"The stele has been activated, revealing a mysterious portal. Could this truly be the starting point leading to the legendary Primordial Immortal Realm?"
This was the doubt in everyone's minds. At this moment, the light gate opened, scattering a brilliant shower of light rain, sparkling like stars, which actually contained immense life essence. Everyone began frantically absorbing it.
Especially some of those slow-moving ancient recluses—they went wild at this moment, making their moves to seize these life source points. Even the various overlords had to give them a wide berth.
Because, to be honest, these ancient recluses were a notch stronger than Saint Lords, truly at the pinnacle of the ninth heaven of the Saint realm, just one step away from entering the Reincarnation realm. Moreover, they would stop at nothing to survive, even if it meant death. How could anyone compete with them?
Once they absorbed these life source points, these ancient recluses all seemed much more spirited, as if they were about to become radiant again.
Unfortunately, the true life source points were not many, only a small amount. Moreover, after the light gate opened, there were no more, leaving the various powerhouses slightly disappointed. However, their yearning for the so-called "Primordial Immortal Realm" beyond the light gate grew even stronger.
Inside appeared a blazing passage, leading to a mysterious unknown place. It was entirely woven from vast divine marks and Dao patterns, dazzlingly eye-catching.
Perhaps it led to the Primordial Immortal Realm, or perhaps it led to death. But within, a surging aura permeated, captivating all the overlords.
"What should we do?"
"Go in. This light gate might lead to a brand new world. It might hold the secret of the Purple Mansion Sacred Land's overnight disappearance, or perhaps possess all the vanished divine treasure heritage. At this point, we cannot retreat any longer."
"Leave a few Saint Lord-level figures and a portion of the people to maintain this portal, preventing it from suddenly closing. Also, start constructing a spatial teleportation gate, connecting to the Sacred Land's portal and also to Tian Sheng City's teleportation gate. This way, we can contact reinforcements in Tian Sheng City at any time. If something happens, rescue can be swiftly carried out."
The various overlords quickly responded, leaving behind a portion of their active forces and beginning to construct spatial teleportation gates, connecting several locations. Even if they truly encountered some crisis, they could rely on these spatial gates to quickly shuttle over for rescue.
Boom—
At the same time, the various Saint Lords led the alliance army into the light gate. Over ninety percent of the powerhouses entered, leaving only a small portion behind. After passing through the blazing passage, they finally landed in a vast, open world—a land of countless mountains and valleys, wilderness and earth—clearly a brand new world.
"Could this be the so-called Primordial Immortal Realm?" someone exclaimed in surprise, sensing the abundant spiritual energy flowing around. Deep beneath the earth were numerous spirit veins, far more plentiful than in many places across the myriad realms.
They also saw many powerful demonic beasts roaming the mountains and forests, even some at the Saint Treasury Realm. Their bodies were massive as mountains, their auras terrifying. Upon discovering the entry of outsiders, they let out roars that shook the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
But when they spotted those peerless overlords, they all restrained their auras and retreated far away, not daring to provoke them.
"No, this is not a new world. It's a passage, likely the ancient road recorded on the stele. It's just excessively large, no less than some secret realm worlds."
A Saint Lord immediately refuted, because the overlords' divine senses were powerful. Spreading them across this world, they ultimately reached this conclusion.
Because this passage was simply too wide, almost like a new world itself, with its Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, which had led everyone to misunderstand.
The road still lay ahead. The army soared into the sky, their momentum boundless. Thousands upon thousands of troops transformed into an unstoppable torrent, causing the entire world to tremble. Countless demonic beasts in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains shivered in fear.
Even the most fearsome primordial great beasts had to lie low, not daring to roar or howl, fearing they might disturb the terrifying army's advance.
Along the way, the army discovered something peculiar. Within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, many enormous skeletal remains were scattered about, including those of Saint Lord-level beings. They did not seem to have passed away naturally but rather appeared to have perished in a terrifying great battle.
The further they advanced, the more the powerhouses discovered that the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains had once suffered destruction from a fearsome war. However, after such a long time, this world had recovered. Lush forests had grown, covering the traces of the ancient war, making them hard to detect without careful observation.
But at least Saint Lord-level existences had perished, and not just one or two. The casualties were heavy, which was astonishing.
What kind of terrifying battle had occurred in the past, causing Saint Lord-level beings to fall?
Could it be the battle scars left behind when the Purple Mansion Sacred Land entered the ancient road and encountered resistance?
After traveling over a thousand li, the alliance army suddenly halted. Right in front of the army, a majestic pass appeared, spanning the horizon. It was incredibly grand and massive, its gray-black ancient walls towering into the clouds, like a mountain range a thousand zhang tall standing before them, extremely solid and magnificent.
"What an impressive pass! It would be hard to shake!"
The various overlords paled upon seeing it, clearly sensing its extraordinariness. It wasn't just about the material used to build the pass—it was made of exceptionally hard Black Divine Stone, difficult even for Divine Transformation Realm experts to shatter. The entire pass was constructed from Black Divine Stone, forged into a single, monolithic piece, not built block by block.
Moreover, the pass contained countless terrifying formations, and even the imprints of heaven and earth's divine marks were added to it, making the pass impregnable. This was the most terrifying aspect.
A Saint Lord-level overlord could easily shake a thousand-zhang-tall mountain, but trying to shake this thousand-zhang pass would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Fortunately, this time, it was an alliance of various major forces. The number of overlords who had come was not just one or two but dozens. Each powerful overlord stood tall in the sky, like ancient deities, their auras soaring to the heavens, their blood energy astonishingly vast. Moreover, they had brought the alliance army of thousands upon thousands of troops. Naturally, they were confident they could shake the pass.
"Hmm, this pass collapsed once in the past and was later repaired."
Although this pass was extremely grand and tall, seemingly unshakable, it was clear that it had once collapsed. Right in the central section of the pass's wall, countless cracks were visible, even after being repaired.
One could imagine what kind of terrifying attack it had endured in the past.
Demon-Slaying Pass!
This was the pass's true name. In front of the pass stood a stele thirty zhang tall, inscribed with the pass's name.
However, the stele also bore many cracks, nearly shattered, and was stained with pitch-black bloodstains, having endured who knows how many years.
But the name "Demon-Slaying Pass" sparked many imaginations.
"Is this the ancient pass recorded on the ancient stele? Cross the ancient pass, and you can enter the Primordial Immortal Realm!"
Everyone felt this was the ancient pass blocking the ancient road. The Primordial Immortal Realm recorded on the stele lay on the other side of the pass.
"Charge through!"
The various overlords led the alliance army forward, vast and mighty, thousands upon thousands of troops ready to launch an attack at any moment to shake the pass.
"Hold, visitors!"
At this moment, a grand voice resounded throughout the world, coming from atop the pass. The language was quite ancient, clearly belonging to a race forgotten by the world, sealed within this world for far too long, so long that their language had become very archaic.
But through the divine sense fluctuation, its meaning could be understood.
Looking up, they saw numerous figures appear atop the majestic Demon-Slaying Pass. Their attire was quite ancient, ranging from young to old. Their numbers weren't large, only a few hundred, but they were mostly very powerful, including quite a few Saint Lord-level fearsome experts with blood energy soaring to the heavens.
There were also terrifying ancient recluses present, Dao marks entwined around their bodies, making people's hearts tremble with fear.
Everyone was greatly surprised. On the ancient road's pass, there existed such a group of powerful individuals. At least from the surface, they were comparable to an Immortal Sacred Land, perhaps even stronger, because there were many Saint Lord-level figures, and ancient recluses had appeared as well. It was truly shockingly fearsome.
Their attire was just very ancient, like people from over a hundred thousand years ago. When they saw the alliance army, those people seemed very excited, especially the ancient recluses and others. One ancient recluse even spoke in the ancient language, but the meaning could be understood through the divine sense fluctuation: "Are you people from the myriad realms?"
These words left people stunned. Had this ancient road already separated from the myriad realms?
The Saint Lord of the Daoyan Sacred Land spoke up, "That's right. And you are?"
The people on the pass replied, "We are the guardian lineage of the Demon-Slaying Pass, responsible for guarding this majestic pass. After waiting for so many years, we have finally waited for the appearance of people from the Myriad Domains."
The various overlords felt astonished. These members of the pass guardian lineage had actually been waiting all along for people from the Myriad Domains to appear. Why was that?
An overlord stepped forward and said, "May I ask, what lies beyond the pass? Is it the Primordial Immortal Realm?"
Upon hearing these words, the guardian lineage members on the pass immediately changed color, as if they had heard something they regarded with great consideration. That ancient recluse spoke with a grave expression, "Although we are very excited to have finally waited for your arrival and can finally be freed, we do not wish for another batch of people to be implicated. This is a domain you should not set foot in. All of you, retreat quickly. Otherwise, you will all suffer disaster."
This surprised people and made the various overlords even more curious. But they still said, "You can rest assured. We have long been prepared and fear nothing. Please open the pass. We wish to pass through it."
"No, absolutely not," the experts on the pass refused, their expressions cold. "We are the guardians of the Demon-Slaying Pass, guarding this place generation after generation. We cannot allow anyone to pass through the Demon-Slaying Pass and reach that place. Otherwise, an unprecedented great disaster will occur."