Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

Located in the westernmost part of the Western Wilderness, at the Luoxia Mountains, this place is considered the most remote corner of the Western Wilderness cultivation world.

Further west lies the endless desert, a place even Nascent Soul cultivators are reluctant to venture into.

The spiritual energy there is thin and fraught with hidden dangers. At the same time, the ceaseless sandstorms obstruct the view, and even the spiritual sense of a great cultivator will be restricted.

The Sunset Mountain Range is located here, and this place is not simple either, because occasionally, black winds blow from the endless desert, which can scatter the souls of cultivators.

For this reason, the Luoxia Mountains became a natural barrier for the various sects in the western region.

The mountain range stretches for over 100,000 miles. Every evening, the sunset glow falls on the mountains, and the rocks glow with a reddish-gold luster. From a distance, it looks as if the entire world has been burned red by the sunset.

The name "Luoxia" (落霞, meaning sunset glow) originates from this.

This place isn't a true paradise, but it has many spiritual veins in the mountains, where rare and precious herbs such as Sunset Glow Fungus, Crimson Cloud Grass, and Star Pattern Vine grow.

In addition, the abundance of demonic beasts, including those at the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core levels, made it a training ground for disciples of sects near the Western Extremity.

Over the past few centuries, the Luoxia Mountains have been quite lively, but never as lively as they are today.

Not long ago, Pei Xuandu, a rogue cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, sought revenge for his descendants and hunted down Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou, a brother and sister.

The two fled deep into the Luoxia Mountains, a situation that should have been certain death.

But no one expected that a secret portal would suddenly open up deep within the mountains.

The brother and sister fell directly into it, and then the aura of the secret realm leaked out, and starlight shot into the sky.

An ancient rift in the grotto was thus exposed to the various sects of the Western Extremities.

The name "Meteorite Ruins" quickly spread among the old Nascent Soul cultivators in the Western Pole.

Legend has it that three thousand years ago, there was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the Western Wilderness known as the Meteorite Daoist.

This person has a mysterious origin, cultivates the Dao of Stars, and possesses supernatural powers that dominate the world for a time.

He later disappeared for unknown reasons. Some say he followed the ancient road to the Central Plains, while others say he crossed the endless desert to explore other pioneering cultivation worlds.

Unexpectedly, he perished in the Luoxia Mountains, and even refined his own cave into a secret realm for inheritance, hiding it for three thousand years.

The simple phrase "divine inheritance" is enough to set the entire Western Regions ablaze with excitement.

Now, deep within the Luoxia Mountains, outside the rift of the Meteorite Ruins, cultivators have already gathered.

The crack stretched across the sky, a hundred feet long, its edges like shattered glass, shimmering with a ghostly blue starlight.

Through the cracks, one can vaguely see the Milky Way flowing inside, meteorites suspended in the air, and dilapidated palaces floating in the starlight.

The light grew brighter and brighter, indicating that the exit of the secret realm was about to open.

The cultivators who were originally scattered throughout the mountains also rushed over at this moment.

One after another, streaks of light descended.

The Golden Core cultivators dared not stand too close and could only wait on the outside.

Those who truly approached the crack were all Nascent Soul cultivators.

The most conspicuous of them all is naturally the Luo Bai Sect.

Luo Bai Sect is the only truly major sect in the Western Extreme Region.

Their ancestors were also pioneers from the Central Plains. Although they couldn't compare to established sects like the Xuan Yang Sect and the Chi Xiao Sect, they were undoubtedly the overlords of the Western Regions.

This time, three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Luo Bai Sect arrived.

The leader was a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator with white eyebrows and a white robe, named Bai Wujiu.

On the left and right sides were two Grandmasters at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Beside them stood an old man in a green robe with a gloomy expression.

It was Pei Xuandu.

At this moment, Pei Xuandu is no longer simply a rogue cultivator.

He accepted the invitation from the Luo Bai Sect and prepared to become a guest elder of the sect.

The reason is simple.

He had suffered enough from the mistreatment of rogue cultivators.

His only bloodline descendant died.

He, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, went to the Ling Shuang Sword Sect to force them to hand over Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou.

Logically speaking, since Ling Shuang Sword Sect is in the wrong, they should hand over the person.

But they deliberately dragged their feet, and they even made it sound nice, saying it wasn't that they didn't want to pay, but that they would pay slowly.

They keep passing the buck, being polite and courteous, but they just won't give you a straight answer right away.

This made Pei Xuandu understand one thing completely.

No matter how famous a rogue cultivator's Nascent Soul stage is, they are still just a rogue cultivator.

You can make even the minor sects fear you.

But if you try to force a major sect to submit, they may not actually take you seriously.

Moreover, behind Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou is Gu Changjin, the Supreme Elder of the Xuan Yang Sect.

Although Gu Changjin had just formed his Nascent Soul.

Even though he has just formed his nascent soul, he is still a legitimate and upright elder of the Xuan Yang Sect.

Who knows if these major sects have any connections with each other?

So Pei Xuan figured it all out.

He also needs to find a powerful backer; there's no future in being a rogue cultivator.

Only when one becomes a senior guest elder in a major sect can one be considered to have truly entered the inner circle.

Before the crack, besides Luo Bai Sect and Pei Xuandu, there were two or three Nascent Soul cultivators from smaller sects, and four or five rogue Nascent Soul cultivators.

Each person occupied a corner, seemingly calm, but in reality, their eyes were all glancing into the crack in the secret realm.

The inheritance of the Divine Transformation is right before our eyes.

Who wouldn't be tempted?

A gray-robed Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly chuckled and looked at Pei Xuandu.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, I have heard that Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou are the only direct descendants of Elder Gu of the Xuan Yang Sect."

"When the secret realm opens later, if we really encounter them, shouldn't we... hold back a little?"

This gray-robed Nascent Soul cultivator was the Supreme Elder of a small sect, and also a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

As soon as he said this, many Nascent Soul cultivators around him looked over.

The name Gu Changjin is not unfamiliar in the Western Wilderness these days.

Newly promoted to Nascent Soul stage, the Gu family tragedy, the Supreme Elder of Xuan Yang Sect.

All of these things combined do indeed make one somewhat wary.

Upon hearing this, Pei Xuandu let out a cold laugh.

"Keep your hands? Why should you keep your hands!?"

His eyes were cold.

"My only descendant died at the hands of those two little beasts, so it is only right for me to hunt them down."

"If Gu Changjin really had the guts, he should have come to discuss the Dao with me long ago."

"But how long has it been?"

"Has he arrived?"

The Nascent Soul cultivators maintained subtle expressions, remaining calm and collected, but secretly found it amusing.

Pei Xuandu continued, "Don't be intimidated by the title of Supreme Elder of a major sect."

"So what if he's the Supreme Elder of the Xuan Yang Sect?"

"Just a newly formed Nascent Soul."

"I have been a Nascent Soul cultivator for a hundred years. Even if Gu Changjin were standing in front of me, he would have to respectfully call me senior."

Bai Wujiu of the Luo Bai Sect did not speak, but simply stroked his beard.

He didn't like Pei Xuandu's arrogance, but he also felt that what he said was true.

The Nascent Soul realm is a new level of cultivation, each step a new realm.

Newly promoted Nascent Soul cultivators and those in the mid-stage of Nascent Soul cultivation are not the same thing.

Of course, the most important thing is that Pei Xuandu has now joined his Luo Bai Sect, otherwise it would still be a bit lacking.

With the support of the Luo Bai Sect, Pei Xuandu spoke with even more confidence.

"Even if I kill his two direct descendants, what can he do?"

"Could it be that the Xuan Yang Sect would turn against my Luo Bai Sect for the sake of two Foundation Establishment juniors?"

"Besides, if we really want to talk about it, those two little beasts killed my descendants first."

"Since Gu Changjin is here, we can only listen."

He looked around at everyone, his tone becoming increasingly arrogant.

"I'd like to see that."

"If Gu Changjin were standing in front of me, would he still dare to put on airs like the Supreme Elder of Xuan Yang?"

"At that time, he will still have to call me 'old man'..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Suddenly, the world fell silent.

It's not that the people around don't want to talk.

Instead, everyone's voices seemed to be forcefully pushed back into their throats by an invisible hand.

The wind stopped, the clouds stopped, and even the spiritual energy between heaven and earth seemed to freeze for a moment.

Even the starlight flowing through the cracks in the secret realm slowed down in that instant.

An indescribable, terrifying pressure swept in from the far distance.

First a line, then like a tsunami.

boom!

The entire mountain range trembled simultaneously.

Countless low-level cultivators turned pale and knelt down on the ground.

The Golden Core cultivators barely managed to hold on, but one by one their spiritual energy stagnated and their souls felt cold.

Before the crack, all the Nascent Soul cultivators changed color.

Bai Wujiu suddenly looked up and gazed eastward.

"This aura..."

"Transformation into a Divine Being?"

The other two Nascent Soul cultivators from the Luo Bai Sect instantly lost all color in their faces.

"impossible!"

"How could a Nascent Soul Dao Lord descend upon the Western Regions?"

Pei Xuandu's arrogant expression froze.

A sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

That aura didn't come from the Sunset Mountain Range.

Instead, it came from three thousand miles away, pressing down across the void, and spread all the way here.

The opponent hadn't even arrived yet; simply by releasing their aura, they had already enveloped the area for thousands of miles.

The next instant, the phantom image of the Black Water River flashed and disappeared in the sky.

The outline of a dark, secluded cave seemed to slowly press down from the depths of the void.

The dark, turbid waters flowed swiftly, while the swirling vortex of Guixu silently rotated.

All the Nascent Souls seemed to be held down by a small world, and even the Nascent Souls began to tremble.

The gray-robed Nascent Soul cultivator, who had just wanted to provoke him, now had his lips trembling and couldn't utter a single word.

Cold sweat dripped down Bai Wujiu's forehead. He finally realized that the newcomer was no ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

This is a newly promoted Dao Lord who has only recently attained Dao and whose aura has not yet been completely concealed, yet he is already able to dominate for thousands of miles!

Pei Xuandu reacted the most, because the aura locked onto him directly!

Oh no, what did I do to offend this senior? I just...

next moment.

A calm voice came from three thousand miles away, echoing throughout the entire Luoxia Mountain Range.

"Oh?"

"Who wants to be my senior?"