Chapter 1 The Beginning

Wan Lei cultivated for another ten years, and finally welcomed his immortal tribulation.
The immortal tribulation was nothing major, just lightning striking down, which for him, was merely a supplement.
He successfully passed the heavenly tribulation, and a beam of light descended from the sky.
He knew,
That was the beam of light guiding him to the immortal realm.
Back then, the ancestor of the Thunder Emperor, Wan Qingyi, had gone to the immortal realm this way.
Wan Lei pondered for a minute before deciding that there was nothing left in the Thunder Wind Realm worth his nostalgia.
He brought Fang Xiaoyu into the beam of light.
His figure disappeared.
Wan Lei was gone, leaving behind a Thunder Wind Realm ravaged and littered with corpses.
After he left, the Thunder Wind Realm was filled with the sounds of gongs and drums, firecrackers celebrating wildly, as all cultivators rejoiced,
Celebrating the departure of the demon from the Thunder Wind Realm.
Whether he would go on to wreak havoc in the immortal realm was not their concern.
At least, their good days had arrived, no longer needing to fear the Thunder Emperor randomly destroying a clan or sect out of displeasure.
When he was present, people called him the Thunder Emperor,
After he left, people cursed him as the Thunder Demon!
The Thunder Demon arrived in the immortal realm.
"This... is the damned immortal realm?"
Wan Lei looked around in disbelief, and Fang Xiaoyu had the same expression.
In their imagination, the immortal realm should have been shrouded in immortal energy and brimming with spiritual energy, but the scene before them made him feel as if he had returned to the dilapidated Thunder Wind Realm.
There were no immortals everywhere, only scattered remains.
They could not feel a trace of spiritual energy, only the thick, palpable demonic energy.
They were on a planet, and in the distance, they could see a vast continent.
He had heard of it; it was the Immortal Realm Continent.
That continent was collapsing.
Wan Lei, being an immortal, had excellent eyesight and saw countless demons, three Zhang tall, engaged in a bloody massacre.
He also saw the figure of a demon at least ten thousand Zhang tall, wielding a giant axe, continuously chopping at the continent.
"There are two more over here, quickly!"
From a distance, an excited roar was heard.
Wan Lei turned his head and saw five or six demons flying towards them with excitement.
Since they were demons, there was nothing more to say; they would be killed directly.
These demons each possessed the cultivation of an immortal.
Wan Lei pondered, they should be called Demon Lords, perhaps.
If it were ordinary immortals, they would surely have been slaughtered like vegetables by these demons,
Unfortunately, the ones they encountered,
Were Wan Lei.
They were the ones being sliced like vegetables.
Wan Lei was somewhat depressed; why were all his opponents so weak?
Did he have an invincible setting?
Though he thought so, he did not dare to seek out the ten-thousand-Zhang demon on the Immortal Realm Continent to test his combat power.
"Are you... human?"
From a distance, several people flew over, their clothes in tatters and their appearances dishevelled.
"Are you also human?"
Wan Lei asked.
"Yes, what's going on with you two? Don't you know the Nebula Galaxy has fallen? No, the entire immortal realm has fallen, how did you two survive until now?"
The young man leading them spoke with concern; Wan Lei could tell that the other party truly cared about them.
"Brother, could you tell us what happened in the immortal realm?"
"You don't know... Oh, you've just ascended to the immortal realm, no wonder you don't know.
It's hard to say if you're lucky or unlucky to ascend to the immortal realm at this time.
The Demon Lord led his army to break through the immortal realm, and now the entire Origin Plane, the immortal realm, and the ghost realm have all fallen.
If you had ascended any later, after the Demon Lord completely controlled the immortal realm, you wouldn't have been able to ascend.
Currently, only the divine realm has not fallen, and we have sent out signals; someone will soon come to take us to the divine realm, please wait patiently."
The youth spoke rapidly, constantly vigilant of his surroundings.
Wan Lei quickly organized the information and nodded without speaking.
They killed two more waves of demons who came to pursue them before the people from the divine realm came to meet them.
"So tall."
Fang Xiaoyu looked up in surprise.
The person who came to meet them was a hundred Zhang tall, with seven star-like marks on his brow.
"This is Zerob of the God Clan, our good friend, don't be nervous."
The leading youth said.
"Who are those two? Are they demon spies?"
"No, they just ascended, let's go."
"Oh, then they're really unlucky."
The God Zerob sighed, turned, and tore open space.
"Let's go."
The few people entered one after another, with Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu entering last.
Space flowed rapidly, and then, the scene before them opened up, refreshing their eyes.
Here, there was a scene of peace and liveliness.
There were countless humans and gods, and the spiritual energy was so dense it had almost become tangible, visible to the naked eye.
"Now this is what I call the immortal realm."
Wan Lei exclaimed.
"Tsk, the immortal realm is gone; this is the divine realm."
The God Zerob said in a deep voice,
"Let's go, first to my home, to see if the High Gods have any further orders."
This was a city, and every house was extremely tall, considering the stature of the God Clan.
After sitting down, Zerob poured them each a bowl of wine.
Wan Lei stared blankly at the bathtub-sized wine bowl before him.
"Alas, times are tough for everyone nowadays, even the divine realm is in chaos.
After the final battle between the positive and negative factions, the positive plane completely collapsed.
The Ghost Emperor is dead, all the Saints of the immortal realm are dead, ten of the twelve High Gods are dead, and now only the Sun God and the Moon God remain.
Almost all the survivors from the immortal realm have fled to the divine realm.
We, the common soldiers, truly don't know how many more days we have to live."
Zerob picked up the bathtub and drank the wine in one go.
"Alas, indeed. You say, our immortal and divine realms fought for so many years, only to be taken advantage of by the demons from the negative plane.
If we had known this, why did we do it in the first place."
Wan Lei very much wanted to inquire about the news of the immortals who had left their heritage in the Thunder Wind Realm, but he realized he didn't even know their names.
So he asked,
"Everyone, do you know where Wan Qingyi is?"
After all, his ancestor had ascended to the immortal realm back then.
"Don't recognize him, which faction does he belong to?"
"I don't know, but he's good friends with a few disciples from the Hanmen (humble sects)."
"Oh, then he's surely dead. During the final battle, the Ancient Sect, Hanmen, and Great Tang were all main forces and were annihilated. Your friend, being a friend of a Hanmen disciple, must have participated in the battle and is definitely dead."
The young man shook his head.
Wan Lei nodded silently, then suddenly wondered how he knew about the Hanmen and the Immortal Realm Continent.
It seemed someone had told him before.
Who was it?
What had he forgotten?
Wan Lei was baffled and shook his head, not dwelling on it further.
They settled down in the divine realm.
As expected of the Origin Plane, the spiritual energy here was extremely dense, allowing for rapid progress in cultivation.
Fang Xiaoyu soon passed her immortal tribulation and became an immortal.
The divine realm remained in a state of unease, with widespread rumours that the demons were about to attack.