Chapter 1404

Ke ke ke…… Longevity Old Ancestor, it looks like you need a little help!

In an instant, the originally brilliant starry sky became oppressively dark and gloomy, eerily sinister, as an extremely dark abyss stretched across the heavens, appearing at the zenith of the void.

Xuanming Old Ancestor walked out from the black abyss, his body surging with strange power; only a blurry tall silhouette could be seen.

Behind him, numerous strange Dao constantly rumbled, instantly making the entire Butterfly World feel an impending deadly crisis of strange transformation.

Xuanming Old Ancestor!

In the past, many powerful Gu Clan warriors crossed the reverse-flowing Long River, hoping to reach the World Tree, but were all intercepted by the Butterfly Empress; some were slain, the rest were dragged into the Butterfly World.

Xuanming Old Ancestor is indeed the strongest!

His massive stature, like a chaos demon god standing, shrouded in endless black mist of strange power, he let out a cold laugh: "Butterfly Empress, want to fight early? Hehe… the outcome is already decided, unchangeable! Your Mandate Origin will ultimately be cut down!"

The four great ancestors descended together, directly encircling the Butterfly Empress.

Mandate Origin!

This is the key to the Butterfly Empress's control over the Butterfly World.

The endless starry sky, the vast star domains, are all governed by the Mandate Origin.

Thus, to all beings, the Butterfly Empress is the sole destination of fate, towering above all beings; even against the four of them, she possesses an extremely strong suppressive power.

At this moment, Gu Yue Laozi's hand constantly shifted seals, causal power surged, probing Lu Xuan's whereabouts.

He sensed Fang Yuan's qi.

"Fang Yuan, you indeed came."

In his plan, Fang Yuan will not die.

Gu Yue Laozi always does things flawlessly; if he wins, he wins; if he loses, he still has a roundabout opportunity.

During the ultimate battle of the Gu Clan Heaven, he had already planned everything.

If he loses to Lu Xuan, that's acceptable, after all he is merely a wisp of will, but losing would let him gain more—namely, Fang Yuan's causal power!

In the next instant, Gu Yue Laozi slightly furrowed his brows.

Although Fang Yuan was found, Lu Xuan's aura cannot be probed.

In his hand, several strands of scarlet causal power kept jumping, all pointing toward the Chaotic Star Sea.

Chi chi chi!

From the signs, Fang Yuan, Yang Ling'er, and Yang Xuan are in the Chaotic Star Sea, so Lu Xuan naturally is there too.

"Lu Xuan has been found."

Gu Yue Laozi looked at Sima Tai and the others and said.

"Oh?" The three of the Solitude Creek were all slightly startled; they too had been seeking Lu Xuan's whereabouts but found nothing, never expecting the Longevity Old Ancestor to first discover the flaw.

Seeing the causal power in Gu Yue Laozi's hand, they instantly understood.

"Indeed, the Longevity Old Ancestor thought things through thoroughly."

Xuanming Old Ancestor couldn't help but nod; that Longevity Old Ancestor, although defeated at the World Tree, had obtained several strands of causal power, which would become a great weapon against Lu Xuan, but after their Gu Palace was destroyed, they gained nothing—all for naught.

A moment of silence.

Sima Tai revealed a playful smile: "Butterfly Empress, Lu Xuan is in the Chaotic Star Sea, right? Today we four will join forces to shatter your Mandate Origin! With Lu Xuan's arrival, things have become much more interesting."

The Butterfly Empress had no jade hands; a blood-red robe like a sea of blood was stunning, her hands constantly forming seals, immediately activating the Mandate Origin's power.

The so-called Mandate Origin can also be called the core of the Butterfly World.

She built the Butterfly World using the Chaotic Star Sea, the Threefold Heaven Gate, and the four-directional world, standing on four legs like a tripod.

And the core power comes from the Mandate Origin, thereby allowing control over all beings.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With a thought from the Butterfly Empress, the power of the Mandate Origin was drawn from the Butterfly World; her figure became ethereal, like a solitary immortal transcending the heavens.

For a moment, all living beings could sense the Butterfly Empress's presence.

Like a scarlet divine sun rising, while all beings could only gaze upon this power!

Everyone was shocked: "Is this the power of the Butterfly Empress Ancestor?!"

This aura can be called the power of creation!

It seems that in a single thought of the Butterfly Empress, she can embody the world, grant life and death at will, and easily erase countless living beings!

The Longevity Old Ancestor and others snorted coldly: "So what? You've merged with the world, but we these years haven't been in vain."

The voice fell!

Throughout the Longevity Sect and its subordinate forces, they are spread across the heavens' star seas.

In any starry sky where the Longevity Way is worshipped, there are stone statues of Gu Yue Laozi receiving offerings; at this moment, those statues all radiate brilliant Divine Light, drawing the incense power of the Gu Clan and many followers!

Each Gu Clan person, under the Longevity Sect, kneels in the starry sky, operating Gu artifacts.

The offered power is like sparks of stars, yet its quantity is immensely vast.

Chaotic Star Sea!

Threefold Heaven Gate!

Countless dots of light lit up; these incense powers formed threads like a heavenly net, likewise occupying the cosmic situation, forming a not weak force.

The heavens and earth where the stone statues reside began to counter the Butterfly Empress's Mandate Origin power.

But the Hehuan Sect's strong ones also began to counterattack; they likewise have incense power, and moreover they can use the power of the Hehuan Sutra to intertwine yin and yang mysteries, directly approaching the Mandate Origin.

Hehuan Sect!

Turn the seals!

Two vast forces collided.

On the other side, Sima Tai made a move; he lowered his gaze toward the Chaotic Star Sea below, where an enormously huge divine tree took root in the chaotic domain star sea, its roots twisted and knotted, more terrifying than the World Tree, having already grown to an extremely terrifying degree.

Below it opens the Chaotic Star Sea, above it bears the Threefold Heaven Gate.

He directly pierced the sky!

This Longevity Giant Tree was also weakening Dieyue's Heavenly Mandate power.

「Chi—chi—chi—chi! 」

This Longevity Giant Tree began to sway, a heaven-shaking hurricane started to surge, the temporal tide burst outward, and the originally lush trunk unexpectedly began to swell again.

Furthermore, many powerful members of the Longevity Clan were activating their spirit techniques, bolstering Sima Tai's momentum!

As this huge divine tree emitted resplendent Divine Light, Dieyue's Heavenly Mandate origin was suppressed once more.

In the next instant.

Xuanming Elder snorted coldly, 'Dieyue, back then you pulled us from the upstream long river into this butterfly world; for you, is that not also a burden? You are refining us, while my Strange Clan's subordinates continually draw power from this world.'

'You greatly overestimate your own strength; no one wishes to provoke the Strange Phenomenon voluntarily, let alone drag it into the world!'

He flicked his sleeve, and in the left wing of the butterfly world, numerous black spots appeared on many stars.

The originally gorgeous, brilliant starry sky became much dimmer.

As if the starlight had been extinguished.

One place, then another, the starry sky directly dimmed.

Those were starry skies occupied by the Strange Clan; the Strange Phenomenon Dao began to rise, coalescing into a terrifying force.

Xuanming Elder clenched his fist tightly; a faint black sphere hovered in his palm—this was the condensed Heavenly Might!

By this point, Dieyue's power had been greatly weakened!

'Dieyue, this is your self‑made cocoon!' Xuanming Elder looked toward Gu Yue Laozi and the others, 'Let's attack together and annihilate the Heavenly Mandate origin!'

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