# Chapter 3028: Endless Darkness, Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array
After flying into the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, the vision darkened, and the rules of heaven and earth underwent obvious changes.
The number of dark rules increased greatly, while light rules diminished.
Xiao Hei's consumption was enormous, the divine qi stored in his Divine Realm World rapidly depleting. He said urgently, "This Emperor can't hold on much longer! Old Yaksha, you're a Great God with deep foundations, give this Emperor a ride."
Xiao Hei changed back into his owl-headed humanoid form and was about to ride on the Ancestral Realm World Venerable's back.
The Ancestral Realm World Venerable pretended not to hear, flapping his Yaksha wings on his back and accelerating. Behind him, Xiao Hei was so angry he howled, once again threatening to exterminate half the Yaksha Clan's living beings.
The Ancestral Realm World Venerable snorted coldly, "The Slaughter Heaven Prince must have collected quite a few divine stones from the Yaksha Clan, right? Now is the time to use them!"
Not to mention divine stones, even divine sources, Xiao Hei had forcefully taken two.
But he couldn't bear to part with them!
Who knew how much longer the six divine swords would fly?
Even absorbing the divine qi from divine sources probably wouldn't hold out.
Zhang Ruochen took out a pair of white wings and threw them to Xiao Hei, saying, "This pair of Radiant Divine Wings was refined from the Plunder Heaven Divine Emperor's wings. They can unleash speed not inferior to a Great God's, and the consumption of divine stones should be much less."
"You, Zhang Ruochen, are truly a brother."
Xiao Hei received them like a treasure, immediately put away the Undying Bird Flame Wings, and attached the Radiant Divine Wings to his back, transforming into an owl-headed angel.
The two Radiant Divine Wings emitted extremely bright radiance, so that even from a hundred million li away, white light dots could be seen, appearing extremely dazzling in this endless darkness.
Xiao Hei asked curiously, "Weren't three pairs of Radiant Divine Wings refined? Why don't you use them?"
"I don't need them! With my spiritual power, I can continuously mobilize the world's spiritual qi and sacred qi for my own use, maintaining the consumption of the Divine Spirit Step." Zhang Ruochen said with confidence.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen wouldn't tell Xiao Hei that the reason he gave him the Radiant Divine Wings was to light a lamp for the Darkness Temple gods chasing behind, so they wouldn't lose track.
Xiao Hei's spiritual power had actually always been very strong, especially after secluding himself for several thousand years on Xinghuantian, it had already broken through to the seventy-fifth rank. But even with such powerful spiritual power, mobilizing the world's spiritual qi and sacred qi for his own use still couldn't make up for such rapid divine qi consumption.
"Is the gap between seventy-fifth rank and seventy-sixth rank really that big?"
Xiao Hei was extremely envious in his heart, and quickly said, "Then what about those spiritual power divine pills..."
"Whoosh!"
Zhang Ruochen's speed suddenly increased sharply, surpassing Xiao Hei and the Ancestral Realm World Venerable as he flew forward, charging into the thousand-li sword river, stepping on one sacred sword after another, quickly approaching the six divine swords.
But just as he approached the divine swords, he was struck by a sword light erupted from them.
"Pfft!"
Zhang Ruochen groaned, blood splattering from his body as he fell into the void.
After a long while, he recovered and turned into a streak of light, continuing to chase.
On the three-hundred-li long divine ship quietly following behind, hidden in the darkness, Li Xiao Great God saw this scene, all doubts in his heart vanishing. He laughed, "It seems the six divine swords are completely out of Zhang Ruochen's control."
Rain Master said, "Those six divine swords have long been corroded and cannot compare to true divine artifacts. But if they fall into the hands of our Darkness Temple, we can use the six swords as a foundation, seek the best materials in heaven and earth, recast them, and restore the divine swords' original power. We might even be able to help the sword spirits of the six swords reach the True God level."
Li Xiao Great God was covered in black light, his emotions agitated, saying, "In that case, the Darkness Temple will gain six more true divine artifacts. Why worry about not overshadowing the Destiny Temple in the future?"
Rain Master said, "Divine swords must be wielded by sword cultivators to unleash their strongest power. So we must not only seize the six divine swords but also find the Sword Realm and the ancient Sword God Temple to complete what is missing in the Sword Dao."
Li Xiao Great God looked at Rain Master, his hostility somewhat diminished.
After all, she was only a spiritual power cultivator. Even if she seized the six divine swords and found the ancient Sword God Temple, she wouldn't gain much benefit.
But Li Xiao Great God was a sword cultivator and could obtain the most substantial benefits.
Li Xiao Great God said, "What Rain Master says is reasonable. From now on, we must cooperate fully and not create any more rifts."
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The deeper they flew into the darkness, the more fear grew in people's hearts. They felt themselves drifting further and further from the outside world, and it was very possible they would never return.
Imagine a mortal descending several thousand meters into the earth, looking up to see the cave entrance growing smaller and smaller until it completely disappears. The surroundings become quiet, no more life, no more plants, no more sunlight, only oneself and endless darkness. If the people above take away the rope, there will be no way back to the surface.
This is a more terrifying thing than death itself.
Fifty thousand steps was an extremely terrifying distance, impossible for Saint Realm cultivators to cross.
For gods, in the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, without stellar coordinate references, and with dark forces interfering with divine souls, it was very easy to misjudge direction and become lost.
At first, Xiao Hei could still chat and laugh, but by the third day, he began to say nothing at all, unable to utter any words.
Even when he spoke, it was to ask Zhang Ruochen and the Ancestral Realm World Venerable if they still remembered the direction? Could they still sense the fluctuations from the outside world? How vast was the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain? Could they still get out?
By the seventh day, even Zhang Ruochen felt a sense of oppression in his heart.
Although he had memorized the Yaksha Clan's star charts and knew the way to the Star Fragment Bowl was safe and the return path could be found, staying in the darkness for too long made the fear of the unknown and the fear of the empty cosmic space impossible to suppress.
Sometimes, the thought "Can I still go back?" would appear in Zhang Ruochen's mind.
Xiao Hei had completely stopped talking, becoming a silent gourd.
Until the tenth day.
Finally, powerful cosmic winds appeared in the dark world, breaking the silence and stillness, making Xiao Hei excited. He said ecstatically, "Have we arrived? Have we found the Sword Realm?"
Zhang Ruochen secretly calculated that they had probably crossed fifty thousand steps and reached the star region where the Star Fragment Bowl was located. He then looked at the Ancestral Realm World Venerable.
The Ancestral Realm World Venerable nodded to him.
The light erupting from the Radiant Divine Wings on Xiao Hei's back illuminated this dark heaven and earth. In the hazy dimness, tens of thousands of small planets and rock fragments could be seen ahead.
They spun rapidly, occupying a million li, forming a "bowl"-shaped vortex.
The six divine swords charged forward first, leading the thousand-li-long sword river, disappearing into the immensely vast stellar vortex.
The cosmic winds were strong, emitting a deafening "buzzing" sound.
"Hurry and chase in."
Xiao Hei was extremely excited, rushing toward the Star Fragment Bowl.
But Zhang Ruochen was not so impatient. Instead, he looked at the Ancestral Realm World Venerable.
No joke, they were already fifty thousand steps from the outside world. If the Yaksha Clan used a trap to kill him too, who would know?
At no time could one let their guard down.
Zhang Ruochen and the Ancestral Realm World Venerable both charged into the Star Fragment Bowl.
The Darkness Temple cultivators following behind had also suffered through these ten days. Although they liked the darkness and had left spatial markers along the way, the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain still brought them great shock, and fear continued to grow in their hearts.
Seeing the Star Fragment Bowl, their spirits lifted, and they drove the divine ship charging in.
The moment they passed through the small planet debris belt, Rain Master detected traces of a formation and realized something was wrong. She shouted, "Quick, turn the divine ship around and leave this place."
Li Xiao Great God's divine soul was powerful, sensing an extremely dangerous aura. He personally rushed to the bow of the divine ship.
"Boom!"
The divine ship's protective formation was struck, and the ship's body shook violently.
Some Darkness Temple cultivators looked up. They saw space collapsing, dense small stars falling down. For a moment, they were scared out of their wits, frozen like stone.
Rain Master was quite calm but extremely angry, saying, "It's the Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array. We've fallen into a trap, and we can't escape anymore. Hurry, activate all protective formations. All cultivators, listen to my command, strike together and unleash your war weapons."
Inside the divine ship, the star became active, erupting bright and scorching light.
One formation after another rose.
On the ship, there were hundreds of thousands of Saint Realm cultivators from the Darkness Temple and various small clans. They all struck out with their war weapons, turning into a rain of light, bombarding the descending small planets.
Powerful energy fluctuations erupted violently within the Star Fragment Bowl, a spectacular scene.
Zhang Ruochen, the Ancestral Realm World Venerable, and Xiao Hei had long since passed through the other side of the Star Fragment Bowl, standing in the void watching.
"So it was to ambush and kill the Darkness Temple. Did they have to make such a big commotion? Acting like it was real."
Xiao Hei was somewhat displeased in his heart, feeling that he had been excited for so long, consumed a large amount of divine stones, and desperately rushed for ten days, only to find... nothing.
"If I didn't tell you, it was for fear you'd slip up."
Zhang Ruochen looked up. Above the Star Fragment Bowl, he saw a vast sea of divine qi clouds. A divine array covering a million li of heaven and earth was operating within the divine qi cloud sea.
The outline of the formation was contracting, pressing down and collapsing space, tearing apart the protective formations surrounding the Darkness Temple's divine ship.
Vaguely, a figure with a terrifying aura could be seen standing in the divine qi cloud sea.
"Bang! Bang!"
It was completely one-sided. The war weapons struck out by the Saint Realm cultivators on the divine ship exploded one by one, and the ship's hull developed cracks, unable to resist the Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array.
Shock in his eyes, Xiao Hei asked, "This Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array is no simple matter. It can suppress and kill a Great God. Who is that great figure controlling the formation? The spiritual power fluctuations they emit, Zhang Ruochen, are far stronger than yours!"
Rarely seeing the Slaughter Heaven and Destroy Earth Emperor so shocked, the Ancestral Realm World Venerable said somewhat proudly, "That is the patriarch of our Yaksha Clan. His spiritual power has already reached the peak of the seventy-eighth rank. Even without this Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array, he can contend with a Great God of the Supreme White Realm."
"Boom!"
Inside the Star Fragment Bowl, the three-hundred-li-long divine ship was crushed and exploded by the Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array controlled by the Yaksha Clan patriarch.
Space shook violently.
The star sealed within the divine ship erupted with unparalleled destructive power, vaporizing tens of thousands of small planets and rock fragments.
But even so, it could not break through the Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array.
Zhang Ruochen and the Ancestral Realm World Venerable did not relax. Their eyes remained fixed on that dazzlingly bright destroyed star region. Because they knew very well how terrifying a Great God's power was and how strong their life force was.
Suddenly, from that destroyed star region, a wave of power erupted a hundred times stronger than the star's explosion just now.
"A True God has self-detonated their divine source."
The thing Zhang Ruochen feared most had happened. He grabbed Xiao Hei and fled far away at extreme speed.
If a Great God self-detonated their divine source, the destructive power would be unimaginable. The Heaven-Collapsing Divine Array could not possibly withstand it.