The Primordial Immortal Realm, the Heavenly Court.
Xu Xinnian stood outside the South Heavenly Gate, his brows furrowed.
His slender fingers unconsciously caressed an antique-looking golden copper coin at his waist.
This is the Heavenly Dao-level treasure bestowed upon him by his master, Gu Xuan, when he accepted him as a disciple half a year ago—the Treasure-Falling Copper Coin!
However, after it becomes one's own natal magic weapon.
He found many extremely rare materials, borrowed the Eight Trigrams Furnace from Laozi, and refined the Fallen Treasure Coins in his hand from a Heavenly Dao-level treasure into an Acquired Spiritual Treasure.
Of course, it can be refined into an acquired spiritual treasure.
Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) contributed a great deal of effort.
Otherwise, given Xu Xinnian's level of weapon crafting, he wouldn't have been able to refine the Fallen Treasure Coin in his hand into an acquired spiritual treasure.
Something's not right...
He looked up and gazed in the direction of the Lingxiao Palace.
The celestial light there still shines brightly, but if one were to probe with the unique perception of a Chaos Body...
Then one can discover that beneath the dazzling celestial light lies a chilling aura, like a venomous snake coiled in the shadows of light.
In recent years, the rules of Heaven have changed.
Xu Xinnian clearly remembers what the Heavenly Court looked like half a year ago—cranes soared, auspicious clouds swirled, and immortals discussed Taoism and drank tea, or exchanged skills, displaying the grandeur of immortals everywhere.
But now...
"Li Changgeng, the planet Venus, went missing again yesterday."
Xu Xinnian pondered to himself.
This is the seventh top-tier immortal official to disappear without a trace in the past six months.
Even more bizarrely, his colleagues, whose personalities had drastically changed—the gentle and refined Emperor Wenchang—became violent and eccentric.
The upright and incorruptible Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, actually began to flatter and fawn...
What alarmed Xu Xinnian the most was that the Daoist aura of these immortals had become strange!
The originally pure and peaceful immortal energy had somehow been mixed with a trace of gray aura. The aura was faint, yet it instinctively repelled his chaotic body.
"Immortal Lord Xu, the Immortal Emperor summons you."
A cold voice suddenly rang out from behind.
Xu Xinnian turned around and saw a celestial general standing there expressionless.
He met him that day; he was the Giant Spirit General. But the man before him no longer had any of his former heroic appearance.
Those eyes were terrifyingly empty, like... a walking corpse.
Xu Xinnian felt a chill run down his spine.
But his expression remained calm: "Understood."
He secretly circulated his chaotic energy, forming a barrier within his body.
For the past six months, he has been secretly investigating the truth behind the changes in the Heavenly Court and has already obtained a lot of clues.
All the evidence points to a startling possibility—the Immortal Emperor Haotian may no longer be the original Immortal Emperor Haotian!
........
Inside the Lingxiao Palace, its golden splendor remains unchanged.
However, the gray mist that filled the hall made the entire space appear gloomy and eerie.
The Celestial Emperor Haotian sat on his throne, his body shrouded in a layer of hazy gray mist that seemed to flow slowly as if it were alive.
"Minister Xu, how have you been lately?"
The Immortal Emperor's voice was gentle, yet it carried a subtle, almost imperceptible distortion, as if two voices were overlapping.
Xu Xinnian bowed respectfully: "Thanks to the Immortal Emperor's great blessings, all is well."
He kept his head down, but his eyes secretly scanned his surroundings.
The celestial officials standing in the hall all had blank stares, and their bodies were shrouded in a strange gray mist.
"Yeah?"
The Celestial Emperor Haotian suddenly smiled.
That smile sent chills down Xu Xinnian's spine—the curve of his mouth was so wide it almost seemed to tear his cheek apart.
"I've heard that you've recently... been investigating things you shouldn't be investigating?"
Xu Xinnian's heart skipped a beat.
Has the investigation been discovered?
He forced himself to remain calm: "I am merely conducting a routine inspection to ensure the stability of the Heavenly Court."
"Stable?"
The Celestial Emperor Haotian slowly rose, and the gray mist suddenly churned violently. "I am the peace and stability of the Heavenly Court!"
Before he could finish speaking...
A terrifying pressure suddenly descended!
The pressure was so strong that it far exceeded the realm that an Immortal Emperor should possess—it was actually the aura of a Primordial Ancestor!
"boom!"
Xu Xinnian was forced back several steps by this oppressive force, and the chaotic energy within his body spontaneously erupted, forming a chaotic light screen around him to protect him.
This was a life-saving technique he had developed after becoming Gu Xuan's disciple, but he never expected to be forced to reveal it today.
"really......"
A greedy glint flashed in the eyes of the Celestial Emperor Haotian, his gaze like that of a hungry wolf eyeing a plump lamb.
"The Chaotic Body! A supreme physique that existed before the beginning of time!"
Xu Xinnian's expression changed drastically; he finally confirmed his suspicions: "You are not the Haotian Immortal Emperor!"
"hehe......"
The Immortal Emperor's face began to distort and deform, and an aged face gradually emerged from the gray mist.
His face was covered in wrinkles, yet it exuded an eerie aura!
"I, Hongjun, am merely being reborn in this body!"
Xu Xinnian gasped.
Hongjun the Ancestor!
Didn't Master personally go to the Hongmeng Divine Realm half a year ago and kill Ancestor Hongjun?
How could this be...?
Hongjun, the Ancestor, seemed to have seen through his thoughts, and said with a sinister laugh, "Didn't expect that, did you? Back then, Gu Xuan thought he had wiped out everyone, but little did he know that I had already planted a contingency plan on Haotian a thousand years ago!"
As he spoke, scenes flashed through the gray fog:
A thousand years ago, the Grandmaster Hongjun secretly planted a wisp of remnant soul within Haotian, who was then a pageboy. This wisp of remnant soul gradually grew stronger as Haotian's cultivation increased...
Half a year ago, when Hongjun's original body was killed by Gu Xuan, this remnant soul suddenly awakened!
After six months of dormancy.
He, Hongjun, finally completely possessed the physical body of the Haotian Immortal Emperor.
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