Chapter 1 The Voice of Tai Shang Xuanji

Tai Shang Xuanji's voice startled Lu Changsheng.

He looked over and, indeed, it was Tai Shang Xuanji.

However, in just two short years, Tai Shang Xuanji's aura had undergone a massive transformation.

Two years ago, Tai Shang Xuanji, while polite to him, harbored a hint of arrogance in his eyes, a confidence belonging to a true dragon, an unparalleled self-assurance.

But the Tai Shang Xuanji of two years later seemed somewhat listless. Yes, a kind of weariness.

Not the weariness of old age, but the kind that arises from experiencing great upheaval.

"It really is you, Senior Brother Changsheng!"

Upon seeing Lu Changsheng's face, Tai Shang Xuanji was momentarily lost in thought once more, but he quickly recovered and said with immense excitement.

He was very excited.

"Xuanji, what's wrong?"

Lu Changsheng frowned. Although on the surface, Tai Shang Xuanji seemed to lack confidence, with a sense of impending doom, Lu Changsheng saw through everything at a glance.

Tai Shang Xuanji had suffered a severe injury. This wasn't a superficial wound, but a fundamental one. Within his immortal power, a dark shadow had appeared, corroding his life force and weakening the quality of his immortal power.

"It's nothing, Senior Brother Changsheng. I didn't expect to see you again after two years. But Senior Brother Changsheng, are you here to participate in the True Dragon Meet?"

Tai Shang Xuanji seemed extremely excited. He didn't discuss his own affairs but asked if Lu Changsheng was here to participate in the True Dragon Meet.

"Tell me, what happened."

Lu Changsheng's tone was calm. Although he had heard Wuji Daoren speak of Tai Shang Xuanji's situation, Lu Changsheng hadn't expected the other party to be so ruthless, not only severely injuring Tai Shang Xuanji but also injecting such terrifying immortal power.

It was corroding Tai Shang Xuanji's life.

Originally, Tai Shang Xuanji would have been able to cultivate to the Immortal King realm, living for several epochs without a problem, but now he had at most five thousand years left, perhaps even less.

This method was truly infuriating.

A battle was a battle, and even a severe injury would be understandable. After all, battles could easily ignite true fire, which was understandable.

Just like the great battle between Tai Shang Xuanji and Gu Zhentian that day, they fought and fought until true fire ignited.

Swords and fists have no eyes; Lu Changsheng accepted this principle.

But the strange immortal power within Tai Shang Xuanji's body was definitely not as simple as swords and fists having no eyes. This was clearly after defeating Tai Shang Xuanji, injecting such immortal power, with the aim of destroying Tai Shang Xuanji's pride and ruining his future.

A true, complete extermination, leaving no future troubles.

"Senior Brother Changsheng." Tai Shang Xuanji was stunned. He hadn't wanted to talk about this, but hearing Lu Changsheng's words, Tai Shang Xuanji finally sighed.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, after we came out of the Immortal Emperor's tomb two years ago, for some reason, the Divine Clan was unsealed, and then a large number of Divine Clan prodigies emerged. They are very arrogant and look down on the Human Race from the bottom of their hearts. As soon as they were born, they took the initiative to challenge countless prodigies of the Immortal World."

"As a True Dragon Ranking prodigy, I naturally became a target of public criticism. But at first, I didn't want to accept these challenges. I knew that if I lost, it would be fine, but once I won, I was afraid it would attract more Divine Clan prodigies to make trouble for me, so I frequently refused."

"Until a year ago, the young clan leader of the Taiwang Divine Clan from the Eighth Heaven came to the Taiyi Holy Land. He is the young clan leader of the Taiwang Clan, with a noble status. Even I have to be respectful."

"But he didn't ask to fight me, but sent his younger brother. I understood that the other party was prepared, and if I didn't take action, it would bring trouble to the Tai Shang Holy Land, so I accepted the challenge."

"It must be said that the Divine Clan is indeed very strong. Once, I always thought that although the Divine Clan was strong, I was not inferior to anyone, but when I truly fought the Divine Clan, I realized what it meant to be a frog at the bottom of a well."

"He defeated me within ten moves, shattering all the bones in my body. If the Holy Land's Immortal King hadn't intervened, I might have died in his hands."

"But I am inferior in skill, so I have no regrets."

Tai Shang Xuanji said calmly, but Lu Changsheng could feel the unyielding spirit in Tai Shang Xuanji's heart, but this unyielding spirit was useless because losing was losing.

He had not only been defeated, but he might even lose his life.

"What about the immortal power in your body?"

Lu Changsheng asked calmly.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, you" Tai Shang Xuanji was surprised. He didn't expect Lu Changsheng to see through that he had a strange immortal power in his body at a glance.

"I know."

Lu Changsheng nodded, and Tai Shang Xuanji couldn't help but sigh.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, after I was severely injured that day, I was rescued by the Holy Land Immortal King. Although the other party was so excessive, they are, after all, Divine Clan experts, so for the sake of the Holy Land, I chose to endure it, but after a period of time, after the injury healed, I realized that the other party had tampered with my immortal power, leaving behind an extremely strange immortal power that could corrode my life force. Later, I realized that this was raising a Gu."

Tai Shang Xuanji said.

"Raising a Gu?"

Lu Changsheng was a little surprised. He really didn't know that this was raising a Gu.

"Yes, raising a Gu. Divine Clan experts possess many strange and unpredictable methods, turning their own immortal power into Gu worms, injecting them into the bodies of other cultivators, and then slowly devouring the other party's immortal power, thereby quenching their own immortal power quality."

Tai Shang Xuanji replied.

"That's really vicious."

Lu Changsheng shook his head. This kind of method was unheard of. Was this the Divine Clan or the Demonic Clan?

Even heretics were nothing more than this, right?

"Senior Brother Changsheng, I have nothing to look forward to anymore. This time, I came to the True Dragon Meet to remind some other friends, fearing that they might also be tricked. But Senior Brother Changsheng, you shouldn't come to this place."

Tai Shang Xuanji said, believing that Lu Changsheng shouldn't be here because now the Divine Clan prodigies were all looking for Lu Changsheng's whereabouts. If Lu Changsheng appeared at the True Dragon Meet, it would only attract endless trouble.

"I know, those Divine Clan cultivators are all looking for me."

Lu Changsheng nodded. He had heard Wuji Daoren say it before, so he wasn't surprised.

"Yes, Senior Brother Changsheng. Now it's an internal struggle within the Divine Clan, and the True Dragon Ranking is also a competition between the Divine Clan prodigies. But the rules of the True Dragon Ranking are very complicated. You are now at the top of the True Dragon Ranking, and many Divine Clan prodigies want to defeat you and become the top of the True Dragon Ranking."

"If it's just a competition, I wouldn't worry about anything, but the main thing is that the Divine Clan cultivators completely disregard our Human Race and don't follow any rules at all. They are extremely ruthless, and I worry about you!"

Tai Shang Xuanji fell silent, having said all that he needed.

Because what he was most worried about was that Lu Changsheng would also suffer the same blow as him.

"How can the Divine Clan be so rampant?"

Lu Changsheng frowned. Although he could understand, he felt that this was too arrogant.

It was reasonable for the younger generation to be a little arrogant. After all, if they weren't arrogant when they were young, would they wait until they were old to be arrogant?

But didn't the older generation of Divine Clan experts know to suppress them?

"Senior Brother Changsheng, you may not know, but the reason why the Divine Clan is so arrogant is, in the final analysis, due to the games played by the Divine Clan's higher-ups."

Tai Shang Xuanji said.

"Games?" Lu Changsheng was a little curious and didn't understand what this meant.

"Yes, games. There are two factions among the Divine Clan's higher-ups, one advocating the supremacy of the Divine Clan, and the other advocating peace."

Tai Shang Xuanji slowly said.

"I know this. Eighty percent advocate the supremacy of the Divine Clan, and twenty percent advocate peace among all races." What Tai Shang Xuanji said was exactly the same as what his grand master, Wuji Daoren, said.

"That's right, but in reality, the Holy Lord told me that among the Divine Clan, those who advocate peace among all races don't even make up twenty percent. Perhaps only a few true Divine Clan experts are still advocating peace among all races."

"It is said that the Divine Clan advocated peace among all races as early as several eras ago, wanting to respond to all changes with constancy, but it wasn't until this era that they seemed to break free from their shackles, which is why they emerged. But there is also a legend."

"Divine Clan experts obtained a volume of handwritten notes from the Divine Clan's ancestor, believing that a divine object would appear in this era, and only the strongest would be able to grasp it. Whoever grasps that divine object would be able to take charge of the Divine Clan, thereby becoming truly invincible."

"But the exact reason why the Divine Clan was unsealed is unknown. The only thing that can be known at present is that the Divine Clan is indeed very strong, sweeping across the entire Six Realms. Those prodigies are more powerful than the last."

"Senior Brother Changsheng, really, don't participate in the True Dragon Meet."

Tai Shang Xuanji explained, but the last sentence was still to dissuade Lu Changsheng from participating in the True Dragon Meet.

But Lu Changsheng didn't say anything, just released a stream of holy spring water, which entered Tai Shang Xuanji's body.

In an instant, Tai Shang Xuanji's body emitted a roar. The holy spring was healing his injuries, and then a stream of chaotic immortal energy was injected into Tai Shang Xuanji's body by Lu Changsheng.

Poof!

In an instant, the strange immortal energy in Tai Shang Xuanji's body was instantly obliterated by the chaotic immortal energy, without a trace remaining.

"This!"

Tai Shang Xuanji was stunned.

He couldn't believe that an injury that even an Immortal King couldn't heal was easily healed by Lu Changsheng.

"Senior Brother Changsheng, this!"

Tai Shang Xuanji swallowed, looking at Lu Changsheng with shock.

"No need to say more, let's enter the city first."

Lu Changsheng didn't say much.

Since the Divine Clan prodigies wanted to find him so much, then he would meet them.

He would see just how arrogant these Divine Clans were.

"Okay!"

With his injuries healed, Tai Shang Xuanji's entire aura completely transformed. Although he didn't have the same aura as he did back then, he was at least much better than he was now.

At this moment, he took a deep breath, full of vigor, and didn't try to dissuade Lu Changsheng anymore.

Because he knew that since Lu Changsheng dared to participate in the True Dragon Meet, he had the confidence to do so.

He was also a prodigy, and he knew what kind of thoughts people like Lu Changsheng had.

He could dissuade, but he didn't need to keep dissuading him.

"Let's go."

Lu Changsheng said, without adding anything and directly left.

Tai Shang Xuanji nodded, but soon he noticed that Lu Changsheng wasn't heading towards the Star Ancient City.

He couldn't help but be curious.

"Senior Brother Changsheng"

Tai Shang Xuanji spoke.

But Lu Changsheng seemed to have guessed what he was going to say and said, "The True Dragon Meet hasn't started yet, so there's no hurry. I plan to prepare a big gift for these Divine Clan prodigies."

Lu Changsheng said, making Tai Shang Xuanji a little curious.

He didn't know what kind of big gift Lu Changsheng was talking about.

Soon, thirty thousand miles away.

Lu Changsheng patted the Xuanwu on his shoulder. It had been silent all along, but now Lu Changsheng needed its help.

"Eighth, join forces with me to set up an Immortal Emperor Killing Formation."

Lu Changsheng said.

In an instant, the Xuanwu and Tai Shang Xuanji were shocked.

"Immortal Emperor Killing Formation?"

The Xuanwu cried out. What was an Immortal Emperor Killing Formation? The Xuanwu knew better than anyone.

This was an supreme killing formation. Once set up, even Immortal Kings would die in this supreme killing formation.

What was he trying to do?

Exterminate them all?

Tai Shang Xuanji was also speechless.

He didn't know what to say.

He glanced at Lu Changsheng's calm face.

For some reason, he felt that this True Dragon Meet seemed to be... really going to turn the world upside down.

"Big Brother Changsheng, I don't mean anything else. The Immortal Emperor Killing Formation is extraordinary. What are you trying to do?"

The Xuanwu spoke. It wasn't unwilling to do it, but the Immortal Emperor Killing Formation was too terrifying.

This thing was no less than a fully revived Immortal Emperor weapon. If it was really released, it would be earth-shattering, and a hundred Immortal Kings would have to die.

"Slay Gods!"

Lu Changsheng calmly said these two words.

In an instant, the Xuanwu and Tai Shang Xuanji were stunned.