All Immortals Under Heaven, Get Out of the Mortal World Today

An old man from the Longevity Ancient Sect stepped forward.

“Your Majesty, the Retired Emperor.”

“Leaving the seniors of the immortal path in the cultivation world…”

“is not entirely a calamity.”

“The Longevity Earth Immortal of our sect…”

“once guarded the Eastern Wasteland Demon Cave for ten thousand years.”

“He saved countless lives.”

“If he is forcibly sent into the Immortal Realm…”

“would that not chill the hearts of all who hear it?”

Wang Hao looked at him.

“Guarding the demon cave for ten thousand years…”

“That is a merit.”

The old man’s expression relaxed.

Wang Hao continued:

“Those who have merit should be rewarded.”

“But merit cannot be used…”

“as an excuse to ignore the boundary between immortals and mortals.”

“An Earth Immortal remaining in the lower realm…”

“devours an enormous amount of the world’s source with every breath.”

“Around your Longevity Ancient Sect’s mountain gate…”

“has it not been three thousand years since a Martial God was born?”

The old man’s expression changed slightly.

Wang Hao said:

“It is not that your disciples are incapable.”

“It is that your old ancestor…”

“has drained the great spiritual energy of the Dao…”

“within a radius of hundreds of thousands of li…”

“leaving behind only scraps.”

“He guarded the demon cave…”

“and saved lives.”

“So I will prepare a monument of merit for him.”

“But once the inscription is complete…”

“he still has to leave.”

Another sect master could not help asking:

“What if the immortals refuse?”

Wang Hao looked at him.

“Then forget the monument.”

“Prepare only coffins.”

Boom!

Outside the Imperial Temple,

a beam of immortal light descended from the void.

The light condensed into an old man in white robes.

He was not the true body,

but merely a projected avatar of immortal consciousness.

Even so,

the entire Imperial Temple shook violently.

“Wang Hao.”

“You have only just entered the Earth Immortal realm…”

“yet you already seek to drive all the immortals of the world away.”

“Is that not a little too arrogant?”

The white-robed old man’s gaze swept across the hall.

Countless powerful figures from the sects lowered their heads.

Clearly, they recognized his identity.

The Northern Dark Ruins—

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal.

He was one of the five most ancient Heavenly Immortals still living in the cultivation world.

Wang Hao remained seated in his chair.

He did not even rise.

“Are you the one who was peeking into my household yesterday…”

“when we were dividing up the imperial throne?”

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal said indifferently:

“I was merely reminding you.”

“Immortals have immortal laws.”

“A mortal emperor…”

“has no authority to govern the immortal path.”

Wang Hao asked:

“Whose territory are you standing in?”

“The cultivation world.”

“And whose is the cultivation world?”

“It belongs to all living beings under Heaven.”

Wang Hao nodded.

“An excellent answer.”

“Then let me ask you one more question.”

“The immortal spiritual energy you consume every day…”

“where does it come from?”

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal did not answer.

Wang Hao answered for him.

“From Heaven and Earth.”

“You sealed yourself within the Northern Dark Ruins for a hundred and seventy thousand years…”

“all to preserve your Heavenly Immortal Dao Fruit.”

“You drained twelve great worlds dry.”

“The living beings in those worlds…”

“could not even break through to the Bone Tempering Realm.”

“You say Heaven and Earth belong to all living beings…”

“but you consume everything yourself.”

“And you never settle the bill.”

“You never even leave your door.”

“You call yourself an immortal?”

“You’re nothing more than someone occupying the latrine without doing a damn thing.”

A silver-haired boy poked his head out from the New·Heavenly Son Sword.

“Master.”

“Immortals don’t need to use the latrine.”

Wang Hao said:

“Then he is even worse than a latrine.”

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal’s projected avatar

turned utterly livid.

“Seven days from now…”

“I will await you at the All-Heavens Ascension Platform.”

“I want to see…”

“how you will make all the immortals of the world bow their heads.”

Wang Hao waved his hand.

“There is no need for anyone to bow.”

“Bending over wastes time.”

“Just form an orderly line and get lost.”

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal gave a cold snort.

His projected avatar of immortal consciousness dissipated on the spot.

Inside the great hall,

the representatives of the various sects wore looks of terror.

They could sense it.

A battle between immortals,

one powerful enough to overturn the entire cultivation world,

was about to descend upon them.

Yet Wang Hao acted as though nothing had happened.

He slowly rose to his feet

and walked out of the Imperial Temple.

High above the Great Xia Imperial City,

the sky was clear and cloudless.

Wang Hao took out an ancient bronze mirror.

The Immortal-Reflecting Heavenly Mirror.

Its surface was mottled with age,

and countless indistinct immortal figures were carved into its back.

He infused it with a strand of Earth Immortal power.

Crack!

The first fissure appeared across the bronze mirror.

Immediately afterward,

an invisible radiance

rose from the Great Xia Imperial City.

In an instant,

it swept across the ninety-nine provinces,

across sixty-three worlds,

and across three hundred worlds that had only just awakened.

Finally,

it enveloped the entire cultivation world.

Boom!

In the far eastern reaches of the cultivation world,

a pillar of Earth Immortal light ignited within a long-dead star.

On the far side of a western world,

an ancient bronze coffin buried for countless years

issued a roar of outrage.

In the boundless fire region of the south,

a gigantic face

slowly emerged from beneath the lava.

In the Northern Dark Ruins,

five beams of immortal light more brilliant than the Milky Way

shot into the heavens at the same time.

One.

Ten.

Thirty.

Fifty.

Eighty-nine beams of immortal light

illuminated the myriad heavens.

Above every pillar of light,

clear information appeared:

Name.

Realm.

Location.

Degree of corruption.

Throughout the cultivation world,

countless living beings looked up.

For the first time,

they saw the immortals hidden behind the worlds.

Some had been worshiped as ancestral founders

by the various sects.

Some had been regarded as legends

by countless mortals.

Others had long since abandoned their original names,

transforming into monsters within forbidden zones

that no one dared look upon directly.

Wang Hao stood above the imperial city.

His voice traveled through the Immortal-Reflecting Heavenly Mirror

and reached every forbidden zone.

“Eighty-nine of you.”

“Not a single one is missing.”

“Seven days from now…”

“gather at the All-Heavens Ascension Platform.”

“Those who do not come…”

“I will visit personally.”

From within a dark forbidden zone,

a hoarse voice rang out:

“What if we join forces…”

“Can you withstand us alone?”

Wang Hao looked toward that forbidden zone.

A smile appeared on his face.

“That is precisely why I told you all to gather together.”

“Catching you one by one…”

“would be far too time-consuming.”

Seven days later.

The All-Heavens Ascension Platform.

This was no ordinary sacrificial platform.

It was an ancient continent floating at the edge of the cultivation world.

The continent had no mountains

and no sea.

Only a white stone staircase

that reached straight into the firmament.

The staircase had a total of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.

At its end

stood an ancient immortal gate

that had long since been broken.

Countless years ago,

the transcendent powerhouses of the cultivation world

had crossed their tribulations here,

becoming immortals

and stepping into the Upper Realm.

But later,

the path to immortality was severed.

The Ascension Platform was sealed by numerous forbidden zones,

and this continent

gradually vanished from the memories of all living beings.

Today,

the All-Heavens Ascension Platform reappeared.

One Great Xia warship after another

was stationed around the ancient continent.

Three hundred and forty-one black-and-gold warships

had already undergone emergency repairs.

Broken railings had been reattached,

and most of the ruined God-Slaying Cannons had been removed.

At the very front of the flagship

a temporary battering ram had been installed.

A line of tiny words was written across its surface:

“Borrowed for wartime use. Damage must be compensated.”

A-Li stood aboard the flagship

and stared at those words.

She fell silent.

An elderly official from the Ministry of Revenue explained:

“The national treasury is tight.”

“Please understand, Commander.”

A-Li asked:

“If the battering ram breaks…”

“who pays for it?”

The old official looked toward Wang Hao on the Ascension Platform.

“The Retired Emperor.”

Wang Hao happened to hear him.

He turned around and asked:

“Why is it me?”

The old official replied:

“You said you intended to ram every immortal into the Immortal Realm.”

“This battering ram…”

“is part of your personal wartime expenditure.”

Wang Hao pointed around him.

“I am maintaining the safety of the cultivation world.”

“That counts as official business.”

“You are the one driving the immortals away.”

“That counts as personal business.”

“Then I’m not driving them away anymore.”

The old official remained completely expressionless.

“The new emperor has already issued an edict.”

“If you change your mind on the eve of battle…”

“The Ministry of Revenue will report the matter in full.”

Wang Hao fell silent for a moment.

“Put it on the books for now.”

“Once I return from the Immortal Realm…”

“we’ll settle the account.”

The silver-haired boy crouched atop the new Heavenly Son Sword.

He muttered under his breath,

“Another debt owed.”

Wang Hao glanced at him.

The silver-haired boy immediately fell silent.

Around the Ascension Platform,

streaks of immortal light appeared one after another.

The first to arrive

was the Longevity Earth Immortal of the Longevity Ancient Sect.

He wore an old Daoist robe

and carried a stone stele engraved with countless names on his back.

The names belonged to cultivators

who had died in the Eastern Wasteland Demon Cave over the years.

The Longevity Earth Immortal landed on the Ascension Platform

and cupped his hands toward Wang Hao.

“Old man is willing to return to the Immortal Realm.”

“I have only one request.”

“Speak.”

“This stele…”

“May I take it with me?”

Wang Hao looked at the stele.

“Why?”

The Longevity Earth Immortal said softly,

“I have lived for far too long.”

“There are many things

I can no longer remember.”

“If I take it with me,

at least I will know why I once chose to remain.”

Wang Hao nodded.

“Granted.”

“Additionally,

you have rendered great service by guarding the Eastern Wasteland Demon Cave.”

“On behalf of all the living beings you saved,

I have prepared three hundred jars of wine for you.”

The Longevity Earth Immortal was slightly stunned.

Behind him,

a transport ship slowly opened.

Three hundred jars of Great Xia strong liquor

were neatly arranged inside the cargo hold.

The Longevity Earth Immortal stared at them for a long while.

Then he suddenly smiled.

“Thank you.”

He was the first to arrive,

but he was far from the last.

The second streak of immortal light

descended from the far side of the world.

It was a woman embracing an ancient zither.

Third-level Earth Immortal.

No obvious signs of contamination.

The third streak of immortal light

came from a bronze coffin.

Sixth-level Earth Immortal.

Early-stage contamination.

The fourth.

The fifth.

The tenth.

More and more immortals

descended upon the All-Heavens Ascension Platform.

They did not deliberately release their auras,

yet merely standing there

caused the surrounding sea of stars to warp continuously.

A single Earth Immortal

was enough to crush the laws of an ordinary world.

Now, with dozens of immortals gathered at once,

even Martial God powerhouses

could only stand within the formations of their warships.

Three hours later,

eighty-eight immortal beings

had gathered on the Ascension Platform.

Wang Hao glanced at the roster.

“One is missing.”

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal stood at the very top of the white stone steps.

Four other Heavenly Immortals stood behind him.

The auras of the five

were like five ancient shadows covering Heaven and Earth.

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal said indifferently,

“You claimed that there are eighty-nine immortals in the cultivation world.”

“Yet there are only eighty-eight here.”

“It seems

your mirror is not truly omnipotent after all.”

Wang Hao took out the Immortal-Revealing Heavenly Mirror.

The surface was already covered in cracks.

A red dot upon it

was moving rapidly.

“It isn’t that he couldn’t be found.”

“He’s trying to run.”

At the edge of the cultivation world,

a gray beetle no bigger than a palm

clung to a meteorite,

flying with it toward the depths of the void.

The beetle gave off no immortal power fluctuations.

It did not even possess the aura of a soul.

It looked

like an ordinary insect.

Yet hidden within its abdomen

was a small world.

At the center of that world,

a gaunt Earth Immortal

was frantically activating a formation.

“He can’t see me.”

“He can’t see me.”

“The heavens are vast.”

“How could he possibly find one tiny insect?”

The moment he finished speaking,

the Imperial Dao River

crashed down in front of the beetle.

Wang Hao stepped out of the river

and crouched on the meteorite.

He looked down at the beetle.

“Come out on your own.”

“Or should I step on you?”

Inside the small world,

the Earth Immortal’s body went rigid.

A moment later,

the gray beetle split open.

A withered old man emerged,

forcing an ugly smile onto his face.

“Retired Emperor.”

“This is a misunderstanding.”

“I was merely taking a stroll to clear my mind.”

Wang Hao asked,

“With all your worldly possessions in tow?”

Behind the withered old man,

more than three hundred storage bags

simultaneously shrank into the void.

“It’s a habit.”

“When I leave the house,

I like to bring a few extra things.”

Wang Hao seized him by the collar.

“Perfect.”

“You can move house directly.”

The Imperial Dao River contracted.

The two of them instantly returned to the Ascension Platform.

Wang Hao raised his hand

and tossed the withered Earth Immortal into the crowd of immortals.

“Eighty-nine.”

“All present.”

The withered Earth Immortal had just begun to escape

when two Great Xia soldiers

pushed over a wooden placard.

Written on it were the words:

“Registered. Awaiting repatriation.”

One of the soldiers hung the placard around his neck.

“Senior,

please do not wander around.”

The withered Earth Immortal looked at the placard,

then at the two soldiers,

who were only at the Sky-Soaring Realm.

He trembled with rage.

He was a dignified Earth Immortal,

yet he had actually been tagged by two Sky-Soaring cultivators.

But Wang Hao was still standing nearby.

He did not dare remove it.

Taixuan Heavenly Immortal looked down at Wang Hao from above.

“The people have all arrived.”

“How do you intend to send us into the Immortal Realm?”

Wang Hao raised his head

and looked toward the broken Immortal Gate

at the end of the white stone steps.

“First, we open the gate.”

He stepped onto the Ascension Platform.

A system notification appeared before him.

[Special location detected: All-Heavens Ascension Platform.]

[Would you like to check in?]

“Check in.”

[Check-in successful.]

[Item acquired: Return-to-Realm Immortal Seal.]

[Return-to-Realm Immortal Seal: A seal left behind by the Immortal Realm’s Office of Reception. It can repair a damaged ascension passage once and impose the Law of Return upon immortal beings in the lower realm.]

[Warning: This seal can only be used once.]

[Special intelligence acquired.]

[The All-Heavens Ascension Platform was not destroyed naturally.]

[Twelve thousand years ago, five Heavenly Immortals escaped from the Immortal Realm and returned to the lower realm. To prevent pursuit by the contamination of the Immortal Realm, they joined forces to sever the ascension passage.]

[All five Heavenly Immortals are currently present on the Ascension Platform.]

[Taixuan Heavenly Immortal and Faceless Heavenly Immortal have already been contaminated.]

[Crimson Mother Heavenly Immortal: Deep contamination.]

[No obvious contamination has been detected in Withered-and-Blooming Heavenly Immortal or Star-Fishing Heavenly Immortal.]

[The Immortal Realm’s reception area has already fallen.]

[Immortal aura cannot be absorbed directly.]

[The next check-in location has been updated: Eastern Extremity Reception Plain.]