The towering wind wall stood like a barrier between two worlds.

  Behind it lay a vibrant new realm brimming with life.

  Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, and the Empress—three Yin Spirit experts—struck simultaneously.

  They were the current peak combat power of Five Phoenixes, the first realm of the Three Gods: Yin Spirit.

  With a single thought, they could overturn rivers and seas.

  Their combined attack darkened heaven and earth.

  Even the immortal relic’s wind wall was torn open with a massive rift.

  Dense essence qi and dazzling immortal light poured from the tear, resplendent and multicolored!

  Some faintly glimpsed golden fruits swaying on the island!

  An intoxicating fragrance swept out.

  Overlord stood on his ship, staring at Ye Shoudao, Du Longyang, and the Empress above.

  “The four holy land lords of Tianyuan…”

  Overwhelming pressure crushed him.

  A sense of utter powerlessness.

  Too strong!

  A realm beyond Nascent Soul.

  Overlord’s breathing quickened.

  Only now did he realize that in true strength, Five Phoenixes was still no match for Tianyuan.

  Fortunately, the four holy land lords had never acted.

  Any one of them could have suppressed Five Phoenixes entirely.

  “Tianyuan has four holy lords, but Five Phoenixes has Young Master Lu.”

  Luo Mingyue, veiled, her pale dress fluttering ethereally.

  Overlord’s eyes sharpened. He nodded.

  “The four lords probably don’t dare move against Five Phoenixes. They lack the courage.”

  “They even once sought teachings from Young Master Lu.”

  Luo Mingyue said.

  Overlord understood the stakes.

  He smiled wryly.

  The true calamity now was not Tianyuan,

  but the three terrifying continents beyond the sky, far stronger, teeming with experts.

  Both Five Phoenixes and Tianyuan needed to grow stronger.

  Only strength could face the enemy.

  BOOM!

  The immortal relic radiated incomparable aura.

  Violent gales swept, rippling the sea.

  The entrance was open!

  Rainbow light, treasure light, immortal light bloomed together.

  No one could hold back any longer.

  “Charge!”

  “The holy lords opened the way, the immortal fate belongs to Tianyuan!”

  Tianyuan cultivators roared, leaping from ships, racing across the waves toward the rift.

  Overlord would not fall behind!

  “Where is the Xiang Family Army?!”

  “Today… we seize immortal fate!”

  Overlord bellowed.

  Demonic qi exploded around him.

  On Western Liang ships, Xiang Family troops roared, fearless, charging toward death and glory.

  BOOM!

  Figures leaped, racing across the sea toward the immortal island.

  Everyone moved.

  The Boundless Sea surged.

  Yet none feared the waves.

  Nie Changqing in white, Dragon Slayer at his waist, walked steadily toward the island.

  Jing Yue hugged his Jing Tian Sword, strolling calmly.

  Kong Nanfei arrived, disheveled scholar robes fluttering.

  “Hahaha! Slow down, little ones! Let this scholar divine for you!”

  “Open the path for the world!”

  Mo Tianyu’s laughter rang out.

  He pinched fingers, tossing copper coins.

  The crisp clink echoed.

  Nie Changqing, Jing Yue, and others slowed unconsciously.

  “One divination for the immortal land: danger but no disaster, great fortune awaits all! What are you waiting for? Go!”

  Mo Tianyu finished, eyes bright.

  His words rang out.

  Every figure racing across the sea froze.

  Even Tianyuan Nascent Souls stiffened.

  They had all heard of Mo Tianyu’s infamous fourth-grade Reverse Fate Dao Intent.

  Overlord and others’ faces darkened.

  Was he serious?

  Mo Tianyu’s laughter faded.

  He suddenly felt the sea wind turn cold, like the mournful wind before crossing the River of No Return.

  He pocketed his coins, flashed, and became a white line across the sea, shooting into the rift.

  Vanishing onto the immortal island.

  That lightning speed made everyone’s faces twitch.

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  “Was it really an auspicious reading?”

  “That poison diviner didn’t look like it was auspicious!”

  “Damn! He tricked us!”

  Tianyuan Nascent Souls reacted, faces changing.

  “Bastard!”

  Feng Yilou’s eyes blazed. Nascent Soul aura exploded above his head, he became wind, shooting into the island.

  “Hahaha…”

  Kong Nanfei swept in, righteous qi surging, entering the island.

  Others realized they had been fooled.

  If it was truly auspicious, Mo Tianyu would have run faster than anyone.

  So…

  his reading was inauspicious?

  Everyone’s breathing quickened, unable to hold back, charging the island.

  …

  Above the sky.

  Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, and the Empress exchanged glances.

  As Yin Spirit experts, they were the strongest present.

  “Will even stronger beings covet this relic?”

  Du Longyang asked.

  He remembered the staff strike that inverted the sea.

  He looked toward central Five Phoenixes.

  “That should be an existence on Young Master Lu’s level. Perhaps they disdain this relic’s fate.”

  Ye Shoudao said.

  “Let’s go.”

  “I have a feeling… this immortal relic holds great opportunity for us!”

  Du Longyang said.

  With that, spear raised, black robes whipping, he shot forward.

  The Empress and Ye Shoudao followed without hesitation, streaking toward the rift.

  Young Master Tianxu watched enviously.

  He felt ignored.

  “Bullying me because I’m weaker?”

  Tianxu gritted his teeth, threw a small sword from his box.

  It grew against the wind.

  He sat upon it, sword riding into the immortal realm!

  BOOM!

  When Mo Tianyu first landed on the immortal island,

  his eyes lit up!

  Dense life force surged from the ground, nourishing his entire body!

  He saw an ancient tree, heavy with golden fruits!

  Mo Tianyu rubbed his hands, reached out, picked one, breathed on it, and popped it in his mouth.

  The taste was awful.

  But Mo Tianyu’s face showed disbelief!

  A warm current surged through him.

  BOOM!

  Spine like a dragon, blood vitality soaring.

  One fruit completed one Extreme Heavenly Lock refinement!

  Mo Tianyu was stunned, reaching for more, planning to strip the tree!

  But Tianyuan Nascent Soul cultivators who entered after saw him break through with one fruit, eyes red with greed.

  Immortal fruit!

  “Stop!”

  “Greedy bastard!”

  “The immortal gate was opened by our holy lords, everything on the island belongs to Tianyuan!”

  Nascent Souls roared.

  Energy beams shot.

  Mo Tianyu’s eyes reddened.

  “Fuck!”

  “You animals!”

  He stuffed three more fruits in his mouth, then rolled and crawled away.

  Nascent Soul attacks!

  He’d be slag if he took them head-on!

  While fleeing, he still munched a fruit.

  Golden Body Fruit tasted bad, but… the effect was amazing! Great nourishment, swallow no matter how bad!

  Mo Tianyu escaped.

  Others ignored him.

  Tianyuan holy land Nascent Souls exchanged glances, deciding to divide the fruits.

  “This tree belongs to the four holy lands. Others seek elsewhere.”

  Nascent Souls hovered, encircling the Golden Body Fruit tree.

  Later arrivals from Northern Commandery led by Tantai Xuan stared, furious.

  On what grounds?!

  Overlord’s gaze was cold. Without a word, demonic qi exploded, axe slashing at a Nascent Soul!

  “You, Xiang Shaoyun, truly think yourself invincible?!”

  A major accomplishment Nascent Soul sneered.

  Sword light slashed.

  Overlord trembled, forced back several steps!

  “With the world in crisis, immortal fate should be shared. Your selfish methods, what difference from bandits?”

  Kong Nanfei swept in.

  Righteous words rang, righteous sword slashed at the Nascent Soul who repelled Overlord.

  BOOM!

  Kong Nanfei, Nine-Turn Golden Core breakthrough, repeatedly danced on the edge of death against the City Lord of the Dead.

  Upon breaking through, major accomplishment Nascent Soul, formidable combat power.

  Terrifying shockwaves spread.

  But the fight quickly halted.

  A girl riding a red dragon descended from the sky.

  Her eyes closed, making Tianyuan cultivators shudder.

  Zhu Long walked toward the Golden Body Fruit tree.

  A major accomplishment Nascent Soul’s face twitched, staring at Zhu Long, mouth opening, hesitating.

  Zhu Long turned her face, pointed.

  The Nascent Soul paled, coughed blood, flung hundreds of meters.

  What a temper!

  The holy land Nascent Soul wailed inwardly!

  No-Summit Peak’s Witch, too domineering!

  Zhu Long pointed away the staring Nascent Soul, picked a Golden Body Fruit, bit it.

  Frowned.

  “Peh!”

  Dry and tasteless.

  Not to her liking.

  She tossed the fruit, flew deeper into the island with the red dragon.

  Swish!

  Shadows flashed.

  The instant Zhu Long vanished, figures closed in, snatching several fruits.

  Holy land Nascent Souls roared, suppressing with aura, but too many hands, they couldn’t stop everyone.

  The Golden Body Fruit tree was soon stripped bare.

  Holy lands took the lion’s share, Five Phoenixes cultivators got plenty.

  The immortal island was vast, everyone dispersed, seeking their own fate!

  The Golden Body Fruits ignited the world’s passion.

  …

  The immortal island was too large.

  Once dispersed, figures grew sparse.

  Dangers lurked.

  Unknown perils everywhere.

  The island was like a new small world, spiritual energy so dense it seeped into pores.

  BOOM!

  After brief exploration, everyone understood the island.

  Divine fruits, spiritual herbs, rare treasures, strange ores…

  Countless riches.

  Many felt they had returned to the ancient cultivation era of abundant spiritual energy.

  But treasures weren’t free.

  Someone found a radiant spiritual herb.

  Tempted, they reached, only to be attacked by a great serpent, nearly killed.

  A Body Storage perfection great serpent beast.

  Many lacking strength gave up.

  But some fought desperately, nine deaths one life, and won the herb.

  Swallowing it, they instantly formed a Golden Core, breaking into Heavenly Lock.

  A cultivator’s carnival!

  Resources beyond imagination.

  Tianyuan holy land experts initially wanted to monopolize,

  but deeper in, treasures and herbs were endless, they couldn’t stop Five Phoenixes cultivators.

  Some treasures suited Body Storage, some Golden Core Heavenly Lock.

  Blocking was pointless.

  Tianyuan cultivators eventually split, seeking their own fate.

  …

  Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, and the Empress shot forward.

  Ordinary treasures didn’t interest them.

  The island had many Golden Body Fruits and spiritual herbs that directly boosted cultivation.

  But for Yin Spirit realm, little effect.

  “Is there nothing for us?”

  The Empress felt regret.

  “No, there must be…”

  “I have a feeling.”

  Du Longyang said.

  The three didn’t fly, walking slowly, exploring carefully.

  The immortal island opened, five days passed in a blink.

  Many broke through on the island, even some Human List geniuses entered Nascent Soul.

  …

  Origin Lake, Lake Heart Island.

  Gentle breeze.

  Lu leaned on the railing, bronze wine cup in hand.

  Lines danced in his eyes.

  “Hmm… five days, forty-eight new Golden Cores, ten new Nascent Souls. Not bad.”

  With the island open,

  Lu’s spiritual energy reserves grew.

  Small realm breakthroughs gave little.

  Major realm breakthroughs gave much.

  “Still too slow.”

  Lu looked skyward.

  “Time… is running out for this Young Master.”

  Indeed.

  Delay further, the three continents’ origins might instinctively choose new plane lords.

  Then Lu’s control would weaken.

  He would have to attempt fusion.

  Lu sensed that fusing three supreme Mid-Tier Martial origins,

  the vast energy might push Five Phoenixes’ origin to the absolute peak of Mid-Tier Martial, even breaking through to High-Tier Martial.

  With current cultivator strength, competing in High-Tier Martial was far insufficient.

  And the crisis of ascending to High-Tier Martial made Lu wary.

  The High-Tier Buddhist Venerable One was watching.

  Once world protection vanished, countless threats would descend.

  “It’s time to bring out the good stuff.”

  “And the time array.”

  Lu frowned, murmuring.

  He picked a jade-green piece from the chess box.

  Placed it in the upper left star position.

  Clack.

  …

  The piece fell.

  Like thunder in every ear.

  Du Longyang and the others exploring the island suddenly looked deeper in.

  Rumble!

  Their divine sense trembled uncontrollably!

  An intoxicating fragrance spread.

  “What is that?”

  Ye Shoudao’s eyes narrowed.

  “So fragrant!”

  The Empress exclaimed.

  The three shot forward without hesitation.

  Yin Spirit speed crossed vast distance instantly!

  In the distance,

  rainbow light rose, a golden divine tree appeared.

  “Isn’t that the fruit tree from the entrance?”

  Du Longyang wondered.

  Next instant, his pupils shrank.

  “No… different! This tree is different! It holds great fortune!”

  Rumble!

  Origin energy cascaded like a waterfall, blocking the tree and the immortal vista behind.

  “Look!”

  The Empress cried, pointing behind the tree.

  The mirage’s immortal halls and pavilions materialized!

  As though an immortal stood within, hands behind back.

  Seeing the vista that seemed preserved from ten thousand years ago,

  the three exchanged glances.

  “Could an immortal still live?”

  The thought made three Yin Spirit experts’ hair stand on end.

  An ancient being surviving to now?

  What kind of monster?

  The phenomenon drew many cultivators.

  Zhu Long arrived on the red dragon.

  Her aura matched the Empress and others, long lashes trembling as she stared at the origin waterfall, divine tree, and immortal vista.

  Overlord, Nie Changqing, and others rushed over.

  Tianyuan holy land Nascent Souls arrived too.

  Seeing the towering divine tree and immortal platforms, seeming ethereal immortals,

  everyone inhaled deeply, hearts shaken.

  “This… might be the true immortal fate of this island!”

  Every cultivator who saw it murmured.

  Suddenly, a Tianyuan holy land Nascent Soul moved.

  He shot toward the origin waterfall.

  He couldn’t hold back.

  The Golden Body Fortune Fruits were fatally attractive, and his lifespan was nearly exhausted, unable to break through, soon to fall.

  He moved first.

  BOOM!

  He charged into the origin waterfall.

  Under countless eyes, toward the tree radiating great fortune.

  Du Longyang, Ye Shoudao, the Empress watched.

  Suddenly, their pupils shrank.

  The old Nascent Soul piercing the waterfall blurred.

  A gray river swept past.

  His body visibly withered, hunched, skin aged.

  His once-black hair turned snow-white.

  Thud!

  He knelt, lifespan exhausted, desperately reaching for a Golden Body Fortune Fruit.

  Wrinkled face filled with unwillingness and despair.

  Outside,

  everyone who witnessed a Nascent Soul age to death in an instant,

  felt chills crawl up their spines.