# Chapter 4137: Heavenly Venerable and Half-Ancestor Fall, the Entire Universe Mobilizes
Lady Shiji was always so ethereally pure and otherworldly, dressed in pale blue robes, her hair bound with a jade hairpin, the floral ornament between her brows vivid and bright, possessing both nobility and immortal charm.
As an Indestructible Infinite, how could Xuan Yuan Second not recognize Lady Shiji?
Having just returned to the Life-and-Death Realm Star to seek reinforcements from the Hell Realm, encountering the most top-tier Half-Ancestor of the Hell Realm, Xuan Yuan Second couldn't help but be overjoyed.
"Greetings, Lady Shiji!"
Although Xuan Yuan Second was arrogant, when facing a Half-Ancestor, one must still bow when appropriate. After making a respectful salute, he said solemnly: "A great upheaval has occurred in Tianhuang. The Nether Ancestor Faction has an earth-shattering scheme. Please, Lady, come with me immediately to provide assistance."
Fan Chen and Cihang Venerable had told him to return to the Hell Realm to invite Master Can Deng, but speed was of the essence in military matters. With a ready-made reinforcement available, why go far when the solution was near?
"Oh? What great upheaval has occurred in Tianhuang?" Lady Shiji asked.
Xuan Yuan Second felt that Lady Shiji was a bit too calm. A Half-Ancestor was indeed a Half-Ancestor; after cultivating Buddhism for many years, his own state of mind still fell short.
"Third Master Meng has been cursed, the Eight Divisions Followers have emerged, the Saha World, the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and the Lamp of Life and Death have been seized by a Half-Ancestor-level Nether Envoy, who intends to go to Biluo Pass to conduct an unknown sacrifice. Oh, and the Desolate Heaven Hall Master of your Stone Clan has been suppressed and may become a living sacrifice."
Xuan Yuan Second secretly speculated that Lady Shiji might have traced the matter to Shiji Divine Star precisely because of Desolate Heaven's disappearance.
Everything made sense!
Xuan Yuan Second had left the Tianlong very early and didn't know much.
But it was already shocking enough.
Once the news spread, it would surely shake the universe.
Seeing that Lady Shiji had not responded for a long time, Xuan Yuan Second's eyes moved as he stared into hers.
They were undeniably flawless beautiful eyes, yet they made Xuan Yuan Second's soul tremble slightly, giving him an unknown sense of danger, as if the next moment Lady Shiji would strike out and shatter all the bones in his body.
But it was only for a moment; that feeling disappeared without a trace.
An illusion.
It must have been an illusion.
Because from beginning to end, Lady Shiji had no killing intent, nor did she mobilize any power. Her gaze was so clear and bright.
Just as Xuan Yuan Second was about to say something, a Buddhist chant sounded from behind him: "Amitabha! The conversation between the two of you just now accidentally entered this humble monk's ears. You two won't mind, will you?"
Xuan Yuan Second turned his head to look. Three zhang behind him, a young, handsome white-robed monk stood, a slight smile still on his face.
It was Master Can Deng.
At this moment, the setting sun was falling, and the Tianhuang Ferry was crowded with cultivators coming and going.
Master Can Deng and Lady Shiji locked eyes.
"Excellent! Master Can Deng, Cihang Venerable sent me to find you. Haha!"
Xuan Yuan Second laughed heartily, feeling that his luck was too good. Without having to run around, he had found two Half-Ancestors. Now there was no need to worry about the situation in Tianhuang!
Master Can Deng's achievements were extraordinary; he had once rescued Wen Tianjun from the hands of the Nether Ancestor Faction.
Master Can Deng shifted his gaze from Lady Shiji and asked: "Have you seen a monk named Fan Chen?"
Master Can Deng had traced Fan Chen's fate trajectory to the Life-and-Death Realm Star.
Master Can Deng had once ascended the Fate Divine Mountain and taken the "Fate Heavenly Scripture" to study, so his mastery of the Way of Fate was quite profound.
On Xuan Yuan Second, he had discovered traces of Fan Chen's fate.
Xuan Yuan Second was slightly surprised, secretly wondering what Fan Chen's background was, that both Cihang Venerable and Master Can Deng regarded him so highly?
That monk with a severe drinking problem was very ordinary; he could capture him with a wave of his hand.
"Master, how did you know that Fan Chen told me all this?" Xuan Yuan Second asked.
Master Can Deng did not answer, but asked again: "Was there anyone else with Fan Chen?"
"There was a middle-aged Daoist! Quite old, but with a good appearance, and a rather mysterious background." Xuan Yuan Second had an impression of Saint Si the Daoist. That Daoist clearly could no longer maintain a youthful appearance, having lived at least over a million years, yet still considered himself romantic and dashing, which annoyed Xuan Yuan Second.
Master Can Deng nodded knowingly, then looked at Lady Shiji and said: "This humble monk believes this matter is of great importance and involves various forces. We should immediately spread the news to the Heavenly Court Universe, the Sword Realm, and the Hell Realm."
Lady Shiji, as calm as an ancient well, gazed at the wide, ocean-like Santu River outside the ferry and said: "This matter is indeed strange, but is it necessary to alarm the entire universe and cause panic? With the two of us going, we can surely recover the Saha World, the Land of Ultimate Bliss, and the Lamp of Life and Death, and rescue Desolate Heaven and Bore. As for Biluo Pass and the Eight Divisions Followers, I have heard of them—just barbarians from a remote place."
Xuan Yuan Second wanted to refute, mentioning the several Earthly Bodhisattvas of Dihuang and the Three Reflections Heaven of the Eight Divisions Followers, but thinking of Lady Shiji's and Master Can Deng's cultivation levels, he immediately shut his mouth.
What was a huge matter to him might be a trivial problem that could be solved with a wave of the hand for someone of Lady Shiji's level.
Master Can Deng suddenly closed his eyes, as if listening to something, and said: "Listen!"
Xuan Yuan Second listened for a long time, then asked in confusion: "Listen to what?"
"Too quiet! The entire Tianhuang, the vast starry sky spanning countless light-years, is so quiet. I hear no sounds, perceive no fluctuations. When a forest that should not be silent becomes too silent, isn't that too terrifying? Second Jia Heavenly King, is the situation in Tianhuang really as simple as you described?" Master Can Deng asked.
Xuan Yuan Second had not realized the severity of the situation and was shocked, asking: "Really? Has your Heavenly Ear Penetration been cultivated to the point where you can hear an entire universe? You're not just trying to scare me, are you?"
Master Can Deng's expression was extremely serious. The ominous feeling was growing stronger and stronger. He no longer paid attention to Xuan Yuan Second and rose from the ground.
He flew all the way to the atmosphere of the Life-and-Death Realm Star.
His gaze followed the Santu River flowing through the universe toward the dark and silent Tianhuang.
His right hand formed the Fearless Seal upward, and his left hand formed the Wish-Granting Seal downward.
"Whoosh!"
Behind him in the starry sky, a ten-thousand-mile-high golden Buddha shadow manifested, also forming the Fearless Seal and the Wish-Granting Seal.
The golden Buddha shadow grew rapidly...
A hundred thousand miles, a million miles, ten million miles...
Before long, the golden Buddha shadow's height exceeded ten trillion miles. Even a ninth-level main star like the "Life-and-Death Realm Star" was like a grain of sand beneath its feet.
The cultivators on the Life-and-Death Realm Star had long been prostrated by the aura emanating from Master Can Deng.
In the universe, whether from various parts of the Hell Realm or the Infinite Realm gods of the Heavenly Court and the Wuding Divine Sea, all sensed this aura and saw the terrifying Buddha shadow nearly one light-year tall in the universe.
The naked eye would not see it so quickly; it was the divine thought forming an image in the mind and transmitting it to the pupils.
Dense Buddhist sounds rang out in the starry sky.
"What is Master Can Deng doing? Has another major event occurred?"
This thought arose in the hearts of many powerful beings.
"Boom!"
The golden Buddha shadow, over ten trillion miles tall, struck out the Fearless Seal toward the dark and empty Tianhuang.
The Fearless Seal flew out. After a long time, in the Tianhuang universe, a faint cloud of mist appeared to block it.
The mist was very thin, barely discernible to the naked eye.
But the divine thoughts of top-tier gods could discern it.
This mist was too vast, stretching endlessly, as if it had separated the entire Hell Realm universe from the Tianhuang universe. It made people imagine and fear—what changes had occurred in the universe behind the mist?
Such a feat, such divine power, made even Infinite Realm gods feel suffocating.
"Even cosmic space has been separated. How long ago did this happen?"
"What exactly happened in Tianhuang? What level of existence's means is this?"
"I have a terrible feeling. Even after searching through ancient texts, I cannot find a record of such a terrifying sight."
"Mist separating the star sea, like a gauze curtain, hiding another universe vaster than the Hell Realm. What earth-shattering truth is this trying to conceal?"
...
In the universe, the gods of various forces were in an uproar, all terrified.
This panic spread from the Infinite Realm gods downward.
Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
Heavenly Mother put down the scroll in her hand, walked out of the Witch Hall, and gazed at the golden Buddha shadow in the distant starry sky and the mist covering half of the Hell Realm universe.
The Rakshasa Clan's gods continuously crossed space and gathered in the square outside the Witch Hall.
"Wait for my command."
Leaving these four words, Heavenly Mother's figure disappeared.
By the time Heavenly Mother arrived at the Life-and-Death Realm Star, Fengdu Dadi had already arrived first and understood the situation from Xuan Yuan Second.
Fengdu Dadi held the Yellow Spring Seal in his hand and asked: "Shall we go together?"
"If we all go to Tianhuang, and it's a diversion, what about the Hell Realm?" Then Lady Shiji added: "The enemy can execute such a great technique to cover heaven and earth. Their cultivation is terrifying beyond measure. I have never heard of or seen anything like it. If we rashly go to Tianhuang and fall into an Ancestor's trap, we will all be buried."
"Caution is correct, but the situation there may be far more critical than we imagine."
Heavenly Mother glanced at Fengdu Dadi and said: "Send me over first. I have the Houtu Wedding Gown to protect my body. Even if I encounter an Ancestor, I have some chance of escaping."
"Use the Blood Fiend Bell's sound as a signal. If the bell does not ring, you do not need to rush over for now. Be careful on guard and wait for my news."
"If the bell rings three times, you must immediately spread the news to all directions, quickly gather the divine army, and rush to Tianhuang."
Fengdu Dadi raised his hands, offering up the Yellow Spring Seal. Half-Ancestor divine qi and Space Essence continuously surged out.
The space rules in the surrounding starry sky quickly gathered and were absorbed clean by the Yellow Spring Seal.
Space showed signs of violent contraction.
Trillions of miles of space were contracted to only about a hundred miles in diameter.
The space here was abnormally violent, unbearable for anyone below Half-Ancestor.
The Yellow Spring Seal was indeed a top-tier space divine artifact, but sending a cultivator directly to Tianhuang was no easy task.
Crossing space once was easy, but Heavenly Mother clearly needed to cross multiple times.
Just as before, Master Can Deng had exerted all his strength to send that powerful hand seal to the distant cosmic void.
After all, the Tianhuang universe had no Ancient God Path to travel, so one could only forcibly cross.
Heavenly Mother stood at the very center of the Yellow Spring Seal's spatial fluctuations, holding the Blood Fiend Bell suspended in her palm, her gaze sharp: "Begin!"
"Boom!"
Space exploded, and the entire star domain collapsed.
In an instant, Heavenly Mother was sent by the Yellow Spring Seal's power to a distance of one Jing Tian.
After a brief pause, Heavenly Mother was brought by the Yellow Spring Seal to the next Jing Tian away...
One Jing Tian was ten thousand trillion miles.
After dozens of consecutive crossings of Jing Tian distances, just before reaching the Tianhuang mist, Heavenly Mother used the Blood Fiend Bell as a guide to execute the "Thousand Spirit Blood Fiend" to open a path.
Breaking through the mist and entering.
Immediately, the bell rang loudly.
Master Can Deng used his Heavenly Ear Penetration, and Fengdu Dadi perceived with his divine soul.
In the universe, many Heavenly Venerable-level powerful beings also used various means to cross space and time to listen.
"One sound, two sounds, three sounds, four sounds, five sounds..."
The sound of the Blood Fiend Bell did not stop at all, let alone three sounds.
It was not until the mist closed again, once again covering the heavenly secrets of the Tianhuang universe, that the bell sound disappeared.
If before Heavenly Mother went, various parties only speculated that a major event had occurred in Tianhuang, now they no longer harbored any illusions.
Panic further intensified. Everyone knew that it was no longer a matter of gathering an army to rush to Tianhuang, but of mobilizing the most powerful cultivators at the fastest speed to welcome the most terrifying upheaval.
Just now, when Heavenly Mother broke through the Tianhuang mist, some heavenly secrets leaked out, and Yan Huanyu's Divine Throne Planet subsequently extinguished.
The entire Yama Clan felt as if the sky had fallen.
"Alas, sorrowful! The Clan Leader... the Clan Leader has fallen in Tianhuang!"
"The Yama Half-Ancestor has fallen. The bell in Tianhuang rings loudly. Heavenly Mother has gone and never returned."
"The calamity has arrived. The calamity has arrived. Heaven and earth are about to be destroyed! Where should we go?"
...
After many years, Yama Tai Shang walked out of the Tai Shang Qingyun Tower, dressed in gray-white robes, his face still gaunt, but he had aged and withered a lot.
Mi Tian War God, Yan Yu, Yan Huangtu, Wu Qingzong... countless Yama Clan gods were already waiting outside the tower.
"Back then, facing the pressure of the Nether Ancestor Faction, I feared the Yama Clan would face extinction. In pain, I lost my beloved son, allowing Yan Jun to possess Xue Zhi, and later Ren Huan died at Feng Xue. Looking back now, it is all regret. If I had been tougher back then, if I had fought to the death in that era..."
Yama Tai Shang recounted the past, his face full of helplessness and grief.
These years, his heart had been too tormented!
Yan Zhexian was his most beloved fifth-generation granddaughter, but she had not seen him for many years, always avoiding him, let alone Yan Yu and Yan Huangtu.
Yan Huanyu's fall made it impossible for him to be weak any longer. New hatred and old grievances intertwined, completely igniting the flame in his heart.
"Since Heavenly Mother has gone and never returned, as the supreme clan, the Yama Clan must send someone to fight." Yama Tai Shang's talisman robe lit up, and layers of talisman patterns flooded the Yama Outer Heaven.
From the Qingyun Tower, dan fire flew out, gathering above his head into a patch of green fire cloud.
"Great-grandfather!"
"Tai Shang!"
...
The gods did not want Yama Tai Shang to go.
Yan Renhuan and Yan Huanyu had successively fallen. If Yama Tai Shang also died in battle, how would the Yama Clan stand in the universe?
Yama Tai Shang's gaze fixed on Yan Yu and Wu Qingzong, and he said: "After I leave, the Yama Clan will be entrusted to you. If you cannot uphold the prestige of the supreme clan... Wu Qingzong, go and invite Yan Wushen back. I believe he can."
...
Heavenly Court.
The gods of the various realms gathered in the Heavenly Palace, including many Heavenly Venerables and God Kings and God Venerables, all extremely tense, staring at the heavenly lamp representing Hao Tian's living soul.
The flame of the heavenly lamp grew weaker and weaker.
Finally, with a "puff," it extinguished.
Hao Tian had fallen!
Although the living soul heavenly lamp might not be entirely accurate, and some extreme situations could also cause it to extinguish, when combined with the extinguishing of Yan Huanyu's Divine Throne Planet, who would think that Hao Tian had fallen into such an extreme situation?
"Boom!"
Countless gods' minds went blank, trembling and shaking, stunned beyond words, unable to accept this fact.
Following Yan Huanyu, the number one person in the current universe had also died in Tianhuang.
Standing at the front of the crowd, Xuanyuan Lian's face was as pale as death. It was only through sheer willpower that he could remain standing.
Footsteps sounded.
Pan Yuan Ancient God's heavy divine voice rang through the Heavenly Palace, breaking the dejected atmosphere: "Hao Tian is dead. Pan Yuan will march to war. Who dares to go with me to Tianhuang?" (Chapter End)
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