Volume 1, Chapter 434 – Karmic Retribution

The power of the laws surged, and the void collapsed in an instant, squeezing out a figure—it was the elder from Huanyu Divine Hall.

“In this struggle over Qiongluo, my Huanyu Divine Hall will no longer take part. We withdraw here and now.”

The eyes of all ten Supremes fell upon him. Even with the elder’s heaven-reaching cultivation, his heart still trembled as he felt an incomparably immense pressure.

Emperor Yuan’s gaze flickered as thoughts began to move in his mind. Three Supremes were already standing at his side. If they made a move now, it was not impossible for them to capture and kill a Supreme in a short time.

Boom!

Before Emperor Yuan could act, the Giant Spirit King—far away from him—struck the instant the elder revealed himself. A gigantic palm powerful enough to crush stars came smashing down.

The Supreme who had earlier forced the elder out of hiding also showed not the slightest hesitation. Following right behind, he summoned a celestial saber, blood-light blazing across its blade, its Supreme might illuminating the starry sky for countless thousands of miles.

The elder’s blood and qi were fluctuating. He had clearly gone through a fierce battle earlier and was no longer at his peak. Among the various forces present, he was undoubtedly the weakest.

The rewards for war missions were all extremely generous. For the Supremes of the Reincarnation Hall, the points gained from killing any Supreme would be staggering.

The elder had never expected anyone to strike so suddenly, so utterly unrestrained in breaking the balance. He was immediately swept by the Giant Spirit King’s blue giant palm, sent flying sideways as he coughed up blood in great mouthfuls.

A saber-light overflowing with blood radiance followed after it, severing an entire stretch of the galaxy.

Boom!

The Supreme of Tianxiao Palace suddenly intervened, blocking the saber-light. With a backhanded palm strike, he drove back the Giant Spirit King and gave the elder a sliver of breathing room.

“Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!”

With a single step, the elder crossed onto Tianxiao Palace’s warship and cupped his hands in thanks.

“Huanyu Divine Hall and my Tianxiao Palace both fall under the Heavenly Dao Alliance. It is only natural that we support each other.”

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The Supreme of Tianxiao Palace looked remarkably young. His silver hair draped over his shoulders, and he appeared no more than twenty-five or twenty-six. Only in those deep eyes was there a trace of desolation left behind by the washing of years.

Bzzz!

The Giant Spirit King remained expressionless. After glancing at Emperor Yuan in the distance, he reached out and grabbed toward Tianxiao Palace’s warship.

Within the war mission, he and Emperor Yuan counted as being on the same side. Killing each other would bring neither of them any benefit.

Emperor Yuan attacked as well. His heavenly axe shone across the starry sky, the heaven marks gleaming with rosy light, pressing the blazing suns in the distance into submission. Law fluctuations billowed boundlessly, as if they might split open heaven and earth.

Boom!

Divine radiance shot into the heavens, and Supreme might shook the universe.

At that same instant, the other Supremes also acted, bringing forth terrifying divine weapons and unleashing a world-shaking battle.

The entire starry sky, together with the surrounding starfields, nearly boiled over in an instant.

…

Within the Qiongluo Realm, it was impossible to clearly see the battle in the starry sky. Only when the heavens split apart could one occasionally catch the flash of firelight from exploding stars.

Armies that covered the sky and earth poured into the Qiongluo Realm once more, stirring up towering waves of blood. In their eyes there was not the slightest hesitation. Beneath the blades in their hands, what lay before them seemed to be nothing more than piles of rotten flesh, not living beings.

One small stream among them headed straight for Shi Lan’s location, and most of them were scattered reincarnators.

The ownership of the Qiongluo Realm could only be decided by those Supremes. Their target was that subordinate mission.

At the very front was a middle-aged man wearing azure-scale boots. His aura was sharp to the extreme, and he had already reached seventh-tier perfection.

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“One portion of eighth-tier early-stage gene evolution fluid is enough to make me an eighth-tier expert, with even a little left over. By then, I can still exchange it for a decent Dao weapon.”

In his eyes, a seventh-tier system holder did not count as any great enemy. Following the directions given by the Reincarnation Hall as he approached Shi Lan, he even still had the leisure to indulge in fantasy.

Behind him, nearly a hundred reincarnators followed close after, their objective astonishingly unified.

…

Spatial passages opened one after another above the icy island. The middle-aged man who reached the place first swept a glance over the island, and when he saw so many people standing upon it, a trace of suspicion flashed through his eyes.

Years of caution made him instinctively activate the Reincarnation Hall’s scan.

[Target Name: Unknown]

[Target Strength: Eighth-tier Mid-Stage]

[World of Origin: Qiongluo Realm]

…

[Target Name: Unknown]

[Target Strength: Eighth-tier Perfection]

…

[Target Name: Unknown]

[Target Strength: Eighth-tier Early-Stage]

More than ten pieces of eighth-tier information poured out, and the man’s gaze instantly froze, shock flashing through his eyes beyond concealment.

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Thirteen eighth-tier experts?!

Nearly a hundred reincarnators appeared close behind the man. When they saw the ten-plus figures standing on the ground, they too were briefly stunned.

“They’re here for me. There’s no need for you to act.”

Shi Lan took out her war halberd and slowly stepped forward, but the rune masters seemed not to hear her at all. Blood gradually stained their eyes red.

Boom!

The entire vault of heaven was instantly lit by blazing firelight. Flames dyed the horizon red and mercilessly devoured everything within the void.

Before Shi Lan, the old man in black robes erupted with scarlet runes across his body. Even the tips of his hair and brows were dyed a papery gold, like a flame deity.

Within the sea of fire in the sky, clusters of fireworks exploded one after another and hung there for a long time. Nearly a hundred reincarnators were instantly swallowed by rune-fire and burned to nothing in the blink of an eye.

“Go!”

The old man in black robes turned around, closed his eyes, and gathered his breath. The runes on his body gradually dimmed as he forced out a sentence through clenched teeth:

“If we can kill one, then kill one! Our strength will one day run dry, but let us at least be without shame before our own hearts!”

As soon as the words fell, he lowered his head, opened a spatial passage, and stepped into it.

The rest of the rune masters followed closely behind and vanished without a trace in an instant, leaving behind only a low roar:

“Qiongluo gave birth to our Hundred Races—today, only by dying can we repay Heaven!”

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Shi Lan looked in the direction the rune masters had departed and fell silent, inevitably moved in her heart.

After a long silence, she lifted her eyes to the horizon and saw streaks of light rushing toward her. She then pulled open the system panel.

[Host: Shi Lan]

[Cultivation: Late Nascent Soul Realm]

[Physique: Innate Spiritual Body, Divine Phoenix Body, True Martial Undying Body (Second Layer)]

[Cultivation Arts: Yuqing Creation Art (Fifth Layer), Vajra Divine Fist (Major Mastery), Jade Tempering Art (Perfection), Heaven Extremity Seal (Minor Mastery), Spirit-Burning Art (Incomplete), Tiancang Xuanling Scripture (Fifth Layer)]

[Divine Abilities: Heaven’s Eye Qi-Sight (Three Stars), Black Domain (Eight Stars), Howl at the Moon (Five Stars), Divine Phoenix Wings (Seven Stars), Candle Dragon Demon Eyes (Six Stars), Cold Astral Seal (Nine Stars)]

[Strength Evaluation: Accomplished]

[Reputation: 89659531 (Renowned Far and Wide)]

[World Coordinates: 1700 lesser thousand worlds, 267 middle thousand worlds, 51 great thousand worlds.]

[Currently Owned Worlds: lesser thousand world x1]

[Current Spacetime Coordinates: Yunling Star Domain, Qiongluo Realm, Year 47926 of the Nameless Era]

[Current Remaining Energy: 1.54 units of nine-star energy.]

[Current Main Quest: Establish a faction. Preliminary completion reward: Immortal Mountain Cave Abode x1. No penalty for failure.]

Shi Lan swept her eyes across it once, tapped into the lottery section, activated the advanced draw, selected the item category, and fed in eighty million reputation points.