Chapter 1 A Sudden Change

The moment the Great Dao chains resonated, a drastic change occurred within the ancient hall.

A fog rose, transforming into an ever-shifting ancient stele, suspended in the void, with countless runes reorganizing and collapsing.

It was an invincible art, but Jiang Xuan had no desire to look at it. Now that the fog had dispersed, everything within was revealed.

Black blood appeared throughout the ancient hall, covering the ground and staining the walls. This black blood was still flowing, as it had been before, but it had been hidden in the fog. Now that the fog had gathered, transforming into the ancient stele, the black blood was finally revealed.

In addition to the blood, there were corpses and broken limbs scattered all over the ground, pieced together by the black blood into thread-like structures. It was impossible to tell which race they belonged to, but it was clear that each incomplete part was extremely powerful, containing astonishing might.

However, under the black blood's patchwork, these corpses and broken limbs became wriggling monsters, wailing there, like mountains of corpses piled up before his eyes!

Without the concealment of the fog, they finally appeared and saw Jiang Xuan. Some of the pieced-together heads were screaming, wanting to devour him, but they seemed to be restrained by some force, merely wriggling and wailing in place.

Just one glance made Jiang Xuan's eyes feel as if they were being torn apart, as if he saw millions of vengeful ghosts wailing, or the gates of hell being opened. The sight was chilling, and even his primordial spirit and Dao heart trembled.

In his ears, he constantly heard the roars of monsters, like calls from the nine nether regions of hell, eerie and terrifying, very strange, with a demonic power spreading, unsettling his mind.

Jiang Xuan couldn't help but shudder. The fog had hidden so many evil and bizarre things. If he hadn't had the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace protecting him, he would have been devoured long ago, or turned into a part of those monsters.

*Whoosh*

However, the sound of the Great Dao chains resounded, causing Jiang Xuan's mind to tremble again. The sound seemed to come from beyond the nine heavens, and even the most ordinary collision of chains contained endless charm.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xuan was in no mood to appreciate it. Everything was ignored by him. Now, his eyes were only on the figure covered in red hair on the Emperor's seat.

*Huff*

From nowhere, a gentle breeze suddenly blew, but it made Jiang Xuan's hair stand on end, because the moment the wind blew, the red-haired figure trembled slightly!

*Whoosh!*

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Xuan didn't even want to consider anything else. He directly hid inside the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, tightly closing the furnace.

Just a few breaths after he hid inside, the figure sealed by the Great Dao chains on the Emperor's seat slowly opened its eyes. Its gray eyes reflected a scene of heaven and earth turning upside down, as if it could see a Jiu You Ao (Nine Nether Hellhound), each head devouring heaven and earth.

*Clang!*

In an instant, a beam of light illuminated the heavens and the earth. It was a supreme will, eternal and unchanging, transforming into boundless divine power, wanting to annihilate everything within its sight.

Even though Jiang Xuan was hiding in the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, he could feel that vast divine power. For the first time, the immortal light falling from the furnace was broken, and even the Yin-Yang energy, as the source, was almost severed.

A mere gaze directly blasted the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace out of the ancient hall, like a shooting star. Even Jiang Xuan, who was hiding inside the furnace and was clearly not in the same space-time, suffered heavy damage.

*Thud!*

The Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace flew horizontally and directly crashed into the Jiu You Ao sculpture outside the ancient hall. The entire vast platform was shattered in that instant. However, the sculpture still didn't tremble at all, as if it had dispersed all the power into the earth.

"Roar!"

A roar echoed in the ancient hall. Even Jiang Xuan, who was hiding in the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, felt his soul tremble at the sound and suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood mist.

It was a supreme divine sound. Even hiding in another space-time would still cause damage. If it weren't for the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace protecting him, Jiang Xuan would have died on the spot.

However, he didn't know that the outside world was also undergoing earth-shattering changes. The entire small world was shrouded in black clouds, and countless tribulation lightning bolts rained down like raindrops. Mountains collapsed, rivers burst their banks, the earth was constantly torn apart, and everything seemed to be destroyed, as if the end of the world had arrived.

"Is this small world going to be destroyed?!"

"What exactly is going on? Did they touch some kind of taboo?"

Outside the Immortal Dao Flower, many great powers were also watching. When they saw this scene, their scalps went numb. This was a sign of the end of the world. Lingyun Realm wouldn't last long and would soon collapse and become ruins.

No one knew what had happened. The Fallen God Child and the others would hide themselves before entering Lingyun Realm, so that the great powers outside couldn't see them. So now, no one knew what caused all this to happen.

Moreover, they couldn't see clearly. Before, it was because some geniuses saw this scene that they could use the Immortal Dao Flower to reflect it. But now, those geniuses were too busy running for their lives. They didn't know the specific situation of Lingyun Realm at all.

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*Rattling*

At this moment, the Great Dao chains trembled even more violently. Each one was stretched straight, constantly making "creaking" sounds.

The figure wanted to break free from the shackles of the chains, erupting with shocking power. As it moved, Lingyun Realm was also being affected, constantly being torn apart under this aura.

Jiang Xuan was also in a miserable state. That aura could penetrate the Treasure Furnace. Even though it had been weakened countless times, it still made him tremble, as if he was being crushed by divine mountains, unable to breathe.

"Damn it, you're forcing me!"

Jiang Xuan was enraged. Who was afraid of whom? Did they really think he had no power to fight back?

The Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace was pushed to the extreme. Yin-Yang energy enveloped his body, and at the same time, the Life Fire and divine power in his body were constantly tempered into his body. His vitality was at its peak at this moment.

"Go!"

A stream of light flew out of Jiang Xuan's hand. Jiang Xuan was extremely fast, only opening the Treasure Furnace for a moment, and also using Yin-Yang energy, and refining his vitality to the limit.

But even so, the hand he stretched out of the Treasure Furnace was still crushed, blood and bone fused together, turning into spray, splashing outside.

"It's definitely a trap. I'm a dog if I ever enter the Ten Ferocious Ancient Land again!"

Jiang Xuan endured his anger, urging the Life Fire to constantly repair his broken hand. Who would have thought that comprehending great divine powers wouldn't be a good thing? In the end, it would awaken the greatest anomaly. You'd have to be crazy to make this kind of arrangement.

Of course, having his hand crushed was just a small matter. What really made his heart ache was the thing he threw out.

It was an ancient stone chamber, with a thick layer of mud underneath. The mud was also mixed with many broken weapons and divine materials.

As for inside the stone chamber, there was a humanoid creature lying on the ground, enveloped in brilliant light, unmoving.

That's right, this was the immortal corpse he had dug out from the Burial World. At that time, because of the jar of dark creature blood under the immortal corpse, Jiang Xuan could only choose to take it all away. He had originally planned to wait until his own Great Dao was initially formed, and then share power to separate it, so as to obtain a complete immortal corpse.

But now it seemed that there was absolutely no chance. After all, although this immortal corpse was extremely powerful when it was alive, its entire body of runes had long been wiped out. Completely wiping out the dark creature blood being suppressed would require discarding half of its body, let alone facing this body of a Jiu You Ao, suspected of being a living creature, suspected of falling into darkness.

Of course, what he was counting on was not this immortal corpse, but something deep beneath the immortal corpse.

*Bang!*

The moment the immortal corpse appeared, the red-haired figure in the ancient hall erupted. At the same time, the dark creature blood suppressed by the immortal corpse also erupted. The two supreme powers erupted at that instant, originating from the same source, and at this moment, they complemented each other, completely dragging the already not-so-bright ancient land into darkness.

*Boom!*

The power of darkness swept over, and the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace was once again blown away. If the Treasure Furnace had a spirit, then following Jiang Xuan out of the Gu Clan's ancient land was probably the last thing it regretted. It was originally a supreme secret treasure, but it had been blown away twice, without even having the ability to resist.

This time, the Treasure Furnace flew directly out of the vast platform. He had thought that those golden spears would come to kill him, but when he looked out, he found that there wasn't even half a drop of water left in that small pond.

"Damn, is that also a bully who's afraid of the strong?"

It ran faster than him. Unfortunately, he didn't dare to go out now. The pressure in the void hadn't dissipated yet, otherwise, he would have run away immediately. But now he didn't dare to move, and could only let the Treasure Furnace fall on the edge of the small pond.

Endless darkness enveloped him. However, just when everything was about to fall into darkness, a ray of light pierced through the darkness. At this moment, Jiang Xuan, shrinking in the Treasure Furnace, could also see immortal light blooming, intertwined with the boundless darkness.

In the darkness, there were roars of terrifying power, and there was also silent, yet wanting to illuminate everything, light. The two forces were fighting frantically, but the darkness was still too terrifying, as if it wanted to devour everything. Even that immortal light was constantly becoming weaker.

"Why hasn't it appeared yet?!"

Jiang Xuan looked up in the furnace. He couldn't interfere with this level of fighting at all. Even hiding in the Treasure Furnace, he could only barely withstand the pressure overflowing from the outside world.

*Swoosh!*

Just as Jiang Xuan's voice fell, a cyan light suddenly appeared, but it had a dark light, not in the same camp as the immortal corpse. On the contrary, it was a great enemy. At the moment of its eruption, it began to merge with the darkness.

It was already not easy to fight two against one, and now it was even more so to fight three against one. The immortal light was becoming weaker and weaker. Jiang Xuan could no longer see clearly below, as if it was about to be completely swallowed.

*Rustle*

But just as the immortal light was about to dissipate, a sound of willow leaves swaying suddenly rang out in the void, as if it were a willow tree swaying in the breeze, making a rustling sound.

"It's here!"

Hope finally appeared in Jiang Xuan's eyes. In the void, golden runes began to intertwine, and a section of charred willow branch slowly stood up, with a few golden slender willow leaves blooming with brilliant light.

In the void, a phantom of a golden willow tree gradually grew, taking root in the void, with extremely dense leaves and drooping branches, like chains of order!

"Willow Deity!"

Jiang Xuan's eyes were like torches. This was an extremely powerful behemoth. Even a section of willow branch had terrifying power. Now, because of Jiang Xuan, it had been brought to such an ancient land, and all of its power had been stimulated, about to briefly erupt with true might.

The golden willow branch swayed, with only faint golden light falling. Compared to the boundless darkness, it was like a lone boat in a storm, insignificant. However, when the golden light fell, Jiang Xuan only felt at peace, and even the pressure on his body, like a divine mountain, dissipated.

*Gurgle*

Suddenly, a sound entered Jiang Xuan's ears, coming from behind. Immediately afterward, he saw that golden lake water suddenly gushed out from the blood vessel-like passage, like a fountain, turning into a pillar of water, directly heading towards the top of the ladder.

This pillar of water seemed to be endless. Jiang Xuan even suspected that the lake had been drained, without leaving a single drop, all heading towards the top of the ladder.

*Thump Thump*

He didn't know how long it had been, but a shadow flashed across the void, wrapped in golden lake water. It was a heart, constantly beating, containing vitality, like an ancient creature, now truly revived.

And after this, other forces gathered, including scalding magma, bone-chilling weak water, sharp divine gold, lush ancient wood, and sacred soil that nourishes all living things...

Each force contained dragon energy, and at this moment, they were like flying dragons, constantly gathering.

"Could these be the nine dragon veins?"

Jiang Xuan's heart trembled. He felt that he had made things too big, completely out of control. Not to mention him, even the sect leaders outside could only stay away and stare blankly.

"Roar!"

After a long time, Jiang Xuan heard another roar, but unlike the previous roar, which directly shocked his soul and caused him to suffer heavy damage, this roar carried a sacred majesty.

Jiang Xuan didn't suffer any injuries from hearing it, but he had a feeling of wanting to worship it, as if the owner of this voice was a being respected by all living beings, admired by all people.

"What's going on?"

Jiang Xuan was puzzled, but he didn't dare to act rashly. There was an invisible killing intent above, each strand capable of obliterating even a Saint. Only inside this Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace was the most suitable place for him.

In the void, various lights erupted. The area above had become a battlefield for the most powerful. Darkness and light were fighting there.

He could see golden willow leaves flying out, leaving a brilliant trace in the darkness. The next moment, he could hear a shrill scream, as if a creature was being torn apart.

He could also see a phantom shadow propping up the heavens and the earth, with nine tails with dragon heads spewing out different attributes of power, each one evolved to the extreme, capable of tearing apart the heavens and the earth.

Moreover, tearing apart the heavens and the earth was meant literally. The hundreds of miles of soil above the ancient land had long been lifted, and the void was in chaos, with rolling thunder, all sounds silenced, and endless darkness devouring everything. The entire Lingyun Realm was plunged into endless destruction.

At this moment, even the Immortal Dao Flower could not reflect any image, all was obscured. The great powers outside tried everything they could to no longer see the scene of Lingyun Realm. After all, the prodigies from the nearby small worlds were fleeing, and no one dared to get involved in this matter.

The Treasure Furnace was located below the ladder, and Jiang Xuan could only look up, able to see all kinds of terrifying forces raging here. But he also knew that this time, things had gotten too big, and Lingyun Realm was now fragmented.