Outside the golden grains that formed the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder, the nascent Emperor Tai was utterly still.

Ever since Gu Xiechen had spirited away all the Golden Immortals guarding this place last time, the great powers of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had stationed over a dozen Grand Unity Golden Immortals and three thousand elite Golden Immortals here. Facing the elites from the Yuan Luo Palace War Immortal Academy led by Gu Xiechen, these Immortals were genuinely terrified!

Eight hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals, their armor and immortal robes all being top-grade immortal artifacts, were shrouded in swirling celestial radiance, their spiritual pressure immense, clearly indicating they carried numerous supreme-grade immortal artifacts and magic treasures. Among them, nearly a hundred Grand Unity Golden Immortals had ancient immortal artifacts floating around them—items too grand to be stored within their bodies or Hundred Treasure Pouches. Any Immortal possessing such ancient artifacts was surely not to be trifled with.

As for the seventy-two thousand high-rank Golden Immortals following behind, they were clad in complete sets of immortal armor and robes, divided into white, cyan, black, red, and yellow, forming a vast, sweeping military formation based on the Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. Unlike the casual Immortals of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, these over seventy thousand Immortals emanated a chilling killing intent and baleful aura—this was an army of Immortals trained in the military methods of the mortal realm!

And centered within this marching array, seated upon a cloud chariot drawn by three winged white tigers and attended by thirty-six attendant Grand Unity Golden Immortals, was Yan Luo. He radiated absolute majesty, constantly projecting the terrifying pressure unique to a Great Overarching Golden Immortal, a pressure so immense it nearly crushed the guarding Immortals on the spot.

The nascent Emperor Tai Golden Immortal standing before Gu Xiechen trembled as he managed to ask, "Where do you esteemed guests hail from?" Yan Luo unleashed a divine sense shockwave. That unfortunate Immortal spat blood from all seven orifices and was blasted tens of thousands of miles away, nearly plunging headlong into the Chaos Dimension.

The Immortals guarding the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder all fell silent, turning their gaze toward the distance.

Gu Xiechen smiled at Yan Luo. With a grand sweep of his sleeve, the Immortals belonging to the Yuan Luo Palace War Immortal Academy shouted the Daoist title of the Yuan Luo Heavenly Venerable in unison, arrogantly stepping into the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder in formation. A quarter of an hour after the Yuan Luo Palace Immortals departed, Fu Ya Ming and his entourage slowly approached, smoothly returning to the lower realm without any questioning.

In the Mortal Realm, the Immortals guarding the lower entrance of the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder suddenly erupted like disturbed hornets, flying out chaotically in all directions. From the golden pillar guarded by nine golden dragons, a massive burst of purple auspicious clouds spewed forth. A vast and imposing immortal army strode out of the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder, soaring into the distant void without sparing a glance for the stationed Immortals.

Some Immortals who happened to be passing by suddenly saw this grand contingent. Someone recognized Yan Luo seated on the cloud chariot and hurriedly spread the news. In less time than it takes to eat a meal, the news of the Yuan Luo Palace’s large contingent arriving in the lower realm had spread across the Myriad Immortals Star, immediately drawing the attention of many interested parties.

However, Gu Xiechen had no time to concern himself with the Immortals lingering on the Myriad Immortals Star. As soon as he rushed out of the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder, he received a message: Bànruò and Móhé’s Yunhua Mountain was being besieged by the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law and others. Anxious, Gu Xiechen urgently led the Yuan Luo Palace Immortals toward the Spiral Star Domain.

Outside the Taier Star, the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law and over twenty other Great Overarching Golden Immortals were pale with rage.

It could be said that when the Unhindered Master was struck by the True Daoist’s whip and fled in shock, it was because the True Daoist’s divine whip was specifically designed to counter the Unhindered Master; such incidents were not uncommon in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. When encountering an immortal artifact or magic treasure that restrained them, even a peak Great Overarching Golden Immortal could not avoid making a fool of themselves.

But the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law and her twenty-plus companions had besieged the Taier Star. They had even disregarded the unwritten rule that Great Overarching Golden Immortals of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths rarely intervened directly; they had personally participated in the attack on the Wole Star. Yet, after wasting several months, apart from suffering tens of thousands of casualties among their subordinates, they hadn't managed to harm a single blade of grass on the Wole Star.

Protected by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Star Formation, unless these Great Overarching Golden Immortals could utterly shatter the mountain-protecting formation of Yunhua Mountain in a single strike, the formation—with the endless stellar power continuously replenished by the 108 Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Stars—would constantly mend any damage, no matter how they attacked. How could a war of attrition exhaust the power of these innate stars? After another wave of attacks proved ineffective, the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law retreated breathlessly to her cloud platform, staring blankly at the Wole Star.

She had never expected—truly never expected—that such a place could exist in the Mortal Realm. The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law possessed the cultivation of a High-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal. Although her immortal techniques leaned toward the path of enchantment, her raw magical power was not outstanding. Nevertheless, she was a High-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal, a prominent figure in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths! If she, with her status, attacked a small planet in the lower realm and returned without success, she would lose all face.

Her petite body trembled lightly. The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law suddenly smiled at the several Great Overarching Golden Immortals who were stealing glances at her from the corners of their eyes. "Esteemed Immortal Friends, how about this Venerable One making a pledge here: whoever breaks this formation may reside in my Xuanji Palace for three years. What say you?"

The few female Great Overarching Golden Immortals frowned slightly at her words, but the male Immortals’ eyes lit up, and they eagerly agreed. Even those who already had female Immortal companions nodded repeatedly, disregarding the danger of igniting trouble back home.

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s immortal arts were profound, following the lineage of succubi—the most orthodox of immortal harmonization methods. If one could befriend her, even risking the jealousy of the Unhindered Master, it would be absolutely worthwhile! Rumor had it that the truly exquisite pleasures could only be understood by those who had personally experienced them.

Even if one couldn't receive favor from the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law herself, her Xuanji Palace was teeming with beautiful women, each skilled in her ways. Among them were several direct disciples, meticulously trained by the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law, whose fame resonated throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Simply being able to share intimacy with them would greatly benefit one's cultivation.

Legend held that one High-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had managed to break through their current realm to reach the enviable peak of Great Overarching Golden Immortal status, aided by the profound methods of the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law personally applied!

The thought of the benefits made these Immortals’ eyes glaze over; dwelling in the Xuanji Palace...

A Mid-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal, holding a white jade alms bowl in his palm, stood up silently. Stepping onto a cloud shimmering with rippling water, he charged toward the Wole Star. When he was still tens of thousands of miles away, this Great Overarching Golden Immortal tilted the bowl in his palm. A beam of white waves, laced with dazzling water light, surged out, instantly shattering the space surrounding the Wole Star.

The layer of silver light, thousands of miles thick, covering the entire Taier Star, immediately fractured under the impact of the white wave...

The Immortal who attacked poured every ounce of his strength into the strike. He ground his teeth and let out a fierce roar, finally spitting out a drop of Hongmeng True Blood—the size of a broad bean, dazzling golden, wreathed in purple energy, and heavy as a luminous pearl.

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law applauded delicately. "What magnificent cultivation! The Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming, at the realm of Mid-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal, can condense Hongmeng True Blood. If this spreads, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths will shake! Truly worthy of being an elite from the Spiritual Transformation Fanfu Heaven!"

After spitting out the drop of Hongmeng True Blood, Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming’s face turned so pale it was almost translucent. His muscles and bones were visible beneath his cheeks. The Hongmeng True Blood, emitting immense power fluctuations, slowly approached the white jade alms bowl and gradually merged into it. Immediately, all living beings in the Spiral Star Domain heard a colossal sound like waves crashing against a shore.

With a deafening boom, rivers and seas across the hundreds of thousands of large and small planets in the Spiral Star Domain surged heavenward! Massive amounts of Water Origin power spewed out from these bodies of water, transforming into countless white flood dragons that clawed their way toward the Wole Star. Countless citizens of the Yafeike race on these planets simultaneously spat blood from their seven orifices, and countless young children had their souls injured by the colossal sound, causing them to vomit blood and die.

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law sighed languidly. "Immortal Brother Lan Ming must be careful. The mortals here are incomparable to those in the Spiritual Transformation Forbidden Heaven. These mortals are far too fragile! Causing too much carnage will lead to difficult tribulations down the line."

Though this statement contained a semblance of genuine concern, spoken in the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law's lazy tone, it carried an unmistakable hint of mockery.

Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming stared wordlessly, his eyes wide, fixed upon the silver haze cracking above the Wole Star. Infinite Water Origin energy from the surrounding void surged inward, pouring into the white jade alms bowl. Soon, the white jade alms bowl swept up all the Water Origin power that could be drawn from the Spiral Star Domain, and the white waves spewed from the bowl increased their might a hundredfold.

With a slight flick of his wrist, the white waves instantly whipped up a massive vortex around the Taier Star. The enormous Wole Star was lifted by the waves, tossed away like a feather from its orbit, drifting aimlessly toward the nearest planet.

That planet bordering the Taier Star had been specifically established by Fu Ya Ming as an agricultural world, providing high-quality produce to the Earth immigrants on Wole Star. Its inhabitants were exclusively engaged in agricultural production, numbering around thirty million.

Just as the Taier Star, enveloped by the white waves and silver haze, was about to collide with this ordinary planet, the furious roar of the Demon-Patrolling Dragon-Gen echoed from within the silver haze.

"Bastard! Why am I the one who has to do this kind of head-on collision? Why?"

Accompanied by shrill, resentful curses, the Demon-Patrolling Dragon-Gen, in his true form a million miles long, suddenly burst out from the Wole Star. He whipped his long neck, and his central, massive head slammed viciously into the Taier Star, which was being dragged by the white waves.

With a deafening crash, the scales on the Demon-Patrolling Dragon-Gen’s head were blasted into pieces. The central head, frothing black bubbles and rolling its eyes back, swung violently backward. The Wole Star, caught in the white waves, abruptly shifted its trajectory, grazing past the agricultural planet and narrowly missing it.

The Demon-Patrolling Dragon-Gen’s two heads on the left and right were fiercely aggressive. The left head spat out his Natal Treasure Pearl, while the right head ejected a three-legged small cauldron. Accompanying the Demon-Patrolling Dragon-Gen’s affectionate greetings to all of Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming’s female elders, the pitch-black Natal Treasure Pearl struck Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming squarely in the chest first, splashing large sheets of water and sending Lan Ming flying out of the planetary system.

Silvery-white boiling water surged from the three-legged cauldron and collided with the white waves released by Lan Ming.

The void filled with rising white mist, accompanied by a boiling sound that rattled the very souls of onlookers. The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s expression darkened. In just a few breaths, the silvery-white boiling water had almost completely consumed the white waves, filling the sky with flashing silver-white light.

Hidden in a shroud of black mist nearby, the Two-Hearted Ghost Saint watched the power of the three-legged cauldron and clicked his tongue in regret. "I never thought this trifling treasure would possess such might. What a pity, what a pity. If I had known this inconspicuous little cauldron was more powerful than that lecher Lan Ming's natal artifact, I should have acted sooner!"

Suddenly, the Ghost Saint tilted his ears and listened. The ghost fire in his eyes flickered, and he muttered in alarm to himself, "Bad! The Evil Dragon Venerable has actually broken out of the Nine Dragons Heaven-Ascending Ladder? What’s going on? Why is his eldest son coming down instead of the old Yuan Luo man? What is happening? Could it be..."

The Two-Hearted Ghost Saint's expression shifted unpredictably. After a moment, he suddenly gritted his teeth.

Accompanied by a series of eerie ghost cackles, the Ghost Saint suddenly shot into the air and lunged at the bodies of the two Mid-Grade Grand Unity Golden Immortals from the Xuanji Palace who were monitoring him. His several avatars attacked simultaneously, and in the blink of an eye, they plundered the vital essence and soul of the two Grand Unity Golden Immortals. He then immediately dissolved into countless ghostly shadows that scattered in all directions, quickly vanishing without a trace.

The sudden development left the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law and the others unable to react in time. Although everyone knew the Two-Hearted Ghost Saint was no saint, and that the old ghost acted entirely on whim, often appearing utterly insane, why would he suddenly attack and kill members of the Xuanji Palace before fleeing? This was utterly bewildering!

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law stared blankly at the two desiccated corpses of her disciples, then screamed hysterically: "Old Ghost! You, you, you are dead meat! You, you, you are utterly unreasonable! You, you, you begged this Venerable One for help, and now you kill my disciples!"

The faces of the gathered Great Overarching Golden Immortals were all incredibly strange. The Three-Hearted Ghost had a fearsome reputation, but this was the first time they had worked with the Two-Hearted Ghost Saint. This old fellow truly deserved the reputation of being best kept at arm's length—never provoke him. Why was he suddenly acting mad and killing two Xuanji Palace members before making off with his loot?

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s face turned white with rage. She abruptly glanced back in the direction Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming had been struck. She gritted her teeth, ripped off her outermost palace robe, revealing a thin layer of white sheer gauze underneath. Beneath the hazy, translucent gauze, her slender, exquisitely formed, naked body was visible. Wisps of purple energy mingled with flecks of pink halo surrounded her body, making her incredibly alluring.

"Esteemed Immortal Friends, please strike together! There is indeed something profound within this Yunhua Mountain."

She sneered and said through gritted teeth, "Just watch in the coming days how many treasures they reveal! Once we shatter the small Cloud Flower! If the treasures within prove worthy of this Venerable One's efforts, this Venerable One will spare no expense to assist the three Immortal Friends who contributed the most in breaking through their current realms!"

To substantiate her words, the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law spat out three fist-sized orbs of blood, radiating magnificent and inscrutable light. She said proudly, "This Palace has labored for many years to gestate these three Xuanji Pearls. Each one concentrates the entire vital essence and magical power of twelve Yuanhui of this Venerable One."

There was no need for further explanation. The eyes of the male Immortals present lost all trace of their pupils; they were utterly engulfed in a frenzy.

The Xuanji Pearls were refined from countless rare materials and then gestated within the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s body for twelve Yuanhui to truly take shape. They possessed miraculous power capable of reversing Yin and Yang, transforming decay into marvels. If propelled by the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law's natal divine ability, the three Xuanji Pearls could help three male Immortals break through the bottleneck of the Mid-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal realm and advance to the High-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal realm.

Ninety-nine percent of the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s fame in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths was due to this Xuanji Pearl method. If it weren't for the extreme difficulty in finding materials for the Xuanji Pearls, the massive drain on the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law's vital essence and magical power—and the long period following each use of her natal divine ability where her cultivation stagnated—she might have already amassed a huge personal guard force composed entirely of Great Overarching Golden Immortals using this secret art.

The male Immortals present were all Mid-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortals, some of whom had been trapped at this bottleneck for tens of thousands of years.

Three Xuanji Pearls, representing twelve Yuanhui of attainment, offered three guaranteed chances to advance to High-Grade Great Overarching Golden Immortal. Once they reached that level, their status would be completely different.

Without the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law needing to say more, over a dozen male Immortals simultaneously charged down from the platform, each grinding their teeth as they offered up their natal magic treasures, preparing to unleash their full power. They didn't care if they had to expend everything, even spitting out their only drop of Hongmeng True Blood like Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming.

Over a dozen supreme treasures hovered high in the void, and the planetary system surrounding the Wole Star trembled. The sight of over a dozen Great Overarching Golden Immortals preparing to strike together possessed an awe-inspiring terror. Such a thing had never occurred even within the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, where Great Overarching Golden Immortals were supposed to be aloof and rarely intervened!

But here in the Mortal Realm, over the Wole Star, above the Yunhua Mountain, these Great Overarching Golden Immortals were about to unleash their ultimate attack due to the Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s frenzy.

Even Heavenly Venerable Lan Ming, who had been sent flying due to a momentary lapse in focus, charged back with gritted teeth. He spat nine mouthfuls of natal vital blood onto the white jade alms bowl. Forgoing the damage to his foundation, he had already exhausted his only drop of Hongmeng True Blood—what was there left to conserve among his natal vital blood?

The protective formation of the Wole Star trembled, and the eyebrows of the 108 Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Star Lords furrowed.

The Heavenly Gang Star sighed faintly. "Indeed, they had not been using their full strength until now. Hmph, this woman is indeed cunning; she finally goaded them into unleashing their true power!"

The Heavenly Killing Star roared in fury. "It infuriates me! If our true bodies were still here, if our divine powers and might remained, we would have slaughtered them all long ago! It infuriates me!"

Little Daoist Zhang secretly slipped over to the Heavenly Killing Star’s side and asked curiously, "But it is said that in the Ancient Era, the Heavenly Court had fewer than a hundred Great Overarching Golden Immortals. Were the Star Lords not Great Overarching Golden Immortals, or how could they have killed them?" The Heavenly Killing Star glared at Little Daoist Zhang as if he were an idiot, then suddenly threw his head back and laughed uproariously.

Daoist Zhang looked at the Heavenly Killing Star in confusion, but the Heavenly Killing Star’s laughter suddenly ceased, and he coldly snorted, "Why should I tell you little ox-nose these secret histories of the Three Realms from antiquity? Who do you think you are? Haotian God?"

Little Daoist Zhang’s expression froze. A cloud light swept out from behind him, and the several-zhang-tall Immortal Crane True Person slowly emerged from the light.

Frowning as he looked at the Great Overarching Golden Immortals accumulating power above, Immortal Crane True Person said in a low voice, "Esteemed Star Lords, in this situation, can the grand formation hold?"

The Heavenly Gang Star's expression tightened slightly. He said calmly, "If the first strike fails to break it, the formation can be maintained. If the formation shatters upon the first strike, then..."

The faces of Immortal Crane True Person and Daoist Zhang changed drastically. There was no ambiguity in the Heavenly Gang Star's words...

Just as the dozen or so greedy male Immortals were about to join forces for an all-out assault, a surge of golden radiance swept out from the void not far away. A cloud chariot, borne on vast purple clouds, rapidly rushed forth.

From a great distance, Yan Luo let out a long laugh. With his cultivation, the fluctuations of his divine sense instantly spread throughout the entire Spiral Star Domain; every cultivator in that stretch of void perceived his tyrannical presence.

"How bold are you all, daring to besiege the secluded cultivation abode of an Elder of my Yuan Luo Palace! Do you truly hold my Yuan Luo Palace in contempt?"

The tens of thousands of Immortals from the Yuan Luo Palace War Immortal Academy shouted in unison, expanding their formation to both sides, and an overwhelming killing aura swept out.

The Heavenly Lord of Restraining Law’s face instantly changed. (To be continued, if you wish to know what happens next, please log in...)