From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 623 The World's Collapse and Migration Begin

The vast and desolate world is ravaged.

The magnificent scenery that was once shrouded in ethereal mist and dotted with sacred mountains and rivers is no more.

The vast seabed exposed after the seawater evaporated resembled a hideous scar. The earth was cracked, and the land was scorched for miles. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, blood, and the deathly silence of destruction. Only the remaining primordial chaos, carrying the aura of decay, was like the last gasp of a dying beast, barely keeping the world from collapsing immediately.

The divine army was almost completely wiped out by the Primordial Ancestral Dragon in a single blow, and the remaining scattered divine beings were also swept away in the subsequent counterattack by the Xuanhuang cultivators. The joy of surviving the calamity did not last long, as a deeper despair and bewilderment enveloped all the survivors. The world... seemed to be dying.

Taiyi Gate, deep within the Eternal Divine Furnace.

Taihuangtian sat cross-legged amidst endless immortal light, his face so gloomy it was almost dripping with water. Before him, the core giants of the Taiyi Sect, such as Chirongtian and Taixutian, stood with their hands at their sides, not daring to even breathe loudly.

"Investigate! Investigate thoroughly! How did that traitor Linglong and that Primordial Ancestral Dragon manage to do this?!" Taihuangtian's voice was like ancient ice, containing suppressed rage to the extreme. He felt that he, the entire Taiyi Sect, and even the Celestial Lords of the Immortal Realm behind them, had become a colossal joke.

Most importantly, he had cultivated for thousands of years and barely achieved the status of a True Immortal, but his traitorous disciple, Linglong, who had brought shame to the Taiyi Sect, actually took advantage of this great calamity to step into the realm of the Heavenly Monarch.

Heavenly Emperor!

This is a level that even he dared not imagine!
Even in the immortal realm, he was a dominant force!

Linglong actually succeeded.

One step to the sky!

What does it mean to rise to the top in one step? This is what it means to rise to the top in one step!
The thought of his rebellious disciple running off to the Celestial Realm to become a Celestial Emperor instantly made him feel that the Celestial Realm was no longer appealing.

Chi Rongtian stepped forward with a stiff upper lip and reported, "Ancestor, based on the information gathered from all sides and our tracing of the flow of the Xuanhuang Origin, we can basically reconstruct part of the truth..."

"Partial truth?"

"Yes!" Chi Rongtian's voice was somewhat dry. "The Great Calamity of the Divine Race erupted, attracting the attention of all the high-end combat forces in the Xuanhuang Great World and the Immortal Realm. That bitch Linglong... Immortal Venerable...!"

He really wanted to say the word "bastard," but considering that Linglong Immortal Venerable was now a Celestial Venerable, he ultimately didn't dare to say the word completely.

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, and relying on intelligence she obtained from an unknown source, she swept through several known and unknown ancient treasure troves and lands in the Xuanhuang Great World with thunderous methods! Such as "Bodhi Immortal Mansion" and "Iron Blood Immortal Mansion", etc. She even went straight to the Nine Netherworlds, seized the Yellow Spring Treasure Vault, killed Su Xiuyi, the sect leader of the Yellow Spring Demon Sect and the masters of various halls, and swept away the treasures and inheritances accumulated over countless eras!
Subsequently, at the critical moment when the primordial essence of the Xuanhuang Great World instinctively surged forth due to the global crisis, fighting against the gods and nourishing all living beings, the Linglong Immortal Venerable acted ruthlessly. With a strange and unpredictable divine power, she forcibly extracted a massive amount of Xuanhuang primordial essence, thus successfully ascending...to the Immortal Realm!

Silence, a deathly silence!

After a long while, the Supreme Emperor asked, "Where is the Heavenly Martial Treasury? What happened to it?"

"The Heavenly Martial Treasury has been seized by Li Chengqian of the Feathered Ascension Sect." Chi Rongtian's expression changed, revealing anger. "According to Hua Tiandu, when Li Chengqian entered the Heavenly Martial Treasury, he was already at the Cosmic Light Realm, and he possessed the World Tree, making him the nemesis of the God Race. The Desolate God of the Heavenly Martial Treasury posed no threat to him at all. In the end, he seized the Key to the Desolate God, and it has now returned to the Feathered Ascension Sect, and..."

"And what?"

"And he has achieved the Realm King Realm!" "Realm King Realm? How is that possible?" Taihuangtian's expression shifted, but then he seemed to realize his talent and sighed helplessly.

Jumping from the Cosmic Light Realm to the Realm King Realm in one fell swoop, spanning three realms, might be impossible under normal circumstances. However, under the great calamity of the God Clan, the origin of the Xuanhuang Great World has flourished, and the cultivators of the Xuanhuang Great World have all benefited greatly. For a peerless genius like Li Chengqian, jumping three realms at once is not impossible.

Didn't you see that Linglong, by borrowing the Primordial Origin of Xuanhuang, leaped to become a Heavenly Lord?

Compared to her, Li Chengqian was just a small fry.

However, this would mean the Ascension Immortal Sect...

Thinking about this, he felt helpless!
Now that the origin of the Xuanhuang Great World has been plundered in large quantities, it is rapidly declining and the grade of the entire world has plummeted. With his True Immortal realm, he is like a fish out of water in the Xuanhuang Great World, feeling extremely uncomfortable. Only in the depths of this Eternal Divine Furnace can he barely find refuge.

However, Chi Rongtian's words did clear up some of his doubts, but what followed were even bigger questions.

When the abnormal loss of the Primordial Origin was noticed, even he and the avatars of the Heavenly Monarchs assumed it was the work of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon's resurrection, their attention completely drawn to this ancient being who should have perished. The Primordial Ancestral Dragon also "cooperated" by displaying the terrifying power to exterminate the gods, and clashed head-on with the prematurely awakened Primordial Saint King, drawing everyone's attention to this sudden, extraordinary confrontation.

In that instant when attention was completely diverted, the power that the Linglong Immortal Venerable had been secretly accumulating reached its peak. With the help of countless resources she had plundered and the stolen Xuanhuang Origin, she triggered the Heavenly Monarch Tribulation of the Immortal Realm in one fell swoop! Moreover, she used supreme means to forcefully suppress and quickly overcome the tribulation. Before anyone could react, she had already firmly stepped into the Heavenly Monarch Realm!

After achieving the status of a Celestial Sovereign, she did not immediately ascend to heaven. Instead, she made an even more astonishing move—she shattered the Void God Realm with a single sword strike, exposing it to all the myriad realms. This strike was not only for revenge against the gods, but its deeper purpose seemed to be… to attract that unknown being from the unseen realm!

In the end, the supreme being, who seemed to surpass even the Immortal King, struck down with a single palm, destroying the Primordial Saint King and causing the Void God Realm to mysteriously disappear. After completing all of this, the Exquisite Immortal Venerable calmly ascended to the Immortal Realm and vanished without a trace.

Throughout the entire process, the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, the Exquisite Immortal Venerable, and the unknown great power cooperated perfectly, seizing the perfect moment to manipulate the Xuanhuang Great World, the Divine Race, and even the Celestial Lords of the Immortal Realm who were watching the battle.

"Good! What a brilliant schemer! What a primordial ancestral dragon!" Taihuang Tian laughed in fury, his voice filled with endless resentment and a hint of fear he himself was unwilling to admit. "They planned this all along! Using the Divine Calamity as cover, the Primordial Origin as resources, and even the Primordial Saint King as bait to lure out that being... They got all the benefits, but we took all the blame! My Taiyi Sect plotted for eternity, wanting to unify the Primordial World, but now we've ended up with nothing, not even the Primordial Origin..."

He paused abruptly, looking at Chi Rongtian: "What is the reaction of the Heavenly Lords of the Immortal Realm?"

Chi Rongtian's face was bitter as he whispered, "The will of the Heavenly Lords—disaster, eternity, slaughter, and so on—has returned to the Immortal Realm. According to the vague information that has come through... the Heavenly Lords... are extremely furious, but... there seems to be no sign of them taking any further action."

Taihuangtian remained silent for a moment, finally letting out a long sigh. He understood that while the Celestial Lords were indeed furious, faced with a powerful being of unknown strength who could kill the Primordial Saint King with a single blow, a resurrected Primordial Ancestral Dragon of unfathomable power, and a newly risen, ruthless, and decisive Linglong Celestial Lord, even the Immortal Realm would dare not act rashly before fully understanding the situation and making thorough preparations. They could only swallow their anger for the time being.

Impotent rage is the most accurate description of the current state of the Immortal Realm and the Taiyi Sect.

"Pass down the order," Taihuangtian waved his hand wearily, "Contract our forces and take stock of our losses. The Xuanhuang Great World... is no longer a place to stay. Prepare... to relocate your sect."

The same decision was made by the high-ranking members of surviving major immortal and demonic sects such as the Innate Demonic Sect and the Feathered Immortal Sect. The origin of the Xuanhuang Great World was too severely damaged, and its resources had been completely wiped out by the Linglong Immortal Venerable, making the future cultivation environment extremely harsh. To remain meant the decline or even extinction of their lineage.

Migration, though the future is unknown, at least offers a glimmer of hope.

A massive relocation sweeping across the entire Xuanhuang Great World has begun.

(End of this chapter)