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Chapter 1096: The Haoran Dragon Seal
Chapter 1096: The Haoran Dragon Seal
Editor: Henyee Translations
Countless cultivators who lived in the same region as the Haoran Sect were influenced by the celestial light.
Sensing that the Haoran Sect had initiated this celestial light, they gathered their families and moved as close to it as possible.
At this moment, the effects of the celestial calamity had enveloped the entire Floodgate Realm, casting ominous shadows from the strange sky above.
Everything and everyone covered by these shadows had their spiritual power drained, even their very life force.
Many ordinary people and low-level cultivators, unaware of the events unfolding, silently perished in the darkness of the celestial calamity.
However, within the Haoran Sect, guided by the power of their sect’s fortune, the immortal treasure that protected their sect finally revealed itself.
It was a dragon-shaped seal, emanating countless rays of celestial light, its material both unique and otherworldly, straddling the line between the living and the dead, between reality and illusion.
“The Haoran Dragon Seal…” Jiang Chengxuan murmured its name as he held the immortal treasure. Although it was an immortal treasure, Jiang Chengxuan felt no destructive power from it.
Like the many members of the Haoran Sect, he sensed only a profound peace and an intimate connection. This was not a weapon of offense; its purpose was to protect and preserve.
Jiang Chengxuan could clearly sense that the entire causality of the Haoran Sect was linked to it, like a heart sustaining the sect. Using the mysterious power of fortune, it safeguarded the entity known as the Haoran Sect.
Meanwhile, similar ceremonies to summon immortal treasures were being conducted across the Floodgate Realm, within the various sects.
As countless disciples prayed and invoked their sects’ fortunes, the immortal treasures of each sect began to manifest.
As the immortal treasures appeared, they instinctively sensed the vile energy brought by the celestial calamity and, almost reflexively, emitted vast amounts of celestial light to combat the eerie darkness in the sky.
In the Pantheon Sect, before Daolord Pantheon and countless disciples, a golden ethereal light floated, radiating a brilliant celestial light that pierced the sky, dispelling the surrounding darkness and creating a sanctuary.
Under this light, Daolord Pantheon and others felt a sense of peace and relief as the corrupting force slowly receded.
In Thunderclap Valley, before Yun Yizhen and the gathered disciples, a branch of lightning floated, blooming with multicolored flowers, emanating celestial light that shot towards the sky, banishing the darkness and corruption from Thunderclap Valley.
In the Infinite Sky Sect, an orb of yin-yang energy hovered before Daolord Infinite and the disciples, rotating and emitting invisible waves that dispelled the endless darkness, illuminating the surroundings.
One by one, the immortal treasures of each sect emerged, creating sanctuaries within the Floodgate Realm, engulfed in an eerie darkness.
Many loose cultivators and ordinary people, influenced by the celestial light, instinctively moved towards these sanctuaries, finding refuge and escaping death.
Jiang Chengxuan’s proposal to summon the immortal treasures had, in an intangible yet crucial way, saved many lives across the Floodgate Realm.
At the very onset of the celestial calamity, the timing was critical. If the summoning of the immortal treasures had been delayed even a few more days, more than half of the realm’s population could have succumbed to the darkness.
Such a dire outcome would have led to a prolonged period of recovery for the realm.
Realizing this, many sects gained newfound respect for Jiang Chengxuan. His plan had essentially granted the Floodgate Realm a vital respite.
However, the power of the immortal treasures alone was insufficient to dispel all the darkness.
Though they could barely halt the calamity’s progression by resonating with one another, the sects’ fortunes couldn’t sustain indefinitely.
Moreover, somewhere within the Floodgate Realm, the true threat still lurked— the awakening true spirit of the demon immortal.
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In a desolate, ruined kingdom within the Floodgate Realm, darkness surged through the vast ruins.
Corpses, grotesquely twisted, lay withered and dry. On a high platform, a shadowy figure stood with outstretched arms, bathing in the descending shadows.
These shadows had originally destroyed this kingdom, but now they appeared compliant around this figure.
When the celestial calamity descended, the Floodgate Realm was shrouded by the black sun, and its first shadow fell upon this place.
In an instant, countless mortals mutated into ghoul-like beings, rampaging through the city.
Soon, even the cultivators fell to the same fate, turning on each other until the last one perished in utter brutality.
At that moment, the city’s blood gathered, merging with the descending shadow, forming this humanoid figure, absorbing all the violence and savagery.
“Cackle… Floodgate Realm, you cannot escape my grasp!” Bathing in the black sun’s shadow, his power grew with each passing moment, or rather, it was being restored.
Undoubtedly, this was the mastermind behind the celestial calamity, the true spirit of the demon immortal.Nôv(el)B\\jnn
On the day the demonic sect was destroyed, he had forcibly inserted a sliver of his true spirit into this world. Unnoticed in a hidden corner, he absorbed all manner of vile energies, awaiting the day the celestial calamity began.
Now, supported by the power of the black sun, he no longer needed to hide, able to grow unimpeded.
“Hmph, it’s that brat’s doing again,” the demon immortal muttered, glaring at the beams of celestial light piercing the sky.
The day Jiang Chengxuan reversed the celestial array, the demon immortal had taken note of him. Now, the quick response of the Floodgate Realm, preventing him from absorbing more power, was surely orchestrated by that same person.
Originally, it would have been easy for him to corrupt the entire Floodgate Realm, but Jiang Chengxuan’s actions had delayed his plans.
As a mighty being of the universe, a demon immortal, he knew this was no coincidence. Perhaps Jiang Chengxuan was the nemesis the Floodgate Realm had conjured to oppose him, the chosen one of this realm.
“But that just makes things more interesting, doesn’t it? Cackle…” The demon immortal laughed, descending from the ruins, crushing dried skulls beneath his feet as he vanished into the darkness.