Chapter 216: Using an Immortal King to give a True Immortal some practice?

The Twilight Immortal King was trapped in a cage woven from Chaos Chains, lunging left and right.

The Sunset Long Sword struck the gray‑purple chains, only sending out a shower of blinding sparks and utterly failing to budge them.

He panicked.

After cultivating for a hundred million years and attaining the Immortal King rank, he had grown accustomed to treating all beings of the myriad worlds as mere weeds.

Now the roles were reversed, he had become a turtle in a jar; this instinctive fear twisted his handsome face beyond recognition.

"I am the Extinction Source Envoy appointed by the Sovereign! If you kill me, the Sovereign will trace the karma and utterly erase your universe!"

The Twilight Immortal King played his last trump card.

The "Sovereign" he spoke of is a transcendent existence above the Immortal King realm, and it is also the source of their confidence to plunder the myriad worlds at will.

Gu Cangsheng cleaned his ear, flicking away the debris from his fingertip.

"Sovereign? You say it affectionately. I, old man, have always specialized in beating the disobedient. If your damned Sovereign dares to show up, I'll beat him together with you."

Gu Cangsheng stopped wasting words.

He formed seals with both hands, and the Primordial Indestructible Scripture ran wildly inside him. The dark‑gold ground began to tremble violently, and the spiritual energy within a hundred‑thousand‑li radius was instantly drained.

"Chaos Shocking Heaven Step."

Gu Cangsheng lifted his right foot and appeared to step forward slowly.

This step did not land on solid ground, but fell upon the Twilight Immortal King's Dao trajectory.

Crack!

The Twilight Immortal King, as if struck by lightning, went weak in the knees and dropped to his knees in midair.

The Sunset Battle Armor on his body emitted a groan of being overloaded, and dense cracks spread across its surface.

The apocalyptic law contained within the armor had its foundation snapped by this step.

"Pfft——"

The Twilight Immortal King bled from all seven orifices, and a deep crack appeared on the surface of his Dao Fruit.

He desperately tried to mobilize his origin to repair it, but found that Gu Cangsheng's Chaos Qi had burrowed into his body like a bone‑eating maggot, frenziedly devouring his power.

"Gu Lin Tian, this bastard is yours to practice on. I'll hold him down; you can hit him however you like."

Gu Cangsheng drew back his foot, hands behind his back, stepped aside, and truly assumed the pose of an elder watching juniors spar.

Gu Lin Tian was likewise unmannerly.

He had waited a long time for this opportunity.

His Three Lives Dao‑transformed Body was activated to the fullest.

His past self wielded a long spear forged from stellar essence gold, his present self grasped a thunderbolt long spear, and his future self had empty hands, fingertips flowing with the power of time that strips away vitality.

The three figures took a triangular formation, encircling the Twilight Immortal King in the center.

"A mere True Immortal dares to insult the dignity of an Immortal King!"

The Twilight Immortal King roared; even though Gu Cangsheng had severely wounded him, he still did not believe a True Immortal could kill him.

The gap between an Immortal King and a True Immortal is a chasm of life‑levels.

He drew a deep breath, and the Sunset Long Sword turned into a black river of light that spanned heaven and earth, sweeping toward Gu Lin Tian.

"I'm here to beat an Immortal King!"

Gu Lin Tian's past self made the first move.

The spear danced like a dragon, its tip pulling forth a brilliant river of stars that plunged straight into that black blade‑river.

The starlight shattered, and the blade‑river stalled.

His present self followed close behind, the thunderbolt long spear bearing heavenly punishment's might, piercing precisely into the crack in the Twilight Immortal King's battle armor.

The violent thunderbolt power surged directly into his eight extraordinary meridians.

His future self silently appeared behind the Twilight Immortal King, formed seals, and turned the power of time into an invisible scythe that ruthlessly sliced the king's lifespan wheel.

The Twilight Immortal King let out a mournful wail.

He realized he could not defend against these three utterly different attacks.

The three selves coordinated flawlessly; moreover, Gu Cangsheng's Chaos Chains tightly suppressed his Immortal King origin, leaving him unable even to self‑detonate his Dao Fruit to drag others down with him.

"Yuan'er, look well: the gap between a True Immortal and an Immortal King—your father's Three Lives method still lacks polish; even against this half‑crippled Immortal King beaten up by Grandfather, it's not enough."

Gu Cangsheng commented while casually firing a strand of Chaos Qi that forced back the wisp of soul the Twilight Immortal King tried to escape with.

Actually, don't let the Twilight Immortal King's sorry state fool you.

Give him a little time.

Without Gu Cangsheng holding the line,

he would only grow stronger the more he fought.

This is the terrifying regenerative power of the Immortal King realm!

Gu Zhan gripped a broken axe, anxiously scratching his ear and cheek on the side.

"Ancestor, can I go up and chop him with two axe swings? That guy just called me a native, and my hot temper won't let it slide."

"With your pitiful cultivation, going up would just be delivering a dish."

Gu Cangsheng snapped angrily,

"Just watch honestly. A True Immortal slaying an Immortal King is a spectacle not seen in the ancient immortal realm for tens of thousands of epochs."

The Twilight Immortal King, forced to be a sparring partner, felt his lungs about to burst from rage.

He, a dignified Immortal King, the Sovereign‑appointed Extinction Source Envoy—wherever he goes, all realms submit to him.

Yet today he was surrounded by a family of natives, made to perform like a monkey.

"I'll fight you to the death!" the Twilight Immortal King shouted, completely mad.

He ignited his Immortal King Dao Fruit; the Sunset Battle Armor exploded with a roar, turning into a sky‑filling blaze of apocalyptic fire.

The aura of the law of decay, rot and termination surged skyward, trying to forcefully break through the Chaotic cage.

He doesn't care about a True Immortal.

He must flee while he is at his strongest!

Find the Lord and make them, including Wumian, pay the price!

This power is terrifying; even the Heavenly Dao rules of the Ten Thousand Herbs Great World moan under this rotting aura, and vast swaths of dark‑gold soil turn to ash.

Gu Lin Tian's three lives were hit head‑on, forced to retreat repeatedly by the Apocalypse Fire.

The True Immortal's body, tainted by that decaying aura, sprouted age spots on the skin, and his Qi and blood began to dry up.

Gu Cangsheng was unhurried, letting out a cold snort.

"Risking your life before me? Have you even asked my opinion?"

He lifted his right foot, and the Chaotic earth‑shaking stomp activated again.

This time, instead of stepping on the Twilight Immortal King's flesh, he stepped directly onto the raging Apocalypse Fire.

Pfft.

It was like a bucket of cold water poured onto red‑hot coals.

The desperate strike the Twilight Immortal King gained by burning the Dao Fruit was brutally crushed by Gu Cangsheng's foot.

The Chaos Origin, like a festering wound, back‑flowed along the law's trajectory into the Twilight Immortal King's body, completely dispersing the desperate momentum he had just gathered.

"Lin Tian, now's the chance."

Gu Cangsheng withdrew his foot, hands clasped behind his back, urging.

A brilliant light surged in Gu Lin Tian's eyes.

His three lives merged instantly.

The three Dao of past, present and future converged within him, unleashing a terrifying pressure far beyond a True Immortal's pinnacle.

He formed a phantom grip with one hand, and a vague silhouette of a Bronze Immortal Bell coalesced in his palm.

It is the great killing weapon loaned to him by the Old Ancestor.

"Die!"

Gu Lin Tian roared, and the Bronze Immortal Bell, bearing the mighty power that suppresses the heavens, slammed down onto the Twilight Immortal King's head.

"A mere True Immortal!"

The Twilight Immortal King roared. His remaining half‑arm propped the long sword, its blade pressed firmly against the base of the Immortal Bell.

The Apocalypse Law spread along the bell's body, attempting to corrode this supreme divine artifact.

A layer of green rust spread over the Bronze Immortal Bell's surface, and its tone turned hoarse.

"Twilight Era!"

It is his trump card, a forbidden technique. Dim light spreads, and everything it touches moves toward an end.

Plants wither, and spiritual Qi dissipates.

Even the Chaos Chains laid by Gu Cangsheng emitted a sour‑tinged grinding sound.

Gu Lin Tian's three lives bore the brunt.

His present body's Thunder Spear shattered piece by piece, while his past life's Stellar Essence Gold Spear turned into molten iron.

His true self stepped back ten times, each step exhaling a large mouthful of True Immortal blood.

The three lives showed faint signs of collapse.

Seeing this, the unexpectedly restrained Twilight Immortal King did not pursue.

He knew clearly that a Jue Dian Immortal King was watching from the side.

He could never possibly kill the opponent.

At this moment, escaping is paramount.

As long as the green mountains stay, there's no fear of lacking firewood.

The Immortal King Dao Fruit split into countless Apocalypse sparks, like a meteor shower, shooting outward in all directions.

If he can escape through a single path, he will be able to rise again after endless ages.

Gu Lin Tian steadied his stance, drew a deep breath, and activated the shield beneath the Bronze Immortal Bell.

Bell waves rippled, crushing ninety‑nine percent of the sparks.

But three sparks remained, cunningly slipping out of the Bell's coverage and racing toward the spatial rift.

Those three sparks sped extremely fast, carrying the Twilight Immortal King's final will to survive, about to vanish into the void.

Gu Lin Tian tried to pursue, his Qi and blood roiling inside, his legs gave way, and he fell to one knee on the ground.

The three‑life law back‑fired, preventing him from mobilizing power again for a short time.

"Let him get away…"

Gu Lin Tian wiped the blood from his mouth corner, his face full of resentment.

Gu Yuan set down his teacup, walked to his father's side, and handed over a healing pill.

"Dad, you've already done well. The True Immortal forced the Immortal King to this point; the story is enough for you to brag about for a lifetime. The rest, leave to Grandfather."

Gu Cangsheng slipped the melon seeds in his hand back into his pocket.

He brushed the dust off his hand and, slowly, took a step forward.