Chapter 817

Across the entire Mountain-Sea Great Domain, the firmament blurred, and as the wind rose and clouds surged, the earth roared; countless fierce beasts in different habitats let out roars.

The sounds merged together, finally resounding through the clouds, causing the heaven and earth to change color.

That roaring was also accompanied by wails of grief and sorrow, filled with shrillness and permeated with resentment that had reached its extreme.

It seemed to resent this heaven for being unjust, and resent this earth for being crooked!

Resenting the betrayal of the clan, and resenting its own blind loyalty!

All of this seemed to have existed deep within the souls and bloodline inheritance of these fierce beasts; usually, it was hidden very deeply, so much so that even they themselves could not perceive it.

Now, due to the changes in the Mountain-Sea Great Domain and the aura of a strong enemy, it had undergone a certain degree of revival, surfacing instinctively.

One trial-taker after another from the Yanyue Xuantian Clan's Great Hunt also had their expressions constantly changing; some were suspicious, some horrified, some shocked—all kinds of emotions erupted in their hearts like a storm.

"What is the situation?"

"How did the Mountain-Sea Great Domain suddenly become like this!"

"These fierce beasts seem to have been greatly stimulated!"

It was not just the ordinary trial-takers whose hearts were in turmoil; at this moment, within the Mountain-Sea Great Domain, those great geniuses of Yanyue were the same.

While Ji Dongzi looked at the Jiuli Forbidden Zone with heart palpitations, in another area, Fan Shishuang, who was sitting cross-legged and looking calm, suddenly opened his eyes. His expression changed, and he quickly turned his head to gaze into the distance at the Jiuli Forbidden Zone.

Gradually, his expression became heavy, and his eyes narrowed.

"The source comes from Jiuli!"

"What kind of upheaval happened there...?"

Unease rose in Fan Shishuang's heart; neither in his experience nor in what he had heard had this ever happened before. There was also Tian Mozi and Tuo Shishan, who were also in different places, their minds surging with similar storms, shocked by the fluctuations produced by Jiuli.

The sense of unease spread further. Meanwhile, in the lower ring area of the Mountain-Sea Great Domain, within the Shanchi land, a figure was running wildly at high speed.

This figure's speed was extremely fast, but if one looked closely, for some reason, one would always feel a sense of wretchedness; it was none other than Chen Erniu.

He also felt this vast fluctuation. While speeding along, he looked up at the sky, and only one guess arose in his heart.

"Why does it feel like it has something to do with Little Junior Brother?"

Chen Erniu blinked, secretly thinking that Little Junior Brother hadn't come to rendezvous; could it be that he had discovered some better treasure?

Just as he was pondering, a sharp whistling sound came from behind him; a youth with a face like jade rushed out from the jungle behind Chen Erniu.

Even with such changes in heaven and earth, it seemed nothing was important in this youth's eyes; only the Chen Erniu in front was the only thing in his sight.

Thus, after appearing, he chased after him fiercely.

If there were other Yanyue cultivators here, they would definitely recognize that this youth was none other than Yanyue's number one great genius, the high and mighty Yan Xuanzi!

As the number one great genius, his status and identity were extremely high; no one among his contemporaries dared to provoke him, so situations where he chased someone were rare.

But here, it had happened.

Most importantly, the Yan Xuanzi who appeared here had somewhat disheveled clothing, a gloomy expression, and contained killing intent, as if Chen Erniu were his irreconcilable enemy.

This kind of thing was rare.

"Yanzi, why must you keep chasing a grown man like me? My heart is already taken, you should just give up." Chen Erniu's voice came across, sounding wretched and filled with emotion.

After saying this, his body swayed, and he dove back into the rainforest, but in his eyes, madness now appeared.

Yan Xuanzi behind him heard this, bloodshot eyes appearing, his killing intent becoming even more violent; he gritted his teeth and chased after him.

Just like that, the entire Mountain-Sea Great Domain experienced ripples and storms.

And at the core of this storm, within the Jiuli land, Xu Qing's heart was also roaring. The trembling from the shrine a thousand zhang beneath the silt and that terrifying aura made him feel like a lonely boat in a raging sea, with a sense that he might collapse and shatter at any moment.

Clearly, fishing out the final skull touched the root cause, which was what caused the changes in the shrine.

If he wanted to resolve it, it was actually simple: Xu Qing just needed to give up on fishing.

But he had already fished out eight, and was only one away from completion; if he gave up, Xu Qing was very unwilling.

Especially since he had a strong intuition that if he could fish out the ninth skull, then the skulls would likely undergo some strange changes.

What these changes were, he could not perceive, but he felt they would definitely be significant.

It was just that the price of obtaining it was somewhat high; once he fished for it by force, it would definitely stimulate the shrine to emit an even more terrifying aura.

Facing this being that surpassed the Red Mother god, Xu Qing knew very clearly that he did not possess the slightest power of resistance.

Only...

If it were before he understood the history of the Yanyue Xuantian Clan, encountering such a choice, he would naturally have chosen to give up without hesitation.

After all, staying alive was the priority.

But his understanding of the Yanyue Xuantian Clan's history gave Xu Qing a vague judgment that he was not necessarily unable to snatch food from the tiger's mouth!

Thus, he weighed it rapidly in his heart, the layout of the thousand-zhang-deep silt appearing in his mind.

"The shrine is suppressed and trembling by the three gods, which will definitely trigger the three gods' seals."

"Looking at the previous history, there exists a mystery between the three gods and this spider god."

Thinking of this, Xu Qing's eyes revealed decisiveness, and even more madness, just like Chen Erniu.

Sometimes, one cannot be too conventional in life; one needs to take a gamble!

Just like now, "Fishing the Moon from the Well" was collapsing under the influence of this aura, and even Chen Erniu's array was the same; it was clear the opportunity was about to slip away in an instant.

Xu Qing did not hesitate anymore; his entire cultivation base and divine spirit power erupted simultaneously, transforming into a great force that merged into the "Fishing the Moon from the Well" divine ability, fishing fiercely for that last skull.

With the sound of rushing water, Xu Qing's entire body trembled; such forced fishing caused multiple parts of his body to collapse, and his entire body was covered in countless wounds, turning him into a bloody person.

But after paying this price, the ninth skull clearly appeared within the water traces of his raised right hand.

The moment he retrieved it, Xu Qing swallowed it into his mouth without a second thought, while his body rapidly rose into the air, intending to escape.

But even more violent fluctuations erupted from beneath the silt.

Accompanied by a sense of revival, it spread out completely.

The firmament shattered, the earth collapsed, as if the end of the world had arrived!

A murmur that seemed to come from the ancient past echoed from deep within the earth; the silt land was affected, and as it trembled, it actually formed a huge vortex.

This vortex rotated with a rumble, churning up all the silt; at first it was somewhat slow, and the size was only a few thousand zhang, but in the blink of an eye, it became extremely astonishing, reaching tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of zhang.

Finally, it covered the entire Jiuli land, and the rotation became faster and faster, drawing in all directions and causing countless silt to splash everywhere.

The depth of a thousand zhang beneath the silt was instantly revealed within this vortex, and the cave within appeared to the world!

Inside, the shrine was like a mountain, rising upward; the light emitted from within illuminated the firmament. Looking from afar, the gray mist of Jiuli began to dissipate.

And the vast fluctuations erupting from this shrine sent the murmurs within to every corner of the Mountain-Sea Great Domain.

In an instant, the wails and roars of fierce beasts became more intense, and the bodies and souls of cultivators trembled even more strongly.

The Mountain-Sea Great Domain... erupted completely!

And the spider god statue at the source, amidst this heaven and earth roaring, had its aura rise along with a sense of revival; even more obviously, the sun-flame power at its brow, the moon-flame marks on its body, and the star-flame suppression around it all showed signs of being driven away, beginning to loosen.

Its eyelids were also trembling, as if about to open. Xu Qing, seeing this, had rapid breathing; he was currently above this vortex, and as he sped along, a large amount of gray mist surged toward him from all directions, circling around him and bestowing him with strength.

But such a blessing could not play much of a role when facing that spider god.

In the intense eruption of this sense of revival, a huge suction force also rose from within, enveloping Xu Qing and causing his figure, which was trying to leave, to not only be unable to continue but instead be pulled backward by this suction.

It seemed that if he did not give up the skull, it was impossible for him to leave this place.

"Could it be that my judgment was wrong, and there is no mystery between the Sun, Moon, and Star gods and this god?"

At the critical moment of crisis, as Xu Qing faced the choice of whether to give up, another change occurred!

The spider god statue within the shrine, its brow's sun-flame power transformed into tree branches, suddenly emitted blinding light after being forced out by an inch.

This light was like the sun, extremely brilliant; as it spread across the heaven and earth, it gave Xu Qing the feeling that it was as if a sun had truly appeared at the brow of this spider god statue.

A painful wail came from within the spider god statue's body, and as it fell into Xu Qing's ears, his mind roared, and he spat out blood, unable to bear it.

Fortunately, because the nine skulls within Xu Qing's purple crystal were complete, the gray mist had completely merged with Xu Qing, whistling and filling the air to resolve it for him.

At the same time, the four long spears transformed from the moon-flame power on the spider god statue's body also became sharp instantly; a cold sensation spread, and overlapping shadows appeared on them, forming four more long spears that fell directly.

The wailing became even more shrill; the eight mud jars from the star-flame seemed to become heavier, pressing down fiercely.

The Jiuli vortex paused instantly; the shrine within that was about to rise trembled violently, and under the power of the Sun, Moon, and Star gods, it could not continue and had to fall back into the cave.

The suction force that had been emitted also disappeared.

As for Xu Qing, his entire body trembled; during the previous wailing of the spider god, he had endured tremendous pain, his physical body continued to collapse, and his soul had dimmed.

If not for the protection of the gray mist, he would likely have been destroyed in body and soul by now. At this moment, he forced himself to pull himself together, and taking advantage of the disappearance of the suction force, he used all his strength to rush forward fiercely.

With a boom, he finally broke free from this area and appeared thousands of zhang away.

Without any hesitation, Xu Qing bit his tongue fiercely to make his mind, which was about to lose consciousness, clearer, and continued to speed along until he had flown a hundred miles away. Behind him,

vast ripples like giant waves spread out, accompanied by three heaven-shaking divine pressures.

Xu Qing's breathing hitched; he looked back at the distance a hundred miles away, at the firmament above the vortex core where the spider shrine was located. At this moment, a magnificent scene that shook the world appeared!

It was a huge shrine assembled out of thin air!

One statue shaped like a chariot, enshrining the sun; one statue shaped like a wind palace, enshrining the moon; one statue shaped like a red sedan, enshrining the stars. At the same time, golden light filled the sky, suppressing downward fiercely!