Immortal Divine Tribulation

Chapter 216: Ancient Secrets

Ten miles away, despite the support of the beautiful woman and the white fox’s divine laws, that realm was still crumbling. 

That punch was terrifying; almost nothing in the world could stop it. 

Mountains shattered, seas dried up, and everything was utterly destroyed.

“So powerful!” Zi Ying exclaimed. This seemingly ordinary punch was even more terrifying than her Sword Twenty-Three.

The dark, demonic figure’s eyes gleamed with a chilling green light, quite intimidating. 

The beautiful woman calmly observed him, making no move. 

The white fox instantly ignited with intense hatred, about to charge, but was stopped by the beautiful woman, who softly said, “A million years have passed. That person didn’t kill him back then, leaving it for his descendant. It’s up to him to destroy it…”

Tian Fan’s killing intent shook the nine heavens. Terrifying demonic energy enveloped his entire body. He stepped through the void, walking towards the demonic figure. The space seemed unable to withstand his power; with each step, a crack appeared beneath his feet, splitting the void like a pane of glass.

“Even demons have their code, but you betrayed your comrades!” He practically gritted his teeth as he spoke, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes shifting between blood red and pitch black.

“Little Tian Tian? He betrayed them! What is he saying?” The others were confused, wondering why he suddenly said such a thing.

“Back then, Miss held a revered position within the entire divine race, second only to the Divine King. The Immortal Emperor, on the other hand, could look down upon all the heavens. Although his cultivation time was short, he was stronger than both the Divine King and the Demon Emperor. Their bloodline power was unparalleled, recognized as the most powerful bloodline in the Immortal and Divine Realms!”

The white fox gazed at the distant demonic figure. Its body had been reconstructed, and its face was filled with hatred. It continued, “At that time, the Heavenborn Clan descended. No one knew which world they belonged to. In the vast universe, no one had ever heard of such a race. Even with the Divine King’s Celestial Evolution Divine Art, they couldn’t deduce their existence. A mysterious force was interfering; the existence of this race was like a mystery…”

Mentioning the Heavenborn Clan, the white fox, though filled with hatred, couldn’t help but tremble slightly. Even now, she felt a chill run through her body.

“They were too powerful, so powerful that they inspired trembling, leaving no room for resistance. Almost no one in this realm could rival them. Many great worlds became their vassals, and ultimately, they turned their swords against the mortal realm of yesteryear…”

The Heavenborn Clan was terrifying, but they underestimated the mortal realm. 

At that time, the mortal realm was teeming with powerful beings, including the supreme realms of Immortals, Gods, and Demons. 

Their ambition to conquer the heavens was thwarted here. The power of the Divine King, Demon Emperor, Immortal Emperor, and Xuan Nu far exceeded their expectations. Although the mortal realm and the three realms suffered repeated defeats, they still managed to halt their advance for thousands of years.

“Back then, the Immortal, Divine, and Demon realms formed an alliance, repelling wave after wave of attacks from the Heavenborn Clan. It was around that time that Miss became pregnant. To ensure her safe delivery of the young master, the Immortal Emperor, Divine King, and Demon Emperor simultaneously used their great divine powers to teleport her away from the battlefield, placing her in another realm…”

“But, but…” At this point, the white fox’s body trembled violently, her eyes gleaming with intense hatred as she stared at the demonic figure: “But we were betrayed! The Demon Emperor’s most trusted subordinate… he… he actually colluded with the Heavenborn Clan, revealing this matter to several of their patriarchs! They… they…”

She couldn’t continue, tears streaming down her face. Even without her words, the others could glean some information from the spiritual imprint. 

Back then, Xuan Nu was incomparably powerful. Although not comparable to the Immortal Emperor, Divine King, and Demon Emperor, she was still a major force on this side, her godly might sweeping across millions of miles, destroying countless Heavenborn Clan powerhouses.

However, at this time, with Little Tian Fan about to be born, Xuan Nu’s combat power began to decline rapidly, plummeting from the pinnacle of Heavenly Immortals to the mid Earthly Immortal Realm. The powerful figures knew how terrifying the child still in her womb was; his bloodline power could crush the heavens, and he would undoubtedly be the one to turn the tide of battle.

Therefore, to ensure her safe delivery, the most powerful figures, including the Lord of the Three Realms, sacrificed their life essence, along with several others, to teleport her out of the battlefield. Even the white fox, thousands of miles away, was teleported there by the Immortal Emperor to accompany her.

Originally, that place, created by the powerful figures with their great supernatural abilities, no longer belonged to this star system and was unlikely to be discovered. However, they hadn’t expected that a traitor would emerge from among those involved, betraying them to several ancient beings of the Heavenborn Clan.

The Heavenborn Clan knew the terrifying power of the Immortal Emperor and the Xuan Nu of the Nine Heavens. With the power of their bloodlines, the child they gave birth to would undoubtedly be one of the strongest battle spirits in the entire star system, perhaps even more terrifying than the Immortal Emperor and his allies. They would absolutely not allow such a factor to remain.

To this end, the Heavenborn Clan dispatched two ancestral figures. 

At the moment Xuan Nu descended with the child, using world coordinates provided by a traitor from the Demon Realm, they launched a powerful attack while Xuan Nu’s cultivation was at its lowest point, intending to destroy her and her newborn child.

However, they were destined to be disappointed. 

The Immortal Emperor’s cultivation was heaven-defying. On that distant ancient battlefield, this majestic man sensed something, his expression immediately changing. Ignoring the astonished gazes of the Divine King and the Demon Emperor, he vanished from the ancient battlefield, barely saving the mother and child.

Xuan Nu knew they were doomed. She didn’t want her child to live amidst slaughter, or even to perish alongside them. She begged the Immortal Emperor to send him out of this era of war. 

In the end, a Primordial figure from the Heavenborn Clan crossed realms to arrive, while another, even more terrifying, unleashed a world-destroying punch across time and space.

The Immortal Emperor was tied down and unable to arrive in time. To save her child, Xuan Nu, despite only possessing the cultivation of the Earthly Immortal Realm, used instant teleportation. With her Divine King bloodline and Heavenly Immortal body, she blocked the world-destroying attack, buying time for the white fox and Little Tian Fan, and was transported to the future through a time tunnel.

The beautiful woman continued, her expression somewhat sorrowful, saying, “Back then, because the Immortal Emperor suddenly left the Primordial Battlefield, our side’s fighting strength plummeted. Although the Divine King and Demon Emperor possessed heaven-defying power, they ultimately failed against five Heavenborn Ancestors. Thousands of Great Worlds were shattered and vanished forever. The Immortal, Divine, and Demon Realms were all suppressed.”

That battle was filled with wails and howls. Xuan Nu’s final instant teleportation blocked the destructive demonic light, but her life force was almost completely extinguished. The Immortal Emperor went berserk, causing all the heavens and myriad realms to tremble. He single-handedly tore apart three Heavenborn Ancestors, but he himself was nearly annihilated.

Recalling the events of that time, even the powerful woman with the supreme cultivation of a Heavenly Immortal couldn’t help but tremble. 

The Immortal Emperor at that time was terrifying; almost no one could stop him. 

The Heavenborn Clan suffered heavy losses, with six ancient beings at the Primordial Ancestor level ultimately perishing in the mortal realm.

“In the Primordial War, although the Heavenborn Clan was incredibly powerful, under the frenzied battle of the Immortal Emperor and the other powerful figures, they suffered devastating losses, losing at least half of their vital forces…”

The Divine King’s Celestial Evolution Divine Art was profound and unpredictable. Although it couldn’t pinpoint the Heavenborn Clan’s location, it discovered a traitor—a powerful general under the Demon Emperor, involved in the most crucial secrets. 

The Demon Emperor was immediately enraged, unleashing his terrifying demonic power that shattered several great worlds, intending to annihilate him with the most horrific methods. However, unexpectedly, the Immortal Emperor stopped him.

At that moment, his eyes gleamed with an incomparably profound light. He blocked the Demon Emperor’s attack, and with a gentle flick of his right hand, a small tree appeared in his grasp. 

The Demon General was utterly powerless against it, suppressed beneath this sacred tree. 

Finally, the Demon Emperor seemed to sense this, summoning countless God-Slaying Insects from the deepest recesses of the Demon Realm to guard the sacred tree that had suppressed the Demon General, awaiting the return of the strongest battle spirit in the river of time.

Now, thinking back, everything makes sense. 

The Immortal Emperor indeed possessed heaven-defying cultivation that could shake all realms, a true master of the past and present. He foresaw that his child would inevitably return after endless ages, allowing him to sever this karmic ties in the future.

Listening to their recollections, the people present were utterly horrified. They could imagine that it was a dark age of bloodshed, where powerful figures were defeated, and divine blood stained the earth. They could also foresee just how terrifying that towering man truly was—an unparalleled genius whose every stomp could shake the entire heavens. His eyes had even pierced through the future; he believed in his descendant, believed in the Xuan Nu’s child.

“Where…where did they go in the end…” From the heavens above, Tian Fan, with his back to the crowd, uttered these words.

“Where they went, no one knows, no one understands, but I am certain that all three are still alive, and Xuan Nu is still alive too. With the Immortal Emperor’s unparalleled power, it’s impossible for him to have vanished. He must still be alive…”

Hearing the beautiful woman’s last words, Tian Fan’s body, with his back to them, trembled slightly.

“What about the Immortal Realm, the Divine Realm, and the Demon Realm? Why have they disappeared as well?” Long Yuyun asked from the side, extremely excited to have the opportunity to learn of these ancient secrets. 

“I don’t know, the three worlds disappeared along with them…”

To their disappointment, even the beautiful woman didn’t know where the three worlds had gone, and the white fox knew even less. The beautiful woman had told her most things: the white fox had survived through a time-space tunnel, and the beautiful woman herself had only miraculously survived the war, taking nearly a million years to recover. By then, the world had changed drastically; the Great Dao was difficult to perceive, and the primordial energy was countless times thinner, far from what it used to be.

“No wonder, no wonder no one has stepped out of the Immortal Ascension Realm, it’s all like this…” 

The group was filled with shock. This secret had been hidden for a million years, a full million years, and now it had finally resurfaced because of Tian Fan’s return.

“Thank you, Father, thank you for believing in me. My mother’s revenge…that traitor…I will end it with my own hands!”

Above the heavens, Tian Fan wiped away the last tear. He stepped into the void, walking towards the dark figure ahead. Demonic light swirled around him, divine radiance soared to the sky, and his eyes were filled with endless rage, his killing intent shaking the nine heavens.