The Death Clan, one of the upper three clans.
The star domain of the Death Clan is vast, scattered with numerous death spirit planets and yellow mist great realms. The Death God Temple is the supreme power centre of the Death Clan. All Death Clan cultivators, including gods, must obey the commands of the Death God Temple.
Only Tian Nan is an exception.
Tian Nan is located at the extreme south of the Death Clan’s star domain, with flourishing death qi. The entire star domain presents a yellowish-brown hue.
Tian Nan’s “Life and Death Ruins” is both a holy land and a forbidden ground, concealing the greatest secrets of the Death Clan.
Not to mention foreign clan cultivators, even Death Clan cultivators who attempt to intrude will be executed.
It is precisely for this reason that Nan Sheng, as the inheritor of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins, receives respect from all sides. Upon arriving at any place, countless cultivators rush to pay homage. Even a great saint from Tian Nan, once outside, stands head and shoulders above others.
In the heartland of Tian Nan stands a starry sky tree.
It is not a real tree, but one condensed from dense star mist, outlining trunk, branches, and leaves, with chaotic yet vibrant airflows circulating within.
It also bears countless fruits.
Each fruit is a planet. The small ones stretch thousands of li, the large ones tens of thousands of li. All are life planets, treasured grounds suitable for cultivation.
This tree is called the “Time Death God Tree”. It is the centre of Tian Nan and the entrance to the Life and Death Ruins. From any great realm in Tian Nan, one can see it, like a divine tree suspended in the starry sky.
In the future, given the chance, it may grow into a cosmic wonder comparable to the three world trees in the No-Return Forest.
Beneath the Time Death God Tree, three pseudo-god generals stand guard.
They were all startled by the powerful divine might unleashed earlier when the master of Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins acted. They remain shocked to this day, their emotions hard to calm. After inquiring from various sources, they already know what happened.
Too inconceivable! For so many years, Qing Zu has remained aloof from worldly affairs. Who would have thought that this time he would act, and for a new god who has just reached the divine realm. How could a mere Zhang Ruochen qualify for such treatment? one general said with a laugh.
It is hard to say what heights Zhang Ruochen may reach in the future, but his talent is indeed frighteningly high.
One of the generals, with a蛟 tail over ten metres long, snorted lightly, Talent, no matter how high, means nothing. In the world of the strong, only absolute strength matters. Only the weak speak of talent. Zhang Ruochen is incomparable among his peers and at his level, but when Qing Zu pointed across the starry sky, his head still shattered completely, like an ant.
What do you think the Blood Queen and Blood Absolute War God will do upon learning of this?
What reaction can they have? Dare they have any? That Blood Queen is merely a new god. If she dares provoke Tian Nan, any adult here could easily crush her. As for the Blood Absolute War God, he is after all an old-brand god who has lived through a primordial epoch. He should know better than other gods the weight of Tian Nan. If he is sensible, he may achieve much in the future. If not, Tian Nan will teach him how to behave properly.
I fear it is not so simple. The matter has already spread and is causing a stir in the world of gods. The Blood Absolute War God, with his title of war god, has been arranging marriages everywhere for Zhang Ruochen, boasting of having a kirin descendant. This incident cripples Zhang Ruochen but slaps his face. Can he swallow this insult?
Indeed, the Blood Absolute War God is extremely protective of his own, and by nature arrogant. He holds even god venerables in no regard.
The蛟 tail general laughed, That is because he has the Undying Blood Clan behind him, so he can act lawlessly. Now, with the Infernal Court and Heavenly Court at war, how could the Undying Blood Clan, for the sake of a mere Zhang Ruochen, side with the Blood Absolute War God against Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins? That would cause great turmoil in the Infernal Court! Wait and see. Whether the Blood Absolute War God can swallow this or not, he must.
Eh, a message has arrived.
Splash!
A message light talisman flew across the starry sky and landed in the蛟 tail general’s hand.
After reading the content on the talisman, the蛟 tail general snorted in anger, Such audacity, daring to cause trouble in Tian Nan.
What happened? one of the nearby generals asked.
The蛟 tail general said, Shen Ze Star was attacked. An unknown powerhouse shattered its star core. Billions of Death Clan cultivators on the planet had their blood qi and souls extracted.
Shen Ze Star is a fourth-grade great star at the edge of Tian Nan.
This god will go and see who has such boldness, coming to Tian Nan to harvest blood qi and souls.
The蛟 tail general soared into the air, stepping with divine steps, each one covering 129,600 li, flickering through the starry sky straight towards Shen Ze Star.
Before reaching Shen Ze Star, the蛟 tail general halted, gaping in astonishment at the pitch-black boundless cosmos ahead, where planet after planet had turned into burning fragments.
The entire world seemed destroyed. Stars fell across the sky. Some became meteors, speeding away. Others remained half-intact, revealing shocking great holes on their surfaces.
The starry sky was shattered. Countless Death Clan cultivators of Tian Nan had perished.
This was a catastrophic destruction. Tian Nan’s starry sky had turned blood-red.
The蛟 tail general could not believe such a calamity had befallen Tian Nan, nor that anyone dared slaughter openly here. Who could it be?
It could not be a great saint.
A great saint could not breach these planets’ star protection grand arrays, nor destroy so many life planets in such a short time.
Roar!
A deafening dragon roar sounded to the蛟 tail general’s right.
There floated a yellow mist death realm, one of the great realms in Tian Nan’s star domain. A blood dragon charged, and the realm’s protection grand array immediately appeared. Numerous divine patterns also flowed in the starry sky.
Boom!
Countless divine patterns were pierced. The blood dragon collided with the protection grand array, shaking the yellow mist death realm.
In the next instant, the Blood Absolute War God’s body, ten wan li tall, emerged like a starry sky giant from between the shattered star fragments. He seized the Blood Dragon War Halberd and unleashed a second strike.
Boom boom!
The yellow mist death realm’s protection grand array shattered.
The Blood Dragon War Halberd stabbed straight down, crashing into the world’s continental plates and erupting with heaven-shaking divine force. The entire world immediately cracked with numerous canyon fissures.
As the Blood Dragon War Halberd stabbed down, the scattered divine qi had already crushed countless Death Clan cultivators in the realm.
Cultivators below great saint level could not withstand even the airflow from a strike by a god of his calibre.
Refine for me!
The Blood Absolute War God descended upon the yellow mist death realm. Divine fire scattered from his body, using himself as the fire source to refine all life in the death realm. At the same time, he collected their blood qi and souls.
He had killed his way from the edge of Tian Nan. Wherever he passed, planets or death realms alike were annihilated.
The蛟 tail general nearly fainted from fright. It was the Blood Absolute War God. How dared he be so arrogant, coming to Tian Nan to slaughter openly? That yellow mist death realm had a protection grand array and divine pattern guards, yet he breached it in two strikes.
The yellow mist death realm was naturally not a great world, but far larger than a ruin realm. Its defensive power was such that even ordinary great gods could not breach it after three days and nights of assault.
Though the蛟 tail general trembled in fear, it was after all Tian Nan’s territory. He did not believe the Blood Absolute War God dared deicide. Thus, he mustered courage and flew over, saying, Slaughtering openly in Tian Nan, Blood Absolute War God, you disregard Qing Zu far too much.
The Blood Absolute War God stood on the great land of the yellow mist death realm, glancing up contemptuously before bellowing, What are you, to speak from above this seat?
The Blood Absolute War God’s voice crossed the void into the starry sky, shaking the蛟 tail general so that he plummeted straight down, crashing at his feet.
The蛟 tail general was suppressed by the Blood Absolute War God’s divine might, unable to rise. Trembling, he said, You dare deicide? Once you do, it is a declaration of war.
So much nonsense!
The Blood Absolute War God lifted his foot, crushing him into blood mud. Even his divine soul exploded.
After collecting his divine source, divine blood, and soul fragments, the Blood Absolute War God left the yellow mist death realm. Wielding the Blood Dragon War Halberd, he flew straight towards the Time Death God Tree. Wherever he passed, the halberd pierced planets, his palm shattered death realms, leaving only a trail of ruined starry sky path.
Beneath the Time Death God Tree, the two generals had long seen the upheaval in the starry sky and sent the message into the Life and Death Ruins.
Is this the Time Death God Tree? I wonder what will happen if I sever it. Will all the planets on this tree turn to dust? the Blood Absolute War God said this.
With Qing Zu garrisoning the Life and Death Ruins, the two generals restrained their fear. One said, You are too rampant. Dare to touch the Time Death God Tree, and Qing Zu will surely annihilate your body and soul.
This seat seeks precisely Qing Zu. Open the Life and Death Gate. I wish to enter the Life and Death Ruins. Otherwise, I shall first fell the Time Death God Tree, then you two. the Blood Absolute War God said.
One general said, The Life and Death Ruins is a forbidden ground. Unless we die, you shall not intrude.
Good. Killing one is killing, killing three is killing. Just right to collect your blood qi and divine souls to heal my grandson. This is what Tian Nan owes!
The Blood Absolute War God soared over, swinging his hand towards the two generals.
His palm turned into a blood sea. Blood qi in the sea danced like dragons and snakes, containing god-slaying power.
Stop!
A figure radiating blue radiance, like a blue star, burst from the Life and Death Gate, colliding with the Blood Absolute War God’s palm print.
Boom.
The clash of blood-red and blue divine light sent the two pseudo-gods flying from the shockwave. Their divine bodies turned to skeletons, flesh vaporised by the force.
But they survived nonetheless.
That blue figure was named Lan Po Jun. His body was tall and sturdy, clad in divine armour, skin crystalline like blue gemstone.
The Heavenly Palace has war gods, the Undying Blood Clan has war gods, the Yanluo Clan has war gods.
Though Tian Nan’s Life and Death Ruins is renowned across the universe for mental power, it too has nurtured three war gods.
Lan Po Jun was one of them.
To be titled war god requires not only powerful cultivation, but also a history of a hundred battles and glorious achievements. One need not act; the record alone makes foes flee in terror.
Lan Po Jun glanced at the shattered planets and destroyed death realms in the starry sky, his eyes igniting as he said, Zhang Ruochen brought this upon himself and deserved his head shattered by Qing Zu. Qing Zu spared his life, giving full face to you Blood Absolute. Yet you spurn the favour and truly believe Tian Nan dares not kill you?
Thinking of his grandson, who after overcoming countless hardships had just stepped into the divine realm, only to have his head shattered, cultivation crippled, fate unknown, the Blood Absolute War God felt grief and rage to the extreme. Gripping the Blood Dragon War Halberd tightly, he said, Good! I too give Qing Zu face. Today, I shall merely shatter your head and cripple your cultivation, without killing you. Let you taste the flavour of living worse than death!
