Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 742 - 667 Immortal Qin! Immortal Qin! Immortal Qin!_2

All plans would be but gilding the lily.

A minor misstep,

Could ruin it all.

Best to just wait earnestly for arrival.

Before the hope visible to the naked eye, Lu Qingfeng had plenty of patience.

He had already waited nearly sixty thousand years.

Could he not endure this last shiver?

Indeed.

A millennium in a blink.

Finally, Lu Qingfeng's wait came to an end.

...

In the distance,

At the summit of Purple Lightning Mountain,

The Earth Immortal Purple Eyebrow Daoist of Qingsong Temple, the 'Dangmo Venerable' Wu Ping also appeared, looking up at the sky with grave worries on his face.

"This is the Ninth Realm."

"In a thousand years, Immortal Qin tamed the Star Sea, annexing eight Great Realms, transforming them into eight layers of the Heavenly Domain above the Seven Continents and Four Seas."

The Purple Eyebrow Daoist's eyes shone like lightning. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Piercing the Heavenly Dome.

He saw clouds drifting in the sky, and layer upon layer of Heavenly Domain stretching between the stars and the earth.

A careful count revealed as many as eight layers.

The Heavenly Domain was vast; even the smallest layer was as big as the Divine Ruins Sea and the Ruins Continent combined. The largest layer was nearly the size of Three Continents and Three Seas, as much as seventy percent of the Star Sea Realm.

Over the past thousand years,

Immortal Qin exiled the Star Sea, leaping successively to unknown destinations.

Securing the Five Continents.

Stabilizing its foothold.

Then it set off a frenzied invasion war machine, wildly annexing Otherworlds.

In just a millennium, eight Great Realms were consecutively devoured.

Each realm was guarded by Earth Immortals.

For instance, the First Layer Heaven Domain originally hosted three Earth Immortals.

The Second Level Heaven Domain too had two Earth Immortals.

Including the sprawling Eighth Layer Heaven Domain, which had over a dozen Earth Immortals.

Alas,

None could withstand the military might of Immortal Qin; they were subsumed into the Star Sea Realm, suppressed by the Celestial Cycle Star Formation, fixed in the sky, transformed into the Heavenly Domain.

The Earth Immortals within,

Either perished in battle, fled into exile, or joined Immortal Qin.

Making Immortal Qin ever stronger through warfare.

At this very moment,

The Ninth Layer Heaven is descending!

...

"What in the world does Qin Zhen want to achieve?!"

With the Heavenly Domain above, Wu Ping felt as if eight great mountains were pressing down on him, so heavy he could scarcely breathe. As an Earth Immortal, he could feel the continual expansion of heaven and earth, the essence of the cosmos ascending.

Only waiting for the ninth Great Realm to transform into the Star Sea Heavenly Domain,

Then this world will ascend.

"Heavenly Immortals!"

"Immortal Qin's arduous efforts to elevate the world will allow for the ascension to Heavenly Immortal, to accommodate Heavenly Immortals."

"Perhaps,"

"When the Nine layers Heavens Domain fall into place, will be the day Qin Zhen ascends to Heavenly Immortal!"

Wu Ping's heart sank.

This was not only his speculation but also the consensus among many Earth Immortals of the Star Sea Realm.

Qin Zhen, still an Earth Immortal, already dominated the Seven Continents and Four Seas, pushing all before him.

The reason he hasn't conquered the land beyond the Five Continents – Four Seas and Two Continents - is entirely because Immortal Qin's forces were largely engaged in world conquest and had no time to spare.

Once he frees up,

The Four Seas and Two Continents could fall in an instant.

To oppose Immortal Qin with the lone and weak Immortal Dao Earth Immortals, and the scattered Earth Immortal Great Demons, is pure fantasy.

"We can't hold out!"

Purple Eyebrow Daoist sighed.

A thousand years ago, just as the Star Sea Realm was exiled and when Immortal Qin's meteoric rise hadn't yet secured its foothold in the Five Continents, was the best time to deal with Immortal Qin.

Unfortunately, the emergence of the Demon Child occupied the Ruins Continent.

With his roars, he gathered a host of Great Demons and wreaked havoc in the Ruins Continent and even the Divine Ruins Sea, picking fights with the Earth Immortal Great Demons now and then.

On a whim, he would even send out troops to attack.

It was maddening.

Yet frustratingly, the Demon Child's innocence knew just play, utterly disregarding the bigger picture.

As for the Immortal Dao side.

The four ancestors of the Sealing Dragon Sect were also oblivious to the bigger picture.

Ignoring the threat of Immortal Qin, they shamelessly resorted to underhanded methods – stealing the offspring of the two Black Dragon Venerables from Two Dragons Ridge.

Then consecutively infiltrating the Divine Ruins Dragon Palace and Tan Gu Dragon Palace to steal Dragon Balls.

Their despicable actions were downright infuriating.

Despite their vehement denials

And the four ancestors unanimously crying foul,

Everyone knew they were attempting to fish in troubled waters amidst Immortal Qin's rise.

For a time.

Qingsong Temple's failure to unite the Earth Immortals was one thing.

Instead, the Sealing Dragon Sect and the two Dragon Palaces started feuding with Two Dragons Ridge.

Furious, the two Black Dragon True Monarchs struck unexpectedly, gravely injuring the lowest-ranking 'Xieling Ancestor' of the four.

The Divine Ruins Dragon King and Tan Gu Dragon King confronted the Sealing Dragon Sect in battles that shook heaven and earth, each sustaining injuries and retreating to heal.

With an enmity too deep to resolve,

Who had time to consider Qingsong Temple's cause, let alone face Immortal Qin?

The best opportunity was missed.

As Immortal Qin took over realm after realm, erected layer upon layer of Heavenly Domain, expanding territory and population, growing in military strength, the Immortal Dao side lost all power to resist.

Even Immortal Dao Earth Immortals, Demon Clan Earth Immortals, and Demon Dao Earth Immortals have sought refuge under Immortal Qin, willing to become its claws and fangs. Some attack Otherworlds, some suppress Heavenly Domains, and some turn their spears at the Earth Immortals of the Star Seas outside of Immortal Qin's influence.

The situation grows only more difficult.

"A thousand years."

"The Thunder Department still has not arrived; it seems they have given up."

Wu Ping shakes his head, powerless.

Disappointed too many times, he holds no more hope.

Primordial is boundless and endless, with countless Constant Sand Worlds – every day brings an infinity of crises. Even with the multitude of gods in Heavenly Court and the billions of Heavenly Soldiers in Thunder Department, they are too busy to handle it all.

The Star Sea was banished.

The two marshals would search ten years, twenty years.

But a thousand years have passed, and they have not yet arrived; it's likely they've long since given up.

"Heavenly Soldiers do not come; Immortal Qin is hard to withstand."

"If this matter cannot be done, the two of you may decide what to do with Qingsong Temple at your discretion, without any concerns."

As despair hung heavy over them, a weary voice reached their ears.

Turning to look,

they saw a Divine General striding forward, displaying valor but, as Earth Immortals themselves, Purple Eyebrow Daoist and Wu Ping could still see his lack of vital energy.

This was no ordinary person.

It was the 'Eastern God-searching General,' who, after entering the Star Sea, had been in seclusion at Qingsong Temple, healing from his injuries.

Back then,

this Divine General was brought down by the Celestial Cycle Star Formation, heavily wounded, his condition only slightly better than the Soul Searching General of the Yang Realm but still requiring a long period of recuperation.

A mere thousand years were far from sufficient; he has yet to fully recover and still appears weakened.

"Ancestor!"

Seeing the Eastern God-searching General, Purple Eyebrow Daoist and Wu Ping hurried forward to greet him, the latter even anxiously adding, "Ancestor, you must focus on recuperating for your injuries have yet to heal. We, your disciples, will take care of the outside affairs."

The Eastern God-searching General shook his head with a wry smile.

Just as he was about to speak, the Heavenly Dome seemed to darken and the world felt a tremor.

The three of them stopped and all looked up—

"It worked?!"

...

"It worked!"

Lu Qingfeng stood atop Golden Sun Peak, paying no mind to Purple Eyebrow Daoist, to Wu Ping, or even to the appearance of the Eastern God-searching General.

He only stared at the Heavenly Dome.

Seeing the change, his expression lifted abruptly.

Atop Daluo Cave Temple-looking up to the Heavenly Dome, above the Eighth Layer of Heavenly Domain, the Ninth—"Black Snake Realm"—found its place, becoming integrated into the Star Sea Realm.

Just as once, Immortal Qin Realm had engulfed Chunshen Realm.

And as the Black Snake Realm joined the Star Sea Realm, the already stressed heaven and earth finally began to transform. No mountains collapsed, no fissures formed—mere mortals could not perceive it, nor could Primordial Spirits or Mahayana cultivators.

But Lu Qingfeng could sense it—

"The essence is shedding."

"Heaven and earth are ascending."

Lu Qingfeng's eyes shone with spirit light as he looked towards the Immortal Qin Capital, "Xianyang," at the center of the Five Continents.

Roar!

He saw the Black Dragon roar as Qin Zhen, the Master of Immortal Qin, cloaked in a dragon robe embroidered with nine black dragons, sat majestic upon a dragon throne shimmering with Golden Light.

Within the Xianyang Palace,

ministers and generals bowed in worship.

Inside and outside Xianyang City, countless citizens bowed as if on a pilgrimage, their voices thundering toward Xianyang City, toward Xianyang Palace:

"Long live our Emperor, for tens of thousands of years!"

In that moment, a dragon's cry,

a tiger's roar shook heaven and earth,

moved Earth Immortals to awe.

A Heavenly Star Black Dragon spiraled around heaven, diving down to adhere to Qin Zhen. His presence grew stronger, as if he were the center of the universe, the sovereign of all beings.

Once the Nine layers Heavens steadied,

and heaven and earth ascended,

Qin Zhen also, in an instant, broke his shackles—

"Heavenly Immortal!"

In an instant, he ascended to the premier Heavenly Immortal status in this realm!

...

"Heavenly Immortal."

Lu Qingfeng watched Qin Zhen.

But the latter's figure shook and disappeared in a blink. Lu Qingfeng looked around, only to see Qin Zhen had already reached the Ancient Starry Sky outside the domain.

Defiantly solitary.

In his hand, he wielded a Jade Seal inscribed with 'Endowed by Heaven, may my life be prosperous'. With a toss towards the starry space, he suppressed heaven and earth, bringing Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, all to a halt.

"He's coming!"

Lu Qingfeng's spirit wavered, as he stared intently at the Ancient Starry Sky.

He saw the stars in motion, sensed the Mysterious within, and instantly knew—

Another leap was coming!

Since the exile to the Star Sea, there had been nine leaps in a thousand years.

With each leap, the Void changed position, and another Great Realm was absorbed.

This was the tenth leap.

"The Star Sea ascends."

"Qin Zhen becomes a Heavenly Immortal."

Lu Qingfeng waited, trembling with anticipation.

He saw the Celestial Cycle Star Formation activate, with billions of stars wrapping around the Seven Continents and Four Seas, the Nine layers of Heavenly Domains. In a flash, they vanished from their original place in the Void.

And when they reappeared,

"What is this—"

Lu Qingfeng peered through the cosmos, witnessing a realm stretch across the Void.

So close, within reach.

His breathing rushed in an instant!

...