“Left Historian Immortal, why are you here?”

Qing He was stunned. She had just come from the back kitchen with the Comprehensive Culinary Compendium to show Yun Mengmeng, only to find the Left Historian Immortal, who had been missing for three hundred thousand years.

“Qing He?” The Left Historian Immortal was equally shocked to see Qing He, who had also been missing for three hundred thousand years.

He couldn’t understand why Qing He was here.

Over the years, he had been constantly on the run, evading the Silent Annihilation Immortal’s perception. He had planned for a long time just to make a move today. Only after he ensured that the Silent Annihilation Immortal couldn’t sense him did he emerge from his small world.

Qing He is also on the hit list. How can she move about so freely? Could it be that the Silent Annihilation Immortal has stopped killing? Or is she already dead? The Left Historian Immortal couldn’t make sense of it. Both possibilities are nearly zero, yet there was no other explanation for why Qing He would be here.

Damn it. If only I still had the Insight Dao Fruit, I wouldn’t be so passive in every situation.

“Left Historian, why are you here? Silent Annihilation will kill you!” Although Qing He didn’t know why the Left Historian Immortal was here, she knew that if he dared show his face, he would be a goner.

“For the sake of an old acquaintance, Qing He, don’t interfere in this. I’ll take the Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit and leave!”

“Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit? Where?” The series of sudden changes left Qing He momentarily unable to process what had transpired. Then she remembered that Yun Mengmeng was still here.

“Mengmeng, you have an Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit?!”

She had always assumed Yun Mengmeng to be an ordinary cultivator she enjoyed chatting with.

If she is a half-immortal with an Everlasting Incipient Dao Fruit, then who are the “First-in-Command” and “Second-in-Command” she keeps mentioning?

“I worked hard to cultivate this. I can’t give it to you!” Yun Mengmeng hugged herself warily, rejecting the Left Historian Immortal’s proposal.

“That’s not up to you!” The Left Historian Immortal smirked malevolently. I didn’t come here to ask for a little lass’s opinion.

“You dare to snatch it?!” Seeing the situation turn dire, Yun Mengmeng immediately fled. The oppressive pressure exerted on her by the Left Historian Immortal was on par with that of the Heaven Mandate Corpse. If we’re also close in strength, there’s no way I can win!

But how could Yun Mengmeng escape from the Left Historian Immortal? Setting aside the matter of the Incipient Dao Fruit, Yun Mengmeng was at the Basic Transcendent Tribulation Stage, while the Left Historian Immortal was still an immortal, even if he had lost his Insight Dao Fruit.

A Basic Transcendent Tribulation and an immortal were at completely different realms.

The Left Historian Immortal reached out and grabbed Yun Mengmeng by her neck. She struggled in pain as he prepared to seize her Incipient Dao Fruit.

“Left Historian Immortal, stop!” Qing He was furious. Forcibly seizing an Incipient Dao Fruit would mean certain death for the half-immortal!

“Noisy!” The Left Historian Immortal flung Yun Mengmeng away, sending her crashing into Qing He. The two tumbled together and slammed into the eatery’s wall.

“Qing He, for the sake of our past acquaintance, I won’t seize your Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit. But don’t interfere in my affairs!”

The Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit was the same Incipient Dao Fruit as the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord’s. There were two superior Dao Fruits: the Epoch Dao Fruit and the Everlasting Dao Fruit.

The wielder of a Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit possessed a nearly limitless lifespan, which was why Qing He could remain active from ancient times until now.

But unlike the Myriad Spells Daoist Lord, Qing He’s Incipient Dao Fruit was close to great perfection. If the Epoch Immortal and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy were absent, she could become an immortal.

“Eh, you’re a half-immortal too,” Yun Mengmeng exclaimed in surprise. Little Zhi is right. Wherever the Second-in-Command goes, there will be a half-immortal.

“Is this really the time to talk about that?” Qing He felt that Yun Mengmeng was truly a free spirit. She is still in the mood to care about so many things despite facing a life-and-death crisis.

“What's with this shop?” The Left Historian Immortal was bewildered. This small shop looks ordinary, yet when I sent Yun Mengmeng and Qing He flying, the walls didn't even crack...

The Left Historian Immortal naturally wasn’t aware that Hui Doudou had placed a restriction here to prevent Qing He from leaving the shop, which ensured the shop couldn’t be destroyed. After all, if the shop were destroyed, there would be no boundaries left to confine her.

“Run!” Qing He quickly tried to buy Yun Mengmeng time to escape, activating her Longevity Incipient Dao Fruit to slow time.

But an immortal’s speed was far too fast. Even with time slowed, the Left Historian Immortal moved freely, keeping pace with Qing He.

“I gave you a chance, but you refused to take it! Azure Heaven Prison-Suppressing Hand!”

A massive hand descended from the sky, shattering the restriction left by Hui Doudou, crushing the shop to rubble. Both Yun Mengmeng and Qing He were pinned beneath that colossal hand.

Fortunately, both of their Incipient Dao Fruits had strong regenerative abilities. Although they looked somewhat battered, they hadn’t suffered much injury.

“What happened?”

The entire Demon City was shocked. The eight-star spirit chef duel had only just ended. How had another incident occurred so soon?

On top of that, the commotion was clearly even greater than during the eight-star spirit chef duel!

“To dare act in Demon City, do you think this monarch is dead?!” Zhu Tian flew into a rage in the imperial palace and overturned his table, scattering spirit fruits everywhere. The other party is utterly lawless, showing no respect for me, the Demon Emperor!

Yun Mengmeng immediately ran. This is no time to stand together against a common enemy. The Left Historian Immortal’s target is me. If I escape, Qing He will be safe.

Qing He bit her tongue, determined to protect Yun Mengmeng at all costs.

“Great Dao Plants a Green Lotus!”[1]

A faint, otherworldly melody resounded, representing the boundlessness of the Great Dao. A Green Lotus of hundun primal chaos was born from the Great Dao, blooming to its fullest above Qing He.

“Go!”

“I told you, you can’t escape,” the Left Historian Immortal said flatly, his tone brooking no argument.

After so many eons, he could finally act without restraint instead of hiding in the jade pendant, living in constant fear and scheming endlessly.

The Great Dao Green Lotus crashed toward the Left Historian Immortal. With a flick of his sleeve, he shot forth two chains of order and pierced through the lotus, binding both Qing He and Yun Mengmeng simultaneously and dragging the latter back from afar.

The two struggled, but to no avail. The chains were forged from immortal metal and engraved with countless laws of order. It was simply not something they could break free from.

The corners of Daoist Priest Mingyuan’s mouth involuntarily curled upward as he watched the Left Historian Immortal’s imposing back.

As I thought, I truly need an immortal as a backer for the Battle of the Great Era.

Snap.

With a crisp snap of a finger, the two chains of order dissolved into nothing.

The Left Historian Immortal’s pupils constricted sharply. This utterly unreasonable, bone-chilling method... It’s the Silent Annihilation Dao Fruit!

“Are you alright?” A peerlessly beautiful figure asked with concern as she escorted Qing He back to the ground.

“I’m fine.” Qing He shook her head.

“Left Historian Immortal, how dare you lay your hands on my person!”

The peerlessly beautiful figure comforted Qing He, then appeared before the Left Historian Immortal. Beneath her calm eyes burned endless fury. Even I can’t bear to treat Qing He like this. Who gave you the audacity, Left Historian Immortal?!

“S-Silent Annihilation Immortal!” The Left Historian Immortal saw the face that filled him with trepidation. His limbs went cold, and his words came out in a stutter.

“So you are the Left Historian Immortal. How dare you lay hands on someone from my Everlasting Lineage!” Another peerlessly beautiful figure appeared, walking step by step toward the Left Historian Immortal, her words not concealing her murderous intent.

“A-Another Silent Annihilation Immortal? No, you’re the Everlasting Immortal!”

Upon seeing the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, the Left Historian Immortal thought she was a clone of the Silent Annihilation Immortal. But recalling her mention of the “Everlasting Lineage,” he immediately realized who she was.

The foremost of the Five Ancient Immortals—the Everlasting Immortal!

What kind of luck is this? I’ve schemed for so long to avoid the Silent Annihilation Immortal, and now that I finally made my move, I ended up provoking both the Silent Annihilation Immortal and the Everlasting Immortal.

Both were considered unbeatable in ancient times, capable of sweeping across the world!

The Left Historian Immortal forced a smile that looked uglier than crying. "If I said I was just playing with them earlier, would you believe me?”

1. The “He” in Qing He’s name and the “Lian” used here both refer to “lotus” in Chinese. Qing He’s name also translates literally to “green lotus.” ☜