allonlinenovel Chapter 1182: An eye for an eye
Chapter 1182: An eye for an eye
The Primordial Immortal Realm, the Primordial World.
Inside the stone pavilion, Su Mo gently twirled a Chaos Pearl between his fingertips, his eyes seemingly sparkling with starlight, clearly reflecting the battle's shadows deep within the chaos in the distance. Suddenly, his fingertips twitched, and a flash of purple light appeared on his hand. A condensed, almost tangible purple beam fell from a rift in the void and hovered steadily in his palm.
As the light faded, a three-inch-tall immortal soul was revealed—it was none other than Daoist Ziyuan. The once formidable aura of a third-tier quasi-immortal king had vanished, leaving only a few wisps of broken purple mist swirling around his immortal soul, struggling weakly in his palm like a flickering candle in a storm. His natal immortal domain was locked by layers of primordial runes, his immortal soul curled up in a cage within his sea of consciousness, unable even to lift a finger—this Daoist, possessing only the cultivation of a third-tier quasi-immortal king, was ultimately the first to collapse, becoming the first prey to fall into the trap in this game spanning chaos, silently falling into Su Mo's hands.
Su Mo glanced at the purple light in his palm, and with a wave of his long sleeve, he took Zi Yuan Daojun into the chaotic prison deep in his natal immortal domain, where he merged with the auras of the Five Elements Ancestor, the Xuan Yang and Xuan Yin Elders, and others.
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A thousand years is but a fleeting moment on the time scale of the primordial world.
Eight hundred billion cosmic years beyond the Hongmeng Immortal Realm, in the chaotic battlefield, five illusory spirits, their feet treading on auspicious five-colored clouds, wielded twenty immortal arrays that grew increasingly violent. Runes within the arrays surged like a tide, transforming into countless streams of light, crashing against the Celestial Lord of the Azure Sky like a surging galaxy, relentlessly assaulting his last line of defense. The Azure Sky Pearls before him had already shattered more than halfway, the remaining few cracked and dim. His protective immortal light dissipated inch by inch under the erosion of countless runes, revealing bloodstained white robes beneath, several immortal bones piercing through his garments, chillingly exposed. The despair in the Celestial Lord of the Azure Sky's eyes had long been replaced by utter numbness; only the instinct to urge his remaining immortal power remained, maintaining the last shred of defense.
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Another day passed.
When the last wisp of resisting immortal power was shattered by the great formation, the massive body of the Celestial Lord of the Sky crashed to the ground like a giant eagle with broken wings. The pressure of the late-stage fifth-order quasi-immortal king dissipated like a tide, stirring up ripples in the chaos.
Inside the stone pavilion in the Primordial Immortal Realm.
"Whoosh..."
A flash of white light appeared on Su Mo's hand, and a curled-up figure materialized out of thin air, landing steadily in his outstretched palm. It was the completely sealed Celestial Lord of the Vault of Heaven. His once gentle and refined face was now etched with hardship and resentment, and the deep wrinkles on his face were frozen in the final moment of horror. He was surrounded by layers upon layers of primordial runes, like a delicate piece of amber, even his immortal soul was imprisoned deep within his sea of consciousness, unable to move, with only a faint glimmer of light remaining deep in his eyes.
Su Mo glanced casually at the Celestial Lord of the Vault, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes. "A mid-stage fifth-order Immortal King, I wonder how many Immortal True Spirits he can provide for me. Breaking through to the eighth rank of the Primordial Immortal Golden Immortal Scripture is a sure thing. I just wonder if he can also help my Primordial Void Extreme Immortal Scripture break through to the eighth rank perfection in one fell swoop?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Mo waved his hand, and a white light transformed into a thin line that entered his brow, sending the Celestial Lord of the Azure Sky into the Chaos Prison, where he would keep company with the Purple Origin Dao Lord in the corner. The two auras intertwined in the prison, adding to the sense of despair.
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Time flies, and a billion years is but a fleeting moment in the vast universe.
The Primordial Immortal Realm, the Primordial World.
Su Mo stood atop a towering sacred mountain, its summit perpetually shrouded in mist and clouds. Below him stretched a surging sea of clouds, where ethereal figures of celestial birds occasionally flitted through the air. He was clad in a snow-white robe, its hem fluttering gently in the mountain breeze. A Daoist aura, in harmony with heaven and earth, enveloped him, as if he had become one with the sacred mountain and the sea of clouds. His eyes were half-closed, as if he were contemplating the mysteries of the immortal Dao, or perhaps surveying the rise and fall of all living beings with his divine sense.
Suddenly, Su Mo's mind stirred, and his consciousness, like an invisible stream of light, sank into the chaotic prison deep within his natal immortal domain, landing precisely on a faint remnant soul in a corner—that was the Five Elements Ancestor, whose immortal origin had been almost completely obliterated, leaving only a last wisp of light flickering in the chaotic airflow, struggling to survive like a candle in the wind, barely able to maintain its form.
“Only one last trace of immortal essence remains. At most, it will be completely obliterated within an hour.” Su Mo’s divine sense hovered around the remnant soul, a cold glint flashing in his eyes before slowly receding. “However, to avoid alerting the thirteenth prince, let’s leave this trace of essence for now.”
He took a deep breath, forcefully suppressing the urge to completely obliterate the Five Elements Ancestor and reduce him to ashes. The complete annihilation of a Quasi-Immortal King would inevitably produce extraordinary phenomena, which could not possibly escape the perception of someone like the Thirteenth Prince.
Three quasi-Immortal Kings were not enough to satisfy his appetite; what he wanted was to wipe out all the quasi-Immortal Kings under the command of the thirteenth and eighteenth princes.
"Now, it's time for the group of illusory spirit bodies to give Zi Yuan Daojun a special 'care'." Su Mo shifted his divine sense and landed in another corner of the Chaos Prison, where Zi Yuan Daojun's aura had weakened considerably.
"We should also contact the thirteenth prince again."
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Time passed year after year as Su Mo looked forward to it.
Taiyuan Xingyuan, Xingyuan Immortal Palace.
This celestial palace, suspended among billions of stars, is a true wonder of the universe. The palace is constructed from the finest gold of the heavens, with phantom images of divine dragons formed from starlight entwined around the beams and pillars. The dragon scales are lifelike, and occasionally, when they open their mouths to breathe, stardust falls. Each roof tile is inlaid with a fist-sized, dazzling star core. Billions of star cores reflect each other, radiating a vast and majestic stellar pressure that subdues even the surrounding chaotic air currents, making them as obedient as subjects.
The palace was spacious and deep, with only the central star throne standing out. The throne was formed from the Big Dipper constellation, and a man sat high on it. He wore a purple and gold dragon-patterned robe, and his handsome face had a hint of sinister intent. He lightly tapped the armrest with his fingertips, and his eyes were as sharp as a hawk's, as if they could see through the secrets of the depths of the star abyss. He was none other than the thirteenth prince of the Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom.
Not far from him stood another person whose face bore a seven or eight-tenths resemblance to the Five Elements Ancestor. However, the person lacked the vicissitudes of countless ages between his brows and instead appeared somewhat dull. His aura was also vastly different, not even one ten-thousandth as strong as the Five Elements Ancestor's.
This person is none other than an immortal incarnation of an eighth-rank Golden Immortal left behind by the Five Elements Ancestor in Taiyuan Star Abyss.
"Well done, Eighteenth Brother, to think of a plan to use Qianye as bait." The Thirteenth Prince chuckled, his voice carrying a hint of amusement and a touch of coldness, as if he were evaluating an interesting toy. "Ziyuan Daojun, a late-stage third-order quasi-immortal king... It's fortunate that I sent out the Five Elements Ancestor. If it had been a first-order or second-order quasi-immortal king, I'm afraid the Eighteenth Brother would have succeeded."
He rubbed his fingertips against the armrest of the throne, a hint of smugness flashing in his eyes: "Now, as for this Purple Origin Dao Lord, I, your brother, will gladly accept. A late-stage third-tier Quasi-Immortal King is enough to make Old Eighteen feel a pang of heartache for a while."
The next second...
"Whoosh..."
With a wave of his hand, the thirteenth prince unleashed a condensed beam of immortal light from his palm. Like a meteor, it streaked across the void within the hall, instantly piercing through the layers of arrays and immortal restrictions surrounding the Star Origin Immortal Palace before disappearing into the vast chaos.
After doing all this, the Thirteenth Prince suddenly seemed to have thought of something, a deeper smile appeared on his lips, and a calculating glint flashed in his eyes: "If the Eighteenth Prince can use Qianye as bait, why can't I use his own methods against him?"
"The Five Elements Ancestor, a perfected third-tier Quasi-Immortal King, is likely to lure out a big fish... In that case, it's not appropriate for the Ten Thousand Mountains Immortal Lord to go. It seems we need to send that person on a trip."
With that, the thirteenth prince waved his hand, and two more beams of immortal light tore through the void and disappeared.
next moment......
The Thirteenth Prince turned his gaze to the immortal avatar of the Five Elements Ancestor not far away, and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Contact your true self immediately and tell him to hold back. Once the reinforcements I sent arrive, find a suitable opportunity to have that old Daoist Ziyuan ask the Eighteenth for help... Remember, make it look convincing, and don't let the Eighteenth see through the ruse."
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