Chapter 442: Immortal Artificer's Five Transformations: Second Primordial Dao Tribulation, the National Preceptor Summons the Netherw

Boom—!!

The terrifying explosive sound burst forth!

Sound waves like thunderclaps shook heaven and earth, trembling in all directions!

It seemed as if countless thunderbolts detonated within the mountain's belly, simultaneously triggering billions of Myriad Phenomena Nine Divine Mechanism Seals, which erupted, causing vibrations where sound waves quivered like a thunder pool!

Crack—crack——!!

Earth moved, heaven startled!

Mountains and rivers swayed!

The entire Divine Eagle Ridge of Golden Light Prefecture trembled, cracks continually spreading, a dense network crisscrossing……

Inside the Divine Eagle Master Workshop at the ridge's base, the masters carving the divine eagles and woodcarvers fled in terror, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, left only with dread.

They turned to look, only to feel stunned, because……

The mountain split!

That huge stone mountain, covered in accumulated snow, actually began to crack from within its belly, as if someone had split it open with an axe.

It spread from the summit all the way to the base.

The snow that had accumulated for days poured down like an avalanche, accompanied by earth‑shaking roars, cascading down toward the mountain's base!

Yet a violent wind burst from the shattered mountain's interior, soaring like a tornado to tens of thousands of feet, an extremely splendid crimson‑blood glow, like volcanic effulgence, blazing without cease.

It shot straight up into the dark, ink‑stained clouds!

Clamorous and terrified voices poured from the many woodcarver masters who had fled to the open ground; they were panic‑stricken, having never seen such a scene—what was happening?

Yet above the firmament, black clouds roiled without cease, dense as myriad thunderbolts, writhing like dragons and serpents, flashing and roaring across the sky!

Boom——!!!

Within the fissure of the stone mountain.

A figure shot out in utter disarray, burly and sturdy, unmatched in presence—none other than Tang Sanjia.

Yet Tang Sanjia's face was filled with excitement, bordering on madness!

"It's done……"

"Hahaha, it's done!"

"It's really done!"

Tang Sanjia tears streamed down his face, excitement, madness, grief……

Various emotions surged in his heart.

Boom——!!!

Terrifying explosions continually burst from the stone mountain, and then, before everyone's eyes, appeared a horrendous humanoid mechanical beast, a hundred zhang tall, releasing immense dread pressure and aura, bursting out of stone from within the mountain.

It was as if…… it had leapt out of the stone!

The terrifying roar exploded; that dreadful hundred‑zhang humanoid mechanical beast had already shot into the firmament for a thousand li, shaking heaven and earth, its dreadful shockwaves colliding, stirring the clouds like vast sea waves, its momentum so tremendous it was simply earth‑shattering, utterly horrifying!

Within Golden Light Prefecture, whether the Divine Sect's branch or the Imperial Observatory and Temple Pacification Office's many strong cultivators, all sensed this anomaly, their hairs standing on end, rushing over at great speed.

Nan Lihuo, Zhang Zhengqing, Zhu Hongdou, and other Divine Sect strong cultivators wore horrified expressions.

They had just arrived when they felt the oppressive, all‑encompassing dread pressure between heaven and earth.

They also saw Tang Sanjia laughing maniacally amidst a snowdrift like an avalanche, his appearance maddening, leaving them only bewildered.

"It's done!"

Tang Sanjia laughed loudly.

And Nan Lihuo, who knew Tang Sanjia best, felt his heart jolt suddenly.

"It's done?"

"What's done, that mechanical beast……"

Nan Lihuo knew some secrets; he knew Tang Sanjia hid a peerless mechanical beast within the mountain's belly……

That was a secret passed down from the Tang Clan's mechanical tradition.

In fact, the secret Tang Sanjia thought he kept was known to many, but most lacked the ability to perfect that mechanical beast……

Even Tang Sanjia, a Tang Clan prodigy who perfectly inherited the clan's mechanical principles, could not do it—how could outsiders possibly manage?

And now, heaven trembles and earth moves, the stone mountain shattered.

It seems the mechanical beast has succeeded!

Nan Lihuo lifted his head, gazing at the enormous, colossal humanoid mechanical beast hovering high above, its crimson‑blood radiance blazing brilliantly.

A pressure that blanketed heaven and earth, terrifying to mankind, nearly swept across the mountains and forests, spanning heaven and earth.

Nan Lihuo's eyes flickered; atop the mechanical beast he saw a human figure.

It was a figure he had not seen for years, yet was quite familiar.

"Li Che……"

Nan Lihuo's eyes grew somewhat hazy.

The news that Qianyuan Dao City had been besieged by the imperial army had long returned; he still did not know of the second battle, but in the first battle Qianyuan won a total victory, even beheading an incarnation of Ji Moli.

Upon hearing this, Nan Lihuo's eyes filled with tears.

The hatred of the past city slaughter seemed to be released in this news.

As for Li Che and Xixi, whenever the Inspector‑General of the Imperial Observatory, Hu Yingyue, communicated with the Dao City's Imperial Observatory regarding their changing status in Qianyuan Dao City, she would inform Nan Lihuo.

Thinking of that little girl from years ago, Nan Lihuo's eyes involuntarily shone with pride.

"How good." Nan Lihuo's lips curled into a smile.

Li Che and his daughter grew ever stronger, standing ever higher; he, who once was their teacher, also shared in that glory.

From the heart's open embrace.

……

……

Boom—!!!

Li Che sat cross-legged atop the Divine Machine Arms-Reaching-Heaven Armor, every strand of the Divine Machine Ape's fur seeming lifelike as it floated and swayed in the wind.

The fierce wind howled all around, as if seven-colored rosy light were endlessly intertwining.

By his ears, it seemed as if a great bell were being struck, resonating without cease, as if even slumbering divinities were about to be gently awakened.

His heart pounded violently, with hot currents intertwining and surging.

A terrifying impact surged and churned incessantly!

It gave Li Che a familiar feeling—the sensation of an unprecedented transformation!

Just like when he previously broke through to lv7 with the 【Dragon Elephant Vajra】 Dao Fruit, Li Che now felt the transformation of the 【Immortal Artisan】 Dao Fruit.

Whoosh—!

The Arms-Reaching-Heaven Armor constantly surged into the clouds, as if roaring, full of spirit, full of a simplicity and wisdom surpassing that of mere mechanized beasts!

It was as if it had gained a soul—this was an extraordinary transformation.

Because during the ascent, wind and waves howled and surged, causing Li Che's black robe to continually flutter.

The golden smoke flowing from his eyes seemed to make him sit cross-legged amid a sea of clouds, gazing at the horizon where the vast sun rose, the clouds stretching across myriad miles in a splendid panorama.

With the opening and closing of his gaze, his whole being seemed to enter a profound and mysterious state, a spirit that pierced the heavens.

His insights into the Way of Mechanisms and the Way of the Divine Eagle exploded like a blast, rapidly expanding and pouring forth in his mind.

lv7, Immortal Artisan Dao Fruit, five transformations!

In the depths of Li Che's gaze lay some unexpected delight!

Indeed, it was an unexpected delight, for the Immortal Artisan Dao Fruit's advancement had noticeably slowed after his breakthrough to Divine Eagle Holy Hand.

Li Che found it not easy to quicken the pace; this time he came to Divine Eagle Ridge to fulfill his prior promise, and he did not hold great hopes.

Even upon seeing the Arms-Reaching-Heaven Armor, the joyful pulsation of the Immortal Artisan Dao Fruit did not make Li Che feel that he could obtain a transformation this time.

Yet pleasant surprises always arrive when one is least expecting them.

Regarding this Dao Fruit of craft that could transform his livelihood and lift his family from obscurity, Li Che actually cared deeply and looked forward to it.

Li Che's lips curled into a slight arc.

"Hoo—"

"Hah—"

With each inhale and exhale, the boundless wind and waves seemed to grow calm at his ears.

His mind and spirit trembled in an instant, being drawn into the vast, untamed heavens and earth.

The familiar vast heavens and earth, a boundless aura rushing toward him, he saw a tree that sprang from the earth, piercing the azure firmament, its branches filling the sky—a Dao Tree.

He likewise saw the seven-colored glazed Dao Fruit hanging upon it.

His gaze locked onto the 【Immortal Artisan】 Dao Fruit, radiant like a blazing sun, swaying as if blown by unseen winds.

Bang—

As the Dao Fruit trembled, countless rosy lights burst forth, enveloping Li Che.

The familiar scene slowly emerged and reflected before his eyes.

The Long River surged and twisted, roaring and raging, flowing swiftly through the dark space like a dazzling silk sash straining to tear apart the darkness.

Within the Long River, Li Che saw a figure seated upon a great fish, the fish swinging its tail as it rode the wind and broke the waves upon the river.

That figure was utterly tranquil, gripping an axe in hand; with a light swing, space seemed to become a carvable material, transforming into another lifelike great fish that leapt into the river of time and space, flicked its tail, and soared upward like a fish leaping the Dragon Gate.

He directly used the void as wood, carving the Divine Eagle, even granting it true life, achieving a miraculous means of creating something from nothing!

Now Li Che is certainly no novice in the Way of the Divine Eagle; he clearly knows that creating something from nothing is exceedingly difficult.

"Another master of a Dao Fruit?"

"Former master of the Immortal Artisan Dao Fruit?"

Li Che's emotions were no longer the tumult and fluctuation he felt upon first seeing a Dao Fruit master.

That figure, seated upon the Long River, raised his axe, cleaving the void, using heaven and earth as material for carving.

The void was sliced into piece after piece, like stone or timber, cut into neat squares, which he then proceeded to cut and carve within those very spaces.

Statue after statue, shrouded in countless Daoic glows, were fashioned with space as their material.

They lay across heaven and earth, varied in posture, seeming eternal.

When the eighth statue was carved, the figure seated in the Long River abruptly paused.

His gaze seemed to span the heavens and void, the myriad rivers of stars, and collided with Li Che's gaze.

A leisurely sigh rose, echoing far and wide.

"Art can endure, but people cannot."

"Nine transformations, nine transformations, yet unattainable."

Eight statues lay across the Long River, yet the ninth statue was never born.

Boom—!!!

The scene before Li Che's eyes exploded in a boom, like an boundless storm wildly sweeping, scattering and annihilating everything.

Li Che's mind and spirit withdrew from the vision, yet his feelings held only regret and wistful loss, that regret too intense in its impact.

Dao Fruit Master.

He saw yet another Dao Fruit Master.

Perhaps it is because these Dao Fruit Masters have withered and fallen, causing the Dao Fruit to grow with his daughter, and due to their bond, it has been imposed upon him?

Li Che furrowed his brows, began to ponder, but found no clue whatsoever; the vast heavens and earth seemed filled with profundity, leaving him unable to grasp the cause and effect.

Ah—

His whole body seemed to be suffused with a hazy immortal light.

Li Che exhaled.

Before him, white light sank and condensed, rosy vapors rose.

【Dao Fruit Lv7, Five Transformations, Dao Guide (Ghostly Axe) Promotion, Dao Tribulation (Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest)】

Boom—!!!

It seemed like a resounding heavenly sound, vibrating at the ears, making one's eardrums feel as if they would explode in an instant.

It seemed like an endless gale, forming a storm that whooshed and blew without cease.

Flowing light slowly condensed before him, intertwining into a prompt.

Second Dao Tribulation!

Li Che's gaze suddenly focused!

Second kind of tribulation power!

The first kind of tribulation power came from the Dragon-Elephant Golden Dao Fruit, namely the Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame.

And this second kind of tribulation power came from the Immortal Craft Dao Fruit, namely the Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest!

As if a storm raged!

This is the Storm Tribulation!

Familiar, like an aura of a heaven-toppling catastrophe, it completely locked onto Li Che's entire body, yet wind and waves blew in, seeking to annihilate his soul directly, chopping it into countless fragments.

Rumble—

Li Che's heaven-and-earth soul seemed to undergo an indescribable transformation at this moment, growing ever stronger, as if wind and waves that slash the soul were constantly scouring it.

Under this scouring, the soul continually grew stronger.

【Dao Tribulation (Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest): Guiding Dao to bring tribulation, heaven and earth primordial, primal wind tribulation, void-slashing immortal craft】

Accompanied by a howling cutting force.

Each sentence seemed engraved deep in the soul, like the resonant toll of a great bell, slowly surfacing before his eyes.

Li Che's mind stirred, and in the next moment he fell into the Dao Tribulation space.

However, with a thought, the Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame was not triggered.

Instead, it changed into another kind of Dao Tribulation power.

A wisp of wind howled as it blew in, drifting slowly, then the winds grew more and more, thick and dense, as if the space were cut into countless gullies crisscrossing.

Pfft…

Li Che's mind and spirit had just manifested when they were instantly annihilated by such a storm.

Not even a tenth of a breath's worth of existence could remain.

Li Che opened his eyes, sitting cross-legged atop the head of the Boundless Arms Heaven-Toppling Armor, actually showing a hint of bewilderment.

Doubt dispelled, Li Che, unconvinced, stirred his mind, re-entered the Dao Tribulation space, then his glabella's mud pill trembled, the seven-aperture exquisite heart surged, and the Heaven-Embodiment Spirit-Mighty True Ape roared…

Face the storm head-on!

Then, there was nothing after.

Still less than one-fifth of a breath.

Everything was sliced and exploded…

His soul seemed too fragile; this Dao Tribulation wind was not directed at the flesh but directly at the soul.

Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest, his soul before such storm's Dao Tribulation power was as fragile as paper.

Not to mention space; even compared to paper it's more fragile.

【Dao Tribulation: Primordial Dragon-Elephant Flame (2%), Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest (0%)】

……

Li Che exhaled, his eyes shining brilliantly: "My flesh can still bear the Martial Immortal Golden Body, but my soul simply cannot withstand it, even with the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart, even if I summon the divine fetus…"

He shook his head; Li Che knew that tempering the soul is a heavy and long road. However, this Dao Tribulation, Primordial Void-Slashing Tempest, actually gave him a way to strengthen and enhance his soul's power.

Each day, using the Dao Tribulation's power, temper the soul, strengthen oneself, refine spirit and soul!

Since I'm weak, I'll train more!

Li Che's self-awareness is both profound and superficial.

The myriad-zhang Boundless Arms Heaven-Toppling Armor hovered high above, the ape's hair fluttering, eyes brilliantly radiant, as if the mythic Heaven-Toppling Ape had been revived.

Terrifying aura rumbled, Dao essence power circulated throughout the body, immensely terrifying and powerful.

Above the firmament, tribulation power surged in rolling waves.

Unfortunately, the target was merely a mechanism, so the will of heaven and earth ultimately did not descend the punishment of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.

"Divine machine, divine realm mechanism…"

"Indeed, it can indeed unleash Martial God-level power, with hundreds of millions of Myriad Nine Divine Seals operating simultaneously, erupting with terrifying force!"

Li Che marveled endlessly.

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With mind and spirit controlling it, this Heaven-Toppling Armor crashed down, landing on the ground, as if the entire ground were about to collapse.

Because this Boundless Arms Heaven-Toppling Armor is truly huge, like a mountain.

Terrifying divine might vast and mighty.

Li Che floated down from it, landing on the ground.

Looking at the familiar faces around, Li Che smiled and greeted them.

"Everyone, long time no see."

……

……

Dang—dang—dang—

Shendu.

Second City.

Eight Treasure Heavy Eaves Dripping Water Imperial Observatory Treasure Tower.

The sound of an ancient bell was struck, the sound waves trembled and spread for a thousand li.

All nine cities of Shendu heard the bell's sound; the sound exploded beside their ears, causing the great clans, officials, and nobles of Shendu to have their hearts and spirits shaken.

At the same time.

Fang Shangzhen also conveyed the Grand Supervisor's words that Qitian Cheng had already been opened, and the news that the inheritance of Qitian Temple would emerge within a month also swept across Shendu like a sudden storm.

This news spread too quickly, because all sides had been waiting for it.

Moreover, this news was transmitted via the Celestial Observatory headquarters' Celestial Observatory Pearl to the Eleven Dao of Dàjǐng, the Grand Supervisors of the eleven dao cities.

Thus, in merely a moment, the news spread throughout the whole world.

Shendu's First City.

Inside the imperial palace's divine hall.

On the throne of the divine hall, the emperor's visage was covered with Dao essence and divinity, seated cross-legged, his presence majestic and vast.

When Attendant Lian brought the news back with his head bowed, the emperor's eyes finally twitched slightly.

"Is this the news personally announced by the Grand Supervisor?"

"Qitian Cheng has reopened; a great tide is coming…"

"Attendant Lian, how is the National Preceptor?"

The emperor asked in a low voice.

Attendant Lian lowered his head, his eyes flickering, and said: "The National Preceptor's second attack on Qian Yuan failed… he shifted his target, and is now attacking the Tian Dan Divine Sect; moreover, just now news arrived that the National Preceptor, with the force of splitting bamboo, has broken Guang Ling Dao City and is about to overthrow the Tian Dan Divine Sect…"

Upon hearing this, the emperor lightly tapped his fingers on the desk: "Qian Yuan has suffered successive setbacks; should we switch to attacking the Tian Dan Divine Sect?"

"That is also possible, as long as we can gather the divine sect's fortune…"

"The so-called submission of these divine sects to the court is not genuine submission… after all, if their fortune has not entered Dàjǐng, it does not count as submission; now, it is also just right…"

The emperor gave a faint smile, and it was rare for him to feel satisfied.

Although he had ordered the National Preceptor to break Qian Yuan Dao City and bring back Li Che alive, that task seemed unlikely to be completed.

But the emperor did not overly mind.

Because once the National Preceptor gathers the fortunes of many divine sects, then with those fortunes added to him, attacking Qian Yuan again would no longer be a problem.

In fact.

What truly gives the emperor a headache is still the Zi Fu Divine Sect…

This divine sect, which shares an ancient history with Qitian Temple, is what the emperor fears.

Relying on the power of the Xie Yun God, wanting to break the Zi Fu Divine Sect is utterly impossible.

The Xie Yun God even suffered two consecutive defeats against Qian Yuan; how could it possibly break Zi Fu?

……

……

Ka-cha ka-cha——!!!

Guang Ling Dao City.

Above the firmament, due to the collision and explosion of the divine tribulation's aura, after the black clouds, countless ferocious thunderbolts appear, intertwining like a net!

One after another, human-head toad furnaces hover in the air, surrounding the plump Ancestor Yang Xuan.

This ancestor of the Tian Dan Divine Sect, at this moment, is partly mad, partly excited.

He spreads his arms, as if to awaken a slumbering existence.

Within the Tian Dan Divine Sect, inside a Guiyi Miao, a mighty divine light pillar suddenly erupts, as if tearing open the black clouds, sending out rippling waves.

A figure clad in gray robes, with white-streaked hair, slowly emerges from the mountain gate of the Tian Dan Divine Sect, within the guiding beam of light.

Merely having just appeared, the air seems to twist.

The howling gale and drifting snow are melted by the powerful aura into droplets, which evaporate directly into mist in midair, obscuring heaven and earth.

Yet these mists are gray‑black, making it impossible to tell whether they are water mist or poison mist.

Gu Qianchi, who was confronting Ancestor Yang Xuan, saw his expression suddenly change dramatically.

"Poison Sage Yin Xuan?!"

Gu Qianchi had obviously heard the name of Ancestor Yin Xuan, the two ancestors of the Tian Dan Divine Sect, Yin and Yang Xuan…

Back then, his name spread across the world; especially the ancient Yin Xuan, who was titled the Poison Sage.

His greatest claim to fame was poisoning to death all the ancestors of the Dan sects, causing one Dan sect after another to be annihilated by poison, allowing the Tian Dan Divine Sect to rise to become the foremost Dan sect of the age.

But wasn't the Poison Sage Ancient Yin Xuan killed a thousand years ago because the world could not tolerate him?

When Ancient Yin Xuan appeared, his appearance was not particularly good.

His eyes seemed to flow with black light, slowly sweeping over, pausing on Gu Qianchi's body, then falling upon the bodies of Xie Yun God and the others below.

"The court… is attacking my Tian Dan Divine Sect?"

Ancient Yin Xuan said indifferently.

Gu Qianchi's whole body tensed; the fame of a person casts a shadow like a tree, and for Ancient Yin Xuan he felt an inexplicable sense of dread.

Moreover, the appearance of Ancient Yin Xuan caused the situation to suddenly shift.

Gu Qianchi's face turned somewhat black; "No way, no way… how could the court be so treacherous?"

Attacking Qianyuan, they kept losing battles—could it be that this time, attacking the Tandan Divine Sect will also end in defeat?

What kind of luck does Xie Yunshen have?

Do they deliberately go head‑first into an iron plate?

Gu Qianchi drew a deep breath and could only say that the foundations of all the great divine sects are anything but ordinary.

Even the most out‑of‑tune Tandan Divine Sect possesses its own foundation.

Gu Yin Xuan gave a casual glance and said, "Imperial court, retreat."

"Otherwise, this old man doesn't mind letting you all stay."

"Don't doubt this old man—even if you have tens of thousands of troops, the poison that flickers from under my fingernail can wipe you out."

Gu Yin Xuan said with a light smile.

He, who had just come into the world, felt immense shock upon sensing the imperial army's assault to break the sect, but as the patriarch of the Tandan Divine Sect, he could not possibly watch his own creation fall.

Allowing the sect's fortune to leak out.

Xie Yunshen sat upright in the palanquin, gazing at the newly appeared Gu Yin Xuan, his eyes slightly narrowing.

Then, a faint smile appeared.

Gu Yin Xuan, the Poison Saint?

Gu Qianchi returned to the palanquin's side, his face grim: "National Preceptor... that is the Poison Saint Gu Yin Xuan, not easy to deal with..."

"His poison—we haven't prepared for it; we might not be able to block it."

Gu Qianchi said in a low voice.

Because Gu Qianchi is a contemporary of Gu Yin Xuan, he understands how terrifying Gu Yin Xuan is.

However, Xie Yunshen's face shone with brilliant radiance, showing no trace of fear or retreat.

"Patriarch Gu, do you know... why I dare lead my army to attack the Tandan Divine Sect?"

"Rather than continuing to attack the Qianyuan Divine Sect?"

Gu Qianchi naturally shook his head in bewilderment.

Xie Yunshen rose from the palanquin; a breeze brushed his robes, making them flutter.

He gently swayed his feather fan, the corner of his lips curling into a chilling arc.

Gazing at the two Divine Tribulation realm patriarchs, Yin Xuan and Yang Xuan, floating above the Tandan Divine Sect's mountain gate.

Gu Yin Xuan is clearly stronger than Gu Yang Xuan; his cultivation likely reached the One Disaster Two Tribulations level, putting him on par with the Old Dragon God.

Gu Yang Xuan, meanwhile, is only at the One Disaster One Tribulation level.

The two Divine Tribulation...

But in reality, the Tandan Divine Sect now has only those two Divine Tribulation experts left to hold the line—nothing more.

The Ascension Immortal Pavilion emptied Guangling Dao City, and likewise emptied the Tandan Divine Sect.

Furthermore...

The Tandan Divine Sect offended someone they shouldn't have.

"Patriarch Gu, in this world there are no eternal enemies, only... eternal interests."

"Those who once blocked our mountain‑breaking assault can also become our aid."

Xie Yunshen said with deep meaning.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qianchi's brows furrowed slightly, somewhat bewildered.

Xie Yunshen... what exactly does he mean?

As Xie Yunshen's words fell, he flipped his palm and a jet‑black chess piece appeared, as if polished from an inkstone.

This is...

An extreme aura of ferocity surged from that jet‑black chess piece.

The next moment, it was hurled upward violently.

The hurled black chess piece trembled slightly, then shot swiftly toward the high sky.

Gu Qianchi froze.

Then his eyes suddenly narrowed.

Because...

That ink‑black chess piece suddenly expanded in midair!

Then, a jet‑black city loomed into existence, crushing the heavens and earth!

Rolling death‑qi and an overwhelming pressure, like a terrifying city that commands the gate of life and death, hung heavily over Guangling Dao City.

Terrifying ferocious aura erupted, as if rolling demonic qi surged and intertwined.

The city gates swung wide open……

It seemed as if countless inks drifted out, slowly using heaven and earth as paper to sketch and intertwine into the form of an extremely ferocious beast!

Nine dragon‑like heads whipped out from behind the city gate, speeding forth; of course, seven of those heads were blurry, only two were clear.

The two clear dragon heads opened their mouths and unleashed a deafening roar; their ferocious aura reigned supreme over heaven and earth!

Accompanying the city's tremor, that terrifying beast shaking its nine heads crawled slowly out of the city.

Two ink‑colored flesh wings unfurled with a boom, blotting out the sky!

Splash splash……

Between heaven and earth, for some unknown reason, ink‑black rain began to fall!

Splash splash, immensely massive!

Like a huge wave lifted from the ocean surging into the clouds, then plummeting swiftly down, turning into torrential rain.

The Ten Fiends of the Netherworld……

Overturning Sea Nine Infants!

Gu Qianchi raised his head.

The hand gripping the treasure sword trembled slightly.

He glanced at this terrifying ferocious beast, his intuition telling him that this ferocious beast was extremely terrifying... absolutely an existence of the God Tribulation Realm, demon god level!

But...

This isn't the point!

Gu Qianchi blankly stared at this city...

This city, incredibly familiar.

Not only Gu Qianchi...

Ning Caishen, Gu Cheng, and the many Martial Saints and Divine Fetus cultivator commanders in the imperial army all stared blankly.

On that city, the plaque read 'Abundant Capital'.

Familiar yet striking two characters.

Underworld Abundant Capital?!

Just recently, we were fighting life and death with the Underworld, incredibly brutal...

Now, the National Preceptor's silver tongue actually persuaded the Underworld to come?!

So...

The Underworld...... has become one of our own?!

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