This scene made everyone feel terror and tremble once again.
Elder Jin was a renowned Ancestral Dao Realm being who had lived for countless epochs. He was from the same era as Sage Xi, the master of Saintess Xiyuan, and could be called a walking living fossil. His defeat and severe injury made everyone feel it was unbelievable and incredulous.
After all, Nai Yuan, the Suppressing Immortal Marquis, was not at the Ancestral Dao Realm and was still some distance from this realm, but at his peak, Elder Jin's strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Ancestral Dao Realm. Even he had been severely injured? Moreover, now he was teamed up with Yan Gucheng, Law Sage, and other Dao Realm existences, holding an absolute advantage. But they were still no match for Gu Changge, and were successively severely injured. Who knew how many Dao Realm existences had died in that battlefield beyond the world?
The outcome of this battle would definitely be terrifying, and would trigger an unimaginable earth‑shattering event.
"Elder Xingying, please help us. The strength of the Lord of the Heaven‑Slaying Alliance is too unimaginable, as if he shouldn't exist in this world. We are not his match at all."
"The King of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, borrowing the immeasurable collective fortune of all beings from the Immortal Chu Dynasty, could barely contend against him…"
Elder Jin's blood‑soaked body fell from the great hole in the battlefield beyond the world. His injuries were incomparably severe, both arms completely broken, revealing gleaming white bone fragments. Enduring the intense pain, he asked the many honored guests of the Immortal Chu Dynasty for help, his eyes still filled with disbelief and terror. Although he did not want to admit it, nor boost the opponent's prestige, it was indeed the truth.
The three Ancestral Dao Realm existences joined forces, with the help of numerous Dao Realm beings, leveraging favorable timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony, yet they still could not capture Gu Changge; instead, they were successively severely injured. Moreover, Elder Jin still felt a sense of unease and terror; Gu Changge seemed to be waiting for something, and was not fully focused on battling them. But despite this, all of them still felt extremely strained. After several rounds of fighting and successive bombardments, they were all severely injured and lost their combat effectiveness. Including Elder Jin, who had now injured his origin, and probably could not go to help again in a short time.
"That he is so strong; under such circumstances, even Saintess Xiyuan of that day could not possibly be a match for Chu Gucheng and others. The mysterious King of the Heaven‑Slaying Alliance, what exactly is his origin?"
"When did such an existence suddenly appear in the myriad worlds? No matter how, no karma related to him can be probed; he does not exist in the past, nor in the future, the only one throughout the worlds. Could it be a former sage who has reached the End of the Path?"
Elder Xingying's eyes shone with a crystalline light, as if vast Great Dao evolutions were occurring. Her expression was also very grave. From just now, she had been watching the battle situation, thinking that there would be no major surprises. In her view, Gu Changge's strength was so powerful that he should be above Saintess Xiyuan, also a person who had passed eight Heavenly Decline Tribulations, but this strength was limited; he might surpass Saintess Xiyuan by too much. Under such favorable circumstances, for Chu Gucheng and the others, capturing and suppressing Gu Changge should have been more than enough.
But she suddenly realized that she seemed to have still underestimated Gu Changge. Or rather, these people had never seen Gu Changge clearly, let alone fathom his true capabilities and depth.
"Senior Sister Xingying, it seems we must also take action, we can't wait any longer. I fear an accident might occur, causing the situation to reverse."
White‑Browed Star Lord of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, frowning deeply, said with some concern. He was also an Ancestral Dao Realm figure who had passed seven Heavenly Decline Tribulations. Elder Xingying was stronger than him, having gone very far in this realm, but still had not passed eight Heavenly Decline Tribulations. The eighth Heavenly Decline Tribulation was a threshold like a heavenly chasm separating immortals from mortals. Even in a supreme civilization like the Prime‑Origin Civilization, not many had passed it.
"If we join forces, the odds of victory will indeed be much greater. But I worry that this is actually a trap deliberately set by the Lord of the Heaven‑Slaying Alliance. Elder Jin's strength is not weaker than yours, yet he was still easily severely injured. This shows that the Lord of the Heaven‑Slaying Alliance's strength is absolutely far beyond Elder Jin…"
Elder Xingying did not immediately join the battle, but said in a deep voice. These words made White‑Browed Star Lord first stunned, then his expression turned startled. He was not stupid either, and suddenly thought of this possibility, his whole body instantly breaking out in cold sweat.
"Senior Sister, you mean he deliberately let us besiege him, but actually he intends to use himself as bait, and in reality wants to break down the supreme power of the Immortal Chu Dynasty one by one?" he also asked in a deep voice.
It is a widely acknowledged fact that Ancestral Dao Realm existences are very difficult to kill; even those of the same level cannot keep the other party. If they wanted to flee, unless the opponent's cultivation and strength far surpassed theirs, it would be impossible to stop them.
Elder Xingying slowly nodded, saying, "This possibility cannot be ruled out. We will wait and see. Chu Gucheng is so highly valued by our master, he definitely cannot have only this much ability. His cultivation is already close to the eighth Heavenly Decline Tribulation, and on the territory of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, he is innately in an invincible position."
White‑Browed Star Lord frowned slightly, still somewhat worried, and said, "But Senior Sister, if according to you, what if the King of the Immortal Chu Dynasty is defeated?"
Elder Xingying said, "Since Master personally bestowed a brocade bag, it means he already knew everything about today. He knows Yan Gucheng will not be defeated. He is the one who responds to tribulations of the Prime‑Origin Civilization, and will not fall so easily."
Elder Jin's heavily wounded figure fell down. He quickly sat cross‑legged, absorbing the energy from the void to recover from his injuries. Behind him, one massive universe after another seemed to rumble and revolve, a terrifying momentum like rolling star rivers, pressing everyone to nearly prostrate and kneel, worshipping him. This was the might of the Ancestral Dao Realm. Even when severely injured, it only took a single thought to kill beings of other levels.
The other honored guests in the imperial capital also felt their blood churning, subjected to a wave of suppression, their expressions constantly changing. They knew it was because Elder Jin was extremely injured and could not suppress his own aura. Moreover, the battle took place beyond the myriad worlds. Otherwise, if a single drop of blood from an Ancestral Dao Realm fell, it would be an endless disaster for the vast living beings. If a true Ancestral Dao Realm existence were to fall, it would be utterly unimaginable, and the entire Prime‑Origin Civilization would be swept up in the aftermath.
"Little Ancestor, the Immortal Chu Dynasty has sealed all spaces within the imperial capital. We can't get in touch with the Imperial Immortal Palace at the moment." (For exciting novels, go to Feilu!)
Several elders of the Imperial Immortal Palace said with grave expressions. They didn't know that Ling Yuxian and Ling Yuling had a special telepathic connection. They were just worried that the situation in the Immortal Chu Dynasty would become more chaotic later and endanger Ling Yuxian.
"The Immortal Chu Dynasty dares not attack the Imperial Immortal Palace…" Ling Yuxian shook her head, her fair and stunningly beautiful face filled with a heavy expression. In fact, she had already made contact with her older sister Ling Yuling, but she hadn't expected that Ling Yuling had no intention of intervening in this matter, and only told her to wait and see, to await the outcome. Even in her view, her sister's attitude towards Gu Changge was somewhat ambiguous. Logically, Gu Changge had helped her sister escape trouble, and helped her resolve the erosion and infection of Dark Matter. Her sister ought to be grateful to Gu Changge. But her sister remained indifferent to this situation, and even wanted to use the Immortal Chu Dynasty to probe Gu Changge's true strength.
In the depths of the Imperial Immortal Palace, on a cloud‑shrouded peak, Ling Yuling sat cross‑legged, her black hair fluttering, covering half of her immortal visage. Her gaze was gentle and moist, as if with glistening watery light; hazy Primordial Chaos Qi spread around her.
"The appearance of the imitation Coffin of World Burial is absolutely related to the organization Nan Qing spoke of. But where exactly is the Nightmare Demon Domain? If Purple Mist Mountain truly colluded with that organization, then which other forces in the Prime‑Origin Civilization have been infiltrated by them?"
Ling Yuling stared at the glistening water screen before her, then sighed softly, somewhat helpless. She had always suspected Gu Changge's identity. Although Gu Changge indeed helped her escape, and also resolved the Dark Matter for her, Ling Yuling truly could not bring herself to trust such a figure of unknown origin and even more unfathomable methods.
It must be known that during the era when the Black Calamity swept across the myriad worlds, even those existences at the End of the Path level found it difficult to resolve Dark Matter. Once contaminated and corroded, one could very likely fall into the other side of darkness. The original primordial spirit would be occupied by a new consciousness, giving birth to a new dark personality.
During this period, she had also gone again to the Floating Continent in that chaotic Spacetime Sea, searching for the handwritten notes left by Nan Zun, to see if there were records about Dark Matter, or if later generations had methods to deal with and resolve Dark Matter. But there were none. Regardless of whether it was the most ancient eras, or the later generations after countless years of change, there were no methods to deal with Dark Matter.
So by what means did Gu Changge help Jing Tianyun, the distant ancestor of the Jing Clan, resolve the Eternal Life Spirit contaminated by Dark Matter? And how did he expel the Dark Matter from the Gate of Eternal Life?
In fact, when Gu Changge and the distant ancestor of the Jing Clan rushed to that dark land to help her escape, Ling Yuling had already begun to suspect. If Ling Yuxian had carefully observed her expression at that time, she could actually have noticed. When Ling Yuling explained Jing Tianyun's background, she deliberately made some mistakes in her words, but Jing Tianyun remained unmoved, his expression unchanged, without any reaction. Although it was possible that due to the excessive passage of time, Jing Tianyun's memory had blurred and he had forgotten those matters, later, Ling Yuling again tested Jing Tianyun with other matters, and found that his reactions were somewhat too strange. For some things that hadn't happened, he would nod in agreement. On the contrary, for things that had truly happened, such as how she and Ling Yuxian had helped Jing Tianyun, she deliberately got them wrong, yet Jing Tianyun showed no reaction.
From these few reactions, Ling Yuling suspected that something was wrong with Jing Tianyun. When the Eternal Life Spirit disappeared, the words it said were not groundless. It was also from that time onwards that she began to suspect Gu Changge. When Gu Changge took action to resolve the Dark Matter for her, Ling Yuling herself was tense and vigilant to the extreme. But afterwards, thinking that she might be able to test and deduce Gu Changge's origins through this, and also see how he resolved the Dark Matter, she relaxed.
She strongly suspected that Gu Changge was connected to the organization Nan Qing spoke of. She also suspected that Gu Changge was a Remnant of Heaven's Proxy from the Black Calamity Era, a former sage of that era like herself.
The territory of the Immortal Chu Dynasty was incomparably vast, spanning thousands of provinces. Each province was comparable to a great universe, but now, as the shocking great battle in the imperial capital of the Immortal Chu Dynasty erupted, the entire territory of the Immortal Chu Dynasty darkened, the stars and moon dimmed, the brilliant sun vanished, as if a true apocalypse had descended. In the region where the imitation of the Coffin of World Burial fell, the black fog surged even more violently, spreading endlessly to other areas. Wherever it passed, it was like ice and snow spreading across the wasteland, except what formed was not frost, but thick black fog, thousands of zhang high, surging like tidal waves. Ordinary cultivators and living beings simply could not survive under such black fog; they didn't even have time to flee. Vast regions of star systems dimmed and were submerged by the dense black fog. In these areas, everywhere were tragic scenes, living beings wailing and despairing.
In the farther regions, at the battlefield between the Immortal Chu Dynasty and the Demon Court, Karmic Force soared to the heavens, slaughter tribulations abounded; countless armies of the Demon Court and the Immortal Chu Dynasty fought here wave after wave, blood like a sea, corpses and skeletons like mountains, layer upon layer, with no end in sight. The master of Purple Mist Mountain, Zi Lihe, leading many experts of Purple Mist Mountain, had already occupied vast territories of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, like a true torrent, overwhelming and unstoppable, destroying everything in its path. Wherever they passed, the cosmos dried up and shattered, everywhere were broken corpses and star fragments. Star seas dried up, countless corpses and skeletons drifted in the starry skies, the blood so thick it made one want to vomit. The cultivators and living beings who died in this great battle were simply beyond counting.
And deep within the myriad worlds, in the depths of that terrifying hole in the Ancestral Dao Realm battlefield, suddenly it was as if billions of thunderbolts exploded. The originally pitch‑black, deep, boundless void was completely illuminated. All living beings and cultivators saw a terrifying giant hand, as if grasping the entire myriad worlds in its palm, causing billions of stars to collapse. As that giant hand reached down, a gentle tremor shook, and an immeasurable surging aura pressed down, as if turning heaven and earth into a weapon to smash down.
And the King of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, Chu Gucheng, stood within, roaring continuously, his figure trembling repeatedly. He carried the fortune of all beings, condensing the form of the Human Emperor behind him, his colossal Dharma body spanning the entire star sea, its radiance illuminating the myriad worlds. At this moment, he truly seemed to have become the Human Emperor, his already terrifying aura suddenly rising to an unimaginable level.
"All follow me to subdue the demon!"
Chu Gucheng's terrifying roar resounded beyond the myriad worlds, shaking countless universes, making innumerable cultivators' ears ring. He threw a punch, a domineering and overwhelming force that seemed to overturn the Nine Layered Heavens. At this moment, Chu Gucheng's every strand of hair was crystalline and radiant, as if carved from immortal jade, surrounded by incense fire fortune, his entire body shining. Every pore erupted with boundless divine power, as if condensed from three thousand great worlds; centered on him, he brandished fist imprints in the deep darkness to strike.
Within the endless territory of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, boundless light suddenly burst forth. That was the unending heaven‑and‑earth fortune and the collective will of all beings, vast and endless, like soaring true dragons, a mighty and boundless power that was added to Chu Gucheng.
Boom! (For exciting novels, go to Feilu!)
Boom! Boom!
Beyond the myriad worlds, it seemed about to truly explode; immeasurable fist light seethed, as if recreating the primordial era. Chu Gucheng punched again and again, as if possessed, but across from him, that blurry, terrifying figure still stood like a demon mountain, coldly and calmly looking down at him, letting him attack.
"The collective fortune and will of all beings is not to be borrowed like this…" Gu Changge said coldly.
At this moment, the myriad worlds seemed unable to contain his figure. His descending giant hand fell with a thud, showing no sign of stopping. All rules and forces were like torn paper, easily pierced and shredded. All of Chu Gucheng's fist light silently annihilated before him, like ripples that scattered with a light shake, never able to reach his body.
The current Chu Gucheng, though having the capital to challenge existences who had passed eight Heavenly Decline Tribulations, still felt a deep sense of defeat and disbelief when facing such an invincible Gu Changge. With a bang, the area exploded again; amidst the aftershocks, destruction and chaos intertwined. Chu Gucheng flew out spitting blood, from a single palm strike, his hair disheveled, his body covered in blood.
In the imperial capital, all the honored guests who saw this scene felt a tightness in their hearts, filled with terror.
"At this moment, the King of the Immortal Chu Dynasty has already infinitely approached the level of those who have passed eight Heavenly Decline Tribulations, yet he is still so inferior." White‑Browed Star Lord said in a low voice, increasingly worried. Elder Xingying also frowned tightly, feeling uneasy.
And for the living beings of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, they could only see figures flying across the deep, pitch‑black sky. Dao Realm existences, whom they rarely saw in ordinary times, were now constantly coughing up blood there, flying out like broken sacks.
"As the King of the Immortal Chu Dynasty, ignoring the Demon Court's invasion, ignoring the suffering of living beings everywhere, and even ignoring the lives and deaths of your own subjects, you insisted on colluding with the Remnants of the Black Calamity, just to deal with me."
"Is it worth it?"