Chapter 693: How Did It All Turn Out Like This? (1/2)

The phenomenon of ascension encompassed the entire world—grander, more striking than during Zhao Wushuang’s ascension!

It was, for all intents and purposes, comparable to the staggering phenomenon that’d taken place during the birth of the Karmic Tree.

The cries of innumerable swords resonated in the world of immortals, accompanied by a boundless sword aura that turned the entire world into a sea of swords.

Sword Divine had become an immortal!

Every immortal was painfully aware of the fact. Always lurking in the dark, sometimes appearing to destabilize the world of immortals, Sword Divine had finally become an immortal.

“This is Sword Divine ascending to immortality?!” someone shouted in alarm. “If so, what about the tree-shaped phenomenon the last time?”

Many realized the crux of the issue. Last time, the world had witnessed the vision of a golden tree. Prevailing wisdom then had been that it was Sword Divine’s phenomenon of ascension. However, the divine sword cutting through the world and the symphony of swords were more befitting of Sword Divine’s ascension.

But in that case, who had it been the last time?

Lu Yun?

Lu Yun had been spotted only a few days prior, his phenomenon a mere purple aura a few hundred kilometers across.

Qing Yu? She wasn’t an immortal yet! Perhaps there was yet another hidden peerless genius in the world that no one knew of?

“He’s truly better than me!” In Dusk Province, inside Dao City, Zhao Wushuang’s eyes dimmed with sadness.

A phenomenon of ascension bespoke of an immortal’s potential and almost always determined the heights one would reach in the future. True, her own phenomenon had also affected the entire world, but it still paled compared to Sword Divine’s.

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Meanwhile, Dongfang Hao raged with indignation. The essence of his tribulation had been stolen away! He’d be able to guess the culprit’s identity even if he threw his brain away.

Lu Yun!

Tribulation essence could temper an immortal body and strengthen one’s immortal foundations. And in case he didn’t need all of it for himself, he could still use the rest to strengthen his clansmen and subordinates!

But now, the liquid essence forming a lake six hundred meters wide had been entirely claimed by Lu Yun, a loss that almost drove Dongfang Hao mad.

“Men, deploy formations! Don’t let him escape no matter what!!” he raved as if gone stark mad. His phenomenon still lingered in the air, but he’d already lost all semblance of composure.

Boom!

A somber killing aura enveloped the sea within one million kilometers. Dream-like radiance flickered through the sky as one thousand and eighty-eight killing formations abruptly took to the air, sealing off space within a five hundred thousand kilometer radius.

“Who said I was leaving?” An indifferent voice rose, followed by a giant foot more than five kilometers wide from the sky that stepped right on Dongfang Hao.

Dongfang Hao saw red! He’d become a void-ascended true immortal, but Lu Yun’s replica Xing Chen was a peak golden immortal!

Inside the replica, the heart and lungs of heaven and earth echoed in harmony and generated an inexhaustible supply of strength. Now that Lu Yun’s primary body had also become an immortal, his nascent spirit propelled Xing Chen’s strength to unprecedented realms.

Death art, Size Manipulation!

Lu Yun had become an unfathomably huge giant. Stepping down with one foot, he sank Dongfang Hao straight into the sea, stirring up prodigious waves in the West Sea.

Indeed, Lu Yun hadn’t left; the area was blockaded by multiple layers of formations. Unless Feinie were to arrive and operate the Yin and Yang Formation Orbs with him, it’d be very difficult to break through these ancient killing formations.

As for Holy Lord Ashu, he’d taken to the sky to block an unknown powerhouse.

“Lu Yun!!” Dongfang Hao struggled beneath Yun’s foot, seething with anger and indignation, but he couldn’t unleash his pent-up fury no matter how hard he struggled.

He’d just overcome his tribulation and become a void-ascended immortal! This should’ve been the most glorious moment of his life, and yet, he found himself crushed under someone’s foot, unable to move!

He was about to go mad with fury!

Meanwhile, his phenomenon of ascension continued to swallow the energy of the land, ready to flow into him and increase his strength once it reached completion.