Life span plundered, I became a detective and achieved immortality

Chapter 1212 Xuanzhen Immortal King

As the golden light dissipated, a figure was revealed. This person wore a golden robe, with imperial runes of the Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom embroidered on the hem. However, the runes were dull in color, like ancient jade covered in dust, and even had traces of gray at the edges, no longer possessing the dazzling brilliance of the Origin Divine Axe.

His face bore an eight or nine-tenths resemblance to the Immortal King Yuan Jin, but his brows lacked the majesty of a ruler of an immortal kingdom, instead displaying the haste of someone rushing through the night and the fear of being at the end of their rope. His aura was also significantly weaker, barely stronger than even a late-stage ninth-order quasi-immortal king like Ancestor Wu Wang. The golden spiritual light around him was unstable and seemed as if it could be dispersed by a chaotic hurricane.

This person was none other than an avatar left behind by the Immortal King Yuan Jin in the outside world. Long ago, after learning that the illusory body of the spirit was a third-order Eternal Immortal King, the Immortal King Yuan Jin used his last remaining divine sense to contact this avatar, instructing him to travel day and night to this Xuanzhen Immortal Kingdom—this was his last straw, the only piece of driftwood a drowning man could grasp.

The Xuanzhen Immortal Kingdom is one of the ten great immortal kingdoms within tens of millions of immortal years in the surrounding area. Its terrifying power and foundation far surpass the Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom that he founded.

The Immortal King Xuanzhen, the king of the Immortal Kingdom, was already a third-order Eternal Immortal King thirty million cosmic eras ago.

The next second...

Yuan Jin Immortal King's avatar stepped forward, gazing at the Xuanzhen Immortal Kingdom, which appeared even more vast than Yuan Jin Immortal Kingdom itself. The kingdom's walls resembled a yin-yang boundary stretching across the chaos, extending for trillions of years. The flowing yin-yang Dao patterns, like living beings, seemed to breathe starlight, sometimes transforming into a bright moon, its gentle light cleansing the chaos; sometimes condensing into a dazzling sun, its flames burning away illusions, enveloping the entire kingdom in a mysterious halo of the Great Dao, exuding unfathomable majesty. He took a deep breath, suppressing his fear, and solemnly bowed towards the direction of the kingdom, respectfully saying, "Yuan Jin requests an audience with Senior Xuanzhen. I earnestly hope that Senior will appear before me, for I have a matter of utmost urgency to ask!"

As soon as the words were spoken, a dazzling beam of immortal light flashed across the deepest part of the Xuanzhen Immortal Kingdom's Purple Star Domain, piercing through layers of chaotic void within the kingdom. The chaotic currents of rules along its path were cleansed by this beam of light, and in the blink of an eye, it pierced through the kingdom's barriers, landing not far from the avatar of the Yuanjin Immortal King. The light dissipated, revealing a young figure, appearing to be no more than sixteen or seventeen years old. His skin was as white and flawless as jade, seemingly sculpted from chaotic spiritual essence. His eyes, however, seemed to hold the vastness of an ancient galaxy; in their shifting light, one could see the rise and fall of the sun and moon, the rotation of stars, exuding an ancient charm of vicissitudes and the passage of time, as if he had witnessed countless eons of change.

He wore a Yin-Yang Daoist robe. The black robe was embroidered with the bright moonlight in Taiyin True Gold, and the flowing patterns seemed to scatter a clear light. The white robe was adorned with dazzling stars in Sun Refined Gold, and the shimmering light seemed to attract the tide of stellar power. His whole body exuded a mysterious Yin-Yang Daoist charm. With every move he made, it seemed as if the sun and moon alternated and day and night rotated. The chaotic energy around him split into two parts, clear and turbid, with his breath. He seemed to be the embodiment of the Great Dao of Yin and Yang, making people dare not look directly at him.

"Yuan Jin greets Senior Xuanzhen."

Upon seeing the young Taoist, the avatar of Immortal King Yuan Jin hurriedly stepped forward, bowed respectfully once again, and lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the other's eyes that seemed to see through everything.

"No need for formalities, Fellow Daoist Yuan Jin." Immortal King Xuanzhen waved his hand gently, and a soft yin-yang power, like a spring breeze, supported Immortal King Yuan Jin's avatar. His voice was as clear as water, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty of someone who had long held a superior position. "May I ask what brings you here today?"

"Please save me, senior..." Yuan Jin Immortal King's clone's throat bobbed, his voice trembling uncontrollably. He briefly explained his conflict with Ling Xu Illusion, the opponent's strength as a third-tier Eternal Immortal King, and the current predicament of his true self. When he spoke of Ling Xu Illusion's terrifying cultivation, his whole body trembled.

"A third-tier Eternal Immortal King?" Immortal King Xuanzhen frowned slightly, his eyes flashing with yin and yang energy, clearly showing considerable apprehension. A third-tier Eternal Immortal King was already the strongest being in the surrounding tens of millions of years. With a stomp of his foot, the entire Yuanxu Sea of ​​tens of millions of years would tremble. Although he had some acquaintance with Immortal King Yuanjin, it wasn't to the point of him provoking a third-tier Eternal Immortal King for him. He opened his mouth, ready to politely decline.

"Senior, as long as you are willing to help, I am willing to swear allegiance to you until death, and I will never have any other thoughts!" Before Xuanzhen Immortal King could refuse, Yuanjin Immortal King's clone hurriedly spoke up, his tone filled with desperate urgency, "And everything in my Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom is willing to be offered to you, senior, just asking that you can save my life!"

With that, he bent his knees and knelt down before the Immortal King Xuanzhen with a thud. His golden robe spread out on the ground, a stark contrast to his humble posture. To save his own life, he was willing to lose his freedom and become someone else's vassal.

Upon hearing this, the Xuanzhen Immortal King's eyes slowly swirled with Yin and Yang energies, as if weighing the pros and cons. He lightly flicked his fingertips, a wisp of Yin-Yang Daoist charm lingering around them. After a moment of silence, he finally succumbed to the temptation of an Eternal Immortal Kingdom and a subordinate of an Eternal Immortal King. He nodded slightly and said, "Very well, considering our past friendship, I will lend you a hand."

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Time flies, and eight hundred years have passed in a blur of chaos.

The Immortal Kingdom of Yuanjin is a desolate and empty star abyss.

The once vast Star Abyss had almost become a paradise of energy turbulence. The remaining fragments of the Immortal Realm floated in the chaos, like candles flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment. The battle between Immortal King Yuan Jin and the illusory body of Ling Xu continued, but Immortal King Yuan Jin had long lost the frenzy he had when burning his origin. Almost no part of his immortal body was intact. Golden immortal blood soaked through his tattered robes, congealing into dark golden scabs, even exposing his stark white bones, which shimmered with a dim spiritual light, as if they would collapse at any moment. His aura was chaotic and disordered, flickering like a candle in the wind. The third-tier Eternal Immortal King realm, which he had barely reached with the help of forbidden pills and the burning of his origin, was teetering on the brink of collapse. The half of the Origin Divine Axe in his hand had long lost its luster and was covered with cracks. He was only able to hold it with the last bit of his will, and the imperial runes on the axe blade were almost completely extinguished.

Although the illusory body of the spirit was tainted with some chaotic dust, its aura remained as vigorous as a furnace. The primordial barrier flowed with immortal divine light, and every Dao pattern contained the power to create the world, shining brightly. Each palm strike carried the momentum to suppress eternity. As the palm wind howled, the chaotic energy surged backward, forcing the Yuan Jin Immortal King to retreat step by step. Even his immortal soul hummed uncontrollably under this terrifying pressure, as if it might collapse completely at any moment.

"boom......"

A terrifying pressure, like a collapsing galaxy, surged in from beyond the desolate Star Abyss. Wherever it passed, even the raging energy currents were frozen solid, like waves turned to ice. This pressure was three times stronger than the Spirit Illusion Body, carrying the profound rhythm of Yin and Yang, combining strength and gentleness, precisely crushing towards the Spirit Illusion Body. The giant palm of the Spirit Illusion Body, about to strike, paused slightly. The Dao patterns on the Primordial Barrier flickered violently, emitting a creaking sound, and faint cracks appeared on the surface of the barrier, clearly indicating it had suffered a considerable impact.

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Inside the Hongmeng Immortal Palace, in the Hongmeng Grand Hall.

The sudden pressure was clearly reflected in the water mirror in front of Su Mo. His brows furrowed slightly, and a look of solemnity flashed in his eyes: "This pressure... the one who came is a third-order Eternal Immortal King, and his cultivation is not shallow."

"The fact that they broke into the Yuanjin Immortal Kingdom at this time is probably because that old man Yuanjin brought in reinforcements. These ancient things that have been entrenched for countless ages will not be so easy to take down."

The words had barely left his mouth.

"Whoosh..."

Within the desolate Star Abyss, a beam of yin-yang light pierced through chaos and descended from the sky. The light contained the trajectory of the alternation of the sun and moon, sometimes as dark as night, sometimes as blazing as day, landing not far from the illusory body of the spirit. As the light dissipated, the figure of the Xuanzhen Immortal King slowly appeared. He was only ten thousand feet tall, appearing utterly insignificant before the chaotic giants who spanned billions of eons, not even an ant. Yet, he exuded an aura as majestic as a mountain, as if simply standing there made him the center of chaos, drawing all gazes involuntarily to him.

The pressure emanating from him was even stronger than that of the Spirit Illusion Body. All the rules and energies revolved around him. His Yin-Yang Daoist robes moved without wind, and the moonlight on the black robes and the stars on the white robes reflected each other, causing the surrounding chaotic energy to turn into black and white, slowly rotating around him to form a huge Yin-Yang Taiji diagram, exuding the power to suppress all directions.

“Xuanzhen greets fellow Daoist. Fellow Daoist Yuan Jin was reckless and clashed with you. However, he has paid the price for his rashness. Fellow Daoist, could you please forgive Fellow Daoist Yuan Jin this time for my sake?”

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