Chapter 183: It came rather quickly

Within the surging mist of the Chaos Secret Realm, the Mist Ridge Lord's colossal form, nearly a light-year tall, trembled slightly.

The thick, ink-like mist around him instantly boiled and surged; his once calm aura turned violently berserk, and from his two rows of cold vertical pupils erupted heavenly rage and extreme greed.

Zhou Xuan's final message, transmitted with his last ounce of soul and spirit, exploded in his sea of consciousness like a thunderclap, each word viciously striking his mind.

"Zhou Xuan is dead… slain by an Eternal Lord?"

"A complete divine bloodline, a descendant of gods?"

The Mist Ridge Lord's soul and spirit violently surged; the vast sound wave shattered the secret realm's spacetime, sending starlight debris flying across the sky.

As an Eternal Lord, he knew full well what it meant to possess a complete body with divine bloodline.

The ancient gods are the supreme existence above all Eternal Lords, transcending the current laws of Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu and grasping higher power—an ultimate powerhouse.

Even a single drop of divine residual blood can let an Eternal Lord break through realm shackles.

Let alone a complete inheritance of divine descendant; it is a supreme treasure even hard to find in the Hun Dun Hai!!

"A complete divine bloodline—I don't know if it's true or false, but the message he sent before death probably isn't fake." The Mist Ridge Lord muttered to himself; the news was too unbelievable.

"What a Zhou Xuan, daring to hide such a tremendous opportunity from me—he practically deserves death!"

The Mist Ridge Lord's heart intertwined hatred and elation; he hated Zhou Xuan for hoarding secrets and scheming to monopolize the opportunity.

If Zhou Xuan had told him earlier and handed over the person with the divine bloodline, he probably wouldn't have died an unjust death.

"How foolish—just a Dao Emperor Realm cultivator, how could he possibly hold onto such a great opportunity?" The Mist Ridge Lord sighed, though upon reflection he also understood!!

Zhou Xuan had lingered at the peak of the Dao Emperor Realm for a long time; after all, his talent could only support his cultivation to that peak, and in this lifetime he could achieve eternity only through chance!

For someone like him, obtaining a complete divine-bloodline body and seeking to monopolize eternity is not unreasonable!

Unfortunately, his strength does not allow him to possess such an opportunity, and it even caused the collapse of the entire Celestial Light Holy Land!

"Is this the newly ascended Eternal Lord of Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu?" The Mist Ridge Lord's eyes rolled as Zhou Xuan, before dying, sent him a message and simultaneously transmitted his final image.

The Eternal Lord who killed him was a white-clad youth, someone he had never seen before.

As an Eternal Lord, the Mist Ridge Lord knows most Eternal Lords of Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu and has dealt with many of them.

Even those he hasn't met, he knows their information!!

That white-clad youth who killed Zhou Xuan is indeed unfamiliar to him.

Generally, those who can become Eternal Lords are geniuses among geniuses; before attaining that status they are unlikely to be obscure, possessing various impressive feats that draw the attention of major powers.

But that white-clad youth appeared out of nowhere.

"Probably some power secretly cultivated him." The Mist Ridge Lord murmured; such things are not uncommon.

However, the Mist Ridge Lord doesn't really care; after all, he is a veteran Eternal Lord whose combat power ranks medium‑high among Eternal Lords, and a newly ascended one isn't worth his notice.

"Hmph, daring to kill my disciple on my turf and seize my opportunity—no matter which faction's Eternal Lord you are, I won't let you leave unscathed." The Mist Ridge Lord gave a cold snort and smile.

Zhou Xuan merely told him that an Eternal Lord had descended upon the Celestial Light Holy Land and begun a massacre, without revealing the details.

The Mist Ridge Lord also merely thought that Eternal Lord killed Zhou Xuan for the sake of the person with the divine bloodline!

Boom—

As the Mist Ridge Lord moved, his surrounding mist turned into a rainbow spanning the star river, directly tearing the spacetime barrier and rushing toward the Celestial Light Holy Land with devastating force.

The Celestial Light Holy Land is his domain; he can directly reach it via the Divine Kingdom in just a few breaths.

In such a short time, that white-clad youth surely hasn't gone far!

……

Around the Celestial Light Holy Land, Canglan Emperor, who had secretly followed Li Zhangsheng here, gazed upon the holy land now reduced to a void spacetime ruin, his heart churning.

Following his teacher Lord of Tianheng's orders, Canglan Emperor secretly tailed Li Zhangsheng to the Celestial Light Holy Land, but he never caught up; upon arriving, he saw this scene.

Once a towering, vast holy land inheriting ten thousand ages, it is now nothing but a spacetime ruin!

Only coagulating, slowly dissipating spacetime power remains, along with a faint bloody scent still lingering in the air!!

Has the Celestial Light Holy Land collapsed?!

Canglan Emperor found it hard to believe.

After all, the Celestial Light Holy Land had Zhou Xuan, a Dao Emperor Realm peak cultivator, holding the fort, and within it were numerous sect‑protecting grand formations.

Such a power could not be toppled unless an Eternal Lord came—otherwise impossible!!

Could Li Zhangsheng be an Eternal Lord?!

Canglan Emperor's heart was shocked beyond measure!

But wait—if he were an Eternal Lord, why would he come ask me for Zhou Xuan's whereabouts?

Logically, for an Eternal Lord to find Zhou Xuan would be extremely easy; why would he need to ask someone?

Moreover, Canglan Emperor sensed no aura of an Eternal Lord from Li Zhangsheng!

For instance, the means an Eternal Lord would possess!!

Could he be a Dao Emperor with heaven‑defying combat power?

Canglan Emperor was deeply puzzled!

At that moment, Li Zhangsheng stood with hands behind his back in the void, his white robes unstained by dust, spacetime Dao principles gently flowing around him; the act of just wiping away dust seemed as trivial as casually destroying a holy land.

Mu Xuan Yi stood at his side, still unable to hide her excitement and shock; her pretty face full of reverence as she looked at her own Sect Master, with a hint of bewilderment about her own origins in her eyes.

She was also hearing about her own bloodline for the first time.

Her body flowed with a divine bloodline that even Dao Emperor Realm peak cultivators would covet madly; to her, it was utterly unbelievable.

"Sect Master, my bloodline…" Mu Xuan Yi spoke softly, her voice tinged with helplessness; Zhou Xuan had said before that once he died, the news of her bloodline being public would drive even Eternal Lords mad.

After arriving in Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu, Mu Xuan Yi gained a rough understanding of it!

The Eternal Lords are the supreme existence of Yuan Zhi Sheng Tu!!

She never imagined her own bloodline would have such allure!

According to Zhou Xuan's words, now that he's dead, the news of Mu Xuan Yi's bloodline has likely already spread.

From now on, I fear that I and the Sect Master will have endless trouble!!

Li Zhangsheng turned his head, looked at Mu Xuan Yi, gave a small smile, and comforted: "No need to worry; no matter what bloodline runs in your veins, as long as I am here, no one can harm you in the slightest, and no one can have designs on you!"

"Whoever dares to have designs on you, I will extinguish his Dao lineage!"

His words were light, yet they carried an indisputable confidence and a protective intent, instantly dispelling Mu Xuan Yi's inner panic and replacing it with a profound sense of security!

She bowed respectfully, her voice firm: "Thank you, Sect Master!"

Li Zhangsheng gave a slight nod; suddenly, he raised his eyebrows, his gaze indifferent as he looked toward the distant void, the corner of his mouth curling slightly: "Looks like they came rather quickly."

Zhou Xuan had said before that as soon as he died, he would spread the news of the bloodline within Mu Xuan Yi's body.

It seems he indeed spread the news!

At the same moment, the distant void suddenly exploded, a river of mist as thick as possible stretched across the sky, carrying the eternal might of heaven‑shattering, earth‑destroying power, and it crashed down upon this wasteland!

The terrifying aura crushed the heavens!

The mist roiled and condensed, and the immense form of the Mist Ridge Lord appeared, two rows of icy vertical pupils locking firmly onto Li Zhangsheng and Mu Xuan Yi!