Dongfang Yunxing did not know how that great battle concluded. He had fallen unconscious from the aftershocks. When he woke up, he found himself soaking in a pool of life essence. Fortunately, the Heaven's Mandate Pearl was still with him.

Dongfang Yunxing let out a long breath of relief. However, no matter how he called out, the pearl remained completely silent. Soon after, guided by a maidservant, he finally understood where he was.

The Void Divine Palace.

"Jade Pool Emperor Lord is waiting for you."

Dongfang Yunxing met the woman who stood supreme above all.

Chi Yao examined him carefully.

"You may call me Martial Aunt."

Dongfang Yunxing bowed respectfully. "Dongfang Yunxing greets Martial Aunt."

Chi Yao nodded with satisfaction. "Truly worthy of being the successor chosen by my brother. You possess ten-star aptitude, which is rare even across the entire Land of Immortality. Are you willing to join my Void Divine Palace?

Dongfang Yunxing thought for a moment. It seemed reasonable. He chose to join the Void Divine Palace.

He understood clearly why he was valued so highly. It was not merely because of his ten-star aptitude. It was because… he was the successor of the Myriad Laws Emperor Lord.

There were countless prodigies in the Land of Immortality, but only one immortal position. Even with ten-star aptitude, if one died before growing up, they would only receive a sigh of regret. No one would mourn a failure.

After joining the Void Divine Palace and gaining the backing of a supreme powerhouse like Jade Pool Emperor Lord, Dongfang Yunxing quickly received abundant resources.

On the Ruler Battlefield, his name rose rapidly. He decisively slew a thirteenth-tribulation Ruler.

He entered the Burial Zone, fought against Main God teams, and escaped the pursuit of the Transmigrators Alliance.

As he killed, Dongfang Yunxing discovered that the energy he gained from the Heaven's Mandate Pearl when slaying members of the Transmigrators Alliance was several times greater than from other forces.

He set his sights on the Transmigrators Alliance.

His actions of assassinating Transmigrators Alliance members were soon discovered. As one of the top forces in the myriad heavens, the Transmigrators Alliance had always been the one to bully others. Now someone was hunting them.

Dongfang Yunxing faced encirclement and pursuit.

At the critical moment of life and death, he pushed the Undying Nirvana Art to the tenth layer.

After three million years of rebirth through death, he broke through three tribulations in succession. As an eighteenth-tribulation Ruler, he slew a twenty-first-tribulation Emperor Lord, shaking the entire Land of Immortality once more.

"Still no sign of Brother's aura…"

Seven million years.

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Chi Yao had never stopped observing Dongfang Yunxing. She still held hope that Su Chen was alive. But even when Dongfang Yunxing died, Chi Yao did not sense any trace of Su Chen.

Three million years passed.

Dongfang Yunxing revived once more. There was still no news of Su Chen. It seemed he had truly died, his body and Dao extinguished without a trace.

With the Undying Nirvana Art at the tenth layer, Dongfang Yunxing's aptitude had reached an indescribable level of terror. His cultivation speed surpassed everyone in billions of years.

In less than thirty million years, he had even surpassed Jade Pool Emperor Lord and become the fifth Emperor Lord-level being in the Void Divine Palace in hundreds of millions of years.

A thirty-tribulation Ruler! Such cultivation speed was truly horrifying.

"Just what kind of plan does Master have?" Dongfang Yunxing wondered.

He was certain his master was still alive. But in these thirty million years, Su Chen had never appeared again.

Dongfang Yunxing initially believed his master was hiding to avoid being discovered by his many powerful enemies from his previous life. Now he realized that was not the reason.

Later, he thought his master feared being found by old acquaintances, which would bring unnecessary trouble. Now he realized that was not it either. There seemed to be some existence in the dark that even his master feared.

Unfortunately, he could not contact his master right now.

"One day, I, Dongfang Yunxing, will sweep away all my great enemies and ascend to the position of the one true immortal!"

Dongfang Yunxing swore silently in his heart.

Rulers at the Emperor Lord level or above the thirtieth tribulation were extremely rare across the entire Land of Immortality. Even after billions of years of accumulation, there were probably fewer than a hundred.

They needed to comprehend the secrets within powerful immortal qi to take another step forward.

Dongfang Yunxing did not feel the same need.

His cultivation did not stop. He had slain too many powerhouses, and with the feedback from the Heaven's Mandate Pearl, his talent surpassed everyone. The Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture had also been perfected further in his hands, forming a powerful technique that combined offense and defense, allowing him to cycle through ten thousand Daos in an instant and achieving a qualitative transformation.

"Perhaps this is the Myriad Laws Immortal Physique that Master spoke of."

Dongfang Yunxing discovered that refining immortal qi with his Myriad Laws Immortal Physique made it even stronger. The immortal qi filled the origin of the Myriad Laws Immortal Physique, turning it into a path that reached the heavens.

While Dongfang Yunxing continued his cultivation, a terrifying change occurred within the Land of Immortality.

The World-Destroying Great Tribulation.

This was the name given to it by an ancient existence in the Void Divine Palace.

Under this terrifying tribulation, cultivation became extremely difficult. The nearly endless lifespans of cultivators began to wither. The energy within the Land of Immortality gradually disappeared. Everyone had to face this great calamity. Even Emperor Lord-level beings who had been undying for billions of years would eventually perish.

Some Emperor Lord-level beings chose to sleep, attempting to use their cultivation to endure the World-Destroying Great Tribulation.

Others chose to slaughter living beings and refine universe crystal cores, hoping to gain a slim chance of survival during the tribulation.

Still others chose to hunt beings of the same level, seeking to advance their cultivation before the tribulation fully arrived.

Dongfang Yunxing chose to be reborn through nirvana, attempting to seize that final thread of hope.

The Nirvana Great Tribulation descended.

The once-prosperous universes began to wither one after another. The once-flourishing cultivation golden age gradually entered the declining age of the end of the Dharma.

When immortality had an end, desire and greed became boundless.

"Why… why can I still not become an immortal?"

"How unwilling I am! I refuse to accept this!"

At the end of the Void Divine Palace, an unwilling roar echoed.

Billions of boundless rays of light illuminated the entire Land of Immortality.

Dongfang Yunxing opened his eyes.

"The Palace Lord… is making his final gamble?"

The Palace Lord of the Void Divine Palace had already endured one Nirvana Great Tribulation.

This time, he could not hold on any longer.

A peak thirty-fifth-tribulation Ruler. He was gambling for the position of true immortal. He transformed his body into the Dao, attempting to break through the limit.

He swept across the Land of Immortality, killed a great enemy, seized three hundred strands of immortal qi, broke through the limit, reached the thirty-sixth tribulation, and began to attack the immortal position.

Dongfang Yunxing looked up.

It was a figure he could not see clearly, gradually becoming blurry.

For a brief moment, Dongfang Yunxing felt that the figure had become powerful enough to rival a true immortal.

But in the end, he still failed. Not even his bones remained.

The immortal qi scattered.

Dongfang Yunxing claimed a hundred strands. The rest disappeared without a trace.