Barbarian God Realm.

It's divided into the Material Realm and the Heavenly Realm.

Travel between them is notably restricted by celestial decrees — constraints so profound that not even Immortal True Gods nor Eternal God Kings can break them.

Throughout the ages, those accomplished in cultivation from the Material Realm could 'ascend' to the Heavenly Realm. Yet, whether they are True Gods, Divine Kings, or ordinary Life Spirits, descending to the Material Realm is beyond them.

This very limitation fostered a flourishing diversity within the Material Realm.

Even the Guangyuan Immortal Sect, which once dominated the Material Realm over a hundred thousand years ago, still appears supreme but is gradually being encroached upon. Countless emerging forces and countless Life Spirits always have extraordinarily talented beings.

And these prodigies,

After shining brilliantly in the Material Realm, most would gather in the Heavenly Realm.

One can thus imagine,

The extent of the splendor of the Heavenly Realm.

Today,

Lu Qingfeng tore through the Void, traveling from the Material Realm to the Heavenly Realm.

"This counts as revisiting old haunts," Lu Qingfeng crossed through the Void and landed upon a vast expanse of ocean, watching the azure waves and vast sky, he couldn't help but laugh.

However, when he first arrived in the Heavenly Realm, he was scared into detonating himself to escape the gaze of various gods and thus avoided a disaster.

And by doing so, also missed out on an opportunity in the Barbarian God Realm.

Reflecting now,

There were no regrets.

Lu Qingfeng surveyed his surroundings and saw that this sea area was relatively calm. At first glance, there seemed to be nothing unusual.

But Lu Qingfeng stared into the depths of the ocean.

His gaze penetrated the water as if piercing autumn itself.

Yet he spotted an anomaly.

Not in a hurry to leave, he stayed.

Suddenly,

Boom!

Like the ocean capsizing, enveloping the skies, ancient thunderous roars were heard.

Next,

A vast mountain range thunderously rose.

Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

This mountain range lifted billions of tons of seawater, causing boundless tsunamis.

An earth-shattering event.

Deep in the sea, amid the tsunamis,

Four mountain ranges stretching for miles suddenly leaped above the ocean surface.

Upon closer inspection,

These were not mountain ranges but rather whisker-like strands, with bizarre patterns on them. A closer look revealed fine thorn-like fibers with seaweed and seagrass clinging to them, with various marine creatures constantly falling off.

Clearly, it had lain dormant in the deep sea for countless ages.

Describing them as whisker-like strands was relative to the entire sea area. In reality, each whisker-like strand was as long and continuous as a mountain range.

Upon their appearance,

They swiftly moved like wind and lightning, all rushing towards Lu Qingfeng.

The thorn-like fibers on the whisker-like strands chaotically danced, releasing puffs of poison smoke, filling the skies.

"So it was you!"

Lu Qingfeng recognized them, awakening old memories.

In the past,

When he was invincible in the Material Realm of the Barbarian God Realm, he had some friction with disciples of Yin Jiao, a Reincarnated True Immortal. He killed a few and expelled others.

Among those who escaped was one called 'Sun Daoist'.

Chasing after him in a panic, Sun Daoist fled to the Heavenly Realm, only to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire, encountering a Heavenly Realm creature.

At the time, Lu Qingfeng, having a lower cultivation base, did not dare linger.

He did not see whether the Sun Daoist was caught as his vision was obscured by the poison smoke. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Realm creature extended two whisker-like strands from the Void, trying to pull him out and capture him.

Thus, he never witnessed the Sun Daoist's death.

But unexpectedly,

After more than a hundred thousand years, he encountered this octopus again.

Observing its aura,

It was indeed the same one from before.

"It's still alive."

Lu Qingfeng watched the deep-sea octopus, resembling a mountain hidden under the sea, its tentacles striking, and flicked his finger lightly—

Shh!

Four tentacles silently disintegrated into ash in an instant.

The deep-sea octopus hadn't even felt the pain when fear struck it first.

Whoosh!

Boom!

Stopping its momentum, the creature in the sea began to attempt an escape.

"Since you're alive, why seek death again?"

Seeing the deep-sea octopus trying to flee, Lu Qingfeng shook his head, mana flowing at his fingertips, a spark of lightning burst forth silently and then exploded, reducing the mountain-sized deep-sea octopus to powder.

Erased from existence.

As its body shattered, a fist-sized black pearl with strange patterns fell out.

Lu Qingfeng reached out to grab it, and saw that the black pearl was scorching hot, containing fierce flames within, evident from the high temperature which gave it a black hue.

Lu Qingfeng noticed the significance.

Contained within this black pearl was terrifying fire, which if unleashed, could instantly burn the octopus to death. However, it was sealed, occasionally leaking a trace, burning both flesh and Divine Soul, causing unending life yet denying death, a truly cruel torture.

"No wonder it sought death."

Lu Qingfeng held the black pearl, observing the flames inside: "This Fire Technique—"

It was somewhat familiar.

A person came to mind.

At that moment,

Boom!

Suddenly, a great sun fell straight from the sky towards the vast ocean, directly headed towards where Lu Qingfeng was.

Lu Qingfeng looked up.

He saw the blazing fire in the sky, enveloped by it, a formidable General wielding a long sword descended before him.

Seeing the arrival,

Lu Qingfeng immediately smiled: "It really is you."

The person didn't recognize Lu Qingfeng.

Surrounded by flames, looking at the still turbulent deep sea and the black pearl in Lu Qingfeng's hand, his eyes flashed, and he coldly asked: "Who are you?"

"Sun Daoist."

"It's been a long time since we parted, how come you've fallen and taken the Barbarian God Path?"

Lu Qingfeng looked at this fiery figure, his voice resounding.

The person was none other than the Sun Daoist who he had chased in the past and who fled into the Heavenly Realm.

This Sun Daoist and his two brothers reincarnated into the Barbarian God Realm, only to provoke Lu Qingfeng who killed the two brothers Shaoyang and Zhongyang, leaving only Sun Daoist alive, even the Immortal Artifact 'Sun Sword' in his hand was taken by Lu Qingfeng.

It was indeed reaping what one sows.

"No wonder you tortured that octopus."

It makes sense now.

The Sun Daoist, narrowly escaping death in the Heavenly Realm from that same octopus, harbored deep resentment.

Though to refine the Black Pearl, making the deep-sea octopus suffer day and night under the torment of Poison Fire, resulted in a life not of its own choosing.

Perhaps too vigilant.

Lu Qingfeng was initially puzzled.

But seeing the state of the Sun Daoist now, he could guess a thing or two.

"Sun Daoist—"

The 'Sun Daoist's' eyes held a look of reminiscence.

He couldn't remember.

It had been so many years since he had heard that title.

Back then,

he fled from the Material Realm to the Heavenly Realm, plagued by that deep-sea octopus. Though he escaped using a Desperate Secret Technique, he could not avoid being poisoned.

The poison entangled his physical body and Divine Soul, eroding his Mana.

Had it been during his peak, he might have had the confidence to refine away the poison over the years.

But having just used a secret technique, his foundations were damaged, leaving him no extra energy.

Nonetheless, he was somewhat fortunate.

Searching everywhere for Spiritual Medicine to save himself, he stumbled into an ancient Demigod relic and acquired a Fire Element divinity. At his wit's end, the Sun Daoist abandoned his physical body and fused his Divine Soul with the divinity.

He then became a divine being, a Demigod as powerful as the peak of a True Immortal.

Following this lengthy period,

the Sun Daoist secretly cultivated, integrating his 'Three Suns Immortal Technique' entirely into his divinity.

He also spread his followers far and wide.

Through tens of thousands, even ten thousand years of hardship,

he finally achieved True God status, worthy of being called 'Fire God'!

But whether Demigod or True God, to these practitioners of the Immortal Dao, he was ultimately seen as a 'Barbarian God'.

The Sun Daoist knew that in the external world, the Six-Eyed Venerable and his Ancestor Master Yin Tai Sui were plotting on this realm.

Should they succeed,

Barbarian Gods would cease to exist.

Therefore, rather than seeking his fellow sect members, the Sun Daoist abandoned his past identity, renouncing the 'Sun Daoist' title altogether, and fully joined the Barbarian God camp.

Sudden at the mention,

he was somewhat unaccustomed and also a bit apprehensive.

His gaze fixed on Lu Qingfeng, his eyes flickering, hard to decipher, and after a long while, he said: "There is no 'Sun Daoist' here. My name is 'Ogarwen', the Fire God of the Heavenly Realm!"

His appearance changed.

His aura changed.

His name changed.

The Sun Daoist was determined to completely dissociate from his past.

Lu Qingfeng didn't say much, returning the Fire Punishment Pearl to the Sun Daoist, shaking his head and said, "Whether as a Sun Daoist or Fire God Ogarwen, take care of yourself."

In his present status,

he could interact as an equal with Yin Jiao, his ancestor in the Heavenly Court's Divine Position, even superior by a First Rank.

To further dispute with Yin Jiao's disciples and grand-disciples would make him, Tianpeng True Monarch, a laughingstock.

Unconcerned,

he was about to leave.

However,

as he was leaving, the Sun Daoist wasn't pleased: "You killed my subordinate, the Water Demon Beast. Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

"An explanation?"

Lu Qingfeng was taken aback at his words.

Seeing the Sun Daoist poised to attack, he shook his head.

Perhaps,

arguing over the death of the Water Demon Beast was a facade.

Fear of exposing his identity as the Sun Daoist was more likely the truth.

Lu Qingfeng looked up at the sky, giving a wry smile, and said: "Alright, since you desire an explanation, then I shall give you one."

Saying so,

he flicked his hand, sending a streak of yellow light into the sky.

Following that,

a weak, small figure, merely the height of a four or five-year-old human child, descended from the sky, clad in a Daoist robe. Despite his short stature, he had an air of a sage.

This person arrived.

Not looking at the Sun Daoist, but his eyes fixed on Lu Qingfeng, as if confirming something.

Lu Qingfeng smiled and said: "I'd rather not physically confront a junior. Since you, Xuan Yu, are here, please handle this for me. It's also a good chance to see how your cultivation has progressed over the years."

"Teacher!"

"It really is you, Teacher!"

Seeing the Green Robed Daoist, feeling the aura he intentionally revealed, and recalling the Dao Yun containing the essence of the 'Yellow Robe True Skill' he saw in the sky,

Xuan Yu was certain and overjoyed.

Upon hearing his teacher speak, he didn't give in to his emotions, promptly bowed deeply, and soon turned his attention to the Sun Daoist.

During his time in the Material Realm, he had never personally met the Sun Daoist, thus unaware that this person had once practiced orthodox Immortal Dao just like him. However, in the Heavenly Realm, as an elite representative of the Immortal Dao system, Xuan Yu had given quite a few lessons to this newly risen 'Fire God' Ogarwen.

Seeing him now,

and with his teacher giving the command, he didn't hesitate or waste words.

"Begin!"

With a gesture, 129,600 iron talismans flew from his waist.

"Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman."

Lu Qingfeng recognized these metal talismans as they spread across the sky.

He had once accepted this Little Dwarf as a disciple, giving him the name 'Xuan Yu.' Considering Xuan Yu had the most outstanding perception among his many disciples, he thus passed on many Artifact Refining and Array Dao Books, two divine skills, and the Magic Artifact 'Nine Strategies Xuanhao Talisman'.

Over more than a hundred thousand years,

what was once a Sixth Rank Magic Artifact had been refined by Xuan Yu into an Immortal Artifact.

With ghostly unpredictable might.

Now unleashed,

the talismans arranged in the sky trapped the Sun Daoist in an instant.

"Xuan Yu!"

"How dare you harm me when our Guangyuan Immortal Sect and your Bright God System have always kept to our own! If you attack me today, aren't you afraid that the Divine King would be angered?!"

Although the Sun Daoist was an 'Immortal True God,'

he had only recently ascended, equivalent to a newly risen Earth Immortal.

But Xuan Yu was a renowned supreme powerhouse in the Heavenly Realm, not only highly skilled in the Dao, but no one had ever seen him fight. He always triumphed with his unimaginable mastery of Array Dao.

Even the Bright God King held him in high regard.

He once said he would rather battle the crazy old woman, Sect Leader Xuan Ningzi of Guangyuan, than confront the so-called foremost Array Dao expert of the Heavenly Realm, Xuan Yu Zi.

Even the Bright God King being so wary,

the Sun Daoist, a subordinate under the Bright God King, was surely no match.

While wielding a sword, manipulating thousands of fires trying to break the array, and verbally threatening Xuan Yu, he secretly called for the Divine King to save him.

Xuan Yu ignored him.

Holding the supreme treasure of Array Dao, the Nine Heavens Demon Trapping Formation promptly formed and tightly trapped the Sun Daoist, bombarding him with endless thunder.