The Strongest War God-Chapter 1885: Swallowing the Ancestors Alive
Chapter 1885: Swallowing the Ancestors Alive
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"That damned Lukyan Flerov stole our path of transcendence!" the old woman spat out through gritted teeth.
Indiana Ibbot said calmly, "Without the path of transcendence, you’re worthless."
"What?"
Swoosh!
The old woman’s face changed in shock.
She looked down, feeling a sharp pain.
Indiana’s hand, as swift as a blade, had pierced through her chest.
His hand morphed into a claw, seizing her soul—a soul that had once been tempered by the power of transcendence.
It was a soul that had transcended!
But, with the path of transcendence stripped away, the soul, which had been nourished by that power, was now weakening.
Indiana opened his mouth and inhaled deeply.
The old woman’s entire soul, now a ghostly light, was sucked into his body.
His aura erupted instantly, his comprehension of transcendence at 95 percent.
But he couldn’t grasp that final 5 percent.
The secrets of heaven had blinded him, cutting off and erasing the path to transcendence.
That path was no longer an option.
He needed to find another way.
Although the path of transcendence had been removed from the three crippled transcendents of the Immortal Sect, traces of its power and the path still lingered in their souls.
Even that small remnant was incredibly valuable to Indiana.
Without warning, he struck.
Everyone was stunned.
No one expected Indiana to act so abnormally.
To call him rebellious would be an understatement.
Betraying his master and destroying his ancestors was one thing, but to devour the soul of his ancestor?
His ruthlessness was beyond what ordinary people could fathom.
Yet, the peak immortals around him chose to ignore it.
One reason was Indiana’s immense cultivation, and another was that if they had reached Indiana’s level and were blocked by the same final shackle, they might have made the same choice.
What use were three crippled ancestors?
It was better to squeeze out whatever value remained.
"Let’s go!" The two remaining old men exchanged a glance, cold sweat dripping down their faces. They quickly decided, "We have to leave!"
"Trying to run?" Indiana, eyes closed, was refining the soul.
As he absorbed its benefits, he could feel the shackles on his body loosening. freёnovelkiss.com
If he devoured the remaining two... he would undoubtedly break through!
Transcendence!
There was no way those two old fools were getting away.
Indiana moved instantly, shattering their immortal bodies and seizing their souls with his bare hands.
Without hesitation, he swallowed them both.
At the moment of consumption, his aura became terrifyingly powerful—stronger than it had ever been.
His power surged to its peak, as if an invisible shackle was tightening around his head.
Crack!
The chains that bound him snapped.
His entire being began to undergo a profound transformation from within.
His immortal path origin energy was vanishing, replaced by the will of transcendence.
Transcendence—the ultimate goal that countless peak existences craved.
On this day, a new transcendent was born.
The master of the Immortal Sect, Indiana Ibbot!
A wave of overwhelming pressure swept across the entire ancient city.
Inside the Immortal Alliance Hall, Braydon Neal’s expression shifted slightly. "Transcendent?"
"His aura is impure. He used external forces," Lord McAvoy said softly, his left hand resting on the hilt of the Soul Severing Sword at his waist. "Shall I act? I can kill him with one strike."
Braydon’s eyes gleamed.
He quickly decided, "No. Let him break through to the transcendent realm. With him as the trailblazer, those peak creatures who were hesitating outside will finally make their move. We can’t stop them now."
"He relied on external forces to transcend, so his foundation is weaker than those who transcend on their own," Braydon continued. "He’s only marginally stronger than a pseudo-transcendent. But even so, he might trigger a transcendent tribulation. When that happens, the tribulation will strike from beyond the universe, piercing through the walls of reality. The coordinates of the immortal realm will be exposed, and those creatures will be able to lock onto it and descend."
Lord McAvoy nodded, recognizing the gravity of the situation.
Back then, Lukyan had cut off the opportunity for transcendence in the immortal realm precisely to prevent the birth of a new transcendent.
The arrival of a transcendent would inevitably attract a transcendent tribulation, a fearsome calamity that would tear through both the immortal realm and the outside realms.
At that moment, the wandering transcendents would sense this place and descend.
Lukyan’s efforts were all for nothing!
"Then let’s take the risk," Braydon said quietly.
Lord McAvoy remained silent, and Lukyan’s body didn’t utter a word.
Meanwhile, Indiana ascended into the sky, his unrestrained laughter echoing between heaven and earth.
"Transcended?" The tiger king was dumbfounded.
"How is this possible?!" The nine-tailed saint fox was equally shocked.
"What did he obtain?" Even innate lifeforms struggled to believe it.
Jealousy rippled through the ranks of the immortal path’s peak figures.
No one knew exactly what Indiana had done!
But Shadey Kanevsky and the others were nearly scared out of their minds.
Indiana was ruthless—he had devoured the souls of three crippled transcendents right in front of them.
If he hadn’t achieved transcendence, he would have undoubtedly consumed Shadey and the other two transcendent experts of the Immortal Alliance to push himself past his bottleneck.
"What now?" Shadey broke into a cold sweat.
He looked at Halya and asked in a low voice, "Are there any experts left in the Immortal Alliance?"
Without them, their fate was clear.
Indiana had set a precedent—anyone who reached his level of cultivation in the immortal realm might remember these old figures and devour them in the same way.
"Yes," Halya answered indifferently.
"Shadey, the Immortal Alliance must not be allowed to survive!" said Javor Kanevsky, the second crippled transcendent of the Immortal Alliance.
He was Shadey’s father and Halya’s grandfather.
Having witnessed Indiana’s actions firsthand, he knew even the experts of the Immortal Alliance couldn’t be trusted.
"With Halya here, no one will dare make a move," Shadey said seriously. "Once we escape to the outside world, we’ll be in even greater danger."
As they spoke, a peak immortal cultivator spotted them.
"Shadey Kanevsky!" someone exclaimed. "The former Sect Master of the Immortal Alliance!"
"That’s Javor Kanevsky!"
"Heavens! The three transcendent experts of the Immortal Alliance have escaped!"
"That person looks like Zabel Waite, a renowned transcendent in the immortal realm. I didn’t expect him to be suppressed here."
"I know! Indiana’s path of transcendence came from within!"
"He must have seized the path!"
"It’s said that the three transcendents from the Immortal Sect were also suppressed here by Lukyan. Why haven’t we seen any of them?"
...
For a while, the discussions were rampant.
The Immortal Sect was in disarray.
Haaroon Tallman shouted, "Today is a momentous day for our Immortal Sect! For countless years, no one has ever transcended, but now that the Sect Master has transcended, our Immortal Sect is on the brink of prosperity. Congratulations!"
His words eased everyone’s anxiety.
There had been no transcendent in the immortal realm until now.
With the Immortal Sect’s Indiana transcending, the status of its disciples would rise above all others.
A gleam of golden light appeared in the turbid eyes of the demon race’s old ancestor as he gazed at Shadey and the others.
The gap between him and Indiana wasn’t too great.
If Indiana could transcend, so could he!
"Quickly, inform the elders of the race to enter the Immortal Burial Ground!" the tiger king whispered.
"A new transcendent has emerged in the Immortal Burial Ground!"
The news spread like wildfire, instantly reaching every corner of the immortal realm.
The ancient elders of all the races across the universe received the message simultaneously—whether they were the ones protecting their races or not.
