Chapter 3321: Radiant Mountain Destroyed
Zhang Ruochen's eyes blazed with light as he swung his right arm forward.
The six swords, like six burning miniature stars, crashed into the darkness.
"Behi, where do you think you're going? Leave your divine soul behind!"
As Xiu Chen Heavenly God's voice rang out, the sundial carried a sea of time light, piercing through the darkness to find Krosa's true body.
"Today, I have truly witnessed the brilliance of the foremost talent of this era! Once I have fully integrated Krosa's divine soul and memories, I will surely pay another visit."
Krosa employed a bizarre speed divine ability, taking several steps in succession before vanishing from Zhang Ruochen and Xiu Chen Heavenly God's sight. Subsequently, even when they tried to sense him, they could not perceive anything.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Celestial Pivot Needle, but could not deduce his location.
"These old fellows have such superb means, instantly concealing themselves in the formless. Even a divine artifact is helpless against them!" Zhang Ruochen sighed inwardly.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God said, "You should be grateful! Behi clearly only just succeeded in his possession and hasn't fully merged with Krosa. Perhaps Krosa's spiritual will is still influencing him."
"Otherwise, relying solely on his divine soul, his combat power would not be inferior to a Divine King or God Venerable at the initial stage of Qiankun Infinite. Krosa himself was very strong; his physical body would not become a shackle to his soul."
"By the way, did you just use Dark Esoterica and Time Esoterica to break his soul attack? This is Lihentian, after all!"
Zhang Ruochen retrieved the six swords and said, "So what if it's Lihentian? Lihentian also has time, and besides, Krosa cultivated dark power. Time Esoterica and Dark Esoterica are enough to severely affect him. You don't think Esoterica is only used to mobilize the rules of heaven and earth, do you?"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God felt Zhang Ruochen wasn't telling the whole truth, but was too lazy to argue with him.
After all, what was she but an artifact spirit? How could she win an argument?
In truth, the real reason was that Behi's remnant soul had entered within eighteen zhang of Zhang Ruochen. Within this range, Zhang Ruochen felt he could achieve complete independence from Lihentian and formulate his own rules.
Dark Esoterica and Time Esoterica had only played a supporting role.
"What a pity. If you had used the Earth Cauldron earlier and struck him unexpectedly, you might have been able to keep him here. Behi's remnant soul is no weaker than some weaker ancient Heavenly Venerables." Xiu Chen Heavenly God sighed.
Zhang Ruochen said, "If we had truly threatened his life, we might not have survived today either. In the end, his raw strength was still greater."
Zhang Ruochen had long known that he could not suppress Krosa today, which was why he hadn't used the Earth Cauldron.
The reason for the exchange was twofold: first, to confirm whether Krosa had truly been possessed by Behi's remnant soul; second, to test his own current strength and weaknesses in battle.
Zhang Ruochen and Xiu Chen Heavenly God quickly left the area, heading towards Radiant Mountain.
On the way.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God said, "Refine Quan Zhongsheng, Puerbas, and Dai Xue the Queen completely. Using the Divine Soul Pills, I should be able to quickly advance to Ten Percent Infinite. Then, whether it's Krosa or Behi, we need not fear."
Zhang Ruochen remained silent.
To be honest, he still hadn't made up his mind whether to refine and kill these three Taixu peak Great Gods of Paradise Realm.
Doing so would not only enrage Paradise Realm but would also force the entire Heavenly Court Myriad Realms to join forces in attacking Xinghuantian.
Although Divine Consort Shenba had already caused chaos in Paradise Realm, all the gods of the various realms knew it was a personal grudge between Kunlun Realm and Paradise Realm, a blood feud from one hundred thousand years ago.
Moreover, Divine Consort Shenba herself had married into Paradise Realm and was considered a god of Paradise Realm.
But Quan Zhongsheng, Puerbas, and Dai Xue the Queen had friends all over the world. If Zhang Ruochen refined and killed them, it was hard to predict what consequences would follow.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God knew that Zhang Ruochen, as the master of Xinghuantian, had countless living beings from major powers behind him and had to act with careful consideration.
So, she offered a strategy, saying, "We can claim that Divine Consort Shenba killed them. After all, many gods of the Heavenly Court know that Paradise Realm imprisoned Divine Consort Shenba, and they find it disgraceful."
"Kunlun Realm also needs a reason to break away and move to Sword Realm. This is a perfect opportunity to offend the Paradise Realm faction, even the entire Heavenly Court, to the utmost."
"You are truly resourceful, worthy of being a Heavenly God of your generation." Zhang Ruochen said.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God didn't know if Zhang Ruochen was genuinely praising her or mocking her, and was about to continue arguing.
Suddenly, Divine Consort Shenba, Chi Xingtian, Zhuque Huowu, and Xiao Hei, who was hanging from Chi Xingtian's waist, flew rapidly towards them, pushing their speed to the limit.
"Run! Radiant Mountain is destroyed! All the divine soul thoughts of the current Divine Kings and God Venerables have been devoured."
Chi Xingtian roared, glancing back as he did.
"Hurry back to the Real World! Lihentian is no longer safe. Another ancient monster has emerged, terrifying beyond measure." Zhuque Huowu's face was pale as she spoke urgently.
Zhang Ruochen had already sensed an extremely terrifying aura rapidly approaching.
So, when Chi Xingtian and the others drew near, he immediately manifested the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram and activated it at full power.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God said, "What exactly happened? How could Radiant Mountain be destroyed?"
"It's hard to explain in just a few words. See for yourself!"
Divine Consort Shenba waved her hand, using her spiritual power to construct a light screen, recreating the terrifying scene she had witnessed earlier.
Zhang Ruochen stole a glance while busy.
A seven-colored mountain range, undulating, majestic, and magnificent, floated in the void.
Three massive figures appeared at the periphery of the mountain range, using bizarre methods to suck the divine soul thoughts of the Divine Kings and God Venerables within the mountain into their bellies.
Although it was just a light screen, one could feel the terror of those three figures.
In Radiant Mountain, although there were only a few divine soul thoughts of Divine Kings and God Venerables, they should not have been swallowed like ants.
This scene was horrifying, making it hard to believe it was real.
Zhang Ruochen saw the Truth Hall Master's divine soul thought being grabbed and crushed by one of the figures with goat horns. He also saw the Undying Blood Clan Clan Leader's divine soul thought being taken away by a black chain.
"Boom!"
Hao Tian's divine soul thought manifested at the head of the seven-colored mountain range, his figure expanding as if turning into a giant that reached the heavens, repelling the figure with goat horns.
As the current Heavenly Venerable, the higher the cultivation, the greater the responsibility. Thus, Hao Tian had left a large number of divine soul thoughts in Radiant Mountain.
Even with just divine soul thoughts, he could suppress the remnant souls of ancient Heavenly Venerables and ensure Radiant Mountain's safety.
At the other end of the seven-colored mountain range, a mass of dark light appeared.
Within the dark light, a massive humanoid skeleton grew, repelling one of the ancient Heavenly Venerable's remnant souls.
"So strong! Who is Hell Realm's guardian in Radiant Mountain? It doesn't look like Fengdu Dadi!" Xiao Hei asked.
Suddenly, a city descended from the sky, crashing down onto the seven-colored mountain range.
The seven-colored mountain range snapped in two, and countless divine soul thoughts within were crushed. Hao Tian and the humanoid skeleton both unleashed divine abilities towards the sky, but could not stop it.
On the wall of the city that had descended from the sky, a figure stood proudly.
Even just seeing it on the spiritual power light screen, Zhang Ruochen felt an overwhelming, heaven-covering, earth-shattering pressure rushing towards him, making it hard to breathe.
"Could it be... could it be the remnant soul of an Ancestor... What is happening to Lihentian..." Xiu Chen Heavenly God felt disoriented, as if the world had become different.
Would this upheaval in Lihentian affect the Real World?
Zhang Ruochen's heart could not calm down. With the emergence of the seventy-two pillar demon gods and the northern expedition of the Infinite, it truly was a case of pulling one hair and affecting the whole body. Whether in the Real World or Lihentian, many reclusive and bizarre existences had lost their suppression, and the cosmic situation was spiraling out of control.
Fortunately, with the rapid rotation of the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, a vortex storm formed, opening a passage to the Real World.
Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief...
"Whoosh!"
A fiery light figure rushed into the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, its aura extremely terrifying.
"Not good! A powerful divine soul thought has broken in!"
Chi Xingtian swung his battle axe and attacked.
Zhuque Huowu thrust her Demon-Slaying Spear, and Divine Consort Shenba launched a spiritual power attack.
The fiery light figure condensed into a stunningly beautiful, cold and proud woman. With a flick of her sleeve, she repelled them all.
The cold and proud woman placed her hand on Zhang Ruochen's shoulder and said, "Quickly return to the Real World!"
Zhang Ruochen looked into the distance. He saw the massive figure with goat horns, which he had just seen on the spiritual power light screen, rapidly approaching the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram.
Its aura was immense, surpassing Behi's remnant soul.
"Understood, Feng Tian!"
Zhang Ruochen steered the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, charging into the passage.
Moments later, they burst out of Lihentian and landed in a vast, boundless sea in the Real World, the impact sending towering waves in all directions.
Everyone was worried and looked up.
The world passage had not yet fully closed. They could see the massive figure with goat horns, eager to enter the passage. But as it tentatively reached in a large hand, the entire arm instantly turned into specks of light, vanishing in the Real World.
"No need to worry. He cannot cross over for now." Feng Tian said.
The Feng Tian before them was condensed from the divine soul thoughts she had left in Lihentian.
Zhang Ruochen asked, "What exactly happened at Radiant Mountain?"
"The Great Demon God's revenge! They lost in the Real World and wanted to retaliate in Lihentian. I didn't expect their remnant souls in Lihentian to be hidden so deep. A few of them have persisted from the Chaos Ancient era until now." Feng Tian said lightly, as if it were nothing.
But to the other cultivators present, it was like hearing thunder on a clear day, their emotions churning violently.