Chapter 526: Three Embodiments Stabilize the World

Arrogant!

The humanoid mantis elder was utterly infuriated by this dismissive attitude.

He made the first move.

His silhouette left an afterimage where he stood; his two forelegs, like heavenly blades, were wrapped in sharp law capable of severing causality, and they crossed to slash at the head of his past self.

He poured all his power into this blow, confident that even a fellow Jue Dian Immortal King of the same level would have to avoid its edge.

However, his past self did not dodge or evade.

He simply raised his right hand, clad in ancient armor, and spread his five fingers.

Hum—

A shield forged from countless fragments of time, ancient and simple, appeared in his palm out of thin air.

Upon that shield were etched all of Gu Lin Tian's battle marks from the start of his cultivation to his attainment of Immortal King, indestructible.

Clang!!!

The ringing of metal on metal shook the entire Celestial Ring Realm with wails.

The mantis elder's forelegs struck solidly against the shield.

The Law Power capable of tearing apart the world raged wildly across the shield's surface, yet could not leave even a trace.

Instead, the terrifying recoil force traveled along his forelegs and spread throughout his body.

Crack!

On his forelegs, harder than immortal gold, a fine crack actually appeared.

How is this possible?!

In the mantis elder's eyes, a look of horror appeared for the first time.

What kind of defensive divine ability is this?

His own all-out strike not only failed to break the defense, but actually injured himself?

At the instant his mind and spirit were shaken.

Future.

Gu Lin Tian's voice rang out again.

The future incarnation, shrouded in hazy time fragments and flickering uncertainly, moved.

He did not charge at the mantis elder, but pointed from afar at the writhing mass of black rot.

This finger was ordinary and unremarkable.

It carried no earth-shaking might, no profound laws.

The countless human faces within the black rot even let out mocking laughter.

It opened its maw, about to swallow this clueless incarnation.

But in the next instant.

All of its movements froze.

A phantom sword condensed from pure future causal energy had, at some point, thrust outward from its core essence.

Upon that sword, there was no power at all.

Yet it severed the black rot's future.

Pfft.

A soft sound.

That mass of black rot, which had existed for untold eons and devoured countless beings, turned into a wisp of green smoke in midair and vanished without a trace.

As if it had never existed.

Death.

A Jue Dian Immortal King died just like that.

He died silently and without a trace, eerily and inexplicably.

The Celestial Ring Realm instantly fell into utter silence.

The mantis elder, the white bone knight, and the spider woman— the three Jue Dian Immortal Kings—had all their movements frozen in place.

The contempt and greed on their faces had long vanished, replaced by an indescribable horror and shock.

They didn't even understand what had happened.

How could a single finger from the future incarnation cross time and space to launch an attack directly from the target's very essence?

What level of power is this?

A Giant Head?

No, that's not right!

That figure's aura is clearly just that of an ordinary Immortal King peak!

Gurgle.

Gu Zhan swallowed hard, staring blankly at this scene.

Family Head... is he really this powerful?

Gu Xue Dao's intact left hand also involuntarily gripped his sword hilt.

He likewise didn't understand, but he could feel that the power the Family Head displayed now had completely surpassed his comprehension of the Immortal King realm.

Is this... the power after refining the Giant Head Dao Fruit?

Charge together! Kill him!

After the brief silence came utter madness.

The remaining three Jue Dian Immortal Kings clearly realized they had encountered an unprecedented terrifying existence today.

Scattering and fleeing will only result in being picked off one by one.

The only way to survive is to join forces, at any cost, and completely annihilate that black‑robed man who appears to be their true form in the shortest possible time.

The mantis elder let out a sharp cry, and his pair of forelimbs, like heavenly blades, instantly swelled to ten thousand times their size.

The white bone knight thrust his bone scythe hard into the ground and began chanting an ancient, evil incantation.

The earth of the Heavenly Ring Realm beneath him began to tremble violently, and bottomless cracks spread outward.

This is his innate divine ability—the Netherworld Domain.

Within this domain, all deceased beings will become his most loyal servants, fighting for him.

The spider woman then opened her cherry‑small mouth and spat out a gigantic spider web that shimmered with seven‑colored light.

That spider web looked beautiful, yet it contained the world's most vicious curse and deadly poison.

Once contaminated, even an Immortal King's soul would be completely corroded within a few breaths.

The three Jue Dian Immortal Kings who had struggled for countless ages in the Boundary Sea now, without reservation, unleashed their ultimate life‑saving secret arts.

They intended to use their strongest combined attack to utterly keep here the Immortal Realm visitor who had brought them endless fear.

Facing this heaven‑shattering, earth‑rending joint strike, Gu Lin Tian's expression remained calm.

He merely raised his eyes, glanced at the blade net above, then at the bone hands below, and finally his gaze settled upon the seven‑colored spider web.

"Is this… the Boundary Sea's method?"

He shook his head, seeming somewhat disappointed.

"Too weak."

Before his words even faded, his present incarnation—himself—finally moved.

He used no technique at all, simply stepping forward with a single step.

One step landed.

Boom——!!!

Centering on him, an indescribably terrifying aura erupted explosively.

It was not mere magical pressure, but a purer, more primal Dao.

It was everything borne by Gu Lin Tian—as head of the Gu Family, father of Gu Yuan, and son of Gu Cangsheng!

It was his understanding and mastery of this heaven and earth as an Immortal King!

"Scatter."

He softly uttered a single word.

The mantis elder, as if struck by lightning, spat out a large mouthful of dark‑green blood, and his vitality instantly waned.

His Dao was suppressed by the opponent's Dao!

This… is the Dao of a Colossal Immortal King!

"Impossible! How could an ordinary Immortal King possibly possess the Dao of a Colossal Immortal King!!"

"Kneel."

Gu Lin Tian uttered another word.

The netherworld domain formed of countless bone hands beneath his feet instantly lost all power, and in unison turned to face Gu Lin Tian, prostrating themselves in worship.

The white bone knight's soul fire flared violently for an instant, nearly extinguishing outright.

His divine ability had its control seized!

Finally, Gu Lin Tian's gaze fell upon the seven‑colored spider web rushing toward him.

He didn't even speak again.

He simply extended his right hand, clenched it in mid‑air toward the web.

That spider web, laced with deadly poison and curse, stalled in mid‑air and ultimately transformed into a seven‑colored pearl the size of a fingernail, hovering silently in his palm.

"Not bad material; Yuan'er might like it."

Gu Lin Tian examined the pearl in his hand and casually put it away.

One step, one word, one grasp.

The joint killing strike of the three Jue Dian Immortal Kings was thus lightly dismissed and completely neutralized.

The mantis elder, white bone knight, and spider woman—these three Boundary Sea fiends—now felt only icy cold in their limbs, a chill rising from the depths of their souls straight to the crown of their heads.

They, just what kind of monster have they provoked?