The dignified Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian was being beaten by a Tribulation Crossing Immortal Venerable. His reputation was utterly ruined today. Seeing that the situation was beyond repair, he turned into a stream of light and fled into the distance.
"I have noted this humiliation today, Xuan Tian will surely retrieve it in the future." Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian left behind a sentence and then directly departed from Cloud Mist City. Zhang Fan did not pursue. After a great battle, he had a clear understanding of his own strength. With full effort, he could even contend with powerful cultivators in the late stage of the Great Dao Realm, but he was still incapable of killing Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian.
"I still don't have a good magical artifact. It seems that after today, it's time to go and retrieve the 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 a considerable distance from an Immortal Emperor's treasure.
With Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian's escape, Immortal Emperor Tian Jian had no need to continue fighting. He hadn't gained much advantage in his battle with Immortal Emperor Xie Fo. He cast a cold glance at Zhang Fan and left without a word.
"Fellow Daoist Shi Jue, to make Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian flee in a sorry state while in the Sovereign realm, such strength truly earns our admiration. If you have time, you are welcome to visit our Dragon God Palace." Old Dragon King extended an invitation to Zhang Fan, expressing the goodwill of the Dragon God Palace.
The Hundred Beast Sect and the Heavenly Demon Gate were no different. Although their demon race was powerful in the Eastern Starry Sky, they were still at a disadvantage compared to the human race. After all, seven of the Ten Great Immortal Sects were occupied by humans. Therefore, the three great immortal sects of the demon race were quite united and happy to befriend strong individuals.
It was also fortunate that the seven great immortal sects of the human race were not united, otherwise, the living space for their demon race would be even more difficult.
"If I have time, I will certainly pay a visit." Zhang Fan nodded.
Regarding the three great immortal sects of the demon race, Zhang Fan had no enmity with them in his previous life, so he did not refuse Old Dragon King's invitation.
The Immortal Emperors from Dao Tian Immortal Palace, Five Elements Immortal Sect, Great Tribulation Palace, Sun God Hall, and Myriad Buddha Hall also exchanged pleasantries with Zhang Fan. They knew that from this day forward, the landscape of the Central Continent had changed.
Cloud Mist City was no longer the same Cloud Mist City it once was, but a paramount power that could converse with Immortal Sects on equal footing.
As the various Immortal Emperors departed, Zhang Fan and Immortal Emperor Xie Fo returned to Cloud Mist City. Numerous scorching gazes were cast upon him, filled with reverence.
Even Immortal Venerable Hei Long's eyes were filled with amazement at this moment. However, she now understood that Zhang Fan's occupation of Cloud Mist City was not because he truly coveted it, but merely to use it as a temporary stronghold.
After all, with his strength, it would be effortless for him to establish an Immortal Sect and stand alongside the Ten Great Immortal Sects in the future. Now, Immortal Venerable Hei Long was instead worried that Zhang Fan might leave without a word, which would be a tremendous 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 Jiao rushed to Zhang Fan and bellowed.
"You should first reach the Transcendence Holy Body realm. Achieving the Immortal Emperor position by forcefully breaking through is not an easy feat," Zhang Fan replied.
Speaking of which, Zhang Fan turned to Immortal Venerable Hei Long and said, "Hei Long, the city protection formation of this Cloud Mist City is still too weak. Although it's called an Emperor-level formation, its suppression of Immortal Emperors is very weak. I will give you a list later, you prepare the materials, and I will re-arrange it."
Immortal Venerable Hei Long was overjoyed upon hearing this. The current city protection formation of Cloud Mist City was something she had painstakingly arranged with the help of an Immortal Emperor, but in Zhang Fan's eyes, it was clearly not sufficient.
The battle today had propelled Cloud Mist City's prestige to its peak, with two great Immortal Emperors failing to gain any advantage.
Of course, what was most shocking was that Immortal Venerable Shi Jue, in his Sovereign realm, had battled Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian. This was enthusiastically discussed by countless cultivators. Immortal Emperor Xuan Tian had never expected that after a million years of cultivation, he would today serve as a stepping stone for a junior to gain fame on the Central Continent.
This was the might of being invincible below Immortal Emperor and exchanging blows with Immortal Emperors. One could imagine that once he broke through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, how many people on the Central Continent would be able to contend with him?
Therefore, in the following period, a large number of Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables on the Central Continent visited Cloud Mist City, hoping to become disciples of Immortal Venerable Shi Jue. One should know that even Immortal Emperor Xie Fo was a disciple of Immortal Venerable Shi Jue, which showed how skilled Immortal Venerable Shi Jue was in teaching his disciples.
However, Zhang Fan had no inclination to deal with such a situation and handed everything over to Immortal Venerable Hei Long. With her peak Sovereign 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. Immortal Emperors that posed a threat to Immortal Venerables were called forbidden zones.
The origin of the Central Star River was a forbidden zone, located in a region of spatial and temporal chaos called the Myriad Realms Mountain. Even Immortal Venerable cultivators dared not easily enter this place, and one might even risk falling into a loop, never to escape.
The Myriad Realms Mountain was not as majestic and rugged as imagined, but rather a large expanse of fluctuating spatial-temporal ripples in the void. Within it, there were billions of realms, layered one upon another, hence its name.
Zhang Fan arrived at this place alone, sensing the familiar spatial fluctuations. It brought back memories of past years. His first Immortal Emperor True Artifact was obtained within the Myriad Realms Mountain.
Immortal Emperor level magic treasures were divided into two categories: Immortal Emperor Treasures and Immortal Emperor True Artifacts. Immortal Emperor Treasures were not difficult to forge for Immortal Emperor level cultivators, but Immortal Emperor True Artifacts were extremely rare.
This was because only by reaching the extreme of the Great Dao Realm did one possess the strength to forge Immortal Emperor True Artifacts. The Seven Star Pagoda within this Myriad Realms Mountain was an extremely powerful Immortal Emperor True Artifact. Zhang Fan stumbled upon it in the Myriad Realms Mountain after breaking through to the Great Dao Realm in his previous life.
The Seven Star Pagoda was forged by a powerful cultivator named Immortal Emperor Seven Stars and had existed for an immeasurable amount of time. The Seven Star Pagoda located above the Purple霄 Star Domain was merely a projection of the Seven Star Pagoda within the Myriad Realms Mountain.
To find the world where the Seven Star Pagoda was hidden amongst billions of spaces, even an Immortal Emperor level cultivator would find it extremely difficult without knowing its location beforehand. Fortunately, the route had already been etched into Zhang Fan's mind. Looking at the spatial ripples before him, he plunged in without hesitation.
He accelerated to his maximum speed, employing a Yin-Yang Diagram using the Dao of Time and Space to suppress the chaotic space and avoid being accidentally drawn in. After an unknown duration of travel, Zhang Fan broke through countless spatial barriers and traversed over ten thousand worlds, finally arriving at his destination.
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