# Chapter 3112: Divine Mother Steps In
Xu Liao did not dare to confront the old corpse ghost. He immediately activated his escape technique and fled through a gap in the shattered space into the Void World. In the future, he would have to find a way to repay this debt with interest.
In the Hell Realm, although one could not kill a Great God, one could still seize their Profound Meaning.
Without Profound Meaning, a Great God would have no advantage at the same cultivation level, which was more painful than having their hands and feet crippled.
Profound Meaning was not useless to Zhang Ruochen. He could use it to recruit deities and strengthen his own forces.
"This divine corpse should be of great interest to the Corpse God Temple. Why hasn't any Boundless Realm deity made a move? Are they so afraid of Heavenly Mother and that old drunkard from Xinghuantian?"
Ghost Lord alone supported the Earth Evil Bell, clashing with the old corpse ghost. Every moment, his Divine Qi was being consumed in large amounts, and he was under tremendous pressure.
As the old corpse ghost continued to approach, Ghost Lord quickly retreated with his divine temple, avoiding direct confrontation with it.
"Let's go!"
Zhang Ruochen's spiritual power was being consumed quickly, and he did not want to entangle with Ghost Lord. This old fellow was extremely shrewd, always using the Earth Evil Bell to attack him across star domains, while his true body remained hidden in the divine temple, staying far away, with the goal of exhausting him to death.
Was Zhang Ruochen the type to be impulsively aggressive?
After attacking near the wormhole, Bore and the five deities of the Lost Paradise drove the Blood-Colored Divine Centipede Ship and left first.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the shoulder of the old corpse ghost, staring intently at the flying Earth Evil Bell, intending to take a risky gamble. All his spiritual power was poured into the "Ming" character token, and his Divine Qi surged toward the pillar of flame.
Suddenly, a hint of lively divine radiance appeared in the burning eyes of the old corpse ghost. Its hands strangely clasped together at its chest.
"Whoosh——"
In front of the old corpse ghost, tens of thousands of starlight appeared.
Each beam of starlight was a star.
Tens of thousands of stars formed a spiral-shaped galaxy, enveloping the flying Earth Evil Bell.
"How is this possible?"
Ghost Lord stood outside the divine temple, staring ahead, barely restraining himself from rushing out.
As the Lord of Ten Thousand Ghosts, he had truly seen a ghost today!
A divine corpse buried underground for who knows how many tens of thousands of years had actually performed the legendary "Ten Thousand Stars Chaos" divine ability, intending to take away the ancestral artifact of the Earth Evil Ghost City.
Was this still a divine corpse?
Ghost Lord suppressed the urge to rush out and roared, "Why aren't you all coming forward to help me retrieve the Earth Evil Bell?"
Li Yuan Heavenly God and Qianqian Divine Master flew toward the divine temple, standing on Ghost Lord's left and right sides, channeling their Divine Qi and spiritual power toward the Earth Evil Bell.
"Boom!"
The spiral-shaped galaxy in front of the old corpse ghost collapsed, ten thousand stars annihilated, and all the death energy rushed into the wormhole, disappearing into this starry sky.
"Ghost Lord, I will spare your life today." Zhang Ruochen's voice came from within the wormhole.
"Hmph, arrogant."
Ghost Lord withdrew the Earth Evil Bell, secretly exhaling a breath. His deep ghostly eyes stared at the wormhole that had returned to calm, still feeling lingering fear.
Just now, if that divine corpse had not malfunctioned and the divine ability it performed had collapsed on its own, the Earth Evil Bell might really have been taken away.
That was close!
Qianqian Divine Master's voice carried no emotion as she said, "This divine corpse is very powerful. Zhang Ruochen seems unable to fully control it yet. Otherwise, we would have been in great danger today."
Li Yuan Heavenly God spoke through his bone mouth, "This is not a divine corpse at all. It has its own consciousness, but it is sealed by some powerful force. Zhang Ruochen can control that sealing force, which is why he can control it. If not for that sealing force... it's unimaginable how terrifying it would be."
Ghost Lord agreed with their analysis, saying, "Just now, Zhang Ruochen must have partially unsealed it, which is why the divine corpse could suddenly perform Ten Thousand Stars Chaos. But with Zhang Ruochen's current spiritual power intensity, he clearly cannot handle the divine corpse's will. He suffered backlash, which is why, just as he was about to take the Earth Evil Bell, he immediately resealed the divine corpse."
"Could this divine corpse be a Boundless Realm corpse deity?" Li Yuan Heavenly God speculated with a trembling heart.
The Boundless Realm was the goal they had pursued all their lives, representing the most powerful ruler status in the universe.
They could not accept that a Boundless Realm corpse deity had been sealed and reduced to a junior's combat tool. What meaning would their lifelong pursuit have then?
This was too devastating to their cultivation mindset!
Ghost Lord said, "I wonder if you noticed, the aura on that divine corpse is completely different from that of Corpse Clan deities. It's very strange, extremely violent and abnormal."
Xu Liao flew over, speaking with hatred, "We cannot let Zhang Ruochen go. Controlling such a powerful divine corpse must consume a tremendous amount of spiritual power. If we pursue him now and just entangle him in battle, we can definitely exhaust him to death."
Ghost Lord looked at Xu Liao with sympathy.
If he could not reclaim the lost Profound Meaning, Xu Liao's combat power would plummet significantly, reducing him to the weakest deity at the Grand Void Realm.
"Let's go. We can pursue him now."
Ghost Lord clearly understood the situation on the other side of the wormhole, which was why he deliberately waited a bit longer on this side.
...
Each wormhole jump spanned thousands or even tens of thousands of light-years, like passing through folded space.
Mu Tuo War God of the Darkness Temple floated in the starry sky, his body entirely made of bones, but the bones were wrapped in black iron skin, with nothing exposed.
Pu Chuanqi had his head severed by Desolate Heaven and was cursed by death power. His head could not grow back, making him look like a headless corpse.
Xue Li of Fengdu Ghost City was slightly weaker than Mu Tuo War God and Pu Chuanqi, only at the middle stage of the Grand Void Realm. However, his combat power was not necessarily weaker than Pu Chuanqi, who had lost his divine artifact and head.
Three Grand Void Realm Great Gods stood like three tall and majestic divine peaks, suspended above a yellowish-brown nebula cloud cluster. They remained motionless, but the aura they emitted terrified the living beings in the surrounding star domain.
The wormhole floated not far from them, appearing and disappearing.
The Yellow Spring Star River of the Hell Realm was generally divided into nineteen major galaxies.
Among them, the ten galaxies with the densest Heaven and Earth Divine Qi were each occupied by one of the ten major clans.
Fate Divine Domain, Fengdu Ghost City, and the Unreturned Forest where Yama Heaven Beyond Heaven was located were the smallest galaxy among the nineteen, not belonging to any of the ten clans.
Each galaxy, based on the movement patterns of stars, star clusters, and nebulae, was further divided into countless star domains.
The star domain where the three Grand Void Realm Great Gods were currently located was at the edge of the Rakshasa Clan galaxy, called "Qilin Star Domain." This was because the nebula cloud cluster here looked very much like a Qilin, covering ten trillion miles of void.
Countless asteroids were distributed within the nebula cloud cluster.
Three streaks of light like shooting stars flew across the nebula and stopped below the massive divine bodies of the three Grand Void Realm Great Gods.
Many women of the Rakshasa Clan were born with seductive bones or were evil and alluring.
But Heavenly Sound Divine Mother was dignified and beautiful, with colorful ribbons floating, her skin crystal clear, and no signs of aging on her face. Like a Lingbo Immortal, she slightly bowed and said, "Greetings to the three seniors."
Xue Li opened his pool-sized eyes, which were full of talisman patterns, and said, "Divine Mother, your status is noble. Please do not bow to us. If word of this gets out, Emperor Luo Yan will surely think we are too presumptuous."
Although Heavenly Sound Divine Mother was the empress of Emperor Luo Yan, she was only a few hundred thousand years old, making her a junior before Mu Tuo, Pu Chuanqi, and Xue Li.
"We know why Divine Mother has come. Please return, no need to say more. Zhang Ruochen and we have a personal grudge. Even if Heavenly Mother were here, she would give us the chance to take revenge."
Pu Chuanqi had no mouth, his voice coming from within his body, very arrogant, not taking Heavenly Sound Divine Mother seriously at all.
A Tai Yi Great God, merely relying on Emperor Luo Yan to attain her current status.
Emperor Luo Yan was such a heroic figure, yet he could not resist a beautiful woman. It was said that he had entrusted many affairs of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom to Heavenly Sound Divine Mother. This showed that this woman, aside from her beauty, was also extraordinary in her methods.
Hearing Pu Chuanqi's words, Luo Sha, standing behind Heavenly Sound Divine Mother, giggled and said, "Lord Pu is a peak Grand Void Realm figure, renowned in both the Heavenly Court and Hell Realm for hundreds of thousands of years. My Chen Ge has only cultivated for a little over a thousand years. What has he done to deserve your resentment? Could it be that you are transferring your hatred for Blood Absolute Great Clan Leader onto him? That would be... hehe..."
Naturally, Luo Sha did not count the time Zhang Ruochen had cultivated within the Sundial.
Heavenly Sound Divine Mother did not stop Luo Sha, her gaze gentle and beautiful.
Pu Chuanqi knew Luo Sha was mocking him. He snorted, "In the Dark Great Triangle Star Domain, if Zhang Ruochen had not interfered, the Universe Cauldron would already be mine."
"But I heard that you wanted to seize Chen Ge's divine sword and God-Defying Stele, only to have your divine artifact taken by Blood Absolute War God instead." Luo Sha's smile was playful, showing no respect for Pu Chuanqi.
Flames surged from Pu Chuanqi's severed neck, but he did not strike.
After all, this was the Rakshasa Clan's territory.
Heavenly Sound Divine Mother said, "Zhang Ruochen is Heavenly Mother's divine envoy and holds a transcendent status in the Rakshasa Clan. Three seniors, please show respect to Heavenly Mother and do not intercept him."
Mu Tuo War God said in a deep voice, "Divine Mother is using Heavenly Mother to pressure us? My Darkness Temple has lost five Great Gods: Li Xiao, Zhao Wuyan, Shuang Chengmo, Shi Di, and Ren Pi Deng. Yu Shi was captured by him, his life or death unknown. And Wu Yue, the master of the Twelve Spirit God Hall, was... humiliated by him like that. If this revenge is not taken, how can my Darkness Temple establish itself in the Hell Realm?"
"Even if Heavenly Mother is powerful, there must still be justice in this world, right?"
The Darkness Temple was talking about justice?
Luo Sha smiled mockingly and wanted to speak again, but this time Heavenly Sound Divine Mother stopped her.
Heavenly Sound Divine Mother said, "Senior Xue Li, did you come under the orders of the Heavenly Venerable?"
"The Heavenly Venerable is not in Fengdu Ghost City, but Divine Mother should know the relationship between Wu Yue and the Heavenly Venerable. Zhang Ruochen has done this. How can we, who are loyal to the Heavenly Venerable, not take his life?" Xue Li clasped his hands and bowed in the direction of Fengdu Ghost City.
Among the Ghost Clan, Fengdu Dadi was the faith, the symbol of supreme power, worshipped by billions of ghosts, including countless deities who were willing to die for him.
That was why deities like Xue Li could not allow any cultivator to insult Fengdu Dadi.
Even a single curse word would result in the extermination of their entire clan.
In the hearts of the Ghost Clan deities, Wu Yue was the Emperor's wife from a previous life.
Regardless of the truth, that was how they saw it.