Chapter 1158

The god immediately heard the voice of the Lord of Flame emanating from the Lord of Flame's divine realm.

"Good. This time, I came solely for you, not for the goddess Vivela. If anyone dares to ambush Goddess Vivela while I'm fighting the Lord of Flame, let this star be their fate!"

High above, Venerable Tianlan finished speaking and suddenly reached out, grasping.

Instantly, from the boundless heights of the Heavenly Realm, a massive fragmentary star, over ten thousand li in diameter, was snatched down by her.

Then, Venerable Tianlan gently squeezed.

"Puff!"

The colossal fragmentary star instantly turned to dust.

Many gods tightened their hearts.

"Venerable Tianlan's power is terrifying!"

Some gods thought.

To gods, destroying a fragmentary star in the boundless heights of the Heavenly Realm is not difficult.

A peak third-tier Divine Lord could obliterate one with a single strike.

Weaker gods could destroy it easily with a few more strikes.

But for Venerable Tianlan to pluck a star from the sky and crush it with one hand, completing the entire process in less than a second—this involves power of immense horror.

Many gods turned their gazes again toward Lin Yan's divine realm.

"Then let the battle begin!"

From within Lin Yan's divine realm came Lin Yan's calm voice.

Immediately, Lin Yan stepped out from within his divine realm.

Venerable Tianlan said nothing and began ascending higher.

Lin Yan also said nothing and followed after her.

"Follow quickly!"

In the Elven Divine Realm, other Heavenly Realm gods, seeing this, surged forward.

Among these Heavenly Realm gods, those driven by the Ancient Gods also quickly followed.

"Do you feel I'm different now?"

Several minutes later, in the boundless heights of the Heavenly Realm, the extremely tall Venerable Tianlan looked at Lin Yan and said.

Though her appearance had not changed, she now looked not like a girl, but like a woman in her twenties.

Compared to the lively girl before, she was now an icy goddess radiating chilling aura!

Lin Yan nodded slightly.

The Venerable Tianlan before him now bore a completely different aura from the girl he had seen in the palace.

"This was my past self—my past self was a being that made even Heavenly Realm gods turn pale. But after encountering the Life Rule, my views changed. That was the version of me you saw last time. Enough talk—begin. They're coming."

Venerable Tianlan spoke lightly.

Instinctively, Lin Yan sensed her words carried far more information.

In that brief moment, he deduced numerous possibilities.

For instance, why had Venerable Tianlan sought out the Life Rule?

One possibility Lin Yan deduced was that when Venerable Tianlan originally touched the Rule, she may have been injured, and the Life Rule had healed her wounds, thereby altering her personality and beliefs.

Of course, there was no time now to verify these deductions.

Because other gods were approaching.

This performance was meant for the gods among them who were driven by the Ancient Gods.

The performance was simple: Venerable Tianlan appears, fights Lin Yan fiercely, allowing the Ancient Gods to witness Lin Yan's terrifying progress, feel a strong threat from him, and then send stronger Ancient Gods to hunt him down.

No overly complex conspiracy was needed.

Overly complex conspiracies were easier to see through.

Simpler was better.

In the realm of gods, simplicity was often more effective.

Venerable Tianlan's past personality perfectly matched her current behavior.

If Lin Yan had provoked trouble and displayed his power on his own, without Venerable Tianlan, the Ancient Gods might have grown suspicious and hesitated to act.

To the Ancient Gods, the stronger and more unnatural you are, the greater the threat—you're far more likely to draw their attack.

If you're weak and insignificant, they won't even spare you a glance!

"Look, they're there!"

Below, some Divine Lords were the first to catch up.

These Divine Lords saw Lin Yan and Venerable Tianlan far above, already fighting.

They dared not approach too closely.

Soon, other gods arrived one after another.

The moment these gods arrived, they were flung back by a terrifying energy tide!

"Fall back!"

Countless gods retreated farther, gazing upward with fear.

If a normal human, with normal eyes, were there, they would see nothing.

But to the eyes of gods, two immensely advanced divine forces clashed there, and alongside the divine power, countless destructive rules collided.

Any one of these colliding destructive forces, if they touched even a fraction of it, would leave them annihilated without a trace.

"Too terrifying!"

One god murmured, stunned.

"They're really angry now—this fight is insane!"

"Yeah, Venerable Tianlan is at least a goddess—how can she be so violent? One moment she's fine, the next she's fighting."

"You don't know—I just heard some gods saying Venerable Tianlan's always been like this. And if someone told you you weren't even fit to carry a god's shoes, wouldn't you be furious?"

"Yeah, there are plenty of gods saying that—kill them all and they'd still keep talking. To shut them up, the best solution is to fight the Flame Lord."

"…"

The gods watched the battle, chatting among themselves.

No god dared approach the battlefield.

But within the gods' perceptions, the battle grew fiercer by the moment.

Then, some gods' souls trembled.

Because two powers, towering above all else, flashed and released!

"Force of Law!"

A god-lord cried out!

"Yes, it must be the Force of Law—last time, in the Flame Lord's divine realm, it felt exactly like this."

Another god-lord said.

"I never expected they'd both wield the Force of Law in battle. From this, Venerable Tianlan isn't weak—she's mastered the Force of Law too!"

The gods buzzed with discussion.

After both sides activated the Force of Law, the gods retreated further.

High above, the collision of the two Forces of Law produced an astonishing effect.

Centered on the two god-lords, countless miles around had become a dead zone.

The watching gods stared, stunned.

Though they could not see Venerable Tianlan or the Flame Lord within, merely sensing the shifts in energy was enough to tell them how fierce this battle was!

"Huh? You've mastered two Forces of Law—your divine body must have reached Level 18!"

At that moment, Venerable Tianlan's voice rang out from the center of the battlefield.

"You're right!"

Immediately, the Flame Lord's voice echoed back.

Then, the battle grew even fiercer!

"Two Forces of Law! Level 18 divine body!"

Venerable Tianlan's words left the gods below utterly stunned!

"The Flame Lord only broke through to the fourth tier a few months ago—how could he have a Level 18 divine body so fast?"

One god said in disbelief.