A journey through immortal realms begins with a phantom tale.

As time ticked by, the earth trembled more and more violently, as if a cataclysmic change was about to occur.

Under the methodical guidance of the two grand masters, Fu Shan and Hou Pijing, the ordinary people on the plains have all been transferred to a safe area.

Witnessing Fu Shan's actions, Li Qiang couldn't help but sigh, "This is the true demeanor of a cultivator."

At this moment, a large number of cultivators gathered on the plain like a tide.

In the center of the plain, strange fluctuations emanated continuously, as if announcing to the world that a divine artifact was about to be born.

On the eve of the artifact's birth, Yi Jun Sha also rushed to the Heavenly Court Star, ready to join in the fun.

When Yi Junsha saw Luo Cheng again, he was greatly shocked. He found that he could not see through Luo Cheng at all.

Previously, he could discern Luo Cheng's cultivation level, but now, in his eyes, Luo Cheng was just an ordinary mortal.

Similarly, he could no longer see through Li Qiang. Li Qiang exuded a mysterious aura, which shocked Yi Junsha.

Seeing this, Li Qiang stepped forward and joked, "Brother Yi, it's only been a few days, and you don't recognize me anymore?"

Yi Jun looked puzzled: "What's going on with you?"

"I learned a mysterious martial art from my senior brother."

Yi Jun's eyes lit up: "Can I learn it?"

"You can't learn that."

Upon hearing this, Yi Jun was immediately filled with disappointment.

Seeing this, Li Qiang transmitted his thoughts again: "Brother Yi, although you can't learn this technique, I can help you reincarnate. Do you want to be reincarnated?"

Upon hearing this, Yi Jun was deeply moved.

Although a wandering immortal is stronger than a cultivator, this is not the ultimate goal of a cultivator.

Moreover, every thousand years, a wandering immortal will face a heavenly tribulation. If they survive it, they can continue to live; if they fail to survive it, they will turn to ashes.

Therefore, given the opportunity, the wandering immortals will choose to start cultivating again.

With the cultivation level of a Loose Immortal and the experience gained from a lifetime of cultivation, one can quickly reach the Tribulation Transcending stage after restarting cultivation, and the success rate of tribulation transcendence is also much higher than before.

It's important to know that after passing through the tribulation, one becomes a true immortal, whose potential is much higher than that of a wandering immortal.

After a brief pause, Yi Junsha asked eagerly, "How does one reincarnate?"

"Keep it a secret for now."

Upon hearing this, Yi Junsha lunged at Li Qiang.

With a thought, Li Qiang unleashed a surge of pale golden divine power to protect himself.

The Divine Chess Power contains a mysterious force. When Immortal Yuan Power encounters the Divine Chess Power, it seems to retreat slightly as if it has encountered a natural enemy.

Upon seeing this, Yi Jun stopped and asked in confusion, "What kind of power is this?"

"Keep it a secret."

Yi Jun was unwilling to give up and wanted to test just how powerful this Divine Chess Power was, so he unleashed a golden light.

Li Qiang was not to be outdone, and casually unleashed a burst of divine power.

The two forces collided, producing a series of booming sounds and causing the surrounding energy to fluctuate violently, which greatly shocked the cultivators present.

"What kind of power is this that can actually contend with immortal energy?"

"This power can actually withstand an attack from a Loose Immortal?"

Li Qiang was jolted back a step by the impact and warned, "Old man, if you make another move, I'll call my senior brother."

Upon hearing this, Yi Junsha froze on the spot and asked, "Your senior brother also cultivated this kind of power?"

"right."

Now, Yi Jun dared not make any more rash moves.

He knew in his heart that if Luo Cheng also cultivated this power, then Li Qiang would be far superior.

As a result, Mr. Yi became quite obedient.

The cultivators from Qianjie Star watched Li Qiang's actions with utter shock.

Originally, Si Tu Yong had planned to attack Li Qiang, but unexpectedly, Li Qiang was now able to withstand the attacks of the Loose Immortal.

Similarly, those who knew Li Qiang were all speechless with astonishment.

"You little madman!" a rough voice rang out.

Li Qiang turned around and saw that it was the old madman from Tianlai City.

When the old madman saw Li Qiang again, he felt somewhat depressed. He was already no match for Li Qiang, and now it seemed that he was even further behind.

"You little madman, how did you cultivate? You're even able to spar with a rogue immortal?"

"Well, you'll have to ask my senior brother."

"Your senior brother?" The old madman turned around and looked, surprised. "How did your senior brother become a mortal?"

Li Qiang chuckled and teased, "Why don't you try fighting with this mortal senior brother of mine?"

"I won't fight." The old madman wasn't fooled. Although he couldn't see through Luo Cheng's cultivation level, he knew Luo Cheng's abilities. He couldn't beat him before, and he dared not provoke him now.

Seeing this, Li Qiang said, "Since you're so cautious, I'll tell you. My senior brother is much, much stronger than me. I don't know exactly how much stronger."

The old madman asked curiously, "Can I take one of his moves?"

"Take a move from my senior brother? You're dreaming! Even a rogue immortal couldn't withstand a move from my senior brother."

After hearing this, the old madman became completely withdrawn.

Hua Meiniang stood to the side, appearing exceptionally well-behaved at this moment.

"Boom boom boom!" The world changed drastically in an instant. Huge cracks appeared on the ground, and large chunks of rock and soil were blasted into the sky.

"Form ranks! Form ranks!" Li Qiang shouted.

Fu Shan's friends, who had been invited by Li Qiang, readily obeyed his orders and quickly activated the formation.

In contrast, the cultivators on Qianjie Star appeared somewhat confused.

Large chunks of stone and soil fell, but most of them were blocked by the formation on Li Qiang's side, and the cultivators inside the formation were unharmed.

Looking at the cultivators on Qianjie Star's side, they appeared to be in a very sorry state.

Luo Cheng, the two rogue immortals, and Fu Shan and Hou Pijing, all highly skilled individuals, stood in the void, ready to act at any moment.

Looking at Li Qiang's composed command, Hou Pijing couldn't help but exclaim, "Brother, you've found a great disciple!"

"Hehe." Fu Shan was very happy to hear this.

Hou Pijing then asked curiously, "Your other brother looks like an ordinary person, just how strong is he?"

"I don't know." Fu Shan shook his head helplessly.

Hou Pijing said, "The appearance of such a divine artifact must involve immortals."

Upon hearing this, Fu Shan's face darkened; this was precisely what he had been worried about.

The gap between cultivators and immortals is enormous. It is no exaggeration to say that the gap between cultivators and immortals is even greater than the gap between cultivators and mortals.

Immortals represent a completely different level of life.

Fu Shan said with deep concern, "I hope the immortals have compassion and care about the lives and deaths of mortals and cultivators."

For a period of time afterward, rubble and dirt kept popping up and scattering in all directions.

Half a day later, a terrifying aura suddenly emanated, and everyone knew that a divine artifact was about to be born.

Luo Cheng remained calm, while Li Qiang earnestly directed the group.

When Li Qiang sensed that terrifying aura, he immediately shouted, "Watch out! Form the array!"

At the same time, Luo Cheng used his divine sense to send a telepathic message, instructing everyone to retreat two hundred kilometers away.

"Okay!" Li Qiang nodded, then shouted, "Retreat! Retreat two hundred kilometers!"

On the other side, the cultivators from Qianjie Star looked at Situ Yong, their eyes filled with questions: "Should we retreat?"

"No retreat!" Si Tu Yong said firmly.

In his view, how could he back down now? If he retreated, how could he seize the artifact?

However, just as Li Qiang led the cultivators away, that terrifying aura suddenly erupted.

A fiery red figure burst out of the ground like a cannonball. The monster was enormous, like a small mountain, covered in layers of lava, and its eyes, like lanterns, emitted a blazing fire.

"Great Flame Spirit Beast!" Someone recognized it as a celestial beast.

The crowd shouted, "The divine artifact must be on the Great Flame Spirit Beast! Attack! Attack now!"

Si Tu Yong still hadn't grasped the situation and, even in this critical moment, was still thinking about seizing the divine artifact.

The Great Flame Spirit Beast opened its mouth and spewed out a stream of flames, instantly turning dozens of cultivators to ashes.

Si Tu Yong barely managed to block the Great Flame Spirit Beast's attack thanks to his profound cultivation, and that was only because the Great Flame Spirit Beast wasn't specifically targeting him.

In the eyes of this spirit beast, these cultivators are like toys, just like an ordinary person would tease an anthill with a leaf first.

In just a short while, dozens of cultivators perished.

This was the first time Li Qiang had witnessed cultivators perish so tragically since he began cultivating. He was deeply shocked. Those cultivators vanished into the world like fleeting fireworks.

This was the first time Luo Cheng had witnessed a cultivator perish, yet he remained unusually calm, which made him wary: "Is this the effect of cultivating to godhood?"

Originally, with Luo Cheng's cultivation level, saving these cultivators would not have been difficult, but he ultimately did not take action.

This reminded him of a line from the Tao Te Ching: "Heaven and earth are ruthless; they treat all things like straw dogs."

The cultivators present were not giving up. They all knew that the divine artifact was on the Great Flame Spirit Beast, so most of them continued to attack the Great Flame Spirit Beast.

Fortunately, the cultivators invited by Fu Shan were all willing to follow Li Qiang's orders, and there were no casualties for the time being.

Fu Shan had previously explained to his friends that the purpose of his trip was to protect the ordinary people of the Later Han Dynasty and safeguard its territory.

Annoyed by a swarm of "ants," the Great Flame Spirit Beast spat out a weapon and swept it towards the cultivator who was attacking it.

With just this one sweep, hundreds more cultivators perished, creating an extremely tragic scene.

"Beast!" A voice as majestic as the heavens roared down from the sky, accompanied by a flash of golden light.

"Immortal!" Upon seeing the golden light, Luo Cheng immediately understood that an immortal had arrived.

A moment later, another golden light flashed.

Two golden beams of light landed beside the Great Flame Spirit Beast. These two immortals were not there to rescue anyone, but to attack the Great Flame Spirit Beast and seize the divine artifact on its body.

When Li Qiang saw the immortal appear, he thought to himself, "Just as my senior brother said, the immortal is hiding behind the scenes, disregarding everyone's lives, only to seize the divine artifact."

In the eyes of the immortals, these cultivators were simply courting death; with their meager cultivation, they dared to dream of seizing the divine artifact.

In the eyes of immortals, mortals are as insignificant as insects, and they don't care about them at all.

A hundred years can pass in the blink of an eye when an immortal takes a nap or goes into seclusion, and during this hundred years, mortals can reproduce for several generations.

As long as the foundation of mortals remains intact, immortals will not care.

Only a cultivator like Fu Shan, who cares about the common people, would care about the life and death of mortals.

"Cultivating immortality means severing all emotions"—this is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

At this moment, Luo Cheng also experienced a strange change in his state of mind. Of course, this also made him wary. He pondered to himself, "If this is what cultivating immortality is, is it still what I'm pursuing?"

As soon as the immortal appeared, four wandering immortals stepped forward.

Two of them were from Li Qiang's side, and the other two were invited by Qian Jiexing's side.

The two immortals were slightly surprised to see this, not expecting there to be four rogue immortals.

For immortals, only wandering immortals can catch their eye.

Yi Jun Sha and Mo Huaiyuan were primarily focused on protecting cultivators and mortals, while the other two rogue immortals actually attempted to seize the divine artifact.

One of the immortals was furious: "A mere rogue immortal dares to lay a finger on a divine artifact!"

After saying that, a magical technique flew towards the two rogue immortals. The two rogue immortals tried their best to resist, but were still seriously injured by the magical technique.

The terror of immortals is evident.

This also terrified Mo Huaiyuan and Yi Jun, making them deeply aware of the enormous gap between themselves and immortals.

A wandering immortal is, in the end, not an immortal.

Li Qiang stood in the void, leading a group of cultivators, who had to resist the pressure from the immortals and prevent attacks from the Great Flame Spirit Beast.

"Hmm?" The two immortals noticed the divine power emanating from Li Qiang and understood something.

At this moment, Li Qiang also felt the immortal's gaze and inwardly cried out, "This is bad!"

With a whoosh, a golden light flashed, and an immortal figure, enveloped in golden light, instantly landed beside Li Qiang, demanding, "Did you take the Heaven-Defying Mirror?"

Only when Li Qiang faced the immortal directly did he truly realize how terrifying the immortal was.

Fortunately, Li Qiang is now a cultivator of gods and can barely withstand the pressure from immortals.

He forced himself to remain calm and said, "I don't know anything about this heaven-defying mirror."

Regardless of what Li Qiang thought, the immortal raised his hand and reached out to grab him.

Li Qiang mustered all his divine power, but found it to be ineffective. He could only watch helplessly as the golden net of light descended upon him.

"Senior brother, save me!"