Chapter 343: The Great Jing Immortal Dynasty (Part 31)
Figures descended smoothly from spatial ripples above or converged from countless differently colored runes, as if passing judgment on the members of the Chu Family from the Transmigrator Alliance.
To plot against the Transmigrator Alliance and catch all the incoming forces in one net, nearly the entire Immortal Alliance had mobilized.
In an instant, dozens of True Immortals from the Chu Family fell.
Chu Zhao was in a wretched state. He had brought nearly all the elites of the Chu Family. They had been directly killed and sent into reincarnation. If they encountered powerful enemies while trying to return, the Chu Family would likely lose all influence within the Transmigrator Alliance for several eras.
For the Chu Family's current situation, this was undoubtedly adding frost to snow.
At this moment, Supporting Wind Immortal Monarch had already arrived beside Su Chen.
"I'm sorry. I became a member of the Immortal Alliance long ago."
Supporting Wind Immortal Monarch thought to himself: Better them than me... Better them than me...
He had even sold out Burial Truth Immortal Monarch. What was the Transmigrator Alliance compared to that?
Chu Zhao laughed bitterly. "I was truly foolish... I couldn't even see through such a simple trick."
He turned to look at the remaining True Immortals of the Chu Family and shouted, "Break out together! Every one who escapes counts! Supporting Wind, you beast! When the True Immortals of my Chu Family return, we will cut off your head and ensure you never reincarnate!"
Supporting Wind Immortal Monarch suddenly felt a chill run through his body, but seeing the brilliant light surrounding him, he calmed down.
He had a powerful backer too!
In the fierce battle, no matter how bravely the Chu Family's True Immortals fought, they were no match for the fully prepared Immortal Alliance. One after another, they entered reincarnation until only Chu Zhao remained.
Chu Zhao lived up to his reputation as a top overlord of the Chu Family. Mastering a full five immortal paths, he swept through the immortals single-handedly.
Unfortunately, even the most profound True Immortal could not fight a hundred alone, let alone a thousand!
Knowing escape was impossible, Chu Zhao glared coldly in Su Chen's direction.
"You think destroying my Chu Family in this scheme means your Immortal Alliance has achieved complete victory? Ridiculous... truly ridiculous..."
Chu Zhao looked at Dongfang Yunxing holding the Blade of Tribulation and Fate, then chose to self-destruct and enter reincarnation without giving Dongfang Yunxing a chance to act.
Su Chen frowned slightly at Chu Zhao's decisive action.
With his experience accumulated over countless lifetimes. He sensed something was off in the void.
However, the annihilation of the Chu Family's elites was a great victory for the Immortal Alliance.
Although the Immortal Alliance had also lost more than half its True Immortals during the final counterattack.
The large-scale clash between the Immortal Alliance and the Transmigrator Alliance spread the former's name across the myriad heavens.
Countless forces were stunned. Although the Transmigrator Alliance was shameless, its strength was among the very best across the heavens. Yet the Immortal Alliance had wiped out so many of their True Immortals in one go, even completely annihilating the Chu Family's elite force!
The Immortal Alliance... terrifyingly powerful. It was showing clear signs of becoming another colossal force across the heavens. Many True Immortals felt deep fear toward this rising power.
...
Ever since news of the Immortal Alliance defeating the Transmigrator Alliance spread across the myriad heavens.
The Immortal Alliance's momentum grew ever stronger. Although it lacked an Immortal King, it rose like a brilliant new star, shining across the heavens and rivaling even some established top powers.
As the leader and founder of the Immortal Alliance, Su Chen naturally reaped enormous benefits.
In addition to his Dao of Wisdom, the Human King Art he cultivated spread throughout the heavens.
Those who practiced the Human King Art would develop a seed within their bodies. As that seed continuously grew, it would eventually return to Su Chen, becoming nourishment for the Human Emperor Art.
The Human Emperor is undying!
Eighty eras had now passed since Su Chen achieved immortality. Each era contained a great silence, and each silence spanned hundreds of millions of years.
"Still failed?"
Su Chen opened his eyes and looked at the woman before him, exquisite as porcelain and full of heroic spirit. Yet deep within her soul lay a profound decay.
Nan Hongsang also opened her eyes, a trace of loneliness within them.
One lifetime after another had passed, yet she still could not find the opportunity to become an immortal.
"Husband, it seems I have no hope of achieving immortality. There is no need to force it."
Nan Hongsang smiled, appearing carefree.
Su Chen sighed inwardly.
Becoming an immortal was difficult... Even with the full resources of the Immortal Alliance tilted in her favor, he still could not help Nan Hongsang ascend the immortal path. The requirements hidden in the void were simply too many.
"Little Chenzi."
A long-familiar way of addressing him.
Su Chen looked up and saw Nan Hongsang's exhausted face.
"Life after life... I'm tired... I want to rest for a while..."
There was a plea in Nan Hongsang's voice. "I know this is selfish of me. You will be left alone to face the endless ages, enduring the silence of the entire world..."
With no hope of immortality, she had grown weary of all the splendor and loneliness the world had to offer. Even though Su Chen had pulled her from the long river of time hundreds and thousands of times.
Gradually, she had grown numb. She realized that the two of them would never be the same kind of being. She was nothing more than a puppet, manipulated at will.
"I won't blame you. This is your choice."
Su Chen's expression remained calm, showing neither joy nor sorrow. On the path of eternal life, it was difficult for his emotions to stir.
Nan Hongsang smiled brightly, a smile of release, gripping her long spear.
Su Chen remained silent and played the zither, just as he had in the old days.
As time flowed by, Nan Hongsang's appearance gradually aged. She chose to scatter all her cultivation.
On that day, within the Heavenly Capital, flowers bloomed across the trees, every blossom a vivid red.
...
Ever since Nan Hongsang chose not to enter reincarnation and scattered her cultivation to pass away.
Su Chen had not appeared before the immortals of the Immortal Alliance for five full eras.
Some True Immortals even believed he had fallen into self-loss. But that person soon took back his words. Because someone was blocking the path ahead, holding a blade in one hand and a sword in the other.
In five eras, the Immortal Alliance had not changed much. It only had occasional frictions with the Transmigrator Alliance, resulting in minor to medium-scale battles. The True Immortals of the Chu Family who had fallen in the Immortal Alliance's ambush gradually began to return.
However, every time the Chu Family's immortals tried to return, the Immortal Alliance would receive advance notice through various coincidences and accidents, intercepting them on the path back to their positions and sending them back into reincarnation again and again.
There were traitors within the Transmigrator Alliance!
The reason the Immortal Alliance could predict the return of the Chu Family's immortals so accurately was because other factions within the Transmigrator Alliance were secretly leaking information to them. Internal power struggles were common.
One day, invisible currents of energy surged throughout the myriad heavens, flowing toward the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain. They converged upon the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty.
At that moment, a brilliant sun illuminated the entire unknown space, vast and majestic.
"Has someone become an immortal again?"
Chapter 344: The Great Jing Immortal Dynasty (Finale)
It was the sign of someone achieving immortality. The immortals turned their gazes toward the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty. The leader of the Immortal Alliance from the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty had been absent for five full eras. Could another True Immortal have appeared in the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty?
"No..."
An ancient True Immortal's eyes filled with shock as he muttered, "This is not the aura of a newly ascended True Immortal. Someone has walked a second path to immortality! It must be the Alliance Leader... The Alliance Leader has walked a second immortal path. Even overlords must tread carefully!"
No new True Immortal had been born in the Great Jing Immortal Dynasty. The only one capable of causing such a phenomenon was that single person!
The leader of the Immortal Alliance, the Human Emperor of the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty!
There was clear envy in that True Immortal's voice.
In less than one great tribulation, Su Chen had already walked two paths to immortality. He was destined to become an overlord-level powerhouse in the future!
Below the radiant sun stood a majestic figure, indifferently surveying everything.
"Today, all karma gathers upon me as I prove the position of ‘Human Emperor.' All human races across the realms shall enjoy the gift of ‘Wisdom.'"
The full power of the two immortal positions—Wisdom and Human Emperor—merged completely into Su Chen's body.
The light radiating from Su Chen swept across heaven and earth, extending beyond the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain to face the myriad heavens.
The Transmigrator Alliance's systems were spread throughout the heavens.
The Immortal Alliance's Great Villain System was naturally no less ambitious. Otherwise, it would not have become the Transmigrator Alliance's formidable rival!
As Su Chen's words fell, the human races across the myriad heavens looked up. At that moment, they felt their minds become clearer. Things that had once been difficult to understand now seemed faintly comprehensible.
The Human Emperor's authority—ruling over the world.
"Congratulations to the Alliance Leader!"
"Congratulations to the Alliance Leader on achieving dual immortal positions!"
Congratulations rang out across the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain.
Walking two immortal paths already qualified one as a powerhouse. Although he had not yet reached the standard of an overlord, he could be considered the foremost immortal beneath them. With the fortune of the Human Emperor, even an overlord would find it far from simple to act against Su Chen.
"Master has succeeded!"
A smile appeared on Dongfang Yunxing's face.
At this moment, in a certain direction, Burial Truth Immortal Monarch, who had been tirelessly reincarnating and growing stronger, had finally cultivated to within a single step of his goal. He planned to seize an opportunity outside the Heavenly Gang Continent to reclaim his former immortal position.
When he saw the person who had proven dual immortal positions, despair filled his eyes.
"No... how could it be him?"
Burial Truth Immortal Monarch knew that even if he regained his former power now, the only outcome awaiting him when facing Su Chen would be death.
A half-step overlord was blocking his path!
Unless he could also walk a second or even a third immortal path, his return would remain indefinitely distant.
Hatred surged in his heart.
The moment that thought arose, Burial Truth Immortal Monarch sensed a terrifying gaze upon him in the void.
Boom!
This time, Burial Truth Immortal Monarch did not hesitate. He used every means at his disposal and directly self-destructed to enter reincarnation.
"So it was him."
Su Chen looked at Burial Truth Immortal Monarch, who had exploded at a single glance, and felt speechless.
Did he really seem that terrifying?
Su Chen considered himself quite amiable.
Unfortunately... Burial Truth Immortal Monarch seemed to have grown smarter. Otherwise, he could have let Dongfang Yunxing give him another slash so he could experience more of life's ups and downs. Who knew, perhaps he might achieve great enlightenment and walk a second path?
Su Chen felt a touch of regret.
But since things had come to this, he could only continue blocking Burial Truth Immortal Monarch's path of return.
....
With the expansion of the Immortal Alliance, it rose like the midday sun. Every True Immortal who joined reaped enormous benefits.
The success rate of walking a second or third immortal path had also increased significantly.
Su Chen's radiance enveloped the entire Great Jing Immortal Dynasty... Wherever the human race existed, it was now part of the Great Jing. In just ten eras, powerhouses emerged in large numbers. The only regret was that no one else had achieved immortality.
One day, a major event occurred within the Immortal Alliance. The leader of the Immortal Alliance had a disagreement with Myriad Transformations Dao Extreme Immortal Monarch, and the two came to blows.
With the help of the overlords from the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain faction, they successfully expelled Myriad Transformations Dao Extreme Immortal Monarch from the Immortal Alliance.
This scene left the immortals across the heavens sighing with emotion. After all, Myriad Transformations Dao Extreme Immortal Monarch had been one of the founders of the Immortal Alliance and the personal disciple of its leader. Such a close relationship had still fractured over interests... This made many forces lament the cold-hearted ruthlessness of the Immortal Alliance's leader.
Another fifty eras passed. The once-in-108-eras myriad heavens great tribulation was approaching.
On the eve of the tribulation, the Immortal Alliance and the Transmigrator Alliance clashed violently, igniting a terrifying chaos that swept across the heavens. Many other forces were drawn into the conflict, resulting in the fall of countless True Immortals into reincarnation.
The casualties from this war were devastating.
It was not until one day, when the leader of the Immortal Alliance perished and the alliance suffered a sudden catastrophe, causing its True Immortals to vanish without a trace, that the fighting gradually subsided.
...
Inside the Great Jing Immortal Dynasty.
Su Chen felt his consciousness sink into a mysterious space. A blurry figure in the form of a young man, whose features could not be clearly seen, slowly reflected in Su Chen's pupils.
Yet when Su Chen tried to sense it, the space was empty, as if the youth did not exist there at all.
A bitter smile appeared on Su Chen's lips.
"Greetings, Heavenly Gang Immortal King."
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King had not fallen into self-loss!
The moment Su Chen guessed the youth's identity, his heart trembled.
This was trouble!
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King looked at Su Chen with an expressionless face. "You went too far. I originally wanted to let you live a little longer... Unfortunately, you did not know when to restrain yourself."
Su Chen smiled. "Is the Immortal King blaming me for starting this war that swept across the heavens and caused the fall of so many True Immortals?"
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King remained silent.
Su Chen already had his answer.
"True Immortals can exist eternally in the world, their immortal positions undying and themselves indestructible... Then what kind of power does an Immortal King possess? Changing karma? Shrouding everything with a single thought? I'm afraid that the smooth development of the Immortal Alliance over these years owes much to the Immortal King's behind-the-scenes assistance."
Su Chen understood. The moment he saw the Heavenly Gang Immortal King, everything became clear! The facts he had previously been unable to piece together gradually became clear in his mind.
"Back then, the entire Chu Family—one of the four great factions of the Transmigrator Alliance—mobilized and was so easily ambushed and annihilated by the Immortal Alliance. The Chu Family was severely crippled... That was also the Immortal King's doing, wasn't it?"
Su Chen smiled bitterly.
No wonder Chu Zhao had been so unwilling in his fall. He had probably already known it was the Immortal King's scheme. Even after countless reincarnations, Su Chen had never seen Chu Zhao again... He had likely realized it was hopeless and chosen self-loss, falling permanently into reincarnation.
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King nodded, showing slight surprise as he looked at Su Chen.
"Correct. All of this was done by me. I simply didn't expect you to accomplish it far more perfectly than I had anticipated."
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King admitted it. He felt somewhat reluctant to kill such a talent.
Su Chen felt unwilling. "Why did the Immortal King choose to abandon the Immortal Alliance? Please give me an answer!"
Su Chen believed that the growth of the Immortal Alliance should have brought benefits to the Heavenly Gang Immortal King as well.
The Heavenly Gang Immortal King's expression remained indifferent. One hand seized Su Chen's immortal position while the other immobilized him.
"The reason for all this... is because my surname is Fang... I belong to the Fang Clan, one of the Ten Great Clans of the transmigrators."
Su Chen's pupils contracted sharply.
"Fuck."
In the next moment, he completely lost consciousness.