Chapter 186: Relentless Pursuit!

【410 years old: You wandered within the Immortal Realm, not daring to return to the Clan Ground, because you still bore the mark of Immortal Lord Ancient Moon. You feared bringing disaster back to your clan.】

【411 years old: Fortunately, after wandering for so many years, you never encountered Immortal Lord Ancient Moon again. You prayed madly in your heart that she had best already perished, body and soul destroyed.】

【412 years old: One day, while traveling the Immortal Realm, you happened upon a True Immortal sect recruiting disciples. With nowhere else to go, you resolutely joined this sect: the Youxian Sect. Though the Youxian Sect was a True Immortal sect, it possessed hundreds of thousands of disciples within. Your Great Vehicle cultivation was still considered low-tier here, so you could only receive the post of a menial Deacon. Still, there were some sect resources available for your cultivation, and these resources were enough for you to survive here.】

【......】

【496 years old: You stayed in the Youxian Sect for several decades, gradually blending in and becoming one of its members. Your mindset slowly calmed. But to ascend as an immortal sooner, you participated in the sect's assessment, hoping to secure a menial steward position. If you could become a Menial Elder, that would be even better.】

【497 years old: In the Immortal Realm, talents were as numerous as clouds and dragons, and there were even ascended immortals with ferocious perseverance. Though your talent was outstanding, it truly could not be considered top-tier within the Immortal Realm. Even so, an Outer Gate Elder recognized your ability and promoted you to Menial Elder.】

【498 years old: Having become a Menial Elder, your salary increased noticeably, and your daily duties decreased considerably. Great Vehicle perfection no longer seemed far away.】

【499 years old: Through diligent cultivation, you finally reached Great Vehicle perfection. Ascending as an immortal was now merely a matter of time. You planned to choose an auspicious day to transform into a True Immortal. For this, a group of Menial Elders even came specially to congratulate you.】

【500 years old: Under the gaze of a group of Menial Elders and menial disciples, you began your ascension. Since you were within the Immortal Realm, you could not draw down the guiding immortal light, but Immortal Spirit rosy clouds filled your entire body. Yet just as you were about to ascend, a foreboding feeling welled up from deep within your heart.】

【You knew it was Immortal Lord Ancient Moon coming. The mark she had placed on you was now glowing and burning hot. Your whole body trembled violently. Enduring the fear, you completed your ascension, then hastily exchanged pleasantries with everyone and left the Youxian Sect.】

【Barely a few months after you left, a woman in white arrived at the Youxian Sect. She could not find your aura. After casually crushing two True Immortals to death, she left the place.】

【700 years old: Two hundred years into being a True Immortal, you could finally explore some Immortal Realm Secret Realms, but Immortal Lord Ancient Moon clung tightly to your tail, preventing you from focusing on gathering cultivation resources.】

【701 years old: Immortal Lord Ancient Moon chased you closer and closer. Often, you had barely left a place a few days ago when she would arrive in pursuit. But fortunately, with your talent and effort, you could always just barely evade her searches.】

【702 years old: You felt that always hiding like this was not a solution. But at present, you were only a First-Turn True Immortal, while Ancient Moon was a Human Immortal Lord even stronger than a Nine-Turn True Immortal. Fighting head-on was naturally impossible, so you could only rely on wits.】

【703 years old: You ran to serve as a guard under an Immortal Sovereign Great Clan. An Immortal Sovereign was an ultimate powerhouse dominating a region of the Immortal Realm. Any who could be called Immortal Sovereign were Earthly Immortals. So staying here, even if Immortal Lord Ancient Moon found you, she surely would not dare act recklessly.】

【704 years old: Sure enough, not long after you entered this Immortal Sovereign Great Clan, Immortal Lord Ancient Moon's figure appeared. But you were already a guard of the Immortal Sovereign Great Clan, so she did not dare act rashly. Yet Immortal Lord Ancient Moon did not give up on killing you. She personally visited that Immortal Sovereign, claiming she would exchange a second-tier Immortal Artifact for your life. But who would have thought she was thrown out by that Immortal Sovereign.】

【The Immortal Sovereign declared: My household servants, whether human, dog, horse, or beast, are not for you to kill like a chicken or trade as you please.】

【......】

【910 years old: Because the Immortal Sovereign saved your life, you felt grateful and finally had leisure time to cultivate properly. You were even rewarded with a complete set of guard equipment. You should know this set of equipment was a true Immortal Artifact.】

【911 years old: Through the gifts from the Immortal Sovereign's estate, you luckily stepped into Second-Turn True Immortal. And though Immortal Lord Ancient Moon had been warned and did not dare appear near the Immortal Sovereign's estate again, a faint worry always lingered in your heart. This worry accompanied you all the way to the peak of Second-Turn True Immortal.】

【And at this time, Immortal Lord Ancient Moon's figure appeared once again. This time, she directly revealed her identity to that Immortal Sovereign, claiming she was already an Outer Gate disciple of a Heavenly Immortal Sect. If he still did not hand you over, she would report it to her sect.】

【Fortunately, that Immortal Sovereign ultimately did not hand you over. Not for any other reason, but simply to save face. An Immortal Sovereign was not afraid of a grand Heavenly Immortal Sect making a huge fuss over a single Outer Gate disciple.】

【912 years old: Though you were protected by the Immortal Sovereign again, you knew that continuing like this was not a long-term solution. You had to resolve the matter of Immortal Lord Ancient Moon as soon as possible. For this, you secretly slipped out of the Immortal Sovereign's estate. Before leaving, you also wanted to ask the Immortal Sovereign to help erase Immortal Lord Ancient Moon's mark, but you could not even get an audience with him.】

【You finally understood. What he protected was not you, but his own face.】

【......】

【1012 years old: A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. During these years, Ancient Moon chased you like a madwoman. You even felt puzzled. Did you really have such a great grudge with this person? Could those two youths have been her sons?】

【1013 years old: You could not figure it out, nor did you dare remain any longer. All you could do was flee. But Ancient Moon, chasing you, drew closer and closer.】

【1014 years old: One day, to evade Ancient Moon who was close at hand, you desperately hid inside a ruin. But the instant you entered, Ancient Moon followed in as well. Looking at Ancient Moon's sinister smile, a trace of despair rose in your heart. Could it be that I truly am going to be buried here this time?】

【The formation within the ruin was extremely complex. Immortal Lord Ancient Moon pursued relentlessly all the way, and you fled all the way. Fortunately, the ruin's formation and numerous divine ability mechanisms obstructed her, giving you a chance to catch your breath.】

【While hiding from Immortal Lord Ancient Moon's pursuit, you unexpectedly encountered a seated, deceased Senior within the ruins. You approached to search and found the other party had nothing on them, only a drop of lifeblood essence within their skeleton that had survived countless ages. Seeing this, you tried to absorb it, and it actually pushed you directly to Sixth-Turn True Immortal.】

【1029 years old: After hiding within the Secret Realm for fifteen years, you ultimately could not escape that Immortal Lord Ancient Moon. She gripped you firmly in her palm and let out a long breath, as if afraid you would run again. You exhausted every trick, yet still could not escape her pursuit.】

【In your fury, you indignantly questioned her — what grudge, what desire, why pursue you so relentlessly? But who would have thought her next words would shock you in place.】

【Ancient Moon declared: Nonsense. If I do not catch you, how am I to retrieve my Human Tribulation Pearl! With that, she crushed you to death with a single slap.】