Chapter 252 - 153: 40 Years in a Flash, a Divine Weapon is Born

The sun and moon shone in the sky together, their light magnificent.

The Celestial Gate has appeared; the great era is upon us!

Although the Earth Immortals from the various Immortal Sects had long predicted that the Celestial Gate would open, they still couldn’t hide their excitement when it truly appeared.

To every Cultivator, the Celestial Gate represented opportunity and infinite possibility!

There were tales of Cultivators, new to the Cultivation Immortality Realm, who rose to prominence against all odds within a mere century after the Celestial Gate’s appearance. They would achieve the rank of Earth Immortal and establish their own sects.

Some Earth Immortal Cultivators had entered the Celestial Gate, obtained the legacy of an Immortal Emperor, and successfully became Immortal Emperors themselves.

To say nothing of the secret to eternal life hidden within the Celestial Gate—a prize sought after by countless Cultivators, even Immortal Emperors.

For a moment, the hearts of the gathered Earth Immortals and Immortal Kings from the various Immortal Sects pounded with excitement. They nearly forgot that they had come to besiege and kill Wang Xiao.

Until a single sentence from Wang Xiao dragged them all back to reality.

Hearing this, the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect’s brow twitched. He snorted.

"Bury us on the eve of the new great era? Such arrogance! I refuse to believe you can stand against all of us today!"

The moment his voice fell, endless poisonous mist erupted from his body, coalescing into a venomous scorpion. In an instant, it streaked a thousand zhang across the sky, its poison so potent it seemed to kill the very void as it lunged violently at Wang Xiao!

It was saturated with the most potent poison in the world, capable of instantly killing an Immortal King.

Even an Earth Immortal would face certain death or grievous injury upon contact.

This was the Poison Great Dao, which the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect had mastered to perfection.

This particular Divine Techniques Immortal Technique far surpassed any other Magic in the world!

"Very good. A pity you’re still lacking."

Wang Xiao smiled faintly.

His Inner World suddenly trembled. From between his brows, a translucent palm shot forth.

It grasped a golden sword that pulsed with the profound Great Dao, and it slashed forward fiercely!

Invisible, profound ripples spread out abruptly, freezing the lunging venomous scorpion in mid-air.

Then,

SNAP!

It was as if something had been severed, releasing a wave of visible fluctuations.

The next moment, a horrified shriek from the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect echoed from the Dragon Boat.

"How is this possible? Th-this is the Immortal Emperor’s Law! How could you have attained your Dao so quickly? No! Save me! Save me!"

The instant his words faded, the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect collapsed to the ground, his body and spirit utterly annihilated.

After using the Sword of Destiny to annihilate the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect, Wang Xiao felt his own line of Destiny tremble violently.

A segment of the line leading toward his future had vanished.

This was the cost: five hundred years of Wang Xiao’s lifespan!

’So this is the price for killing an Earth Immortal? It’s bearable.’

Wang Xiao wasn’t too concerned.

With the current strength of his physical body and Divine Soul, living for a hundred thousand years was no problem at all.

A mere five hundred years of life was, of course, nothing to him.

"He’s attained his Dao! He’s really attained his Dao!"

"This speed of attainment is just too fast! Damn it, we should have acted sooner!"

"He’s going to get his revenge on us now!"

Watching the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect lie dead on the floor, the faces of the other Earth Immortals from the various Immortal Sects darkened.

Their joy at the Celestial Gate’s appearance and the dawn of the great era vanished in an instant.

In its place was a profound sense of dread and regret.

They all cursed themselves for not striking sooner; otherwise, they would never have allowed such a formidable foe to rise.

Of course, they couldn’t be entirely blamed.

Who could have predicted that the Celestial Destiny Emperor would attain his Dao in just half a year after his Enlightenment?

None of the current Immortal Emperors in the world, not even the legendary Master of the Taiyi Holy Land from ages past, had achieved it at such a speed.

Just then, the assembled Earth Immortals heard Wang Xiao’s voice once more.

"I am not an unreasonable man. The Immortal Kings who came to me previously, seeking to borrow my Technique to attain their Dao, are all dead. While you are guilty of inciting them, your crime does not warrant death."

"However, while you may be spared the death sentence, you cannot escape punishment. Today, you will all hand over your sects’ Immortal Treasures. Do so, and I shall spare your lives."

The Celestial Gate was about to open.

When it did, Wang Xiao would certainly enter to investigate.

He was bound to clash with other Immortal Emperors inside.

Naturally, he needed to prepare in advance—for instance, by acquiring a suitable Weapon.

He had always used his Tai Chi Gang Qi as his Weapon.

But no matter how formidable the Gang Qi was, there was still a vast difference between it and a true Immortal Treasure.

Before entering the Celestial Gate, Wang Xiao wanted to forge an Immortal Treasure, or even a Weapon that surpassed one.

To do so, he had to first collect Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

The Immortal Treasures from these Immortal Sects happened to be perfect for his needs.

If he could smelt these Immortal Treasures, extract their essence, and forge them into a single item... there was no telling how powerful the resulting Weapon would be.

His combat prowess would instantly ascend to a new level!

Upon hearing his demand, all of the Earth Immortals’ faces filled with rage.

The youngest among them had lived for at least five thousand years.

Every disciple in their respective Sects had to address them as "Old Ancestor" upon sight.

It had been a very long time since anyone had dared to speak to them in such a condescending tone.

Demanding they trade their Immortal Treasures for their lives, no less!

Immortal Treasures were the ultimate artifacts that protected their Immortal Sects!

It was the very existence of these Immortal Treasures that gave them the power to stand against the Holy Lands.

Now, for the Celestial Destiny Emperor to demand they hand over their Immortal Treasures was tantamount to severing the very foundations of their Immortal Sects.

Moreover, some of the Earth Immortals in the group didn’t even possess an Immortal Treasure!

Not every Immortal Sect was fortunate enough to possess an Immortal Treasure.

Take the Sect Leader of the Witchcraft Gu Immortal Sect, for example. If he’d had an Immortal Treasure to protect him, he wouldn’t have been killed so easily by the Immortal Emperor’s Law!

"Celestial Destiny Emperor, what about those of us who possess no Immortal Treasure?!"

Several of the Earth Immortals who lacked an Immortal Treasure looked at Wang Xiao with trepidation.