The most shocked of all was Star Constellation Immortal Venerable.
She had infiltrated the Mad Demon Den and the Wuji Grand Formation deeply. After millions of rounds of investigation, she had found not the slightest trace of any arrangement for Wuji's rebirth within the Mad Demon Den.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable had arrived at the same conclusion through his own investigation.
That was precisely why the two Venerables had fought so ferociously over it.
Yet the truth was unfolding right before their eyes—Wuji Demon Venerable had truly been reborn and resurrected.
"Could it be that once the final Reality Ice Floe was successfully sculpted, it meant Wuji Demon Venerable's resurrection and his leap into immortality?" Even Fang Yuan was shaken by the revelation.
Fang Yuan could clearly sense that Wuji Demon Venerable's presence at this moment was overwhelmingly more powerful than the other two Venerables.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable and Giant Sun Immortal Venerable felt it even more acutely.
Facing Wuji Demon Venerable was like gazing upon towering mountain ranges or confronting a vast, boundless ocean.
"There is a discrepancy with the historical records. Has Wuji Demon Venerable truly surpassed the level of Venerable and achieved immortality?" Golden light blazed in Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's eyes.
"His current state is highly peculiar. The intensity of his aura surpasses even Master's." Star Constellation Immortal Venerable's mind churned with alarm and doubt.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable exchanged a glance, then struck simultaneously, unleashing devastating attacks at Wuji Demon Venerable.
Wuji Demon Venerable smiled faintly. Chains spiraled and danced around him, effortlessly dissolving the dual assault into nothingness.
Both Venerables felt a tremor in their hearts. Rather than wavering, their fighting spirit surged even higher, and even more ferocious killing moves were unleashed one after another.
Wuji Demon Venerable defended without attacking. After several rounds, the two Venerables hadn't managed to so much as harm a single hair on his body.
Wuji let out a soft cry. With a casual sweep of both hands, the void itself quaked. Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable were forced to retreat again and again.
Le Tu, Fang Yuan, and the others did not dare linger either, fleeing to a safe distance.
In an instant, within a thousand paces of Wuji Demon Venerable, nothing remained—save for Xian and the Secret Plotter, who were not immortals.
Giant Sun's expression grew solemn.
Star Constellation's gaze was profound, starlight flickering within it as she engaged in full-power divination.
Wuji Demon Venerable smiled gently. "Fellow immortal friends, I have no desire to be your enemy. The fruits of immortality cultivated over a million years now reside within me—but they have yet to be verified."
"How do you intend to verify them?" Giant Sun Immortal Venerable asked.
"Please observe." Wuji Demon Venerable turned slightly to one side.
Every immortal present stared wide-eyed.
Where Wuji Demon Venerable had been standing, a small aperture now lay exposed.
Through the aperture, the Gu Immortals beheld—Chaos!
To call it black would be wrong. To call it white would be equally false.
To call it light was accurate, and to call it darkness was also true.
Every word in the mortal lexicon failed to capture it.
Because Chaos was simply Chaos.
Chaos was the Great Calamity!
"You madman! You've torn open the World Membrane again—do you not fear that the entire world will be destroyed?!" Giant Sun Immortal Venerable roared in rebuke.
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable spoke up urgently, her tone utterly grave. "Fellow Immortal Wuji, I know your ambition. But if you are truly determined to go through with this and annihilate the Five Regions and Two Heavens, then even if I must sacrifice my own life and bring the Heavenly Court down with me, I will destroy you!"
"Please, both of you, calm yourselves. The aperture is small. I merely wish to test the fruits of immortality. We Venerables may stand invincible beneath the heavens, yet we are still beset by calamity—Chaos itself."
"Which among the Venerables present has not been wounded by Chaos? Who has not suffered torment because of it?"
"The Mad Demon Den has been maintained for a million years. Whether the fruits of immortality derived from its deductions have succeeded—there is one most obvious standard."
As he spoke, Wuji Demon Venerable slowly extended his arm and thrust it into the aperture.
The other Venerables and the numerous Gu Immortals all subconsciously held their breath, staring intently.
Wuji Demon Venerable did not activate any killing move. He used only his own body for this experiment.
He was far too reckless!
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable and Star Constellation Immortal Venerable would never dare do such a thing.
They could endure within Chaos for a brief time, but only when devoting every ounce of their power to defense.
If they, like Wuji Demon Venerable, made no defensive preparations whatsoever, even the slightest contact with Chaos would obliterate them instantly—unless they severed the affected limb in time.
Wuji Demon Venerable simply thrust his arm in as casually as if it were nothing at all. After a moment, he withdrew it.
His arm was pitch black, resembling charcoal left after wood had burned away completely.
But when he clenched his fist, the surface "charcoal" instantly crumbled into fine ash and dissipated entirely, revealing an arm that was one size smaller.
Giant Sun Immortal Venerable's jaw dropped, his expression one of stunned devastation. "Could this truly be the realm of immortality?!"
Star Constellation Immortal Venerable let out a long sigh. "I understand now why my divination failed. When you originally established the Mad Demon Den, you were using the Chaos beyond the World Membrane all along. You madman!"
In the past, Rob Heaven Demon Venerable had nearly destroyed the world precisely because he had torn open an aperture that was far too large.
And at the deepest layer of the Wuji Mad Demon Formation, the World Membrane itself had been punctured, creating a small aperture.