The Heaven-shattering: I and Wu Shi compete for the throne

Chapter 521, Chapter 555: The Rift in the Immortal Realm
A century later, the desolate and forbidden land
Within the restricted area, clouds and mist swirl, creating an atmosphere of mystery that is impossible to look directly at. Outside the restricted area, ancient trees reach for the sky, mountains stretch across the land, monkeys howl and tigers roar, and various mysterious beasts roam, while numerous divine birds spread their wings and soar into the sky.

"Buzz..." Suddenly a soft humming sound rang out. Without any prelude or strange phenomenon, a crack appeared in this world.

Above a majestic mountain, a terrifying crack appeared, from which wisps of celestial energy occasionally spilled out, leaving people in awe!
The fissure was incredibly intense, like a volcano in the night, or a bolt of lightning streaking across a gloomy sky, exceptionally conspicuous and dazzling, instantly startling all living beings within a radius of millions of miles.

"What is that? Could it be that some secret realm has opened?" A powerful figure who saw this scene from afar was overjoyed and quickly rushed over.

People were everywhere, both in the sky and on the ground; countless cultivators had come here.

"What...what is this?" The cultivators who arrived nearby were shocked and their hearts were burning with excitement.

Before they even got close to the crack, they sensed a divine aura, a special energy, that washed over them, making them feel incredibly comfortable and even extending their lifespan slightly.

"Could it be that behind this crack lies a celestial realm?" a cultivator couldn't help but exclaim.

"The Immortal Realm! Yes, I know!" a passerby shouted, his eyes filled with fervor. "This is the Path to Immortality! The Path to Immortality has opened!"

"What? This is the path to immortality?" The nearby cultivators were in an uproar upon hearing this.

The path to immortality will open in this lifetime; it's no secret, many people know it.

But to everyone's surprise, the path to immortality opened so early, and even on the ancient star of the Big Dipper.

"Is this real? Who can verify whether this is the path to immortality?"

"Verify the Path to Immortality? Even the ancient emperors failed to break into the Path to Immortality, so how can we possibly verify it? Perhaps only the Heavenly Emperor can do it..."

However, before these words could be finished, some people could no longer contain themselves and summoned their sacred weapons to attack forward, trying to tear open a larger gap and rush into the Immortal Realm.

"Boom!" This was like adding fuel to the fire. A terrifyingly intense light burst forth from the great crack, surging and sweeping across the entire universe.

"Ah..." The person who made the move screamed in agony as the sacred weapon shattered inch by inch, and he himself turned into a rain of blood, vanishing into ashes in the blazing light and becoming decaying dust.

"How could a Saint King die like that?" The people who witnessed this scene felt a chill run down their spines.

This was a Saint King, someone even a Great Saint would find difficult to kill with a single blow. Yet, faced with the celestial light gushing from the crack, it turned to ashes without a doubt or any power to resist.

The stark reality before them, witnessed and experienced firsthand, made it all the more terrifying.

It was at this moment that everyone truly believed that this might really be the beginning of the path to immortality.

Soon, the news of the opening of the path to immortality spread, and the ancient star of the Big Dipper was in an uproar, with countless cultivators going crazy.

Countless saints came here; some stayed, while others quickly retreated to distant lands to report to the patriarchs of various races.

As some sages departed, the news of the opening of the path to immortality spread rapidly, reaching the ancient starry road, the chaotic heavens, and then many ancient life stars and the source of life.

In less than a day, it had spread to almost every corner of the universe.

One after another, the five-colored altars were in operation, and powerful figures continuously traversed the void to descend upon the Big Dipper. Saints were countless, Great Saints were not uncommon, and even Quasi-Emperors were numerous. With the arrival of a large number of newcomers, some people refused to believe in the supernatural and tried to tear open a larger rift to rush into the Immortal Realm using various methods, but they were all defeated. Their white bones, stained with blood, flew everywhere and became decaying dust.

In less than two days, more than a dozen saints, two great saints, and one quasi-emperor perished here, turning into ashes.

This caused countless witnesses to gasp in shock, lamenting the cruelty of the path to immortality. Although it had not yet truly begun, but was merely a sign, it had already triggered countless bloody calamities.

With a quasi-emperor setting an example, fewer later skeptics dared to test the waters. However, some were secretly plotting even bigger moves.

"What is that?" someone suddenly shouted in terror from afar.

Everyone looked up abruptly in the direction of the sound, and saw a mysterious mist, traveling at the speed of light, coming from outer space. It was like a vast ocean, filling the sky and the earth, and hanging down at the rift in the immortal realm.

A vast expanse of white descended from the sky, stretching across the heavens and earth, like a real Milky Way falling. It was so terrifying and so immense that even the quasi-emperor felt a chill run down his spine.

This was not a human figure, but rather an aura, a powerful divine sense awakening and probing this place, trying to perceive the reality and nature of this crack.

“Supreme One, this is the aura of a Supreme One! I wonder which Supreme One’s divine sense has descended!” one of the Great Saints exclaimed.

However, he was unaware that the supreme being who had descended was a supreme being from the forbidden zone of life. If he had known, he probably wouldn't have dared to speak.

The term "Supreme" he refers to is a collective term in the universe for those who have achieved the Great Accomplishment Hegemon Body, the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, or the Emperor Body cultivated by the Limitless Holy Court, as well as those who have achieved the Dao in other ways.

"I don't understand. This aura is so unfamiliar. It doesn't seem to match even the supreme beings in the universe!" an elderly Great Sage said in confusion.

Just as everyone present was wondering what was going on, an even more terrifying and horrifying scene unfolded.

In the outer starry sky, more than a dozen celestial mists surged, and more than a dozen beams of light shot into the sky, tearing through the void and descending one after another on the ancient star of the Big Dipper, landing on the crack in the celestial realm.

"Nearly thirty? How can there be so many? Are there so many supreme beings in the universe?" Some people were slightly stunned.

“There shouldn’t be that many Supreme Beings in the universe, and these twenty-odd Supreme Being auras are all so unfamiliar. They don’t seem to be Supreme Beings from the Boundless Holy Court, nor do they match the Supreme Beings in the universe?” a Great Sage of the Great Xia Dynasty asked in confusion.

After attaining enlightenment, the Heavenly Emperor created the Myriad Paths Star. Every so often, he would preach on the Myriad Paths Star. Any powerful being from any race in the universe who went to the Chaos Heavens to operate the Great Array and made a certain contribution could listen to the Heavenly Emperor's preaching.

It can be said that every time the Heavenly Emperor preaches, it is a grand ceremony for the universe.

After the Heavenly Emperor retired, the Boundless Holy Court did not cancel this grand ceremony, but changed it from the Heavenly Emperor preaching to the Supreme Being preaching, with many Quasi-Emperors discussing the Dao.

The Supreme Beings who preach are not all from the Boundless Holy Court; the Boundless Holy Court occasionally invites Supreme Beings from outside the Boundless Holy Court to participate in preaching.

Although those outside the Wuji Sacred Court need to make certain contributions to listen to the Supreme Being's sermons and the Quasi-Emperor's discourses, the amount of contribution required is not large, and 99.9% of the saints in the universe have listened to them.

It is precisely because of this that the universe is so prosperous and flourishing, and that tens of thousands of powerful beings above the level of saints were born during the difficult times.

(End of this chapter)