Chapter 4821: Primordial Chaos Beast Awakens

Time passed, and over twenty million years went by.

On the Chaos Continent, in a vast, boundless yellow desert, a massive nine-colored thundercloud hovered high in the sky, with lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.

Wang Qingcheng and Ye Haitang stood high above, their expressions solemn.

Wang Changsheng was in the process of establishing his seventh fundamental law, while Wang Ruyan had already established her sixth, but not yet her seventh.

Over twenty million years ago, the Wang family took the initiative to form the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance. Many forces answered the call, and Zhou Dian became the Alliance Leader, though he did not appear publicly. Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Dao Ancestor Tatian, and Mo Yinyin served as Deputy Leaders.

A large number of immortals joined the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance, causing its influence to expand rapidly. In the process, vast amounts of cultivation resources were collected. The Wang family organized skilled artisans, leading to a continuous increase in strategic materials such as chaos armor, immortal-slaying cannons, immortal artifacts, immortal talismans, and immortal elixirs. The armored immortal armies of various major forces were consolidated to form several immortal armored legions.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Qingfeng, Wang Ruyi, Wang Jiye, and other fifth-rank immortal artifact refiners collaborated to elevate Azure Lotus Immortal Island to a high-grade Dao artifact. The mutated Primordial Spirit Treasure, the Great Wall, was also refined into a high-grade Dao artifact. All of these preparations were for the Grand Dao War.

On the surface, the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance appeared immensely powerful, but internally, it was divided into multiple factions with disparate objectives.

Some immortals joined the Alliance merely to seek patronage, relying on its cultivation resources. Ostensibly, such individuals would comply with the Alliance's commands, but they would either exert no effort or only a minimal amount.

Other immortals were opportunists. Seeing the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance's growing power, they temporarily joined, finding comfort under its "big tree." If the Alliance began to decline, these individuals would be the first to flee.

Furthermore, numerous rumors circulated throughout the Immortal Realm. Some claimed the Wang family intended to use the Alliance's immortals as bargaining chips to negotiate with the Chaos Beasts for the Wang family's future status. Others suggested the Wang family was using other immortals as cannon fodder to deplete the Chaos Beasts' strength. Even more extreme rumors asserted that Zhou Dian had long since died, and the Azure Lotus Immortals were merely using his name to manipulate other immortals into fighting for the Wang family.

Naturally, these were rumors spread by False Immortals. While the Wang family's high-ranking members viewed them as false, many other immortals perceived them as the truth. Consequently, they either refused to join the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance, sought hidden places for reclusive cultivation, or simply carried on with their lives as if nothing were amiss.

It is impossible for there to be only one voice in the world. When the Wang family's high-ranking members came forward to debunk the rumors, those who believed them naturally did, while those who didn't would remain unconvinced no matter how much was said.

Conversely, the Chaos Beasts seemed to vanish overnight; even those on the Chaos Continent disappeared. In the view of the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance's high-ranking members, this indicated the Chaos Beasts were preparing for the Grand Dao War, a fact they widely publicized.

Meanwhile, False Immortals sent people to spread rumors that the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance had reached an agreement with the Chaos Beasts, requiring the deaths of a certain number of immortals in exchange for the Wang family's future dominance. There were also claims that Zhou Dian had already destroyed the Chaos Beast Ancestor, and the Wang family was merely scaring other immortals into joining the Alliance.

Some immortals within the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance abused their power, engaging in forced buying and selling, murdering to seize treasures, or falsely accusing rivals of colluding with Chaos Beasts to eliminate them using the Alliance's strength. These actions severely damaged the Alliance's reputation.

These individuals had no significant misdeeds before passing scrutiny. However, after passing the review and assuming positions of power within the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance, they gradually changed, becoming arrogant and oppressive. Some even dragged members of the Wang family into their misconduct.

The Wang family severely punished a group of law-breaking immortals and heavily disciplined their own descendants to set an example, yet they could not restore their reputation. The truth was, the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance had too many members; it was simply impossible to make all of them abide by rules and act selflessly.

The Wang family was forced to establish an Inspection Hall, responsible for dealing with these unruly immortals, barely managing to curb the negative trend. Meanwhile, False Immortals secretly fueled the problems, frequently sabotaging and slandering the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance, thereby disrupting its operations.

What's more, they also planted spies within the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance, periodically creating trouble for it.

A rumbling sound of thunder reverberated as massive bolts of nine-colored immortal lightning struck down, heading directly towards a certain spot.

Half an hour later, the nine-colored thundercloud churned and swelled, transforming into an enormous nine-colored lightning dragon, which plunged down from the sky.

Before the nine-colored lightning dragon could land, a gigantic azure fist-shadow flew out and struck its body.

The massive body of the nine-colored lightning dragon trembled, then exploded, transforming into an immensely large nine-colored thunder sun that enveloped a vast area. Countless yellow sand grains instantly vanished, and numerous cracks appeared in the void.

A moment later, an astonishing spiritual pressure surged skyward, piercing straight into the clouds.

Wang Changsheng flew out, his face slightly pale, but otherwise unharmed.

During their expedition to the ruins, they obtained a large quantity of fifth-tier immortal materials. Wang Changsheng refined several high-grade Dao artifacts and successively established his sixth and seventh fundamental laws.

To establish his seventh fundamental law, Wang Changsheng expended three high-grade defensive Dao artifacts, as well as a fifth-tier immortal formation and multiple fifth-tier immortal talismans. The two Supreme Fundamental Laws were indeed formidable, making the process of establishing new fundamental laws significantly more difficult.

"Have you still not found the whereabouts of the Chaos Beasts?" Wang Changsheng asked.

"No, it's estimated they are all in the place Daoist Zhou mentioned, preparing for the Grand Dao War," Wang Qingcheng replied.

Over the past twenty million years, the Wang family gained fifteen new Dao Ancestors. Chen Yueying, Ni Tianlong, Four Seasons Sword Venerable, and others also advanced to Dao Ancestor realm, naturally thanks to the resources provided by the Wang family.

After the Gourd of Time advanced to a Dao artifact, it could easily accelerate the growth of immortal medicines to 500 million years. Wang Qingbai refined a large quantity of fifth-tier immortal elixirs for breaking through to Dao Ancestor, distributing them to immortals with the potential to reach that realm, hoping to cultivate more Dao Ancestors.

In addition, the Wang family emulated the ancient Immortal Court, hiding a portion of cultivation resources in the lower realms or certain parts of the Immortal Realm, hoping they would not need to be used.

Zhou Dian had discovered the hiding place of the Chaos Beast Ancestor. It had not moved, continuing to slumber there, guarded by a vast number of Chaos Beasts.

According to Mo Yinyin, there were powerhouses who had established nine fundamental laws by the side of the Chaos Beast Ancestor.

Lin Feng mentioned that there were two Dao Ancestors in the Immortal Realm who had established eight fundamental laws, but they could not be contacted. When the Wang family formed the Azure Lotus Immortal Alliance and Zhou Dian became its leader, these two individuals also did not appear.

Consequently, it was impossible for the immortals to directly attack the Chaos Beast Ancestor's hiding place. They could only focus on cultivation and improve their strength as much as possible.

"Continue sending people to search for Dao Ancestor Jiuxiao and Immortal Luo. Let's go back!" Wang Changsheng instructed.

The three of them departed and returned to Azure Lotus Immortal Island.

Somewhere in the Immortal Realm, there was an boundless expanse of azure sea.

The sea churned and surged, raising colossal waves, as a large number of Chaos Beasts gathered.

A ten-colored Chaos Beast, with a dragon head, human torso, bird wings, and snake tail, emerged from the seabed. Numerous scars were visible on its body.

"Greetings, Commander He! Congratulations on your awakening," the Chaos Beasts said in unison.

"I haven't fully recovered yet," He stated, "but I've heard that two Dao Ancestors who have established two Supreme Fundamental Laws have appeared. We cannot allow them time to grow. Gather our forces, launch the Grand Dao War, and eliminate them."

Had it not been for the appearance of two Dao Ancestors among the immortals who had established two Supreme Fundamental Laws, He would not have initiated the Grand Dao War before fully recovering. It had awakened once, learned of the Azure Lotus Immortals' existence, and once sufficiently recovered, it ceased its slumber and decided to launch the Grand Dao War.

"Yes, Commander He," the Chaos Beasts replied in unison.

Soon, a large number of Chaos Beasts were mobilized.