Chapter 419 - 394: Immortal Lord Cuts Down the Heavens_1

"There are two that have slipped through the net, please wait a moment, senior."

After speaking, Lu Yan disappeared with a flash, quickly leaving.

Meanwhile, outside the Red Flame Immortal Ruins, Lu Yan’s four Martial Arts Avatars had intercepted two large birds.

These two large birds, one had a Primordial Spirit of the fourth rank, the other one of the fifth rank.

Even though Lu Yan was fully invested in dealing with Immortal Lord Red Flame and had no energy to control his avatars, a bit of energy was already enough to halt these two large birds.

Now that Lu Yan had regained his energy, the power of the Martial Arts Avatars tremendously increased. Their attack power surged dramatically and they killed the two large birds in a matter of a few strikes.

Lu Yan’s main body arrived, and the Dao Book flew out, devouring the two large birds.

As such, all the immortals in the Red Flame Immortal Ruins were wiped out.

Retracting his Martial Arts avatars, Lu Yan returned. He spread his Spiritual Sense and retrieved the Destroying Demon Arrows scattered nearby.

"By the way, elder, just before his death, Immortal Lord Red Flame shouted that the Immortal Great Freedom will eventually return. Do you know what sort of existence the Immortal Great Freedom is?"

Lu Yan asked.

"Immortal Lord is a title the Immortal Clan gives to its most powerful members, each Immortal Lord has surpassed the Primordial Spirit, reaching Immortality."

Lin Yan explained with an extremely solemn expression.

"Immortality?"

Lu Yan sucked a cold breath, his face changing dramatically.

Even an Immortal Lord at the He Dao realm level was already immensely troublesome for them, not to mention those surpassing the Primordial Spirit reaching Immortality.

Surpassing the Primordial Spirit was a leap to a high realm, it was imaginable that their strength was beyond measure. If they appeared, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they could crush them with a single slap.

Does the Immortal Clan have such a being that is about to come?

"In the distant past, indeed the Immortal Clan had Immortal Lords, but during the great war between immortals and demons, many Immortal Lords fell and only a few remained. Later, two more were killed by Martial Ancestor, the last Immortal Lord seemingly reached some agreement with the Martial Ancestor and they left together for the sea, theoretically, this world no longer has any Immortal Lords. I wonder if the final words of Immortal Lord Red Flame were true or not?"

Lin Yan explained in a low voice, obviously feeling uncertain.

The two of them chatted for a while, not gaining any conclusions, and so they gave up.

If soldiers come, they will block them; if water comes, they will cover it with soil.

What they can do now is to improve themselves as much as possible.

The two of them flew towards the Red Flame Immortal Ruins, and soon, a bare mountain appeared before their eyes.

The mountain peak was devoid of any vegetation, completely covered in fiery red rocks.

The rocks were extraordinarily tough and hot, like metal.

Underneath the mountain, there was a large cave.

The two of them entered.

Inside was a wide passageway, and on both sides of the passageway, there were stone rooms.

In one of the stone rooms, there was nothing, but on the four walls, murals were engraved.

The two of them carefully observed, only a few murals were understandable, while the others were vague and hard to decipher.

From the few murals that they could understand, it was evident that they portrayed sacrificial rituals.

A large fiery-red bird was standing on an altar, and beneath it, countless humans were prostrating on the ground.

Moreover, there were people leading young men and women of the human clan onto the altar and offering them as sacrifices.

This reminded Lu Yan of the ancient ruins he had seen, which were similar.

The other murals depicted fiery-red birds soaring high into the sky, seemingly battling against some existence.

The two of them observed for a while before moving to the stone room on the other side.

In this stone room, a stone pedestal was set up, on the pedestal, there was a red box.

There were no wish patterns on it, the two of them opened the box and found two Sumi Mustard Seed Bags inside.

Lu Yan picked up one of them and examined it, then with a wave of his hand, several more boxes appeared on the ground.

Upon opening them, they found a bunch of books.

The material of the books was soft and tough, seemingly made from the skin of a powerful Alien Beast. Judging by their appearance, they seemed to have been around for quite a long time.

Lu Yan picked up a book and began to flip through it casually.

After reading a page, his eyes lit up.

The script in the book was in the human language, and the contents recorded were about the ancient times.

Lu Yan immediately became interested.

Because, at the establishment of Dagu Dynasty, Martial Ancestor ordered all books about ancient times to be burned to ashes.

As a result, a period of history in ancient times became a blank, no one knew what exactly happened in the ancient times, what kind of world it was.

But this book had records about that.

Obviously, this book was collected by the Immortal Ruins and had not been torched by Martial Ancestor.

Lu Yan quickly began to leaf through the book.

Reading a book with his Spiritual Sense, he only needed to sweep his eyes over the page, and the contents would be imprinted in his mind.

After finishing the book, Lu Yan had a basic understanding of the ancient times, but he became silent.

"In ancient times, for the human clan, it was such a tragic and heavy era, no wonder its related books were burned by Martial Ancestor."

Lu Yan muttered.

According to the book, during the ancient times, Immortals and Demons ruled the world.

The Immortals kept the human clan as Immortal Servants, as slaves, they worshipped day and night, providing wish power for the Immortals.

At the same time, they also mined resources and looked for the essence of heaven and earth for Immortal cultivation.

The Demons also kept the humans, but their fate was even more pathetic.

The Demons treated the humans as livestock, as blood food, torturing and killing humans in a variety of cruel ways, generating negative energy for their entertainment and cultivation.

In that era, humans lived in darkness, never knowing peace.

Sigh!

Lu Yan heaved a long sigh.

He finally understood why Martial Ancestor wanted to burn the books about the ancient era.

Because, that era was too brutal, too heavy, and even too humiliating for the human clan.

Martial Ancestor did not want the later generations to remember that humiliating history, that dark era without any dignity.

He wanted the humans to live with confidence and pass down their legacy.

Lin Yan took the book, but after flipping through a few pages, he did not continue reading. He said, "Actually, I don’t agree with Martial Ancestor’s approach. Sometimes, remembering history can inspire people to strive harder and even surpass the Immortal Demons who once rode over us."

Clearly, Lin Yan had some understanding of that ancient history.

"The predecessor makes a good point."

Lu Yan also nodded, agreeing with Lin Yan’s view.

He was reminded of a resilient race in his previous life, which had also experienced hardships, but history must be remembered.

Next, he took out several more books to read.

Mostly recorded were some strange tales and anecdotes from the ancient times, and of course, some which praised the Immortal Clan—clearly written by Immortal Servants.

Finally, Lu Yan took out an especially thick book, but after opening it, he was dumbstruck.

Because he couldn’t recognize the characters inside.

"Predecessor, do you recognize these characters?"

Lu Yan asked Lin Yan.

"This is the script of the Immortal Clan. I’ve studied their language before, so I can roughly read it."

Lin Yan took the book and started reading closely.

After finishing, Lin Yan’s expression fluctuated somewhat.

"Predecessor, what does it say?"

Lu Yan was curious.

He was very curious about what could cause Lin Yan to have such an expression.

"It recorded the history of the Immortal Clan and some significant events in their history."

Lin Yan said.

"The history of the Immortal Clan? Predecessor, please tell me."

Lu Yan was very curious.

Lin Yan nodded and began to explain.

After listening, Lu Yan’s mind was troubled for a long time.

According to this book, a long time ago, the Immortal Clan was the only ruler of this world.

They dominated the world with unmatched power, with numerous accomplished and skilled individuals in their clan.

And with the passage of time, the number of strong individuals in the Immortal Clan increased. Immortal Lords of immortality were born one after another.

Some Immortals even went overseas and brought in humans, allowing them to thrive on this land and serve the Immortal Clan.

According to the book, this world was flourishing.

But later, the will of this world, fearing that the Immortal Clan was too strong and that it exceeded the will of Heaven and Earth, began to suppress the Immortal Clan.

Suppressed the clan’s natural talents and impeded their cultivation...

In the end, the Immortal Clan couldn’t bear it, and the thirty-six strongest Immortal Lords at the time joined forces to challenge the heavens.

They waged a shocking battle against the will of Heaven and Earth.

In the end, most of the Immortal Lords perished, and the will of Heaven and Earth was severely damaged.

Heaven and Earth could no longer suppress the Immortal Clan, but they seized the opportunity to bring in the Demon Clan from overseas.

This was a strategy akin to using a wolf to devour the tiger.

Immortals and Demons are incompatible, and the two sides fought each other for resources.

The will of Heaven and Earth used this opportunity to recuperate and recover.

In the end, a world-shattering battle broke out between the Immortals and the Demons.

That battle was incredibly brutal, but in the end, the Immortal Clan won.

The Demon Clan was almost completely exterminated.

But the Immortal Clan also suffered heavy losses, with few strong individuals left and very few Immortal Lords.

At that time, the will of Heaven and Earth that had barely recovered, struck down heavenly punishment, suppressing all the Immortals, and even extracting their essence and spirit.

The various Immortal Clans could only ’ignite’ their own Immortal Treasures, forming a rule domain and transformed into Fairy Ruins to evade the heavenly punishment.

"This book was written by the Immortal Clan, it doesn’t say anything negative about the Immortals, but do you know why people say that whenever an Immortal appears, it is a disaster?"

Lin Yan said.

"Because the appearance of an Immortal would cause disasters such as droughts."

Lu Yan said.

"Almost. To ascend, Immortals need to constantly devour the essence of Heaven and Earth. Especially when a powerful Immortal wants to ascend, they need to devour the Earth Essence, and the soul of Heaven and Earth, it’s completely a mad plunder. Given time, this world would turn into a death field, barren and lifeless."

"The will of Heaven and Earth naturally has to resist, hence there was a series of great wars. But this book doesn’t mention it at all."

Lin Yan said.

"The will of Heaven and Earth is trying to save itself."

Lu Yan concluded.

"You could say that."

Lin Yan nodded, "No wonder the world’s rules are not complete, it’s because the will of Heaven and Earth was severely damaged."

"But where did these Immortals come from? Were they nurtured by Heaven and Earth, or did they come from overseas?"

Lu Yan asked again.

Lin Yan shook his head: "I don’t know."

Lu Yan could only suppress his curiosity and check another Sumi Mustard Seed Bag.

The other Sumi Mustard Seed Bag contained a variety of things.

Such as some fiery red metal, a few Spiritual Treasures, and the most valuable were the Gold of Rule. There were five pieces in total, all of which were Gold of Fire Law.

In addition, astonishingly, there were three sets of Divine-level Martial Arts.

They should have come from human martial artists.

The Fairy Ruins have always secretly nurtured Immortal Servants to serve them. For example, the several Feudal Princes who are currently loyal to the Fairy Ruins are the experts they cultivated thousands of years ago. They went out to contribute their services and created their own forces.

Divine-level Martial Arts were naturally indispensable.