The last time the Shadow Race invaded was a million years ago.

For Immortals, that span of time isn't really that distant.

And that period of memory was incomparably bleak and despairing.

Countless people were forced to hide in Grotto Heaven Blessed Lands like Celestial Sword Mountain's Azure Dragon Valley to take refuge, something that had never happened before in the history of the Immortal Realm.

It left an indelible shadow in everyone's hearts.

Now that they saw those things appear again, one could well imagine the terror they felt.

"Heavens, who let them out?"

"How could this happen?"

"It's over, it's all over…"

"Damn it!"

The moment he saw the Shadow Race appear, Mang Ye threw himself at that group of black shadows like a moth to a flame.

Very quickly, he was completely surrounded.

Intense golden radiance flickered faintly within those shadows, and from time to time one could see some of them being forcibly torn apart.

But his aura was gradually weakening as well.

Quite a few among these Shadow Race were at the Seventh Layer.

Those were existences that surpassed the Emperor Realm.

No matter how strong Mang Ye's power was, he couldn't handle that many at once.

Just as he was completely submerged in that pitch-black ocean of shadows, Sect Leader Jiang was also tightly surrounded by countless black shadows.

"Brother Mang Ye!"

"Demon Lord!"

Unnumbered beings of the Barbarian Race and Demon Race let out shrill roars.

These two were their pillars, and now both of them had fallen into a desperate situation.

Once they died, everything would be over.

"Hahahahaha…"

"It's done!"

At the edge of the rift, two groups of people flew out, appearing in the image of the Transmission Array.

"Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor!"

"Dark Phecda Demon Emperor!"

"So it was them?"

"Bastards!"

Even the dullest person finally realized what had happened at this point.

The Immortal Alliance and Holy Hall had every motive to do this; after all, they were mortal enemies with Jiang Cheng.

"To kill Jiang Cheng, they actually don't hesitate to drag the entire Six Realms into the abyss!"

"Wasn't it them who opened the Ruins Cave back then as well?"

"Detestable, this pack of vermin!"

"We should have seen their true faces long ago…"

Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor and Dark Phecda Demon Emperor had originally not wanted to reveal themselves.

But there was nothing they could do.

After they destroyed the seal and released the Shadow Race, they had become targets as well.

The Shadow Race possessed an extraordinarily keen sense of smell for the breath of living beings and the Power of Rules, like a pack of wolves smelling blood.

"Fortunately those two madmen attracted the vast majority of the Shadow Race!"

Jiu Jue, Dark Phecda and several dozen other Emperor Realm experts hacked back the nearby Shadow Race with their swords as they fled toward the outer perimeter.

Even though all the strongest Shadow Race had been drawn to Jiang Cheng and Mang Ye, and what they encountered were only Shadow Race below Tier Six, they were already running for their lives.

"How did the Shadow Race become even more terrifying after being sealed for a million years?"

"All the better!"

"Exactly, the stronger the Shadow Race, the faster those two lunatics die!"

"Tch… so this is your grand scheme?"

All of a sudden, Sect Leader Jiang's faintly smiling voice rang in their ears.

"You've been busy all these days, and this is it?"

Jiu Jue and Dark Phecda thought they were hearing things.

When they turned around, they saw Jiang Cheng nearby, watching them with a smiling squint.

And there wasn't a single Shadow Race entity left at his side.

In fact, after he arrived, the surrounding Shadow Race were frantically fleeing, scrambling back toward that Chaos Rift.

How was that possible?

"Y-you, how are you fine?"

Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor simply couldn't believe it, nor was he willing to accept it.

"This is impossible!"

The Shadow Race were elusive, completely ignoring Rule Brands and Divine Souls.

In their eyes, that terrifying race should have been Jiang Cheng's natural counter.

Yet now Jiang Cheng was perfectly fine, and they themselves were being bogged down by the Shadow Race instead.

What the hell was this?

"You didn't actually think this bit of trash could kill me, did you?"

Brother Cheng was speechless as well.

Before he came, everyone said the Immortal Alliance Saint Hall had some scheme.

He'd been quite curious, thinking it'd be some dazzling, big-deal setup.

And it turned out they were banking on the Shadow Race to kill him?

Couldn't you at least pin your hopes on someone else? Of all things, you pinned them on the Shadow Race…

This race is completely countered by me, all right?

Because he possessed the 990 Main Rules granted to him by the Ruins Essence back then, Brother Cheng bore the aura of the Ruins.

And that aura happened to be the nemesis of the Shadow Race—almost instant annihilation upon contact, no chance of survival at all.

"Impossible!"

"I don't believe it!"

Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor bellowed madly while swinging his sword to desperately force back the Shadow Race around him.

"Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me."

"This was my showdown, and you just had to come steal the limelight."

Brother Cheng couldn't be bothered to let this lot stick around any longer.

"I should be thanking you for picking the battlefield for me."

Originally, killing Jiu Jue and Dark Phecda's group would've been quite troublesome.

Unless he did that Soul-Body Separation trick like last time, sneaked into the Immortal and Demon Realms, found a way to get killed once and then cheated the system.

Otherwise, he couldn't get over to their side at all.

But now this lot had run over here themselves, and were even tied down by the Shadow Race—this was literally delivering their heads for nothing!

He drew his Immortal Sword without hesitation and charged in like a tiger into a flock of sheep.

Rule Brands and Profound Patterns hadn't been all that effective against Mang Ye, but they worked just fine against Jiu Jue, Dark Phecda and the others.

"Heavenly Dao, save us!"

"Immortal Mother, show yourself and eradicate this demon!"

"Save us…"

In their despair, Jiu Jue, Dark Phecda and the rest could only call upon the Heavenly Dao once more.

This time, however, the Immortal Mother never appeared again.

Perhaps she had finally become completely disappointed in these Immortals and Demons who kept letting the Shadow Race in.

Her silence instead stirred up Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor and the others' hatred.

"Damn Immortal Mother, this calamity must have been driven by you as well!"

"You're targeting our Immortal and Demon Realms…"

"We are irreconcilable with you!"

Even though they had brought this entirely upon themselves, they still dumped the blame on the Heavenly Dao.

As the Immortal Emperors and Demon Emperors around them fell more and more tragically, and their path of retreat back to the Immortal Realm was cut off by Jiang Cheng, Jiu Jue Immortal Emperor and Dark Phecda Demon Emperor steeled themselves and fled into the Chaos Rift together with the Shadow Race.

Even though it was extremely dangerous inside, and they lacked the ability to shuttle through the chaotic currents—entering was nine deaths out of ten—it was still better than being killed on the spot.

"Still trying to run?"

Sect Leader Jiang didn't pause for a moment as he charged toward the rift.

Whether it was the Shadow Race or Jiu Jue and Dark Phecda, he would never let them go!

At this moment, the beings across the Six Realms, who had originally sunk into despair, were already dumbstruck.

What had they just witnessed? 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Jiang Cheng chasing the Shadow Race around?

Not only were the Shadow Race wiped out at a touch, he had also, in that situation, slaughtered more than half of the Immortal Alliance Saint Hall's Emperor Realm experts?

What kind of Combat Power was that?

They even rubbed their eyes, a little unsure whether what they'd seen was real.

The Shadow Race that had just been swarming like locusts, blanketing the sky and baring their fangs, were now retreating at an even faster Speed.

They no longer dared to enter the Immortal Realm.

The scene looked just like the sea receding at low tide…

And at the front of that tide, Jiang Cheng's figure seemed ever more tall and majestic.

Because he was pursuing, all the Shadow Race could do was retreat.