Sweeping across the heavens, starting with the first emperor of the ancient times.

The Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone, who was cursing loudly, felt increasingly uncomfortable as he cursed, and thought viciously to himself.

"Damn Shangyang, no wonder you were suddenly so enthusiastic, turns out you were waiting for me here!"

Some time ago, Emperor Shangyang suddenly started inviting him to drink and tea to reconnect, reminiscing about the past to create a lively atmosphere, and praising him excessively.

He felt something was off at the time, but didn't think much of it.

After all, he and Shangyang had a decent relationship, and Shangyang had indeed been asleep for a long time, so the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

He thought Shangyang really missed him, but it turned out to be all a ruse.

It's awful!

Some supreme beings from forbidden zones feigned consolation, saying, "Fellow Daoist, it's alright, it's alright, everyone has their difficulties."

But the smile in his eyes was impossible to suppress.

Often, people are like this: they feel unlucky and sad.

But when I heard that someone was even more unlucky than me, I suddenly didn't feel so sad anymore.

The Supreme Being who was cursing loudly knew what these people were thinking, and snorted.

It wasn't that he was reluctant to give up the elixir of immortality; after all, he had already used it before, and it didn't have much effect on him anymore.

He was heartbroken that he had lost his chance to ascend to immortality.

If he had known that delivering the elixir of immortality would grant him access to the ascension portal, he would have done so much earlier, allowing Shangyang to reap the benefits for nothing.

"Looks like I need to think of a way," he thought to himself. He decided to abandon all moral principles and resort to stealing and cheating.

"And that Chen Dao, he's a complete madman! He actually ambushed and killed that old monster Ming Gu! They were friends for years! To do something like this for a mere ascension spot, I truly despise him!"

Suddenly, a supreme being from a forbidden zone turned his attention to Chen Dao Tianzun.

"Exactly, they're utterly beasts!"

When this was mentioned, everyone cursed loudly, because it really concerned them, and they were afraid that they would be ambushed at any time.

By analyzing the actions of Shangyang and Chendao, the group roughly deduced the conditions required for the ascension passage.

Some supreme beings cursed Chen Dao Tianzun for using any means necessary, while others denounced Shang Yang Huang for cheating out treasures.

Even as the Supreme One raged, his eyes gleamed as he secretly calculated how likely he was to take down one of his neighbors if he were to make a move.

After hurling insults for a while, the group dispersed, each with their own ulterior motives.

Soon, through analysis of some secret channels and clues, it was discovered that those without blood debts were required to offer scriptures and treasures.

The rumor that those with blood debts must add another supreme head as a pledge of allegiance quietly spread among the supreme beings of the forbidden zone.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the various restricted areas became extremely strange.

Some supreme beings who had never instigated a dark upheaval began to take stock of their own possessions or set their sights on their neighbors' treasures.

Those supreme beings with blood on their hands instantly felt like they were being pricked by needles!

They were horrified to discover that they might have become prey in the eyes of other supreme beings who also had blood on their hands and were eager to obtain a spot!

The already fragile alliance crumbled in an instant.

Insults, condemnations, mutual suspicion, and covert vigilance... a turbulent undercurrent swirls within the restricted area.

Jiang Hao merely offered an opportunity and set two rules for differentiated treatment, plunging these supreme beings of forbidden zones, who had slumbered for millennia and coexisted harmoniously for many years, into an unprecedented crisis of trust and internal turmoil.

No one knows whether their fellow Daoist will turn into a deadly Yama in the next moment.

For thousands of years afterward, the forbidden zone of life was no longer peaceful. Occasionally, brief, supreme-level conflicts would erupt, dazzling with light and filled with murderous intent, but they would usually subside quickly.

That was because some supreme beings were trying to ambush their prey.

Unfortunately, none of them succeeded; they mostly ended up with both sides suffering losses.

Because everyone has this idea and is on guard, it's difficult to succeed.

Therefore, during these turbulent five thousand years, the passage between the two realms was only opened once more, sending in an ancient emperor with a considerable fortune and clean hands, named Immortal Granny, a female supreme being.

Several thousand years passed after the Fairy Granny left.

On this day, deep within the universe, the traces of the Great Dao belonging to Emperor Xiao Fan finally dissipated completely into the world after a long period of time.

The Heavenly Heart Mark is once again unclaimed, and the shackles of the Great Dao are loosened.

A new era has begun.

In the vast starry sky, on some ancient, sealed-away stars and in some hidden realms, powerful auras began to awaken and soar into the heavens.

The great destiny that had been suppressed for ten thousand years has once again given birth to countless heroes.

The imperial road is about to open, and the struggle for power will rise again.

Throughout the myriad realms, countless geniuses and outstanding individuals gaze at the starry sky, their eyes burning with ambition and fighting spirit.

To whom will the throne belong in this lifetime?

All things under the frosty sky strive for freedom.

A new legend is about to be written in blood and fire.

The figure sitting atop the thirty-third heaven simply looked down upon everything, as if watching a prelude to a cycle of reincarnation that was no different in essence from the past.

The shackles of the Great Dao have been removed, and a new era of competition for the imperial path has quietly arrived.

On the edge of the universe, on an ancient star long forgotten by the world, spiritual energy is scarce.

Suddenly, on the stars, an eggshell cracked open, and divine light shot into the sky.

A young Qilin, its entire body covered in cyan-gold scales and its four hooves entwined with primordial clouds, struggled to emerge from the sealed ancestral stone embryo.

Its eyes, just beginning to open, reflected the brilliance of the Milky Way in the depths of its clear pupils, and also bore the fragments of glory and fall from the collective memory of its people.

This is the last surviving member of the Qilin clan, named Qi Xuan. However, Qi Xuan is not pure-blooded, but a hybrid, a human and a Qilin.

Qi Xuan's father was a pure-blooded Qilin, very powerful, the strongest prodigy in the clan at the time, and the future of the clan.

Unexpectedly, his father fell in love with a human.

Moreover, he was just an ordinary human, only at the Sendai realm.

Although the second floor of Sendai is not low, it looks quite ordinary compared to his father's.

As for Xiao Qixuan, his talent was only average after he was born because of his mixed blood, and he was often bullied by other little Qilin.

Although Xiao Qixuan was very sad, he did not give up on himself. Instead, he worked even harder. He wanted to prove himself and show that he was no less than anyone else.

Even an invincible ancestor.

The Qilin clan was once glorious and was a powerful race in the ancient times. In the early ancient period, an ancient emperor emerged from them.

After the death of the ancient Qilin emperor, the Qilin clan declined considerably, but it could still be considered a powerful clan.

However, during the ancient war of the gods, the Qilin clan suffered a devastating calamity.

Qi Xuan's father was killed by the enemy, and all the other powerful members of the clan were also killed by the enemy.

Qi Xuan was only eight years old at the time. His mother used her last bit of life force to seal it in the core of the Qilin clan's ancestral star, hoping that it could endure the long period of silence and wait for the opportunity to be revived.

This young Qilin, named Qixuan by its bloodline memories, grows up alone on the desolate ancestral star.

He gnawed on the fossilized remains of divine medicine roots, drank the last remaining spiritual liquid from the depths of the earth, and fought against the remaining ferocious beasts of the ancestral land.

Over three hundred years, the azure-gold scales shone ever brighter, and the single horn on its forehead began to condense Dao runes.

But it knew that the nourishment from this star could no longer support it in reaching a higher realm.

The burden of reviving his people and his yearning for the vast starry sky prompted him to decide to leave.

"Farewell, Father and Mother, I will return, and I will restore the glory of the Qilin clan!"

One morning, Qi Xuan took one last look at the ancestral star before entering the starry sky. He was about to begin a new life!