Chapter 2519 Eighteen Years Later, In Front Of Chaotian City

In the second year after Lin Xun left Taiyi City...

In the Dao Ruins, a scourge left from the previous epoch completely erupted.

The Taiyi Sword next to the ancient well crumbled inch by inch. Its wail resounded through the universe, stirring the stars.

From inside the well, a huge, disheveled figure covered in black shackles of law power crawled out. The second it emerged, its might swept across the entire ancient ruins. Countless evil spirits, corpses, blood...were turned into a flood of power that got swallowed up by that huge figure.

In the end, the Dao Ruins that could be compared to a big world cracked before it collapsed into dust and disappeared from existence.

On this day, Evil God Dishen made a loud return after endless years in imprisonment!

On the same day, the ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass was plunged into a bloody turmoil. Its whole universe was dyed red as the number of stars that exploded could not be counted.

No one had expected Evil God Dishen’s momentum to be so vigorous right after he broke free. Every time he lifted his hand, stars were burned and the heavens were crushed. This was a catastrophe that put all beings into misery.

Some speculated that this evil god, who had been sealed back in the last epoch, had transcended the Ancestor Stage. No one knew exactly how powerful he was.

Taiyi City was in jeopardy.

Even though Bai Jianchen had activated the protective power covering the entire city, he was only able to keep it up for less than two hours before Evil God Dishen smashed all the barriers with a slap.

The huge Taiyi City was completely exposed in a defenseless state!

Seeing that the ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass was about to be struck down, a group of fearsome figures from the Eternal True Realm arrived. Together, they battled Evil God Dishen above the stars.

They were reinforcements that Bai Jianchen had invited beforehand. He had been making these preparations since as early as a year ago when Lin Xun and the other trialists returned from the ruins.

From this day onward, sand and stones flew, gloomy winds roared, and the color of blood filled the sky. The battle above the heavens was intense, sending blood-stained star fragments falling down from time to time.

This situation lasted for three whole years with no outsiders being able to get close to the battle zone. An Emperor Ancestor, in an attempt to collect the blood of the evil god, rashly barged into the periphery, only to be reduced to ashes in a matter of moments.

It was because this battle had gone far beyond the level of the Ancestor Stage. It was a grand match of the ages on the immortal path that even Bai Jianchen was not qualified to be a part of.

During those three years, blood flowed into a river and colored the universe red. Taiyi City was torn apart, becoming many floating ruins in the void.

The immortal figures suffered great losses in this battle, with five of them falling one after the other. Their corpses and blood scattered, piercing holes in the starfield.

Immortal-grade weapons and unimaginable treasures exploded in violent collisions, dragging down that starry sky with them...

Three years!

The outcome of this horrifying battle was not published. According to hearsay, Evil God Dishen was cut up into a dozen pieces, sealed, and taken away by the immortal figures.

There were also rumors that the old evil god didn't fall, but only suffered a heavy blow, and his true form had quickly fled at the last moment and started lying low again.

The only thing for certain was that Taiyi City had been destroyed. This ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass had completely disappeared from the Great Thousand Battle Domain.

The three years of struggle had broken off the path from the eighth to the ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass, leaving only a dilapidated and desolate trail.

When the news of the matter spread, it threw the entire Great Thousand Battle Domain into an uproar. Upon hearing about it, Lin Xun’s heart tumbled.

Taiyi City was destroyed, the state of Evil God Dishen was unknown, and the ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass was turned into dust of the past... How many beings had suffered and perished in this scourge?

After only a brief moment of feeling sentimental, Lin Xun resumed on his trek to the Eternal True Realm.

......

Time flowed by, year by year.

Lin Xun walked alone among the vastness of the Great Thousand Battle Domain, breaking through one treacherous battlefield after another, entering one Immortal Heavenly Pass after another...

He passed through seas of blood and climbed through mountains of corpses. Accompanied by bloody storms and honed between life and death, he became a supreme sword whose peerless brilliance and sharpness were well hidden in its scabbard.

During that time he had ushered in a realm tribulation outside the eighteenth Immortal Heavenly Pass that triggered wildly abnormal phenomena.

After seven days and seven nights fighting it, he had ultimately stepped into the eighth realm of the Emperor Stage, Fusing with the Dao, in one fell swoop!

Fusing with the Dao, the fusion of one’s various daos into oneself.

If the five thousand plus types of laws in his mastery were compared to bright, precious pearls, then Fusing with the Dao would be making his cultivation a string that strung these pearls together into a perfect necklace.

After this important breakthrough, Lin Xun spent a year to completely solidify this realm through bloodshed and killing.

Over these years, he had been in a constant state of fighting. In the process, he became an unrivaled menace in the mouths of many people due to the overwhelming amount of opponents he had killed.

𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Nowadays, as soon as he appeared with the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron suspended above him, he would be recognized right away without having to announce his name, and his enemies would flee in fright.

Above the gate of every Immortal Heavenly Pass he had gone through, there was a wanted notice of him at the highest spot, taking first place whether in the ranking or the reward!

The original first rank, Cang Fusheng, had become second...

Due to the commotion this matter caused, Lin Xun had to cover his tracks and change his identity every time he entered an Immortal Heavenly Pass. Otherwise, he would be faced with the full force of the respective City Lord’s Residence.

There were also some self-proclaimed powerful experts who attempted to kill him to write their legend. Without exception, they all ended up in failure.

This only served to heighten Lin Xun's reputation. His opponents’ blood forged his undefeated record. If it wasn't for the fact that immortal characters very rarely appeared in the Great Thousand Battle Domain, then someone would probably have hunted and killed him long ago.

Despite Lin Xun’s invincible feat, he also encountered many perils. They weren’t human-made, but instead were bizarre and unsettling natural calamities along his rush through some incredibly treacherous battlefields. Almost all of them were related to things left from the previous epoch.

Many times, he had to resort to Time Stopping and the extinguishing law fire to defuse the danger!

Corresponding to this, however, every experience became a rare refinement ritual that strengthened not only his cultivation but also his mentality. Moreover, he had also harvested many fortunes and treasures along the way. His wealth had long been incalculable.

In the ninth year after Lin Xun left Taiyi City, he was traversing a cold universe. From time to time, he would run into corpses that floated in the starfield whose blood had long dried up.

After so many years of honing, the corpses under his feet were now countless while their blood paved his road forward. His entire aura had precipitated like it had been hammered thousands of times.

When he was still, he resembled a resting abyss, unfathomable.

When he moved, he was like an overlord descending the world, demonstrating a sharpness that penetrated the nine heavens and ten earths!

A while ago, he had been ambushed by an Ancestor of a Path. Relying only his own combat strength and the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, he had annihilated the other party!

This was a major turn, and even more so, a grand feat of breaking the heavenly rift.

The realm of an Ancestor of a Path was a heavenly, insurmountable rift that towered over the Emperor Stage.

Now, Lin Xun no longer had to rely on his trump cards to overcome it. It was not merely fighting back, but actually suppressing and killing such a powerful opponent!

If word of this got out, then definitely, all worlds would be shaken and countless old monsters would quiver with fear.

However, for Lin Xun, the improvement had occurred as naturally and smoothly as running water.

After all, he was now at the mid supreme eighth realm of the Emperor Stage. After years of fighting and conquering, his battle prowess had gone through too many metamorphoses to count.

Even the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron had shown miraculous changes over and over again as it was bathed in the blood of Emperors over the years.

“It's been nine years...”

Lin Xun was sitting cross-legged on an ancient star. Winds that carried sand swept by, blowing his hair around. He was in a relaxed state. Drinking from a wine gourd, he enjoyed a rare period of peace.

On the path of seeking the dao, what could not be rid of was loneliness and isolation. Over these years, he walked alone, fought alone, resisted all the bloody killing alone, sat alone in silence, and drank alone...

If he seriously counted, a full thirteen years had passed since the moment he set foot in the Great Thousand Battle Domain’s Origin City!

The vast majority of these seemingly fleeting years had been taken up by killing and fighting. Other than that, it was only rushing on the road.

“Three cups lead to the great dao, one bowl of wine harmonizes with nature. On every journey, the only thing that cannot be betrayed is fine wine.”

At the end of the long period of leisure, Lin Xun smiled and emptied the gourd. Then, he leaped to his feet, and his solitary figure disappeared into the sandstorm.

He set out once again on this glorious but lonely and dangerous road.

Since time immemorial, countless heroes from the Great Thousand Worlds had competed here in the Great Thousand Battle Domain, but less than one in a thousand had actually made it alive to the Eternal True Realm.

Lin Xun was fearless on his way, fighting all kinds of enemies and seeing all kinds of laws in existence. As he traveled silently by himself, all the flashiness was sieved out and washed off of him, returning him to the most basic state.

When he got tired and weary, he would sit in meditation anywhere in the void, and then get up again and continue forward.

......

Eighteen years later.

In a universe shrouded in a sacred energy a road built with countless stars stretched like a divine rainbow through the void.

“This road is known as the Thousand Star Road! At its end is the forty-ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass!”

A group of radiant figures appeared, all looking excited when they saw this road that emitted a brilliant starlight.

They were a group of wayfarers who had been wandering through the Great Thousand Battle Domain for many years. Through countless storms and bloodshed, they finally arrived here.

“The Thousand Star Road that leads to Chaotian. We’re finally here, finally grasping the chance to travel to the Eternal True Realm...”

“Years have flown by, and we’ve suffered all there is to suffer. One day, we will surely certify our immortal dao!”

These figures, each emitting a powerful aura, sighed with emotion as they wasted no time stepping onto the Thousand Star Road. Their anticipation and excitement were hard to conceal.

At some point, the Thousand Star Road resonated with bursts of heavenly dao sounds, hitting one’s ears as if they were living, conscious scriptures. Like the preaching from ancient gods, they jolted the travelers with enlightenments.

Right ahead was watery fluid starlight, bright and clear, which was accompanied by mysterious and hazy clouds that welcomed one to a holy city.

When seeing the outline of this city, everyone was besotted. It was because this city was called Chaotian. It was the forty-ninth Immortal Heavenly Pass of the Great Thousand Battle Domain, the final checkpoint before the Eternal True Realm!