At the end of the desolate borderlands where the Immortal Domain and the Foreign Domain met, there was no empty void. Instead, an indescribably magnificent barrier stretched across the land—the Imperial City defense line of the Immortal Domain.
This ancient colossal city was not built of brick and stone. It had been forged over countless epochs from the bones of Immortal Domain sages who had died in battle here, shattered divine weapons, and even condensed laws of the Great Dao.
Its walls towered into the nebulae, mottled and scarred, covered in the marks of blades, axes, and divine abilities. They emanated an air of tragic grandeur and desolate antiquity.
This was the foremost front against the invasion of the Foreign Domain, also known as the place where the Bulwark stood.
Those stationed here were elite cultivators sent in rotation by the various clans of the Immortal Domain, as well as ascetic cultivators who had volunteered to guard the frontier.
Leading them were several highly experienced quasi-Immortal King generals who had been stationed here for many years, as well as an old Immortal King who had retired here due to injury but still possessed immense prestige—Immortal King Panyuan.
On this day, as usual, atop the Imperial City, patrol squads of cultivators vigilantly watched the eternally dim, law-chaotic borderlands beyond the defense line.
Suddenly—
“Buzz!!!”
The entire Primordial Imperial City shook violently!
It was as if an invisible giant hammer had slammed viciously into the city wall!
“Enemy attack—!!!”
A shrill alarm instantly resounded throughout the entire Imperial City. Countless streaks of divine light shot into the sky as the garrison cultivators rushed to their battle positions at top speed.
Immortal King Panyuan’s figure appeared in an instant atop the highest tower. His gaze locked firmly onto the region beyond the defense line.
The borderlands that had originally only been dim were now completely swallowed by endless darkness!
It was not ordinary darkness, but dark matter so dense it could not be dispersed, surging like a living thing!
In front of the tide of darkness, figures emanating terrifying undying auras stood like demon gods, packed so densely that no end could be seen at a glance!
Thirty Undying Kings!
Their auras linked together, turning into tangible pressure, like hundreds of millions of ancient demonic mountains crashing down upon the Primordial Imperial City. The runes on the walls flickered violently, issuing groans as though unable to bear the burden!
And at the very front of those thirty Undying Kings, two figures made Immortal King Panyuan’s pupils abruptly contract, his heart sinking to the bottom!
The one on the left was shrouded in a twisted source of dark light, as though he were the origin of all slaughter and destruction. It was none other than the Red King!
The one on the right had an aura of desolate stillness, as if all laws could not touch him and all evils retreated before him. It was Wushang!
Two giants of the Foreign Domain had personally arrived!
“The Red King! Wushang! And… thirty Undying Kings!”
A quasi-Immortal King general’s voice trembled, his face deathly pale.
“They… are they starting an all-out war?!”
“Activate all defensive grand formations! Quickly! Activate every weapon in storage! Request reinforcements from the core of the Immortal Domain! The highest-level request!”
Immortal King Panyuan nearly roared out the orders. He knew all too well that in the face of such terrifying power, the Primordial Imperial City would not be able to hold for long!
“Rumble—!”
Almost at the same time his orders were issued, the Foreign Domain’s attack descended!
The Red King raised his hand, and a dark divine spear spanning star regions condensed, carrying destructive power capable of piercing through ten thousand worlds as it stabbed fiercely toward the Imperial City’s light barrier!
Wushang was even more direct. With a single step, he ignored the distance of space and punched straight into the city wall itself!
His characteristic immunity to all laws caused vast swathes of the protective runes on the wall to dim!
At the same time, the thirty Undying Kings attacked together!
All manner of terrifying dark divine abilities, curse powers, and pillars of destructive light poured down upon the Primordial Imperial City like a violent storm!
“Pfft—!”
With just one volley, several outer layers of the Imperial City’s light barriers shattered like paper!
The thousands of cultivators controlling the grand formations were instantly shaken into blood mist by the backlash!
The city wall shook violently. Huge cracks spread outward, and countless bones and fragments of divine metal peeled away from the wall!
“Hold on! For the Immortal Domain! For our homeland behind us!”
Immortal King Panyuan’s eyes nearly split with rage. He burned his origin and erupted with the full might of an Immortal King, attempting to stabilize the situation and withstand the attacks of the two giants.
The garrison cultivators also knew that the moment of life and death had arrived. With bloodshot eyes, they burned their lives and poured all their magic power without reserve into the grand formations, divine crossbows, and cannon platforms. Brilliant immortal divine abilities and divine bolts that tore through the void blasted toward the tide of darkness.
However, the gap was far too great!
Before absolute power, courage and sacrifice seemed so pale.
The Imperial City’s defenses were collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Cultivators fell in swathes, their blood staining the mottled city walls red.
“Call for help! Ask the Immortal Domain for help again!”
A quasi-Immortal King general covered in blood crushed the last piece of transmission immortal jade in his hand, his voice shrill.
“Tell those great figures! The Imperial City is about to fall! If no reinforcements come, the iron hooves of the Foreign Domain will march straight into the heartland of the Immortal Domain!!!”
The desperate plea for aid was like a blood-weeping lament.
Again and again, it crossed the endless starry sky, transmitted toward the core of the Immortal Domain, toward those lofty Immortal King lineages, toward the Myriad Daos Starry Sky Pavilion…
In the core of the Immortal Domain, many Immortal King lineages and ancient clans first fell into dead silence after receiving the highest-level plea for aid from the border pass, then erupted into immense panic.
“Thirty Undying Kings! The Red King and Wushang have personally arrived! This… is this their full force?!”
“The Primordial Imperial City is in imminent danger! Once it is breached, the Foreign Domain will drive straight in, and the Immortal Domain will be plunged into misery and devastation!”
“Quick! Immediately gather all combat forces and support the border pass!”
“But… the other side has two giants! We…” Some Immortal Kings felt fear in their hearts. Beings at the giant level were terrifying experts capable of contending with the most ancient existences of the Immortal Domain!
Within the Myriad Daos Starry Sky Pavilion, the divine wills of the kings, which had only just dispersed not long ago, gathered once more. The atmosphere was even heavier and more oppressive than before.
Pan King’s expression was extremely ugly.
“As expected, they’ve come! And with such ferocity! Two giants, thirty Undying Kings… what a grand move!”
Although Immortal King Hunyuan was hot-tempered, he also felt enormous pressure at this moment.
“We must send support immediately! Otherwise, once the border pass falls, the consequences will be unimaginable!”
Immortal King Qingwei said urgently, “Everyone, please give orders at once and mobilize the elites under your command. We must hurry to the border pass immediately! Fellow Daoist Panyuan cannot hold on for much longer!”
However, although all the kings knew the situation was grave, there were not many who truly expressed, without hesitation, that they would personally go at once.
Their opponents were two infamous giants of the Foreign Domain. With the slightest carelessness, the result would be death, body and Dao extinguished.
Quite a few Immortal Kings’ gazes flickered, each harboring the thought of letting someone else go forward first.
Just as they argued and hesitated—
“Buzz—!”
Another transmission, extremely faint yet carrying Immortal King Panyuan’s final will and endless sorrow, arrived at the Starry Sky Pavilion:
“…The defense line is about to collapse… We… have done all we can… Immortal Domain… reinforcements… where are they…”
The transmission ended there, cut off abruptly.