Chapter 1077

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King did not pay attention to those bowing in salute.

His gaze first fell upon Kong Fang; two clusters of star-nebula-like eyes swept across Kong Fang's Seven-Colored Tail Screen at an extremely slow speed, from Red to Orange to Yellow to Green to Cyan to Blue to Purple, scrutinizing every single law once over, then shifted back to Kong Fang's face.

His voice was rather flat, without accusation or praise: "Kong Fang, you are indeed extraordinary.

Commanding the Five Elements, Time, and Space — the only one in the Demon Realm in ten thousand years.

By rights, you should have transcended the Demon God Realm long ago."

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King's voice was neither high nor low, but every word could be clearly transmitted into everyone's ears: "It is a pity that, due to the Demon Realm being sealed, you have been trapped in a bottleneck for over ten thousand years.

You are unwilling, and want to use this war to force out the Tianyuan Realm's foundations, then assault the Primordial Ancestor stage.

The idea is indeed not bad, but the Tianyuan Realm is not the Demon Realm; it is not a place where you can run wild."

Kong Fang did not speak.

He stood quietly in the void, the Seven-Colored Tail Screen flickering faintly.

The Seven-Colored Concentric Circles pupils gazed across the void at the Nine Extremes Heavenly King's star nebulae.

At this moment there was no anger, no refutation, only the silence after having one's bottom line seen through.

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King's gaze moved away from Kong Fang and landed on Xu Zhangqing.

At this moment, Xu Zhangqing felt a kind of scrutiny he had never experienced before.

It was not a Divine Sense scan, not a pressure probe.

Rather, it was a thoroughness that pierced through all defenses from a higher dimension.

Fortunately the Thunder Spirit Root had not merged, and the Chaos Deities had not been exposed.

The Five-Colored Source Power, under the watch of that gaze, involuntarily accelerated its operation.

The Six-Colored Lotus trembled in the Qi Sea, and the Three-Feet Domain of Yuan Xu in his palm silently flickered on and off again and again.

"Xu Zhangqing."

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King spoke his name, tone still flat, but the rotation speed of those star-nebula eyes sped up slightly in that instant: "You fall far short of him; from head to toe you are ordinary, with not a single place that makes the eyes brighten."

As these words came out, Long Yuan's expression changed in the distance.

Mu Yunni's brows also furrowed.

Only the corner of Kong Fang's mouth hooked up a slight arc, as if waiting for some twist after the Nine Extremes Heavenly King spoke this sentence.

"However..."

Sure enough, the Nine Extremes Heavenly King had a second half.

The star nebulae in his eyes slowed their rotation; his gaze lingered for a moment on Xu Zhangqing's not-yet-fully-converged Five-Colored Divine Light, then fell on that extremely faint pitch-black ripple in his palm, and finally returned to his face: "Although Five Elements Spiritual Roots are nothing special — among the billions of people in the Floating World Four Domains, a few will always appear.

But having all Five Elements Spiritual Roots cultivated to the Source level — that is no longer a matter of spiritual roots.

Five Deities, five sources of laws, mutually generating yet also mutually restraining.

This degree of control — even I could not achieve it at your age.

As for that domain, it has never appeared before; you comprehended it yourself, didn't you?

Initially I was still puzzling over its origin, but gradually I came to see clearly — this domain can continuously evolve during combat.

This unique talent that can evolve in confrontation is even more rare than spiritual roots!"

He paused, and his tone suddenly carried a trace of extremely faint interest: "Moreover, you carry the Green Emperor's aura.

Did you obtain the Green Emperor's inheritance?

Or some token?

Whichever it is, the Green Emperor has always been picky; his choosing you naturally has its reasons."

Xu Zhangqing did not answer, but silently noted in his heart the information revealed in the Nine Extremes Heavenly King's words.

The Green Emperor's token is indeed no ordinary object; even the Nine Extremes Heavenly King can sense its existence.

Fortunately, the Nine Extremes Heavenly King did not continue pressing the question.

He withdrew his gaze from Xu Zhangqing and swept once more across the entire starry sky.

Those shattered Space Rifts, those chaotic time fragments, those law aftereffects drifting in the void, and the Tianyuan Star Domain ravaged by the duel between Xu Zhangqing and Kong Fang — all the chaos, wherever his gaze reached, recovered on its own.

At this time, the Nine Extremes Heavenly King spoke again, his voice still that same flat tone, but this time his tone carried a trace of undeniable majesty: "The reason I have appeared is because if the fighting continues, it will no longer be merely a duel.

You can feel it, can't you?

The Tianyuan Realm's Secret Realm is losing control; certain things sealed within are being awakened by your power!

Once those things break free, the Floating World Four Domains will be in chaos for at least a hundred years.

Kong Fang, Xu Zhangqing, this battle must end!"

As the words fell, the entire starry sky fell into silence.

No one spoke, no demons howled, no laws collided, no space-time disorder — all things returned to normal in this instant.

He said enough, and that was enough!

Yet beneath the silence, utterly different thoughts surged.

Kong Fang stood in the void, his half-human half-peacock face revealing no expression.

But the eye-spot patterns on the nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine tail feathers behind him flickered on and off at an extremely slow frequency.

This battle had been waited for over ten thousand years; finally finding an opponent who could head-on receive his Seven-Colored Demonic Light, finally touching a sliver of opportunity to break through the bottleneck in combat — yet pressed down by this top-tier expert who patrols the Four Domains.

He said enough, and that was enough?

Kong Fang raised his head, gazing at the Nine Extremes Heavenly King across the Twelve Star Core Pendants, his voice carrying a trace of suppressed depth: "Heavenly King, this battle is my only opportunity to break through the bottleneck.

Miss this time, and who knows when I would have to wait.

Ten thousand years — that is a full ten thousand years!"

The Nine Extremes Heavenly King took in Kong Fang's expression, tone, and demonic power fluctuations entirely: "Now, I give you only two choices.

One, continue struggling, and then be sealed by me for ten thousand years!

Two, return to the Demon Realm and wait eight hundred years; when the Qinghua Flowing Radiance manifests, the Eternal Night Ruins will naturally open!"

At these words, Kong Fang's Seven-Colored Pupils abruptly contracted.

The Eternal Night Ruins — that was the ultimate place He had searched the entire Central Region for, and moreover the Ancestral Ground.

Back then, using every means, He still could not find that clue related to "Night" from beginning to end.

Yet the Nine Extremes Heavenly King just stated it so lightly?

Eight hundred years, Qinghua Flowing Radiance, the Eternal Night Ruins reappearing!

This information spoken from the Nine Extremes Heavenly King's mouth is more certain than any evidence found in any ancient scripture.

He is the Nine Extremes Heavenly King, who has patrolled the Floating World Four Domains for countless ages; he knows far more than any immortal sect or aristocratic clan.

Therefore, Kong Fang has no reason to doubt the authenticity of this news, and even less qualification to doubt.

Moreover, before the Nine Extremes Heavenly King, whether Demon God or Spirit Transformation, there is absolutely no room for bargaining.

What's more, he has already waited ten thousand years; a mere eight hundred years is nothing.

"Good, just eight hundred years, I can wait."

Kong Fang's gaze moved away from the Nine Extremes Heavenly King, finally glancing at Xu Zhangqing once, then revealing a smile: "Xu Zhangqing, I hope we can meet again in eight hundred years; at that time we will settle who is superior!"