Chapter 380: Primordial Immortal Domain, Nine Heavens and Ten Earths

Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge Main Hall, Judgment Hall.

This is a realm of eternal silence and darkness, without up, down, left, or right, without past or present.

Only a mass of unimaginable size, composed of countless twisting, writhing dark-red flesh, floated in the center of the void.

It is the incarnation of the will of Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge, the Grand Elder.

Pfft.

A faint sound, like a bubble bursting, suddenly rang out in this absolute silence.

The mass of writhing flesh shuddered violently; a patch of its surface quickly became withered and gray, as if all its life essence had been instantly drained.

A stabbing pain originating from the source caused a deep, pitch-black fissure to split open on the faceless countenance of the Grand Elder.

Roar——!

The soundless roar turned into a mental storm that swept across the entire Judgment Hall.

Hundreds of millions of stars imprisoned in the hall's walls instantly dimmed under this furious will, as if they could extinguish at any moment.

How many eons have passed?

Since following the Supreme Lord and flattening that defiant immortal court, how many eons has he gone without tasting the flavor of a damaged source?

A newly risen powerhouse!

A wild cultivator who practices the Primordial Immortality Classic!

He dares to openly devour his will projection!

This is a provocation!

This is a trampling of the supreme majesty of the entire Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge!

Gu…… Cang…… sheng……

The flesh-and-blood eyeball that Gu Cangsheng crushed with a fist and swallowed, though merely one ten-millionth of his will projection, contained within it his most essential strand of source-destroying origin.

Damage to the source is trivial; losing face is paramount!

"You think hiding will make things alright?"

The Grand Elder's massive fleshly form began to writhe violently, thick dark-red tentacles, stouter than stellar rivers, extending from it into the endless void.

At the tip of each tentacle connected a tangled web of causal threads.

He is tracing back!

He followed the pure to the extreme chaotic aura, followed the trace left by that forbidden technique, and forcibly pinpointed Gu Cangsheng's world coordinates!

In the void, countless worlds long dead and countless star regions heading toward decline flashed past under his terrifying deductive ability.

The causal lines rapidly converged, pointing to an extremely distant, extremely ancient corner of the universe.

However, just at the moment before he would lock onto the target.

Hum——

A vast, profound, even slightly immortal aura of the Dao of Immortals, like an invisible barrier, firmly blocked his causal probe from outside.

That star region was shrouded in a war mist so thick it could not be dispelled, mixed with the backhands of more than one supreme powerhouse, causing heavenly secrets to fall into utter chaos.

"The Primeval Immortal Domain…… is the place where those remnants of the immortal court linger……"

A hint of surprise flickered in the Grand Elder's voice, then turned into even colder killing intent.

"Very well, you sneaky rats, you should stay in your moldy sewers, yet you dare to come out and cause trouble."

Although he could not pinpoint it precisely, the general direction had been locked.

For him, that was enough.

He didn't need to know exactly which star or divine island the Gu Family resided on.

He only needed to let that star region, and all living beings within it, feel the wrath of the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge!

"Come."

The icy will spread to every corner of the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Several terrifying figures emanating Immortal King pressure tore through the void and silently appeared inside the Judgment Hall.

They varied in form: some wreathed in emerald ghostfire, some blurred within twisting light and shadow, others simply skeletons cloaked in starry robes.

Yet without exception, the Immortal King aura upon them far surpassed that of Tian Qi and You Quan.

They were the few remaining branch hall masters of the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge besides the Grand Elder, each having stepped into the Jue Dian Immortal King realm, their hands stained with the blood of countless worlds.

"Grand Elder."

The Immortal Kings bowed respectfully to the mass of flesh, yet deep in their eyes lay a hint of barely perceptible surprise.

They could sense that the Grand Elder's aura seemed… slightly weakened.

"You Quan died, Tian Qi also died."

The Grand Elder got straight to the point, his voice revealing no joy or anger.

"The Realm-Rending Bone Nail bestowed by the Supreme Lord has also been destroyed."

Upon these words, every Jue Dian Immortal King present turned pale.

The deaths of Tian Qi and You Quan meant nothing to them; the lord of the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge was a matter of survival of the fittest—if he died, it was only due to his own lack of skill.

But the destruction of the Realm-Rending Bone Nail makes this a serious problem!

It was forged from a finger bone shed by the Supreme Lord himself, a symbol of his authority!

"Who did this?"

The skeletal Immortal King spoke, his jawbone moving up and down, emitting a sound like two tombstones grating together, unbearably harsh.

"A newly risen chaos powerhouse from the Gu Family of the Primeval Immortal Domain, cultivating… the Primordial Immortality Classic."

"Primordial Immortality Classic!"

These five words were like a forbidden thunderclap, exploding in the hearts of all Immortal Kings.

"Is it him?"

"That cultivation technique… actually still has an inheritor?"

"No wonder… no wonder the Heaven's Initiation and Deep Spring Society were crushed so completely!"

On the faces of several Immortal Kings, a solemn expression appeared for the first time.

"The Forty-Eighth Branch Hall cannot go a single day without a master."

The Grand Hall Elder ignored their shock, his will directed toward the depths of the shadows in the Judgment Hall.

"Issue my decree: effective immediately, he shall assume the position of Master of the Forty-Eighth Branch Hall."

Everyone followed the Grand Hall Elder's will and looked in that direction.

All that could be seen was a tall figure slowly emerging from within the shadows.

He wore a tattered sword robe soaked in dark-gold blood, his handsome face pallid as paper, the eyes that should have been sharp as swords now filled with endless resentment and madness.

His aura fluctuated unstably between the peak and half-step into the Giant, surrounded by a faint, world-ending Sword Intent that shared the same origin as the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge.

He was none other than the Hate-Heaven Sword King, Li Hentian, who had narrowly escaped from Gu Cangsheng's grasp and been hunted by the Immortal Realm to the point of having no way up to heaven or down to earth!

"Li Hentian? Isn't he a lackey of the Primordial Immortal Realm?"

"How could he be here? And yet he has defected to us?"

Several hall masters felt surprised.

"He has ample reason—more than any of us—to see the Gu Family dead."

"The Grand Hall Elder's voice was icy: 'Moreover, he knows the way to that world.'"

"Li Hentian walked to the center of the hall, faced that mass of flesh and blood, dropped to one knee, and spoke in a hoarse, humble voice: 'Sinner Li Hentian pays respects to the Grand Hall Elder. I am willing to die for the Grand Hall Elder, willing to undertake the lord's great cause, and offer everything!'"

His posture was extremely low, even more humble than the lowest slave.

Because he knew, this was his only, and also his last, chance.

The Immortal Realm no longer had a place for him to hide, and the Gu Family's might only deepened his despair to the bone.

Desiring revenge and survival, he could only choose to ally with this even more evil and terrifying behemoth.

"Excellent." The Grand Hall Elder seemed pleased with Li Hentian's attitude.

"I now give you your first task."

The Grand Hall Elder's icy will transformed into streaks of dark-gold decrees, imprinted upon Li Hentian's sea of consciousness.

"I will open a bounty across the myriad worlds, spreading the news that the Gu Family possesses the Primordial Immortality Scripture and the Chaos Primordial Source to every corner of the heavens and myriad worlds."

"Whoever brings the head of a Gu Family member to see me will receive the lord's personal initiation; whoever offers the primordial source of that Chaos Giant will… gain the qualification to challenge me."