Chapter 3463: The Wind Rises
"Boom!"
At the center of the collision between the *Yuegu Divine Book* and the Demon God Stone Pillar, the earth split apart, and violent and chaotic forces raged.
Powerful energy surged forth, forcing Gu Xin to retreat several steps as he stared in disbelief at Yuegu Jun across from him.
Having merged with the divine book, Yuegu Jun's divine blood burned continuously, his combat power surging dramatically to reach the level of half-step Great Unbound Infinite.
"Yuegu slays gods, first devouring himself."
Yuegu Jun let out a long roar, his flesh and blood exploding entirely, leaving only his skeletal frame.
Pages of the divine book flew out. Though their speed was immense, due to alterations in time rules, they appeared extremely slow from the direction of the Divine Prison.
Finally, they came to a complete halt, frozen in place.
With Yuegu Jun at the center, time stopped within a radius of a thousand zhang.
A faint, ethereal incantation echoed through heaven and earth.
The pages of the divine book grew increasingly bright, radiating an aura that seemed to herald the end of the world.
Blood Butcher asked, "What's happening?"
Luo Shengtian sighed, his expression shifting from anger to respect. "It's the Self-Burning Great Wheel Incantation!"
Luo Shengtian and Luo Sha both performed the Rakshasa clan's ceremonial salute toward Yuegu Jun's direction.
"Uncle!" Snow Sea Prince's eyes moistened, his heart filled with boundless hatred and killing intent.
The Rakshasa gods gathered behind Snow Sea Prince all stood solemn and dignified, their eyes carrying grief as they saluted in the same manner.
They all understood that Yuegu Jun's self-immolation was meant to carve a path of survival for them. He was fighting for the Rakshasa clan's future, worthy of respect.
This was the responsibility a divine kingdom's ruler should bear!
The reason Divine Venerable Shizhi and Gu Xin acted so recklessly was their certainty that Yuegu Jun wouldn't dare self-detonate his divine source within the divine city, that he wouldn't choose mutual destruction with them.
But they hadn't anticipated he possessed such a forbidden self-immolation technique.
Both sensed the crisis and attacked, attempting to stop Yuegu Jun from completing the Great Wheel Incantation.
Divine Venerable Shizhi summoned the massive projection of Punishment Heavenly Venerable, a blood-red giant towering to the heavens, striding forward and throwing a heavy punch.
"Boom!"
Around the divine book pages, time rules and time imprint light points gathered densely.
The lightning force within that punch was neutralized by time, merely creating ripples in space.
"Boom!"
The Demon God Stone Pillar followed.
Inside the stone pillar, the ancestral divine patterns left by the Great Demon God in ages past could influence time rules.
The pages of the *Yuegu Divine Book* trembled. Even Yuegu Jun's skeletal frame shook violently, nearly falling.
"Leave now, immediately."
The Sword Bone Avatar waved its left arm, divine light scattering as it collected all cultivators from the Divine Prison into its left sleeve, then transformed into a silver-white sword light and flew out of the prison.
"Shua!"
The Sword Bone Avatar blocked in front of Yuegu Jun, slashing with its divine sword. Countless war swords flew out simultaneously, clashing head-on with the Demon God Stone Pillar.
Many war swords shattered into fragments, scattering across the ground.
"Boom!"
The Sword Bone Avatar and Gu Xin both retreated backward.
Gu Xin's laughter boomed like heavenly thunder. "What a fine sword bone! After eons, it still possesses such might. If I, this god, can refine it, I might glimpse the secrets of the ancestral realm in the future."
"Remember, you must invite the Heavenly Mother back."
Yuegu Jun's voice sounded again.
The Sword Bone Avatar sensed Yuegu Jun's aura rapidly surging behind it, his life burning, the divine book growing increasingly scorching.
Thus, it transformed into a sword light, tracing an elegant curve, evading the attacking Punishment Heavenly Venerable's projection and the Demon God Stone Pillar, charging toward Snow Sea Prince and the others.
"Follow me!"
The Sword Bone Avatar collected them all into its silver-white divine robe and flew away from the battlefield.
Behind, Yuegu Jun's skeletal frame vanished, dissolving into light points that fully merged into the pages of the *Yuegu Divine Book*.
It was said that every generation of Yuegu Divine Emperor ended this way—at the moment of their impending fall, they poured their life's power into the *Yuegu Divine Book*, becoming a single page.
Thus, the *Yuegu Divine Book* grew ever stronger, becoming the foremost treasure of the Yuegu Divine Kingdom.
Now, the sky turned golden.
A golden page covered in divine script descended from the heavens, boundless and edge-less, like a square great world.
Then came the second page, the third...
Divine Venerable Shizhi and Gu Xin, who had been pursuing the Sword Bone Avatar, stopped and looked up at the sky, their smiles gone.
Divine Venerable Shizhi channeled his divine energy at full power, activating the Wind Thunder Divine Punishment Formation, borrowing Punishment Heavenly Venerable's projection to hold up the descending golden pages.
Gu Xin planted the Demon God Stone Pillar on the ground, merging his divine body with the statues on the pillar.
The Sword Bone Avatar looked back and saw that Divine Venerable Shizhi and Gu Xin were both suppressed beneath layers of golden pages, being continuously refined by the *Yuegu Divine Book*'s power, as if about to be absorbed into the tome.
The Wind Thunder Divine Punishment Formation's power immediately diminished greatly.
The Sword Bone Avatar slashed through the air with its sword, tearing through the formation's light barrier, creating ripples one after another.
Then, its sword edge heavily struck a formation flag, severing the flagpole.
"Hua!"
A gap dozens of zhang long appeared in the Wind Thunder Divine Punishment Formation, and the Sword Bone Avatar charged through.
But as soon as it landed, the Sword Bone Avatar stopped.
Looking around, it found itself not in the Rakshasa Divine City but in pitch-black darkness. The soil beneath was blood-red, and the river water was turbid corpse fluid.
"You killed so many Rakshasa gods, even Yuegu Jun died by your hand, and you still think you can escape the Rakshasa Divine City?" A voice sounded from the darkness.
Ding Zu walked out.
Clearly, this dark space was Ding Zu's divine realm world.
Following the Sword Bone Avatar out, Mofa Divine King's face turned the color of pig liver as he muttered, "We escaped the Wind Thunder Divine Punishment Formation but can't escape Ding Zu's grasp. Is there really no way out?"
"Not without a way. Just offer half your divine soul, submit to me, and you'll live today."
Ding Zu stood tall, clad in dark armor, arms crossed behind his back. His mere presence exerted tremendous pressure, as if a storm were about to break.
...
Above Ding Zu Mountain, fierce winds raged, and thunderous booms echoed intermittently.
Many Rakshasa cultivators rushed over, gathering at the mountain's base, but were blocked by the Six Harmonies Formation, unable to enter.
"Ding Zu Mountain, the Divine Prison, and the Clan Mansion have all undergone some great change. What should we do now?"
"Don't worry, Ding Zu has appeared. The sky won't fall!"
...
As these cultivators discussed, a space within the mountain trembled.
"Shua!"
The Ding Shen Needle pierced through the Six Harmonies Formation, flying out from within.
Zhang Ruochen and Wolf Ancestor followed through the tiny hole created by the needle, descending to the base of Ding Zu Mountain. Their divine energy surged outward, sending the gathered Rakshasa cultivators flying in a wide arc.
Zhang Ruochen looked toward the Divine Prison's direction.
He saw the entire Divine Prison covered in thick black clouds, a massive tornado spinning within them, occasionally emitting blinding light.
The aura of Great Unbound Infinite emanated from the black clouds, extremely intimidating.
Wolf Ancestor's expression turned worried. "It's Ding Zu. He really is in the divine city. What do we do now?"
Tian Yin Divine Mother, trapped in the spatial cage, said, "You can't change the big picture. Flee quickly, go to the royal clan's ancestral land. There's a special passage to leave the Rakshasa Divine City."
Zhang Ruochen said, "Even now, Divine Mother still plays mind games. Do you really think I can't see the situation? It's you who have lost the advantage!"
"The appearance of the Great Emperor has ruined your plans at Ding Zu Mountain, and this will trigger a chain reaction, creating one loophole after another in your flawless scheme, impossible to patch up!"
Tian Yin Divine Mother said, "Do you think we didn't calculate for all this? The possibility of Luo Yan faking his death was within our assumptions. With such a grand scheme, we had to ensure absolute certainty. How could only Second Adult, Qi Lin, and Zongmu Divine Venerable be involved?"
"You mean, Kui Liang Huang has come? Or the Three Evil Demon Lords?" Zhang Ruochen probed.
Tian Yin Divine Mother didn't answer but instead said, "Release me. Only with me here can I protect the lives of Sha and Tian within the Quantity Organization. Take me with you, and even if you escape the divine city, your position will be calculated at any time. You won't get away."
"Divine Mother treats me like a child to deceive? Even if Kui Liang Huang and the Three Evil Demon Lords have come, so what? Since the Great Emperor has appeared, the Heavenly Venerable of the Hell Realm must have come too. Who wins and who loses is still unknown!"
Though Zhang Ruochen said this, he had no confidence.
Because with his Truth Heart, he could probe Tian Yin Divine Mother's inner thoughts and sense sincerity in her words.
This showed that Tian Yin Divine Mother was very pessimistic about their situation.
It also meant the Quantity Organization's preparations might be even more thorough than he estimated. They might have even predicted Fengdu Dadi's presence in the Rakshasa Divine City and had countermeasures.
"Divine Mother should understand that I must take Luo Sha away. No matter how dangerous this situation is today, I can only fight to the death!"
Zhang Ruochen's eyes were sharp and fierce. "Senior Wolf Ancestor, please go to the Clan Mansion. Divine power fluctuations are leaking from there, so something must have happened."
Wolf Ancestor naturally understood that fighting Ding Zu in the Rakshasa Divine City was like hitting a rock with an egg. Only by gaining control of the city-protecting divine formation could they have a chance to fight.
Wolf Ancestor let out a long howl, transforming into his demon wolf form and running off.
Zhang Ruochen took out the Great Luo Divine Seal, raising it above his head, and shouted, "The Great Luo Divine Seal is here! Great Emperor Luo Yan has decreed! All Rakshasa cultivators, listen to my command and follow me to the Divine Prison to slay the traitor Luo Ding!"
The Rakshasa cultivators gathered at the base of Ding Zu Mountain were almost all Great Saints, false gods, and true gods—the elite among elites.
But the information in Zhang Ruochen's words was too much. These cultivators couldn't react immediately.
Great Emperor Luo Yan has decreed?
What does that mean?
Hasn't the Great Emperor already fallen?
A god from Ding Zu's faction said solemnly, "Zhang Ruochen, you are the traitor! You've caused turmoil in the divine city. The Great Emperor is dead. Don't use his name..."
"Puchi!"
Zhang Ruochen waved his hand from afar, sending out a massive palm print that crushed that Rakshasa god into bloody mud.
"The Great Luo Divine Seal is here! Who dares disobey? I am the Heavenly Mother's divine envoy, representing the supreme Heavenly Mother and Great Emperor Luo Yan to punish Luo Ding. Do you no longer respect the Heavenly Mother? Can the Great Luo Divine Seal not command you?" Zhang Ruochen said.
A figure in a black robe among the crowd shouted, "Great Emperor Luo Yan has never died! His feigned death was only to lure out the Quantity Organization members within the Rakshasa clan. Now that the Great Emperor has returned and the traitors have revealed themselves, we are willing to follow Divine Venerable Ruochen to punish Luo Ding. Kill!"
Instantly, killing cries erupted.
And they spread like wildfire.
Zhang Ruochen glanced at the black shadow, recognizing it as Bore, and sent a telepathic message: "Protect yourself, stay hidden, don't follow."
Then, as the wind rose, Zhang Ruochen led the mighty army of Rakshasa cultivators, their war cries shaking the heavens, charging toward the Divine Prison.