"Pfft!"
The sword Ian Song unleashed with full Immortal Yuan force instantly shattered the attack launched by one of the fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals.
His left hand gripped the Chaos Axe, swinging it straight down in a direct arc. The Chaos Aura within easily sliced open the void of the Immortal World, and then—
"Ah!"
A miserable scream rang out. With one swing of the axe, the body, Dao, and soul of a fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal were all split cleanly in two.
"Heavens! How is this possible?"
"He killed a fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal with a single axe swing?"
"Am I seeing things?"
Whether from the Seven Immortal Domains or Ian Song's own side, everyone stared blankly at the scene, unable to believe their eyes. It all felt unreal, as if it couldn't possibly be true.
In the void, Hannah Murong's eyes flashed with horror. As the axe fell, a primal fear welled up inside her—she felt as if that axe embodied the Heavenly Dao itself. No matter how strong those ancient monsters were, before the Immortal World's Dao, they were powerless to resist.
That swing of the axe gave her an overwhelming sense of Heavenly Dao, yet Ian Song was clearly only a tenth-layer Ancestral Immortal. There was only one explanation: the technique he used to drive the axe had already surpassed all Immortal-World arts.
Even ordinary Divine-Grade Techniques couldn't unleash such power.
"Can you tell what technique he's using?" Hannah Murong asked Master Heaven-Secrets.
"Wah!"
Master Heaven-Secrets spat out a mouthful of blood and, still shaken, said, "I just tried to divine it, but was hit by a violent backlash. So, I can't tell the origin of the technique he's using. But I can say for certain—what he unleashed is far beyond anything the Immortal World can compare to!"
On the battlefield.
Seeing their companion killed, the other two fourteenth-layer Ancestral Immortals froze. But at that moment, Ian Song's axe came down again.
In that instant, they were crushed by a Heaven's Dao pressure so intense they couldn't move a muscle.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
Golden blood splattered everywhere. These two Ancestral Immortals met the same fate as their companion—split in two by a single swing of Ian Song's axe.
Everyone, already stunned, was at a loss for words when they witnessed this scene.
Ian Song put away the Chaos Axe, secretly marveling. The World-Cleaving Axe truly deserved its reputation as Pangu's battle art—its power was overwhelming. Once unleashed, the enemy had absolutely no chance to resist.
But the cost was terrifying too. After just two swings, he'd already burned through sixty percent of his Chaos Immortal Force. Right now, he could at most manage one more strike.
Just then—
The leader of the Seven Immortal Domains—a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal—suddenly vanished from sight and reappeared above Ian Song.
"Die!"
With a roar, his eyes brimming with murderous intent, he struck out with a full-force palm, thunder booming as he tried to kill Ian Song on the spot.
"Old bastard, how dare you ambush my disciple—get lost!"
At that moment, a figure stepped out from the void, raising a hand to strike at the enemy.
It was Ancestor Cyrus, who had been hiding in the shadows!
Ancestor Cyrus had already reached the fourteenth layer of Ancestral Immortal. With his Divine-Grade Technique, his strength was not inferior to an old-school fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal.
So, the moment he attacked, the fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal from the Seven Immortal Domains felt a grave threat. Without hesitation, he withdrew his strike and faced Ancestor Cyrus head-on.
"Heh! Did you really think I was an easy target?"
Ian Song sneered, Chaos Axe reappearing in his hand. He swung it forcefully down.
"Not good!"
The fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal cried out inwardly, transforming into a beam of light in an attempt to escape. But a mighty power of Heaven's Dao pressed down, forcing him to halt.
Just then, Ancestor Cyrus's attack arrived.
"Bang!"
The enemy staggered. At the same time, the Chaos Axe came crashing down on his head.
"Pfft!"
Blood sprayed everywhere, and in the next instant, the body of that fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal split apart.
"What the—?"
Everyone from the Seven Immortal Domains stared in utter shock. What had they just witnessed?
They’d just seen a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal get hacked to death by Ian Song with a single axe swing.
But just then—
The split body of that fifteenth-layer Ancestor suddenly fused back together, then transformed into a streak of light and shot off, vanishing over the horizon in a flash.
"He survived?"
Ian was genuinely surprised.
Ancestor Cyrus just said, "Every fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal has lived for countless years. It’s not strange they have some life-saving tricks. Still, even though he survived, without tens of thousands of years of recovery, he’ll never reach his old peak again!"
The alliance leader ran for it—who’s sticking around now?
So the remaining Ancestors all turned and fled—even the three who’d been ganging up on Ancestor Martin broke off and bolted.
In the blink of an eye, almost every Ancestor from the Seven Immortal Domains had escaped. The million-strong army left behind just stared at each other, and then someone yelled, "Run!" Instantly, they scattered in every direction.
Ian didn’t bother giving a pursuit order—there was no point.
Word of the battle spread fast. News zoomed out from fleeing Immortals to the Seven Immortal Domains, then on to the Thirty-Six Cave-Heavens and the Seventy-Two Blessed Lands.
Within days, everyone in the Langya Immortal World knew Ian Song had the power to kill a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal.
Fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal is basically the peak of the Immortal World.
Of course, that’s not counting those ancient ‘old fossils’ still asleep.
Those old fossils are scary, but unless someone messes with the Immortal spirit veins, they won’t wake up.
But the fact Ian could kill a fifteenth-layer Ancestral Immortal was terrifying enough—so all the big powers fell silent.
After that, Ian spent a year taking over the entire Purple Dragon Domain.
Compared to the Flamecrest Domain, the Purple Dragon Domain was insanely rich—its resources outstripped Flamecrest by thousands of times.
To ease the population pressure in Flamecrest, Ian started organizing Immortal migration from Flamecrest to the Purple Dragon Domain.
The response was overwhelming—after all, the immortal essence in Purple Dragon Domain was way better than Flamecrest. Cultivation there was twice as effective.
Three years later—
Ian built 108 mega-cities across Purple Dragon Domain, then teamed up with Ancestor Cyrus to link them with a super grand array.
He opened Transformation Pools and sold top-grade immortal pills at low prices.
Ian quickly won over the hearts of the Purple Dragon Domain’s people. Then he started expanding his army.
By the tenth year after conquering Purple Dragon Domain—
Ian’s city guard forces had grown to thirty legions, totaling thirty million troops.
Then he expanded the Golden-Eagle Corps.
It reached two million strong.
As for the Black-Armor Corps, it went from ten thousand to twenty thousand.
Overall strength multiplied.
One day—
Ian was goofing around with his gorgeous wives in one of the new mega-cities in Purple Dragon Domain when a subordinate rushed in to report: there was a filthy, ragged old man outside claiming to be the Heaven-Secrets Diviner.
Recognizing the name, Ian personally went out to greet him and invited Master Heaven-Secrets inside.