Chapter 3314: Entering Lihentian Again
The protective divine formation of Paradise Realm grew increasingly powerful, with divine veins within the world manifesting visibly. Not only the sky, but the earth was covered in a thick layer of luminous mist, and various ancient divine patterns emerged.
The cat hair on Xiao Hei's face stood on end like a hedgehog's spines. He exclaimed in shock, "Something's wrong! Why has Paradise Realm's protective divine formation become so much stronger?"
Zhuque Huowu sneered, "Can't you sense the shift in the Radiant Divine Temple's position?"
"Of course I can!" Xiao Hei replied confidently, as if he truly could perceive it.
"Previously, the two most powerful formation foundations of Paradise Realm—the Radiant Divine Temple had never been activated, and Shangqiu was controlled by the Quantity Organization—so the protective divine formation was in a relatively weakened state," Yue Shen explained.
The fire spirit Mila drew a golden longbow, her jade fingers slowly pulling back the bowstring. The heaven-earth power of the entire Paradise Realm, channeled through the protective divine formation, converged endlessly onto the bowstring. Space contracted accordingly, the accumulated power growing denser and denser, erupting with an incomparably terrifying aura.
Mila seemed to transform into the formation spirit of the protective divine formation, or like an envoy of the Paradise Realm's world spirit in the mortal world. She said, "Hand over Daixue and Pulbas, and today I will spare your divine souls from destruction."
"Should we still fight?" Xiao Hei asked.
"Who's going to fight? You?" Chi Xingtian said irritably.
Even while inside the Divine Communication Temple, Chi Xingtian felt immense pressure, as if a single arrow could shoot him dead, annihilating both his divine form and spirit. He had never felt this way even when facing divine kings and divine venerables in the past.
"Let's go!"
Princess Shen Ba activated a divine formation left by the Second Confucian Ancestor within the Divine Communication Temple, forcibly tearing space apart and driving the temple toward the shattered space within.
But strangely, after passing through the shattered space, they did not enter the Void World.
The space before them flowed with countless radiant divine rivers, intricately interwoven.
With a thunderous boom, one of the radiant divine rivers struck the Divine Communication Temple, causing it to shake violently—a testament to the sheer force involved.
"Bang!"
Mila released an arrow.
The arrow transformed into a flaming light shuttle a hundred zhang in diameter, trailing a thousand-li streak of light as it flew into this mysterious world woven from radiant rivers.
The Five-Colored Divine Light and the Starry Sky Chessboard failed to block the arrow, and one wall of the Divine Communication Temple was pierced through.
This arrow was too powerful—a penetrating force transformed by the protective divine formation under Mila's control. The stronger the cultivator controlling the formation, the greater the power unleashed.
Krusa pursued them into this mysterious world of converging radiant divine rivers, saying, "You think you can tear through space and escape through the Void World? You underestimate a dominant world! The Void World corresponding to Paradise Realm has long been modified by the Primordial Ancestors and All Heavens since ancient times. With your cultivation, how could you possibly break through?"
"Give up resistance. You cannot escape!"
The Cyclops, riding a ten-thousand-li-wide formation seal, chased into this mysterious space, channeling the power of the protective divine formation. Pointing a finger at the Divine Communication Temple, purple divine lightning surged through the ten-thousand-li formation seal, relentlessly attacking the temple.
This was no longer the Zixiao Taixu Divine Lightning, but the far more terrifying Zixi Infinite Divine Lightning—a manifestation of the protective divine formation operating at its peak!
Of course, because the formation foundation at Shangqiu had been destroyed, the protective divine formation of Paradise Realm had not reached its full potential.
Under the assault of the Zixi Infinite Divine Lightning, the Five-Colored Divine Light on the surface of the Divine Communication Temple was continuously worn away. At the same time, one radiant divine river after another surged in, crashing against the temple.
Even though Shen Ba, Xiuchen Heavenly God, Chi Xingtian, Zhuque Huowu, Wu Yue, and Yue Shen had all joined forces, activating various ancient secret powers within the Divine Communication Temple, they still could not withstand the onslaught of the Zixi Infinite Divine Lightning.
Standing within the ten-thousand-li formation seal, Krusa channeled the power of the protective divine formation, condensing a Radiant Divine Sword thirty thousand li long. With a heavy swing, he brought it down.
Fortunately, the Starry Sky Chessboard left by the Second Confucian Ancestor was strong enough to block this strike.
Mila summoned golden heavenly fire, forming a sacred handprint that finally pierced the Five-Colored Divine Light, allowing the heavenly fire to fall into the Divine Communication Temple.
Zhuque Huowu, who primarily cultivated the path of flames, had her left arm instantly reduced to ashes upon touching a wisp of the golden heavenly fire. She had never encountered such terrifying power—it felt like an attack from the All Heavens, capable of annihilating everything in the world.
The Cyclops, Krusa, and Mila were also suffering, as controlling such immense power came at a cost to themselves.
They were deeply shocked. Logically, with the power of Paradise Realm's protective divine formation, any single strike should be able to severely wound a divine king or divine venerable.
With the three of them combining their efforts and channeling three types of power, who below the All Heavens could withstand it?
Yet the Divine Communication Temple had held!
The Cyclops could barely endure, his arms gradually turning black and charred from the backlash of the Zixi Infinite Divine Lightning, his fingers carbonizing.
"Where has Zhang Ruochen gone? Why hasn't he appeared?" Wu Yue asked, her tone growing urgent.
In the face of life and death, who could remain calm?
Earlier, Wu Yue had been struck by the Zixi Infinite Divine Lightning and had only survived thanks to wearing the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze. But her body was still bleeding profusely, her physical form on the verge of collapse.
If this stalemate continued, at most half an hour more, they would all die inside the Divine Communication Temple.
"That's right, where is Zhang Ruochen? Didn't he claim to have a way to escape?"
Xiuchen Heavenly God was frantic. Having finally regained a chance to return to her peak, she did not want to die here in Paradise Realm.
She added, "I told you, you're too young, too reckless. Is Paradise Realm a place to be casually stormed? Even the All Heavens dare not barge in recklessly!"
"Miaoli, you were once a Heavenly God of your generation. Faced with a minor difficulty, why are you so flustered? What's there to fear? Am I not here?"
Zhang Ruochen walked into the desert within the inner world of the Divine Communication Temple, his body radiating Five-Colored Divine Light, appearing very composed.
A wisp of golden heavenly fire broke through the Divine Communication Temple's formation defenses and drifted toward him.
Zhang Ruochen waved his arm, sending the Second Divine Sword flying out to shatter the golden heavenly fire into pieces.
Xiao Hei shrank his body to the size of an owl, hiding on Zhuque Huowu's shoulder, and said, "Stop wasting time, okay? Can't you see we're in a desperate situation? If you really have a way to escape, implement it now."
Wu Yue, Yue Shen, Chi Xingtian, and even Shen Ba all turned their gazes to Zhang Ruochen, suspecting he might have obtained some kind of Primordial Ancestor power left by the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable.
Clearly, the current predicament exceeded their expectations. The gods of Paradise Realm no longer cared about the lives of Pulbas and Daixue the Queen; their intent was to annihilate them all.
Zhang Ruochen looked at Xiuchen Heavenly God and said, "The real world is sealed off by the protective divine formation, and the Void World is blocked by Paradise Realm's ancient powerhouses. Our only path is to go to Lihentian!"
"Go to Lihentian? You want to condense the Great Yin again? No, going to Lihentian is also a dead end." Xiuchen Heavenly God shook her head vigorously. Last time in Lihentian, they had nearly been killed by an ancient Heavenly Venerable.
Zhang Ruochen had provoked too many powerful enemies!
"Then we wait here to die," Zhang Ruochen said.
Xiuchen Heavenly God thought carefully, then said, "Last time we went to Lihentian, we suffered backlash from the heaven-earth power, and my injuries haven't healed yet. Your injuries should be even worse, right?"
"My injuries have fully healed!"
Zhang Ruochen stopped arguing with Xiuchen Heavenly God and directly released the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, manifesting it visibly to envelop the entire Divine Communication Temple.
His body automatically flew to the sun position, releasing the power of light.
His yang energy radiated outward, like a blazing sun illuminating all.
"When you condense the Great Yin, the heaven-earth power is too strong. With my current cultivation, I simply cannot withstand it. If I suffer backlash from the heaven-earth power again, I might even have my divine form and spirit annihilated!"
The attacks from Paradise Realm's protective divine formation grew increasingly fierce. Forced into a corner, Xiuchen Heavenly God had no choice but to fly to the Great Yin position.
"When you absorbed heaven-earth power to enhance yourself, you didn't say you couldn't handle it. Remember, you are now a woman, in an extreme yin state!"
Zhang Ruochen was somewhat uneasy, feeling that Xiuchen Heavenly God might truly not be able to hold up. He looked at Wu Yue and said, "Will you enter the Great Yin position and help me control the dark power?"
Wu Yue transformed into a beam of white light and joined Xiuchen Heavenly God.
Zhang Ruochen was a bit puzzled. Why was Yue Shen so proactive when he asked Wu Yue for help?
Controlling the power of the dark path was clearly more suited to Wu Yue, who was born from the Darkness Temple.
Time was pressing, so Zhang Ruochen did not dwell on it or deliberately probe the identities of Wu Yue and Yue Shen. Yue Shen possessed a Great Yin Heavenly Moon body, making her very suitable for the Great Yin position. Perhaps she had also cultivated the dark path, which was why she was so confident.
Regardless, Yue Shen was reliable in critical moments and worthy of trust.
The mountain-like Lesser Yang and the sea-like Lesser Yin manifested in succession. At the same time, the Great Yin and Great Sun rapidly condensed, forming two distinct currents—one cold, one hot—that spun rapidly within the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram.
The dark rules and time rules of heaven and earth frantically converged toward Xiuchen Heavenly God and Wu Yue at the Great Yin position.
"What's happening? Are they using the Dark Esoterica?" Krusa asked.
Mila said, "So what if one of them is a Dark Lord? With their cultivation at the Grand Void realm, can they contend with Paradise Realm's protective divine formation?"
"Besides the Dark Esoterica, there is also the aura of Time Esoterica," the Cyclops reminded.
Krusa instinctively sensed something was wrong. He fully activated his divine qi, released his divine soul, and channeled the power left by Shang Tian within the protective divine formation.
Within the space covered by the ten-thousand-li formation seal beneath his feet, a crimson glow appeared, and a massive handprint three thousand li long manifested.
"Crack!"
Unable to withstand this power, a piece of Krusa's skull shattered.
Soon, a second piece broke.
This handprint contained Shang Tian's full-force strike—the All Heavens divine ability "Great Dao Heavenly Desolation Seal," originally meant to deal with divine kings and divine venerables invading Paradise Realm.
Only a formation of this scale could bear the divine ability of the All Heavens, and only by drawing on Paradise Realm's world power could it be activated.
Krusa pushed forward with all his might, and more than a dozen pieces of his divine bone shattered.
Just as the Great Dao Heavenly Desolation Seal was about to strike the Divine Communication Temple, the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram transformed into a storm vortex, shattering space once again.
A colorful world appeared!
Clouds of various colors floated in the sky, and an aura not of this world rushed forth—ancient and eerie.
The Divine Communication Temple narrowly avoided the Great Dao Heavenly Desolation Seal and flew into that colorful world, radiant and dazzling, like a place that could only exist in dreams.
Krusa narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "They... they actually opened a passage to Lihentian. How did they do it?"
"Should we pursue?" the Cyclops asked.
"Pursue!"
It was Mila who answered the Cyclops. She said, "Once inside Lihentian, the divine formations within the Divine Communication Temple will become completely useless. With our cultivation, we can handle them!"
The Cyclops said, "That's right. They are all heavily injured, at their weakest moment."
"This is the perfect opportunity to enter Lihentian and break through to the Infinite realm."
Krusa stopped controlling the protective divine formation. Black divine light flickered on his body, and all the shattered bones re-formed.
In the final moments before the space closed, Krusa, Mila, and the Cyclops, carrying overwhelming divine might, charged into Lihentian and flew toward the Divine Communication Temple.
Chi Xingtian, Zhuque Huowu, and Princess Shen Ba flew out of the temple to meet them head-on.
"Excellent! Borrowing the power of predecessors and fighting with formations is boring. Face-to-face combat is much more satisfying!" Chi Xingtian let out a long roar, raised his battle axe, and attacked the Cyclops.