Chapter 1159: The Relic of the Fourth True Monarch

The Huntu universe has the Huntu imperial clan.

This clan possesses extraordinary innate talent; their people have skin half crimson and half azure, and they possess four heads facing front, back, left, and right.

Moreover, their bodies are astonishingly tall—born at a hundred zhang, adults at least a thousand zhang tall, and some can reach ten thousand zhang in height.

Furthermore, compared to other clans, the population of this clan is equally terrifying.

Their cultivation requires no techniques; they need only inherit from soul and bloodline, allowing them to instinctively absorb the essence of the upper planetary rings.

All this is because their origin is a true god!

Thus, in the past, this clan unified the Huntu universe and could influence all directions; even in the divine system of the former fifth planetary ring, they were counted among the rings.

But… with the war between immortals and gods in the fifth planetary ring, as the gods were suppressed and immortals rose, all the glory of this clan became history.

Their true god was suppressed.

Their clan, having chosen to avoid war and being among the first batches to surrender, was allowed to survive after the war.

They were granted the qualification to oversee Huntu and given the title of imperial clan, which was considered an honor.

Similar imperial clans in the fifth planetary ring are commonplace, all granted titles for their merits.

But the fifth planetary ring, regarding such clans… still requires necessary bloodline isolation.

Thus, this clan's original dual color became single color, and their original four faces became two faces.

Their bodily height was also redefined, with the maximum being a hundred zhang!

Cultivation was likewise.

The isolation of inherited bloodline caused this clan to lose their talent; they could only change from god to cultivation, swallowing and exhaling spiritual qi, and were restricted from becoming immortals, let alone gods.

Thus, generation after generation, gradually even the dual faces slowly disappeared, reproduction showed breaks, leading to a gradual decline in clan numbers.

Ultimately, in the so-called Huntu imperial clan, most were around ten zhang tall, and they had only one face.

Until the dimming of the Aurora Immortal Palace.

This left the heavenly realm beyond heaven without a master, and also made this Huntu imperial clan seem to see a glimmer of hope; thus, some clansmen returned to their ancestors, achieved dual faces, and then became emperors.

At this moment, deep in the Huntu universe, outside the vast Huntu Imperial Palace, the planetary ring child Huntu, clad in flying chains of order, stood in the starry sky, gazing afar at the palace.

His expression was cold, his eyes sharp.

Around him were countless Huntu clansmen—these Huntu foreign clans, all ten zhang tall, clad in black armor, exuding thick killing intent, coldly staring at the planetary ring child.

And before the planetary ring child, between him and the palace, stood three figures.

These three were all seventy to eighty zhang tall; one held a long spear, one held a treasure pagoda, and the last had a great banner unfurled behind him.

The aura they emitted was actually all quasi-immortal!

This is impossible in other heavenly realms beyond heaven.

Foreign clans are not allowed to become immortals, not even quasi-immortals!

But these three not only emitted quasi-immortal aura, their bodies also contained the fluctuations of divine spirits, as if cultivating both immortal and god paths.

At this moment, as they locked eyes with the planetary ring child, the Huntu clansman among the three who displayed the great banner behind him spoke with a hoarse voice.

"You have fought me and my two companions many times, each ending in a draw; why continue?"

"Moreover, you in this universe should have gathered the needed essence; now that you know my clan has a tax-exempt order, yet you still force your way in—this is… excessive."

"My Huntu imperial clan has a bottom line; I hope you… do not bring harm upon yourself!"

The planetary ring child's expression remained cold; he had been here a long time, having fought his way here and stopped at this point.

Before him, any one of these three, fighting him alone, he was confident he could slay.

Even two, he could, at the cost of some price, wipe them all out.

But three… and with perfect coordination, they made it impossible for him to continue here.

Upon hearing this, he transmitted a cold sound.

"Whether the gathering is sufficient has nothing to do with me."

"Your clan breaking limits also has nothing to do with me; your clan becoming immortal or god has nothing to do with me; who gave you support and protection behind the scenes also has nothing to do with me."

"The tax-exempt order is likewise."

"I only want… that clump of earth enshrined in your imperial palace!"

The planetary ring child raised his hand, pointing far toward the palace.

As he pointed, the palace light flashed, and a clump of yellow earth floated out from within, appearing in the starry sky, emitting terrifying heavenly principle might!

"You want this?"

A low voice, tinged with mockery, echoed back from within the palace.

In this palace, that height-hundred-zhang, fully crimson, two-faced Huntu emperor chuckled lightly.

"The relic of the Fourth True Monarch—can it not be given to you?"

As he spoke, the Huntu emperor waved his hand, and the clump of earth emitting heavenly principle might returned.

Afterwards, his voice carried a hint of coldness, echoing outward.

"Begone."

The instant these two words were transmitted, the three clansmen blocking the planetary ring child's path erupted in aura—this time not only showing immortal and divine spirit intent, but even more clearly.

They stepped forward toward the planetary ring child.

At the same time, the surrounding clansmen each exuded strong killing intent; under the fusion of their auras, eighteen illusory giants holding giant halberds rose around the planetary ring child.

These eighteen giants were each ten thousand zhang tall, emitting terrifying waves, and as they faced the planetary ring child, they swept forth with the force of moving mountains and overturning seas.

The booming sound exploded outward.

Facing such opponents, the planetary ring child's eyes burned with strong killing intent, but his body ultimately retreated; yet in his life, he had only ever lost once, and even now, facing so many strong foes, his fighting spirit remained strong.

The order chains on his body instantly spread, and his own balance constitution also erupted, forcing him, with one man's power, to fight against all.

For a moment, they were actually evenly matched.

Those eighteen statues, as well as the three quasi-immortals, could not suppress Xing Huanzi!

This is precisely Xing Huanzi's formidable aspect.

His Order Constitution can establish order for himself and for enemies, while the Balance Constitution can forcibly equalize the relative strengths of both sides.

The stronger the enemy, the more his Balance Constitution can be applied to himself, enhancing his combat power.

When Xu Qing initially fought him, facing this Balance Constitution, he also had to rely on multiple versions of himself from his parallel universes, erupting simultaneously, to throw Xing Huanzi off balance.

Thus, one can see Xing Huanzi's strength.

Praise echoed from within the imperial palace.

"You must be the strongest among the talisman envoys who have come this time, right? At such a young age, possessing such combat power—you are indeed a heavenly pride; if you become an immortal in the future, you will surely be a mighty warrior immortal!"

"No wonder you seek the Fourth True Monarch's relic... Your constitution indeed matches his, and so-called balance is actually difficult to sustain for long.

Therefore, for you, relying on your own balance to unleash your greatest strength is the combat method you have designed for yourself.

Unfortunately, your greatest strength lacks solid support; if the heavenly principle were to grant you this, it could perfectly fill the gap you lack."

Xing Huanzi remained silent.

Originally, he had it...

And that voice still reverberated.

"Give it to you—it's not impossible. Ally with the Huntian clan, become a guest elder of my clan, act for my clan three times, and then... the Fourth True Monarch's relic can be yours!"

Upon hearing this, Xing Huanzi suddenly lifted his head, coldly gazing at the imperial palace; his gaze was like looking at ants.

"A mere foreigner, burdened by bloodline sins—do you even deserve to ally with me?"

As these words were spoken, all the Huntian clanspeople around, one by one, showed anger in their eyes, and their killing intent grew stronger.

Inside the imperial palace, the Huntian imperial clan's emperor chuckled lightly.

"I am not worthy?"

He raised his right hand and lightly pointed outward.

Under this finger, the starry sky outside the imperial palace instantly twisted, everything blurred, and all colors seemed to be forcibly stripped away, leaving only black and white.

In this black and white, a colossal ink-wash finger appeared out of nowhere, vast in momentum, pressing toward Xing Huanzi's location.

Where it passed, the void shattered, and the starry sky withered.

Xing Huanzi's expression instantly turned Heavy; he sped backward in retreat, his hands forming seals, preparing to exert his full strength.

But just then, a familiar voice echoed across this starry sky.

"What he said is correct—you indeed do not deserve."

Accompanying the voice was crimson light, endless red radiance, coming from the void, piercing through the black and white, causing this color-stripped region to instantly bloom with red!

That red was, in fact, countless blades of seaweed.

Twenty in total, they flew and entwined rapidly with each other, forming a whip that lashed out suddenly toward that finger.

With a crack.

The force of crushing the withered and breaking the rotten exploded violently; wherever it passed, the void collapsed, the starry sky fissured, and after the finger paused, it scattered apart.

The eighteen towering statues around also each trembled, then shattered into pieces.

The three Huntian powerhouses also changed expression drastically, all recoiling, yet still caught in the aftermath, blood spurting wildly.

Inside the imperial palace, the originally composed Huntian emperor now had his expression tighten on both front and back; his divine sense surged outward, gathering outside the palace into a colossal face, gazing upon the enormous seaweed appearing in the starry sky.

And... the black-clad youth standing upon that seaweed!

The youth stood with hands behind his back, eyes like stars, expression calm.

The Huntian emperor naturally recognized that seaweed!

And precisely because he recognized it, his inner turmoil at this moment was immense.

"Jia-character twenty-nine... actually followed this person here!"

"And this person's aura is clearly stronger than that Order Constitution wielder—could he be the leader of these talisman envoys!"

Due to the separation of different outer heavens, for events occurring in the Nine Shores Outer Heaven, this Huntian emperor's information is not that timely.

While he gazed thus, Xing Huanzi's heart did not calm upon Xu Qing's appearance; on the contrary, it stirred with even greater turbulence.

Because he saw...

"Xu Qing, has become stronger!"

Xu Qing, indeed, has become stronger.

On the way here, he had been continuously absorbing source substance stored in other times and spaces; now he is only a hair's breadth away from the great completion of the Immortal Embryo Illusory True Indestructible Return to Oneness.

And the advancement of his realm and Immortal Embryo has also enabled Xu Qing's constitution to erupt with greater power.

At this moment, he stood upon the seaweed, glanced at the colossal face formed by the Huntian emperor, and spoke lightly.

"Hand it over."