Chapter 2142: The Wilderness Heart's Broken Spear
The strange phenomenon of profound force beneath the glazed ice was actually not unfamiliar to Yun Che.
Because he possessed the primordial Dragon God bloodline, he was the absolute nemesis of all dragons in the current age. Not only did his soul cause all dragons to tremble in fear, even the power that the dragon clan directed at him would uncontrollably shrink back.
In the God Realm, Long Bai, who also possessed the Dragon God bloodline and was the supreme sovereign of his era, struck at him with power that would weaken by three parts before even reaching his body.
The result was similar, but the nature was completely different. Against the glazed ice, the profound force didn't shrink or weaken—it was as if it possessed some strange, sentient awareness that naturally retreated.
Refusing to defend. Unwilling to wound.
Thus, the glazed ice itself was not particularly powerful in terms of raw might, but because of its primordial nature and extremely special ultimate purity, it "weakened" others' power to a great extent on a conceptual level.
This allowed Shen Wuyi, at the sixth level of the Divine Annihilation Realm, to easily withstand the Great Wilderness Force of a eighth-level Divine Annihilation Realm cultivator, and even more easily pierce through Dian Jiuzhi's suddenly sluggish protective profound force.
Yun Che murmured softly: "So this is the true form of the Ice Snow Glazed Heart..."
Just like the Nine-Xuan Exquisite Body, he had known the name "Ice Snow Glazed Heart" for a very long time, and the various rumors and records about it were even more chaotic and contradictory. Among them, the relatively accepted points were that its heart and soul were crystal clear, blessed by the Heavenly Dao, and once "awakened," one would surely become a king or emperor with an exceptional destiny.
The claim of heavenly blessing was mentioned most often—some believed it firmly, others scoffed.
And all these rumors and records were undoubtedly a synthesis of the traits displayed by all those who had possessed the Ice Snow Glazed Heart throughout history. But where it originated, why it was named "glazed," no one knew, and no record ever mentioned it... It turned out that its true essence had already been annihilated in the filthy dust before the Age of the Gods truly arrived, forever lost to the world.
Her Exquisite Body and Glazed Heart had also been clearly manifested in the original world, allowing her to transcend laws, allowing her to see through the treachery of human hearts and plan the overall situation with extremely shallow experience... But neither had ever fully explained what "exquisite" truly meant, nor what "glazed" truly meant.
It turned out that during her time in the God Realm, whether it was the Exquisite Body or the Glazed Heart, their growth and awakening had only been at the budding stage.
But... why?
In the mere few decades since falling into the Abyss, how had such enormous changes occurred within her?
Primordial origin of creation... Primordial sacred breath... Person without cause...
World severed, cause and effect forever broken. She was no longer a vessel of fate, no longer had any past, no longer had any memories of what came before...
Then... was she still her...?
Now, should I call her Shen Wuyi...
Or... selfishly... let her recall "Xia Qingyue"—the name that would also drag her back into the fate of once being "Xia Qingyue"...
Facing the second Glazed Profound Seal, Dian Jiuzhi seemed to want to prove something. He directly raised his hand and grabbed it.
The Glazed Profound Seal did not fold through space; it collided directly with Dian Jiuzhi's arm.
With the sound of an ice explosion, the Glazed Profound Seal shattered in midair... But the terrifying cold still penetrated straight to the bone, causing the blood flow in his arm to stop abruptly, his profound energy to stagnate, and his arm to stiffen briefly in midair.
This time, Dian Jiuzhi clearly sensed that despite it being only the power of the sixth level of the Divine Annihilation Realm, his Great Wilderness Force had only blocked less than half of it.
And his body, which was normally incredibly powerful, also seemed to have become exceptionally fragile, frozen to this extent.
His profound force and his body seemed to have suddenly lost the instinct to repel external forces, sluggishly allowing this icy power to invade.
An overwhelming sense of absurdity piled up in his soul sea again and again, making the world within the barrier feel like a bizarre, grotesque illusion.
A sharp, cold light stabbed straight into his eyes. In this moment of another lapse of concentration, Shen Wuyi's third Glazed Profound Seal had already formed—it was the Dust-Washing Seal emitting a vast aura. A full zhang wide, it cast down a thousand zhang of icy might.
Dian Jiuzhi closed his eyes... This time, he even directly sealed off his five senses.
Cannot be avoided, cannot be known, cannot be defended... Then I will not see, not hear, not feel.
Thus, there will be no sensation, no shock, no fear.
Even if he had already shown utter ugliness, he absolutely must not... disgrace the dignity of the Senluo Divine Kingdom!
Bang!
The Great Wilderness Force surged, causing blood to burst from his arms, his skin and flesh to split open, nearly cruelly forcing through the arms stiffened by the cold. The dim silver radiance also surged at this moment, shining like a silver sun, completely drowning out his figure.
The Glazed Dust-Washing Seal descended from the sky, sealing off the space where he stood. Dian Jiuzhi, with his senses closed, felt nothing, only the rampaging Great Wilderness Force transforming into a ten-zhang giant shadow... And yet this ten-zhang shadow radiated a spiritual pressure so terrifying that even a ten-thousand-zhang giant mountain could not compare.
Bang!!
The Glazed Dust-Washing Seal crashed down like a falling star from beyond the heavens. The dense silver radiance showed layers of strange ripples beneath the translucent ice light, like streaks of evenly split water marks.
When the Glazed Dust-Washing Seal passed through the silver radiance, the ice light had only diminished by sixty percent, and then it violently exploded on Dian Jiuzhi's body.
The ice light bloomed within the silver radiance, causing the silver light to twist violently. The sealing of profound energy caused the ten-zhang shadow to shrink sharply to seven zhang.
This time, the cold penetrated not only bone but also soul, yet it no longer surprised or cowered Dian Jiuzhi. He didn't even bother to dispel the cold, keeping his five senses sealed, and the seven-zhang shadow punched into the air, unleashing the violent force of the Great Wilderness Divine Meridian.
"Senluo Myriad Manifestations... Great Wilderness Devouring Star!"
Boom————
Silver radiance covered the heavens. Even the barrier could not block this instant of excessively blazing annihilation light, shining straight to the top of the entire Eden Cloud.
Exclamations erupted all around. Yun Che's gaze was locked tightly. He clearly saw that among the boundless silver radiance of destruction, a gap a full zhang wide was embedded.
That gap reflected pure, flawless ice light. Shen Wuyi stood safely within it. When the surging power of destruction touched the ice light, it transformed into gentle, harmless streams of light that flowed around, unable to penetrate at all.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths...
Despite the power of heaven and earth destroying might, it simply could not shatter or damage this seemingly fragile ice crystal.
The silver radiance gradually faded, once again revealing the battlefield within the barrier. Shen Wuyi held her sword and condensed ice. As her sword light danced, a four-leaf-shaped profound seal quickly formed. The moment it took shape, it shed all color, leaving only glazed translucence.
"Heart-Cleaning Seal... Sigh! What level has she actually cultivated to!?" Meng Jianxi exclaimed in shock.
At the same time, the briefly suspended Great Wilderness Force erupted again, seemingly even more violent than before.
This time, the silver radiance coiled around Dian Jiuzhi's body took on a strange undulating form, like thunder roaring or an angry sea churning.
The moment the Glazed Heart-Cleaning Seal descended, his power also erupted, and a light murmur escaped his lips, originating from his soul sea, audible only to himself:
"Senluo Myriad Manifestations... Wilderness Ruins Grinding the Sea!"
The moment the Great Wilderness Force surged wildly, the space within the barrier, along with all the gazes cast upon it, was instantly twisted and bent.
The Soul-Purifying Seal and the Great Wilderness Force almost simultaneously enveloped each other.
The sound of an ice explosion rang in Dian Jiuzhi's soul sea. He felt his soul become so cold, and the profound energy in his body seemed to be blocked layer by layer, becoming extremely sluggish.
But he still did not release his senses to perceive his body's injuries. Instead, he focused all his will on urging the power within the Great Wilderness Divine Meridian.
Eighth-level Divine Annihilation Realm versus sixth-level Divine Annihilation Realm... Even if he lost, he absolutely could not lose too disgracefully.
Tens of thousands of undulating waves of annihilation power destroyed everything within the barrier. The space at the top of Eden Cloud was extremely resilient, yet it faintly showed shallow cracks that seemed about to break.
The power completely flooded the battlefield. No matter where Shen Wuyi was, it was all the same.
When those annihilation ripples touched the glazed ice crystals, they would suddenly part like severed streams, flowing around from both sides.
On Dian Jiuzhi's body, thicker and thicker ice layers spread, and his face rapidly lost color... Meanwhile, Shen Wuyi's glazed barrier finally lost its tranquility for the first time, showing traces of ice cracks.
The cracks were tiny, but on the overly flawless ice crystals, they were particularly eye-catching.
Shen Wuyi's expression did not change. Her icy eyes reflected an even deeper, strange light. Immediately, the cracks on the glazed ice slowly healed at a visible rate... Then they gradually spread again, advancing and retreating as if a temporary balance had been struck.
As the silver radiance dimmed again, the tide of annihilation began to recede at this moment.
Dian Jiuzhi's right arm slowly lifted, the movement noticeably stiff. But the still-unwiped silver radiance suddenly surged again at that moment. As his right arm crashed to the ground, his body, whose previous power had not yet been exhausted, once again erupted with annihilation power no less than before.
"Senluo Myriad Manifestations... Eight Desolations Shattering Worlds!"
At that instant, space shook violently, silver light blazed across the heavens, as if heaven and earth were overturned.
Under the unceasing eruption of the Great Wilderness Force, the ice cracks on the glazed barrier, which had almost disappeared, abruptly expanded, covering most of the barrier in an instant. Then, with unstoppable momentum, they slowly extended, gradually outlining the entire shape of the ice crystal.
One breath, two breaths, three breaths... four breaths... five breaths!
Crack!
The silver radiance finally faded. And precisely in that moment when the silver light was nearly gone, the mystical glazed barrier finally shattered. The last trace of Great Wilderness Force grazed Shen Wuyi's body, causing her indifferent jade-like face to show an instant of paleness, and a thin thread of blood trickled from the corner of her lips...
But that was all.
And in the next instant, her eyes seemed to have condensed ten thousand years of ancient cold. Her left hand's Heartbreak Thorn shot out with colorless ice light, blooming layered ice petals as it broke through the air. As it neared Dian Jiuzhi, it had already transformed into a fully bloomed, dreamlike ice crystal snow lotus.
Bang————
The ice crystal snow lotus shattered on Dian Jiuzhi's body, scattering boundless icy rain, refracting a gorgeous ice glow.
Dian Jiuzhi, who was about to forcefully urge the Great Wilderness Force again, instantly stiffened. The silver radiance that had been frantically leaping froze in place, then suddenly vanished like bursting bubbles, disappearing in a moment.
His soul sea had become a frozen, dead silence.
All his perceptions touched nothing but endless cold.
His will struggled desperately, again and again... Finally, he let out a soft sigh.
"Forget it..."
His five senses returned. The cold invaded his body. Like an unconscious ice sculpture, he fell straight backward, making a heavy thud as he hit the ground.
The entire venue fell into dead silence.
Flesh, bone marrow, and profound force were all sealed and frozen, so he felt no pain, nor even the existence of his body. Only his consciousness remained in a frozen void, maintaining a final clarity.
But he did not choose to let his consciousness sink into silence. Instead, he opened his stiff, cold lips and, word by word, with the utmost clarity, uttered:
"I... con...cede..."
"...!" Shen Wuyi silently put away her Love-Severing Sword and Heartbreak Thorn, and the faint trace of blood at the corner of her lips was quietly wiped away.
The High Priest's announcement then rang out: "Dian Jiuzhi of the Senluo Palace concedes. Shen Wuyi of the Eternal Night wins."
Boom!
Dian Luohou could no longer care about anything else. With a thunderous explosion of air, he had already rushed into the barrier, helping up Dian Jiuzhi, whose entire body was wrapped in ice crystals. His thick profound energy surged over Dian Jiuzhi's body like a slow tide, quickly dispelling the cold within.
"Brother Jiuzhi!" Dian Sansi's face turned pale. His feet stepped forward again and again, and several times he could not help but want to rush in.
Dian Jiuzhi had lost... He had lost with an absolute advantage in cultivation, age, and physical body. It was a result that too many people could not have dreamed of.
Dian Luohou's terrifying expression only highlighted that Dian Jiuzhi had not only lost but was also seriously injured.
But while some sighed, no one sneered.
Faced with Shen Wuyi's completely transcendent, logic-defying, cognition-shredding Exquisite Profound Realm and ice crystals, Dian Jiuzhi's loss, though unexpected, was not unjust.
And there was no doubt that after this battle, there would be no more "First Divine Son" in the Abyss. And the name of the Eternal Night Divine Maiden would be burned like a brand into the memories and souls of all present.
"Hahahaha! Hahahahahahahahaha!!"
A hoarse, frenzied laugh suddenly burst out, like countless poisoned steel needles stabbing harshly into everyone's eardrums, so piercing it made souls tremble.
"So this is the so-called First Divine Son? So this is the so-called Great Wilderness Divine Meridian? At the dignified eighth level of Divine Annihilation, yet before my Eternal Night's Divine Maiden, who is only at the sixth level of Divine Annihilation, he loses like a frozen dead dog. What a colossal joke, hahahaha!"
No one would mock the Senluo Divine Kingdom at a time like this, nor would any Divine Venerable utter such disgraceful poison... except for the Wuming Divine Venerable of the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom.
Her venomous mockery came as no surprise to anyone.
If it were any other Divine Venerable, they would most likely choose restraint, rationally not bothering to argue with a madwoman. But Dian Luohou was ultimately the Jueluo Divine Venerable with the most explosive temper. Dian Luohou helped Dian Jiuzhi up, turned his head abruptly, and his voice was as sharp as fire: "Shut up!!"
"Hahahaha!" Shen Wuyanye, however, continued to laugh, each laugh more piercing and soul-wrenching than the last: "What a fine Senluo Divine Son! Speaking with such conviction, proudly claiming to give ten breaths' head start, and we thought he had some real skill. Turns out he's just a useless piece of trash, utterly incapable and showing his ugly face. Dian Luohou, you taught such a worthless bag that shames both the nation and himself, a laughingstock for all the world. Where do you get the face to yell at me!?"
Bang!!
Dian Luohou's arms bulged with blue veins, and his eyes were almost crazed with bloodshot fury in an instant... But, this was, after all, the Pure Land. Between gritted teeth, he still managed to suppress his anger.
The loser must accept the result of being humiliated... He had once taught Dian Jiuzhi this.
The Jueluo Divine Venerable's restraint did not earn any moderation from the Wuming Divine Venerable. Her dark palanquin suddenly shifted slightly. A strand of profound force shot out, pierced through the barrier, and, under the shocked and puzzled gazes of everyone, ruthlessly struck Shen Wuyi.
With a boom, Shen Wuyi was knocked back dozens of zhang. She didn't utter a sound, but bowed as she fell: "Wuyi is useless, disappointing Mother God."
"..." Yun Che's eyes instantly turned icy cold.
"You still know you are useless!"
Shen Wuyanye's voice was like a wailing ghost, making everyone's soul strings tremble: "Dealing with a mere Dian Jiuzhi, an ignorant and arrogant piece of Senluo trash, yet it took you so long! And you even suffered a minor injury! Do you know that even if all his foul, filthy blood were drained, it wouldn't be worth a single thread of blood from you!"
Shen Wuyi lowered her head and answered: "Wuyi knows her mistake."
Around the palanquin, all the Eternal Night women were silent, their expressions unchanged, as if they had long been accustomed to this.
Shock, confusion, disbelief appeared on different faces, then all turned into sighs and regret.
If Shen Wuyi had appeared in any other Divine Kingdom, she would surely have been cherished and treasured, almost worshipped as a deity.
But, of all places, it had to be the Eternal Night Divine Kingdom...
Her brilliance, which stunned even the Divine Venerable, in the hands of a madwoman like Shen Wuyanye, would only become a tool for her to vent malice into the world.
"You had better know your mistake! In the next Divine Son battle, you must defeat all other Divine Sons within ten breaths, single-handedly! Make these self-proclaimed noble men know how pitiful and lowly they truly are!"
"Yes!" Shen Wuyi agreed without any hesitation: "If I cannot do it, I am willing to accept any punishment from Mother God."
The expressions of the other Divine Venerables shifted. The faces of the other five Divine Kingdoms all showed varying degrees of displeasure.
While she was berating and punishing Shen Wuyi, was she not also heavily insulting the other five Divine Kingdoms?
But heaven so favored this madwoman, favored the isolated Eternal Night Divine Kingdom. This generation's Eternal Night Divine Maiden, her brilliance completely surpassed the former First Divine Son Dian Jiuzhi, and undoubtedly surpassed all other Divine Successors as well.
The Abyss Emperor floated in the air, observing everything in silence. He neither admonished nor spoke, his expression as indifferent as an ancient cold peak, only his deep eyes holding something subtle that no one could understand.