Lin Xun looked down at the old man in the black robe and said, "I'll give you a chance to live. Tell me, why were you trying to escape?"

The old man in the black robe's face was pale, and he said with difficulty, "Three divine clans, the Liangqiu, Ying, and Yan clans, issued an order a long time ago. They stationed me here. If anyone appeared, I was to immediately send them a message. The reason I fled just now was because I sensed that you, Senior, are a supreme being who has stepped into the Eternal Stage. To keep my worthless life, I had no choice but to flee."

"So that's how it is," Lin Xun nodded.

He knew of these three divine clans. When he first came to the Fortune Dominion, he learned that these three divine clans had sent Immortal-level experts to guard the area outside the Flowing Light Forbidden Realm along with some experts of the Great Qin Divine Clan. Their purpose was to wait for the master of the Eternity Coffin to appear.

Later, with the help of Chen Linkong's Will Dharma Form, Lin Xun successfully entered the Flowing Light Forbidden Realm and rescued his parents who were trapped there. It was also at that time that he learned some more secrets about Xia Zhi's previous life.

However, Lin Xun didn't expect that these three divine clans were still unwilling to give up their chances to obtain his treasure. It had been nearly a hundred years since he had last left the Fortune Dominion, yet they had sent a Transcendence Immortal expert to be stationed here permanently, waiting for his return.

Something's not right. Suddenly, Lin Xun realized that there was something fishy about all of this. How could these three divine clans be that sure that he would return to the Fortune Dominion?

Could it be that these three great divine clans, like Ji Guizhen, Gaoyang Li, and Jiang Jue, were acting on the orders of the mastermind behind the epochal calamities? He looked at the old man in the black robe and asked, "Did the three divine clans tell you anything else?"

The old man in the black robe shook his head, "The three divine clans only instructed me to deliver the message."

Lin Xun asked, "When and where was the message supposed to be delivered?"

The old man in the black robe took out a dark green bone talisman and handed it to Lin Xun, "As long as you crush this bone talisman, the forces of the three divine clans will arrive immediately."

Lin Xun took the object in his hand and examined it for a moment, then asked, "Why didn't you crush this object immediately before?"

The old man in the black robe said bitterly, "I was worried that if I did that and couldn't escape, I would die even faster. It's better not to do it. Perhaps by doing this instead I could still keep my life."

"You’re a smart man." Lin Xun pondered for a moment and said, "I will suppress you here for three months. After three months, you will regain your freedom."

The old man in the black robe looked relieved and bowed. "Thank you, Senior, for sparing my life!"

Following that, Lin Xun suppressed and imprisoned the old man in the black robe in an underground cave. After doing all this, he left. He had no time to care about what kind of schemes the Liangqiu, Ying, and Yan Clans were plotting against him. He only wanted to rescue Lin Fan and Su Bai as soon as possible.

Therefore, the dark green bone talisman that the old man had given him had also been carefully stored away. Otherwise, given his usual conduct, he would have crushed the talisman long ago and waited for these three divine clans to send their people over.

Whoosh!

After a short while, Lin Xun silently left the Great Qin Divine Domain and arrived in the vast and boundless cosmos. This was the true form of the Fortune Dominion. In this vast starry sky, there were hundreds of epochal civilizations. Each one had a divine clan presiding and ruling over it.

However, not every epochal civilization had Eternals present. For example, in the Great Qin Divine Domain, there were no experts at the Eternal Stage. Lin Xun had already had a clean understanding of this situation after coming here years ago.

However, unlike before, he keenly sensed that there was an invisible taboo law power that resembled a layer of shackles as he strolled through the cosmos. It covered the boundless space of the Fortune Dominion. Moreover, he also felt an extremely familiar aura. That forbidden law power was identical to the wisp of the Alpha Origin Principle that he had suppressed earlier. It emanated the same strange and odd power fluctuations!

This immediately led Lin Xun to conclude that this taboo law power was from the mastermind behind the scenes, and it had covered the entire Fortune Dominion!

No wonder Senior Chen Linkong had to leave the Fortune Dominion after revealing his true power. The power of this mastermind is omnipresent, covering the Fortune Dominion like a vast net. Once targeted by it, that person would be like a fish caught in a net, making it impossible to escape...

Lin Xun's dark eyes flickered. Ultimately, he wasn't worried about any of this. The power of the mysteries of Nirvana gave him the confidence to contend with the Alpha Origin Principle!

However, if his Eternal cultivation were to be exposed, it would inevitably attract the Alpha Origin Principle to attack him, and the consequences would be very serious.

Therefore, Lin Xun had been suppressing his aura while traveling. Following that, he moved continuously, with each step like a shift of stars as he traversed the vast cosmos. He seemed to be strolling leisurely, but his speed had reached an astonishing level.

Lin Xun had already performed soul searches on Ji Guizhen, Gaoyang Li, and Jiang Jue. Thus, he had long since understood the World of the Divine like the back of his hand.

In the Fortune Dominion, the World of the Divine was undoubtedly the number one epochal civilization present. Furthermore, the Jiang, Gaoyang, and Ji Clans were the three supreme rulers of that epoch.

Before the World of the Divine had encountered their epochal calamity and was sent to the Fortune Dominion, the foundations of these three divine clans were far stronger than the twelve Eternal Divine Clans of the Ninth Heaven Domain in the Eternal True Realm. Each clan had possessed numerous figures at the Immeasurable Realm, and experts at the Creation Realm had also been commonplace!

In terms of the overall foundation of their epochal civilization, the World of the Divine was far beyond the Spirit Martial Epoch where Lin Xun currently resided. Despite that, the World of the Divine had still been destroyed in the epochal calamity...

Before that disaster had descended, the Creation Realm Eternals and Immeasurable Realm Eternals of the World of the Divine had already gone to the Kunlun Dominion to seek a path to survival.

As a result, although the World of the Divine still survived in the Fortune Dominion, these three divine clans had been severely weakened. They no longer had terrifying experts at the Immeasurable or Creation Realm to guard them.

However, with the passage of time, the vitality of these three divine clans in the World of the Divine gradually recovered. Now they had many Creation Realm Eternals.

This situation was also present in the other epochal civilizations. These epochal civilizations had all suffered in their respective epochal calamities, but they managed to survive in the Fortune Dominion, enduring the changes of time and surviving to this day.

Of course, there were exceptions, such as the Immortal Martial Epoch, which had been completely annihilated in their epochal calamity and failed to be preserved in the Fortune Dominion.

For these epochal civilizations in the Fortune Dominion, the only drawback was perhaps that the cultivators who were there, regardless of their cultivation level, could not leave the Fortune Dominion. After all, the power of the mastermind behind the scenes had sealed off the entire Fortune Dominion, making it become a giant prison.

Of note, although many epochal civilizations now had Creation Realm Eternals guarding them, not a single Immeasurable Eternal had been born to this day!

The reason was simple: only those who have survived the Great Silence Unlife Calamity could attain the Immeasurable Realm. Unfortunately, in the Fortune Dominion, no one could withstand the blow of the Great Silence Unlife Calamity; they were either killed or failed to transcend. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Even someone as powerful as the Eternal Night Divine Emperor had almost perished under this calamity and ultimately could only undergo reincarnation and cultivate anew! However, the tribulation that had troubled the Eternal Night Divine Emperor was quite unique. Lin Xun didn't believe that the Eternal Night Divine Emperor, who wielded the three supreme forbidden daos of karma, fate, and time, had never reached the Immeasurable Realm.

That was simply impossible. According to Lin Xun's speculations, the Eternal Night Divine Emperor should have survived the Great Silence Unlife Calamity before and not just once! After all, the Great Silence Unlife Calamity always descended before the destruction of each epoch.

In addition, he also knew that the Eternal Night Divine Emperor had traversed through many epochs before. This meant she had to have survived through multiple Great Silence Unlife Calamities. Thus, he came to the conclusion that she was undoubtedly at the Immeasurable Realm.

Unfortunately, eons ago, when she was on her way to Fortune Divine City, she failed to withstand the impact of that one particular Great Silence Unlife Calamity. Even so, she hadn’t been utterly destroyed. Instead, she hid in the Flowing Light Forbidden Realm, undertaking a heaven-defying path of reincarnation and recultivated as Xia Zhi.

From this, he could tell that the Eternal Night Divine Emperor was a terrifyingly powerful existence when she had been at her peak! Furthermore, Lin Xun now knew that the Immeasurable Realm was divided into two sub-realms: Lesser Boundless and Greater Boundless.

The Lesser Boundless sub-realm was divided into two levels: One Tribulation and Two Tribulations.

Basically, those who had survived one Great Silence Unlife Calamity could be considered at the One Tribulation Lesser Boundless sub-realm. Of note, cultivators who had survived three Great Silence Unlife Calamities were called Greater Boundless sub-realm experts.

Generally speaking, such experts had already reached the ultimate peak of the Eternal Stage. Most of them had already left the universe through the Kunlun Dominion, so their traces were rarely seen here.

Based on what he knew about these stages of cultivation, he believed that the Eternal Night Divine Emperor, who wielded the power of karma, fate, and time, was at least a Lesser Boundless Immeasurable Realm being. In fact, it was even highly possible that she had already entered the Greater Boundless Immeasurable Realm!

As for why the Eternal Night Divine Emperor had appeared in the Fortune Dominion and which epoch she belonged to, Lin Xun had no way of knowing.

Perhaps, only after Xia Zhi completely refined all the cultivation left behind by the Eternal Night Divine Emperor would these mysteries be unraveled. While contemplating these thoughts, Lin Xun's figure disappeared into the vast depths of the starry sky.

...

World of the Divine.

This world was divided into three major territories: the Demon Subduing Domain, the Divine Light Domain, and the Great Zhou Domain. These three domains were controlled by the Jiang, Gaoyang, and Ji clans, respectively.

Each territory was vast and boundless, with countless small worlds and planes scattered within them like stars.

The Great Zhou Domain, Fengqi Sacred Mountain.

This was the stronghold of the Ji Clan and was also considered the number one sacred mountain of the Great Zhou Domain.

Late at night, in an ancient forbidden area within Fengqi Sacred Mountain, divine flames blazed fiercely. Lin Fan and Su Bai were each bound to a black stone pillar. They were tightly restrained by countless blood-red divine chains that were as thin as a thumb, resembling prisoners awaiting judgment.

Both were disheveled and unconscious. Further away, footsteps echoed in the night as Ji Bowen, the clan leader of the Ji Clan, arrived with a group of important figures...