Chapter 67: Immortal King's Corpse, World Tree Sapling, Guardians of the 18th Realm!

Immortal Ancient Altar.

Here, it was once the Immortal Ancient Era, the outbreak site of a heaven-shaking war.

Countless immortals and true gods shed blood and fell here.

Their blood dyed the earth red.

Their remnants souls turned into endless resentful spirits, wandering this land for ages.

The thick killing and death qi turned this place into a life-forbidden zone.

Even the native inhabitants of the Immortal Ancient Relic Land, those experts comparable to outside Cult Master-level, dare not venture in lightly.

At this moment, atop a bone mountain formed from countless skeletons in the altar's core area,

a huge resentful spirit, a thousand zhang tall, pitch-black, emanating overwhelming feral might, is coiled here.

Its aura has surpassed the Cult Master-level of the outside 13th Realm, reaching a new level—the 14th Realm!

It is the overlord of this battlefield, a Resentful Spirit Emperor formed from the grudges of countless fallen experts!

"Roar—!"

The Resentful Spirit Emperor snapped open its blood-red eyes and unleashed a soul-shaking roar.

It sensed it.

A living being is intruding into its territory!

Moreover, that being's aura brims with majestic life essence—to it, it's practically the most delectable tonic!

It sprang up from the bone mountain, its massive form blotting out the sky.

Countless weaker resentful spirits, hearing its roar, gathered from every corner of the battlefield, forming a vast black army!

They intend to tear that clueless intruder to shreds and devour it completely!

However, just as they finished gathering and prepared to face the enemy,

a blinding golden stream of light tore through the battlefield's black mist, crashing forward with unstoppable force!

It was Gu Yuan's Nine Dragon Sandalwood Palanquin!

"Roar!!!"

The Resentful Spirit Emperor let out an angry roar, its huge claw, wielding power enough to rend heaven and earth, slammed down hard upon that golden stream!

Inside the palanquin.

Gu Yuan couldn't even be bothered to glance at it, merely uttering two words lightly.

"Eat it."

"Yes, Young Master!"

The next moment.

"Roar—!"

Nine dragon roars, each a million times more terrifying than the Resentful Spirit Emperor's bellow, exploded!

The nine Primeval Dragon Emperors pulling the cart erupted with incredibly greedy light in their eyes!

To them, these resentful spirits formed purely of soul power are practically top-tier snacks!

They flung open their blood-filled maws!

Hum!

Nine enormous black vortices appeared out of nowhere!

An indescribably terrifying devouring force burst from those nine vortices!

"Roar—! (No!)"

The peerless Resentful Spirit Emperor, upon feeling that devouring force, showed fear and despair for the first time in its blood-red eyes!

It wanted to flee!

But its body seemed completely sealed, unable to move an inch!

It could only watch helplessly as its body was pulled by that terrifying suction.

Constantly tugged and torn, it ultimately turned into the purest soul power, completely devoured by those nine black holes!

Not a single soldier of its resentful spirit army escaped; all were sucked in as well!

It took only a moment.

This ancient battlefield, which had lingered for countless ages, was swept clean.

The nine Primeval Dragon Emperors let out a satisfied burp, their dragon might seeming to grow a bit stronger.

Inside the palanquin.

Gu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad, efficiency is high."

He could feel that after clearing these resentful spirits, the battlefield's immortal substance had become purer.

"Keep moving forward."

The Nine Dragon Sandalwood Palanquin, without hesitation, continued speeding eastward.

Another half-day of swift travel.

Finally, after passing through a fractured space rift,

a brand-new, awe-inspiring sight appeared before Gu Yuan and company.

Here, it is a vast, boundless void.

No heaven or earth, no sun or moon, only endless chaotic qi surging.

And in the deepest part of that chaotic qi.

A colossal skeleton, so huge it defies description, sits silently cross-legged there.

The skeleton was entirely jade‑white, radiating an immortal divine brilliance.

Even after having fallen for countless epochs, it still exuded a supreme pressure that towers above all paths, suppressing the heavens and the universe, spreading outward.

Just a glance makes one's spirit tremble, unable to resist the urge to bow in worship!

"This... what is this..."

Even Great Elder Gu Linjiang, with his vast knowledge, couldn't help but gasp coldly the moment he saw the skeleton, his eyes filled with shock.

"True Immortal!"

"This is... a complete True Immortal skeleton!"

Inside the carriage, Gu Yuan's brows involuntarily furrowed, and an unprecedented brilliance erupted from his eyes.

"No, Uncle Gu Linjiang, you're wrong."

"This is not a True Immortal's skeleton; a True Immortal cannot forge such massive incorporeal matter."

"It is a... Immortal King."

"It is... the skeleton of an Immortal King."

Immortal King!

That is a supreme being beyond True Immortals, standing atop the Dao of Immortals!

A single drop of blood can erase an entire great world!

A single hair strand can sever the timeless cosmos!

Such a being exists only in the records of the Primordial Celestial Realm.

He actually witnessed a complete corpse with his own eyes!

"So that's it... so that's it!"

Gu Linjiang stared at the Immortal King skeleton, murmuring to himself, his face showing sudden enlightenment.

"I understand! The reason the incorporeal matter in this Immortal Ancient Ruins is ten times denser than outside is not any energy generated by heaven and earth."

"It is... after this Immortal King fell, his immortal body released... incorporeal matter."

The Immortal King's corpse aura emitting incorporeal matter!

Upon hearing this, all Gu Family elites present were shaken to their core!

To use the corpse aura released after the Immortal King's fall to nourish a secret realm, filling it with so‑called incorporeal matter?

"No wonder... the laws here are so shattered; they simply couldn't bear the Immortal King's might and were ripped apart."

All the doubts in everyone's hearts were answered at that moment.

Yet Gu Yuan's gaze fixed steadfastly on the palm of that Immortal King skeleton.

There, on that incomparably massive jade‑white palm,

a sapling no more than three feet tall, its whole body enveloped in multicolored sunrise glow, its branches and leaves seeming formed from the purest Daoic law, quietly grew there.

Each of its leaves seemed to bear the birth and death of an entire world.

An extremely dense life force and the primal power of the world radiated from that tiny sapling.

"World Tree Seedling!"

Entering the Three Thousand Dao Prefecture this time, the greatest goal lies before us!

"Hahaha! Good! Very good!"

Gu Yuan could no longer contain his excitement and laughed heartily to the heavens.

"Relay my orders! Immediately seal off this area! No one may approach! Violators shall be killed without mercy!"

"Today, I, the Young Master, will pack up this Immortal King corpse, together with the World Tree and the entire Immortal Ancient Ruins, and take them away!"

Gu Yuan declared with boundless enthusiasm.

However, just as they had not yet approached the Immortal King skeleton,

A cold, hoarse, utterly emotionless voice resonated softly in this void space.

"Trespasser... of the forbidden realm..."

"Die!"

As the words fell,

Behind that Immortal King skeleton, a pitch‑black shadow tinged with the Immortal King's aura slowly rose.

The aura it exuded was unmistakably—Peak of the 18th Realm!