Killing an Eighteenth-Layer Ancestral Immortal by Pitfall

Three months passed in a flash.

Today, at last, it was time for Ian Song to ascend the throne as Emperor.

The coronation consisted of three steps.

Step one: Sacrifice to Heavenly Dao.

Step two: Proclaim himself Emperor.

Step three: Invest the Empress, consorts, and ministers.

The altar for the Heavenly Dao sacrifice had long been built. At the auspicious hour, Ian Song led his consorts and ministers to gather below the altar.

This time, the sacrifice to Heaven was presided over by Master Heaven-Secrets.

"The auspicious hour has arrived! Your Majesty, please lead everyone up to the altar!" Master Heaven-Secrets intoned.

Straightening his black dragon robe, Ian Song extended his right hand to Hannah Murong. She lightly placed her palm in his, and Ian smiled, gripping her hand. "Empress, let's go!"

The altar’s staircase had ninety-nine steps, symbolizing supreme status.

At this moment, Ian Song seemed just like an ordinary person. Step by step, he slowly ascended, taking a full quarter of an hour to reach the altar.

Upon the altar, forty-nine kinds of immortal beasts had been arranged for the sacrifice. Why forty-nine? Because the Dao numbers fifty, but one escapes; forty-nine Daos make up the Heavenly Dao.

There were also forty-nine kinds of immortal medicines, forty-nine kinds of immortal grains, and forty-nine kinds of immortal wines—altogether, every type of sacrificial item had been set at forty-nine.

"Your Majesty, please offer incense to the Heavenly Dao!"

Master Heaven-Secrets intoned again. Ian Song accepted three sticks of Heavenly Dao incense from the attendant, lit them, and walked toward the giant censer at the center of the altar.

Just as Ian Song was about to insert the three sticks of incense into the censer, an abrupt change occurred.

A streak of red light appeared beside Ian Song, instantly transforming into a blazing fire that engulfed him in an instant.

Whoosh—whoosh!

The flames were so powerful they burned a hole straight through the void, and Ian Song was incinerated until not even a trace remained.

"Your Majesty!"

It happened so suddenly that nobody reacted in time. Only when Ian Song was burned to nothing did everyone begin to cry out in grief.

Just then—

A group of people appeared above the altar—one hundred and ninety-seven in total.

At their head were four men and one woman. None of them emitted any aura, yet the void around their bodies had turned into black holes.

"They're eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals!"

Just a glance at those five made everyone panic and lower their heads, unable to meet their gaze.

Only Hannah Murong and Master Heaven-Secrets stared at them fearlessly.

The next moment, Hannah Murong spoke, her voice filled with boundless hatred: "Two million years ago, under your push, the mighty Great Qin Immortal Kingdom was destroyed. Now, just as my Great Qin is about to be rebuilt, you appear again!"

One of the eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals, Victor Grandridge, stood with his hands behind his back, hovering in midair and looking down from above. "Founding an Immortal Kingdom is an act against Heaven. We destroyed your kingdom only in accordance with Heaven's will. Hannah Murong, if you hand over your Divine-Grade Technique and dissolve the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, we can spare the others. As for you two, come serve us as attendants and atone for your sins!"

"That's right, Hannah Murong, turn back before it's too late. Don't disappoint Lord Grandridge's goodwill!" said the female eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal standing beside Victor Grandridge with a smile. Her name was Selena, the Scarlet Phoenix, and she had lived for three million years.

Two million years ago, she had already reached the seventeenth layer. After the collapse of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom, she seized spirit veins, and five hundred thousand years later, advanced to the eighteenth layer.

"Well? Do you accept?"

Victor Grandridge pressed again.

"Old and undead—you're all the greatest scourge of the Langya Immortal World. I think it's better if you all just die!"

Hannah Murong replied coldly. Suddenly, her aura erupted, and a giant black palace appeared behind her. With a boom, both her aura and the palace surged explosively.

"Seventeenth-layer Ancestral Immortal!"

Elder Five-Gates, another eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal, looked at Hannah Murong in surprise, then sneered, "Even if you break through to the seventeenth layer, it won't matter. We have twelve comrades at the seventeenth layer, and five at the eighteenth. So don't bother resisting!"

Heh!

Hannah Murong sneered, "I've heard that Heavenly Dao can only accommodate five eighteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals. If there’s a sixth, who do you think Heavenly Dao will erase?"

At Hannah Murong’s words, Victor Grandridge, Selena the Scarlet Phoenix, Elder Five-Gates, Elder Three-Lives, and Damien, the Heaven-Devouring Sword Lord, all turned pale.

Just then, Hannah Murong’s aura surged again.

Early peak of the seventeenth layer.

Mid-stage of the seventeenth layer.

Late stage of the seventeenth layer.

Peak of the seventeenth layer.

"Quick! Kill her! Don't let her break through!"

Victor Grandridge cried out in panic.

Whoosh!

In a blur, Hannah Murong dodged tens of thousands of meters away, mocking the five, "Too late!"

Boom!

At that instant, her aura broke through its final shackle, advancing to the eighteenth layer. In truth, after perfecting the Reincarnation Immortal Canon, her strength had already reached the peak of the seventeenth layer.

But she had sealed part of her cultivation. Later, after receiving a Divine-Grade Technique from Ian Song, and becoming his true wife a few months ago, Ian sent her into the Divine Temple to comprehend the new technique under a thousandfold time acceleration.

As hoped, yesterday, she finally reached the critical point to ascend to the eighteenth layer.

If she had continued cultivating the Reincarnation Immortal Canon, she would not have been able to suppress her breakthrough. But after switching to the Divine-Grade Technique, she succeeded in holding back her cultivation at the threshold.

She did all this to bait and kill one of the eighteenth-layer Ancestors. Of course, she might have ended up dead herself, but she was not afraid—because Ian Song had given her two Substitute Life Talismans. If Heavenly Dao really chose to erase her, she could rely on them to survive the ordeal.

Boom!

Just then, a muffled thunder rolled across the sky, and a face spanning hundreds of thousands of miles appeared overhead.

"Heavenly Dao of the Immortal World has appeared!"

At the sight of that face, the five eighteenth-layer Ancestors' expressions turned unspeakably grim.

At the same time, a crushing pressure descended on everyone’s hearts. It was so heavy that even breathing became difficult. All Immortal World beings below the Ancestral Immortal realm were forced to the ground, unable to move.

"Wretch!"

Selena the Scarlet Phoenix cursed Hannah Murong, then tore open the void with both hands, preparing to flee. The other four eighteenth-layer Ancestors also began to cut open the void to escape.

Just then—

The mouth on that massive face in the sky suddenly opened, and a black lightning bolt crashed down.

Splurt!

Selena was struck by the bolt, her body instantly rigid. The light in her eyes faded, and in moments, her form dissolved into nothing, leaving not a trace behind.

At that sight, everyone shivered inwardly, feeling the terrifying might of Heavenly Dao.

With Selena’s death, the pressure vanished, and the face in the sky quickly faded away...