"Not good, they're here!"
Donghuang Yanran, standing behind Ye Chen, suddenly cried out in alarm. As a descendant of Donghuang, her bloodline was noble and her status lofty, granting her the privilege to stand at the very front.
The other nine Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses were also present.
They were all among the select few qualified to witness the return of Donghuang's Immortal Soul.
Yet, at this very moment, they were also the first to bear the brunt.
Right then, the Flame Demon God led the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era to truly descend before the Heavenly Gate, just a hair's breadth away from completely crossing the threshold and entering the Primordial Immortal Realm.
Boom—
However, the Primordial Immortal Realm, as the number one Primordial Ancient Universe of the Chaos Sea, was not so easily invaded by external powers, especially forbidden existences of the level of Ancient Giants and Primordial Giants.
The entire Primordial Immortal Realm generated immense repulsion.
Visible to the naked eye, vast and boundless streams of Universe Origin power were at work, continuously repelling the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era and the two Dark Giants who sought to enter through the Heavenly Gate.
Even the nine Giants, including the Primordial Giant Flame Demon God, found it arduous under the Primordial Immortal Realm's repulsion, struggling to take that crucial final step, forever unable to truly and effectively set foot within the Primordial Immortal Realm.
They were blocked outside the Heavenly Gate.
"Good, the Universe Origin repulsion of the Primordial Immortal Realm will keep them from invading!"
"Though they are strong, the Primordial Immortal Realm is the foremost Ancient Universe of the Chaos Sea. Its Universe Origin is further bolstered by the imprints of countless immortals throughout the ages. Even beings as powerful as them cannot destroy the Immortal Realm; truly forcing their way in is extremely difficult."
Within Donghuang Sacred City, the Supreme Immortals and Quasi-Immortal Kings quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
To forcefully breach the Primordial Immortal Realm from the outside, unless one entered normally through an Immortal King Pass, one would face immense repulsion.
However, the three Immortal Kings—Taiyu Immortal King, Haozun Immortal King, and Jiuyou Immortal King—still wore grave expressions. Even if the nine Dark Giants could not cross over immediately, it would still be very difficult for the Primordial Immortal Realm to completely expel all nine.
Now, they needed to personally take action, cooperating with the Primordial Immortal Realm's origin to block the descent of the nine Dark Giants.
"Hmph! We, the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era, once conquered myriad realms across countless ages, capable of overturning great universes. Now, all seven of us brothers are Ancient Giants, and I am a Primordial Giant. How can this mere Primordial Immortal Realm truly stop us from crossing over!"
The gazes of the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era were icy. Even under the immense suppression of the Primordial Immortal Realm, making it extremely difficult for their true bodies to smoothly cross into the Primordial Immortal Realm, they still refused to give up.
Moreover, what was even more terrifying was that while the Primordial Immortal Realm's origin rules could block the demonic forms of the nine Dark Giants, they could not completely block their dark auras. That overwhelming, boundless dark energy could still surge through the Heavenly Gate, sweeping across all directions, crashing towards the entire Donghuang Sacred City, seeking to utterly drown this foremost sacred city of the Donghuang Domain.
"Not good!"
Taiyu Immortal King's expression changed. He immediately sought to use his Immortal King power to protect Ye Chen, Donghuang Yanran, and the others before the Heavenly Gate.
But the dark aura was faster. Wherever it passed, from newly-initiated minor Demigods to Sovereigns, without exception, as the dark aura billowed forth, they were directly reduced to ashes, transformed into the purest life source energy, which was then absorbed into the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era.
The many Supreme Immortals and Quasi-Immortal Kings also flew back violently, each coughing up blood, suffering immense impacts.
"Yanran!"
Taiyu Immortal King roared in grief. That was his own younger sister, the youngest and most noble little princess of the Donghuang Clan, the beloved youngest daughter when Donghuang was still present. But now she was engulfed by the dark aura. With Donghuang Yanran's cultivation, even bearing the most powerful Donghuang bloodline and possessing protective treasures left by Donghuang, she absolutely could not withstand the aura impact of a Primordial Giant.
However, soon, the three Immortal Kings saw that Donghuang Yanran was completely unharmed, as were the other nine Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses.
This greatly puzzled the three Immortal Kings, who watched as the ten figures shot out from a passage torn through the dark aura, distancing themselves from the front of the Heavenly Gate.
It must be noted that within the area swept by the dark pressure of the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era, even Sovereigns turned to ashes. How had they resisted it?
This was truly a mystery.
Boom—
The nine Dark Giants simultaneously charged against the origin rules of the Primordial Immortal Realm, contending with the entire Primordial Ancient Universe, shaking countless Immortal Domains. The entire Donghuang Domain suffered immense impacts.
In an instant, within the Donghuang Domain, Supreme Immortals and Quasi-Immortal Kings who had been in secluded cultivation or deep slumber were startled awake one by one.
Even far at the edges of the Donghuang Domain, in the borderlands of the Primordial Immortal Realm, the secluded cultivation grounds of several Immortal Kings guarding near several Immortal King Passes emitted dazzling immortal radiance, as if awakening and sensing something.
However, none of this could spread beyond the Donghuang Domain.
The three Immortal Kings, unwilling to bring great trouble to the Primordial Immortal Realm, had already sealed off the entire Donghuang Domain before calling for the Immortal Soul.
Now, they could not afford to care about that anymore. The three Immortal Kings strode forward, charging towards the Heavenly Gate in an instant. A distance of hundreds of thousands of miles was less than a blink of an eye to them.
"Shatter the Heavenly Gate!"
This was the consensus of the three Immortal Kings. They attacked the Heavenly Gate simultaneously. Even if they could not successfully guide Donghuang's Immortal Soul back, they must protect the safety of the Primordial Immortal Realm. Otherwise, they would be great sinners to the Primordial Immortal Realm.
Boom—
The three Immortal Kings attacked, simultaneously cooperating with the Universe Origin rules of the Primordial Immortal Realm to block the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era and the two Dark Giants. Most importantly, with a thought from Taiyu Immortal King, the Heavenly Gate formed from his Immortal King blood trembled slightly, transforming into a bloody light that then dissipated.
The terrifying demonic shadows of the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era, the Dark True Dragon, and the Dark Demonic Tiger gradually faded, about to completely return to the Eternal Night Dark Territory.
Having lost the most crucial Heavenly Gate, it was already impossible for the nine Dark Giants to invade the Primordial Immortal Realm.
It was just a pity that Donghuang's Immortal Soul had not been truly guided back. This was the final opportunity, but it had been decisively abandoned.
At this moment, the three Immortal Kings still knew that the greater good must take precedence.
Suddenly, a cold snort resounded through the Primordial Immortal Realm.
"Thinking to shake us off so easily? Not a chance. Since the Eternal Night Territory has been opened today, we, the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era, are determined to invade the Primordial Immortal Realm!"
The Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era roared. From each of their bodies flew a drop of Ancient Essence Blood, shimmering with dark light, as if the darkest existence in the world.
Especially the Essence Blood of the Flame Demon God, leader of the Seven Heroes, surpassed the Ancient Essence Blood of the other six.
The two Dark Giants, the Dark True Dragon and the Dark Demonic Tiger, also each released a drop of Dark Essence Blood.
Nine drops of Dark Essence Blood shimmered with infinite supreme dark power, like nine dark demonic suns. Countless Ancient Dao Patterns flew out, directly sketching a Dark Heavenly Gate that stood where the original Heavenly Gate had been, reconnecting the space between the two places more smoothly.
Relying on the Dark Heavenly Gate, the Seven Heroes of the Chaotic Era forcibly advanced half a step, their dark auras becoming countless times more terrifying.