# Chapter 1290: Severing Stars
To reduce the energy consumption of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, Xia Qingyue had deliberately lowered its flying speed, but it was still extremely fast. However, the golden light within the light curtain was not only approaching—it was closing the distance to the Dun Yue Immortal Palace at a quite astonishing rate.
A flash of profound light flickered in Xia Qingyue's hand, and the projection on the light curtain instantly zoomed in significantly, revealing a blurry human figure. Yun Che also stepped forward at this moment… The figure on the light curtain grew clearer and clearer, and gradually, it could be seen as a woman dressed in luxurious golden clothes, with a distinct wing-shaped golden mask covering her face.
That golden attire, the body with extremely beautiful lines, and the golden mask that concealed most of her features…
Yun Che's brows twitched violently: "Qianye Ying'er!?"
"...You mean Fandi Shennü?" Xia Qingyue frowned slightly. "Why is she here?"
The name of Fandi Shennü was known to everyone in the Divine Realm. But this place had already left the Eastern Divine Region—why would she appear here? Was it just a coincidence?
"No, there are two people!" Yun Che suddenly said. As they drew closer and the projection became clearer, Yun Che finally noticed that behind Qianye Ying'er, there was a gray figure. He was dressed in gray robes, extremely withered and thin, and his entire being seemed to merge with the surrounding space, his presence extremely faint. Neither Yun Che nor Xia Qingyue had noticed his existence earlier.
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind—the message Shui Qianheng had specifically transmitted to warn him. Yun Che's expression changed drastically, and he urgently shouted: "She's coming for us! Hurry—go!"
Xia Qingyue's gaze condensed, and her hand gestures changed instantly. The speed of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace suddenly increased… and almost at the same instant, the gray-robed old man extended his arm and gave a seemingly casual push.
*Buzz*
In the vast space, a terrifying roar suddenly erupted. A storm rose up, like a legendary cosmic hurricane, causing violent disturbances across thousands of miles of space.
In an instant, the Dun Yue Immortal Palace was like a withered leaf swept into the storm. The interior space was violently shaken, the airflow in chaos, and sharp, almost mournful sounds rang out everywhere. It took a full ten-odd breaths before it finally regained balance, fleeing forward at its most extreme speed.
Yun Che gasped for breath, looking at the light curtain behind them… An utterly terrifying scene unfolded before his eyes.
It was the largest and most fearsome storm he had ever seen in his life. Within the storm, space was shredded layer by layer, tearing open countless black holes. And a nearby small planet, under the force of the storm, was forcibly shifted from its original orbit.
Moving a planet with a mere gesture… A scene from myth was vividly displayed before the eyes of Yun Che and Xia Qingyue. The shock in their hearts was beyond words.
If Xia Qingyue had not pushed the Dun Yue Immortal Palace to its maximum speed in that instant before he made his move, the palace would very likely have been swept into the center of the storm, with unimaginable consequences.
Though they had been quite frightened, they had narrowly escaped disaster. The Dun Yue Immortal Palace also showed no signs of damage… But if this were not the Dun Yue Immortal Palace—if it were any other profound ship, even the Divine Martial Heaven Palace of the Divine Martial Realm—it would probably have been torn to shreds.
Yun Che gritted his teeth heavily, cold air seeping from his whole body… Who was this old man? Even the power of a Divine Emperor was nothing more than this!?
If before it had been mere speculation, now it was completely certain—Qianye Ying'er was coming for them!
"What do they want?" Xia Qingyue frowned deeply, having no time at all to mind Yun Che's earlier blasphemy against her.
"They're coming for me!" Yun Che gnashed his teeth. But this time, he was wrong. Qianye Ying'er wasn't coming for him alone—she was coming for both of them!
"Why?"
"Of course, she wants to snatch me back and make me her man! The fact that she begged to marry me is now known throughout the Divine Realm! She's probably humiliated by my rejection and wants to use brute force! *Hiss!*"
"…"
Xia Qingyue had no mood to joke with him under these circumstances. As she pushed the Dun Yue Immortal Palace to its maximum speed… On the light curtain, the golden and gray figures finally stopped closing in, but neither did they fall behind.
Their speeds had reached a peculiar stalemate.
This scene sent shockwaves through both Yun Che and Xia Qingyue's hearts.
At the Dun Yue Immortal Palace's limit speed, even Golden Moon God Yue Wuji—whose speed in the Moon God Realm was second only to Moon God Emperor—would be slowly left behind. Yet these two could not be shaken off.
Their strength was actually even above that of a Moon God!?
"The title of Qianye Ying'er as 'Shennü' was thundering in my ears from my very first year in the Divine Realm," said Xia Qingyue. "Her cultivation… is it actually so high?"
As the new master of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace, she understood far better than Yun Che how terrifying a concept it was to be able to catch up to it.
In the entire Eastern Divine Region combined, there would absolutely be no more than ten people.
And they had encountered them—and two at once.
"I once heard from my master that Qianye Ying'er's cultivation might already be approaching that of her father… At the time, I thought it was just a 'rumor'—I never expected it to be true!" Yun Che stared fixedly at the light curtain, his whole body tensed.
"And who is that gray-robed man?"
"I don't know! But if he's following behind Qianye Ying'er, he must be from the Fan Di God Realm!"
As the foremost of the four king realms of the Eastern Region, the Fan Di God Realm was truly an existence of extreme terror.
Time passed. Space receded at breakneck speed. Under extreme velocity, the interior of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace remained remarkably stable and quiet, but the tension in Yun Che and Xia Qingyue's hearts never relaxed for a single moment.
Because the two figures behind them were always there, following like shadows.
"Really can't go any faster?" Yun Che asked again. If they could be just a tiny bit faster, they could gradually shake off Qianye Ying'er…
"It's already the limit," Xia Qingyue replied.
One hour… two hours… At this speed, they had no idea how many star regions they had crossed, nor where they were anymore.
"Bad news…" Xia Qingyue murmured at that moment.
"What's wrong?" Yun Che turned sharply.
"At maximum speed, the energy consumption of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace is too great," Xia Qingyue sighed softly. "It won't be able to hold on much longer."
"…" Yun Che's scalp went numb. He had thought of this long ago, but hadn't dared to ask.
"For now, we can only hope that they give out first and give up the chase," Xia Qingyue said quietly, but in her heart, she sighed helplessly. At their level of cultivation, the depth of their profound energy was beyond ordinary imagination—the likelihood of that was minuscule.
Just then, on the light curtain, a flash of abnormal golden light flickered.
Yun Che subconsciously turned his head and saw a golden star of light condensing at Qianye Ying'er's fingertip… That star of light was very small, seemingly just a faint dot, but in almost an instant, it pierced completely through his pupils and soul…
And this was merely a projection!
Yun Che's pupils shrank, and he roared without thinking: "Dodge—now!!"
This shout clearly startled Xia Qingyue, but it also made her instinctively change her hand gesture, causing the Dun Yue Immortal Palace to suddenly flip upward.
*Shiiing*
This was absolutely the most terrifying tearing sound Yun Che had ever heard in his life.
Just as the Dun Yue Immortal Palace flipped, an extremely thin golden beam swept beneath it… then sliced horizontally across a small planet somewhere far ahead.
On that planet, a long golden line was imprinted. Then, the entire planet slowly shifted and cracked along that golden line… accompanied by a cosmic storm that devoured heaven and earth.
Severing a star!
Yun Che's mouth hung open, and he didn't recover for several breaths.
He had never imagined that one day he would witness such a horrifying scene.
Was this the pinnacle of the profound path? Was this power that a human could possess?
What kind of monsters were these people!?
At this moment, a rather absurd thought actually popped into Yun Che's mind… What the hell had he done to deserve being hunted by two such monsters!?
"So… human power really can sever stars," came Xia Qingyue's absent-minded murmur from beside Yun Che. She had heard of it before, but hearing and seeing were two different things entirely.
If that strike had hit them—even the Dun Yue Immortal Palace—it would have been cut in two.
"How much longer can this speed last?" Yun Che finally asked.
"At most… another quarter of an hour," Xia Qingyue said.
"What?!" This answer startled Yun Che so much he jumped straight up.
Qianye Ying'er was far too terrifying. If they fell into her hands, ten thousand of him and Xia Qingyue combined couldn't put up the slightest resistance.
Not to mention the gray-robed old monster beside her!
At its limit speed, the Dun Yue Immortal Palace could only last another quarter of an hour at most. That meant it was already completely unreliable.
At that thought, Yun Che quickly calmed down. He stared at the light curtain, his eyes narrowing slightly…
Though he didn't know what Qianye Ying'er's goal was… the fact that she rarely showed herself but was personally chasing them, even pursuing them beyond the Eastern Divine Region, suggested this was no ordinary scheme.
They absolutely could not fall into her hands.
It seemed the only choice now was to use the Void Stone to flee with Xia Qingyue together… As for where they would be teleported, that was up to fate.
It was still far better than falling into the hands of these two monsters with unknown intentions!
He looked at Xia Qingyue and saw her beautiful brows tightly furrowed, her gaze cold and focused as if she was thinking of something, but without any panic.
"Qingyue, do you have a way out?" Yun Che tested.
"We're almost at that place," Xia Qingyue suddenly said.
"That place?" Yun Che was slightly startled. Then, he saw a white shadow appear on the light curtain ahead.
As the Dun Yue Immortal Palace drew closer, Yun Che gradually made it out—a white vortex. A spatial vortex.
This entire area had no stars, nothing else visible—only this lone, quiet white vortex existed there. Looking at it, Yun Che suddenly felt a strange sensation… It was as if this was the very center of the entire world, the core of everything.
"What is that?" Yun Che asked.
"Tai Chu Divine Realm," Xia Qingyue replied slowly.
Yun Che's brows moved sharply: "That's the legendary… Tai Chu Divine Realm!?"
The name of the Tai Chu Divine Realm, Yun Che had heard many times.
It was located at the center of the four divine regions, as well as the core of the entire chaos. It was the oldest and largest ancient secret realm in existence. Some legends said it was the dwelling place of the Primordial Gods at the beginning of chaos.
The Tai Chu Divine Realm contained countless ancient treasures. The drop of Tai Chu Divine Water that Yun Che had used came from here. There were also many undiscovered remnants of true gods. At the same time, however, these were accompanied by great danger.
The Tai Chu Divine Realm was roamed by ancient ferocious beasts and strange beasts that did not exist in the outside world. The stronger the heavenly treasure, the more its released spiritual energy attracted powerful beasts to linger. Thus, to retrieve a treasure discovered in the Tai Chu Divine Realm, sometimes even someone as strong as a Divine Lord or Divine Sovereign had to be prepared to risk death nine times out of ten.
The Tai Chu Divine Realm did not belong to any divine region, nor to any star realm. Anyone could enter, with absolutely no rules or restrictions. But it made countless powerful beings yearn for it, while also repeatedly making them back away in fear.
As for younger profound practitioners, the Tai Chu Divine Realm was an absolutely forbidden land—entering was essentially no different from seeking death.
But right now, it was the only choice.
"We're going in!"
Xia Qingyue's gaze was resolute. The trajectory of the Dun Yue Immortal Palace shifted slightly, flying straight toward the white vortex at the center of chaos.