In an unknown land, towering palaces pierced the clouds, resembling the elusive Fairy Palace of legends.

Within the Fairy Palace, murals depicted bizarre events, massive giants riding divine oxen to plow the earth, saints splashing ink to paint among the stars, divine beings descending to dispel demons and bring peace to the world… Thirty thousand years had passed, yet the murals remained as vivid as if freshly painted, as if the painter had just left moments ago.

If any denizens of Great Qian were here, they would easily recognize these events as the legends passed down orally, and the protagonists of these legends were none other than the Heavenly God Immortals, renowned for their great virtues under the Great Qian Dynasty.

Among the murals, the most conspicuous depicted the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord standing above the ninth heaven, supporting the sun with one hand, the moon with the other, worshipped by the Heavenly God Immortals.

And the true Mid-heaven Emperor Lord still resided in this magnificent Fairy Palace.

The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord, lazily sitting on his throne made of Immortal Gold, supported his head with one hand.

This was an ancient tome, written in ancient scripts that few in the world could comprehend, save for beings like the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord, born at the end of ancient times and thus most able to fully understand these ancient writings.

The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord closed the book and icily surveyed the ministers below who had come to report, "So you say, you have still not found out who has been using the Time Dao Fruit to perform Time Retrospection?"

The ministers trembled, famous in their own right during the Great Qian Period, all Cultivators of the faith lineage, and facing the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord, the ultimate embodiment of the Great Qian Dynasty’s faith, they felt an immense suppressing force.

"My lord, the tokens are rare, making it difficult to track that person’s whereabouts." One of the Semi-Immortals boldly stepped forward, speaking bitterly, as if finding the Four Ancient Immortals were so easy, they wouldn’t have failed to locate even one in the past three hundred thousand years.

"Hmph."

The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord snorted coldly, frustrated that the clues to the Time Dao Fruit were right in front of him, yet he could not find it no matter what.

The Semi-Immortal felt no sensation from Time Retrospection, but he was vividly aware that, in the past half year alone, it had been used over a hundred times.

This was outright provocation right in his face, and yet, he was powerless!

"Searching for the Four Immortals with a token is like looking for a needle in the sea. Does the Power of Faith have such a big impact on intelligence?" A sudden voice echoed in the Fairy Palace, causing everyone to panic.

Was someone daring to mock the Emperor Lord, tired of living?

"Who’s there!"

On hearing the voice, the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord sprang to his feet, his beard fluttering like an enraged True Dragon, revealing a massive golden Dharma Aspect holding a dark vortex, rendering the entire space exceedingly unstable, ready to explode at any moment, with time almost coming to a stop!

This was their Great Qian Dynasty’s secret location, known only to Semi-Immortals assigned by him over thirty thousand years, absolutely not a place outsiders could know, and even if an outsider wanted to perform a Soul Search, any memory regarding this place would be wiped clean!

"Heh, why such anger?" The voice remained vacuous and fearless, unaffected by the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord’s vigilant gaze or the slowing of time.

A figure shrouded in darkness abruptly appeared in the Fairy Palace; nobody noticed how he got there, the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord included.

It was like a fantasy.

"Who are you! How did you find this place!"

As the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord bellowed, murals around the dome of the Fairy Palace seemed to come to life, ready to step out from the walls and battle on all sides.

A youth dressed in ancient ceremonial robes appeared, holding a bone staff adorned with various symbolic ornaments.

Another Immortal of the Great Qian Dynasty, the Controller.

The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord and the Controller stood side by side, both Immortals warily observing the figure cloaked in darkness.

From the end of Ancient Times, the two had struggled, establishing the Great Qian Dynasty amidst ruins, became Immortals, achieved Dao Fruits, and had watched over the passage of 300,000 years, yet never before had they faced pressure like that brought by this shadowy figure.

Formidable enemy!

An absolute formidable enemy!

The dark figure chuckled lightly, indistinguishable as a man or a woman, "Who I am isn’t important. Would you prefer I fabricate a real identity to have someone chase you down?"

"As for how I found this place," although the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord and The Controller could not make out the appearance of the dark figure, they could feel he was smiling as he spoke on this subject.

"I saw you carve out space and construct the Fairy Palace. How could I not know of this place?"

The two Immortals were shocked; they were Immortals when they had established this place, yet this person had observed them in secret without their knowledge!

"Swallow the Sky and Devour the Earth!"

The Mid-heaven Emperor Lord suddenly attacked, his Emperor Dharma Aspect sweeping across thousands, leveling the world, a vortex devouring everything instantly swallowed the dark figure!

The saints and Immortals in the mural came to life, stepping out from the walls, each holding various gourds, stone cauldrons, Dao swords, and other precious Immortal Treasures, attacking the dark figure simultaneously.

This was a force capable of sweeping across directions, overwhelmingly powerful for the entire world. Now, it was all used to confront the dark figure.

The dark figure allowed various attacks to fall upon him, with the mural’s mystical beasts biting into his body.

His body shook slightly, and he directly sent the saints and Immortals flying back into the mural!

The originally magnificent mural turned blood red—these saints and Immortals were bleeding!

The dark figure, like a non-existent phantom, strode forward a few steps, ignoring the devouring vortex.

He didn’t care about the sudden violent acts of the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord and The Controller; he sat down on the ground as if he was in his own home, his posture relaxed.

The dark figure waved his hand, "Relax, we are not enemies. I’m not here to fight with you."

"Rather than that, seeking the Four Immortals, seizing the Dao Fruit, and opening this box world, from this perspective, is also beneficial for me. Perhaps I haven’t seen the real stars in a long time."

"What is your purpose here!"

Even though the dark figure clarified his stance, the two Immortals still dared not relax their vigilance. The other party’s strength and knowledge undoubtedly surpassed theirs—who exactly was he!

The Four Ancient Immortals? No, he himself said that seeking the Four Ancient Immortals in the Great Qian was beneficial for him. Could it be… the mysterious being who fought with the Four Ancient Immortals?!

"I just saw you seeking the Time Dao Fruit; you seemed to be struggling, and I happen to know something and thought to inform you," he said.

"What is it?"

"Recently, a newcomer has joined the Seek Dao Sect in Great Xia; his name is Tang Chuanwu. The retracement of time over this past half-year all stems from him."

"You would tell us this out of kindness?" the Mid-heaven Emperor Lord asked skeptically. Such valuable intelligence, would he really share it so readily?

"As I said, our interests in seeking the Four Immortals align," he explained.

The dark figure stretched lazily and disappeared before everyone’s eyes, leaving behind the gravely serious Mid-heaven Emperor Lord and The Controller, along with the Divine Monarchs staring at each other in disbelief.