Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate-Chapter 494: Bad News Arrives

After wrapping up everything he wanted to handle, Jiang Chen shifted his attention to the lone island at the North Pole of the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star. This island also served as the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance’s outpost on the planet.

He had been busy counting his gains earlier, but now he finally had the time to look over the cultivators stationed there.

With a quick sweep, three figures stood out.

One of them was Bao Rui, a Peak-stage Nirvana Cleansing realm cultivator. His strength was solid but unremarkable, nothing out of the ordinary for someone at that level.

The other two were much younger, both at the Nirvana Peering realm. There was a clear sense of pride about them, the kind commonly seen in geniuses raised by major factions.

At this moment, Bao Rui and the two youngsters had no idea that Jiang Chen had already slipped past the outpost’s defensive formation.

The three of them were gathered together, brows furrowed as they studied the information they had just received.

"They’re dead. All of them." Bao Rui’s face darkened as he clenched his fists. "The Nirvana Cleansing realm powerhouses from the Purple Crest Immortal Sect and the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace are gone. Even the Nirvana Peering realm cultivators were almost completely wiped out."

He paced a step, clearly agitated. "Just who is this Jiang Chen? How can someone be this strong? And why did he wipe them out so thoroughly?"

"The frontlines are already stretched thin fighting the demons. Every high-level cultivator matters, yet thirteen died just like that."

Bao Rui’s expression twisted, as if he had swallowed something foul. "This Jiang Chen... he’s unforgivable."

"Exactly. That Jiang Chen is a complete bastard," one of the younger cultivators snapped.

"I even think that scoundrel might be working with the demons. Otherwise, why would he kill so many of our people?"

He ground his teeth. "You Shaojun, Liang Youwen, all of them were about to be sent to the frontline. Now they’re dead. I really want to rip him apart."

The other young cultivator let out a breath and slowly shook his head. "He’s already stepped into the Void Tribulation realm."

A hint of unease flickered in his eyes. "Forget tearing him apart. We should be glad if he doesn’t come after us instead."

"For now, we should report this to the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance and wait for instructions from above," he added carefully.

To them, Jiang Chen was no different from a god of slaughter.

And the thought of drawing his attention sent a chill straight down their spines.

Bao Rui narrowed his eyes, thinking it over. "Jiang Chen is ruthless, no doubt about that. But his strength is real. With the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance in such a bad spot right now, they might turn a blind eye if he can still be useful."

He didn’t waste time. "I’ll send this to the higher-ups. You two start packing. Be ready to move at any time."

With a wave of his hand, he took out a void transmission jade token.

"Yes, senior." The two young cultivators responded at once and began gathering their things, clearly preparing to leave on short notice.

They were stationed on a lone island protected by a formation. Despite the freezing winds outside, the interior was lush, filled with rare spiritual plants taken from across the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star.

As members of the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance assigned here—and nominal rulers of the area—they never passed up a chance to claim benefits for themselves.

Once the two youngsters left, Bao Rui activated the void transmission jade token and sent the information back to the Alliance’s headquarters.

After that, there was nothing to do but wait.

All of it was being watched by Jiang Chen.

Profound Jade Immortal Alliance... now that you know my strength, what will you choose? he thought. And will a seventh protagonist really come from your ranks?

Keeping part of his divine sense on the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance’s outpost, Jiang Chen flew straight toward the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace.

The Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace, the Purple Crest Immortal Sect, and several other major factions all possessed their own cave heavens and blessed lands.

Jiang Chen had no intention of leaving any of them untouched.

To him, the entire Prosperous Stone Immortal Star was already within reach—its cultivators, its lands thick with Spiritual Qi, all of it waiting to be taken.

If his Immortal Martial Mustard Seed had enough space, he would have taken the whole star with him.

As he traveled toward the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace, he didn’t slow down.

Every city, sect, and Spiritual Qi–rich area he passed was swept directly into the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.

Inside it, entire cities and sects fell from the sky one after another, settling into place and merging with the land as if they had always belonged there.

The only issue was space. With the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed’s limits, these cities and sects ended up packed tightly together, often sitting almost side by side.

The Immortal Martial Mustard Seed doesn’t have enough space. I should merge in a few storage artifacts. Ying Luo won’t mind—she already has Space Essence Gold and isn’t attached to those anyway.

With that in mind, Jiang Chen placed several of the storage artifacts he had just obtained into the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed and activated its power, letting it absorb and merge them.

The space inside expanded a bit, but it was still far from enough.

Then I’ll build it in layers, Jiang Chen thought, rubbing his chin.

Once he made the decision, he split the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed into thirty separate layers.

Invisible spatial barriers divided them, forming thirty distinct heavens.

The cities and sects he pulled in afterward were spread across the upper twenty-nine layers.

As for the lowest layer, Jiang Chen used illusions so that anyone looking up would still see blue skies and drifting clouds, none the wiser.

Heh, this works pretty well, he thought, clearly pleased, and kept expanding the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.

City after city, sect after sect—countless cultivators were drawn inside.

At first, chaos broke out inside. Panic spread, and some even took the chance to loot and plunder.

But with his women and inner circle stepping in together, order was quickly restored within the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed.

Anyone who crossed the line was dealt with harshly. Most were executed on the spot.

Jiang Chen was more than satisfied with how things turned out.

He moved like someone digging up bamboo shoots, treating each city and sect as something to be pulled out whole, leaving only empty husks behind in their original locations.

And he worked fast.

Those taken into the Immortal Martial Mustard Seed had no chance to send messages outside.

Because of that, Bao Rui and the other two on the lonely island at the pole remained completely unaware of what was happening.

They could only wait in growing unease for news from the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance.

...

Hundreds of thousands of light-years away from the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star, a massive orange-red planet slowly turned within a distant galaxy.

That galaxy was known as Phoenix Cry.

The planet itself carried the same name.

The Phoenix Cry Immortal Star was far larger than the Prosperous Stone Immortal Star, and its cultivation environment was on a completely different level. Spiritual plants and rare herbs thrived everywhere, filling the land from end to end.

There were rumors that Phoenix Cry Immortal Star had once been the cave dwelling of a Heavenly Phoenix—one that had stepped into the Fourth Step of the Cultivation Path.

The fact that such a being had cultivated there was proof enough of the planet’s extraordinary value.

Home to countless powerhouses, the Phoenix Cry Galaxy stood as the strongest force within the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance and was widely seen as the very core of the Profound Jade Immortal Domain.

The headquarters of the Profound Jade Immortal Alliance was located on the Phoenix Cry Immortal Star, set deep within a chain of volcanoes.

Even so, the base itself was so vast that the massive, active volcanoes around it looked more like small pools of lava by comparison.

As the command center overseeing the entire Profound Jade Immortal Domain, the headquarters was always busy. Reports flowed in nonstop, most of them detailing the battles raging on the frontlines against the demons.

The situation was anything but good.

Several fronts had already collapsed, and seven life-bearing star systems had fallen as a result.

At a time like this, bad news from the rear only made things worse.

Inside a lavish red hall carved with dragons and phoenixes, a middle-aged man in flowing robes stood frozen, staring at the transmission jade token in his hand. His presence carried a quiet authority, but disbelief was written all over his face.

"What?" he muttered. "The Prosperous Stone Immortal Star has changed completely... and the Compassionate Sword Immortal Palace and the Purple Crest Immortal Sect have been wiped out?"