On that same day, Lin Xun’s five dao bodies departed together, leaving the Origin World behind. His true body remained within the sect to stand guard.

In truth, there was little that required his attention. Aside from cultivating, all his true body could do was accelerate the refinement of the Nirvana law. Only twenty percent of the Nirvana law remained unrefined. Yet that final twenty percent was the very core.

Lin Xun had a strong premonition that once he completely refined the Nirvana law, his own Immortal law would undergo an unprecedented transformation!

......

The Seventh Heaven Domain, the Central Core Region.

Skypillar City.

Throughout the city, on bustling streets, in narrow alleys, inside teahouses and grand restaurants, people spoke excitedly about the great battle at the Origin Sect a few days ago.

“Who could have imagined that the Shaman Sect, the Zen Sect, and even the Eternal Divine Clans of the Ninth Heaven Domain would suffer a complete defeat at the Origin Sect’s hand?”

Similar exclamations echoed everywhere. News of that war had already swept across the entire Seventh Heaven Domain, stirring unprecedented waves and shaking the world to its core.

“I heard the Shaman Sect and the Zen Sect suffered horrifying losses...hundreds of Transcendence Realm experts had been killed! And most of them died at the hands of Lin Xun, deputy pavilion master of the Origin Sect!”

“Is Senior Lin Xun really that terrifying?”

“That’s not all! Rumor has it that even Eternal experts from the Ninth Heaven Domain were slain outside the Origin Sect’s gates!”

“Then doesn’t this mean...the Origin Sect won completely?”

As Lin Xun’s Green Wood Dao Body entered Skypillar City, this was the scene that greeted him. Everywhere, people were whispering, debating or wildly speculating about the battle. Of course, most of those discussions were mere speculation, and many were even laced with outright exaggeration.

Lin Xun’s Green Wood Dao Body simply laughed it off, paying no attention at all. He had come to Skypillar City for one purpose: To use the ancient boundary array within the city to travel to the Eighth Heaven Domain!

Across the Seventh Heaven Domain, there were a total of one hundred and eight ancient boundary arrays leading to the Eighth Heaven Domain, like passageways linking the two domains, each under the control of various Immortal Imperial Clans since ancient times.

The array in Skypillar City was under the control of the Immortal Imperial Dantai Clan. Lin Xun’s decision to come here was anything but a whim.

While researching the boundary arrays, he discovered that the one in Skypillar City was controlled by the Dantai Clan. That was why he chose this place. His reason for doing so was simple: Back when he first entered the First Immortal Heavenly Pass of the Great Thousand Battle Domain, he had met a man named Dantai Feng. The two once shared drinks together, and Dantai Feng had even stepped forward to help him escape a deadly pursuit from Wen Shaoheng and the others.

They couldn’t be called close friends, but they were at least acquainted. Now that he intended to head to the Eighth Heaven Domain, he naturally preferred to depart from the ancient boundary array controlled by the Dantai Clan.

If fate allowed, he might even get the chance to meet Dantai Feng again. He remembered that the Dantai Clan of the Seventh Heaven Domain was founded by Dantai Feng’s grandfather, Dantai Changkong.

Dantai Changkong possessed immense perseverance. He had spent ten thousand years subduing a Heaven Rank law, and had even clashed with eight Immortal figures in order to seize it.

Counting back through the years, it had been only a little over three thousand years since the Dantai Clan first took root in the Seventh Heaven Domain. And yet today, they stood as one of its strongest powers. This was proof enough of just how extraordinary Dantai Changkong was.

To be able to traverse the Great Thousand Battle Domain, carve out a foothold in the Eternal True Realm and single-handedly establish an Immortal Imperial Clan...how could Lin Xun not feel genuine admiration for such a man?

At his current cultivation level, Lin Xun understood better than anyone just how extraordinary it was for an outsider to build such a foundation in the Seventh Heaven Domain.

Lost in thought, he walked toward the heart of Skypillar City. The ancient boundary array was located at its very center, and Lin Xun’s divine sense had already locked onto it the instant he entered the city.

“The Dantai Clan is finished...”

Suddenly, Lin Xun’s divine sense captured a faint whisper coming from a private room in a nearby restaurant. The voice was nearly inaudible, but with Lin Xun’s current cultivation, it rang out as clear as day.

His footsteps halted. Through divine sense, he saw two cultivators seated inside, drinking and speaking in low tones.

The old man in black robes said nervously, “Don’t talk nonsense! What if someone hears us?”

“Relax.” The gray-robed man across from him chuckled. “The entire Dantai Clan is drowning in panic right now. They have no time to care about what we’re saying.

The black-robed old man steadied his voice. “What do you mean?”

The gray-robed man leaned forward and explained, “Back when the Ten Clans Alliance was first formed, the Dantai Clan was the very first force in the Seventh Heaven Domain to pledge allegiance to the Immortal Giant Zu Clan. If they hadn’t done so, do you think they would have so easily taken control of the ancient boundary array here?”

The black robed old man frowned. “So just because of that, the Dantai Clan has drawn the covetous attention of other powers, so much so that they want to make a move against them?”

The gray-robed man shook his head. “Wrong. With the backing of the Immortal Giant Zu Clan, who would dare make a move against the Dantai Clan?”

“Then why did you say the Dantai Clan is finished?”

“You...you still don’t understand?”

The gray-robed man explained, “A few years ago, when Lin Xun of the Origin Sect shattered the Ten Clans Alliance, their forces were slaughtered and left in ruins. The Ten Immortal Giants were dealt such a heavy blow they could barely protect themselves. But now, even the Shaman Sect, the Zen Sect and the powers of the Ninth Heaven Domain have been utterly defeated outside the gates of the Origin Sect.”

The black robed old man suddenly seemed to understand. “You’re saying...the Dantai Clan will also be targeted and purged by the Origin Sect?”

The gray-robed man nodded. “Not just the Dantai Clan. Every faction that chose to submit to the Ten Immortal Giants back then should be prepared for the Origin Sect to settle accounts with them!”

With a sharp intake of breath, the black robed old man exclaimed, “If that’s true...wouldn’t all the Immortal Imperial Clans in the Seventh Heaven Domain be living in fear?”

The gray-robed man shook his head. “That’s not how it works. With the Origin Sect’s foundation and prestige, there’s no way they would launch a full purge on every Immortal Imperial Clans in the Seventh Heaven Domain over something like this.”

“In my view, those forces who were forced to submit to the Ten Immortal Giants probably won’t be targeted by the Origin Sect. But forces like the Dantai Clan, who willingly and proactively attached themselves to the Ten Immortal Giants from the very beginning...they are the ones who will suffer the Origin Sect’s retaliation!”

At this point, the gray-robed man concluded, “This is what happens when you choose the wrong side. Once the Origin Sect turns its attention to the matter, they’ll definitely use them as the first example...to kill the chicken to warn the monkeys, to show the world the price of helping a tyrant harm others.”

The black-robed old man couldn’t help but sigh in admiration, “Fellow Daoist, your insight is truly impressive!”

The gray-robed man sighed, “What a pity. I always admired Dantai Changkong, the patriarch of the Dantai Clan. He is a man of remarkable courage and vision, but...

“They made the wrong choice back then. And if I’m not mistaken, the other Immortal Imperial Clans can already see the Dantai Clan’s dire situation. They’re probably sharpening their blades as we speak, waiting for the Dantai Clan to fall so they can carve up its territory and seize its influence.”

At that point, Lin Xun withdrew his divine sense and stopped listening. However, his brows remained tightly furrowed. Back when the Ten Clans Alliance had been established, they loudly proclaimed to the world that their purpose was to deal with him!

Despite that, the Dantai Clan still willingly threw themselves under the Immortal Giant Zu Clan’s banner. This truth left Lin Xun with a faint sense of disappointment.

Originally, he had even hoped that if fate allowed, he might meet Dantai Feng again. Now, it seemed better not to meet at all.

Had the Dantai Clan been forced into submission, Lin Xun would have understood. Unfortunately, the Dantai Clan willingly chose to side with the Zu Clan...that left a bitter taste in Lin Xun’s heart.

Soon, the ancient boundary array in the heart of the city came into view. Lin Xun exhaled softly and shook his head, pushing the matter aside. However, just as he was about to step into the ancient array, he suddenly sensed something was off.

At that moment...

“From this day forth, Skypillar City and this ancient boundary array belong to my Tong Clan!” A cold, domineering voice boomed across the city

Immediately afterward, waves of cultivators surged out from the surrounding streets like a crashing tide, rushing straight toward the guards stationed at the ancient array.

“Enemy attack!”

“Call for reinforcements!

The guards shouted in panic and fury, but in the blink of an eye, they were all killed by the experts of the Immortal Imperial Tong Clan. Blood spread across the stone floor in a gruesome stream.

At the forefront of the Tong Clan stood a silver-robed man with hair and beard as dark as ink. His aura was overwhelming, his hands clasped behind his back as he declared coldly, “Those unrelated to this matter, leave at once!”

His voice cracked like thunder.

“Run!”

“Hurry!”

“Get away!”

Chaos erupted through the streets as pedestrians screamed and scattered, fleeing like startled birds.

Lin Xun’s brows knit even tighter. He had never expected that before he even had the chance to settle accounts with the Dantai Clan, calamity had already descended upon them. To assault the ancient boundary array in broad daylight...this alone revealed how dire the Dantai Clan’s situation truly was.

Had Lin Xun not learned the truth of their past actions, he might have intervened. Now, he felt no inclination to act. Blessings and misfortunes come from one’s own doing. They were simply reaping what they had sown.

Just then, a Tong Clan expert rushed over, pointed at Lin Xun and barked, “Why are you still standing there? Didn’t you hear what my lord said? Get out!”

Lin Xun glanced around. Aside from the hundreds of Tong Clan cultivators surrounding the array, he was the only one left standing.

“Courting death, are you?”

Seeing that Lin Xun remained completely unmoved, the Tong Clan cultivator cursed and launched a powerful palm strike from afar.

Boom!

The attack surged with force...

Before it even reached Lin Xun, it dispersed into nothingness, vanishing as if swallowed by the air.

The Tong Clan expert froze, eyes wide. In that instant, Lin Xun spoke calmly, “Your death is not worth pitying.”

Bang!

The Tong Clan expert’s body detonated on the spot, turning to ash and scattering into nothingness. Not even a fragment was left behind as if he had been erased from existence itself! In the distance, the silver-robed man and every Tong Clan expert stiffened, utterly stunned.