Volume 1, Chapter 433 – The Situation

Emperor Yuan felt no reaction at all to that thunderous shout. Most of his attention remained fixed on the Dragonblood Army within the Qiongluo Realm.

He had already noticed that the four Supremes who had appeared before him did not come from the same place. They stood very far apart from one another, clearly wary of each other.

For him, this situation was undoubtedly advantageous. What he lacked now was precisely time.

…

In the Qiongluo Realm, above the icy island in the sea, the Dragonblood Army surrounding the place was gradually withdrawing.

Bzzz—

Before those Dragonblood soldiers could fully leave, spatial passages began opening one after another in the void.

More than ten rune masters wreathed in endless rune-light rushed out of the spatial passages.

“Kill!”

The instant they saw the Dragonblood Army, those rune masters did not hesitate in the slightest. Their expressions were nearly frantic as they attacked at once.

Wind, fire, thunder, and lightning howled. Overwhelming torrents of energy of every color poured out and blotted out the sky. The void collapsed in an instant, and the air above the icy island fell into chaos.

The many war generals led by Commander Ye did not even last a single breath. Together with the exotic beasts beneath them, they exploded into bursts of bloody mist.

In less than the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, all of the Dragonblood Army troops who had failed to withdraw in time were dead.

“It’s here!”

A woman around forty muttered in a low voice, greedily breathing in the aura of the lingering Extreme Dao Rune Seal still left in the air.

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“I’ll do it!”

The middle-aged man beside her stepped forward almost impatiently. Runes emerged one after another, spraying out wind blades sharp enough to sever spirit iron.

In only a few breaths, a passage leading straight to the center of the icy island appeared before them.

When they saw the figure seated within the ice crystal, all the rune masters froze, and several of them looked utterly disbelieving.

It was obvious that someone had beaten them to the Extreme Dao Rune Seal, and they found that hard to accept.

Crack—

Layer after layer of ice wall shattered. Shi Lan stepped out and set foot on the surface of the icy island, exhaling a breath of cold air as she stretched her somewhat stiffened limbs.

The Extreme Dao Rune Seal had already been completely refined into her nascent soul and was now inseparable from it. Her golden nascent soul had likewise grown to more than seven hundred zhang, entering the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

The power contained within the Extreme Dao Rune Seal was far too vast to be fully excavated in a short time. It was only a matter of time before it pushed her into the perfected Nascent Soul Realm.

Looking at the many rune masters before her, all carrying terrifying auras, Shi Lan felt very little disturbance in her heart. She even had the leisure to count them.

Thirteen in total.

If the situation did not change, the final outcome for these people in front of her would not be pleasant.

Sensing the aura on Shi Lan’s body, the expressions of the rune masters all turned rather ugly.

Once an Extreme Dao Rune Seal had been refined, it could not be forcibly extracted at all. Even if they killed the host and seized the soul, that wisp of Supreme rune seal within it would still disperse.

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A glimmer of hope had appeared, only to be extinguished once more. It was hard not to feel utterly disheartened.

“You are not from the Qiongluo Realm.”

One old man saw the truth as clearly as fire and looked through the dragon-elephant-like depth of blood and qi within Shi Lan’s body. His face turned even paler.

“Heaven truly means to destroy Qiongluo…”

Although they had seen through Shi Lan’s origins, none of them showed any intention of attacking. The aura on Shi Lan was completely different from that of the Dragonblood Army, so she was clearly not on the same side as them.

“Little girl, may I ask where you come from? Do you have elders behind you…?”

An old man in black robes descended before Shi Lan. There was a trace of hope in his expression. The aura radiating from Shi Lan was far too young.

To possess such cultivation at such an age, and to remain so calm in the face of their entire group, she had to be from some powerful world, perhaps even a saintess-level figure from some great immortal sect.

If they could use this opportunity to draw in another Supreme as reinforcements, the Qiongluo Realm might still have a sliver of hope.

Because of the appearance of the Extreme Dao Rune Seal, these rune masters had paid no attention at all to the situation beyond the starry sky, so they were clearly unaware of the current state of affairs outside.

Shi Lan, however, was different. Reincarnation had been watching the situation in the outer starry sky the whole time. As things stood now, the situation was no longer something a single Supreme could influence.

“I am already the strongest in my family, and I have no faction behind me to escort me.”

Looking at the hope the old man could not hide, Shi Lan shook her head slightly and directly shattered his fantasy.

“Even with one Supreme, it would not change Qiongluo’s fate as it stands now.”

Before her words had even fallen, one powerful aura after another began appearing beyond the nine heavens. Shi Lan lifted her head and looked at the sky, the light in her eyes flickering uncertainly.

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The Heavenly Dao was dead. The Qiongluo Realm was now an ownerless land, and anyone had the right to stick a hand into it.

This was a huge problem…

The many experts of the Qiongluo Realm also looked up at the sky, despair plain upon their faces.

…

Six world gates opened one after another. In the starry sky outside the Qiongluo Realm, endless law fluctuations surged like a frenzy of gods and demons.

The tension in Emperor Yuan’s face gradually eased, though a chill seeped into his expression. This journey to the Qiongluo Realm had, for him, amounted to all prior effort going to waste. All he could do now was cut his losses in time.

The mission regarding the Qiongluo Realm had already become a full-scale war. These experts from all sides had all become hostile units.

If he could kill even one Supreme, he would definitely earn an enormous amount of war points.

He stared fixedly at the six world gates without blinking.

Endless armies poured out from the newly opened gates in a rolling tide. Without the slightest pause, they charged straight toward the Qiongluo Realm.

Clearly, this was the top priority and could not be allowed to fail.

Following behind those great armies were scattered reincarnators temporarily grouped into small teams, and there were very few weak among them.

A gigantic palm tinged with bluish-gray extended from one of the world gates, followed by the emergence of a towering giant.

“Giant Spirit King.”

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Seeing the blue giant god before him, Emperor Yuan’s expression turned solemn. This was a Supreme who had attained the Dao long ago, and more importantly, one who was not on good terms with him.

The Supremes within the Reincarnation Hall mostly knew one another, and naturally their relationships varied in closeness and distance.

“Emperor Yuan.”

A figure stepped out from another world gate and came to Emperor Yuan’s side. He was a middle-aged man in a long robe, his divine essence contained within, his aura returned to simplicity, with no hint of anything extraordinary visible about him.

Emperor Yuan let out a breath of relief and raised a hand in greeting.

“Yun Saint.”

Several more figures stepped out of the remaining world gates one after another, their auras suppressing the universe.

The warship of Tianxiao Palace had already fallen into complete silence. The development of events had gone far beyond their expectations.

For a small place like the Qiongluo Realm to have gathered more than ten Supremes was simply unbelievable.

The four Supremes from before stepped out into the starry sky and faced them from afar.

Even without being deliberately unleashed, the auras of ten Supremes had already split apart the starry sky. Each tentative brush of their laws stirred immeasurable divine light, shaking the cosmos, while countless stars could not withstand the pressure and shattered apart.

The silence in the field was terrifying.

“Cowards skulking in the shadows, get out here!”

Suddenly, a thunderous roar rang out. One of the Supremes who had emerged from the Reincarnation Hall swept his gaze across the void and raised a hand, slashing out a beam of divine light.