Ian Song gave a noncommittal smile. Before coming to Jasper Splendor Cave-Heaven, he had spent forty billion Fame Points on four hundred Big Lottery Draws, obtaining fifteen Divine Summoning Talismans and seven God-Beast Summoning Talismans.
This was why he could so openly use an Upper-Heavenly-God Scripture as a betrothal gift.
Seeing Ian Song admit it, Master Heaven-Secrets and Hannah Murong exchanged a glance, both showing relief in their eyes. In truth, at first, they only planned to use Ian Song.
Later, after Ian Song spoke honestly, they abandoned their plans.
If they had truly harbored ill intentions and Ian Song found out, just his ability to summon Divines would be more than they could ever counter.
Just as Master Heaven-Secrets predicted.
Once word spread that Hannah Murong possessed an Upper-Heavenly-God Scripture, the Seven Immortal Domains, thirty-six Cave-Heavens—excluding Jasper Splendor—and the major powers of the seventy-two Blessed Lands all began contacting each other, plotting to come to Jasper Splendor Cave-Heaven and seize the scripture.
Two days later.
Two fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals and seven fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals from the Divine Fish Immortal Domain appeared in Islebright City within Jasper Splendor Cave-Heaven.
On the third day, one fifteenth-layer and six fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals from the Godrealm Domain arrived together.
By the evening of the third day, nine fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals from Golden Lily Blessed Land had arrived.
On the fourth day, Ancestral Immortals—both fourteenth and fifteenth-layer—from two other Cave-Heavens and three Blessed Lands also arrived one after another.
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In just ten days.
Over ninety percent of all fourteenth- and fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals in the Langya Immortal World had converged on Islebright City.
There were one hundred and nine fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals and four hundred seventy-eight fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals.
So many peerless Ancestral Immortals put tremendous pressure on the old ministers of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom.
After the Ancestral Immortals from all the major powers arrived—
They all headed straight for the palace where Hannah Murong resided.
No one tried to stop them along the way, so this group of peerless Ancestral Immortals easily reached the entrance to Hannah Murong's bedchamber.
"Princess Murong, we have come to pay our respects!"
A fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal stepped forward and called out loudly.
Clang!
The two heavy doors of the bedchamber suddenly swung open. Hannah Murong led Master Heaven-Secrets and the old ministers of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom outside, with Ian Song walking beside her.
"I didn't expect Princess Murong would dare to show herself. Impressive! Truly impressive!"
A fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal spoke, his tone carrying a hint of mockery.
"What business brings you all here?"
Facing so many peerless Ancestral Immortals, Hannah Murong remained composed, showing not a trace of panic.
Someone in the crowd praised, "No wonder she's a princess of the Great Qin Immortal Kingdom. With courage like this, she truly earns our respect!"
"Feel free to state your purpose, everyone!"
Hannah Murong's expression darkened slightly.
Another fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal spoke up: "Princess, there's no need to ask what you already know. As long as you hand over that scripture, we'll leave immediately and won't touch a hair on anyone!"
Hannah Murong's expression turned cold. "That depends if any of you have the skill. If anyone here can defeat me, I'll hand over the scripture with both hands!"
"Are you serious?" The crowd of peerless Ancestral Immortals showed excitement.
"I have no need to lie. Who wants to go first?"
Hannah Murong's gaze slowly swept over the hundreds of peerless Ancestral Immortals.
"I dare to seek a lesson from Her Highness the Princess!"
A fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal stepped forward, speaking with heroic spirit.
Seeing this, Ian Song secretly shook his head. The challenger clearly hadn't realized Hannah Murong was already at the sixteenth layer of the Ancestral Immortal realm. Otherwise, even with ten times his courage, he wouldn't dare challenge her.
"Let's take this to the sky!"
In the next moment, Hannah Murong's body floated up into the air, instantly reaching one hundred thousand meters above the Immortal World. The fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal was not to be outdone, stepping up to join her, the two standing several hundred meters apart in the sky.
"Princess, please!"
The fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal smiled, appearing quite confident.
Hannah Murong fell briefly silent, then reached out and struck with her palm.
Her jade palm flashed like lightning, breaking through the limits of time and space. In less than an instant, it landed on the fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal's chest, and his body exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
Seeing this, the peerless Ancestral Immortals below all looked shocked. The one Hannah Murong killed had reached the peak of the fourteenth layer, yet was slain with a single blow.
This meant Hannah Murong's strength had reached the fifteenth layer of the Ancestral Immortal realm.
The higher the realm, the greater the gap: a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal could easily defeat more than ten fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals.
"Anyone else want my scripture? Step up and fight!"
Hannah Murong's voice rang out from above.
This time, none of the fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals responded, knowing that even if they went all out, they might not be a match for Hannah Murong alone—and could even lose their lives. Better to let the fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals step up.
"I will!"
A red-robed fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal soared into the sky, reaching the same height as Hannah Murong.
Not daring to be careless, he immediately unleashed his Ancestral Immortal Dao. His Dao manifested as a lifelike qilin god-beast.
Hannah Murong also unleashed her Ancestral Immortal Dao—a towering, resplendent palace, with three large, mysterious characters floating above it: 'Hall of Reincarnation.'
Seeing this, Ian Song couldn't help but smile knowingly. It seemed Hannah Murong had taken his advice to 'play dumb and trap the tiger,' and was now setting people up.
The two sides then clashed fiercely.
It took half an hour, but in the end, Hannah Murong killed the fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal at the cost of only a light injury.
"Anyone else want to throw their life away?"
Hannah Murong wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, her gaze cold as she looked down and asked.
"I will!"
An elderly, white-haired, black-robed fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal flew up, thinking Hannah Murong was exhausted and surely no match for him.
As soon as they clashed, the black-robed Ancestral Immortal was delighted to find Hannah Murong's attacks had lost their earlier force.
He stopped holding back and went all out, hoping to defeat Hannah Murong as quickly as possible.
But unexpectedly, Hannah Murong's defense was incredibly strong. After an hour, she remained completely unscathed, while the black-robed Ancestral Immortal was exhausted. Then, Hannah Murong counterattacked and killed him in the sky.
"Who else wants to try?"
Hannah Murong's voice carried a hint of weakness, yet no one dared underestimate her—after all, she had already killed two fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals.
"What? No one else? In that case, please leave!" Hannah Murong stood high above, her bloodstained dress fluttering in the wind, exuding an unmatched, domineering aura.