Life span plundered, I became a detective and achieved immortality

Jin Yuanzhenxian's pupils constricted sharply, and he screamed in terror, his voice filled with near-collapse. His eyes were filled with extreme fear and despair, and his body trembled violently. The scales beneath his golden robe stood on end with each shudder, making a soft, grinding sound. He never imagined that the "prey" he had so meticulously planned and targeted was actually a dragon in sheep's clothing!

The ever-increasing pressure crashed down like the sky collapsing, carrying the vastness and domineering power of the Crimson Sea at its inception. Wherever it passed, even the turbulent currents of the void turned to dust. The True Immortal power within his body was like a frozen river, completely stagnant, its circulation extremely sluggish.

His proud cultivation as a mid-stage sixth-rank True Immortal was as fragile as a child in the face of this aura. The golden Qilin phantom behind him trembled, its scales and claws shattered, and its intelligence dissipated, as if it would completely disintegrate into specks of light in the next second.

The other four Fifth-Rank True Immortals fared even worse. With several muffled thuds, they collapsed to their knees in the chaotic void, their knees striking the turbulent air with heavy thuds, sending ripples through the air. Blood trickled from the corners of their mouths, staining their robes red. Their immortal bones groaned under the immense pressure, seemingly on the verge of breaking. Their eyes were filled with nothing but utter terror—they never imagined that the "prey" they had hunted for two hundred years would actually be a Seventh-Rank True Immortal who could shake the entire Crimson Sea! This wasn't a hunt; it was like lighting a lamp in a toilet—courting death!

at this time……

Yu Yuan's aura finally reached its limit, its immense power comparable to that of a mid-stage seventh-grade True Immortal, seemingly capable of overturning a cosmic sea. With a casual step, the sound of shattering glass echoed in all directions. The Starry Sky Returning to the Void Trapping Immortal Array, which had enveloped the surrounding void for millions of eons, was now like glass struck by a heavy hammer. Its array patterns shattered inch by inch, and spiderweb-like cracks spread rapidly across the light screen. Finally, with a "boom," it completely disintegrated, turning into streams of light that vanished into the turbulent currents, leaving not even a trace of its foundation.

Immediately afterwards, the auras of the Four Divine Beasts surged in like a tidal wave bursting its banks. The Azure Dragon's vigorous strength carried an inexhaustible killing power, the White Tiger's ferocity was wrapped in a sharp edge that could tear apart all things, the Black Tortoise's weight contained a pressure that could suppress the soul, and the Vermilion Bird's blazing flames burned with the power to incinerate everything. The four forces intertwined and instantly engulfed the five Golden Scale Clan True Immortals, including Golden Origin True Immortal, trapping them in the center.

The power of the Four Symbols rules, like maggots clinging to bones, densely wrapped around the five people's bodies—the power of the Azure Dragon drilled into their natal sea of ​​time, frantically twisting the immortal power and rules within; the power of the White Tiger transformed into invisible blades, tearing apart their defenses and immortal bodies layer by layer; the power of the Black Tortoise pressed down like a mountain, suppressing their souls so that they could hardly even mobilize their divine senses; the power of the Vermilion Bird transformed into an inextinguishable fire, scorching their true immortal origins, causing their true immortal power to dissipate at a visible speed.

"what......"

At this moment, even Jin Yuan Zhenxian, a sixth-rank True Immortal, could not hold on. He bent his knees and followed in the footsteps of the four fifth-rank True Immortals. The two weakest fifth-rank mid-stage True Immortals bled from all seven orifices, fainted, and their fates were unknown.

"Senior, please have mercy..."

Jin Yuan Zhenxian opened his mouth, golden blood foam spilling from the broken corner of his lips, his voice hoarse like a broken gong, trying to beg for mercy. But before he could utter the word "fate," Yu Yuan slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched, and then he pressed down on them with a palm.

This palm strike, though seemingly slow, carried a terrifying power comparable to a mid-stage seventh-grade True Immortal. It intertwined with the power of the Four Symbols Sacred Beasts to form an impenetrable net, instantly trapping the five Golden Yuan True Immortals.

Above the net, the phantoms of Azure Dragon Scales, White Tiger Fangs, Black Tortoise Armor, and Vermilion Bird Feathers flashed alternately. Each pattern contained the domineering power to crush the bodies of fourth-grade True Immortals, suppressing the five Golden Yuan True Immortals. Their True Immortal power was like a stagnant pool. At this moment, even the desire to self-destruct and perish together was a luxury.

"Do not......"

The desperate roar abruptly ceased amidst the chaotic void. The net tightened suddenly, golden light and four-colored rays of light flashed, and five figures convulsed violently within the net. Golden Qilin blood mixed with shattered immortal bones splattered, ultimately being compressed into five dim orbs of light, hovering in Yu Yuan's palm.

Yu Yuan flicked his finger, and the ball of light transformed into a stream of light that disappeared into his natal sea of ​​time. Then, the Four Symbols Sealing Heaven Formation slowly dissipated, leaving only the turbulent currents of the Shattered Realm Abyss still churning, as if this hunt had never happened.

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three days later.

Cangling Sea, Yunlong Immortal City, the quiet room of Jiuling Manor.

The thirty-six-petaled Primordial Black Lotus floated silently, its petals shimmering with a warm, ethereal glow, making Su Mo, who sat cross-legged, appear even more mysterious. He slowly opened his eyes, the chaos dissipating to reveal a clarity as deep as the ocean of time. The information from Yu Yuan's soul search had been fully integrated into his consciousness.

"The strongest member of the Golden Scale Immortal Clan in the Myriad Beasts Sea is only a sixth-grade perfect True Immortal. There is no seventh-grade True Immortal in the clan, and there is no stronger force behind them..." Su Mo lightly tapped his knee with his fingertips, and the petals of the black lotus trembled. "There is no need to wait for me to break through to the sixth-grade perfect True Immortal realm. I can take them down directly."

Immediately afterwards, Su Mo's lips curled into a cold smile, and the medicinal fragrance around him seemed to carry a chilling killing intent: "Dare to ambush and kill my avatar, your final fate will be extinction of your race."

......

Time flies, and a billion years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Sea of ​​Myriad Beasts, an ancient cosmic sea separated from the Crimson Sea by a cosmic sea, is no less ancient than the Crimson Sea, having spanned over 110,000 cosmic eras.

Eastern part of the Sea of ​​Ten Thousand Beasts, on the continent of Qilin.

It is not much different from the Star Sea Continent. Stretching across hundreds of millions of years of void, it resembles a giant beast lurking in the void. It is one of the few level-six True Immortal continents in the Myriad Beasts Sea, and it is also the lair of the Golden Scale Clan, one of the ten overlords of the Myriad Beasts Sea.

In the past, the Qilin Continent was a vibrant place where golden-scaled people galloped and roared, the playful cubs, the elders' admonitions, and the imposing aura of true immortals intertwined to create a scene of prosperity, even causing the void to tremble slightly from this vitality. But now, the entire continent is as silent as a forgotten graveyard, filled with a despairing stillness.

All the members of the Golden Scale Immortal Clan, from the elderly and frail elders to the infants crying for food, and even the cultivators of the vassal races who depended on them, were all in a state of grief, their eyes empty and lifeless, their bodies trembling unconsciously, like soulless walking corpses.

Just half an hour ago, a colossal hand, blotting out the sky, reached out from the void, its five fingers seemingly containing the mysteries of the birth and death of the universe. The protective array that had guarded the Qilin Continent for tens of thousands of cosmic eras, set up by several sixth-rank True Immortals, was as fragile as paper before this hand, without even a chance to struggle. Within a few breaths, it crumbled inch by inch, its array patterns turning into countless fireflies and dissipating.

When the giant hand fell, it did not cause a deafening roar, but it carried an irresistible force that directly and severely damaged the original will of the Qilin Continent.

What terrified them even more was that all the True Immortal Ancestors on the continent—including the strongest ancestor—a Perfect Sixth-Rank True Immortal, didn't even have time to entertain the thought of resistance before being seized one by one by the giant hand. In a burst of golden light, their resistance was like ants trying to shake a tree, and in the end, they were all suppressed, turning into streams of light and disappearing into the void, their fate unknown.

Their Golden Scale Immortal Clan's world has completely collapsed!

Their very foundation for survival, their capital to dominate the sea of ​​beasts, and their glory passed down through countless years vanished in the instant that giant hand fell.

What awaits them is endless darkness and despair, with no hope of ever turning their lives around.

......

Inside the quiet room of Jiuling Manor.

"Om..."

A golden light flashed in Su Mo's hand, and hundreds of miniature golden unicorns, each about an inch long, appeared. Each one was lifelike, but its eyes were filled with fear and pleading, and it exuded a faint aura of a true immortal.

It was none other than the true immortals of the Golden Scale Immortal Clan and their incarnations.

Half an hour ago, it was his Spirit Illusionary Body that made the move. It was a force with a maximum strength of only a sixth-grade perfect True Immortal, and it completely suppressed them by using only 108 Spirit Illusionary Bodies.

"The Golden Scale Immortal Clan isn't very strong, but they have quite a lot of resources. They even have two Grade 7 True Immortal Herbs. If we take action against the Qilin Continent and all the thousands of affiliated continents controlled by the Golden Scale Immortal Clan, we should have a better chance of breaking through to the Grade 7 Perfect True Immortal."

"Leave professional matters to professionals. Let's entrust this matter to Xinghai Trading Company. I don't think they will disappoint me this time."

"It would be inappropriate for Fellow Daoist Yu Yuan to make another appearance, lest it attract the attention of those with ulterior motives. In that case, let the other fellow Daoists make the trip instead."

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Time flies, and another billion years have passed.

With the full promotion of the Star Sea Trading Company, the news that all the continents under the Golden Scale Immortal Clan would be auctioned off after one epoch spread like wildfire to the surrounding cosmic seas, causing another sensation. Countless forces were eager to get a share of the pie at the auction.

At this moment, the four great immortal token holders—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—finally reached a consensus, ending the long negotiations and probing. They appeared on the Four Symbols Continent with their respective immortal tokens, ready to open the legendary Four Symbols True Immortal Tomb.

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