Chapter 525: Taking Action

Emperor Dongling transformed into a streak of red light, crossing a distance of hundreds of millions of kilometers in the blink of an eye, and appeared above a Small Thousand World.

After his figure manifested, Emperor Dongling's expression was grim, with black blood flowing from both his eyes and ears.

These were internal injuries sustained from resisting the Decay of the Dark Catastrophe, which were difficult to recover from in a short time.

Just moments ago, the Dark Catastrophe Decay had forcibly broken through the boundary, and he had been forced to unleash a Great Divine Ability to bring the nearby Cultivators back.

However, even though Emperor Dongling had exhausted all his strength.

On the battlefield not far away, there were still thousands upon thousands of Cultivators already covered by the black substance, becoming nourishment for the other side in an instant.

Emperor Dongling's excellent Divine Sense perception could even see that within the black substance, which resembled sludge, vague human faces were emerging on the surface.

These faces were the Cultivators who had just been devoured.

Among them were many Heavenly Immortals and Great Ability experts of the Great Vehicle Realm.

But at this very moment, their remaining Primordial Spirits had all become puppets of the Dark Catastrophe Decay.

The tragic state of these fellow practitioners dealt a massive blow to the confidence of the remaining Cultivators behind Emperor Dongling.

Furthermore, after the Dark Catastrophe Decay successfully entered this realm, the Evil Qi of Decay spread everywhere.

Even the Small Thousand World beneath their feet was soon affected.

The mid-to-low-level Cultivators and Commoners in the Small Thousand World had long since been evacuated.

But the animals and plants that had not been evacuated were still contaminated by the power of Decay and began to mutate.

The mutation progressed extremely rapidly once it began.

Even though Emperor Dongling had noticed it immediately and used an Innate Supreme Treasure to suppress it.

Within the Small Thousand World, following the devouring and merging, a massive dragon head formed from black seaweed emerged from the Dahai.

This dragon head opened its mouth wide, revealing sharp teeth formed from black seaweed.

It roared and shattered the Barrier of the Small Thousand World itself, though it failed to touch Emperor Dongling and the others.

Yet, it took the opportunity to spread the power of Decay.

This caused the Cultivators around Emperor Dongling to notice the abnormality one after another, feeling symptoms of their physical bodies and Divine Souls being contaminated by the power of Decay.

Even Emperor Dongling.

Could see through his Divine Sense that extremely tiny black spots had appeared on his own Divine Soul.

These black spots looked insignificant.

But Emperor Dongling knew that once he suffered a serious injury, they would immediately spread throughout his entire body, leading to his total destruction.

What was worse, to drive out these black spots, one had to find a pure land and spend time calculated in centuries to grind them away before there was any chance of success.

This left Emperor Dongling feeling somewhat desperate.

They could not even stop the Dark Catastrophe Decay from forcibly descending; from here on out, this Shikong Haiyu would never know peace again.

Where would he find the time to resolve the lingering threat?

Vaguely, Emperor Dongling seemed to see himself having to sacrifice his own body to become a sealing divine object, just as his predecessor had.

It was just that... even so, looking at the Dark Catastrophe Decay, which seemed to be squeezing its entire main body in, Emperor Dongling was somewhat uncertain if such a sacrifice would have any effect.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of explosions rang out beside Emperor Dongling.

It was Cultivators with unstable realms and insufficient states of mind who realized they were about to be corrupted by Decay.

Thus, some kind-hearted veteran Heavenly Immortals sighed and took action to physically eliminate the possibility of these people continuing to decay.

Emperor Dongling watched this without stopping them; instead, after regulating his breath, he once again used his Innate Supreme Treasure and charged forward to try again.

Dozens of breaths later.

Emperor Dongling returned once more, with more than half of the high-level Cultivators who had accompanied him gone.

The remaining ones had completely lost all confidence.

A Heavenly Immortal looked at Emperor Dongling:

"Emperor, the gap in our realms is too great; we are simply throwing our lives away!"

"Emperor... we do not want to die yet."

"Let us retreat; let us retreat back into our respective realms."

"Even for the Dark Catastrophe, it would take quite a long time to devour and pollute the entire Dongling Shiyu, would it not?"

"Perhaps in that time, we could find reinforcements or some other solution?"

Emperor Dongling fell silent for a moment, having just agreed to this suggestion of dying a little later.

They suddenly noticed the surrounding space flicker.

Immediately, Emperor Dongling's expression changed drastically:

"This is not recorded in any chronicles."

"How could the Dark Catastrophe spread so quickly!"

"Do not think of running; the Dark Catastrophe Decay has just enveloped our entire Shikong Haiyu."

Hearing Emperor Dongling's warning, the Cultivators who had proposed running trembled slightly, and then they too sensed the change in the surrounding space.

Instantly... they all fell into despair.

About one-third of the area of Dongling Shiyu was enveloped by the thin membrane unfurled by the Dark Catastrophe Decay.

This scene also fell into the eyes of Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar.

He was already accustomed to such things.

Previous Dark Catastrophes, aside from that Supreme Mother God who would sleep after taking a single bite.

The other Dark Catastrophes only invaded from the outside using a tiny fraction of their bodies.

It was equivalent to using a straw to drink from a coconut.

At that time, it was enough for a Cultivator inside the coconut to block the straw opening.

But now, it is equivalent to directly gouging out a large hole with a knife, and then biting in with the entire mouth along that opening.

Naturally, they cannot be mentioned in the same breath.

"Make a move?"

Taiyi the Demon Emperor could feel the World Will of the Dongling Shiyu beginning to decline rapidly, and could not help but ask aloud.

Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar waited for a few more breaths, then nodded in agreement.

The next instant.

A Neutron Battle Star crashed through the decaying membrane of the Dark Catastrophe, appearing in the eyes of the Dongling Emperor and these Cultivators.

With a sweep of Divine Sense, the information that the Salvation Lineage was joining forces with thousands of Time Domains to eliminate the Dark Catastrophe and develop and progress together was transmitted to the Dongling Emperor and the others.

At first, the Dongling Emperor and his group felt it was somewhat unbelievable.

This is the complete form of the Dark Catastrophe, you... actually say you want to deal with it?

This... since when has the Cultivation World become so powerful?

The Dongling Emperor still wanted to doubt it, when he saw energy light wings emerging from the Neutron Battle Star.

Following that, the light beams shot out by these light wings actually sliced through the surrounding space, cutting away chunks of the power of Decay.

At the same time, further away, it seemed as if nine Suns were blooming with light simultaneously.

Under that light, the black matter from the Decay of the Dark Catastrophe was actually burning fiercely!

In the span of a breath, the True Fire of the Sun spread out.

It left the Dongling Emperor and the Cultivators behind him dumbfounded.

The original skepticism all turned into reverence and even fear.

The painful emotions of the Decay of the Dark Catastrophe also appeared in this Shikong Haiyu.

This was also the first time the Dongling Emperor and the others knew that the Dark Catastrophe could also feel pain and howl to express emotions.

"Dongling Emperor! You are the Emperor of this place, the person destined by the will of this world."

"Do not just watch, circulate this method, and kill this Dark Catastrophe together!"

Su Ping's Primordial Spirit Avatar swept his Divine Sense toward the Dongling Emperor, and after reminding the other party to contribute, he also gave him a Secret Technique to stimulate the will of the Time Domain.

These Secret Techniques were researched and obtained by the Sages of the Holy Domain.

The purpose was to allow those Time Domain Emperors who were blocking the catastrophe to have the strength to fight.

As they entered the Zhenyao Ta, it naturally allowed Su Ping to learn them as well.

Having obtained the Secret Technique, the Dongling Emperor immediately sensed the World Will of the Dongling Shiyu.

At this moment, the World Will also perceived the life-and-death threat of the Dark Catastrophe, and when sensed by the Emperor, it accepted the other party's consciousness with almost no obstacles.

Suddenly, the Dongling Emperor had the illusion that when the time comes, the heavens and the earth all work in one's favor.

He hurriedly manipulated the World Will to mobilize the power of the entire Time Domain to resist the Dark Catastrophe.

Although the effect was not very great.

But in a great battle of the Dark Catastrophe level, being able to play a role at all was extremely difficult.