Chapter 923: The Handprint Above the Blue Star Divine Continent

Feiyang Merchant Guild.

During the Three Divine Star Continents era, the Feiyang Merchant Guild could at best be called one of the top merchant guilds.

On Daoxu Street, the Feiyang Merchant Guild could only occupy a single building.

Now, the entire Daoxu Street belongs to the Feiyang Merchant Guild.

Chang Feiyang, who had just emerged from seclusion, stood atop the Feiyang Merchant Guild building, gazing at the former Daoxu Street, deeply satisfied.

The former Daoxu Street had now become the Feiyang Merchant Guild.

Where are those who once opposed me?

Haha.

That Yuan Qing was once the leader of the Tiancaishen Alliance; now, I could crush him with a single slap.

This fellow is hiding inside the Blue Star Academy and dares not show his face; if he steps out, I will humiliate him thoroughly.

Isn't Pu Zhijian, the head of the Sword God Nest, very powerful? Where is he now?

He wiped out the entire Sword God Nest.

Chang Feiyang gazed toward the direction of the Blue Star Academy.

The number one sect of the Blue Star Divine Continent?

In a few days, it won't be anymore; if not for waiting for reinforcements, I would have acted long ago.

Ku Ya must still be injured and hasn't recovered yet; once I kill Ku Ya, I'll move the Feiyang Merchant Guild's headquarters to the Blue Star Academy.

As for this place, I'll turn it into the first marketplace of the Blue Star Divine Continent.

Too bad Ding Huan isn't here.

If Ding Huan were here, I would grab his throat, stare into his eyes, and tell him:

"From now on, this place bears my surname—Chang. It's my territory. You, a mere ant, gained some fortune and think you're something great?"

Fortune isn't something only Ding Huan can obtain—I, Chang Feiyang, can obtain it too…

Just as Chang Feiyang was brimming with ambition, a message landed in his hand.

When he saw its contents, he flew into a rage.

The message stated that all Feiyang Merchant Guild members sent to the Blue Star Academy had their soul tablets shattered, including Elder Zhuo.

I sent people to harass the Blue Star Academy precisely to prevent Ku Ya from healing.

I assumed Ku Ya of the Blue Star Academy would never dare kill my people.

Yet Ku Ya had the audacity to slaughter every single one of them.

I had planned to wait for Ku Xinren to arrive before confronting Ku Ya; now that Ku Ya has dared strike at the rest of the Feiyang Merchant Guild, I won't show mercy.

As Chang Feiyang's fury surged, he suddenly felt his breath catch—a crushing sensation of death washed over him.

He had felt this before; every time it occurred, it was when his life hung in the balance.

But now, he was about to enter the Yanjie Realm—who could possibly instill such a deathly dread in him?

The sky seemed to darken; Chang Feiyang instinctively looked up.

Then he saw a scene he would never forget for the rest of his life.

A colossal qi handprint descended from the void, nearly obscuring the entire Blue Star Divine Continent.

Terrifying deathly energy radiated from this immense qi handprint.

Chang Feiyang tried desperately to flee.

But the spatial laws around him were utterly alien—he couldn't move an inch.

A chill rose from his heart—he was going to die.

Such a technique, even if his power increased a hundredfold, would still be impossible to escape.

The aura of death filled Chang Feiyang's entire spirit; he fell to his knees in terror.

Chang Feiyang was grateful that, though he couldn't move, he could still kneel:

"Above, Dao Ancestor, your humble servant Chang Feiyang offers to do anything for you; I surrender my soul to your absolute disposal…"

Such terrifying might, in Chang Feiyang's mind, was no longer merely that of a senior.

A qi handprint nearly blotting out an entire star continent—this could only be an Ultimate Dao Master, likely the legendary Cosmic Dao Ancestor who surpassed the Seventh Step of the Dao.

Hence, he dared not call him "senior"—he directly cried out "Dao Ancestor."

His trembling voice revealed that terror had utterly consumed his body and soul.

He couldn't accept it—how long had he possessed this fortune?

And he was about to attain the Yanjie Realm; someday he would stand atop the cosmos—how could he die so senselessly?

At this moment, not only Chang Feiyang, but nearly every cultivator on the Blue Star Divine Continent stared in terror at the qi handprint descending from the sky.

Though the deathly aura did not target them, they knew with certainty: if that handprint so much as brushed against them, they would die without fail.

"Boom!"

The handprint slammed down; the horrific sound of annihilation filled Chang Feiyang's entire mind.

Yet strangely—he was unharmed?

Chang Feiyang opened his eyes; what he saw left him utterly stunned…

The magnificent Feiyang Merchant Guild, built under his supervision, had once again become ruins.

No, it wasn't even ruins.

It was a handprint embedded into the ground—no trace remained of the Feiyang Merchant Guild.

Thousands of Feiyang Merchant Guild cultivators and enforcers—all dead.

Worse still, the laws of heaven and earth showed no change whatsoever.

This supreme being had smashed the entire Feiyang Merchant Guild to dust, exterminating every last soul—yet not a single ripple of cosmic law had stirred.

Only a handprint remained.

This handprint was deliberately left by that great being, solely to establish dominance.

How is it possible that the laws of heaven and earth were not even slightly affected?

That doesn't make sense—how does he still have consciousness?

Chang Feiyang forgot he still had a divine thought; he looked down at himself.

He discovered he was floating in empty space— that palm strike had not harmed him at all.

Chang Feiyang grew excited: the great being must have taken notice of him, and since he had been willing to offer his soul imprint before the handprint fell,

that was why the great being had spared his life.

Before he could fully grasp this thought, he felt his neck tighten—the qi handprint gripped his throat and yanked him violently out of empty space.

Chang Feiyang had only one thought: wasn't this exactly what he had just imagined—grabbing Ding Huan like this?

Can't you even think such a thing?

"Plop." A tremendous force surged over him.

Chang Feiyang felt himself thrown onto the ground, utterly powerless to resist.

He was, after all, a powerful cultivator on the verge of attaining the Profound Realm—yet thrown to the ground like this, his bones shattered, his Dao collapsed.

He cultivated the Inherited Dao, the greatest fortune and deepest secret of his life.

Why, with just a single toss, did his Dao collapse?

"Chang Feiyang?" Ku Ya and the others stared at Chang Feiyang, thrown to the ground by Ding Huan, their hearts filled with shock.

Immediately, they recalled the enormous handprint Ding Huan had struck out moments earlier.

Could it be that the Star Lord had just smashed the Feiyang Trading House with one palm strike—and captured its master, Chang Feiyang?

This was simply…

"Lord Master, did you just obliterate the Feiyang Trading House with one palm strike?" Yuan Qing couldn't help asking.

His heart was brimming with excitement.

Although in Ding Huan's eyes, his own advancement speed was extremely slow,

for him, since joining the Blue Star Academy, his cultivation speed had become faster than ever before.

Here, not only were the laws of heaven and earth clear and distinct, but the dense celestial spiritual energy was something he had never encountered before.

His current excitement stemmed from seeing a higher level of Dao waiting ahead of him.

If he continued, one day he would reach Ding Huan's height.

If he wished, he could extend a qi handprint at any moment and snatch Chang Feiyang from billions of miles away, annihilating the Feiyang Trading House across that distance.

If Ding Huan knew this fellow thought so, he could only say: Yuan Qing, you're imagining too much.

Even if Yuan Qing reached the true Sage of Utterance, let alone

the Sixth or Seventh Step, he could never accomplish this.

The laws of heaven and earth on Blue Star Divine Land are complete and constantly advancing.

Ding Huan could use a qi handprint to snatch Chang Feiyang—and obliterate the Feiyang Trading House with one palm—because the laws of heaven and earth here are on par with his own.

In other words, if Ding Huan were taken to another place,

even if it were the Dunyi Divine Realm, he could not do it.

Unless Ding Huan's Dao advanced further.

"Yes, I did just obliterate the Feiyang Trading House."

As Ding Huan spoke, he sighed inwardly.

In the past, he would have carefully screened them first.

The entire Feiyang Trading House likely contained some innocent people—but today, he erased them without hesitation.

Unlike Huan, who destroyed planet after planet for no reason, solely to prove his Dao,

he believed that under an avalanche, no snowflake was innocent.

The Feiyang Trading House had destroyed seventeen sects on Blue Star Divine Land, killed hundreds of thousands of innocent cultivators, and murdered his friend Pu Zhijian.

Such a force deserves to be annihilated ten thousand times over.

Ding Huan shook his head and cast the thought aside.

"Lord Ku…"

Chang Feiyang finally recognized Ku Ya before him, then saw Ding Huan: "Ding Huan… Star Lord…"

"Chang Feiyang, when you betrayed humanity, I wanted to kill you then—and you escaped.

You escaped, yet dared return—not only that, you invited Ku Xinren to seize Blue Star Divine Land.

You even led others to kill hundreds of Blue Star Academy disciples, destroyed over a dozen sects on Blue Star Divine Land, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocent cultivators.

You shattered Blue Star Divine Land into ruins. Killing you is too kind."

"Star Lord, I'm willing to surrender my soul imprint…" Chang Feiyang's face turned as white as paper.

He had always believed that in time, he would step into the Profound Realm.

With his current strength and inheritance, crushing Ding Huan would be as easy as breathing.

Who could have imagined Ding Huan's power had grown so terrifying? Even while still in the Blue Star Academy, a single handprint had snatched him here—and obliterated the Feiyang Trading House.

Had he known Ding Huan was this invincible, he would have died far away rather than ever return to Blue Star Divine Land.

"You're a piece of trash—dare you ask Master Huan to take you in? You're such a worthless waste; I see countless like you every day. Can you pay?

You even dared kill hundreds of Blue Star Academy disciples—you're rotten to the core…"

Yi Jie stepped forward and kicked Chang Feiyang in the head.

Chang Feiyang's skull cracked open, oozing a foul-smelling pus.

Ding Huan raised his hand and tore open Chang Feiyang's world, sweeping away everything inside before he spoke:

"I'll give you one chance to die right now. Tell me, when are Kuxin Ren and Zhu Xingchan coming to Blue Star Divine Land?"