Eternal Emperor's Path to Ascension

In that instant, it was as if the shackles that had bound the entire Lower Realm for countless ages had suddenly loosened.

For a brief moment, every living being felt it.

Whether it be mortals or Immortal Cultivators, even those ancient existences who had already reached the absolute limit of what the Lower Realm could accommodate, all of them felt the same thing:

Freedom.

It was as though an invisible chain that had always been wrapped around their bodies, their souls, and their very existence had suddenly become loose.

At that moment.

*Boom!*

The entire Lower Realm trembled.

Immortal Qi surged through the enormous opening in the heavens like an endless celestial river.

It poured into the Nine Great Mortal Worlds, the Outer Void, and every small crack or crevice hidden in the Lower Realm.

The concentration of Immortal Qi increased at an unbelievable speed, the natural elements became increasingly clear, the worldly laws became substantially apparent, and the heavenly rules became more profound.

Countless cultivators who had been stuck at bottlenecks for years, decades, centuries, or even tens of thousands of years suddenly felt their minds become clear.

Their comprehension increased and their cultivation began moving.

𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Some who had been trapped at the peak of a realm for thousands of years immediately broke through, while ohers who had never dared to imagine reaching the next realm suddenly found themselves standing before that very threshold.

Among them were some who had waited for this moment for hundreds of thousands of years.

Perfect Half Immortals who had already reached the absolute limit of what the Lower Realm could accommodate without severing their path forward.

Having accumulated for countless years, their Dao had already reached an extremely high level.

For one reason or another, they had not ascended to the Upper Realm, and because of that, the shackles of heaven and earth prevented them from taking that final step, making them unable to become Vagrant Immortals as the Lower Realm did not allow it, and they did not wish to severe their path by becoming Vagrant Immortals in such an environment.

Now, however, the shackles had loosened, or to be more accurate, completely disappeared the moment the Lower Realm transformed into the Upper Realm’s battlefield.

The moment those ancient Perfect Half Immortals sensed the pure Immortal Qi and the incomparably profound concepts of heaven and earth pouring through the dimensional barrier, their minds shook.

Some immediately entered deep meditation, some stood beneath the heavens with their eyes closed, and some sat cross-legged within ancient forbidden lands.

One after another, the Dao rhymes around them erupted like a volcano as the bottleneck separating mortals from Immortals was forcibly torn apart like a thin sheet of paper!

*Boom!*

An Immortal might erupted from the depths of the First Great Mortal World as a terrifying aura spread across the heavens.

This was an ancient existence of the Human Race who had been trapped at the Grand Perfection of Half Immortal Realm for hundreds of thousands of years finally taking that final step.

Vagrant Immortal!

*Boom!*

Following closely, another Immortal might erupted somewhere else, and then another.

Throughout the Nine Great Mortal Worlds, the heavens shook in the literal sense.

Dozens of terrifying auras rose almost simultaneously as Perfect Half Immortals broke through one after another.

Some of them had long since become legends, some were once supreme geniuses who reached their limits but were unable to ascend due to various circumstances, and some had secluded themselves for hundreds of thousands of years, about to cut off their path to achieve immortality in the Lower Realm.

Now, however, they did not need to severe their path ahead.

Dozens of new Vagrant Immortals emerged in the Lower Realm.

For countless ages, the number of Vagrant Immortals had been extremely limited, but today, the number suddenly increased exponentially.

The Lower Realm was undergoing an unprecedented transformation, and at the center of this transformation was Kunlun Divine Mountain of the Second Great Mortal World.

*Boom!*

A dazzling golden radiance erupted from the Tenth Summit, so brilliant that it illuminated the entire Second Great Mortal World.

Countless cultivators turned their gazes toward it, and even Vagrant Immortals who had just broken through looked over in surprise.

Within that golden light, a figure slowly stepped forward.

He wore pristine white robes and had long, flowing hair with a calm expression on his face.

Tian Yun slowly walked out from the center of the radiance, his aura no longer at the realm of a Half Immortal, but having become something fundamentally different.

Tian Yun had finally stepped into the Immortal Realm!

The moment his foot landed, a vast Immortal might spread outward, causing the surrounding void to tremble.

Countless beings instinctively looked at him with faces full of reverence.

Tian Yun’s expression remained calm, but within his eyes, aside from his usual tranquility, there was a trace of profundity.

A vast array of memories flooded his mind, like pieces of an ancient mirror attempting to join together.

Even as strong as he was now, relying on his own Providence, he still could not completely absorb those memories, especially ones related to powerful beings and forbidden existences beyond the imagination of even Immortal Sovereigns.

Tian Yun’s body trembled slightly.

For an instant, he saw endless darkness, countless ancient stars, and the birth and death of civilizations.

He saw figures standing above the heavens, wars that had long since vanished from history, and ancient existences whose names had been erased from the River of Time.

Tian Yun opened his eyes, his breathing steady, but his gaze had already changed.

With his past life memories fully awakened, he was effectively invincible at the same realm for now.

At the same time, something within Tian Yun’s body stirred.

Deep within the very foundation of his existence, a faint light appeared.

The Supreme Daoist Physique!

This was a physique within him that had remained dormant since he was born, and now, it had finally began to awaken!

Although it was only a tiny portion, the moment it stirred, the surrounding concepts of heaven and earth seemed to instinctively gather towards Tian Yun.

Supreme Daoist Physique, one of the most powerful Immortal Emperor level constitutions in existence, on par with the Five-Elemental Divine Spiritual Physique.

Tian Yun’s aura did not increase dramatically, but instead became more restrained, resembling a calm ocean rather than a raging waterfall.

He slowly clenched his hand, feeling the power within his body from an entirely new perspective after regaining his past life memories.

Had it been in the past, he would surely have felt some excitement, but now, he did not particularly feel anything.

Vagrant Immortals were merely the lowest step upon the true Immortal Dao, not worth mentioning even in the Upper Realm, much less the 33 Heavens.

It was only inevitable for him to achieve this realm.

Tian Yun slowly looked up towards the enormous crack in the heavens, his calm eyes becoming increasingly profound.

"What a time to awaken my memories."

...

At almost the same moment.

The awakening of Tian Yun’s memories caused massive ripples within the River of Time.

His original karma intertwined with his current life, causing enormous fluctuations in the River of Fate.

Several ancient powerhouses who had existed for countless ages simultaneously opened their eyes, their gazes crossing endless dimensions as they looked downward towards the Lower Realm.

The moment their gazes landed on Tian Yun, the latter slowly raised his head, as if staring back, causing them to instantly retract their gazes!

There was a dead silence in the primordial void as several supreme, incomprehensible wills interacted.

One supreme existence finally spoke in an indescribable voice.

"Such karma... at least above the Lords. A King?"

Another existence’s Divine Sense will constantly circled around, appearing somewhat comical.

"How? How can there be so many reincarnated supreme beings appearing in the Lower Realm in this era?"

There were reincarnated supreme beings in almost every era of the Lower Realm; that was not particularly strange.

After all, the River of Time was vast, and countless ancient beings had fallen throughout history.

Some of them reincarnated, some returned through secret methods, some left behind fragments of their souls, etcetera.

But the problem was, too many were appearing in this era, and Tian Yun was not an ordinary reincarnated being.

From his karmic fluctuations, he appeared to be at least a King level existence in his past life.

Moreover, not an ordinary King, but one who had once possessed unimaginable Connate Providence to have such an impact on heaven and earth, on both the River of Time and River of Fate.

One of the supreme experts gazing downward suddenly noticed something, a faint emotion finally emerging in their voice.

"Such profound Connate Providence..."

They remained silent for several breaths of time before someone else spoke up.

"This Cleansing... has actually attracted the karma of such a being."

What these beings did not realize was the fact that they were not discussing a mere King, but an Ancient One.