126: Chapter 126 The Immortal Who Sacrificed Himself to Save the World

Over the past six months, Lu Hu's comprehension of the Kun Illusionary Way had become increasingly profound; the obscure and difficult-to-understand laws of the illusion gradually became clear in his eyes, and Lu Hu could even observe a thing or two about the illusion the Dragon Kun was trapped in.

One day, as Lu Hu was concentrating on perceiving the Kuns Illusionary Realm, his divine sense inadvertently swept across the depths of the illusion, and he suddenly detected a trace of abnormality.

It was an extremely faint aura, one that was nearly integrated into the illusion itself; it lacked the ferocity of the Dragon Kun and carried a faint trace of immortal charm—ethereal, fleeting, and nearly imperceptible. Had his comprehension of the Kun Illusionary Way not improved, he would basically not have been able to detect it.

Lu Hu's heart stirred. He completely withdrew his attention from the Dragon Kun and immersed his entire divine sense into the illusion, carefully searching for the source of that unusual aura.

At first, the aura flickered in and out of existence. Whenever Lu Hu's divine sense approached, it would instantly vanish as if it had never appeared, and no matter how Lu Hu searched, he could not find a trace. Searching like this, another year passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, Lu Hu captured that aura several times, but each time he missed it by a hair's breadth.

The curiosity and confusion in Lu Hu's heart grew stronger. He was certain that there were living beings other than the Dragon Kun in this illusion, and these beings seemed to be constantly moving within it. He did not know if they had discovered his existence and were avoiding his search, or if they were avoiding the Dragon Kun.

Lu Hu patiently searched for a few more months, but still could not catch any trace of those beings.

"Damn it!"

Irritated, Lu Hu raised his hand and summoned the three thousand kun character stele, which had been hovering in mid-air to assist in exploring the illusion, to his side.

He refined it in an instant and then threw the three thousand kun character stele directly into the Kuns Illusionary Realm below.

As soon as the three thousand kun character stele fell into the illusion, they instantly spun in unison, emitting the vast and boundless power of the Kun Great Way, resonating with the power of the illusion itself.

These kun character steles were originally carved by Ancestor Kun through the contemplation of the illusory immortal grass, sharing the same root and origin as the power of the illusion. By activating the inscriptions on the steles, Lu Hu truly seized control of the illusion.

In an instant, a massive amount of information flooded Lu Hu's divine sense. The mental energy required to control the illusion was too great, and Lu Hu could not master it immediately. The unbalanced illusion continued to operate chaotically, and the originally stable illusion instantly began to churn violently; the illusory mist rolled, the void distorted, and countless false scenes shattered and shifted.

The Dragon Kun, trapped deep in the illusion, looked confused, but it quickly regained its senses, realizing this was an excellent opportunity to escape. It leaped up and flew upward.

Boom!

Lu Hu slapped the Dragon Kun back down, ignoring his own charred palm, and continued to control the illusion to keep serving the Dragon Kun.

The Dragon Kun fell into a dream again and headed 'downward'.

Lu Hu withdrew his gaze and continued to focus on controlling the Kuns Illusionary Realm.

It was truly a secret realm evolved from the illusory immortal grass; the Great Way contained within the three thousand kun character stele was simply not enough. It was only because no one was controlling this illusion that Lu Hu was able to gain access to control it at all.

Even though he had seized control now, it was only temporary. In a short while, the instinct of the illusion would expel Lu Hu.

"I need to hurry," Lu Hu thought to himself, carefully observing the subtle details of the illusion.

"Found you!"

Suddenly, Lu Hu raised his hand and slashed a sword toward a certain direction. A spatial passage opened, and a faint aura of immortality drifted out. Lu Hu was about to reach out to grab it, but as soon as he raised his hand, he stopped.

The beings on the other side were coming out on their own, and there was more than one.

At first, the aura was erratic, but it quickly became clear. Following that, one figure after another flew out from the spatial passage. They held the kun character steles, using the power of the steles to resist the illusion, breaking free from its shackles, and walked out voluntarily from the passage Lu Hu had opened.

Seeing this, the immortals all tightened their expressions and unleashed their immortal artifacts, ready for battle.

It was unclear whether the newcomers were friends or foes; they could be monsters spawned by the illusion, or they could be subordinates of the Dragon Kun. One could not be careless.

However, Lu Hu waved his hand, signaling everyone to remain calm. He looked calmly at the figures that had emerged.

"Are we out? I feel like this time is not fake!"

"Wait for the Ancestor to verify."

"What if this Ancestor is fake?"

"Impossible. Our primordial spirits are united, and what we see and hear is consistent. The Ancestor is definitely not fake."

"I have a premonition that the scene before us is not an illusion. We have really come out!"

"Hahaha... We are out, finally out!"

"Mother, is this the real outside world?"

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There were about three hundred figures that flew out of the illusion. Among them, more than twenty had gray hair and varying degrees of scars on their bodies. Their immortal energy fluctuations were weak, clearly having endured the torture of endless years and were already at the end of their rope. Yet, their eyes remained firm, and they radiated the aura of immortals.

As for the others, they were all at the strength of a Grandmaster, even the five seven or eight-year-old children were the same. They looked at the world before them with curiosity. Seeing the two conspicuous big guys, the Dragon Kun and the Rongxiao, their eyes became uncertain, as if they were judging whether all of this was real or fake.

Those twenty-plus immortals did not rashly approach Lu Hu and his group. Instead, they gathered together, calculating whether the people were real or fake.

"That person seems to be one of our former ancestors." Perfected Shouyin looked at a white-haired old man and said in an uncertain tone.

"He looks like Ancestor Qingxuan, the peerless genius who broke through to become an Earthly Immortal without inheriting an immortal position," Perfected Zhong Chu added, "Moreover, Ancestor Qingxuan was one of the immortals who fought the Dragon Kun back then."

These words aroused everyone's suspicion. Back when the Dragon Kun destroyed the world, the immortals of the Kun Kingdom took the lead, using the Kun Kingdom's supreme treasure, the Ancestor Kun Grass, to lead almost all the immortals of that time to sacrifice their lives for righteousness, fighting a death battle against the Dragon Kun, and quelled that disaster.

And those immortals had not appeared again after the great battle.

The world thought that this group of immortals had already sacrificed themselves for the Dao. Never did they expect that they had been trapped in the Kuns Illusionary Realm, some even having lived for a thousand years!

Their lifespans were not only far beyond that of an ordinary Earthly Immortal, but they had also lived in the same place as the Dragon Kun. To be able to live for a thousand years was truly a peerless feat.

"Dare I ask if you are Ancestor Qingxuan!" Perfected Zhong Chu stepped forward holding the nine-gold immortal-slaying shield and shouted, "I am the current head of the Earthly Branch of the Heaven, Earth, and Human three branches of the Xuan Kingdom, and I have had the honor of seeing the portrait of Ancestor Qingxuan."

Hearing Perfected Zhong Chu's words, the white-haired old man did not answer but stared fixedly at the nine-gold immortal-slaying shield, finally nodding heavily, "He is a descendant of my Earthly Branch. We have really come out; this is not fake!"

"Really?"

The others were ecstatic. Feeling the fresh air of the outside world and the aura of the Continent of Desolation, their eyes turned red, and they trembled with excitement.

How many years had it been? They had finally come out! So this was the world outside the illusion!

Immortal Qingxuan looked at Lu Hu and then at the Dragon Kun under the abyss. As an immortal, he naturally knew the key to getting out, "A thousand-year dream, finally seeing the light of day again. Thank you, descendants, and thank you, fellow... immortal friend, for breaking the illusion and saving us to return to the human world!"

Lu Hu looked and nodded slightly, saying in a deep voice, "I admire your sacrifice for righteousness back then. It is a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. However, I am very curious, how did you all get trapped in this Illusionary Way and live for so long?"

"It is a long story..." Immortal Qingxuan sighed deeply, his eyes full of vicissitudes and bitterness, and slowly recounted the inside story of the unknown great battle that had lasted for a thousand years.