With only 8 years to live at the start, I'm going all in.

Chapter 442 The Number One Person in This Realm

Duanmu Qing stared at the sky above with a livid expression.

Although only layers of illusory light intertwined and flowed in the sky at this moment, Duanmu Qing could see more than a dozen figures standing in the clouds.

In the blink of an eye, fifteen Venerables arrived. Apart from the thirty-six immortal old men in the Heaven-Mending Hall, more than half of the Venerables from the Immortal Alliance had arrived.

"Palace Master!"

Beside Duanmu Qing, Changqing Palace disciples looked terrified. Their clothes had begun to crack, and the cracks were spreading rapidly across their skin.

Duanmu Qing remained silent, but with a slight wave of his hand, a cyan halo spread out from his side, enveloping the entire Changqing Palace area.

As soon as the cyan light domain unfolded, the disciples inside breathed a sigh of relief, as they could clearly feel the abnormalities in their bodies beginning to subside.

"Hehehe, Duanmu Qing, you're a dying old man, how many of us can you possibly stop?"

Amidst the shifting light and shadow in the sky, a voice rang out, causing the disciples' expressions to change drastically.

"Hmph, have you people from the Immortal Alliance overstepped your bounds? This is our Demon Palace's territory!"

Just then, a thick black cloud suddenly spread from the other side of the sky, and at the same time, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Bai Xiao, you're even interfering in Chang Qingzi's affairs?!"

"What Evergreen?! I don't see it at all, I just see a bunch of old geezers disgusting me!"

Amidst the dark clouds, several figures vaguely appeared, and strange voices, their tones shifting, rang out one after another.

Upon seeing this, Ding Yi below immediately had a strange expression.

The Venerable Ones of the Demon Palace have also arrived, and it seems they don't have much affection for Changqingzi; on the contrary, they harbor more resentment towards the Venerable Ones of the Immortal Alliance.

"Now there's something good to watch."

Ding Yi's body began to slowly sink into the ground. At this point, he had given up the idea of ​​continuing to observe and instead wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get far away from here.

He had absolutely no intention of participating in these battles involving Venerable-level beings.

Based on the intensity of the explosion of the Qiankun Jade just now, he couldn't even withstand the aftershocks.

Liu Musheng, who was at the edge of the forest, turned pale. He had felt at least a dozen eyes sweep over him. The feeling of being completely watched made him afraid to move.

Nangong Lie, who was next to him, was trembling all over. His face was pale, and he still did not know why the situation had turned out this way.

I had clearly calculated everything, and there shouldn't have been any changes. My only chance of survival was to seek refuge with Changqing Palace, but how did things turn out like this?!

"no no!!"

Nangong Lie suppressed his fear and coldly scanned his surroundings. Seeing the gloating expressions on the faces of the Immortal Alliance cultivators in front of him, he quickly thought of a countermeasure.

"Bai Xiao, Changqing Palace is finished today. I'm telling you, if you don't want the entire Chaotic Land to disappear from this world, get out of here right now!!"

A powerful voice rang out again from the shifting light, and soon after, a strange laugh echoed from within the dark clouds:

"Oh, it's Zhu Yaoyao from Xiaoyuan Palace! How's your precious son?!"

"You son of a bitch, Hong Quan! I'm going to kill you today!! I'll kill every single one of you from the White Bone Tower!!"

An angry shout suddenly rang out, followed by a sudden leap in the sky, like scattered spotlights, rushing rapidly towards the dark clouds.

An unnamed hurricane swept through the entire Crimson Forest, and the once clear sky suddenly turned dark. The scorching sunlight seemed to fear this terrifying aura and chose to hide in the void.

At this moment, Ding Yi had already descended to a depth of 100 meters underground, which was the maximum distance he could withstand at this time.

It was completely dark around him. Although his spiritual eyes could see clearly in the dark, the feeling of complete stillness made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Further away, Duanmu Qing frowned as he looked at the sky above, which had completely darkened. He then sighed softly, turned around slowly, and took a step back.

The next moment, he flashed and arrived directly in a palace, and then flashed again and arrived in a room inside the palace.

Inside this secret chamber, a huge cocoon of light is suspended in the void, and above the cocoon of light, a spindle-shaped ball of light is slowly floating.

Countless dense threads are emanating from this ball of light and inserting into the light cocoon below, seemingly providing energy to the cocoon.

If Ding Yi were here, he would surely recognize the ball of light as the Evergreen Seed at a glance.

"Master, your unfilial disciple Duanmu Qing comes to apologize."

Upon seeing the cocoon of light, Duanmu Qing actually knelt down and said hurriedly.

After a long while, an aged voice slowly came from within the cocoon of light:

"what's up?"

"Changqing Palace has been discovered. I used my supernatural ability, the Azure Wood Eye, but I couldn't find any reason. At this moment, the Venerable Ones from the Immortal Alliance have arrived. This place... I'm afraid it can't be saved."

Duanmu Qing continued.

After a moment of silence, two withered arms suddenly emerged from the cocoon of light. With a little effort, the arms slowly pulled the cocoon apart.

Then, a naked person covered in slime slowly emerged from the cocoon of light, floated down, and stood in front of Duanmu Qing.

Duanmu Qing was trembling all over. He lowered his head, seemingly sensing the displeasure of the person in front of him, and quickly said:

"Please, Master, grant me a chance to atone for my mistakes. There are many venerable ones in the outside world; I will protect you with my life!"

"Hmm, why are you so nervous? When did I blame you?"

An aged voice, tinged with a hint of mockery, then rang out.

"After sleeping for so many years, it's alright if it's a little earlier. Let me see how well my disciples and grand-disciples have progressed after all these years."

As the figure spoke, a blue light suddenly appeared in the secret room, then abruptly transformed into a blue robe that wrapped around the person.

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Qing dared to raise his head slightly, only to see a figure with a withered face and skin and bones.

However, this person's eyes held a galaxy of stars, and his gray hair still shimmered with light in the darkness. As he stood there, flowers bloomed and withered endlessly on the ground beneath his feet.

“Ancestor!!”

Duanmu Qing's eyes filled with tears. This was his master, the number one person in this world, the first master of the Everlasting Green Palace, Changqingzi!

Changqingzi patted Duanmu Qing on the shoulder, then slowly stretched and pushed open the door to the secret room in front of him as if taking a stroll, before stepping out.

He walked step by step toward the outside of the hall. With each step, a mark would appear on his green robe. After ninety-nine steps, ninety-nine circular marks covered his green robe, like stars.

The ancient stone doors of the main hall were open, and the light from outside shone into the hall, also illuminating the thin figure.