That year, the Immortal Path Prodigy raced far ahead, completely reaching the pinnacle position of this era.
All the heaven-defying talents of the same generation could no longer even glimpse his back!
All sides were watching, curious whether this Immortal Path Prodigy, who had defeated Quasi-Immortal Kings, could defeat an Immortal King and replicate the miracle of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor from back in the day.
But many shook their heads.
Although this Immortal Path Prodigy was indeed peerless and unmatched, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor was ultimately one of a kind. Who in this world could truly replicate such a miracle?
Not long after, this Immortal Path Prodigy, still at the Immortal Monarch realm, challenged an ancient Immortal King who had stood firm in the Primordial Immortal Realm for endless epochs, drawing the attention of the entire world.
"I never thought that after achieving the Immortal King realm for multiple epochs, I would one day be challenged by an Immortal Monarch. But even if you are a Ten Tribulations Divine King, or even an Eternal Quasi-Sovereign who has remained in the Eternal Domain until now, capable of defeating Quasi-Immortal Kings, do you truly think you are the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?" That ancient Immortal King said indifferently, accepting the challenge.
Three months later.
The Immortal King sat upon the Ninth Heaven, in the boundless void beyond the Immortal World's domains, and battled the arriving Immortal Path Prodigy.
"Junior, you are astonishing, even capable of defeating Quasi-Immortal Kings, but you are still too young after all. You still fall short if you wish to challenge a true Immortal King."
The Immortal King was named Canglou Immortal King, having lived through multiple epochal eras, an ancient Immortal King from the same period as Pan Dao Immortal King.
Although he had not yet become an Immortal Venerable, he was already advancing in that direction. His magic power was as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea; few in the entire Primordial Immortal Realm could compare.
Behind him appeared endless, towering palaces—limitless Immortal King palaces, their immortal light dazzling. Looking at the arriving Immortal Path Prodigy, he spoke thus.
The Immortal Path Prodigy was naturally no longer the youth of yesteryear but had grown into an extraordinary and handsome young man, with black hair like a waterfall and profound eyes that seemed to have witnessed all the reincarnations of eternity, comprehending every epoch from ancient times to the present.
He looked at Canglou Immortal King and spoke, a rare occurrence: "You cannot defeat me!"
Boom—
The great battle erupted.
All sides naturally paid the utmost attention.
Yet this battle defied the world's expectations.
For the Immortal Path Prodigy was not swiftly defeated by that ancient supreme Immortal King as imagined. On the contrary, he displayed terrifying combat power that shocked the world.
"Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King!"
The world was astounded. The Immortal Path Prodigy was no ordinary Quasi-Immortal King but an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King, the most powerful of Quasi-Immortal Kings, a Quasi-Colossus.
It was unbelievable. This Immortal Path Prodigy seemed to perfectly replicate the miracle of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor from back in the day. The paths they walked appeared identical: both were Ten Tribulations Divine Kings, both started from Eternal Quasi-Sovereign, both reached the Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King level—an astonishing consistency.
Could this Immortal Path Prodigy be a descendant of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
Many harbored such suspicions.
It was not impossible. After all, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had vanished from the mortal world for two hundred million years. It was only natural if he had other descendants.
And let's not forget, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor of yore was also a Half-Step Overlord of the Immortal Dao. His understanding of the Immortal Dao, throughout the ages of the Primordial Immortal Realm, had few equals.
It was only logical that he could teach someone with unparalleled talent for cultivating immortality.
Even so, no one believed the Immortal Path Prodigy could defeat that ancient Immortal King.
Because, theoretically, an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King could only contend with an Immortal King at best. Moreover, that ancient Immortal King had cultivated for who knew how many epochs; he was a very seasoned Immortal King with unfathomable cultivation.
In the end, the Immortal Path Prodigy would likely be the one at a disadvantage!
An Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King challenging a supreme Immortal King was obviously an immensely spectacular event. They shattered countless star domains before finally entering a secret realm within the Immortal World.
That Immortal World secret realm was extraordinary, capable of containing the terrifying battles of Immortal King-level existences, sealed by the Primordial Immortal Realm's origin to avoid excessively affecting the outside world.
In the end, the battle ended in a draw.
Although the supreme Immortal King was powerful, and theoretically an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King could only contend with an Immortal King at best—not to mention that this was an Immortal King who had cultivated for multiple epochs with unfathomable cultivation—the Immortal Path Prodigy wielded an extremely fearsome offensive holy technique. He was excessively strong, capable of slaying immortals while defying the natural order. With his Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King body, he engaged in a peak-level duel with the Immortal King, not falling behind much and not allowing the Immortal King to gain much advantage.
After this battle, the Immortal Path Prodigy's fame shook the Chaos Sea, astounding the world.
After the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's disappearance, was another majestic Chaos Heavenly Emperor rising?
Thus, another hundred thousand years passed.
When the Immortal Path Prodigy was three hundred thousand years old, and many of his peers among the Immortal Monarchs and Emperor Monarchs had already successfully attained the Dao, he remained an Eternal Immortal Monarch, seemingly having made no progress.
However, no one dared to look down on him.
Everyone knew that this Immortal Path Prodigy belonged to the ranks of the most monstrous geniuses of all time, comparable to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor in his youth.
That year, the three-hundred-thousand-year-old Immortal Path Prodigy suddenly challenged the ancient Canglou Immortal King again, drawing attention.
The whole world watched. Many wanted to know how much the Immortal Path Prodigy had grown in the past hundred thousand-plus years.
Canglou Immortal King also accepted the battle.
In that battle, the Immortal King suffered a miserable defeat. The Immortal Path Prodigy was unbelievably powerful, his body surging with boundless Immortal Venerable-level immortal might that shook the ancient and illuminated the present.
Achieving Immortal Venerable-level combat power in three hundred thousand years was unprecedented.
Even the Chaos Heavenly Emperor of yore was not this fast, was he?
Without a doubt, this was either a descendant of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor or a newly accepted disciple of his.
This also alarmed the Chaos Heaven Mansion.
When Shi Baitian, Wang Xiong, and other disciples under the Chaos Heavenly Emperor rushed over, they found that the Immortal Path Prodigy had already left, his whereabouts unknown, leaving them disappointed.
They had thought they could find him and thereby learn of their Master's whereabouts.
In the end, they found that was wishful thinking.
Master, where have you gone?
From that day on, the Immortal Path Prodigy, hailed as the most dazzling talent in the history of the Primordial Immortal Realm, vanished from the world's sight.
No one knew where he had gone. Some believed he might be following the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's path, becoming a Half-Step Overlord and then an Overlord of the Supreme Realm.
Time flowed on.
Thus, ten million years passed.
The Immortal Path Prodigy remained unseen. Meanwhile, among the Immortal World's Heaven's Prides of his generation, quite a few had attained the Dao and become immortals.
Unfortunately, none had become an Immortal King.
Two Eternal Immortal Monarchs attempted to force a breakthrough, aiming to attain the Dao in one go, leaping over the Immortal realm to directly achieve the Immortal King realm.
But they failed. The Immortal Dao Great Tribulation descended, terrifying and boundless, directly annihilating these two Eternal Immortal Monarchs with Immortal King potential, reducing them to ashes, their forms and spirits utterly destroyed.
Not long after, from the depths of the Chaos Sea came terrifying fluctuations of great horror.
But they quickly vanished.
By the time Shi Baitian and the others rushed to the scene, there was no one left. Only lingering threads of terrifying Half-Step Overlord-level aura remained, swirling about, even faintly comparable to Qingtian Dadi, approaching the Supreme Realm level.
This caused people to feel anxious.