Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

Chapter 668: Chapter 667: Stairway to Immortality

The grand battle that surpassed the internal strife in the Immortal Realm 9,000 years ago began. The Immortal Realm was in turmoil, with everything turned upside down as if in an earthquake. Even the gathered immortals couldn’t stand steady.

The thirty-six planes of heaven were extremely dense. Even a Golden Immortal found it impossible to shatter them. However, they were as feeble as paper in the confrontation between the Respected God-hidden and Jiang Li, tearing apart at the slightest touch.

It became meaningless to divide the thirty-six heavens in the Immortal Realm. Even the thickest plane, Da Luo Heaven, was effortlessly broken apart.

The Buddha and the Sage were left breathless. In their battle within Da Luo Heaven, they hadn’t managed to destroy it. Yet, as soon as the Respected God-hidden and Jiang Li began their confrontation, Da Luo Heaven was annihilated beyond recognition.

“The Respected One has used all his strength without holding back.”

Normally, a battle begins with probing one’s opponent. After getting familiar with their fighting style, the battle escalates more furiously until it culminates in a grand struggle.

However, the Respected God-hidden and Jiang Li defied this rule. Their confrontation was a major showdown from the get-go.

“This is all he can do as an initial-level Immortal Emperor.” Jiang Li confidently threw a punch.

Although, in theory, the Respected God-hidden couldn’t beat him, a practice match was needed to arrive at such conclusions.

Bang––

Jiang Li’s punch shattered the Respected God-hidden into pieces.

“Reverse Creation!” the Respected God-hidden shouted. His body reassembled, maintaining peak condition as if his earlier fight hadn’t affected him.

But the Respected God-hidden was well aware that energy is conserved. He can’t stay at his peak forever.

“Humph!”

“Ha!”

The sound Humph came out from the God-hidden Respected One’s nostrils, and Ha came forth from his Dantian.

“Dual Motions of Chuckle and Sigh! Divine skills that work on the soul. If weak, it will vanish as if blown apart by the wind. If strong, the soul will depart from the body. There’s no way anyone can come through this unscathed!” The Sage recognized this move.

However, Jiang Li’s soul resisted the Dual Motions of Chuckle and Sigh without any damage.

“Space Impermanence!”

The Respected God-hidden deploys his Great Divine Power of space, causing chaos in the space surrounding Jiang Li.

The moment Jiang Li was fixed in place, the Respected God-hidden launched his Great Divine Power of space once again.

“Shift!”

The entire Immortal Realm vanished. The spot Jiang Li was standing on turned into void.

It looked as if Jiang Li was moved, while actually, the Respected God-hidden used his Great Divine Power to move the entire Immortal Realm. Jiang Li’s position remained unchanged.

“Respected One, what… ?” The Immortal Emperor was puzzled. The Respected God-hidden and Jiang Li were fighting fiercely, and then suddenly they were the ones running?

“Fight? Fight against whom? The moment I laid eyes on him, I knew I stood no chance against him. All my actions up until now were just time-buying tactics!” The Respected God-hidden’s tone turned from calm to furious.

If the fighting continued, all talk of destruction rules would be in vain. The Immortal Realm would first be destroyed by Jiang Li.

How could such a powerful being exist!

The Respected God-hidden wanted to hold Du Ye accountable, but the feeling of a crisis never left him. It reminded him that the danger was far from over. He had to escape and the farther, the better.

As for the plan to destroy the Ten Thousand Realms, they would have to reconsider for the long term, and first get past this hurdle.

…

Jiang Li, left in the void, blinked a couple of times, trying to understand what had just happened.

How could they just run away before he even got warmed up?

As the Heavenly Dao, shouldn’t you have the spirit of a cornered beast that fights to the death?

Jiang Li took out the coordinates of the Immortal Realm that he had acquired and tried to locate it. The coordinates of the Immortal Realm were a formula, a path along which the Immortal Realm moved.

After a while, Jiang Li still couldn’t find the Immortal Realm.

“It seems like the Immortal Realm has abandoned its original coordinates.”

Jiang Li was disappointed. It appears that he won’t be locating the Immortal Realm anytime soon.

[Special mission launched “Find the Fragments of the Immortal Ascendancy Stairway”: ….]

The familiar system prompt rang out. Jiang Li hesitated, taking out his nearly completed Immortal Ascendancy Stairway.

“Right, I haven’t finished the mission of locating the fragments of the Immortal Ascendancy Stairway.”

Jiang Li got a new idea. He cleared his throat and spoke in a tone that carried an air of law, “Complete all special tasks ‘finding the fragments of the Immortal Ascendancy Stairway’.”

Jiang Li waited quietly for a moment, and soon, the system responded.

[Congratulations, host, for completing the task. Would you like to settle the rewards?]

[Issuing special task “Find the fragments of the Immortal Ascension Ladder”: …]

[Congratulations, host, for completing the task. Would you like to settle the rewards?]

Five congratulatory messages sounded.

“Settle.”

Five pieces of the Immortal Ascension Ladder appeared in Jiang Li’s hand, automatically filling the missing gaps in the ladder, thus forming a complete Immortal Ascension Ladder.

Just as recorded in ancient books, the Immortal Ascension Ladder was glittering with gold, as if cast in gold, yet the material used was far more precious than gold. It contained various skills, such as the path of space, the path of time, and was a culmination of the Immortal Realm.

Even, an extra piece, which was forced out when forming the ladder, appeared in Jiang Li’s hands.

“Yes, this is the fragment of the Immortal Ascension Ladder from the zombie world.”

“I went to the zombie world because after the Brahma Tower gained spiritual intelligence, it escaped there. On the original world line, that is, five hundred years ago, the Immortal Artifact had not gained spiritual intelligence, so the Brahma Tower would not run away.”

Jiang Li threw out the Immortal Ascension Ladder. The golden ladder extended infinitely, with one end connecting to Jiuzhou and the other to the Immortal Realm.

“Although I don’t know where the system got it from, thank you first.”

Jiang Li paused, then said, “Detach the system.”

A halo emerged from Jiang Li’s body, or rather appeared from the space attached to Jiang Li’s body.

“So, goodbye.”

Under the compulsory command of word-compatible law, the halo twisted, shattered, and then turned into dust, thoroughly disappearing without making a sound.

Jiang Li set foot on the Immortal Ascension Ladder, heading to the Immortal Realm.

…

A silent collision occurred, the entire Jiuzhou world was trembling, the ground was shaking, the mountains were swaying, and houses were collapsing.

In the palace, the man in black who was sitting on the imperial chair, slowly opened his eyes as he broke away from his cultivation.

His eyes were bright, not a single detail could escape his gaze.

“The Jiuzhou world is vibrating.”

The black-clothed man made a judgment, slowly got up, flew out of the grand hall, stepped into the void, and stepped out at the same frequency as the spatial vibration.

The shaking of the Jiuzhou world stopped.

“Your majesty.” A commander named Liu flew to the black-clothed man, showing respectful attitude.

“I have found the source of the vibration, you remain in Jiuzhou, I shall return shortly.” The black-clothed man was cold, like frozen ice for ten thousand years, devoid of any emotions.

However, Commander Liu could see that the black-clothed man’s eyebrows slightly wrinkled, indicating that he was annoyed.

If the vibration of Jiuzhou world was a natural disaster, it would be fine, but if it was man-made, the other party better start praying.

“Commander Liu, what happened? Why was the whole world shaking? Where is his majesty?” Numerous Body Integration Realm and Transcendence Tribulation Stage experts flew to the upper sky of the grand hall, inquiring from Commander Liu.

Commander Liu shook his head, pointing in one direction.

“I’m not sure what happened, but his majesty has gone to investigate. I request everyone to stay in Jiuzhou calmly.”

The black-clothed man looked at a place that should have been the boundary of Jiuzhou, somewhat puzzled.

“This should be the barrier of the boundary, why has it turned into stars?”

Just as the black-clothed man was questioning, the space nearby twisted, and numerous powerful entities appeared.

A hundred beings at the Body Integration Realm, eight at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage.

Seeing the black-clothed man, these people paused for a moment, revealing a hint of a smirk on their faces.

There was only one of the other party.

Among the eight at the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, one was at the Peak Transcendence Tribulation Stage. These people followed his lead.

The leader clasped his fist and said, “I am the Lord of Qian desolation. We come from the Eight Desolate World and unintentionally caused the world collision. It is not our intention. May I ask what your world is called?”

The black-clothed man stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at these people from above, and said coldly:

“This is Jiuzhou, and I am the master of Jiuzhou, the ruler of ten thousand chariots. You should address me as Chu Emperor.”