The Heavenly Emperor of Chu

Chapter 180 Fallen Immortal Ridge

On the other side, after killing the Crimson King, Chu Tianshu wanted to strike while the iron was hot and kill the remaining two immortal giants as well.

But the others weren't fools either. The two immortal giants chose to avoid battle and fled on the left and right respectively.

Faced with this situation, Chu Tianshu had no choice but to randomly pick one of the two unlucky ones and kill him.

After doing all this, Chu Tianshu did not continue to interfere in the great war between the Immortal Realm and the Other Realm, because after killing the Demon King Pu, the Immortal King Wuzhong also suffered considerable injuries.

Immortal Kings are not so easy to kill; their physical bodies are secondary, the key lies in their primordial spirits.

To obliterate the primordial spirit of a Celestial King of the same level would require a long time or a huge price to pay.

Unlike Chu Tianshu, who possessed the Dao-Slaying Sword Technique to sever the primordial spirits of these giants, Wuzhong Immortal King paid a considerable price to quickly annihilate Pu Mowang's primordial spirit.

Fortunately, the Immortal Realm had already intervened. Their Immortal King and Immortal Giants were tied up, and no one dared to cause trouble for the Immortal King of No End.

Before long, Chu Tianshu found the figure of the Immortal King Wuzhong in a secluded spot in the void.

He was sitting cross-legged in the void, his white hair fluttering, his sleeves stained with blood, and his face pale and bloodless.

Even the Endless Bell in his hand was damaged, covered with deep and shallow wounds, and even the bell pestle inside was knocked away and disappeared.

Chu Tianshu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wuzhong Immortal King was temporarily unharmed, but soon his expression became serious again.

At this moment, in his perception, the Immortal King Wuzhong was like a house with drafts everywhere, his life essence was rapidly draining away, and his primordial spirit was on the verge of shattering.

In particular, many of his internal injuries have damaged his very foundation.

These injuries were not all caused by the Demon King Pu; many were left over from hundreds of thousands of years of confrontation, but he never had time to deal with them, leading to their deep-seated nature.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, you've arrived!"

Sensing Chu Tianshu's approach, Wu Zhong laboriously raised his eyelids, his voice extremely weak, like a candle in the wind, which might be extinguished at any moment.

"Fellow Daoist Wuzhong, I will lock your injuries!"

Just as Chu Tianshu was about to make a move, Wu Zhong politely declined.

"Fellow Daoist Taiyi, there's no need to waste your energy. I know my condition very well. Even if you lock down my injuries, so what? The injuries inside my body have already piled up like a mountain. My demise is only a matter of time."

Wu Zhong's expression was calm, as if he were talking about something insignificant.

In Wu Zhong's view, it was already a fortunate thing that he was able to kill the Demon King Pu before his death and avenge the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King. It would be even better if he could take one or two immortal giants with him to the grave.

However, the strength of the Demon King Pu was indeed far beyond that of ordinary giants. After killing the Demon King Pu, Wu Zhong himself was almost exhausted and had no strength left to fight.

Fortunately, Taiyi's strength far exceeded his expectations, and the Immortal Realm also joined the fray, which greatly alleviated his worries about the future of the Primordial Ancient Realm.

Putting everything else aside, at least after this great battle, the Primal Ancient Realm should be able to remain peaceful for a considerable period of time.

“Fellow Daoist, there’s no need to worry about me. Liu Dao and I made arrangements before the battle, and perhaps we will meet again in the future,” said Wuzhong Immortal King.

"Meeting again? Could it be reincarnation?"

Chu Tianshu was somewhat surprised, but when he thought of Lingbao Tianzun, Wushi Dadi, and others from later generations, it seemed that there were indeed figures from ancient times.

If it's about reincarnation, then everything makes sense.

For human beings, reincarnation may just be a vague and illusory legend.

However, at the level of Immortal King, they already possess the ability to turn decay into wonder. Even if there is no reincarnation in the world, they might still be able to achieve some results.

If one could go even further, breaking through the ranks of kings and becoming an emperor, perhaps one could even build a branch of the cycle of reincarnation.

“That’s right, it is reincarnation. Fellow Daoist Liudao is a genius who has gone very far in the path of reincarnation and has already made some progress.”

“It’s not just me. You might meet other people in your future lives, such as the Three Pure Ones.” Wudian nodded and explained the whole story.

Long before the war broke out between the different realms, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King demanded the essence blood of some Quasi-Immortal Kings and Immortal Kings from the Primordial Ancient Realm, using heaven-defying methods in the hope that they could return in the future.

However, the success rate of this method is very low, less than one percent. Even the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King himself is not sure if he can return, but it is the only way.

"I see!"

Before long, Chu Tianshu had figured out the whole story.

Although the path of reincarnation is elusive, judging from later generations, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King should have succeeded to some extent. At least two of the Three Pure Ones Heavenly Lords returned, and the Wuzhong Immortal King and his big black dog also successfully returned in later generations.

The only pity is that he himself was unable to break free from the cycle of reincarnation. Otherwise, as a reincarnation of a Celestial King, even if he could not walk the path of immortality in the mortal world, he would at least be an extremely powerful Heavenly Emperor-level being.

After all, the reincarnation of the Great Crimson Heavenly Lord had almost completed half of the mortal immortal path, so there was no reason why the reincarnation of a Celestial King giant would be inferior to him.

"By the way, has the Immortal King of the Heavenly Horned Ants' Immortal Scripture been leaked?" Just then, the Immortal King of No End suddenly spoke up. "Leaked?"

Chu Tianshu was somewhat surprised. After all, after he comprehended the scriptures from the ultimate trial ground, there were no scriptures left there. How could they have been leaked?
Unless it's a side story about the Celestial Ant King, but even that possibility is extremely small.

But the next moment, the Immortal King Wuzhong's words immediately made Chu Tianshu take it seriously.

"You didn't pass it on either? Strange, then how come the creatures of Fallen Immortal Ridge also possess the Immortal Scripture?" Wu Zhong murmured.

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianshu immediately became restless. "The Fallen Immortal Ridge? Could it be the second part of the Undying Scripture?"

He planned to search various places after everything was over, but unexpectedly he obtained a new clue from the Immortal King Wuzhong, which was very likely the second part of the Immortal Scripture.

"The Immortal Scripture has a sequel?" Immortal King Wuzhong asked in surprise.

Chu Tianshu nodded upon hearing this, "That's right, the Undying Scripture in the hands of the Heavenly Horned Ant Immortal King is incomplete, possessing only the first part. If Fellow Daoist Wuzhong is not mistaken, the second part of the Undying Scripture should be in the Fallen Immortal Ridge."

The next moment, the Immortal King Wuzhong waved his hand, and the power of time reappeared, replicating the scene he had seen in the past.

In the scene, a golden beast roars to the sky, with some intricate Dao runes faintly visible, just like the Undying Scripture that Chu Tianshu cultivates.

However, upon closer inspection, it can be found that although the Qi mechanisms of the two scriptures are similar, they are not entirely the same.

If one had not personally cultivated the Undying Scripture, one would probably not understand the relationship between the two, which explains why the Immortal King Wuzhong would mistake one for the other.

"That's right, it is indeed the second part of the Immortal Sutra!"

Chu Tianshu's expression brightened. He had searched high and low without finding it, but it came to him without any effort. He never expected that the news of the second part of the Undying Scripture would appear before him so miraculously.

"Thank you for informing me, Fellow Daoist Wuzhong. Otherwise, I don't know how long it would have taken me to find it."

Chu Tianshu cupped his hands in greeting, after all, even the Heavenly Horned Ant Immortal King had been searching for a long time without any success.

Of course, it's also possible that the Fallen Immortal Ridge deliberately concealed the fact that it possessed the second part of the Undying Scripture; otherwise, if the Heavenly Horned Ant Immortal King had come to demand it, the Golden-haired Hou clan would probably have been no match for him.

Chu Tianshu originally held the belief that he would do his best and leave the rest to fate, but who would have thought that he would suddenly receive news of the second part of the Undying Scripture today, which made him overjoyed.

"It was just a coincidence for me. It's also your good fortune that you obtained the information about the Immortal Scripture from me." The Immortal King Wuzhong shook his head.

Not long after, Chu Tianshu exchanged pleasantries with the Immortal King Wuzhong for a while, then got up to take his leave and headed towards the Fallen Immortal Ridge.

While the Immortal King Wuzhong still had some strength left, he also devised some methods to increase his chances of reincarnation, and thus disappeared into the desolate borderlands.

Throughout the entire universe, only the kings of the alien realm and the immortal realm are fighting each other.

The primordial ancient world, or the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

After hundreds of thousands of years of great battles, the entire Primordial Ancient Realm has become dilapidated and has shrunk considerably compared to its peak. At this moment, not only are there only nineteen worlds left in the entire Ancient Realm, but even the myriad paths of heaven and earth are incomplete.

If nothing unexpected happens, the cultivators of the next era will generally be a level weaker than those of the Immortal Ancient Era, and the difficulty of becoming an immortal will increase significantly.

Of course, if one can attain immortality in such an environment, their strength will far surpass that of ordinary immortal beings.

Harsh conditions may be cruel for ordinary cultivators, but for some peerless geniuses, they are often more beneficial than harmful. The more difficult the conditions, the more brilliant the Dao fruit they cultivate.

In the next era, a great emperor, unprecedented in history, will be born in the Primordial Ancient Realm.

Is this the place?

In a certain place, a hazy figure emerged from the void, gazing at the mountains below.

The entire mountain range was level with the sky, shrouded in a gray haze, without a trace of vegetation. Near the mountain range, there were also many skeletons, covered in a thick layer.

Behind those mountain ranges, there was another opportunity to become a Celestial King, but this opportunity was incomplete, barely reaching the realm of a Celestial King.

Just as Chu Tianshu revealed himself, a golden figure stepped out from inside the mountain range and respectfully bowed to him.

"Golden-haired Hou greets the Immortal King Taiyi!"

Chu Tianshu nodded slightly, not too surprised. As long as the golden-haired beast wasn't blind, it would naturally know the strength he had shown not long ago. However, he hadn't come to Fallen Immortal Ridge today to show off.

"I've heard that the second part of the Undying Scripture is in your Fallen Immortal Ridge; I need to see it for myself!"

Chu Tianshu spoke calmly, yet his voice carried an undeniable authority that made people instinctively submit.

"Our clan is naturally delighted that Lord Taiyi wishes to observe!"

The golden-haired lion looked bitter, but dared not refuse.

(End of this chapter)