A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 691 The Urgent Need for Time

As the immortal being repeatedly withstood blows carrying immense blood and immortal laws, and in the process of restoring its body, its nine pupils gradually turned red, like a gambler who kept losing.

After losing about 30% of his immortal essence, he looked at the "Dao" and "Dharma" surrounding the ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma Image in front of him, as well as the targeted offensive power in every move. The rage in his heart was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him, and he calmed down a bit. Some enlightenment gradually rose in his mind.

"The emperors of the Central Divine Realm have already deduced a method to restrain the power of our race."

"This should not be the case. Power originates from the great and supreme. No matter how powerful the emperors of the Central Divine Realm are, they could not possibly understand the essence of our race's power so deeply. However, the facts are right before our eyes. There is no doubt that our race's power, at least at the level of immortality, has been thoroughly studied, and methods to restrain it have emerged."

“Otherwise, it’s hard to explain why this mortal rat can hurt me again and again, and is unaffected by my race’s substances.”

"The variables from the emperors of the Central Divine Realm were beyond my expectations, which is quite normal."

The immortal being's nine pupils rapidly changed from reddish to dark red, revealing a deep, bloodthirsty aura.

A peculiar, mundane echo instantly spread from this sealed, immortal "cage," radiating throughout the entire bubble world, drawing all matter and energy tainted by dark energy towards it.

In an instant, the entire world slowly collapsed, from a world the size of more than 100,000 life star fields to a land the size of nearly 100 life star fields with only a trace of divine flame remaining. Terrifying world-destroying phenomena were staged one after another, and earth, water, wind and fire were repeated step by step, causing the remaining little land to show streaks of self-dissipating light.

Countless half-distorted "Dao" and "Dharma," along with the remains of bodies bearing the "Dao" and "Dharma" from their previous lives, transformed into a wisp of gray-black mixed "offerings" imbued with the Dao essence of the King Realm. These offerings were made to sacrifice to this immortal being with nine eyes, six heads, and three legs, successfully overcoming the barrier of "imprisonment" and allowing its power to ignore suppression and recover to its peak.

The immortal being looked at the ten-thousand-foot-long staff that swept in again, its eyes filled with coldness. It stretched out its deformed hand and directly withstood the attack without being damaged.

A series of deformed mouths opened and closed, emitting a sound like the tearing of the void. "Originally, I wanted to deal with the trouble left by this madwoman at the lowest cost, and try to add a new blood with good talent to my clan."

A fragmented image of the Dao of Heaven and Earth emanated from the body of this immortal being, spanning the entire bubble world that was still collapsing, plunging everything into darkness. "What a pity, the fruit has not yet reached true maturity, yet everything has been harvested first. Nearly a million years of effort in this bubble world has been lost in an instant."

"The results I have achieved so far are not even enough to propel me to the pinnacle of immortality."

"This madwoman's 'Tao' and 'Dharma' have basically dissipated into the remaining bubble world, losing self-awareness and leaving only a divine body, greatly reducing their effectiveness. Fortunately, you, a mere mortal rat, have strong blood and energy, and your 'Tao' and 'Dharma' also bear traces of immortality. Sacrificing you alive should be able to make up for some of the losses."

This immortal being no longer expects to use the "Dao" and "Dharma" of this bubble world to accumulate cultivation and thus advance to the King Realm.

Under the machinations of local deities and the influence of uncontrollable variables, if we insist on maintaining the original plan, or even trying to correct it as much as possible, the only outcome will be being dragged down to perish along with this bubble world.

He must break free of this "cage" while minimizing his losses, and leave before the entire bubble world dissipates, returning to the stronghold of his own kind.

The source of immortality was burning, and an eerie and ominous aura rose rapidly. The nine eyes of this immortal being burst open at the same time, converging on its six heads into a nearly ten-meter-long, dark blue ball of light, resembling an eye without pupils, staring intently at the ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma image in front of it.

"Ong!"

In an instant, a gigantic eye, more terrifying than a ten-thousand-foot-tall Dharma image, shone into the depths of the Fighting Emperor's mind, freezing his figure and rendering him unable to move.

Silently, wisps of grayish-white matter emerged from the void, slowly coalescing into a strange altar. An ominous aura permeated the space and time, causing the golden fur on the divine ape to glow with a blood-red hue.

"Come, offer up everything you have. I need to see the current situation in the Central Divine Realm to make further arrangements."

The primordial spirit power, nearly that of a supreme immortal, erupted from this immortal body, instantly overwhelming the defenses on the Battle Emperor's Immortal Platform. It stripped away his consciousness, invading into him, probing the operation of his cultivation system, and perusing his memories.

Scenes from the past were reflected in the immortal being's mind. He saw a cultivation system called "Secret Realm Method," ten profound secret techniques that could be practiced even at the mortal realm, a method called "Sixth Secret Realm - Xuanhuang Outer Heaven," and a priest wearing a monocle who smiled at him.
"Ok?"

The immortal being took a step back, its power stagnated for a moment, and a few drops of cold sweat appeared on its forehead.

A few seconds later, he used his spiritual power to pry open the memory again, replaying the mortal rat's memories of the priest.

The priest maintained his smile as always, took off his glasses, wiped them with a cloth, and put them back on, exuding an eerie air that would terrify any living being.

The sweat on the six heads of this immortal being was even more abundant.

As far as he knew, within the clan, there had never been a supreme being who could influence memories and spread widely through a projection of one's own power.

So, most likely, the newly promoted Supreme Dao Ancestor?
The immortal being swallowed hard, trying to withdraw his primordial spirit power and leave the divine ape's platform. However, he suddenly discovered that his primordial spirit power was completely out of his control. Not only could he not move forward or backward, but it also underwent an indescribable distortion, as if it were approaching some unknown great being.

All six of his heads wore extremely forced smiles. "Great Supreme One, can you forgive this brat's offense?"

In the memories of the Fighting Emperor, the priest tilted his head, as if expressing some kind of sarcasm, but said nothing, leaving everyone completely baffled.

Just when the immortal being thought that everything would pass and that this unknown great being would spare his life as an interesting ant, the priest with a monocle suddenly pulled out a phantom of a king radiating the Dao essence of a Qilin from a corner of the Fighting King's childhood memories, causing boundless good fortune to fill the "cage".

The immortal being glanced around, then looked at the priest waving at him, his expression numb.

"call"

At some point, the Fighting Emperor regained his senses and immediately entered a state of high alert, with the secret universe within his body and the "Sixth Secret Realm - Xuanhuang Outer Heaven" outside his body roaring and operating.

The emperor, exuding the essence of the Qilin, instantly transformed into a majestic, azure-green Qilin, a terrifying phenomenon that descended upon the chaos. Behind the Fighting Emperor, a purifying power, as if splitting the heavens and earth, erupted, and a hoof stomped towards the immortal beings.

In an instant, all paths collapsed, the "cage" shattered, and countless laws were completely "purified," evaporating all the ominousness. The Battle Emperor looked at the extremely clear Heaven and Earth Law Network of this world, which was only half the size of the Life Star Domain, a world that was self-circulating without any problems, and the Valkyrie who had already fallen into a coma and perished in the ancient city before the great battle, and his expression became dazed.

"As long as the right method is used, even human beings can unleash combat power at the quasi-Immortal King level, and it's extremely easy for them."

"The Art of Summoning Immortals".

This method, which allows combat power to increase almost without limit as long as the body can withstand it, truly opened the eyes of the Battle Emperor.

"It seems that the method I considered to prove myself as a 'Battle Immortal' still has some shortcomings."

"To enhance my own combat strength, I can utilize far more than just the 'Dao' and 'Dharma' of heaven and earth. Or rather, this is just the foundation, a foundation for supporting higher levels of power. On this basis, I can utilize many more methods to enhance my own combat strength in a short period of time."

"For example, just now, I borrowed the King-level Laws of the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor when he was an Immortal King, so that I could unleash a more powerful and targeted offensive technique."

As the Battle Emperor pondered, strands of laws silently gathered before his eyes, forming a universal language of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths universe.

[The eerie and ominous deaths of immortal beings have spread throughout this land. Main quest complete. You may stay for one hour, or return immediately.]
The Battle Emperor's expression turned solemn. He glanced at the ancient city below and said in a low voice, "Return immediately."

A stream of clear light, invisible to anyone except the Battle Emperor, fell from the sky, completely enveloping him and making his vision waver, as if he had transcended this world and been lifted to a higher place.

Suddenly, he saw a chaotic ocean of disorder, where time and space, fate and cause and effect, almost all the order he knew, had ceased to exist, except for a bright yellow "Central Earth Element" and a terrifying wave that was extremely winding and long, with endless cycles of birth and death.

"where is this place?"

The Battle Emperor was shocked; none of the Boundary Seas he knew were as terrifying as this place.

He could clearly sense that without the protection of the external light, he would have turned into a dreamlike illusion, and all his meaning of existence and everything he possessed would have ceased to exist.

"If the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor were thrown into this chaotic ocean, there probably wouldn't be anything left. What kind of place is this? It's practically the opposite of all order."

"Like the most ancient, tangible chaos at the beginning of Yin and Yang."

As the Fighting Emperor carefully looked at the chaotic ocean, he suddenly discovered more than three thousand dazzling points of light, flashing in different places, and seemingly similar to the flowing light on his body.

A sense of curiosity arose in his heart. He randomly locked onto a point of light and focused his attention. He saw two beings fighting each other on this chaotic ocean. The intensity of their auras was extremely close to that of the source of the power he had just borrowed, the Qilin Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

The Battle Emperor's mind went blank for a moment, and he murmured in disbelief, "It's actually a Quasi-Immortal Emperor! Doesn't that mean that those three thousand or so points of light symbolize three thousand or so Quasi-Immortal Emperors?!"

"The supreme beings in all the heavens and myriad realms number less than ten on one hand. Where exactly is this place?"

Half a breath later, the Fighting Emperor's thoughts were interrupted. He realized that he was rising higher and higher, and his consciousness began to become somewhat blurred.

Looking up, he could only see the unknown distance of the land, which seemed to be a world beyond the clouds, filled with bubbles. The majestic rules and logic made his mind tremble, as if this place was the end of the path of cultivation.

Suddenly, endless starlight appeared before his eyes. After his vision returned to normal, a huge, deserted square and a dark yellow ball of light floating above the square appeared before him.

Strands of dark yellow light gathered and once again manifested as characters before the Fighting Emperor's eyes.

[Main quest completed. Receive one free healing treatment.]
A dark yellow light descended from an unknown place, enveloping the Battle Emperor and washing away some of his injuries. Even the Dao soldiers connected to him were not spared.

Within a few breaths, all the injuries sustained during the mission, as well as the hidden injuries caused to the internal secret realm during past cultivation, were repaired at this moment.

"This feeling... defying one's innate nature?"

"No, it's not about going against one's innate nature. 'Innate nature' is something that precedes heaven and earth, a naturally born immortal being born from chaos. I am a human being, so this situation is more like a 'new life' that has just undergone a transformation, similar to living out the next life."

The Battle Emperor clenched his fists, sensing that his entire body was truly at its peak, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Although the Battle Emperor never lived a second life, there are many cultivation theories compiled by the pinnacle of humanity in the [Spirit Realm]. Some chapters describe this kind of "rebirth" state, which allows him to confirm that it is similar to his current state.

[Task settlement begins.]
Main Quest: Completed (Good)
Grant: Enable first-level permissions]
Side Quest 1: Completed - Excellent
[Bestowed with: a lifespan of ten thousand years]
Side Quest 2: Completed - Excellent
[Bestowed with: a lifespan of ten thousand years]
[Side Quest 3: Incomplete]
Overall rating: Pass

No additional assignments]
Strands of brilliant life essence fell from an unknown place once again, merging into the Fighting Emperor's body. His whole body felt as if it were being flowed by warm currents, making him so comfortable that he couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly.

Two minutes later, the warm current ended, and the Fighting Emperor could clearly sense that his lifespan limit had increased to over 50,000 years.

If I stop fighting and take good care of my health, I will definitely live for over 50,000 years.

Before the Fighting Emperor could think any further, the dark yellow text reappeared.

[Chain Mission 2: Eliminate the Strange]

Preparation time remaining: 15 minutes
(End of this chapter)