The task of the two of them descending upon Yanluo Kingdom was singular: to protect the safety of these Immortal Court Nobles.
Of course, not all Immortal Court Nobles, but a select few—like Liuguang Clan and Long Qianren, among others—who were of significant importance to the Immortal Dynasty.
As for the other nobles, to put it bluntly, Immortal Court Nobles were a dime a dozen. Their life or death held little importance to the Immortal Dynasty.
Speaking of guarding the safety of those few Purple Cloud Immortal Nobles, it was truly a leisurely assignment.
Whether it was Liuguang Clan or Long Qianren themselves, their own strength was already formidable enough. Even nine-tribulation Wandering Immortals, or even True Immortals, could do nothing to them. Even if they encountered experts of ten-plus tribulations or higher, more powerful masters, with their capabilities, even if they couldn't win, protecting themselves would be more than sufficient. Moreover, figures like Liuguang Clan and Long Qianren hailed from Immortal Families; accompanying them were many powerful experts.
As long as they didn't run into those millennia-old demons and monsters, there was fundamentally no need to worry about their safety.
However.
That being said.
After all, the world was filled with all sorts of mysteries and unknowns, especially in this Present-Ancient Era, with the revival of all things. Who knew which old senior might have revived as well?
Furthermore, during the ancient cataclysm, the reincarnation storm didn't just reincarnate the immortals of the Nine Heavens, but also the ancient demons of the Nine Netherworlds, and even terrifying existences from the depths of hell. No one could guarantee that Yanluo Kingdom didn't harbor experts of that caliber.
Even if they weren't reincarnated experts, in this Present-Ancient Era, after the Mandate of Heaven, all sorts of great fortunes emerged endlessly. No one dared say that Yanluo Kingdom lacked individuals blessed with unparalleled, great fortunes.
Before coming to Yanluo Kingdom, the two had already heard that recently, another person claiming to be Monarch Chixiao had emerged in Yanluo.
And this Monarch Chixiao was similarly mysterious in identity, with equally unfathomable strength.
It was said he possessed no cultivation base, no fortune whatsoever, yet his physical body was incredibly powerful. With a flick of his finger, he could obliterate any Earth Immortal. The might of his voice alone could awe millions, and even a Purple Cloud Immortal Noble possessing a Human Dao Edict was nearly annihilated by the force of his voice.
Most importantly, it was said that the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephants of the Chixiao veterans showed immense reverence before this Monarch Chixiao.
This inevitably plunged them into deep contemplation.
In their previous lives, the two did not belong to this world.
After reincarnating into this realm, the name they heard most often was Monarch Chixiao, Gu Tianlang.
Over the years, they had also encountered several individuals impersonating Monarch Chixiao.
Some were just small-time swindlers cheating for food, drink, and treasures.
But some who called themselves Monarch Chixiao were mysteriously bizarre and possessed vast supernatural powers, so profound that even the two of them couldn't see through them and dared not provoke them lightly.
Still, fakes were fakes after all.
The two knew the true Monarch Chixiao was far, far more terrifying than the rumors suggested!
That was nine years ago, in the Great Northwest.
Initially, they hadn't known that a man named Gu Qingfeng was the legendary hegemon of this world, Monarch Chixiao.
It wasn't until the Mandate of Heaven descended, and the Three Thousand Great Daos fought over the Blood of Original Sin belonging to the Era of No Dao at the foot of Can Yang Mountain in the Great Northwest, that they learned that Gu Qingfeng was Monarch Chixiao.
Even now, they could not forget how, nine years ago in the Great Northwest, the true Monarch Chixiao single-handedly withstood the Three Thousand Great Daos.
They remembered clearly: at that time, the Immortal Dao, in order to eradicate Monarch Chixiao, did not hesitate to summon a sky full of great suns, a sky full of radiance, and a sky full of Judgment.
Yet.
It could not shake him in the slightest.
Even more terrifying was that Monarch Chixiao not only possessed an absolute body that was indestructible and unyielding,
but also an absolute force that could crush anything.
He also possessed the ever-regenerating Primal Spirit Flower of the Great Nature, with its boundless, ever-renewing life force.
What made the two tremble in their souls to this day was that Monarch Chixiao possessed an infinite number of Taiji Golden Cores.
Using these infinite Taiji Golden Cores, he nurtured and manifested the one and only Myriad Heavens Pagoda, the Taiji Myriad Forms, throughout all of history and the cosmos.
How powerful, how profound the Myriad Heavens Pagoda, Taiji Myriad Forms was, they did not know. They only knew that when the Taiji Myriad Forms manifested, it was as if all living beings and all phenomena were contained within it.
Was that all?
No.
At the same time, he also nurtured an ancient Taboo.
As for what this ancient Taboo was, they similarly did not know. They only knew that Taboo took the void as its body, the sun and moon as its eyes, its terrifying aura seeming capable of devouring the heavens and swallowing the earth.
Both Wan Huaiyu and Qin Hao understood clearly in their hearts: if Monarch Chixiao were still alive, with his indestructible, unyielding absolute body, his all-crushing absolute force, plus the Myriad Heavens Pagoda, Taiji Myriad Forms, and the ancient Taboo, along with the Blood of Original Sin that even the Three Thousand Great Daos feared immensely... probably no one in all of Heaven and Earth could eradicate him. If he sought supremacy in this world, even the Three Thousand Great Daos would have to submit.
What a pity!
Truly a pity!
Such a legendary hegemon who shook Heaven and Earth and overpowered the Three Thousand Great Daos was ultimately judged to annihilation by the most terrifying Judgment in all existence.
Divine Saint's Breath, Primordial Gate, Profound Yellow Bell, Heaven and Earth's Wrath, Judgment of the Gods.
This was the most terrifying Divine Saint Judgment in all existence, the Judgment of the Gods!
Since ancient times, among all living beings, from the highest immortals, demons, and buddhas to the lowest monsters, ghosts, and fiends, without exception, none could withstand the Divine Saint Judgment, nor survive under the Judgment of the Gods.
Originally, the two believed this. Yet, the newly emerged Monarch Chixiao in Yanluo Kingdom could also command the reverence of the Chixiao veterans' Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephants.
In all the world, aside from the true Monarch Chixiao, who else could make the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephants revere them?
But the key point was, the true Monarch Chixiao had been annihilated in the Divine Saint Judgment nine years ago, something they had both witnessed with their own eyes.
This newly emerged Monarch Chixiao in Yanluo Kingdom... it couldn't be him, could it?
It shouldn't be?
Yes.
It shouldn't be.
If it were anyone else, the two wouldn't have the slightest doubt.
But if this person were Monarch Chixiao...
They were somewhat less certain.
Especially after hearing that the newly emerged Monarch in Yanluo could also make the Bloodfiend Dragon-Elephants revere him.
This made their originally firm hearts involuntarily waver.
And this matter couldn't be pondered too deeply; the more they thought about it, the more their hearts wavered.
Because the existence of Monarch Chixiao was itself a miracle composed of numerous impossibilities.
He could achieve something as legendary as the absolute body.
He could condense an infinite number of Taiji Golden Cores, a sign of Human-King potential.
He could manifest something as inconceivable as the Myriad Phenomena Pagoda.
He could nurture an ancient Taboo.
He could fuse with the Blood of Original Sin from the Era of No Dao.
Each of these matters alone could absolutely be called an impossibility.
Given this...
Who dared guarantee that he was definitely annihilated after the Divine Saint Judgment?
The two had wanted to meet the newly emerged Monarch in Yanluo Kingdom, but for two consecutive days, searching all over Yanluo, they could not find him.
"I heard that during the temple fair, that self-proclaimed Monarch Chixiao will also appear at the Yanluo Imperial Mausoleum," Qin Hao said with a furrowed brow. "Do you think... it could be him?"
Wan Huaiyu shook his head, then closed his eyes and murmured, "I hope it's not him. Otherwise..." Otherwise what?
Wan Huaiyu did not know. This question he dared not ponder deeply, nor could he imagine. What kind of terrifying existence would a person be if even the Divine Saint Judgment could not judge him to death?