Living in the deep palace

"May I ask, senior, is it... a certain immortal lord from the Heavenly Palace era, sealed away since ancient times, in person?"

"Junior Tianxuan greets you."

"May I ask, with your emergence now, is there anything this junior needs to do?"

He used the most respectful title he could think of with great care.

In his view, only those legendary beings who had attained immortality since the glorious ancient times could possess such unfathomable cultivation.

The third stage of the Divine Transformation Realm: Immortal Lord!

This was the most powerful being he could imagine.

What realm lies beyond that? Even he himself had no idea! After all, this was the strongest realm before the Age of Ruins.

The most powerful cultivator in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Elder Tianxuan, felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

He barely stood at the peak of the Second Realm Heavenly Monarch, with one hundred Dao marks! He seemed incredibly powerful, dominating the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, the second realm is the second realm, and the Heavenly Lord is the Heavenly Lord. He could never break through to the third realm of Immortal Lord, and could not increase even a single Dao mark.

now.

The ancient immortal lord has been born; it is time for his destiny to arrive.

The path to becoming an immortal should be opened to him!
However, when asked, Su Chen simply shook his head.

He did not say anything more.

The various thoughts that Tianxuan Elder had in mind had already been laid bare by Su Chen's single glance.

In this regard.

Su Chen just found it funny.

Because he and they were no longer from the same world.

Any explanation seems pale and powerless.

Above the Immortal Lord is the Quasi-Immortal, above the Quasi-Immortal is the True Immortal, and the True Immortal has nine stages, above which are the Mysterious Immortal and the Mysterious Jade Immortal.

The Xuan Yu Immortal realm is a level that even countless beings in the vast starry sea wouldn't dare to dream of.

Even a Xuan Yu Immortal of this level is no different from an ant in his presence.

He is too powerful.

The three realms of Nascent Soul are not worth mentioning.

"Heavenly Palace..."

"Five million years."

"Things have changed, and people are no longer the same. I had hoped to find some old friends from the Mountain and Sea Realm, or perhaps their descendants, to have a drink with..."

"It's a pity that out of the countless creatures that live in the mountains and seas, none of them are the people I knew..."

Su Chen took one last look at the ruins that held his earliest memories, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

Then, he lightly flicked his sleeve.

An invisible force, so gentle yet irresistible, instantly enveloped Elder Tianxuan and the already terrified Emperor Ziyang.

The next moment, the two figures vanished silently from the ruins of the Heavenly Palace.

To Su Chen, these were just two insignificant ants who had accidentally wandered into his nostalgia for the past.

I just dealt with it casually, so it's fine.

However, he had no idea that his casual flick of his sleeve would unleash a terrifying and overwhelming wave upon the entire Mountain and Sea Realm!

……

……

Inside the Tianxuan Sect, in the "Tianxuan Hall," the central building of the sect, which floats atop the sea of ​​clouds.

Space twisted without warning.

The figures of Elder Tianxuan and Emperor Ziyang staggered and fell out of the middle.

"This...this is..."

Looking at the familiar scene before him and feeling the familiar spiritual energy, Emperor Ziyang's mind went blank. He murmured to himself, "We...are back?"

After the initial shock, Elder Tianxuan suddenly raised his head, his deep eyes filled with unprecedented horror and... fanaticism!
He looked at his hands, which were still in the bowing posture, and felt the terrifying power that had brought them back—a power that was gentle yet contained the supreme Daoist principle of "words becoming law." His aged body trembled violently with extreme excitement!

"Spatial teleportation... No! This isn't spatial teleportation!"

"I am a perfected Second Realm Heavenly Monarch, yet I was teleported out without any resistance!"

"This is... a word becomes law! It's the legendary 'true immortal' technique, capable of rewriting the laws of heaven and earth in the blink of an eye!"

"He is not a Nascent Soul Immortal Lord! He is definitely not an Immortal Lord at the third stage of Nascent Soul!"

The old man Tianxuan's voice was hoarse and fervent, "He... he is a true... ancient immortal who has surpassed even the Immortal Lords and is beyond the comprehension of this world!"

"What?! A true immortal?! An ancient immortal?!"

Emperor Ziyang was completely stunned by his ancestor's shocking words!
"Ancestor, you...you're not mistaken, are you?"

"No mistake! Absolutely no mistake!" The eyes of the Heavenly Profound Elder gleamed with all-knowing wisdom. "That kind of method, that kind of Daoist charm, has long transcended the category of 'technique,' and is a manifestation of the origin of 'Dao'! My Mountain and Sea Realm... no! It should be said that my human race has produced a true, unprecedented... Supreme Dao Ancestor!"

He suddenly stood up and paced back and forth, his expression shifting between light and dark.

There was excitement, there was awe, but more than anything, there was a ecstatic joy at having seized an unprecedented opportunity!

"No! This matter is far too significant!"

"Immediately issue my decree!" Elder Tianxuan abruptly stopped in his tracks. He looked at Emperor Ziyang and commanded in an unquestionable tone, "In the name of my Tianxuan Sect, proclaim to the entire Five Regions of Mountains and Seas, all sects, all families, and all living beings—"

"Our human race has a supreme ancestor who has been asleep for five million years since the ancient Heavenly Palace era, and he has awakened and returned from the ruins of the Heavenly Palace!"

Once this order was issued, it was like a meteorite that exploded in the cultivation world of the Mountain and Sea Realm, which had been peaceful for millions of years!

In an instant, the entire Mountain-Sea Realm, whether in the remote Eastern Wilderness or the chaotic Central Continent, whether in the righteous sects or the demonic giants, was in complete uproar!
"What?! A living ancestor from five million years ago has emerged from the ruins of the Heavenly Palace?!"

"This...is this for real?! Is the Heavenly Profound Sect just spreading alarmist rumors?!"

"Impossible! Elder Tianxuan is of such status, how could he joke about such a thing! Moreover, it is said that the Enforcement Elder of Tianxuan Sect, Emperor Ziyang, personally witnessed the divine might of that ancestor. After returning, he immediately announced that he would go into seclusion, and his Dao heart was almost shattered!"

"My God! A being from five million years ago! Doesn't that mean he witnessed the apocalyptic war between the Heavenly Palace and the Divine Court? What kind of earth-shattering ancient inheritance must he carry?!"

Countless cultivators turned red with anger the moment they heard this news!

Fear, awe, but even more so, an uncontrollable greed and fanaticism!

"Let's go! To Zhongzhou!"

"Let's go to the Heavenly Palace Ruins! If we're lucky enough to get even the slightest guidance from that ancestor, wouldn't we be able to ascend to the heavens in one step?!"

"That's right! This era of ruins is finally coming to an end! A brand new, glorious era dominated by our human race is about to begin!"

An unprecedented, massive storm that swept across the entire Mountain and Sea Realm was completely unleashed by Su Chen's unintentional flick of his sleeve.

Countless cultivators and forces, like sharks smelling blood, surged madly from all directions of the Five Regions toward the ruins of the Central Heavenly Palace, which had already been regarded as a forbidden area.

They all wanted to witness with their own eyes the legendary ancestor of the human race who had lived for five million years! But at this moment, Su Chen, the center of this storm, had already left that place of trouble.

He knew nothing about it.

Even if they knew, they would probably just... laugh it off.

The clamor of the cultivation world during the ruins era could no longer stir any ripples in his calm and undisturbed Dao heart.

He had more important things to do.

Su Chen's figure appeared silently on a vast, boundless blue sea.

The sea breeze, carrying a hint of saltiness and fishiness, gently caressed the hem of his white robes.

This is the end of the Eastern Wilderness.

"Is this the weakest point of the tributary of the River of Time in the Mountain and Sea Realm? I vaguely remember the last time I saw the River of Time in the Mountain and Sea Realm was when that Dao Venerable from the Eastern Region was fishing on the River of Time."

"At that time, I was only at the Foundation Establishment stage or the Golden Core stage? I can't remember clearly. I just felt amazed by his talent and thought that senior was unfathomable."

"And now."

"In the blink of an eye, nearly five million years have passed..."

Time waits for no one.

"That Daoist master has already passed away, and there are no records of him in history."

Su Chen murmured to himself, his voice carrying a hint of emotion that even he himself was unaware of.

He slowly raised his hand and gently pressed it against the turbulent sea in front of him.

"open."

Boom——!!!!!!

In an instant, the entire sea trembled violently!
The unfathomable blue sea seemed to have been forcibly split in two by an invisible hand!
A vacuum passage, hundreds of feet wide and leading straight to the deep sea abyss, appeared before him!
At the very bottom of that passage, an ancient, weathered bronze temple, filled with an ominous and eerie aura, stood silently.

“This…” Su Chen frowned instantly.

The reason was simply because this bronze palace seemed somewhat familiar.

then.

He also encountered a bronze temple in the ancestral land, where he obtained a Golden Immortal Origin, and from then on, his Dao Fruit underwent a transformation, and he became a True Immortal.

This bronze palace was exactly the same as any other, except that it lacked the gatekeepers with bronze halberds and the presence of any living beings.

"What's happening here?"

"Beyond the bronze gate lies the river of time, but why is there such a bronze gate blocking the way?"

Su Chen looked at the bronze temple, his eyes becoming incredibly deep.

do not care.

He composed himself, took a step forward, and his figure descended through the vacuum passage to the ancient bronze temple.

The temple gates, weathered by time, were now covered in rust.

But the ancient divine script inscribed on the door, filled with the will of "self" and "dominance," still exudes a terrifying aura that makes one's heart tremble.

This aura was enough to make any Nascent Soul Emperor hesitate to approach.

But for Su Chen now, it was like a gentle breeze.

He reached out and gently pushed open the massive bronze door that had been sealed for countless millennia.

"Squeak-"

A sickening scraping sound rang out.

Inside the temple, there was not the magnificent gold and splendor one might imagine, but rather... an utterly empty void.

Only in the very center of the main hall, quietly suspended, was an ancient teleportation array constructed from countless starlight.

Around the teleportation array, there were scattered the skeletons of several powerful beings who had long since lost all their divinity and turned into mummies.

Su Chen's gaze swept over the skeletons.

Some are ancient demon gods, some are extraterrestrial monsters, and there is even one that is a celestial general of the Heavenly Court wearing tattered immortal armor!
They had all stumbled upon this place by chance over the long course of time, attempting to travel to some unknown land through this teleportation array, but ultimately they all died from exhaustion, becoming the burial offerings of this temple.

Or perhaps, they were... killed...

There was not a ripple in Su Chen's eyes.

He knew that this teleportation array was the entrance to the "Time Tributary".

Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped forward and stood directly on the ancient starlight teleportation array.

The moment his feet touched the teleportation array.

Buzz—! ! ! !

The entire bronze temple trembled violently!

The teleportation array, which had been dim and lifeless, seemed to be infused with boundless energy, and instantly burst forth with dazzling starlight!

Countless mysterious and ancient runes lit up from the formation, spinning and intertwining wildly like living things!
A terrifying teleportation force, powerful enough to tear apart space and time, instantly engulfed Su Chen's body completely!
Su Chen felt a blur before his eyes, and his entire consciousness seemed to be thrown into a huge vortex that was spinning faster than the speed of light!

Time, space, laws, energy...

Everything was completely disrupted, distorted, and reorganized at this moment!
Even with his powerful Dao body, now at the half-step Taiyi Golden Immortal level, he felt waves of tearing and dizziness originating from the depths of his soul!

He knew that this was not simply spatial teleportation.

Instead... time travel!
He is going against the current of this tributary of time called "Mountain and Sea Boundary," heading towards the distant past that has long been buried by the years...

I don't know how much time has passed; it might be a moment, or it might be ten thousand years.

As the terrifying teleportation power that tore everything apart slowly dissipated.

Su Chen's consciousness finally broke free from that chaotic vortex.

He slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he saw the scene before him, even with his calm and unwavering Dao heart, he couldn't help but be shaken to his core!
He was no longer at the bottom of that desolate, burial sea.

Instead, they arrived in a... vibrant, teeming with endless energy and hope... illusory world!
The sky was a pure azure blue, without the slightest impurity.

Nine suns, each a different color and radiating a soft glow, hung high in the sky, showering the earth with their warm light.

Above the earth lies an endless primeval forest.

Towering trees, some tens of thousands of feet tall and requiring hundreds of people to encircle, rise from the ground, their canopies almost touching the clouds in the sky.

And here, there stands a terrifying spirit, towering billions of feet high in this world.

Even Su Chen seemed to feel insignificant in his presence.

This spirit was awakened by Su Chen's intrusion. It opened its eyes, revealing a pair of sun-like eyes that shone brightly.

"Those who wish to reverse time, those who defy it, shall die!" (End of Chapter)