This starry sky became tattered and chaotic, with reality and nothingness coexisting. Even the universe cracked open, it was too shocking to behold.
Seeing that blue figure from the distant spacetime beyond, all the gods felt a chill in their hearts.
That legendary existence…
Had actually made a move!
A figure standing at the pinnacle of the world, yet striking against a junior who had just stepped into the divine realm. It was absolutely more shocking than a clash between two god venerables. This showed that the junior had made even the supreme beings feel threatened.
Wu Qing Zong was filled with grief and indignation, roaring, Zhang Ruochen has only just broken through to become a god. What crime has he committed? Why is Tian Nan so overbearing, unable to tolerate even a new god?
The deterrent power of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins was too terrifying. Apart from Wu Qing Zong, the other gods were frightened into silence, only able to feel anger but unable to speak out.
Even Xue Tu, who feared neither heaven nor earth, now had a deeply solemn expression, lips pressed tightly together. He felt suffocated and oppressed, yet dared not curse aloud.
It was not a lack of courage, but the opponent was too taboo.
The opponent’s intangible mental will alone could suppress the gods into muteness. Only a powerhouse like Wu Qing Zong could break through the mental will and berate the opponent.
It required not only courage, but also powerful cultivation.
So formidable! Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins lives up to being a universe-dominating existence. Once it acts, it shatters the cosmos and decides life and death. Even a god venerable cannot block it.
Even great gods have no right to die at that one’s hand. Today, even if Zhang Ruochen falls, it is enough to make his name echo through eternity. The annals of the Infernal Court will surely record his name.
The gods in the shadows were both shocked and secretly delighted.
Some pseudo-gods knelt in the starry sky, kowtowing to that blue figure, their eyes filled with awe.
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Fu Lu God Venerable’s figure flickered between the star domains, chasing along the shattered universe.
Each flicker crossed an entire star domain.
Wherever his divine might passed, all cultivators on the various planets in those star domains knelt to the ground.
Slash!
The Tian Shu Needle flew out, like a needle yet also like a rapidly rotating divine blade. It stirred the stars and shifted the heavens, severing that divine hand and splitting it into two sections.
The five-finger imprint of the divine hand that had grasped Zhang Ruochen plummeted into the shattered and chaotic star domain, exploding directly and turning into strands of divine qi.
No matter how high the opponent’s cultivation, standing in distant spacetime, it was impossible to abduct someone right under a god venerable’s nose.
If the true body descended personally, that would be another matter.
Splash!
From another direction, the Towering Divine Pillar condensed from star mist and over ten thousand planets swung down again, blocking Fu Lu God Venerable from approaching Zhang Ruochen.
From the Dark Temple, an aged voice crossed space, Zhang Ruochen has too many variables on him. He cannot become a second Immovable Ming Wang Great Venerable. Having him cultivate only mental power from now on will make him easier to control.
Fu Lu God Venerable’s heart burned with rage. He charged forward, saying, When you first reached the divine realm, did anyone treat you like this? Did anyone cripple your cultivation and force you to cultivate only mental power from then on?
Boom!
The clash of the two god venerables’ powers formed stellar sea tides, impacting the headless Zhang Ruochen and sending him hurtling into the distance, vanishing into the void space.
In the darkness, several unknown powerhouses launched attacks once more.
Unlike the master of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins, who upheld his status and considered himself of high virtue, thus only crippling but not killing.
Their goal was clear: to thoroughly kill Zhang Ruochen and leave no hidden dangers.
If they could seize the mysteries on Zhang Ruochen in the process, that would be even better.
But how could Wu Qing Zong let them succeed? He piloted his star soul divine seat, blocking all the powerhouses’ attacks entirely.
A bunch of vermin, daring to commit crimes yet too cowardly to show your faces. Today, do not blame me for unleashing a slaughter!
Wu Qing Zong punched across space, shattering it. Dozens of stars followed with their cores exploding. A great god of the Death Clan hiding on a rocky planet was struck with divine blood spraying, letting out a miserable cry before fleeing rapidly into the distance.
He could tell Wu Qing Zong was truly enraged, boiling with murderous intent. Staying in this starry sky any longer might lead to being hunted to death.
While Fu Lu God Venerable clashed remotely with the Dark Temple’s palace lord and had no spare attention, Zhang Ruochen’s headless divine body drifted farther and farther in the void space. Moreover, the power of nothingness eroded his body, making his skin translucent, on the verge of becoming nothingness itself.
The gods from various major powers finally could not resist the temptation of immense benefits. Ignoring the risk of falling, they used various means to break into the void space, chasing after Zhang Ruochen’s headless body.
That was not just a body; it was a supreme treasure that even the master of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins wanted to take away.
Of course, the gods of the Yan Clan from the Abyss of Darkness also flew out, intending to rescue Zhang Ruochen.
Truly shameless! Any Tom, Dick, or Harry thinks they can seize the treasures on my senior brother. I, Xue Tu, will be the first to disagree. Xue Tu transformed into a colossal divine body, tens of thousands of li tall, with eight pairs of blood wings unfolding on his back. His face full of fury and malice, he erupted with speed advantage, flying at the forefront.
…
In the void space where Zhang Ruochen’s headless body was, a spatial fluctuation emerged, forming ripples of light curtain.
A black-robed god wearing a metal mask stepped out from the spatial ripples. He was in human form, with white hair hanging down from the black hood on his head.
He was the second-ranked among the Dark Temple’s Twelve Spirit Gods, Mo Jie.
The Dark Temple had used its geographical advantage, teleporting him directly from the temple via a spatial teleportation array. Other powers were too far away for their spatial teleportation arrays to cross the distance.
Zhang Ruochen belongs to the Dark Temple now. All of you, retreat! Mo Jie held a pitch-black staff, his voice arrogant, paying no regard to the arriving gods.
My senior brother is not someone you can take away just because you want to. I, the Great Slaughter War God Emperor, will be the first to object.
Xue Tu’s divine body was massive, like a blood-coloured demonic mountain. He swung a palm thousands of li long, smashing towards Mo Jie.
You have a formidable master, so even if you offend me, you can still live.
Mo Jie waved his hand lightly, and mental power erupted. Without touching the palm Xue Tu threw, Xue Tu’s tens-of-thousands-li-tall divine body was swatted away like a fly, vanishing into some unknown part of the void.
The gods of the Yan Clan from the Abyss of Darkness all struck together, unleashing divine abilities and supreme holy artefacts.
I have long wanted to exterminate you Yan Clan of the Abyss of Darkness, but today, I do not wish for extraneous complications.
Mo Jie swung his staff, unleashing dense beams of dark light that pierced through the gods’ divine abilities, blasted away the supreme holy artefacts, and forced back all the gods of the Abyss of Darkness’s Yan Clan. This included a great god who had reached the Tai Zhen Realm.
With his own power alone, repelling the gods of an entire clan. Mo Jie’s mental power was shockingly strong.
Zhang Ruochen has so many supreme holy artefacts and mysteries on him. If the Dark Temple wants to monopolise them, you must first ask if we agree. From the void, a team of knights wreathed in eerie blue ghostly flames charged rapidly.
These knights all had no heads, heavy corpse qi on their bodies, and sky-high baleful aura.
The leading knight, though headless, had six arms, with a blood-red eye in the palm of each hand.
The Corpse Clan, the Headless Heavenly Corpse Knights. Mo Jie’s tone lost a bit of its contempt.
The six-armed headless knight general said, Zhang Ruochen had his head shattered by Tian Nan. It is fated that he shall become one of the Headless Heavenly Corpse Knights. Today, whoever dares block me from taking him, the Heavenly Corpse Knights shall slay them together.
A vast expanse of ghostly clouds thousands of li across surged into the void space.
Meng Hai Great God stood at the centre of the ghostly clouds, his face hideous and withered. He cackled eerily, This seat has an irreconcilable enmity with Xue Jue War God. Zhang Ruochen is his grandson. It is only right for this seat to kill him. If you want to fight over the mysteries and supreme holy artefacts, wait until this seat has killed him first!
The ghostly clouds rapidly spread forward, enveloping Zhang Ruochen.
How could Mo Jie and the six-armed headless knight general believe his nonsense? They both rushed towards Zhang Ruochen, not giving Meng Hai Great God a chance to approach.
Just as the three powerhouses all charged towards Zhang Ruochen, a figure in divine fire armour descended from the sky, landing beside Zhang Ruochen and reaching out to touch his chest.
A terrifying deathly qi surged out, impacting her palm.
It was a lingering force from the master of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins.
She quickly withdrew her hand, her gaze locking onto Meng Hai Great God, Mo Jie, and the six-armed headless knight general. She activated the power of the armour. Immediately, three thousand different kinds of divine fire erupted from the armour, turning the void space into an endless sea of fire.
Sizzle!
Meng Hai Great God was at the forefront. The thousands-li ghostly clouds he had condensed were instantly incinerated by the divine fire.
Ah! This is… the Mixed Gold Heavenly Fire…
Some divine fire landed on Meng Hai Great God’s ghostly body, burning through it. He let out a piercing, shrill scream.
The six-armed headless knight general’s divine realm world and Mo Jie’s mental power domain were penetrated by the divine fire’s refining. Scorching fire waves swept towards their bodies, startling them into pale-faced retreat.
By the time they had refined all the divine fire, they found that the figure in the divine fire armour had already taken Zhang Ruochen and left.
Just a suit of armour, yet able to instantly release three thousand kinds of divine fire. In the heavens and earth, only one treasure has such power. The Fire God Armour of Kunlun Realm! Meng Hai Great God’s tone was filled with wariness, and he found it inconceivable.
Mo Jie said, A god from Kunlun Realm rescued Zhang Ruochen?
Impossible. In Kunlun Realm, apart from the Dragon Lord and the Fallen God Island Master… Could it be the Thousand Bones Empress? the six-armed headless knight general said.
Possible! Although wearing the Fire God Armour, which concealed her appearance and aura, the figure does indeed look like a woman. Moreover, the Thousand Bones Empress dared to intrude into the Fate God Domain, treating the Infernal Court as her own home. Only she has such audacity to rescue someone under the mental locks of supreme beings like the Dark Temple’s palace lord and the master of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins. Meng Hai Great God said, somewhat excitedly.
Mo Jie said, Excellent! This time, let her come but not return. Seize the Time Mystery along with her.
The Thousand Bones Empress had only cultivated for a hundred thousand years. These old great gods, who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, were not intimidated by her earlier moves. They followed the lingering aura and chased after her.
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Kunlun Realm.
The Fallen God Island Master stood by the Pool of Destiny beneath the Ghost Gate Pass.
Ever since Zhang Ruochen sent back the message that the Yellow Springs Star River might activate again and rush towards the starry sky of Kunlun Realm, he had come here to reinforce the starry sky grand array.
His figure was aged, face full of wrinkles, very fatigued, no longer the spirited youth of a hundred thousand years ago.
Suddenly, he sensed something. His expression changed drastically as he looked up at the galaxy like a yellow river above, trembling as he said, In the end, it is still hard to escape the calamity? No, perhaps there is still a chance.
In that instant, the Fallen God Island Master’s decrepit and aged figure became full of vitality, his eyes shining like two divine stars.
A hundred thousand years of imprisonment had worn away much of his mental power, but it could not extinguish his spirit.
He could not go to the Infernal Court himself to bring Zhang Ruochen back.
But he could mobilise powerful mental power to disrupt the heavenly secrets, severing the mental power and divine sense of that one from Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins, making Zhang Ruochen’s trail disappear.
As long as that one from Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins could no longer sense Zhang Ruochen’s aura, Zhang Ruochen would have a chance to escape alive.
As long as he lived, there was still hope.
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Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins.
A blue-skinned elder stood by the sea, originally intending to strike again, breaking through spacetime for a second blow.
But at that moment, his sense of Zhang Ruochen vanished.
Finally made your move, have you? Good, this old man shall see how much mental power you have left. The blue-skinned elder laughed.
As for Zhang Ruochen, he was set aside, no longer paid attention to.
After all, his martial dao was crippled. He was no longer a threat.
A mental power clash spanning the universe erupted invisibly!
