Two Realms: Don't call me evil!

Su Jie felt a chill run down his spine and cursed inwardly. Why did the Heavenly Emperor, instead of attacking the Heavenly Martial Emperor, seem to be targeting him?
Now that Su Jie has lent the Kunlun Mirror to Tianwu, escaping won't be so easy anymore.

"die!"

The Heavenly Emperor spread his hand wide, his giant palm reaching for the sky. Boundless chaotic laws twisted and collapsed, as if he wanted to crush Su Jie to death with one palm. His methods were ruthless and merciless.

"Senior Lingxiao, quickly take action to suppress the Heavenly Emperor."

Su Jie shuddered, and with lightning speed, he overtook Lingxiao Tianzun and shouted at him.

Lingxiao Tianzun was taken aback. When did he become so close to Su Jie?

The next moment, sensing the Heavenly Emperor's fierce killing intent behind him, Lingxiao Heavenly Venerable finally realized what was happening, his face turning green. That bastard Su Jie had tricked him.

"No, I have nothing to do with him, he's my enemy..."

Lingxiao Tianzun hurriedly tried to explain, but it was no use. The Heavenly Emperor did not stop at all, or perhaps he simply did not care whether it was a misunderstanding or not, just as a human would not care whether he would step on an ant while passing by, nor would he care about the ant's attitude.

Amidst Lingxiao Tianzun's resentment and despair, the Heavenly Emperor's giant palm descended, striking Lingxiao Tianzun squarely.

Even if the Heavenly Venerable Lingxiao unleashed his full power, the Heavenly Emperor would still be severely injured, but immortals would still be able to deliver a devastating blow to other cultivators.

With a single palm strike, Lingxiao Tianzun was blasted into cosmic dust. His eternally immortal true spirit was extinguished like a blown-out candle flame, losing its last trace of intelligence and consciousness, and falling into eternal darkness, becoming the first Dao-Crossing Tianzun to fall present.

On the other hand, Su Jie did not run away. Taking advantage of the slight delay by Lingxiao Tianzun, he immediately retreated to the back of Tianwu Emperor. This was his biggest backer, and he could not outrun the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor unleashed his second palm strike, seemingly intent on annihilating Su Jie.

"Heavenly Emperor, there's no need to bully the weak. I've already said, your opponent is me."

Emperor Tianwu remained calm as the chaotic immortal light of the Kunlun Mirror suddenly erupted, blocking the Emperor's attack and protecting Su Jie.

He didn't intervene when the Heavenly Emperor attacked Lingxiao Heavenly Venerable, since Lingxiao Heavenly Venerable didn't possess any celestial treasures. His death would simply mean his demise and wouldn't increase the Heavenly Emperor's perceived combat strength.

Of course, it's also possible that Emperor Tianwu was vengeful. After all, Lingxiao Tianzun, as the ruler of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, had hunted down Emperor Tianwu. And Emperor Tianwu, who also came from the Nine Heavens Holy Land, had his Kunlun Mirror stolen from the Nine Heavens Holy Land.

Su Jie breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Emperor Tianwu was powerful; otherwise, he would have been doomed today.

"Tianwu, can you protect them for a while, or can you protect them forever?"

The Heavenly Emperor snorted coldly, and seeing that Guiyuan, Xingyue, and Chiyang had already run out of Luotian Palace, his gaze grew even colder.

"With me here, go ahead and give it a try."

Emperor Tianwu waved his hand at Su Jie, saying, "You should leave too. I'll stop him."

After saying that, a void portal opened in front of Su Jie. It was the teleportation ability of the immortal treasure Kunlun Mirror. Not only Su Jie, but also Gui Yuan, Xing Yue, and Chi Yang, who were on the run, had void portals appear in front of them as well.

Knowing that this was Emperor Tianwu's arrangement for him to escape, Su Jie no longer hesitated and stepped into it.

At the same time, Su Jie secretly prayed that Emperor Tianwu must win! Otherwise, he would never be able to return to Kunlun Mirror.

Moreover, given the Heavenly Emperor's domineering nature, Su Jie is most likely already on his kill list. If the Heavenly Emperor wins, there will be no place for Su Jie to settle in this universe.

Swish!
The void gate closed, and Su Jie's figure traversed the endless galaxy, appearing on the other side of the universe.

Even billions of light-years away, Su Jie could feel the tremors of the Great Dao coming from the direction of Luo Tian Palace. There, a fierce battle was taking place, with the power of the Great Dao's origin colliding with each other. The immortal light emanating from the Primordial Immortal Qi was destroying swathes of star systems, as if a funnel vortex had opened in the River of the Great Dao, and the power of the River of the Great Dao was constantly being drawn into the funnel.

The aftershocks of the celestial war ravaged galaxies within a diameter of billions of light-years. Considering that the current expansion scale of the universe is less than a hundred billion light-years in diameter, one can imagine how terrifying this celestial war was.

"This is the power of immortals."

Su Jie muttered to himself, "That level of battle, let alone participating in it, the aftershocks alone could be fatal."

No wonder people always say that below the level of immortals, all are ants. The gap between an immortal and a Heavenly Venerable of Crossing the Dao is even greater than the gap between a minor cultivator in the Spirit Gathering Realm and a Great Emperor of the Void Realm. This is a difference in the level of their fundamental power.

"Finally escaped."

Chiyang Tianzun was panting heavily, with Guiyuan Tianzun and Xingyue Tianzun beside him. The three of them had also been transferred over by the Kunlun Mirror.

When they were targeted by the Heavenly Emperor, they were terrified. They were especially horrified when they saw the Heavenly Emperor kill Lingxiao Heavenly Venerable as easily as stepping on an ant. They fled for their lives.

If they weren't so reluctant to part with Xianbao, they would have sacrificed the pawn to save the king.

"Who do you think would win between them?"

After calming his turbulent emotions, the Celestial Venerable Xingyue asked.

"It would be best if Tianwu Ying won. Although we had conflicts with him in the past, he has now become an immortal and may have long forgotten the grudges of the past. Otherwise, if the Heavenly Emperor wins..."

Chi Yang shuddered and dared not think any further.

If the Heavenly Emperor wins, everyone present will be wiped out.

The three of them took the Heavenly Emperor's celestial treasures and refused to return them. Su Jie went even further, providing the Heavenly Martial Emperor with the Kunlun Mirror, a weapon, thus giving the Heavenly Martial Emperor the means to oppose the Heavenly Emperor.

To the Heavenly Emperor, these actions were tantamount to Su Jie and his companions courting death. As long as the Heavenly Emperor won, he would never let Su Jie and his companions go, a fact that Su Jie and his companions were well aware of.

"Damn it, how is the Heavenly Emperor still alive? I thought he had perished together with the Human Emperor and the Earth Mother."

Guiyuan Tianzun's face was gloomy; the series of shocking changes that had occurred in Luotian Palace had come too suddenly.

The Heavenly Emperor, the strongest immortal, did not perish but instead remained asleep and recuperating in the Luo Tian Palace.

The Human Emperor died, but was resurrected by Tianwu, who then engaged in a fierce battle with the Heavenly Emperor.

"The ancient times are too distant, and the records are not accurate. If we had known that the Heavenly Emperor was alive, we would never have entered the Luo Tian Palace. Now we have been targeted by him." Su Jie sighed, then took out a wisp of primordial immortal light and smiled.

Fortunately, Su Jie's entry into Luo Tian Palace was not without its rewards. Those few wisps of primordial immortal energy were related to the secrets of becoming an immortal, making it worth the risk.

Su Jie tried to absorb this wisp of primordial immortal energy.

Currently, the Heavenly Martial Emperor and the Heavenly Emperor are still locked in fierce battle, and no one can guarantee that the Heavenly Martial Emperor will ultimately emerge victorious.

If the Heavenly Emperor wins the battle, he will undoubtedly become a lamb to the slaughter.

The only hope lies in the primordial immortal energy.

Only by becoming an immortal can one have the confidence to face the Heavenly Emperor.

Su Jie wasn't the only one thinking this way; the three Heavenly Venerables, Xingyue and Tianzun, also placed their hopes on the Primordial Immortal Qi. Their eyes revealed a hint of excitement, filled with longing for the Primordial Immortal Qi they had snatched at such a high price, and they all began to absorb it without prior agreement.

The primordial energy has no physical form; it is like a hazy reflection of moonlight, radiating a dreamlike and enchanting glow.

As Su Jie attempted to absorb it, this wisp of primordial immortal energy began to slowly permeate into his body.

boom!
Like a galaxy exploding, Su Jie's true spirit seemed to be split in two, then into four, then into eight, constantly splitting and merging into the Great Dao River.

At this moment, Su Jie's perspective was also continuously elevated, allowing him to see the entirety of the Great Dao River from a macroscopic viewpoint.

The vast and mighty Great Dao River encircles the universe. The universe expands every moment, extending outwards by light-years. However, this expansion at the cosmic level is more accurately described as the expansion of the Great Dao River.

It is the ever-expanding river of the Great Dao that sustains the continuous growth of this universe.

Compared to the Primordial Era, the universe has expanded far too much. The Immortal War that broke out in the Primordial Era must have severely damaged this universe. The damage to spiritual energy and other cultivation resources has lingered to this day. No wonder that since the Battle of Luo Tian Palace, the number and quality of cultivators have declined drastically.

Su Jie's mind raced, and he discovered that his thinking had become incredibly powerful, allowing him to observe the truths of the universe from a macroscopic perspective.

Su Jie saw the fundamental laws contained within the Great Dao River, the foundation of the Great Dao, and the operating rules of the world and the universe. It seemed that Su Jie was frantically comprehending and analyzing all things in the chaos.

In particular, the myriad chaotic paths rooted in the Great Dao River merge with each other, evolving into chaotic energy flow, which in turn forms the Great Dao River River.

Furthermore, Su Jie saw beyond the surface and discerned the primordial origin that faintly existed within the Great Dao River. The indistinct leaves, roots, and trunks were like the riverbed of the Great Dao River, supporting its existence.

At this moment, Su Jie thought of many things. In the primordial universe where there was no concept of time, the Hongmeng Immortal Tree could not withstand the pressure of the vast universe's expansion, and its trunk broke and collapsed, causing the primordial universe to shatter.

It was precisely because of the death of the Primordial Immortal Tree that the Primordial Origin dissipated throughout the universe, transforming into the boundless Great Dao River. As a result, the universe gave birth to various chaotic laws, allowing the primordial universe to be reborn from destruction and become more stable.

The Primordial Immortal Qi that Su Jie absorbed was transformed from the original power of the Primordial Immortal Tree, and it came from the same source as the Primordial Immortal Tree.

This explains why, in the long river of the Great Dao, immortals were able to separate the primordial immortal energy, merge it into the power of the Great Dao's origin, and use it as their strongest force against enemies.

Essentially, the Great Dao River is what the Primordial Immortal Tree transformed into after its death, and the Primordial Immortal Qi is also a part of the Primordial Immortal Tree, so it can naturally be obtained from the Great Dao River.

Su Jie understood that if a cultivator wanted to become an immortal and complete the final leap to the Heavenly Venerable of Crossing the Dao, he had to comprehend the myriad paths of chaos, integrate them into his own Great Dao root law, cut himself off from the Great Dao River, and form a separate, small Great Dao River with his own system, or it could be seen as a tributary of the Great Dao River, a naturally evolving microcosm.

If the current Great Dao River is the manifestation of the Primordial Immortal Tree, then to become an immortal, one must forge one's own path.

Going with the flow is extraordinary, going against the flow is immortal!
The words of the Heavenly Martial Emperor echoed in Su Jie's mind: cultivators can only grow along the river of the Great Dao, while immortals can go against the river of the Great Dao and forge their own path. One day in the future, they will become even wider than the river of the Great Dao.

The Primordial Immortal Tree is like a tree in nature. If you follow the Great Dao River, no matter how far you go, you will only be a branch or leaf of the Primordial Immortal Tree and can never surpass the Primordial Immortal Tree itself.

However, if you choose to cut yourself off from the Primordial Immortal Tree, like elm, willow, gardenia, or podocarpus, you can grow by cutting off a branch. Then one day in the future, you will have the hope of growing taller than the mother tree.

Immortals are not merely beings with altered powers.

Essentially, each immortal can be seen as a small primordial immortal tree, with unlimited potential for future growth.

Having grasped the concept in an instant, Su Jie finally began to take action, attempting to comprehend and integrate the myriad paths of chaos.

The concept of "chaos and myriad paths" is a figurative expression, representing the fundamental chaotic laws within the long river of the Great Dao, much like the unchanging mathematical theorems in the universe, such as the most famous Pythagorean theorem in mathematics, which states that the sum of the squares of the sides of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse.

These chaotic and myriad laws, like mathematical theorems, are eternally valid within the long river of the Great Dao.

Humans use mathematics to understand the world, while immortals use the laws of chaos as tools to calculate, deduce, and analyze, helping them to comprehend the essence of the Great Dao and the origin of primordial chaos. Only by first learning to imitate can one make a distinction.

One cannot expect someone who doesn't understand the Great Dao River to be able to evolve a smaller version of the Great Dao River after making a cut.

Just like a primary school student, you can't expect him to solve world-class mathematical conjectures.

At this moment, Su Jie's thoughts diverged, and he continuously comprehended the myriad paths of chaos, using these tools to help him understand the origin of primordial chaos.

But while it sounds simple, Su Jie's journey was actually quite difficult.

The Heavenly Emperor, the Human Emperor, and the Earth Mother, who were born in the Primordial Era, probably shared the same origin as the Primordial Immortal Tree and were transformed from the fruits of the Primordial Immortal Tree. Therefore, they could easily understand the myriad paths of chaos and became immortals shortly after their birth.

However, it was much more difficult for cultivators like Su Jie to comprehend them. Even with the help of the Primordial Immortal Qi, Su Jie only comprehended a few dozen fundamental laws of chaos, which was just a drop in the ocean compared to the vast and boundless fundamental laws.

When the primordial energy was completely digested, Su Jie opened his eyes, his gaze bright and clear. Looking at this universe again, it was completely different from before.

Su Jie saw the universe's structure, its breathing and growth, and the truth of its operation, even if it was only a superficial understanding, it was fundamentally different from the past.

In the past, the universe that Su Jie saw was like the colorful world seen by animals such as cats and dogs, with only monotonous black, white and gray. But in the eyes of humans, blooming flowers are colorful, lush trees are green, the vast sky is blue, and the world is magnificent and colorful.

This genuine understanding of the world, while not significantly improving Su Jie's combat power, is actually crucial. Only by seeing the true nature of the world can Su Jie forge his own path to immortality.

This is the sign that the path to immortality has begun. (End of Chapter)