Chapter 202

Chapter 202: Not the Immortal Realm

Behind the vortex, there seemed to be a long, narrow space-time tunnel. After being sucked in, Zhong Nanting’s heart was filled with fear of the unknown. With no way back, he could only move forward.

After an unknown amount of time, a faint glimmer of light appeared in his sight.

"The Immortal Realm… the Immortal Realm is almost here!" Zhong Nanting cried tears of joy. This path was finally not a path of no return.

Zhong Nanting rushed out, stepping out of the tunnel in one leap.

However, the scene he had envisioned did not appear.

This was a desolate, withered, and bleak world. In the sky, there were only a few scattered stars. The sun was extinguished, having lost its brilliant radiance.

The land decaying, with bones littering the wilderness. Not a trace of vitality could be seen.

Zhong Nanting sensed an aura of destruction. The moment he set foot here, his Dao was slowly dissipating and dissolving.

"No!"

Zhong Nanting screamed in terror, "This is not the Immortal Realm!"

The Immortal Realm was supreme, standing above all living beings. It had perfect order, ruling over all realms. It absolutely could not be like this scene before him.

This was definitely not the Immortal Realm!

"My magic power…" Zhong Nanting was terrified. His Dao was slowly dissolving, and his magical energy was constantly dissipating. His cultivation was regressing.

This was an age of degenerate law!

"Hahaha…"

At that moment, a long laugh came. "This old man has finally entered the Immortal Realm!"

"Attaining immortality is today!"

An Emperor Venerable stepped out of the space-time tunnel, but his smile instantly froze. The stars were dying, the land was withering, and order was constantly collapsing.

How could such a scene possibly be the Immortal Realm?

"Impossible! Impossible!"

That Emperor Venerable’s face changed in shock. "This is not the Immortal Realm!"

Ancient texts in the mortal world often recorded the appearance of the Immortal Realm. Although there were significant differences, none of those texts described an Immortal Realm like this sight before them!

Swish!

Another figure stepped out of the space-time tunnel, who was none other than White-browed Buddha. His smile twisted into a distorted expression upon seeing the sight of the Immortal Realm.

Such a venerable enlightened monk instantly had his Dao heart shattered, turning hysterical.

More and more Emperor Venerables walked out of the space-time tunnel.

"We have come to the wrong place!"

"The legend of the Jianmu divine tree is false. It didn’t lead to the Immortal Realm, but to hell."

One by one, the Emperor Venerables looked as if they had lost their closest relatives.

"How could this place be the Immortal Realm?"

Emperor Venerable Mi Luo’s eyes grew dim. He struggled to stabilize his Dao heart, preventing it from collapsing and his cultivation from being lost entirely.

Bang!

Suddenly, an Emperor Venerable’s body rumbled. His eyes were like dead ashes as his great Dao collapsed at a horrifying speed. His magic power dissipated, and his primordial spirit perished.

His Dao heart was destroyed. Unable to stabilize his own power, he instantly merged with the Dao.

With his Dao heart shattered, he could no longer resist the dissolving force. His magic power, primordial spirit, body, and great Dao all returned to the world.

"Could he have deceived me?" Emperor Venerable Mi Luo thought with a dead heart. Ye Xu’s words were still ringing in his ears.

But why would Ye Xu deceive him?

"Husband, is this truly the Immortal Realm?" the Vice Palace Master of Empress Nuwa Palace tightly gripped the Palace Master of Empress Nuwa Palace’s hand. Her delicate body trembled slightly as she was utterly terrified.

Having already sustained severe injuries, the dissolution of their great Dao under the influence of the mysterious force progressed much faster than for others. Without a solution, they would surely perish like frogs being slowly boiled.

After Rouer spoke, the Palace Master of Empress Nuwa Palace did not respond.

She turned and saw that the Palace Master of Empress Nuwa Palace was bleeding from all seven orifices. His body quickly turned cold, devoid of any breath—clearly, he had already perished.

"Husband!" Rouer cried out in immense grief, staring at the scene with disbelief.

"Hahaha…"

Emperor Venerable Miao Fa, his hair disheveled, acted wildly, as if insane.

Everyone had schemed, only to plot in vain until all was lost.

His Dao heart was already broken.

The dissolution and extinction of his great Dao were merely a matter of time.

"Daoist brother Yama, what is your view?" the Palace Master of the Holy Mother Palace inquired.

The Supreme Ancestor of the Holy Ancestor Dynasty also turned to Emperor Venerable Mi Luo, asking, "Daoist brother Mi Luo, at this point, it is useless to blame fate. We must find a way to leave."

Once they had left the vortex, the time-space passage had already closed.

So, returning the same way was absolutely impossible.

Emperor Venerable Yama and Emperor Venerable Mi Luo were the most powerful figures present. Now, they served as the pillars for everyone else.

"What is my view…"

Emperor Venerable Yama’s lips trembled with a deeply complex expression. "I thought that by passing through the Jianmu divine tree, we could take a shortcut to attaining immortality. But in the end, we did not gain immortality, and now we may even lose our lives."

"Dao King, in the end, you were superior in skill."

He strongly suspected that Dao King had known about the Immortal Realm’s state all along, which was why he remained indifferent to the path to immortality.

"This is indeed the Immortal Realm," Emperor Venerable Mi Luo declared solemnly.

He trusted Ye Xu, as Ye Xu had no reason to deceive him.

Moreover, the legend of the Jianmu divine tree had been passed down since ancient times, so the possibility of a mere rumor was small.

"If this were truly the Immortal Realm, why has it turned out this way?" the Palace Master of the Holy Mother Palace was also on the brink of her Dao heart collapsing. "The Immortal Realm is supreme, forged by the Heavenly Emperor. It should be a land of complete order and a paradise for all beings. So why does it seem like a dead land, devoid of any life?"

The Palace Master of the Holy Mother Palace slumped onto the ground, her eyes glazed over with despair.

"Something must have gone wrong."

Emperor Venerable Zi Zai had a grave expression.

Emperor Venerable Mi Luo looked at Emperor Venerable Zi Zai, with his furrowing slightly.

At such a time, Emperor Venerable Zi Zai was still able to stabilize his Dao heart. This truly made Emperor Venerable Mi Luo view him with new respect.

"How is this possible?"

The crowd sneered at Emperor Venerable Zi Zai’s words.

How could there be any problem with the Immortal Realm Pure Land forged by the Heavenly Emperor with the power of all beings?

Pfft!

Suddenly, White-browed Buddha spat out a mouthful of golden blood. He could no longer suppress his inner demons and collapsed onto the ground.

"This old monk has cultivated arduously for hundreds of thousands of years. I was only one step away from becoming a Buddha. Had I cultivated steadily, perhaps I might have had a sliver of hope."

"But alas, once greed arises, everything dissipates like smoke."

"Amitabha."

White-browed Buddha slowly stood up and sat in lotus position.

He put his palms together, and a misty, soft buddha light emanated from his body. His power drained wildly, merging into the world.

White-browed Buddha had merged with the Dao.

Watching this scene, the crowd had grave expressions. The fate of White-browed Buddha was likely their own ending.

"The urgent matter at hand is not to ponder why the Immortal Realm became like this, but to preserve ourselves," said Emperor Venerable Mi Luo with a grave expression.

Between heaven and earth, a mysterious force filled the air, capable of dissolving the great Dao.

The problem with the Immortal Realm was likely related to this.

However, Emperor Venerable Mi Luo did not state it explicitly.

He was thinking about self-preservation.

"Exactly."

Emperor Venerable Yama nodded. "Although this place is not the Immortal Realm as we imagined, we must still survive. Only by surviving do we have hope."

"Moreover, perhaps the place the Jianmu divine tree leads to is just a desolate land within the Immortal Realm. When we leave this place, we might be able to enter the true Immortal Realm."

"That makes sense!"

The crowd’s eyes lit up.

Even in the Lower Realm, there are forbidden lands.

Perhaps the place they were in was a forbidden land belonging to the Immortal Realm.

As long as they walk out, there might be hope after all.

Emperor Venerable Mi Luo looked at him, unable to bear exposing him.

In this land, the great Dao no longer existed, and order had collapsed. Only a faint aura of the Dao of heaven could be sensed. Such means were beyond ordinary people’s capability.

Even if it was a forbidden land of the Immortal Realm as Emperor Venerable Yama said, they had no way of walking out.

"Therefore, we must unite now."

Emperor Venerable Yama spoke eloquently.

"Even if I die, I want to see the true face of the Immortal Realm. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a wasted death?" Emperor Venerable Zi Zai laughed heartily.

"As long as there is breath, hope does not perish."

The Supreme Ancestor of the Holy Ancestor Dynasty said solemnly.