deltrittennovels Chapter 534 The Truth Buried Through the Ages, The Ruined Immortal Realm
Chapter 534 The Truth Buried Through the Ages, The Ruined Immortal Realm
When the sense of disorientation in time and space completely disappeared, and Lin Hanzhou regained absolute control over his body and consciousness.
He slowly opened his eyes; the change in perspective was extremely abrupt.
He was no longer on that eerie black sea, nor behind that immortal gate.
He was currently suspended in an extremely unfamiliar and unknown world.
"This... is the legendary Immortal Realm?"
Lin Hanzhou remained inside the azure water sphere, his gaze scanning all directions with lightning speed, like a radar.
However, when he saw the scene before him clearly, although there was a hint of expected understanding in his eyes, he still could not hide the deep shock and desolation.
There is no towering South Heavenly Gate as described in legends.
There were no celestial attendants who rode on auspicious clouds and spoke lotus flowers.
There are no flowing springs of immortality, nor are there any elixirs of immortality readily available.
What appeared in Lin Hanzhou's field of vision was a complete post-apocalyptic wasteland!
The sky was an extremely oppressive and gloomy color, as if it had been splashed with a layer of extremely thick black ink. Thick black fog rolled across the horizon, like a death veil that could never be penetrated, completely cutting off all light and hope.
Above this black sky, one can vaguely see terrifying spatial rifts stretching for hundreds of millions of miles.
These cracks are like wounds on the body of this world that can never heal, constantly leaking out extremely chaotic and violent void currents.
Look down.
The earth was a shocking dark red, as if it had been weathered by countless ages of being soaked in endless blood.
There were no flowers, trees, or shrubs on the land, no vibrant spiritual veins, and even the most ordinary soil had lost its original properties.
Everywhere there are terrifying, bottomless sinkholes, and everywhere there are towering mountain ranges that have been forcibly broken by some unimaginable force!
On this desolate land, Lin Hanzhou could even see huge, dried-up riverbeds.
The width of those riverbeds is comparable to the galaxies of the lower universe. One can imagine how vast the immortal springs and liquids must have flowed here in the extremely distant past.
But now, all that's left inside is some black sludge that exudes a foul stench and an eerie aura.
This is the sacred land of immortality that countless cultivators from the lower realms and countless ancient emperors would rather die than not reach, even if it meant flying like moths to a flame.
This is the legendary, supreme, and eternally indestructible [Immortal Realm]!
"Ha... just as I thought."
Lin Hanzhou looked at the shockingly dilapidated scene before him, but his eyes showed no surprise or despair.
Because, long before he sensed that profound desolation and deathly silence outside the door, long before he saw that azure sea blocking the path to immortality and that strange army of hundreds of millions outside.
He had already roughly deduced a set of cruel truths that were extremely logical in his mind.
Lin Hanzhou controlled the water sphere and slowly descended onto a dark red broken mountain that had been cut in half.
Through the water shield, he calmly surveyed the ruins around him, which still bore the marks of battle.
"Judging from the residual fluctuations of the laws and the scale of the destruction..."
A wise light shone in Lin Hanzhou's eyes.
"In the extremely distant past, this immortal realm must have witnessed a terrifying, world-destroying war that swept across the entire realm!"
"The two sides in the battle are, on one side, the powerful immortal cultivators and countless immortal beings native to this immortal realm. And on the other side…"
Lin Hanzhou raised his head and looked at the churning black mist in the sky.
"Without a doubt, it's those mysterious creatures of unknown origin!"
Given the bizarre nature of these creatures, which assimilate like a virus, the cause of this war doesn't need to be investigated at all.
It must be that these strange creatures emerged from nowhere, discovered this rich immortal realm, and then launched this invasion frenzy aimed at destroying everything!
As for the outcome of this ultimate battle, which can be described as being on a dimensional level...
Lin Hanzhou frowned slightly.
Based on the information he currently has, it is difficult for him to draw an absolutely accurate conclusion.
The methods of the Celestial King are all-powerful and their source of mystery is also terrifying beyond measure.
That level of strategic maneuvering was something a mere human emperor like him could never fathom.
However, there is one thing that Lin Hanzhou can now confirm with absolute certainty!
The strange creatures have absolutely not been defeated!
Lin Hanzhou made a judgment in his mind with absolute certainty.
This is easy to deduce.
If the powerful beings of the Immortal Realm had won this war and successfully driven away or eliminated the strange entity...
So even if the Immortal Realm is ravaged, with the Immortal King's power to create and destroy the universe with a single thought, it should have been restored to its former glory long ago after so many eras of recuperation.
It's impossible for it to be like this now, with such a dense and eerie black mist everywhere, completely polluting and suppressing even the most basic laws of immortality!
Moreover, if the strange creatures really were defeated, what about that black sea outside the Immortal Sect?
What's going on with all those strange creatures outside, some even at the level of True Immortals?
It was clear that strange creatures had completely taken over this place.
This means that the powerful beings in this immortal realm have either all died in battle or escaped this polluted world with the remaining embers of their power.
Lin Hanzhou let out a long sigh, his tone unusually tinged with extreme frustration.
"If that's really the case, then I've really lost a fortune!"
Lin Hanzhou rubbed his temples, feeling extremely troubled.
After going through countless hardships, and even almost being killed by a true immortal, why did he come to this immortal realm?
Of course, it's all for becoming an immortal!
It was to find immortal resources that could enable the laws of time within his body to undergo an ultimate transformation and forge an immortal body!
Whether it's the Immortal King's Scripture, the Elixir of Immortality, or the Unpolluted Origin of Immortality, these are all things he desperately needs.
But now?
This immortal realm was completely destroyed. Apart from the ruins scattered all over the ground and the eerie black mist in the air that seemed to want to crawl into his mind and assimilate him, there was not a trace of cultivation resources left.
Now, all he can do is pray silently in his heart.
Hopefully, the native inhabitants of this immortal realm are resilient enough and haven't been completely wiped out by the strange forces.
Hopefully, they have built refuges against the eerie in some undiscovered nooks and crannies.
"If they all really die, then I've come for nothing."
"Even if we don't get killed by these weird things, we'll be trapped to death in this godforsaken ruin."
"Does this mean I, a newly ascended Great Emperor, really have to single-handedly conquer this entire bizarre plane?"
Lin Hanzhou was internally ranting and raving.