Chapter 324: The Great Jing Immortal Dynasty (12)

On the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven, shrouded in endless chaos, countless names were densely engraved. Each name represented a prodigy participating in the trial.

Many powerful elders from various forces gathered around it. Every time a name vanished, a faction would mourn the loss. At the forefront stood the most dazzling figures, each possessing the strength to look down upon the ages.

They came from immortal lands.

Once every million years, the Battle of the Path to Heaven took place. The higher a prodigy ranked on the list, the greater the blessings their backing force would receive from the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain, bringing immense benefits to their entire immortal land.

The elders from each immortal land maintained calm expressions. They held absolute confidence in their own successors. As they watched countless names disappear from the lower ranks, they simply kept their proud and indifferent demeanors.

"Humans? What race is that?"

A towering figure looked on with some surprise as a golden light steadily climbed the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven.

At first, no one paid the golden light any attention. But its ascent was shockingly fast. In a short time, it had surged straight into eleventh place.

It could no longer be ignored.

The human race was unfamiliar. In the eyes of the many immortal lands of the Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain, it had never been heard of.

Yet that brief moment of attention soon turned into astonishment.

On the Ancient Monument, the eight names ranked at the very front suddenly vanished all at once. Only one remained.

The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Lord.

The Ancient Monument trembled violently. A black pillar of light shot skyward, tearing open a fissure in the boundless void. Through the rift flowed the long river of time, revealing countless peerless figures that stood apart from past and present.

"Those are… Immortal Monarch imprints?"

"The Heavenly Gang Immortal List! That is the Heavenly Gang Immortal List! It records the most brilliant prodigies of our Heavenly Gang Immortal Domain. Their imprints remain on the list, granting them a chance at immortality in the future!"

"In an entire epoch, it is rare for even one person to leave their name on the Heavenly Gang Immortal List. The ancient Immortal Monarchs all relied on it to etch their legacies."

"A new name has appeared… that is…"

"The Great Freedom Heaven!"

"..."

On the monument that spanned past and present, amid countless dazzling figures, a silhouette like eternal night—formless, traceless, without sensation or interest—slowly condensed and deeply imprinted itself at the end of the river of time.

Even the lofty immortal lands were moved in this moment.

"It's him… that being born from the supreme, pitch-black darkness. He has actually reached the level of ‘Heaven'!"

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To instantly kill eight supreme prodigies was already a despair-inducing display of power. Now he had earned a place on the Heavenly Gang Immortal List and gained a chance at true immortality.

This scene was both expected and unexpected.

"Perhaps we will witness the birth of an Immortal Monarch in this era," an ancient existence said with great excitement.

To witness the rise of a legendary Immortal Monarch, even if only as observers, was a stroke of fortune.

While everyone's attention remained fixed on the Heavenly Gang Immortal List, no one noticed new movement on the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven.

The name in tenth place, Lan Batian, had disappeared and been replaced by one belonging to the human race.

Boom!

Just as the fissure to the Heavenly Gang Immortal List was about to close and fade away once more, the Ancient Monument shook with another massive disturbance.

"What is happening?"

The crowd turned toward the monument in confusion.

The new commotion came from an unfamiliar name and race.

"Human race… Lord of Supreme Wisdom?"

The unfamiliar name glowed with holy light.

"What exactly is going on?"

"The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Lord's name has dropped to second place on the Ancient Monument!"

The elders from the major immortal land forces could scarcely believe their eyes.

They were not surprised that the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Lord had triggered the Heavenly Gang Immortal List. After all, he was a being born from supreme, pitch-black darkness.

But the Lord of Supreme Wisdom?

No one had ever heard this name before. And it came from the human race—a race they had never heard of either. It belonged to neither the immortal lands nor the supreme races.

Yet it had suddenly burst into everyone's view.

The imprint left by the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Lord on the Heavenly Gang Immortal List was scattered by that holy figure. Endless wisdom evolved into truths, and countless truths coalesced into form. Without fixed shape, witnessed in a single thought, it became eternal.

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In the depths of the Heavenly Palace in the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty, chaos surged.

A towering figure, godlike and demonic, stood upon the ninth heaven.

In an instant, laws trembled and chains of order shattered.

"What exactly is happening?"

A rare flicker of emotion appeared in Heavenly Martial Emperor's eyes. It was a feeling he had not experienced in countless years. Not even when he had fought that supreme existence from the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain on the brink of life and death had he shown such emotion.

A vast will descended upon the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty.

"Nan Hongsang of the human race's Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty has ranked 100th on the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven. She is granted one million years of immortal dao blessings."

A majestic, supreme voice rang out in the minds of countless beings across the entire Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty. It was impossible to defy.

"What is the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven?"

"Nan Hongsang? Isn't she the greatest female war god of our Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty?"

"One million years of immortal dao blessings? Wait—my cultivation is breaking through!"

"..."

Throughout the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty, massive surges of primal qi, law fragments, and dao order erupted everywhere. All living beings clearly felt their cultivation rising rapidly.

The people of the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty might not have understood what the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven was, nor what one million years of immortal dao fortune truly meant. But Heavenly Martial Emperor understood perfectly.

A colossal wave of fortune poured into the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty. With this protection, not even immortals could act freely within its borders.

"Top one hundred on the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven… Even at my peak, I never achieved such glory," Heavenly Martial Emperor said with visible joy.

This was a heaven-sent gift. With one million years of immortal dao fortune blessing the entire dynasty, they might even stand shoulder to shoulder with those supreme races. The Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty would reach new heights under his rule!

"The little girl from the Nan Clan is truly a blessing to our Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty."

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Outside the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty, many forces had grown wary after the dynasty destroyed the Barbarian Wolf Heavenly Domain and Heavenly Martial Emperor proved his dao as an Emperor Lord. They had secretly allied with an ancient race.

"What is that?"

Powerful experts from the surrounding forces looked up and saw the region of the Great Jing Heavenly Dynasty enveloped in a mysterious aura that inspired instinctive awe and fear.

"That is… how is this possible?"

"Immortal dao fortune from the Ancient Monument of the Path to Heaven? You fools! You actually dared to move against a heaven-favored race!"

The experts from that ancient race instantly changed color.