Chapter 184: Two Immortal Kings: No Retort!

The star domain was wailing.

It was not a description; it was a fact.

When two Immortal Kings of utterly different rank and Dao treated this fragile cosmos as an arena, recklessly unleashing power capable of overturning ages, the very Dao origin of the entire Gu Tian Star Domain cried out under the unbearable strain.

Li Hentian's sword was utterly simple and pure.

With a single sword strike, there were no heaven-shaking visions, only the silent severing of the threads of cause and effect.

One dead ancient star after another, which had just hung in the sky, was instantly erased from its very roots, as if it had never existed in this spacetime.

The Faceless Immortal King's methods were eerie and venomous. Each surge of the River of Corpses behind him spewed forth billions of curses and grudges, which twisted into grotesque runes; wherever they passed, even light was corroded into mottled chaos, and the fabric of space became like a canvas splashed with strong acid, leaving unhealable holes.

Their battlefield had become an absolute void.

"Truly... magnificent."

Outside this destructive storm that would make even a True Immortal's scalp tingle, Gu Cangsheng peeled a melon seed, precisely flicked the kernel into his mouth, and let out a satisfied sigh.

Beside him, Gu Lin Tian's mouth twitched uncontrollably.

"Magnificent? Father, you call this magnificent?"

He could feel that the Zhou Tian Stars Great Array previously laid down by Gu Xuan Ce was being worn away at a visible pace.

One-third of the stars serving as the array's eyes had already completely lost their luster.

If they kept fighting like this, within half an hour the star domain's ecosystem would completely collapse.

"Father, if we don't intervene now, this foundation of ours will..."

"What's the rush?"

Gu Cangsheng cracked another melon seed without even lifting his eyelids, saying, "High-level duels require patience. Watch—these two are about to go all out."

As expected.

Unable to break through after a prolonged assault, both Immortal Kings lost their patience.

They were merely two incarnations descended, their power limited, unable to endure endless consumption.

"Clang!"

A sword qi of ink-black hue, condensed to the extreme, tore through the Faceless Immortal King's veil of eternal night, its point aimed directly at his faceless visage.

Where the sword qi passed, even a large stretch of the River of Corpses was vaporized, and countless souls were utterly annihilated under the sword intent.

"You have some skill, but within my Withering Domain, your sword will eventually rust!"

The Faceless Immortal King neither dodged nor evaded; before his dark vortex-like visage, a bone shield coalesced from the remnants of countless rotted worlds appeared out of thin air.

The sword qi struck the bone shield, emitting a grating screech that made the teeth ache, and was blocked outright; even the immortal edge on the blade was dulled somewhat by the withering qi.

"A rotting worm dares speak of eternity?"

Li Hentian's gaze showed no flicker; he backhanded another sword strike.

This strike was no longer a straight line but transformed into a sword net that enveloped the Milky Way.

Beneath the sword net, spacetime became disordered and cause and effect inverted.

"Eternal Night Submersion!"

The Faceless Immortal King also unleashed an earth-shaking roar; on his dark, featureless face, the vortex began to spin madly, and the River of Corpses behind him surged upward, forming a colossal phantom of a demonic god wielding a scythe.

In the depths of the universe, it gradually turned into a chaos purgatory.

As the fight went on, the atmosphere on the battlefield gradually grew somewhat off.

"Enough!"

Li Hentian forced the Faceless Immortal King back with a sword; for the first time, his eternally icy visage showed clear irritation,

"You rat hiding in a sewer, endlessly pestering—what exactly do you want? That bronze ancient coffin is something I must obtain, and it has nothing to do with whatever damned master you serve behind you!"

He thought the other party was utterly unreasonable.

He had clearly come to cause trouble for that grandfather and grandson, yet this neither-human-nor-ghost creature jumped out shouting battle cries, constantly yammering about some "master's dog"—it was simply insane.

"Bronze ancient coffin?"

The Faceless Immortal King's hoarse voice also carried a hint of doubt,

"I have come to avenge the Nether Sovereign; what does a coffin have to do with me? On the contrary, you intruded here without cause, slaughtered my generals with supreme sword intent, and still dare to quibble?"

He too found it utterly bewildering.

He had followed the last trace of aura left by the Nether Sovereign, clearly sensing that the sovereign's very soul origin had been annihilated under a pure, extreme sword intent.

And this sword cultivator before him exuded that very quality from head to toe.

Yet listening to his words, it seemed he had another motive?

The air, at this moment, seemed to freeze.

Their high-speed combat thinking allowed both Immortal Kings to instantly capture the key information in each other's words.

Li Hentian: "Your subordinates died by sword intent?"

Faceless Immortal King: "You came for a coffin?"

Two divine senses collided in the void, with no hostility, only pure information exchange.

Then, in unison, they turned their gaze—or rather, their perception—toward the outside of the battlefield, that old man with hands in his pockets wearing a "I'm watching the show and I'm having a blast" expression.

Li Hentian's gaze swept past Gu Cangsheng and landed on the youth sitting cross-legged at the center of the Immortal Realm fragments being refined.

He clearly remembered that, in the Stone Emperor's memories, that bronze ancient coffin had ultimately been taken by that very youth.

The Faceless Immortal King's perception likewise locked onto that area.

He sensed there the lingering remnant of the Nether Sovereign's final dissipating origin aura, and also... a life force undergoing rapid transformation that even made his heart tremble.

There lay the true core of the storm.

So the question arises.

Since the coffin is with that youth, I came to cause trouble for that youth.

Since even a trace of the Underworld Sovereign's aura lingered at the place where that youth was in seclusion, that fellow also came to cause trouble for the youth.

Then what were we two fighting to the death just now for?

A feeling of indescribable embarrassment and absurdity welled up in the hearts of the two Immortal Kings.

Immediately, this emotion was replaced by endless fury.

We've been played!

They, lofty Immortal Kings who look down upon all ages and regard all beings as ants, were actually toyed with like monkeys by a bunch of lower-realm insects!

Swish! Swish!

Two icy, furious gazes brimming with endless killing intent instantly pierced layer after layer of void, locking firmly onto the old man outside that fragment of the Immortal Realm who was cracking melon seeds.

Gu Cangsheng's motion paused, he stuffed the last melon seed kernel into his mouth, and brushed off the crumbs on his hand.

"Ah."

He sighed, slowly rose to his feet, and stretched his limbs.

"These days, young people react quickly."

"It's just that my eyesight isn't great; I've been fighting for half a day before realizing I got the wrong person."

Gu Lin Tian silently stepped back half a pace, the True Immortal Domain quietly unfolded, shielding the Gu Family members behind him.

He knew that the true battle was only just beginning.

"Ants."

Li Hentian's voice had turned icy to the extreme. He put away that slaughter sword, yet the aura emanating from him was ten times more terrifying than before.

"You have successfully angered me."

"Die."

The Faceless Immortal King didn't even bother with words; the demonic god phantom he had just condensed reversed direction, and the giant scythe in his hand traced a black arc of death, slashing straight down at Gu Cangsheng's head.

The two Immortal Kings, at this moment, reached an astonishing tacit understanding.

First kill that stinkbug watching the show from the side!

"Good timing!"

Gu Cangsheng advanced instead of retreating, letting out a long roar that shook the heavens.

His seemingly frail body burst forth at this moment with brilliant golden divine light.

Behind him, a golden phantom spine etched with dense runes shot up like a heaven‑supporting divine pillar, firmly holding up this universe on the verge of collapse.

"Primitive Immortal Classic," operating at full power!

"Today, I'll let you juniors see!"

"What do you mean, is it still your grandfather or what?!"

Gu Cangsheng's hair and beard bristled, his two fists thrust out like twin golden mad dragons rushing to sea, as he actively went to meet the two Immortal Kings who had joined forces.