Chapter 674: The Might of Heaven is Like Me

Boom.

The heavens and earth trembled.

Bolts of lightning descended, covering Taoshan.

Beneath Taoshan, the crowd of Divine Palace personnel were filled with panic and unease, their limbs weak and powerless.

The might of the heavens is vast; how could it be resisted by human strength? Moreover, that person was high in the sky; apart from the Divine Officials proficient in Divine Art, the crowd of Deacons and knights were nothing more than meat targets.

Fortunately, at this moment, countless talisman lights flashed above Taoshan, and immediately after, a translucent light barrier covered the entire mountain.

As the most powerful force in the secular world, and with Taoshan being their base of operations, the Xiling Divine Palace naturally possessed a Protective Mountain Array.

Boom!

Boom!

Bolts of lightning struck against this light barrier, and the world became a sheet of dazzling white light, almost impossible to look at with the naked eye.

"Terrible!"

The expressions of several Divine Officials in the Knowing Destiny Realm all changed.

Their eyes narrowed slightly, as they had already seen that under the constant bombardment of the lightning, the radiance of the Protective Mountain Array was dimming rapidly, even rippling like river water, appearing as if it could not hold on for much longer.

This was partly because the power of the lightning was indeed terrifying, and secondly, because this array was related to the peach trees covering the mountain; back then, the peach blossoms across the mountain were cut down by Fuzi, and the array was also damaged by seven or eight parts. Even after repairs over these years, loopholes and flaws still existed.

Now, after a series of lightning strikes, the entire array was already tottering.

A group of Divine Officials hurriedly released the purest Haotian Divine Brilliance to provide a continuous stream of power to the Protective Mountain Array, finally allowing it to stabilize once more.

"I told you it was just to say hello."

Yu Liancheng looked down from a high position, overlooking like a God.

He brushed his palm across his waist, and 'Wan Dao Wu Ji' transformed into a long spear, hovering in mid-air. He grabbed the spear with one hand and threw it violently toward the array.

"Why are you all still being so polite!"

'Wan Dao Wu Ji' transformed into a streak of cold light, pulling out trails of white airflow, whistling as it pierced toward the transparent light barrier. In the process, a burst of flames rose from Wan Dao Wu Ji, burning into a baring-fangs-and-brandishing-claws Fire Dragon, roaring and hissing, evaporating all moisture within a radius of several dozen zhang.

In the Zhu Xian World, Wan Dao Wu Ji had once absorbed the supreme Yang power from the Mysterious Fire Mirror, so it could naturally release terrifying Yang fire.

Under the reinforcement of the flames, the power of this throw was even more terrifying!

Boom!

A massive explosion rang out, the sound traveling for a hundred miles.

After stalemating with the light barrier for a moment, Wan Dao Wu Ji pierced through the transparent light screen. The Broken force, carrying immense heat, swept outward, whipping up a hurricane of heat waves in all directions, blowing the Divine Palace personnel away one by one.

And at the very moment the Protective Mountain Array was broken, countless Divine Officials spat out blood, their faces turning pale.

Wan Dao Wu Ji's momentum remained, falling like a meteorite. A Knight Commander who had stepped into the Knowing Destiny Realm tried to draw his sword to block Wan Dao Wu Ji, but the moment the sword in his hand made contact with it, it shattered and broke, and then his entire body was torn apart, his limbs Broken as he died.

Finally, with a "boom," Wan Dao Wu Ji smashed into Taoshan; the ground trembled, and large swathes of soil were flipped up like waves, impacting all around. If it were merely Wan Dao Wu Ji, that would be one thing, but there were also bursts of flames like dragons and snakes splashing out, causing the temperature within a radius of a hundred zhang to rise sharply, making people feel as if they were inside a furnace.

The flames splashed out rapidly; even the Black Gold Armor on the knights could not block them and was quickly melted. And once the flames landed on a human body, it was even more terrifying, turning them into a pile of ashes in the span of a breath, incomparably horrific.

"How is it possible? This guy is only at Knowing Destiny Peak, why is he able to break the array?"

"Son of Pluto, he is the Son of Pluto, the prophecy of the Great Divine Official of Light back then was true!?"

"Haotian protect us, Haotian protect us!"

This strike not only crushed the Protective Mountain Array but also crushed the hearts of countless people. At this moment, they felt as if they had been swallowed by a dark abyss.

No one expected that this person's casual strike, a so-called "hello," could cause such a tragic scene.

Especially those Divine Officials with high cultivation realms; they found it even harder to understand. The aura released by this person was clearly only at Knowing Destiny Peak, equivalent to the Three Great Divine Seats, or perhaps even inferior, so why could he break the array and kill people like slaughtering dogs?

Above, Yu Liancheng brought his fingers together, and as his mind urged it, "Wan Dao Wu Ji" began to travel and weave through Taoshan below. Swift as lightning, agile as a dragon, it easily pierced through countless Divine Palace personnel, drawing out bursts of blood. The Divine Palace knights on the ground posed no threat to him at all, and the Divine Arts cast by the Divine Officials were also blocked by an invisible air barrier.

"Clearing the field like this is really a bit troublesome, I'd better change to another way." Yu Liancheng retracted Wan Dao Wu Ji and spread out his palm, looking at it carefully.

This hand was fair and slender, with almost no flaws.

But the power possessed by this hand was enough to destroy mountains and overturn seas, making the entire human world tremble because of it.

Now, this palm gently flipped and pressed downward.

It was as if a Divine Mountain were suppressing down.

Space shook, and the vast sky vibrated.

The palm force had already shrouded one-third of the Divine Palace personnel below; before the palm even arrived, the palm wind caused the ground to shake violently, and many people had their internal organs burst and died simply from the pressure of this palm wind.

One could imagine that if this palm truly landed, it would inevitably be a scene of blood flowing like a river.

Yu Liancheng's expression was indifferent; he did not have the slightest good feeling for the Xiling Divine Palace, and even if there were truly innocent people among them, he would never feel the slightest guilt.

"Wait!

"

Just at this moment, a figure of an old man appeared, his whole body radiating bright light, filled with incomparably pure Haotian Divine Brilliance, like a God descending to the world.

Upon seeing this figure, the countless knights, Divine Officials, and Deacons below knelt down with a clatter, their expressions incomparably pious; even though they were about to die, they felt not a shred of fear, but were instead filled with fanaticism and worship. Such pure Haotian Divine Brilliance—in the entire Divine Palace, only that Great Divine Official of Light, who had not appeared for over a decade, could possess it.

However, the palm still descended unhurriedly. The palm force covered all directions, the rolling and roaring air waves appearing as if they could overturn rivers.

You say wait, so I wait?

Do you think I'm your father?!

The Great Divine Official of Light's eyes narrowed slightly, his right hand raised above his head; those aged fingers became white as jade, and a strand of Haotian Divine Brilliance ignited from the tip of his index finger. This Divine Brilliance did not seem to emit any power, yet it was so pure and holy, never extinguishing amidst the vast palm wind.

The Haotian light grew increasingly intense.

The light on that index finger grew increasingly intense, as if giving birth to a morning sun.

That was also a morning sun in the hearts of all the Divine Palace personnel.

Yu Liancheng's palm slapped toward that morning sun.

And so, the morning sun was still shrouded by Darkness, being devoured bit by bit.

The moment the last bit of radiance vanished completely, the Great Divine Official of Light's chest collapsed, his body flying backward like a crashed meteorite, carrying immense force, and smashing a human-shaped tunnel a hundred zhang long into the ground of Taoshan.

"Is this 'Tianqi'?" Yu Liancheng looked at his own palm, his brows slightly raised. This palm strike should have been enough to completely kill the Great Divine Official of Light, but at the very last moment, the Great Divine Official of Light had leaped above the Five Realms and reached the Daoist Tianqi Realm.

He had learned from the Sword Saint Liu Bai that Tianqi could withstand the radiance and grace of the Heavenly Dao and could command the divine power of heaven and earth. It possessed characteristics of great power, great might, and great majesty.

In that previous instant, countless rays of Haotian's light had surged into the body of the Great Divine Official of Light, which was the only reason he had not been killed by Yu Liancheng.

"Hehe, I entered Tianqi in my early years, and later fell from it because of that incident. I did not expect that in exchanging blows with you, I would accidentally enter Tianqi. Perhaps Haotian wishes to use my hand to save this decaying Xiling Divine Palace; after all, no matter how decayed it is here, it remains Haotian's kingdom." Wei Guangming, supported by two Divine Officials, struggled to stand up.

Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and his chest, which had been collapsed, was now filled with a sheet of radiance.

"Do you think you can stop me?" Yu Liancheng smiled with his hands behind his back.

"I cannot stop you, but I know you did not come to destroy the Xiling Divine Palace. We are not enemies," Wei Guangming said.

Yu Liancheng laughed: "Oh, since we are not enemies, what are all these fully armed Divine Palace personnel doing below? Could it be a welcoming ceremony?"

Wei Guangming pondered for a moment, his figure slowly floating into the air, and then every pore on his body radiated incomparably pure Haotian Divine Brilliance. His voice carried far: "Everyone, return to your posts. Without a summons, you are not to act without authorization."

Taoshan was silent.

A deathly silence.

The people of the Xiling Divine Palace had slightly gloomy expressions.

The Xiling Divine Palace represented the supreme Haotian, and Haotian's majesty could not be questioned.

Yet the other party had previously killed the Caijuedashengonguan, broken the Taoshan grand array, and killed or wounded countless Divine Palace personnel. Could they really just let him go like this?

It was just that everyone was intimidated by Yu Liancheng's strength, and since few knew that Wei Guangming had been imprisoned, this Great Divine Official of Light remained full of majesty and holiness in everyone's hearts, the spokesperson for Haotian in the human world.

"Everyone, return to your posts." From a divine palace on the mountaintop came an aged but grand voice.

Everyone looked toward the mountaintop and saw an extremely aged elder. The deep wrinkles on his face were like mountains and rivers, and only his gorgeous divine robes indicated his noble status.

——Tianyu Great Divine Official.

The Caijuedashengonguan was dead, and without the Sect Leader speaking, who in the Xiling Divine Palace could defy the will of the Tianyu Great Divine Official and the Great Divine Official of Light?

The people of the Xiling Divine Palace left in an orderly fashion.

While feeling angry, they also felt an indescribable sense of relief.

Although they would go to the Divine Kingdom after death to enjoy eternal life, this human world was, after all, more worth lingering over.

Yu Liancheng's figure slowly descended, his toes touching the ground.

Wei Guangming said with a solemn expression: "You are neither black nor white, but a piece of chaos. Why have you come to Taoshan?"

"To beat someone up."

"What?"

"To beat a dead dwarf." Yu Liancheng pointed his finger at the highest white divine palace: "That dead dwarf held a grudge against me back then. I didn't send him to see the King of Hell with one blade... no, it should be Haotian. He should have kowtowed to thank me, but not only did he not thank me, he actually put out a bounty on me. Eighty percent of the trouble I've had on this journey is because of him."

Wei Guangming was slightly silent.

When that incident happened back then, he was still locked in the Youge, and only vaguely felt Yu Liancheng's aura, but he did not know what grudge he had with the Haotian Sect Leader.

"If you want to stop me, feel free to try."

After saying this, Yu Liancheng walked toward the upper levels of Taoshan.

Wei Guangming remained silent.

Although he had been imprisoned for over a decade, he had also perceived the increasingly decaying Xiling Divine Palace.

And the reason for this had much to do with the Sect Leader.

"By the way, I remember you believed that the reincarnation of the Son of Pluto was related to the General's Mansion in Chang'an of Datang, which caused a series of tragedies." Yu Liancheng did not stop his pace: "I wonder if you have ever thought about one thing?"

Wei Guangming said: "I am listening."

"Light and darkness are opposites. Many times, absolute darkness is absolute light." Yu Liancheng's footsteps grew more distant, and his voice came from afar, still incomparably clear: "Perhaps you can go to Chang'an of Datang one more time, and you will be able to resolve all your doubts."

Wei Guangming fell into a long silence.

In front of the Tianyu Divine Palace.

The aged Tianyu Great Divine Official watched Yu Liancheng, who had already stepped into the white divine palace. In his eyes, countless stars seemed to flicker and then vanish. He took a white silk handkerchief from his sleeve, gently wiped his eyes, and murmured in a low voice: "Vast and boundless, the interaction between heaven and human, approaching the divine. The previous decision... was correct."

A Divine Official nearby named 'Cheng Lixue' noticed the silk handkerchief in the Tianyu Great Divine Official's hand, and his body suddenly stiffened. There were several bright red bloodstains on the cloth: "You... how are you?"

"It is nothing, just that I looked at an existence I should not have pried into. I have offended Heaven, and this is Heaven's punishment."

The Tianyu Great Divine Official smiled.

Then he folded the white silk handkerchief in his hand and continued to wipe the blood from his eyes. The white silk handkerchief was gradually dyed red by the blood dripping from his eyes, as red as the peach blossoms all over the mountain.

"Xiong Chumo, this seat has arrived. Why have you not yet knelt down?" On the other side, Yu Liancheng stepped into the divine palace.

"Presumptuous!"

"How dare you speak to the Sect Leader like this, you don't know whether you are living or dead."

In the divine palace, the Red-robed Divine Official belonging to the Sect Leader's lineage changed color and scolded him sternly.

Yu Liancheng looked at the figure radiating brilliant light in the light screen and smiled: "Haotian is stronger than you, so you can be Haotian's dog. The Temple Head Chen Mou is stronger than you, so you can be Chen Mou's dog. Then, why can't you be my dog?"

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