Living in the deep palace

Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This decree, imbued with an air of "iron-bloodedness" and "desolation," was issued.

The once lively atmosphere of the entire mythological era instantly came to a standstill!
All the ancient beings who were previously eager to see the Divine Court make a fool of itself, or even to take advantage of the chaos, instantly suppressed their auras, their Dao hearts trembling violently!
They knew that Heaven was about to... get serious!

This is to use the entire universe as a cage to trap and kill that "thief of time"!
This demonstrates an unwavering determination to eradicate that "deepest threat" at the cost of halting the development of the entire era.
In an instant, the entire universe was plunged into an unprecedented, high-pressure, and somber atmosphere.

Heaven is waiting.

He was waiting for that "mouse" to give itself away because it couldn't stand the omnipresent "surveillance" and "oppression".

However, He was destined to be disappointed.

Because the "mouse" He was looking for, from the very beginning, was not targeting the "cheese" He protected, nor the origins of the three realms and the pseudo-fourth realm.

Instead, they planned to directly undermine the foundation of His seemingly impregnable "granary"!
……

……

Azure Dragon Starfield, the easternmost region.

A tiny, remote ancient star named "Jianmu" that harbors life.

This is the place with the thinnest spiritual energy and the most chaotic laws in the entire Azure Dragon Starfield.

This place was once the ancient battlefield where, in the previous era, a powerful fourth-realm god-demon rebelled against the Heavenly Dao and fought against the Divine Court army.

Although the demon was eventually suppressed.

However, the curse He unleashed before His death completely...corrupted the laws of this star field.

The beings living here have their cultivation path heavily shackled from birth.

The spiritual energy within them will uncontrollably become tainted with a trace of violent, chaotic "demonic nature".

This makes their cultivation speed ten or even a hundred times slower than that of beings in other worlds!
Moreover, the "inner demon tribulation" that one faces at each breakthrough is a thousand times, ten thousand times more dangerous than the external world!
For countless millennia, not even a single being capable of breaking through to the "True Immortal" realm has ever been born on the ancient star Jianmu.

This place, known as the "Land Forsaken by the Gods," is a cursed land that all immortals and gods in the entire Azure Dragon Starfield avoid at all costs.

However, today...

This land, abandoned for countless years, has welcomed an uninvited guest.

A figure in white appeared silently at the top of the tallest tree on the ancient star of Jianmu, the "Jianmu Divine Tree" that had been dead for countless millennia.

"I've heard that this Jianmu Divine Tree is also a life form of the third realm."

"It can release a hundred strands of Azure Dragon Origin Qi every hundred years. One strand can help the birth of a Xuan Yu Immortal. Every thousand years, a Chaos Azure Wood Fruit is born, which can increase the possibility of breaking through to Golden Immortal."

"pity."

"This divine tree died during the battle between the fourth-realm gods and demons. Otherwise, I could have devoured it..."

This figure was none other than Su Chen.

After completely stabilizing his cultivation, he quietly infiltrated this place, the edge of the world where the Heavenly Dao's surveillance was weakest and most disdainful of monitoring.

His gaze shifted from the tree to the land filled with "despair" and "struggle".

His divine sense easily covered the entire planet, revealing the murky and resentful eyes of the billions of living beings there.

"What a place...a land abandoned by the gods."

Su Chen murmured softly, his strange eyes flashing with an unprecedented light.

"The Way of Heaven feeds on 'order'."

"But here, it is filled with the purest... 'chaos'."

"To Him, this place is 'garbage' that needs to be cleared away."

"But for me..."

Su Chen's lips slowly curved into a meaningful smile.

"...This place, however, is the most fertile soil, enough to nurture a 'revolution' that could overturn the world!"

He slowly floated down from the top of the Jianmu Divine Tree.

He concealed all his aura and transformed into an ordinary-looking young man in white.

He entered the largest city on the ancient star of Jianmu, a city where mortals and cultivators lived together—"Unyielding City".

Here, he will ignite the first spark that will set the entire mythological era ablaze!

Su Chen walked on the streets of "Unyielding City" paved with huge bluestones, feeling the unique, oppressive yet resilient atmosphere of the city.

A faint, strange scent, a mixture of spiritual and demonic energy, filled the air.

The buildings on both sides of the street are mostly low and simple, and are engraved with some ancient runes that have long been lost and were used to fight against the erosion of "inner demons".

The passersby, whether mortals or cultivators, all wore a kind of numb, resolute determination on their faces, as if they were defying fate.

Su Chen walked on silently, observing.

He was like an ordinary traveler, blending into this city forgotten by the world.

He stopped in front of a tavern called "Listening to the Wind Pavilion".

He went inside and sat down in an inconspicuous corner by the window.

He ordered a pot of "Qingxin Tea," a local specialty used to calm the mind and soothe the nerves.

then.

He listened quietly to the conversations of the cultivators from all over the country in the tavern, their voices filled with complaints and resentment.

"Sigh! Another failure! This attempt to break through to the 'Tribulation Stage' almost got me swallowed by my inner demons! This godforsaken place is no place for a human to stay!"

"Who says otherwise! Take me, Wang Laosan, for example. I am quite talented, with a Yin constitution. If I were in the outside world, I would probably have already become a True Immortal and lived a carefree life! But unfortunately, I was born on this Jianmu Ancient Star, and now I'm stuck at the Mahayana stage for a thousand years!"

"It's all that damned ancient demon god's fault! Even in death, he dragged our entire world down with him!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down! You can't say things like that! If the 'Inspector' sent down from the Heavenly Court in the city hears you, you'll be in big trouble!"

"Inspectors? Hmph! What do those high and mighty guys do besides scavenging the pitiful 'pure spirit stones' that we painstakingly extract from demonic energy every year? When have they ever truly cared about our lives?!"

"Exactly! We're like livestock being raised in captivity! Every year we have to hand over the largest share of the 'harvest'! And what they give us in return is nothing more than some insignificant, so-called 'divine protection'!"

For a moment, the entire tavern was filled with repressive, angry accusations against "Heaven" and "Fate".

Su Chen listened quietly.

The Mythical Era is fundamentally different from the Ten Eras of the Star Sea.

it's here.

The path to immortality begins with Qi cultivation, foundation building, golden core, nascent soul, and deity transformation, and involves the accumulation of three major realms.

They are: the Void Realm Stage, the Mahayana Stage, and the Tribulation Transcending Stage.

It is precisely because of the accumulation of these three great realms of immortality that the third realm of the Unspeakable is far more powerful than the three realms of the Unspeakable in the Star Sea of ​​later generations.

"However, the Nascent Soul stage here is just the Nascent Soul stage, without the later Nascent Soul realms: First Realm Emperor, Second Realm Heavenly Lord, and Third Realm Immortal Lord."

"The Nascent Soul stage here is equivalent to the level of a first-stage Emperor in later generations with ten Nascent Soul Dao Marks."

"Those who are weak in the Void Transformation stage are equivalent to Heavenly Lords, while those who are strong are Immortal Lords."

"The real accumulation actually occurs at the Mahayana stage and the Tribulation Transcending stage..."

"That's quite interesting." "Perhaps this is the complete path to immortality."

A knowing glint flashed in his eyes.

He knew where to begin his first move in corrupting the mythical Heavenly Dao.

at this time.

"boom!"

A loud bang!
The tavern's already dilapidated door was kicked open!
Several heavenly soldiers, clad in standard silver armor and exuding arrogance, swaggered in.

The leader was a hook-nosed general whose cultivation had reached the initial stage of "True Immortal".

True immortals are practically impossible to be born natively in this star field.

no doubt.

This is a general from the Divine Court.

of course.

True Immortals are very weak in the early stages. In the previous battle where the Four Supreme Heavenly Kings besieged Su Chen, True Immortals, and even those in the early stages of Profound Immortals, were not qualified to appear on the battlefield.

it's here.

He was a true immortal at the initial stage, and undoubtedly a giant among them.

after all.

This is a planet, equivalent to the mortal realm of the cultivation world.

His disdainful gaze swept over all the monks in the tavern who instantly fell silent, their faces showing fear.

Finally, his gaze fell on the tavern owner, a middle-aged man who looked honest and slightly overweight.

"Shopkeeper Liu."

The hook-nosed general spoke coldly, in an unquestionable tone.

"Shouldn't we hand in this month's 'tribute'?"

"Don't tell me you haven't collected them all yet."

The shopkeeper's face instantly plastered with a fawning smile. He jogged over to the hook-nosed general, bowing and scraping as he spoke:
"Oh! It's General Li who has graced us with his presence! I'm so sorry for not greeting you properly!"

"General, you see, business is really bad this month... Could you please grant us a few more days?"

"Grace period?"

General Li's face suddenly turned cold!
"Snapped!"

A resounding slap landed hard on Manager Liu's face!
His obese body was sent flying by the slap, crashing heavily into the wall!
"Who do you think you are? You dare to bargain with this general?!"

General Li's eyes were filled with cruel pleasure.

"Let me tell you! If you don't hand over three hundred 'superior pure spirit stones' today, I, the general, will tear down this shabby tavern of yours! I'll drag you back to the 'Inspection Department' and give you a good beating with the 'Heart-Refining Demonic Fire'!"

Inside the tavern, all the cultivators lowered their heads, daring not to speak out against their anger.

Manager Liu, who was lying on the ground, was so frightened that he trembled all over and his face turned completely pale.

Three hundred top-grade pure spirit stones!

That's almost all of his tavern's revenue for the entire year!

This is practically driving him to his death!

However, in this deathly silence, when everyone thought that Manager Liu was doomed to perish today.

A calm, unassuming voice slowly rose from the corner by the window.

"Three hundred high-grade pure spirit stones."

“I paid for him.”

Upon hearing this, the room fell silent.

brush--!
In an instant, everyone's gaze in the tavern—whether it was the resentful local cultivators, the arrogant heavenly soldiers, or the groaning shopkeeper Liu lying on the ground—all focused on the white-robed youth who, from beginning to end, seemed detached and quietly sipped his tea.

It was a look that mixed surprise, doubt, and a hint of bewilderment.

General Li, the hook-nosed commander, slowly turned around.

He narrowed his eyes, his sharp, hawk-like gaze sweeping back and forth over Su Chen.

However, to his surprise, when he probed the young man before him with his divine sense, there was no spiritual energy fluctuation on his body, and he was completely devoid of any Daoist aura. He was just like a complete... mortal.

How dare a mere mortal interfere in the affairs of his Censorate?
How could an ordinary person possibly appear in this tavern?
General Li's lips curled into an uncontrollable, cruel, and mocking smile.

He thought it was some ignorant young master of a reclusive family trying to emulate the heroes in folk tales and act as a chivalrous knight-errant.

"Kid,"

He walked slowly toward Su Chen in a tone as if playing with a cat to toy with a mouse, saying, "What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."

The heavenly soldiers behind him also surrounded him with mocking expressions, their long spears tapping the ground intentionally or unintentionally, making clanging sounds. A chilling aura instantly enveloped the entire tavern.

Su Chen didn't even lift his eyelids.

He simply put down his teacup and calmly repeated himself.

“I said, I’ll pay for his spirit stones.”

"Hahaha……"

General Li burst into laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
"Paid? With you? Kid, do you even know what three hundred high-grade pure spirit stones mean? You couldn't even scrape together a fraction of that!"

"I advise you to obediently go back to your mother's arms and drink your milk! This is not a place for a brat like you who hasn't even grown up yet!"

Inside the tavern, some cultivators showed expressions of reluctance and gently shook their heads.

In their eyes, this young man in white was ultimately too young. Full of enthusiasm, yet unaware of the... treacherous nature of this world.

However, Su Chen seemed completely oblivious to General Li's threats and taunts.

He slowly raised his head, and for the first time, his strange eyes, half chaos and half data, looked directly at General Li.

"Spirit stones are merely a vessel for the remnants of immortal power."

Su Chen's voice remained calm.

"Since you desire immortal power, why should I resort to such an inefficient method to pay for it?"

talking.

Amidst the puzzled gazes of everyone present.

Su Chen slowly raised his right hand.

Buzz—! ! ! !

The next moment, an unbelievable scene unfolded!

Inside the tavern, the murky air, which was originally mixed with sparse spiritual energy and violent demonic energy, seemed to be summoned by some supreme will and began to frantically converge towards Su Chen's palm!

That's not just a simple attraction of spiritual energy!
Rather, it's a more fundamental, more domineering… forced extraction at the level of "rules"! (End of Chapter)