Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1691 - Second-Level Heavenly Immortal Realm

Chapter 1691 – Second-Level Heavenly Immortal Realm

A massive black hole covered half the sky, plunging the entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain into a world split between daylight and darkness.

Everyone watched as Xiang Yiliu slowly vanished into the black hole. It had only appeared for a few breaths before it disappeared. All three immortals who had surrounded Liu Wuxie had died.

“Run!” Yue Jinkang finally realized how terrifying Liu Wuxie was and turned to flee without hesitation, abandoning the Grand Unity Sect’s upper echelons.

Venerable Grand Unity and the other elders of the Grand Unity Sect watched their ancestor flee, feeling too stunned to react. Only Nalan Xihe grabbed the Nalan Clan’s patriarch and fled.

Lingqiong Mo also fled for his life, no longer caring about the brothers Lingqiong Ye and Lingqiong Zhi.

The cultivators left behind were naturally slower than the immortals. Just as they came to their senses and tried to flee, the Heretic Blade appeared and began claiming lives mercilessly.

One after another, people began to die without any ability to put up decent resistance. Just like that, their enemies wiped out the upper echelons of the Grand Unity Sect and the other forces, leaving only their ancestors alive. This meant their sects now existed only in name.

The various sects now had only ordinary disciples left, and they would all scatter now that their upper echelons were gone.

The Grand Unity Sect, the Immortal Slaughter Palace, the Azure Profound Gate, and the Nalan Clan, each with a legacy of nearly a million years, collapsed. From this day onward, history would erase them from the astral domains, and people would find their names only in history books.

“From this moment on, no one may fly over Nightmare City. I will kill violators without mercy!” Liu Wuxie’s voice echoed throughout the world.

From this moment on, the sky above Nightmare City became forbidden territory for flying. No one dared to step forward to object, and all the cultivators who had watched the battle had fled. Only the immortals who came to help remained.

“I’m in a hurry to enter seclusion, but I will remember the kindness you showed today,” Liu Wuxie said, cupping his fists at the immortals for their aid.

“Go on,” Gu Yue and the other immortals said. They could tell that after refining Qu San and Xiang Yiliu, it was only a matter of time before Liu Wuxie broke through to the second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Liu Wuxie transformed into a streak of light and burrowed into the depths of Nightmare City. Everyone began leaving one after another, while Han Feizi returned to the Spirit Sealing Institute to continue setting up the Heavenly Sealing Array.

The super teams had already achieved their goal. If they encountered another attack, they would assemble again quickly. By now, everyone had formed coordination with one another.

The clash between the two teams would continue daily. Perhaps due to Han Feizi and the others’ breakthroughs, Mu Tianli’s team trained even harder than before. Liu Wuxie handed the task of tempering them to Fiery and Gu Yu.

As divine beasts, they gave off pressure that greatly helped Mu Tianli, Xu Lingxue, and the others. They were only one step away from reaching the Immortal Realm.

Liu Wuxie had considered chasing Yue Jinkang and the other immortals, but they had fled too quickly. With the astral domains so vast, Liu Wuxie decided to spare them for the time being, as he was in a hurry to make a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Hua Feiyu and the others had limited cultivation, and chasing after them would hold little meaning, as killing them would be nearly impossible. Liu Wuxie could always find them again after he completed his breakthrough.

Gu Yue and the other immortals who came to help did not stay in the Heavenly Dragon Sect for long. They reached an agreement with Hua Feiyu for the Heavenly Dragon Sect, the Heavenly Dao Society, the Nine Dragon Palace, the Comet Temple, the Divine Sun-Moon Palace, the Skyward Gate, and the White Mist Villa to ally. This meant that if any of those sects faced danger, the Heavenly Dragon Sect would also do everything in its power to help.

The moment the alliance formed, the Heavenly Dragon Sect became even more fortified than before.

On a certain abandoned planet, Yue Jinkang and the others descended from the sky. They all looked like startled birds, fear lingering on their faces.

The Nalan Clan’s patriarch looked pale and devastated after witnessing the death of his clansmen.

Lingqiong Mo waved his fists furiously. “Damn it! We had made so many preparations, but still failed to kill Liu Wuxie!” They had gathered so many immortals, including Xiang Yiliu and the others. They had even gone as far as inviting a ninth-level Heavenly Immortal, but they had fallen when they should have had a chance of victory.

“Brother Yue, what should we do now? Once Liu Wuxie makes his breakthrough, he will definitely come after us,” Baili Qiu asked, turning to look at Yue Jinkang.

It would be useless now even if they fled to the Skyfall Realm. Liu Wuxie had also reached the Immortal Realm, which meant he could enter the Skyfall Realm to kill them.

Yue Jinkang had no idea what to do next. He was the only person left from the Grand Unity Sect, with the upper echelons all wiped out.

“Rather than waiting for death to arrive, why not take advantage of Liu Wuxie’s seclusion and kill our way back?” Gongsun Lin asked.

Gu Yue and the other immortals could not guard the Heavenly Dragon Sect forever, and this was when the sect was at its weakest. With Han Feizi and the others only at the first-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, they posed no threat to them.

Yue Jinkang shook his head. “It’s useless. Nightmare City is an immortal artifact, and Liu Wuxie fortified it like an iron wall. It will be hard for us to attack.” It was not that he had not thought of launching an assault while Liu Wuxie was breaking through, but Nightmare City alone would be difficult to break into.

They had already flown to the edge of the astral domain, and if they continued any farther, they would enter the Outer Astral Spacetime. Worried, everyone sighed.

“Why don’t we ascend to the celestial realm first? It’ll be a whole new start there. There’s no longer anything left in the mortal realm worth clinging to,” Lingqiong Mo voiced his opinion.

His ancestor, Lingqiong Tian, had already founded the Spirit Jade Heaven. Once he ascended, he would have a place to go.

Everyone’s eyes lit up. With no other path left, they could choose ascension, which would be better than dying in the mortal realm.

“Look over there!” The Nalan Clan’s patriarch pointed toward the Outer Astral Spacetime, drawing everyone’s attention.

“What is that?” Everyone saw a strange scroll hovering in midair, showing signs of expanding and blotting out the sky.

“Let’s go take a look!” Yue Jinkang said. He took the lead and flew toward the scroll, sensing it was extraordinary. They set aside the matter of ascending to the celestial realm for now.

As they drew closer, they discovered that the scroll was vast, encompassing mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans. But they could not find a way inside.

“Could this be a heaven-defying immortal artifact?” Gongsun Lin asked. He tried to collect the scroll, but it would not budge. He could sense a terrifying aura within, thousands of times stronger than theirs.

“This is definitely a treasure. As long as we can collect it, we’ll be able to kill Liu Wuxie,” Lingqiong Mo replied with a nod, agreeing with Gongsun Lin. They knew it was definitely a heaven-defying immortal artifact.

Everyone jumped into action and joined forces, planning to refine the scroll.

Right at this moment, a loud rumble came from the sky as a rift opened.

“The sky has split open!” Baili Qiu trembled in fear. Though they were immortals, they had never seen such a scene before.

The entire sky seemed to split in two, breaking apart down the middle. Countless cultivators walked out and gazed into the sky. Even Hua Feiyu and the others were no exception.

Liu Wuxie was busy making his breakthrough. Two hours had gone by outside, but it had been months within the cultivation chamber.

He had refined Xiang Yiliu and Qu San, allowing him to break through to the second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. The Heretic Blade had also advanced to the level of an immortal artifact.

Liu Wuxie was alarmed when the sky split apart and quickly emerged from the cultivation chamber.

There were still many immortals in the Skyfall Realm who had not chosen to leave seclusion. But the rift opening in the sky alarmed them all. Among them were several auras in the High Immortal Realm.

“It’s time to leave my seclusion now.” A voice echoed as a strange talisman flew out from the Skyfall Realm, containing the Ancestral Talisman’s power.

After the remaining immortals emerged from the Skyfall Realm, they turned their gazes toward the sky.

“The border between the two realms is open,” Emperor Haoyuan said, emerging from the Ancestral Talisman. The other immortals stood beside him, each with a different expression.

“What’s going on in the astral domains that immortals have descended from the celestial realm?” Everyone watched as dozens of immortals descended from the sky, each radiating a powerful aura.

Emperor Haoyuan flickered and vanished. As Indigo Bamboo Star’s planet lord, he naturally had to protect the planet.

Liu Wuxie murmured, looking at the sky, “So, they have finally come.” He could sense a familiar aura appearing before him.

These people possessed the power of the celestial realm, twenty-seven in total. They were all powerful experts, and none of them stood at the lower levels of the Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Liu Wuxie’s expression turned grave. He knew that with his current strength, dealing with two or three ninth-level Heavenly Immortals would already be his limit, and he had no chance of victory against so many experts.

Nightmare City had activated its strongest defense. Liu Wuxie had spent the past few days setting up a powerful spiritual array capable of defending against the assault of High Immortals. What he lacked most now was time.

“Wuxie, what happened?” Hua Feiyu asked, standing beside Liu Wuxie.

“They have come for me,” Liu Wuxie replied. He did not provide much explanation, and only Xu Lingxue knew his situation.

“Why would the celestial realm come after you?” Hua Feiyu asked, confused. The Grand Unity Sect was powerful, but they had only sent a few immortals to the celestial realm. They weren’t powerful enough to send a batch of immortals after Liu Wuxie.

The other possibility was the Lingqiong Clan. But that made no sense, since even Lingqiong Jing had died. The celestial realm likely didn’t know Liu Wuxie had killed him.

Han Feizi quickly rushed over from the Spirit Sealing Institute, and the two teams completed their formation once again.

“Brother Han, how long will it take for the Heavenly Sealing Array to complete?” Liu Wuxie asked. The descent of the immortals had come faster than he expected.

He knew this was only the first batch, and more would come. They had to set up the Heavenly Sealing Array urgently to isolate the two realms.

Even if he killed this batch, the next batch that arrived would not be twenty-seven people, but two hundred and seventy. After all, the celestial realm did not lack immortals, especially High Immortals and True Immortals, who existed in large numbers.

“Within ten days,” Han Feizi said. His breakthrough to the Immortal Realm had shortened the time required by twenty days.

“Very well. I’ll buy us ten days,” Liu Wuxie replied with a nod. Ten days was his limit, and even he did not know whether he could make it through this crisis without a miracle.

Twenty-seven immortals descended from the celestial realm in a mighty formation, finding everything here unfamiliar.

“Why did the ancestor send us to this garbage-filled place? This place doesn’t even have immortal energy, and only ants can survive in a place like this.” The immortals looked disgusted by the mortal realm.

“Cut the crap and search for Liu Wuxie’s whereabouts immediately!” A High Immortal ordered. They would be able to return to the celestial realm after completing their mission.

To them, everything in the mortal realm reeked of filth.

“This should be the place!” Another High Immortal said, sweeping his gaze around and catching many lingering auras in the atmosphere.

“This is weird. Immortals fought here recently. Let’s go take a look!” The aftermath caused by the battle between immortals had yet to heal, and the immortals headed straight for Indigo Bamboo Star the moment they arrived.