# Chapter 3462: The Eleventh Pillar
Master Shi Zhi held the Wind-Thunder Pearl above his head, summoning a shadow of Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable from the formation flags, as massive as a mountain, with overwhelming momentum.
The shadow struck, carrying the might of a Heavenly Venerable.
A fist seal formed from blood-red lightning descended.
"Boom!"
Below, the divine talisman dozens of feet tall was shattered, earth and stone flying everywhere.
Twenty-seven Rakshasa Clan gods who had been jointly activating the divine talisman had no power to resist this punch.
In an instant, more than ten gods turned to ash, their divine sources shattered into fragments.
Other gods had their divine bodies torn apart or were charred to cinders.
The supreme sacred artifacts they had deployed, the protective divine talismans they had activated, and the precious armor they wore were all shattered, a scene of utter tragedy.
One divine realm after another exploded, turning into continental fragments.
Space expanded and transformed accordingly.
This city district enveloped by the Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation extended infinitely, becoming a vast wasteland, drenched in divine blood, littered with countless remains. Many of these remains were the living beings from the divine realms of these fallen Rakshasa Clan gods, numbering in the tens of thousands.
Facing the power of a Heavenly Venerable, the lives of Heaven-Mending Realm gods seemed extremely fragile.
In the air, wisps of soul mist flew about.
Within the soul mist were the remaining divine soul thoughts of the more than ten gods who had been annihilated, all frantically fleeing—some gathering toward Yue Gujun, others rushing toward the Divine Prison seeking shelter.
Those gods who had been torn apart or charred to cinders were stronger in cultivation and had not fallen.
They rushed to Yue Gujun's side, divine light bursting forth from within their bodies once more, their fragmented bodies reassembling, but their aura had severely declined, their foundations damaged.
"It's the power of Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable! What do we do now?"
"This Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation is terrifying—it turns out the gods he wanted to slay were us."
"This enmity is irreconcilable! The Rakshasa Clan and the Thunder Clan will never cease hostilities!"
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The armor on Snow Sea Crown Prince had melted, his body charred black by lightning, metal and blood mixed together like a lump of charcoal.
"Crack! Crack!"
The black charred shell shattered and fell away, revealing his true form once more.
With just one strike, more than ten gods of the Snow Sea Divine Kingdom had fallen, leaving only a few divine soul thoughts. Snow Sea Crown Prince's eyes were split with fury, his hatred for Master Shi Zhi etched into his bones.
"Boom!"
The Dharma-Ending Divine Palace crashed heavily from midair, shaking the ground.
More than half of the massive palace sank into the earth.
Countless cracks spread around it.
Lightning writhed and danced wildly on the ground like countless blood dragons.
Just moments ago, Dharma-Ending Divine King had driven the palace, ramming it against the Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation, trying to break through and escape.
But it was in vain. The shadow of Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable that had rushed out from the formation flags struck the palace down to the ground with a single blow. Countless formations around the palace were shattered.
The shockwave turned all cultivators in the palace except Dharma-Ending Divine King to dust, annihilating them.
The Dharma-Ending Divine Palace flew up again, gray death qi turning into a sea of clouds.
From within the palace came Dharma-Ending Divine King's hoarse roar: "Master Shi Zhi, can you alone kill me and Yue Gujun? Once the Venerable notices and activates the city-protecting divine formation's killing power, do you think you'll have a chance to live?"
Master Shi Zhi laughed viciously.
"Whoosh!"
A beam of light shot up from the divine realm behind Master Shi Zhi, soaring into the sky.
It was too fast to see what was within the beam.
Just as the gods were wondering, a stone pillar overflowing with demonic qi fell from the heavens, striking the Dharma-Ending Divine Palace.
The Dharma-Ending Divine Palace had been forged by Dharma-Ending Divine King at great cost of resources and time, its defensive power extremely formidable—it was his greatest treasure.
"Demon God Stone Pillar!"
Dharma-Ending Divine King gnashed his teeth, pouring all his power into activating the palace's defensive divine formations, and also activating his esoterica to draw upon the world's rules for his use.
The Demon God Stone Pillar's power was bizarre and sinister, able to affect the world's rules, breaking through Dharma-Ending Divine King's defenses.
"Boom!"
The Dharma-Ending Divine Palace's defensive divine formations collapsed.
The palace body was smashed by the Demon God Stone Pillar, a corner shattering, the wall exploding and flying out, crashing into a town-pattern sacrificial altar, splitting the altar apart.
More than ten gods on the altar cried out in agony.
The weaker gods had their divine bodies explode into blood mist.
The Eleventh Pillar Demon God, "Gu Xin," holding the Demon God Stone Pillar, landed heavily on the ground, stepping onto the top of the ruined Dharma-Ending Divine Palace. Opening his water-bucket-sized mouth, he took a deep breath.
The gods who had turned into blood mist, before they could reform their divine bodies, were all sucked into his mouth and swallowed into his belly.
Fortunately, Yue Gujun acted in time, or the remaining few gods would also have been sucked into Gu Xin's belly.
"Haha! The blood qi and divine souls of gods are the most delicious delicacies in the world."
Gu Xin was dozens of feet tall, with dark skin, wearing golden armor, and had a bull's head with extremely sharp horns on top.
Gu Xin was different from Master Shi Zhi. He had not reincarnated through body seizure; his cultivation realm had always been there. As long as he had a continuous supply of blood qi and divine matter to absorb, he could return to his peak.
Gu Xin was ranked eleventh among the pillars, in the first tier below the Supreme Four Pillars. If he returned to his peak, one could imagine how terrifying he would be.
Master Shi Zhi was the remnant soul of Lie Tian. With the help of Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable, he had seized the body of a cultivator of this era in Li Hen Tian and descended into the real world.
This was essentially living a second life, a new beginning, requiring gradual cultivation.
Just now, after Gu Xin had swallowed and absorbed the blood qi, divine matter, and divine souls of several gods, his cultivation had recovered significantly.
Dharma-Ending Divine King joined Yue Gujun, looking at Gu Xin standing atop the Dharma-Ending Divine Palace. His heart was filled with both fury and regret. If he had known the waters of Rakshasa Divine City were this deep, he would never have come.
Now, they were truly in danger!
Master Shi Zhi and Gu Xin attacked together, shattering another town-pattern sacrificial altar in an instant.
More than ten Rakshasa Clan gods on the altar did not escape.
"Go easy, don't grind away their divine matter and blood qi. This god still needs them as blood food to restore his cultivation."
Gu Xin swallowed all these Rakshasa Clan gods into his belly, refining them. His cultivation rapidly climbed, his aura growing thicker and thicker.
This entire region had completely turned into a demon domain, dim and cold.
The remaining gods were terrified, all gathering around Yue Gujun and Dharma-Ending Divine King.
Snow Sea Crown Prince's eyes were bloodshot, veins visible. "What exactly are you trying to do? Killing so many gods—is the Thunder Clan declaring war to the death with the Rakshasa Clan? And you ancient demon gods—my father will surely kill you all!"
"Haha!"
Gu Xin shouldered the Demon God Stone Pillar, striding forward with contempt in his eyes, laughing. "A mere Snow Sea Divine King dares to oppose the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods? What is the Rakshasa Clan? Is there even one who can fight? Once this god devours you all and returns to my peak, I'll exterminate your entire clan."
"Using the entire Rakshasa Clan to restore the cultivation of the various demon gods is an excellent proposal. Moreover, the Rakshasa Clan's cultivation resources can help us who have lived second lives to quickly improve our cultivation."
Master Shi Zhi held the Wind-Thunder Pearl, his gaze sweeping over Yue Gujun, Snow Sea Crown Prince, and the others. "Crown Prince, you're wrong. We are allies. The ones who killed you are Zhang Ruochen, the Sword Bone."
Snow Sea Crown Prince was stunned, looking at the formation flags sealing the entire city district. Suddenly, he understood many things.
Yue Gujun had refined most of the Three Corpses Poison that had invaded his body, and the heart that had been dug out grew back.
He said, "Who would believe such a framing? I dare bet that once you leave the Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation, the Venerable will use the city-protecting divine formation to kill you."
Master Shi Zhi said, "Unfortunately, Rakshasa Divine City is ruled by Patriarch Ding, not the Venerable. The one who will be killed by the city-protecting divine formation after leaving the Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation will only be the Sword Bone... no, it will be Zhang Ruochen. Because Zhang Ruochen is the one who killed you!"
Having tricked Master Shi Zhi into revealing the truth, Yue Gujun immediately transmitted to the Sword Bone in the Divine Prison: "Did you hear that? From the beginning, this was a scheme set up by the Thunder Clan, the ancient demon gods, the Quantity Organization, and even Patriarch Ding."
"They want to use our flesh, blood, and divine souls to help Gu Xin restore his cultivation. And they will frame this tragedy of fallen gods on you."
"Then Patriarch Ding will step forward and kill you. In this way, Patriarch Ding's prestige will rise to its zenith. The throne of the Tian Luo Divine Kingdom and the position of Rakshasa Clan Chief will be his for the taking."
"I can endure all that! But what I cannot endure is the entire Rakshasa Clan being secretly controlled by the Quantity Organization, reduced to blood food for the ancient demon gods, reduced to cannon fodder in future conflicts."
Master Shi Zhi and Gu Xin sensed Yue Gujun transmitting to the Divine Prison, so they attacked simultaneously from left and right.
Gu Xin swung the Demon God Stone Pillar. Ancestral divine patterns emerged on the pillar, pressing down like a cosmic pillar, causing space to tremble violently.
Master Shi Zhi struck with the Wind-Thunder Pearl, sending thousands of bolts of lightning flying.
"Yue Gu Divine Chapter, Traversing Heaven and Earth."
Yue Gujun bit his finger and drew it forward.
The *Yue Gu Divine Book* flew out. Touched by Yue Gujun's blood, it scattered with a rustling sound, turning into sheets of paper floating in the void.
Time seemed to stop; space seemed to freeze.
The gods behind Yue Gujun all struck out, sending beams of divine qi to jointly activate the divine book.
Using the *Yue Gu Divine Book*, they blocked the first wave of attacks from Master Shi Zhi and Gu Xin. But many gods spat divine blood, swaying unsteadily.
The Sword Bone clone transmitted back: "You want to join forces with me?"
"No! Joining forces is useless. They are well prepared. Gu Xin's cultivation is already at Half-Step Great Unbound Infinite. The Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation that Master Shi Zhi carries contains the divine power of Heavenly Punishment Heavenly Venerable. None of us can break it." Yue Gujun said.
The Sword Bone clone said, "Then what do you mean?"
"Take the Rakshasa Clan gods behind me and leave. Tell your true body to go invite Heavenly Mother back to take charge, or the Rakshasa Clan will be doomed beyond redemption."
Yue Gujun's handsome and elegant face had become filled with murderous aura. "I'm sorry. It was our poor judgment that brought about this great calamity. I will take responsibility to the end and carve out a bloody path for you. My responsibility, I will bear."
"Can you do it? Didn't you say no one can break the Wind-Thunder God-Slaying Formation?" The Sword Bone clone said.
"That depends on the price one is willing to pay!"
Yue Gujun's long hair flew up, his eyes filled with boundless killing intent. Carrying an air of absolute resolve, he strode forward.
The divine heart that had just grown back could not withstand the divine power rapidly circulating within his body and exploded again.
A great deal of divine blood sprayed out, all falling onto the pages of the *Yue Gu Divine Book*.
All the pages floating in midair caught fire, flying forward with Yue Gujun's steps, like a massive fireball, violently colliding with the Demon God Stone Pillar that Gu Xin had swung.
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Yes, many readers guessed correctly. Lie Tian's original form is a hyena, known as "Brother Africa," styled "Director of Proctology," and together with the Honey Badger, they are called the Hidden Dragon and Crouching Phoenix.
(Chapter End)