Chapter 1569: The Qin Heavenly King Line's Offensive

For nearly ten days, the main forces of the two great Heavenly King lines, Li and Qin, had been advancing like splitting bamboo from different directions, recovering vast tracts of land that had once been eroded by the Other Tide, while the aberrations that had once wrought such grave calamity upon this land now retreated like a receding tide.

Such progress sent the morale of both Heavenly King lines soaring.

Thus, they quickened their pace, pressing toward the source region of the Other Tide.

The forward line of advance of the two great Heavenly King lines, Qin and Zhao.

Countless pillars of phase force manifested between heaven and earth, while one after another majestic Marquis Platforms stood towering at the horizon, inhaling and exhaling the energies of the world—a sight of staggering grandeur.

At the very front of the great army.

The high echelons of the two great Heavenly King lines, Qin and Zhao, had gathered here.

Among them, the three King-realm powerhouses Qin Zhongyuan, Qin Qin Zhiming, and Qin Qu were all stationed here, along with a single King-realm powerhouse from the Zhao Heavenly King line.

The Divine Tiger King, Zhao Zong.

Their gazes seemed to pierce through the distant void, seeing at the far end of this region the pitch-black giant rift torn open in the heavens—a black hole connected to the Boundary River Domain, and the source of this Other Calamity's eruption.

"Palace Master Zhongyuan, my sincere congratulations. The Qin Heavenly King line is about to purge this Other Calamity. Under Palace Master Zhongyuan's direction, the Qin Heavenly King line has not only recovered the territories lost by Qin Jiujie, but also swallowed up this vast neutral region. Looking back over these past several hundred years, such an achievement belongs to Palace Master Zhongyuan alone." The Divine Tiger King Zhao Zong sat cross-legged atop a colossal tiger radiating boundless ferocity, smiling as he spoke to Qin Zhongyuan.

Qin Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "Divine Tiger King, you flatter me. For this achievement, Qin Yi deserves the Shou Gong, and it is also thanks to the support of the Zhao Heavenly King line. This kindness, our Qin Heavenly King line will certainly keep in our hearts."

Zhao Zong laughed and said, "Our Zhao Heavenly King line is willing to befriend and ally with the Qin Heavenly King line. We only hope that after Palace Master Zhongyuan clears the Other Calamity, he will not forget the promise made to our Zhao Heavenly King line."

Qin Zhongyuan nodded slightly and said, "This neutral region shall, of course, have a place for the Zhao Heavenly King line to stand."

In the past, Qin Zhongyuan might still have hesitated over whether to truly allow the Zhao Heavenly King line to take root here at the end, but with the shocking intelligence that had erupted from the Li Heavenly King line's side during this period, he had thoroughly dispelled all such hesitation.

"I never expected that those two juniors of the Dragon Fang Line would actually possess a Primordial Seed and a Myriad Phase Seed. The fortune of the Li Heavenly King line, it seems, has truly reached its prime." Qin Zhongyuan sighed with a complicated expression.

Even with Qin Zhongyuan's temperament, when he spoke these words, there was an unconcealable envy and jealousy.

They had originally thought that after the Li Heavenly King line lost Li Li Jingzhe, the Dragon Fang Line would exist in name only. Yet no one had expected that Dantai Lan, missing for many years, would suddenly return at this moment at the realm of "Grand Unique Marquis."

Dantai Lan took up the burden of the Dragon Fang Line, sparing it from the crisis of decline. But little did anyone know this was only the beginning. In less than three short years, Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge had not only stepped into the sixth-grade Unique realm, but one possessed the Myriad Phase Seed and the other the Primordial Seed.

Both of these innate gifts were exceedingly rare in the world, and their future achievements would be extraordinary.

When this intelligence had previously arrived, it had caused an enormous stir within their Qin Heavenly King line. Even King-realm powerhouses like Qin Zhongyuan, Qin Qin Zhiming, and Qin Qu had been struck dumb for a good while.

They understood perfectly just how much pressure these two would bring upon their Qin Heavenly King line once they fully grew in the future.

"The fortune of this world has truly all fallen upon that one Dragon Fang Line family of theirs." Qin Qu said darkly, his face overcast with unwillingness.

"What a pity this intelligence was exposed too late. Those two juniors have already come into their own..."

She spoke in a sullen tone, while a killing intent surfaced in the depths of her eyes. If they had learned of such intelligence two years earlier, there would still have been many means to cause great trouble for Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge. But now that those two had stepped into the sixth-grade Unique realm, unless King-realm powerhouses like themselves took action personally, it was already very difficult for anyone to pose a threat to them.

Yet for King-realm powerhouses to act would involve too much. If they truly did so, perhaps even Qin Li Tianwang himself could not protect them.

Qin Zhongyuan waved his hand, cutting off Qin Qu's emotions, and at the same time hinting that she should not speak such rash words.

"In the future, our two houses may still need to cooperate far more to resist the pressure brought by the Li Heavenly King line." The Divine Tiger King Zhao Zong at the side also sighed. The Qin Heavenly King line had been shaken by that piece of intelligence—how could their Zhao Heavenly King line's interior have remained calm either?

Everyone was worried that if the Li Heavenly King line truly soared in the future and possessed the strength to suppress all Heavenly King lines of Outer Shenzhou, then Outer Shenzhou would become a landscape of one supreme power and many strong ones.

When that time came, the two great Heavenly King lines, Qin and Zhao, which had long harbored many grudges with the Li Heavenly King line, would likely find their days far from comfortable.

Qin Zhongyuan nodded. This was precisely why he had so readily permitted the Zhao Heavenly King line to take root here.

"For now, let us first quell this Other Calamity." Qin Zhongyuan said, and then he waved his hand.

Wooo!

Immediately, an ancient, melodious horn sounded out across heaven and earth, and at the very front of the battle line, beams of light rose into the sky one after another.

Above each of those beams of light stood nine towering Marquis Platforms, swallowing the energies of heaven and earth like whales.

At once, countless gazes of astonishment and fervor were cast their way.

Yet those gazes were not directed at those ninth-grade Top Marquises, but focused instead upon the position at the center of all the Top Marquises. There, a pale blue water lotus floated, and upon the lotus stood a breathtakingly beautiful woman of exquisite features, elegant bearing, and a presence as refreshing as a spring breeze.

It was none other than Qin Yi.

In this great counterattack launched by the Qin Heavenly King line, everyone understood perfectly clearly who the most important person in this war was.

Not the King-realm powerhouses within the Qin Heavenly King line, nor those Top Marquises, nor the reinforcements from the Zhao Heavenly King line.

But rather the woman standing barefoot upon the water lotus before their eyes.

"Water Fairy!"

Deafening cheers, thick with adoration, erupted from all across the battlefield.

This great counterattack had elevated Qin Yi's prestige within the Qin Heavenly King line to an astonishingly high level.

And Qin Yi, standing upon the water lotus, listened to those fervent cheers, and a soft, spring-breeze-like gentle smile surfaced upon her exquisitely beautiful face. Then her slender hands formed a seal, and at her smooth brow a pale blue light-mark appeared. The next instant, the light-mark slowly split open, transforming into a blue crystalline core that appeared at her brow like the vertical eye of a deity.

Upper ninth-grade Water Phase, Sacred Phase Crystal Core!

Countless blue rays of light spread outward from Qin Yi as their source, connecting the several ninth-grade Top Marquises around her, and these Top Marquises then channeled their own phase force to aid her in constructing the array.

Moments later, a colossal wondrous array, accompanied by the sound of surging waters, took shape across the sky.

Hum!

Boundless water-light surged skyward, gradually transforming into endless stretches of blue clouds across the heavens. The clouds rolled and rumbled with thunderous roars.

The next moment, a continuous spring rain descended from the sky.

As the spring rain fell upon the great army, it triggered a tidal roar of acclaim.

The spring rain howled toward the land ahead, beginning to pour into the region where the black rain had descended. The spring rain collided with the black rain, swiftly diluting the black rain's corrosive effect.

"Attack!"

As the horn of attack sounded, the troops of the two great Heavenly King lines, Qin and Zhao, roared forth and launched their assault upon the last region ravaged by the Other Calamity.