# Chapter 1730: Fallen Myth
"That... that..."
"The... Founding Ancestor of the Zhou Tian Realm?" an Upper Realm King said in astonishment.
"Impossible... How could it be? How could she still be alive? Could it just be someone who looks like her?"
"Looking at her, how is she so similar to the Zhou Tian Pearl Spirit from just now? Could it be that she has survived until now because..."
...
Before the crowd could even recover from the terrifying reality of the Zhou Tian Pearl changing owners, the appearance of this old woman once again stirred up enormous waves across the Eastern Divine Region.
"Ancestor?" Outside the Zhou Tian Realm, a Guardian looked up at the sky, his face full of bewilderment.
"Master, she... is she really the Ancestor?" another Guardian said with a trembling voice.
Zhou Xuzi closed his eyes, his voice like a dream: "Back then, when the Ancestor was recognized as the master of the Zhou Tian Pearl, the spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl was already on the verge of extinguishment."
At the end of the ancient God-Demon war, after the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel hijacked the Heavenly Poison Pearl and released the "Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion" that destroyed all races, it annihilated not only countless living beings but also the artifact spirits.
The origin spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl perished, and it was only a few years ago, when He Ling became its new poison spirit, that it began to recover its heavenly poison divine power.
The origin spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl was also contaminated by the terrifying and unparalleled Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion. Although it was not immediately destroyed, it was in a constant state of dissipation. By the time it recognized Zhou Tian Tai Zu as its master, it was already extremely weak.
"The Ancestor spent her entire life with the Zhou Tian Pearl. When the Ancestor's lifespan was nearly exhausted, the origin spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl was also on the verge of perishing. Therefore, in order to preserve the power of the Zhou Tian Pearl and the consciousness of the Ancestor, the origin spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl opened its will space to the Ancestor, accepted her soul, and used the Ancestor's Crystal Heart as a special 'fusion' medium, transforming her into the new spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl."
This secret, throughout the generations of the Zhou Tian Realm, was only known to Zhou Tian Shen Di and one or two of the most core Guardians.
How could the spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl be compared to an ordinary artifact spirit?
Transforming a mortal soul into the spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl was something Zhou Xuzi believed was an unrepeatable miracle, achievable only by the Ancestor, who possessed a Crystal Heart.
Thus, no matter how he thought about it, he could not understand what heaven-defying technique Yun Che had used to actually seize the Zhou Tian Pearl from the Ancestor's will... and do it so quickly and so easily.
Zhou Xuzi continued to speak, but his gaze became more and more scattered: "The world all believed that after the Ancestor passed away, the Zhou Tian Pearl remembered its bond with its former master and was willing to continue serving the Zhou Tian Realm. In truth... the Zhou Tian Pearl itself contained the will of the Ancestor—it was the will of Zhou Tian!"
When the spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl was the soul of Zhou Tian Tai Zu, the Zhou Tian Pearl would undoubtedly be an eternal possession and eternal guardian of the Zhou Tian Realm.
Why, all of a sudden, had it...
Where was the end of this nightmare?
The Guardians' eyes trembled violently, their hearts churning with shock: "If that's the case, then the one who has now appeared is truly... the Ancestor?"
"..." Zhou Xuzi did not answer; his scattered pupils saw not a trace of color.
The Ancestor's soul had been expelled from the Zhou Tian Pearl and had returned to her physical body, which had been sealed beneath the Zhou Tian Tower all along.
But her true body had already been at the end of its lifespan. Now, with her body and soul reunited after a separation of hundreds of thousands of years, there would undoubtedly be a severe degree of incompatibility.
Not only would her control over her power be quite difficult, but... within an hour, she would inevitably perish.
This final appearance was nothing more than a brief flash, like an ephemeral flower.
**Boom————**
The continuous sound of collapsing, like ten thousand waves crashing against the shore, caused even the starry region outside the Zhou Tian Realm to tremble in succession.
Amidst the scene of apocalyptic destruction, Zhou Tian Tai Zu slowly opened her eyes. Her pale pupils seemed to contain endless divine light and the vast vicissitudes of an ancient era.
"Demon Lord Yun Che," she said, standing proudly in the sky, her divine voice sweeping across the world: "You have brought calamity upon my descendants and seized my Zhou Tian Pearl. Even if my body perishes and my soul is destroyed, I will..."
"Yan Yi, Yan Er, destroy her!" Yun Che waved his hand impatiently. "Enough of your nonsense!"
As Yun Che's voice fell, the figures of Yan Yi and Yan Er had already turned into two black streaks tearing through the void, directly attacking Zhou Tian Tai Zu, who had barely spoken half of her grand declaration.
Facing the approaching Yan Yi and Yan Er, Zhou Tian Tai Zu clasped her hands together, her lips moving slightly. When she turned her palm downward, a giant handprint descended with world-covering divine might.
But the handprint had only just taken shape when it was pierced by a black light, and then directly torn in half.
Behind the shattered handprint was Yan Yi's withered old hand, glowing with black light, and his face full of ferocity and brutality.
The Founding Ancestor of the Zhou Tian Divine Realm, the undisputed number one of the Eastern Divine Region in her time. Whether it was her life's achievements or her cultivation in the Profound Way, almost no one in the later generations of the Eastern Domain could match her.
But now, she was ultimately not the same as she had been back then.
Her own body, her own soul, but they had been separated for hundreds of thousands of years. It was simply impossible to achieve sufficient compatibility in an instant.
What was even more cruel was that this Ancestor of Zhou Tian, in terms of seniority, was not even a great-grandchild compared to the Three Yan Mo Ancestors.
In terms of cultivation, even at her peak, it was absolutely impossible for her to be a match for Yan Yi... let alone with the addition of Yan Er!
Earlier, when facing the Guardians, Yan Yi had no interest in exerting his full strength. But against this suddenly appearing Zhou Tian Tai Zu, the light gleaming on his withered hand was a terrifying black radiance that would make even a true Yama of hell tremble.
**Rip!**
One claw tore through Zhou Tian Tai Zu's handprint. The second claw stabbed directly at the white light around her body. Beneath the black mark, an indescribably piercing cracking sound rang out. Zhou Tian Tai Zu's protective divine power and white robe instantly split open, and a stream of blood droplets burst out.
In a single exchange, Zhou Tian Tai Zu was directly injured.
The return of the Founding Ancestor of Zhou Tian to the world should have been a most heart-stirring miracle.
The Zhou Tian Pearl recognized her as its master; the Eastern Divine Region had a Zhou Tian Divine Realm because of her, standing for hundreds of thousands of years... In the eyes of countless profound practitioners in the Eastern Domain, she was undoubtedly a being like an ancient god.
But with one claw from Yan Yi, the myth was forcibly shattered.
After Yan Yi, Yan Er's ghost claw struck like thunder. With the shattering of space, Zhou Tian Tai Zu was forced back more than ten miles in an instant. But before she could catch her breath, Yan Yi's Yama's Power had already struck suddenly... that terrifying and unparalleled might of the Yama, like a real hell descending upon her from the sky.
At her peak, Zhou Tian Tai Zu had faced countless opponents in her life, but none of them was as terrifying as Yan Yi and Yan Er.
A battle between Divine Lords was already a terrible calamity... let alone a fierce battle at the God Emperor level!
The extremely sturdy divine realm space, under the power of the two Yan Ancestors, was crazily torn apart like fragile cloth. Every moment, black marks filled the sky; every instant, a large number of spatial black holes burst open.
To prevent their power from affecting Yun Che, they had quickly moved the battlefield far away from the very beginning.
All of Zhou Tian Tai Zu's killing intent was focused on Yun Che. But under the power of the two Yan Ancestors, which far exceeded her expectations, she was forced far away in the very first instant. After that... aside from the divine might handprint she had initially unleashed, she was steadily forced back under the encirclement of the two Yan Mo, with no further chance to counterattack.
Watching Zhou Tian Tai Zu being pushed farther and farther away, almost in a sorry state, the disciples of Zhou Tian were stunned. The Realm Kings and profound practitioners of the Eastern Divine Region were also frozen in place...
If Zhou Tian Tai Zu had truly passed away hundreds of thousands of years ago, then even if Zhou Tian was destroyed today, she would still be an eternal myth.
But her appearance today, after the initial shock, presented them with the shattering of legends and myths—and it was shattered so completely.
"Heh," Yun Che sneered coldly. "If she had obediently fled, we might not have been able to stop her. But she had to jump out and shout slogans, asking to die!"
"She won't flee," Qianye Ying'er said. "Without the Zhou Tian Pearl, her existence is nothing more than a final, brief bloom. Within an hour, her body will wither, and her soul will dissipate."
"I see." Yun Che's face showed a faint, detached pity. "Then let her die a little faster."
Not far from him, Yan San was howling: "You two old bastards, teaming up to bully an old woman—have you no shame!"
"Yan San," Yun Che ordered. "You go too."
"Yes, Master!"
Yan San let out a strange cry, shot up with a "whoosh," and his pitch-black ghost claw tore through the void, viciously stabbing toward Zhou Tian Tai Zu's back.
The addition of Yan San was like adding insult to injury for Zhou Tian Tai Zu.
The arrogance she had displayed upon appearing had completely turned into shock. Over these years, although she had not appeared in the world, she had clearly sensed everything that had happened. But she had never known of the existence of three such figures.
Her white robes were gradually stained with blood. Her Zhou Tian divine power became increasingly powerless against the Yama's Power of the three Yan Ancestors. At that moment, a dark legend surfaced in her memory, and she said in a low voice: "You are... the Founding Ancestors of the Yan Mo Realm in the Northern Domain!?"
**Chi!**
A black mark pierced through ten miles of space, ruthlessly running through her body. Behind the black mark was Yan Er's sinister ghost face: "You know too much!"
The white light on Zhou Tian Tai Zu's body burst open, forcibly severing Yan Er's power, but blood also flowed profusely from her wounds. Behind her, Yan Yi's ghost claw struck directly at her back.
**Boom!!**
A clear claw print was imprinted on her back, and three dark black explosions burst out from her chest.
Zhou Tian Tai Zu staggered. She spat out several mouthfuls of blood arrows. When she raised her head again, the divine light in her eyes had become extremely dim. She murmured softly: "Why are you... able to escape the Eternal Dark Bone Sea... and why do you obey... a junior like him?"
Worthy of being Zhou Tian Tai Zu and the spirit of the Zhou Tian Pearl for hundreds of thousands of years, she knew too many secrets.
But she simply could not understand the existence of Yun Che.
And no matter how much she knew, it was destined not to change the fate of Zhou Tian and herself today.
Under the encirclement of the three Yan Ancestors, she was already covered in wounds. And every time she released her power, it placed an immense burden on her decaying body. The feeling of her life slipping away and her soul wavering was extremely clear.
With a long sigh, a strange white light suddenly appeared in her old eyes.
**Boom!**
Dimensions shattered inch by inch, and the three Yan Ancestors were forced far away in an instant. Zhou Tian Tai Zu placed her hand over her heart, fixed her gaze on Yun Che, and uttered the most ruthless and final words of her life: "Demon Lord Yun Che, even if I turn to ashes, I will drag you into the abyss of death!"
Qianye Ying'er frowned, then said in a deep voice: "She's going to self-destruct her profound veins!"
"Seal her!" Yun Che roared.
But everything was already too late. As Zhou Tian Tai Zu's voice fell, an unusually dazzling white light suddenly burst from her body. Every part of her, including her pupils, turned pale white.
Then, cracks spread across her skin. Beneath the cracks, her body turned into specks of dust, drifting away... At the same time, a pressure as vast as the collapsing sky descended upon the Zhou Tian disciples and the demon people, covering most of the Zhou Tian Realm.
Under this despairing divine might, countless demon people were destined to be annihilated... along with countless of her descendants in Zhou Tian.
But the three Yan Ancestors were no ordinary figures. When they realized they could not stop her from self-destructing her profound veins, they all made the exact same move in the same instant. Black light burst from their bodies, and their powers quickly connected, forging a massive and unparalleled Yan Mo barrier, tightly sealing Zhou Tian Tai Zu within it.
**Boom——————**
Zhou Tian Tai Zu's body exploded in white light. A tragic roar shook the heavens and the earth, causing the entire Eastern Domain to tremble... But that desperate power, bought with Zhou Tian Tai Zu's final life and will, was firmly trapped within the Yan Mo barrier erected by the combined strength of the three Yan Ancestors.
The pupils of the three Yan Ancestors widened, their faces twisted and ferocious, the black light on their bodies reaching an extreme darkness. Within the barrier, it was as if thousands of storms were raging and sweeping... but not a single bit leaked out.
One breath... two breaths... three breaths... ten breaths...
Finally, after ten breaths, the Yan Mo barrier of the three Yan Ancestors shattered. But what descended was not Zhou Tian Tai Zu's desperate power, but merely a storm... that stirred up patches of flying sand.
Amidst the storm, Yan San plummeted headfirst, crashing heavily at Yun Che's feet. Then he instantly bounced up, bent forward, and said with trembling fear: "Master, were you not injured?"
Yun Che looked at him sideways and said coldly: "A mere Zhou Tian Tai Zu, and you let her have the chance to self-destruct her profound veins. Aren't the three of you ashamed!"
The three Yan Ancestors all drooped their heads, not daring to speak.
Yun Che was absolutely the only person in this world who would use the word "mere" to describe Zhou Tian Tai Zu.
Watching Zhou Tian Tai Zu from her appearance to her destruction...
And watching the three terrifying old men who had completely shattered the myth of Zhou Tian Tai Zu be so trembling, so servile and timid before Yun Che...
Within the hearts of the profound practitioners of the Eastern Domain, it was as if thousands of towering waves were surging wildly. Every corner of their entire bodies was filled with shock to the extreme.
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[There was no call at all, I had to forcefully rewrite the first half of the chapter, o(╥﹏╥)o]
[Today (May 18th) at 10:00 AM, the strange variety show "Advancing Gods" that this Mars is participating in will start airing on Youku. For the next eight weeks, a new episode will be released every Monday to Saturday at 10:00 AM, probably -_-||]
[Then tonight from 19:00 to 21:00, Youku will have a livestream for watching together and urging updates (?). Those interested can join. The livestream address is posted on the public account [Mars Gravity].]
[Not panicking at all, hehe... ￣へ￣]