System Auction Shop, I'll sell out across all realms!

Or perhaps it has always been hidden outside the heavens, quietly waiting for the celestial clock to complete its final tick?

"I searched through all the records of the Primordial Heavenly Palace, but I couldn't find any trace of the Hongmeng Immortal Emperor."

Lin Tian did not respond.

He looked at the celestial bell and said, word by word:

"The existence of the Celestial Bell is not simply for recording eras."

"Its true function is to detect the energy accumulated by all living beings in the myriad realms."

"Detecting the energy of living beings?"

The Creation Immortal King's gaze instantly sharpened.

"good."

Lin Tian nodded.

"You can think of it as a kind of sensory device that covers the entire heavens."

"Every cultivator's practice, every powerful being born in every world, every perfected Great Dao, and every refined source of heaven and earth will be recorded by it."

"The stronger the beings in the heavens, the more energy the Heavenly Bell accumulates."

"When this value reaches a certain critical point..."

Lin Tian paused.

His voice trailed off slowly.

"The final era will begin."

"What the Heavenly Bell records is not the beginning of the next era."

"It records the countdown to the harvesting of all living beings."

These words were spoken.

The smile on the face of the Heavenly King vanished completely.

The Creation Immortal King also suddenly raised his head and looked at the dark golden giant bell above him.

"Harvest..."

The Celestial King of Pingtian muttered to himself.

That word is just too jarring.

Who are they?

The rulers of the three great immortal realms.

The strongest group of beings at the very top of all the heavens and myriad realms.

But in the eyes of the being behind the Heavenly Bell, they might just be a batch of "crops" being raised in the heavens.

This sounds absurd.

Yet it perfectly matches everything that happened in the Black Mist World.

After those dark creatures descended, their first words were to turn the three ancient immortal kings into "nourishment for the master."

They were not there to conquer the heavens.

They came to collect nutrients.

These two words echoed again in the ears of the Celestial King of Heaven and the Celestial King of Creation.

"No wonder..."

The Creation Immortal King suddenly spoke.

His voice was a little hoarse.

"No wonder they've set their sights on the Celestial King."

"The higher one's cultivation level, the more origin and power of the Great Dao one accumulates within their body."

"To the Reapers, the value of a Celestial King is probably equivalent to that of hundreds of millions of ordinary beings."

The Heavenly King slowly clenched his fist.

He looked up at the Heavenly Bell, and for the first time, a very obvious killing intent appeared in his eyes.

"How dare you!"

"Using the entire universe as a breeding ground?"

"Do you really think we're some kind of magical herb that grows in the ground, ready to be picked whenever we want?"

Unlike the Immortal King of Heaven, the Creator Immortal King did not directly express his emotions.

However, the aura of a quasi-Immortal Emperor on his body became suppressed without him realizing it.

Clearly, this seemingly gentle and composed ruler of the Primordial Heavenly Palace was not at peace with himself.

"Fellow Daoist Lin."

The Creation Immortal King suddenly looked at Lin Tian.

"You just mentioned that the Celestial Bell will detect the energy of all living beings."

"So, what it detects is the cultivation level and strength of living beings?"

Lin Tian thought for a moment and nodded.

"That's one way to understand it."

"Strictly speaking, it measures the total amount of energy accumulated in a living being's body."

"The higher the cultivation level, the stronger the origin, and the more energy is accumulated."

"Therefore, improvements in realm and strength will indeed affect it."

Upon hearing this answer...

The Immortal King of Creation's face suddenly turned somewhat pale.

He seemed to remember something, and stood there silently for a long time.

The Celestial King of Pingtian noticed his unusual behavior and frowned as he asked:

"Fate, what's wrong with you?"

The Immortal King of Creation slowly raised his head.

His gaze fell on the hands of the celestial clock, his eyes carrying a hint of undisguised coldness.

Not long ago.

"I have once broken through to a higher level."

The Heavenly King's expression shifted.

He knew about this, of course.

Although the news of the Creation Immortal King stepping into the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm was strictly sealed by the Primordial Heavenly Palace, the highest levels of the Myriad Dao Immortal Realm and the Returning Void Immortal Realm still noticed it.

That breakthrough even caused thousands of rays of light to appear in the sky above the Primordial Immortal Realm for several months.

"At that time, I was in seclusion near Tianzhong."

The Creation Immortal King continued.

"The moment the breakthrough was completed, I saw the hands of the celestial clock jump forward one notch."

The Heavenly Immortal King's pupils suddenly contracted.

"It jumped one space?"

"Yes."

The Creation Immortal King nodded slowly.

"At that time, I thought it was exactly an integer point in the Ninth Era."

"I thought it was just the natural operation of the era, so I didn't have too many doubts."

"But now that I think about it..."

His voice gradually faded.

Neither Lin Tian nor the Heavenly King Pingtian interrupted him.

They had a vague idea of ​​the answer.

The Creation Immortal King raised his hand.

A wisp of aura at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level emerged from his palm.

The power was not released outwards; it simply hovered quietly in his hand.

Even so, the surrounding laws of heaven and earth still instinctively moved aside to both sides.

This is the Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

A being standing at the pinnacle of the Celestial King realm, with one foot already in a higher realm.

"If the Heavenly Bell can truly detect the energy of all living beings."

"Then the moment I broke through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level, it was very likely that it sensed my presence."

The Creation Immortal King gazed at the power in his palm, his voice low and deep.

"It recorded my level of attainment."

"It has been recorded that another Quasi-Immortal Emperor has been added to the heavens."

"Then, this message was passed on to the person behind Tianzhong."

The Heavenly King's expression gradually darkened.

The Creation Immortal King's deduction sounds terrifying.

But it makes sense.

It's so reasonable that there's absolutely no way to refute it.

The Heavenly Bell has always been suspended above the Primordial Heavenly Palace.

It quietly watched as generation after generation of monks grew up.

"so……"

The Celestial King of Heaven took a deep breath, his voice filled with suppressed anger.

"You mean, this broken clock moved forward one step, not because the time was up?"

"Is it because it discovered that the heavens have gained another large piece of flesh?"

The Creator Immortal King did not answer.

But his silence said it all.

Lin Tian looked at the two of them and slowly added:

"Tianzhong may not directly transmit the information to Hongmeng Immortal Emperor."

"But it does resemble some kind of marking device."

"It records the heavens."

"To record every living being powerful enough."

"And once the final era begins, the first to be targeted will likely be those of you who stand at the pinnacle of the heavens."

"Because in their eyes, you are the most valuable targets."

The air fell completely silent.

In the distance, the hands of the celestial clock continued to turn slowly.

"Click."

A very faint sound came from deep within the bell.

The Creation Immortal King and the Heaven-Equaling Immortal King both raised their heads.

The sound was particularly jarring to their ears.

It was as if the heavens had heard everyone's conversation.

It was as if some being, separated by endless ages and the boundaries of the heavens, cast a cold gaze upon this place.

The Heavenly King's face was gloomy.

"Furthermore, if the person who made the move wasn't Fellow Daoist Lin, then who could it be?"