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Chapter 385: The Main God Space (Part 41)

The Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King had returned.

As for why he had disappeared for a period, Su Chen guessed it was connected to the Fourth Scourge. Beings at the Immortal King level were the true deciders of victory. The Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King's return signaled the complete defeat of the Fourth Scourge. They would not stage a comeback anytime soon.

With the disappearance of the Fourth Scourge, the myriad heavens entered a long-awaited period of peace.

Su Chen remained in the Supreme Immortal Palace.

First, his ascension had foiled the Transmigrator Alliance's scheme to plant a piece in the Main God Space. Su Chen knew that Burial True Immortal Monarch's arrival in the Main God Space had been no coincidence. Everything pointed to the hand of the Heavenly Gang Immortal King, who was not known for generosity.

Second, with no major events occurring in the myriad heavens at present, staying in the Main God Space held far greater significance than wandering the realms.

Epoch after epoch passed in this manner.

...

In the myriad heavens, another round of darkness erupted. In the Age of Dharma Decline beneath the darkness, no being below the immortal level could escape.

Life and death. What was life? What was death?

Gongsun Ling staggered forward, her body covered in blood. She collapsed beneath a withered tree and fell into deep thought.

At that moment, Gongsun Ling was like the withered tree before her. Her life had nearly reached its end. Becoming an immortal was so difficult. Even though Su Chen had high hopes for her, he only believed she had a slim chance—one less than ten percent. The withered tree before her gradually decayed until it lost all vitality.

Gongsun Ling's aura also began to fade. Her peerless face slowly aged until she transformed into a silver-haired old woman. The old woman sat beneath the tree as her body emanated a decaying aura.

She had fought successive battles against powerful beings corrupted by darkness. Combined with the lifespan and techniques drained by the Age of Dharma Decline, she had long since burned out.

As the final trace of life left the withered tree, a black leaf fell. The silver-haired old woman smiled faintly and slowly closed her eyes.

Here, one of the myriad heavens' most powerful Emperor-level beings had died. Yet when she passed, the surrounding world did not turn into a forbidden zone. Instead, the terrifying cultivation of the Emperor realm transformed into a gentle drizzle that fell upon the fragmented, darkness-corrupted land.

It created one of the few pure lands amid the dark turmoil.

Just as Gongsun Ling scattered her cultivation and passed from the world, endless mist suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the space before her. The mist parted, revealing a white-robed figure approaching from afar.

The white-robed figure remained youthful, forever in the form of a young man.

Su Chen looked at the lifeless Gongsun Ling and sighed softly.

A radiant, life-filled droplet appeared in his palm—the supreme treasure refined by a True Immortal who cultivated the Creation Dao.

As the Creation Immortal Liquid slowly seeped into Gongsun Ling's body, Su Chen raised his hand lightly. The entire world became enveloped in endless mist and turned into a forbidden zone.

This was the final help he gave Gongsun Ling. Whether she could comprehend the Dao of Life and Death would depend on her own fortune.

Su Chen withdrew and left. Just as he returned toward the Main God Space, the aura of the path behind him suddenly became chaotic. He did not arrive at the Main God Space. Instead, he found himself in an unknown realm.

Su Chen's expression remained calm, as if he had anticipated this.

"Fellow Daoist does not seem surprised."

A ethereal voice drifted out from the void.

"People from the Transmigrator Alliance?"

Once his identity was recognized, countless auras surged from all directions and converged into three figures. One had a radiant portal above his head. Another was surrounded by nine dragons with the aura of a Human Emperor protecting his body. The third emanated overwhelming blood qi, with endless vitality forming rivers of blood.

Wisdom... Human Emperor... Blood Soul!

Three True Immortals had arrived together.

Clearly, this grand scheme had been meticulously prepared for Su Chen.

"We have been waiting for fellow Daoist for a long time."

The golden bald True Immortal with the radiant portal above his head spoke calmly, yet his voice carried a special magic that pierced straight into the heart.

The Wisdom Dao was no stranger to Su Chen. Now the Wisdom Dao and Human Emperor Dao—the two paths he had proven in his previous life—had appeared together.

This gave Su Chen the feeling that everything had come without any effort.

Such a feeling was terrifying.

Su Chen grew vigilant.

The greatest coincidence was no coincidence at all.

"Does the Heavenly Gang Immortal King know my true identity?"

There was no need to guess. Su Chen knew this had to be the work of the Heavenly Gang Immortal King.

Su Chen said, "I do not seem to have offended any of you. Why block my path?"

Wisdom Immortal Monarch replied, "Fellow Daoist has no grudge with us. Unfortunately, you should not have become an immortal. You ruined that lord's plans."

That lord made it clear to Su Chen—this was the Heavenly Gang Immortal King's doing. This spacetime had already been locked down by great means.

With a single thought dividing into thousands, Su Chen could not find the correct path.

"Why waste words? Let's attack together to avoid any accidents!"

Blood-colored runes gathered into rivers amid surging murderous aura. Blood Soul Immortal Monarch struck first.

His body was his most powerful weapon. He had long merged flesh and soul, reaching the pinnacle of the myriad heavens' Blood Soul Martial Dao. His giant hand transformed into a blood-colored ancient stele that annihilated myriad realms.

Su Chen countered. He pointed forward, and black particles converged into a cave heaven like the maw of a ferocious beast. It erupted with endless suction, devouring most of the blood-colored runes on the stele. Then his fingertip traced lightly through the void, and a majestic light shattered the blood-colored stele.

"As expected of one who proved dual immortal positions in a single stroke!"

Wisdom Immortal Monarch and the Human Emperor saw that in mere moments, Blood Soul Immortal Monarch had fallen into a disadvantage. Without their help, his defeat would only be a matter of time. He truly deserved his quasi-giant status. Otherwise, that lord would not have sent all three of them at once.

The three True Immortals launched a fierce assault on Su Chen.

Waves stirred in Su Chen's eyes. This was an unsolvable dead end.

Either he killed the three and exposed his identity as the former leader of the Immortal Alliance, or he would be killed by them in this life and meet an abrupt end.

"Heavenly Gang Immortal King..."

He had ultimately underestimated the Heavenly Gang Immortal King.

Chapter 386: The Main God Space (Part 42)

In an eternal space, a being composed entirely of silver-white light, impossible to gaze upon directly, quietly watched the scene displayed before him.

The image showed Su Chen locked in battle with the three True Immortals.

The Heavenly Gang Immortal King suddenly felt a trace of confusion.

"This king personally suppressed him and even erased his true name. Why is he still alive?"

The Heavenly Gang Immortal King had suspected Su Chen's identity as the former leader of the Immortal Alliance, and now he had confirmed it completely.

The leader of the Immortal Alliance had not died. He had released the Wisdom Immortal Monarch and Human Emperor Immortal Monarch as bait. Their life or death meant little to him.

Now that he had confirmed Su Chen's identity, a spark of interest arose in the Heavenly Gang Immortal King's heart.

"It is not time yet."

Just as the Heavenly Gang Immortal King prepared to seize the spacetime where Su Chen stood, a hand stretched out from nowhere and stopped him.

The owner of that hand... if Su Chen were present, he would have immediately recognized his true identity.

The Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King!

He had actually appeared here.

Upon seeing the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King, the Heavenly Gang Immortal King withdrew his outstretched hand and said with displeasure, "Lord of Scourge, you should not interfere with this king and do something so unwise."

The Heavenly Gang Immortal King had actually addressed the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King as... the Lord of Scourge!

The Lord of the Fourth Scourge had not died. Using some unknown method, he had replaced the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King.

If this news spread, it would cause an unimaginable earthquake across the myriad heavens.

The "Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King" spoke. "He is already being watched by some other Immortal Kings of the Main God Space. If he dies unexpectedly, it might lead them straight to you and me."

"What you seek is that vacant sole Immortal Emperor position. You have been laying groundwork as a quasi-Emperor for so long. Would it not be a shame to fail at the final step?"

The Heavenly Gang Immortal King fell silent.

The four Immortal Kings had joined forces to besiege the Lord of Scourge. In that battle, he had cooperated with the Lord of Scourge to kill two Immortal Kings and allowed the Lord of Scourge to replace the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King. All of it was to work with him to obtain that "item" from the Main God Space.

The Lord of Scourge knew what the Heavenly Gang Immortal King wanted. He had agreed to cooperate with the Heavenly Gang Immortal King. He wanted to use the Heavenly Gang Immortal King to conceal his true identity while slowly laying plans in the shadows to restore his former realm.

After the Heavenly Gang Immortal King left, the Lord of Scourge looked toward Su Chen's direction in confusion. What secret did this person hold that nearly made even an existence like the Heavenly Gang Immortal King willing to risk exposure?

He observed for a long time but detected nothing unusual.

"Never mind..."

The Lord of Scourge's figure vanished. With the suppression of the Immortal King gone, Su Chen could once again find the direction back to the Main God Space.

He had escaped death, yet Su Chen felt no joy. He had slain three True Immortals with his own power and reclaimed the Wisdom and Human Emperor paths from his previous life. With four immortal paths, he stood as an absolute giant among True Immortals in the myriad heavens.

Yet Su Chen knew there remained an insurmountable gap between a True Immortal giant and an Immortal King. If the Heavenly Gang Immortal King wished it, he would have no path to survival. Su Chen did not believe the Heavenly Gang Immortal King had failed to notice what had happened earlier. His identity as the former leader of the Immortal Alliance could no longer be hidden. Yet the Heavenly Gang Immortal King had chosen not to act against him. This was not good news.

"What exactly is the Heavenly Gang Immortal King scheming in the shadows?"

Su Chen lowered his gaze. The fact that the Heavenly Gang Immortal King had not killed him immediately meant something even more important held the Immortal King back.

"The Main God Space can no longer be returned to."

Once he went back, his identity as the leader of the Immortal Alliance would surely be exposed.

Su Chen's figure gradually disappeared.

...

In the myriad heavens, the news of the Immortal Alliance Lord's return caused the various powers to gradually forget about the Fourth Scourge.

The Immortal Alliance Lord—the mastermind behind two sweeping wars across the myriad heavens that led to the fall of over a thousand True Immortals in a short time—aroused even greater dread than the waves stirred by the Fourth Scourge.

Yet after his return, the Immortal Alliance Lord seemed to vanish once more. He never appeared again. No matter how the powers searched, they found no further traces of him.

This led many to doubt whether his return had been real or false.

At this moment, Su Chen was with Oriental Cloud Star.

Asura Immortal Monarch had been slain by Oriental Cloud Star once again. The power of the Asura Immortal Position gradually merged with him, advancing him further as a True Immortal giant.

"Master... are you saying you suspect the Lord of the Fourth Scourge did not die?"

Oriental Cloud Star looked at the results Su Chen had deduced through the Gate of Truth with disbelief. He had heard about the Fourth Scourge war, but at the time he had been under Asura Immortal Monarch's watchful eye and knew little about it.

Still, Su Chen's mention that the battle had even involved Immortal King-level beings made Oriental Cloud Star realize its brutality. Yet even so, the Lord of the Fourth Scourge had not died.

Su Chen's expression was complicated. "I hope that is not the case... Otherwise, the myriad heavens will face an even more terrifying catastrophe. The havoc the Immortal Alliance once wrought may not even equal one-tenth, one-hundredth, or even one-ten-thousandth of this coming disaster."

Hearing his master describe it in such exaggerated terms made Oriental Cloud Star's heart tighten. He knew there were few things left in this world capable of unsettling his master, let alone to this degree.

"Master, would the Lord of the Fourth Scourge not dying truly be so terrifying?"

Oriental Cloud Star was puzzled.

Su Chen nodded gravely. He had one more thought he had not shared with Oriental Cloud Star. If the Lord of the Fourth Scourge had not died, then who exactly was the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King who had returned to the Main God Space and announced the successful encirclement of the Fourth Scourge?

The mastermind behind the scenes? Or... the Lord of the Fourth Scourge himself?

The thought made Su Chen's scalp tingle. He could not even voice it aloud. No matter who the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King truly was, the outcome was not good.

...

News of the Immortal Alliance Lord gradually faded into legend and was even dismissed as a rumor spread by some idle True Immortal.

Epoch after epoch passed. The myriad heavens remained calm.

It was an eerie calm. Then a single piece of news shattered that tranquility completely.

It seemed a certain "item" had gone missing from the Main God Space.

Not only that, the Transmigrator Alliance, the Heavenly Dao Academy, the Palace of Kings, and many other king-level orthodoxies had simultaneously gone mad—all because of the loss of that same "item."

The long river of time fell into chaos. Ancient palaces standing along this timeline sank one after another.

Countless parallel spacetimes were compressed into a single long line.

Immortal Kings... and not just one. Multiple Immortal Kings had been stirred into action. Each Immortal King did not belong to the same timeline. If more than five descended upon a single timeline, spacetime itself might collapse under the strain. Yet far more than five Immortal Kings had arrived now.

Even though spacetime had been compressed to withstand the descent of multiple Immortal Kings, the number of alarmed Immortal Kings was simply too great.

Countless beings across the myriad heavens died violent deaths.

Su Chen and Oriental Cloud Star looked up.

In the sky beyond spatial distance, indistinct silhouettes appeared.

Oriental Cloud Star's throat went dry. "Master... this catastrophe seems even more terrifying than you predicted."The Dao of Reincarnation