A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

In the blink of an eye, another six years have passed.

"call out!"

A beam of light entered Luo Cheng's courtyard from the void. Luo Cheng raised his hand and grabbed a communication jade slip.

The jade slip contained only two words: "Come quickly!"

It was a message from Qian Shanyong. Judging from the tone, the matter was extremely urgent.

Luo Cheng knew that Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng had been near the Illusion Star Temple. They were waiting for Lone Star and also wanted to study the Illusion Star Temple.

Luo Cheng knew more secrets than others: the Illusionary Star Temple was the palace of the Primordial Celestial Venerable, and even ancient gods who dared to trespass would risk their lives. It was for this reason that Luo Cheng hadn't gone there all these years.

After reading the message, Luo Cheng said to Li Qiang beside him, "Let's go fight."

"Great!" Li Qiang's eyes lit up.

He had indeed been holding back for a while, but over the years he had been with Luo Cheng, his cultivation level had stabilized. The two of them were now at the second and third levels of cultivation, respectively, and were deliberately suppressing their cultivation, not in a hurry to break through to a higher level.

Luo Cheng unleashed his Great Teleportation Technique, taking a single step and instantly entering the starry sky. Li Qiang followed closely behind, his speed no less.

He hasn't been idle these past few years, and his understanding of supernatural powers has become increasingly refined. In terms of teleportation alone, he is no weaker than Luo Cheng.

Seeing this, Luo Cheng laughed and said, "Junior brother, shall we have a match?"

"OK!"

Both of them knew the location of the Illusionary Star Temple. After setting their destination, they moved towards their target.

The ability to teleport is the ultimate test of one's divine sense and divine power—the wider the range of one's divine sense, the farther the teleportation distance.

Although the two were one realm apart, Luo Cheng's spiritual sense was more expansive than Li Qiang's, and his teleportation speed was also slightly faster.

After several relocations, clusters of black mist suddenly appeared in the void.

"Demonic aura!" Luo Cheng paused slightly.

Li Qiang had already caught up and immediately recognized the origin of the black mist. Back on Tanbang Star, he had witnessed the terror of demonic energy—mortals who touched even a little bit would turn into demons; even Nascent Soul cultivators were extremely wary of it, as once it invaded their Nascent Soul, they would turn into blood infants.

Both of them were cultivators of the divine realm. With their divine eyes open, they could clearly see the demonic energy within the black mist, as well as the two golden lights within the black mist—judging from their auras, they were Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfengyu.

Just then, another golden light landed beside Li Qiang.

Li Qiang turned around and smiled, "Old Long, you're here too!"

"A message from the Lone Star." Xuanlong's words were concise and to the point, befitting his reputation as a wooden dragon from the Immortal Realm.

Luo Cheng said in a deep voice, "Let's go, let's go help!"

This time, Xuanlong showed a rare hint of caution.

Luo Cheng said to Li Qiang, "Junior brother, use Buddhist supernatural powers."

"good!"

While on Tanbang Star, Li Qiang received the inheritance of Elder Zhi and learned a Buddhist supernatural power. Over the years, he and Luo Cheng have verified each other's cultivation, and Luo Cheng has taught him many more supernatural powers and spells. Now, his supernatural powers and cultivation have made great progress.

With a thought, Luo Cheng unleashed the Buddha Golden Body. This supernatural power seemed similar to the Nine Revolutions Golden Body, but their essence was quite different—their meanings were different, and the laws they contained were also different.

The Buddha's golden body is three zhang tall. Although not as enormous as the Nine-Turn Golden Body, it contains the essence of great light and is specifically designed to subdue demons. The Nine-Turn Golden Body, when cultivated to a high level, can unleash the divine power of manifesting heaven and earth, a technique practiced by Erlang Shen.

Xuanlong had fought with Luo Cheng before, and when he saw him unleash a new supernatural power, he was secretly amazed: This kid really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

Fokkermo.

After Luo Cheng unleashed the Buddha's Golden Body, he needed no additional protection and charged straight into the demonic aura.

Li Qiang first summoned his divine armor—a protective armor unique to cultivators, which continuously evolves as their cultivation level increases. He donned the divine armor and then set up Buddhist defensive restrictions on his body before following closely behind.

Xuanlong had already changed into his immortal armor and used his immortal techniques to dispel the demonic aura, moving towards Qian Shanyong's direction.

Qian Shanyong and Dai Nanfeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the arrival of reinforcements.

“Gagaga—”

A series of sharp, eerie cries echoed from the void, sending chills down one's spine.

Upon hearing the shout, Luo Cheng understood: it seemed that the Crimson Demon Lord of the Demon Realm had arrived.

While Qian Shanyong was engaged in a fierce battle with the demon, he saw Luo Cheng and his group and sent them a message through his divine sense as a way of greeting them.

At this moment, Li Qiang also saw the appearance of those demons clearly, and his heart trembled: "These demons are even more terrifying than those on Tanbang Star!"

In terms of sheer strength, every demon around them was comparable to a newly ascended immortal.

Luo Cheng knew that these were all demons created by the Crimson Demon Lord, possessing formidable strength and capable of serving as the Demon Lord's clones.

"Behold my Buddhist protective barriers!"

Luo Cheng unleashed the Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands, starting with ten layers stacked on top of each other.

With his current cultivation level, he activated this divine power. A golden light flashed, and a cone-shaped beam of light pierced straight at the demon. The beam collided with the demon and exploded instantly.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the demon was instantly annihilated.

Seeing this, Li Qiang followed suit—he also learned the Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands.

"Demon-Slaying Thorn!"

"go!"

Li Qiang let out a soft shout, forming several hand seals, and a golden spike shot out. The demon seemed to have met its nemesis, and was actually killed by this attack.

Qian Shanyong turned around and exclaimed in amazement, "I never imagined that Buddhist supernatural powers could have such a restraining effect on demons."

Just now, he and Dai Nanfeng used all their means, but they could only barely restrain the demon and try to eliminate its demonic energy, but they were still unable to kill it.

Demons are said to be immortal and indestructible, making them extremely difficult to kill. Moreover, these demons were personally crafted by the Crimson Bright Demon Lord, thus acquiring some of his demonic attributes. Looking across the Immortal Realm, only the Brahma Heavenly Lord and the Azure Emperor possess the ability to completely annihilate demons of the Demon Lord level.

After Li Qiang killed several more demons, he hurriedly said to Luo Cheng, "Senior brother, we can't let the demonic energy reach Lin Mingxing!"

"clear!"

Luo Cheng was aware of the gravity of the situation. If the demonic energy were to surge toward Linming Star, the sacred cultivation ground would be corrupted by demonic influence, and at that point, the entire planet would likely be devoid of life.

He once again displayed his Buddhist supernatural power: "A Rain of Colorful Flowers!"

He had used this supernatural power before on Tanbang Star. However, at that time he had not yet cultivated to godhood, and his cultivation level and realm were far inferior to what they are now.

At this moment, when he unleashed "Colorful Flower Rain" again, in an instant, colorful petals appeared in the void within a radius of millions of miles—red, green, purple, tricolor, hexagonal, and nine-colored, covering the entire void.

The petals drifted gently, drawing in and absorbing wisps of demonic energy, which were eventually purified and dissolved.

"Awaaaaah—"

“Gagaga—”

An even more piercing scream echoed from the void; it was the demon roaring in agony.

If an ordinary cultivator were here, upon hearing this cry, their internal energy would violently surge, ultimately causing them to explode and die.

Even those with cultivation levels like Luo Cheng and Li Qiang felt uneasy upon hearing this cry, as if countless fine needles were pricking their hearts.

Luo Cheng suddenly remembered the sound of the teacher erasing the blackboard when he was in school—that agonizing, unbearable feeling was somewhat similar to what he was experiencing now.

He quickly calmed his mind and shut down his six senses, which slightly relieved the discomfort.

"Who? Who destroyed my demon lord and dares to purify my demonic energy?"

An extremely unpleasant voice came from the mouth of a demon. Clearly, the Crimson Demon Lord had used his incarnation ability to ask questions through this demon.

Meanwhile, Lone Star was still locked in battle with the Demon Lord's true form.

The demon lord's avatar had a ferocious appearance and a shrill, piercing voice.

Luo Cheng said calmly, "You're Chi Ming, aren't you?"

"Who are you? Trying to imitate those old bald men!"

Luo Cheng recalled Chi Ming's past and chuckled to himself: Chi Ming, if you say he's miserable, he really is; but he's also incredibly lucky to have made a brother like Li Qiang.

"Little Ming, are you trying to use this devil as a cover to escape?"

"Run away? You few think you can make me run away?" Chiming said, but in his heart, the name "Xiaoming" was extremely hurtful.

"Yeah?"

As Luo Cheng spoke, his hands continued to move.

"go!"

Another strike of the Eighteen Demon-Slaying Hands was delivered, and a golden ball of light hurtled toward Chi Ming's avatar.

"Whoa! What the hell is this?!"

Chi Ming's avatar tried to escape, but found himself frozen in place by an invisible force.

"boom!"

The avatar shattered instantly, then was scattered by the golden light and completely annihilated.

The eerie cries from the void grew increasingly mournful.

Luo Cheng purified the surrounding demonic energy and said in a deep voice, "Let's go and take a look at Lone Star."

"good!"

The group used their teleportation abilities to rush towards the location where Lone Star was fighting.

The closer you get, the more treacherous the environment becomes. Terrifying gusts of wind rage nearby, while above lies an aurora tunnel from which streaks of aurora borealis shoot forth.

Luo Cheng recognized the passage at a glance: "It's the reverse passage of the Immortal Realm."

At this moment, the reverse passage is broken and no one is repairing it. From a distance, it looks like a huge hole in the sky, from which a large amount of wind is pouring out and spreading into the deep space of the universe, as if it wants to cover the entire universe.

This scene suddenly reminded Luo Cheng of the myth of mending the sky—he pondered to himself: In ancient times, after the sky broke, was it also like this?

To the cultivation world, the Immortal Realm is "Heaven". Now that the Immortal Realm's reverse passage has been broken, it is equivalent to Heaven breaking.

Right now, Lone Star is fully focused on dealing with the Crimson Demon Lord and has no time to "mend the sky".

Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, Gu Xing breathed a slight sigh of relief and said to Xuan Long, "Xuan Long, help me suppress this Demon Lord."

Seeing that several powerful figures had suddenly appeared, especially since Luo Cheng and Li Qiang could restrain his supernatural powers, the Crimson Demon Lord began to consider retreating.

Lone Star saw through his thoughts and said indifferently, "Crimson Demon Lord, Xuanlong has arrived. With our current strength, we are more than capable of imprisoning you."

"Imprison the true self? Old man, you're dreaming!"

The Crimson Demon Lord was, after all, the supreme ruler of the Demon Realm, with unfathomable strength. In terms of power, he was even stronger than ordinary Heavenly Immortals. If it weren't for the Lone Star's greatly increased strength after reincarnation and cultivation, he would probably have escaped long ago.

Luo Cheng said in a deep voice, "We must split up and guard each side; we absolutely cannot let him escape!"

Everyone understood the implications—if the Crimson Demon Lord were to escape, it would surely become a catastrophe for the cultivation world.

Li Qiang, in particular, has many friends and disciples in the cultivation world and would never tolerate such a thing happening.

The same applies to Luo Cheng. His disciple Ning Zhe is still in Linming Star. If the Demon Lord Chi Ming escapes, Chi Ming will definitely go to the nearest Linming Star, which will then bring catastrophe to Linming Star.

Therefore, Luo Cheng firmly guarded a part of the void, closely monitoring the movements of the Crimson Demon Lord.

However, the gentle breeze in this void became the Crimson Demon Lord's lifeline.

The Flowing Wind is an extremely terrifying substance; from a distance, it resembles a rushing Milky Way stretching across the universe.

Luo Cheng could clearly sense the terrifying energy contained within—with his cultivation level, if he were to fall in carelessly, he would at least be severely injured, and whether he could come out alive would depend on luck.

The Crimson Demon Lord also dared not approach Xunfengliu easily, and could only wander around its edge, using the terrain to his advantage to fight against Guxing and Luocheng and others.

He would never venture into the Xunfengliu area unless absolutely necessary.

Chi Ming suddenly shouted fiercely, "If you approach any closer, I will storm into Xunfengliu! I have plenty of demons; some will surely escape! As long as a few escape, they can unleash a bloodbath upon the cultivation world!"