Chapter 446

Lingxiao Palace, Shunfeng'er rushed into the hall.

“Your Majesty! Youyou Lingguan has sent word—outside the realms, something has changed! The Shuixing Abyss has emitted a world-ending tremor; the world’s barrier is being disturbed!”

At these words, all the immortals in the hall turned pale.

Taibai Jinxing stepped forward.

“Your Majesty, Kunpeng has appeared multiple times in the Three Realms—could his true goal lie beyond the realms?”

The Jade Emperor did not answer immediately; he raised his eyes toward the Haotian Mirror.

Within the mirror’s surface, the stars of Beiju Luzhou were densely packed; the Dou, Lei, and Shui Departments were still searching for Kunpeng’s trail.

The Jade Emperor activated the Haotian Mirror, directing its divine light toward the outer realms.

The Haotian Mirror rose into the air; layer upon layer of celestial divine patterns ignited upon its surface.

Golden divine light burst from Lingxiao Palace, shooting straight to the ninth heavens, then cascading down from their edge, piercing through the Three Realms’ boundary and illuminating the dim outer realms.

The outer realms were not part of the Three Realms; there, the laws were incomplete, the void chaotic, and ordinary divine arts utterly ineffective.

Yet the Haotian Mirror was a treasure of the Heavenly Court, tasked with monitoring the order of the Three Realms; now, activated by the Jade Emperor with the power of the Dao, its light forcibly tore through layer after layer of void mist.

The mirror’s surface was first a gray void, then shattered star-lands emerged.

Next came fractured dark regions, and finally, the Haotian Mirror revealed a continent in the midst of collapse.

The land cracked open, mountains toppled, earth veins spewed malevolent qi, and spatial storms reversed and flooded inward.

Above this scene of destruction, a colossal Kunpeng true body loomed, blotting out the heavens and pressing down upon the void.

Vast demonic aura surged; even through the mirror’s surface, the peak Zun Saint pressure made many immortals and gods in the hall feel oppressive.

“It’s Kunpeng!” Taibai Jinxing cried out, “How could he be in the outer realms? Could the one appearing repeatedly in the Three Realms not be his true body?”

The Jade Emperor stared at the scene in the Haotian Mirror, golden light flickering in his eyes.

“Notify Doumu Yuanjun, Zhenwu Dadi, and all the gods of the Dou Department—immediately abandon pursuit of the Kunpeng within the Three Realms.”

“Cross the world barrier, enter the outer realms, and capture Kunpeng’s true body.”

The messenger immortal in the hall received the Jade Emperor’s decree, transformed into golden light, and instantly shot out of Lingxiao Palace.

Outside a deep abyss on Beiju Luzhou, Doumu Yuanjun was leading the Dou Department gods to seal the abyss when she suddenly looked up.

A golden light pierced the sky—the messenger immortal arrived, holding the Jade Emperor’s divine edict.

Zhenwu Dadi and Zhenyuanzi both turned their gaze; the Jade Emperor’s voice echoed from the imperial decree.

“Kunpeng’s true body has appeared in the Shuixing Abyss of the outer realms; the Haotian Mirror has locked onto his aura. Please, Yuanjun, lead the Dou Department gods to apprehend him.”

Upon hearing this, Doumu Yuanjun asked no questions; her sleeve stirred, and the star chains retracted into the sky.

“Go.”

Zhenwu Dadi’s eyes sharpened; he thought silently: “So Su Chen was right.”

Zhenyuanzi said nothing, only raised his hand and pressed it upon the Earth Book.

Upon its scroll, mountains and rivers flowed; earth-yellow divine light formed a bridge connecting to the distant world barrier of the Three Realms.

Doumu Yuanjun raised the Star-Dou Divine Seal; ten thousand stars blazed, their light intertwining with the Earth Book’s yellow radiance, forcibly tearing open a passage to the outer realms above Beiju Luzhou.

Zhenwu Dadi stepped forward first, entering the passage; Zhenyuanzi followed closely behind.

Doumu Yuanjun departed last; she glanced at the gods of the Dou Department.

“The outer realms are perilous beyond measure—you will not accompany us. Remain at the Three Realms’ boundary and set up arrays.”

“We obey the imperial decree!”

The next instant, Doumu Yuanjun vanished into starlight; the gods of the Dou Department headed toward the Three Realms’ barrier.

…

Deep within the Shuixing Abyss, the primordial fragments had already been mostly destroyed.

Su Chen, taking advantage of the world’s collapse, had maneuvered against Kunpeng and reopened a spatial passage; the passage behind him had just stabilized.

The Chaos Bell hovered above his head, its xuanhuang light cascading down, blocking all of Kunpeng’s attacks.

Kunpeng’s eyes burned crimson, blood dripping from the wound on his brow.

The wound was not deep, yet it refused to heal—for Kunpeng, this was no mere injury, but a Dao-severing scar.

He stared at Su Chen, who was about to flee, preparing to unleash another divine art to shatter the spatial passage.

In that instant, three boundless forces forcibly tore through the chaotic void of this region.

Doumu Yuanjun stepped upon starlight, carving a path through the outer realms’ violent winds; Zhenwu Dadi followed close behind, his Zhenwu Dangmo Sword humming violently; Zhenyuanzi, with the Earth Book above his head, repelled all destructive chaos with a curtain of earth-yellow light.

The three great beings stepped out of the void, their eyes meeting the collapsing continent.

The next instant, all three fixed their gazes ahead.

At the front of the spatial passage, Su Chen was resisting Kunpeng’s assault; above his head, an ancient bell slowly rotated.

Upon its body, images of sun, moon, and stars flowed endlessly; the four primordial forces—earth, water, fire, and wind—manifested clearly.

Thick xuanhuang qi, like an ocean, suppressed that region of time and space.

Zhenwu Dadi’s pupils contracted.

“The Chaos Bell… it’s in Su Chen’s hands?”

Doumu Yuanjun also looked at Su Chen; years ago in the Heavenly Court, she had known only that Su Chen was bold enough to invoke the old affairs of the Jie Sect to seek her aid.

Now, seeing him again, this young man wore a primordial supreme treasure atop his head, dueling a primordial ancient monster like Kunpeng—his growth rate was unimaginable.

Zhenyuanzi was equally astonished; he had never expected the Yaohuang ’s lost treasure, vanished for countless eons, to be in the hands of Su Chen—the youth he had once met briefly at Wuzhuang.

Su Chen, seeing the three, felt joy surge within him—he knew his chance to escape had come.

He activated the Chaos Bell, shielding himself as he prepared to leave.

Kunpeng, seeing him attempt to flee, unleashed a divine art to block him—but Doumu Yuanjun and the other two acted simultaneously to intercept him.

Su Chen, with the Chaos Bell above his head, stepped into the spatial passage; before the passage closed, his voice echoed from within: “Kunpeng, since the Hongmeng Purple Qi has vanished, it was never meant for you. If you wish revenge, come to the Eastern Sea and find me!”

As his words faded, Su Chen’s figure, along with the Chaos Bell, vanished entirely from the outer void.

With Su Chen’s words spoken, Doumu Yuanjun’s hand holding the Star-Dou Divine Seal paused slightly.

Zhenwu Dadi’s expression changed sharply.

Zhenyuanzi’s aura surged instantly.

“Hongmeng Purple Qi,” Zhenyuanzi hissed, uttering those four characters with gritted teeth.

That was Hongyun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi!

His friend had died because of it—and the culprit was none other than Kunpeng.

Zhenyuanzi’s gaze locked onto Kunpeng; he formed a seal with both hands and slammed them onto the Earth Book above his head.

“Kunpeng!” Zhenyuanzi’s voice dripped with bone-chilling malice.

The Earth Book flipped wildly; the earth-yellow light exploded tenfold.

The phantom of the Earth Immortal Realm’s land forcibly manifested in the outer void, transforming into endless mountainous prisons.

“It seems you must give me an answer today! Where is Hongyun’s Hongmeng Purple Qi?”

Doumu Yuanjun snapped back to awareness; she did not stop Zhenyuanzi, but swiftly formed a seal.

The power of the zodiac stars, summoned by her, sealed the entire region’s space completely.

Zhenwu Dadi pointed his Dangmo Sword directly at Kunpeng, sealing all eight directions with divine authority.

The three formed an encirclement, trapping Kunpeng at the center.

Lingxiao Palace. Now, silence reigned—so quiet a pin could be heard falling.

Within the Haotian Mirror, Su Chen’s final words still echoed through the hall.

“Hongmeng Purple Qi…” Taibai Jinxing murmured, his voice trembling.

The Jade Emperor sat upon his throne, leaning slightly forward, staring at the Haotian Mirror, a flash of light passing through his eyes.

Deep within the Blood Sea, the Minghelaozu , who had been monitoring Doumu Yuanjun’s movements, also heard the news.

He leapt to his feet; the Twelve-Petal Karma Red Lotus shook violently, stirring titanic waves of blood; the killing swords Mutu and Abi emitted piercing shrieks.

“Hongmeng Purple Qi!” The Minghelaozu ’s eyes blazed with terrifying crimson light, “That old thief Kunpeng has found the foundation for sainthood!”

He retracted the Lotus, took one step forward, and his body transformed into a streak of bloodlight, shooting skyward toward the heavens.

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Doulou Palace.

Tai Shang Laojun, who had been refining elixirs, paused his actions; he gazed at the Six Ding Divine Flames dancing within the Eight-Trigram Furnace and sighed softly.

“An age of turmoil. The Three Realms are about to descend into chaos.”

Deep within the Shuixing Abyss.

Zhenyuanzi’s Earth Book now pressed upon Kunpeng’s head; the mountain phantoms sank inch by inch.

“An answer?” Kunpeng’s brow still bled; he was now frenzied, his aura swelling uncontrollably.

“You want an answer? I’ll give you one!”