# Chapter 3688: Bloodbath Zhen Realm
Zhen Realm, one of the top one hundred powerful realms in the Western Universe.
The realm was shaped like an elliptical planet, resembling an egg, many times larger than an ordinary star. Countless planets, even stars, revolved around it.
Outside the realm body was a thick cyan atmospheric layer, rich with life energy.
Such a great realm of life, nurtured over countless billions of years, had given birth to ten thousand species, colorful and diverse, with cultivators as numerous as fish crossing a river. Standing in the void and gazing upon it, even gods would feel awe toward heaven and earth.
Zhuo Fang carried a war blade on his back, his arms long and sinewy. He did not resemble an ethereal ancient god, but rather a mortal martial artist.
In his mind, the Blade Venerable's divine thought resounded: "Zhang Ruochen is the blade of the Heavenly Venerable. You shall be Zhang Ruochen's edge. This is the great fortune of a lifetime. When the blade leaves its sheath, whoever blocks it dies. Do not sheathe until you have cut down all."
Zhuo Fang's gaze gradually sharpened.
As if sensing its master's fierce intent, the war blade on his back hummed incessantly.
"Swoosh!"
A massive space teleportation array, thousands of feet in diameter, manifested in the dark void.
Zhuo Fang led the sacred realm army of the Space Divine Temple through the teleportation array into Zhen Realm.
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Xue Qing was born into the Elf Clan, but did not cultivate in the Paradise Realm.
Zhen Realm was his true stronghold.
The Paradise Realm, as the ruling world of the Western Universe, had countless great worlds like this one, serving as its subordinate realms.
Although Xue Qing was the Fifth Elder of the Space Divine Temple, and Zhen Realm had once been a subordinate mortal realm of the Space Divine Temple, since the Middle Ages, most of Zhen Realm's various resources had been sent to the Paradise Realm.
Xue Qing was dead. Zhuo Fang anticipated that Zhen Realm would be a tough nut to crack, and the Paradise Realm would never willingly yield it. Therefore, he personally led the sacred army there.
The Great Zhen Tree was the heavenly-earthly spiritual root of Zhen Realm, and also its number one treasure.
This divine tree bloomed once every ten thousand years and bore fruit once every ten thousand years. The "Blood Zhen Nuts" it produced were considered divine fruits, beneficial even to Boundless Realm divine kings and divine venerables, and were the main ingredient for refining many types of divine pills.
Xue Qing's divine temple was built beneath the Great Zhen Tree.
The temple was majestic, as if refined from cyan jade, towering like a mountain, with tiles like snow and pillars like golden dragons.
The divine radiance scattered by the Great Zhen Divine Tree fell like rain of light, making the temple and the magnificent buildings around it seem merged into a celestial realm.
But the arrival of Zhuo Fang and the Space Divine Temple army shattered all this beauty.
The divine general guarding the temple, Xue Qing's disciples and successors, including his divine consorts, divine sons, divine daughters, and core clan members, had clearly already received word. They had activated the defensive divine formation, assembled an army, and faced Zhuo Fang and his forces like enemies on the verge of battle.
Zhuo Fang did not regard them as a threat. He spoke with divine voice: "Xue Qing was a member of the Quantity Organization and has been executed. By order of the Grand Elder, we are to apprehend all of Xue Qing's disciples and successors, including his divine consorts, divine sons, and divine daughters. Please cooperate with the investigation. Anyone who dares to resist must be unclean themselves and will be killed without mercy."
Zhuo Fang released his divine might at the Grand Void Great God level. Even separated by the divine formation, it caused the sacred realm cultivators inside to tremble, unable to resist kneeling and kowtowing.
It must be known that Xue Qing, an ancient god who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, had disciples and descendants spanning at least a thousand generations. Great Saints and Saint Kings were countless, and there were also many divine realm figures.
When the great tree falls, its branches and leaves are many.
Those divine consorts and divine daughters, mostly born into the Elf Clan, accustomed to luxury and peerlessly beautiful, now had their faces drained of color, knowing their future fate would be tragic.
Xue Qing's divine sons and successors had even paler faces, their eyes filled with despair and sorrow.
"Still not opening the formation? Must I, the Elder, do it myself?"
The war blade on Zhuo Fang's back left its sheath and flew into midair.
The blade's light was blinding. Countless cultivators could not open their eyes, and the air itself began to boil.
Inside the temple, even more cultivators could not withstand his might and knelt to the ground.
At this moment.
"Swoosh!"
Holy and pure light appeared in the sky, illuminating the earth.
A divine might even stronger than Zhuo Fang's pressed down upon the ground, like ten thousand divine mountains, causing all the sacred realm soldiers of the Space Divine Temple to kneel. Some of them had their organs shattered and spat blood.
The Young Hall Master of the Radiant Divine Temple, Ke Yangshan, hovered in the sky. A pair of pure white wings spread behind him, making him resemble a Radiant Heavenly God.
"Greetings, Young Hall Master!"
The cultivators inside the temple, seeing that it was someone from the Radiant Divine Temple, were overjoyed and immediately knelt in worship.
Now they were finally saved!
Ke Yangshan looked down and said calmly: "Zhuo Fang, for the sake of the Blade Venerable, I will not hold this against you. Take your people and leave."
Zhuo Fang released his rule divine patterns, forming a blade domain to protect the cultivators of the Space Divine Temple, and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Xue Qing was a member of the Quantity Organization. This matter is of great importance. Young Hall Master, it would be best not to involve yourself."
Both were at the Grand Void realm, but Ke Yangshan's strength and status were many levels above Zhuo Fang's.
Ke Yangshan narrowed his eyes, as if re-evaluating Zhuo Fang, and said: "Good. Truly worthy of being the junior the Blade Venerable values. You really do have an iron backbone. But this identity as a member of the Quantity Organization is merely Zhang Ruochen's one-sided claim, something he forced onto Xue Qing to attack and retaliate against the Paradise Realm. Zhuo Fang, are you sure you want to aid the tyrant? Be careful not to be used without knowing it."
The threat in these words was obvious to anyone.
Zhuo Fang said: "Xue Qing colluded with Huo Canghai and killed Chi Kunlun. This is an ironclad fact."
Ke Yangshan considered himself the leader of all those below the Boundless realm in the Western Universe. Yet this mere Zhuo Fang repeatedly defied him. How could he maintain face?
Ke Yangshan said: "What does the death of a Chi Kunlun prove? The debtor has his creditor. Xue Qing is already dead and has paid the price he deserved. What do you want to do? Do you want to uproot the grass and eliminate Xue Qing's entire clan? Has Zhang Ruochen gone mad, and you along with him? You won't even spare those innocent cultivators?"
"Today, I will make this clear. Zhen Realm, I will protect! Whoever dares to take one step forward, I will make sure they are annihilated in both form and spirit."
The cultivators of the Space Divine Temple all changed expression drastically.
Because they believed that since Ke Yangshan had said such words, he would certainly follow through.
A clear and fearless voice rang out: "Although the Master did not say to uproot the grass and slaughter Xue Qing's entire household, as a disciple, when the master is troubled, I am disgraced; when the master is disgraced, I die."
"Xue Qing bore an irreconcilable enmity with the Master, and there are even those who threatened the Master, saying they would harm his daughter. As a disciple, slaughtering Xue Qing's entire household to deter those petty villains who still think of harming the Master's family—Young Hall Master, do you think this is permissible?"
Qing Su stepped out from a spatial light curtain, wearing a silver silk veil. Her figure was tall and slender, her curves soft and beautiful. Countless rays of light rain flowed around her. Her entire body radiated a powerful aura, and in her palm she held the divine artifact bestowed upon her by Zhang Ruochen, the Ding Shen Needle.
Many cultivators of the Can Tian Sect walked out from the spatial light curtain.
As the new Fifth Elder of the Space Divine Temple, Qing Su naturally needed some trustworthy personnel. Transferring them from the Can Tian Sect was the most direct method.
Qing Su was at the third stop, "Heart Stop" realm. In the years she had followed Zhang Ruochen, she had received many benefits, reaching the pinnacle in physical body, divine soul, and dao techniques.
Even Ke Yangshan could not help but regard her with new eyes, saying: "I didn't expect you could reach this point. You've slept with Zhang Ruochen, haven't you? Heh, but even if you get all the resources from Zhang Ruochen, you still fall short of me."
The cultivators of the Can Tian Sect were not angered; instead, they felt a hint of joy.
If the future Sect Leader truly had a closer relationship with Zhang Ruochen, wouldn't the Can Tian Sect be able to walk sideways in the Heavenly Court from now on?
Qing Su's gaze was calm. She turned to look toward the eastern horizon.
At the edge of the sky.
A divine sun rose, and countless black dots flew within the clouds, emitting sword cries.
"Ke Yangshan, against me, what are your chances of victory?"
Ming Jian Shen came flying on his sword, standing within the blazing divine sun, matching Ke Yangshan in momentum.
Ke Yangshan found it hard to believe, saying: "You dare to oppose the Paradise Realm?"
"Why wouldn't I dare? Back then, when you handed Bei Xi's feathers to me, did you really think I didn't know what you were plotting?" Ming Jian Shen was imposing, his gaze like a torch.
It was Qing Su who had brought Zhang Ruochen's letter and invited Ming Jian Shen out.
Although Ming Jian Shen had long submitted to Zhang Ruochen, Zhang Ruochen had not taken control of his divine soul. He could have completely ignored Zhang Ruochen's orders.
But the shocking news that had come out of the Space Divine Temple one after another made Ming Jian Shen immediately realize that Zhang Ruochen was now at his peak. Crushing him to death would be no harder than crushing an ant.
If he still tried to play both sides and please everyone, it was no longer possible.
He had to make a choice!
Zhuo Fang's attitude solidified Ming Jian Shen's resolve.
Because Ming Jian Shen's backing was also the Blade Venerable!
And...
From now on, Zhang Ruochen would also be his backing.
Thinking of the special meaning contained in the three words "Break Boundless" that Qing Su had told him earlier, ripples stirred in Ming Jian Shen's heart. Looking at Ke Yangshan, both his battle intent and killing intent rose.
Seeing this scene, many cultivators realized that the structure of the Western Universe had changed!
It was no longer the Paradise Realm that had the final say.
"I have an extraordinary friendship with Elder Zhang Ruochen. This beast Xue Qing was too vicious and deserves to have his clan exterminated. I'll take care of Ke Yangshan. You quickly break the formation and apprehend all those people. Interrogate them to see if there are any more members of the Quantity Organization among them," Ming Jian Shen said.
Ming Jian Shen and the furious Ke Yangshan transformed into two beams of light and entered the cosmic starry sky to engage in fierce battle.
The battle at Xue Qing's divine temple ended quickly.
The divine formation was breached. Corpses lay everywhere in the temple, and blood soaked the earth red.
Those still alive, including gods, all knelt on the ground, no one daring to resist anymore.
A divine general led squad after squad of sacred realm soldiers, rushing to various regions of Zhen Realm to apprehend those in hiding.
Qing Su's jade-like hands were exquisite. She wiped the blood off the Ding Shen Needle with her white sleeve, then gracefully inserted it into her long black hair, and ordered: "Bring Xue Qing's divine temple and the Great Zhen Divine Tree back to the Space Divine Temple as tribute to the Master."
Zhuo Fang was somewhat disgusted by Qing Su's indiscriminate killing, saying: "Our main purpose is to find hidden members of the Quantity Organization. The Grand Elder only ordered us to apprehend them. After all, we are all cultivators under the Heavenly Court banner. There's no need to make things so bloody."
Qing Su said coldly and sharply: "Elder Zhuo is the Blade Venerable's successor, isn't he? Didn't the Blade Venerable teach you: If others do not offend me, I will not offend them. If others offend me, I will surely kill them all. If I cannot kill them all, what will happen to our descendants?"
Qing Su condensed a large hand seal, crushing all the kneeling cultivators into a pool of blood and mud.
On the ground, only a five-hundred-meter-long five-finger-deep pit remained.
"Let's go. We still have to go to the next realm. Xue Qing was the main culprit behind Chi Kunlun's fall. I cannot let any cultivator related to him go. These people must die. As for the rest, Elder Zhuo, you can decide."
Qing Su was graceful like an immortal, but her face beneath the veil was cold and merciless. She gathered her people, activated the space teleportation array, and left Zhen Realm first.
(This chapter ends)