Volume 1, Chapter 342 – The God King Revives

The barrier that even Human Emperors could do nothing against had been passed through without the slightest obstruction. How could that not fill people with shock and suspicion?

“That boy must have some of this secret realm’s hidden secrets in his hands. This is troublesome…”

“If I’d known earlier, I would’ve stopped him. Now there’s an extra variable…”

The people on the scene discussed it heatedly, but the expressions of those Human Emperors gradually calmed again.

So what if he had gone in? Could someone really take something away right under their noses? It was simply absurd.

Inside the Langya Grotto-Heaven, a blood-colored full moon hung high in the nine heavens, as if it had remained unchanged since time immemorial. A mournful wind swept over the desolate earth, adding yet another layer of bleakness.

“What do you mean by that?”

Hearing the great calamity Tianwu Yangyu spoke of, the ominous feeling in Shi Lan’s heart deepened further.

“At the end of the ancient era, the Ancient Gods that had been sealed away since the Primordial Age broke free. Together with the demon and devil races, they brought about the human race’s blood calamity. At that time, one Ancient God King was suppressed here by Great Emperor Linglong.”

Tianwu Yangyu’s face was full of bitterness.

“If my guess is correct, the barrier outside should have been the first seal. It could cut this place off from the heavenly dao laws of the Lingyang Realm.”

The Ancient Gods were favored by the heavenly dao of the Lingyang Realm and had gathered the finest essence of heaven and earth. When the Heaven Extremity Blade cut open the barrier, it allowed this place to come into contact with the heavenly dao laws of the Lingyang Realm. That was no different from giving the God King suppressed here another breath of life.

“Several million years have passed. Perhaps that Ancient God King died long ago.”

Shi Lan frowned slightly, trying her best to think in a more hopeful direction.

“Other than those lakes, have you seen any living creatures in this realm?”

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Tianwu Yangyu shook his head.

“If I’m not mistaken, those lakes should be the divine blood spilled by that Ancient God King. The vitality within it has not been extinguished. He must still be alive!”

Shi Lan’s heart trembled. She unconsciously tightened her hand as she recalled some of the records concerning the Ancient Gods.

Ancient Gods could devour the blood of all living things to replenish themselves. A god king was deathless within his own realm…

“Since Great Emperor Linglong sealed this place, then she absolutely would not have left an exit behind.”

Tianwu Yangyu lay flat on the ground, his eyes vacant.

“We’re all going to die here…”

He had not said these things to the martial artists in the sky. Those people had already been blinded by a hidden treasury that did not exist at all.

At this moment, Tianwu Yangyu felt some regret. What he regretted was not entering this realm, but being unable to make amends for the great mistake committed by the Tianwu clan.

There were so many heavenly prodigies here, nearly a third of the human race’s younger generation. If all of them perished here, the blow to the human race would be far too severe.

Shi Lan recalled everything that had happened since entering this realm, and her pupils gradually contracted. After entering the area around the altar, the blood and qi of the martial artists who died there had all been drained dry, as though consumed by some unseen existence.

Earlier, after those yin spirits killed the martial artists who entered this place, they had also used the baleful aura of heaven and earth to corrode their blood essence, as though they feared something…

The unease in Shi Lan’s heart deepened. She instinctively turned her head and glanced at the altar not far away.

On the altar, the ancient spirit patterns had begun to flash violently at some point. The cracked bronze dagger-axe standing at the center of the altar was also emitting a hazy glow.

The many martial artists nearby also noticed the changes to the altar. Their expressions varied, but most were full of excitement. Only a few sensed that something was wrong, and their expressions slowly stiffened.

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Boom!

Under the eyes of the crowd, the bronze dagger-axe slowly rose by half a zhang, and the entire altar rumbled as if it were about to be uprooted.

Crack!

Accompanied by a crisp sound, the ten heaven-reaching jade pillars, each a thousand zhang tall, split open at the same time. Enormous cracks spread across them, and they teetered on the verge of collapse.

Boom, boom, boom!

The altar rose from the ground and slowly lifted higher. The array patterns engraved on the ten heavenly pillars instantly shattered, and the pillars themselves exploded one after another. Countless fragments drifted down through the air, reflecting a crimson bloodlight under the blood-colored moon.

Shi Lan stared beneath the altar, her hands and feet turning cold, unable to hide the shock in her eyes.

A figure stood beneath the altar, holding up the incomparably vast structure with one hand.

Dark red divine chains wound around his body, and upon those chains flowed boundless dao resonance, enough to grind away all laws.

Three divine chains wound around his upper body. The chains on the left and right pierced through his shoulder blades, extended downward, and bound themselves along his spine, pinning down the three dragon gates along his back. The chain in the center passed through his throat, tightly binding his neck.

This altar had existed for who knew how many ages, suppressing him here all that time, yet it had still failed to wear away his life.

His physique remained terrifyingly powerful, like some primordial yao-devil. Even bound by those divine-chain shackles, he still held up the ancient altar with a single hand. The inconceivable strength he carried was enough to make hearts tremble.

A terrifying pressure swept out in all directions, making everyone around him feel an irresistible urge to kneel and kowtow.

All the martial artists realized that something was wrong. Recalling what Tianwu Yangyu had said earlier, their expressions changed wildly.

This was a living Ancient God King!

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Clang, clang!

Beneath the altar, the divine chains collided and gave off harsh metallic cries. He straightened his body, slowly raised a hand, gripped the chain tightly, and exerted force with explosive power.

Crack!

The dao marks wrapped around the divine chain shattered apart, and he slowly pulled the iron chain from his throat.

Sensing the horrifying killing intent descend upon her, Shi Lan’s eyes tightened. She grabbed the human and the demon at her side, spread her Divine Phoenix Wings, and shot backward in retreat, instantly pulling far away from the altar.

“Hah… hah… cough, cough… heh heh hahahaha!”

His heavy breathing turned into frenzied laughter. The void cracked apart, and a power beyond everyone’s understanding spread outward.

Hiss, hiss!

Countless powerful yin spirits all around moved at once, their gazes gathering as they threw back their heads and let out long cries. Yin baleful qi converged, instantly turning the surrounding area into a ghost domain and faintly linking together into an ancient great array.

Buzz!

The cracked bronze dagger-axe seemed to awaken, its divine aura surging. The entire ancient altar erupted with dazzling radiance that shot ten thousand zhang into the sky, while thread after thread of dao marks descended to suppress him.

Boom!

The figure who had just straightened up bent down once more beneath an unbearable weight. His raised arm dropped, and he fell to one knee.

As the altar pressed down, the earth for tens of thousands of miles around split apart. The ancient creatures hidden within those lakes all died on the spot without exception.

“Kaluming!”

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Kneeling on one knee, the figure spat out an obscure ancient utterance, filled with savage emotional fluctuations.

More than a dozen martial artists standing somewhat closer to the altar lost all of their flesh, blood essence, and even their souls in an instant. Their dried-out bodies fell to the ground and immediately crumbled into heaps of ash.

Among those martial artists were Nascent Soul Realm great cultivators, yet not a single one of them lasted even a breath. They died without ever understanding how.

Such a horrifying scene sent the rest retreating again and again, all of them frightened out of their wits.

From the dark red lakes around them, strands of blood-qi essence began to condense and gather beneath the altar.

Shi Lan stopped retreating. A strange light flickered in her eyes as she abruptly unfolded the Black Domain. Within her sea of consciousness, both spirits moved at once, pushing this innate divine ability with all their strength.

An overwhelming black illusion spread out from behind Shi Lan and covered the surrounding sky, trying to intercept the blood-qi essence in the air.

The great black net woven from those illusory scenes blocked nearly half of the blood-qi essence and instantly wrapped it up.

Pfft!

Shi Lan coughed up blood. Blood streamed from all seven of her orifices, and her mind shook violently. Cracks appeared on both her primordial spirit and her soul, and her innate divine ability nearly collapsed.

Those lakes had all formed from the Ancient God King’s blood. Even after several million years, the divine power contained within them was still terrifying beyond measure, far beyond Shi Lan’s expectations. It was even more dreadful than the blood of a Demon Emperor, so much so that her primordial spirit had nearly failed to bear it and almost exploded on the spot.

Only after a long while did Shi Lan recover. The terrifying blood-qi essence had already been locked deep within her body. The text of the nameless immortal scripture shone within her sea of consciousness, casting out strands of gentle auspicious light that nourished and repaired her soul.

“Argh!”

A vicious roar rang out from beneath the altar. Obscure ancient words shook heaven and earth, and it was obvious that the loss of that blood-qi essence had thoroughly enraged this God King from the Primordial Age.