The esteemed Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian, beaten into submission by a Tribulation Immortal Venerable, had truly lost all face today. Seeing that the situation was beyond his control, he transformed into a streak of light and fled into the distance.
"Today's humiliation, I, Xuan Tian, will remember. I will surely reclaim it someday." Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian left these words behind and departed Cloud Mist City directly. Zhang Fan did not pursue. After such a great battle, he had a clear understanding of his strength. At full power, he could even contend with late-stage Great Dao realm experts, but he was not yet capable of killing Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian.
"Still no good magic treasures. It seems that after today, I should go and retrieve that Seven Star Pagoda." Zhang Fan looked at the blood-colored long sword in his hand. Although it was a top-grade Tribulation Realm divine weapon, it was still significantly inferior to an Immortal Emperor treasure.
With Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian's escape, Immortal Emperor Tian Jian no longer had a reason to continue fighting. His battle with Immortal Emperor Xie Fo had not yielded any significant advantage. He cast a cold glance at Zhang Fan and left without a word.
"Fellow Daoist Shi Jue, to have forced Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian to flee in such a sorry state while in your Dominator stage, your strength commands our respect. If you have time, you are welcome to visit our Dragon God Palace," the Old Dragon King invited Zhang Fan, extending the goodwill of the Dragon God Palace.
The Hundred Beasts Sect and the Heavenly Demon Gate also expressed similar sentiments. Although their demon race was powerful in the Eastern Starry Sky, they were still at a disadvantage compared to the human race, as seven of the ten great immortal sects belonged to humans. Therefore, the three great immortal sects of the demon race were quite united and eager to befriend powerful individuals.
It was also fortunate that the seven great immortal sects of the human race were not united; otherwise, the survival space for their demon race would have been even more difficult.
"If I have time, I will certainly visit," Zhang Fan nodded.
Regarding the three great immortal sects of the demon race, Zhang Fan had no past grievances with them, so he did not refuse the Old Dragon King's invitation.
The Immortal Emperors from the Dao Tian Immortal Palace, Five Elements Immortal Sect, Great Tribulation Palace, Sun Temple, and Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall also exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Fan. They knew that starting from today, the landscape of the Central Continent had changed.
Cloud Mist City was no longer the Cloud Mist City of the past but a hegemonic force capable of engaging in equal dialogue with immortal sects.
As the numerous Immortal Emperors departed, Zhang Fan and Immortal Emperor Xie Fo returned to Cloud Mist City. Gazes filled with reverence turned towards him.
Even Black Dragon Immortal Venerable was filled with astonishment, but she now understood that Zhang Fan's occupation of Cloud Mist City was not due to any particular liking for it, but rather as a temporary base for rest.
After all, with his strength, it would be effortless for him to establish an immortal sect in the future, one that could stand alongside the ten great immortal sects. Now, Black Dragon Immortal Venerable was more worried that Zhang Fan might leave without a word, which would be a great loss for Cloud Mist City.
"Master, that Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian is too arrogant. Once I break through to the Immortal Emperor realm, he will be the first one I kill!" Blood Demon Flood Dragon rushed to Zhang Fan's side, roaring.
"First, you need to reach the Transcendent Saint Body realm. Achieving the Immortal Emperor position by sheer force is not easy," Zhang Fan replied.
Speaking of which, Zhang Fan turned to Black Dragon Immortal Venerable and said, "Black Dragon, the city protection formation of Cloud Mist City is still too weak. Although it's called an Emperor-grade formation, its suppression of Immortal Emperors is very weak. I will give you a list later. Prepare the materials, and I will re-arrange it."
Black Dragon Immortal Venerable was overjoyed. The current city protection formation of Cloud Mist City was something she had spent a great deal of effort to have an Immortal Emperor help set up, but in Zhang Fan's eyes, it was clearly not sufficient.
Today's battle had elevated Cloud Mist City's prestige to its peak, with two Immortal Emperors unable to gain any advantage.
Of course, what was most shocking was the Shi Jue Immortal Venerable, in his Dominator stage, fighting Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian, a feat that countless cultivators would discuss. Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian had never imagined that after a million years of cultivation, he would today serve as a stepping stone for a junior, making him famous across the Central Continent.
This was the might of "Invincible below Immortal Emperor, one for one above Immortal Emperor." It could be imagined that when he broke through to the Heavenly Dao realm, how many people on the Central Continent would be his match?
Therefore, in the following period, a large number of Immortal King and Immortal Venerable level experts visited Cloud Mist City, hoping to become disciples of Shi Jue Immortal Venerable. It was known that even Immortal Emperor Xie Fo was a disciple of Shi Jue Immortal Venerable, which showed how brilliant Shi Jue Immortal Venerable's teaching methods were.
However, Zhang Fan had no inclination to deal with such a situation and delegated everything to Black Dragon Immortal Venerable. With her peak Dominator realm strength, she was capable of maintaining order.
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Across the vast Central Continent, there were numerous dangerous places, some of which even Immortal Emperors dared not easily enter. Areas that threatened Immortal Venerables were called forbidden zones.
The source of the Central Star River was a forbidden zone, located in a place of chaotic space-time called Myriad Realms Mountain. Even Immortal Venerable experts dared not easily enter this place. One who strayed in risked falling into a loop of space and never escaping.
Myriad Realms Mountain was not as jagged with peaks as one might imagine. Instead, it was a vast expanse of fluctuating spatial ripples in the void, within which lay billions of realms, layered one upon another, hence its name.
Zhang Fan arrived alone. Sensing the familiar spatial fluctuations, he couldn't help but recall past times. His first Immortal Emperor true artifact was obtained within Myriad Realms Mountain.
Immortal Emperor level treasures were divided into two categories: Immortal Emperor treasures and Immortal Emperor true artifacts. Immortal Emperor treasures were not difficult for Immortal Emperor level experts to refine, but Immortal Emperor true artifacts were extremely rare.
This was because only those who reached the peak of the Great Dao realm possessed the strength to refine Immortal Emperor true artifacts. The Seven Star Pagoda within Myriad Realms Mountain was an extremely powerful Immortal Emperor true artifact, which Zhang Fan had accidentally obtained while exploring Myriad Realms Mountain after breaking through to the Great Dao realm in his past life.
The Seven Star Pagoda was refined by a powerful expert named Immortal Emperor Seven Stars, and it had existed for an immeasurable amount of time. The Seven Star Pagoda above Zi Xiao Star Domain was merely a projection of the Seven Star Pagoda within Myriad Realms Mountain.
Finding the world where the Seven Star Pagoda was hidden among billions of spaces would be extremely difficult even for an Immortal Emperor level expert if they did not know its location beforehand. Fortunately, the route was already imprinted in Zhang Fan's mind. Looking at the expanse of spatial ripples before him, he rushed in without hesitation.
He accelerated to his maximum speed, employing the Dao of Time and Space to cast a Yin-Yang Diagram, suppressing the chaotic space to avoid being inadvertently drawn in. After an unknown duration of travel, Zhang Fan broke through countless spatial barriers and traversed tens of thousands of worlds, finally reaching his destination.
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