Chapter 459: Fulfilling the Pact

The life-or-death duel between Xiling Sacred Land and Ye Linyan was like the protagonist’s final battle against the villain in a novel—the villain always made it a grand spectacle, inviting all factions to witness.

Kamikawa Chiaki even said Ye Linyan was truly a classic protagonist template.

The truth was not that Ye Linyan was a protagonist template; if this were merely a simple life-or-death duel with a ruined genius, Xiling Sacred Land had no reason to make it public—only they would suffer the shame.

After all, how could a mere Sacred Son’s duel with a waste be turned into a grand event? Were they flaunting their wealth and power? It only made Xiling Sacred Land look vulgar.

Xiling Sacred Land invited all factions to witness because of Ye Linyan.

Ye Linyan was not only gifted enough to marry into Xiling Sacred Land and produce superior offspring—there was another reason.

Ye Linyan came from a fallen family.

That family had once been more powerful than Xiling Sacred Land.

Xiling Sacred Land arranged the betrothal and the duel precisely to seize the family’s legacy—the wager itself was the legacy.

Then, the major forces of the Taihuang Great Realm were invited to Xiling Sacred Land.

No one expected Ye Linyan to win; all assumed she would lose, even after her reputation revived over the past year.

In the Forbidden Beast Forest incident, Ye Linyan did gain something—Kamikawa Mitsu helped her, restoring her talent and elevating her potential, propelling her power forward dramatically.

Yet her revived reputation meant nothing—no one truly believed in her.

The major forces understood clearly.

On the surface, it was Ye Linyan versus the Xiling Sacred Son in a life-or-death duel; in truth, it was a powerful sacred land plundering a fallen family.

To obtain the fallen family’s vital legacy, Xiling Sacred Land had prepared the Sacred Son thoroughly—deploying every advantage to ensure his victory, even adding a second layer of insurance.

Inviting all major forces to witness meant Xiling Sacred Land had orchestrated secret manipulations behind the scenes.

These forces had long colluded with Xiling Sacred Land—they would give it full face, turning white into black.

In the end, Ye Linyan resembled the protagonist of a novel—a classic template—but that did not mean she was the true protagonist.

This was reality.

This was a true alien world of deceit and survival of the fittest.

Xiling Sacred Land rose to become a top force in the Taihuang Great Realm not through empty words or foolish actions, but through genuine strength—they would never overlook easily gained gains.

But everything changed when Kamikawa Mitsu and his sister arrived with Ye Linyan.

Only then did Kamikawa Mitsu and his sister arrive.

The next second.

On the spectator seats of the duel platform built by Xiling Sacred Land, everyone leapt to their feet in shock, faces pale with disbelief.

Some rubbed their eyes frantically, thinking they had been ensnared by illusion arts.

“Did I see that right? That’s Kamikawa Mitsu!” A grand elder from a major sect nearly pulled out his beard in his shock.

The surprise was simply too great—no one had expected this.

With the interconnection of the myriad realms, information from the Initial Realm spread across the cosmos; as a world that had witnessed the River of Time, the Taihuang Great Realm quickly absorbed the Initial Realm’s news and was stunned.

Kamikawa Mitsu, the strongest prodigy of the Initial Realm, without exception, had his name and deeds carried throughout the myriad realms.

Even if they had never seen a pig run, they had eaten pork—the major forces of the Taihuang Great Realm had never seen Kamikawa Mitsu in person, but they had seen his portraits.

“Is that really Kamikawa Mitsu?”

“This… does that girl from the Ye family know Kamikawa Mitsu?!”

Unutterable shock.

The major forces nearly thought they had misseen—again and again, they confirmed: the siblings accompanying Ye Linyan were identical in appearance to the Kamikawa siblings of the Initial Realm.

Even Xiling Sacred Land was shaken.

Immediately, to confirm the situation, the Xiling Sacred Lord stepped forward to speak with Ye Linyan—ostensibly asking about the duel, but also inquiring who these remarkable companions were, noting their extraordinary appearance and resemblance to Kamikawa Mitsu, warning them not to impersonate the Kamikawa siblings, for the consequences would be severe.

With Kamikawa Mitsu and his sister’s consent, Ye Linyan revealed their true identities: they were indeed the Kamikawa siblings.

At first, Xiling Sacred Land and all present factions refused to believe it—except for the faction allied with Ye Linyan’s close companion.

Only when another faction arrived did Xiling Sacred Land and the others finally believe they were truly the Kamikawa siblings.

The arriving faction was not invited by Xiling Sacred Land, nor did it come uninvited.

It was the force invited in Ye Linyan’s name—the Taihuang Great Realm’s forbidden zone: the Forbidden Beast Forest!

As one party in the life-or-death duel, Ye Linyan had the right to invite witnesses—a concession granted by Xiling Sacred Land to avoid public criticism and preserve its reputation, since her fallen family could never summon powerful allies.

Yet.

Reality slapped them in the face.

One of the Forbidden Beast Forest’s overlords, Tiantian Ao, arrived with a host of ancient-blooded ferocious beasts to support Ye Linyan.

The sheer presence and aura shook the entire venue.

Far off on the horizon, a colossal, monstrous ancient beast radiating pure primordial ferocity—capable of swallowing the sun, moon, heavens, and stars—was followed by one terrifying primordial beast after another.

Those unfamiliar might have thought a primordial beast tide had erupted.

One could imagine: if these primordial beasts unleashed their rage, they would slaughter millions, turning rivers red with blood.

Tiantian Ao’s appearance—and his friendly greeting to the Kamikawa siblings—was proof enough.

These siblings were truly the Kamikawa siblings.

The Forbidden Beast Forest, one of the Taihuang Great Realm’s forbidden zones, possessed power far beyond Xiling Sacred Land and other factions—they could look down on all present forces.

Yet Tiantian Ao greeted only the Kamikawa siblings and Ye Linyan, ignoring Xiling Sacred Land entirely—his stance was unmistakable.

The tide turned instantly.

The major forces began reconsidering whether to side with Xiling Sacred Land.

If Ye Linyan lost, fine—but if she won, and they still sided with Xiling Sacred Land, they would have to face not just the Kamikawa Clan, but the Forbidden Beast Forest—and worse, the Kamikawa siblings themselves.

Kamikawa Mitsu was at least a Immortal-Monarch level being, equal to Xiling Sacred Land’s ancestral elders.

They did not know Tiantian Ao had been summoned entirely by Kamikawa Mitsu—Ye Linyan had no such influence.

Tiantian Ao had stepped out of the Forbidden Beast Forest after ten thousand years solely because of Kamikawa Mitsu.

It has to be said that Shangchuan Zun's summoning of Tun Tian Ao, along with his own final trump card, threw the Xiling Sacred Land into panic.

That was Kamikawa Mitsu—the prodigy of the Initial Realm, destined at minimum for immortality—who knew if, after defeating Ye Linyan, he would turn on them just as they had planned?

Whether in the alien realm or the Initial Realm, the rule was the same.

As long as you had enough wealth and power, you were the master—no matter the resistance, the Chen ancestral clan was a living example.

Had Kamikawa Mitsu not declared before all, “Fight on. I won’t interfere, no matter the outcome, as long as it’s fair,” Xiling Sacred Land might have canceled the duel entirely.

Compared to the legacy of Ye Linyan’s family, offending the Forbidden Beast Forest and the Kamikawa Clan was negligible.

Fortunately, Kamikawa Mitsu’s words gave Xiling Sacred Land reassurance.

As long as they defeated Ye Linyan, nothing would happen—Kamikawa Mitsu, as the future heir of a supreme force, could not go back on his word, especially before the eyes of all alien realm factions.

Unless Kamikawa Mitsu wiped out every force present.

Then.

The life-or-death duel between Ye Linyan and the Xiling Sacred Son began.

Unexpectedly, Ye Linyan won—she slew the thoroughly prepared Xiling Sacred Son, a result no one foresaw.

Remember, Ye Linyan came from a fallen family, while the Xiling Sacred Son was backed by the flourishing Xiling Sacred Land—there was no comparison. Worse, Ye Linyan was a ruined talent.

The Xiling Sacred Son died on his own territory—an unbearable humiliation.

Yet they had no anger to vent—not because of the Kamikawa Clan, nor because of Tiantian Ao.

It was one piece of news.

When Ye Linyan slew the Xiling Sacred Son, a message arrived.

It was news about Kamikawa Mitsu: the Ji Xia Academy had announced that the Immortal Record Stone had been shattered—Kamikawa Mitsu, at nineteen, had attained Immortality, breaking the record and setting a new one.

Immortality!!

Xiling Sacred Land’s arrogance vanished instantly; all thoughts disappeared.

Joking? The Kamikawa Mitsu standing before them was no mere god or demon—he was an Immortal, something never before seen in the Taihuang Great Realm!

A being of that caliber—if angered—could crush them all with a single palm, not just Xiling Sacred Land, but every faction present.

Who dared to be bold?

None. No faction dared speak for Xiling Sacred Land—they all switched sides, praising the Kamikawa siblings and lauding Ye Linyan, not daring to utter a single word.

Kamikawa Mitsu chose not to leave the Taihuang Great Realm immediately—he stayed.

He had promised Kamikawa Chiaki he would attend Ye Linyan’s duel and take her on a trip through the alien realm.

That was also why Kamikawa Mitsu had only now arrived at the mysterious mist.

“Protect Chiaki. If anything happens to her, you know the consequences.”

Kamikawa Mitsu stared at the mysterious mist, as if speaking to it—or perhaps to himself.

“Yes.”

“Master, no need to say more—if we fail to protect Little Master, we will die to atone.”

A distant voice echoed from the heavens, as if coming from all directions—or perhaps from one.

Kamikawa Mitsu was not surprised by the two voices—they were the two Immortal beings he had created using points and the Ji Xia Academy’s corpse-collection mission, the two Immortals from the Twenty-Eight Mansions who had accompanied him to the Taihuang Great Realm.

He gave a slight nod, settled his affairs without hesitation, and entered the mysterious mist.

“What? Kamikawa the Immortal entered the mysterious mist?!”

In Tokyo, Japan, the Superhuman Response Division, Director Takahashi nearly fell off his chair upon hearing the report.

At the same moment.

Superhuman Response Divisions across all nations received reports of Kamikawa Mitsu entering the mysterious mist.

No one was not terrified.

The mysterious mist is utterly enigmatic; even gods, demons, immortals, and demonic immortals who enter may die—just recently, they had asked the Void Master, who had ascended to demonic immortality, to re-enter the world within the mist for exploration.

Having achieved demonic immortality, the Void Master’s ego swelled; he believed that entering the mist should pose little danger, at least enough to ensure his survival.

Yet, as he reached the end of the Yin Bridge and saw the land of Yin, he immediately cowered.

Since then, all nations have raised the perceived danger level of the world within the mysterious mist to a new height.

Now, as Kamikawa Mitsu enters the mysterious mist, how could any nation remain unshaken?

“Assign personnel to monitor the mysterious mist around the clock for twenty-four hours. Notify me immediately at the slightest movement—use human eyes, and don’t let the satellites fall behind.”

Instantly, all nations issued the same order.

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