"After all these years, has someone finally stepped into the thirty-third level of the Heavenly Palace?"
A voice filled with the vicissitudes of time rang out, seemingly spanning endless years, and spoke with great emotion.
Then the middle-aged man slowly turned around. His chiseled face and eyes that seemed to hold a thousand stars stood alone between heaven and earth, revealing a profound loneliness.
The middle-aged man then carefully examined Yang An and said with a smile...
"I perished countless years ago; what you see now is merely a projection of me in the long river of time."
"The purpose of my existence is to find a successor."
"Fortunately, I've finally waited for this moment, and the loneliness I've endured for so many years is finally over."
The middle-aged man stared intently at Yang An.
"Are you willing to accept the inheritance of my Azure Nether True Immortal?"
"Although I cannot compare to the Immortal King, at my peak I was only one step away from becoming one. Even in the Immortal Realm, I was a figure of great power, ruling over countless galaxies."
Hearing this, Yang An pondered for a moment, then fixed his deep gaze on the middle-aged man and slowly spoke.
"The Azure Nether True Immortal should have perished long ago. May I ask who you are, senior?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's expression changed slightly, and a few specks of black light appeared in his pupils, but quickly disappeared. He frowned, seemingly puzzled.
"Young man, do you know what you're saying?"
"I am right here. Is there anyone who can replace me?"
Yang An shook his head
"Outsiders naturally cannot replace their predecessors."
"What if it was the senior himself who replaced him?"
"In the twentieth Heavenly Palace, didn't the senior deliberately conceal the history left behind by Senior Qingming in order to bury the truth?"
"If I'm not mistaken, the real Senior Qingming has already perished. You're just an imposter, or perhaps..."
"Senior Qingming has...fallen."
"You are nothing more than a stranger with the memories of Senior Qingming."
Yang An had already suspected these things, but it was only when he saw the middle-aged man that he was certain of the truth.
The Azure Nether Immortal has long since perished.
The ancient murals on the twentieth floor record the life of the Azure Nether Immortal.
The Azure Nether True Immortal comes from a place called the Azure Nether Divine Realm, which is a corner of the Immortal Domain. It is vast and boundless, comparable to a quarter of the size of the Three Thousand Dao Domains.
Because it is close to the Immortal Realm, while being nourished by the laws of immortality, it also bears the risks from the Immortal Realm.
The murals record that the Immortal Realm has a great enemy, a place covered by endless darkness, inhabited by incredibly terrifying dark creatures, which even the vast Immortal Realm is no match for.
Every era, those dark creatures would launch an attack on the Immortal Realm, devouring all the heavens. Moreover, these dark creatures possessed a mysterious substance that could corrupt the will of other beings, change their beliefs, and corrupt them, thus making them one of the dark creatures.
Even legendary celestial kings and giants can fall into boundless darkness if they are not careful.
Tragically, when darkness struck in the previous era, the Azure Netherworld was affected. Although it was only an aftershock, it was still an aftershock of a force far more powerful than the entire Immortal Realm!
The Azure Netherworld was destroyed, and the Azure Netherworld True Immortal was seriously injured and went into hiding, but there was also good news.
Having experienced an unprecedented battle, Qingming Zhenxian had an epiphany and prepared to break through to the Immortal King realm.
However, judging from this, it is obvious that he encountered some kind of crisis, ultimately failed to break through to the next realm, and perished.
On the thirty-second floor, Yang An clearly sensed that the young True Immortal was frantically trying to stop something, even resorting to extraordinary power.
Seeing that Yang An had guessed his identity, the middle-aged man stopped pretending. In an instant, an extremely uncomfortable aura filled the entire chaotic space, with black mist spreading as if dark turmoil was sweeping over all living beings.
The middle-aged man's white clothes had turned completely black, and he no longer had the elegant demeanor he had when they first met. He looked more like a demon crawling out of the abyss, devouring people's hearts.
"Hehehe"
"What a clever junior! What terrifying talent! I never imagined you possessed the legendary Eye of Truth-Seeing. Such talent is extremely rare even in the Immortal Realm. I never expected such a monstrous genius to appear in this mere Lower Realm."
"But it's a bargain for me, too."
The middle-aged man glanced at Yang An with great interest, as if he wanted to see panic, fear, or pleading in Yang An's eyes, but Yang An remained unmoved, showing only indifference.
This angered the middle-aged man. In a sense, he had replaced Qingming True Immortal and could be considered an immortal true immortal himself!
"Since you were able to reach this floor, it means that all of this is fate."
"Then I will make you my vessel."
"It is your honor to be a vessel for me."
"Ha ha ha ha"
Accompanied by a burst of rampant laughter, in the endless darkness, the mist surged and rose in boundless waves, and thick black mist rushed madly towards Yang An and entered his body.
The middle-aged man also appeared in Yang An's sea of consciousness at this moment. Looking at the golden ocean that seemed to cover a universe, his eyes gradually became fanatical.
"What kind of talent is this?"
"With such qualifications, let alone a Celestial King, I could even covet someone above the Celestial King level."
"I never imagined that such a talented person would exist in this lower realm."
"My millions of years of waiting have not been in vain!"
Just as the middle-aged man was about to forcibly seize Yang An's consciousness, the entire golden universe suddenly trembled violently, rays of golden light shot out, and a supreme voice resounded.
Why would a senior like you deliberately seek your own death?
In the center of this golden sea of consciousness, which resembled the universe, appeared a throne. Seated on the throne was a figure that was impossible to look directly at, looking down upon all living beings with unparalleled majesty.
The moment the terrifying figure appeared, the middle-aged man suddenly let out a violent scream.
"No, you are definitely not a being from the lower realms!"
What kind of being are you exactly?
"Damn it, damn it, why does someone like you exist in the lower realms?"
"Immortal King?"
"No, in that guy's memories, you are far more terrifying than those Celestial Kings. What kind of monster are you?!"
Looking at the middle-aged man struggling in agony, clutching his head, the golden figure that Yang An had conjured wore a mocking smile.
The monster even calls others monsters.
There are many ways to die in the world, but this strange creature that possesses the Azure Nether True Immortal has to choose the most cruel way to die.
In his sea of consciousness, apart from the true Immortal Emperor, anyone else entering would be like a lamb entering a tiger's den, simply walking into a trap.
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