A single shout of "City Lord" shattered the tense atmosphere.
"City Lord..."
Gao Yi felt the immense pressure on his body vanish.
The City Lord had returned.
Beside him was Old Demon Chu.
"Dragon King."
"Sword Master."
The three supreme powerhouses who had emerged from the Thunder Domain returned together.
Whether it was the Great Emperors of the Dragon-Phoenix Domain or the powerhouses of the Sword Realm, they were almost moved to tears.
"Roar."
For a time, the cheers from the three realms echoed through the heavens.
They had returned.
They had all returned.
The footsteps that Emperor Qin heard belonged to their own people.
"Heh heh."
Old Demon Chu's gaze fell upon Emperor Qin, and he chuckled, "It was you who probed us just now, wasn't it? You, you've got quite the guts. If I hadn't held back, you'd be a corpse by now."
Yes, Emperor Qin's injuries were all the doing of Old Demon Chu.
It was fortunate that he had held back, only giving the other party a lesson.
Otherwise, Emperor Qin would have been dead by now, or at the very least, his Great Dao would have collapsed.
The current Old Demon Chu was an eighth-tier Great Emperor.
And one who had advanced after devouring a top-tier eighth-tier being.
"You..."
Emperor Qin swallowed.
Being stared at by Old Demon Chu, he felt a strong sense of dread.
It was as if the other party could kill him with a single flick of his hand.
This feeling was very uncomfortable.
At the same time, he was inwardly astonished... was this a legendary existence?
Too powerful.
When Chen Fan and the others had left back then, he, though a top-tier sixth-tier, had still been hiding in some obscure corner.
It wasn't until a while ago, when the aura of all the powerhouses vanished, that he dared to show himself.
Therefore, Emperor Qin had never met Old Demon Chu.
He had only heard about the power of these people from others.
Only now did he understand what true power was.
Old Demon Chu had already retracted his gaze.
"Gao Yi."
Chen Fan directly called out the other's name.
He smiled, "You fellow, you're finally no longer a half-emperor."
Gao Yi was excited, "City Lord, you still remember my name?"
This... was too shocking.
"Of course."
Chen Fan nodded, "Not just you, I remember the names of all my brothers from Sword City."
As he spoke, he pointed to the approaching figures from the Life and Death Realm in the distance, saying, "Qiao Xi, Mu Lao Si, and Dao Jian Ke..."
He was very familiar with most of them.
Each person whose name was called felt enveloped by immense happiness.
The City Lord still remembered them.
"Haha."
Chen Fan's face broke into a genuine smile.
Only this group of people could make him smile from the bottom of his heart.
"Greetings, City Lord." All the cultivators of the Life and Death Realm bowed in unison.
The smile gradually widened.
"Alright, alright."
Chen Fan waved his hand, "We'll talk about any matters later when we get back."
Ahead, he saw the Life and Death Realm.
The current Life and Death Realm was already a seventh-tier great world.
During his absence, the Life and Death Realm had also undergone rapid development, except that no Great Emperors had been born.
"Let's go."
With a resonant laugh, a group of people escorted the City Lord into the Life and Death Realm.
In the distance, the Sword Master and the Dragon King also returned to their respective worlds.
This time, they had returned to take people away.
The Thunder Domain was still too small. It might have seemed vast before, but after experiencing the immensity of the Tenth Land, the Thunder Domain was still too small.
The Life and Death Realm celebrated universally.
With the City Lord's return, there were naturally gifts.
Boom.
An eighth-tier great world appeared.
As the colossal world materialized, it startled the entire Thunder Domain. From afar, the Great Emperors of the Thunder Domain who had not left watched in shock at the immensely vast world.
"An eighth-tier great world..." Exclamations resounded.
However, in the next moment...
Boom.
Boom.
Two great worlds appeared before the Sword Realm and the Dragon-Phoenix Domain respectively.
Three, a total of three eighth-tier great worlds.
"Gulp."
Emperor Qin swallowed, "What... what did the City Lord and the Dragon King do out there? Three eighth-tier great worlds..."
They no longer dared to imagine.
Eighth-tier, conjured at will.
"Sigh."
A Great Emperor who cultivated the phantom path sighed, "We'd better just wait here obediently. Perhaps there will be an opportunity to leave the Thunder Domain."
They were too eager to know what had happened outside the Thunder Domain.
The commotion before had been too great.
Even the heavenly pillars outside the Thunder Domain had disappeared, seemingly joining the battle.
At this moment, the only thing they could do was wait.
For them to venture out on their own, ha... who would dare?
...
Within the Life and Death Realm.
"Rise."
Old Demon Chu made his move, punching towards the eighth-tier great world.
With a 'rumble', the colossal great world shattered under his fist, and an energy storm swept in all directions.
"Gather."
As the energy was about to spread, Old Demon Chu reshaped it with his heaven-shattering magic, shouting, "Enter."
Boom.
Boundless energy surged and began to fall.
As the energy poured into the Life and Death Realm, the energy concentration of the entire realm instantly soared.
"City Lord is mighty."
"City Lord is invincible."
"Long live the City Lord."
Sounds like thunder reverberated through the heavens and earth.
Within the realm, the astonishing energy slowly descended, eventually merging into the depths of the Life and Death Realm, forming enormous spiritual脉s.
The spiritual脉s were the foundation of a great world.
Spiritual脉s could continuously increase the world's energy, and when combined with the energy drawn from chaos, it was a great benefit to the world.
The resounding shouts pierced through heaven and earth.
On the Dao Net, all newly appointed Imperial Venerables stepped forward to pay their respects.
Chen Fan was not one to be modest, and with Gao Yi's introduction, he met them one by one.
"Not bad."
His gaze swept over them.
There were over a thousand Imperial Venerables before him.
Although they were all ordinary Imperial Venerables, these were the future of the Life and Death Realm.
"City Lord."
Gao Yi suddenly spoke, "What happened outside? The brothers who went out..."
He was still somewhat worried.
So many people had left, and all the powerful experts at the Emperor Realm had gone out, yet only the City Lord and Old Demon Chu had returned.
He couldn't be blamed for overthinking; others felt the same.
The City Lord hadn't said anything, so they hadn't dared to ask.
Now that Gao Yi had brought it up after a few days, they all looked at the City Lord, hoping to get an answer from him.
"You fellow..."
It wasn't Chen Fan who spoke, but Old Demon Chu.
He said with a smile, "Don't worry, the brothers are all doing very well outside. Outside, we've claimed a vast territory, that's a true great world."
Old Demon Chu spoke enthusiastically about what he had seen outside.
"You have no idea, the Thunder Domain where we lived is merely a corner of the Tenth Land."
"And the Tenth Land is divided into four regions: East, West, North, and South. The eastern corner is the Thunder Domain."
"Outside, there are countless eighth-tier great worlds, and even ninth-tier..."
Old Demon Chu was very talkative.
Finally able to return and brag a little... well, it wasn't bragging, he was speaking the truth.
Old Demon Chu narrated with great enthusiasm.
Gao Yi and the others listened intently.
He spoke of the hardships of leaving the Life and Death Realm, to establishing dominance, and finally to the great battle against the ninth-tier.