Chapter 501: You Actually Colluded with the Unknown!

Chaos Giant Palm and Annihilation Thunder Dragon collided head‑on!

At that moment, it seemed as if thousands of suns were born and then ceased at once!

The most dazzling light instantly intertwined with the all‑consuming darkness and was annihilated!

An unfathomable destructive energy surge formed a sphere and spread wildly in all directions!

Visible to the naked eye, space cracked inch by inch like fragile crystal, turning into primordial Chaos Qi!

The nearby thousands of already Dead Silence stars, unable to emit even a whisper, were completely vaporized and erased by the aftershock!

The entire desolate Star Domain seemed to be swept by an invisible giant hand, instantly becoming ten times emptier and dead‑silent!

This clash turned out to be… evenly matched!

Chaos Giant Palm and Annihilation Thunder Dragon shattered simultaneously, turning into rampant energy turbulence across the sky.

And the timely descending figure that protected Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen finally stepped out from the shattered Void, revealing its true form.

He was an elder, with a simple, ancient face, wearing a plain grey robe of simple design; tall and slender, though slightly lean, he exuded a steadiness and vastness like a mountain that supports the heavens.

His beard and hair were all white, yet his eyes, when opened, held a refined light like ancient jade refined over endless ages, warm yet revealing wisdom that sees through the world and indifference.

At this moment, those eyes burned with a cold, raging flame.

"It's Seven Yu Elder!"

Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen instantly showed surprised delight, speaking in unison.

The newcomer was the seventh-ranked among the Nine War Generals under the Universe Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe, who had protected them many times at crucial moments… Seven Yu Elder!

And the fact that Seven Yu Elder appeared so timely essentially proves that he has been following Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen all along, merely without informing them.

A top War General under the Universe Lord of the Great Thousand Divine Universe, a being at the peak of the Dao Ancestor Realm, had been specifically protecting the Dao of Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen, these two juniors!

He had also sacrificed himself many times to rescue them.

This caused a warm current to surge in Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen's hearts, and a hint of emotion flashed in their eyes.

Seven Yu Elder, you have helped them far too much!

Seven Yu Elder first quickly glanced at Ye Wuque and Feng Caichen, seeing them unharmed; his anger softened slightly, he gave a slight nod, and a trace of relieved smile appeared on his face.

Then, he abruptly turned his head, his gaze like two unsheathed divine swords, piercing the chaotic energy turbulence, locking onto the figure within the lightning, his expression instantly turning extremely indifferent, cold and bone‑piercing!

"Supreme Elder of the Thunder Clan, Thunder Tai Ji, you truly... know no sense of life or death!"

Seven Yu Elder's voice was not loud, yet like ancient ice grinding, it contained overwhelming murderous intent and undeniable authority, resonating clearly in the shattered starry sky:

"Lord Universe, your divine foresight had already anticipated your vile clan's unending greed, and thus ordered me to follow covertly, safeguarding the two Holy Sons. Indeed... you all couldn't wait to leap out!"

He stepped forward, the overwhelming aura of the Dao Ancestor Realm Peak around him no longer concealed, erupting thunderously like a sleeping primeval beast awakening, contending with the Thunder Clan's Lei Dian pressure, even hinting at reversing it!

"Again and again, using such vile methods to assassinate my Saint Son of Great Thousand Divine Universe..."

Seven Yu Elder's voice suddenly rose, like the enraged Thunder God of the Nine Heavens, each word cutting to the heart:

"Today, I will, on behalf of the Lord Universe, on behalf of the righteous path of the Zhutian... cleanse the gates! Thunder Tai Ji, you old scoundrel! Die!"

"No mercy in killing!"

Spitting out those final three words, Seven Yu Elder's surrounding Dao Rhythm boiled, with no restraint, he boldly struck!

He pointed his finger like a sword, aiming at Thunder Tai Ji from afar!

"Great Thousand Star Luo Finger!"

As soon as the finger was released, the stars of the Nine Heavens seemed all drawn, countless brilliant stellar points coalesced and spiraled at his fingertip, forming a star‑piercing Finger Spear that tore the universe and pierced eternity, ignoring distance, instantly descending before Thunder Tai Ji!

Within the Finger Spear, it seemed to contain a miniature starry universe, immensely heavy, also bearing brilliant righteous energy that destroys all laws and suppresses evil!

"You old thing! You think you can stop me? Today I'll kill you together and forge you into calamity ash!"

Thunder Tai Ji let out a ferocious roar, his murderous intent soaring to the heavens!

He did not expect the Great Thousand Divine Universe to have already prepared, dispatching a strong figure like Seven Yu Elder to protect covertly.

But now that matters have come to this, only a fight to the death remains!

"Thunder Moves Nine Heavens! Ten Thousand Calamities Annihilate the World!"

Thunder Tai Ji's both hands whirled wildly, endless Lei Dian laws boiling around him, turning into a vast sea of annihilating thunder!

Within the thunder sea, countless thunder beasts, thunder soldiers, thunder mountains, and thunder cities evolved, bearing the wrath of heavenly punishments, colliding fiercely with Seven Yu Elder's star‑filled powerful finger!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The life‑and‑death battle at the Dao Ancestor Realm Peak instantly entered a white‑hot stage!

The two figures flickered and collided rapidly in the shattered starry sky; each clash triggered an annihilating Energy Storm, further tearing the remaining spatial structures!

Fist seals, palm shadows, Finger Spears, thunder spears, electric halberds… various attacks imbued with the Tiandao Origin raged like a torrential downpour!

In just a few breaths, tens of thousands of moves had already collided fiercely!

The laws wailed, Tiandao manifested then collapsed, and this starry sky turned completely into a forbidden zone of life, a hell of chaotic energy turbulence!

It turned out to be… evenly matched, no superiority!

Seven Yu Elder's expression remained calm; his attacks flowed like the mighty Yangtze, endless, wielding the grand divine communication techniques inherited from the Great Thousand Divine Universe, each strike embodying a majestic, all‑encompassing yet annihilating evil aesthetic.

Meanwhile, Thunder Tai Ji was fierce and wild, taking the thunder path attacks to the extreme, his thunderous might fierce and violent, filled with destruction and ruin.

Both cultivators were at the Dao Ancestor Realm Peak, each with their own nuances in Tiandao comprehension, making it hard to determine superiority for a moment.

However, at the instant when, after another intense clash of laws, the two bodies slightly separated—

A sudden anomaly erupted!

"Thunder Extreme... aberrant transformation!"

A flash of extremely cold and mad light briefly crossed Thunder Tai Ji's eyes; his originally pure, raging thunder aura suddenly stalled, and in the next instant, a completely different, soul‑unsettling, trembling strange force erupted from the deepest part of his body like a lurking venomous snake!

His next thunderous punch showed that the once brilliant, violent thunder on the fist edge had, in an instant, become coated with a viscous, constantly writhing gray‑black hue!

A breath of coldness, dead silence, chaos, and madness, bearing ultimate decay and ominous meaning, exploded with a boom!

That aura was so familiar yet so detestable… Ominous Power!

Moreover, this is not the usual mixed aura tainted by Bane Creatures; its quality is extremely high, supremely pure, bearing a pressure that originates from a high rank, clearly a power that only true high‑level, core members of the Inauspicious Clan are qualified to wield and bestow!

The Lei Dian giant fist infused with Ominous Power suddenly surged in potency by several folds!

Even more terrifying is that its Ominous characteristic of eroding, polluting, and chaoticizing all order and vitality caused a qualitative leap in the threat level of this punch!

Seven Yu Elder's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of a needle tip!

He was fully countering Thunder Tai Ji's Lei Dian assault, never expecting the opponent to unleash such a bizarre and terrifying variation at this moment!

Especially the emergence of Ominous Power, like a startling thunderclap exploding in his mind!

"Ominous?!"

Seven Yu Elder's spirit was violently shaken, and an idea that made his scalp tingle rose uncontrollably:

"Thunder Tai Ji... actually harbors such a supremely pure Ominous Power?! Is he colluding with the Inauspicious Clan?! Or perhaps... the entire Thunder Clan..."

The more one ponders, the more terrifying!

But at this moment there is no room for him to think further!

That Lei Dian fist twisted by Ominous Power was already upon him!

Its speed was extreme, and it carried a bizarre field that locked souls and steadied hearts, leaving Seven Yu Elder with no way to evade!

"Great Thousand Protective Divine Light!"

Seven Yu Elder roared, hastily gathering his lifelong cultivation onto his chest, forming layer upon layer of brilliant, resilient starlight shields.

However—

Pfft!

The Lei Dian fist twisted with Ominous Power, like a red‑hot branding iron plunged into butter, astonishingly eroded and tore Seven Yu Elder's Great Thousand Protective Divine Light with incredible efficiency!

The fist solidly imprinted itself onto his chest!

"Ugh—!"

Seven Yu Elder let out a muffled groan, his body flung as if struck head‑on by an ancient colossal beast, soaring backward while scattering a torrent of dark‑gold Primordial blood laced with thin strands of gray‑black vapor!

A terrifying wound appeared on his chest, bright through its depth, its edges continuously eroded and expanding by the gray‑black vapor!

The Ominous Power, like a festering bone ulcer, frantically burrowed into his body, eroding his vitality, polluting his Dao Foundation, bringing indescribable pain and weakness!

"Dog thing! Despicable!!"

Seven Yu Elder forced his posture to steady, his face slightly twisted by pain and anger; he frantically circulated his technique, mobilizing massive vitality and Purification Dao Rule to counter the rampant Ominous Power inside him, while his anciently indifferent eyes, now blazing with murderous fury and shock, stared fixedly at Thunder Tai Ji!

That gaze was no longer simple hostility, but a view of Zhutian's public enemy, a rebellion and tumor that everyone must eradicate!

"How dare you... collude with the Inauspicious Clan!"

Seven Yu Elder's voice was hoarse, yet each word cut like a blade.

"Today! No one can save you!"

"Even if I wager my entire cultivation, burning this frail body to ash, I will still execute you here, to serve as a warning and to console the heroic spirits of Zhutian!"

As the words fell, the aura around Seven Yu Elder suddenly turned ferocious and resolute!

He began to burn Primordial, the aura that had waned from injury wildly surged upward like a reflected flash!

A fierce, tragic, yet immensely steadfast momentum rose skyward!

He was about to employ a forbidden technique, to perish together with the enemy!

However, after the opposing Thunder Tai Ji fully revealed Ominous Power, he seemed to have torn off his final disguise, showing no further hesitation.

He lowered his head, gazing at the gray‑black vapor constantly writhing on his fist tip, exuding an alluring corrupting force; instead of shame for wielding evil, his face showed a dazed, fervent expression, emitting an owl‑like cackle:

"Jie jie jie... what a marvelous, what a powerful force... you ants, so stagnant and obstinate, could never grasp what truly leads to eternity and transcendence... the power of truth?"