The immortal light swept forward unstoppably, coming down with an almost invincible momentum. This beam was no longer merely the old man’s own strength, it came from the Immortal Gate he had opened, borrowing the power of the ancient ancestors of the Myriad Immortal Nation. Even though it was only a single strike, it carried the might of an Infinite Dao powerhouse.

No matter how powerful a Sage Monarch was, they would be reduced to ashes before this blow.

“I’d like to see how you block it,” the elder said coldly, staring at Xu Zimo. “If your True Martial Sacred Ground had an Infinite Dao cultivator descend, I would never have shown myself. But you’re far too arrogant. Today, you deserve to die here.”

“You’re right. I really cannot block this strike,” Xu Zimo said with a smile. “But you seem to have forgotten something, among the Ten Primordial God-Scriptures, there is a technique called the Heaven-Unity Three-Lives Gate.”

The moment he heard this, the elder’s expression changed dramatically. This attack was his strongest and final trump card.

Above Xu Zimo’s head, the Heavenly Gate opened. The Gate of Life and the Gate of Death activated first, followed by the Gate of Eternity that granted temporary invincibility.

The strength of the Heaven-Unity Three-Lives Gate not only enhanced the user through the Life and Death Gates, but the Gate of Eternity itself could nullify a fatal attack.

Thus, when the Three-Life Gates fully opened, Xu Zimo allowed the immortal light to pierce through him completely, yet he remained untouched.

“You… you...” The elder stumbled back several steps, shock and dread filling his face.

“Well?” Xu Zimo asked. “Can you open the Immortal Gate a second time and borrow the power of the immortals again?”

The elder no longer dared linger. He grabbed Miao Ruyin and tried to flee.

“Come on now. There’s no running after losing a fight,” Xu Zimo said with a cold smile.

He lifted the demon blade and stepped once into the air, instantly appearing behind the elder. The blade swung down hard.

The elder thrust his hands forward, trying to blast Xu Zimo away with overwhelming righteous mist. But in the face of absolute power, it was meaningless. The demon blade sliced off both of his arms and plunged deep into his heart.

“I am a Sage Monarch. You cannot kill me,” the elder said, blood flowing from his lips. His heart was shattered, and pitch-black blood seeped continuously.

Still, he was fearless, because Saint Sovereigns possessed Life-Death Souls. As long as the Life-Death Soul remained intact, they could not truly die. And his own Life-Death Soul was safely stored in the upper realm within the Myriad Immortal Nation. Xu Zimo had no way to reach it, at least not yet.

“Don’t worry. I will go to the Myriad Immortal Nation. And I will personally take your life,” Xu Zimo said.

He swung the Shadow Tyrant up at a sharp angle. The elder’s body split neatly down the middle.

With the Traceless Compass in his possession, Xu Zimo would be able to locate the elder as soon as he entered the Myriad Immortal Nation.

After killing him, Xu Zimo turned his gaze toward Miao Ruyin. She was also a Saint Sovereign. Her Life-Death Soul was in the Myriad Immortal Nation as well, so he could not kill her yet.

Because of this, Miao Ruyin was surprisingly calm.

She said, “Doing this will only turn our Myriad Immortal Nation into your enemy.”

“Girl... You seriously think I’m afraid of your Myriad Immortal Nation?” Xu Zimo asked as he approached step by step.

“You may not be afraid, but having more friends is better than having more enemies, isn’t it?” she replied. “Let me go, and the grudge between you and our Myriad Immortal Nation will be erased.”

He couldn’t kill her, but destroying her physical body would still injure her Life-Death Soul, an outcome no one desired.

“I may not be able to kill you,” Xu Zimo said, “but I can strip you naked and hang you on the gate of Alchemy God City. Want to try me? And I never take back my words.”

Miao Ruyin’s eyes tightened slightly. Then she snorted coldly. “Fine. You’re ruthless. When you come to the upper realm, no matter where you go, heavens or earth, I will kill you.”

The moment she finished speaking, she slit her own throat without hesitation and her body fell from the sky. It was clear she was fierce enough to choose death herself.

Xu Zimo showed no sympathy. He lifted his head toward the direction of the Luo God-Clan.

The demon blade in his hand let out a faint roar, and the demonic aura behind him surged for tens of billions of miles, blanketing the entire void.

The Luo God-Clan’s estate sat at the center of Alchemy God City. It was no exaggeration to say that eighty percent of all pill transactions in the city were tied to them.

But now, the once-bustling center was quiet. Pill shops that once thrived had shut their doors. The Luo God-Clan’s gates were sealed, and their protective grand formation was fully activated.

This formation had been laid down by their progenitor, the Giant Sun Immortal Venerable. It hadn’t been activated for millions of years, this was the first time the entire clan had gone on full alert.

“Luo God-Clan, come out and die.”

Xu Zimo’s voice thundered from the sky like rolling lightning, shaking the grand formation until ripples spread across its surface.

“Is the True Martial Progenitor really leaving us no path to survive?” asked Luo Shaobin, God Lord of the Luo God-Clan.

He wore a white alchemist’s robe and stood in the courtyard, looking up at Xu Zimo in the sky.

The Luo God-Clan was now hollow inside. Though they were still one of the Ten God-Clans in name, they couldn’t even compare to many first-rate powers anymore.

During the war in the Great Beyond, the Giant Sun Immortal Venerable died, and thousands of Saint Sovereigns of the family perished. Now, Saint Sovereigns were a luxury they barely had.

It was difficult even for the family members themselves to imagine how quickly their once-dominant clan had fallen.

“A path to survival?” Xu Zimo sneered. “Once you reach the Mirage Tides Heaven and see your old ancestor, you can beg him for a path.”

He no longer wished to waste words.

The Shadow Tyrant trembled, demonic energy mixed with blade intent as he slashed toward the formation.

A violent explosion followed. The entire formation trembled, and buildings inside the Luo estate began collapsing. Screams echoed everywhere.

Luo Shaobin frowned and shouted, “Don’t panic! This formation was created by the progenitor. Only an Infinite Dao powerhouse can break it!”

Hearing this, Xu Zimo chuckled. “If your ancestor were still alive, then yes, only an Infinite Dao could break it. But now it’s a dead formation. How could it stop me?”

The Shadow Tyrant roared, power surging endlessly. The Heaven-Shattering Power and the God-Demon Creation Atlas from the Ten Primordial God-Scriptures activated together. Endless force gathered in his hand, converging into the blade.

“Break!” Xu Zimo roared.

The blade light tore the sky apart, splitting heaven and earth as though the world itself were ending. It crashed down on the formation.

This time, the formation held for only a few seconds before shattering like a soap bubble.