Chapter 123

Living beings' blood qi faded away, stillness turned into the netherworld.

Mo Zu devoured six-tenths of the Blood-Painted Star Domain's living beings' blood qi, gaining an edge over you.

But he forgot that, while you took four-tenths of the living beings' blood qi, the entire Blood-Painted Star Domain's netherworld deathly qi had already become yours.

You won.

You defeated Mo Zu, the price being that the entire Blood-Painted Star Domain turned into a dead zone.

At this moment, your heart holds only one thought: to charge toward the Wangxian Realm!

In the faint, you have already found a way to break through your shackles.

You resolved to forge a personal supreme treasure, independent of the Heavenly Dao Divine Office, in order to obtain the Immortal Divine Power Blessing from the depths of Chaos.

The foundation of this personal supreme treasure is the supreme Dao law you comprehended in Di Yu—the World-Destroying Blood Lotus.

After experiencing the struggle with Mo Zu and absorbing the entire Blood-Painted Star Domain's living beings' blood qi, the World-Destroying Blood Lotus had nearly become substantive.

You again employed the supreme law, fusing Di Yu's deathly qi into the blood lotus.

Even Mo Zu's True God Core was refined by you, merging with the blood lotus.

Boom—

At this moment, heaven and earth mourned.

The blood lotus, which ought not exist in the present world, gradually appeared in reality, bit by bit.

At the same time, tribulation clouds gathered above the Blood-Painted Star Domain.

You felt the suppression coming from Heaven's Will.

To obtain the Immortal Divine Power Blessing from the depths of Chaos, you ultimately cannot bypass Heavenly Dao.

Once you possess Immortal Divine Power, you become like the master of the Heavenly Dao Divine Office, no longer a true living being.

It can be said that the True God Realm is the endpoint of the path of living beings.

Once you cross this line, you stand opposed to Heavenly Dao.

Even if Heavenly Dao lacks self-awareness, to maintain cosmic balance it will instinctively suppress anything that exceeds balance.

Whether it is you seeking to charge into the Wangxian Realm or the imminent manifestation of the World-Destroying Blood Lotus, both exceed balance and are intolerable to Heavenly Dao.

Thus the tribulation clouds arose.

You lifted your head to gaze at the rolling tribulation clouds, sensing the danger of death.

Within the tribulation clouds, electric arcs flickered, lightning like a swimming dragon crashed down.

You rose against heaven, hard-resisting the tribulation thunder.

You shattered a bolt of tribulation thunder.

More tribulation thunder followed, one after another, wave after wave overwhelming like a surging tide, giving you no chance to catch your breath.

You remained calm and fearless, standing amidst the sky-filling tribulation thunder, confronting it.

After an unknown amount of time, the tribulation thunder ceased falling, and the tribulation clouds on the Heavenly Dome gradually dispersed.

Yet your expression grew increasingly solemn.

The sealed Blood-Painted Star Domain was forcibly broken open, and cultivators rushed in, all of them True God Realm, ten in total.

These faces were all very familiar to you.

Among the Human Race's five True God Realm experts, aside from Yang Zu who is in closed-door cultivation, the other four have arrived.

The sealed Blood-Painted Star Domain was forcibly broken open, and cultivators rushed in, all of them True God Realm, a total of ten.

"Is this the slaughter of all living beings in the entire star domain?"

"Such cruelty will surely invite heavenly retribution!"

The deathly qi pervading the Blood-Painted Star Domain shocked the ten True God Realm experts who set foot here, some furrowing their brows, some wearing angry expressions.

You looked at them and asked, "Are you all here under the guidance of Heaven's Will?"

"We act on heaven's behalf!"

The Buddha Ancestor, his whole body enveloped in golden light, coldly shouted.

"The Way's practice brings equity to the world; even as the ancestor of the demonic path, one should not fulfill oneself at the cost of a domain's living beings' lives!"

The Confucian Sect Ancestor sighed.

The Human Race's sword cultivator and body cultivator said nothing, merely locking their gaze firmly on you.

To any cultivator other than those of the demonic path, slaughtering the living beings of an entire star domain is a shocking atrocity.

You offered no explanation.

Because you indeed did so.

Explanation is useless, because the True God Realm experts who came to subdue you only saw the facts; the reasons no longer matter.

Whether you or Mo Zu survives, you are destined to face this tribulation.

Because you indeed did that.

You gazed at the ten True God Realm experts, "Whether it is to seek justice for all beings, to carry out Heaven's Will, or for your own sake."

At this very moment, you are infinitely close to the Wangxian Realm.

Facing ten against one, you are not necessarily at a disadvantage.

The ten True God Realm experts joined forces and attacked.

Another great battle unfolded in the lifeless Blood-Painted Star Domain.

You ultimately still did not truly reach the Wangxian Realm.

【Ten True God Realm experts join forces to strike.】

【Another great battle unfolds in the silent Blood-Painted Star Domain.】

【You ultimately still haven't truly reached the Wangxian Realm.】

Ten True God Realm beings, each with their own strengths, their Divine Skill Techniques complementing one another, they surround you alone, and you are gradually finding it hard to withstand.

The World-Destroying Blood Lotus continues to project into reality, seventy-two petals have sprouted on its seat, and it is about to become complete.

The lotus is graded by petals: three flowers, nine petals constitute one grade; twelve grades make the Twelve-Petal complete form, giving hope to receive the Immortal Spirit Power Blessing from the depths of Chaos.

Once your natal treasure receives the Immortal Spirit Power Blessing, you will also step into the Wangxian Realm.

The ten True God Realm beings who have come here have detected a sign.

Their attacks grow ever more fierce, seeking to interrupt the formation of the Twelve-Petal World-Destroying Blood Lotus.

The blood lotus quakes, causing your mind and spirit to grow increasingly unsteady.

In a vague manner, you uncontrollably enter that frenzied state once again.

You have not yet recovered from your battle with Mo Zu; your True God Core is at the brink of shattering, and now you have been driven to desperation.

If this continues, even if you could overcome the ten True God Realm beings, you would yourself be annihilated by the Heavenly Dao Tribulation Thunder.

At that moment, another person breaks into the sealed Blood-Painted Star Domain.

You sense a familiar aura.

The newcomer is Yang Zu.

Yang Zu's cultivation is not inferior to yours—only superior—but she has not yet entered the Wangxian Realm, apparently, like you, stuck at the threshold.

"Everyone, retreat."

"Hand him over to me," Yang Zu says slowly.

Fo Jiao Jiao Zu coldly says, "When Yang Zu arrives, she seeks to monopolize the opportunity for herself—is that not too overbearing?"

"This is for your own good," Yang Zu says with a smile.

"Heaven's Will guides us here to exterminate this person who bears enormous sin; the merit and fortune gained from killing him alone can offset the faith of countless beings."

"You cannot kill him," Yang Zu shakes her head.

"He is already at the end of his rope; we ten True God Realm beings still cannot suppress him, a person whom Heaven's Will does not tolerate?"

"Feel free to try."

Yang Zu flies above the Star Domain, waving her hand to unleash countless seals; chains manifest in heaven and earth, as if seeking to completely seal this world.

Fozu's expression suddenly changes, "Yang Zu! What are you trying to do?!"

"This battle is a matter of life and death; those who wish to contend, stay; those who have no intention, retreat!" Yang Zu's voice carries undeniable majesty.