# Chapter 2931: Deteriorating Situation
The Drunken Old Man stood within the vast, nebula-like Great Dao Heavenly Desolate Seal, his bright eyes peering toward the end of the star domain, where he saw clusters of firelight emerging one after another.
Each cluster of firelight represented the destruction of a star.
The Drunken Old Man chuckled darkly. "The Hell Realm army has arrived! You miscalculated this time. Although Xuan Yi is powerful, he is ultimately not invincible."
"If not for that Nether Maiden's unexpected appearance, Xinghuantian would already be a piece of the Heavenly Court's territory. But it's still too early to speak of victory or defeat now; nothing is settled yet." Shang Tian stood at the peak of the star river, as calm as an ancient well.
The Drunken Old Man secretly admired this bearded man. One of his two most outstanding offspring had been refined to death, yet he could still remain composed. Truly cold-blooded and ruthless.
This was the true state of mind that regarded all living beings under heaven as ants.
His own child was an ant.
The Divine Emperor Duotian was also an ant.
All living beings were beneath his contempt.
The Drunken Old Man began to worry inwardly.
Xuan Yi was so formidable, and the Heavenly Court army was watching eagerly.
Once Xuan Yi defeated Absolute Wonder Zen Maiden, Desolate Heaven, and Yu Yao before the Hell Realm army arrived, the Heavenly Court's thirteen realms' army would surely charge straight in and quickly occupy Xinghuantian.
At that time, would he himself be able to remain cold-blooded and ruthless, ignoring the life and death of an entire realm's living beings?
If he were truly a cold-blooded and ruthless person, he would not have issued the decree forbidding Infinite Realm cultivators from entering this star domain a hundred thousand years ago.
In the game of the cosmos, the mortal world was the root and source of everything.
The battle between gods was the key to victory or defeat.
But ultimately, what decided everything was the will of the most top-tier experts between heaven and earth. However, their will was also influenced by the former two.
The cosmos was a great chessboard, and every level of figure had their own battlefield.
Shang Tian's lips moved slightly, and a divine decree flew toward the camp of the Heavenly Court's thirteen realms' army.
Outside the Blood Battle Divine Temple.
The commanders of the thirteen realms had gathered, each an absolute top-tier great god, with immense divine power and an aura that could swallow mountains and rivers.
From Paradise Realm: Jia Tianxia and Nine-Headed Dragon God; from Sword God Realm: Famous Sword God; from Thousand Stamen Realm: Mandala Flower God; from Soul Realm: Soul Lord... each was a being that had shaken the cosmos for hundreds of thousands of years.
Jia Tianxia received the divine decree, his expression slightly darkening, then he raised his voice: "I have just received a divine decree from Shang Tian. Our purpose in coming to Xinghuantian is to exterminate the remnants of the God-Defying Clan. The leader of the God-Defying Clan, Yu Baiwei, has already been slain by True God Xuan Yi. Now, the army advances to attack Xinghuantian. Find the God-Defying Clan, and kill without mercy!"
Among those present, aside from a few great gods, including Mandala Flower God, the other great gods all showed expressions of shock.
They had been ordered by the Heavenly Palace to lead the army in attacking Xinghuantian, to seize this strategically important great world.
But they had no idea that remnants of the God-Defying Clan were hiding in Xinghuantian.
"God-Defying Clan" — what a taboo term.
Mandala Flower God said, "The God-Defying Clan was exterminated long ago. How could there still be clansmen living in the world? Is this matter true or false?"
"Shang Tian himself has issued a divine decree. How could it be false?"
Leaving behind these words, Jia Tianxia had already driven the Blood Battle Divine Temple, leaping through space in an instant and appearing above Xinghuantian.
As soon as the Blood Battle Divine Temple appeared, it immediately triggered the Heavenly Venerable divine patterns in the starry sky.
"Rustle!"
A bolt of lightning ten thousand miles long, like a heavenly blade, slashed down and collided with the Blood Battle Divine Temple.
The Blood Battle Divine Temple erupted with blood light as bright as a star, and layers of formations and divine patterns spread outward, clashing with the descending lightning.
Jia Tianxia's gaze was sharp. "Even if this is the former territory of a Heavenly Venerable, what of it? Starry Sky Heavenly Venerable fell three million years ago. The means arranged in this starry sky have long been corroded by time. Do you think you can still stop me?"
Jia Tianxia drove the Blood Battle Divine Temple to ram into the Heavenly Venerable divine patterns.
"Boom!"
No matter how fierce the Heavenly Venerable divine patterns were, they could not penetrate the Blood Battle Divine Temple to harm Jia Tianxia.
Seeing Jia Tianxia so formidable, the Heavenly Court great gods who arrived later were all awed.
It must be known that among great gods, those who dared to clash with Heavenly Venerable divine patterns were extremely rare. Only an ancient god with combat power as fierce as Jia Tianxia's had such boldness.
"Shura Hell Realm Diagram!"
Jia Tianxia unfurled the scroll, continuously pouring divine energy from within his body into it, causing the scroll to transform into a vast, blood-red Shura world, like a boundless continent suspended above Xinghuantian.
This diagram was refined a hundred thousand years ago by Xiu Chen Heavenly God, a top-tier figure of the Shura Clan, and could be called a supreme ultimate treasure.
Under Jia Tianxia's control, the Shura world crashed downward toward Xinghuantian.
The Heavenly Court army, which had arrived behind the Blood Battle Divine Temple through the Space Teleportation Array, saw this shocking scene and were all boiling with blood, extremely excited.
"The Hall Master battles across the cosmos, unmatched under heaven!" The cultivators of the Blood Battle Divine Temple shouted in unison.
"Battles across the cosmos, unmatched under heaven!"
...
Tens of thousands of Heavenly Court soldiers shouted in unison, their morale soaring, holy light rushing to the heavens.
The Shura world continuously crushed the outer formations of Xinghuantian, creating wave after wave of powerful energy currents, causing violent shaking in space and the entire starry sky to tremble.
The living beings of Xinghuantian all looked up at the sky above.
In the sky, a blood-red world had appeared, with blood lakes, blood seas, blood-colored mountains and rivers... so eerie, yet so real.
Xinghuantian had a hundred thousand nations, and at this moment, the monarch of every nation led their ministers, kneeling in worship.
There were also eight hundred ancient sects and schools, whose sect leaders and masters, along with their disciples, offered sacrifices to heaven, communicated with the gods, and sought protection. But the gods did not respond!
Countless trillions of ordinary people were all panicked, thinking the apocalypse had come, searching everywhere for places of refuge.
Yu Yao stood at the top of the city wall of Divine Maiden Garment City, her whole body radiating rain of light, looking upward. At any other time, if Jia Tianxia dared to force his way into Xinghuantian like this, she would surely activate the realm-protecting grand formation and destroy him.
But...
All her spiritual power was now used to deal with Xuan Yi. How could she spare the attention to protect the realm?
Outside the city, the battle between Xuan Yi, Desolate Heaven, and Absolute Wonder Zen Maiden was extremely perilous. With the slightest misstep, Desolate Heaven and Absolute Wonder Zen Maiden would not just be defeated — they would likely fall.
If they fell, Xinghuantian would only be defeated and destroyed even faster.
What should be done now?
Seeing Desolate Heaven and Absolute Wonder Zen Maiden, who were severely injured, Yu Yao was anxious and called out for help: "Master, where exactly are you?"
The Drunken Old Man heard her cry. His always grinning face instantly changed, his gaze turning cold as ice. "You dare to spread the secret of the God-Defying Clan?"
Shang Tian said calmly, "You forced my hand. Before coming, I never intended to expose this matter. I only wanted to take Xinghuantian for the Heavenly Court. But who told you to keep resisting? This is the consequence of daring to oppose me!"
"Shang Big Beard, you remember this — this grudge is huge!"
The Drunken Old Man was so angry that flames rose from his head. He raised both hands, ten fingers joined together.
The power of the entire star domain converged in an instant between his hands.
All the stars in the star domain dimmed.
"Whoosh!"
A light sword tens of millions of miles long shot out from the Drunken Old Man's palm, like a divine pillar in the cosmos. All realms of the Heavenly Court and all clans of Hell, no matter which star domain they were in, could see this pillar of light.
He swung the light pillar down, breaking open the Great Dao Heavenly Desolate Seal.
The Drunken Old Man's form flickered and disappeared.
"You won't escape."
In the cosmos, two other Shang Tians appeared.
The three Shang Tians all had divine bodies a billion miles tall, like boundless starry giants, standing in a triangular formation. Not only did their divine energy cover this star domain, but even the rules of heaven and earth were locked down.
The Drunken Old Man failed to escape and was forced out, roaring, "Then let's fight! I want to see if you can kill me."
"Why be so aggressive? As long as you agree to be a guest at Shangqiu for ten thousand years, I guarantee that not a single living being of Xinghuantian will be harmed," the three Shang Tians said in unison.
Every pore on the Drunken Old Man's body emitted a dazzling light, shattering the space that Shang Tian had locked down, and he charged into the void space.
He had to return to Xinghuantian immediately. If the Heavenly Court army broke in, everything would be too late!
In the void space, Shang Tian intercepted the Drunken Old Man again. "Now, you still have one last chance! Come with me to Shangqiu, and I will immediately order them to erase the memories of all who know."
"If you continue to resist, I will have no choice but to spread the secret that you are also a member of the God-Defying Clan to Hell Realm. By then, the Hell Realm army you hope will hold back the Heavenly Court army will surely retreat. Why must it come to that?"
"When your disciple falls in a pool of blood, when the God-Defying Clan is completely exterminated, when all the living beings of Xinghuantian die because of you, you will live in regret for the rest of your life. At that time, you will surely hate your current self deeply."
"If you are unwilling to go to Shangqiu, you can go to the Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Palace will surely give you a very high position!"
In response, light pillars surged from the Drunken Old Man's pupils.
Shang Tian lost his last shred of patience. "Since you have chosen destruction, I will grant your wish."
...
Blood Absolute War God, who was rushing to Xinghuantian, was intercepted by the clan leader of the Undying Blood Clan.
Blood Absolute War God looked toward Xinghuantian, the size of a washbasin in the starry sky, and said, "Old fellow, what is the meaning of this?"
The Undying Blood Clan leader glared. "No respect for elders. Call me Clan Leader."
"I'm in a hurry. If you have something to say, say it. If not, come with me to Xinghuantian." Blood Absolute War God grabbed the Undying Blood Clan leader and tried to drag him forward, but couldn't budge him.
Although the Undying Blood Clan leader was as thin as a stick, his legs seemed rooted to the spot, unmoving.
"What's the rush? Rushing to die?" The Undying Blood Clan leader said coldly.
Blood Absolute War God showed a cautious expression. "This time, the commotion at Xinghuantian is too big. It should have spiraled out of control, right? What exactly do you know? Tell me quickly. I don't have time to go around in circles with you here."
The Undying Blood Clan leader said, "I'll be honest with you. Right now, several All Heavens seeds and God Venerable seeds of Hell Realm are at Xinghuantian. I'm a bit afraid that the Heavenly Court might take a desperate risk and wipe you all out in one go."
"Although this possibility is very small — after all, if the Heavenly Court does this, Hell Realm will certainly not let it go, and an unprecedented divine war will erupt. Neither the Heavenly Court nor Hell Realm wants to fight to mutual destruction in such a place at such a time."
"But the possibility still exists! Since there is a possibility, I cannot let you take the risk."
Blood Absolute War God said, "This clan leader is not made of mud, to be crushed at will."
"What if Hao Tian makes a move?" The Undying Blood Clan leader stared at him.
Blood Absolute War God sucked in a breath of cold air, his eyes widening as he stared back at the Undying Blood Clan leader, unable to speak for a long time.