Chapter 1: Rebirth of the Heavenly Venerable

  Xianjie, Daluo Tiangong.

  A young man wearing a Taoist robe sat cross-legged in the center of the grand hall, with a faint golden seal flashing between his eyebrows.

  This is one of the Five Great Heavenly Venerables of the Immortal Realm, the Mahāloka Heavenly Venerable, and also the most legendary and youngest Heavenly Venerable in the Immortal Realm!

  Dà Luó Tiān Zūn, from the mortal world ascended to the immortal realm, a hundred years to become a heavenly immortal, a thousand years to achieve golden immortality, ten thousand years to break through Dà Luó Jīn Xiān, then followed by Jiǔ Tiān Xuán Xiān, Luó Tiān Shàng Xiān, Xiān Jūn, Xiān Dì, all the way in a frenzied rush, finally breaking through to Tiān Zūn when cultivation had not reached 100,000 years!

  One hundred thousand years!

  The other four Heavenly Venerables in the Immortal Realm, which one did not start cultivating from the time of Pangu's chaos for billions of years?!

  At this time, a golden light was emitted from his body, and occasionally, a few strands of purple gas were visible in the golden light.

  Hongmeng Purple Qi!

  It is said that only the Dao ancestors who have attained the state of indestructibility and achieved the ultimate realm can possess the Hongmeng Purple Qi. Now, the Chaotic Qi within the body of Daluo Tianzun has begun to transform into Hongmeng Purple Qi, which is a sign that enlightenment is imminent!

  Above the Dahua Palace, fierce thunder raged and howling winds whistled.

  A suffocating aura of oppression enveloped the entire vast expanse of the immortal realm.

  In an instant, the immortals of the heavenly realm, including the celestial beings, golden immortals, and even the powerful Mahayana Golden Immortals and Heavenly Emperors, all ascended to the sky with shocked faces, gazing in the direction of the Mahayana Heavenly Palace.

  A hundred million miles away from the Great Luo Heavenly Palace, on a mountain of one hundred million feet high, a fiery red figure shot up into the sky. This fiery red figure had an aura that was no weaker than the Great Luo Heavenly Emperor's, and it was none other than Zhu Rong Tian Zun, one of the five great heavenly emperors of the immortal realm!

  "This, this, this guy is actually going to ascend and become a saint?!" Zhu Rong Tian Zun's face changed greatly as he looked at the scene above Da Luo Tian Gong.

  After Pangu opened the sky and fell, he was transformed from Pangu's essence and blood, got the heaven's favor, and had been cultivating since the chaotic era for countless billions of years. Even he couldn't touch the threshold of the Great Way, but this junior Daluo Tianzun has cultivated for only a few tens of thousands of years and is about to attain enlightenment and become a saint!

  "It's impossible, absolutely impossible!" Zhu Rong's words were incoherent, and he couldn't accept this fact.

  Even if he can't prove his sanctity with this ancient pure blood, how can a mere mortal like him possibly prove his sanctity as the Great Luo Tian Zun?!

  Suddenly, Zhu Rong thought of a possibility and his face changed greatly.

  "Unless he is not a mortal cultivator, but the reincarnation of Hongmeng Great God!"

  Like Pangu, Hongjun's reincarnation of the great god Hongmeng!

  Otherwise, it's impossible to break through the Heavenly Venerable in just 1 million years and become a Saint in 10 million years! 10 million years to reach the peak of the late stage of the Heavenly Venerable, now you want to become a Saint?!

  Just as Zhu Rong's face changed greatly, the other few Heavenly Venerables were also shocked and bewildered.

  The entire fairy world was shaken.

  At this time, the pressure emanating from within the Da Luo Heavenly Palace grew increasingly heavy. Except for Zhu Rong and a few other great heavenly lords, all the other celestial emperors and celestial kings could not withstand this pressure and knelt down on the ground.

  The mighty thunder in the sky above Daluo Tian Palace rolled and spread continuously, covering an area of millions of miles around it. The mountains were struck by these heavenly thunders and turned into dust.

  Then, the Xianjing space cracked, and a purple-red lightning column carrying deep red flames suddenly poured down from it.

  "This is heavenly retribution!"

  "Indeed, it is heavenly retribution!"

  Watching the purple-red lightning column rushing towards Daluo Tiangong like a flood, Zhu Rong was shocked and lost his color.

  Heaven's wrath!

  Heaven's wrath!

  It is said that before the Dao is proven and the saint is born, heaven will send down heavenly punishment. This purple-red lightning column is the Hongmeng Thunder, and the deep red flames are the Heavenly Fire!

  As long as you can withstand the thunder of Hongmeng and the fire of Tiandao, you can become a saint and achieve the body of the Great Way!

  Although it was far away in the billions of miles, the terrifying power of Hongmeng Thunder and Tiandao Fire made Zhu Rong's soul feel trembling.

  He knew that even with his current Tianzun body, a single Hongmeng thunder and the Heavenly Dao fire would be enough to heavily injure him!

  Now, the Hongmeng Thunder and the Heavenly Way Fire that descended upon Daluo Tian Gong are endless like a flood!

  "Mahāloka's power has actually reached this level!" Zhurong sighed deeply, without a doubt, Mahāloka's power was already the strongest among their five great heavenly lords!

  Hongmeng's thunder and Tiandao's fire kept pouring down, seemingly endless, while in the Daluo Heavenly Palace, a burst of golden light shot up into the sky, constantly resisting the power of heavenly punishment.

  Thus, after more than an hour, suddenly, the void changed, and the Hongmeng Thunder and the Heavenly Way Fire increased by several times.

  That golden light was instantly suppressed, and then the Hongmeng Thunder and the Heavenly Fire submerged the entire Daluo Heaven Palace. Immediately after, a loud tremor shook the immortal realm, causing the earth to shake and mountains to crumble.

  The entire fairy world seemed as if it was going to collapse and perish.

  A devastating force emanated from the Da Luo Tian Gong, spreading out in all directions. Everything it passed through was reduced to nothingness.

  "Mom, run away quickly!"

  Some of the great Luo Jinxian, Xianjun, and Xiandi's faces changed greatly, and they fled in a hurry.

  But before they could even cry out in despair, they were swept away by this destructive force and vanished into thin air.

  After a long, long time, the entire fairy realm finally calmed down.

  Zhurong's gaze made him take in a mouthful of cool air.

  Only to see that with the Da Luo Tian Gong as the center, the surrounding tens of billions of miles are desolate, all mountains, immortal trees, and immortal beasts have been completely destroyed, the earth has cracked and collapsed, and the magma in the heart of the earth is still continuously erupting.

  At this time, three figures appeared in the sky above Daluo Tiangong. They were the other three Heavenly Venerables. Zhurong flew over and also arrived in the sky above Daluo Tiangong.

  "Impossible! Did Mahābrahmā Deity fail in his cultivation and become a saint?!"

  "The power of punishment that day was truly terrifying!"

  "Not bad, if it were me, I'm afraid even half a stick of incense wouldn't be enough to support it!"

  Zhurong and the other three Heavenly Venerables looked down at the massive deep pit hundreds of millions of miles below with a lingering sense of fear, their eyes complex.

  Judging from the current situation, it seems that Da Luo Tian Zun has failed in his attempt to achieve enlightenment.

  The four of them stayed for a long time before finally flying away.

  Just as the four of them flew away, in a distant corner of the universe, separated by countless worlds, a low-level plane called Sky Blue, which was originally clear and cloudless, suddenly burst into a frenzy of thunder and lightning, plunging the entire plane into darkness.

  Then, a flash of lightning tore through the darkness and vanished in an instant.

  "What's going on? Why did the sky suddenly darken?"

  "Could it be that the demonic tribe of hell is attacking again?!"

  Just as all the strong men on the Sky Blue Plane were shocked, the darkness suddenly disappeared, and the high altitude restored its original state, with clear blue sky and bright sunshine. All these changes made the people of the Sky Blue Plane stunned.

  "Could it be that I just saw things?!"

  "It's not an attack by the demonic forces of hell?!"

  Everyone on the blue square was caught up in a flurry of discussion.

  ……

  The Great Luo Tianzun slowly opened his eyes, woke up, looked at the scorching sun in the sky, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and felt that his whole body was painful and wanted to break apart.

  "What's going on?!" Da Luo Tian Zun shook his head hard, he only remembered that at the critical moment when he was resisting the Hongmeng Thunder and the Heavenly Way Fire, the power of the heavenly punishment suddenly increased several times, and then he lost consciousness.

  As for what happens next, I have no idea.

  "Where is this?" Da Luo Tian Zun struggled to prop himself up, swaying unsteadily as he stood up, looking around in all directions. Before his eyes stretched endless giant trees that seemed to touch the sky.

  "Essence of the divine, how can it be so thin?!" Da Luo Tian Zun furrowed his brow, he could feel that the spiritual energy around him was thinner than that in the immortal realm by at least a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

  Could this be the Immortal Realm?! Da Luo Tian Zun thought of a possibility, and then, his divine consciousness inwardly saw that the Chaos Qi within his body had actually disappeared without a trace!

  Moreover, all the meridians were destroyed and broken, and the law chain of the Sea of Souls as thick as the pillar of heaven was also broken into countless segments!

  Not just his soul, but also the meridians in his body, even this body of a Heavenly Lord had suffered severe injuries!

  "What?!" Da Luo Tian Zun's expression changed.

  It seems that although he narrowly escaped with his life, all of his cultivation has disappeared!

  "Whoosh!" Da Luo Tian Zun let out a mouthful of turbid air, trying to forcibly rotate his dantian. However, as soon as he rotated his dantian, a piercing pain transmitted over, his face turned deathly pale, and then everything before his eyes went dark, and he fell over.

  In a daze, Da Luo Tian Zun heard a series of footsteps.

  "Huh? Miss, there's someone lying over there?"

  "Go take a look!"

  "Miss, be careful, there's a trick here, this is the Green Flame Forest, the other party might be someone from the Chen family!"

  "It's okay, don't worry!"

  It wasn't long before several people arrived beside Da Luo Tian Zun.

  "This person seems to have been attacked by a Thunder Beast!"

  "What a powerful destructive power of thunder system, could it be that it was attacked by a high-level demon beast?!"

  "This is the outer edge of Qingyan Forest, it's impossible for there to be high-level demonic beasts."

  "Take this man away, we're going back."

  "Miss, this person has suffered such severe injuries. Even if we save him, he probably won't live for long. Besides, his origins are unknown and his clothes are strange. It's better to have one less trouble, let's just ignore him!"

  "Alright, no need to say more, bring him up!"

  "Yes, miss!" The surrounding guards could only say helplessly.

  Then, Daluo Tianzun felt himself being lifted up and placed on a beast to sit on. All the way, he vaguely saw a figure in front of him, which should be that young lady.

  It's unknown how long it took, but the sound of people chattering grew loud, and it seemed they had arrived at a certain city.

  "We've finally arrived at Murong's residence!"

  "This time the harvest is pretty good, we hunted down over a dozen second-grade demonic beasts!"

  In a daze, listening to the discussions around him, Da Luo Tian Zun's heart moved, Mu Rong Fu?

  In the immortal world, the Murong family is one of the several superpowers. I wonder if this Murong Manor has any connection with the Murong family in the immortal world?

  Then, Da Luo Tian Zun was arranged by Miss in a small courtyard of Murong Fu.

  After two guards lifted him onto a wooden bed, they ignored him and left.

  Lying on the cold and hard wooden bed, after a moment of silence, Daluo Tianzun couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He never thought that he, Daluo Tianzun, would one day fall to such a state!

  It seems like I've been ignored by these ordinary people?! In their eyes, I'm just a half-dead person!

  Half-dead? Da Luo Tian Zun chuckled and smiled wryly. It seemed he had to recover his strength as soon as possible.

  He took a deep breath, enduring the pain all over his body, and forced himself to sit up. However, when he tried to forcibly circulate the "Hunyuan Dajiluotian" technique from his previous life, the same piercing pain came again. This time, he didn't pass out.

  "I, Daluo Tianzun, have cultivated for a hundred million years and gone through countless tribulations. I don't believe that I won't be able to recover my strength!" Daluo Tianzun's eyes were resolute.