Chapter 1566: The Shock of Outer Shenzhou

After Li Li Tianwang's lineage resolved the Other Tide that had been entrenched outside Zhao Shenjiang City for over two years, the army rested for a day, and then fully raised the curtain on this great counterattack.

Behind the Zhao Shenjiang City front line, there were even vaster regions eroded and occupied by the Other Tide.

And the goal of Li Li Tianwang's lineage in this operation was to bring these vast regions, along with the resources contained within them, into their own territory.

With the great trump card of the "Divine Light Crystal Demon-Slaying Array" jointly constructed by Li Luo and Jiang Qing, the ensuing great counterattack was, just as everyone had hoped, truly an irresistible force.

In just a few short days, region after region eroded and occupied by the Other Tide was breached, Black Rain Watchtowers were destroyed one after another, and the tentacles of Li Li Tianwang's lineage began to expand across this once-neutral territory at a startling speed.

The morale of the entire Li Li Tianwang's lineage surged as a result.

And under the battle achievements of destroying those Black Rain Watchtowers and slaying Nine-Grade True Demons, the prestige of Li Luo and Jiang Qing within Li Li Tianwang's lineage grew day by day. If at first there were still some high-ranking members who, relying on their seniority, harbored a few complaints about such a young branch leader, then as Li Li Tianwang's lineage's great counterattack grew ever smoother, all those complaints quietly vanished.

The strength displayed by Li Luo and Jiang Qing inspired awe in any expert below the King realm, and even those Nine-Grade Marquis-level honored guests who had been invited over restrained their once-arrogant attitudes during this period.

Everyone understood the weight of a Dual-Variant Sixth-Grade, and at the same time, the two were so young, with such potential, that there was a great chance they would achieve Dual-Variant Marquis in the future.

Such experts—how would these scattered cultivator Marquis-level dare to slight them?

And while Li Li Tianwang's lineage kept advancing, intelligence about everything here spread across Outer Shenzhou like the wind, causing shock among all sides.

Especially the birth of Li Luo, this Sixth Branch Leader, caused quite a stir among the top forces of Outer Shenzhou.

Immediately afterward, detailed intelligence about Li Luo and Jiang Qing also became known to the top forces of all sides.

Two Dual-Variant Sixth-Grades—one possessed a world-rare Eight Aspects, the other possessed three Nine-Grade Light Aspects, of which two were Mid-Nine-Grade and one was Upper-Nine-Grade—and at the same time, in their confrontation with the Other Tide, they had unleashed a Dual-Variant Art.

During this period, intelligence from within the Celestial Mirror Tower also began to spread, the most important piece being that Jiang Qing possessed a Primordial Seed and Li Luo possessed a Myriad Aspects Seed.

This weighty news shocked the top forces of all sides.

What a Primordial Seed represented, everyone knew clearly—it was a Li Tianwang Seed, meaning that as long as Jiang Qing did not meet an untimely end, she had a great chance of becoming a Li Tianwang-level powerhouse, standing tall in the world.

And compared to the widely known Primordial Seed, the stir caused by Li Luo's Myriad Aspects Seed was much smaller, mainly because with the Faceless Holy Sect having vanished into the river of time, ordinary forces could hardly even find traces of its existence, and only some Li Tianwang-level forces could retain a few simple records.

However, the top forces of Outer Shenzhou did not dare treat this lightly, because anything connected to the Faceless Holy Sect was never simple.

This was spoken by the Li Tianwang existences among all Li Tianwang-level forces themselves.

And when even Li Tianwang-level powerhouses held the once-dominant Faceless Holy Sect in such high esteem, how could others dare to look down on the Myriad Aspects Seed that came from the Faceless Holy Sect?

The reason Li Li Tianwang's lineage's great counterattack could be so smooth this time was, most importantly, the return of Li Luo and Jiang Qing, and at the same time, these two had also constructed the "Divine Light Crystal Demon-Slaying Array," which could dissolve the erosion of Black Rain, just like the "Spring Rain Evil-Dissolving Array" of Qin Li Tianwang's lineage.

These pieces of intelligence, one after another, left the top forces of Outer Shenzhou in a daze. In the past, they had heard that an outstanding junior named Li Luo had appeared among the younger generation of Li Li Tianwang's lineage, but no one expected that in just over two short years, this junior who in their eyes still needed some tempering would suddenly surge to Dual-Variant Sixth-Grade.

This realm was already enough to draw the attention of all sides, because once Li Luo broke through again in the future and truly achieved Dual-Variant Marquis, he would truly have stepped into the top tier of this world.

And most crucially, Li Luo also had a wife who was likewise Dual-Variant Sixth-Grade and possessed a Primordial Seed.

If these two both broke through in the future, wouldn't the Dragon Fang Branch have three Dual-Variants in one family? This was a spectacle that had never appeared in any Li Tianwang branch of Outer Shenzhou.

And by that time, Li Li Tianwang's lineage would also become, because of this, the undisputed first branch of Outer Shenzhou.

As for whether Jiang Qing's Primordial Seed would become a Li Tianwang in the future, that was, on the contrary, too far off, causing many people to be too lazy to think too deeply about it, because if Jiang Qing could truly reach that realm, that would be something for the Tianwangs of all sides to consider.

Such news caused Li Li Tianwang's lineage's reputation in Outer Shenzhou to soar, and for a time it actually attracted many scattered cultivator powerhouses to come seek service, among whom were even Nine-Grade Marquis-level, who wished to board this great ship while Li Li Tianwang's lineage was in urgent need of manpower due to the great counterattack.

And precisely because of the continuous joining of these external aid, Li Li Tianwang's lineage's offensive grew ever more ferocious, the speed of advance even beginning to surpass the joint effort of Qin Li Tianwang's lineage and Zhao Li Tianwang's lineage.

Li Li Tianwang's lineage's irresistible momentum here also greatly stimulated Qin Li Tianwang's and Zhao Li Tianwang's branches. Two Li Tianwang branches joining forces still couldn't compete with one Li Li Tianwang's lineage—if this got out, wouldn't the entire Outer Shenzhou laugh at them?

So the two branches gritted their teeth, not only beginning to increase the rewards for recruiting powerful external aid, but also issuing orders to some of the Nine-Grade Marquis-level in closed-door cultivation within the clan, hoping they could temporarily set aside their training at this critical moment, with everything done for the greater good.

With these increased stakes, the offensive of the two great Li Tianwang branches, Qin and Zhao, also grew ever fiercer, competing with Li Li Tianwang's lineage in the speed of occupying territory and expanding their domains.

With the assistance of the "Divine Light Crystal Demon-Slaying Array" and the "Spring Rain Evil-Dissolving Array," the advance on both sides was extremely smooth, and the neutral territory eroded by the Other Tide over these two years was being continuously devoured by both sides.

And the Other Tide was being forced back step by step, beginning to retreat toward the source region where the Calamity had descended.

This Calamity that had plagued the two great Li Tianwang branches, Li and Qin, for nearly three years, seemed about to meet its end.

Calamity Source Region.

The void here showed signs of rupture, the depths of the spatial cracks connected to the Boundary River Domain, except that the former Boundary River Domain had, over these three years, long since become a world of Otherkind.

Looking through the spatial cracks, one could still faintly see, at the horizon deep within the Boundary River Domain, an ancient Blood Bridge standing tall, and on the Blood Bridge, a gray, mottled stone stele.

On the stone stele, the blood-soaked words "Kings May Not Enter" were inscribed.

Black river water poured endlessly from those spatial cracks, and if one looked carefully, one could discover that within that black river, countless twisted, agonized Otherkind seemed to be floating up and down.

They constantly devoured and merged with each other within the black river, then formed even more powerful Otherkind.

The black river descended from the sky, falling onto the ground, and the ground below showed a sunken, bottomless black pit, the pit like a wound on the earth, shocking to behold.

And at this moment, on a hilltop in this region, space rippled slightly, and two figures suddenly appeared.

They both lowered their heads, gazing at the bottomless black pit that emitted terrifying waves of evil intent.

"In less than three short years, such a dense concentration of evil intent has been bred here. The Calamity raised in the Inner Shenzhou is indeed far beyond comparison with that in the Outer Shenzhou. Cultivated in such an environment, the fruits harvested will presumably be a bit more mature." A hoarse, aged voice came from the mouth of one of the figures, whose silhouette was somewhat hunched.

He slightly raised his face, revealing an aged and sinister countenance—it was none other than the Guiyi Hui's Spirit Eye Underworld King.

At the same time, this Spirit Eye Underworld King looked toward the sturdy figure beside him and smiled: "How is it? This region before us was once a flourishing place of Qin Li Tianwang's lineage. What are your feelings?"

"Nine Tribulations Underworld King..."

"Or should I say, do you still prefer the name Qin Jiujie?"

This sturdy man was actually that former Palace Master who had wielded power over Qin Li Tianwang's lineage, Qin Jiujie!

And facing the Spirit Eye Underworld King's smiling words, Qin Jiujie's expression remained blank. He gazed at the pitch-black giant pit on the ground and spoke in a low voice.

"Fruits? What is that? Is this the purpose behind our Guiyi Hui raising Calamities everywhere?"