"I, Star Lord Xuan Yu, leading a host of clan elders, represent the Fantasy World Clan, and have come to execute the criminal disciple Gu Tianlang!"
The appearance of two more groups among the crowd once again stirred up a commotion throughout the Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
One group was the True Martial Immortal Realm, represented by Blackflame Star Lord. The other was the Fantasy World Clan, represented by Star Lord Xuan Yu.
Both the True Martial Immortal Realm and the Fantasy World Clan were ancient legacies passed down since antiquity. Their influence spread across the myriad heavens and worlds, and within their immortal realms and clans, masters were as numerous as clouds, famed scholars stood like a forest, and heroes and champions of the Great Dao were beyond counting. They could be considered giants renowned throughout the Great Desolate.
Following the successive appearances of representatives from Dan-Ding Valley, the True Martial Immortal Realm, and the Fantasy World Clan, as if triggering a chain reaction, giants from various major heavenly domains began to show themselves one after another.
Hao Yue Immortal Realm, the Gulan Clan, Golden Wheel Immortal Realm, and so on and so forth. The prestige of these immortal realm clans might not be comparable to the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, but like the True Martial Immortal Realm and the Fantasy World Clan, each was a hegemon dominating a heavenly domain, a giant renowned throughout the Great Desolate, wielding immense influence there. Those leading the groups were either Great Dao Kings or Great Dao Star Lords, and almost without exception, they were all Great Dao celebrities who had ascended the Celestial Ladder, each possessing a certain degree of fame in the Great Desolate.
Perhaps infected by these giants renowned throughout the Great Desolate, soon, all the immortal realm clans, big and small, within the Great Desolate swarmed out in a frenzy.
Chaos!
Everything descended into chaos.
Representatives from immortal realm clans of various heavenly domains kept emerging endlessly, one after another, too many to count. The entire Lingluo Heavenly Domain became a boiling cauldron of chaos. The void was filled with people everywhere, and the cries to execute the criminal disciple Gu Tianlang were unceasing.
Within the crowd, Immortal Qingqing gazed at the chaotic Lingluo Heavenly Domain, her pure and beautiful face filled with panic. Despite being born in a Blessed Land like the Eternal Life Pavilion and being hailed as one of the Great Desolate's Ten Great Immortals, and having traveled the Great Desolate these past years and seen much of the world, a scene as grand and frenzied as today's was a first for her. Her heart was very tense, and she felt somewhat at a loss.
Qingqing exclaimed in surprise to herself, "Have they...
all gone mad?"
"Mad!
I think they've all gone mad!"
Centrifugal Fairy's complexion didn't look too good either. Even as a celebrity from the ancient era who had ascended the Celestial Ladder, watching the scene unfolding before her eyes now, her heart was also unable to remain calm, because this scene couldn't help but remind her of the events of that year.
In the ancient era, when You Di became the target of public criticism, it was just like today, surrounded and hunted by experts from various immortal realm clans. Among those who had besieged You Di back then were the True Martial Immortal Realm and the Fantasy World Clan.
"These giants lost countless experts back when they besieged You Di in the ancient era. In this modern era, they remain unrepentant and dare to come again, seeking their own deaths to besiege You Di once more!"
Centrifugal Fairy said indignantly, "Hao Yue Immortal Realm and the Gulan Clan don't seem to have any deep-seated hatred with You Di, right?
Why have they also emerged?"
Beside them.
Old Master Kaishan watched the various giants and sighed repeatedly.
He was a senior from the primordial era, widely experienced and knowledgeable, with a rich store of experience. He had a general understanding of the Great Desolate's situation in the modern era and could see things with greater clarity.
He understood clearly that these giants emerging from the Great Desolate had likely long since secretly conspired and planned everything together, aiming to create a grand momentum with the purpose of forcing the Nine Heavens to act, thereby erasing You Di.
Was it merely for revenge?
No!
Of course not.
If it were purely for revenge, Old Master Kaishan believed these Great Desolate giants would absolutely not take such great risks. After all, erasing You Di was an extremely perilous undertaking. Losing troops and generals would be a minor matter; it was not impossible for them to suffer utter annihilation.
Erasing You Di, besides allowing these giants to exact revenge, would also allow them to obtain supreme glory and supreme fortune.
After all.
According to legends, You Di possessed the two legendary Human Dao fortunes: the Myriad Beings Paying Homage Amidst the Floating Slaughter, and the Descent into the Yellow Springs from the Highest Heavens.
Everyone knew that in the modern era, the Human Dao would revive.
Since ancient times, it was said, 'He who attains the Human Dao attains Heaven and Earth.' Which giant wouldn't want a share of this beautiful feast from the Human Dao?
Not to mention the Great Desolate giants, which among the Three Thousand Great Daos wouldn't want to dominate the Human Dao and become the leader of the Daos?
If they could erase You Di and seize the two Human Dao fortunes—the Myriad Beings Paying Homage Amidst the Floating Slaughter and the Descent into the Yellow Springs from the Highest Heavens—then even if they couldn't dominate and rule the Human Dao in the future, they would at least hold a certain advantage within it.
Furthermore.
According to legends, the Nine Underworlds Primordial Flame was still in You Di's possession, and everyone knew that the Nine Underworlds Primordial Flame was the very origin of the Nine Underworlds. Only by obtaining the Nine Underworlds Primordial Flame could one aspire to the position of You Di, thereby dominating the Nine Underworlds and unifying the Dark Great Dao.
Most importantly, You Di had ignited the Original Sin, awakened the Original Sin, and was the Original Sin Dharma Body.
In the eyes of those ordinary immortals, Original Sin might be a heinous calamitous star, just as recorded in the Book of Fate: slaughtering the Great Daos and ending the modern era.
In truth.
Old Master Kaishan knew that the Original Sin recorded in the Book of Fate carried another layer of meaning: becoming the True Lord of Original Sin would allow one to open the Daoless Age.
Legends said that within the Daoless Age lay the true essence of the Great Dao and the secret to becoming a god.
One must ask, among the cultivators of the myriad heavens and worlds, who wouldn't want to pursue the true essence of the Great Dao and aspire to godhood?
The answer was certain.
Everyone did.
At the very least.
Old Master Kaishan knew that whether it was the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Thirty-Six Cave Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands, or even the various giants of the Great Desolate, while they might shout and scream about hunting down those with Original Sin, in secret, they were all coveting the Original Sin, and they were all cultivating individuals with Original Sin. They all wanted to become the True Lord of Original Sin, they all wanted to open the gate to the Daoless Age, they all wanted to seek the true essence of the Great Dao, they all wanted to aspire to godhood.
If it weren't so.
The various giants of the Great Desolate wouldn't have emerged one after another.
The Three Thousand Great Daos and the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, including the ancestral masters of the Holy Lands, Forbidden Lands, and Gui Xu, wouldn't be watching this place so intently.
Including the ancestral masters of their own Eternal Life Pavilion, none were an exception.
All were coveting the peerless Human Dao fortune on You Di's person, along with the Nine Underworlds Flame, and the Original Sin blood within his body.
No one wanted to miss this opportunity.
Old Master Kaishan could even imagine that once You Di and the Nine Heavens went to war, the ancestral masters of the Three Thousand Great Daos, the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands, the Holy Lands, Forbidden Lands, Gui Xu, and others lying in ambush in the shadows would likely seize this opportunity to swarm forth, completely erasing You Di and snatching the fortunes on his person.
Everyone was waiting, waiting for You Di and the Nine Heavens to go to war.
Only.
Would You Di truly go to war with the Nine Heavens?
This question.
Old Master Kaishan did not know.
Nor did he dare to ponder it deeply.
Because it was too terrifying.
In Old Master Kaishan's view, the current grand momentum being created by Dan-Ding Valley and the various Great Desolate giants within the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, with the Three Thousand Great Daos and the Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands adding fuel to the fire from the shadows, was less about forcing the Nine Heavens to act and more about forcing You Di to act.
If You Di acted, it would signify that he had declared his stance, and the world would immediately fall into great chaos.
The ancestral masters among the upper echelons of the Nine Heavens who supported erasing You Di would use this as a pretext to forcefully erase him. Once the Nine Heavens acted, all the ancestral masters lying in ambush in the shadows would strike, surrounding and hunting You Di. At that time, even if You Di were a celestial god descended to the mortal realm, it would likely be of no avail.