Chapter 45: Intervention
\n\u201cThe Immortal Palace holds profound meaning\u2014an excellent name indeed.\u201d
\nLi Yuanyuan and her companions, green yet ambitious, established The Immortal Palace. External changes grew more apparent as the Ask Immortal Pavilion\u2019s influence spread swiftly across Great Chu, even infiltrating foreign barbarian tribes. Compared to this shadowy organization, the Great Chu royal family at the dynasty\u2019s core wielded even greater dominance.
\nThe Emperor of Chu, exerting his Pressure across the realm, gathered strong individuals to form the Dragon Suppression Hall. Its sole purpose: crushing evil Immortal Cultivators. The Ask Immortal Pavilion suffered repeated defeats, its schemes shattered. Once mighty, the pavilion was crushed by the Hall, losing a Deputy Master and retreating into darkness. Though imperial authority temporarily cowed the world, all knew this peace wouldn\u2019t last.
\nA single shift would shatter the fragile balance.
\nIn Suzhou\u2019s Qing Stone Alley, Zuo Meng ceased his seclusion after dismissing Li Yuanyuan\u2019s group. For seven or eight years, he\u2019d studied methods for ordinary people to break their shackles. Yet deeper immersion brought unexpected clarity\u2014cultivation wasn\u2019t merely about power, but mentality. This revelation spurred him to enter the game as a player.
\n\u201cImmortals move pieces; mortals become pawns.\u201d
\nZuo Meng\u2019s vision pierced reality\u2019s veil, spotting the golden shadow buried in the world\u2019s depths. The second cataclysm approached.
\nLike a thief prying open doors, the golden shadow had created initial cracks in reality\u2019s laws. Each subsequent breach weakened the structure until complete collapse would let it steal the Creator\u2019s authority.
\nCrack…
\nFrom the void, the golden silhouette reached again. Reality\u2019s fabric quivered.
\nAncient energy particles now intertwined with totemic gray energies, birthing something new\u2014spiritual energy. The Entire World trembled at its emergence.
\nZuo Meng stood in his courtyard, watching cosmic chains realign. The process crawled.
\n\u201cToo slow.\u201d
\nHis pupils vanished, eyes becoming liquid silver. A finger flicked nothingness. The shifting laws froze as black tendrils leaked into newborn spiritual energy.
\nHeavenly Demons.
\nFrom this moment, pure malevolence took form\u2014the Domain Demons, bane of cultivators.
\n\u201cTaichu Immortal Ancestor?!\u201d
\nThe golden shadow convulsed, its shockwaves rippling through dimensions before vanishing. The second transformation concluded.
\nSpiritual energy deluged the world.
\nEvery creature stilled as the tide hit. From Great Chu to foreign lands, the new energy saturated everything. More cultivators emerged, inheriting forgotten legacies. Foundation Establishment cultivators touched higher realms. At Cold Mountain Temple, Master Jie Ming shattered barriers, forming a Golden Core under noon skies\u2014extending his lifespan a millennium.
\nThe upheaval lasted longer than the first. Commoners felt it now, like a train gaining unstoppable momentum.
\nAn immortal island materialized above\u2014cloud-wreathed palaces, cranes circling spires.
\n\u201cInheritance!\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019ve received it too!\u201d
\n\u201cHeaven doesn\u2019t control Long Batian\u2019s destiny!\u201d
\nBut this change brought violence.
\nIn a clan\u2019s training chamber, a white-haired elder\u2019s eyes turned ink-black. His sagely features twisted grotesquely. \u201cCultivator stench…\u201d
\n\u201cElder, you\u2014\u201d
\nA disciple\u2019s chest exploded under clawed fingers before he finished speaking. Screams echoed as others fled.
\nBlack Mist billowed from the corrupted elder as he ravaged his sect.
\nAt Ask Immortal Pavilion, a black-eyed scholar knelt amidst corpses.
\nCold Mountain Temple\u2019s Master Jie Ming used Golden Core power to suppress his Discipline Hall chief\u2014a monk spewing Black Mist and howling inhumanly.
\n\u201cHeavenly Demons.\u201d
\nThe young abbot deciphered their malignant tongue. \u201cChaos comes.\u201d
\nJianghu sects fared badly; the palace fared worse. Heavenly Demons ravaged the Dragon Suppression Hall. A traitorous leader sparked carnage among dozens of experts, throwing seven branches into disarray. Even the crown prince suffered grave injuries. The enraged Emperor executed scores to restore order, but the Hall\u2019s power broke. Without this check, chaos erupted empire-wide.
\nTotal collapse.
\n\u201cTug one thread, unravel the tapestry.\u201d Zuo Meng reverted to human form, pallid and weakened.
\nHis earlier use of Creator-level power nearly destroyed his flesh. The chasm between his current shell and divine might remained insurmountable\u2014even slight usage risked annihilation. Though altered laws permitted limited access, surpassing his cultivation stage\u2019s limits invited disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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