"This person is too strong. I’m no match for him; I must find Eldest Brother and Second Brother to deal with him."

Gu Hei knew he was outmatched and immediately closed his Dao Domain space, attempting to trap Fang Hong inside.

With the void ring in hand, this level of spatial binding was nothing to Fang Hong, and he easily broke through it.

After releasing the Dao Domain space, Gu Hei immediately contacted his Eldest Brother and Second Brother via a secret technique.

Unfortunately, the surrounding void had long been sealed by Fang Hong using the void ring; no secret messages could be sent out.

With messages unable to get out, Gu Hei completely panicked.

"Death, Years Slash."

Fang Hong gave him no chance at all, directly drawing the undead blade and fiercely slashing a round of black and white Saber Qi toward Gu Hei!

This slash, layered with the Great Dao of Time, Great Dao of Space, and Great Dao of Death, could shatter any defense!

Gu Hei was no match for Fang Hong even after unleashing his full power within the Dao Domain space, let alone in the outside world.

Gu Hei’s face was filled with terror as he cast dozens of protective Dao Techniquess in succession, but to no avail; the Saber Qi easily sliced through his body.

"Ugh. You... you..."

The Death Qi contained within the Saber Qi instantly drained Gu Hei’s life force.

Gu Hei collapsed to the ground, his soul shooting out from his corpse, still thinking of escaping. But in the face of Fang Hong’s spatial seal, all efforts were in vain.

With a wave of his hand, Fang Hong easily captured Gu Hei’s soul; a generation’s Devil Venerate thus met his end.

"Human of the Immortal Realm, just wait. My Eldest Brother and Second Brother will avenge me."

Knowing he was beyond saving, Gu Hei took the opportunity to utter some harsh words.

"Don’t worry, it won’t be long before I send them to join you." Fang Hong smiled faintly and imprisoned Gu Hei’s soul within the demon soul banner.

Fang Hong collected Gu Hei’s corpse; the Devil Venerate hunting plan was a success.

Next, Fang Hong found a token among Gu Hei’s belongings; it should be the Old Ancestor Token of the Bone Demon Clan.

Fang Hong used this token to broadcast a message: all Emperor-level and Sovereign-level Elders of the Black Domain were to gather at the Immortal Cave; there was a major announcement.

This way, Fang Hong didn’t need to visit them one by one; he could wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

The Bone Demon Token held absolute authority. As soon as those Emperor-level and Sovereign-level Elders saw the message, they immediately rushed to Gu Hei’s Immortal Cave via teleportation arrays.

In less than half an hour, all the Elders had gathered in front of Gu Hei’s Immortal Cave; their efficiency was remarkable.

There were a total of 223 Devil Emperors.

Among them were 116 at the Early Stage, 70 at the Middle Stage, 27 at the Late Stage, and 10 at the peak of the Devil Emperor realm.

As for the Devil Sovereign Elders, there were as many as thirty thousand; everyone who should have come was there.

"I wonder why the Old Ancestor has summoned us? It’s been a long time since we’ve had such a grand mobilization."

"Could it be to discuss the Holy War?"

"It’s possible. In another fifty years, our Heavenly Demon Realm will once again intersect with the Immortal Realm. We can go there to train again then."

Those Immortal Emperor Elders were still discussing amongst themselves. In the Heavenly Demon Realm, they usually referred to the invasion of the Immortal Realm as a Holy War.

While everyone was whispering to each other, suddenly, the surrounding Time-Space Stasis took hold.

The gates of Gu Hei’s Immortal Cave slowly opened, and Fang Hong stepped out.

"Death Divine Light."

Fang Hong swept his gaze over the crowd and directly raised his right hand, a blinding black and white light erupting from his palm.

The divine light, woven from the Great Dao of Death, Destruction Dao, and the Great Dao of Time, instantly claimed the lives of all the Elders present.

After three breaths, the divine light gradually dissipated, and the Time-Space Stasis was lifted.

Looking down, over thirty thousand Elders were all lying on the ground, devoid of any aura, transformed into corpses!

Fang Hong immediately swept away all the corpses and then activated the void ring to leave the Heavenly Demon Realm.

The purpose of this trip was perfectly achieved. With this batch of dao pills, it should be enough to charge toward the Heavenly Venerate realm.

In the distant Heaven Domain, the Bone Demon Clan’s Old Ancestor, Gu Tian, immediately received news that his third brother and a large number of Elders had fallen.

Gu Tian was dazed for a moment, his heart filled with uncontrollable rage, and he immediately declared a state of emergency for the clan.

He personally headed to the Black Domain to investigate the situation.

However, no matter how Gu Tian investigated, he could never find out that it was done by someone from the Immortal Realm.

At this moment, Fang Hong had already returned to the Human Realm and arrived at a small island at its southernmost tip.

This island was very remote; Fang Hong had already scouted it, and there were no Cultivators within a radius of tens of millions of miles, only some low-tier sea beasts living in the ocean.

Although the Immortal Qi on this island was a bit lacking, it was fortunately very peaceful and suitable for seclusion. Even if the commotion from his attempt to reach the Heavenly Venerate realm was massive, it wouldn’t attract the attention of other experts.

Fang Hong laid down layers of restrictions around the island before entering the Years Pearl Space with peace of mind.

Upon entering the Years Pearl Space, Fang Hong first took stock of the Bone Demon Clan’s belongings.

Overall, he had gained many resources—Dao Artifacts, demon stones, medicinal pills, and so on—piled high like mountains.

However, these resources were no longer that attractive to Fang Hong.

After all, almost all the Dao Artifacts Fang Hong possessed were top-tier; only innate dao artifacts would be of great use to him.

They were resources nonetheless; there was no harm in keeping them.

After finishing the inventory, Fang Hong took out the Demon Gourd and sucked in all the Bone Demon Clan corpses.

Before long, the Demon Gourd had refined over thirty thousand high-grade dao pills for him.

Fang Hong meditated in the Immortal Cave for three days, then took this batch of dao pills into the seclusion chamber to begin charging toward the Heavenly Venerate realm.

Time passed, and two years went by.

On this day, thick dark clouds rolled, and thunder and lightning roared above Fang Hong’s Immortal Cave.

Boom.

Suddenly, a pillar of multicolored light soared from the island, piercing through heaven and earth in a dazzling display of colors.

Moreover, this pillar of light grew larger and larger, continuously expanding outward—a hundred miles, ten thousand miles, a hundred thousand miles.

As the pillar expanded, a vast and boundless aura instantly spread across the entire Human Realm.

All Cultivators in the Human Realm felt this terrifying aura; some low-level Cultivators even knelt on the ground, their faces filled with terror.

A single thought appeared in the minds of all Cultivators: this powerful aura was enough to destroy the entire world.

At this moment, within the Years Pearl Space, Fang Hong sat cross-legged in the sky, enveloped in multicolored light.

Suddenly, the time and space around Fang Hong began to warp and deform, gradually detaching from the Years Pearl Space.

A moment later, Fang Hong arrived in an unfamiliar space with countless stars overhead and a vast amount of Chaos Qi filling the surroundings!

Fang Hong slowly opened his eyes, awakening from his seclusion.

This unfamiliar space was the Dao Domain Fang Hong had comprehended, named the "Chaos Dao Domain."

The Dao Domain had successfully manifested; Fang Hong had broken through the Immortal Emperor barrier and successfully attained the position of Heavenly Venerate. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

At this moment, Fang Hong was already at the Early Stage of the Heavenly Venerate realm.

Fang Hong took a deep breath, his heart swelling with emotion; he had finally reached this step.

Heavenly Venerate, a top-tier powerhouse of the Immortal Realm. When Saints did not appear, a Heavenly Venerate was the Supreme of the Immortal Realm.

Rumble.

Just as Fang Hong was sighing with emotion, a spatial rift appeared out of thin air above the Dao Domain.

Fang Hong looked up and saw various calamities within the rift—lightning, fire, poison, and more.

The Void Tribulation was about to descend.

The Void Tribulation was a disaster that must be undergone to advance to the Heavenly Venerate realm.

Heaven would send down countless calamities to obliterate the Dao Domain space until it was reduced to nothingness, hence the name Void Tribulation.