Chapter 441: Three Realms Manhunt

Above the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent, the star net had not yet dispersed.

Doumu Doumu Yuanjun stood at the center of ten thousand stars, her face so cold that the Dou Bu star gods around her dared not speak.

Kill Kun Peng, under the combined assault of Zhenwu Zhenwu Dadi, Zhenyuanzi, and Doumu Doumu Yuanjun, used a mark left by the Chaos Bell to tear open the Dou Ji Chen Yuan Destruction Array and forcibly escaped.

This was essentially slapping the Heavenly Court right in the face before all three realms.

Zhenwu Zhenwu Dadi sheathed his Dao-Subduing Sword; the cracks on his divine body had not yet fully healed.

Zhenyuanzi stood nearby, holding the Earth Book above his head, his gaze fixed on the direction where Kill Kun Peng had vanished, expressionless and silent for a long while.

Doumu Doumu Yuanjun raised her hand, and the Star God Seal hovered in her palm.

"Seal off the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent."

At her words, all the Dou Bu star gods bowed their heads in unison.

"By your decree!"

The next instant, starlight spread outward in all directions; the Twenty-Eight Mansions anchored the heavens, and the three hundred sixty-five main star gods cast their stellar radiance across every corner of the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent.

Mountains, rivers, demon dens, ancient caves, and fissures in the earth veins—all were swept by starlight; any place with abnormal demonic energy was marked.

Zhenwu Zhenwu Dadi spoke in a deep voice: "Kill Kun Peng clearly has no fear this time. Searching only the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent may not be enough."

Doumu Doumu Yuanjun turned to look at him.

"This matter has already been reported to the Jade Emperor; the imperial decree will arrive soon."

As if in response to her words, a golden imperial decree shattered through the clouds high above and descended upon the Duan Hun Mountain Range.

On the decree, celestial Dao patterns flowed, and a solemn voice echoed throughout the three realms.

"The Demon Master Kill Kun Peng has shattered earth veins, disrupted the heavens, wounded the Heavenly Court's emperors, and disturbed the order of the three realms."

"By this decree, the Dou Bu, Lei Bu, Huo Bu, Shui Bu, Wen Bu, the Four Value Ministers, the Five Directions' Head Jiedi, the Four Seas' Dragon Palaces, all local Mountain Gods, Earth Gods, City God Offices—every one is ordered to join the manhunt."

"Anyone who discovers Kill Kun Peng's traces must immediately report to the Heavenly Court. Those who conceal remnants of the Demon Master's palace shall be punished as accomplices."

With this decree issued, the three realms trembled.

In the Eastern Sea Long Gong, Ao Jin Guang personally struck the golden dragon bell; shrimp soldiers and crab generals patrolled all four seas, while the Southern, Western, and Northern Seas simultaneously sealed their water veins.

In human city temples, each City God opened his divine eyes; the Dayou Shen and Nightyou Shen walked the streets and alleys, searching for demonic energy.

Between the Four Great Continents, the Earth Gods emerged from the soil, investigating their assigned territories without omission.

Among the mountains, great and small Mountain Gods used their divine authority to patrol their respective ranges.

This was not a routine procedure—the Heavenly Court was truly desperate.

In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor stared at the Haotian Mirror, expressionless.

Taibai Taibai Jinxing whispered: "Your Majesty, Kill Kun Peng's actions this time are too grand. He is not merely provoking the Heavenly Court—he has another agenda."

The Jade Emperor's gaze settled on the image of the Duan Hun Mountain Range in the mirror.

"I know," the Jade Emperor said slowly. "But since he struck the Heavenly Court's face using the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent, this matter must be investigated thoroughly—otherwise, how can we maintain order?"

This was Kill Kun Peng's open stratagem: he had slapped the Heavenly Court's face. Though everyone sensed something was amiss, the Heavenly Court could not afford to do nothing.

The order of the three realms does not rest on reason—it rests on the Heavenly Court always standing visibly in the light.

If today Kill Kun Peng struck Zhenwu, shattered the earth veins, and walked away unscathed, tomorrow more ancient beings would test the Heavenly Court's limits.

Then the three realms would descend into chaos, and the Heavenly Court's authority would inevitably crumble.

The Jade Emperor raised his hand; the Haotian Mirror blazed with radiant light.

"Order all the gods to search! I want to know what Kill Kun Peng has been plotting in secret these past years."

Just as the Heavenly Court mobilized fully and the entire three realms were on edge—

Beyond the three realms, the Starfall Abyss.

Here there was no sun or moon, no stars, not even a complete Dao of Heaven.

Shattered star continents floated in the void, slowly rotating amid spatial chaos.

Void Gang winds were born from nothingness and vanished back into nothingness.

These winds carried fragments of broken Dao laws; ordinary Jin Jin Xian who were struck would have their bodies instantly shattered, and even Emperor Taiyi Jin Jin Xian could not endure long.

Even a Daluo Jin Jin Xian entering this place must constantly guard their Dao Fruit—otherwise, the broken laws would seep in and crack their Daluo Dao Fruit.

To the immortals and gods of the three realms, this place was a death zone.

Yet Su Chen walked through it, his steps steady, as if treading solid ground.

Above his head, the Chaos Bell hung, its Xuan Huang light cascading down, sealing off the spatial chaos and concealing his spiritual aura.

On the bell's surface, phantom images of sun, moon, and stars flowed silently, subduing the chaotic spatial fluctuations around him.

Within Su Chen, the Chaos Nine Turns continued to rotate; his three hundred sixty-five major acupoints opened and closed simultaneously, each miniature inner world within them inhaling and exhaling chaotic energy, while his spinal dragon pulsed like an ancient furnace, driving chaotic qi through his entire body.

He had once tried removing the Chaos Bell's protection, letting the void Gang winds strike him directly—yet they left only faint white marks.

Suddenly, the Chaos Bell trembled slightly.

Su Chen stopped. Ahead, a faint thread of cold demonic energy lingered at the edge of a spatial fissure.

The demonic energy was so faint that, without the Chaos Bell, Su Chen might not have noticed it at all.

Su Chen raised his hand and drew the thread into his palm—it was another trace left by Kill Kun Peng.

He followed the lingering traces of Kill Kun Peng's energy, moving forward.

Deep within the Starfall Abyss, the spatial structure grew increasingly chaotic.

In some places, one step forward could teleport you hundreds of thousands of miles away.

In others, time and space themselves were unstable; a pebble drifted past Su Chen's face—one instant whole, the next reduced to powder, then instantly restored to its original form.

Su Chen glanced at it and did not approach. In this outer realm, where laws were broken, many dangers could not be overcome by brute force alone.

Though his limbs were powerful and his body strong, his mind was clear—he could be bold, but not reckless.

Far ahead of Su Chen, a dark shadow flashed through the void, passing through three layers of spatial chaos without pausing.

Each flicker carried him tens of millions of miles.

This shadow was Kill Kun Peng's true body—he clearly had a specific destination.

One must admit, Kill Kun Peng's ability to survive from ancient times to now was no accident; such mastery over space was among the finest in the three realms.

In this hellish outer realm, others took one step and looked three ahead—he moved continuously through the spatial chaos.

Su Chen did not rush to close the distance; he used the Chaos Bell to conceal himself, trailing only the tail end of Kill Kun Peng's lingering energy.

Kill Kun Peng's entire focus was on his target ahead, and with his decoy body in the Northern Bei Ju Lu Lu Continent drawing the three realms' attention, he never imagined someone had already followed him here.

Most crucially, Su Chen had the Chaos Bell to conceal him—even if Kill Kun Peng occasionally probed, he could not detect Su Chen's aura or traces.

Soon, Kill Kun Peng slowed his pace, and Su Chen halted behind a shattered meteor.

Ahead lay a dark region—no light, no void storms, not even spatial chaos could enter; it vanished silently upon contact.

It resembled a deep chasm carved into the heart of the Starfall Abyss, severing all connection to the outside.

Su Chen stared ahead, his brow lifting.

"Is this a realm of nullified laws?"

A realm of nullified laws was a place beyond the reach of the three realms' Dao of Heaven—here, yin and yang were extinguished, the five elements could not arise—it was a true death zone.

The Chaos Bell trembled gently; its chime did not carry outward, echoing only within the Xuan Huang light shield.

Su Chen suppressed his Hunyuan spiritual power, retaining only the chaotic qi of his body; the Chaos Bell lowered deeper Xuan Huang light, fully enveloping him.

Prepared, Su Chen stepped forward into the realm of nullified laws.

Upon entering, he felt an oppressive, lifeless stillness.

Darkness pressed against the bell's light, compressing the Xuan Huang glow to within three chi.

Su Chen sensed that, without the Chaos Bell, he could still force his way through with his body alone—but it would be extremely difficult.

Guided by the lingering traces of Kill Kun Peng's energy, Su Chen pressed deeper.

After walking for an unknown length of time, the darkness ahead finally thinned.

A vast, ancient, heavy aura drifted from the end of the darkness.

Su Chen halted. This aura did not belong to the current three realms.

It was more primal, more wild—like the time long ago when he and Monkey King had accidentally entered the world before the Dao Ancestor had reforged heaven and earth, when the Wu and Yao still battled across the Honghuang land.

The Chaos Bell suddenly emitted a low chime. Su Chen raised his hand and pressed it against the bell's body; his eyes blazed with divine light.

He passed through the final layer of darkness—and before him, the scene unfolded completely.

Before him lay a massive fragment of an ancient Honghuang world, perfectly preserved in its primordial aura!

The earth stretched boundlessly; distant mountains pierced the void, towering impossibly high.

Ancient trees soared, their branches and leaves like clouds.

Within the earth veins, primordial demonic energy and primordial spiritual qi intertwined and flowed.