The fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm carried devastating power.

All of a sudden, a terrifying force surged up from the depths of Indigo Bamboo Star and formed into a mass of flame. It was the power of the ancestral talisman.

The Fire Ancestral Talisman was in Emperor Haoyuan's hands, and it had crossed countless distances to reinforce Indigo Bamboo Star and keep it from being destroyed by the battle. The imprisoned space around them also began to recover rapidly.

Even without showing himself, Emperor Haoyuan had indirectly helped Liu Wuxie once again. From that alone, it was clear that Emperor Haoyuan's cultivation was not low. He had to be at least at the third- or fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The Skyfall Realm lay beyond the reach of the celestial realm, allowing one to make a breakthrough there without restraint.

Liu Wuxie threw back his head and roared as his aura surged skyward. Facing a powerhouse at the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, he advanced instead of retreating.

"So what if you're an immortal? I'll tear the sky today, killing anyone who dares to stand in my way!" Liu Wuxie's voice rang throughout the entire Indigo Bamboo Star, clear enough for everyone to hear.

Nightmare City felt Liu Wuxie's murderous intent and released dazzling radiance to withstand the incoming attack. In that instant, Liu Wuxie shot into the sky and took the initiative to strike first.

"Nine Absolute Fist!" Liu Wuxie unleashed his strongest attack from the very beginning, and it surged out like a tidal wave.

The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron also trembled as a golden river flowed into the desolate world. The cauldron had already refined all the deceased experts of the Grand Unity Sect.

As that energy poured in, the immortal energy in the desolate world began to recover rapidly.

"This is an immortal art from the celestial realm! How can you possibly know it?!" the phantom asked with a grave look.

After all, immortal arts from the mortal realm could not condense laws belonging to the celestial realm. Yet Liu Wuxie's Nine Absolute Fist was driven by laws of the celestial realm.

Only immortals from the celestial realm could recognize the difference. The Nine Absolute Fist blocked the divine palm descending from the sky, and with Nightmare City supporting him as well, both sides fell into a stalemate in front of everyone.

"Liu Wuxie is too terrifying. He can actually withstand an attack from the celestial realm!"

Many people desperately hoped Liu Wuxie would die. Once he died, they would be able to divide his treasures.

"So what if he managed to block it? He'll still die at the hands of an immortal soon enough." The experts from Profound Azure Gate had arrived, wearing venomous expressions. More than anyone else, they wanted Liu Wuxie dead.

With a thunderous rumble, the two immortal arts collided, and neither side gave any opening. Countless immortal runes poured into the clash as nine different powers began to overlap. With each overlap, the power of the Nine Absolute Fist rose another step.

This was also the profundity of the Nine Absolute Fist, especially the five elements, which could form a cycle with each other.

With a deafening explosion, a powerful shockwave erupted from the collision. The Nine Absolute Fist exploded and shattered into countless laws. The descending palm fared no better, as it also broke into fragments.

That terrifying shockwave swept outward, sending Liu Wuxie flying back.

With a loud blast, Liu Wuxie felt his chest tighten. The surging force had pierced through his defense with ease and nearly destroyed his physical body. That was under the condition that his physique had already reached the Immortal Realm.

If he had remained a mortal, the shockwave alone would have killed him. Once he lost his physical body, his combat strength would plummet.

The phantom dimmed noticeably. It had only ever been a projection, not the true body. That meant the avatar would continue to weaken every time it attacked.

Liu Wuxie flew back for more than three thousand meters before he finally stabilized himself.

"Who the hell are you, and how do you know about the immortal arts belonging to the celestial realm?!" the phantom demanded again.

It was now obvious that the projection's owner did not know Liu Wuxie's true identity, nor did he know what had happened in the past.

"Come again!" Liu Wuxie's fighting spirit blazed as golden flames burst from his body, enveloping him completely. He looked as though he had been reborn through blood and fire, growing fiercer the longer he fought. He drew a deep breath and healed all the injuries inside his body.

Without hesitation, he cast the Nine Absolute Fist once more. Based on his current reserves of immortal energy, he could still unleash it two more times. Even if he could not destroy the avatar projection, he still intended to drain as much of its power as possible.

He knew the avatar would immediately take the opportunity to attack the Heavenly Dragon Sect if he retreated now. That was why Liu Wuxie kept attacking, even though he knew he wasn't a match for the avatar projection. He aimed to wear the other party down step by step.

After that strike, the avatar projection dimmed even further, and its cultivation fell to the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The power of the punch swept toward the avatar projection, while the remaining experts from the Grand Unity Sect had already retreated far into the distance.

"Brat, let me see how many strikes you can endure!" the avatar projection roared. He had already seen through Liu Wuxie's intention. Even if his strength dropped all the way to the first-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, he still believed he could kill Liu Wuxie.

The two immortal arts collided again in midair with blinding speed.

With a deafening explosion, the surrounding space shattered, and the entire Grand Unity Sect was reduced to ruins as all the buildings vaporized.

An even more violent shockwave blasted Liu Wuxie away, and his blood dyed the sky red. The desolate world no longer held much immortal energy, which meant he could not keep fighting much longer.

He could not even unleash the Great Five Elemental Immortal Art anymore, much less the Nine Absolute Fist.

The avatar phantom also swayed and took a step back.

Though Liu Wuxie had flown back three thousand meters, he had already won partly just by forcing back a powerhouse at the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

The avatar projection dimmed still further, and its cultivation dropped to the second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm. The phantom frowned, his eyes grim. Liu Wuxie had overturned everything he knew by surviving his attacks.

What truly frightened him was not Liu Wuxie's cultivation, but his physical body. He had already realized that Liu Wuxie's physique was abnormal, and it seemed to have reached unity with heaven and earth. Liu Wuxie had only managed to cast the Nine Absolute Fist repeatedly because of that terrifying physique.

If Liu Wuxie had not possessed such a powerful body, the backlash from casting immortal arts alone would have torn him apart long ago.

"Radiant, Nightmare City, strike together!" Liu Wuxie could no longer cast another immortal art, so he called on the two immortal artifacts for help. He wanted to weaken the avatar projection all the way down to the first-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Once the avatar projection weakened again, it would no longer be able to threaten the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

A dazzling golden beam shot across the sky and reached the Grand Unity Sect. The Radiant Mirror had launched its attack from countless miles away, and Nightmare City struck at the same time.

"Damn it!" the avatar projection cursed. This was only a projection he had sent over, and he had no way to bring his own immortal artifact with him.

The combined strike of two immortal artifacts arrived in an instant, forcing the avatar projection to attack yet again.

A thunderous rumble exploded outward as the power of immortal arts ravaged everything in sight. The avatar phantom had no choice but to retaliate.

With a sharp crack, a mountain split apart beneath the clash of immortal artifacts, and jagged rocks tumbled down before another explosion deafened everyone.

The shockwave alone spread across a radius of thirty thousand miles and erased everything within that range, whether it was mountains, rivers, or valleys. This was the power of an immortal.

Indigo Bamboo Star had only survived because of the ancestral talisman. Without the projection of the ancestral talisman, the attack would have destroyed half the planet.

"Go!" Liu Wuxie turned and fled without another word. He had already exhausted all his immortal energy, and in his current condition, it was no longer suitable to continue fighting.

"Liu Wuxie, I want you dead!" the phantom roared. His cultivation had dropped from the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm all the way to the first level, which meant he could no longer threaten Liu Wuxie.

Once Liu Wuxie healed, he could return and kill him.

The projection avatar's strength would diminish with each attack, unless it could reopen a passage between the two realms and receive more power through it. But opening a path between the two realms was not easy. The Grand Unity Sect had already spent countless resources to contact the celestial realm once.

Liu Wuxie could no longer hear the immortal's roar, as he had already achieved his purpose in attacking the Grand Unity Sect. Though he failed to kill Venerable Grand Unity, he had wiped out most of the sect's upper echelons and also reduced the entire sect to ruins. Rebuilding it would not be easy.

When Liu Wuxie returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect, the entire sect erupted into an uproar. The two teams inside Nightmare City cultivated even more ferociously than before after realizing the real danger they would face in the future.

Since one immortal could descend into the mortal realm, then more could certainly follow. If several immortals appeared, Liu Wuxie alone would never be able to hold everything together.

Liu Wuxie knew that making another breakthrough had become even more urgent now. Though the Heavenly Dragon Sect had won this battle, no one could celebrate. The fact that the Grand Unity Sect had summoned an immortal from the celestial realm weighed on everyone's hearts like a massive boulder.

"Wuxie, will the Grand Unity Sect continue to communicate with the celestial realm and bring down more immortals?" Dong Wu asked.

"Not for the time being. No one can open the passage between the two realms repeatedly, and that strange mirror takes a long time to recover after one use. We're safe for now," Liu Wuxie said, shaking his head. That meant they did not have to worry about an immediate counterattack from the Grand Unity Sect.

If they opened the passage between the two realms too frequently, it would only destabilize heaven and earth. At that point, both realms would suffer the consequences.

Dong Wu and all the elders in the main hall let out sighs of relief as they looked at Liu Wuxie.

Though the Heavenly Dragon Sect also had an immortal, he could not possibly compare to immortals from the celestial realm. Just an avatar projection had already reached the fourth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, and no one knew if the next one would be at the eighth or even the ninth level.

Liu Wuxie had no way to contend with such opponents unless he could reach the Immortal Realm himself.

"Wuxie, what should we do next?" Dong Wu asked. He was only the acting sect master, and in many matters, he could only seek Liu Wuxie's advice.

Liu Wuxie was only at the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm, but his status had long since surpassed that of immortals.

"Accelerate our development. Don't hold back on resources and spare no cost to cultivate the disciples," Liu Wuxie said after a brief pause.

Dong Wu was decisive by nature, and he immediately carried out Liu Wuxie's orders. He opened the vault and began distributing vast amounts of resources.

With the current upheaval in heaven and earth, everyone had to grow stronger if they wanted to survive. The disciples also knew that to withstand the coming impact of the immortals, they had to strengthen the sect.

After he arranged everything, Liu Wuxie returned to the Heavenly Dao Society.

Several hours had passed since Liu Wuxie's war with the Grand Unity Sect, and various sects had already announced that they would begin nurturing their disciples at all costs. Some sects even started inviting rogue cultivators to join them and assume the positions of elders.

Liu Wuxie remained at the eighth-level Heaven Gaze Realm, and he would need great effort to reach the ninth level.

"Heavenly Lord, A'Lei is outside looking for you," a disciple ran into the main hall and bowed to Liu Wuxie.

A'Lei had grown far too large to enter the main hall and could only wait outside.