The World Honored One is fucking unreliable! Didn't he say that as long as I don't produce a Great Perfected Lord, it's harmless and he could help me cover up all the karma? Why did Cang Hao suddenly pop up?He can't even handle this little thing?
No wonder he's the weakest among the Four Dogs of the Immortal Nexus.
Despite cursing inwardly, Lu Yang actually knew clearly in his heart that he couldn't blame the World Honored One, because the things he did touched upon the foundation of the [Heavenly Dao].
After all, this was a method to change heaven and earth. When a new heaven is established, the old heaven naturally has to be discarded. This was far more exaggerated than a Great Perfected Lord. Furthermore, [Divine Offering] corresponded to [Fortune]. When such a change occurred, it was impossible for the World Honored One to stop Cang Hao, the master of [Fortune], from sensing it.
Fortunately, the matter wasn't big yet.
After all, compared to the entire Light Sea, the capacity of the Immortal Alliance was simply smaller than an ant. To the Dao Lords, the so-called threat was actually just a sprout.
But looking at it from another angle:
"For a mere dangerous sprout, the Dao Lord of the Dao Court personally descends to the mortal realm to investigate. It can be seen that every single one of these Dao Lords is top-tier shameless."
Usually, they looked like they didn't care about worldly affairs, but that was actually just because their core interests hadn't been touched, so they acted aloof and superior. However, the moment their own interests were damaged, they would strike out indiscriminately without caring about a Dao Lord's dignity. One could only say this was the style of this damn place.
Splash, splash...
As the tide rose and fell, Emperor Jiayou, with a calm expression, brazenly walked toward the sea region of the Immortal Alliance. Only when he neared the border did he abruptly stop his steps.
The next second, he looked up at the sky:
"Surviving ignobly for five thousand years, yet finding a different path. Although you still can't be considered an orthodox Perfected Lord, you have barely transcended more than half. I must congratulate you, Fellow Daoist Mu."
His voice wasn't high-pitched, yet it carried extremely strong penetrating power, directly tearing through layers of obstacles and landing within [Heaven of Nothingness], echoing with a boom!
Besides that, all cultivators in the entire Immortal Alliance also heard his voice. For a moment, they only felt as if a sharp sword had pierced their hearts. The intense pain was unbearable, their legs went soft, and they knelt on the ground one after another, as if the master of this voice could decide their life and death with a single word.
In fact, this was indeed the case.
It wasn't until a responding voice rang out that it felt like a gentle breeze blowing past, wiping away the intense pain in everyone's hearts and overpowering that deafening thunderous sound.
"Fellow Daoist Jiayou praises me too much."
Instantly, the canopy of heaven opened up.
[Heaven of Nothingness] manifested in the world. Layers of white clouds parted, dropping infinite heavenly light. Mu Changsheng's figure sat upright within, his eyes filled with coldness.
Seeing this scene, surprise surfaced in the depths of Emperor Jiayou's eyes.
He was currently standing outside the territory of the Immortal Alliance, while the position Mu Changsheng manifested was located right in the middle of the Immortal Alliance's territory. There was originally quite a distance between the two.
Although it was nothing to a Golden Core Perfected Lord, there was ultimately still a distance. Yet, under the sensing of auras, an inexplicable illusion arose within him.
It was as if Mu Changsheng, who manifested in the sky, was only a shadow. What was truly confronting him was actually this Immortal Alliance before him that exceeded the Dao Lords' expectations.
Clearly, with just one more step forward, he could easily step into the territory of the Immortal Alliance. Yet Emperor Jiayou stopped his steps because he keenly sensed a slight feeling of crisis. This made him even more surprised; Mu Changsheng, who was at most an Unorthodox Perfected Lord, could actually make him feel a sense of crisis.
No wonder a dharma edict was passed down from the heavens.
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiayou slightly lowered his eyelids. His gaze seemed to fall from the [Wayside Earth] hovering in the sky, and in an instant, he surveyed the entire territory of the Immortal Alliance.
After a moment, he nodded and said: "I was surprised. Fellow Daoist's [Heaven of Nothingness] happens to coincide with the method of my Dao Court. If Fellow Daoist is willing to switch allegiances, you will get the title of Marquis."
Hearing this, Mu Changsheng's expression remained unrippled: "And if I refuse?"
Emperor Jiayou shook his head slightly, his gaze as calm as ever, and said carelessly: "Then after today, there will be no Immortal Alliance overseas."
As his words fell, all sounds faded into silence.
Instantly, [Wayside Earth] radiated brilliant light. Endless dark clouds rolled down from the canopy, and howling gales arbitrarily wreaked havoc within the territory of the Immortal Alliance.
As far as the eye could see, the sun and moon were both hidden.
Not only that, the surging ocean waves both inside and outside the Immortal Alliance were continuously sinking at this moment. The endless seawater simply vanished into thin air.
Taking its place was a massive expanse of land. The bare seabed was filled with jagged, bizarre rocks and mud everywhere. Fish and shrimp that had lost their seawater floundered on the ground. Countless seedlings, grass, and trees continuously grew out visibly to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, the originally vast ocean turned into a million hectares of flat fields.
Such a scene left countless people dumbfounded.
The higher their cultivation and the higher their stature, the deeper they felt it. Facing such mighty power that casually changed heaven and earth, the only thing they could do was kowtow madly.
"Why must Fellow Daoist make things difficult for lower-realm cultivators?"
Seeing this scene, Mu Changsheng finally stood up. And in the depths of his dark eyes, a speck of colorful light gradually surfaced.
"Lower-realm cultivators?"
Emperor Jiayou stood with his hands behind his back, shaking his head and chuckling: "Fellow Daoist has misunderstood. I am not making things difficult. To me, this is merely a very ordinary breath."
"It's just that the breath of a giant, falling upon ants, is an unbearable pain. However, this is the fault of the ants; how can it be blamed on the giant? Although Fellow Daoist is inferior to us now, you are still considered to have transcended the mortal world. Still holding onto such thoughts will easily make you a laughingstock."
As if responding to Emperor Jiayou's words.
At this moment, Mu Changsheng clearly felt the wills cast from everywhere. After all, a clash between Golden Core Perfected Lords could not be more conspicuous in the Immortal Nexus.
Faintly, he really did hear a few chuckles.
They seemed to be laughing at his lower-realm cultivator mindset, or perhaps laughing at his overestimation of his own capabilities.
But it was exactly at this moment that the colorful light in the depths of Mu Changsheng's eyes grew increasingly intense. A certain invisible will descended from the heavens, making his voice increasingly icy:
"Laugh at me?"
In an instant, Mu Changsheng's aura changed. The weight of his words instantly increased countless times over, as if the entire Immortal Alliance had been pressed into his voice.
"Who dares!?"
Rumble!
Mu Changsheng was seen raising his right hand high and clenching it into a fist, as if holding a torch. The boiling light of wonder spread toward everywhere in the Immortal Alliance like a raging fire.
Soon, across the vast territory of the Immortal Alliance, on countless islands, mountains, and rivers, torches were lit. Those were the cultivators of the Immortal Alliance one by one; their divine abilities responded one after another. A single spark started a prairie fire, forming lines and weaving into a net. Finally, like rivers flowing into the sea, they all converged toward Mu Changsheng's direction!
[Divine Offering]
In a trance, Emperor Jiayou seemed to see an illusory, golden light-figure stand up from within the territory of the Immortal Alliance, carrying a towering and majestic stature that supported heaven and earth.
His hands lifted [Heaven of Nothingness].
He performed the exact same action as Mu Changsheng.
And under his lift, [Heaven of Nothingness] merged into the canopy of heaven. Like [Wayside Earth], it transformed into a brilliant star, hanging high in the sky.
At this moment, the stature of [Heaven of Nothingness] skyrocketed!
[Heaven of Nothingness], which was originally at most an Unorthodox Dao Fruit, actually obtained the stature that only an Orthodox Dao Fruit possessed under the lift of this golden light-figure!