Chapter 1 Aftermath and Discovery

After a detailed discussion with Jiang Xuan, the Ruthless Great Emperor returned to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. Peace returned to the area once more, but not for long. Only a year later, the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land trembled again.

The nine magnificent holy mountains collapsed, revealing one large crack after another. The black fissures resembled connections to hell, dark and sinister, emitting a strange power that devoured the source of the Great Dao.

Immediately afterward, a soaring light rose, disappearing into the firmament above. It was incredibly dazzling, like nine silver rivers falling from the sky, each connecting to the peak of one of the nine holy mountains.

Dust and stones flew as a transformation occurred on the mountain peaks. All nine divine herbs rose from the ground, transforming into radiant orbs of light, leaving the earth. The Ruthless Great Emperor appeared once more, her imperial might as immeasurable as the Milky Way, seemingly without end.

In her hands, the nine divine herbs shone even more brilliantly. They seemed to be melting, becoming light-like substances, no longer retaining their true forms.

The Ruthless Great Emperor was refining medicine, a legendary technique of ancient Great Emperors, refining the elixir of immortality in the void to extend one's life for another era.

All of the Eastern Wilderness was shaken. Numerous old monsters looked towards the void, their eyes filled with horror and dread. In recent times, supreme existences had been appearing too frequently, especially the Ruthless Great Emperor in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, who had appeared a year ago and now reappeared.

"Could it be that the Road to Immortality is about to open?"

An ancient Sage murmured, uncertainty in his eyes. This timing differed from what the supreme experts of ancient times had predicted, but the Road to Immortality might possess other mysteries, disrupting the calculations of ancient powerhouses.

Rumble!

Just as the myriad living beings in the mortal world were speculating, the nine holy mountains were collapsing, crumbling amidst the dust. Enormous cracks spread, stretching for an unknown number of miles. The nine holy mountains finally fell, with various immortal lights dancing about, as if heaven-piercing sword qi was sweeping out!

With a loud crash, the earth caved in, and the area hundreds of miles around the abyss collapsed. Beneath was a vast ruin, within which stood a giant stele, towering majestically, inscribed with three large characters: Road to Immortality!

"How can there be such a stele?"

"Road to Immortality! Does it really exist?!"

Countless living beings were stunned. Who could have imagined that beneath the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land lay such a stele, such a road?

"There's another stele!" someone exclaimed. It was a massive ancient stele, its surface shimmering with runes and the flow of the Great Dao, transforming into strands of invincible fist intent, erupting from it!

It was the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, inherited from ancient times!

Immediately after, the Ruthless Great Emperor descended with a cloud of mist, the nine divine herbs following behind her, arriving before the giant stele inscribed with the three characters for the Road to Immortality.

The mist swirled, and even with the use of celestial eyes, no one could see through the scene. At that moment, a flash of light appeared from the Ruthless Great Emperor's brow, and with a crash that seemed to shatter heaven and earth, a massive gate of light appeared out of thin air. She stepped into it.

This left people speechless. Even more astonishing was that the heavenly stele engraved with the words "Road to Immortality" and the ancient stele engraved with the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist had transformed into a pair of massive gates, blocking the passage and sealing off the path.

"Road to Immortality! It really is the Road to Immortality!"

The Southern Region was in an uproar, and a great earthquake occurred in the Eastern Wilderness. Countless people trembled; it was almost unbelievable!

At almost the same time, divine auras erupted from the various forbidden zones, shaking heaven and earth, sweeping across hundreds of millions of miles. The various forbidden zones stirred; the ancient Supreme Ones were on the move!

From within the Immortal Mausoleum, a being emerged, shrouded in a clear light, obscuring his true form. His blood qi surpassed that of the present era. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, as if reminiscing about his glorious past. Seeing the light of day again made him feel like he was in another world.

"Boom!"

Just as this Supreme existence manifested, the Road to Immortality collapsed once more, clouds of mist churning, as white as light gauze, extremely auspicious. Just a single breath would refresh one's mind and quickly lead to a state of enlightenment.

The stars trembled, and immortal light danced across the sky, ethereal immortal qi descending, pouring into the mortal world. This was true immortal qi. Jiang Xuan obtained it through the chat group, and a single breath could greatly improve one's life state.

"It has appeared, this is the day!"

From within the forbidden zones of life, another ancient Supreme existence appeared, letting out a long roar that caused the stars beyond the region to tremble. Many small stars fell directly; it was too terrifyingly powerful.

"After waiting for endless eons, it has finally appeared!"

The voices of the ancient Supreme Ones echoed. They had waited for countless years, even self-severing themselves, and had finally witnessed this era.

At that moment, another anomaly appeared on the Road to Immortality. The roars of living beings echoed, shaking the Eastern Wilderness.

At the same time, faintly visible behind the endless immortal light, was a world, vast and boundless, filled with endless immortal qi!

"The Road to Immortality has appeared, charge in!"

An ancient Supreme One roared, causing the heavens and stars to tremble. Many large stars shattered. At that moment, all the forbidden zones of life shone with light, the aura of ancient emperors and Great Emperors pervading the air!

Amidst the rumbling, laws danced, and heaven and earth trembled. The immortal sounds within the various forbidden zones were endless. All kinds of dharma images shocked the mortal realm. Each figure was a primordial universe, a supreme Great Dao. The ancient Supreme Ones had appeared, repairing their Dao fruits, preparing for the ultimate sublimation, to wage a final battle and enter the Immortal Realm!

In the void, several Supreme Ones appeared together. They stepped directly out of the forbidden zones of life, reigning over the universe, their pressure dominating the nine heavens and ten earths, as if they could instantly destroy the three thousand great worlds!

Seven figures, like seven immortal monuments, stood before the Road to Immortality, using their blood and lives to charge forward. Their war song echoed through the nine heavens, transforming into the most dazzling brilliance of all time!

The laws of the Great Emperors surged. The seven ancient Emperors reappeared in the mortal world, wielding ancient imperial weapons, intent on entering the Road to Immortality.

With a loud crash, the firmament exploded, and the great rift in the Immortal Road shattered, dust rising. They charged into the Road to Immortality.

However, in the next moment, light filled the sky, filling the nine heavens, divine light surging, showering the boundless universe. The entire universe seemed to be pierced through, endless chaotic qi surging, billions of stars trembling, as if the heavens and stars were about to shatter!

A moment later, an unimaginable being appeared, supporting the heavens and earth, billions upon billions of miles tall, surrounded by endless immortal radiance, holding the entire world in his hands. The vast stars were like mere pellets in his palm. He appeared out of nowhere on the Road to Immortality.

That immortal wore a suit of battle armor, his face shrouded in chaos. The sliver of his face that was visible was almost identical to Jiang Xuan's. He was so powerful that he defied comprehension, so terrifying that he defied description, as if he could shatter the universe with a raise of his hand, and pierce through the nine heavens with a single step, like an Immortal King.

The myriad living beings, beneath his feet, were like ants, just like mortals facing the Great Emperors of ancient times. Countless people were horrified. That existence seemed to carry the Milky Way on his shoulders, and a single strand of his aura could obliterate all the heavens and universes, unimaginably terrifying.

Most terrifying of all, behind him, seven ancient existences lay prostrate, blood and bone intermingled, imperial weapons shattered, and divine souls extinguished. The seven ancient Emperors had died silently on this Road to Immortality!

"How is this possible?!"

"How could ancient Emperors fall? Impossible! It's all an illusion!"

"Is that an immortal? An ancient immortal, a supreme existence beyond the Great Emperors and ancient Emperors?!"

Billions of living beings trembled, unable to understand, unable to fathom. The ancient Emperors had undergone ultimate sublimation, but they had vanished silently. This was too unbelievable, unimaginable what kind of existence that was.

"Shrouding Heaven universe... I've finally entered." On the Road to Immortality, Jiang Xuan felt the origin of this universe, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. His gaze swept across the endless Milky Way, as if seeing through this world.

To enter this world, he had used many treasures, imperial weapons, a divine formation surpassing the cosmic level, along with the Ruthless Great Emperor on the inside, and many ancient Emperors who were forced to help. Together, they focused on one point and finally, briefly, broke through the barrier between worlds.

"Next is to collect the imperial scriptures and immortal techniques of this universe," Jiang Xuan said softly. The flow of time was different on Perfect World Jiang Xuan's side. Although there was still some time before the official start of the plot, this was just enough time for Perfect World Jiang Xuan to deduce supreme techniques!

Now that all the conditions had been met, Jiang Xuan's main body had entered this universe. As a Red Dust Immortal-level supreme expert, no one in this world could stop him. If he wished, wiping out the forbidden zones of life would be easy, let alone just collecting ancient scriptures and immortal techniques.

...

Within the chaotic space, Little Heavens Jiang Xuan and Perfect World Jiang Xuan met at the agreed time, for the purpose of sharing memories of the imperial scriptures and immortal techniques.

"It's enough. With these imperial scriptures, plus my understanding of the immortal ancient techniques and the present era techniques, I can finally take that step," Perfect World Jiang Xuan said.

"Yes, I'm really looking forward to it. What level will our battle prowess reach by becoming an immortal through an invincible path?" Little Heavens Jiang Xuan also said. Perfect World Jiang Xuan had been delaying his ascension to immortality, precisely to pursue an invincible path to immortality!

And now, the most compatible Shrouding Heaven techniques had arrived, along with the Dao and techniques from other worlds. He could finally create a truly invincible technique.

Once he became an immortal, his battle prowess would indeed be difficult to estimate. Especially with the accumulation of the Jiang Xuans from various worlds, even if it was impossible to determine what level he could reach, he would inevitably become the strongest True Immortal of all time!

Immeasurable Heaven, the most famous of the Nine Heavens, was magnificent and extraordinary, boundless and limitless. This was also the preferred place for countless heroes of the Nine Heavens to train. Among the Nine Heavens, this was one of them, but also the ultimate land of legends.

Looking out, one could not see the edge. Numerous stars were arranged, like grains of sand compared to this ancient continent.

This was one of the Nine Heavens, and also the center of the heavens, a sacred place for cultivation. Countless geniuses and monstrous talents would gather here, unleashing boundless vitality, dazzling and illuminating the world.

Jiang Xuan's secluded cultivation place was a mysterious place called Star Ocean. In the Immortal Ancient Era, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths encountered a catastrophe, battling with the foreign lands, shattering the Milky Way, and destroying the nine heavens. Countless stars fell, all crashing down and gathering here. The starlight was boundless. From a distance, divine rainbows pierced the sky, colorful and brilliant, with endless radiance, appearing like a sea of stars.

Therefore, it was called the Star Ocean. However, in Jiang Xuan's memory, during the Immortal Ancient period, this place seemed to be related to the Heavenly Horned Ant clan, possibly their ancestral land, hidden in a small world.

"It should be soon," Jiang Xuan murmured. Besides the hidden cave world of the Heavenly Horned Ant clan, there would also be an academy in the Star Ocean. However, the Heavenly Deity Academy had not yet been established.

After all, the Heavenly Deity Academy was different from the Immortal Academy and the Holy Academy. It was only temporarily established, appearing only during the golden age before the end of days. At this time, it was indeed impossible for it to appear.

Of course, all of this would be soon. Perhaps it would not be long before Meng Tianzheng of the Nine Heavens would find this place and establish the Heavenly Deity Academy.

"Heavenly Deity Academy, perhaps I can take a look..." Jiang Xuan thought. The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths did not lack monstrous talents, but all the monstrous talents were born in the darkest of eras, with too little time left for them.

But if Jiang Xuan was willing to guide them forward, perhaps there could be different results, changing the "One Person's Perfect" situation.

Of course, he did not have too many plans now. Jiang Xuan's only goal now was to sort out all the Dao and techniques he had cultivated so far. His path of cultivation was too mixed and chaotic.

The Dao and techniques of various worlds had to be fused and unified in the end. For him now, it was indeed difficult to do so, so he planned to take the essence and discard the dross, selecting the parts he needed most and fusing them into one furnace, creating his own invincible technique.

This step was crucial, representing the true formation of his Dao. He naturally had to devote all his efforts to sorting it out and comprehending it.

From Perfect World techniques to Shrouding Heaven techniques, to Desolate Era techniques, Martial God techniques, Confucian and Taoist techniques, Emperor Domination techniques... all kinds of Dao techniques flashed quickly through Jiang Xuan's mind. From time to time, Jiang Xuan salvaged a flash of inspiration, and then gradually fused them into shape, transforming them into his own Dao and techniques.

This seclusion lasted for an unknown amount of time, ten years, a hundred years, or perhaps longer. When he awoke again, although there was no change in the power within his body, it had undergone a transformation. That breakthrough could be made at any time.

Rumble!

At that moment, the sound of thunder came from the void, heaven and earth exploding, and the suppression of the myriad Daos came, the Heavenly Punishment Tribulation, and the Heavenly Will Blade slashing down.

"It's finally here," Jiang Xuan's eyes were like blazing suns, piercing through the Star Ocean. After a brief pause, he leaped up, rushing into the universe, tearing through the void, and disappearing into chaos.

This was a world-shaking tribulation; any one strike could destroy stars. He naturally would not undergo the tribulation here. This kind of tribulation would directly destroy the entire Star Ocean.

Crack!

In the chaotic void, black lightning intertwined, and the blood-colored light of killing dyed the outer heavens red. In this era, everything Jiang Xuan cultivated represented a new technique, destined to be different, and would be the most terrifying tribulation!

"What kind of existence is this?!"

"What a terrifying tribulation, any one strike can cleave through a chaotic star!"

"The galaxy is annihilated, chaos is silent, how can there be such a living being in the mortal world?!"

In the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, the supreme experts looked from afar, their hearts trembling. That kind of power was too alarming. They even saw the tribulation transform into ancient existences, an Immortal Phoenix incinerating the sky, a True Dragon chanting, a blade of grass severing the galaxy of years, and an ant moving the heavens and universes!

Numerous terrifying phenomena and tribulations descended. Even though Jiang Xuan far surpassed ordinary Supreme Ones, and could even compare to the True Immortals of ancient times, he was now battling in blood, using all his techniques to resist!

After many years, this supreme tribulation ended, and the outer realms gradually calmed down, but no one dared to approach. Supreme immortal fire and lightning roared, capable of incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas, and slaying all enemies!

And within that immortal fire and lightning, Jiang Xuan's body was gradually recovering, his blood and bones were being reshaped, and the light of the Great Dao was endless. After countless destructions and rebirths, he finally transformed.

Of course, this was not yet the Immortal Ascension Tribulation. At his level, the Immortal Ascension Tribulation would only be even more terrifying and shocking. He had to recover to his peak before he could try.