“Hoo…”
“Hoo…”
Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty, Prime Minister’s Residence.
Inside a quiet room, adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, and luxuriously furnished, a series of rapid gasps could be heard.
A young man with resolute features and handsome eyebrows suddenly sat up from the bed, as if startled awake from a nightmare.
His chest heaved violently, and his entire being seemed to have been dragged out of icy cold water, his expression filled with fear and bewilderment.
Xiao Fan sat on the bed in a daze, motionless for a long time.
“Where is this?”
“I… how am I still alive?”
He looked around, seeing everything familiar, a hint of disbelief in his eyes.
It was his room in the Left Prime Minister's Residence, where he had grown up, with carved bedposts and a rosewood screen; everything was so real.
“I didn’t die?”
Inside the room, Xiao Fan’s voice trembled slightly, as if he couldn't even believe this fact himself.
But then, the shock in his eyes gradually turned into wild joy.
“No! Could it be that I was Reborn!?”
His voice was hoarse, as if he was confirming something.
Closing his eyes, scenes from the past flashed rapidly through his mind.
The blood-soaked battlefield, Shen Baiyun's betrayal, Jiang Ye's palm strike that killed him... the Ancient Time Wheel Plate... everything felt like a nightmare from last night...
“Am I… back to one year ago?”
A moment later, Xiao Fan took a deep breath, finally clearing his thoughts.
The timeline clearly emerged in his memory.
The opening of the Immortal Ancient Ruins should be in about half a year.
He looked down at his palms, feeling the still-immature Cultivation within his body, but his gaze grew increasingly firm.
“Since Heaven has given me another chance, I will never repeat my past mistakes!”
At this moment, he was no longer the pleasure-seeking Young Master.
His Soul had experienced life and death, and struggled back from despair, now completely clear-headed.
This was the Prime Minister’s Residence.
He was the son of the Left Prime Minister of the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty, born into nobility, with a prominent status.
From childhood, he had acted recklessly, relying on his father's power, neglecting his Cultivation, and abusing his status.
He couldn't even manage the basic hard work of Cultivation.
Yet, he was such a person.
He was stubbornly devoted to the Seventh Princess of the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty, Shen Baiyun, with unwavering affection.
He was willing to humble himself, be at her beck and call, and even didn't care when others made fun of him.
In the eyes of others, Xiao Fan was Shen Baiyun’s sycophant.
And he himself had never denied it.
Until one day.
He learned that Shen Baiyun was to be married to Jiang Ye, and at that moment, his world completely collapsed, and he nearly went mad.
The reason for this was the opening of the Immortal Ancient Ruins half a year later, which complicated the situation even further.
Because this time, the opened Ruins were far more than a simple struggle for resources; behind them lay a space rift that would shock the Heavens.
It was a gateway to another world!
The other end of the space rift connected to a vast territory that had never been fully explored by the Myriad Domains of the Heavens—an unknown Great World!
This world, in later generations, was called the “Lingyao Immortal Realm”!
According to what Xiao Fan learned in his previous life, the Lingyao Immortal Realm was vast, occupying almost one-third of the Myriad Domains of the Heavens, an unimaginably huge Treasure Trove world.
There were countless resources and Immortal Treasures everywhere.
Such immense benefits naturally could not be monopolized by the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty alone.
Because of this, the Divine Lord decided to form an Alliance with the Longevity Jiang Clan through marriage.
Due to this matter, Xiao Fan completely changed.
He decided to abandon his former decadence and from then on, strive for self-improvement!
He ventured alone into the Lingyao Immortal Realm, narrowly escaping death in dangerous places, and eventually, through Destiny, obtained a divine object capable of overturning fate.
The Ancient Time Wheel Plate!
It was a forbidden supreme Treasure, which, besides assisting in Cultivation, had many other infinite wondrous uses.
Because his Cultivation was insufficient, he had not been able to explore all of them.
Xiao Fan once thought that with the Ancient Time Wheel Plate, he would be able to rise steadily, become powerful, and in the future, not only assist the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty in advancing further but also move Shen Baiyun with his achievements.
He wholeheartedly worked for Shen Baiyun, flattering her, protecting her, giving her everything, even willingly risking danger for her.
But she always treated him as an expendable tool, never truly taking him seriously.
“Heh…”
Thinking of this, Xiao Fan couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, a deep sense of self-mockery appearing in his eyes.
His former foolish self was truly laughable.
“Now, everything is different.”
“Since I was Reborn… then it is Heaven’s compensation to me, and also an opportunity for my revenge!”
“I will personally change my Destiny and reclaim everything that belongs to me!”
Suddenly, Xiao Fan frowned, his mind stirring, sensing a slight abnormality within his body.
“Wait, what is this?”
He quickly closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and began to focus his Divine Sense inward.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, a faint golden pattern suddenly flashed, like a mysterious radiance, fleeting in an instant.
Xiao Fan's heart trembled violently, and he immediately activated his Divine Sense to investigate.
The next moment, his gaze suddenly froze!
Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, an ancient, heavy golden disc was actually floating!
The disc was engraved with countless temporal patterns, as if it could crush time and make Heaven and Earth flow backward.
“This… this is…”
“The Ancient Time Wheel Plate!? It actually Reborn with me?”
After a moment of shock, Xiao Fan was suddenly ecstatic.
He had originally thought that after burning his essence blood to activate the Ancient Time Wheel Plate, everything would return to nothingness.
But he never expected that even this Heaven-Defying Treasure would reverse time with him and return to this moment!
“Hahaha!”
“Heaven has eyes!”
“In this life, I, Xiao Fan, will sooner or later annihilate the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty and kill all of the Longevity Jiang Clan!”
“Jiang Ye! Shen Baiyun!”
“You will all pay a bloody price for your past actions!”
He secretly swore in his heart, an undeniable hatred shining deep in his eyes… The Longevity Jiang Clan, the Ancient Su Family… these two renowned supreme Dao Lineages have now quietly withdrawn to their respective Dao Domains, no longer deeply involved in the struggle for the Ancient Immortal Domain.
Previously, due to the Dragon Vein Secret Realm incident, various forces had caused a great uproar, which on the surface seemed to have settled down.
But in reality.
Within the vast territory of the Ancient Immortal Domain, large and small disturbances continued to occur every day, never truly subsiding.
And the fundamental reason for this was nothing more than one point.
Although the innate immortal liquid had long been stolen by Jiang Ye without anyone knowing, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of the Ancient Immortal Domain continued to recover, which was an undeniable fact that almost all Cultivators had noticed.
As time passed.
Every inch of land, every mountain, every forest in the Ancient Immortal Domain seemed to contain immense Spiritual Qi, becoming a Treasure Trove that could continuously produce rare resources.
People from the Various Great Dao Lineages of the Heavens gradually smelled this “fragrance.”
Therefore, the territorial struggle over the Ancient Immortal Domain continued like an undercurrent.
Inside the Nine Dragon carriage.
Within the carriage, Jiang Ye leaned lazily on a soft couch, his expression casual.
Qing Xuan and Hong Yan, the two women, knelt by the side of the couch, gently massaging his shoulders and legs.
And behind the small table in front of the couch, a stunningly beautiful woman in a purple-gold Phoenix robe sat gracefully, her skin like snow, her demeanor noble.
It was none other than the Second Princess of the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty, Shen Luowan.
The two had already reached a consensus.
Next, they would travel together to the Taicang Dao Domain, which was the capital of the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty.
Shen Luowan held jade chopsticks, tasting the crystal-clear Immortal Fruit in front of her, but her gaze occasionally swept towards Jiang Ye, and she asked softly, casually:
“Young Master, this time, is the Jiang Clan’s joint crusade against the Various Great Dao Lineages of the Ancient Immortal Domain really only planning to occupy that small central area of the Ancient Immortal Court’s entrance?”