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chapter-1221

Xiao Yan and the Tiangang Swordmaster stared at each other, eye to eye. Neither of the two made a single sound; the situation fell into a dead silence.

By meditating on the dichotomous power concept of the birth and destruction of the Great Tao, Xiao Yan could mitigate the damage from the Annihilation of the Tao energy when he used the Heaven Fire Lotus. However, with the injuries stacking up, even the Birth of the Tao Energy needed time to heal again.

Right now, although he could still fight, but unavoidably, his Abhijnas and Mana deteriorated precipitously.

As for the damage caused by the backblast of the heavenly catastrophe and the Cang Ming Swordmaster’s sword, although they were still there, Xiao Yan has plenty of healing elixirs and medicines on him. After applying them, his injuries have already stabilized.

Facing the Vipralopa-stage Tiangeng Swordmaster, Xiao Yan was neither haughty nor humble as he gazed at him calmly.

Although the Tiangeng Swordmaster’s expression was calm, his look inevitably became complex.

Luo Qingwu, Chu Yang, and Zhuge Zhan, together, moved to stand by Xiao Yan’s side. Meanwhile, the Mount Shu cultivators who have been freed, including Ji Wenrui and the Lixiong Swordmaster, came to stand behind the Tiangeng Swordmaster as well, and all of their faces were dark and gloomy.

Whether it was the Cang Ming Swordmaster, or the Shaoze Swordmaster and the others slain by Luo Qingwu, they were all elders of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, every one of them a core grandmaster. Their deaths meant a huge loss for the already tottering Mount Shu Sword Sect.

At this moment, the Mount Shu Sword Sect was in such bad shape that it was almost comparable to the Middle Ages, when their base was kicked open and humiliated by the Emperor of Extremity, Shenyuan.

What’s more, one of the main reasons for this situation was the Cang Ming Swordmaster and the others themselves. Even the death of the Cang Ming Swordmaster was because he wanted a duel to the death with Xiao Yan.

In addition, the Cang Ming Swordmaster and the others left a huge mess to settle. The Saintly Celestial Primordial Sword Formation has been shattered, and the other major Sword Sects were affected as well. There were still a lot of loose ends to tie up.

The War of the Two Worlds has not yet ended, and the Mount Shu Sword Sect was already stuck in a nightmarish situation. Although there was still the Tiangeng Swordmaster, they were in such bad shape that it was little better than the Great Qin Empire.

Gazing at the once again fragmented Saintly Celestial Sword, the Mount Shu cultivators’ feelings were even more mixed.

Looking at the current situation, the Cang Ming Swordmaster and the others did not participate in the battle previously either, so they can be left out of the count. However, they basically sacrificed the Saintly Celestial Primordial Sword Formation for nothing.

This made every single one of the Mount Shu cultivators impossibly depressed. Facing Xiao Yan and the others again, it would be hard for their emotions not to be mixed.

As for the actions of the Cang Ming Swordmaster and the rest, it was difficult for the Tiangeng Swordmaster and Ji Wenrui to classify them as purely mutiny or rebellion either.

Neither Xiao Yan nor Luo Qingwu said anything further, and just stood there silently, waiting for the Tiangeng Swordmaster and Ji Wenrui to make the decision on their own.

However, at this very moment, the sky suddenly jerked violently, as if shockwaves from the Void were shaking the Greater World of the Divine Lands.

The location was not Mount Shu. It seems to be impossibly far away; although the effect appeared to be smaller than the previous battle between Xiao Yan, the Tiangeng Swordmaster, and the Cang Ming Swordmaster, but the gazes of both the Tiangeng Swordmaster and Xiao Yan fell towards the northeast direction.

“Mount Baiyun!” Xiao Yan and the Tiangeng Swordmaster both raised their eyebrows slightly. The battle happening there now was even more powerful – and even more frightening – than the one here at Mount Shu.

Actually, similar tremors were always there, previously. However, the one just now was especially shocking.

The Hades Tribe was invading Mount Baiyun. At this instant, the battle has obviously entered the most heated phase.

Outside the boundaries of the Greater World, in the boundless Void, an epic battle was raging right now.

A gigantic beast, his form humanlike, stood proudly in the Void. His body was covered in silver fur; purple radiance flashed on the surface of his body, and the radiance itself was covered in black runes. A beam of the purest black was launched from his forehead, falling onto an orb of light – seemingly extremely large, but also seemingly extremely small – in the distance.

Arcane and esoteric glows flashed on the orb as it contracted with all its might, concentrating its defenses and resisting the black radiance from the gigantic beast.

However, under the effect of the black radiance, the colored glow on the surface of the orb was melting away rapidly. Although it turned lustrous and bright, it also fell into the mundane once again, losing the mysterious and arcane power concept.

However, right now, streaks of purple-gold radiance were flowing across the surface of the orb incessantly, resembling countless dragons and helping the orb to defend against the black light.

As the dragons roared, the Heavens shook. It was as if they summoned the will of every single living being and formed the dignity of the Supreme; indistinctly, they even caused the Energy of the Terra Veins of the Divine World to vibrate incessantly.

Although the purple-gold light dragons were being shattered constantly, they slowed the speed at which the black light was penetrating the orb.

The gigantic beast was none other than the current Chief of the Hades Tribe, Hades/Twelve/Illusory Sun, also known as the Illusory Sun Hades.

Illusory Sun Hades gazed at this scene calmly. “This is the congregation of the so-called, worldly Energy of Draconic Origin of the Divine Lands?”

In the Void far behind him stood a group of Hades Beasts. All of them resembled human form, and patterns of purple light floated on the surface of their skin.

At the front of the group stood two Hades Beasts, both remarkably tall in stature. One resembled an old man, the other a middle-aged man.

The older Hades Beast said, quietly, “We already did not go to pursue them…and they still dared to come looking for a fight? It seems that the Tribe has indeed left this Greater World for far too long.”

He tilted his head slightly. “You guys, follow this so-called Energy of Draconic Origin and settle it.”

“Although the word was that that Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was rushing back here from the Barren Expanses, but he cannot split himself – he could only focus on Mount Baiyun.”

Hearing this, the multitude of Hade Beasts behind him all grinned, exposing sharp fangs that resembled dragon but also wolf.

The ostensibly middle-aged Hades Beast, meanwhile, waved his hands. “Great-uncle Kongyuan, there’s no need to go to so much trouble. We can just do it here – connected to the Veins, we can just destroy those humans with blunt force.”

After a moment of thought, the wizened Hades, Kongyuan, nodded. “All right, since the Chief has already spoken, we do not need to hold back either. Qingluan, then you and I would do it.”

After a slight pause, he turned and looked behind him. “Jingyan, you come, too. If we’re going to do it, then might as well as make it count.”

Behind him and Qingluan stood a row of three large Hades Beasts. Hearing his words, the Hades Beast in the middle, with a smile, nodded. He strode out of the crowd and stood beside Kongyuan and Qingluan.

The three Hades Demons howled at once as they revealed their true bodies. Terrifying demonic power reverberations shook the space; just a single howl alone tore streaks in the Void.

“Unparalleled Energy of Hades.”

“Free Spiritual Energy of Hades.”

“Brilliant Heavenly Energy of Hades.”

Gold, white, and crimson. Three brilliant radiances, simultaneously, lit up the Void. Infinite rays and clouds, together with runes and divine patterns, emerged, submerging the sky and filling the directionless Void.

The three brilliances, together with the Illusory Sun Hades’ Supreme Mystical Energy of Hades, landed on the massive orb of light formed by the Great Void Sect’s Mount Baiyun.

Almost in an instant, the many purple-gold dragons on the light orb started to shatter.

Qingluan smiled coldly. “That magic treasure that activated it is not bad, but the one using it, his level of cultivation is too low. Even if he summoned the so-called Energy of All Life, Energy of the Terra Veins…that’s all that’s there to it.”

Blasted by four radiances simultaneously, the Energy of Draconic Origin on the orb of light instantly started to crumble and disintegrate; even the orb of light, formed by Mount Baiyun, started to collapse.

Transmitted by the Energy of Draconic Origin, in the Divine Lands, Xiling City and Tianjing City immediately trembled. At this moment, it was as if the two majestic cities encountered an impossibly strong and unprecedented earthquake. The massive city walls, normally appearing to be unmovable, were in danger of collapse at any moment.

Above the Imperial Palace in Tianjing City, an enormous palace floated in the sky. It was even more majestic, more commanding, and resembled the divine palace of a celestial king – none other than the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai.

Massive amounts of Energy of Draconic Origin were drawn to the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai. Above the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai was a massive ball of light; the ball of light flashed constantly, sending the Energy of Draconic Origin of the Great Zhou, as well as the intercepted Energy of Draconic Origin of the Great Qin, into the Void and adding them onto Mount Baiyun.

Right now, at Mount Baiyun, the pressure suddenly intensified. The magic apparatus was unable to bear it, and the light flow formed by the Energy of Draconic Origin crumbled and disintegrated in droves. The massive pressure spread with the Draconic Energy, travelling through the Void and heading towards the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai.

Under the effect of the violent energy, the ball of light above the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai looked ready to shatter at any time. Linked by the energy flow, Xiling City and Tianjing City were both tittering, on the verge of collapse.

“Reaching the limit…” Inside the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai, the expression of the Great Zhou Emperor, Liang Pan, was grave, but his gaze was clear and calm, giving him an air of great confidence.

His hands switched through a series of gestures constantly. The enormous Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai glowed as an arcane pattern, ancient and impossibly complex, materialized, merging into the ball of light above the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai.

The ball of light suddenly jerked, and then shattered abruptly, becoming streaks of light that escaped outwards as the complex arcane pattern flashed and disappeared.

As the pattern flashed, the great part of the terrifying pressure transmitted from Mount Baiyun, in the Void, flowed towards the direction of Xiling City. Meanwhile, the fraction that surged towards Tianjing City was blocked by the Imperial Palace of Emperor Tai, together with the defense formation of Tianjing City with the help of the Energy of Draconic Origin.

Meanwhile, at this moment, in the Void, the four masters of the Hades Tribe were attacking Mount Baiyun together, causing the Energy of Draconic Origin on Mount Baiyun to disintegrate rapidly.

Qingluan tilted his head slightly as he sneered coldly. “Back then, in the Spirit Sea, apart from your Great Void Sect, there should have been another party participating as well. Was that the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders? Not long ago, was it you or him who tried to reopen the Spirit Sea?”

“Regardless of which one of you it is, you did us a great favor. Or else, we might have to wait a few more years to return to the Greater World.”

Illusory Sun Hades, meanwhile, remained calm. The terrifying Supreme Mystical Energy of Hades shook the Heavens – the black light, by brute force, broke open the Cheng Heaven Great Void Celestial Light shielding Mount Baiyun!

Mount Baiyun, taking the form of the Nine Heavenly Palaces at this moment, started to tremble violently. The Supreme Yin-Yang Void Formation, originally merged with it, was forcibly separated by the terrifying Supreme Mystical Energy of Hades as well.

Within the Great Void Nine Heavenly Palaces, the shapes of the Xuan Yi Holy Man, Yan Nanlai, and the Great Void Holy Pavilion flashed as they were all forcibly ejected from the Nine Heavenly Palaces by the shock.

Outside the protection of Mount Baiyun and the formations, facing the masters of the Hades Tribe, it would be painful to imagine the fates of the Xuan Yi Holy Man, Yan Nanlai, Kuang Heng, and the others.

However, at this very instant, vast purple gas suddenly filled the infinite Void and locked down the surrounding world.

The eyes of Illusory Sun Hades, Kongyuan, Qingluan, and the other masters of the Hades Tribe flashed at the same time.

“The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders?” Illusory Sun Hades turned around slowly.

The purple gas dissipated, revealing a saintly mountain that resembled white jade. On the mountain, the rainbow-colored treasure tree glowed with all its splendor, as its branches and leaves swayed, rustling.

Below the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, a purple-robed teenager, his hands clasped behind his back, stood calmly – none other than Lin Feng.