossal gate, so magnificent it defies description, slowly emerged.

A unit clad in golden divine armor,

riding fearsome exotic beasts,

silently stepped out from the gate.

They numbered only ten thousand,

yet the iron‑blooded, ruthless aura that treats all things as straw dogs emanating from them

when combined, proved to be a million times more terrifying than the so‑called Supreme Soul Sovereign!

"Huh? What is that?"

Above the city, from the writhing mass of darkness, came a doubtful, uncertain murmur.

The Supreme Soul Sovereign sensed the threat.

An unprecedented,

threat that made him tremble from the depths of his origin!

"No matter what you are! Since you've come, become my nourishment!"

After a brief moment of astonishment,

The Supreme Devourer of Humans was replaced by endless fury.

He permits no being to dare challenge his authority!

Boom!

The endless black fog surged and formed a sky‑covering Dark Giant Hand,

which slammed down fiercely onto the ten thousand golden‑armored knights!

That palm contained the resentment and death‑energy he had gathered from devouring countless lives,

enough to shatter stars and erase the Dao!

Yet, faced with this world‑shattering strike,

the red‑haired, golden‑armored commander at the front sneered with disdain.

Gu Xue Dao, Third Elder of the Gu Family, a supreme‑realm 18th‑level powerhouse.

He was even too lazy to act personally.

A Colonel behind him urged his horse forward a step.

That Colonel was merely an ordinary centurion of the Heaven Spear Legion, his cultivation only at the 14th Quasi‑Saint Realm.

He stared at the incoming Dark Giant Hand, his gaze as calm as if watching a claw‑waving ant.

He slowly raised the Heaven Spear in his hand.

Buzz—

Golden divine light flared atop the Heaven Spear,

while arcane law runes streamed along its blade.

"Break."

A cold word slipped from the Colonel's mouth.

He tossed it casually.

Whoosh!

The Heaven Spear transformed into a gold streak that tore the heavens and earth,

without any earth‑shaking momentum,

just lightly drifting, it collided with the Dark Giant Hand.

There was no explosion, no roar.

That Dark Giant Hand, capable of driving every living being in the world to despair,

silently dissolved.

The golden streak retained its force,

piercing the layers of black fog in an instant,

pinning precisely onto the writhing dark core.

"Ah—!!!"

A mournful, inhuman scream erupted from the darkness.

The black fog that had shrouded the entire city,

roiled violently, twisted, then suddenly contracted inward,

condensing into a gaunt, black‑robed Daoist.

It was the true form of the Supreme Devourer of Souls!

At this moment, a golden Heaven Spear was driven deep into his chest, anchoring him in the void,

golden flames streamed from the wound, wildly scorching his spirit and origin.

"Immortal!"

"You are actually Immortals!"

The Supreme Devourer of Souls wore a face of disbelief, looking down at the Heaven Spear lodged in his chest,

then raised his head to the sea‑deep aura of the golden‑armored knights, his eyes filled with ultimate terror.

That was the realm he had long coveted!

"You… who exactly are you?!"

Yet the Colonel was too lazy to bother with him,

bowing to Gu Xue Dao beside him.

"Elder, the so‑called Dark Supreme is only at the level of the 13th Divine King Realm."

He, an Immortal, showing such respect to the elder beside him?

He actually claims he is only at the 13th level?

What realms lie above that?

The Supreme Devourer of Souls wanted to know, but his spirit, origin, every trace of existence,

were, in this instant, completely purified, turning into nothingness.

A Forbidden‑Zone Supreme who had plunged the entire Profound Heaven Continent into dark turmoil,

just… died.

He died silently, cleanly and decisively.

In a corner of the city wall, the surviving girl,

stared dumbfounded, mouth agape, yet unable to utter a sound.

Her brain had completely crashed.

As for the soldiers of the Heaven Spear Legion,

this was merely a trivial matter.

Gu Xue Dao looked at the spot where the Soul Devouring Sovereign had dissipated, and curled his lip:

"Is that it? This is the source of the turmoil? It's way too weak—doesn't even qualify to warm me up."

He swept his divine sense, instantly covering the entire Profound Heaven Continent.

"Hey, but there's quite a lot of this stuff."

He grinned, green light flashing in his eyes,

"The Eastern Wasteland has three, the Southern Sea has two, plus a few hidden in the so-called forbidden zones—altogether about forty or fifty. It's like treating this world as a pigsty… Brothers, did you all hear that?"

"We heard it!"

"Hahaha, this isn't some dark turmoil at all—this is clearly a huge windfall bestowed upon us by our ancestors!"

"These are walking military merits! They're cultivation resources!"

"That southern one's mine! Nobody try to take it from me!"

"Get lost! I called dibs on it first!"

For a moment, excited shouts filled the Heaven Spear Legion's communication channel.

They gazed at the dark sources scattered across the world,

like wolves starved for three days and three nights,

spotting a lush sheep pen.

What is this, if not coming to quell the turmoil?

This is clearly a buffet feast!

Just as the Heaven Spear Legion's soldiers were preparing to scatter and begin the hunt,

Roar—

Nine mighty, awe-inspiring dragon roars erupted from the enormous immortal gate, instantly suppressing all the clamor.

A carriage pulled by nine 15th-level Sacred Heart Realm true dragons,

an exquisitely magnificent agarwood carriage, slowly emerged from the immortal gate,

and descended above this ruined ancient city.

The very laws of the world trembled and submitted before it.

The carriage's curtain was lifted by a slender, fair hand.

Gu Yuan stepped out in a white robe, looking down from above upon this scarred land,

feeling the strange aura of destruction and rebirth intertwined in the air.

"Is this… my world?"

He murmured softly.

At that moment, in his mind, the already resigned system cautiously popped up a new notification.

【Ding! Host has descended into the mission world detected.】

【Triggered scene mission: Master's patrol.】

【Mission content: Please, as the victor, enjoy the fireworks prepared for you.】

【Mission reward: Exclusive BGM "How Lonely Invincibility Is" one track.】