"Immortal Ancient... the Immortal Ancient Era has ended!"
The sky is collapsing, and the earth is splitting.
The blood of a True Dragon is spilling from the firmament, and the cries of a Phoenix resound, carrying with them burning blood.
An eternal and undying True Immortal turns into a ball of flowing fire, embracing an enemy as they fall from the firmament, then transforming into eternal and undying radiance.
Even more terrifying unexpected events are occurring.
As the Ominous substance accumulates, some True Immortals of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands who were fighting suddenly turn their blades against their own teammates in the midst of battle.
Bright red blood splashes high into the air; the teammate’s face is filled with bewilderment before they die in shock.
Across infinite Rules, Zhang Daoyuan sees one of the Seven Kings of the Frontier with a heavy expression as he decapitates this True Immortal who had turned against them, then seals the head inside a pottery jar.
He likely still harbors hope that after the war, he can spend endless years to make this person wake up again; after all, that was his former comrade-in-arms.
But as the corresponding battle situation becomes increasingly tragic.
Zhang Daoyuan already understands that this time, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands have lost, and they have lost completely.
The timing of the Foreign Territory's attack this time was grasped far too well.
Because the most powerful existence in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, the giant among Immortal King Giants, the Ancestral Sacrifice Spirit, also known as Willow God.
She is currently not in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, but has gone to the Sea of Realms to explore, and is even close to reaching the end of the Sea of Realms.
He has no way to return for the time being.
Meanwhile, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King and the Wuzhong Immortal King are jointly exploring the path above the Immortal King level.
The Wuzhong Immortal King is exploring how to be Beginningless and Endless, to achieve even greater accomplishments.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King is attempting to construct the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
They welcomed hope and both found a new path.
But in this attempt, the Wuzhong Immortal King's own weapon shattered, and the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King fared about the same.
The Great Dao of Heaven and Earth of both of them nearly exploded above the heavens and earth, which indicates that they were both severely injured and nearly died.
And both the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King and the Wuzhong Immortal King belong to the top-tier figures among Immortal Kings, being existences at the Giant level.
Originally, there was already a certain gap between the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and the Foreign Territory.
The reason they were able to balance it, and prevent the Foreign Territory from continuing its attack, was because even Immortal Kings from the Immortal Realm had descended to the Lower Realm to confront the Foreign Territory together.
At such a critical moment, three of the most top-tier and powerful figures were suddenly missing.
Then this battle no longer had any suspense.
The World Tree that supported the entire heaven and earth is collapsing downward bit by bit.
One by one, the fruits on the World Tree, which are the size of stars, are dimming.
Those are not real fruits, but one True Immortal after another from the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Those are their Cave Mansions and their Dao Fruits.
And now, all of this has come to nothing.
There is endless blood rain in the sky and boundless wailing.
That is heaven and earth wailing, and it also represents that a figure at the True Immortal level has died within heaven and earth. Heaven and earth are grieving.
Blood Rain and Sky Weeping!
Zhang Daoyuan sees people among his familiar fellow disciples also dying.
A sorrow that is hard to suppress flows within his heart.
His current situation is more similar to breaking the Mystery of the Womb and awakening the memories of his past life.
Those past experiences are not completely useless; he has integrated them very well.
His memories of cultivating in this world for over three hundred years remain, and they are very clear.
The friendship between those fellow disciples is real.
And it is not just this; it is not just Zhang Daoyuan, a figure at the Supreme Realm, who can see this very clearly.
They have lost this time.
Stronger True Immortals and even figures at the Immortal King level in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands can also see it very clearly.
This time, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands have lost, and they have lost completely.
Because there are figures at the True Immortal level roaring, and even Immortal Kings roaring.
"How dare you close the Gate of the Immortal Realm?"
"Why do you not take action at a time like this?"
The two roars come from different figures.
The first roar is from the Immortal Kings and True Immortals who descended from the Immortal Realm, while the second is from the native True Immortals and Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Seeing that the defeat is certain, or rather that the situation is disadvantageous, the Immortal Realm reacts the fastest, closing the Gate first.
Then, those who descended from the Immortal Realm react second fastest, first by drawing a circle to make a prison, signing a covenant with the powerful existences of the Foreign Territory to not interfere with each other and to stand by the wall and watch.
And at the moment when the True Immortals and Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands are bleeding, the powerful existences of the Immortal Realm who are standing by the wall and watching use their supreme Magic Power to manifest the scene of the Seven Kings of the Frontier slaying the True Immortals who were polluted by the Ominous and Strange Matter.
They speak with great eloquence.
"You can even turn your blades against comrades on the same front line; how could I dare to step forward?"
They say nothing of the covenant signed in private, instead blaming the Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands for not doing enough.
Ordinary cultivators at the Human Dao Realm stage do not yet fully understand the invasion of the Ominous and Strange Matter.
But figures at the level of True Immortal and above know this situation clearly.
Once one comes into contact with this kind of Ominous and Strange Matter from the Foreign Territory too much, a brand-new personality will be born within their body, completely different from the past.
This is no secret among high-level figures.
The fact that the other side is now using this method to blame and target the Seven Kings of the Frontier is clearly intentional.
They are just casually finding an excuse because they do not want to go to the battlefield.
Given the current situation on the battlefield, if the Immortal Kings who descended from the Immortal Realm were willing to enter the fray, it could actually still be maintained.
The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King and the Wuzhong Immortal King have not truly died.
Even after experiencing this round of exploration, they already have a certain understanding of the realm above the Immortal King Realm.
Although they are in a severely injured state now, if they were given a chance to catch their breath, they might be able to break through the Immortal King level and reach an unimaginable realm.
But no matter what the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands side says, the figures below remain unmoved.
Zhang Daoyuan feels an incomparable sorrow, but at the same time, he also feels the small world he is in being blessed by one powerful radiance after another.
This small world is becoming more powerful and solid, and at the same time, it is incredibly hidden.
There is even power at the Immortal King level blessing it.
This does not mean the situation on the battlefield is improving; the battlefield itself is at a disadvantage.
The most powerful figures at the Immortal King level are even wasting their power on him.
For figures at the Immortal King level who can see the future through the River of Time, this indicates that they have already seen the future: this battle is lost.
With the battlefield situation being so dire, they are instead taking the initiative to place a portion of their extremely precious power onto Zhang Daoyuan.
Then it already indicates that they have placed their hope in the future.
Zhang Daoyuan feels pain, but he cannot change anything; he can only watch helplessly.
He widens his eyes, taking all of this in and keeping it in his heart.
Boundless Vitality boils throughout this heaven and earth, sweeping across the sky and the ground.
He knows that anger alone is useless; he is recalling the Scripture he has cultivated.
Then he silently sits cross-legged between heaven and earth, cultivating in this environment of Blood Rain and Sky Weeping.
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