# Chapter 3804: Breaking Through Time and Space
On the wooden pillar, the revived phoenixes, vermilion birds, and orchids all transformed into the most dangerous offensive forces in heaven and earth, flying out together with the ice spikes.
Inside Qingcheng Yun's body, five-colored merit divine light burst forth. At the same time, he released the Radiance Essence, directly using speed to break through the suppression of the Eon Force, shifting and dodging under the attacks of ice spikes, flower petals, and avian beasts.
His head and body both showed signs of corpse transformation, deathly aura billowing—a dead body housed within a living one.
Ji Fanxin, holding the Black Water Divine Staff, furrowed her delicate brows slightly. "Such terrifying cultivation. Even under these circumstances, we still can't injure him. This is absolutely at the level of a Heavenly Venerable!"
"Your spiritual power is strong, but it's far from reaching the peak of the eighty-ninth rank. What a pity! Haha!"
When Qingcheng Yun spoke these words, two voices emerged simultaneously, one of them sinister and sharp.
All the phoenixes, vermilion birds, and orchids flying toward him were torn apart by his divine power, turning into a sky full of blood feathers and petals.
"The Radiance Essence he controls definitely exceeds twenty percent."
Seeing Qingcheng Yun flying toward the Music Pavilion, Ji Fanxin struck the void heavily with her Black Water Divine Staff. Instantly, the formation inscriptions of the Eon Cloud Mud Divine Formation, centered on the Music Pavilion, fully awakened.
After temporarily trapping Qingcheng Yun within the formation, Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger transformed into two beams of light, rushing out of Divine Maiden City, breaking through the clouds, and arriving outside Ice King Star.
Qingcheng Yun's cultivation was too strong; even using all their means, they could not defeat him.
Moreover, there was Wu Wei, whose cultivation had reached the peak of Great Unbound Infinite.
Wu Wei had already suppressed the Earth Demon Sparrow, sealing it on the glacier, and rushed out of Ice King Star, heading straight toward them.
From afar, Wu Wei said, "If the two of you had stayed on Ice King Star, Brother Qing and I would have had to be somewhat cautious. But now, fleeing into the starry sky—aren't you just seeking death?"
"I admit I'm indeed no match for you, but can you keep us here?"
Ji Fanxin used the Black Water Divine Staff to manifest a black great river, circling herself and Bai Qinger, winding and flowing through the universe.
Qingcheng Yun's voice sounded in the void behind them: "Just now, you indeed had a brief window to escape, but you didn't cherish it. Now, there's no chance!"
Qingcheng Yun's cultivation was indeed terrifyingly high. In an extremely short time, he broke through the Eon Cloud Mud Divine Formation and, relying on the Way of Radiance, appeared silently behind Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger, sealing off their retreat.
Bai Qinger said unhurriedly, "Do you think we deliberately didn't escape for no reason?"
Wu Wei and Qingcheng Yun both froze.
They could only think of one possibility: Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger had intentionally lured them away from Ice King Star.
"There can't be another expert, can there?"
Wu Wei grew vigilant, spreading his hands wide. Bamboo slips arranged themselves above his head, each page towering a hundred thousand zhang, like a cosmic celestial scripture unfolding in the void.
Behind him, a divine lamp materialized.
Qingcheng Yun appeared much more composed and confident—strength was his foundation. "Even if there is another expert, so what? Unless an Indestructible arrives, who can do anything to me?"
"Let me try."
From the depths of the dark and profound starry sky, a long, calm voice sounded.
Hearing this voice, Wu Wei and Qingcheng Yun both changed expression, simultaneously unleashing their strongest combat techniques and divine abilities, attacking Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger.
It was Zhang Ruochen's voice.
But they could sense that Zhang Ruochen was still in a very distant star domain.
They had to capture Ji Fanxin or Bai Qinger before Zhang Ruochen arrived, to seize the initiative.
Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger exchanged glances.
Bai Qinger extended her slender, jade-like right arm. In her palm appeared rows of bronze chimes. Each time one appeared, the chime sounded, causing space to tremble and striking directly at the soul.
These sixty-five bronze chimes were the first chapter divine artifact said to have been used by the Nether Ancestor—the Annihilation World Chime, capable of playing the Annihilation Chapter. One could imagine how powerful it was.
Ji Fanxin fully released her spiritual power, striking the chimes with the Black Water Divine Staff.
The Annihilation World Chime sounded, and the sound waves surged toward Qingcheng Yun and Wu Wei.
Even with their abilities, they dared not withstand the Annihilation World Chime head-on. They had to stop in place and deploy various protective measures to block the chime sounds.
Wu Wei had only just entered the peak of Great Unbound Infinite, his cultivation not as profound as Qingcheng Yun's. After enduring nine chime sounds, blood already flowed from the corner of his mouth.
"Roar!"
Qingcheng Yun let out a long howl. Behind him appeared a massive lion shadow, accompanied by Sanskrit characters and golden light.
This was the divine ability created by the Fifth Patriarch—the Divine Demon Lion's Roar.
With this roar, Qingcheng Yun temporarily suppressed the Annihilation World Chime, then executed a peerless movement technique, breaking the speed of light and vanishing from his spot.
"Boom!"
The formation of sixty-five bronze chimes was shattered by a mass of five-colored merit divine light, scattering in all directions.
Qingcheng Yun stood at the center of that five-colored merit divine light, wearing a Merit Divine Armor burning with five-colored flames. His divine power was like a violent storm, blasting Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger behind the bronze chimes flying backward.
The five-colored flames fell upon them, continuously burning Ji Fanxin's spiritual power domain.
Given Qingcheng Yun's high cultivation, once this Merit Divine Flame burned through the spiritual power domain, it was easy to imagine that Bai Qinger and Ji Fanxin's bodies would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Just then, intense spatial fluctuations spread.
Qingcheng Yun's gray pupils glanced backward.
He saw that the entire starry sky curtain had been torn open, revealing a spatial rift that pierced the field of vision and grew ever wider.
Within the spatial rift, chaotic energy permeated, and time imprint light dots flickered.
At the end of the rift, deep in the void, an ancient, graceful divine ship appeared, as if traversing through the ages, crossing the boundless, its aura overwhelming heaven and earth.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the ship's prow, his tall figure giving a strong sense of oppression.
Wu Wei felt Zhang Ruochen's aura, but he knew well that at this moment, he could not show any fear. "I'll hold him off for a moment. Capture Bai Qinger."
Wu Wei spat out divine energy. The sky full of bamboo slips flew straight toward the spatial rift, intending to reseal the spatial path Zhang Ruochen had opened.
Zhang Ruochen stood at the prow, one hand behind his back, the other forming a sword finger.
"Clang!"
The sound of a sword rang out.
The time imprint light dots filling the spatial rift condensed into a war sword, crossing billions of miles of void, directly slashing toward Wu Wei at the end of the rift.
"Bang! Bang!"
All the bamboo slips were broken.
The war sword shattered all of Wu Wei's defensive measures, sending him flying backward.
The war sword exploded, turning into countless time light swords that struck Wu Wei, piercing through him and leaving bloody holes.
In an instant, Wu Wei seemed to have aged twenty years. His originally youthful, handsome appearance of around twenty became that of a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. But the lifespan truly cut away reached an entire eon.
"The Ninth Layer of Time Sword Art—Eon Severance!"
Wu Wei could clearly feel that his life force had weakened significantly.
Even his blood energy and spirit had declined along with it.
This sword severed Wu Wei's confidence in charging toward Indestructible Infinite, and also cut away his fearless heart, filling him with fear of Zhang Ruochen.
In the distance, Qingcheng Yun had not managed to capture Bai Qinger in the short time.
Ji Fanxin transformed into the Divine Illumination Lotus, wrapping Bai Qinger inside. The lotus spun rapidly, penetrating time and space, teleporting billions of miles away, hovering above Ice King Star.
Qingcheng Yun lost his chance to continue attacking, because Zhang Ruochen, piloting the divine ship, had already flown out of the spatial rift and descended into this starry sky.
Zhang Ruochen said, "Before I arrived, you actually had time to escape. What a pity you didn't cherish it."
"So arrogant? Do you really think you can keep us here?" Qingcheng Yun said.
Zhang Ruochen's gaze fell on Ji Fanxin and Bai Qinger standing above Ice King Star. Seeing they were unharmed, he was completely relieved. Smiling, he said, "If it were just me alone, I might only be able to keep one of you. But since Fanxin is on Ice King Star, none of you will leave!"
A dissatisfied female voice rang out: "What do you mean? Even without Ji Fanxin, there's still this god!"
Xiu Chen Heavenly God walked out from the ship's cabin.
The moment they saw Xiu Chen Heavenly God, Qingcheng Yun and Wu Wei did not hesitate for a second. They simultaneously activated forbidden arts, burning divine blood and divine matter within their bodies, fleeing in two different directions.
"Still trying to leave?"
Zhang Ruochen vanished from the divine ship, chasing after Qingcheng Yun.
Ji Fanxin swung the Black Water Divine Staff. A black divine river tens of thousands of miles long flew out from the void, winding toward the fleeing Wu Wei.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God clearly had full confidence in Zhang Ruochen. She directly piloted the Sundial, manifesting a Time Divine Sea, and chased after Wu Wei.
Now that her cultivation was fully restored and even improved, how could she let Ji Fanxin steal the spotlight in this first battle of her powerful return?
Qingcheng Yun controlled a large amount of Radiance Essence and had activated a forbidden art. He believed that even if his opponent were at the initial stage of Indestructible Infinite, or even the middle stage, he could still escape.
In the domain of speed, he had this confidence.
"Is this your reliance? Unfortunately, it's still not fast enough!"
Zhang Ruochen's voice seemed to sound right in his ear, causing Qingcheng Yun, who was always confident, to change expression in shock.
A Taiji Four Symbols Diagram Seal covering the starry sky descended from above. The power of space surged mightily, gradually slowing Qingcheng Yun's speed.
"Zhang Ruochen, I don't believe you've really broken through to Indestructible Infinite!"
"Great Desolate Heaven Seal!"
With no way to avoid it, Qingcheng Yun gritted his teeth and could only clash head-on with Zhang Ruochen.
His long hair danced wildly, his gaze sharp. The flames on his Merit Divine Armor burned more than ten times more intensely. The five-colored divine light and Merit Divine Flame radiating from him illuminated the surrounding starry sky into a vast nebula.
"Boom!"
The Great Desolate Heaven Seal and the Taiji Four Symbols Diagram Seal collided. Space within hundreds of millions of miles instantly shattered, merging with the Void World.
Qingcheng Yun was pressed downward, as if all things in the world were crushing down from above, blood gushing from his mouth.
Zhang Ruochen's true body appeared, his fist striking straight down, smashing the Great Desolate Heaven Seal into a sky full of light rain, directly colliding with Qingcheng Yun's palm.
Even wearing the Merit Divine Armor, Qingcheng Yun could not withstand it. His entire arm broke. Divine blood dripped from the gaps in the armor, scattering into the void.