Vol 7 Chapter 1: Immortal Emperor

Pangu Continent.

After receiving intelligence from Lin Jing, the Cultivation Alliance quickly gathered cultivators from allied realms, forming a great army to counterattack the Heavenly Demons.

One cultivation realm after another restored teleportation with Pangu Continent and immediately responded, with countless great cultivators descending upon Pangu.

Now, the Tianyuan Realm that had joined the Cultivation Alliance was no exception—the cross-realm teleportation array had been completed, and numerous Dao Inquiry cultivators arrived at Pangu Continent to join the demon-slaying forces.

From the Tianyuan side, many cultivators familiar to Lin Jing came: Ouyang Hao, the current sect master of the Beast Master Sect;

Gao Sheng, the Fortune State Preceptor of the Ancient Kingdom;

Feng Ning, the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect... The older generation of Dao Inquiry cultivators remained to guard Tianyuan, while almost all of Tianyuan Continent's new generation of Dao Inquiry cultivators had arrived.

Like Pangu Continent, Tianyuan Continent had also received no news from Lin Jing for a long time since he went to Earth. After Lin Jing successively killed the Heaven's Vengeance Demon General and the Evil Moon Demon General, he would inevitably face fierce retaliation from the Heavenly Demon Sect. The cultivators of Tianyuan had always been worried about Lin Jing's safety.

And now, they actually received intelligence that Lin Jing had single-handedly attacked the Heavenly Demon Realm and slaughtered countless powerful members of the Demonic Race. Except for those necessary to guard their realm, most cultivators from the Tianyuan side chose to rush to the battlefield to see if they could help Lin Jing in some way.

However.

Before the armies from various realms could fully assemble, with many powerful experts still en route via teleportation, the monumental change of the ascension channel reopening caused countless cultivators to lose their will to fight.

An old man gazed at the sky in shock and awe. He had long since passed his ascension heavenly tribulation and was the strongest in his cultivation realm. However, with the ascension path closed, he had never been able to ascend and become an immortal. With the Heavenly Demons threatening the lower realm, he had no choice but to join the Cultivation Alliance for protection...

Facing the expedition order issued by the Cultivation Alliance, he had no choice but to respond.

But now, he actually felt the call of the Immortal Realm... felt the reopening of the ascension channel?

"Hahahaha..." He laughed heartily several times. Even though the Demonic Race had been severely weakened by Lin Jing, at heart, he had never truly wanted to engage in life-or-death combat with them. A cornered beast will still fight back. Now that the ascension path had reopened, he no longer had any reason to continue fighting the Demonic Race.

"Immortal Realm, I'm coming."

The old man directly responded to the Immortal Realm's call. A massive ascension vortex appeared in the sky, connected to a pillar of light leading to the Immortal Realm. Many people watched as this old man actually entered the ascension channel and headed for the Immortal Realm, feeling greatly shocked internally.

They didn't know why the ascension channel had reopened. Although Lin Jing had severely weakened the Heavenly Demon Realm, the effects should only extend to the lower realms at most. Could it be... that the numerous factions in the Immortal Realm had simultaneously annihilated the Demonic Race there as well?

This seemed to be the only possibility. Many Dao Inquiry cultivators who had long been unable to ascend even shed tears on the spot. Countless people pursued cultivation precisely for the chance to ascend. Now with the ascension path right before their eyes, they found it difficult to suppress their emotions, especially those cultivators approaching the end of their lifespan. They had originally planned to use their remaining lifespan to deliver a final blow to the Demonic Race that had cut off their path to immortality, but now...

"Ascension!"

Numerous cultivators gazed with burning eyes at the faintly visible Immortal Realm. As one cultivator after another successfully entered the ascension channel, they could no longer restrain themselves and followed the Immortal Realm's call, going together.

"These deserters!!"

Of course, there were also cultivators who chose not to ascend. Their eyes were bloodshot, almost all of them being cultivators who had lost their homes and families due to the Heavenly Demon Sect's destruction of their realms. Their hatred for the Heavenly Demon Realm even surpassed their desire for ascension. Now, at this critical moment for counterattacking the Heavenly Demons, these people... actually chose to ascend directly, which would undoubtedly sharply reduce the combat power of the counterattack army.

"What should we do? Damn it, some old fogey nearby is already undergoing ascension tribulation—completely reckless!" Gao Sheng cursed, then turned to look at his fellow cultivators from the Tianyuan Realm.

"The ascension path..." Cold Moon Sword Immortal gazed at the starry sky and said: "What exactly happened in the Immortal Realm... Never mind, it's unrelated to you. It seems Pangu Continent will be chaotic for a while. We shouldn't follow the main force anymore—finding Lin Jing is more urgent."

"According to Cultivation Alliance intelligence, he single-handedly attacked the Heavenly Demon Realm and fought alone against the Six Great Demon Generals. Even if he failed, his condition shouldn't be poor. Now that the ascension path has reopened, lower realm cultivators can ascend, and naturally, Immortal Realm immortals can descend to the lower realms. He will definitely be targeted."

"Meteor Spirit Beast, I remember you said you could find Lin Jing. Since that's the case, let's search for him separately." She looked at the Meteor Spirit Beast that had already left the Origin Realm.

"Of course it's not a problem." The Meteor Spirit Beast had come along precisely under the orders of its master, the Fuzzy Immortal, to help Lin Jing. With Lin Jing's bloodline, stars as eyes, and the immortal techniques taught by its master, finding Lin Jing wouldn't be difficult.

It glanced at the Dao Inquiry mosquito woman who possessed Lin Jing's bloodline. This creature grew up drinking Lin Jing's blood, didn't she???

The mosquito woman shot it a look and said: "Hurry up, don't waste time. Now is exactly when our master needs us."

Several dozen Dao Inquiry cultivators and spirit creatures from Tianyuan Continent directly left Pangu Continent and entered the starry space on their own.

With such a terrifying scale of combat power, no matter which demon legion they encountered, they wouldn't fear it, enough to travel unhindered through the stars.

During the turmoil across realms, not only on Pangu Continent but in many cultivation realms, numerous Dao Inquiry cultivators felt the opening of the ascension path and excitedly chose to ascend. Of course, there were also those whose minds were bewitched by the ascension path, forgetting their own limitations—such individuals were directly struck dead by the ascension tribulation, perishing completely with their cultivation destroyed.

"Tch, he escaped."

On the other side, Lin Jing, who was pursuing two fleeing demon generals, first caught up with one demon general and completely annihilated him. As for the other demon general, the ascension channel appeared like a lifesaving straw, and he directly chose to ascend.

Lin Jing could only watch helplessly as his opponent entered the ascension channel. No matter how powerful he was, he couldn't chase into the Immortal Realm to kill this person.

Standing in the desolate starry space, Lin Jing, whose spirit and body had been tightly wound, gradually relaxed. He let out a long breath, took out several pills and tossed them into his mouth, then immediately began meditating on the spot, allowing himself to drift through the cosmos with the starlight.

"You've finally arrived."

"Faster than the Immortal Realm demons—not bad."

After an unknown amount of time, an illusory primordial spirit appeared not far from Lin Jing, causing him to open his eyes and examine it.

"Wrong, you're not it!!" The next moment, Lin Jing frowned and suddenly spoke.

Looking at this Emperor's Servant who had once teleported him to Earth and then dissipated after sending him back, Lin Jing sensed a change in it.

"I am indeed not it, merely reviving its traces in the lower realm to meet with you," the mysterious primordial spirit said.

Lin Jing understood.

"You are the mastermind who created it, in other words... the Eastern Glorious Immortal Emperor."

"I never thought such an important figure could personally descend to the lower realm."