A trace of extreme heartache and resolve flashed through the Saber King’s eyes. He abruptly crushed a cracked black talisman stone hidden in his palm!
“Buzz!”
An eerie spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped the Saber King’s body. It was his final life-saving trump card: a World-Breaking Void-Escape Talisman, originating from some mysterious relic in the Realm Sea!
This talisman was incomparably precious, capable of instantly breaking through the vast majority of seals and randomly escaping into the depths of the Realm Sea. But the price of using it was tremendous—it would further burn away his origin.
“Lu Xuan! This enmity… this king will remember it! When we meet again in the Realm Sea, I will surely slay you to prove my Dao!”
Leaving behind that roar filled with bone-deep hatred, the Saber King’s figure suddenly blurred amid the spatial fluctuations.
In the next instant, he vanished completely from where he stood, without even the slightest trace of his aura remaining!
Only the lingering spatial ripples and the scattered specks of black talisman stone fragments proved that he had ever existed.
Lu Xuan frowned slightly, sensing the spatial fluctuation that had fled far away in an instant, but he did not forcefully pursue.
He knew that a void-escape talisman of that level might not be something he could intercept even in perfect condition.
Moreover, he was not at his peak right now. Forcibly chasing into the peril-ridden Realm Sea was not a wise move.
“Consider yourself lucky you ran fast.”
He gave a cold snort, withdrew his aura, and the Chaos Bell sank back into his body.
At this moment, the entire main battlefield of the Immortal Domain fell into dead silence—then erupted into heaven-shaking uproar!
Defeated!
The Saber King, an Immortal King wreathed in imperial radiance, had actually been defeated!
And defeated so utterly at that—heavily wounded and on the verge of death, forced to use a forbidden measure to flee in disgrace!
The kings of the Immortal Domain were first stunned, then burst into thunderous cheers and cries!
“We won! Immortal King Lu Xuan won!”
“Even an Immortal King with imperial radiance was beaten into retreat! Hahahaha!”
“The Immortal Domain is saved!”
Morale instantly soared to its peak!
As for the Foreign Domain’s side, it was as if they had been struck by a bolt of lightning from the ninth heaven.
From the two giants, the Scarlet King and Wushang, down to the most ordinary undying beings, the entire army had gone deathly pale, their minds submerged by boundless terror and disbelief!
“L-Lord Saber King… fled in defeat?!”
“How is that possible?! He is an Immortal King with imperial radiance!”
“Even Lord Saber King was no match… We… we’re finished…”
Panic spread madly through the army of the Foreign Domain!
The Saber King’s defeat and flight had completely shattered their fighting spirit and faith!
Even their greatest pillar had fallen. How could this battle still be fought?
The Scarlet King and Wushang exchanged a glance, and both saw shock and a trace of despair in each other’s eyes.
They knew the tide was lost!
The plan had failed completely!
Not only was the situation over in the Primordial Ancient Realm unknown, but the main battlefield had also suffered a crushing defeat!
“Retreat! Retreat at once!”
The Scarlet King made a prompt decision. Together with Wushang, he erupted with his final strength, forcefully driving back Immortal King Wuzhong and the Immortal King of Annihilation, sweeping up the remnants of the Foreign Domain army and fleeing madly in the direction of the Foreign Domain!
Defeat collapsed like a landslide!
How could the kings of the Immortal Domain let such a good opportunity slip by?
Under the leadership of the various Immortal Kings, they pursued their advantage and expanded their gains!
Lu Xuan did not take part in the pursuit. He hovered in the starry sky, silently regulating his breathing and recovering what he had expended.
Looking at the fleeing army of the Foreign Domain and the cheering comrades of the Immortal Domain, his gaze was calm.
The Saber King’s defeat and flight was only the beginning.
The darkness in the depths of the Realm Sea, the secrets behind the Foreign Domain, and even that legendary place above the heavens… the road ahead was still long.
But after this battle, he had already declared his existence to all the heavens and myriad realms.
Golden Crow Immortal King Lu Xuan, bearing the Chaos Bell and the Taiyi Dharma, had officially stepped onto this magnificent eternal stage!
On the battlefield of the Primordial Ancient Realm, with the return of the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit, the battle situation underwent a decisive reversal.
Emerald divine radiance shone over the shattered mountains and rivers. A rain of light containing vast vitality and purifying Dao principles scattered down, not only healing the injuries of the Immortal Ancient allied forces, but also dealing a devastating blow to the dark creatures of the Foreign Domain.
With the supreme divine ability “Ten Thousand Willows Cleanse the Dust,” the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit instantly slew three Undying Kings, greatly shaking the morale of the Foreign Domain’s army.
As for Kundi, who was trapped within the green cage of the “Life Forbidden Zone,” his suffering was even more bitter.
The dark origin coiling around him was greatly suppressed within Willow God’s pure and restraining domain of life and purification.
Its circulation became sluggish, as though he had sunk deep into a quagmire.
He swung his Kunwood Staff and smashed it fiercely against the cage, but that cage, formed from countless willow branches like divine chains of order, was incomparably tough and contained an endless, self-renewing power. It was simply impossible to break through in a short time.
“Kundi, your chaos cannot withstand the torrent of life.”
The Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit’s hazy figure stood at the core of the enormous willow tree, its voice clear and majestic.
It controlled the Life Forbidden Zone as it continuously contracted. The purifying power was like an invisible millstone, constantly grinding away at Kundi’s dark origin.
On the other side, Immortal King Wuzhong’s pressure lessened greatly, allowing him to deal with the Pu Demon King with far greater ease.
The two divine abilities, Spacetime Stagnation and Myriad Transformations Return to Silence, were unleashed in alternation, confining the Pu Demon King’s destructive dandelion storm within an extremely small range while continuously eroding his vitality.
The Pu Demon King was hard-pressed on every side and in a miserable state, no longer able to spare attention for anything else.
On the lower battlefield, with the instant fall of three Undying Kings and the blessing of Willow God’s life radiance, the morale of the Immortal Ancient allied forces surged like a rainbow!
“Kill! For the Ancient Realm!”
“Drive out these dark abominations!”
Above Pan King’s head, the divine peach tree scattered endless vitality, stabilizing the battlefield.
Immortal King Hunyuan roared as his Heaven-Opening Giant Axe cleaved wildly, forcing an Undying King back again and again.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King forced out the last breath of his origin. The reincarnation cavern thundered once more, forcibly dragging an Undying King’s primordial spirit into reincarnation and crushing it apart!
The True Dragon King dragged his ruined body along and let out a heaven-shaking dragon roar, his draconic might surging vast and mighty.
The Immortal Monk King sat cross-legged in the void, his shattered golden body blooming with its final radiance, delivering departed souls and purifying the darkness.
The surviving kings of the Border Desolation and the cultivators of the Ancient Realm were like fierce tigers released from their cages, launching a ferocious counterattack against the demoralized army of the Foreign Domain!
Defeat collapsed like a landslide!
The Undying Kings of the Foreign Domain saw Kundi trapped and the Pu Demon King suppressed. Although news of the Saber King’s defeat and flight had yet to arrive, the decline before their eyes already left them terrified.
If they continued fighting, they might truly be annihilated here to the last man!
“Retreat! Retreat at once!”
One Undying King was the first to be unable to withstand the pressure. With a roar, he fled toward the realm wall.
With someone taking the lead, the other Undying Kings no longer had any will to fight either. One after another, they shook off their opponents and fled in panic.
Those ordinary dark creatures were even more like headless flies, falling in swaths beneath the pursuit of the Immortal Ancient allied forces and turning to ash.
“You want to leave? Leave something behind!”
Immortal King Hunyuan was in the full heat of slaughter. His giant axe flew from his hand, transforming into an axe light that tore through the galaxy and cut an Undying King who had been slightly too slow to flee in half at the waist. Dark divine blood spilled across the sky!
Pan King also activated his Immortal King artifact, fixing a region of the void in place and slowing the escape of several Undying Kings, creating opportunities for others to kill them.
For a time, the routed army of the Foreign Domain threw away their helmets and armor, suffering grievous casualties. Only less than half of the Undying Kings and a small number of remaining soldiers were lucky enough to escape beyond the realm wall, vanishing into the chaos.
“Kundi! The tide is lost. Will you still not surrender?!”
Immortal King Wuzhong’s voice was icy cold. The power of spacetime was like shackles, completely sealing off all paths of retreat for the Pu Demon King.