Hearing Qin Xuan's hysterical cries, "Chen Xuan" couldn't help but chuckle, a slight smile playing on his lips.
He wasn't called Chen Xuan. His name was Han Yue.
His true identity was not a Dao Venerable of the True Martial Dao Sect, but the Demon Venerable of the Lingxi Demonic Sect.
Of course, the name Chen Xuan wasn't something he'd made up on the spot.
There truly was a True Martial Dao Venerable.
It just wasn't him, but the one who had shattered his physical body.
As for the "True Martial Dao Scripture" he possessed, he had obtained it by chance after his death.
The story began before Han Yue's physical body was shattered.
At that time, several renowned Immortal Venerables, including himself, had discovered a secret realm in the depths of the universe. This realm contained the creations of heaven and earth, imbued with the spiritual essence of ages past.
Even they, who had long stood at the pinnacle of the world, could gain much from it, and the bottlenecks that had remained unbroken for countless years showed a slight loosening.
In the beginning, the Immortal Venerables were relatively harmonious.
After all, they had all existed for countless years, and everyone knew each other. There was no need to cause conflict for the sake of cultivation.
However, as they delved deeper into the secret realm, they were astonished to discover that at its very core, there seemed to be a method to break through the Immortal Venerable realm and become the master of heaven and earth.
This revelation caused everyone to become restless.
As fellow Immortal Venerables with similar cultivation levels, they wouldn't easily turn on each other for minor gains.
But if any one of them obtained this breakthrough method, it was difficult to guarantee that they wouldn't do something drastic due to their increased cultivation.
After all, above Immortals, each realm was a different heaven.
What more could be said about the strongest Immortal realm, the Immortal Venerable?
Once the breakthrough was achieved, the individual's strength would surge, and even if all other Immortal Venerables joined forces, they might not be able to subdue him.
Thus, the Immortal Venerables began to debate the method of breakthrough.
Some believed they should all enter the deepest part of the secret realm together, and whoever broke through would do so by their own merit.
Others argued that they should join forces to completely seal the depths of the secret realm, preventing anyone from venturing there alone.
These two ideas ultimately divided the Immortal Venerables into two factions.
On one side was the sealing faction, led by the True Martial Immortal Sect's Dao Venerable Chen Xuan, known for his combat prowess.
On the other side was the self-strengthening faction, led by the Lingxi Demonic Sect's Demon Venerable Han Yue, who acted with overbearing dominance.
They had argued for tens of thousands of years.
Simultaneously, dissatisfaction with the opposing faction had accumulated for tens of thousands of years.
It wasn't until Han Yue, disregarding the agreement, ventured into the depths of the secret realm alone to investigate that the fury of the sealing faction, led by Chen Xuan, was completely ignited.
A great battle ensued, turning the entire secret realm upside down.
As the saying goes, Immortals can grasp the sun and moon and pluck stars from the sky.
When Immortal Venerables fought, they annihilated entire galaxies.
In the end, the self-strengthening faction, having one more member, gained the upper hand.
But as they jointly ventured into the depths of the secret realm to investigate, they discovered that there was nothing there at all.
Not to mention any breakthrough method, not even a single cultivation technique of the lowest grade was present.
At this, all accusations naturally turned towards Han Yue, who had entered once before.
Even though he insisted repeatedly that he had never seen any so-called breakthrough method, it was to no avail.
In their rage, Han Yue had no choice but to join forces with another Immortal Venerable from the Lingxi Demonic Sect to resist.
After their resistance proved futile, he could only channel his immortal power, attempting to self-destruct.
He wanted to take everyone present with him to the grave.
However, as fellow Immortal Venerables, how could the others present not understand his intentions?
Just as Han Yue's immortal power surged, nearing its critical point, the True Martial Dao Venerable unleashed a devastating blow, directly shattering Han Yue's physical body.
Han Yue, the Lingxi Demon Venerable, thus became the first Immortal Venerable-level spiritual body in the universe.
But that wasn't the end of it.
Upon seeing his ancestor struck by the True Martial Dao Venerable, Han Yue's descendant, Demon Venerable Han Yi, also furiously activated his immortal power.
The True Martial Dao Venerable, with his previous strength spent and new strength yet to emerge, was unable to replicate his previous astonishing strike.
While the other Immortal Venerables possessed great martial power, they lacked the explosive force of the True Martial Dao Venerable.
Therefore, even though they reacted and jointly attacked Han Yi, they were still blocked by his use of various life-saving treasures.
In a flash, Han Yi's immortal power immediately expanded, his body rapidly growing in the universe.
Then, with a roar, he exploded, engulfing everyone present, including Han Yue's spiritual body.
How could an Immortal Venerable's self-destruction be ordinary?
Within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles from where Han Yi was, it instantly turned to dust.
Countless planets, galaxies, and even black holes were erased from the universe by the explosion before they could even form.
At the center of Han Yi's explosion, a massive spatial collapse formed.
Even as the surrounding space continuously converged towards the center of the collapse, attempting to repair it, it was still unable to fill the immense void.
Han Yue's spiritual body was also shattered into residual fragments at that time.
Fortunately, having lived for billions of years, he possessed countless life-saving methods. This allowed him to possess a stone ring, be swallowed by the spatial collapse, and eventually arrive on Blue Star.
However, after waking up, he was astonished to discover that this stone ring was none other than the storage ring of the True Martial Dao Venerable Chen Xuan.
This gave him the idea to impersonate Chen Xuan and conceal his identity.
As for encountering Qin Xuan, it was entirely an accident.
The Chaos Divine Body was a unique constitution that only appeared at the beginning of creation.
It had no bottlenecks in cultivation and no bottlenecks in learning.
It possessed unparalleled affinity for all things in the world.
Only such a special, supreme physique could perfectly fuse with the world's origin, chaotic energy, and other supreme energies, cultivating a power far exceeding immortal power.
And as long as he could successfully possess the body, even if his cultivation was also at the Immortal Venerable realm, he would be ten times, even a hundred times stronger than his past self!
With such a divine body before him, how could Han Yue remain indifferent?
Therefore, ever since he absorbed the Yin energy, he had been planning how to nurture this body to completion.
He imparted cultivation techniques and generously offered elixirs.
Including his subsequent departure alone, his goal was not solely to recover his soul power, but to find an entrance to other cultivation worlds.
Yes, the spiritual energy on Blue Star was simply too sparse.
Even in those so-called small realms with abundant spiritual energy, the contained spiritual energy was insufficient to support Qin Xuan's advancement beyond the Foundation Establishment stage.
Han Yue had realized this long ago, so he had to take Qin Xuan to a place with more abundant spiritual energy to cultivate him.
Of course, it wasn't that Han Yue didn't want to possess the body earlier, before Qin Xuan had fully grown.
It was simply that this Chaos Divine Body was too special.
If he possessed the body when its cultivation was low, his soul would not be able to fully merge with it, rendering the possession useless. If he possessed it when its cultivation was high, the Chaos Divine Body's soul would have already completely fused with the physical body, making it impossible to intervene, and he would have no choice but to kill it.
Therefore, only during the brief interlude that occurred as Qin Xuan advanced towards the Integration stage, before the physical body and soul completely merged, could Han Yue seize the opportunity and take control of the Chaos Divine Body.
He had thought that this opportunity would be a long time coming.
At the very least, it was completely out of the question before he found other cultivation worlds with abundant spiritual energy.
Who would have thought that during an exploration of a deep-sea abyss, he would unexpectedly find a teleportation array?
And the destination of this teleportation array also contained ready-made world origin and chaotic energy.
It could be said that this place was specifically prepared for him to possess Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan's unexpected arrival had completely solidified his thoughts.
My luck as the Lingxi Demon Venerable is truly unparalleled, both in heaven and on earth!