The Ancient Immortal Ruins fell silent after Chu Kuangren slashed the sky-prides and eliminated the Earthen Immortals. Everyone was still shocked by the events that had unfolded.

In the meantime, Chu Kuangren had retracted his life and death intent.

He quickly scanned over the battlefield and wanted to take the will of the Immortal World from both Lin Yan and Yuan Xu. However, he realized that the two wills of the Immortal World had disappeared when he was eliminating the Earthen Immortals.

They were nowhere to be found.

“Oh. Did someone take it without me noticing?” Chu Kuangren muttered.

Nevertheless, it was very unlikely. Given his current strength, even a Heavenly Immortal or a True Immortal could not slip away from him unnoticed.

A Gilded Immortal?

Planquilon Immortal World had no True Immortal, let alone a Gilded Immortal.

Such existence would be the absolute power not only in this Immortal World but the entire universe.

Therefore, there could only be one answer: the will of the Immortal World disappeared by itself.

Only that could explain why he did not notice the disappearance.

“Hmm. Interesting. It doesn’t want me to take it, huh? Are you trying to play hide and seek with me, will of the Immortal World?” Chu Kuangren chuckled.

After that, he took a glance at Lin Yan and Yuan Xu’s bodies on the ground. He shook his head and said, “Fated Ones, they say. Hmph!”

Out of seven Fated Ones, three were lead.

Excluding Shang Honghua, there were three left.

“I wonder what kind of surprises the other Fated Ones have for me,” Chu Kuangren mumbled.

Then, he headed to the light pillar of the Ancient Immortal Ruins and grabbed all kinds of treasures and Opportunities of Fortune into his Yin and Yang Ring.

Nobody stopped him.

Even though they wanted to, they had to have the strength to do it.

After that, Chu Kuangren looked at Lan Yu and the others. On his palm, the life and death intent appeared again, followed by the Yin Yang Life and Death Symbol.

The symbol enveloped Lan Yu and the girls.

The others were shocked. They thought Chu Kuangren was on a frenzy killing spree, killing even one of his own.

Lan Yu and the girls, on the other hand, did not resist at all. They trusted Chu Kuangren completely and were just slightly surprised.

Soon, their confusion was met with answers.

With the Yin Yang Life and Death Symbol around them, an endless stream of energy gushed into their bodies and swiftly healed them.

The Yin Yang Life and Death Symbol could control life and death, so it could be used as a weapon and also medicine. The healing effect was much better than the Spring Breeze Healing Technique.

Once he mastered that particular skill, he could even revert death.

Then, it would be truly considered a limitless technique that could achieve almost anything.

“Master, welcome back.”

Lan Yu looked at Chu Kuangren emotionally, and so did the others.

“Yes, I’m back.” Chu Kuangren smiled.

“Oh right, Master. Where’s Gu Wuqing?” Gu Liufang asked curiously.

“He came back with me, but I sensed something going on here, so I came. He should be back at the academy by now.”

“I see.”

Chu Kuangren chatted with them for a while.

Then, he saw a girl in red further away. She was Huang Yinghong, the Phoenix Maiden of Sycamore Mountain.

Among the sky-prides from Sycamore Mountain and Divine Dragon Island, only she had decided to stay out of the conflict due to her past relationship with Chu Hong. Hence, she was alive.

Now, with Chu Kuangren staring at her, she could not help but quiver, and her face turned pale. Fear overflowed from her eyes.

Chu Kuangren touched his face. “Am I that scary?”

The mouths of those who heard him twitched.

He should know better than others how scary he was.

Look at the bodies! He should know better who did it!

Everyone rolled their eyes at him.

Other female cultivators at the scene were captivated by Chu Kuangren’s transcendental looks, and their hearts started to race.

“Don’t worry. I won’t kill you. I just have something I would like you to pass to Qing Feng for me.”

Chu Kuangren tossed a jade scroll over.

Qing Feng was the Azure Phoenix of Sycamore Mountain.

As soon as Huang Yinghong caught the scroll, she mobilized her Immortal Consciousness to sense it. However, she realized she could not see what was inside.

Chu Kuangren had placed restriction seals on the jade scroll, and only Qing Feng could open it.

“I’ll bring it back to her. Farewell.”

With that, Huang Yinghong left in a hurry.

Chu Kuangren grinned as he watched her leave. “The seed has been planted. Now, all I have to do is wait for it to sprout.”

It would sprout into the flower of hatred.

“Okay, girls. We should leave as well,” Chu Kuangren said to Lan Yu and the others.

Since he had taken all the treasures and Opportunities of Fortune of the Ancient Immortal Ruins, there was no point for him to stay any longer. As such, he and the girls went back to the academy.

Chu Kuangren might have left the scene, but the commotion did not end with his absence.

The news of Chu Kuangren’s return to Planquilon Immortal World spread like wildfire and reached every corner of the world in the blink of an eye. The things he did at Ancient Immortal Ruins and the strength he displayed shocked all the cultivators.

“Three Fated Ones died in his hands?”

“Oh my gosh! Why is he so terrifying? Is he still human?”

“He’s a monster! He’s definitely a monster!”

The whole Planquilon Immortal World was engaged in a heated discussion.

Chu Kuangren’s name became the topic of discussion again, and he was, once again, under the spotlight after many years. No one in the immortal world could turn their attention away from him.

Some of the ancient immortal orthodoxies reacted strongly to the news.

After all, three Fated Ones died in a single battle, following the fall of many sky-prides and Earthen Immortals.

It was a heavy blow to every immortal orthodoxy out there.

Was it not the Battle of Destiny?

Was this era not the stage for the Fated Ones?

Why would an anomaly like Chu Kuangren appear and compete with the younger generations? It was cheating!

It should be against the rules!

All the ancient immortal orthodoxies were furious when they learned the news.

…

Meanwhile, further away in a blood-colored cave, a young monk basking in the blood-colored Buddhist Light was meditating with his legs crossed.

Before him were hundreds and thousands of cultivators on their knees as if they were devoted disciples meeting Buddha himself. The look on their faces was frantic and devoted.

All of a sudden, a golden light flew into the cave and stopped before the young monk. Countless Daoist patterns were swirling around the ball of light.

The young monk was surprised to see it. “This is the will of the Immortal World. Why another? Could I be the destined Heavenly Champion of the Immortal World?”

The young monk’s eyes shone brightly as he put his hand on the golden light. Suddenly, a massive amount of insights gushed into his mind and elevated his aura sharply.

At the same time, multiple scenes appeared in his mind.

A figure in white slashing a bunch of sky-prides, controlling their life and death, and eliminating a bunch of Earthen Immortals with an invincible poise as if he was God.

The young monk widened his eyes in shock. “That’s… Chu Kuangren! He’s so powerful!”

The disciples exchanged a confused look with each other when they saw the young monk’s reaction. They wondered what caused the shock on the young monk’s face.

“Blood Monk Disciple, what happened?”

“Amitabha. My vision just showed me an evil anomaly wreaking havoc in this world. By Buddha’s order, we have to eliminate him,” the Blood Monk Disciple said.

“Anomaly?”

“Chu Kuangren.”

“Huh!?”

The disciple gasped in shock.

“It’s him!”

The name had a reputation for itself, and they all knew what the name meant.

“Go gather another million of blood essence for me. I will go into closed-door meditation for a while, and we will eliminate this evil as soon as possible.”

“Yes, Blood Monk Disciple!”