Chapter 291: The True Identity of the Divine Corpse, the Reappearing Stellar Claw

It was the sound of countless Immortal-Binding Cords rubbing together, only mingled with the sound of invisible insects attaching themselves.

Like an endless stream of Immortal-Binding Cords, they suddenly shot forth in this very instant.

This was the Immortal-Binding Cord version of 【Ten Thousand Arrows in Unison】!

Seen from afar, in this single instant, the land above became a world of chains.

Endless chains, like living things, leapt up from the earth, dodging the imprisoned crowd as they struck toward the heavens, as if to shatter this gloomy firmament.

Above the firmament, the blue-gold divine eye's next move had also arrived.

It seemed He had not expected that the ants in His eyes would dare to counterattack—He was enraged.

Dark clouds rolled, dense Spirit Qi began to gather, transforming into bolts of lightning that flickered unsteadily.

Countless blue-gold bolts of lightning fell without cease, like ten thousand thunders descending together.

In an instant, between the dim heavens and earth, the blue-gold divine eye that radiated a sacred aura like a heavenly god unleashed heavenly might, as if to destroy the world, while the divine chains on the ground that radiated an evil, ominous aura were instead protecting mortals, meeting the resplendent heavenly might head-on.

This scene, an epic-like moment—if those imprisoned here could survive—perhaps they would remember this instant forever, for a thousand years, ten thousand years, until eternity.

Boom!!!

Boom!!!!

The next instant, chains and lightning clashed, and dazzling light began to Burst forth.

Amid the violent tremors, it seemed as if this entire stretch of heaven and earth had been shaken by the terrifying energy of this moment.

The void began to shatter ceaselessly, revealing thread after thread of dark, eerie fissures; the earth trembled without stop, like an Earth Dragon turning over, until at last the earth split open with a crash, and crimson magma gushed forth directly.

At this moment, it was as if the apocalypse had already begun.

This was power sufficient to sweep across the entire Dongfang Quyu!

Amid the clash of chains and lightning, there were constantly chains unable to withstand the power of lightning that collapsed and transformed back into Yin Qi, and constantly lightning pierced through by chains that returned to their form of Spirit Qi.

Dense energy ceaselessly filled the space between heaven and earth, spontaneously transforming into two storms—one blue-green, one black—that pierced through heaven and earth.

After a few breaths, both stopped their power simultaneously.

Because the previous attack was merely a small probe between the two.

Continuing to deadlock like this was meaningless—it would only waste strength.

At this moment, the blue-gold divine eye was also somewhat uncertain and suspicious. He had been careless—the one wielding the Immortal-Binding Cords before him was no ant. A matter he had thought was in the bag had actually been resolved in an instant by this ant, and even the power of lightning that should have countered the Immortal-Binding Cords had failed.

This was not something an ant who had merely obtained the Immortal-Binding Cords by chance could do; only one who had truly received that one's inheritance could accomplish such a feat.

Could it be that this ant had obtained that one's inheritance?

At this thought, the blue-gold divine eye's heart also blazed with fervor.

If this Faba and that one's inheritance were both obtained by Him, then He might also be able to follow the example of that one back then and advance further.

Of course, if Baichuan knew what He was thinking at this moment, he would certainly snort with laughter.

Don't joke— the reason he had taken this Faba was precisely because the Star-Devouring Insects could not fully master this Faba, and he had inadvertently taken advantage of that weakness.

How could someone who obtained the Faba like this possibly not be on guard?

Thinking of this, He gazed at the empty void below and spoke once more: "What is your connection with Canglan? Was His inheritance obtained by you?"

"What? The inheritance of that great Majesty?"

The moment these words were spoken, before Baichuan could even react, the area below exploded into an uproar.

Because of the clash between the two earlier, the stability of the Spirit Qi in this place had long been destroyed, inadvertently releasing the imprisoned True Lords.

Of course, they had been released, yet not a single one dared to flee. Don't joke—in this situation, let alone the fact that this stretch of heaven and earth was already controlled by that mysterious Heavenly Sovereign who had left no honorific title, even without that, who would dare to be the first to stick their neck out and flee on their own?

In such circumstances, fleeing would be so conspicuous—wouldn't that be like thinking one hadn't died quickly enough?

The only choice left to them was to set aside past grudges, work together, and unfold a protective barrier, so as not to die in vain in the aftershocks of the Heavenly Sovereigns' clash.

But unexpectedly, at this moment they had actually heard an explosive piece of news!

The existence behind those chains had actually obtained the inheritance of the legendary Lord of Canglan!

One must know, that was the legendary first powerhouse above the Heavenly Sovereign realm! The Lord of Canglan, also known as Tianyuan Zunzhe, was the strongest being of this heaven and earth. He became so famous because he had once wrought boundless slaughter in the primordial era, and subsequently, in that primordial age, had already reached the ineffable, mysterious realm and transcended to depart.

Of course, this was what the uninformed True Lords knew. As for those True Lords who had survived out of the depths of Mingtu—those were the ones truly shocked beyond measure!

Now, they finally understood exactly who that divine corpse in the depths of Mingtu was!

It was precisely the legendary Tianyuan Zunzhe!

But after understanding, it instead made them even more terrified.

The legendary Tianyuan Zunzhe, recorded as having transcended and departed, had actually lain quietly in the depths of Mingtu like a corpse, his divine body becoming a breeding ground for a swarm of strange insects.

Then, then just how terrifying must that swarm of strange insects be?

That was an existence above the Heavenly Sovereign realm!

Could such a being be born in this heaven and earth?

And why had Tianyuan Zunzhe encountered such an ominous fate?

What kind of secrets were hidden within history?

What exactly had happened back then?

These True Lords abruptly discovered that it seemed the more they knew, the more they felt their own ignorance and confusion.

Of course, as those who had personally experienced that scene back then, they also reacted—the Senior Bai had not obtained Tianyuan Zunzhe's inheritance, but had personally beaten to pieces the strange insects that had harmed Tianyuan Zunzhe.

In the past, without a comparison, they hadn't been clear about the senior's strength. Now, with a clear comparison, they finally understood!

For a time, these True Lords were so excited their faces flushed red—their choice had been the right one!

With the senior as our dragon, the senior would certainly not let us, who chose Him, die in vain!

After understanding this point, the gaze of these True Lords toward the Heavenly Sovereign above the firmament seemed to faintly carry a trace of pity.

Great unnamed Heavenly Sovereign, you simply do not understand what you are making an enemy of!

……

And at this moment, as the center of everything, Baichuan finally understood the true identity of that divine corpse he had encountered before — it turned out to be the once publicly acknowledged strongest being of this heaven and earth.

But unfortunately, it guessed wrong. I still need a little Time.

Raising his head again, Baichuan looked up at the enormous divine eye above, his gaze flickering as no one knew what he was thinking.

The next moment, he no longer hid himself, slowly revealing his form from within the void.

In an instant, first a pair of strikingly beautiful coral-like dragon horns slowly poked out from the void, then the seemingly solid void was violently seized by a pair of Dragon Claws, and with a sudden wrench, a slender, powerful body covered in black, deep scales dotted with starlight glided smoothly out.

In a flash, a massive, majestic dragon appeared in this world.

A dragon's might, vast as an ocean, pounded against the void like waves.

Pure white clouds and mist, carrying an aura of peace and life, began to gather ceaselessly, contesting territory with the pitch-black dark clouds; a gentle, mild breeze began to blow forth, carrying with it an aura belonging to life.

Under the spread of this aura, the wooden planks below — which had clearly already been crafted by skilled craftsmen into houses — slowly sprouted tender green buds.

In this scene, though Baichuan was largely a black dragon, his appearance made him look more like a true azure dragon than Ao Qing, who was supposed to be the azure dragon.

At this moment, the true dragon — seemingly enormous yet utterly insignificant compared to the heaven and earth — began to gaze back at the vast celestial divine eye.

"What does it have to do with anything?"

Under the other's gaze, the true dragon slowly repeated the other's question, then, resting his chin on a Dragon Claw and pondering for a moment, suddenly chuckled lightly, "Guess?"

"Little dragon, how dare you toy with me!"

Caught off guard by being played, the blue-gold divine eye flew into a violent rage, and in an instant a thin streak of golden light shot out directly from that enormous eye.

Yet this mere thin streak of golden light carried a strange fluctuation.

In an instant, Baichuan sensed a faint, elusive sense of crisis.

He did not grow overconfident. Even though his strength appeared on the surface to surpass the other's, they were ultimately not of the same system, and the other was also the first Tianyuan Zunzhe he faced in complete form — he could not afford to be careless.

At the same time, he did not expose the power of Light Point, because a Tianyuan Zunzhe who already stood at the peak of this world would naturally understand, without needing to be told, whether the power he displayed belonged to this world or not.

Therefore, all that remained for him now was to continue wielding the power of Yin Energy Manipulation.

In an instant, Yin Energy surged, and the Immortal-Binding Rope flew up once more, beginning to obstruct.

In just a few breaths, Baichuan had clashed with the blue-gold divine eye no fewer than a hundred times; overall, the blue-gold divine eye held the upper hand.

Seen from afar, it was as if the tiny true dragon, beneath the vast might of heaven and earth, paled in comparison, able only to rely on the divine power of the Immortal-Binding Rope to barely protect itself — and one careless slip could plunge it into mortal peril.

Large amounts of Dragon Blood began to drip from the true dragon's body, and a vicious wound abruptly appeared.

For a time, Baichuan's utter dishevelment made the blue-gold divine eye feel a surge of pleasure — an ant is an ant; so what if it obtained the Immortal-Binding Rope and the inheritance of Tianyuan Zunzhe?

In the end, wouldn't it all still benefit me!

Baichuan's performance naturally also caused the crowd below to grow tense and worried.

Clearly, compared to that unknown Tianyuan Zunzhe, although that true dragon was also mysterious, at least it had previously protected them.

Once that mysterious true dragon died, before a Tianyuan Zunzhe, they did not believe they would be spared.

Even though they had done nothing wrong.

A Tianyuan Zunzhe is simply that domineering — high and aloof, no longer the same kind of being as ordinary creatures, or even True Monarchs.

The earlier scene of heavenly thunder striking down had already made this clear enough.

It was laughable, really — at this moment, Baichuan, who clearly was not a native creature of this world, was more popular than the local unknown Tianyuan Zunzhe.

But was the truth really so?

The next moment, Baichuan's dodging movements stopped. Feeling the information transmitted by his own power, he instantly raised his head, looked toward that enormous eye, and felt rather helpless inside.

He never expected that he too would one day be tripped up by an empiricist.

It turned out his disguise was entirely unnecessary.

Long before coming to this world, he had known that the strong of this world were generally very afraid of death, and liked to hide their true bodies at every turn, lest any accident occur.

The former Lord of Radiance had also proven this point.

He had originally assumed all powerful beings were like this, so from the moment he faced this mysterious Tianyuan Zunzhe directly, he repeated his old trick — just as when dealing with the Star-Devouring Worms — releasing large amounts of concealed Light Point energy outward, beginning to continuously search for the other's true body.

After all, with the other's current eye-shaped form, any normal person would know at a glance that it could not possibly be the true body.

Therefore, to prevent the other from noticing, he did not hesitate to disguise himself and feign weakness, purely afraid that if he accidentally destroyed the other's avatar, the other's true body would directly hide away and never appear again.

In this vast world, once the other hid, even he would have no way to deal with it.

He never expected that now, after his Light Point power had thoroughly scanned the area, the information it gave him was: this is the other's true body!

Upon learning this truth, Baichuan was momentarily speechless.

Was it that the other was too bold, or had it been too long since encountering a natural enemy and no longer knew what danger meant — or was the allure of the Immortal-Binding Rope simply that great?

But regardless of which it was, it made things much easier for him, Baichuan.

Now that it was clear, it was time for his counterattack!

With a single shift of thought, Baichuan no longer hesitated.

In an instant, the true power of the Immortal-Binding Rope was activated.

Under the infusion of dense Yin Energy, an invisible domain abruptly unfurled from the Immortal-Binding Rope; under the effect of a mysterious power, all living beings in this stretch of heaven and earth lost their connection with heaven and earth.

This was unmistakably one of the Immortal-Binding Rope's most important abilities — 【Spirit-Binding】!

Affected by this, the blue-gold divine eye's movements also paused, finally sensing the crisis.

Terrifying energy aura began to spread from within the other's body, attempting to break through this binding.

Yet what Baichuan wanted was precisely this momentary opportunity. He never believed that the Spirit-Binding unleashed by Yin Energy Manipulation at merely LV5 (Internal) level could bind a being of Tianyuan Zunzhe caliber.

But don't forget that from the very moment he began using the Immortal-Binding Rope, he had already attached large amounts of invisible Light Point energy onto the chains, including no small amount of Light Point energy in the Star-Devouring Worm form.

From the very beginning, he had been trying to turn this place into his home turf.

At this instant, he opened his dragon maw, then took a sudden, violent Breath.

As large amounts of air vanished, he then Burst forth!

"ROAR——!!!"

A heaven-shaking dragon roar once again echoed across the horizon, intermingled with a newly evolved power—【Spirit Quake】!

At the same time, coordinating with Baichuan's movements were the Star-Devouring Worm Light Points that had long since permeated the void.

These Star-Devouring Worm Light Points all possessed the ability of 【Spirit Quake】; even if it was merely a weakened version, with so many of them working together, that force was no ordinary thing.

Thus, rolling waves of sound intermingled with terrifying Spirit Quake power erupted, their target aimed straight at that blue-gold divine eye.

In an instant, the attack from the level of soul and Spirit directly caused that blue-gold divine eye, which had been attempting to break free of the Spirit-Suppression effect, to freeze.

It had unmistakably fallen into a state of stunned dizziness.

This wasn't over yet; rather, Baichuan's true attack had only just begun.

In the next instant, the true dragon's massive dragon body, as if teleporting, spread open its huge and sharp Dragon Claw, igniting the power of flame.

That was the strongest fire within his body, one that burned not only matter but also destroyed soul and Spirit on that level.

It was unmistakably the Heng Xing Zhi Zhua that had once been used before!

In an instant, Baichuan, cloaked in the terrifying Heng Xing Zhi Zhua, flashed past.

"Boom!!!"

Terrifying flames erupted!

Between this dim, overcast heaven and earth, beneath infinite light and heat, a sun appeared.

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(End of this chapter)