# Chapter 1722: Blood Soaked Zhou Tian (4)
Northern Domain of the Eastern Divine Region.
When the Zhou Tian Sound rang out, Zhou Xuzi and all members of Zhou Tian changed color drastically, their minds blank.
"Yun... Che!" Zhou Xuzi turned his head upward, a flash of ferocity passing across his face.
He would never forget Yun Che's voice until the day he died.
But then, his expression shifted to deep shock and terror.
Because that was clearly the Zhou Tian Sound released by the Zhou Tian Bell!
It meant Yun Che was currently inside the Zhou Tian God Realm... and the Zhou Tian Bell's location was still the core area of the Zhou Tian God Realm!
"Father King! That sounds like the Zhou Tian Sound!" Zhou Qingfeng, who stood beside Zhou Qingchen, said in a low voice. "Could it be..."
"What... what is going on?" All the guardians looked up at the sky, momentarily unable to believe their ears.
At this moment, the sound transmission divine jades on Zhou Xuzi and all the guardians began to flash violently. Panicked, trembling, terrified, hoarse voices surged in like madness.
"Father King! There are demon invaders! Somehow they appeared within the realm... Father King, come back quickly, come back quickly!!"
"Lord! Three incredibly terrifying monsters have appeared. All the main profound formation have been destroyed, and there's... what... a red mysterious ark... Ah!!"
"Lord! Zhou Tian is under attack, return for reinforcements immediately!"
...
As the king realm of the Eastern Divine Region and the highest-level existence of the current era, they feared no enemy, and no one had ever dared to cause trouble in the Zhou Tian God Realm.
But these sudden transmissions, every word nearly tore at the heart, every word carried a terror that sent chills through Zhou Xuzi's entire body.
The Zhou Tian God Realm had an isolation barrier that was always active. If a major crisis truly occurred, they could activate a protective barrier like the "Star Soul Absolute Realm" that was almost indestructible.
But the extremely terrified voices echoing in his sea of consciousness made him unable to believe... even impossible to imagine what kind of terrifying situation they had suddenly faced.
At this moment, the sound transmission jades of the Upper Realm Kings present also began to flare up madly... Their faces turned uglier and uglier, their gazes more and more terrified, as if they had all fallen into a nightmare.
"Sect Master! There are demon invaders... surrounded by demon invaders everywhere!"
"Father King! Come back quickly... these demons are endless, and there are Divine Lord realm demons! Our protective sect barrier is about to be breached!"
"Sect Master! Countless demons... the Ninth Elder has already... Ah! Young Master! Young Master... Wahhh!!"
What reached their ears were all news of star realms and sects under attack... The screams and power explosions overflowing from those brief transmissions made them seem to see spreading seas of blood.
These one hundred and forty-three Upper Realm Kings, responding to Zhou Tian's command, had not only come personally but also brought almost all their core strength!
They had come to the Northern Domain wanting to surround and kill all demons from behind. But the demons had appeared in the Southern Domain, piercing straight through their empty lairs.
Moreover, there were far more demons in the Southern Domain, far more terrifying by countless times.
They were all stunned, faces losing color, bodies trembling violently... They couldn't believe why demons had appeared in the Southern Domain?
Clearly, all the information, all the perception was telling them that the demons were rampaging in the Northern Domain, and their numbers had already far exceeded expectations, ridiculously so.
Just how many demons had the Northern Divine Region mobilized!? How had they appeared in the Southern Domain!?
Zhou Xuzi's whole body went cold. His eyes locked onto Chi Wuyue, his voice trembling: "What a fine Demon Empress, what a fine Northern Divine Region!"
"Zhou Tian Divine Emperor!!"
Before Zhou Xuzi's words faded, the hoarse cry of an Upper Realm King rang out. He practically crawled and rolled his way to Zhou Xuzi, his face twisted, his voice hoarse: "Quick! The teleportation grand formation... quickly activate the teleportation grand formation! The sect is under attack, I must return, I must return!"
The ear-splitting roar snapped everyone awake. The Upper Realm Kings no longer cared about the Northern Domain Demon Empress. They all rushed to Zhou Xuzi's side, their eyes bulging grotesquely under extreme terror, their mouths screaming, even begging.
"Quick! The teleportation formation... where is the teleportation formation!"
"If I don't go back, my sect will be finished! The leading demon attacking our sect is very likely a Divine Lord of Level Five or above! Zhou Tian Divine Emperor! Zhou Tian Divine Emperor!!"
Boom!
A burst of energy erupted. Under the guardian's power, all the charging Upper Realm Kings were forcefully thrown back. Zhou Xuzi let out a deep breath, struggling to calm down, his voice heavy with pain: "The dimensional grand formation's foundation in Zhou Tian has been destroyed. We... have fallen victim to the demons' scheme."
The formation foundation was completely annihilated, and the Void Cauldron had fallen into Yun Che's hands. Even if Zhou Xuzi and the six guardians present had heaven-defying power, they could not construct a dimensional formation that could connect the north and south of the Eastern Domain in a short time.
"Oh my, scheme? That's such an ugly thing to say." Chi Wuyue said with a smile. "It wasn't I who cleverly brought them all here, but you, Zhou Tian Divine Emperor. And now you want to blame me? How shameless."
Zhou Xuzi's words were undoubtedly a bucket of ice water straight to the soul.
The transmissions in their ears continued, each sound more terrifying than the last, each one more miserable than the last, like countless knives gouging at their hearts.
"Zhou Tian Divine Emperor, we were all..." An Upper Realm King felt his scalp about to split, his pupils chaotic, but as soon as the words left his mouth, he immediately sobered up. No matter how resentful he was, the other party was the Zhou Tian Divine Emperor—how could he speak harshly, how dare he speak harshly.
He suddenly leaped up, shooting straight south, letting out hoarse roars: "Let's go! Let's go!!"
One started, and the other Upper Realm Kings needed no more hesitation.
In an instant, countless profound energies erupted without reservation. The experts from various realms who had just crossed most of the star domain transferred, charged madly southward—toward their own star realms.
Without even a moment of hesitation, not a single one greeted Zhou Xuzi.
Forget about demons, forget about the Northern Domain Demon Empress... They could no longer care.
Their star realms, their sects, their ancestral foundations, their wives, concubines, children, grandchildren... were at this moment suffering a terrifying calamity and demonic tribulation!
They could only desperately return, wishing they could burn their vital blood to make their speed even a fraction faster.
The scene was completely out of control. Under such circumstances, the authority of the Zhou Tian God Realm was utterly useless. Zhou Qingfeng also said urgently: "Father King, we must return quickly. Those invading demons seem far more terrifying than expected. Otherwise... otherwise, it might really be too late!"
"..." Zhou Xuzi circulated his profound energy, trying desperately to stay calm, but his chest heaved violently, and the bone-chilling cold had already spread from his mind to his limbs.
The transmissions in his ears began to carry desperate wails... Within the realm, there were Tai Yu and a group of guardians and elders stationed there, with billions of Zhou Tian disciples, and it was his Zhou Tian's home ground—how could it have deteriorated to such a degree in such a short time?
"Let's go!" His teeth were nearly ground to dust. With a single command, all members of the Zhou Tian God Realm dared not hesitate any longer. A storm kicked up as they sped back at full speed.
"Think you can leave?" Chi Wuyue's seductive lips gently pressed together. "Did you ask me?"
Black mist dispersed around Chi Wuyue, and a black ribbon gently swept out, instantly carving a ten-thousand-zhang black scar.
As if a horizontal dark abyss had been cut open out of thin air.
Beneath the "Abyss," heaven and earth split apart. Those sect disciples with weaker strength were instantly devoured by the "Abyss," turning into nothingness before they could even let out a scream.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!!
A group of experts crashed heavily to the ground, some severely wounded on the spot. But not a single one turned to counterattack, not even looking back. They immediately rose again and flew, desperately charging toward the south.
The Northern Domain of the Eastern Region suddenly presented an extremely bizarre and ridiculous scene: Ahead, the vast army of Eastern Domain profound practitioners fled south at full speed; behind, only Chi Wuyue alone drove millions of Eastern Domain profound practitioners, each of her attacks reaping countless lives.
Despite the vastly imbalanced formation, no one dared to turn and fight.
Their nests were being overrun by demons. If they were even a moment late, their entire clans might be buried.
With their roots almost gone, who had the heart to fight Chi Wuyue?
Rumble!!
The Zhou Tian Divine Emperor suddenly turned back, his fly whisk sweeping out to clash with Chi Wuyue's power in midair. At the same time, three differently colored crystal beads in his hand shattered, revealing three small sound transmission profound formations.
"Brahma Emperor, Star God, Moon God... Zhou Tian is under attack, the situation is extremely dire. Please come to our aid immediately!"
The sound transmission profound formations dissipated, and Zhou Xuzi finally felt a little calmer... He had learned from the transmissions from Zhou Tian Realm that the dimensional profound formations connecting the various king realms had also been destroyed.
But given the distance and maximum speed of the other three king realms, they could definitely arrive within a few hours.
With the strength left behind in his Zhou Tian God Realm and tens of thousands of years of accumulation, no matter how bad the battle situation, it couldn't possibly fail to hold out for a few hours.
Then, he suddenly turned around and charged straight at Chi Wuyue, letting out a low roar: "You all return to Zhou Tian at full speed! Do not stop!"
Rumble!!
The power of the Zhou Tian Divine Emperor and the Northern Domain Demon Empress collided violently, instantly splitting heaven and earth.
"Demon Empress! Your Northern Domain destroyed its own star realms, brought calamity to my Zhou Tian, and now you are ravaging the countless lives of my Eastern Domain!"
"Your demonic heart is vicious, your sins are heinous, heaven and earth cannot tolerate you! Are you not afraid of being destroyed by the Heavenly Dao!"
Zhou Xuzi's fly whisk released dazzling heavenly light with every swing. His angry eyes condensed with authority, his mouth roaring out sonorous, angry words.
Chi Wuyue gave no response at all, only the curve of her lips becoming particularly mocking.
With a flick of her finger, her demonic pupils flashed slightly, and instantly heaven and earth lost their light. A huge dark domain covered the world like a demonic abyss, devouring Zhou Tian's divine power entirely, and in the next instant, forced Zhou Xuzi back dozens of miles.
In terms of both profound power and soul, Zhou Xuzi was no match for Chi Wuyue... Ten thousand years ago, Zhou Xuzi had already known this well.
But for Chi Wuyue to defeat Zhou Xuzi was also not something that could be done in a short time.
Fierce battles between Divine Emperors occurred extremely rarely in any region, because even the simplest collision of their powers would cause disasters unimaginable to mortals.
Chi Wuyue's dark power carried a pressure that almost wanted to destroy heaven and devour the world. Even someone as strong as Zhou Xuzi would be intimidated before battle when facing Chi Wuyue's power, and even with his soul power fully unleashed, he could not completely erase this persistent sense of terror.
It was like facing Chi Wuyue the moment an invisible devil firmly lodged itself in the soul.
In the continuously collapsing space and fading light, in less than half an hour, Zhou Xuzi was forced back thousands of miles. Although he had not suffered overly severe injuries, his face and arms were already scorched black, covered in hundreds of holes gnawed by darkness, making him look wretched.
Meanwhile, Chi Wuyue bore not even a trace of an external wound.
At this moment, in the star realm they were approaching, a large number of Star Monuments bloomed with strange light.
Then, one projection after another spread across the sky and in countless areas of the Eastern Divine Region simultaneously.
As the mysterious shadows spread, extremely tragic sounds also came through. Countless eyes in the Eastern Divine Region looked up at the sky.
Zhou Xuzi, with his fly whisk half-raised, also subconsciously looked up... In that instant, it was as if he had been struck by thousands of thunderbolts. His entire body froze solidly there, and his pupils, which had been covered in divine light, instantly burst with countless blood streaks.
Chi Wuyue also "mercifully" stopped, allowing Zhou Xuzi to fully enjoy the dazzling, brilliant scene in his pupils.
Blood... In the projection, there was a completely blood-colored world.
Blood-colored ruins, blood-colored figures, blood-colored mountains of corpses, blood-colored earth, even the sky and drifting clouds were reflected in a thick, terrifying shade of fresh blood.
The blood-colored ruins were collapsed temples and Zhou Tian palaces. The piles of mountains of corpses were the bones of countless Zhou Tian disciples. The patches of blood were almost gathering into a sea of Zhou Tian's blood...
Blood mist, screams, death... Zhou Xuzi's whole body trembled more and more violently. Blood vessels burst madly in his eyes. Horrifying, deathly pallor spread rapidly from his face to his entire body, as if all the blood in his body had been drained in an instant.
The Zhou Tian God Realm, the second king realm of the Eastern Divine Region, how powerful it was, who dared to offend it?
The previously chaotic transmissions, even if filled with fear and despair, had not truly made him consider the possibility of "falling." Because it was the Zhou Tian God Realm. Even if he had taken a large part of its strength away, on its own turf, facing demons descending from the sky, it couldn't really be routed.
But in half an hour, in less than a short half an hour... he actually saw a blood-colored hell.
A hell formed from his Zhou Tian God Realm!
In his pupils, it was not the resistance he had imagined, but... nearly one-sided slaughter!
Collapsing Zhou Tian disciples, continuously falling Zhou Tian elders, and occasionally flashing guardians—each one bore horrifying injuries. And every guardian faced two, or even more, terrifying demons whose strength was in no way inferior to theirs.
And in the air, the Venerable Tai Yu stood in a daze, as if his soul had shattered.
At this moment, a face suddenly appeared in the projection... A face that all profound practitioners of the Eastern Divine Region were very familiar with, yet extremely unfamiliar.
Abyss-like black pupils, a devil's light smile. When his face appeared in the projection, the entire Eastern Divine Region suddenly became dark and oppressive.
"Zhou Tian old dog," he grinned, his voice like the cursed whisper of a blood-drinking demon: "Long time no see. Are you satisfied with this grand welcoming gift?"
"..." Zhou Xuzi's mouth gaped wide. His eyes, at some unknown time, had become completely bloodshot. His throat writhed and twisted violently. After a long time, he finally let out a dry, raspy cry like branches rubbing together: "Yun... Che..."
"Last time we met in the Northern Divine Region, I casually crushed one of your sons to death," Yun Che said with a low laugh, reaching out his hand, making the same gesture he had used to annihilate Zhou Qingchen back then: "This time, meeting again in the Eastern Divine Region in such a wonderful way, how could this welcoming gift be light!"
His hand reached back, and a black light shot out abruptly... In Zhou Xuzi's sharply contracting pupils, a small world hidden in the core of Zhou Tian collapsed with a rumble, throwing out hundreds of figures.
The moment those figures were thrown out, Zhou Xuzi suddenly let out a beast-like roar. In Zhou Tian Realm, the soul-lost Venerable Tai Yu also screamed as if pierced by ten thousand swords, letting out a thunderous roar: "Go! Get out of here quickly!!"
That collapsed small world was a refuge opened by the ancestors using the Void Cauldron, to be used in case Zhou Tian encountered a major crisis. Its existence should not have been detectable by outsiders.
But Yun Che had shattered it with a single blow.
Those who could hide in it during this calamity were undoubtedly important people... the best of Zhou Xuzi's descendants.
When Yun Che arrived, he had noticed the existence of this special small world, but he hadn't touched it. Because such a luxurious gift could not but be presented to Zhou Xuzi in person!
As Venerable Tai Yu roared, he had already charged down, but a small, thin figure blocked his path like a bolt of dark lightning...
Boom!!
In a dark explosion and the collapsing space, Venerable Tai Yu spat out a mouthful of black blood, then flew far away like a top.
Zhou Xuzi... and all the profound practitioners of the Eastern Divine Region who saw this scene were horrified to the point of death.
Venerable Tai Yu, known to the world as the strongest guardian of Zhou Tian, a Tenth-rank Divine Lord standing at the peak of the Profound Dao!
Had been... shaken back with one blow, spitting blood and flying away!?
In the distorted scene, an old man appeared, his whole body wrapped in a pitch-black cloak, his face extremely ugly, his body withered like a skeleton. When his gaze turned to the projection profound formation, the dark, fierce light in his old eyes made countless profound practitioners tremble all over, shivering endlessly.
Yan Yi, the strongest Yan Ancestor.
The strength of these three Yan Ancestors was too terrifying. Not only Zhou Tian but even the Moon Devourers, who had witnessed the power of the Yan Ancestors first-hand, were deeply frightened.
They even felt that their own arrival was somewhat superfluous.
Just these three old monsters alone were probably enough to flatten today's Zhou Tian.
"Waaaahhh!"
"Father King, save me... save me!!"
Those in the small world could clearly see everything outside. They had already been scared out of their wits, their livers and gallbladders splitting.
Now thrown out of the small world, with the terrible demons suddenly close at hand, these descendants of Zhou Tian, inheriting Zhou Tian's bloodline and will, had their will collapse on the spot. Like frightened birds, they screamed and fled in all directions.
"Heh, so noisy." Yun Che said with a smile on his face. "Could it be that you, this Zhou Tian old dog, never taught your descendants how to receive guests?"
He flicked his finger and said leisurely, "Yan San, why don't you teach them properly how to keep quiet on behalf of that Zhou Tian old dog."
"As you command, Master! Hehehehehe!"
With an excited, bloodthirsty demonic laugh, Yan San's figure bounced high into the air, shooting toward the fleeing Zhou Tian descendants.
Zhou Xuzi's bloodshot eyes nearly had his pupils bursting open. His body shook violently as if struck by a giant awl, then suddenly shot up into the sky, letting out a mad roar: "Stop! Stop!!! Stop it now!!!"
Boom!
Boom!
His hands swung wildly, the out-of-control Zhou Tian divine power frantically blasted toward Yan San in the projection.
But what greeted him were three black scars cut by Yan San's demon claws.
Riiip!!
Under the claw marks, the trembling space, the blood-colored earth, and the hundreds of fleeing figures were instantly severed.
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[This chapter could have been released very early, but I always wanted to write a bit more... before I knew it, it was 5k.]
[Sorry for making everyone wait again. But! Still need to sleep early and wake early, after all, protecting one's hair is most important. Sigh... -_-||]