Chapter 920: Guanghan Palace

Bearing Li Yi’s strike only cost it one arm, proving these remains were once immensely powerful, allowing them to remain undecayed in this lifeless void.

More unsettling to Li Yi was that these remains had been soaked in corrupted energy for too long, triggering some incomprehensible transformation—now awakened, they possessed extraordinary power.

Furthermore, the number of awakened remains kept rising; even a Beast King would dare not lightly enter this place.

“No wonder Earth’s cultivators, despite discovering the lunar contamination, could never resolve it—so many terrifying remains guard this place, making approach nearly impossible, and with a grand array protecting it, long-range attacks are useless.”

Li Yi’s earlier lightning strike had merely scorched a crater on the Moon; if even his power achieved so little, what hope had others?

BOOM!

At this moment.

Li Yi threw another punch; with divine power surging, he shattered the skull of the mangled remains before him, aiming to eliminate one enemy first—but astonishingly, though its arm was destroyed and its head crushed, its body did not fall.

The corrupted energy still clung to it, and the broken frame could still strike back.

The damaged remains extended one finger; corrupted energy coalesced into a gray-white beam, forming an ancient rune as the light solidified.

Li Yi sensed danger and did not hesitate—he shaped his palm into a heavenly blade, five-colored light swirling as the ultimate Dao law condensed, and brought down a single strike that utterly cleaved the remnants apart.

Only at this level of destruction did the ancient remains lose all mobility.

Moreover, the residual corrupted energy on the shattered bones slowly seeped back into the lunar surface, not a speck wasted.

Seeing this, Li Yi’s expression darkened.

Even one corrupted remains was so hard to kill, and the power left behind after death was absorbed by the Moon—meaning his attacks achieved almost nothing. Clearly, whoever designed this place had foreseen every possibility.

This was an impeccable array.

But Li Yi had no time to ponder further—dozens of awakened remains now surrounded him, each pair of eyes glowing with pitch-black radiance, like abysses staring at him.

Cold, malevolent hostility radiated without restraint.

Seeing this, Li Yi leapt upward, flying into the void, aiming to draw all the ancient corpses toward him and shift the battlefield into the emptiness of space—only then could he destroy them without letting their corrupted energy return to the Moon’s depths.

His reasoning was sound.

Yet when he left the Moon, the ancient corpses did not follow—they sank back into silence, gradually retreating into the ground, burying themselves once more.

“So that’s it—these ancient corpses only guard the array; once the enemy leaves the Moon’s range, they ignore them?” Li Yi immediately understood.

No wonder Earth’s cultivators could send reports back—had these corpses pursued relentlessly, few who came here would have survived.

“Li Yi, why are you on the Moon? The contamination there is too complex—don’t risk yourself. For your safety, return to Earth immediately.”

Yet at that moment, a voice suddenly appeared beside Li Yi’s ear.

Li Yi instantly looked around.

Sound cannot travel through space—he may not have been educated, but he knew basic principles.

Soon, his gaze locked onto a distant high-tech satellite; its camera was trained on him, and an energy fluctuation reached him, instantly transforming into audible speech.

Clearly, this communication method overcame the vacuum’s interference.

“People from Earth?” Li Yi glanced once and immediately looked away.

He had no interest.

Before he uncovered the truth, he wouldn’t return empty-handed—he gestured, signaling the satellite to move farther away and stop disturbing him.

“Reveal your true form, and blast all these ancient corpses into the void—permanently banish them.”

Instantly, Li Yi made his decision.

Immediately, thunder coiled around him, divine power surged, boundless energy poured from his body, and his form swelled violently into a giant a hundred zhang tall.

This giant, stepping on divine light and bearing thunderous divine power, crashed back onto the Moon; his divine aura shook the entire lunar surface, making it hum as if trembling.

Sensing the intrusion of a living being, the ancient corpses awoke anew, scrambling from the ground. “Heaven and Earth Severed.”

The hundred-zhang giant did not hesitate—he unleashed his full power, assuming an ancient battle stance; the most terrifying force within his bloodline erupted, plunging the surrounding region into sudden darkness, as if night had swallowed all light.

His punch was like a celestial axe cleaving creation, annihilating all, violently shattering the void.

Caught off guard by this sudden strike, the reawakened corpses could not respond in time—they were merely puppets of corrupted energy, lacking true intellect, inferior to living cultivators; even with great power, they were flawed.

Li Yi seized the moment of their sluggish awakening and unleashed this peak strike.

With divine power reversing and the vacuum rupturing, the ancient corpses were instantly sucked into the void, forcibly expelled from the Moon, vanishing before his eyes without ever unleashing their true strength.

“That worked.”

The distant satellite captured this scene; the personnel monitoring the site were stunned.

They weren’t shocked by Li Yi’s power—they were astonished that these terrifying ancient corpses, which had long plagued Earth’s high command and defied all attempts at elimination, had been banished in a single blow by Li Yi.

Though the method was clever, the effect was excellent.

Then, the hundred-zhang giant strode forward toward the Moon’s far side, his gaze splitting into two beams of divine light, scanning the surroundings for anything unusual.

Yet the farther he went, the more obvious the bricks and stones became; nearby even appeared ruins of ancient structures.

Clearly, these were beyond ordinary human capability—left behind by cultivators of the previous spiritual energy era—but the ruins were useless now, leaving only faint traces for remembrance.

The hundred-zhang giant marched forward; the farther he went, the better preserved the surrounding structures became.

Finally, he saw a palace.

The palace, seemingly forged from crystal, was not large, yet radiated an aura of immortality, while dense corrupted energy continuously gushed from the crystal palace, spreading across Earth through some mechanism anchored to the Moon.

“Is that the source of contamination?” Li Yi’s gaze sharpened.

BOOM!

Divine power mixed with thunder exploded through the void, striking the crystal palace with pinpoint accuracy.

Regardless—first, test it with a strike.

Clearly, his attack did not shake the crystal palace at all; the force that struck it seemed entirely absorbed, leaving not the slightest effect.

This scene was seen not only by Li Yi but also captured by the nearby high-tech satellite.

“A crystal palace on the Moon’s far side, like the mythic Guanghan Palace of Earth legends—is that the source of contamination?”

At this moment, in a monitoring center within a base on Earth.

The room was packed with people; many high-ranking officials appeared via holographic projections.

They stared at the satellite footage, utterly stunned.

Previously, they had attempted to investigate the lunar contamination but failed for various reasons; now, following Li Yi’s movements, they had uncovered critical information.

“Li Yi’s power is terrifying—even through the satellite feed, we feel overwhelming pressure. Yet even such power cannot budge the crystal palace an inch—this is highly unusual. Continue issuing orders: urge Li Yi to return. He is one of Earth’s few top combatants; we cannot risk him in this investigation. Earth still needs him for many future challenges.”

A high-ranking official issued the order, unwilling to see Li Yi endanger himself.

“We’ve already sent the message, but it was ignored,” a staff member said.

“Send it again. Tell Li Yi the contamination issue requires careful planning—don’t act rashly,” the official said seriously. Though weak in power, he had access to vast knowledge.

He could see—the crystal palace was strange and terrifying; humanity was not yet ready to confront it.

Though eliminating the contamination source could restore Earth’s spiritual energy and benefit all cultivators, they could not let Li Yi risk himself alone—they must seek safer methods.

(End of Chapter)