To call it the Immortal Realm was merely to say it was another world entirely. Humans whose strength was absolute feared no gods, demons, or celestial monsters. They forced open the passage to that plane using their own might. What perplexed them, however, was the utter disappearance of the Immortals; they hadn't found a single one. What they did find were legacies left behind by the Immortals, and besides that absence, they encountered countless beasts that only existed in legend—Dragons, for instance…

Of course, this was merely the plane discovered by the Asian Alliance, where the Fang family resided. The Europeans, on the other hand, found a different realm: the Heaven of their own mythologies. Yet, just like the Eastern Immortal Realm, the Angels and High Gods who should have inhabited that plane were nowhere to be found, leaving behind an empty world, replete with inexhaustible energy crystals…

As for the African Alliance, they were the weakest, but they ultimately succeeded in opening a passage to yet another world. What awaited them there were not ruins, but legions of extraordinarily powerful beings. Some resembled humans, others were bestial, and all possessed immense strength. Not only did they slaughter every human who entered that plane, but they also surged through the passage back into this world, commencing widespread plunder…

Humanity called them Demons…

Ancient Earth had already been ravaged once; humanity could not tolerate any other species destroying their habitat again. At that time, the yellow races of the Asian Alliance and the white races of the European Alliance united completely to annihilate these Demon races. Even those powerful humans who had already relocated to the Immortal Realm or Heaven returned to Earth, bringing with them various exotic beasts they had tamed from those planes, joining the battle that would eclipse all ages…

That battle was called the Defense of Earth. Countless powerful experts perished, especially those who could tear open passages through sheer personal strength; almost all of them were wiped out. The chaotic surge of energy shattered the original passages to the Immortal Realm and Heaven, rending them into pieces…

In an instant, no one could ever return to the Immortal Realm or Heaven. The Demons who had poured in from the Demon Realm were driven back, suffering equally devastating losses. However, some of the creatures brought from the Immortal Realm to Earth managed to survive…

Later, no matter how much effort was expended, humans could never reopen the Gates of the Immortals. After extensive calculations, they discovered that after that massive war, the structural tolerance of their space had become significantly tougher than before—this was why reopening the Immortal Gates proved impossible…

Humanity’s evolution seemed to have reached a plateau. To continue seeking a path of advancement, the three major organizations—the Asian Alliance, European Alliance, and African Alliance—established the Dou Hun Continent. They released all manner of strange beasts from the Immortal Realm, and even the demonic beasts that had fled from the Demon Realm, onto the Dou Hun Continent, banishing them alongside select humans chosen by the organizations…

Naturally, these chosen individuals did not possess great strength themselves; they were ordinary people living at the very bottom of society. Facing their powerful counterparts, they had no choice but complete obedience…

From that moment forward, the three major organizations watched over everything happening on the Dou Hun Continent with the detached gaze of gods. Any individual showing innate talent was immediately absorbed into their ranks, becoming either their most formidable warriors or subjects of research…

In short, they would not allow the Dou Hun Continent to produce too many supreme experts, as such power might eventually threaten their dominance…

As time flowed, the Dou Hun Continent continuously developed, but the number of top-tier experts like Dugu Bacheng never exceeded ten…

Ten was the hard ceiling set by the three organizations for the Dou Hun Continent. Any number exceeding that limit would be annihilated at any cost, unless those experts swore fealty to the major organizations, in which case they might survive.

However, experts who could move heaven and earth on the Dou Hun Continent were merely slightly stronger enforcers in the eyes of the ruling powers. After all, every expert possessed their own dignity; how could they willingly serve as mere thugs for others?

Yet, through Fang Jiuyou’s memories, Ye Jingyu and the others understood that the current Ancient Hua Continent was teeming with countless powerful figures, some of whom were the very super-experts who had once ripped open space themselves…

Not to mention these individuals, the relentless evolution over so many years had elevated the strength of the Ancient Hua Continent to a degree the entire Dou Hun Continent could not possibly withstand. If they chose to, they could probably shatter the Dou Hun Continent with ease…

Taking the Fang family alone, they possessed their own formidable forces, categorized into four tiers: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow…

The Yellow Rank Squad was the weakest, yet every member who joined it possessed the strength of a Grandmaster from the Dou Hun Continent. The Fang family commanded one hundred thousand such members…

One hundred thousand Grandmasters—what did that concept truly represent?

In addition to them, there were ten thousand members of the Profound Rank Squad…

That meant ten thousand Martial Saints. It was only then that Ye Jingyu finally grasped why the Yuan Ling Sect or Fang Jiuyou himself had so many Martial Saints nearby…

The Earth Rank Squad, equivalent to the strength of a First Heaven Martial God up to a Third Heaven Martial God, numbered eight hundred—eight hundred Martial Gods…

And the most terrifying, the Heaven Rank Squad, boasting strength equivalent to a Fourth Heaven Martial God through a Seventh Heaven Martial God, consisted of sixty individuals…

And this was merely the publicly acknowledged strength of the Fang family. How many hidden masters they possessed, even Fang Jiuyou’s memories couldn't fully reveal, let alone the strength of the other major clans…

When Ye Jingyu finished recounting all this, everyone simultaneously gasped. Except for Liang Xiaoke, the others were utterly stunned. Martial Saints were already terrifying entities to them, let alone Martial Gods.

But a family guard corps alone boasting nearly a thousand Martial Gods—what level of horror was that?

As for Ye Jingyu and Liang Xiaoke, they were now completely certain: they had truly arrived on Earth many millennia in the future, an era where humanity had developed into a high civilization…

There were no thermal weapons, yet they possessed personal power greater than any thermal weapon. The thought that humanity could eventually evolve to this legendary immortal level filled them with a surge of joy…

After all, knowing that humanity would ultimately evolve to this state was inherently a cause for happiness, wasn't it?

Of course, Ye Jingyu and Liang Xiaoke were not surprised by the sheer number of masters within the Fang family. To them, the Fang family, or even the Asian Alliance, were simply slightly stronger humans, precisely because they hailed from the original Ancient Earth…