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Chapter 427 The City of Fallen Immortals, the Place to Knock on the Gate

"Little Stone, you probably can't turn back."

"Huh? Will I always be this big from now on?" the little stone spirit asked sadly.

If it stays this big, how will it play with its other companions? What if it accidentally crushes them?
"Yes, that's right!" Qi Ping nodded in affirmation, "After becoming a Void-level life form, both vitality and combat power will increase dramatically, but the size will no longer be able to shrink, because currently there is no magic or supernatural power that can compress the life and energy of this level, not even illusion magic."

"Alright." The little stone spirit looked a little dejected, but quickly cheered up again: "That's fine, now that little stone is a void-level life form, I can help boss beat up those bad guys!"

"Little Stone, it's alright. I, Tiger, am a divine beast of destiny. I will also become a void-level life form to accompany you in the future!"

After saying that, the little immortal tiger transformed into an immortal tiger with a physical body that was 1,800 feet tall!
Its fierce aura once again shocked the surrounding area.

This body is still a bit smaller than the little stone spirit, but it's not as exaggerated as before.

"That's right. Becoming a Void-level life form is a good thing. Size doesn't matter. As long as you're strong enough and live long enough in the future, everything will be fine! Besides, if the little tiger gets stronger, transforming into a three-thousand-foot form is a simple matter, and five thousand feet isn't difficult either!"

After Qi Ping finished speaking, a thought flashed through his mind, and a spiritual body, five thousand feet tall and surrounded by endless majesty, suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.
"As expected of the Star Emperor's spirit beast, it's incredibly powerful!"

"As expected of the Star Emperor! Even without his personal intervention, his spirit beasts have already swept across the land!"

"It's more than just sweeping; that's a life form from the void, and it's even evolved from a rare innate stone essence. It's unimaginable, especially its defense, which must have reached an incredibly astonishing level. Once a being of this level starts wreaking havoc without restraint, how terrifying its combat power will be!"

"Anyway, it's a good thing for us!"

"Stop looking, it's our turn! Quickly get into the teleportation array!"

As the spirits of Little Stone Spirit, Little Immortal Tiger, and Qi Ping appeared in the sky, the morale of the people of Star Sea Continent surged once again.

However, none of this affected the orderly war mobilization. Batch after batch of powerful cultivators were quickly teleported to the Immortal Fall City through the already increased teleportation arrays.

No further mobilization was needed; they knew the fastest way to get there.

Outside the City of Fallen Immortals lies the turbulent sea that truly connects all the heavens and myriad realms!
Anyone entering the Star Sea Continent must pass through the City of Immortal Fall.

Therefore, the City of Fallen Immortals was the only gateway for foreign invaders to break through the Star Sea Continent.

Throughout the history of the Star Sea Continent, the City of Immortal Fall has witnessed many earth-shattering battles. Even in recent years, alien races and ferocious sea beasts have invaded this place from time to time.

However, due to the suppression of the world, very few beings are able to break through the barrier of the Immortal Fall City. Some powerful beings are either driven away or captured by the Void Refinement and Nascent Soul cultivators of the Star Sea Continent and become one of the resources of the Star Sea Continent.

For example, both Baili Yun, the Demon Blade, and Meng Tianqi, who comprehended the Dao of Life and Death, had killed monsters of the Chaotic Sea level while guarding the pass.

No one has ever killed any of the strange sea beasts in the Fusion stage.

Although they are suppressed by the Star Sea Continent world, they still have the ability to exert a trace of the power of the Integration Stage, posing an extremely deadly threat to Void Refinement cultivators.

Going back even further back in time, the most terrifying war was the one in which the demon race attacked the Star Sea Continent.

In that battle, the City of Immortal Fall was slaughtered, with rivers of blood flowing. Outside the city and inside and outside the formation, layer upon layer of Star Sea cultivators died, their flesh and blood forming oceans and lakes of blood and flesh.

Even now, looking out from the City of Fallen Immortals, one can still see the bloodstains that have not disappeared over countless years, filled with endless resentment and killing intent.

That battle wiped out most of the Star Sea Continent's resources.

If it weren't for the Tianlong Continent and several other continents launching a surprise attack from the rear and suppressing the top-level demons, completely driving them away, the Xinghai Continent would probably have been completely devoured and reduced to ruins by the demons by now.

However, what was humiliating was that after that battle, the corpses of the Star Sea cultivators buried outside the City of Immortal Fall were all taken away by the people of the Heavenly Dragon Continent.

They also forcibly took away most of the resources, spiritual veins, and cultivation knowledge of the Star Sea Continent.

After that incident, the Star Sea Continent became the backyard for the Heavenly Dragon Continent to exploit. However, over the long years, the top cultivators no longer cared about what was left of the Star Sea Continent and instead continued to harvest the remaining resources from the lower levels.

It even became a training ground for young geniuses.

Under deliberate manipulation, the Starsea Continent has transformed from an alliance into a collection of independent powers waging war against each other. Memories of history have been continuously erased, and now only a few powerful forces with deep enough foundations retain some knowledge of the truth of history.

Therefore, after seeing the complete memories, Qi Ping strongly suspected that the appearance of the demons was nothing more than a ploy by the demons to kill someone out of fear of karma and calamity.

Afterwards, by virtue of helping to wipe out the demon race, they could take away the corpses of most of the cultivators on the Star Sea Continent and the resources of the Star Sea Continent.

Just like this time, unwilling to confront the danger of the Earth Immortal, and the karma and calamity brought about by killing an Earth Immortal with abundant fortune, they once again staged a drama of using someone else to kill.

Therefore, what remains in Starfall City today is the aura left behind by the demon race in ancient times.

In fact, Qi Ping now knows a secret: shortly before the ancient war between the demons, the mysterious "immortal" composed of black lines descended.

It was that "immortal" who directly severed the foundation for the Star Sea Continent to achieve the Great Ascension stage, which caused the Star Sea Continent to lose all its Great Ascension stage means of resisting the Demon Clan in the war. Otherwise, given the Star Sea Continent's former glory, even if it lost many Great Ascension stage experts, it still had countless resources left on the continent, and ordinary demons would not have had the strength to invade the Star Sea Continent.

Given enough time, a considerable number of Mahayana cultivators will reappear on the Star Sea Continent.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs." A series of events completely brought an end to the glory of the Star Sea Continent. "First, most of the Mahayana cultivators of the Star Sea Continent were lured away; then, the Black-Lined Evil Immortal took the opportunity to destroy the Mahayana path of the Star Sea Continent; next came the Demon Clan invasion; and then, the Heavenly Dragon Continent was reaped for countless years like a captive-bred spirit beast."

"Today, in order to completely annihilate me, a mere Earth Immortal, and the Star Sea Continent, you have once again summoned the Demon Race."

"With the Druid inheritance space and the reincarnation of Old Man Zhou now appearing here, and the Azure Dragon, the leader of the Four Saints with special destiny power, also appearing here, what is so magical about this Star Sea Continent? Even the little stone spirit has unexpectedly become a Void-level life form."

"If your initial goal was simply to destroy the Star Sea Continent, why did you rescue us from the Demon Race? Was it merely for personal gain?"

Qi Ping had already arrived at the city wall supported by the Immortal Fallen City. Looking at the mottled bloodstains outside the Immortal Fallen City, and the wailing of all spirits and murderous aura echoing in his mind, he kept thinking about the key events related to all of this.

For some reason, he had a vague feeling that things were not so simple. He felt that the Star Sea Continent might be hiding deeper secrets, but the relevant history and knowledge had been erased.

Qi Ping was so certain because he was absolutely certain that there was a crucial gap in the history and knowledge of the Star Sea Continent, and that gap might be the answer to all his questions.

"Just thinking about it gives me a headache, but now I want to see if I can smash this situation that spans countless years into a complete mess!"

So what about the demons?
What about the mysterious mastermind behind all this, hiding in the shadows?
At this moment, Qi Ping was somewhat solemn, but he felt no fear. Instead, he was filled with ambition and determination to overthrow everything.

However, his confidence did not come solely from himself, but from the people standing behind him!

At this moment, in that magnificent city of immortal fall, marked by the bloodstains of time, Qi Ping stood at the forefront, his deep and bright eyes fixed on the increasingly intense and terrifying aura emanating from the depths of the turbulent sea.

Beside him were small stone spirits, void-level beings, closely following him; a ferocious giant tiger three thousand feet long; and a green dragon, nearly four thousand feet long, resembling the leader of the Four Saints.

There were also schools of void fish that stirred up massive spatial storms.

There are also Balance Bees that exude a terrifying aura of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. Over the years, these Balance Bees, which surpass any single-attribute bee and perfectly integrate Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, space, and life attributes, have begun to mass-produce troops!
The sight of countless golden marrow bees following Qi Ping was indescribable; a single swarm of bees was like an invincible super army!

Apart from the ley line ants, Qi Ping still arranged to suppress the ley lines and fortune of the Star Sea Continent.

Besides Qi Ping's animal companions, there's also Baili Yun, whose aura is powerful enough to cleave the heavens and earth; Meng Tianqi, who has comprehended the Dao of Life and Death; and the newly promoted Void Refining Wood Immortal old woman.
The Azure God Army, numbering over a million and comprised of countless geniuses and powerful individuals, yet possessing an aura that seemed to unite them as one.
The prodigies and elders of Xinghai Academy and its various branches.
Become a powerful rogue cultivator and a prodigy among the Star Sea mercenaries.
Each of these powerful spirit beasts has a unique appearance, but their auras are incredibly fierce.

These people and these spirit beasts are not just simple numbers to Qi Ping; they are all living, breathing individuals with their own families and friends, their own pursuits, their own strengths, and their own promising futures!
Qi Ping believed that one of them would become a powerful figure who would amaze the world in this battle.

I have even greater faith that those who have fallen, and those who are diligently working behind the scenes in the Nine Realms of the Stars, are capable of making tremendous contributions.

This is the source of Qi Ping's confidence.

Although he felt that his current talent was enough to shake the world, and that his comprehension, knowledge, and understanding were all outstanding, he was afraid that compared to those mysterious old monsters or "immortals" who had lived for countless years, he had not even reached the threshold to become one of them.

Therefore, relying solely on himself, Qi Ping felt there was absolutely no chance of breaking the deadly trap that had been brewing for countless years.

However, he was certain that no cultivator throughout history had ever maximized the potential, strength, and initiative of every cultivator as he had.

Having read extensively throughout history, Qi Ping could definitively say no.

He wasn't particularly good at management, nor was he very sensitive to policies. However, he discovered Lin Yue's management genius and helped Lin Yue build a management team, which brought Lin Yue's overall management ability to an unprecedented level, managing the vast Star Sea Nine Domains in an orderly and prosperous manner.

Aside from management, this applies to every industry on the Star Sea Continent, and even cultivation itself. In fact, a large number of cultivators are already trying new paths of cultivation, which has given Qi Ping a lot of inspiration.

Qi Ping continuously explored all the potential of the Star Sea Continent, causing its people to burst forth with unprecedented vitality.

The Star Sea Continent has long been home to many figures who have amazed the world in their respective fields and cultivation. It is because of them that Qi Ping now wields such great power.

Qi Ping's unique advantage lies in his ability to tap into the potential of everything around him. This is a complex situation and capability that even the Dao of Heaven cannot fathom, and it concerns all living beings in the universe.

In this respect, Qi Ping's title of Star Emperor is well-deserved, and it is the key to his becoming a Star Emperor who is subservient to all people. Even those geniuses who amazed the era would not lack respect for him.

Most importantly, after tapping into all the potential of the Star Sea Continent, it all ultimately returned to Qi Ping.

The blessing of the power of the Earth Immortal Druids from the Nine Realms of the Star Sea.

The Star Sea Citizens' blessing on Qi Ping's understanding of the Dao of All Beings greatly enhanced his comprehension of this Dao. In particular, the Star Sea Citizens currently residing in the Immortal Fall City are providing an incredibly terrifying boost to Qi Ping's combat power.

Furthermore, the flourishing development of the Star Sea Continent benefits Qi Ping's cultivation, and the insights gained by those geniuses below further enhance Qi Ping's understanding of cultivation.
Everything that is possible is thanks to their existence, which has made Qi Ping who he is today.

Even in a small corner of the world, one can still slay the heavens!

This is Qi Ping's current belief: regardless of victory or defeat, he wants to see who can withstand the power of all spirits whose potential has been fully unleashed!

Even gods and immortals are all alone!

At the same time, behind Qi Ping, whether it was his animal companions or the powerful geniuses of the Star Sea, everyone who looked at Qi Ping standing at the forefront felt an equally strong sense of conviction.

For our homeland, for our spiritual practice, what is there to fear in a battle!
Less than half a day after all the warriors of the Star Sea Continent were teleported to the Immortal Fall City, a wisp of demonic energy that could crush space emerged from the suddenly appearing Boundary Sea Passage.

Following closely behind the demonic energy was an enormous, pitch-black demonic claw.
(End of this chapter)