Chapter 630: Collision of the Divine Realm

Crack!

A giant hand reached out, and the void beneath it emitted a fine, cracking sound like a mirror.

Beneath the mirror-like fractured void, pairs of crimson eyes shrouded in cloaks lit up one after another, flickering like ghost fires, brimming with murderous aura.

He naturally recognized the Hundred Ghosts Curse; this was one of the secret rituals passed down by him to the Xieshen Sect. Decades ago, when Pang Pang Wenlong, using the alias Qin Yun, attacked the Imperial Capital, he had used this very ritual to critically wound him and leave him near death.

"Pang Pang Wenlong!"

The Thousand Eyes' heart boiled with killing intent.

If this ritual were not directed straight at him, how could he possibly be the first to emerge?!

Boom!

From beneath the void, a voice like thunder roared:

"Dare to curse the God with the ritual passed down by this God?"

"You must die!"

Before the eyes of the crowd beneath the Star-Gazing Platform, everything went black at once; this giant hand, like the hand of an ancient demon god, forcibly dragged the night curtain down from the high heavens!

Heaven and Earth turned black together!

This was not the senses being obscured or deprived.

Li Yuan saw clearly: boundless ink-blackness spread rapidly from the center of that giant hand; in the blink of an eye, it actually covered the entire Divine Capital City and was still spreading quickly in all directions.

A chilling, bone-piercing aura radiated in all directions; in an instant, the dozens of burning Master Master Dading seemed like candles in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.

"This is the aura of the You Jing..."

Sounds of shock and the bursting of true qi reached his ears, but Li Yuan's heart only stirred once; he had already activated the Zhenhai Shan Xuan Gui Shell, and the invisible qi force was blocked before it could reach his body.

After entering the Dao, his understanding of the Bing Lu deepened; with a mere thought, he could activate it, and he could flexibly choose to activate one weapon or several to enhance himself, avoiding the pressure on his physique and spirit caused by activating multiple enhancements simultaneously.

He did not panic; he simply looked toward Pang Pang Wenlong's altar.

Hum~

Almost at the same time the darkness descended, a trembling sound came from the altar; then, dazzling flames rose like the sun, and in an instant, they dispersed that viscous darkness.

A pure, supremely yang and rigid aura filled all directions.

"Thieving wretches, dare to call yourselves gods?"

On the altar, Pang Pang Wenlong sneered; behind him, fierce flames blazed like the sun, illuminating all directions, and those nearly extinguished Master Master Dading burned once more:

"Where is that old ghost, the Cloud Demon? What, can you only hide your form and vanish?!"

Fierce!

Feeling that supremely yang and rigid aura, Li Yuan could not help but feel a shock in his heart.

Over these three years, he had fought Pang Pang Wenlong many times; this Great Yun Taizu would send a Spirit Avatar every few days to indirectly urge his martial arts progress.

Yet even during the most recent one, when several Dao Lords were invited to watch, he had not felt such intense pressure.

In his perception, the entire Imperial City's temperature soared under his Spirit Avatar; the accumulated snow left days ago instantly vaporized and vanished, as if the seasons and celestial phenomena had truly changed.

"Die!"

A sound like tearing silk erupted in the void; the Thousand Eyes had no intention of communicating at all. The extended hand swelled against the wind, and in the blink of an eye, it was several acres in size, carrying a deadly chill,

Enveloping the dozens of burning Master Master Dading and everyone beneath the Star-Gazing Platform!

"Scatter!"

Long Long Yingchan let out a light shout; his outwardly projected true qi was like clouds and mist, its aura rising, guarding against all sides.

Nie Xianshan, Long Xi Xiang, and other Grand Masters also stirred up their true qi one after another.

In fact, no one needed to remind anyone; the moment the Thousand Eyes appeared, the crowd beneath the Star-Gazing Platform had already scattered. People like Xin Xin Wenhua, the direct disciples and elders, did not even dare to turn their heads once.

In a clash at the Divine Palace level, those below the Grand Master rank, except for Li Yuan, did not even have the qualification to watch the battle up close.

Boom!

High in the sky, red and black colors intertwined, stirring up rolling waves of air that scattered in all directions; the roaring of the airwaves merged into one, shaking the entire Divine Capital City.

"Divine Palace Realm!"

Outside the Imperial City, on Taiping Street, on the ninth floor of a wine house near a window, Shen Shen Qisheng let out a long breath and stood up.

From this spot, he could see multiple streets outside the Imperial City.

The air roars and airwaves spreading from the Imperial City expanded heavily; wherever they passed, sand flew and stones rolled. Pedestrians in the streets and alleys were all panicked, either screaming and scattering in all directions or fleeing in terror.

Boom!

Another boom exploded, like a thousand thunderclaps approaching from afar.

The wine house where Brother Brother Shentu was located, which did good business because it was only a few li from the Imperial City, was also engulfed by panic; indeed, the wine house shook violently, as if it would overturn at any moment.

At this moment, it was not just these few streets that were terrified; the entire Imperial City boiled and moaned under the collision of these two Divine Palace-level powerhouses.

"Divine Realm..."

Brother Brother Shentu felt no panic; he simply gazed intently, perceiving.

For him, the clash of such powerhouses offered considerable benefits.

At this moment, the entire Imperial City was interwoven with red and black colors; a crimson great sun bloomed with divine light beneath the night curtain. At first glance, it seemed as if day and night were rapidly rotating above the Imperial City, a magnificent sight.

The Imperial City was filled with panic and horror, yet there were also many martial artists from the Jianghu who advanced instead of retreating, gazing from high places around the Imperial City, some horrified, some excited, and so on.

"Hoo!"

In a nearby inn, Qin Li Shixian slowly opened his eyes; the long spear lying across his knees emitted a slight trembling sound, and the window and door of the room opened by themselves from the wind.

"So they've started fighting already?"

Qin Li Shixian raised his gaze and immediately frowned.

It did not surprise her that the old man would strike first; in fact, back when Great Yun first established the nation, Pang Pang Wenlong had always led the charge in every battle.

"That old ghost, the Thousand Eyes..."

Ordinary people only saw two colors intertwining, or perhaps billowing waves of Qi, but what Qin Li Shixian paid attention to was the momentum, intent, form, spirit, and bearing when two Divine Palace-level powerhouses clashed.

At this moment, the entire imperial city had already been enveloped by two layers of divine realm.

That imperial city, at first glance, was still in its original place, but in fact, it was no longer within Shendu City; otherwise, the collision of two Divine Palace-level powerhouses would have long since overturned this majestic imperial capital.

What startled her was naturally not her own old man's 'Scorching Sun Illuminating the Mountain Painting', but rather that ink-like night-scape — the outward manifestation of that aura truly looked exactly like You Jing.

"This old ghost…"

Qin Li Shixian could not help but grip her spear shaft tightly. In her view, this old ghost, suspected to be an extraterrestrial evil god, posed a greater threat than Wan Wan Zhuliu and that Cloud Demon old ghost!

Even if only a wisp of remnant soul remained, this was still a legendary evil god after all!

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a tremendous roar rang out.

Qin Li Shixian's gaze sharpened. She burst through the broken roof, and following the sound, she saw that the roar had unmistakably come from outside Shendu City. Her eyesight was extremely sharp, yet she could only faintly make out pillars of smoke shooting skyward.

"No, that's incense and candle power!"

"Such a massive amount of incense and candle power… could it be the Qian Emperor?!"

A sudden premonition of danger rose in Qin Li Shixian's heart.

Over these past few years, although wary of Wan Wan Zhuliu, she had not let the imperial court people off either, secretly hunting them down the whole time, searching inside and outside Shendu City countless times — yet she never expected there were still places she had missed?

"Tower Master Qin, please wait."

Qin Li Shixian was about to leave the city, yet abruptly stopped.

On the rooftop of a nearby tavern, Shen Shen Qisheng stood with sword in hand, his expression calm: "What would be the point of you going over there now, Tower Master?"

"Shen Shen Qisheng!"

Qin Li Shixian's eyes were cold: "Are you truly determined to lay down your life for that foreign race?"

Ever since the imperial court people entered the temple, the fact that the Qian Emperor and others were of the Cloud Demon clan had long ceased to be any secret. Though it had not been proclaimed to the world, every elder and above in the major sects already knew.

Shen Shen Qisheng naturally could not have been unaware.

"Lay down my life?"

Shen Shen Qisheng sighed inwardly, yet merely shook his head: "The outcome of this battle rests neither with you, Tower Master, nor with this old man. How about we rest here for a while and wait quietly?"

"Get lost!"

Qin Li Shixian's brows brimmed with killing intent, too lazy to waste more words with him, and stepped into the air.

"You cannot leave!"

Shen Shen Qisheng glanced toward where the imperial city stood. As the incense and candle power rose outside Shendu City, one figure after another shot out from the imperial city. With a single sweep of his gaze, he spotted Long Long Yingchan and Daoist Feng Yuanqing.

His heart tightened, his divine sword sang, and he blocked Qin Li Shixian midair.

(End of this chapter)