Chapter 1735: Falling Moon (5)
The vast star region had lost every trace of starlight.
The space rippled with sparkling purple light, like water patterns, and then dissipated completely moments later. Soundless and formless, all the light and all the colors of the world vanished, leaving only the enormous purple moon slowly descending into view.
And standing at the center of that purple moon, black hair flying, red robes billowing, was a red figure like a heavenly goddess.
The purple moon was a hundred zhang in diameter, as if it contained an entire world within—mountain peaks towering, ocean waves churning, gales howling… and faintly visible, another deeper, more mysterious purple moon slowly rising.
Yun Che raised his arm, the sword reigniting with Eternal Calamity Demon Flame, but he did not strike immediately.
His eyes, originally dark, were now dyed an almost pure deep purple. A sense of pressure that was not heavy but stirred immense unease surged within his heart.
Qianye Ying'er's golden eyes were also stained purple. Her brow unconsciously furrowed, as if in doubt, then her pupils contracted sharply, and she blurted out: "Purple Que Divine Domain!?"
"...?" Yun Che's gaze shifted slightly, but he heard Qianye Ying'er say in an extremely low voice: "Quickly, send a sound transmission to the Yan Ancestor!"
"Too... late..."
This was Xia Qingyue's voice, but it did not come from his ears—it seemed to come directly from his heart. As she spread her arms and her red sleeves danced, the purple moon behind her silently unfurled... and in an instant, swallowed the entire world.
In the distant Star God Realm, the news of the Moon God Realm's destruction had not yet reached them. The Moon Gods were silently watching the projection from the Zhou Tian Realm.
Suddenly, a strange purple glow appeared. The Moon Gods subconsciously turned their heads, looking to the western sky.
"What is... that?" As Tianxuan Star God Zi Wan shifted her gaze, a round purple moon reflected in her pupils.
It wasn't just the Star God Realm. Nearly half of the star realms in the Eastern Divine Region clearly saw an extra purple moon in the distant sky. Its moonlight was quiet and haunting, dyeing half the heavens.
Like a miracle sent by the heavens to console the world amid calamity.
Only in the Brahma Emperor Divine Realm—the moment the purple light entered his vision, Qianye Fantian's stiff and cold face suddenly twitched, revealing deep shock.
"Purple Que Divine Domain!?" he whispered, each word filled with deep disbelief and a fleeting flash of terror.
The space where Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er stood had transformed into a world of dazzling purple light. Under their perception, this world had no edges, no end. Apart from the three of them, there was nothing else.
Xia Qingyue's flowing black hair had turned a brilliant glowing purple. The sword in her hand boiled with purple light, as if burning with violent purple flames... Strangely, though she was right before them, they suddenly could no longer sense her aura.
Neither her life aura nor her profound aura.
Qianye Ying'er gritted her teeth. Her gaze quickly turned from trembling to cold alertness. When she looked up, her cold light was like a prison: "What a Xia Qingyue! What a Moon God Emperor! No wonder you dared to appear alone. I already tried my best not to underestimate you, yet you still manage to give me such a... huge surprise!"
"..." Yun Che's perception and sight swept rapidly. Without a doubt, this was a power domain. But this domain did not have that aura of wanting to devour and annihilate everything after being opened. Instead, it was as gentle as slowly flowing water.
"What is the Purple Que Divine Domain?" he asked in a low voice. He could clearly sense the sudden sinking of Qianye Ying'er's heart.
Qianye Ying'er took a slow, deep breath, and said in a low tone: "In the records of the divine realm, it is the Moon God domain closest to the 'god' level!"
Yun Che: "?"
"In the past, only the first Moon God Emperor who inherited the original Purple Que Divine Power—the founding ancestor of the Moon God Realm—had ever briefly opened the Purple Que Divine Domain." Qianye Ying'er stared at the purple light in Xia Qingyue's pupils, fully activating her Dark Profound Force, causing a wild dark mist to rise around her: "I thought that after the Moon God Ancestor, the Purple Que Divine Domain would never appear again..."
"And now, it appears in someone who has only carried the Purple Que Divine Power for seven years!"
"Xia Qingyue," Qianye Ying'er's dark light finally dispelled the purple glow from her eyes. She spoke the words she had once said to Xia Qingyue: "The heavens seem to have favored you far too much."
"A domain closest to the god level?" Yun Che gave a disdainful smile: "Just a restraining dom—"
As his gaze turned, his sneer suddenly froze on his face.
On the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword, the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame was slowly dying out.
And the most terrifying part was that this suppression was utterly silent. He hadn't noticed the change in the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame at all.
"..." His voice stopped, and his brow slowly sank.
Xia Qingyue's eyes lifted. In an instant, the boundless purple world churned like an ocean. Her voice rang out in every corner of the purple world: "With all my power, I shall unfold a hundred-breath divine domain."
"But that is enough... to bury you both forever!"
She thrust her sword forward. It was an incredibly plain forward thrust, almost devoid of any overwhelming force. The purple world did not tremble, nor was it cut apart.
But facing this strike, Yun Che's heart felt a pressure several times greater than before. He stepped forward, a black light flashing on his body. In his Yan Emperor state, he struck with all his might. In the instant his sword's might exploded, the Eternal Calamity Demon Flame also flared up.
Boom!
The two swords clashed within the Purple Que Divine Domain. The Eternal Calamity Demon Flame, which had just ignited, was instantly extinguished. A purple moon exploded at the point of collision, turning into a towering purple wave that directly engulfed Yun Che.
"Yun Che!" Qianye Ying'er's heart jolted. Just as she was about to move forward, a sharp explosion sounded. A black light shot up, fiercely tearing apart the purple glow. Then a vast sword might cascaded down, accompanied by a world-shaking howl of the Celestial Wolf.
The second sword strike of the Celestial Wolf—Fang of the Primordial Wilderness!
Boom!
The Eternal Night Darkness merged with the Celestial Wolf's divine might, rapidly piercing through the Purple Que Divine Domain, creating layers of spiral purple storms... But beneath the purple storm, his sword might weakened at an alarmingly exaggerated rate. By the time the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword reached Xia Qingyue after just a few dozen zhang, only a little over sixty percent of its power remained.
His heart shook violently.
Behind him, the pierced Purple Que Divine Domain quickly restored itself without a trace.
Xia Qingyue turned her body slightly. The Purple Que Divine Sword swept past with a very light, slow motion.
Bang... crack!!
The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword, carrying surging sword might, was knocked away. The sword body, glowing with blazing purple light, viciously struck Yun Che's ribs!
The power of this strike far exceeded the previous one, and far exceeded Yun Che's expectations. In the loud, piercing impact, his ribs were all broken, and blood droplets sprayed like a torrential rain.
Yun Che had the body of a Dragon God and the protection of the six-layered Great Dao Pagoda Art. It was already hard to injure him, let alone break his bones with a single strike.
This was almost a power beyond the limit of the realms. As his ribs shattered, even his consciousness went blank for an instant. Under the immense force, his body spun out like a top. The next moment, he was suddenly swallowed by a purple wave. His figure and aura vanished entirely into the azure-purple world.
And Xia Qingyue's body turned illusory, appearing before Qianye Ying'er.
Qianye Ying'er had long heard of the name "Purple Que Divine Domain." But it only existed in records and legends. No one had ever truly encountered it—including Qianye Fantian, who had told her all he knew.
Facing it firsthand, its terror far surpassed the rumors.
Yun Che possessed the Evil God's Mysterious Vein. The power he released would be weakened layer by layer by the Purple Que Divine Domain, but his profound vein's power would not be suppressed.
But Qianye Ying'er was different!
The moment the purple sea turned, she felt as if she had fallen into thick, sticky mud. Not only was her profound force sluggish, even her physical movements became extremely difficult.
Facing Xia Qingyue's approach, she spread her arms. A dark domain quickly formed, forcibly carving out a dark space within the Purple Que Divine Domain.
But this dark domain could only expand to several zhang before it could extend no further.
Sensing that Yun Che's aura had completely vanished, Qianye Ying'er's eyes condensed with cold light. Using the dark domain's counterbalance against the Purple Que Divine Domain, she moved her figure. The Divine Oracle, carrying a line of scorching golden light, thrust directly at Xia Qingyue. Where the golden light passed, the purple domain split apart.
But before she could get close, purple waves surged around her, directly smashing into her dark domain. In an instant, the power of darkness and glowing purple erupted wildly, churning into a terrifying calamity hurricane.
Under the hurricane, Qianye Ying'er's dark domain rapidly annihilated. The power on the Divine Oracle also decreased by more than half... In her sight, Xia Qingyue's aura was still there, but her figure suddenly turned illusory. From the destructive storm raging behind, a purple light shot straight out.
Within the Purple Que Divine Domain, not only was power greatly suppressed, but perception was also distorted.
Yet her soul instinct still allowed Qianye Ying'er to sense the danger. Her body twisted with difficulty amid the terrible sluggishness.
Bang!
This strike, originally aimed at her heart, instead pierced obliquely through her collarbone. Qianye Ying'er's left shoulder robe shattered, flesh and blood mangled. The spattering blood droplets were instantly swallowed by the purple domain.
Under the pain and shock, Qianye Ying'er did not retreat but advanced. The Divine Oracle, carrying a dark black light, suddenly swept back, cutting straight at Xia Qingyue's snowy neck.
At the same time, behind Xia Qingyue, the purple domain twisted and roared with thunder. Yun Che's eyes were bloodshot. The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword, with the might of the Celestial Wolf, smashed directly toward her back.
Xia Qingyue's posture did not move. In the enchanting, dreamlike azure-purple world, her movements were so slow and clear... She pointed her right hand—the purple sword—outward to entangle the incoming Divine Oracle. With her left hand, she raised it and used her palm to receive the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword, which held terrifying sword might.
Boom————
The dull roar overpowered the sharp clang.
The Divine Oracle was absorbed and entangled on the sword blade. The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword was fixed in Xia Qingyue's jade hand.
She turned her body slightly, barely feeling any power released. The Divine Oracle and the Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword simultaneously left the hands of Qianye Ying'er and Yun Che, seized by Xia Qingyue's sword body and palm, and then casually tossed away.
Boom!
The Heaven's Calamity Demon Emperor Sword heavily struck Qianye Ying'er's body. Large sections of the purple domain space collapsed. Qianye Ying'er sprayed a blood arrow and flew far away horizontally.
Yun Che's chest was cut open by the Divine Oracle with a foot-long gash so deep that bone was visible. His body was also shaken and thrown several li away.
He looked up sharply, his gaze fixed on Xia Qingyue... In this purple world, her red robes were as glaring as blood. Her expression was indifferent throughout. Even as she lightly danced to instantly injure the Demon Lord of the Northern Domain and the Brahma Emperor Divine Daughter, her purple eyes showed not a trace of fluctuation.
In this world she had forged, she was like a true descending god, so powerful it was suffocating.
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[Today, some strange things happened, causing my mindset to collapse a bit and my condition to be a little off, so the update was much later. I made everyone wait again and again and again.]
[But I'm much better now. So, everyone, stay calm... stay calm! Enjoy reading peacefully, harmonious and loving, chopping melons and vegetables, skr~]
[Finally, I recommend a new book by a big shot. The desert giant's new work "Sun and Moon Splendor"! Just released today. An author who is extremely good at writing married women (and very honest—the heroine's name is directly in the title). Those with similar tastes must not miss it (￣ェ￣;)]