Chapter 73 He really awoke

"God-Falling Abyss?"

Gu Heng murmured, withdrawing his gaze from the horizon and letting it fall upon the Old Dragon King beside him.

"This place sounds quite imposing; why have I never heard even a whisper of it before?"

Old Ancestor Qingxuan, standing to the side, heard this and his eyes lit up. The Opportunity to show off had arrived.

He had long boasted of being a living fossil of the Lower Realm, and such ancient secrets were precisely his area of expertise.

Old Ancestor Qingxuan cleared his throat, spread his feet slightly, and struck a pose, preparing for a long-winded explanation to show off his knowledge before Senior Gu.

"Senior Gu may not know, but this God-Falling Abyss is…"

Before he could finish, a dark golden shadow slammed in from the side, shoving Old Ancestor Qingxuan three steps away.

"Move aside, move aside! You country bumpkin who hasn't even touched the threshold of a True Immortal, what do you know about the God-Falling Abyss!"

The Old Dragon King turned to face Gu Heng, a smile blooming on his face, his waist bent almost to the ground.

"Master, it is perfectly normal that you do not know of this place. Let alone when you were cultivating in seclusion in the Lower Realm, even the heads of those noble families in the Central Province today, who boast of their deep foundations, wouldn't dare to keep these three words on their lips!"

The Old Dragon King swallowed, a trace of dread appearing in his pupils. "Because, in the circles of the top Cultivators of the Five Great Provinces, this is an absolute taboo. Whoever mentions it invites great Karma!"

Old Ancestor Qingxuan was shoved to the side, daring not to speak despite his anger; he could only blush with frustration and prick up his ears to listen.

"A taboo?"

Gu Heng became interested. "Tell me about it."

The Old Dragon King took a deep breath, his True Dragon Aura reined in a bit.

"Master, this matter must be traced back to the restart of the era of the Five Great Provinces. Over billions of years, this world has undergone countless changes, with Laws collapsing and reforming. But in the deepest part of the Central Province, there is a rift in the abyss that can never heal."

"There is no Spiritual Qi there, no Laws, and even light is swallowed upon entering. Since the era restarted billions of years ago, countless self-proclaimed Quasi-Immortal Emperors, and even True Immortal Seniors stranded in the Lower Realm, have eagerly tried to delve deep into it in search of an Opportunity for Breakthrough."

"And the result?" Ye Wentian interjected from the side.

The Old Dragon King glanced at him.

"The result? The result is that not even a sound was heard! No matter what heaven-reaching expert entered, once they crossed that abyss mouth, all news of them ceased completely."

"Soul lamps extinguished, life plates shattered; even their descendants left in the world would inexplicably die suddenly at the same time!"

Hiss—

The Qingyun Sect Elders who were pricking up their ears to eavesdrop gasped.

Even their Bloodlines would be wiped out from a distance? What kind of vicious curse was this?

Gu Heng's eyes flickered; the Dao Foundation fragments in his sleeve seemed to sense something and began to emit a warm sensation.

The Old Dragon King lowered his voice and leaned closer to Gu Heng. "Master, there is an even more secretive rumor. Do you know why that high and mighty Her Majesty the Empress of the Divine Court would throw a supreme treasure like the heaven-reaching tower, which suppresses the heavens and Realms, into this Lower Realm where the Laws are incomplete?"

Gu Heng raised his eyes. "To suppress something?"

"That should be it…"

The Old Dragon King nodded, his dragon whiskers trembling. "It is rumored that back then, Her Majesty the Empress tore through the Realms and threw down the heaven-reaching tower, perhaps to suppress it, or perhaps to extract the Laws of the heaven-reaching tower to fill the hole there."

"In any case, it is precisely because of this connection with Her Majesty the Empress that the Lower Realm has been able to continue to this day."

"Over time, this became a tacit understanding among all the top Cultivators of the Five Great Provinces. Everyone keeps their mouths shut, and even erases this history from ancient books, pretending that the place does not exist. No one wants to invite the reckoning of the Divine Court or the gaze of that thing at the bottom of the abyss just by running their mouths."

After hearing this, Gu Heng nodded.

He turned and looked toward the distant Central Province, his gaze seemingly piercing through the spatial barriers.

So there was such a past.

"It seems that this Lower Realm is much deeper than I imagined."

Gu Heng chuckled and suppressed the feeling of palpitations.

He turned around, his gaze falling on Old Ancestor Qingxuan and Ye Wentian.

"Qingxuan."

"This Junior is here!"

Old Ancestor Qingxuan jolted and straightened his back.

"In the coming time, if you want to ascend safely, take your people from the Qingyun Sect and hide well. Don't go wandering around blindly."

Old Ancestor Qingxuan was stunned, his eyes filled with confusion. "Senior Gu, why is that?"

Gu Heng looked up at the firmament. The oppressive feeling from more than a dozen Immortal Emperors in the Upper Realm searching together was becoming increasingly intense; clouds churned, and purple-blue lightning seemed to be tearing through the Void Realm.

"After all… these heavens are about to become restless."

Leaving these words behind, Gu Heng did not explain further.

He withdrew his gaze, his sleeves rolled up with the wind, his Immortal Venerable Middle Stage immortal power not released externally.

He simply took a step forward with the Old Dragon King.

Crack—

A shattering sound exploded deep within everyone's Divine Soul.

The Void Realm above the land of the Eastern Province shattered.

A whole expanse of the firmament collapsed instantly. With the place where Gu Heng stepped as the center, the sky of the Eastern Province for hundreds of millions of miles looked like a mirror struck by a hammer, with black cracks spreading wildly.

Gu Heng and the Old Dragon King stepped into that shattered Void Realm together and disappeared instantly.

On the high platform,

Old Ancestor Qingxuan maintained his bowing posture, stunned.

He opened his mouth wide, his lips trembling, and a clicking sound came from his throat.

What kind of strength was this?

He had lived for tens of thousands of years, having seen True Immortals descend to the mortal world and the Divine Thought of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor display its might.

But those great experts tearing through the Void Realm were always accompanied by grand momentum, causing the Laws of heaven and earth to resonate.

Yet what did Senior Gu just do? He was not targeting the Void Realm here, he simply took a step. And it caused the entire firmament of the Eastern Province to be on the verge of shattering.

"Thump."

It was unknown who started it, but the hundreds of thousands of Cultivators in the plaza knelt on the ground under the residual power of the shattered Void Realm.

Deep within the shattered Void Realm, the bizarre light of the Realms was refracted.

Everyone kept their heads pressed against the ground, refusing to get up for a long time, their breathing becoming cautious.

After a long while,

The cracks in the firmament slowly healed under the restoration of the Laws of heaven and earth.

Old Ancestor Qingxuan finally came to his senses.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and grabbed Ye Wentian, who was also slumped on the ground.

"Wentian… Wentian!"

Old Ancestor Qingxuan's voice was hoarse. "What did Senior Gu… say before he left?"

Ye Wentian swallowed, his eyes blank. "Old Ancestor, it seems… Senior said that it won't be peaceful lately?"

It won't be peaceful.

These four words magnified in Old Ancestor Qingxuan's mind.

Even Senior Gu, who could shatter the firmament of a province with one step, specifically warned them to hide well and said that the world was about to become restless.

Then what kind of catastrophe was this so-called "not peaceful"?

Old Ancestor Qingxuan's legs went weak, and he bowed directly in the direction Gu Heng had left.

"Pass down this Old Ancestor's decree… Seal the mountain!"

…

Meanwhile,

In the Upper Realm,

Above the ruins of Chiyan City on the edge of the Demon Realm.

The scorched earth was barren, and dark red magma churned in the cracks.

In the firmament, twelve Emperor Realm powerhouses occupied various positions.

Nine Human Race Immortal Emperors had nine types of Great Dao Laws circling their bodies, completely sealing off the Void Realm for tens of millions of miles.

Three Demon Race Devil Emperors invoked the Origin of the Demon Realm, searching every inch of space deep within the earth's veins.

Twelve Divine Thoughts intertwined into a net, sweeping back and forth in this area, trying to find the hidden node of the heaven-reaching tower.

However,

Half an hour passed, and there was nothing to show for it.

Standing in front of the nine Immortal Emperors, the Divine Messenger holding the imperial teachers token had a gloomy face.

He stared at the churning magma below, the divine pattern representing the will of the Divine Court on his brow flickering constantly.

Suddenly,

The Divine Messenger frowned, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding Void Realm.

"Strange…"

A chill crept up.

It was a feeling of trembling that transcended the cultivation Realm and went straight to the Origin of the Divine Soul. He had only experienced this feeling once when he met the Divine Generals of the Divine Court back then.

"Why do I have an ominous premonition?"

The Divine Messenger took a deep breath and turned to look at the Thunder Emperor beside him.

The Thunder Emperor was toying with a wisp of Zixiao Divine Thunder at his fingertips, and hearing the Divine Messenger's murmur, he laughed out loud.

"Hahaha!"

He crossed his arms, his purple-gold eyes full of disdain. "Ominous? Lord Divine Messenger, you are being too paranoid. Among the endless Immortal Realms divided by the Three Thousand Worlds, we nine, plus those three old Devil Heads opposite, have long stood at the peak of combat power in this Realm!"

"Twelve Emperor Realm powerhouses are gathered here; let alone a Profound Immortal ant relying on a Magic Treasure to hide, even if an ancient Vicious Beast were resurrected, it would have to be skinned and cramped by us! What could be ominous?"

Speaking of this, the Thunder Emperor's mouth hooked into an arc.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the Divine Messenger and stabbing directly at the three Devil Emperors opposite.

"Besides, even if there really is some variable, it should be a problem for the Demon Realm."

The Thunder Emperor stared at the Devil Emperor in the middle wearing a White Bone crown. "Old Ghost White Bone, hasn't that legendary Demon God Emperor of yours in the depths of the Demon God Realm already awakened? Why hasn't there been any movement recently? Could it be that something went wrong with the closed-door cultivation, and you can't even manage the movements at this border?"

The White Bone Demon Emperor heard this, and the ghostly green soul fire in his eye sockets flickered.

Involving the Dominator of the Demon Realm, he naturally could not weaken his Aura.

"Old Monster Thunder, stop your Yin and Yang sarcasm here!"

The White Bone Demon Emperor sneered, the Devilish Qi around his body churning and turning into skeletons. "Matters above are a gamble between gods; what use is it for you to ask me? I can't even touch the threshold of the Demon God Palace!"

He paused, his tone sharp. "Then I would like to ask you, what is the meaning of Her Majesty the Empress on your Divine Court's side? Such a big thing as the loss of the heaven-reaching tower, and the Empress actually did not issue a decree, but instead sent a running-errand Divine Messenger holding a token to command you. What, has your Empress encountered trouble too?"

"Presumptuous!"

The Divine Messenger and the nine Immortal Emperors changed color together. The Thunder Emperor was furious, the Divine Thunder at his fingertips instantly swelled into a Thunder Dragon, with the posture of starting a war if there was a disagreement.

"…"

The atmosphere was tense; the cooperation that was barely put together because of interests was about to collapse over the topic of the two supreme existences.

Just at this moment.

The Red-Eyed Demon Emperor, who had been standing on the far left with his face hidden in black mist, revealing only a pair of scarlet eyes, suddenly twitched all over.

He suddenly turned his head and stared at a Void Realm node above the ruins of Chiyan City.

Then his breathing became heavy, and he pointed at that Void Realm. "Found it! The fluctuation of the spatial node… is there!"

The moment the words fell, the gazes of the twelve Emperor Realm powerhouses simultaneously stabbed at the Void Realm pointed out by the Red-Eyed Demon Emperor.

Found it?

The Thunder Emperor put away the palm thunder, a trace of excitement flashing in his eyes. "Hiding in the spatial interlayer like a tortoise? Get out for this Emperor!"

He reached out his right hand, his palm magnifying in mid-air, the Law of Destruction gathering between his five fingers, wanting to take the heaven-reaching tower in that space.

However,

The Thunder Emperor's palm had not yet touched that Void Realm.

A sudden change occurred.

No warning.

The entire firmament of the Demon Realm suddenly dimmed for a moment.

"Hum—"

A great power descended from the deepest part of the Demon God Realm, ignoring the barriers of the Laws, directly onto the sky above the ruins of Chiyan City.

The moment this power descended.

The Thunder Emperor froze in mid-air.

Those Zixiao Divine Thunder, like flames encountering a natural enemy, did not even struggle, and went out directly at the edge of his palm.

"This… what is this…"

The Thunder Emperor's pupils contracted. He wanted to withdraw his hand, but found that the Immortal Emperor Law he was proud of had completely lost contact in the face of this descending great power.

It was not just the Thunder Emperor.

The Laws under the Empress's feet collapsed instantly, and the ice lotus turned into mortal water and scattered; the star phantoms around the Star Immortal Emperor shattered one after another, and the backlash made him grunt, golden immortal blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

The nine Human Race Immortal Emperors were nailed in mid-air at the same time by this pressure, and even moving a finger became a luxury.

The Divine Messenger standing at the very front had the worst situation.

He only had Quasi-Immortal Emperor cultivation; if it were not for the imperial teachers token emitting the Empress's Aura clenched in his hand, his Divine Soul would have been crushed into nothingness the moment this great power descended.

"Impossible…"

The Divine Messenger's knees trembled as he stared at the darkness above. "This level of power… has already exceeded the limit of the Emperor Realm and touched the threshold of transcendence! Who is this?"

Unlike the shock of the Human Race Immortal Emperors, the moment the three Devil Emperors felt this power, they were first stiff, and then, fanaticism and awe surged into their hearts.

The White Bone Demon Emperor knelt down in the Void Realm without hesitation, his true body prostrated very low, his voice trembling.

"It is… it is His Majesty the Demon God Emperor…"

The Red-Eyed Demon Emperor and another Devil Emperor also prostrated themselves, speaking with shock and fanaticism.

"It can't be wrong! This is the Aura of the Abyss Origin! He… He has truly awakened…"