Entry: I Secretly Cultivate Immortality in the Martial Arts World

296: Chapter 297 The Immortal Realm... Gone?This time, Long Da did not deliberately suppress the power of the heaven-opening axe.

Three axe shadows split off, hacking towards Emperor Cang, Emperor Haotian, and the Five Ancestors of Buddhism respectively.

No, it wasn’t three.

It was countless.

Under the full activation of the heaven-opening axe, the axe intent transformed into a sky full of cold light, covering the entire battlefield like an overwhelming blanket.

Emperor Cang sacrificed the tiance seal, Emperor Haotian brandished the record of deification, and the Five Ancestors of Buddhism combined their strength to activate the Great Sun Tathagata Banner.

But all of this was in vain.

The axe intent of the heaven-opening axe ignored all defenses.

As the axe intent reached them, Emperor Cang’s body split in two from the center, Emperor Haotian’s golden halberd broke into three pieces, and the protective Buddha light of the Five Ancestors of Buddhism shattered like colored glass.

Before his death, Buddha Datongguang was still chanting a Buddhist name.

But halfway through the chant, it stopped abruptly.

Seven existences at the Immortal Emperor level all perished under this single axe strike.

However, until the moment they died, Emperor Cang and Emperor Haotian still held a glimmer of hope in their hearts.

They thought that Senior Lingyangzi had previously stepped in to save the Buddhist faction and persuaded them to form an alliance with the Buddhists to resist the Heavenly Court.

Now that they were about to be killed by Long Da, Lingyangzi would surely intervene again.

Unfortunately, even as their Divine Souls dissipated, they never saw Lingyangzi’s figure.

It wasn’t that Lingyangzi was unwilling to come.

It was that he couldn’t.

In another part of the Immortal Realm, in a void many tens of thousands of miles away from the Immortal Court battlefield.

Lingyangzi was in a confrontation with Styx.

This current eldest Disciple of the Yuan Sect of the Saint Realm, a peerless powerhouse of the Great Luo Unity Realm, looked incredibly wretched at this moment.

The Daoist robes on his body were shredded into strips, revealing deep cracks that reached the bone beneath.

Lingyangzi stared fixedly at the figure opposite him.

That person wore a blood-colored robe, his face cold and sharp as if carved by a knife, holding twin swords with a white lotus atop his head.

One sword was bright red like blood, the other dark red like ink, both emitting a killing intent so intense it was suffocating.

The white lotus was holy and pure, its petals layered, continuously showering down the light of world purification.

Blood robes, killing swords, and a pure lotus—the three existing in one person appeared extremely eerie.

Lingyangzi’s Adam’s apple rolled as he forced out a sentence.

“The Immortal Realm... how could there be an existence like you?”

His tone was filled with utter disbelief.

He was in the Great Luo Unity Realm, a powerhouse even in the Saint Realm, and the Personal Disciple of the Yuan Sect Leader, Venerable Yu.

But just now, the instant he struck a palm toward that battlefield in the Immortal Realm, this blood-robed Daoist appeared out of thin air and broke his Spell with a single sword strike.

Then came the second sword, the third sword... He didn’t even have time to react before he was beaten until his body was shattered and his Dao foundation was damaged.

Holding the abi sword and yuantu sword with the twelve-grade pure world white lotus above his head, Styx’s cold face was devoid of expression.

Hearing Lingyangzi’s words, he only spoke indifferently.

“Nothing in this world is impossible.”

Lingyangzi took a deep breath, suppressing the roiling blood within his body.

He wanted to beg for mercy.

Seeking survival is an instinct, and the Great Luo Unity Realm is no exception.

But as a Disciple of a Saint and the current eldest Disciple of the Yuan Sect, he could not bring himself to say it.

Once he begged for mercy, it would be a disgrace to his sect and would cause the Yuan Sect to lose all face in the Saint Realm.

Moreover, he also knew that since the opponent dared to attack him, they certainly wouldn’t let him go just because of a plea for mercy.

However, Lingyangzi gritted his teeth and couldn’t help but say: “With such strength, you must also be someone from the Saint Realm who came to the Immortal Realm.”

“You should know who I am. I am the Personal Disciple of the Yuan Sect Leader, the Saint Venerable Yu.”

“If you kill me, are you not afraid of the Saint’s retaliation? When a Saint is enraged, the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds tremble. No matter what power is behind you, you cannot afford the consequences.”

Styx let out a light chuckle upon hearing this.

He really wanted to explain to Lingyangzi that he wasn’t from the Saint Realm, to explain the origin of his main body Gu Yan, and to explain the existence of the Supreme Creation Daluo Grotto-Heaven.

But he knew deeply that even when the wind was in his favor, he couldn’t be reckless.

So he just laughed once and then retracted his smile.

The abi sword hummed, and the yuantu sword vibrated.

Styx’s figure flashed, and both swords struck out together.

The abi sword brought forth a crimson silk-like beam, aiming straight for Lingyangzi’s throat.

The yuantu sword turned into a dark red light, slashing toward Lingyangzi’s Dantian.

Lingyangzi exhausted his last bit of strength, raising his hand to condense a golden token.

“Wait—”

Before he could finish his sentence, the abi sword had already pierced through the token and into his throat.

The yuantu sword simultaneously slashed into his Dantian.

The All-Living-Beings Sword Intent erupted.

Lingyangzi’s body exploded from the inside out.

Blood and shattered Divine Soul fragments flew in all directions, only to be instantly purified by the Holy Light of the pure world white lotus.

Lingyangzi, the Personal Disciple of the Yuan Sect Leader of the Saint Realm and an expert of the Great Luo Unity Realm, was thus completely annihilated in both body and soul.

...

Saint Realm, Yuanshi Palace.

In the deepest part of the palace, a figure sat cross-legged on a prayer mat.

The person wore a mysterious yellow Daoist robe and a purple-gold crown. His face was ancient and simple, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was surrounded by a layer of faint Chaos Qi.

This was the Yuan Sect Leader, the Heaven-Opening Primordial Limitless Supreme Saint · Venerable Yu.

Suddenly, he snapped his eyes open.

In those eyes, Chaos roiled, as if countless worlds were being born and destroyed.

His Disciple, Lingyangzi, had actually died.

Venerable Yu’s expression remained unchanged, but the Chaos Qi around him clearly fluctuated violently for a moment.

He did not roar; he simply slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers moving in the void, beginning to perform a divination.

How powerful were the methods of a Saint.

A single thought could measure the past and future; a single palm could cover the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

But after divining for a moment, Venerable Yu’s brow furrowed slightly.

The heavenly secrets were chaotic, and Karma was difficult to discern.

Now that the Heaven and Earth Boundless Great Tribulation had arrived, tribulation qi permeated the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds. Even a Saint suffered a certain degree of interference from the tribulation qi, making it difficult to accurately divine the identity and location of the killer.

He could only vaguely perceive that Lingyangzi had fallen in the Immortal Realm.

The Immortal Realm?

A hint of doubt flashed in Venerable Yu’s eyes.

The strongest in the Immortal Realm was only at the Immortal Emperor level; how could they kill someone like Lingyangzi, a powerhouse of the Great Luo Unity Realm?

Unless...

He closed his eyes and spread out his Divine Sense, reaching toward the location of the Immortal Realm.

But the moment his Divine Sense touched that area, Venerable Yu’s brow furrowed even tighter.

The Immortal Realm... was gone?