Living in the deep palace

"I see!"

An unprecedented, dazzling divine light erupted from Su Chen's eyes!

His aura, which had been weakening due to the failed attack, suddenly surged at this moment!

More terrifying than ever before!
"Thank you... for your kindness, senior!"

Su Chen bowed respectfully to the illusory image of the Immortal Emperor that had merged with him.

Then, he suddenly raised his head, and in his eyes, which were half creation and half end, there was only endless, unquestionable... determination!
"You mere remnants of the old era dare to...block my path?!"

"Break it...!"

*Snap!*

The seemingly indestructible "Chains of the End of Dharma" that bound his Dao Fruit actually let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain under the roar of Su Chen, who embodied the power of two generations of "Taiyi successors." The sturdy chains were actually forced to... develop hideous cracks!
"not enough!"

"From the beginning, the Golden Immortal... was forged!"

Su Chen suddenly clasped his hands together!

His "Taiyi Dao Fruit," which was already on the verge of breaking and was half golden and half nine-colored, exploded at this moment!
It transformed into the purest, most primal gray torrent!
Then, guided by the will of the Supreme Immortal Emperor, this chaotic torrent began to reorganize! A new life!
The "Nine Colors" and the "Radiant Gold" are gone.

There is only one kind, a pure, unique color that seems to represent the "universe" itself... a chaotic color!
Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The moment that brand-new, chaotic-colored "Taiyi Golden Immortal Dao Fruit" was completely formed!
At the very end of time, this "Sea of ​​Time," which had been still for countless epochs, suddenly began to boil violently!

A completely new aura of "Heavenly Dao" erupted from Su Chen, a power that defied description in words and concepts.

It swept through the past! It swept through the future! It swept through... the entire vast starry sea!
At this moment, in the vast sea of ​​stars, all beings who had reached the Golden Immortal realm, whether immortals, gods, Buddhas, or demons, regardless of where they were, whether in seclusion or traveling in the mortal world, suddenly raised their heads, their faces filled with horror, and looked at that unknown land that even they could not fathom!
They could clearly sense that the "Old Heavenly Way," which had bound them and ruled this universe for countless epochs, let out a... mournful cry of resentment at this moment!
Immediately, a brand new, more domineering, more perfect, and more... full of "order" and "vitality" "New Heavenly Dao" descended!
Although the pressure from this "new Heavenly Dao" is still very weak.

However, its essence is... above the "Old Heavenly Way"!
……

……

"impossible!"

"He actually succeeded, taking that step into the third realm of Taiyi, a realm that no one had ever reached before?"

"How can this be!"

"The heavens have changed. It seems that everything is truly about to change. A celestial being even more powerful than the Supreme Immortal Emperor of the First Era has been born..."

"How powerful would he be if he reached the top?"

Within the Golden Immortal Alliance, Xuan Yuan Golden Immortal stared at the violently trembling "Heavenly Secrets Disc," muttering to himself, his eyes filled with boundless shock!

"It's...it's him!"

"He... he actually... succeeded?!"

……

……

On the chaotic lotus platform, Su Chen slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were no longer half creation and half destruction.

Instead, it transformed into a vast, profound chaos!
It was as if, in his eyes, there was a complete universe, constantly being born and dying in a cycle of reincarnation!
The aura emanating from him had completely returned to its original simplicity.

He looked like an ordinary mortal with no cultivation whatsoever.

But he simply sat there quietly; he was the center of this world! He was the only one in this space and time!

This is the third ineffable realm—the Taiyi Golden Immortal!
My body is the universe, my way is the way of heaven!
Su Chen slowly rose from the lotus platform. He felt the supreme power within him, the power that could make words come true and create or destroy a real universe in an instant. Yet, his heart remained calm and undisturbed.

He knew that this was just... a new beginning.

He straightened his robes and, facing the empty void, once again respectfully performed a Taoist bow.

"Thank you for your guidance, senior. I am deeply grateful."

He knew that without the guidance of that mysterious voice, he would never have been able to find this place of enlightenment so easily.

He remembered this kindness.

And just as he finished bowing and straightened up...

The void before him rippled gently, like waves on the surface of water.

A figure, ethereal and seemingly not belonging to this world, appeared silently...

That was a boy who looked to be no more than thirteen or fourteen years old.

He was dressed in a simple white linen robe, barefoot, with delicate features and clear eyes, like a bottomless spring.

However, this seemingly harmless young man was, in Su Chen's "Eye of Heaven," which had now attained the "Taiyi Golden Immortal" realm, an unfathomable void, even more profound than the "End of Time"... an absolute nothingness!
He seemed to exist.

But he was there, undeniably.

This feeling of extreme contradiction caused Su Chen's unwavering Dao heart to tremble violently!
The boy did not respond to Su Chen's thanks.

He simply gazed at Su Chen, his clear eyes seemingly carrying a hint of curiosity and a touch of inquiry, but more than that, a longing that seemed to transcend countless eras as if he were looking at a familiar old object…

He simply ignored the supreme authority of Su Chen, who was now the "Heavenly Dao" itself.

They ignored the space and distance between the two.

She simply extended a pale, ethereal hand slightly toward Su Chen.

Buzz—!!!!!! An unbelievable scene unfolded!

Su Chen felt that the origin of the "Longevity Tree" within his body, which had long been completely integrated with his true spirit and his "Taiyi Dao," was being forcibly activated at this moment by an irresistible, gentle yet supreme force!

A phantom of a sacred giant tree, tens of thousands of feet tall and exuding the dual Daoist aura of "creation" and "ending," involuntarily appeared behind him!

As the boy gazed at the phantom of the giant tree, the longing in his clear eyes grew even stronger.

He seemed to be trapped in some distant memory, long buried by the passage of time.

He murmured softly:
"It really brings back memories."

"Such a distant memory..."

"I never imagined that the sapling I left behind in this starry sky world would actually be successfully cultivated by someone, and even reach the third stage of the Taiyi realm..."

In an instant.

Su Chen's expression turned to surprise.

Did he hear it right?

The Tree of Immortality... was left behind by this mysterious being before us?
The path to the third realm of Taiyi is actually related to this person?
At this moment, an unprecedented storm surged through Su Chen's heart.

Who is this young man?
Why does he feel so familiar with his own path?

Just as Su Chen suppressed the myriad doubts in his heart and was about to speak to this unfathomable and mysterious being to seek the answer!

A sudden change occurs!
boom--!!!!!!!!

A violent, terrifying explosion originating from his inner world suddenly resounded without warning!

Su Chen's brows furrowed suddenly!
His mind instantly sank into his own immortal realm.

The ten directions had long since evolved into "Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands," and now, after he attained the Dao of "Taiyi Golden Immortal," he began to transform into the vast Star Sea Immortal Aperture World, which was transforming into the "True Universe." At its core, an enormous vortex appeared, spinning wildly!
The source of that vortex was none other than the Golden Immortal Origin he obtained after casually slaying that "foolish" Golden Immortal outside the Mountain and Sea Realm, which was originally intended to help the Ancient Insect Immortal advance!
At this moment, that Golden Immortal Origin had already completely exploded!
It did not transform into a destructive energy storm, but rather into a sinister... interdimensional teleportation altar!
A power of coordinates, not belonging to the end of time, but filled with the aura of a "vast starry sea," suddenly erupted from the altar!

"I see!"

"A trap?"

A cold glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes!

He understood everything in an instant!
That seemingly foolish Golden Immortal who offered himself up was not a fool at all!
He was a... pawn!
One person, at the cost of his own Golden Immortal origin, silently planted an "anchor point" within his body that was capable of transcending time and space and ignoring any barriers!
The purpose of this "anchor point" is to open a "hunting gate" directly to the "hunter" hidden behind the scenes for him at his most critical, weakest, or... greatest moment!
What a deep and calculating scheme! What ruthless methods!
Using the life of a Golden Immortal as bait, what they're after must be... something earth-shattering!
Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The moment Su Chen realized all of this, the spacetime altar located in the center of his immortal aperture world had already reached its limit!

Two terrifying auras, filled with "decay" and "greed," powerful enough to make any late-stage Golden Immortal despair, forcibly tore through the spacetime barrier of "the end of time" along that spacetime anchor point, like two world-destroying demonic stars, and crashed down!
"Hahahahahaha!"

"The plan has succeeded! It's a success!"

"This barrier of 'the end of time' is indeed unable to stop the 'beacon of the Dao' that I created by sacrificing my Golden Immortal avatar! Those old fogies still want to wait for him to come out before making a move, how utterly foolish!"

Accompanied by a wild laugh that was extremely arrogant, as if the greed that had been suppressed for thousands of years was finally being released, two ancient figures exuding the unique pressure of "immortal giants" appeared in the sky above this desolate Sea of ​​Time!

On the left is a figure dressed in a magnificent Taoist robe formed from countless stars. His figure is elusive, seemingly existing between reality and illusion, surrounded by countless dreamlike bubbles that are constantly arising and ceasing.

He is one of the giants of the immortal realm—the Immortal Lord of Myriad Illusions!
The man on the right was a withered old man. He wore a gray robe woven from the aura of "decay" and "death" of countless living beings. Wherever he went, even the still time at the "end of time" seemed to show a trace of "withering".

He is another terrifying being who attained the Golden Immortal Perfection through the path of "withering" and "decay"—Ancestor Tianshang!

These two are ancient monsters who have survived since the ancient era! They are truly the pinnacle of the ordinary Golden Immortal cultivation system... the giants of immortality!
They are the masterminds behind this incredible gamble!
Their goal from the very beginning was not Su Chen's life, but... Su Chen's "Taiyi Origin," which was unprecedented in all time and even Zuo Qingcang had failed to truly master!
"Boy!"

The illusory eyes of the Myriad Illusions Immortal Lord were like two black holes, locked onto Su Chen. His voice was filled with undeniable greed and... judgment!
"Your 'Taiyi Origin' is now ours!"

"To be the resource for the two of us to break through to the legendary 'Great Luo' realm is the greatest honor you, as a junior, have ever had in your life!"

"Go to hell!"

The hoarse voice of the Heavenly Ancestor was like a death knell. The withered yellow wooden staff in his hand, formed from the scene of "the end of the world," was already pointing at Su Chen from afar!

In their eyes, Su Chen was already... a sitting duck!
They had been plotting for ten thousand years, even sacrificing a loyal Golden Immortal subordinate, all for this moment!
In this secluded place called "The End of Time," intercept and kill this "Taiyi" son who bears the greatest destiny of all time!
As long as they devour his "Taiyi Origin", they will have a great chance to break through the shackles of the Golden Immortal Perfection and glimpse that sliver of the supreme heavenly secrets belonging to the "Great Luo"!
however.

Just as their arrogant laughter was still echoing over this Sea of ​​Time.

The expressions on their faces suddenly... froze.

That gaze, filled with greed and fanaticism, was gradually replaced by a trace of... bewilderment, a trace of... doubt, and a trace of... an uncontrollable... horror from the depths of one's soul!

"Ok?"

"wrong……"

The illusory figure of the Immortal Lord of Myriad Illusions trembled suddenly. He stared intently at Su Chen, and for the first time, his voice carried a tremor that even he himself was unaware of.

"His aura...why...why isn't it that of a 'half-step Golden Immortal'?!"

The withered old face of the Heavenly Ancestor instantly darkened to the point that it seemed to drip water!

He sensed it too!

The Su Chen before them no longer possessed the Daoist aura of a "half-finished product" who was about to break through but had not yet fully transformed!

Instead, there was a terrifying aura that was... perfectly harmonious and complete, self-contained, as if he himself were a complete universe, a supreme heavenly Dao!
It was a kind of absolute, crushing dominance that they had pursued for countless epochs but could never reach... the essence of life!
"This...this is..."

"Taiyi...Golden Immortal?!"

The moment those four words were uttered with difficulty from the dry throat of the Heavenly Ancestor.

The two arrogant immortal giants were struck dumb, their minds going completely blank!
It seems they arrived a step too late!
The other side has succeeded! (End of Chapter)