"Kill!"
The sound of battle shattered space and time. Towering figures, exuding divine might and unparalleled power, fought fiercely, bathed in blood, within the land of ultimate annihilation.
Space-time continuously collapsed, the Dao was erased, and celestial light clashed with demonic energy, piercing through the vast worlds on both sides. The heavens and earth trembled.
With each passing breath, countless powerful beings perished—souls extinguished, true spirits dissipated—while endless blood rained down over billions of miles.
This was the battlefield of two realms.
It lay at the border where the Everlasting Immortal Realm and the Lingxu Immortal Domain met. The laws of both realms collided, counteracted, and devoured each other. Countless wars had shattered these laws entirely, creating a domain where all paths ceased to exist, where Dao itself had perished.
This place was called the Silent Dao Battlefield.
The two warring sides were already engaged in battle, but the situation intensified dramatically when Kunxu Shangren secretly crossed the battlefield, devastating countless mountains and annihilating countless lives in the capital region before retreating back into the battlefield.
The conflict instantly escalated more than tenfold, with both sides going all out. Tens of billions of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals formed the armies, while over a hundred thousand Great Luo Immortals served as commanders, all engaged in a brutal struggle within the Silent Dao Battlefield.
Like ants, they perished in droves, dyeing the battlefield red with their blood—these were Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals, beings that countless creatures in the vast worlds could only look up to.
A Golden Immortal is an undying existence, possessing an infinite lifespan, living as long as the heavens. In the vast world, they were undoubtedly considered powerful beings.
Yet, within the Silent Dao Battlefield, they were the lowest of the low, insignificant as ants. The aftershocks of a single strike from a Great Luo expert could erase them in an instant.
At the highest point of the battlefield, however, there was a region of absolute silence.
Any attack that reached this place was neutralized into nothingness.
More than a dozen figures stood there, towering with an unmatched presence.
None of them used their true forms or divine manifestations, yet their seemingly small bodies felt as if they surpassed the heavens themselves, transcending all of existence.
Among them, one figure radiated an infinite imperial might, dominating all, as if the very essence of the myriad Daos was compelled to bow before him.
The Heavenly Emperor!
Merely glimpsing his true name would shake the soul!
The ruler of the Lingxu Immortal Domain, to whom the myriad Daos submitted, the sovereign of over a hundred thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals and countless living beings—the Heavenly Emperor!
Behind him stood eight figures, each exuding an apocalyptic presence, their aura vastly surpassing that of Kunxu Shangren, who had reached the ninth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, by thousands of times.
Opposing them were seven equally supreme beings from the Everlasting Immortal Realm, who stood above all living creatures.
These sixteen individuals were all at the Twelve Heavens of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!
Nine was supposed to be the limit!
Theoretically, the pinnacle of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm should have been the ninth heaven.
Yet, these sixteen beings had repeatedly broken through their shackles and reached the unimaginable Twelfth Heaven of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm!
If not for the constraints of the vast world, which made the ultimate limit of cultivation the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm—preventing any from ascending to the realm of the Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal—some among them would have undoubtedly already achieved that level, perhaps even multiple individuals.
Even though they had not officially reached the Primordial Great Luo level, they had already transcended the normal boundaries, standing at the absolute peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Their power was beyond comprehension—they could overturn heaven and earth, causing all Daos to retreat, as if they had already surpassed the vast world itself.
A normal Great Luo Golden Immortal could be wiped out with a single hand.
Even those who had perfected the ninth level of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm would be utterly powerless against them.
One of these supreme beings from the Everlasting Immortal Realm had previously attacked Kunxu Shangren.
His title was the Eternal Corpse Emperor!
Had the Heavenly Emperor of the Lingxu Immortal Domain not intervened in time, even across endless space-time, the next strike would have completely erased Kunxu Shangren, despite his attempts to reconstruct his celestial body.
The gap between the ninth and twelfth levels of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm was immeasurable.
Tens of billions of Golden Immortals and Taiyi Golden Immortals, over a hundred thousand Great Luo Golden Immortals—their battles across the Silent Dao Battlefield were ultimately insignificant.
The true deciding factor lay with these sixteen beings.
"It's starting, it's starting! I hope some of them die! No matter who dies, I'll be happy!"
Watching from afar, Qin Yu silently cheered.
Though he was well aware that a real battle wouldn't break out—at most, both sides would exchange a few token moves, putting on a performance as required by the script.
There was no way there would be any casualties…
The Everlasting Immortal Realm… Beyond Saving… It Is Doomed to Fall!
It is not that they cannot win.
In terms of powerful beings, the two realms are relatively equal, even though the Great Luo Golden Immortal Twelfth Heaven powerhouses of the Everlasting Immortal Realm are fewer by two.
Seven against nine—though it appears to be a disadvantage, the reality is not so simple.
In the vast world where all the might of heaven and earth converges, numbers are not the main measure of strength.
Even among those of the same realm, this holds true.
The seven of the Everlasting Immortal Realm are not only not weaker than the nine of the Lingxu Immortal Domain, but are, in fact, even stronger.
The strongest of the Lingxu Immortal Domain is undoubtedly the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor.
Before the war between the two realms began, he had already unified the entire Lingxu Immortal Domain—those who submitted lived, those who opposed perished.
He carried the fate of an entire great world upon himself.
After the war started, he gained endless fortune, standing unchallenged, always remaining the number one figure of the Lingxu Immortal Domain.
However, the other powerhouses of the Lingxu Immortal Domain always lived in his shadow, whether in terms of mentality, resources, or opportunities.
As a result, even though they were also at the Twelfth Heaven of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, their power was vastly inferior to the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor.
The Everlasting Immortal Realm was different.
Before the war, the strongest figure was the Ancient Origin Elder, the first living being of the Everlasting Immortal Realm and its earliest innate deity.
Born noble, blessed with supreme fortune, and possessing an unfathomable foundation, he stood at the peak from the moment of his birth, unmatched within the Everlasting Immortal Realm.
In the beginning, innate deities were scarce, and the resources of the vast world were virtually limitless. Life-and-death struggles were rare, and the idea of unifying the world did not exist.
As time passed, the Ancient Origin Elder pursued the Dao above all else, caring little for ruling over heaven and earth.
Only when acquired beings (mortal-born creatures) gradually filled the Everlasting Immortal Realm did conflicts over resources intensify.
Yet, due to his existence, no one entity or force had ever been able to rule the entire Everlasting Immortal Realm since ancient times.
Without an absolute ruler suppressing everything, the immortal path of the Everlasting Immortal Realm flourished, thriving with competition and progress.
Even after the war between the two realms began, this did not change.
Additionally, their cultivation methods were slightly superior, which gave the Everlasting Immortal Realm the edge in terms of top-tier combat strength.
The Ancient Origin Elder could match the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor.
Each of the remaining powerhouses also surpassed their counterparts in the Lingxu Immortal Domain at the Twelfth Heaven of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Unlike the Lingxu Immortal Domain, where one supreme existence overshadowed all, the Ancient Origin Elder, though the strongest, was not qualitatively superior to the others.
Some among them were only slightly weaker than the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor and the Ancient Origin Elder.
But this was merely an illusion.
No one else knew, but Qin Yu did—at this moment, the strongest being of the two realms had already changed!
The Martial Emperor of Heaven, Zhu Wudao!
The greatest prodigy in the history of the Everlasting Immortal Realm!
In just tens of millions of years, far from the dazzling early ages, he rose from a mere mortal with no background and ascended to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.
Then, he surpassed even the Ancient Origin Elder, an ancient innate deity, and the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor, the bearer of a world's destiny.
Unprecedented in all of history!
However, at this moment, he remained hidden, his power unrevealed—no one knew of his true might.
A Great Luo Golden Immortal steps outside the river of time, severs their ties to heaven and earth, gathers all past and future into one, existing only in the present.
As a Twelfth Heaven Great Luo Golden Immortal, unless Zhu Wudao willingly exposed his strength—
Who could see through him?
Who could deduce his truth?
Then how did Qin Yu know?
Because he was the Heavenly Dao of the Everlasting Immortal Realm!
Although he had only assumed the role for a day, and he too could not see through or deduce Zhu Wudao—
Existence itself leaves a trace.
Others could not peer into the past of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, but as the Heavenly Dao, he could.
As long as someone had existed within the Everlasting Immortal Realm, their imprint was eternal, and he could review it at will.
Of course, nothing is absolute.
It all depends on power.
If a transcendent being beyond all limits had once set foot in the Everlasting Immortal Realm and wished to leave no trace, Qin Yu would be absolutely unable to detect them.
Even a Primordial Great Luo existence could not erase their traces completely, but they would be aware the moment he attempted to look into them.
But those at the Great Luo realm were different—any trace they left behind was laid bare before him, unnoticed by them.
The growth of Zhu Wudao's power had no concealment before his eyes.
Returning to the main point—
At the highest level, the Everlasting Immortal Realm was stronger than the Lingxu Immortal Domain, especially with the hidden presence of Zhu Wudao.
If he were to unleash his power at a crucial moment, eliminating several Twelfth Heaven Great Luo Golden Immortals from the opposing side would not be impossible.
Even the Lingxu Heavenly Emperor himself might fall to a calculated strike.
Adding to that Qin Yu's own conscious will as the Heavenly Dao, secretly guiding and supporting events, the war between the two realms seemed unwinnable for the Lingxu Immortal Domain.
And yet, after reviewing the ancient history of the Everlasting Immortal Realm, Qin Yu held no hope.
The Everlasting Immortal Realm was destined for destruction…