Chapter 628. Taking That Half Step, Peerless Battle Prowess

Beings across many starfields sensed the battle between Supreme Immortals, though most did not understand what was happening. The weaker among them merely felt that heaven and earth were on the verge of some immense change.

Only those in the Immortal Realm, particularly Celestial Seat Immortals who had begun mastering the laws of heaven and earth, could clearly perceive that supreme experts were fighting without restraint. Their auras blanketed that entire region of space.

The other Supreme Immortals also sensed the disturbance and immediately set out for the Milky Way Starfield.

On the battlefield, immortal light surged as the four figures continued to clash. The Eternals' Starfield Lord and the Ji Clan's Starfield Lord had accepted extracosmic power and taken half a step beyond the Supreme Immortal Realm, but they had not fully assimilated it.

They held the upper hand against Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha, yet defeating or killing them in a short time remained impossible. All four had unleashed their strongest techniques, but neither side had secured victory. Their auras and the dazzling radiance of their collisions caused the entire Milky Way to pulse with light.

On Earth, Jiang Ningxian, Zhu Qingyu, and the rest of humanity witnessed a strange sight. Although it was broad daylight, the depths of space blazed with extraordinary brilliance. Even across such a vast distance, they could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from it.

"That is Father's aura." Jiang Ningxian's expression turned grave.

Only someone like the Ji Clan's Starfield Lord could force her father to act personally. This could only mean that the two Starfield Lords had returned from the cosmic borderlands to prepare for the descent of the extracosmic beings.

Now, only someone at her father's level could stop them.

Jiang Ningxian looked into the distance, her gaze tinged with worry. "I wonder when he will come out of seclusion."

She knew Lu Yuan had entered seclusion to challenge the pinnacle of immortality, the Supreme Immortal Realm. She also knew just how difficult that was. Her father had already been a Supreme Immortal before she was born, while Lu Yuan had only cultivated for a handful of years.

Becoming a Celestial Seat Immortal so quickly was already unparalleled in the universe. If he advanced again, he might be the first person in all history to accomplish such a feat.

Yet Jiang Ningxian had a powerful intuition. When the calamity truly erupted, neither her father nor any other Starfield Lord from the top ten starfields would be the one to end it.

It would be... Lu Yuan.

The question was, when would he come out of seclusion and become a Supreme Immortal?

Everything now depended on how long her father and the others could hold back the two Starfield Lords.

To Jiang Ningxian, the longer they could hold on, the better.

Rumble!

Heaven and earth roared again. The depths of space blazed ever brighter, its radiance seeming to eclipse even the sun.

Humans and members of the various races on Earth watched in confusion, unaware of what was happening.

Meanwhile, at the border of the Milky Way Starfield, four Supreme Immortals continued their battle.

Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha unleashed their strongest techniques.

They held back the Ji Clan's Starfield Lord and the Eternals' Starfield Lord, but the difference in strength remained. As the battle dragged on, the pressure mounted until they could barely endure.

"We may have taken only half a step, but defeating you two will not take long." The pressure surrounding the Ji Clan's Starfield Lord grew even more oppressive. Black mist rose around him as his power surged to its limit.

The two Starfield Lords drew upon their extracosmic power, completely suppressing Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha.

"I can already sense the path beyond ultimate evolution, the path that leads to the supreme. I cannot waste any more time. I must take that step." Excitement filled the Eternals' Starfield Lord's voice.

He had remained in the Supreme Immortal Realm for far too long and had grown weary of stagnation. Like so many predecessors, he had once believed he would advance no further in this life. Now that he had glimpsed new hope, he could no longer bear to wait.

"Good. I will hold these two back. Go to Earth and undo the final seal so the extracosmic beings can descend in full. Then we can truly take that step and become the first in countless eras to enter that realm." The Ji Clan's Starfield Lord could barely contain his anticipation.

Without hesitation, he struck his palm toward Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha.

A galaxy took shape in his palm, brimming with terrifying power.

Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha felt the tremendous force behind the attack and countered with all their power.

Boom!

Space erupted in dazzling light.

The Ji Clan's Starfield Lord had taken that half step beyond the realm. Even against two Supreme Immortals, he had nothing to fear. His attack suppressed both of them, allowing the Eternals' Starfield Lord to seize the opportunity and depart. As he took a single step, the surrounding stars seemed to wheel backward.

"No! He's going to Earth. Stop him!" Jiang Huanyun and the others paled. They all unleashed their strongest powers in an attempt to block him.

Unfortunately, the disparity was too great. The Eternals' Starfield Lord did not even bother to attack. He ignored them and vanished.

Even from the borderlands of the Milky Way Starfield, a Supreme Immortal could reach Earth in little time.

Jiang Taiyu, the Present Buddha, and the experts of the various races felt their hearts sink. Earth's restrictions were gone, and no one there could stop the Eternals' Starfield Lord.

"No. We must stop him." Jiang Taiyu moved to intervene.

"The battle between us is not over. Before it ends, you cannot go anywhere."

The Ji Clan's Starfield Lord stepped forward. Space shattered and the laws themselves wailed.

Immortal light surged as he imprisoned Jiang Taiyu and the Present Buddha within that region of space, preventing them from taking so much as half a step.

By then, both could sense that the Eternals' Starfield Lord was already close to Earth.