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Forty-three years after arriving in the Cangxuan Realm, Shen Lian finally stood at its peak. The youth who once walked out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains had now founded a dynasty, ended the realm's catastrophe, and became the revered and feared Emperor Lianhuang.
But peace was not eternal.
After the Reception Temple was destroyed, the power of the Extreme Immortal Palace briefly retreated, yet their ambition to conquer the Cangxuan Realm never waned.
The Golden List of the Heavens revealed that for decades afterward, the forces of the Extreme Immortal Palace continued their aggression.
Divine Realm experts descended with terrifying auras, shaking the stars. Blood seas poured from the sky, threatening to annihilate the Cangxuan Realm and turn its billions of lives into blood sacrifices.
They came one after another, attempting to overrun the realm.
But Shen Lian sat alone in the Reception Hall, personally guarding the boundary between the two worlds. Every invader was slain without exception.
"This Ji Xiangong doesn't know what death is," someone said.
"For decades they've persisted. His Majesty Lianhuang must utterly despise this palace," another added.
"True strength is forged in a hundred battles. Only those who survive can cultivate the belief of invincibility and dominate an entire era."
"Guess what fate awaits the Extreme Immortal Palace next?"
Powerhouses across the heavens watched with awe and disbelief. They saw that Emperor Lian deeply cherished Little Monkey, Zhao Linger, and the others of the Cangxuan Realm. He swore to protect them and never allowed the upper realms to trample this land again.
In the decades that followed, under the command of Emperor Lian, the Cangxuan Realm constructed a Great Wall of Cultivators—a vast formation built from colossal rocks hurled into the skies, floating majestically above the Nine Heavens.
From the ground, one could vaguely see in the sun and moonlight a city that stretched endlessly like a coiled dragon guarding the heavens.
The Great Wall stood as the final line of defense. All invaders were stopped and slaughtered upon arrival. The very stones were soaked in the blood of upper realm cultivators, emitting a terrifying aura that struck fear in all who approached.
Come one, kill one. Come two, kill two.
Draped in white and armed with his long sword, Shen Lian stood invincible. For decades, he killed Immortals. None dared step into the realm again.
And so, one hundred years after the Lian Dynasty was founded, not a single trace of the Extreme Immortal Palace remained in the Cangxuan Realm.
Among the people, Shen Lian's reputation as Lianhuang had reached its peak. Through sheer strength alone, he held up the sky for a hundred years. His brilliance became legend.
In that century, Shen Lian did more than fight.
He passed down many of the divine arts he had cultivated—reforming sword techniques from the Tai Xuan Sword Sect and reviving long-lost supernatural skills from perished sects. Under his guidance, the Lian Dynasty flourished like bamboo after spring rain.
These disciples became the spiritual heirs of forgotten lineages and patrolled the Cangxuan Realm as its elite defenders.
As the saying goes, trees grow in ten years, people in a hundred.
Shen Lian ruled the realm with a divine will. For a hundred years, he maintained perfect order. In the Cangxuan Realm, gods were forbidden.
Yet within, he was lonely.
Despite the rise of many new prodigies, no familiar faces remained. Though revered and respected, Shen Lian found no joy in solitude.
Sitting high atop the dim Reception Temple, his black hair flowing in the wind, he gazed silently across the realm.
"Cangxuan Realm, Little Monkey... sigh..."
There was no one left he knew. No matter how high he climbed, it was meaningless.
Perhaps it was time to leave.
He looked up at the vast galaxy swirling above the realm. His heart stirred.
"The great world... surely stronger cultivators exist there, higher realms to reach."
He recalled that moment when he had first stepped out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Perhaps only by becoming stronger could he resurrect those he had lost.
Only by surpassing all could he utterly annihilate the Extreme Immortal Palace and avenge the fallen.
Ten more years passed.
During this decade, Shen Lian walked across the Cangxuan Realm and left behind countless legends.
With supreme power, he left behind a legacy in the Western Desert, established wonders in the Northern Plains, and inspired countless followers.
Wherever he went, people pursued his shadow, hoping to glimpse even a trace of the Emperor.
His footprints reached the Hundred Thousand Mountains once more, his aura permeated the depths of the East China Sea.
At last, satisfied with his arrangements, he left no regrets behind.
Returning to the mountain where he first entered the world, Shen Lian leaped into the air and shattered the void.
A terrifying power erupted.
Countless golden rays surged in from all directions. Spiritual Qi fell like rain, lotus blossoms descended, and a celestial fragrance filled the universe.
Faint immortal music echoed in the air.
From the rift in the void, laws and Dao Rhythms condensed into Immortal Qi, seeping into the realm.
Golden light bathed the skies as the world split into countless fragments in an instant.
Beyond the crack, a grand, majestic world gradually appeared.
Shen Lian vanished.
In the year 110 of the Lianhuang Calendar, Shen Lian—the emperor of an era—left the Cangxuan Realm.
From becoming a Void Realm cultivator in three years, reaching the True God peak in thirty, and guarding the realm for a hundred, he had suppressed every immortal and defended the land with absolute might.
On that day, the void shattered. Shen Lian ascended.
All beings in the Cangxuan Realm knelt and paid solemn tribute.
They remembered his boundless grace, taking him as their eternal example.
In every heart across the realm, sincere prayers rose—wishing their Emperor Lianhuang peace, victory, and glory in the great world ahead.
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