Global Awakening: I'm the Only One Ready

”The four Celestial Seat Immortals are finally serious.”

”They were only toying with the Celestial Court before. This time is different.”

”It seems the Celestial Court really will be destroyed today.”

The distant onlookers could sense the killing intent gathering around the four Celestial Seat Immortals. There could be only one outcome once experts of such terrifying strength attacked in earnest.

Some felt relieved that they had not stepped forward. Opposing the Eternals and the Ji Clan would not have changed anything. It would only have drawn disaster upon them. For now, at least, they were safe.

Rumble!

The void roared as endless lightning raged across heaven and earth. Terrifying power poured forth, darkening the entire sky until the scene resembled the end of the world.

Below, Zhu Qingyu, Jiang Huanyun, and the others watched solemnly but did not retreat. They knew the four Celestial Seat Immortals could kill them in an instant.

So what?

No matter the cost, they had to hold their ground.

The four Celestial Seat Immortals stood in the sky, their gazes indifferent and killing intent surging around them. They were no longer playing. This time, they intended to kill.

Everyone on Mount Tai understood. Even so, their resolve did not waver. Whatever the outcome, this was where they had chosen to stand.

They gathered every trace of power they could summon, knowing this would likely be the final battle of their lives.

Two vast currents of power formed above and below. Yet the might of the four Celestial Seat Immortals towered over everything Zhu Qingyu and the others could produce, even with their lives on the line.

Without hesitation, the four experts pushed their palms downward together. Their combined power descended in rumbling waves.

Zhu Qingyu, Ice Fairy, and Jiang Huanyun knew that everything might end here.

Rumble!

Thunder shook the world as terrifying pressure bore down upon Mount Tai. The watching crowds paled. No one in the Celestial Court could survive this strike.

Was this really the end of the Celestial Court?

Yet the people below remained unwavering. Their gazes held no hesitation, as though they had already accepted death.

Had the two factions been weaker, or had the Celestial Court been given more time to develop, perhaps the outcome might have been different. That was the last thought that crossed the onlookers’ minds as the four Celestial Seat Immortals’ power descended.

Buzz!

At that very moment, terrifying sword intent appeared beyond the sky. It descended with unparalleled force and severed the combined attack of the four Celestial Seat Immortals in an instant.

The strike that would have destroyed the Celestial Court vanished with it.

Who was it?

Countless people looked up in confusion, only for that confusion to turn to shock and even fear. The experts of the two factions stared into the sky with tightly furrowed brows, unable to believe what they saw.

Jiang Huanyun, Zhu Qingyu, and the others also noticed the two figures above.

One stood beneath the blazing sun with the sword in hand. No overwhelming aura emanated from him, yet his presence alone seemed powerful enough to shake the entire galaxy. He carried the bearing of one who stood unrivaled.

”It’s... King Lu!” Ice Fairy exclaimed, her eyes widening.

She had never imagined he would appear at such a moment. Tears welled in Zhu Qingyu’s eyes as the same realization struck her.

Lu Yuan had returned.

Jiang Huanyun saw Jiang Ningxian standing nearby and finally released the breath he had been holding. With Lu Yuan’s return, perhaps the outcome could change.

The beings from the various starfields recognized him as well. Disbelief spread through the crowd, but there was no mistaking his presence, especially when so many among them had seen him before.

”Lu Yuan is back.”

”I never expected him to return at such a critical moment.”

”Wasn’t he supposed to be deep in the cosmos? How did he make it back?”

His arrival had come at the perfect moment, leaving everyone shaken. Although Lu Yuan had not revealed his cultivation, he was clearly far stronger than before. His sword strike had just shattered the combined attack of four Celestial Seat Immortals.

How had he done it?

Had Lu Yuan also reached the Celestial Seat Immortal Realm?

For now, that was only speculation. What mattered was that he had returned, and a true battle was about to begin.

Everyone knew how powerful he was. He had slain numerous Immortals, and the Eternals and the Ji Clan had suffered repeated losses at his hands. Even with four Celestial Seat Immortals present, destroying the Celestial Court and killing Lu Yuan might no longer be possible.

No one could predict the final outcome.

Yet Lu Yuan’s appearance alone had overturned a situation everyone had considered certain death.

All eyes turned toward him.

What would the coming battle bring?

And after returning from the depths of the cosmos, just how powerful had Lu Yuan become?