Destiny Tower, Sixth Floor.
Kui Si calmly regarded the woman before him.
To him, women were just humans—nothing special.
What puzzled him was how such a weak creature, insignificant as a grain of sand, dared stand before him.
Though he had been captured by that human,
Though he had been beaten senseless,
He was still an Immortal-tier god and demon!
How could this frail woman dare provoke him?
“Die.”
Kui Si raised his massive claw and brought it down. Space shattered inch by inch.
Against someone weaker than even a low-tier god and demon like Ni Chunqiu, Kui Si didn’t bother with techniques or divine abilities.
A casual claw was more than enough to tear her apart.
In Kui Si’s eyes, human women had no concept of beauty or ugliness—all humans were ugly!
Yet that very casual claw
Filled Ni Chunqiu, who was undertaking the special mission, with an overwhelming sense of impending death.
She might die!
Ni Chunqiu bit her full red lips, determination flashing in her eyes.
She unleashed all her power, forming a powerful energy barrier to block the strike.
She had to survive—just withstand three attacks from Kui Si!
Bang!
The simulated primordial star environment of the Destiny Tower’s sixth floor shook violently.
Mountains crumbled, rivers shattered.
Cracks spread across the ground, magma erupting in bursts.
Kui Si’s claw was casual, but to Ni Chunqiu, it carried unimaginable danger.
Boom!
Dust settled.
Ni Chunqiu was drenched in blood, her body trembling slightly.
She had blocked Kui Si’s first strike!
Blood dripped from her mouth and nose as she coughed lightly.
Yet joy appeared on her face.
She knew the special mission’s minimum requirement was Golden Immortal level. Forcing herself into it was essentially suicidal.
But…
She refused to give up this chance.
Who knew how long it would take her to reach Golden Immortal?
By then, the special mission might already have been claimed by someone else.
“You didn’t die?”
Kui Si was astonished.
His eyes rolled, fixing on Ni Chunqiu.
This woman… actually survived?
Not even a low-tier god and demon, yet she withstood his strike.
Kui Si grew furious!
Lately, his luck had been terrible. He had roared a few times on a primordial star and ended up suppressed by Lu Ping’an.
Now even this ordinary human woman dared act arrogantly before him!
Boom!
Another claw slammed down, as if swatting a fly.
This time, though, the claw carried far greater power.
In an instant, Ni Chunqiu felt her body locked in place, sealed by an overwhelming force.
Yet her gaze remained sharp. She wiped the blood from her mouth and nose.
Her energy surged again, stacking into another barrier!
Bang!!!
The ground exploded. A massive claw mark gouged the earth like an abyss.
A pillar of dust and smoke slowly rose.
Ni Chunqiu was completely blood-soaked.
She maintained her defensive stance, breathing with difficulty.
She had burned her soul power—even her divine sense was nearly exhausted.
Even so, she had blocked Kui Si’s second strike—barely clinging to life.
She… had reached her limit.
A mid-stage Profound Immortal blocking attacks from an existence comparable to a Ninth Revolution Golden Immortal.
Even if the opponent hadn’t gone all out, it was still fatal to her.
“You’re still alive?!”
“Why are you so persistent? Burning your soul and divine sense just to block my attacks?”
Confusion and bewilderment flickered in Kui Si’s eyes.
But in the next moment,
He opened his maw wide.
Within it, an energy particle flickered between destruction and reformation.
Terrifying energy fluctuations made the void tremble, as if it would shatter.
This devastating power was heart-stopping.
Kui Si refused to believe that even this attack—capable of obliterating a high-tier god and demon—would fail to kill the woman!
Ni Chunqiu felt the terrifying breath of death envelop her.
She struggled to lift her gaze. Her vision had already been stained red with blood.
It seemed… she couldn’t make it.
At least, she had tried her best.
Ni Chunqiu smiled.
Bang!
As Kui Si’s furious energy cannon tore through the void, making everything seem to freeze for Ni Chunqiu,
She felt as though she had fallen into an endless sea. Scenes from her life flashed before her eyes.
Did she regret it?
Ni Chunqiu asked herself. Was it worth going to such extremes?
Just as she felt she would be annihilated,
Three familiar silhouettes appeared before her.
The sight of those three figures left Ni Chunqiu dazed.
Bang bang bang!
Space violently fluctuated and exploded.
Kui Si’s energy attack was blocked.
Ning Zhao, Ni Yu, and Yi Yue’s wills had forcibly descended through the golden scale tokens, intervening in Kui Si’s attack.
…
Boom!
Dust settled.
Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor calmly watched the ape-like low-tier god and demon collapse before him.
Its life force rapidly faded.
Destiny surged into his body, absorbed and gathering into a sea of destiny above his head.
He closed his eyes, attempting to break through to Third Revolution Golden Immortal.
But the amount of destiny was still insufficient.
Everything around him began to rapidly dissolve. The Yu King’s Manor of the Great Xuan Divine Dynasty—the familiar scene—collapsed like a crumbling illusion, shattering before his eyes.
Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor finally exhaled in relief.
It really was all fake!
He had almost lost himself in the act.
“Congratulations on completing the Yellow-rank Golden Immortal mission. You may return to the hall to claim your points reward.”
The Destiny Maiden’s ethereal voice rang in Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor’s ears.
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The corners of his mouth curved slightly. He was growing more and more intrigued by this Destiny Tower.
“A spiritual treasure crafted by Lu Ping’an to cultivate powerhouses…”
“Priceless!”
“But the resources it consumes are astronomical. I wonder where Lu Ping’an gets them from.”
With a thought, Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor exited the mission zone and returned to the hall.
As a reincarnated ancient Emperor, his insight was sharp.
At a glance, he could see the core of the Destiny Tower.
Aside from the special missions, tasks were divided into Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow ranks.
Each rank offered different point rewards.
Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor had completed a Yellow-rank Golden Immortal mission—its point reward was substantial.
Communicating with the Destiny Maiden through his divine sense, the black stele displayed the rewards he could exchange with his current points.
“Points can even be exchanged for destiny?”
Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The reward list left his heart surging.
He even considered exchanging all his points for destiny to break through to Third Revolution Golden Immortal.
But after some thought, he hesitated. He exchanged half his points for a precious marrow-cleansing pill and a treasured divine sword—both for the little princess.
This illusion mission had awakened his sense of danger. He needed to start strengthening the little princess.
After all, he couldn’t protect her every moment.
As the destiny poured in, his destiny sea surged.
Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor frowned.
A tearing sensation assaulted his soul, as if…
Vaguely, the seal on his memories was being broken.
Flashes of the void rift deep within the Nine Heavens appeared before his eyes.
In his pain, Heavenly Spirit Ancient Emperor felt a trace of confusion.
These were…
His memories?!
…
In the Primordial Starry Sky,
The atmosphere was tense, like a taut thread stretched to its limit—one slight touch and it would snap, collapsing everything.
Crisis!
An unparalleled crisis.
The Overlord, Tang Yimo, Mi Jia, and the others felt chills run through their bodies.
This was a battle at the peak Emperor level!
A perfectly interlocked scheme!
A plot targeting Young Master Lu!
Eight Immortal-tier gods and demons, plus the golden elemental god and demon charging toward the passage mouth from the spatial turbulence, and… Ancient Emperor Hao’s attack reaching through the void!
They had completely sealed Lu’s escape route, intending to kill him on the spot!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Behind the passage,
Five Phoenixes’ Golden Immortals naturally sensed the apocalyptic aura.
Their expressions changed drastically as they rushed over.
On Buzhou Peak, Zhu Long opened her eyes. In an instant, day and night seemed to cycle in her gaze.
She tore through space, leaving Buzhou Peak and appearing in the abyss.
In the Netherworld, Tantai Xuan held the Book of Life and Death, endless karma swirling around him. Even he paled slightly.
Lu Jiulian, within the Ascension Land, frowned and opened his eyes.
The three tore through space simultaneously.
They vaguely felt an unease.
When they arrived before the abyss and looked through the passage mouth, they saw a terrifying battle raging in the Primordial Starry Sky!
Lu was trapped within—eight Immortal-tier gods and demons, plus Ancient Emperor Hao’s arm reaching through the void.
At the passage mouth,
A golden elemental god and demon unleashed world-shaking killing intent.
“Hold it back!”
The Overlord’s eyes instantly turned blood-red.
Mi Jia’s body swelled as she unleashed her Extreme Dao Emperor Fist.
Tang Yimo opened seven meridians, transforming into something akin to a god and demon.
Bang bang bang!
But the golden elemental god and demon’s attack was too overwhelming. One claw shattered space, causing the spatial passage itself to crack.
Pfft!
The Overlord, Tang Yimo, and Mi Jia all coughed blood, feeling as though the heavens themselves were crushing them!
Yet they couldn’t retreat. If they did, Five Phoenixes behind them would be attacked in an instant.
Zhu Long appeared at the passage mouth in a flash, her graceful figure swaying like autumn leaves. The Yin-Yang Millstone spun.
Tantai Xuan and Lu Jiulian also arrived.
Zhu Long at peak Sixth Revolution Golden Immortal, Tantai Xuan and Lu Jiulian also at Sixth Revolution.
The three joined forces.
They tried to block the golden beast’s strike.
Boom!
Terrifying energy ripples spread. The explosion unleashed waves of destructive energy particles.
“So strong!”
“We might not hold!”
Tantai Xuan’s pupils shrank as he spoke.
Zhu Long and Lu Jiulian were equally grave, staring at the golden beast’s claw.
“This isn’t an ordinary Immortal-tier god and demon! It’s far stronger than that Evil Eye!”
They recognized the difference.
Its life level was higher than Evil Eye’s—its power and strength far superior!
Meanwhile,
Lu was sealed by eight Immortal-tier gods and demons. Killing intent wove into a massive net, intent on tearing him apart instantly.
Yet Lu remained utterly calm.
As if everything was within his expectations.
In his pupils reflected the Spiritual Pressure Chessboard. The game on it seemed to have already predicted this very moment.
“Thank you, Hao.”
“You’re a good person.”
Under the assault of eight Immortal-tier gods and demons,
Lu raised his head, looking toward Ancient Emperor Hao’s arm reaching through the void rift, and said.
His words carried no concealment.
The eight Immortal-tier gods and demons trembled.
There was something wrong with those words!
“I was worried they wouldn’t attack… Now they’ve all come right to me. What a bountiful harvest…”
Lu smiled again.
But his words sent chills down the gods and demons’ spines.
“This human must be bluffing!”
“He’s been forced into a corner! He has no escape!”
“He’s trying to sow discord among us!”
The Immortal-tier gods and demons’ eyes blazed with ferocity. At this point, there was no turning back.
Their killing moves rained down like a cascading waterfall.
Yet Lu looked meaningfully at Ancient Emperor Hao’s arm reaching through the void.
Then he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
The sound echoed.
The eight Immortal-tier gods and demons discovered that where Lu had stood, only an eight-colored furious lotus remained.
Lu’s figure… had vanished!
This was Lu Jiulian’s domain—Shift and Swap!
Though Lu Jiulian had gained independent consciousness, he was still Lu’s clone. What he excelled at, Lu… could also do.
Ancient Emperor Hao had used the “Proximity” formation word to seal space.
If Lu tried to tear open an escape route, it would take time—enough for the golden beast to breach Five Phoenixes.
And the eight Immortal-tier gods and demons’ attacks would land instantly.
Ancient Emperor Hao’s plan was meticulously calculated.
But he hadn’t anticipated that Lu would escape the crisis in this way.
All his schemes turned to nothing!
Behind the spatial rift,
Ancient Emperor Hao’s emotions fluctuated slightly.
Vaguely, he felt things were about to go wrong.
It was as if he and Lu were playing a chess game, move and countermove.
But in the end…
He had still fallen one move short.
Was this Lu Ping’an’s trump card?
Shift and Swap… that was clearly the technique of that Lu Jiulian from Five Phoenixes!
How could Lu Ping’an also use it?
Specialization in different fields—even Emperor-realm domains followed this rule. One person couldn’t possess two domains, yet Lu Ping’an’s abilities left Ancient Emperor Hao silent.
“Could it be… that Lu Ping’an is the same as me?”
A murmur echoed from deep within the rift.
Boom!
The eight-colored furious lotus exploded.
Like a surprise gift package, it left the eight Immortal-tier gods and demons momentarily stunned.
Their attacks collided with the explosion of the eight-colored lotus.
The world was filled with blinding radiance, turning the ancient, desolate Primordial Starry Sky as bright as day.
Terrifying energy ripples and shockwaves seemed to awaken the long-dormant Primordial Starry Sky.
Yet Lu paid no attention to these Immortal-tier gods and demons.
In fact, his primary target wasn’t them.
It was…
The adult elemental god and demon that had finally emerged from the spatial turbulence!
Lu’s first goal was this creature. The other gods and demons were just bonus leeks.
An adult elemental god and demon possessed Immortal-tier strength—and among Immortal-tier, it was far from weak.
Because their bloodline was nobler than ordinary gods and demons.
After using Shift and Swap,
Lu appeared at the passage mouth.
Zhu Long, Lu Jiulian, Tantai Xuan, and the others were struggling to hold on.
But they had managed to block it.
Lu’s arrival brought them relief.
“You’ve worked hard. Leave the rest to this Young Master.”
Lu swept his gaze and fixed it on the golden elemental god and demon.
The corners of his mouth curved slightly.
“Finally showed yourself.”
It really hadn’t been easy. This elemental god and demon was too cautious—even baiting it with the Gold-Origin Insect Corpse hadn’t worked.
The temptation of the Gold-Origin Insect Corpse was terrifying to gods and demons.
Yet this elemental god and demon had resisted.
A truly ruthless one!
Boom!
Innate Purple Qi instantly surged around Lu. Brilliant, sharp light flickered in his eyes.
Facing an Immortal-tier elemental god and demon, Lu immediately entered his strongest state!
If he couldn’t suppress it and allowed it to escape back into the spatial turbulence, luring it out again would be nearly impossible.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Purple light streaked across the sky, golden light soared!
Two beams of light clashed in the Primordial Starry Sky at extreme speed.
The eight Immortal-tier gods and demons emerged from the explosion of the eight-colored lotus, their expressions extremely ugly.
They exchanged glances. They hadn’t expected Lu to escape even in such a situation!
“Could it be… that Hao really teamed up with Lu Ping’an to trap us?”
One god and demon voiced his suspicion.
Ancient Emperor Hao: “…”
He wanted to say not to let Lu Ping’an mess with their minds.
But he didn’t.
Words were sometimes pale and powerless.
He proved himself with actions.
Countless formation words interwove in the void, suppressing toward Lu.
Yet as Lu battled the elemental god and demon, he also unleashed formation words.
Two sets of formation words clashed in the void like armies in battle!
Boom!
Innate Purple Qi flowed.
Terrifying power gouged a massive crater in the starry sky.
The golden elemental god and demon was beaten until golden blood sprayed. It flew backward, bouncing through the air like a ball.
“Spa… spare… me!”
Buzz…
Lu flashed before the elemental god and demon. A broken plea echoed.
Lu paused.
“You can speak?”
This was the first time Lu learned that elemental gods and demons could speak.
But Lu said nothing.
This elemental god and demon was too strong. If he let it escape, it would be a massive threat to Five Phoenixes.
Just like this time—Lu couldn’t stray too far from the passage, always wary of this creature.
Lu had never shown mercy to enemies.
Moreover, an elemental god and demon was an excellent resource for enhancing the Golden-Element Immortal Demon Body.
“I… have a master… raised here!”
“Kill me… you will suffer… calamity!”
“The God of Elements… will not forgive… you!”
Sensing Lu’s resolute killing intent,
Broken waves of will spread, carrying a hint of threat.
Lu was wreathed in purple qi. Golden hair and golden robes billowed.
The silver blade wings behind him fluttered gently.
His expression remained cold.
He raised his hand and clenched it.
Boom!
The golden elemental god and demon exploded, turning into streams of golden light that wrapped around Lu’s body.
They seeped into his skin, rapidly circulating within.
Threats?
The God of Elements?
Lu narrowed his eyes, memorizing the name.
Though unfamiliar, just hearing it sent a chill through him—as if merely mentioning it would draw its attention.
This being must be extraordinarily terrifying!
The Gold-Origin surged into his body, gradually stabilizing his Immortal Demon Body. His power began to climb.
He closed his eyes. The energy within him surged like a boiling volcano.
He was calming his power, attempting to control the soaring strength.
The eight Immortal-tier gods and demons who had escaped the eight-colored lotus explosion watched Lu adjusting his aura with closed eyes, their expressions grave and fearful.
The elemental god and demon… had been killed!
And an adult one at that!
If any one of them faced an adult elemental god and demon alone, they would be obliterated.
This human… was truly strong!
Though there were eight of them, could they really win?
“While he’s still unstable—surround and kill him!”
Ancient Emperor Hao’s cold voice rang from the spatial rift.
“The other reinforcements have arrived…”
The eight Immortal-tier gods and demons were overjoyed. They looked into the distance.
Figures radiating overwhelming auras were speeding toward them. The Water Tribe Ancient Emperor’s deep blue figure was among them.
Counting carefully—there were twelve more Immortal-tier gods and demons!
Clearly, Ancient Emperor Hao’s warning had spurred the Water Tribe Ancient Emperor to hurry.
Moreover, the battle’s fluctuations had made her recruitment much easier. Many Immortal-tier gods and demons had been tempted and rushed over, eager for a share.
“Another twelve Immortal-tier!”
“Plus our eight—twenty in total!”
“Twenty Immortal-tier, plus the ancient Emperor of the Nine Heavens! A certain-death trap!”
Boom!
Powerful divine fluctuations spread.
The Immortal-tier gods and demons who had been intimidated earlier now went mad with excitement.
A massive army of gods and demons,
Led by twenty Immortal-tier gods and demons, surged toward them.
At the passage mouth,
The Overlord, Tang Yimo, and the others’ eyes turned blood-red.
They didn’t retreat. Instead, boundless rage surged within them.
Mi Jia was filled with disappointment.
And beneath the disappointment, uncontrollable anger.
“The ancient Emperors of the Nine Heavens… actually united so many gods and demons… utterly disappointing!”
Had the ancient Emperors forgotten how the Nine Heavens’ powerhouses once used their blood to block the gods and demons?
Mi Jia stepped out of the passage, choosing to fight.
Zhu Long and Tantai Xuan also soared into the air.
Lu Jiulian was dazed and silent. His heart had suffered a shock…
“Young Master Lu… why can you use my domain power?”
Lu Jiulian was stunned.
Wasn’t one person limited to a single domain?!
A seed of doubt was planted in his heart.
But now wasn’t the time for doubt.
He too stepped forward, joining the battle.
Facing twenty Immortal-tier gods and demons… the overwhelming pressure nearly brought despair.
Meanwhile, Lu, eyes closed, used his powerful divine sense to sort his surging energy, feeling the Golden-Element Immortal Demon Body reach its peak.
He abruptly opened his eyes.
