Volume 1, Chapter 430 – Compromise

In the starry sky, the divine diagram shone brilliantly, enveloping the entire starfield as killing intent surged into the heavens.

Emperor Yuan’s mind tightened slightly as he sensed a trace of danger. The surrounding void had all been sealed, and the entire starfield had been cut off into another separate space, with no way in or out.

“To have cultivated until today and still not understand that there is always someone stronger, always a higher heaven beyond heaven, is laughable in the extreme!”

The gray-haired elder’s expression was indifferent. The divine diagram behind him interwove and, within the span of a few breaths, formed layer upon layer of supreme killing formations.

“Die!”

The vast laws of destruction within the void began to turn, like an enormous millstone, grinding countless stars to pieces before crashing down with a thunderous roar.

This was an unmatched peerless killing formation, enough to suppress and kill a Supreme.

Emperor Yuan said nothing. His gaze was icy, a flush of red rising to his face, his black hair whipping wildly in the violent gale as he slowly raised the battle axe in his hand.

Rosy light flowed over the axe blade. The blood-red radiance enshrouding it gradually faded, as though a shackle had been undone, revealing a luster like polished jade. Terrifying Dao intent rose and sank within the sea of stars.

Two marks were branded onto the axe blade. They had not been carved by mortal hands, but were marks left by the Heavenly Dao.

“Heaven-Severing!”

The dazzling axe-light instantly split apart the vault of heaven. Emperor Yuan’s expression held neither joy nor sorrow as a boundless Dharma Aspect appeared behind him, its feet planted upon the starry sky. Like a supreme deity, it seemed almost capable of propping open the ninefold heavens.

“Two heaven marks!”

At the sight of the two marks on the axe blade, the elder’s heart jolted, and a flash of shock passed through his eyes.

Wrapped in divine radiance, the axe blade seemed to split apart the great universe itself, dividing the entire starfield into two.

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The sound of cloth tearing followed. The divine diagram was split open by the axe blade, and layer upon layer of killing formations were torn in half by that single strike, their spiritual light fading sharply.

The gray-haired elder reached out and gathered the fragments of the divine diagram into his palm. Standing beneath the starry sky, his expression shifted uncertainly, as though weighing a choice in his heart.

Emperor Yuan calmed the surging blood and qi in his chest and suppressed the agonizing pain in his organs caused by the recoil. Without the slightest change in expression, he spoke blandly:

“If you withdraw here and now, this Emperor can forgive your offense. If you insist on fighting, this Emperor will accompany you to the end.”

The elder fell silent for a moment, but in the end he still made a concession.

“The Divine Son of Huanyu Divine Hall is currently in the Qiongluo Realm. I am taking him back.”

“Very well.”

Emperor Yuan paused as if in thought, then gave a slight nod.

Though outwardly calm, he quietly let out a breath of relief and slowly put away the battle axe without betraying anything.

A Supreme would certainly have a final trump card to preserve their life. If they truly fought to the bitter end, the most likely outcome would be mutual ruin.

At Emperor Yuan’s signal, the nine war generals sealing off the Qiongluo Realm opened a gap in the curtain of light and let the elder enter.

He had only just returned to his seat upon the war chariot when Emperor Yuan suddenly remembered something. His expression changed at once, and he stood up again.

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“Kill!”

A powerful war general wrapped in green divine radiance shouted sharply with a longsword in hand. Behind him followed nearly a thousand blood-red war riders, their blood and qi surging into the heavens, their howls lofty and resonant like dragon cries.

Ahead of them, a figure with blood-red wings on her back was fleeing at extreme speed. With each beat of her wings, she appeared several hundred li farther away, possessing incomparably divine speed.

Shi Lan did not dare stop in the slightest. The war general behind her was already far stronger than an ordinary Heaven-Man, with extremely profound mastery on the path of laws, and the Dragonblood Army following behind him was no simple force either.

Over the past few days, Shi Lan had already learned where this group of war riders came from.

These Dragonblood soldiers had all once bathed in flood-dragon blood, and they cultivated combined battle formations, enough to defeat enemies ten times or even several dozen times stronger than themselves.

In order to cultivate these Dragonblood soldiers, Emperor Yuan had once personally conquered a middle thousand world that belonged to the flood dragons, imprisoning countless flood dragons and using their true blood to temper these soldiers’ bodies day and night.

These Dragonblood soldiers were almost all physically tyrannical enough to rival demon beasts.

With a force of such quality, and with a powerful war general leading it, Shi Lan was no match for them at present.

After a while, Shi Lan had already left the continent behind and fled into a vast expanse of ocean.

Once she entered the sea region, the group of Dragonblood soldiers pursued her for half an hour before gradually slowing to a stop.

“Commander Ye, why aren’t we pursuing her anymore?”

A deputy general drew near, looking somewhat puzzled.

“That woman carries ninth-tier power within her. If we press too hard and she jumps the wall like a cornered dog, we may end up facing a deadly calamity.”

If ninth-tier power erupted, it would be enough to slap him and the Dragonblood Army behind him to death in an instant. Commander Ye narrowed his eyes, sheathed his longsword, and raised a hand.

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“Form up. I’ve already contacted the other commanders. Set up a trapping formation and confine her within this stretch of sea. Then we’ll wait for Emperor Yuan to deal with her personally!”

As soon as the words fell, more than a dozen Dragonblood riders suddenly appeared on the far horizon and arrived before him in an instant.

“Reporting to Commander, during the fighting, many people who are not natives of the Qiongluo Realm have appeared. They seem to be descendants or heirs of certain great powers in the universe. These people…”

Commander Ye frowned slightly and waved his hand dismissively.

“Emperor Yuan’s orders are clear. Kill every living being in the Qiongluo Realm.”

“Yes, sir!”

The riders accepted the order and departed.

…

On a wasteland, two figures were surrounded tightly by several hundred Dragonblood soldiers.

One was an old man around sixty, his body covered in blood as he shielded a young woman behind him, his expression stern and cold.

The woman was around twenty, with willow brows and apricot eyes. Looking at the Dragonblood Army seething with killing intent, she could not hide the tension in her eyes.

“By Emperor Yuan’s order, kill!”

More than a dozen Dragonblood riders came from the horizon, their shout booming like thunder.

On hearing the command, the leading war general slowly raised his hand, then suddenly brought it down.

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“Kill!”

The battle formation shifted slightly, surging with blood and qi that shot into the sky, while the roars of the exotic beasts were deafening.

“How dare you! Behind me stands a true disciple of Tianxiao Palace under the Heavenly Dao Alliance. Have you thought of the consequences?! Do you intend to make an enemy of the Heavenly Dao Alliance?!”

The old man shouted sternly, but under the present circumstances, it was hard not to find his bluster somewhat hollow.

The Dragonblood soldiers showed no reaction at all. To them, Emperor Yuan was heaven. Obedience was the only thing they had to do.

The two figures were instantly swallowed by the battle formation. Burning his life essence, the old man fought to his limit, but after struggling for only a few breaths, he was torn into a rain of blood. The young woman behind him was likewise trampled into bloody paste beneath the iron hooves.

The same scene was unfolding in almost every corner of the Qiongluo Realm at nearly the same time.

…

The elder entered the Qiongluo Realm, his divine sense sweeping out in a vast tide. He remained indifferent to the slaughter caused by the Dragonblood Army, and in the next moment headed straight for the far west.

Mountains, rivers, and the earth rushed backward beneath him. His speed had already surpassed the comprehension of ordinary living beings. With a single step, he appeared several million li away.

After only two or three steps, the elder appeared above the divine hall.

Not even the deans with the deepest attainment in runes had noticed his arrival.

“Kill!”

Countless Dragonblood soldiers were attacking cities and pulling down strongholds, launching assaults on the many war fortresses without regard for casualties. The baleful aura of bloodshed almost covered the entire sky.