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Imperial Martial Immortal Continent, Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion.
Ambrose Lu and Old Turtle followed Nangong Jing to the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror in the back mountain courtyard.
A group of elders from the pavilion trailed closely behind.
The Heaven’s Secrets Mirror was embedded in the mottled mountain wall. Apart from being larger, it looked no different from an ordinary bronze mirror, at least on the surface.
“Immortal Emperor.”
Nangong Jing turned his head to Ambrose Lu and bowed slightly.
Ambrose Lu stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror, and instructed, “Begin.”
Nangong Jing nodded, then untied the black silk band from his eyes, revealing his pitch-black eye sockets.
He directed his dark eyes towards the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror and began chanting an obscure incantation.
The originally quiet bronze mirror suddenly emitted a dazzling white light.
The light was so blinding that even the elders of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion couldn’t help but squint their eyes.
As the white light gradually faded, Nangong Jing re-tied the black band around his eyes.
At this moment, an image finally appeared on the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror…
Ruined buildings, withered mountains, barren lands, and a deathly silent space. The scene was chilling.
Shadowy figures, as vast as the sea and indistinguishable in appearance, surged between heaven and earth, leaving destruction in their wake.
Miserable wails, prayers, and roars echoed through the heavens.
Despair permeated everything.
Then, with a sudden click, the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror stopped, the image abruptly ending.
Silence fell over the scene.
Old Turtle’s eyes flickered. Such an apocalyptic scene. If he wasn’t mistaken, those geographical features were undoubtedly within the Five Immortal Realms.
So, this was indeed something that was about to happen.
But those shadowy figures seemed somewhat familiar…
The elders of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion were dumbfounded. They had heard Nangong Jing say the situation was serious, but they hadn’t expected it to be this severe.
Nangong Jing turned to look at Ambrose Lu, who remained expressionless. He then sighed lightly and said awkwardly, “Immortal Emperor, forgive me. This is the limit of what Nangong could replicate after the deduction. However, the Ancestral Divine Realm…”
Ambrose Lu slightly raised his hand to interrupt, then said with a flicker in his eyes, “You mean the Ancestral Divine Realm is driving the tiger to swallow the wolf, right?”
Nangong Jing was taken aback and nodded in admiration.
The Immortal Emperor of Longevity truly lived up to his reputation as the most mysterious Immortal Emperor of the Four Directions Immortal Realm. He had understood even before Nangong finished speaking.
Nangong Jing sighed, “Immortal Emperor, the tragic scene in the image is what Nangong deduced. However, the exact time of the outbreak is beyond Nangong’s lifespan to determine.”
“No matter, then we wait.” Ambrose Lu suddenly turned and asked, “Do you know what those shadowy figures in the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror were?”
The elders exchanged glances and shook their heads. How could they know?
Old Turtle furrowed his brow, his old eyes flickering, as if trying hard to recall something.
Seeing this, Ambrose Lu said softly, “Those shadowy figures in the image were the Nether Demonic Clan.”
Nether Demonic Clan? The elders frowned upon hearing this. They had never heard of it.
Nether Demonic Clan! Old Turtle finally realized, his eyes unusually solemn…
“Immortal Emperor, your knowledge is vast. Those shadowy figures were indeed the Nether Demonic Clan,” Nangong Jing praised.
“Uh, Pavilion Master, what is the Nether Demonic Clan?”
The elders cautiously glanced at Ambrose Lu, then looked at Nangong Jing with faces full of curiosity, waiting for his explanation.
Nangong Jing looked at Ambrose Lu, “Immortal Emperor…”
“Go ahead,” Ambrose Lu said with a smile.
Nangong Jing obeyed, then gestured towards the resting area in the courtyard, “Immortal Emperor, please move over here.”
Ambrose Lu walked over slowly.
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“The Four Directions Immortal Realm is vast and boundless. The Five Immortal Realms are merely divisions within the known regions. For example, the Southern Immortal Realm where we currently reside consists of the three immortal continents of Fuyao, Chaos Star, and Imperial Martial, along with the Immortal Emperor’s Palace. But beyond this? The regions beyond are filled with mystery and the unknown…”
Nangong Jing paced back and forth, sighing.
In the courtyard, Ambrose Lu sat on a stone bench, Old Turtle standing behind him, while the elders of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion knelt in a row, listening attentively.
With the Immortal Emperor of Longevity present, they dared not sit.
“And the Nether Demonic Clan… is a mysterious race that exists beyond the Five Immortal Realms!” Nangong Jing said solemnly.
The elders nodded silently, their faces filled with gravity.
They knew that the Four Directions Immortal Realm was not equivalent to the Five Immortal Realms. The Four Directions Immortal Realm was a general term for this space, while the Five Immortal Realms specifically represented the Eastern, Southern, Western, Northern, and Central Immortal Realms.
“In the deduction, Nangong only knew that the Nether Demonic Clan was very powerful, their level of civilization no less than that of the Five Immortal Realms, perhaps even surpassing it… I don’t know what methods the people of the Ancestral Divine Realm used to incite the Nether Demonic Clan to act against our Five Immortal Realms.”
Nangong Jing shook his head and sighed.
Hiss!
The elders of the Heaven’s Secrets Pavilion looked at each other, their expressions horrified!
Surpassing, so terrifying…
But when they recalled the apocalyptic scene in the Heaven’s Secrets Mirror, they somewhat believed it.
“Immortal Emperor, Nangong only knows this much. As for the detailed characteristics, combat power, and specific details of the Nether Demonic Clan’s invasion, Nangong is unable to deduce further.”
Nangong Jing looked at Ambrose Lu and bowed apologetically.
At this moment, Ambrose Lu waved his hand, stood up, and said with a faint smile, “If we exclude me, the overall combat power of the Nether Demonic Clan far exceeds that of the Five Immortal Realms.”
Everyone’s eyelids twitched!!
Far exceeds?
Seeing the shocked expressions of Nangong Jing and the elders, Ambrose Lu nodded affirmatively.
He was inherently immortal, buried in the Immortal Tomb of the Spirit Dust Realm, and had served as an Immortal Emperor in the Central Immortal Realm for less than ten million years.
Before his tenure as an Immortal Emperor, he had traveled through some unknown regions of the Four Directions Immortal Realm with Old Turtle.
According to Ambrose Lu’s estimation, the regions they traveled through might not even account for three percent of the entire Four Directions Immortal Realm.
Millions of years ago, when Ambrose Lu and Old Turtle traveled, they had encountered the Nether Demonic Clan…
At that time, Ambrose Lu was not yet at his peak, far from his current strength after emerging from the Immortal Tomb.
During that time, he and Old Turtle had not gained any advantage over the Nether Demonic Clan…
However, there was no deep enmity at that time, and he had held back somewhat.
Hearing Ambrose Lu’s words, Old Turtle nodded solemnly!
He had always been with Ambrose Lu and naturally knew the terror of the Nether Demonic Clan!
It was a mysterious and powerful race!
Feeling the heated atmosphere, Ambrose Lu chuckled, “To put it simply, the Nether Demonic Clan has no less than ten beings as powerful as Immortal Emperors. What do you think?”
Everyone was shocked!
Nangong Jing clenched his fists, his heart trembling with fear at Ambrose Lu’s words!
With such a disparity in top-tier combat power, how could they fight?
Wouldn’t the Five Immortal Realms be doomed to fall, even with the return of the Immortal Emperor of Longevity, it wouldn’t be enough…
The people of the Ancestral Divine Realm were truly ruthless!
“Then… Immortal Emperor, what should we do?”
Nangong Jing looked at Ambrose Lu with trembling hope, unable to maintain his composure after hearing Ambrose Lu’s words.
Now, the mysterious Immortal Emperor of Longevity was his last hope, and for some reason, it was an intuition as a Heaven’s Secrets Master…
Ambrose Lu adjusted his sleeves and smiled mysteriously,
“You ask me, who should I ask?”
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