The Spirit Child's physique and the Telluric Soul Beast's soul were devoured completely by the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.

The shattered space around them gradually healed, and everything returned to calm, as though nothing had happened at all. But only a moment later, a sudden surge of force erupted from Liu Wuxie at the center.

A golden river containing countless immortal runes appeared within the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and poured into the desolate world. The number of immortal runes in the desolate world began rising at a terrifying pace.

Only moments earlier, there had been three hundred thousand immortal runes. In the span of ten breaths, the number had already climbed to four hundred thousand.

After the Telluric Soul Beast broke apart, the immortal's will and laws poured into the desolate world. That immediately pushed Liu Wuxie's cultivation upward, and the gateway to the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm appeared at once.

Even from thirty thousand miles away, the spectators could feel the scorching aura sweeping over them, and it was so overwhelming that it left them nearly breathless.

"Such terrifying power! Liu Wuxie's cultivation has risen from the first-level to the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm in just a few months. This is too terrifying!"

What Liu Wuxie had accomplished in a few short months would have taken others thousands of years.

The Telluric Soul Beast contained an immense amount of aura from the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm. When that aura poured into the desolate world, it began to shrink again, but the immortal energy within it became even more refined, further raising Liu Wuxie's combat strength.

"Open!"

The immortal energy gathered, forming into an axe that cleaved through the gateway to the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm. With a thunderous explosion, Liu Wuxie broke through smoothly, and the number of immortal runes continued to rise.

Liu Wuxie could not be bothered counting them now. Based on his own estimate, the amount of immortal runes he possessed had already reached the level of cultivators at the sixth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. If he kept growing at this rate, the drawbacks would only become more severe. After all, each breakthrough of his required more resources than the last.

He had harvested more than a hundred immortal stones from the Spirit Child. He took fifty out from that batch and tossed them into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron. The moment they entered, the immortal stones detonated, transforming into immortal energy that fused with the desolate world.

The elders of the Grand Unity Sect grew more anxious with every passing moment, yet there was nothing they could do. No news had returned from True Martial Star. Who could have imagined that Liu Wuxie would need only a single hour to kill an immortal? People had expected the battle to last for at least several days.

A vortex surrounded Liu Wuxie, and even quasi-immortals could not get near him. Space itself had collapsed around him, and large fragments of it were merging into his body.

When Liu Wuxie inhaled, he drew in all the spiritual energy within a radius of thirty thousand miles. The Ancestral Tree began to sway, releasing a terrifying amount of wood-attribute energy that nourished the desolate world. The Heavenly Deity Monument also grew larger, slowly merging with the desolate world.

The breakthrough lasted for half a day before Liu Wuxie finally finished consolidating his cultivation. Light flashed across his body, and golden immortal runes, like the patterns of heaven and earth themselves, coiled around him and bound tightly to his flesh. That meant even ordinary immortals would struggle to destroy his physique.

"That feels great!" Liu Wuxie roared, making the entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain tremble.

Countless cultivators were jolted awake, and many of them could not even comprehend the battle that had just taken place there.

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The Skyfall Realm.

"An immortal has fallen?"

The death of an immortal accelerated the restructuring of heaven and earth.

Countless ancient beings awoke from their cultivation and began com municating through their thoughts. "Who killed an immortal?"

Aside from them, some rogue cultivators who had entered the Skyfall Realm hundreds of thousands of years ago also began to awaken.

The violent waves of energy radiating from Liu Wuxie gradually subsided, and peace slowly returned to the sky.

Shattered stones floated between heaven and earth, silently bearing witness to the battle that had just unfolded there.

When Liu Wuxie clenched his fist, faint ripples spread outward from it, giving him the feeling that heaven and earth itself now rested in the palm of his hand. The laws of the four astral domains could no longer suppress him, and unless another immortal appeared, no one would be able to contend with him.

Now that he had killed an immortal, who in the astral domains could still stand against him?

Liu Wuxie activated Ghost Pupil and swept his gaze across the entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, with every planet appearing clearly within his sight. Then a terrifying burst of murderous intent exploded from him and swept through the whole astral domain.

"What's going on? Why is there such a terrifying burst of murderous intent from Liu Wuxie?"

Everyone was baffled by Liu Wuxie's sudden fury. After making a breakthrough, he should have been in high spirits. Yet he looked incomparably enraged.

"Grand Unity Sect, you're all courting death!" Liu Wuxie roared before vanishing in a flash and reappearing thirty thousand miles away in an instant.

The experts of the Nine Dragon Palace and the Comet Temple turned grim, fearing Liu Wuxie was about to begin a massacre on the spot.

Liu Wuxie scanned the crowd, his gaze stopping on two elders at the higher levels of the Heaven Gaze Realm. He dragged both men before him.

"Liu Wuxie, you can't save True Martial Star even if you kill us. Hahaha!" The elder on the right laughed wildly, even though Liu Wuxie had him by the throat.

"Die!" Liu Wuxie yelled. He tightened his grip, and both elders' bodies began to wither as he devoured their energies.

"Wuxie, what's going on?" Dong Wu asked. He walked over at once, realizing that something serious must have happened.

After all, Liu Wuxie rarely took the initiative to kill, and he would only react this way if he were truly enraged.

"The Grand Unity Sect has sent a large group of experts to True Martial Star. They plan to destroy it," Liu Wuxie said.

Murderous intent surged from his eyes. It was already too late for him to intercept them, as the Grand Unity Sect had already launched its attack on True Martial Star while he was still fighting Spirit Child.

When the surrounding experts heard Liu Wuxie's words, they all stared in disbelief. None of them could understand what the Grand Unity Sect was trying to do.

"The Grand Unity Sect has gone mad!" the palace lord of the Nine Dragon Palace condemned.

No one understood Liu Wuxie's terror better than they did. If the Grand Unity Sect had known that Liu Wuxie could actually kill an immortal, they never would have dared to carry out such a lunatic scheme. Destroying True Martial Star and slaughtering Liu Wuxie's entire clan was no different from severing his path of retreat.

"Damn it! I'll mobilize all the experts and reinforce True Martial Star immediately!" Dong Wu said, waving his fist in fury.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect had already established a teleportation array on True Martial Star, and their experts could arrive quickly. He only hoped that it wasn't already too late.

"There is no need for that. Since the Grand Unity Sect is courting death, I'll grant them their wish," Liu Wuxie said, stopping Dong Wu at once. He suspected this might also be another scheme by the Grand Unity Sect, one meant to lure the Heavenly Dragon Sect's experts away before attacking the sect itself.

At a moment like this, the Heavenly Dragon Sect's experts absolutely could not be moved. Aside from the Grand Unity Sect, the Lingqiong Clan had also been growing restless lately.

Only after hearing Liu Wuxie's words did Dong Wu finally relax slightly. He knew Liu Wuxie would act only after considering every possibility. But with no experts stationed on True Martial Star, everyone immediately began to wonder whether Liu Wuxie meant to abandon the planet entirely.

All the members of the Heavenly Dao Society had already moved to Indigo Bamboo Star, leaving only the Liu Clan behind on True Martial Star. With no experts guarding it, their enemies would wipe out the Liu Clan in moments.

Three quasi-immortals led more than a hundred Heaven Gaze Realm cultivators and finally descended on True Martial Star. The moment they arrived, the entire planet was alarmed. The planet itself sensed the approaching danger and immediately sent out a cry to Liu Wuxie.

Liu Wuxie released a thread of his aura and told True Martial Star not to worry.

By now, people were rushing toward True Martial Star, unwilling to miss this great battle.

The experts of the Nine Dragon Palace moved first and headed toward True Martial Star.

"Elder Dong, return to the Heavenly Dragon Sect first, but do not act rashly for the time being," Liu Wuxie said before vanishing. He turned into a streak of light and crossed the universe, taking only fifteen minutes to appear above True Martial Star, where the slaughter had already begun.

"Elder Jin, we have arrived in the region where the Liu Clan stands!"

The Grand Unity Sect had split into two teams. One, led by Elder Jin, was tasked with exterminating the Liu Clan, while the other had gone deep into True Martial Star to destroy the planet's core.

As long as they destroyed the planet's core, Liu Wuxie would suffer an overwhelming backlash. As the planet lord, Liu Wuxie had already formed a mysterious connection with the planet itself.

"Kill them all! Leave no one alive!" Elder Jin ordered and led everyone straight into the Liu Clan's territory.

The cultivators of True Martial Star emerged, uncertain of what was happening, and turned to look toward the Liu Clan's region.

At that moment, the Liu Clan was strangely calm. They had not even activated their defensive spiritual array, and that sight only left more people stunned.

Many experts who had settled on True Martial Star over the past few days had come only to search for the mysteries of the planet and did not know what was happening.

"What's going on? Why are experts of the Grand Unity Sect attacking the Liu Clan?"

Numerous elders shook their heads. "The Liu Clan is in danger now!"

With the Liu Clan's upper echelons cultivating inside Nightmare City, most of those who had remained behind were the old, the weak, and the young. Even an earth immortal could have wiped out the entire clan, let alone a quasi-immortal.

However, just as the Liu Clan was about to face extermination, a hundred figures suddenly emerged from the depths. Every one of them wielded a weapon and stood in perfect formation, unleashing a terrifying force that blasted all the attackers backward, including Elder Jin.

"Kill them all!" Mu Tianli ordered, and the entire group charged straight toward the Grand Unity Sect's forces.

One day outside was equal to a year inside Nightmare City. By now, they had already cultivated it for ten full days. Under Nightmare City's guidance, their cultivation had transformed drastically, and many of them had already reached the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm. They now stood only one step away from the Quasi-Immortal Realm. The moment they joined forces, they could already contend with two quasi-immortals head-on, let alone only one.

A voice echoed through all their minds. "End the battle within fifteen minutes!"

Nightmare City issued the order, making it equivalent to one from Liu Wuxie himself, and everyone had to obey it without exception. Otherwise, they would have to endure torment the moment they returned to Nightmare City.

The sudden appearance of that team sent a wave of terror through the Grand Unity Sect's experts. "This is bad!"

The murderous intent radiating from those people had already reached a horrifying level. After all, the two teams had clashed with each other every single day. Naturally, their murderous intent had already reached an unimaginable height. The hundred men quickly formed an encirclement around the experts of the Grand Unity Sect, cutting off any chance of escape.

The surrounding experts stared in utter shock at the scene. Just moments earlier, they had all assumed the Liu Clan was doomed. Yet, in the blink of an eye, the entire situation had reversed. At that point, no one could tell any longer who was the hunter and who was the prey.

Elsewhere, another hundred men charged out of the distant forest at the exact moment the Grand Unity Sect's second team located the planet's core.