Chapter 623

Not long after, an immensely huge Divine Lord-class immortal vessel shot out from the small world of the Yun Immortal Clan, racing toward the direction of the Flaming Prosperity Immortal Province.

There were three people aboard the immortal vessel: one was the Divine Lord of Light holding a Nirvana Immortal Emperor token, and the other two were the Fifth Elder Yun Miao-ran and the Sixth Elder Yun Hao-ran of the Yun Immortal Clan.

"Divine Lord of Light, I am Yun Miao-ran; I have long heard of your great name, and I have admired you for a long time. Today I finally get to meet you."

The Fifth Elder Yun Miao-ran walked up familiarly and greeted him, although I am not acquainted with him and have never even met him before, but we will be working together from now on, so it's best to establish a good relationship.

Moreover, the identity of the Divine Lord of Light is not simple; I heard that his father was a close friend of the Emperor in his lifetime.

He and the Emperor even address each other as uncle and nephew in private, and I also heard that when the Light Divine Kingdom was destroyed, the Divine Lord of Light managed to survive and come to our Yun family entirely thanks to the Emperor's rescue.

So befriending him is definitely the right move.

"Yeah, me too, I am Yun Hao-ran; I have long admired you." Upon seeing the Fifth Elder give him a look, the Sixth Elder also stepped forward to flatter.

"You two elders are too polite; pleasure to meet you, pleasure to meet you." The Divine Lord of Light, who previously was the ruler of a vast divine kingdom and had ruled for tens of millions of years, certainly would not fail to understand their intentions.

He would not think it's because his personal charm is too great; it's these two actual power holders of the Yun Immortal Clan who are eagerly running over to curry favor.

"I have long heard that the Divine Lord of Light is extraordinarily mighty and overwhelmingly domineering; seeing him today, indeed it is so, and just that aura of ruling the world makes me feel ashamed and inferior."

"Yeah, if I could reach the height of the Divine Lord of Light in my lifetime, I would have no regrets."

The Fifth and Sixth Elders continued their full-throttle flattery, saying whatever pleasant things they could think of.

"Sigh", the Divine Lord of Light sighed and then continued: "You two elders, stop joking with me; what you say are things of the past. Strictly speaking, I am a complete and utter failure, and the foundation left by my ancestors has all been lost."

"Don't be disheartened, Divine Lord; we have also heard that the main force that destroyed your Light Divine Kingdom consisted of people from the Qingyun Immortal Sect, and they even allied with the Eternal Night Empire, even summoning a quasi-Immortal Emperor—such bullying of the weak by the strong is simply outrageous!"

"Yeah! That Qingyun is simply insane! A few days ago, if our Yun Immortal Clan weren't at a critical juncture, we would have already sent strong ones to support you, Divine Lord, after all, the Light Divine Kingdom and our Yun Immortal Clan share deep origins."

Watching the two sing in harmony, the Divine Lord of Light's face smiled but his heart did not.

"Forget it; did you really come to support? The distress signal I, the Emperor, sent out had already reached the Yun family long ago."

"I hoped the Yun family would send aid in consideration of the past friendship between my father and your Thousandfold Old Ancestor, but the result was that I didn't even see a hair—no, not even a hair, not even a reply."

"At that time, I still didn't know that the Lingyun Immortal Dynasty behind it was actually Qingyun."

"Just relax; the Emperor has already decided to go to war with Qingyun. When the time comes, after defeating Qingyun, not to mention your ancestral foundation, I estimate the Emperor will hand over the entire Qinghan Immortal Continent to you."

"Of course, the relationship between the Emperor and Light needs no further explanation."

"Haha, what the two elders say is correct."

"We still have some distance to go before reaching Flaming Prosperity Immortal Continent; I'll return to my quarters to rest and cultivate for a while." Unwilling to waste time with the two, the Divine Lord of Light found a random excuse and headed toward the most luxurious chamber inside the immortal vessel.

Who would have thought that just as he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, a familiar voice sounded in his mind.

"We meet again, Divine Lord of Light."

Upon hearing this, the Divine Lord of Light snapped his eyes open, only to see that the ancient bronze mirror from the side hall's small world behind the Light Immortal Palace had actually appeared here.

He hurriedly circulated his energy to shield the entire room.

"You… how are you here!?"

Upon hearing this, the black shadow inside the bronze mirror actually stepped out of the mirror this time, his whole body enveloped in darkness—no, it is more accurate to say that he himself is darkness.

At this moment, the Divine Lord of Light, sitting cross-legged, tried to stand up, only to discover with shock that he could not move at all, completely unable to control his body, not even his second brother would obey.

"You ask how I am here? Hehe, wherever I wish in heaven and earth, I can go; I am everywhere."

"You… what exactly do you want?"

From childhood to adulthood, the Divine Lord of Light felt true fear for the second time; the first time was when a quasi-Immortal Emperor swung his sword at him in the Light Divine Capital, and now is the second time.

One could say that now he is even more panicked and trembling than before; the feeling of wanting to move but being unable to, with his very life completely in another's grasp, is the most terrifying.

Also, there is fear of the unknown.

Even to this day, I still do not understand the black shadow's demand: "Offer up your soul, and together with them create a 'god'."

The origin of this mysterious bronze mirror is also quite bizarre; I recall that it was midnight five million years ago, when I was in closed-door cultivation, and somehow, in a daze, I wandered into that small world inside the side hall behind the Light Immortal Palace.

When I first saw this bronze mirror, the black shadow inside invited me to offer my soul and join them; later I sternly refused, but I also did not make a fuss, merely sending my three most trusted heavenly-rank Light Envoys to investigate the mirror's origin, but they found nothing, and so the matter was dropped; the mysterious bronze mirror has remained left in that small world ever since.

The black shadow inside the mirror last said to me only one sentence: "Soon, soon; on this day five hundred years from now you will come begging me." And indeed, a few days ago it came true.

"What do I want? Naturally, I am here to collect what is due to me."

"It's only been a few days since we last met, and you've already forgotten that your soul belongs to me?"

"No! No! Don't!" The Divine Lord of Light panicked and struggled, but to no avail: "You didn't fulfill the agreement to help me guard the Light Divine Capital, so that doesn't count."

"Hehe, what you say doesn't count; only what I say counts."

"Furthermore, I only promised to guarantee your safety; the one who went to rescue you in dire straits—didn't he save you?"

"Or perhaps the quasi-Immortal Emperor-level city-defending grand formation I entrusted to you doesn't count as helping you guard the divine capital?"

The black shadow walked up to the Divine Lord of Light and looked down on him from a superior position.

"You are truly timid as a mouse; I also never said I would kill you, after all you are also considered a member of the god‑creation plan."

Upon hearing this, the Divine Lord of Light's hanging heart finally settled, and his whole person felt as if reborn.

"However, I have just thought of something fun that requires you to do." Having said that, the black shadow directly poured the plan into the Divine Lord of Light's mind.

Upon hearing this, his pupils contracted.

"This……"