Chapter 1770: Descent

The vast and magnificent grand array enveloped the entire Outer Shenzhou world, with the ten Outer Shenzhou continents serving as the array's eyes, sustaining its formation while drawing upon boundless heaven-and-earth energy, emanating a pressure that even Li Li Tianwang powerhouses deeply feared.

The completion of the Tai Gu Shen Xu Xian Mo Array also brought a sliver of reassurance to the living beings of Outer Shenzhou.

However, this sense of security did not last long, for from the depths of the abyss-like dimensional wall rift at the edge of the heavens, a hair-raising strange movement began to emanate.

Hiss hiss!

From the dark dimensional wall rift came eerie hissing sounds. The next moment, Nian Chou Hou Zhong streams of malevolent black qi surged forth, dyeing the heavens of Outer Shenzhou a cold, gloomy black.

The heavens turned pitch-black, bringing an extreme sense of oppression.

"The land of Outer Shenzhou is truly an excellent place for raising livestock."

As the endless malevolent qi churned violently, a soft laugh rang out. Though not loud, the voice seemed to echo in the hearts of every living being in Outer Shenzhou, instantly bringing boundless terror.

Countless Outer Shenzhou beings looked up, gazing in terror at the malevolent qi that blotted out the world, as one after another massive figure that made the world tremble slowly walked out. They stood at the edge of the heavens, their eyes flowing with intense negative emotions, watching the ten Outer Shenzhou continents.

There were nine such figures in total, like demon gods walking out from the deepest depths of hell.

In Outer Shenzhou, the many Li Tianwang led by Jiang Li Tianwang and Zhen Zhong Jie likewise gazed at those demonic shadows. These figures were extremely familiar to them—after all, over these several thousand years, they had clashed countless times.

"Ming Hou, Tian Zu, Mo Luo, Shi Ri, Yin Yang, Jiu She, E Yuan, Wan Gu, Qian Yan... and one You Gui has yet to appear. Presumably he's holding down the Tang Li Tianwang left to guard the Ancient Battlefield, opening a separate front."

Jiang Li Tianwang gazed at the nine terrifying demon god figures, calling out each of their names one by one.

Indeed, these nine figures radiating boundless terror were the Great Demon Kings of the Divine Fruit tier, standing at the absolute pinnacle of the Dark World.

And the soft whisper that had earlier echoed in the hearts of countless beings came from the Ming Hou Great Demon King, ranked first in the sequence.

Jiang Li Tianwang's gaze shot toward the center of the nine Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings, where stood a man whose body resembled a colossal statue, bare-armed and half-draped in a dark-golden kasaya; he wore a kind, gentle smile that instinctively inspired a sense of affinity in others, yet around his neck hung four heads radiating endless agony, wailing without cease.

Jiang Li Tianwang's gaze lingered on those four painfully wailing heads for several breaths, a low, simmering fury flashing through his eyes.

"Jiang Li Tianwang, at this point, do you still wish to resist the irreversible tide?" Ming Hou Great Demon King said with a soft laugh, meeting Jiang Li Tianwang's gaze.

"My Dark World has already let your Outer Shenzhou world eke out a miserable existence for tens of thousands of years. Are you still not satisfied?"

Jiang Li Tianwang's face was dark as water, his tone flat as he said: "The fact that my Outer Shenzhou world has survived until now is thanks to the countless ancestors of Outer Shenzhou who threw themselves into the fray one after another, sparing no cost in burning themselves to shelter the living. What does that have to do with your Dark World?"

"A pack of sinister creatures born in the shadows—you think you're qualified to speak of mercy?"

Standing to the left of Ming Hou Great Demon King, a woman in white whose beauty and figure were absolutely stunning held a holy white lotus. She smiled radiantly, her voice clear yet imbued with a soul-deep enchantment: "Jiang Li Tianwang, your words are mistaken. In this world, there are only victors and vanquished—where does birth or status come into it? Once my Dark World occupies Outer Shenzhou and raises the masses for ten thousand years, in their hearts we shall be like gods, worthy only of awe and worship."

"And everything you Outer Shenzhou Li Tianwang have done will vanish into the river of time. Your bloodlines and descendants will spend their days living in endless terror."

This Mo Luo Great Demon King was incomparably beautiful, like a banished immortal, yet the soft words from her crimson lips sent chills through every Outer Shenzhou being.

"Shameless boasting! If you want to raise my Outer Shenzhou beings like livestock, you'll have to see whether your Dark World can win this War of Reunion!" Zhen Zhong Jie, a Divine Fruit Li Tianwang of the Dragon Clan, let out a low, cold laugh wrapped in dragon roars that filled the world, striking back.

"Just relying on this array? In the face of absolute power, what use could such tricks possibly be?"

Ming Hou Great Demon King smiled faintly, then waved his hand. From the Dark World beyond the dimensional wall rift came the sound of surging, roaring waters. The next moment, streams of malevolent black rivers like world-destroying black dragons surged forth, transforming into a rain of malevolent blackness that enveloped the entire Outer Shenzhou world.

The malevolent black rain contained an extremely terrifying malevolent rank. Once tainted by this black rain, any being below the King tier would be instantly eroded and polluted into an aberrant puppet.

Fortunately, however, the ten Outer Shenzhou continents were now covered by the "Tai Gu Shen Xu Xian Mo Array."

Boundless divine light swept forth, refracting into thick clouds of colored mist, within which rank divine seals flowed like fish.

The world-destroying black rain poured down, colliding with the divine light clouds, eroding each other.

Ming Hou Great Demon King smiled faintly at the sight, then pressed his palms together. At the same time, the other eight Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings did the same. The next moment, nine eerie whispers and murmurs quietly arose.

Under the whispers of the nine Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings, the malevolent rank power contained within the world-destroying black rain immediately began to intensify dramatically.

In the end, the divine light clouds covering the Outer Shenzhou world from the "Tai Gu Shen Xu Xian Mo Array" began to melt away. The black rain poured down, tearing open several passages through the colored light.

Ming Hou Great Demon King gave a soft laugh. At the same time, behind the nine Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings, the void twisted, and one after another sinister, distorted figures of Great Demon Kings slowly emerged.

The Great Demon Kings of the Dark World had also begun to appear.

"Jiang Li Tianwang, with just you two Divine Fruit Li Tianwang, how can you resist our nine Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings? Stubborn resistance will only invite greater slaughter. Why not lay down your blades and prostrate yourselves as slaves?" Ming Hou Great Demon King said.

Jiang Li Tianwang gazed at this scene. Nine Divine Fruit Great Demon Kings descending at once—such pressure weighed heavily even on his heart. The gap between the two sides was indeed not to be underestimated.

However, even so, there was no reason to retreat.

So he merely said calmly: "Only death awaits."

"Furthermore..."

Jiang Li Tianwang turned his head slightly, looking toward the direction of Ling Xiang Grotto-Heaven, and smiled faintly.

"Who told you my Outer Shenzhou only has us two Divine Fruit Li Tianwang at this moment?"

As his words fell, from within Ling Xiang Grotto-Heaven, two astonishing surges of tremendous power suddenly shot skyward, their vast pressure sweeping across the ten Outer Shenzhou continents like a storm.

Immediately after, beneath the shocked gazes of the many Great Demon Kings of the Dark World, two figures slowly walked out from Ling Xiang Grotto-Heaven.

They were Yan Changsheng and Su Ying!

As they stepped out of Ling Xiang Grotto-Heaven, they first sensed that there were no signs of time backlash on themselves. They exchanged a glance, both showing somewhat complex smiles.

They hadn't expected that, after tens of thousands of years, they could truly walk this world again.

"Two Divine Fruit Li Tianwang?"

The sudden appearance of Yan Changsheng and Su Ying caused the smile on Ming Hou Great Demon King's face to slightly fade, and then his pupils suddenly narrowed.

Not just that!

Because at this moment, the void behind Yan Changsheng and Su Ying continued to ripple. The next moment, a figure, wrapped in vast tremendous power, walked out slowly with a certain stiffness and hesitation.

It was a man whose body was as straight and tall as a pine. He wore a robe embroidered with a golden-patterned great sun, his face heroic, his eyes deep.

He stood in the sky, his gaze still in a daze and bewilderment.

Seeing him in this state, Yan Changsheng and Su Ying couldn't help but laugh.

"Wang Taixi, welcome to the Outer Shenzhou world tens of thousands of years later."