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For the past 300,000 years, battles between immortals have occurred, but never before had such a battle openly taken place in front of the public.

The incident in the East Sea spread like a hurricane, sweeping through streets and alleys in the shortest time.

"Who would have thought, not long after the Phoenix Ancestor's awakening, the Dragon Clan Ancestor has been resurrected too!"

"Doesn't this mean that both of the Kirin Immortal's wives have made an appearance."

"I heard it was the Three Mountains Taoist who discovered the Dragon Clan Ancestor's whereabouts. He wanted to give the Old Dragon Emperor a surprise and presented it as a gift at the birthday banquet."

"Odd, I heard it was the Three Mountains Taoist who wanted to possess the Old Dragon Emperor. It went wrong midway, and his sneak attack failed, but he was stopped by the Dragon Clan Ancestor."

"That's what I heard too, otherwise, how else would they have started fighting afterwards."

"The Dragon Clan Ancestor fought against two, suppressing two Semi-Immortals all by himself. That's pretty exaggerated."

"Doesn't Venerate Zhu Tian claim to be the strongest beneath the Immortals? Could he achieve this?"

"Not sure."

"Who do you think was the Immortal that appeared later on, trying to kill the Dragon Clan Ancestor, and even fought with the Heavenly Court Sect Master?"

"They say the Ancient Heavenly Court and the Four Ancient Immortals are rivals. Could it be that the Immortal is one of the Four Ancient Immortals?"

"That doesn't seem right either. If one of the Four Ancient Immortals took action, would the Kirin Immortal just stand by and watch?"

"Then who do you think it could be?"

"It could possibly be the first Emperor Qian, the Sovereign of the Central Heavens."

"That can't be, didn't that Immortal even kill the Lord of Mountains and Rivers?"

"Maybe he's had it in for the Lord of Mountains and Rivers for a long time, so killing him with one strike isn't surprising."

"Now that you mention it, that seems accurate."

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Qiongqi Clan.

Upon hearing the news of the Dragon Clan appearing in the East Sea, the Gold Clan Leader immediately took leave from Daoist Buyu and rushed back to the Demon Territory.

Before he even entered the ancient tomb, he heard the angry voice of the young ancestor, Jin Caiwei.

"Damn it, why do they keep popping up one after another!"

The Gold Clan Leader entered the ancient tomb and saw the young ancestor with her hair standing on end in anger, like an annoyed kitten that nobody should touch, while the Transcendence Tribulation Stage members of the Qiongqi Clan nearby didn't know how to console her.

There was no way to console her. With Jiang Lianyi's appearance, the young ancestor had to lower her goal from the top ten of the Great Era's contention to the top eleven. With Ao Ling's appearance, she would have to drop to the twelfth.

If a few more acquaintances of the young ancestor were to pop up, there'd be no point in competing in the Great Era at all.

Moreover, he suspected another significant reason for the young ancestor's fury—both of the Kirin Immortal's wives were awake, so what was left for her?

"Jin Que, why have you returned?" Jin Caiwei noticed the approach of the Clan Leader Jin Que.

The Gold Clan Leader thought to himself that he was worried about the young ancestor's outburst.

Of course, he couldn't say that.

"I've made a great brother in Great Xia. This brother is extraordinary, with an extensive network of friends. His connections spread across the entire Cultivation World, and all Body Integration Realm cultivators greet him warmly. He's extremely popular," said the Gold Clan Leader, giving a thumbs-up to Daoist Buyu, praising him without end.

"With his network, I can connect with the Seek Dao Sect."

"The Seek Dao Sect has the Vast Sea Daoist Lord, a Semi-Immortal with an embryonic Spatial Dao Fruit, a top-notch figure even among Semi-Immortals. Young ancestor, do you think we should ally with the Seek Dao Sect, joining forces to carve out our own place in the Great Era's contention?"

"Moreover, having one more friend means one less enemy. It's also good to have fewer enemies in the future." This was the insight the Gold Clan Leader derived through Daoist Buyu's connections, deduced in reverse.

Jin Caiwei fell silent; Jin Que's proposal made sense.

But she was used to being independent and didn't like to cooperate with others.

"Let me think it through thoroughly."

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Zhu Tian sat on the imperial chair, his face full of conflict.

"How is it that even Elder Sister Ao Ling is alive now? Is it really that hard to claim kingship and dominance?"

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He began to seriously consider the feasibility of falling into a deep sleep once again.

"How about I diligently lick Elder Brother Lu's boots?"

"I'm not sure what Elder Brother Lu lacks. Should I try sending him a couple of beauties?"

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While everyone was discussing Ao Ling's whereabouts and the identity of the combatants in the battle of Immortals, someone quietly approached the entrance to the Seek Dao Sect's gate.

The person stepped through the gate, intimidated the River Spirit with a glance, and successfully entered the Seek Dao Sect.

With familiar ease, they climbed to the summit of Sky Gate Mountain, where they saw the practicing Lu Yang, as well as Ao Ling, who was lying on the ground, hugging her tail, and sleeping.

The person raised a hand, and terrifying spiritual essence began to converge in the palm.

Ao Ling sensed someone was trying to launch a sneak attack and abruptly opened her eyes. With a carp's flip, she got up and slapped her palm toward the intruder.

The latter-coming palm moved faster and struck first; the collision of the two palms created a wind that flipped the intruder's cloak, revealing a face Lu Yang was very familiar with.

"Elder Lianyi!"

"Jiang Lianyi, I knew it was you! No one else would sneak up like this and try to sneak attack me!" Ao Ling laughed and cursed.

Jiang Lianyi, as if she hadn't seen Ao Ling at all, bowed to Lu Yang: "Elder Brother Lu Yang, greetings."

Jiang Lianyi guessed that Ao Ling must be at the Seek Dao Sect at this time.

Then she turned her head and said to Ao Ling with a half-smile, "Junior Sister Xiao Ling, how dare you address your Senior Sister by name? That's not proper."

Ao Ling was unphased: "Being unnamed disciples, we don't need to differentiate between Senior and Junior Sisters."

"Elder Brother Lu Yang, you be the judge. I acknowledged you as my Elder Brother first, I should be Xiao Ling's Senior Sister, right?"

"Elder Brother Lu Yang, you tell us, neither I nor Lianyi qualify to be disciples to Immortal Sister, so calling you Elder Brother is overstepping our bounds. Originally, we shouldn't even divide Senior or Junior Sisters, right?"

Lu Yang felt a headache coming on. Elder Ao Ling, please don't say that, it's terrifying.

Lu Yang really wanted his Eldest Senior Sister to come back, but unfortunately, she had gone to fix a dragon pattern bracelet and wouldn't return for a while.

Luckily, although there was no Eldest Senior Sister, there was Fairy Eternity to smooth things over.

Fairy Eternity floated out from the Spiritual Space to mediate: "Since ancient times, the powerful have been revered. How about the two of you fight it out, and whoever wins will be the Senior Sister?"

Lu Yang listened and broke into a cold sweat, thinking Fairy Eternity, you might as well have stayed away.

"Our Immortal Lineage values harmony above all. There's no need to resort to fighting," Lu Yang hurriedly advised. If these two ancestors started fighting within the Seek Dao Sect, not even the Vast Sea Daoist Lord could stop them, to say nothing of the risk of ending up in a Dragon-and-Phoenix tag-team battle.

As an Elder Brother within the Seek Dao Sect, Lu Yang held considerable sway in the eyes of the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors, so since he advised against fighting, they would not fight.

Jiang Lianyi had another card up her sleeve. She suspected Ao Ling had certainly become an honored guest of the Seek Dao Sect: "Guest Elder Ao, I became a guest elder before you, so according to Sect tradition, you should address me as your Senior Sister."

Ao Ling had anticipated Jiang Lianyi would pull this move and scoffed: "You might not know, but I can exchange Contribution Points to become the Acting Sect Master, so even Guest Elder Jiang must listen to this Acting Sect Master!"

Jiang Lianyi was taken aback; indeed, she did not know that Contribution Points could be exchanged for the position of Acting Sect Master and had not paid attention to this.

"Immortal Sister, how can I earn Contribution Points?" Jiang Lianyi asked, turning towards someone more knowledgeable on the matter.

"Contribution Points, as the name implies, are earned by making contributions to the Sect, like the time I dispatched a Unification Realm practitioner who had done numerous evils and served as Acting Sect Master for three days," the knowledgeable one explained.

Jiang Lianyi's eyes lit up upon hearing this--it didn't sound difficult: "When I go back, I'll have Venerate Zhu Tian capture a couple of evil Unification Realm practitioners and present them to Elder Brother Lu Yang."

Jiang Lianyi snorted coldly, thinking anyone could make such a claim: "I will go to the East Sea and have the Dragon Clan also capture a couple of Ancient Era Unification Stage practitioners for Elder Brother Lu Yang!"

"I can even have Venerate Zhu Tian capture ten Unification Realm practitioners!"

"I can capture ten Unification Realm practitioners too!"

"I can capture someone from the Transcendance Tribulation Stage of ancient times!"

"I can also capture someone from the Transcendance Tribulation Stage of ancient times, a pair of them!"

"I can let Venerate Zhu Tian present the Demon Territory to Elder Brother Lu Yang!"

"I can unify the East Sea and present it to Elder Brother Lu Yang too!"

Lu Yang listened, completely bewildered, wondering how the conversation had led to him becoming the master of the Demon Territory and the East Sea?