Chapter 2555: Eternal Time

Chapter 2555: Chapter 2555: Eternal Time

Years eternal, time everlasting.

Since the establishment of Leiyu Hongmeng City, it has already been more than twenty-four thousand years.

Today, Hongmeng City is truly the most powerful city in Kunling Heaven. It is the strongest city, not one amongst others!

Over the past twenty thousand years, through various means and subtle influences, Hongmeng City can be said to have mastered the Thunder Domain. Now, in the Thunder Domain, the powers of most cities are generally amicable with Hongmeng City. Moreover, these forces in the cities of the Thunder Domain also have to be regulated by Hongmeng City and must pay taxes to Hongmeng City.

As for forces hostile to Hongmeng City, they have all been expelled from the Thunder Domain. Like the Sima Family, Tianji Trading House, and Eight Gods Pill Sect, etc., their tentacles in the Thunder Domain have been ruthlessly severed by Jing Yan. They resisted and even retaliated, but in the end, they were unable to change the result.

Tianyin Building, headquarters!

"After our assessment, Hongmeng City’s overall score has already surpassed Zixiao City by more than double," said an elder of Tianyin Building.

The elders of Tianyin Building are all here at this moment.

Zixiao City is the main city of the superpower Tianji Trading House, a Five Stars city on the Tianyin City Rankings, and one of the largest and strongest cities in the entire Heavenly Domain.

"Who would have thought that a city, after merely over twenty thousand years of development, could achieve such accomplishments today? This Jing Yan’s abilities are truly amazing," the Chief Elder sighed lightly.

Even to this day, Hongmeng City has not appeared on the Tianyin City Rankings.

For a city like Hongmeng City itself, appearing or not appearing on the Tianyin City Rankings doesn’t matter at all. Conversely, the Tianyin City Rankings actually lose some color for not having Hongmeng City.

In the Heavenly Domain, who doesn’t know Hongmeng City? Who doesn’t acknowledge that Hongmeng City is the strongest city in the entire Kunling Heaven?

And yet such a city has not ascended the Tianyin City Rankings. Therefore, the credibility of the Tianyin City Rankings seems somewhat questionable.

Tianyin Building once lowered its status on its own initiative towards Jing Yan, hoping to include Hongmeng City, but Jing Yan directly refused. Back then you looked down on Hongmeng City, who can be blamed?

"This period should be Hongmeng City’s most glorious period, shouldn’t it?" an elder suggested with implied meaning.

He seemed to suggest that Hongmeng City’s glory wouldn’t remain much longer.

Yet when the other elders heard him, none retorted, and they all nodded in agreement.

"It’s said that President Jiang Yue of Tianji Trading House has personally arrived at the main headquarters of Yama Palace to meet with Palace Master Yu Hentian, and numerous other giant figures are on their way to Yama Palace." An elder squinted his eyes.

"Chief, what do you think of this matter? Should our Tianyin Building accept the invitation?" an elder turned his eyes toward the seated Chief Elder.

The Chief Elder shook his head and said, "I have already consulted with the master regarding Yama Palace’s invitation. The master’s intention is for Tianyin Building not to intervene."

The "master" referred to by the Chief Elder is, of course, the Building Owner of Tianyin Building, that Immortal Emperor who founded Tianyin Building.

"Our Tianyin Building and that Jing Yan also have some grievances. Why not take this opportunity to profit?" an elder asked in a puzzled tone.

"The master didn’t explain directly, but from the master’s words, I understood something. This Hongmeng City has already attracted attention from the Chaotic Primordial Space. It seems that some great existence from Chaotic Primordial Space doesn’t wish for Hongmeng City to just disappear. Our Tianyin Building’s master may not want to be entangled with trouble, hence deciding not to intervene, just to be a spectator," said the Chief Elder solemnly.

Upon hearing the Chief Elder’s words, all the elders present took a deep breath and fell silent.

The existence from Chaotic Primordial Space typically refers to Immortal Emperor-level beings.

Although cultivators below Immortal Emperor can also enter Chaotic Primordial Space, they cannot survive long there and, naturally, do not qualify to be called beings of Chaotic Primordial Space.

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Hongmeng City!

Within the City Lord Mansion, in a secret chamber covered by a high-level formation, Jing Yan, seated cross-legged here, slowly opened his eyes.

"Zizz!"

"Crack~crack~crack~"

Encircling Jing Yan, clad in a black long robe, countless purple thunder bolts formed, rotating above Jing Yan’s head like a mirror.

Around Jing Yan’s body, purple thunder formed, and along a specific pattern, the purple thunder flowed to Jing Yan’s head.

This scene looked quite bizarre.

If there were outsiders here, they would surely feel how terrifying the power of the intertwining purple thunder rotating over Jing Yan’s head was.

"Finally... I’ve mastered it."

"Comprehending this Thunder Origin Ten Thousand Thunder Prison has taken over twenty thousand years, much longer than I thought," Jing Yan whispered softly, shaking his head slightly.

Indeed, the rotating thunder light gathering around his body to his head now was precisely the communal kill move Ten Thousand Thunder Prison from the Thunder Origin.

In the Thunder Domain, with Jing Yan’s ability, he can obtain Thunder Origin Stones. Throughout these more than twenty thousand years, he mastered Thunder Origin, comprehending Thunder Attribute Dao Techniques, never interrupted by a lack of Thunder Origin Stones. If not for sufficient Thunder Origin Stones, mastering Ten Thousand Thunder Prison over twenty thousand years would be far from adequate.

After mastering Ten Thousand Thunder Prison, in Thunder Origin Immortal Skill, Jing Yan only has Silent Annihilation left unmastered. Silent Annihilation is Thunder Emperor’s most powerful kill move. The attack power of Thunder Emperor can make other Immortal Emperors retreat, mainly due to Silent Annihilation.

However, mastering Silent Annihilation is much harder than mastering Ten Thousand Thunder Prison. Even Jing Yan is unsure of mastering Silent Annihilation before reaching Immortal Emperor Realm.

Jing Yan was already at the Immortal Venerable Peak Realm by now. He was continuously approaching that other level. Yet, the closer to that level, the heavier Jing Yan’s heart became. Because even he couldn’t see clearly the path ahead. There, shadows loomed, and with every step forward, significant calculations were necessary. A wrong step could lead to perpetual missteps, possibly guiding him to an abyss of no return.

In approaching Immortal Emperor Level, Jing Yan also understood why Immortal Emperor numbers are so scarce throughout the Immortal Domain. To become an Immortal Emperor, talent, perseverance, etc., were no longer determining factors.

Jing Yan exited the secret chamber, ascending to the highest building within the City Lord Mansion — a tower. From the top, Jing Yan could see the entire Hongmeng City.

Reflecting on several hundred years ago, when Grand Steward Bai Han reported the active population of Hongmeng City surpassing ten billion, felt as if it happened yesterday.

In fact, if Hongmeng City intentionally controlled the city’s scale, its population would certainly exceed ten billion.