NOVPUBThe King of Mystic Sky, having failed his ascension and returned, had caused a huge uproar in the Xuanhuang World.
Countless cultivators sent inquiries, but he ignored them all.
After all, the matter was too shocking. If word got out, the already desperate Immortal Cultivation World might instantly descend into an apocalypse.
Following his retreat into solitude, the King of Mystic Sky took stock of his gains and pondered the hidden meaning behind the words of the Faceless True Immortal.
And in the Xuanhuang World, after the initial commotion, tranquility gradually returned.
As the ascension pathway crumbled and vanished, the cataclysm of the Immortal World seemed to also fade away without a trace from the Lower Realm.
About a year passed like this, and the King of Mystic Sky suddenly noticed that the locator beacon for the Xuanhuang World had undergone a slight shift.
The change was minuscule.
If he hadn’t been paying close attention, and his strength hadn’t skyrocketed from being bathed in Immortal Spirit Energy,
he might have overlooked it.
But how could the King of Mystic Sky, who was prepared for such eventualities, ignore this detail?
Three more years went by.
By constantly monitoring the changes in the locator beacon values, the King of Mystic Sky finally confirmed that the entire Xuanhuang World was drifting toward a certain direction in the Endless Void.
What shocked the King of Mystic Sky even more was that it wasn’t just the Xuanhuang World.
All the Immortal Cultivation Worlds he could observe and contact were doing the same!
The conclusion was obvious.
Something in the Endless Void was pulling all the worlds of Immortal Cultivation toward it!
Recalling the words of the Faceless True Immortal,
"Run as fast as you can, or it will be too late."
The King of Mystic Sky was instantly horrified.
At that moment, it’s unknown whether the King of Mystic Sky had the thought to flee on his own.
As the cultivator with the highest cultivation talent in the Xuanhuang World at that time, the King of Mystic Sky could not bear to watch his homeland slowly head toward destruction.
So, the King of Mystic Sky made what could be called a noble decision.
That was to escape with the Xuanhuang World in tow.
Even though he possessed a Demi-Immortal Body at that time, the idea of moving an entire world was sheer fantasy.
Not to mention overcoming the terrifying pull of that force...
But the King of Mystic Sky did not give up.
After perusing the tomes he had looted from immortals and fusing them with his own knowledge, the erudite King of Mystic Sky derived an unparalleled Array Technique.
He named it [The Great Array of Crossing the Starry Sky].
According to the King of Mystic Sky’s calculations, if one wanted to resist the mysterious pulling force of the Endless Void,
relying solely on the Xuanhuang World’s own resources was utterly insufficient.
Even if they were to drain the world’s resources, they would not escape that unimaginable and terrifying power.
Thus, one function of the Floating Star Space Array was to lock onto the Cave Heavens and Small Worlds in the surrounding void, capture them, and initiate inter-world wars.
This could gather resources, replenish themselves, and also serve to slow down the rate at which Xuanhuang World was being drawn in, much like a chain linking ships.
It would kill several birds with one stone.
However, even with his power, constructing such a Great Array was beyond his means alone.
It required the collective effort and coordination of most of the power in the Xuanhuang World to complete the construction of the Floating Star Space Array.
And as for making the reality known to all and rallying everyone to unite...
The King of Mystic Sky had considered that as well.
But after assessing the true character of the cultivators of the Xuanhuang World, he decisively gave up.
If those cultivators were to learn of the crisis facing the Xuanhuang World at that time, the vast majority would choose to flee immediately.
The number of cultivators who would choose to stay and help the King of Mystic Sky save the Xuanhuang World would be exceedingly rare.
And the construction of the Floating Star Crossing Formation needed the strength of these cultivators.
As a result, the King of Mystic Sky decided to first unify the Xuanhuang World to better organize the strength.
He was already a once-in-a-millennium prodigy, and now he was the only one in the Xuanhuang World with a Demi-Immortal Body.
There were also many Immortal Laws inherited from the ascending channel.
To achieve this was not very difficult.
And everything went as he had expected.
After persuading twelve equally talented top cultivators to become his aides, the King of Mystic Sky rapidly swept away all resistance within a few short years.
Under his leadership, followed by the twelve Law Kings, the Mystic Sky Sect that overwhelmed the Xuanhuang World was established.
All Xuan Huang Living Beings submitted.
The Floating Star Crossing Formation was constructed with unprecedented efficiency.
And it began to successfully capture and conquer other worlds.
The drifting of the marker also started to slow down.
Everything seemed to be progressing in a positive direction.
The King of Mystic Sky felt as though he could already see the bright future of the Xuanhuang World escaping the Apocalypse.
But the arrival of an unexpected guest completely shattered his arrangement.
The moment that purple qi appeared in the Xuanhuang World, the King of Mystic Sky had an inkling about the other party’s background.
A Demi-Immortal Body not completely purified, incomplete Immortal Spirit Energy.
It must be a cultivator like him, who had fled with his life from the collapsing ascension channel.
The King of Mystic Sky was naturally filled with caution regarding the arrival of this equally matched opponent.
But the other party claimed to be just passing by, would stay for a little while, and would soon depart.
If two Half Immortals were to clash, it would inevitably cause irreparable damage to the Xuanhuang World.
After much deliberation, the King of Mystic Sky ultimately decided not to make a move.
He did not expect that this decision would lay the groundwork for future disasters.
When the Floating Star Crossing Formation once again captured a new world, during the absence of the King of Mystic Sky, who had personally gone on the expedition,
the being who proclaimed himself as the Tiandu Grandmaster actually enticed many native cultivators of Xuanhuang World to enter his teachings.
And he passed down many Techniques, Secret Techniques, and Divine Techniques.
The victorious King of Mystic Sky, upon his return, immediately understood the other’s intentions.
It was to have these cultivators destabilize the rule of Mystic Sky Sect.
To stir up trouble and incite the cultivators to rise up in rebellion, and then to reap the rewards when both sides were weakened.
And ultimately, what he wanted was the Immortal Spirit Energy from the King of Mystic Sky.
But would the King of Mystic Sky yield to the other’s desires?
He immediately rushed into Heavenly Capital and faced the Tiandu Grandmaster.
Though he sustained some minor injuries, the other’s injuries were definitely much more severe than his. Since then, the other had become much more compliant.
However, the other party stubbornly refused to leave, and the King of Mystic Sky did not have a good solution.
Fearing that the other might resort to desperate measures, the King of Mystic Sky simply chose to ignore him.
In this battle, he gleaned an insight.
With the bit of Immortal Spirit Energy he had snatched from his opponent, maybe he could directly remold his True Immortal Physic in the Lower Realm.
By then, infusing the power of the True Immortal, he could greatly reduce the resources required to activate the Floating Star Space Array.
The Xuanhuang World would be able to completely free itself from peril very soon.
But the King of Mystic Sky still underestimated the treachery of some cultivators.
Or perhaps he underestimated the Tiandu Grandmaster’s ability to seduce people’s hearts.
The cultivators who had initially entered the Heavenly Capital at the pivotal moment when everything was developing in the best possible direction,
joined forces and launched a surprise attack on the Mystic Sky Sect.
From then on, the history of Xuanhuang World completely veered onto another path.
…
Reflecting on the past events, the young man’s expression became distant.
Looking up, he seemed to see that terrifying existence that attracted and devoured everything.
"Thousands of years have passed, is it already so close?"
