In the chaotic universe, in a mountain range that looked like a fairyland.
In a cave abode filled with all sorts of mysterious runes, a grey-robed man who had been meditating with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes. A destructive aura had crossed the endless planes and was constantly destroying his soul.
The grey-robed man's expression changed drastically. He formed a series of seals with both hands and the runes inscribed in the cave immediately flashed. They turned into ripples of laws that could be seen with the naked eye and seeped into his body, causing his aura to skyrocket. Even so, he was unable to resist the destructive power.
A conflicted look flashed through the grey-robed man's eyes. Then, he gritted his teeth and tore open a crack in space. He reached in and took out a grey puppet that was covered in runes.
The gray puppet looked like an inanimate object, but as the gray-robed man muttered an incantation and spat out a mouthful of blood essence onto its body, the puppet's lifeless gray eyes quickly turned scarlet red. It moved without any wind and floated quietly in midair, looking as bizarre as it could be.
"Soul Fling!"
The grey-robed man's expression was solemn. He shouted and a humanoid ray of light shot out from between his eyebrows, entering the body of the puppet.
Then, the grey-robed man's body instantly lost all signs of life. He fell to the ground with a thud and the aura of his soul quickly dissipated.
The destructive aura relentlessly broke through the seals of the runes and chased after the puppet. However, the runes on the puppet's body kept flashing, as if it did not exist in this space-time. It hovered between reality and illusion, causing the destructive aura to lose its target.
Unwilling to give up, it wreaked havoc and destroyed all the runes inscribed in the cave abode. Only then did the destructive aura disappear.
After an unknown amount of time, the runes on the puppet's body continued to dim and the scarlet in its eyes gradually faded. In the end, it became empty grey again and fell to the ground with a thud.
The humanoid ray of light flashed and burrowed into the grey-robed man's corpse. A moment later, the corpse, which had already turned cold, began to gradually regain its vitality. First, its little finger trembled slightly, and then its chest began to rise and fall gently.
"Pfft!"
The grey-robed man suddenly sat up like a corpse. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. His pale face revealed a lingering fear.
This time, if he hadn't obtained a Soul Depository Celestial Art by chance in an ancient ruin and deceived that destructive aura, then he would have died for sure.
But even then, his soul had suffered an unprecedentedly heavy injury, and it was utterly impossible for him to recover without a few thousand years of recuperation.
If it was any other time, it would have been fine. Hundreds of thousands of years were just the time it took for him to go into seclusion.
But the problem was that not only had he failed the mission, but he had also coincided with the critical moment when Ashes was advancing internally. How could he accept this?
In addition to the lingering fear, there was even more resentment towards that damned ant. Unconcealable killing intent rose from all over his body. His face was twisted and hideous, and his eyes were cold and vicious. He clenched his fist tightly and cursed, "Damned ant, you have successfully angered me. Just wait to suffer my monstrous anger."
But no matter how resentful he was, he knew that he wouldn't have a chance to take revenge in a short time. After all, cross-plane teleportation required at least three Heavenly Venerate powerhouses to work together.
Even the mysterious and powerful Ember was only one of the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables. At the level of a Heavenly Venerables, apart from opportunities and treasures that could help them pursue higher realms, there was nothing else that they cared about.
Previously, his projection had been able to enter the Three Realms because his employer had taken out some kind of treasure that had moved the three Heavenly Venerates, so they had joined forces to send his projection over to carry out the mission.
Although he was an Immortal Emperor, in the eyes of Heavenly Venerates, he was as insignificant as a speck of dust. He didn't have the face to ask three Heavenly Venerates to join forces to teleport his projection across planes again.
Now, he shouldn't be thinking about how to take revenge. Instead, he should be thinking about how to endure the monstrous anger of the organization.
The grey-robed man's expression flickered. When he thought of that terrifying, destructive blow, which had actually been able to follow the trace of Spiritual Aura across planes to destroy his Main Divine Soul after destroying his projection, he felt waves of lingering fear.
But in addition to the lingering fear, he thought even more. His eyes flickered and he muttered to himself, "That's definitely not an Immortal Weapon. Even a top-grade God Weapon can't have the ability to track across planes. In fact, even a top-grade Immortal Weapon can't do that. Could it be a legendary Dao Weapon, or … a Supreme Spiritual Treasure?"
Thinking of this, the grey-robed man's eyes burned with passion. Ignoring the feeling of weakness brought about by the injury to his Divine Soul, he stood up and paced back and forth, carefully recalling all the details that had happened at that time. He murmured to himself, "That strange weapon had no aura at all, so it wouldn't have raised anyone's guard before it was used. In fact, if I hadn't been so shocked at that time, I could have completely dodged it. This doesn't match the characteristics of a Dao Weapon that's already a Supreme Spiritual Treasure. Could it be that my guess is wrong?
"No, the power of that strange thing has definitely reached the level of a Dao Weapon or even a Supreme Spiritual Treasure. But why did it give me the feeling that I could completely dodge it?"
The grey-robed man frowned. No matter how he thought about it, he couldn't figure out what that strange thing was.
"I see."
After pondering for a long time, the grey-robed man suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He muttered excitedly and pleasantly, "I neglected the strength of that ant. That ant's strength is too low. It can't display the true power of a treasure at the level of a Dao Weapon. That's why it gave me the feeling that I could dodge it."
This inference made him immediately think that he had found the truth. His eyes flashed with determination and he murmured in a low voice, "It's a reckless waste of God's gift. A mere ant doesn't deserve such a divine object. No, no matter what price I have to pay, I must find a way to return to that lower plane. Whether it's the suspected inheritance of the Chaos Celestial Lord or that terrifying killing weapon, they all belong to me, Hui Eighteen. At that time, perhaps I'll become the tenth Celestial Lord of the ashes."
Cultivators cultivated in defiance of the heavens and fought against the heavens. Everything else was illusory. Only strength truly belonged to oneself.
Hui Eighteen was very clear on this point. He treated this mission as the greatest opportunity of his life. His selfishness made it so that he didn't plan on telling anyone, nor did he plan on reporting it according to the rules. Instead, he decided to keep this great opportunity for himself.
However, the premise was that he had to have the opportunity to enter the Three Realms again. If he couldn't enter, then no matter how great the opportunity was, it wouldn't have anything to do with him.
"Hmph, I don't believe that there's no way to enter a lower plane."
Hui Eighteen coldly snorted. He didn't care about the injuries on his soul. After a simple cleaning, he took a step forward and disappeared from the cave.
The Ashes was the most mysterious and ancient assassin organization in the chaotic universe. Its members naturally had other identities to hide themselves in the outside world.
Although Hui Eighteen was only ranked 18th among the Ashes Emperor assassins, he was a famous Emperor powerhouse in the outside world. Not only did he have his own private property, but he also had countless connections and information resources.
Half a day later, Hui Eighteen appeared in the VIP room of the Heavenly Fortune Palace in Harmony Splendor City with his public identity as Emperor Bai Yun.
The Heavenly Fortune Palace was the largest intelligence organization in the chaotic universe. It had tentacles in every plane, and its origins were as ancient and mysterious as the Ashes.
No one knew what kind of terrifying background and abilities they had.
They only knew that they seemed to be omniscient and omnipotent. As long as one was willing to pay the price, they could even find out what color underpants the Immortal Realm's Immortal Venerables liked to wear.
"What a rare guest. I wonder why Emperor Bai Yun has come to my Harmony Splendor Palace this time? It can't be that you want to deepen your relationship with this servant, right? "
The Harmony Splendor Palace's Palace Master Wan Nujiao was an enchanting and charming woman. After offering fragrant tea to Emperor Bai Yun, she flirtatiously teased him.
Although she only had the strength of an early stage Immortal Heavenly Emperor, she had the Heavenly Fortune Palace as her backing. Even in the face of a Emperor level powerhouse, she didn't have any reservations or restrictions.
Although Emperor Bai Yun also coveted this woman's beauty, he knew that although this woman had a charming and seductive appearance, giving people the feeling that they could easily hook up with her, in reality, she was an extremely difficult character to deal with.
In the past, there were many wild bees and butterflies that had designs on her. Unfortunately, no matter how great the other party's background was, as long as they dared to provoke this woman, they would disappear without exception. Not even their bones could be found.
Later, some people spread the news that there was an Empyrean level powerhouse standing behind her, and he viewed her as his exclusive property, not allowing anyone to touch her. Although no one knew if this was true or not, as time passed, no one dared to risk offending an Empyrean and have any designs on her.
He didn't want to play any ambiguous games with this unfathomable woman and inexplicably lose his life. He knew very well that although his Ashes was strong, it had always been a taboo against the Heavenly Fortune Palace. It was even more impossible for them to become enemies with the Heavenly Fortune Palace for a mere Emperor like him. Immediately, he looked straight ahead and said, "Palace Master Wan, I have come here under someone's request. I want to buy some information."
"Oh, tell me about it."
Although Wan Nujiao usually looked at Yan Xing seductively, when it came to business, she immediately restrained her charm and looked dignified. It was as if she had become a different person.
Emperor Bai Yun thought to himself. This was probably the woman's true face. However, this had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to borrow the intelligence of the Heavenly Fortune Palace to find a way to enter the Three Realms.
"That friend of mine wants to know how to enter a low-level plane. I wonder if the Heavenly Fortune Palace has a way?"
Emperor Bai Yun picked up his teacup and took a sip. He looked indifferent on the surface, but he was extremely nervous. He was afraid that Wan Nujiao would say that there was no way. If that was the case, his great opportunity would probably be gone. He didn't have the ability to ask three Heavenly Venerables to help him.
Wan Nujiao didn't reply immediately. Instead, she picked up her teacup and frowned, as if she was thinking.
Just as Emperor Bai Yun was secretly anxious, Wan Nujiao put down her teacup and looked at him. She said lightly, "Emperor Bai Yun should be very clear that the Heavenly Dao is a cycle. There is a specific reason for the reproduction and survival of all living beings. The reason why the Heavenly Dao is divided into high-level planes and low-level planes is to maintain the fairness of the Heavenly Dao. At the same time, it is also a kind of protection for the living beings in the low-level planes."
Emperor Bai Yun didn't interrupt. He tilted his head and listened attentively. He looked like he was enlightened, but he was ecstatic. Although this woman used the Heavenly Dao as an excuse, it was clearly paving the way for her to raise the price. This meant that the Heavenly Fortune Palace really did have a way to enter the low-level planes.
"The living beings in the high-level planes are absolutely not allowed to enter the low-level planes. After all, there is a great disparity in strength between the two sides. Once the high-level living beings have evil intentions, they can destroy the low-level planes with a wave of their hands. This is not allowed by the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, it is basically impossible for Emperor Bai Yun to enter the low-level planes …"
Wan Nujiao's eyes flickered as she spoke frankly with assurance.
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