# Chapter 4055: Red Crow Emerges, Void Heaven Defeated
Feng Tian, clad in her Death Esoterica armor, stood within the inner space of the Parasol Divine Tree.
Only by comprehending the Way of Death to its utmost limit and mastering over fifty percent of its Esoterica could one condense Esoterica into armor, ready at any moment to transform into the Death Overlord.
For other cultivators, this would require reaching the Half-Ancestor realm.
It was precisely the empowerment of "Death Overlord" that allowed her to suppress Lei Gong and, for a short time, contend with Half-Ancestors.
Entering this inner space alongside Feng Tian was the humanoid form of Blood Leaf Parasol. Her appearance closely resembled Feng Tian's, but she was much more youthful.
"Such dense Wood-element Divine Qi! If I cultivate here, my cultivation will surely advance by leaps and bounds." Blood Leaf Parasol's eyes were filled with excited joy.
Feng Tian gazed into the distance at that blazing, bright Ancestral Flame Fire Cloud and slowly walked toward it.
Within the Ancestral Flame Fire Cloud, she sensed faint fluctuations of spiritual intelligence—very familiar, like an old friend not seen for years.
"Master!"
Blood Leaf Parasol called out worriedly.
Feng Tian did not stop.
No matter how dangerous the Ancestral Flame was, she had to try.
Even if she cultivated step by step, continuously accumulating, she might not necessarily be able to step into the Half-Ancestor realm. Moreover, her time was running out!
Now, she could only gamble that her past life was the Demon Ancestor.
With this identity, she might be able to subdue the Ancestral Flame, helping her cultivation reach a higher level.
This itself was the reason she had come to the North Marsh Great Wall, and also her final hope.
In the Kunlun Realm, Feng Tian had borrowed the Chaos Spirit and the Nirvana Cold Flame left by the Ancient Ice Phoenix to successfully undergo Nirvana, stepping into Indestructible Infinite and extending her life by one Eon.
If she had borrowed the Demon Ancestor's Ancestral Flame back then, would the situation have been better?
As she approached the Ancestral Flame Fire Cloud, Feng Tian's body emitted multicolored radiance. Her Phoenix wings spread open, gorgeous and magnificent, every inch of her skin like jade.
After a moment's hesitation, she extended her finger.
...
Legend had it that in his later years, the Demon Ancestor had merged the Ancestor Realm he had cultivated into the Demon Ancestor Ridge.
After the Demon Ancestor's death, the Demon Ancestor Ridge had vanished from the world.
Blood Butcher had traveled all over the Demon Ancestor Ridge, searching for traces of the Ancestor.
Among the lofty mountains and ridges, ten thousand kinds of radiance permeated the air. Deep underground, Ancestor Rules and Ancestor Divine Qi converged into earth veins.
Many pieces of evidence indicated that the legend was true—the Demon Ancestor's Ancestor Realm was beneath his feet.
"Unfortunately, I wasn't born into the Demon Clan, nor am I a descendant of the Demon Ancestor. Otherwise, with the help of the Demon Ancestor's Ancestor Realm, I could aspire to Heavenly Venerable rank... no, Half-Ancestor rank is within reach."
Blood Butcher stood atop the towering and steep Taibai Peak at the northern end of the Demon Ancestor Ridge, his emotions complex.
The cultivation environment of the Demon Ancestor Ridge was excellent. The radiance in the soil and the green light rain scattered by the Parasol Divine Tree could temper the body and nourish the soul. But it was most beneficial for Demon Clan cultivators.
Above his head, forty-two brilliant stars hung suspended. It was said they had appeared together with the Demon Ancestor Ridge, suspected to be the Demon Ancestor's Divine Throne Planets.
"Could they really be the Ancestor's Divine Throne Planets? If I could mobilize their power, wouldn't it be comparable to the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable's Twenty-Seven Layers of Heavenly Domain?"
Blood Butcher's blood involuntarily boiled. As long as he survived this battle and crushed the Nether Ancestor Faction, Indestructible Infinite was within reach in the future, let alone Heavenly Venerable rank.
After all, the Demon Ancestor Ridge belonged to Feng Tian.
And he was Feng Tian's most proud and outstanding disciple.
"If the Chongming Ancestor hadn't been so arrogant and had chosen to stay in the Demon Ancestor Ridge, using the terrain and the power left by the Demon Ancestor, perhaps the outcome would have been different!" Blood Butcher sighed inwardly.
In the distance.
With the help of Qi Daren and dozens of top-tier gods from the Destiny Temple, Xu Kun War God had already suppressed Teng Zu and was hurrying back to the Demon Ancestor Ridge.
There were too many Nether Generals and Nether Soldiers, seemingly endless, repelling wave after wave.
Therefore, all the gods of the Destiny Temple were converging toward the Demon Ancestor Ridge and the Wind Pavilion.
If Void Heaven was defeated and the Nether Sea gained control of the formations within the Nether Kingdom, they could still rely on the Relic Ancient Realm, the Thunder Clan's Ancestor Realm, the Demon Ancestor Ridge, and the Wind Pavilion to continue resisting and buy time.
"No, what is that?"
Blood Butcher's expression changed.
He saw, in the distant black Nether Qi mist clouds, densely packed flames appearing...
Fire crows, countless fire crows.
"Caw! Caw!"
The crow cries were piercing, coming from all directions.
The ground also underwent a strange transformation. Red crow trees burst forth from the soil one after another, their branches and leaves sharp.
A Destiny Temple Great God, unable to dodge in time, had his skin cut by the branches and leaves of a red crow tree, blood flowing endlessly.
This red crow tree was very special, hard as divine iron. Half-Ancestor Divine Patterns flowed on its leaves, rendering the Great God's armor and protective divine light useless.
"Boom!"
Xu Kun War God struck out with a metal spherical divine artifact to clear the way, crushing the red crow trees ahead.
They were only tens of thousands of miles from the Demon Ancestor Ridge, but the danger was drawing closer and closer.
The fire crow cloud was already circling above their heads.
"Master once said that the red crow tree is the most ferocious plant in the universe. Today, it has finally revealed its ferocious side."
Qi Daren's talisman robe fluttered, light surged, and tens of millions of talisman seals flew out, striking down countless fire crows that dove down, turning them into fire rain and blood rain.
"Caw! Caw!"
Instead of decreasing, the fire crows increased, surrounding them impenetrably.
The Wind Pavilion was located below the Demon Ancestor Ridge.
The Past Divine Palace sat to the right of the Wind Pavilion, guarded by Hai Shang You Ruo.
The Future Divine Palace sat to the left of the Wind Pavilion, guarded by Que.
The Relic Ancient Realm and the Destiny Temple were located in front of the Wind Pavilion, guarded by Lian Xi and a large number of Destiny Temple gods.
It could be said that the Wind Pavilion was protected from all four sides.
Que walked out of the Future Divine Palace. Seeing the gods restless, he spoke with divine sound: "All gods of the Destiny Temple, do not go to rescue them. Xu Kun War God and Qi Daren are both at the Indestructible Infinite level, and even they cannot break out of the encirclement. Going there would be nothing but sending yourselves to death."
"But you can attack from a distance."
Hai Shang You Ruo formed a sword seal with her hand and raised it above her head.
Countless sword energies condensed above her head, spinning like a vortex, then flying in unison toward the tens of thousands of miles away.
The underground, ground, and air of the Nether Kingdom were already covered by formation inscription patterns. Otherwise, with the cultivation of Xu Kun War God and Qi Daren, a distance of tens of thousands of miles could be easily crossed.
By the time the sword energies Hai Shang You Ruo sent out reached above the dozens of gods, their power had already diminished by two-thirds.
Although it was a drop in the bucket, it still killed countless fire crows.
The gods in the Demon Ancestor Ridge, Future Divine Palace, Past Divine Palace, Wind Pavilion, and Destiny Temple all followed suit, striking out with divine abilities and war weapons.
Instantly, Death Divine Light, blood-colored lightning, talisman patterns, Spears of Fate... tens of thousands of divine abilities were launched, clearing a large area of fire crows in the sky and red crow trees on the ground.
"Be careful, the Nether Army is counterattacking!"
Blood Butcher's divine sound came from the Demon Ancestor Ridge.
A rain of war halberds flew toward the Wind Pavilion.
These war halberds were thrown from the battle formation of a Nether Army.
This Nether Army was massive in scale, with over a thousand Nether Generals at the god level and over a million Nether Soldiers. Among them were also several Nether Generals at the Infinite Realm level and ancient Demon Ancestor strongmen.
Tens of thousands of war halberds, enhanced by Nether Law talisman patterns, fell like a black curtain of rain.
Lian Xi stood in the Relic Ancient Realm, raising the Ghost Seal.
From the Ghost Seal, dense yin clouds surged out, with trillions of ghost souls dancing wildly within the clouds.
As the Ghost Seal and yin clouds flew toward the sky, countless powerful soul shadows also flew out from the tomb forest beneath her feet, colliding with the rain of war halberds.
This tomb forest buried the successive generations of strongmen of the Destiny Temple from ancient times to the present, including their war weapons.
Those Destiny Temple gods who had been sealed in the Wind Pavilion had all found suitable weapons from the tomb forest.
"Boom!"
All the war halberds were scattered.
Before the gods of the Destiny Temple could rejoice, a terrifying aura appeared on the distant battlefield.
"This is... Could the Nether Ancestor Faction still have a Half-Ancestor-level hidden expert?"
The gazes of Que, Hai Shang You Ruo, Blood Butcher, and Lian Xi all turned toward the battlefield where Void Heaven and the Nether Sea were located.
Xu Kun War God and Qi Daren also felt that aura that made their souls tremble, their hearts becoming extremely heavy.
The red crow trees on the ground grew wildly, and the fire crows in the sky cawed even more joyfully.
The Red Crow King appeared on the land of the Nether Kingdom—a red crow tree towering into the clouds, its trunk dozens of times thicker than ordinary mountain peaks. Its roots were exposed and could walk on the ground.
Among the lush branches and leaves, six most radiant fruits hung, their light and heat comparable to stars, containing a terrifying aura that could destroy the sky.
"Pfft!"
Void Heaven was simultaneously attacked by the Nether Sea in the sky and the Red Crow King on the ground. Before long, his body was cut in half by a branch.
His two halves fled in two different directions.
His upper body hugged the Sword Source Divine Tree, turning into a sword light and rushing toward the Wind Pavilion, shouting: "Zhang Ruochen, Feng Caiyi, if you don't act now, I, this old man, will have no choice but to self-destruct my divine source..."
Seeming to think that this threat wouldn't have any effect, Void Heaven immediately changed his words: "This old man will defect to the Nether Ancestor Faction!"
"Boom!"
More than ten branches of the Red Crow King grew out from over ten different spatial coordinates, striking Void Heaven's lower body and exploding it into a mist of blood.
Void Heaven's upper body wasn't much better, besieged by six fire crows.
These six fire crows had broken out of the six fruits of the Red Crow King.
No one knew what Corpse Demon had fed the Red Crow King, but the six fire crows all had human heads or beast heads. Among them, two looked very familiar to Void Heaven, like old acquaintances from many years ago.
"Boom!"
The void shook violently.
Star Cliff moved out from space and heavily pressed down.
Void Heaven propped up the Sword Source Divine Tree to resist, but he couldn't block it at all.
On Star Cliff, there was Ancestor Force left by Corpse Demon, pressing the Sword Source Divine Tree until countless cracks appeared, with some places collapsing and crumbling.
The Sword Source Divine Tree was not a real tree.
It was a stone mountain, only shaped like a tree.
As the Red Crow King landed on Star Cliff, the Sword Source Divine Tree completely collapsed, burying Void Heaven beneath it, his bones and flesh nowhere to be found.
Blood Butcher, watching this scene from afar, turned pale with fright.
He clearly saw Void Heaven's physical body shatter under the Ancestor Force of Star Cliff. Now, buried under Star Cliff with the Red Crow King's roots growing inside, the outcome was predictable.
Even a strongman as arrogant as Void Heaven could not escape a tragic death. How could they fare any better?
Not only Blood Butcher, but all the gods of the Destiny Temple felt as if struck by a thunderbolt.
Void Heaven was the banner of the Destiny Temple. His fall was an unacceptable psychological shock to many gods.
Hai Shang You Ruo's eyes reddened, her heart aching unbearably.
Over the years, Void Heaven had treated her like a granddaughter, not only protecting her but also the Hai Shang family.
Que stared intently at the Red Crow King on Star Cliff, hatred condensed into tangible sword light in his eyes.
"Boom!"
The earth shook, and destructive energy fluctuations came from tens of thousands of miles away.
An Infinite Realm existence had self-destructed their divine source, clearing a large area of red crow trees and fire crows.
Xu Kun War God and Qi Daren led dozens of top-tier gods, charging and killing their way back to the Relic Ancient Realm, reuniting with Lian Xi.
"The red crow trees can't be cut down, and the fire crows can't be killed. Too troublesome! Could this Red Crow King also be an Immortal existence?" Xu Kun War God said.
Qi Daren shook his head, saying: "Master once deduced that the red crow tree might have absorbed the blood of an Immortal, which is why its reproductive ability is unmatched by any other race."
Xu Kun War God's eyes lit up.
He had obtained quite a bit of liquid suspected to be Immortal blood earlier. If he refined and absorbed it, it might have unexpected effects.
The more he thought about it, the happier he felt inside.
Without Void Heaven's obstruction, the Nether Sea completely covered the sky above the Nether Kingdom.
On the ground, light pillars rose from the Nether Towers one after another, rushing into the Nether Sea as the formation quickly took shape.
The gods of the Destiny Temple all knew that they definitely couldn't leave today.
But it wasn't completely hopeless.
Some looked toward the Parasol Divine Tree growing in the Demon Ancestor Ridge, others toward the Wind Pavilion.
Xu Kun War God, while eating Teng Snake meat, looked at the formation marks in the sky, saying: "If Feng Tian doesn't come out soon, we're dead!"
"With this kind of formation, it's not something Feng Tian can block." Lian Xi said.
A Destiny Temple Great God asked: "Since even Feng Tian can't block it, why is Soul Mother still so calm?"
"Because the Imperial Dust can."
Lian Xi's eyes were full of admiration, saying: "He's here!"
"Boom!"
A bright patch of light suddenly appeared in the Nether Sea above, as if attacked by some external force, continuously sinking inward.
The sky roared without end.
The Nether Sea mobilized the formation power within the Nether Kingdom, contending with some supreme existence outside the sky.
"Whoosh—"
Sword light broke through the Nether Sea, opening the way for the Twenty-Seven Layers of Heavenly Domain World.
The Heavenly Domain World descended majestically, blocking in front of the Demon Ancestor Ridge, the Relic Ancient Realm, and the Wind Pavilion, colliding with the Star Cliff flying toward them.
Zhang Ruochen stood atop the Heavenly Domain World, waving his sleeve to send out the Fate Esoterica, saying: "Bore, give this Esoterica to him!"
Bore stood outside the Wind Pavilion, propping up the Gate of Fate to receive the Fate Esoterica.
The Nether Sea's voice, full of bewitchment, came from above: "The Fate Ancestor is using you! Bore, if you send more than fifty percent of the Fate Esoterica into the relief carving, all the gods of the Destiny Temple will be buried here, becoming nourishment for the Fate Ancestor to defy heaven and change fate."
"Does saying these words help? This is the Nether Kingdom. Don't you even have the confidence to suppress the Fate Ancestor? It seems I've overestimated you! Come, fight me first."
Zhang Ruochen propped up the Hong Cauldron, activating a sea of Truth Stars above his head, intending to use the power of Truth to erase the formation inscription patterns in the Nether Sea.
After receiving the Fate Esoterica, Bore did not hesitate and quickly walked into the pavilion.
Zhang Ruochen's decisive handing over of the Fate Esoterica to her showed that he absolutely trusted Gong Nanfeng.
And Bore absolutely trusted Zhang Ruochen.