Poverty

Chapter 1691 The Crisis in the Immortal Realm
"I hope Youqing and the others aren't in trouble."

Li Yanchu was extremely worried. He immediately spread his divine sense and searched the heavens and earth. The immortal realm was devastated, and many places still bore the traces of battle.

The Immortal Realm's spatial barriers are sturdy. Although they are not as strong as those outside the realms, they far surpass all the myriad realms. Even when powerful experts at the eighth level of the Dao Realm fought, they could not completely destroy the Immortal Realm's spatial barriers, preventing the world from repairing itself.

But things are different now. Many places in the Immortal Realm have been pierced by huge holes, and fierce winds are raging.

When Li Yan first saw the Milky Way dry up, he realized that the Milky Way, which had been restored as heaven and earth recovered, was now drying up again, and countless immortal mountains were collapsing.

Moreover, from the Immortal Realm, one can see the scenes of all the heavens and myriad worlds in the distance. Many worlds are suffering from depletion of spiritual energy, livestock are dying, mountains and rivers are withering, and corpses are everywhere.

Many cultivation sects have also been destroyed, flying swords have been broken and stuck in the ground, mountain-guarding treasures have been shattered, and their Daoist essence has been lost.

Although such scenes are not ubiquitous throughout the myriad realms, they are still quite shocking.

Now that the Immortal Realm has merged with all the other realms, scenes of the mortal world can be easily seen from the Immortal Realm. Li Yanchu's gaze swept towards the Underworld.

The underworld wasn't broken or ravaged by war, but it was overcrowded with ghosts and looked chaotic.

The most crucial Heavenly Dao artifact, the Reincarnation Seal, in the underworld has been shattered, but it has also reversed Yin and Yang, blurring the boundary between the mortal realm and the underworld, resulting in many ghosts appearing even during the day.

Li Yan's heart was breaking. He fought and risked his life in the outer realms to protect the human world.

Unexpectedly, upon returning to the Three Realms, the once thriving Three Realms have become like this.

"What on earth happened?!"

Li Yanchu's gaze swept over every inch of the Immortal Realm. The Dao Sea where he originally resided had dried up and the Great Dao had collapsed.

His gaze gradually fell upon the Heavenly Sea. With the revival of the Great Dao, many ruins had appeared in the Heavenly Sea, but they had already been swept away by Li Yanchu, so there shouldn't be any problems.

However, many landmasses have been stranded in the sea, and many ruins have appeared on them. The architectural style is very ancient and does not belong to any civilization that Li Yanchu has ever seen.

Suddenly!

Li Yanchu noticed the sounds of fighting coming from Tianhai. Some extraterrestrial beings were leading a group of immortals and gods from the human realm to besiege another group of immortals.

"Cuihua!"

Li Yanchu noticed that the woman being attacked by four strange people had her dojo shattered and was seriously injured.

The four extraordinary individuals cultivated the Great Dao of Reincarnation. They seemed to be from the same school and worked together seamlessly. Each of them was slightly weaker than Cuihua, but when the four of them joined forces, Cuihua was unable to withstand them.

When Li Yanchu's gaze fell upon this place, many powerful immortal artifacts around Cuihua had already crumbled, including the Seven Treasures Tree, the Earth Book, the Jade Whisk, the Thirty-Three Heavens Golden Exquisite Pagoda, and other magical treasures, all of which had been completely destroyed.

During the fierce battle, Cuihua was severely injured by the Cycle of Reincarnation and nearly fell into reincarnation. A figure appeared beside her and carried her away within the Cycle of Reincarnation array.

The gentle woman in the blue cloth dress appeared and disappeared without a trace; it was none other than Yunniang.

However, before Yunniang could rescue Cuihua from the battlefield, the halo of reincarnation suddenly expanded, and the surging Great Dao of Reincarnation spread.

Cuihua and Yunniang were about to fall into the cycle of reincarnation.

The strange man Mo Hongchen laughed and said, "You natives of the lower realms are simply ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, thinking you can break our cycle of reincarnation and attain enlightenment."

Once you enter the cycle of reincarnation, you will suffer for countless lifetimes, becoming either livestock, mortals, or rocks and plants, all your cultivation will vanish into nothingness.

Their annihilation of this place should have been a natural outcome, but now, with repeated disruptions, it's time for it to end.

"How dare you!"

A thunderclap suddenly echoed from the sky.

Immediately, a gigantic face appeared in the sky, looking down down.

Beneath this enormous face, everyone felt like ants, unable to help but feel fear.

With just the aura of the Great Dao, it shattered the halo of reincarnation!

Li Yanchu was the Heavenly Dao of the mortal realm. When he discovered the whereabouts of Cuihua Yunniang with his divine sense, he mobilized the Heavenly Dao to kill her!
Mo Hongchen was terrified. This person had such power even before his true form had arrived. He was probably an immortal!
"An immortal master is hidden in this universe!"

Mo Hongchen was horrified.

As Cuihua looked at that familiar face, her eyes involuntarily welled up with tears.

"are you back?"

The magnificent celestial phenomenon vanished, and in Cuihua's sight, a familiar figure emerged from the depths of the void.

This is a young Taoist priest who looks travel-worn.

"I'm back," Li Yanchu said.

Both Cuihua and Yunniang were shocked, somewhat incredulous, and choked up for a moment. Just then, someone exclaimed.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty has returned!"

"It really is His Majesty!"

The celestial beings and gods of Heaven exclaimed in surprise, their spirits lifted!
Mo Hongchen forced himself to remain calm and shouted, "How dare you! We are disciples of the Dao True Saint King, here to spread civilization. Why don't you lead your people to surrender at once!"

Li Yanchu asked, "Dao Zhen Saint King, one of the Nine Saint Kings of the Ferry Crossing?"

Mo Hongchen was surprised. How did these rebels from the lower realm know about the Holy Domain?

Could it be... that he also comes from beyond this realm?

"And who are you?" Mo Hongchen asked hesitantly.

"Li Yanchu".

Li Yanchu's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

"Li Yanchu!?" Mo Hongchen was taken aback at first, then his face paled with shock, and his eyes revealed a deep sense of fear.

"You're that traitor from the lower realms!"

Mo Hongchen exclaimed in surprise.

Upon hearing this, the otherworldly beings traveling with him all looked terrified.

Li Yanchu shouted, "Is the mortal realm a place for you to run wild!"

Although he was seriously injured, the aura he exuded at this moment still instilled fear in people.

Mo Hongchen's pupils suddenly contracted. He felt that his Dao was completely suppressed, and the operation of the Reincarnation Dao Scripture stopped.

boom!
Mo Hongchen's body exploded without warning, turning into a sky full of blood mist.

Then came the other extraterrestrial beings, who were wiped out one after another. The primordial spirit Dao field and the image of the Great Dao were completely erased, as if they had never existed in the world.

The immortals who followed them in their rebellion were horrified and begged for mercy.

"Your Majesty, we were coerced into rebellion by wicked people from beyond the borders. We beg Your Majesty to forgive us!"

"Your Majesty, spare us! We were forced into this situation!"

Li Yanchu said in a deep voice, “You colluded with foreign traitors and committed treason, yet you expect me to forgive you!”

If we spare these people, wouldn't the immortals who died have died in vain?
Li Yanchu held nothing back. With a thought, the Dao of Slaughter spread, and countless rebellious immortals and gods perished under its power, turning to ashes! He reversed the situation with a flick of his wrist, annihilating the rebels!
Li Yanchu raised his hand to heal the injuries in Cuihua and Yunniang's bodies, and his former subordinates stepped forward and crowded around him.

"What exactly happened? Why did the Heavenly Court fall? Where did these extraterrestrial beings come from?" Li Yanchu asked.

"Not long ago, a group of extraterrestrial beings suddenly appeared on the edge of the universe. They colluded with the Sixth Prince to attack the Heavenly Court. In addition to the Sixth Prince Ji Wenxin, there was also an extraterrestrial immortal, and the extraterrestrial beings they brought were also full of experts."

"Caught off guard, my sister was also injured. She fought with the two of them and eventually lured them away. We fought with these strange beings, who were very powerful and had colluded with many immortals and gods to cause trouble. As a result, we were defeated one after another and had to hide from the pursuit. This time, they found our whereabouts and chased us all the way to Tianhai."

From Cuihua's description, Li Yanchu could also feel the despair and tragedy of that period.

As the Great Dao of the mortal realm surged, experts emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, proving themselves to be no less formidable than the Pangu God Clan of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

However, internal turmoil occurred, and coupled with the profound Taoist magic and powerful Taoist energy of the extraterrestrial beings, Cuihua and the others suffered repeated defeats.

Li Yanchu's heart tightened, and he asked, "Where is Youqing now, and why is Qinglan nowhere to be seen?"

He was surrounded by his old subordinates and friends, including the old Celestial Master and the Martial Saint, but Fang Qinglan was nowhere to be seen.

Upon hearing this, Cuihua burst into tears: "My sister's whereabouts are unknown. Qinglan used her deadly sword in the battle that day, and her fate is unknown. She was taken away by my sister and her whereabouts are also unknown."

Li Yanchu's body trembled, and his heart felt like it was being torn apart.

Before he left, the human world was thriving, and he brought back countless caves and abysses, where heroes rose up everywhere.

But now, the former members of the Heavenly Court have died in battle, and their Daoist companions have disappeared, their fates unknown.

Li Yanchu's eyes were slightly red, as if a piece of his heart had been hollowed out.

"As long as the extraterrestrial realm remains intact, this day will come sooner or later."

"These are turbulent times, I must remain calm and composed."

Many thoughts flashed through Li Yanchu's mind. He was not an indecisive person, and his most urgent task now was to find the whereabouts of the landlady.

"You all immediately enter my cave to recuperate. I will find Youqing and Qinglan, and I will not let any of the extraterrestrial immortals and Ji Wenxin go," Li Yanchu said in a deep voice.

Everyone was seriously injured after surviving the ordeal, and Li Yanchu was worried about leaving them behind, so he opened the Killing Cave and let them in.

Within the Killing Cave Abyss lie countless sacred mountains and blessed lands, brimming with immortal energy and possessing profound Dao principles.
Although Li Yanchu had just attained enlightenment, killing and conquest were the highest principles in the universe, and he refined thousands of caves to complete them.

The scale of the Killing Cave is now larger than that of the mortal and immortal realms, and everyone who entered it was greatly surprised.

"You can rest and recover here. Leave the rest to me."

After leaving these words, Li Yanchu closed the Killing Cave and disappeared without a trace.

As everyone soared through the air, their cultivation levels surged, bathed in the rich immortal energy.
Not only did it quickly heal their internal injuries, but it even improved their cultivation level.

“My husband has returned this time and has already attained immortality, but those immortals from beyond the realm are too terrifying, and the Sixth Prince is also unfathomable. I’m worried that he still can’t handle it alone,” Yunniang said with concern.

"Right now, I can only focus on recovering from my injuries. I can't get involved in anything else; it only adds to my troubles," Cuihua sighed.

She led her former Celestial Court troops through countless battles, and she had matured considerably, perhaps because she had experienced too many life-and-death separations and too many former comrades-in-arms falling before her.

Cuihua is now only thinking about revenge and how to win this war with limited resources. She cannot allow herself to have any weak emotions.

Yunniang had witnessed Cuihua's transformation and felt deeply sorry for her; she sighed inwardly at this moment.

This was a war of annihilation, a war that would have wiped out the entire race. If Li Yanchu hadn't returned, she might have died just now.

In the desolate void of the universe, enormous stars were either reduced to dust by terrifying forces or grasped in people's hands and thrown out like magical artifacts.

The void behemoths and unknown skeletal monsters that passed by were all annihilated by the aftershocks of the battle here.

In the heart of a terrifying battle, a woman of unparalleled beauty unleashes her supernatural powers to confront two formidable masters.

One was a gentle and refined young man with very old eyes, as if another consciousness was hidden within him.

The other is an alien from another realm, with a towering golden crown and a black robe. You can see many familiar figures in this person, sometimes male and sometimes female.

The young man was the sixth prince whose body had been possessed, while the strange man in black robes was the True Saint King of the Outer Realm, who cultivated the Great Dao of Reincarnation.

Dao Zhen Sheng Wang is surrounded by a huge halo of reincarnation. Once you fall into this cycle, you will be under his control. If you look closely, it seems that there are billions of living beings floating in that halo.

He hung a huge cavern, densely packed with more than ten thousand caves, which provided him with extremely profound Taoist power.

Dao Zhen Sheng Wang is not an immortal being from the Great Luo Heaven beyond the realm, but resides in the Black Domain, where he engages in murder and robbery.

This time, a scout at the ferry crossing accidentally found the location of the human realm universe and was preparing to report it when he was caught by him, forcing the scout to come.

He led his troops to conquer this new universe, and the first person he encountered was the Sixth Prince. The Sixth Prince had recovered his strength and reaffirmed his immortality. The two hit it off immediately. Although they each had their own ulterior motives, they were prepared to temporarily join forces to reap the benefits of the human realm.

In fact, if Fang Youqing hadn't become immortal and Fang Qinglan hadn't delivered that life-or-death sword strike, they would have already conquered the entire human realm.

However, as they are now locked in fierce battle deep in the universe, they are amazed that the Dao patterns contained in Fang Youqing's cultivation technique are extraterrestrial Dao patterns and are extremely advanced.

Defeating her is only a matter of time, after all, she is an ordinary immortal. Although her cultivation is high, it is extremely difficult for her to fight two immortals at once.

Moreover, Dao Zhen Sheng Wang originally resided in the Great Luo Heaven, spreading the Great Dao of Reincarnation. He was later overthrown in a power struggle.

His strength is extraordinary.

The three fought fiercely. At the Immortal Realm, every wave of their hands and the movement of their feet unleashed the power of the Great Dao, terrifying beyond measure. Ripples of power spread outwards, turning everything in their path to dust.

Dao Zhen Saint King coldly said, "If you hadn't been so devoted to protecting this weak universe, you could have been spared."

"Perhaps we've met before in the Great Luo Heaven."

He said this on purpose to test the waters, because he vaguely felt that Fang Youqing's skills were very similar to those of the extraterrestrial holy race and the Great Luo Heavenly Saint King.

Perhaps it was a wise king who lost in a power struggle.

Fang Youqing said coldly, "Don't pretend. The Holy King from beyond the realm breathes blood. How could I have any connection with you!"

While talking, Dao Zhen Saint King neutralized Fang Youqing's supernatural power and said, "Fellow Daoist, your cultivation is the most authentic Saint Domain Dao Pattern. You might even be from an old Saint Clan. But now you're saying this, which makes you seem a bit ungrateful."

"Bullshit!" Fang Youqing's eyebrows shot up, and she raised her hand, unleashing her supernatural power in an attempt to kill Dao Zhen Saint King.
But the Sixth Prince attacked from the side, forcing her to save herself.

The Sixth Prince said, "Such a beauty, we can just capture her and interrogate her carefully. Why bother with any more words?"

Dao Zhen Sheng Wang laughed heartily upon hearing this.

His pupils contracted instantly, and he saw a figure traversing layers upon layers of void, heading straight for the Sixth Prince.

"careful!"

Dao Zhen Sheng Wang loudly reminded him.

Click!

A handprint was placed on the sixth prince's back, causing his skin to crack and bleed violently, and blood gushed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

It crashed into countless stars before finally stopping.

Whom do you want to interrogate?

Li Yanchu's eyes were icy as he spoke in a deep voice.