He glanced at Chen Ping and said hoarsely, “Old matters from many years ago. No need to mention them. Back then I was the eldest senior brother of Heaven Gate, yet… I fell in love with a little junior sister and made her my lifelong companion in secret. I violated sect rules, and in his fury Master crippled my core technique and expelled me from the sect… It was I who let the sect down…”
His words were brief, yet they carried endless stories and remorse.
“But!”
He suddenly raised his head and looked once more at Soul-Devouring Venerable. His voice rang out like thunder. “The sect will always be my sect! This vengeance must be taken! Soul-Devouring Venerable, your life is forfeit, !!!”
That final furious roar was like the first divine thunder that split heaven and earth, instantly igniting the flames of war!
Shen Zhiyin moved!
No longer lazy and carefree, he transformed into a dazzling stream of light that tore through the firmament, charging straight at Soul-Devouring Venerable high in the sky!
Wherever he passed, demonic qi recoiled and the void warped. He seemed the natural nemesis of all evil in the world!
“So it is you! Shen Zhiyin! That useless eldest senior brother who was driven out of the sect!”
Soul-Devouring Venerable had heard of Shen Zhiyin in the sect long ago. Surprise flickered in his eyes, only to be replaced by even denser killing intent. “Perfect! Today I shall eradicate you, the last remnant of Heaven Gate, and let Heaven Gate vanish completely from history!”
“BOOM!”
Demonic qi exploded fully around Soul-Devouring Venerable. He too turned into a jet-black demonic ray that ripped the vault of heaven, meeting Shen Zhiyin head-on!
In the next moment, two beams of light, one representing utmost righteousness, the other utmost evil, both containing power to destroy heaven and earth, slammed together above Yama Heaven Sect!
“DONG, !!!!!!!!!!”
No words could describe the sound of this collision!
It was as though all Nine Heavens trembled and wailed beneath the blow!
A colossal sphere of energy, blending blinding radiance with abyssal darkness, expanded wildly from the point of impact, instantly swallowing dozens of li of sky!
Inside the sphere, laws shattered, space fractured, time fell into chaos!
Only two blurred figures could faintly be seen, crossing and clashing at speeds beyond divine-sense perception!
Every exchange unleashed a terrifying energy shockwave capable of annihilating an entire great city with ease!
The sky was torn open with spatial rifts thousands of zhang long that refused to heal, like hideous scars!
The earth undulated like waves. More mountain peaks collapsed under the aftershocks, rivers changed course, forests turned to scorched earth!
“Quick! Activate every protective sect formation! Everyone, get to the core of the arrays!”
Somehow Yan Nantian had been pulled from the wall. Though gravely wounded, he still forced himself to shout orders at the top of his lungs to the surviving sect members.
He knew that at this level of battle, even the slightest ripple of aftershock could reduce them to ashes!
The remaining disciples of Yama Heaven Sect fled in abject terror toward the faintly glowing core of the sect’s great arrays deep within the grounds.
Every face was filled with horror and dread. They looked up at the apocalyptic sky as though witnessing a war between gods and demons!
Supported by Liu Xue’s feeble spiritual power, Chen Ping also retreated to a relatively safe zone. He stared fixedly at the sphere of destructive energy in the high heavens, his heart filled with awe.
This was a true battle of supreme experts!
Compared to his earlier fights, it was the difference between cloud and mud!
Within the sphere, Shen Zhiyin pointed his fingers like a sword. Every thrust carried supreme sword intent that purified evil and passed judgement upon the world, as though he had become the master of Heaven Gate’s Punishment Hall executing final sentence!
Meanwhile Soul-Devouring Venerable swung both claws. Demonic qi transformed into tens of thousands of ferocious ghost heads that devoured and corroded everything, seemingly intent on dragging this entire world into the Avīci Hell!
“Heaven Gate Sword Art, Myriad Swords Return to the Source!”
Shen Zhiyin roared. Countless blades of light condensed purely from laws appeared around him. Like a vast river of swords, they gathered into a single torrent, tore through the demonic qi, and stabbed straight toward the centre of Soul-Devouring Venerable’s brow!
