Chapter 216: with translation of chapter title

"Is Linglong Immortal Venerable performing the Great Wish Technique?"

Chen Zheng followed the sound and looked; his gaze pierced the universe, and he immediately saw, in the cosmos beyond the distant Boundless Great World, an ancient chart floating, vast and boundless, like the primordial star curtain before the chaos was divided, stretching across half the cosmos—it was precisely the immortal artifact, the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram.

The chart's surface glittered with starlight, brilliant to the extreme.

Starlight turned into pillars of light piercing heaven and earth, each connecting to a person of the Boundless Star Palace, doubling their strength, growing braver with each battle, and beating back the invading Eternal Magic Hall and demon tribe strongholds in successive defeats.

Even Palace Master Xing Yuan and the three Void Immortal vice‑palace masters, bolstered by the starlight, gained the means to rival Linglong Immortal Venerable, Crimson Abyss Demon Sovereign, Heart Demon Elder, and Chi Ren King.

Xing Yuan was originally a true immortal, but his battle power has now utterly surpassed his former level, exceeding even that of Huang Xiao Yu wearing the Manggu Immortal Armor and wielding the Ni Xian Divine Blade.

But Linglong Immortal Venerable is no pushover; her ethereal fairy bearing as she walks upon the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram seems like ascending to immortality through feathering, step by step toward the diagram's center; no matter how Xing Yuan and the others attack, she handles them with ease, uttering one resounding Hongmeng Great Wish after another that shakes all heavens and myriad worlds, each carrying supreme power.

Chi Yuan Demon Sovereign and the others guarded her flanks, their demonic might overwhelming the world, repelling one Boundless Star Palace powerhouse after another who tried to block the way, causing the heroes to bleed.

The four's target was the bead set at the very center of the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram.

This bead was the size of an infant's fist, its surface flashing with golden light, resembling a primordial Dao fruit.

"Wuji Relic, with you I can step into the celestial immortal realm and enter the Hongmeng secret treasury once more."

Linglong Immortal Venerable smiled, a smile that could overthrow a city; her Great Wish Technique blasted back the heroes, and she finally arrived before the Wuji Relic, extending her lotus‑root‑like slender arm, each verdant finger curled like a dragon's claw, and she grasped it from afar downward.

Swish!

The Wuji Relic was actually snatched right off the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram by her bare hand, now held in her palm.

"I had underestimated her before."

In the distant cosmos, Chen Zheng's pupils reflected Linglong Immortal Venerable standing proudly at the center of the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram, holding the Wuji Relic—a peerless bearing that drew his sincere admiration.

Linglong Immortal Venerable's battle power cannot be fully measured by magical force alone; when she unleashes the Great Wish Technique, it is nearly comparable to his slaying of Huang Xiao Yu, making her truly the foremost expert of the Xuanhuang realm surpassing the Taihuang Heaven.

Although Taihuang Heaven is strong, among true immortals it counts as outstanding, yet before her it is no different from a three‑year‑old child—one could say it's kill‑able at will, cut‑able at will.

Were it not for the Eternal God Furnace's existence, Taihuang Heaven would have long been slain by her; how could the Taiyi Sect then act high‑and‑mighty?

"Linglong, you dare steal my Boundless Star Palace's supreme treasure—you deserve death ten thousand times over!"

The Boundless Star Palace forces repelled outside the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram saw the Wuji Relic forcibly taken by Linglong Immortal Venerable and were utterly enraged.

Palace Master Xing Yuan's eyes nearly split with fury.

Know that the Wuji Relic is formed from the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram over ages, condensing various immortal realm vital energies; its effect in breaking through bottlenecks is extraordinary.

Countless ages have passed, and only this single bead has condensed on the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram; it was originally intended for Xing Yuan to refine when his power reached ten trillion dragon force, allowing him to ascend in one leap to celestial immortal and lead the Boundless Star Palace to glory—yet now it has been snatched from his grasp by Linglong Immortal Venerable.

Xing Yuan naturally harbored boundless hatred.

This was tantamount to cutting off his path!

Yet he had no intention of rushing forward to seize back the Wuji Relic; instead he suppressed his hatred and anger, solemnly chanting a spell as if summoning an unparalleled powerhouse to come and punish Linglong Immortal Venerable.

Hum!

As the chant rang out, at the center of the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram—right before Linglong Immortal Venerable and her four companions—a towering gate reaching ten quadrillion miles high suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

The gate stood wide open; within, thunderclouds roiled faintly visible, divine thunderbolts rolling and brewing, taking on a translucent hue and emitting a deep, muffled blast that made the Boundless Great World tremble violently, as if a celestial being in heaven raged, ready to descend the final judgment to punish all beings.

"The Gate of the Immortal Realm?"

The demonic hordes attacking the Boundless Star Palace, together with the Three Elders of the Clan Stars and the Star Lord and others, sensed the commotion; upon seeing that towering gate, they all grew fearful, feeling a sense of having no way to heaven nor earth—a feeling of certain death.

Even Linglong Immortal Venerable's complexion shifted slightly; she swiftly told the few beside her, "The Boundless Star Palace has contacted an immortal of the Immortal Realm—hurry and flee!"

"Senior Brother is still seizing the Nine Yang Holy Water in the Pure Yang Hall; let's go find him and escape together." Chi Yuan Demon Sovereign and Xinmo Elder said in unison, their faces grave.

"Good!"

Linglong Immortal Venerable assented, and together with the two elders she sped toward the Pure Yang Hall at utmost speed, intending to bring Chen Zheng along to flee the Boundless Great World.

The Chi Ren King, meanwhile, turned pale with fear, rushing to the other side to lead his many subordinates back to the subterranean world.

Like the Taiyi Sect, the Boundless Star Palace also has backing in the Immortal Realm, able to report the lower realm's situation to the Immortal Realm or, at critical moments, request aid from the Immortal Realm to unleash means to annihilate the invading foes.

Within the towering gate standing at the center of the Primordial Chaos Boundless Diagram, the translucent thunder being brewed is precisely the divine thunder of the Immortal Realm, which no one can withstand.

"Flee? You've provoked the Immortal Realm and still want to run? Even if you flee to another universe it's useless! Especially you, Linglong—no matter how much stronger you become tenfold, when the Immortal Realm's divine thunder falls, you'll die without a whole corpse!" Xing Yuan stared at Linglong Immortal Venerable's retreating figure as she flew into the Pure Yang Hall, sneering repeatedly.

"Not bad, Linglong is destined to die! Even if the Three Sovereigns of the Xuanhuang Great World were resurrected and the nine great immortals gathered, they could not save her life!" The senior elders of the Boundless Star Palace let out long howls, venting their inner hatred.

Today, for no reason, they were assaulted by four great true immortals and countless demons, causing the Boundless Star Palace to suffer heavy losses; the casualties among disciples and elders are innumerable, the Pure Yang Hall was secretly drained by a brat, and the Wuji Relic was snatched by Linglong Immortal Venerable—truly a stifling grievance.

Fortunately, the Immortal Realm's divine thunder is already brewing; it will soon descend, blasting these vile sneak attackers into countless fragments, finally allowing a slight easing of the hatred in their hearts.

Yet they have completely forgotten how they themselves schemed and prepared to invade the Xuanhuang Great World over three thousand years ago.

Boom—

The towering gate erupted with an earth‑shaking roar; destructive surges poured forth, disturbing the heavens.

The boundless divine thunder descended, thick and violent; each bolt, as if alive, pierced layer after layer of space, or coalesced into a heavenly net that sealed off surrounding hundreds of millions of star systems, or locked onto each fleeing invader and struck down with a crash.

"My life is at an end……"

Many of the Clan Stars Sect members stationed throughout the Three Hundred Sixty Halls, as well as demons and fiends, were shocked by the divine thunder into suffocation, hearts filled with despair.

They wanted to flee, but none could.

"Perhaps our family's fate is to be thus."

Outside the Holy Maiden's Hall, a handsome youth gazed at the terrifying thunderbolts crashing down, sighing deeply, lamenting the hard fate of himself and his family.

The youth turned out to be Feng Baiyu, the Phoenix Knight who had not appeared for a long time, supporting a woman.

She emanated a delicate, spirited aura, like a sprite formed from the vital essences of mountains, rivers, grasses, and trees, yet she seemed gravely wounded and long deprived of sunlight, her complexion deathly pale.

She was the former Holy Maiden of the Boundless Star Palace, named Xing Xiao Huang, wife of Feng Baiyu.

Three thousand years ago, she and Feng Baiyu fell in love; she also ruined his plan for the Boundless Star Palace to invade the Xuanhuang Great World, lost her chastity, bore a daughter, and was consequently punished by Xing Yuan, being imprisoned in the black jail without seeing daylight.

Now she has actually been rescued by Feng Baiyu.

"At least our family dies together."

Xing Xiao Huang's weak face showed a faint smile; she barely lifted her hand to stroke the silky hair of a fair‑looking maiden who, together with Feng Baiyu, supported her.

The maiden's visage bore a two‑part resemblance to hers; she was Feng Yaoguang, daughter of Feng Baiyu and Xing Xiao Huang, once one of the Five True Transmissions of the Ascendant Gate.

The three of them reunited as a family.

"This time, misfortune may outweigh fortune."

Inside the Pure Yang Hall, the Crimson Abyss Devil Venerable and the Heart Devil Old Man both wore bitter smiles.

The Exquisite Immortal Venerable, however, had a solemn expression.

Although they were all True Immortals, facing the Immortal Realm's divine thunder that came crashing down, aside from resisting head-on, they had few other options.

They could have escaped in time, but they came to the Pure Yang Hall out of concern for Chen Zheng's safety, causing a brief delay; now it's too late to leave.

The Boundless Great World and the whole universe were sealed by the Immortal Realm's divine thunder, becoming a prison; unless one possesses Heavenly Immortal–level means, don't even think of escaping into the void to leave the universe.

But the three were all people of firm conviction; they had experienced countless great storms and faced danger countless times in their lives, never blaming heaven or others, and they regretted coming to seek Chen Zheng.

All three regarded death as homecoming, standing in a tripartite stance, shielding Chen Zheng at the center, ready to take the Immortal Realm's divine thunder head-on.

But just then, Chen Zheng said calmly, "It doesn't matter; my true self will act."

"True body?" The three were slightly surprised; they didn't realize that the Chen Zheng here was merely an avatar.

But is Chen Zheng's true body that powerful, able to withstand the Immortal Realm's divine thunder?

Could Chen Zheng already be comparable to a Heavenly Immortal?

How long ago was the Supreme Imperial Heaven defeated?

Chen Zheng, this fast?

Upon thinking this, the two elders' hearts were greatly shaken.

The Exquisite Immortal Venerable's expression tightened; he gripped the Boundless Relic in his hand, seeming uneasy inside.

Crack!

In an instant of the three's thoughts flashing, a sound like shattering glass suddenly echoed through heaven and earth, as if something from outside had broken the cosmic barrier.

Rumble, rumble…

Meanwhile, a sound of surging tides arrived, as if a terrifying flood had broken out in the universe, sweeping endless star systems and charging toward the Boundless Great World.

"What is that?"

Countless people woke, lifted their heads to gaze at the azure sky, eyes wide open, filled with doubt.

Because the Immortal Realm's divine thunder that had been striking down from heaven had completely disappeared at some point, and in its place appeared a huge being.

It looked like a hand, with no idea where it came from, its arm extending into the unknown universe, endlessly, resembling the hand of a Supreme Devil Venerable that pierces the barriers of all realms, reaching from the Demon Realm into the mortal world.

This hand was so huge it concealed countless star systems, enveloping the Boundless Great World within, making all beings feel as insignificant as dust.

Moreover, upon this great hand lay a Boundless Sea, its water thick as ink, surging and tumultuous, with endless waves rolling without cease, as if playing a lament of civilization.

Furthermore, countless gods' corpses drifted in the sea, rising and falling with the waves, emitting desperate cries of their final moments before death.

"Whose hand is this, how can it be so terrifying?"

"How could there be a sea on his hand? A sea vaster than the Boundless Great World?"

"What are the corpses in the sea? Even if death could emit such terrifying pressure, could they be a Grand Luo Golden Immortal of the Immortal Realm?"

Many people shouted in disbelief, gazing in astonishment at that sea within the palm.

Especially Xing Yuan and others of the Boundless Star Palace, upon seeing that sea, felt their fate was no longer in their own hands, the future pitch black.

It seemed that sea was a Calamity Sea, the corpses within representing each of them, their lives unable to resist, drifting helplessly in that calamitous sea.

"That is a towering existence beyond the Longevity Secret Realm, impossible to oppose; everyone, quickly follow me into the Primordial Boundless Diagram for shelter!" Xing Yuan bellowed heart-rendingly, warning all of the Boundless Star Palace.

"Run fast!" The people awoke, all desperately rushing toward the Primordial Boundless Diagram.

At the same moment, the diagram trembled, bursting forth with vast starlight that spread across the sky, seeking to envelop everyone of the Boundless Star Palace.

But at that moment, the boundless sea water in the palm suddenly boiled over, pouring down like heavenly tears of blood, like a furious river bursting its banks, bringing catastrophe, splashing onto the people of the Boundless Star Palace.

Ah—

"Senior, please don't kill me…"

On the Boundless Great World, wails erupted instantly; whether ordinary outer disciples, ancient titans, or any Grand Elder, once a drop of the falling sea water touched them, their bodies and magic treasures instantly rotted to ash, their souls annihilated.

Even Vice Palace Master–level False Immortals were no exception; they only managed a miserable cry before dying on the spot.

In an instant, billions of disciples and elders of the Boundless Star Palace all perished, leaving only the Palace Master Xing Yuan frantically fleeing into the Primordial Boundless Diagram.

"Ah! My Boundless Star Palace's lineage of hundreds of thousands of years has been exterminated, exterminated! Once I return to the Primordial Boundless Diagram, I will report this to the Immortal Realm; I will make that murderer wish he were dead!" Xing Yuan gritted his teeth until they bled, both fearful and hateful.

Fortunately, he was about to enter the Primordial Boundless Diagram, and his body was already wrapped in the diagram's starlight.

Safe!

Pop!

"No…"

Suddenly a drop of sea water fell from heaven, piercing a hole in Xing Yuan's protective starlight, and in his horrified, despairing gaze it dripped onto his body.

Xing Yuan's whole body turned to flying ash, leaving no intact corpse, vanishing like smoke.

At that moment, the Boundless Great World also fell into a deathly silence.

(End of chapter)