Chapter 344: Inside and Outside Working Together, the Dragon Body Embraces the Realm

"It is time to end this!"

In Beiju Luzhou, amidst the towering pavilions and flying eaves, Fang Longye also stood up, speaking in unison with his avatar.

Having said this, he did not hesitate; he shook his body, vanished directly from the present world, and headed toward the Honghu Realm.

Boom—! With the Panlong Spear in hand, he struck with all his might, instantly tearing apart the phantom of the Honghu that guarded the world from the outside, sending light scattering across the sky~

Then, without diminishing his momentum, he slammed his spear into this Middle Thousand World, and millions upon millions of sparks erupted from the point of impact, permeating the space-time.

In an instant, he forcibly tore a shocking gash into the World Membrane before him.

Although it healed again in a split second.

One could still faintly see spiderweb-like cracks spreading from the point of impact, refusing to fade.

"Dragon Clan!"

"Halt!"

"Dragon Clan, halt!!"

The collision between the two was as intense as a great clash between heaven and earth, and furthermore, Fang Longye did not hide his Dragon Clan identity in the slightest.

Consequently, this naturally provoked a fierce counterattack from this Middle Thousand World~

One could see visible textures rippling across the World Membrane in an instant, with the faint shadow of a Honghu appearing—its feathers magnificent, its talons crimson gold—as it raised its head high and emitted a resolute sound of slaughter.

"Halt?"

Fang Longye sneered, his thick Dharma power surging into the Panlong Spear in his hand, causing the patterns upon it to become dazzlingly bright.

"Split for me!"

He shook the great spear in his hand, merging it with his own surging power, and it emitted a clanging divine sound, like the roar of a dragon or the howl of a tiger, its voice rending the long sky.

He struck toward the Honghu Realm once more.

The Panlong Spear in his hand was like a dragon hanging from the heavens, carrying the power of a Taiyi Loose Immortal as it slammed into the World Membrane, the sound of tearing silk piercingly sharp.

The irresistible, overwhelming force, combined with the sharpness of the top-tier divine weapon, instantly tore another shocking gash into the World Membrane.

It was far worse than before, a truly startling sight.

For a moment, it actually failed to heal.

Suddenly,

The space-time tides of the surrounding void poured in; at first, it was mere wisps, but less than half a breath later, it was like a bursting dam, rushing in with increasing volume and intensity.

The World Membrane is the most important and fundamental protective barrier of any world.

Once a gap or damage appears, to say nothing of anything else, the various indescribable energies in the void where the world resides would be enough to cause it trouble~ For now, it is fine; not much of the space-time tide has entered this world, and the world itself can still handle and dissipate it.

Once time drags on, these endless space-time tides entering the Honghu Realm will grow to a certain magnitude, and when the Honghu Realm cannot dissipate them in time, they will entangle with the Aura of this world, turning into falling meteors, volcanic magma, hurricanes, and great waves...

Sweeping down like all manner of natural disasters.

It could be called a catastrophe of heaven collapsing.

Just as the Honghuang encounters from time to time during various great wars, when massive amounts of Chaos sweep in, staging a catastrophe of heaven collapsing and ravaging the world.

Although the gap between the two is as vast as heaven and earth, with Chaos tides ravaging the Honghuang.

The principle is the same.

Moreover, the Honghuang has practitioners of Great Divine Ability to save the world and mend the heavens, but the Honghu Realm is merely a Middle Thousand World; it has no such figures to mend the heavens and save the world.

Oh, there seemed to be one before, that Chonghua Heavenly Emperor; if he were to sacrifice his life to mend the heavens, it might still be possible to save the world. As for the other natives within the Honghu Realm~

Those at the Golden Immortal level are fine.

Although they cannot yet transcend the shackles of the Honghu Realm, they already possess a certain ability to traverse the void, so they naturally do not fear such ravaging energy.

But apart from that top-tier portion, the other natives are miserable; they will only be swallowed by the natural disasters.

Of course, once the space-time tides ravage everything and the world collapses, no one will survive under the power of such world-destroying force.

However, this situation would only occur under the premise that the Honghu Realm is unable to eliminate this gap.

As of now, it has not reached that point.

Then, the Honghu shadow let out a high cry, and an unfathomable, vast power surged forth, eliminating the gap Fang Longye had torn into the World Membrane.

At the same time, before Fang Longye could strike again, it flapped its wings, and with vast power contained within its rage, crimson energy like phoenix talons reached out.

It began to counterattack him, the intruder.

"Hmph!"

Fang Longye let out a cold snort, shook the great spear in his hand, and met it, becoming entangled in a struggle.

From time to time, the tip of the spear would graze the World Membrane, tearing a startling fissure, only for it to be instantly eliminated by the power of the Honghu Realm.

It appeared to be a futile effort.

Only Fang Longye had deep, dark eyes, looking into the Honghu Realm, seemingly waiting for something.

"Right at this moment~"

"Right at this moment!"

Inside the Honghu Realm, where the Heavenly Court is located.

The sky is a clear azure, with auspicious colors rising.

All around are pools, pavilions, crimson wells, and spiritual springs, interspersed with precious trees and spiritual fungi, with spiritual energy flowing freely.

Fang Longye's avatar in this realm, the current Qionghua Heavenly Emperor, has the Plague World Banner in hand and has long been standing by in full battle array.

One could see his eyes were deep and dark, as if he could see through everything, staring fixedly at the location of the world's origin.

There, what was originally only flickering in and out of existence is now much clearer. Originally as calm as water, it is now emitting a sound like a boiling cauldron, exceptionally restless.

Just like the World Will at this moment.

Fang Longye knows this is his true self from the outside world, currently engaged in a fierce battle with the Honghu Realm.

"Just the right time!"

Feeling the world's origin essence pouring into him as if it were free, continuously pushing the growth of his power.

Fang Longye's eyes were bright; this was the Honghu Realm driving the growth of its "savior" like pulling up seedlings to help them grow, so that he might help the world deal with its enemies.

However, he did not care about that.

At this moment, in order to deal with the main body, the World Will had completely lifted its restrictions on living beings; especially for him, the Heavenly Emperor, the doors were thrown wide open.

It was no different from being stripped naked.

With the right time, the right place, and the right people all present, it was the perfect moment for him, this old fox, to strike a lethal blow! "Begone!"

Fang Longye did not hesitate; leveraging his deep connection with the World Will, he drove the Plague World Banner in his hand directly into the location of the world's origin.

The location of the world's origin was the most core place of a world; this move of his was a direct stab into the most private part of the Honghu Realm.

As the Plague World Banner entered, the methods the main body had left within this Demon banner were immediately activated, pushing it to the extreme.

In an instant, the "Plague Poison," already sublimated to a metaphysical level, spread out, rapidly infecting everything in the vicinity and instantly dealing a heavy blow to the world's origin.

The world's origin, originally like five-colored glaze, revealed large patches of mottled blue-black, spreading up, down, left, and right, from the outside in, a shocking sight.

With the world's origin infected and severely damaged, the Honghu Realm, which had only just recovered its peace for a few hundred years, naturally fell into catastrophe once again.

Black clouds gathered densely, blotting out the sky and sun.

Since even the world's origin had been severely damaged by the Plague World Banner, the Honghu Realm naturally suffered along with it, displaying the influence brought by the Plague World Banner even more clearly.

The mottled blue-black spread in all directions, extending continuously, sweeping across the entire Honghu Realm in an instant.

Then, with a roar like thunder, and as if a great rain were falling from the sky, the "Plague Poison" descended like a Heavenly River, instantly corroding everything.

It entangled with the various Auras of the Honghu Realm, evolving into all kinds of Tribulations. Colliding with water, it became a flood; merging with wind, it became a gale, and so on. Anything it touched or saw could trigger a Tribulation from within. Just like rioters in a country, they rose up one after another, and the flames of war burned.

Volcanoes erupted, rivers dried up, plagues ran rampant,..., and so on, countless in number.

The living beings, already reduced by seven or eight out of ten, suffered again; every moment, billions of lives withered away, and wails filled the entire world.

Even many of the Heavenly Clan who had already reached the Immortal Realm could not escape disaster under such "Plague Poison" capable of infecting the world.

One by one, they wailed as they entered the Five Decays of Heaven and Man, heading toward extinction in agony.

Also at this moment,

The Honghu Realm, slow to realize, finally reacted; like a living creature, it was furious, and vast swathes of Tribulation clouds roared as they descended upon the Heavenly Court.

Up and down, left and right, they surged back and forth.

They continuously evolved wind, rain, and thunder, roaring loudly, shooting out dazzling, ghastly white light wheels—thousands upon thousands of them—growing and shrinking, colliding again, and sending thunder-fire soaring.

The power of destruction was as if it were tangible.

Thunder filled the sky, covering the entire Heavenly Realm; vaguely, there were humanoid figures with towering horns, wings under their ribs, holding iron hammers, and making "woo-woo-woo" sounds from their mouths.

The momentum was unparalleled.

It pointed directly at the culprit, Fang Longye.

"Reacted now, have you?"

Looking at the thunder filling the sky and feeling the thick Heavenly Favor he once possessed vanish completely, replaced by the intense malice of the world, Fang Longye chuckled coldly.

So what if it reacted? What use was it?

Perhaps knowing Fang Longye's strength, the thunder did not strike rashly, but brewed and evolved before suddenly erupting.

One could see thunder-chariots emerging, a thousand chariots and ten thousand riders, galloping over; sitting upon them were various humanoid thunder-beings, the smallest seven or eight feet tall, the largest no less than a hundred zhang, some with red faces and fangs, some with vermilion eyes and blue hair, some covered in Phoenix feathers, some with flapping fleshy wings, or holding various Dharma Artifacts in their hands.

The thunder transformed into people, their gazes cold and expressionless; they were not real people, but thunder manifested from the will of heaven and earth, containing the most tyrannical and pure power of destruction.

"It's just thunder mixed with the World Will; what does Laozi have to fear?"

Facing this scene, Fang Longye was calm and composed.

Not to mention that he was only an avatar, and his main task in this realm was already complete, so it would be no great loss even if he were destroyed.

Furthermore, at this moment, the World Will was also overwhelmed; with the main body attacking incessantly from the outside, it did not have that much power to throw at him.

Although the Honghu Realm had withdrawn the Heavenly Favor from him, the Heavenly Favor he had previously consumed for cultivation could not be taken back.

At this moment, he was still a match for Golden Immortals, an existence surpassing the perfection of a Golden Immortal, his physical shell tempered to a point where even a Taiyi Loose Immortal would find it hard to break.

And the thunder before him, although it was the wrath of the world, looked very imposing.

But the Honghu Realm was only a Middle Thousand World; compared to the Honghuang Great Universe outside, which contained the Zhou Tian Myriad Worlds, it was far inferior in essence.

Correspondingly, this imposing thunder was also much weaker than that of the outside world.

Such thunder striking his body could not even hurt his bones or muscles.

Boom! The sound of thunder grew loud, roaring like the striking of hubs, lightning like ropes trailing and descending.

Countless thunder-gods, stepping on light and electricity, pushed aside the clouds and swarmed out, a thousand chariots and ten thousand riders, wings filling the air, arrogant and conceited.

They raised the various thunder Dharma Artifacts in their hands—some awls, some hammers, some axes, some leather drums, and so on—calling out like thunder-snakes, whistling like swords and blades.

They submerged the entire Heavenly Court.

"Kill!"

Fang Longye shook his body, revealing the form of a dragon's head and a bird's body; the dragon head held high, circling up, down, left, and right, performing various divine abilities to meet them.

Although his task was already complete, the greater the commotion he made, the more power of the Honghu Realm would be diverted, and the easier it would be for the main body.

One could see his entire body stretching out; from the dragon head, to the neck, to the bird body, and then to the Phoenix claws, every part was suffused with brilliant divine light.

Above his head, various Spirit Treasures obtained from the Honghu Realm hung in the air, combining with the various divine abilities he unleashed, battling the thunder-gods that filled the sky.

He even took the opportunity from time to time to land a vicious blow on the land of the Honghu Realm.

With Fang Longye's main body and avatar pulling from inside and out, the Honghu Realm was simply powerless to destroy the Plague World Banner "stabbing" into its world origin.

As time passed, the entire Honghu Realm was covered in a layer of black-blue shadow, baring fangs and brandishing claws; under the ravages of the Plague World Banner, it rapidly weakened and fell into a "great illness."

The sky tilted, the earth cracked.

The sun and moon lost their color, and the stars fell.

Under internal strife and external threats, this Middle Thousand World had become precarious, on the verge of shattering.

……

Outside the Honghu Realm,

The World Membrane of the Honghu Realm, originally erupting with unimaginable halos of light to resist the bombardment of Fang Longye, appeared as solid as a fortress.

Yet, as Fang Longye's avatar wreaked havoc within the world, it dimmed instantly, and the speed at which it could mend the gaps torn by Fang Longye plummeted exponentially.

As time passed, the Honghu Realm, which had appeared crystalline and flowing with five-colored light to those outside, began to show large swaths of dark cyan color.

It looked entirely like a terrifying world, with constant Tribulation and heavy disasters, no longer possessing its previous appearance of radiant brilliance and beautiful light.

"Strike while it's down!"

Fang Longye's eyes flickered, knowing that his previous plans had all taken effect.

He immediately summoned the Two Instruments Divine Gourd, released brilliant divine light, and together with the Panlong Spear in his hand, struck the already cracked World Membrane.

Boom! The peerless divine light slammed fiercely into the World Membrane of the Honghu Realm; the surrounding space-time was annihilated, and the World Membrane was naturally shattered by the impact.

A shocking gap appeared on the World Membrane of the Honghu Realm.

By this time, the Honghu Realm, under the ravages of Fang Longye's avatar and the Plague World Banner, was already powerless to mend this gap.

Even though the World Membrane was of utmost importance to it.

One could see this gap expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye, as the space-time tides from the void poured into it continuously, like water rushing into a bag.

Under the illumination of the divine light radiating from Fang Longye's entire body, it was brilliant like pearls and jade, filled with colorful mist, appearing unexpectedly exquisite and magnificent.

Yet in reality,

For the Honghu Realm, this magnificent spectacle was a tragic scene of total destruction.

Once these space-time tides reached the interior of the world, they would transform into natural disasters and calamities, ravaging space-time; wherever they passed, they would crush and destroy everything, annihilating all.

A true catastrophe of heaven collapsing, a disaster of world destruction.

The Honghu Realm itself was powerless to quell the disaster, and with the World Membrane torn open, it was likewise powerless to mend it; thus, the outcome was already sealed.

Clearly, it could no longer stand firm in the void.

Of course, with Fang Longye present, it did not have to face the fate of collapsing under the impact of the space-time tides.

After tearing open the World Membrane, Fang Longye did not enter; he merely shook his body, revealing his Primal Dragon True Body.

His dragon head was held high, the three horns on his crown were jagged and imposing, the whiskers beside his mouth swayed, his body was covered in azure scales filled with mysterious Innate golden patterns, and he had four claws with five toes each; his entire dragon body, winding for tens of thousands of feet, fully displayed the posture of an Innate Primal Dragon.

It was because, following his attainment of the Taiyi Loose Immortal realm, his true body—which had shrunk to over ten thousand feet due to his Reverse Innate process—had grown and expanded significantly.

Size Manipulation!

Fang Longye immediately employed this divine ability.

In an instant, his dragon body, which had been only tens of thousands of feet, surged and expanded, filling the sky and covering the earth.

It looked even larger than the Honghu Realm.

Subsequently,

His true body coiled around the Honghu Realm, actually cradling this Middle Thousand World, and he extended one of his front claws, reaching it into the gap.

(End of chapter)