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Chapter 555: 551
Creator!
Beholding that majestic apparition stretching across kilometers, its body emitting a radiance like the fierce sun, scorching the luminous aura of demon spirits, everyone was struck as if by lightning at this moment. Whether it was the five supreme void immortals of humanity or the two great demon gods of the devils, all were shocked to their core by the terrifying scene before them.
"Creator! Creator! This is the shadow that enveloped the whole world a thousand years ago! Creator!"
Zhang Yingzhen felt his own voice trembling slightly.
"Our Taixu Cave Heaven holds detailed descriptions of the creator!"
Su Xin’s eyes no longer held the usual calm and wisdom, her pale face completely overtaken by fear: "When the creator manifests their Spirit Realm Body, that is when they are most terrifying! Every time the creator reveals this form, the fate awaiting all beings... whether they be Devas, Saints, Void Immortals, or even True Immortals who have resided in this world for a thousand years, is the same: Destruction... Complete and utter destruction! The creator, appearing in their Spirit Realm,True Body, will destroy everything they wish to destroy! There is no way to fight back! No means to stop them!"
"How is this possible... the creator... has reappeared!? And is even contending against an Ancient True Immortal... How can this be..."
Dong Xuanzi was so horrified that he seemed to be using language as a way to vent his fearful emotions, his mouth opening and closing continuously but only producing stuttered fragments, unable to utter a complete sentence.
"In truth, when I heard the scouts from Jiaoyang City describe that monster, I had considered... could that terrifying apparition sweeping across the Heavenly Track be the creator who has descended in their Spirit Realm Body?... But the creator has not appeared for a thousand years, making this conjecture too unbelievable, so I never spoke of it until now..."
Zhao Piaomiao gazed into the distance.
A nightmare had stepped into reality.
Not just for the human clan’s supreme void immortals.
The strength of the Star Trace Demon God and Demon God Long Xiao was formidable enough to rival that of True Immortals, but they were hardly faring any better.
"These monsters... weren’t they exterminated a thousand years ago? How... How have they reappeared!? And at this moment!"
"I had thought that this world would soon become our hunting ground..."
The Star Trace Demon God and Demon God Long Xiao muttered in a state of loss of control.
The diffuse fear they emitted was so evident, one didn’t need telepathy to see it clearly.
In another setting, people might have been astonished.
Even demon gods can feel fear.
But now...
Gazing at the huge figure continuously transferring energy into the Demon Realm Rift, the five supreme void immortals of the human clan refrained from any mockery.
After all, their response was no better than that of these demon gods.
"So, the one pursuing the Ancient True Immortal is... a creator!?"
Su Xin said with a somewhat hoarse voice.
No one answered her.
Wasn’t it obvious?
"No wonder Gu Jinlai fled into the Demon Realm Rift... The creator needs some time to transfer their Spirit Realm Body into the Demon Realm, and besides, compared to the human clan, the creator should find it easier to attract powerful beings to attack in the Demon Realm. Perhaps... a Demon Lord will make a move..."
Duanmu Chengyun’s face bore a hint of mockery: "To confront the creator... The Demon Lords of the Demon Realm have inadvertently become our last chance of survival? In the future, should we actually welcome the arrival of a Demon Lord?"
"The creator reemerges..."
Zhao Piaomiao fell silent: "Is there a worse situation than this?"
"Gu Jinlai, he..."
Dong Xuanzi had a complex look when it came to Gu Jinlai.
He admired the formidable power he possessed, and likewise, he didn’t harbor too much aversion to his act of purging the Holy Dynasty of its sins.
Although many aspects touched upon his interests, as well as those of the Taixuan Cave Heaven, forcing him to stand on the opposite side.
But deep down, he did not dislike such a person.
Now, however, chased by a creator into the Demon Realm...
"To have traversed twelve thousand li under the pursuit of a creator’s descended Spirit Realm Body... The means of an Ancient True Immortal are beyond me," Zhang Yingzhen admitted with respect.
If it were them, they’d likely have their souls eroded by the creator’s mere glance.
Even if they activated their Divine Weapons, it would only delay their demise by an insignificant margin.
Meanwhile, the Star Trace Demon God made a decisive move: "With these monsters reappearing, we must immediately report back to Emperor Cangming!"
"We knew that the most terrifying of beasts wouldn’t sit idly by, did we not? Just as back then, when it sensed our presence and birthed these monsters to deal with us..." the Demon God Long Xiao said with fear, but more than that, there was a resolute readiness to risk it all: "We had hoped to weaken him as much as possible before his awakening, only to be thwarted by the humans of this world... In the end, we’ve reached this point. We’ve prepared for this battle for thousands of years; we won’t lose again."
"There’s nothing left to lose anymore," the Star Trace Demon God stated.
"Buzz, buzz!"
At that moment, it seemed as if a surge of pure spiritual power was rapidly transmitting through the Demon Realm Rift and entering the towering apparition.
As this spiritual power transferred, the initially faint life form from the Spirit Realm rapidly solidified.
Watching this unfold, Duanmu Chengyun and the others quickly understood: "It’s over, he’s returned from the Demon Realm."
As supreme void immortals who had lived for four to five hundred years, though they were not from the same era as the creator of a thousand years ago, their elders’ descriptions and many records in the annals made them far from unfamiliar with the creator.
"The creator has returned, so Gu Jinlai..."
Dong Xuanzi opened his mouth tentatively.
Eventually, he did not continue.
With the return of this creator, Gu Jinlai’s fate...
No further words were needed.
Death.
A True Immortal who could dwell in this world for a millennium had died just like that.
From the time they received the news to the present, how long had it been? He had already fallen at the hands of this creator.
Even then, most of the time was spent on pursuing and killing.
The might of the creator’s True Body was demonstrated to its fullest extent at this moment.
If even True Immortals are in such a state, what would be the fate of those Void Immortals who could only exhibit the strength of True Immortals with the aid of Divine Weapons against the creator?
For a time, a sorrow akin to the desperation felt when a hare dies and the fox grieves enveloped everyone’s heart.
"Roar!"
Just as the Supreme Void Immortals were weighed down with heavy hearts, that gradually materializing creator seemed to be stimulated by something and began to struggle violently.
An enormous amount of Spiritual fluctuations continuously emanated from its body.
Despite the great distance, the five Supreme Void Immortals felt as if they could "smell" a scent of fear coming from this creator!?
Before they could understand why such a mighty creator would harbor fear, a familiar fluctuation quickly broke into the Perception of several Supreme Void Immortals.
This kind of fluctuation...
"Is that the Ancient True Immortal!?"
Duanmu Chengyun was astounded.
This time, he didn’t even address Gu Jinlai by his name directly.
"The Ancient True Immortal... he’s actually not dead!? Is he..."
Su Xin’s eyes widened in shock: "He’s battling that creator!? Engaging in combat on the battlefield of Souls! Fighting in the Spirit World!"
A True Immortal, battling the creator!?
How could this be fought!?
And how could one possibly win!?
"How could this be..."
Zhang Yingzhen truly felt as if his worldview were about to be overturned.
It’s not just about a True Immortal confronting the creator’s Spirit Realm True Body, even the Ruins Beasts, protective creatures forged by creators themselves, are hard to contend with.
Yet the scene before them was unfolding clearly, telling them it was indeed possible for someone with a True Immortal Body to oppose a creator.
"It’s the True Spirit!"
Compared to the Human Clan, the two Great Demon Gods, who had descended from the Eternal Life Tower, sensed it more keenly.
"That man called Gu Jinlai from the Human Clan has an Aura of True Spirit, like... a top-ranked Heavenly Monarch?"
Demon God Long Xiao spoke.
But immediately after, he also felt something was off with his own statement.
How could a True Immortal possess a True Spirit!?
Cultivators who consolidated the Undying Will already represented the manifestation of "I alone," and by discovering their own Dao, then attaining the Dao Fruit, they embodied this manifestation of "I alone" to the utmost.
They even touted the idea of replacing the Heavenly Heart with their hearts and the Heavenly Dao with their Dao.
In contrast, the Heavenly Master Path emphasizes that all things have spirits; humans, too, are a part of "Spirit."
The cycle of humans is also the cycle of Spirits.
In the end, when they become beings of the Spirit Realm and return to the Spirit World, they are essentially returning to the Primordial.
This is tantamount to dissipating one’s own existence into the universe, thereby realizing the concept of being one with the universe and all its beings.
These two paths are completely divergent, with no possibility of simultaneous or combined practice.
But now...
Gu Jinlai, while possessing the strength comparable to True Immortal Level, inexplicably also carried an Aura similar to Heavenly Monarchs!
This feeling...
Demon God Long Xiao and Star Trace Demon God couldn’t understand it.
Especially unbelievable to them was...
Facing a creator, Gu Jinlai’s True Spirit seemed to be rapidly gaining the upper hand, frenziedly "erasing" the Spiritual fluctuations that belonged to that creator!
This scene...
Suddenly left the five Supreme Void Immortals and the two Great Demon Gods utterly dumbfounded.
...
Outside the gate of the Demon Realm, the battle was still ongoing.
The Spirit Realm Bodies belonging to the Demon Realm continually transferred back to the material world, causing the Spiritual Pressure emanating from the Aries Star Lord’s Spirit Realm Body to become increasingly overbearing.
Even Star Trace Demon God and Demon God Long Xiao felt an oppressive sensation akin to confronting a Demon Lord.
During this transfer process, the kilometer-sized Spirit Realm Life struggled violently, as if wishing to return to the Spirit Realm.
Yet, it was simultaneously being pulled by another force and could never truly disappear into the Spirit Realm.
In this intense tug of war, the presence associated with Gu Jinlai grew stronger.
"It’s over."
The True Spirit of Gu Jinlai suddenly burned fiercely, with an immense Spiritual Power surpassing even the Great Sky Lords, filling every corner of this Spirit Realm Life in an instant.
Burning the True Spirit has always been the final, mightiest moment for the Heavenly Monarchs.
In some ways, this step is akin to the Heavenly Monarchs giving their all, embarking on the Spirit Transformation, and striking at the path of becoming a creator.
The brilliance that burst out at that instant was dazzling and resplendent.
The only downside was that it would completely fade away after shining briefly.
But Gu Jinlai’s burning of the True Spirit at this moment...
Lasted a bit long.
