Chapter 1091: The Everlasting Immortal, A Battle in the Heavens

“Heh heh, so there really is a mastermind after all…”

Historian Immortal’s shoulders trembled as he laughed intermittently, tilting his head back to let the rain wash over his face. For nearly 400,000 years since he became an immortal, he had regarded the Four Ancient Immortals as his imagined enemies. When the Tinder Dynasty collapsed, he felt an unspeakable sense of glee. They had intended to establish the Tinder Dynasty and create the Immortal Dao Fruit through the power of faith, but instead they created a monster like the Nirvanic Immortal, leading to the demise of the Immortal of Time and the frantic escape of the other three immortals. What fitting retribution!

Therefore, when he divined that the Nirvanic Immortal would appear in the future, he did not inform the Four Ancient Immortals. Instead, he adopted a “wait-and-see” attitude. Although he was also among those being hunted, the thought that the Four Immortals were receiving the same treatment as him significantly improved his mood.

He never imagined that the mastermind had given him a false past from the very beginning, making him suspicious of everyone and trusting no one.

“Truly worthy of a mastermind…”

If he had informed the Four Ancient Immortals of his divination results back then, would the current situation be different? He schemed and plotted, but what had he gained?

“Are you finished speaking?” Grey Bean asked indifferently, giving no one a chance to react. In her palm, a gray flame, symbolizing death and decay, appeared. As it merely burned in her hand, space began to collapse.

The gray flame instantly engulfed Historian Immortal. Smoke billowed from Historian Immortal’s seven orifices, and he screamed in agony.

“Stop!” Immortal Unyielding shouted. But it was too late. The gray flame reduced Historian Immortal to ashes, just as it had done to Ying Tian corpse before.

“What are you doing!”

Grey Bean looked at her other self with cold eyes. “Severing karma, approaching transcendence, and confronting the mastermind—isn’t that why Ying Tian Immortal and the others resurrected me?”

“I alone am enough to deal with the mastermind. Your existence is superfluous.”

“And for that, you destroyed the entire Tinder Dynasty?” Immortal Unyielding demanded, trembling with uncontrollable rage.

“This was a necessary price.”

“This was an unnecessary price!” Immortal Unyielding’s eyes welled up, tears blurring her vision. A dynasty overthrown, history fragmented, 100,000 years of history forcibly erased—how many lives must have been lost to achieve such a thing? It all started because of her. What if she simply wasn't resurrected, and didn't seek revenge?

“I’m not that important!”

“Oh, right, Ying Tian Immortal and the others resurrected me, and they also wanted me to become you.” Grey Bean shook her head, a sneer on her face, mocking her own origins, how ridiculous it was.

“You are not me.”

“Yes, how wonderful you are. With the Immortal Dao Fruit, you fear no danger, you live without worries. So many people like you, care for you, and tried every means to resurrect you. I’m just a nameless entity; how could I ever become you?”

“But if I don’t become you, then why would I exist in this world? And how could Xiao He truly acknowledge me?”

Grey Bean’s expression hardened as she stared at her true self. She no longer concealed her killing intent, speaking almost through gritted teeth: “If I don’t kill you, how can I become you!”

“I told you, I will kill you to prove that I am the real you!”

“No…” Qing He anxiously stepped forward to stop her, but Grey Bean effortlessly sealed her in place with a restraint spell.

Grey Bean cast a deep look at Qing He. No longer concealing her aura, her blood boiled, and an ominous light emanated from her entire being. With a powerful leap, she directly dispersed the clouds and rain. The torrential rain had begun because of them, and now it scattered because of them.

Had it not been for Historian Immortal’s sudden interference, Grey Bean would have challenged Immortal Unyielding to a fight after their stroll and heart-to-heart on the street. Today, she and Immortal Unyielding were destined for a battle to the death!

“Immortal Unyielding, let’s fight in the heavens!”

“Come!”

Immortal Unyielding, too, harbored murderous intent towards her. Her soul glowed, like an ancient radiance, eternal and indestructible!

“Is the Battle of the Three Immortals over?” Zhu Tian asked tremulously. He wasn’t seeking an answer; he was just so terrified that he was mumbling to himself, hoping his own words would lessen his fear.

Dull crashing sounds echoed. The entire Demon City shook violently. The immortal array covering the city shattered instantly upon impact. The commotion reminded Zhu Tian of the ancient era when the Four Ancient Immortals sparred, with meteors raining down and countless stars shattering across the sky. No, this disturbance was far greater than any immortal’s sparring match.

Zhu Tian was terrified; this could almost rival the ultimate battle between the Four Ancient Immortals and an unknown entity! What was happening? That battle had been the highest-stakes conflict in history!

Zhu Tian walked out of the imperial palace and looked up at the sky. Two graceful figures, identical in appearance but completely different in aura, were clashing. Each collision caused the ground to tremble!

The commotion from these two fighting far surpassed that of the previous Battle of the Three Immortals!

Zhu Tian’s mouth twitched. It was bad enough that this grand conflict began because of him, but could it at least not take place on his territory? He truly couldn’t control this.

“Uncle Zhu Tian, what’s going on?” Jin Caiwei flew over hastily from the Qiongqi tribe and asked. She had been sleeping soundly but was jolted awake by the commotion. Zhu Tian was of the same generation as Old Qiongqi, so Jin Caiwei called him uncle out of respect.

“Look at the sky.”

Jin Caiwei saw the two Immortal Unyieldings and was equally stunned. What had happened during the time she was unconscious?

“This won’t do; Demon City is in danger!” Jin Caiwei and Zhu Tian simultaneously concluded.

Both Immortal Unyielding and Grey Bean had no intention of harming innocents and tried to fly as high as possible. However, in a battle of this magnitude, even a stray attack could devastate Demon City; no array could withstand it.

Zhu Tian was at a loss; this was nothing short of a world-ending catastrophe.

“I have a way,” Jin Caiwei called out, flying to a lower altitude. The battle above was far away, but the spatial tremors it caused were palpable even to her. They even affected her flight!

“Compress!” She activated the nascent form of her planar Dao Fruit, flattening the entire Demon City. Then she adjusted the plane’s dimensions, making both its length and width just one inch, so the massive Demon City now lay on Jin Caiwei’s palm.

“Uncle Zhu Tian, you calm the people. I’ll go see what’s happening!”

Zhu Tian’s nascent form of the ‘Survival of the Fittest’ Dao Fruit could keep Demon City’s inhabitants orderly, preventing commotion that might cause casualties or property damage.

When Jin Caiwei flattened Demon City, a few individuals remained unaffected. Lu Yang and the others were easy to find. At the original site of Demon City, a large square pit remained, and in it were just three people.

“Greetings, Senior Jin.”

“Young Cult Master, what’s going on?” As expected, the Young Cult Master was unaffected.

“It’s hard to explain in a few words,” Lu Yang sighed.

“Sister Qing He, why are you here too?” Jin Caiwei was particularly surprised to see Qing He. Qing He had looked after her quite a bit when she was a child.

Qing He looked up at the sky, remaining silent.

“Second-in-Command, quickly call Xiao Zhi over!” Yun Mengmeng said anxiously. She still didn’t truly understand what had happened or how the fight had started. What was the Tinder Dynasty, and why were there two Great Commanders?

Lu Yang shook his head. “The Immortal transmitted a message to me just now, saying that since this matter began with her, it must also end with her, and no one else should interfere.”