Chapter 1579: The Outcome of an Epoch’s Wait
An inexplicable aura arose within the universe. Quasi-emperors were terrified, and even the great sages on the verge of passing felt a resonance in their hearts, deeply unsettled. They sensed that this world had changed, that a great upheaval was imminent. It was as if they could glimpse a corner of the future!
"What is happening? What will occur?"
"Could it be that the ancient supremes who entered have affected the entire world, leading to unpredictable changes?!"
The entire world was shocked. Not just the peak powerhouses, but even ordinary cultivators at this moment sensed something amiss. Wisps of immortal energy steamed and diffused from within the great fissure. Everyone felt that something bad was about to happen.
Yet, there was a strange calm there. Two groups of supremes had entered one after another, but there was no movement at all, like clay oxen entering the sea. This ascension was too plain, without a single ripple, making it feel unreal.
No one knew how long passed. The great fissure of the immortal path began to heal, continuously closing. This era was truly about to end completely, the curtain falling here!
However, at this final moment, a sound like heaven and earth splitting apart rang out. The entire immortal path shattered, and then began to expand!
All of this was because that chaotic cave had exploded, sending a figure flying out. He stopped everything, propping open a massive, dark rift.
This person radiated light, possessing a supreme power. Countless rays of light rained from his body, like one star field after another, brilliant and dazzling, blindingly resplendent.
An immortal. Was this an immortal?!
People were shaken. Even the so-called "ascending with radiance" or "becoming an immortal in broad daylight" could not compare. This was the scene of becoming an immortal that people had imagined.
That place was too dazzling. All the light rain surged and spread in all directions, more brilliant than the explosion of stars across the myriad realms, beautiful to the extreme, terrifying to the extreme.
"Ah..."
A mournful roar came from that place. The "immortal" was howling, his voice shrill and terrifying, shaking the great universe. It conveyed a feeling of utter despair.
At this moment, near the Eastern Wasteland, some great emperor-level formations shattered, unable to block his sound waves, which shook people's hearts.
In places like the Ancient Forbidden Land, Purple Mountain, Mount Sumeru, the Ji Family, and the Jiang Family, Dao runes quickly surged out, barely managing to block this fluctuation. Otherwise, this ancient life-bearing land of the Big Dipper Star Domain would surely have shattered and been destroyed in that great roar!
What was this? Everyone was terrified. Clearly, a strange change had occurred within the chaotic cave. This was definitely not an auspicious aura, nor was it an immortal descending to the world. This was an ancient supreme emerging!
"Heavens! What is inside that chaotic cave? Why has it left an ancient supreme in such a state? Is he about to dissolve into the Dao? Is that endless light rain the dissipation of his life essence?"
"His life has reached its end. This life is about to conclude, filled with despair and unwillingness!"
Everyone recognized that this was an ancient supreme. No one knew what had happened, but he had retreated from the chaotic cave, howling and wailing in such a way that made people's hearts tremble.
The light rain flew away. His entire body was a bloody mess. Crystalline blood beads, as translucent as rubies, beautiful and dazzling, scattered all over the ground. White bone fragments were exposed.
What kind of power could leave him in such a state? It was too shocking.
"This era... it is right, and it is wrong. It is like this—full of hope, yet also full of despair!"
This ancient supreme's voice was low, his words filled with grief and sorrow. An epoch's wait, and this was the result. In the end, he still failed to become an immortal. What kind of feeling was that?!
Not to mention himself, even others, just seeing this outcome, felt sorrow for him. It was too regrettable. He had paid such a heavy price, only to end up with nothing.
"What happened?" In this universe, all the quasi-emperors were terrified. Their hair stood on end, their minds unsettled, feeling a sense of terror.
Seven supremes had entered in the first group. What couldn't they break? Why was he like this? Logically, they should have become immortals. No one could stop their steps.
But in reality, it was not so. This ancient supreme had met a tragic end. Clearly, he had encountered something unimaginable, and the result was terrible.
"One step away from the door, but I am no longer in my prime. Otherwise, I would surely have become an immortal in this era!" he roared loudly. He was originally a wise and lofty supreme, but now, due to extreme disappointment, he had become somewhat despondent, a far cry from his usual self.
He had lost that aura of holding all things in heaven and earth within his grasp. All that remained was unwillingness and despair!
"The other supremes haven't come out. Could it be that they all became immortals?" someone said, trembling.
"Boom!"
At that moment, a loud noise came from within the chaotic cave. Blood splattered everywhere, bright and dazzling, making people's hearts tremble and their pores feel as if pricked by needles.
Fresh red blood, like red diamonds, splashed out from the chaotic cave. Mist filled the air, and white bone fragments fell out, shocking to the eye.
What kind of scene was this? An ancient supreme withering away!
It was too shocking. Who had ever seen this? Who had ever heard of it? These were the Heavenly Venerables of the Mythical Era, the Emperors of the Primordial Era, the Great Emperors of the Desolate Ancient Era—the most powerful figures in history. Had one of them truly fallen like this?!
How could this be? How could this happen? No one believed it. They couldn't accept this fact. It was too cruel.
Everyone had thought that these ancient supremes, after waiting for an epoch, had finally become immortals, bringing hope to future generations and proving the feasibility of becoming an immortal, not just an illusory fantasy.
But the truth was so bloody, making people's hearts feel stifled. There was a great sorrow. These were figures on the level of ancient great emperors! They had once ruled over the myriad realms, with the entire universe prostrating at their feet, invincible and unmatched. Yet, they ended so tragically.
This was an unbearable weight, something people were unwilling to accept.
"Ah..."
Another great roar. A third supreme rushed out, covered in blood, swaying as if about to fall. His mournful voice echoed throughout heaven and earth.
"Why is it like this? I slaughtered a hundred lifetimes of karma, defied ten thousand lifetimes of time, all for this era. My Dao, my path—where are they?!"
The supreme wailed at heaven and earth, so utterly despairing. They had all been the protagonists of their eras, the most powerful beings throughout history, their glorious years illuminating the entire ancient chronicle.
Yet, in the end, it was so pitiable and lamentable. The pursuit of a lifetime had ultimately come to nothing.
"Above and below the heavens, I alone am supreme..."
Another aged voice came, refusing to accept time, wanting to contend with the heavens. But defeated, he was defeated. He had failed to become an immortal. After enduring the vicissitudes of an epoch, what more could be said!
"On the path to immortality... I listen to my own funeral song, cutting off an epoch's dream!" A fifth ancient supreme appeared, carrying endless grief and sorrow. Hearing it made one's heart feel bitter and sad.
"I am unwilling!"
"So this is the outcome. Was it wrong? Was it right? Whoever attains the Dao in this era is an immortal!"
"There is no right, no wrong. We were simply born in the wrong age. Or perhaps, we should not have pursued it. Becoming an immortal, haha!"
...
The supremes' grief echoed through heaven and earth, a warning to future generations. Was this the end of the immortal path? What exactly had they encountered? Everyone wanted to know.
"You who wait, you are also wrong. This era is neither right nor wrong. The correct time, the correct place, but it simply lacks the correct person!"
Among the supremes who entered, two had fallen, their bodies exploding at the mouth of the chaotic cave. Blood dripped, shockingly red. It wasn't that they were weaker than the others, but that they were too old, having reached their final years, unable to hold on any longer.
This outcome was very tragic. A few had come out, while others were still inside, their fate unknown.
"This era... this era!"
This era brought great sorrow. This era brought helplessness. This era brought grief and lamentation!
"Boom!"
A loud noise. The Ancient Forbidden Land exploded. The pair of enormous stone gates swung open. A white-robed woman of peerless grace appeared, her robes fluttering, ethereal like an immortal. She looked this way, seemingly about to make a move.
And that majestic man, covered in golden fur, also stood not far away, advancing and retreating with her, sharing the same goal.
"Amitabha!"
From the distant Western Desert, a Buddhist chant resounded through heaven and earth. The entire Western Land blazed with Buddhist light. Especially Mount Sumeru, where ten thousand rays of light swirled, the Dao rumbled, suppressing the mortal world.
Mount Sumeru pierced the heavens, as if it could sever the two realms of heaven and man. At this moment, the Great Thunderclap Monastery seated upon it shone, emitting a great Buddhist chant, followed by the sound of sutra chanting.
"Clang..."
At the same time, a bell sound rang out from the Northern Domain, shaking the primordial universe. The Primordial Bell tolled. At this moment, it was fully revived!
"What is happening?"
In the Big Dipper Star Domain, these three places were all extremely mysterious, beyond the true knowledge of ordinary people. Today, they were all shining, and with immeasurable light, no weaker than the aura from the great fissure of the immortal domain.
"Ah... no, Wu Shi, you cannot treat me like this!"
The first to act, the first to make a sound, was not those three places, but Sacred Cliff!
There, light surged into the sky, its aura unparalleled through the ages. A divine list shone brilliantly, rapidly loosening, and then fell from the most towering main peak.
And in the next moment, three hundred and sixty-five talismans flew up, then exploded, transforming into three hundred and sixty-five beams of immortal light that merged into the list, making it even more brilliant, dazzling to the point where people couldn't open their eyes.
"No, don't!" From within Sacred Cliff, a great roar came, but it couldn't change anything.
Sacred Cliff split open. A massive block of Immortal Source emerged, with ten thousand strands of auspicious energy and ten thousand wisps of radiant light. Within it, a primordial spirit struggled. Then, a stone coffin flew out, containing a corpse—an old Daoist.
"What... my body is still here, right before my eyes!" The Immortal Daoist was filled with regret and hatred. His primordial spirit, which had been cut into several parts, was struggling.
"Hum!"
The God-Sealing List shone, rolling up the several parts of the primordial spirit, then wrapping around the Daoist corpse. It directly transformed into an immortal rainbow, charging into the immortal path. Divine light shone, unmatched and unparalleled, piercing through that chaotic cave!
"That is the God-Sealing List left by Emperor Wu Shi. He... is still alive!"
"Clang!"
A bell sound. Purple Mountain split open. This place, known in the Primordial Era as Ancient Emperor Mountain, a place that could approach the divine, shattered into pieces. A great bell flew out, steaming with chaotic energy, charging straight towards the Southern Domain!
Eighty thousand years had passed. The Primordial Bell shook the world once again. It had emerged, manifesting in the mortal realm once more!
"Emperor Wu Shi has also made his move. Is he truly still alive?!"
The path to immortality requires the great emperors to join hands, to exert their strength together. I ask all great emperors to cast a monthly vote during this upcoming ending double period. Thank you!