Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1818 Chapter 476: Musical Rhythm Thirteen, Sixth Final Realm
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The shocking announcement left the whole City Lord's Mansion in utter silence, as though death had gripped it tightly.
Once they recovered from the initial stun, all present stared wide-eyed, refusing to accept the reality.
Jianlong Pass, serving as the initial fortress along the Eastern Domain's frontier, had truly fallen?!
A message from the Ancestor Dragon, inscribed with Dragon Blood as a mark of the invasion's success, but... this couldn't possibly be real?!
"How could Jianlong Pass fall? No plea for aid has reached us at all—could this be some kind of ambush?"
This unexpected disaster sent chills racing through everyone, filling them with deep unease.
Battlefields shift rapidly, where surprises abound, yet this dire report hit like nothing before!
"Hurry, dispatch someone via the teleportation array to Jianlong Pass and verify this report!"
Long Potian, dazed briefly, regained his composure and issued the command in haste.
The rest soon shook off their shock too, promptly organizing scouts to probe further.
It wasn't long before word came back from Jianlong Pass; the scout team dispatched there returned with just a single survivor, who right away demanded the immediate lockdown of the teleportation array and the demolition of the link to Jianlong Pass!
The update raced back to the City Lord's Mansion, where Long Potian learned from the scout of the grim devastation and slaughter—the once dignified and unyielding Jianlong Pass, enduring through endless ages, lay in utter wreckage!
Those massive walls, soaring tens of thousands of meters tall, bore countless gaping wounds, presenting a horrifying view.
Scattered across the earth lay enormous tracks, the soil ripped open, while lingering rifts in the heavens refused to close, pulsing with ruinous energy that barred any approach, resembling swirling abysses ready to swallow anything nearby.
Everywhere on the terrain lay debris and gore, from the Eastern Domain's kin and heaps of Ancient Demon remains.
Most horrifying of all, the Divine Dragon Sculpture—the ultimate emblem of the Ancestor Dragon bloodline guarding Jianlong Pass—had been demolished, its head crushed into the dirt, body shredded, and claws snapped off!
One should remember that this Divine Dragon Sculpture ranked as an Immortal Forbidden Emperor Artifact!
In particular, once infused with the Ancestor Dragon lineage's blood, its might rivaled that of an Immortal Emperor!
But at present, the statue stood broken, and the Emperor Artifact itself lay ruined!
"This... what on earth occurred?"
Long Potian reeled in disbelief, his heart pounding wildly. Border skirmishes raged often, but never had such a devastating strike landed in all these years!
As the Eastern Domain's frontline bastion, Jianlong Pass had fallen merely three times before: first during the ancient clash at Broken Boundary Mountain, a faded strife among the All Heavens and Ten Thousand Clans.
The second came amid the Great Ancient Demon War, the third from an assault five thousand years back.
And this marked the fourth breach!
"Jianlong Pass holds a Great Emperor from the Candle Dragon Clan in command, backed by nine Quasi-Emperors on watch—how could it..."
Long Potian felt utterly bewildered; the fortress's collapse, without any distress signal, revealed the assault's overwhelming ferocity!
As worry gripped them all, a mighty dragon's cry suddenly tore through the heavens, surging from the emptiness with authority beyond natural laws, that roar subdued the cosmos, sweeping across the realms, emanating from the Eastern Domain's Ancestor Dragon Court.
The roar shattered the barriers of space, reaching the City Lord's Mansion and manifesting as an Ancestor Dragon Order.
From the Ancestor Dragon Order came the directive of the Ancestor Dragon Court:
"Jianlong Pass breached, Candle Dragon Emperor gravely injured, retreat with four Quasi-Emperors and the soldiers of Jianlong Pass to the line of a hundred cities, using Ancestral Dragon City as the base, to fight the Ancient Demons to the death, all cities must fully reinforce, fighting desperately!"
The Ancestor Dragon's murmur spread through, leaving Long Potian and the others frozen in shock; it confirmed Jianlong Pass's fall, validating the scout's account, with even the famed Candle Dragon Emperor bearing grave wounds—despite his Immortal Emperor status! In countless conflicts, he rarely intervened directly, but now he lay critically hurt, forcing him to forsake Jianlong Pass for the backup defenses.
"What of our infiltrator in the Ancient Demons—why no prior warnings? Their abrupt offensive must involve a Great Emperor from their ranks too!"
Doubt clouded Long Potian's features, his thoughts in turmoil, yet he trusted the Ancestor Dragon Court's elders wouldn't remain passive—they had surely rushed aid to Ancestral Dragon City by now.
This abrupt escalation at the border, with its heavy toll, hinted at some colossal event looming ahead!
"Haste, send the troops via teleportation to bolster Ancestral Dragon City!"
Long Potian ordered without delay.
Qingxuan gave a nod, his expression deeply somber, beads of cold sweat trickling down his brow.
He relayed the commands at once, though as he mobilized the forces, certain individuals flashed in his thoughts, prompting him to exclude them from the deployment.
Given the brutal losses expected in this aid mission, certain promising talents ought to stay safe in Dragon Gate City.
...
Beyond Jianlong Pass.
Within the void's shadowy depths, several silhouettes lingered, three among them rising imposingly like vast peaks, motionless and silent, their radiating presence turned the surrounding emptiness rigid, as if time and space had been sliced apart, refusing to progress, frozen beyond the mortal realm.
This showed that within such frozen time-space, eternal life awaited.
They occupied the Eternal Domain.
Apart from those three imposing forms, others of diverse builds flanked them, including one with an elegant bearing and icy, sharp gaze; though bearing the fearsome look of an Ancient Demon, her eyes resembled clear autumn streams, luminous and enchanting, her chill stare carrying an undeniable charm.
"Xue Yao, on this return of yours, the Reincarnation Fragment's role earns you the top merit!"
Abruptly, one of the massive figures murmured, his tone aged and affectionate, evoking a strict but caring senior.