The cklotus Chaosworld. A giant warship with an aura of awe-inspiring majesty was forcing its way straight through this world.


    The warship was ten thousand kilometers long, and at its prow stood nine World-level experts. Behind them stood a dense cluster of seven thousand Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals.


    “This chaosworld is the home of God Emperor cklotus.” The Starlord’s face was icy and solemn. “There’s no way for us to escape his notice after we enter his chaosworld. Still...there’s no need to keep it hidden. It’ll be toote for him.”


    Whoosh.


    The great warship disappeared in a teleportation. When it reappeared, it was over the clouds that were above an enormous city that was shaped like a ck lotus with nine petals.


    Rumble...


    A ripple of power spread out from the cklotus imperial capital. The ripple of power spread out to cover the entire chaosworld, seeking topletely seal it off from the space around it, but it was toote.


    “This is the imperial capital of the cklotus Empire?”


    “A city shaped like a nine-petal ck lotus...it has to be it.” Only now did most of the Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals aboard the ship understand who their target was. It was actually the cklotus Empire! All of them felt both excited and nervous. If they were by themselves, they would never dare to cause trouble here...but now there were seven thousand of them as well as nine World-level powers!


    This filled all of them with excitement and eagerness.


    “Assemble the formations,” the Starlordmanded.


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    The seven generals, including Ji Ning and Imperius, immediately began to assemble their formations. In almost an instant, all seven thousand of the Elder Gods and Ancestral Immortals were in ce.


    “Not a single one moved to flee?” The Starlord sat at the very front of the prow, staring downwards at the vast city below them. The entire chaosworld was now sealed so tightly that not even an ant could escape from it.


    “Perhaps they feel that they are strong enough to leave when they please, if they feel the need to do soter,” Chaos Immortal Abyssus said with a chuckle.


    “Hmph.” The Starlordughed coldly. “They won’t be able to.”


    Whoosh.


    The Starlord swept open his astral robes. Instantly, an enormous suddenly appeared in midair. It was the of Fogstone! Fogstone was kept to a size of merely ten million kilometers, roughly the same size as the nine-petal ck lotus below it, but Fogstone was emanating ripples of utterly terrifying power. And then...


    Whoooooosh.


    It shot out countless specks of astral light.


    The starlight spread out to cover trillions of kilometers,pletely illuminating the city beneath it, the nearby mountains andkes, and the distant seas themselves as well as many mortal cities. In fact...its light spread out to cover this entire chaosworld.


    “Ah?!”


    “W-what’s...”


    The countless living beings within this chaosworld, mortals and beasts included, all stared in puzzlement at the starlight that had just appeared everywhere.


    The starlight felt veryfortable to them.


    “What’s going on?” A cultivator suddenly realized, to his shock, that it was now impossible to engage in teleportation here.


    “The ripples of spacetime have bepletely locked.”


    Within the ck lotus city.


    Inside the God Emperor’s estate.


    Six figures were standing shoulder-to-shoulder, staring upwards at the skies. When they saw the enormous of Fogstone suddenly appear and radiate starlight in every direction, their faces all paled.


    “Damn.” A chubby, ruddy-skinned alien with just one vertical eye let out a growl. “The Starlord of Fogstone has actually moved his headquarters, the of Fogstone, to this ce. ording to the stories, the of Fogstone is actually the legacy treasure of the entire Fogstone lineage. When it spreads out its astral light, it willpletely suppress the local ripples of spacetime, causing every single region to bepletely locked down. There’s no way for us to escape, even if we wished to do so.”


    “They actually brought their entire with them?”


    “There’s not much of a feud between us and Fogstone. We have the asional border skirmish, but none of our World-level powers have ever feuded against theirs. Why would the Starlord be so crazed as to move his entire here for this attack?”


    The six were all quite puzzled. God Emperor cklotus was puzzled as well!


    The Fogstone Dominion was of an ancient lineage, and its legacy treasure was the of Fogstone itself. In addition, every single Starlord of Fogstone was a terrifying figure. Even if a person was once nothing more than an ordinary World-level power, upon assuming the mantle of ‘Starlord of Fogstone’ that person would transform into an utterly terrifying figure. This was all because of the legacy treasure known as the Fogstone.


    Fogstone could be used to attack...and if one paid an incalcble price, one would be able to unleash utterly ruinous power from it. The itself was filled with countless dangers and traps, making it so that very few organizations would dare to raid it orunch attacks within it.


    When used as a defensive structure, World-level experts had virtually no chance of breaking through into Fogstone.


    When used to trap foes, the astral light it radiated would make it so that even World-level experts would move much slower!


    Every single Starlord of Fogstone had the power tomand and control the of Fogstone. This naturally made them some of the most troublesome opponents a World-level expert could face!


    “Starchild.” A cold voice rang out, echoing within the prow of the iing warship. “I don’t believe my cklotus Empire has ever offended you...and yet, you’ve actually gone so far as to move your legacy treasure, the of Fogstone, to my territory.”


    “cklotus.” The Starlord stared downwards from his position at the prow, then said in a calm voice, “It is true that no grudges exist between the two of us, and I have no desire to engage in a war against you.”


    “No desire to engage in a war? Then why have youe in such force?” The voice of the God Emperor rang out once more, causing the very air above the imperial capital to tremble.


    “I’vee here today solely for the sake of Immortal Owlsoar,” the Starlord said calmly. “After killing Owlsoar, I’ll immediately lead my forces away and also offer valuable treasures to make up for the offense.”


    Everyone fell silent.


    “I’ll give you as much time as is needed for a single stick of incense to be burned. Afterwards, if you choose to continue to protect Owlsoar, I’ll have no choice but to press the attack.” As the Starlord spoke, he waved his hand. A stick of gray incense instantly appeared in the air then self-ignited, emitting a calming and fragrant aroma. This was a precious treasure which cultivators used, known as the ‘Three Zens Incense’. Once it was lit, the cultivator would be extremely calm and be able to much more easily sense the Dao. This was of great benefit. When Ning trained in the [Solitary World God], what he needed to break through to the next level was to have his heart bepletely calm.


    “What’s this all about?”


    “Owlsoar, the Starlord of Fogstone did all this just to kill you?”


    “What sort of grudge exists between the two of you?”


    The other five, including God Emperor cklotus, turned to stare at Chaos Immortal Owlsoar.


    Immortal Owlsoar was a jade-eyed elder who had a divine blood tattoo on his forehead. His oily jade eyes inspired terror in all who saw him. He frowned and said in a low voice, “I don’t think there is any enmity between the two of us. Don’t be impatient. Let me ask him about this.”


    “Starlord of Fogstone.” Immortal Owlsoar’s cold voice rang out towards the great warship in the skies. “I don’t know how I’ve offended you. Is it possible that there has been some sort of a misunderstanding?”


    “Haha...misunderstanding?” The cold voice that rang down from above was filled with endless hatred. “Were you the one behind the great massacre that urred within the ckcold Chaosworld?”


    Immortal Owlsoar’s face immediately changed upon hearing this.


    For the sake of forging a mighty sin-treasure, he had once butchered countless living creatures. However, although he had in many individuals, he had been careful not to y any creatures who were protected by other World-level experts. However, he knew that this sort of butchery would naturally stir revulsion amongst certain noble-minded figures and possibly result in them attacking him, which is why he had immediately joined God Emperor cklotus after finishing the refining process.


    “Was there a connection between the creatures of that chaosworld and you?” Immortal Owlsoar still couldn’t believe it. By his calctions, when he wiped out the ckcold Chaosworld the Starlord of Fogstone, Starchild, had been nothing more than a young fellow. Back then, the Starlord had actually been Starchild’s father.


    “Haha...” A frenzied, frozenughter was torn from the Starlord’s throat. “My Daopanion was located on the ckcold Chaosworld!”


    “What?!” Immortal Owlsoar’s facepletely changed.


    Back then, Starchild truly had been nothing more than a young fellow, and his Daopanion was nothing more than a weak female Immortal.


    All those years ago, in the face of the power of a Chaos Immortal like Owlsoar, they were nothing more than dust in the wind. But now...the weak little Starchild hade for revenge in his capacity as the Starlord of Fogstone.


    “cklotus.” Immortal Owlsoar hurriedly turned his head to look at the frowning God Emperor cklotus. He said frantically, “cklotus, we aren’t that much weaker than them. There’s no need for us to be afraid of Starchild.”


    “Hmph.” God Emperor cklotus nced sideways at him and let out a cold snort. Clearly, he was quite unhappy at the trouble which Immortal Owlsoar had brought to his doorstep.


    God Emperor cklotus had quite an unpleasant look on his face, and he felt quite unhappy that the Starlord of Fogstone hade to his very doorsteps.


    ......


    At this very moment. The spacetime transfer array of Sevenwater Star.


    A barefoot old man dressed in ragged clothes suddenly appeared within the array.


    The Immortals and Fiendgods responsible for protecting the array stared at the old man in astonishment. “H-he...actually paid the fee to have the array be activated for him ahead of schedule?”


    This would cost a hundred bottles of chaos nectar for short distances and even more for longer distances. Thus, not even World Gods or Chaos Immortals would do so lightly. Generally speaking, only the most top-tier of World-level experts would ever choose to have the spacetime transfer arrays activated for them on an individual basis. They often travelled throughout the outside world, after all, and constantly went from one array to another. If they had to pay for a personal activation each time, the costs would be quite staggering. Thus, it was quite rare for even the caretakers of the spacetime transfer arrays to see a cultivator have the array activated on an individual basis. This was especially true for a lesser-travelled location such as Sevenwater Star.


    As for this old man’s strange appearance, that didn’t really matter. Cultivators dressed and acted as they pleased. They could all tell that this barefoot old man had an extraordinary demeanor. None of the caretakers even dared to breathe loudly in front of him.


    “Ugh. Finally made it to the Sevenwater Star of the Bands Territory.” The raggedy old man stepped out of the formation and into the skies. He muttered to himself, “If Daolord Windsource was going to die, he could’ve just died somewhere convenient. Why the hell did he have to run all the way over here, to the Bands Territory? This old man is dog-tired from the journey.”