Chapter 724

Well done……beautiful!

From the pitch-black endless void, a heartfelt praise echoed from the stars formed of seven-colored crystals.

Just like that……exactly, hey, just like that.

Despicable humans……what can the Pangu Remnant Clan do?

Greed, lust, vile conspiracies—this is the inescapable curse in your bloodline… scheming, slaughter, ruthlessness toward your own kin—this too is the inescapable original sin.

Kill, kill, kill—your souls, your blood are this world's most wondrous key.

Sacrifice you, and we shall open… nothing could be better, in this world there could be nothing better.

In the huge crystal hall, countless soul crystals and strands of bloodline essence were condensing. Although these crystals and essence came from ordinary Snow Plains Folk, in quality they could not compare to those formed after the fall of a God Realm Elder Ancestor.

But in number, they vastly exceeded.

The vast plains spanning tens of thousands of li were almost filled with the people of the White Deer Clan from the Snow Plains Tribe.

The Solar Golden Shuttles rained down across the heavens; across tens of thousands of li, even ants were slaughtered to the last, the White Deer Clan folk who had stepped onto Shuo Province's lands were wiped out, billions of them……

Countless soul crystals and strands of bloodline essence floated within the vast hall, shimmering with a dreamy, splendid light.

The clansmen of the Five Great God Clans on duty in the hall laughed until they bent forward and backward, saliva spraying everywhere; some even collapsed on the ground, twitching, unable to muster the strength to stand.

'What a wise decision!' Someone began to sing praises for the Five You Zu.

Indeed a wise decision; merely changing a slight attitude and method brought such enormous gains—truly splendid.

'We should have done this long ago……looking now, the Five You Zu Highnesses are far stronger than before.' Former subordinates of You Ru and others, those spirits previously stationed at the observation outpost, also began to quickly change their attitude.

'Then we should make them die faster.' A gloomy voice sounded: 'Anyway, Mu Dalu is so vast, the human race so numerous……we need to increase harvesting efficiency. Anyway, they cannot be completely slaughtered.'

Inside the hall, hysterical laughter rang out again.

The earth burned.

The entire expanse of land spanning tens of thousands of li was ablaze.

After the Solar Golden Shuttle exploded, Solar Golden Fire raged, burning all vegetation to a crisp and melting the sand and rock. Small hills were flattened outright, and the molten five‑colored sand‑stone slurry bubbled, spreading wildly under the howling wind.

Golden flames over two zhang high rose from the ground, their temperature astonishing; consequently, the Green Hill forces of Shuo Province Camp had to abandon the camp and retreat hundreds of li before they could barely withstand the terrifying heat radiating from the blaze.

Amid the golden flames spanning tens of thousands of li, only that ice sculpture, tens of thousands of zhang tall, exhaled terrifying Cold Qi, forming a thick ring of icy light that protected hundreds of God Realm elders.

Moreover, over a thousand fortunate souls tasked with dragging the ice sculpture were immediately enveloped by the icy light ring, luckily surviving the bombardment of the Solar Golden Shuttle.

Hundreds of God Realm elders and over a thousand Fetus Storage Realm strongmen knelt on the ground like mourners, wailing hoarsely.

Their clansmen, families, wives and children, household wealth, even their most beloved war beast—all vanished in an instant, reduced to ash and smoke.

On the Ice Crystal Speedway behind, countless White Deer Clan folk who had failed to reach Shuo Province's lands stared in stunned silence at the fiery hell ahead, unable to comprehend what the golden light that had just fallen from the sky was.

Such a strike from the heavens completely surpassed their understanding.

Even those God Realm elders could not fathom what the Green Hill God State had used to attack them.

'Oh great Ice River God……' On the Speedway, crowds knelt beneath the shelter of cold light and freezing air; an extraordinarily ancient figure, his body nearly falling apart, his skin covered in dense cyan‑blue spiral ice crystal runes, gripped a staff and wailed hysterically toward the sky.

'Oh great Ice River God, punish the sinners who dare to slaughter your people……These Southerners, they enjoy such vast territories, such fertile lands, they live in peace and prosperity, free of worry……what merit do they have to enjoy what rightfully belongs to your people?'

'Let them be utterly exterminated.'

'With your power, punish them……let their men become corpses; let their women become our women; propagate offspring, propagate the Cold Ice Bloodline!'

'Oh great Ice River God, bestow divine power and punish them!'

A gigantic coffin over ten zhang long, carved entirely of pure white cold jade, was hefted by hundreds of strong men and set heavily at the edge of the golden fire sea.

The old man holding a staff knelt before the ice sculpture encircled by the fire sea.

Countless White Deer Clan folk knelt on the Speedway, bowing in reverence to the ice sculpture within the fire sea.

Crowds of girls clad in crude animal‑skin skirts, urged by their tribespeople, stepped forward expressionlessly and knelt in a line beside the fire sea; crowds of stiff‑bodied warriors followed, seized long blades, and slaughtered the girls on the spot.

Strands of blood mist sprayed from the girls' necks, sucked into the distant massive ice sculpture.

No one knows how many maidens were sacrificed; the huge trident atop the ice sculpture shot a beam of blue divine light, slamming heavily into the great Cold Jade Coffin.

Dense hexagonal ice crystal runes flashed on the coffin, piercing Cold Qi continually spewing forth, accompanied by a low growl; an aura that made the heart pound, like a frenzied beast, spread continuously from the coffin.

On the ground, rings of visible black‑blue hexagonal ice rings flashed rapidly, spreading outward; even at the farthest reaches they could extend thousands of li.

Astonishingly, wherever those blue hexagonal ice rings passed, the blazing Solar Golden Fire on the ground was suppressed by icy force; the towering golden flames over two zhang high quickly dimmed and died out, and the ground temperature plummeted.

The molten sand‑stone slurry rapidly solidified into a bright, mirror‑smooth surface, even clearly reflecting a person's silhouette.

Li Guang and the other God Realm Elder Ancestors garrisoned at Shuo Province Camp rose into the air, each employing secret arts as they gazed toward the Speedway; that Cold Jade Coffin inexplicably made them feel waves of palpitation.

'This is no good move; everyone be careful.' Li Guang raised his right hand and said solemnly, 'Form the array.'

Thousands of Li Clan commanders led over a million elite troops of the Green Hill God State to form a vast killing array; a murderous qi surged skyward, and the million elite forces united as one, surging wildly into Li Guang's body.

Although Li Guang was the strongest God Realm Elder Ancestor of the Li Clan, the sudden influx of a million troops' mana made his veins bulge, his body involuntarily swelling and growing, accompanied by creaking bones; Li Guang stretched to a thousand zhang tall, and his long bow expanded to several hundred zhang in length.

Li Guang drew the Ancestral Divine Bow, his right pinky finger twitching sharply.

A tremendous roar sounded as a major spirit vein beneath Shuo Province violently shuddered, causing the land within a thousand li to suddenly erupt in a minor earthquake.

The ground split open; the spirit vein, stretching over ten‑plus‑hundred li, transformed into a vivid dragon shape, baring fangs and claws as it rose from the earth. Meeting the heavenly wind, it flickered in mid‑air, about to escape.

Li Guang intoned a low incantation; the Li Clan's Ancestral Secret Technique activated, causing the spirit vein to stiffen instantly, rapidly contract inward, and in a moment become a bizarre arrow over six hundred zhang long, its tip shaped like a dragon's head.

The arrow, its body spraying piercing divine light, flew onto the bowstring of its own accord; Li Guang exerted his full strength to pull the bow taut, locked onto the Cold Jade Coffin, and poured all his internal power into the arrow before loosing it.

Tens of thousands of li away, the arrow reached the front of the Cold Jade Coffin the instant it left the bowstring.

Piercing the void, the arrow suppressed the Solar Golden Fire along its path, forcibly carving a fire‑free zone tens of thousands of li long and a hundred li wide through the fire sea; along the way, tiny white circular air rings appeared, which exploded with thunderous roars after the arrow passed.

A resounding 'ding' rang out.

The coffin lid was blasted open by a tremendous force, a wholly azure‑blue arm reaching out from within, its hundreds‑zhang‑long limb sweeping and seizing the incoming arrow with icy‑cold fingers.

The arrow shuddered violently, jerking wildly within the surging Cold Qi of the five fingers.

The five fingers locked tight on the arrow, strands of Cold Qi continually spraying from the palm and pouring into the arrow.

On the Ice Crystal Speedway behind, countless White Deer Clan folk who had failed to reach Shuo Province's lands stared in stunned silence at the fiery hell ahead, unable to comprehend what the golden light that had just fallen from the sky was.

Hundreds of God Realm elders and over a thousand Fetus Storage Realm strongmen knelt on the ground like mourners, wailing hoarsely.

Li Guang's eyes widened in shock, and he hissed angrily, "What is that?"

Li Guang's rear, the many elders of the Qingqiu Divine State looked bewildered; they had none of the Great Wei Seven Scattered People clan's fondness, never had a habit of wandering aimlessly, nor had anyone ever ventured deep into the northern barbaric mountains, let alone cross those mountains, trek across the boundless snowy plains, enter that icy wasteland where birds don't defecate, and mingle with the snowland tribes.

So, they truly did not know what was inside that coffin.

They didn't even know the origins of the snowland tribes.

The huge palm snapped shut with a piercing crack, and a large arrow condensed from spirit veins was crushed outright by his slap.

Heaven and earth's primal energy turned into a visible tidal flood that surged outward in all directions; the snowland people kneeling on the ground were blown over countless times, many tumbling miserably in the snow, and some unlucky souls were blown hundreds of li away, crashing half-dead in the forests.

Black whirlwinds rose from the ground, sucking up countless Cold Qi and ice crystals straight into the sky; bitter winds howled, gale winds tore, the area near the chariot road's exit fell into dark gloom, as if a demon had descended, filling people with inexplicable great fear.

The violent tidal flood lasted a full quarter hour before gradually subsiding, after which Li Guang and the others could finally see what was happening beyond the chariot road.

A towering figure over nine hundred zhang tall, its whole body deep blue like carved ice, arms hundreds of zhang long hanging naturally, palms already below the knees, this strange humanoid stood at the chariot road's exit.

His scalp was bald, with not a single hair, only strands of extremely fine Cold Qi rising up.

His features were extremely archaic, with a long face, long nose bridge, deeply sunken eyes, and lips as thin as blade edges, exuding a ruthless, icy aura.

What was shocking was that along his long spine, each vertebra bore an extremely long bone spur.

These bone spurs were also wholly dark blue like condensed profound ice; their tips emitted wisps of Cold Qi that condensed directly in the air into tiny ice crystals, falling to the ground with a faint tinkling sound 'ding ding dang dang'.

Besides that, his elbows, shoulders, knees and other parts also bore bone spurs.

He resembled a man, resembled a beast, but a more accurate description would be a fiend from the icy hell.

"Great… Profound Ice Ancestor, welcome, return to the mortal realm." The old man who had just been brandishing his staff and shouting hoarsely, extremely aged and almost falling apart, knelt in reverence, his forehead pressing heavily onto the ice crystal chariot road.

"Hiss…"

The anomalous figure called the Profound Ice Ancestor drew a deep breath, exhaling a bone‑chilling yin Cold Qi, glanced down at the countless White Deer tribespeople kneeling on the chariot road, then lifted his gaze to the distant giant ice sculpture.

He snorted coldly, two points of dark‑blue cold light flashing in his eyes; crossing a fire‑field of solar golden fire tens of thousands of li wide, he instantly saw Li Guang hovering in midair, a thousand zhang tall.

"Your archery… has gone astray." The Profound Ice Ancestor laughed "ga ga": "In my era, any random archer in the army was stronger than you."

The Profound Ice Ancestor's voice rumbled "boom boom boom", like thunder carrying tens of thousands of li, and Li Guang and everyone around him heard his words.

Li Guang immediately sneered: "Old coot, are you trying to shake my army's morale?"

The Profound Ice Ancestor shook his head: "Shake your army's morale? Do you deserve me using such means? I am merely stating a fact… you are weak."

He snorted coldly, the Profound Ice Ancestor's eyes blazing brighter, he looked Li Guang up and down, then shook his head: "The path is askew. Hehe, but I understand how this came to be."

He lifted his gaze to the sky and murmured: "Having done it, there can be no regret… therefore."

"Boom!" With a tremendous roar, the Profound Ice Ancestor surged forward in a single step; crossing the fire‑field tens of thousands of li wide in an instant, he brought terrifying cold and slammed a punch straight into Li Guang's face.

Li Guang never dreamed the Profound Ice Ancestor would launch such a frenzied direct attack, nor that the opponent's speed would be so fast, his power so violent and ferocious.

With just one punch, Li Guang's big teeth burst out; terrifying Cold Qi froze his skull, turning his upper body into a block of ice, and the blow sent him flying backward over a hundred li.

The Profound Ice Ancestor opened his mouth and exhaled a blast of freezing air.

The million elite troops that had formed ranks behind Li Guang were instantly all turned into ice statues.

The Profound Ice Ancestor lightly snapped his right hand; the million ice statues shattered at once, turning into countless sharp ice blades and spikes that flew wildly in all directions.

The Qingqiu troops inside the Shuozhou Grand Camp were struck by countless ice blades and spikes, throwing their formations into chaos, and at least another million troops were slaughtered to the point of being unable to fight.

More than a dozen Qingqiu elders surged forward; the Profound Ice Ancestor lightly waved both arms, and more than a dozen of them froze into ice blocks, each knocked away by a single punch.

The Shuozhou Grand Camp's formations shook as the Profound Ice Ancestor strode in, crushing everything; no Divine Realm elder could withstand his punch, and wherever he passed, vast numbers of troops were frozen into ice statues, then instantly shattered into countless ice crystals that tore apart nearby soldiers.

Within just ten breaths, the Shuozhou Grand Camp collapsed, and countless troops fled madly southward.

The Profound Ice Ancestor swept back with a palm to extinguish the fire‑field, then let out a deep roar: "My descendants, kill!"