Everlasting Immortal Firmament

The Unrestrained Heavenly Demon retreated from Borderless Heavenly Capital, turning the world’s attention to Xuanyuan City.

The battlefield within the void and the battlefields in the eighteen layers of hell were beyond observation. The loud noises from Eight Trigram Mountain spurred an investigation, but the battlefield in Xuanyuan City was in plain sight.

Two mighty consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivators were there. Just one could obliterate Xuanyuan City, which was already vulnerable in its defense, but now there were two.

The city’s defensive barrier had been broken, and Xingtian and Hou Yi approached.

Wasting no words, they took action. Xingtian’s giant ax smashed down, threatening to destroy Xuanyuan City in an instant.

The Upper Heavenly Palace Realm experts in Xuanyuan City tried to block the attack, but could they? Even Cangjie was occupied, fighting with the Unborn Man, and could not lend a hand.

Xuanyuan City was doomed!

It was just like when the Unrestrained Heavenly Demon appeared, and everyone thought Borderless Heavenly Capital was finished.

The fierce blow targeted Xuanyuan Palace Hall’s entrance, prompting many officials to scatter in panic.

Escape? Could they escape from consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivators?

The result was clear. Spies from all sides reported with certainty through zither puppets that Xuanyuan City was about to fall.

Sovereigns and sect masters around the world heard the news and inwardly declared Xuanyuan City finished.

Yet, at this critical moment, a man in a yellow imperial robe stepped out of Xuanyuan Palace Hall.

It was none other than Ji Dihong!

“Your…Your Holy Eminence?” Emperor Kong and others exclaimed in disbelief.

Outside, many spies suddenly cried out in shock, “Ji Dihong? No, it can’t be!”

Zither puppets relayed the news in all directions.

Sovereigns and sect masters were stunned.

“What about Ji Dihong? Speak up! What about Ji Dihong?” The sovereigns and sect masters were desperate to know what was happening in Xuanyuan City.

Some experts flew towards Xuanyuan City without hesitation.

As Xingtian brought his ax down, his eyes widened in disbelief. This can’t be!

The ax’s force was immense, not even slowing.

Ji Dihong’s eyes were cold as he looked up. Then he raised his right fist to meet the ax, throwing a punch.

Boom!

A powerful collision resounded in the skies above Xuanyuan City. Ji Dihong’s fist stopped the devastating manifested ax in midair.

Boom!

That was not all. One breath of time after Ji Dihong blocked, the giant manifested ax exploded. Even Xingtian’s ax shattered.

The citizens of the city were overjoyed. His Holy Eminence shattered that horrifying ax strike?

“Long live His Holy Eminence! May His Holy Eminence live for ten thousand years!” Countless officials and citizens dropped to their knees in excitement.

At that moment, Ji Dihong appeared like a savior, single-handedly turning the tide.

As the ax shattered, Xingtian retreated, certain this was real.

This is the true Ji Dihong. He did not leave Xuanyuan City but was in closed-door cultivation in Xuanyuan City all the while?

“No! Oh no!” Xingtian’s face changed.

“World devouring, invulnerable to swords and spears? He is Ji Dihong’s true body, and he’s been refining Chiyou’s divine Dao secret technique in Xuanyuan City? That fist could rival divine weapons with just the physical body?” Hou Yi’s face changed as well.

“Go, Hou Yi. Let’s go!” Xingtian exclaimed, his eyes wide with fear.

“Hah! Go? Is Xuanyuan City a place where you come and go as you please?” Ji Dihong sneered.

Whoosh!

With a wave of his right hand, a giant manifested hand suddenly appeared out of nowhere, reaching for Xingtian. It seemed as if the whole world was in Ji Dihong’s palm.

The overwhelming might made the world turn dark.

“Break!” Xingtian bashed it with a shield, but the giant hand was unswayed and continued towards him.

“Shoot!” Hou Yi shouted.

Whizz!

An arrow shot straight at Ji Dihong. Hou Yi wanted to rescue his comrade from trouble.

As long as this arrow diverted Ji Dihong’s attention, Xingtian could dodge that powerful palm strike.

Hou Yi’s divine archery, known as the world’s best, was incredibly powerful. It had broken through Xuanyuan City’s defensive ritual array with just four shots. Even those in the consummation of the Upper Heavenly Palace Realm dared not face it head-on. Would Ji Dihong dodge?

Dodge?

Ji Dihong smirked as he reached out with his left hand and caught the arrowhead with his thumb, index, and middle fingers.

Boom!

A loud report resounded, and space looked like it would shatter, but Ji Dihong’s powerful aura stabilized space, leaving only a ripple and a gust of wind.

The wind subsided, revealing Ji Dihong’s left hand firmly gripping the arrowhead.

Everything happened so fast that many people did not realize what had transpired. Everything before their eyes overturned their understanding.

Outside, many spies were dumbfounded. Urgent voices came from their zither puppets.

“What’s happening? Speak up! Has Xuanyuan City fallen?”

“What about Ji Dihong?”

“Tell me, quickly!”

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The anxious voices of the various sovereigns and sect masters rang out from the zither puppets.

The spies did not know how to explain, but they saw Ji Dihong toss the arrow and sneer. His manifested hand continued towards Xingtian and closed around Xingtian.

“This is impossible! Ji Dihong, you can’t be this powerful!” Hou Yi cried out, throwing a palm strike at the giant manifested hand in an attempt to rescue the trapped Xingtian.

Boom!

A loud report rang out. Xingtian had struck the manifested palm from within, while Hou Yi did so from outside. This shook the giant manifested hand, but it did not break.

“Do you want to join him?” Ji Dihong sneered.

Just as Ji Dihong prepared to strike again, a red light descended from the sky, piercing through the clouds and blasting a hole in the giant manifested palm.

Boom!

Xingtian flew out.

“Return!” A woman’s voice thundered from the sky where the red light came from.

It was Ba’s voice.

“Yes!”

Xingtian and Hou Yi turned and fled east.

Ji Dihong did not pursue his enemies. Instead, he turned his head to look towards the distant east, where the Yan Heavenly Dynasty lay.

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Divine Flame Hall’s entrance, Great Desolation City, Yan Heavenly Dynasty:

Ba had already returned from the Divine Continent’s central region.

Standing at Divine Flame Hall’s entrance, Ba looked at Ji Dihong coldly.

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Ji Dihong returned the look, the two staring at each other across a vast distance without saying a word.

Emperor Kong exclaimed in astonishment, “Your Holy Eminence, you were in Xuanyuan City? Then who went to Borderless Heavenly Capital earlier?”

However, his voice was drowned out by the cheers of the officials.

“His Holy Eminence is mighty!” the officials cried in joy.

Amid their ecstatic shouts, Ji Dihong slowly shifted his gaze from Divine Flame Hall. He glanced at the fleeing Xingtian and Hou Yi with a trace of regret in his eyes before turning to the officials.

The officials were filled with joy and questions.

Only Cangjie lamented, “Your Holy Eminence, this official has failed your trust. I had to disturb your seclusion. Please punish me!”

Ji Dihong took a deep breath and said, “You need not blame yourself, Mister Cangjie. The Han Imperial Dynasty’s foundation exceeded our expectations. It has nothing to do with you.”

“Yes!” Cangjie nodded.

Suddenly, he looked at the pill furnace in front of him. “The Unborn Man intends to withdraw?”

Cangjie looked at Ji Dihong again, but Ji Dihong looked towards the distant Borderless Heavenly Capital.

The place had returned to calm; the people of the Heavenly Demon Holy Land had left. Ji Dihong’s understanding of Borderless Heavenly Capital had grownprofoundly, especially after the Unrestrained Heavenly Demon retreated.

All the previous battles had been based on his understanding of the Han Imperial Dynasty, but now there were countless unknowns. Ji Dihong naturally would not charge Borderless Heavenly Capital again.

“Withdraw!” Ji Dihong nodded.

Boom!

A loud noise rang out, and Cangjie trembled.

The standoff with the Unborn Man ended.

“Your Holy Eminence, it’s not good! Gu Hai has taken Chiyou’s corpse from three of the four places near Chiyou City—the east, south, and west. Houqing is gone, and Chiyou’s followers are gone. The Eight Trigram Candle Dragon Ritual Array on Eight Trigram Mountain is still there. I don’t know how Gu Hai escaped!” Cangjie said, extreme confusion writ large across his face.

“So, only Chiyou’s head remains in Blood Maple Forest?” Ji Dihong asked gravely.

Cangjie nodded.

Ji Dihong’s face darkened. Then he raised his head and looked again towards the distant Borderless Heavenly Capital, at Soaring Palace Hall’s entrance.

At that moment, the news reached the world’s experts.

“Ji Dihong is in Xuanyuan City? Impossible!”

“Then who went into the void earlier? Ji Dihong has been in closed-door cultivation? What a joke!”contemporary romance

“It’s impossible! How can this be?”

…

The experts were all in an uproar, wanting to refute it, but it was an irrefutable fact. Ji Dihong had come out of seclusion and defeated Xingtian and Hou Yi. If not for Ba’s intervention, they would not have escaped.

If Ji Dihong had been in seclusion, who went into the void?

“Ji Dihong’s clone? A clone?” Many experts arrived at this conclusion.

Consequently, everyone gasped in surprise at the thought of Ji Dihong’s clone. His clone is at the consummation of the spiritual souls?

If so, how powerful is his true body?

“Reporting to Sect Master, Ji Dihong currently looks sullen, and he seems to be staring in Borderless Heavenly Capital’s direction!” Some spies continued sending messages.

Staring at Borderless Heavenly Capital?

“Does Ji Dihong intend to launch a second attack? Destroy Borderless Heavenly Capital?” Many experts shuddered with anticipation.

The Unrestrained Heavenly Demon left for unknown reasons. However, Ji Dihong’s true body is there. If Ji Dihong’s true body goes to Borderless Heavenly Capital again, can he destroy Borderless Heavenly Capital?

This reversal is too quick! I was just feeling Borderless Heavenly Capital was doomed, but then, the situation there stabilized in the blink of an eye, and it was Xuanyuan City’s turn to be doomed. Now, Xuanyuan City is fine, but Borderless Heavenly Capital is again doomed in another blink of an eye?

The whirlwind events left many experts awestruck, bewildered by the epic battle between the Huang Nation and the Han Nation.

Outside Borderless Heavenly Capital, the experts who had received the news looked towards the city, wondering what other contingency plans the Han Nation had and whether the nameless hall could withstand Ji Dihong.

However, they happened to look at the entrance of Borderless Heavenly Capital’s Soaring Palace Hall and rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

“Are my eyes playing tricks? Who’s that standing next to Chen Xianer and Long Wanqing?”

“Gu Hai? Why is Gu Hai at Soaring Palace Hall’s entrance? How is he here?”

“Didn’t Gu Hai enter the void with Ji Dihong’s clone? How is he here?”

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Many experts could not understand or accept it. The war had too many surprises, too many things they could not comprehend.

Ji Dihong does not intend to charge Borderless Heavenly Capital? He is just having a stare-off with Gu Hai?

Xuanyuan Palace Hall’s entrance: Ji Dihong.

Soaring Palace Hall’s entrance: Gu Hai.

After the first confrontation between the two sovereigns ended, they stared coldly at each other.

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