Lord Shenxiu

"I'm here? You...know me?"

Sun Yuan stepped out from the darkness, looked at the wide, deserted square with no ambush, and asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I've been waiting for you!"

The man's voice was magnetic and charming, now carrying a hint of sinister power: "It...told me so!"

"It?"

Sun Yuan sensed danger and was ready to unleash the strongest 'Fusang Curse' at any moment, cautiously asking, "Since you know me, why do you send your subordinates wave after wave to their deaths?"

Taiyi seemed to smile slightly, or perhaps had no expression at all: "The useless and ignorant ones only have the value of becoming fertilizer... You, this precious fruit, can only become sweeter after being watered with blood and flesh!"

"Madman!"

Sun Yuan intended not to speak further with this head of the Longevity Sect and prepared to use the 'Fusang Curse' directly!

At this moment, Taiyi suddenly smiled and spoke a term: "It is #￥%&!"

"..."

In an instant, Sun Yuan felt a blank in his mind, unable to mobilize a shred of spiritual power to cast spells.

The term uttered by the opponent, he indeed had heard before!

During the duel with Hu, the opponent once mentioned this term, seemingly referring to a grand figure on Kunlun!

"It's always been by my side, whispering softly in my ear..."

Taiyi appeared fanatical: "Initially, I thought there were no supernatural forces in the world, until I encountered it! It taught me spells, taught me the secret of longevity!"

Sun Yuan suddenly let out a miserable cry, holding his head, half-kneeling on the ground.

He heard a low murmur echoing in his ears again, with a multitude of illusions appearing before him.

"You are very talented, but without prolonged practice, your spells are still too weak..." Taiyi said indifferently, his body suddenly underwent a transformation.

Rip!

Chunks of muscle swelled ferociously, almost tearing through the clothes.

His mouth also protruded, eyes filled with bloodthirsty light, fingernails elongated, and his body emitted a strong stench of corpse.

Almost instantly, he transformed from an ordinary person into a—monster!

"By purging the burdens with an empty heart, the body can achieve the ultimate shadow... Only by shedding the mortal shell can one truly become immortal!"

Taiyi chuckled deeply: "Mastering spells to the end does not only bring mental mutations but also physical transformations. You...are still too young!"

"What exactly... are you planning to do?"

Beads of cold sweat dripped from Sun Yuan's forehead, fingers grasping the ground, blood vessels bursting in his eyes, as if enduring some torture, struggling to speak.

"The Underworld City? It's actually a huge altar!"

"Here, I will completely shed my shell, achieve rebirth, complete the immortal trial...acquire true...immortal power!"

Taiyi's voice became hoarse and strange, stepping forward, one step after another: "Ever since you entered the Underworld City, you have already fallen into a trap, or rather... the ritual has begun!"

"Ritual? What ritual?"

Sun Yuan felt as if he had fallen into a calculated plot.

Moreover, the opponent might not even be...human!

"Later generations are ignorant, believing the Underworld City to be some dwelling place of the Heavenly Emperor, when in fact, it was merely a temporary camp built by cultivators striving to reach Kunlun... In plain terms, it's a product of a group of losers!"

Taiyi's voice grew increasingly frenzied: "A...huge altar! But now...Kunlun is gone, I can only offer sacrifices to myself... The deaths of the Mountain Ghost were the final step, and you were the chosen...sacrifice for myself!"

"Me? When did I fall into this calculation?"

Sun Yuan sensed that the entire city seemed to suppress him.

The weight of long history continuously pressed on his soul, making his spirit unbearably heavy, unable to cast spells anymore.

Moreover, this suppression also targeted his greatest trump card, that trace of darkness within.

At this moment, even if he wanted to harness the power of that second personality, he was unable to do so.

"To completely transcend, there's one final step... The one seeking immortality must devour the Immortal!" Taiyi laughed maniacally: "The final step... I want to consume a...true reincarnation of an Immortal!"

"I am...the reincarnation of an Immortal?"

Sun Yuan felt like he had heard a gigantic joke.

But soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.

He thought about his strange transformations and the darkness deep within his heart.

'Could it be...that second personality, those insane violent emotions, all come from my past life... Was my past life truly an Immortal?'

However, time was no longer on Sun Yuan's side.

He endured the pain, seeing the transformed Taiyi approaching him, opening a bloody mouth, clearly intending to devour him alive.

"Before death...can you tell me...what...exactly it is?"

Sun Yuan used the last of his strength, struggling to speak.

"It is supreme, it is unparalleled, it is the master of Kunlun... It is one, and it is many, it is the beginning, and it is the end... I saw its name in an ancient text, thus touching the greatest will between heaven and earth..."

Taiyi chanted the term in ancient script, finally showing a slight smile: "Translated, it is—East King!"

East King!

Sun Yuan's eyes widened.

At this moment, he finally knew the true name of the master of Kunlun.

Buzz!

In his sea of consciousness, the 'Classics of Mountains and Seas' glowed, revealing a line of text—[In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain named 'Kunlun', upon it is an Immortal named 'East King'!]

In the spiritual ocean and mysticism, the true name of a great existence often carries immense power!

And after completing this last great existence's true name, Sun Yuan suddenly felt that he regained some ability to act.

Even when facing the suppression forged by the entire altar of Ancient Cultivators, he could now cast spells!

At this time, he did not use the 'Fusang Curse', but recited a new 'Kunlun Curse'!

"In the Great Wilderness, there is a mountain named 'Kunlun', upon it is an Immortal named 'East King'!"

"East King!"

"East King!"

...

Rumble!

The entire Underworld City seemed to tremble in fear...

The earth cracked, the void shuddered, and a huge, majestic mountain's shadow was summoned directly from the void.

Just seeing that shadow, Sun Yuan's mind was filled with descriptions like 'Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains', 'Dragon Vein of the Divine Land'.

Splat!

The enormous shadow of the mountain fell upon Taiyi, crushing him into a pulp.

"Why..."

"Why...did it...abandon me?"

Sun Yuan rolled over to stand up, panting heavily, as he seemed to hear Taiyi's last mournful scream in his ear.