# Chapter 1783: Destruction of Nanming
Seeing this, the Eastern Prison Abyss King and Northern Prison Abyss King had flashes of strange light flickering through their nearly-bursting eyes. As they struggled with all their might, they made the exact same move at the same instant, even their roars identical:
"Your Majesty, retreat!!"
They used half their bodies to support the pressure, forcibly withdrawing most of their power to heavily blast toward Nanming Shendi.
Nanming Shendi did not hesitate for a moment. He flipped his body, and the golden light all over him violently crashed into the power of the two Abyss Kings.
BOOM————
How formidable were the powers of Nanming Shendi and the two Abyss Kings? Under the stacking of immense pushing force and rebounding force, Nanming Shendi forcefully broke free from the divine might suppression of the Abyss God Cannon, then instantly teleported, escaping while scattering a mist of blood.
"Heh!" Both Xuanyuan Emperor and Ziwei Emperor let out low shouts as they struck out again, rolling up a stream of space-twisting air currents that swept the just-freed Nanming Shendi in front of them.
Everything was like a sudden nightmare. The two God Emperors had successfully helped Nanming Shendi escape death, but they were still terribly shaken.
As for Nanming Shendi... half of his body was drenched in blood, bones visible everywhere, his right hand missing all five fingers with only a few broken finger bones remaining. On his face there was no longer any majesty or arrogance—only a blur of flesh and blood, and a terror and trembling as if ten thousand demons were devouring his soul.
Without Nanming Shendi's power, and with the two Abyss Kings having forcibly diverted most of their strength just now, they could no longer withstand the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon.
Almost in the next instant after Nanming Shendi escaped, the briefly halted divine light of the Abyss God Cannon suddenly engulfed the bodies of the two Abyss Kings, then, like a rainbow that cleaved the heavens, plummeted down with crushing force.
"AHHHHH!!!"
A scream that didn't even have time to vent its despair—the Abyss God divine light completely swallowed the Abyss Gods who had been desperately resisting, along with the last two Abyss Kings of the Nanming Divine Realm.
Within the rich, pure golden light that seemed as if it shouldn't exist in this world, there was no longer any sound or figure of Abyss Kings or Abyss Gods. Even their auras were devoured without a trace, not even a wisp escaping or remaining.
BANG——————
The golden light pierced through heaven and earth, falling upon Nanming Royal City. In an instant, all things were extinguished, all lives were buried. Following the trajectory of the Abyss God divine light, this supreme place of the Nanming Divine Realm was cut with extreme neatness from its core to its northern edge.
But under the divine might that even swallowed light and sound, this world-shaking catastrophic destruction did not raise a tremendous roar. It only carved an indelible mark of terror into the eyes and souls of countless Nanming living beings.
The divine light of the Abyss God that had split the Nanming Divine Realm still hadn't completely died out, flying toward distant star domains... In this moment, nearly half of the star realms in the Southern Divine Domain could see a strangely beautiful golden light streak across the sky from different directions.
But they would never dream that beneath the trajectory of this beautiful golden light lay star realm after star realm that had been pierced through or destroyed.
Rumble rumble rumble...
Under the residual might, countless buildings in Nanming Royal City collapsed wildly, mixed with the near-deafening screams of terror.
But high in the sky, a dreadful dead silence prevailed. Whether it was the Nanming or the experts from the other three king realms, they all seemed to have had their souls ripped away, unable to move or make a sound for a long time... And just a few breaths ago, their chests and eyes had been bursting with endless excitement as they awaited witnessing the divine might of the Abyss God Cannon and the destruction of Demon Lord Yun Che.
But now, as the divine light of the Abyss God gradually faded from their pupils, the twisted void showed not a single speck of dust remaining from the Abyss Kings and Abyss Gods.
"Tch. This Abyss God Cannon that everyone's been hyping up to the heavens turns out to be nothing special after all. It actually let your Nanming escape alive," said a unhurried voice that made everyone's hearts tremble. Yun Che cast a sidelong glance, looking downward, gazing at the distant broken star domain: "But judging by the miserable state of this Nanming Number One King Realm, it's barely passable." Behind him, the three Yan Ancestors all had mouths wide open, eyes bulging as if seeing ghosts and gods. As Yun Che's voice fell, their bodies dropped down in unison, their heads deeply bowed to the ground.
Yan One: "Master's divine might shakes the ages, unparalleled in ancient and modern times. Even heaven and earth should submit."
Yan Two: "As expected of Master. So-called Abyss God Cannon is nothing more than a mere toy before Master."
Yan Three: "Pah! The words of this world can no longer describe even a ten-thousandth of Master's divine might. To be able to serve at Master's feet is the glory of ten lifetimes and the fortune of ten thousand generations for the three of us."
"..." Qianye Ying'er slowly exhaled a breath.
"..." Qianye Wugu and Qianye Bingzhu were silent for a long time. Even when the Abyss God Cannon unleashed its divine might, they hadn't been too drastically moved. But now, everything they had just witnessed completely surpassed their understanding, which had already far exceeded that of mortals.
"What on earth... was that..." Qianye Wugu muttered absentmindedly.
The crowd's gazes shifted woodenly with Yun Che's voice, staring at the unharmed Yun Che. Everyone's face changed with extreme violence. They couldn't believe it, let alone understand what had happened.
If their eyes weren't completely hallucinating, what they had just seen was the Abyss God Cannon that had been aimed at Yun Che counter-blasting toward Nanming Shendi under Yun Che's casual sword strike!?
"What just happened... what kind of sorcery is that?" Xuanyuan Emperor muttered with a trembling voice. As the emperor of a king realm, the word "sorcery" actually slipped out of his mouth.
Before Shitian Shendi's eyes flashed the scene from years ago outside the Blue Extreme Star, where after Mu Xuanyin's death, the power that the various God Emperors had swept toward Yun Che was bizarrely repelled. That scene had remained unexplained to this day.
Nanming Shendi's mind also flashed with that year's scene. But he simply couldn't believe that a similar scene had reoccurred with the Abyss God Cannon, a weapon surpassing the limits of this current world.
He wanted to clench his fists but couldn't feel his fingers. Under extreme shock, he could barely feel pain. He slowly raised his head, his involuntarily trembling gaze locked firmly on Yun Che. Meeting the sardonic sneer at the corner of his mouth, a terribly terrifying thought sprouted in Nanming Shendi's reason, which was on the verge of collapse:
"You... you did this on purpose..." This was the hardest sentence he had ever uttered in his life.
"Heh." Yun Che let out a low laugh, slightly raising his head to look askance at the sky. The black clouds above were still rolling wildly, showing no sign of dispersing despite the passing of the Abyss God Cannon's divine might, as if they hadn't appeared because of the Abyss God Cannon from the start: "After taking the Eastern Divine Domain, it was impossible to use the same method against your Southern Divine Domain. For a moment, this Demon Lord really couldn't think of a way to wipe out the Southern Divine Domain in a short time."
Rumble~~
The black clouds churned, their heavenly might intimidating the world, yet not a single tribulation lightning bolt descended. Because the Heavenly Dao had known for many years that its power of judgment couldn't harm Yun Che in the slightest.
"So, neither this Demon Lord nor my Demon Empress decided to make a move on the Southern Divine Domain for now. It was only when this Demon Lord happened to learn that your Nanming Divine Realm harbored an Abyss God Cannon said to possess forbidden might that I suddenly realized," he slowly raised his arm, his spread fingers covering the direction of Nanming Shendi: "The one in this world who could help this Demon Lord quickly trample the Southern Divine Domain is you, Nanming Shendi."
"!!" Nanming Shendi's pale face instantly turned bright red. Almost all the blood in his body surged wildly toward his head. His rapidly blurring vision fell on Qianye Wugu. Given the strength of the Fantian Divine Realm, it was no surprise at all that they could secretly learn of and even confirm the existence of the Abyss God Cannon.
"You... you killed Ashen Dragon God just to... to..." Nanming Shendi gritted his teeth so hard they seemed about to shatter. The Nanming Divine Realm was broken, countless lives buried, all four Abyss Kings fallen, and of the once-proud sixteen Abyss Gods... only four auras remained in his perception. This was the nightmare of ten thousand nightmares, one enough to break a God Emperor.
"If I hadn't gone mad, how could I have driven you mad?" Yun Che smiled, his downward gaze carrying a hint of mocking approval: "Destroying Nanming is equivalent to trampling half the Southern Divine Domain. Nan Wansheng, as this Demon Lord's plaything today, your performance has been quite good. You easily destroyed most of the biggest stumbling block in the Southern Divine Domain. Truly worthy of being the Southern Domain's number one God Emperor. Haha, hahahaha!"
Qianye Ying'er said calmly: "When the Southern Divine Domain becomes land beneath the Demon Lord's feet, this great feat of Nanming Shendi will be passed down through the ages. After you go to hell, don't forget this 'honor' was bestowed upon you by the Demon Lord."
After having his soul shattered, now came the killing of his spirit. Nanming Shendi's complexion rapidly turned from bright red to blackish-red. His arms went stiff, his teeth chattering: "Yun... Che, you... you..."
Pff!!
His upper body stiffened as a great cloud of blood mist exploded before him.
"Fath... father!"
"Your Majesty!"
Nan Qianqiu and the other three remaining Abyss Gods rushed up frantically. Nanming Shendi spat out over ten large mouthfuls of blood mist before finally catching his breath. Looking at the last four Abyss Gods gathered around, his vision went dark again. He clenched his teeth tightly to control his wildly surging blood energy.
In the distance, the hearts of the three Southern Domain Emperors were churning with ten thousand waves.
The Yun Che they had seen today was extremely arrogant. His brutal killing of Ashen Dragon God seemed to them like the irrational act of a madman. The ambition and madness that followed was exactly the "mad dog" Nanming Shendi had spoken of. And so, it made Nanming Shendi give up on "reconciliation" and choose to kill him by any means necessary.
Nanming Shendi had thought he was always in control, and even controlled Yun Che's fate. But now, everyone realized in terror that it was Nanming Shendi who had been played in Yun Che's palm all along, almost without any effort, using Nanming's own hands to destroy half of Nanming.
Most terrifying of all—Yun Che had already determined before arriving at Nanming that Nanming Shendi would have the Abyss God Cannon prepared in advance.
Countless streams of bone-chilling coldness frantically poured into every pore of their bodies, straight into every bone and every tendon.
Shoving aside Nan Qianqiu's hand, Nanming Shendi stepped forward slowly. His blood-stained eyes were as ghastly as a ghost's. Blood continuously oozed from his wounds due to his turbulent aura: "Yun Che, my Nanming... even if its arms are broken, it's enough to turn you into filthy demonic ashes!"
"Is that so?" Compared to Nan Wansheng's blood-soaked misery and clearly on-the-verge-of-losing-control emotions, Yun Che was spotless all over, his expression so calm it was terrifying. He was about to speak when his eyes suddenly narrowed: "Oh?"
Bang!
Swoosh!
The ground exploded, and then the space was brutally cut open. A pale figure shot up through the air like flowing light. Before the air currents even rose, the figure had already appeared beside Nan Wansheng, standing quietly. His face was old yet fair, unstained by dust. His eyes were like an ancient lake, his white beard over a foot long, his white hair like snow.
Nan Wansheng's body shook violently. The violent aura on him instantly subsided. He did not turn back, nor did he have the face to turn back. He simply knelt on one knee, his head bowed as he spoke with a trembling voice: "Fath... er..."
Beside him, Nan Qianqiu and the three Abyss Gods also knelt on one knee, but couldn't make a sound for a long time. They never imagined that this old man's reemergence would be under such circumstances.
"Heh." Yun Che narrowed his eyes slightly as he swept a glance at this suddenly appeared old man, letting out a cold laugh.
Qianye Bingzhu let out a soft sigh and spoke slowly: "Through all these years, there was always one person missing among those bearing the Abyss God's power. Nan Guizhong, you indeed did not die."
The white-bearded old man's gaze slowly swept over the scene below, his ancient eyes showing no ripples. He replied in an equally sighing voice: "Only by 'dying' can one be free from worldly disturbances and calmly comprehend the Dao. Isn't that the same for Brother Bingzhu and Senior Wugu?"