The Immortal Domain was indeed disappointing.
The rules here were stable, but also rigid.
Resources were abundant, yet they had bred far too much rot.
One had to remember that this was the clan of the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor, the founder of the Immortal Domain.
Yet even they had been forced to this point. The factions within the Immortal Domain stood like forests.
If Lu Xuan had not returned, the Golden Crow lineage would have come to an end here and now.
If he remained here, with Lu Xuan’s current strength, he might be able to ensure his clan’s safety.
But if he wished to pursue the ultimate Great Dao and face that unseen, dark tide, this was probably not the best choice.
As for the Primordial Ancient Realm spoken of by Immortal King Wuzhong, its courage in facing crisis head-on and its atmosphere of united resolve—
It truly suited his present state of mind better.
He needed to grow through constant tempering and battle.
At this moment, the Primordial Ancient Realm was indeed a good place to go.
In the future, if he became a quasi-Immortal Emperor and waged war across the Realm Sea,
the Immortal Kings of the Primordial Ancient Realm would also become allies in the days to come.
“The Primordial Ancient Realm…” Lu Xuan slowly spoke, a sharp gleam flashing through his eyes.
He did not agree immediately, but the inclination in his words was already quite clear.
Hearing this, Immortal King Wuzhong revealed a sincere smile. He knew that his invitation had most likely succeeded.
To bring such a powerful reinforcement to the Primordial Ancient Realm would absolutely be a great aid in resisting the future great calamity!
“If you are interested, fellow Daoist, I can guide the way for you. The gates of the Primordial Ancient Realm are open to you at any time.”
Immortal King Wuzhong said with a smile.
Lu Xuan nodded. “Once I have settled my clansmen and stabilized the passage to this realm, I will naturally go and take a look.”
The two Immortal Kings looked at each other and smiled. An invisible tacit understanding was reached in the void.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Immortal King Wuzhong did not linger any longer.
And Lu Xuan did not ask him to stay. Compared to Immortal King Wuzhong,
he now had something far more important to do.
“There are some debts that should be settled.” Lu Xuan stood atop the Fusang Tree, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
“Not only lives, but also the resources and foundations they owe!”
He took a single step forward, his figure merging into the void. In the next instant, he had appeared hundreds of millions of li away, above an ancient immortal land surrounded by countless resplendent stars.
Here, immortal mountains towered majestically, divine waterfalls cascaded down, and palace complexes stretched endlessly, presenting a myriad of magnificent sights. This was the family foundation that Immortal King Ao Sheng had managed for countless epochs—Dragonfall Immortal Continent.
At this moment, the entire Dragonfall Immortal Continent was shrouded beneath an enormous protective barrier. Dragon patterns swam across the barrier, emanating a powerful defensive aura. Clearly, after learning of Ao Sheng’s fall, they had immediately activated their strongest foundation.
Within the immortal continent, figures were in a panic. Countless descendants of Ao Sheng’s clan and vassal cultivators were deathly pale, as though doomsday had descended.
Lu Xuan’s arrival was not concealed in the slightest. That vast Immortal King pressure was like the collapse of the heavens, pressing down viciously upon the protective barrier, causing it to twist violently and emit groans of unbearable strain.
“Lu Xuan! It’s that Immortal King of the Golden Crow Clan!”
“He’s here! He really came!”
The immortal continent instantly descended into chaos, terrified screams ringing out without end.
A clan elder at the quasi-Immortal King level braced himself and flew into the air. Through the barrier, his voice trembling, he shouted, “Immortal King Lu Xuan! Ancestor Ao Sheng has already fallen. Can the grudges of the past be written off? Our Dragonfall Immortal Continent is willing to offer half… no, seventy percent of our resources. We only beg the Immortal King to show mercy!”
Lu Xuan looked at him indifferently, as though watching an ant struggle.
“Show mercy?” His voice was icy. “Back then, when your ancestors joined hands to force my Golden Crow Clan into a corner, did they ever think of showing mercy?”
“When the sons of my clan bled themselves dry, did any of you ever think of showing mercy?”
“Now, it is too late.”
He wasted no more words and directly summoned the Chaos Bell.
The ancient bronze bell expanded with the wind, becoming as vast as a star domain in an instant. Upon its walls, the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind all shone together, emanating a supreme might capable of suppressing the myriad heavens and worlds.
“Collect.”
Lu Xuan lightly uttered a single word.
The Chaos Bell tilted slightly, its mouth aimed at Dragonfall Immortal Continent below. An indescribably terrifying suction force erupted abruptly!
“Rumble—!”
The earth split apart. Mountains and rivers disintegrated!
That protective barrier could not even hold for a single breath before shattering like foam.
Countless palaces and pavilions were uprooted. Floating immortal mountains, flowing spirit rivers, immortal herb gardens planted for tens of thousands of years, mineral deposits buried deep within the earth veins, divine materials and immortal metals stored in treasure vaults—all of them were unable to resist that suction force and were swept into the mouth of the bell!
“No! My cultivation! My cave abode!”
“Save me! Ancestor, save me!”
“Demon! He’s a demon!”
Wails spread everywhere, and despair permeated the air.
That quasi-Immortal King clan elder’s eyes nearly split with rage. He burned his essence blood in an attempt to stop it, only to be struck directly by a descending strand of chaotic qi and reduced to flying ash on the spot.
Lu Xuan’s face remained expressionless. His divine sense enveloped the entire immortal continent with meticulous precision.
He did not let a single valuable thing slip by.
Secret vaults hidden within dimensional spaces?
The Chaos Bell trembled, shattering the spatial barriers, and the treasures within came pouring out.
Spirit-gathering grand formations engraved upon the core earth veins?
They were forcibly extracted together with the entire top-grade immortal vein!
He was even too lazy to distinguish between the spirit bricks and immortal tiles used to construct the palaces and the jade stones used to pave the roads. He collected them all together!
This was truly scraping the ground three feet deep, leaving not even a blade of grass behind!
In just a short while, Dragonfall Immortal Continent, once brimming with spiritual energy and flourishing in glory, had already become a barren, shattered land.
All its spiritual energy had been drained, all its resources plundered. Only a devastated ruin remained, along with a small number of cultivators who had luckily escaped because they were farther away or slightly stronger. They trembled in the distance, watching the homeland they had depended on for survival vanish into nothing.
Lu Xuan did not even glance at those survivors. He put away the Chaos Bell, sensing the vast resources within it that had almost piled up into a sea of stars, his expression without the slightest ripple.
“Next, the Taishi Immortal Dynasty.”
His figure disappeared once more.
The Taishi Immortal Dynasty was established upon a strand of Taichu Immortal Light that spanned the star river, renowned for its ethereal transcendence.
Yet today, there was no more ethereal grace—only endless fear.
Lu Xuan repeated the same method. Beneath the shroud of the Chaos Bell, be it immortal light barriers or ethereal grand formations, all were unable to withstand a single blow.
Endless immortal palaces, precious scripture libraries, alchemy halls, artifact-refining workshops… even the “Taichu Immortal Light” itself, which served as their foundation, was forcibly stripped away and collected!
The cultivators of the Taishi Immortal Dynasty tried to use formations to move their core treasury away, but under the Chaos Bell’s mighty power to stabilize time and space, all escape arts became a joke.
Yuanchu Chaos Cave was located within an unopened chaotic vortex, mysterious and unfathomable.
But this chaos, before a true supreme treasure of chaos, was like meeting its natural bane.
With a slight tremble of the Chaos Bell, the chaotic vortex that was enough to make even Immortal Kings frown instantly calmed and disintegrated, revealing the ancient cave abode hidden within.
Immortal King Yuanchu’s accumulations were even more ancient and disorderly. All kinds of rare objects nurtured within chaos, damaged ancient artifacts, bones from unknown epochs… they were dazzling in their abundance.
Lu Xuan accepted them all without exception. He did not even spare the “Primordial Stone” born from chaos that bore the cave abode, directly digging it away.
The foundation lands of three great Immortal Kings were, within a short period of time, looted clean by Lu Xuan in the crudest and most thorough manner.