He stared fixedly at Lu Xuan, his eyes filled with gravity and a trace of dread.
The Chaos Golden Crow that Lu Xuan had transformed into had also consumed no small amount of its aura. The chaotic currents and true solar fire coiling around him had dimmed slightly, yet the radiance within those twin pupils burned ever more fiercely.
Through this life-and-death battle against an Emperor Light giant like the Blade King, his understanding and application of Donghuang Taiyi’s inheritance were improving at a tremendous pace. All manner of divine abilities came readily to his hand, growing ever more harmonious and effortless.
“Star God Chains!”
The Chaos Golden Crow drew upon the power of the stars throughout the heavens, turning it into countless law chains wrapped in starlight and chaotic qi. From every direction, they coiled toward the Blade King, sealing off his movements.
“Golden Crow Heaven-Rending Claw!”
A massive sharp claw tore through the void, its claw wind containing a terrifying will capable of ripping apart the Great Dao as it went straight for the Blade King’s head.
The Blade King also pushed his own Dao of the Blade to the extreme. At times, he slashed out Years Like Blades to interfere with spacetime; at times, he unleashed the Heart Blade to Slay the Spirit, attacking the primordial spirit directly; at times, he evolved a Blade Realm to descend, forming a domain of its own to resist...
The two waged fierce war amid the starry sky, their figures flickering, the radiance of colliding divine abilities rising and falling one after another. The strange sounds of the Great Dao resonating and shattering rang out without end.
They fought from one end of the universe to the other. Wherever they passed, the cosmos fell into extinction and the void turned to dust, as though two ancient gods who had opened the heavens and split the earth were locked in slaughter.
All the spectators from the Immortal Domain and the Foreign Realm had long since been left dumbstruck, their minds shaken.
They saw Lu Xuan transform into a Golden Crow, commanding chaos and the sun, his divine abilities changing endlessly, as though he were the embodiment of the Great Dao.
They saw the Blade King protected by Emperor Light, his blade intent cleaving through all laws, incomparably sharp, like a world-destroying demon god.
The two were evenly matched, worthy opponents meeting their match. They fought to a stalemate, neither able to do anything to the other.
“T-too strong! Is this a true peak confrontation?”
An Immortal King murmured to himself, feeling that the Dao arts he had bitterly cultivated for countless ages seemed so pale before these two.
“Immortal King Lu Xuan... he can truly battle an Emperor Light giant returned from the Realm Sea to such a level! How fortunate our Immortal Domain is!”
King Pan was so excited that his beard trembled.
On the Foreign Realm’s side, morale sank low and panic began to spread.
Even Lord Blade King could not take down the opponent. How were they supposed to continue this war?
The Crimson King and Wushang’s expressions were so dark they seemed about to drip water. They knew the plan had utterly failed.
Not only was the situation over at the Primordial Ancient Realm still unknown, even the main battlefield here had fallen into a deadlock—indeed... it was faintly turning unfavorable!
Just as Lu Xuan and the Blade King were locked in the height of battle, neither able to completely suppress the other—
“Rumble—!!!”
A terrifying fluctuation far more chaotic than the invasion of the Foreign Realm suddenly came from another distant borderland region where the Immortal Domain bordered the Realm Sea!
That fluctuation swept out like a tsunami, instantly alarming every Immortal King-level existence on the battlefield!
“Not good! It’s the dark creatures from the depths of the Realm Sea! Why would they riot at a time like this?!”
The Spacetime Immortal King’s expression changed drastically. He was the most sensitive to the aura of the Realm Sea and immediately recognized that the source of this fluctuation was not the Foreign Realm, but the darkness of the Realm Sea!
Almost at the same time, a resplendent yet hurried beam of immortal light forcefully broke through the turbulent energy currents of the battlefield and appeared before King Pan and the other kings of the Immortal Domain.
The immortal light dispersed, turning into an illusory figure. It was a True Immortal representative from the Primordial Ancient Realm. His entire body was covered in blood, his aura feeble, his face filled with despair and urgency.
“Seniors of the Immortal Domain! The Ancient Realm has encountered a great calamity! Kundi and the Pu Demon King have led more than twenty Undying Kings in an invasion. The Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King, the True Dragon King, the Immortal Monk King, and the Seven Kings of the Borderlands are resisting with their lives, but they are outnumbered. The Imperial Pass is about to fall! We beseech the Immortal Domain, for the sake of our shared survival, to dispatch reinforcements at once! The billions upon billions of beings of the Ancient Realm beg you with blood and tears!!!”
This plea for aid, laden with blood and tears, was like another heavy hammer smashing hard into the hearts of the kings of the Immortal Domain!
The dark creatures of the Realm Sea had erupted in turmoil, invading another borderland on the Immortal Domain’s flank!
The defensive line of the Primordial Ancient Realm was on the verge of collapse, hanging by a thread!
Two pieces of disastrous news arrived almost simultaneously! Together with the main battlefield before them, where they remained locked in a stalemate against the Foreign Realm’s main force...
The Immortal Domain instantly fell into an unprecedented crisis of being attacked on three sides!
“How could this be?!”
Immortal King Qingwei paled in shock.
“The dark creatures of the Realm Sea... why would they choose this moment?!”
Immortal King Qingmu’s hair and beard all bristled.
“The Ancient Realm... Kundi and the Pu Demon King actually went there in person!”
King Pan’s face turned ashen, and he instantly understood the true purpose behind the Foreign Realm’s strategy of “making a sound in the east while striking in the west”!
The fierce assault on the main battlefield, even inviting the Blade King to act, had all been to pin down the Immortal Domain’s main force and create an opportunity to attack the Primordial Ancient Realm!
After a brief moment of astonishment, a trace of joy flashed through the Crimson King and Wushang’s eyes.
Although the riot of the dark creatures of the Realm Sea was unexpected, objectively speaking, it had greatly helped them, massively pinning down and dividing the Immortal Domain’s strength!
The atmosphere on the battlefield instantly became incomparably strange and tense.
Lu Xuan and the Blade King also sensed the chaotic uprising from the direction of the Realm Sea, as well as the Primordial Ancient Realm representative’s blood-weeping plea for aid. Their attacks could not help but slow slightly.
The Blade King’s eyes flickered. He glanced toward the Realm Sea, then looked at the grave-faced kings of the Immortal Domain and sneered inwardly.
The more chaotic the situation became, the more advantageous it was for the Foreign Realm.
And he would naturally obtain the conditions the Foreign Realm had promised him.
A flash of light passed through the pupils of the Golden Crow that Lu Xuan had transformed into.
“Hahaha!” Seeing this, the Crimson King seized the chance to burst into laughter, disturbing the morale of the Immortal Domain army.
“King Pan! Spacetime! Do you still intend to fight us to the death here? The Realm Sea is in turmoil, the Ancient Realm is about to collapse, and the Immortal Domain can barely protect itself! If you know what’s good for you, retreat at once. Perhaps you can still preserve the core lands of your Immortal Domain and cling to life!”
The kings of the Immortal Domain were both shocked and furious, yet unable to refute him.
Fighting on three fronts was something the Immortal Domain simply could not sustain!
They had to make a choice!
“Seniors!”
The illusory figure of the True Immortal representative from the Primordial Ancient Realm was frantic, his voice carrying a sob.
“Save the Ancient Realm!”
King Pan clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging deep into his palms, facing an unprecedentedly difficult choice.
If they retreated from the main battlefield, the Foreign Realm army would surely drive straight in, and the hinterlands of the Immortal Domain would be in peril!
If they did not divide their forces to send aid, the Ancient Realm would surely be destroyed. And if the dark creatures of the Realm Sea were allowed to grow into a true disaster, the consequences would be unimaginable!
At this critical moment when the hearts of the Immortal Domain kings were wavering—
“Buzz!”
The aura around the Chaos Golden Crow that Lu Xuan had transformed into suddenly changed.
The solar power that had been fiercely contending with the Blade King abruptly withdrew. His massive true body rapidly shrank, once again turning back into human form.
He stood amid the starry sky, black hair dancing, his face calm, as though the collapse of heaven and earth around him had nothing to do with him.
His gaze first swept over the Blade King, whose expression was shifting, then turned toward the anxious kings of the Immortal Domain, before finally landing on the illusory representative of the Primordial Ancient Realm.
“We will set aside the battle here for now.”
He spoke calmly to the Blade King, his tone allowing no doubt, as though he were the one who truly dominated the war.
The Blade King narrowed his eyes and did not immediately make a move. He, too, wanted to see what Lu Xuan intended.
Immediately after, Lu Xuan looked toward King Pan and the others, his voice spreading clearly across the battlefield:
“I will hold the Foreign Realm’s main force here.”