Chapter 4219: Gods Fall, the Immortal Enters the Game
Erjun Tian stared intently into the depths of the star sea, murmuring to himself, "The World Tree has been breached, and the stars are falling one after another."
Upon hearing this, Green Deer God King raised an eyebrow.
Who would have thought that the Star Knight Legion, bolstered by the World Tree's power, would be defeated so quickly?
This was not good news.
The three divine armies were the strongest foundation of the God Realm. The destruction of any one of them would be an unbearable pain for the God Realm, inevitably provoking the boundless wrath of the God Realm's Primordial Ancestors.
Lord Mu Rong naturally saw the tragic scene deep in the star sea. The Star Knight Legion was filled with powerful experts, countless God Kings and God Venerables, yet Fengdu Dadi had slaughtered them like a butcher, their blood splattering across the void like ink.
"Attack. Leave no one alive."
Lord Mu Rong ordered the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army, then unleashed the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Saint Ancestor Talisman, striking at Lady Shiji.
Heavenly divine birds, formed from talisman patterns, condensed into being, filled with endless killing intent and surging energy, colliding with the Eternal Darkness Ancestor Order Field.
That dark domain, millions of miles in diameter, burst into flames, like an Ancestor's furnace refining all living beings.
He had to finish this quickly.
With the Star Knight Legion routed, the forces below the Primordial Ancestor level in the God Realm were absolutely no match for Chi Yao, Yan Wushen, Feng Caiyi, Fengdu Dadi, and the others.
If the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army couldn't get there in time, a major problem would arise at the Yama Clan's World Tree.
By then, the Eternal True Ruler and the God Realm's Immortal would be forced to step in, turning the God Realm's favorable situation into an unfavorable one.
"Yah gah!"
"Go!"
...
Phoenix cries, Luan calls, sparrow chirps, and oriole songs—countless divine birds circled and struck.
The Eternal Darkness Order Field propped up by Lady Shiji was continuously compressed.
At the same time, Lord Mu Rong still had the strength to use the spiritual power grand technique "Heavenly Mechanism Divine Punishment," gathering the heaven and earth energy of the vast star sea to condense into a purple-red Heavenly Mechanism Divine Cloud.
"Hua! Hua! Hua..."
Ancestral Divine Punishment beams fell one after another.
Relying on his Half-Ancestor peak cultivation, Green Deer God King released his Shura Killing Dao rules, manifesting the "Shura Star Pillar Realm" domain technique, and barely withstood a single Ancestral Divine Punishment beam.
The Shura Star Pillar Realm domain, millions of miles high, collapsed in an instant, holding out for only a few breaths.
Transformed into human form, Green Deer God King's arm began to disintegrate into particles just from a wisp of the beam's secret power, half of his body turning charred black.
Lord Mu Rong's ferocity and the Ancestor's terror exceeded his expectations. He dared not take another Divine Punishment beam head-on and immediately used a movement secret technique, weaving through space and time to dodge.
The divine sound of "Kill" came from countless times and spaces.
In the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army, over a hundred Divine Martial Marks converged, forming a brilliantly bright Divine Sun.
Within the Divine Sun, a crescent-shaped divine artifact flew out, its trajectory unpredictable, sometimes winding, sometimes disappearing.
Erjun Tian wielded a war weapon very similar to the Heaven-Opening Axe, caught sight of this artifact, and swung it out.
"Boom!"
The two artifacts clashed.
The energy storm erupted, shattering countless stars among the tens of millions that Lady Shiji had summoned earlier.
The second and third divine artifacts of the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army followed in succession, beating Green Deer God King and Erjun Tian, who were already struggling to deal with the Ancestral Divine Punishment beams, into a sorry state.
If this continued, Green Deer God King and Erjun Tian would have no choice but to abandon Lady Shiji and flee to save themselves.
Lady Shiji knew she could no longer remain on the defensive. She activated the Demon Shrine and struck at the talisman eye of the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Saint Ancestor Talisman outside the Ancestor Order Field.
The collision of two Ancestor-level forces created energy ripples that pushed the space occupied by Green Deer God King, Erjun Tian, and the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army back tens of billions of miles.
"You've finally come out!" Lord Mu Rong exclaimed with great joy.
"The God Realm is on the verge of defeat. If I don't come out now, when will I?" Lady Shiji stood atop a vast expanse of Eternal Darkness territory, with a brilliant and resplendent Time Divine Sea above her head, wielding the Heavenly Demon Stone Blade, exuding a peerless aura as if her head touched the sky and her feet trod the earth.
"Seeking death."
Lord Mu Rong knew the situation was very unfavorable for the God Realm, so he no longer held back as before.
Protected by a talisman robe, he stepped on the star river and charged at Lady Shiji in close combat.
Lady Shiji felt the terrifying pressure emanating from Lord Mu Rong, as if the entire universe was flipping over, pressing down on her, Erjun Tian, and Green Deer God King.
"Retreat immediately!"
Lady Shiji's expression was grave as she sent a telepathic message.
"Retreat where?"
Lord Mu Rong raised his arms, his cloud sleeves fluttering, and roared, "Three Realms and Ten Directions, follow my will!"
"Formation, rise!"
The Three Realms and Ten Directions Ancestral Killing Formation, with a trillion-mile-wide starry sky as its formation base, encompassed the three realms of the Real World, Lihentian, and the Void World, rolling in from the outside in, crushing toward the three of them.
The star sea churned like giant waves, mixing with the Ancestral formation inscriptions, sweeping away everything in its path, shaking heaven and earth.
"This is a true Ancestral Killing Formation. That old bastard is incredibly fierce, and his mastery of formations and talismans has reached the pinnacle." Green Deer God King's expression changed repeatedly.
Erjun Tian's eyes were like torches as he scanned his surroundings. "The Time-Space Shadow Divine Army is also within the killing formation, tightening their lines and pressing down on us."
Green Deer God King looked at Lady Shiji, placing his hopes on her.
Just as Lady Shiji was about to use a divine ability, she keenly sensed danger.
"Hua!"
Lord Mu Rong used some unknown means to cross space, melting her Ancestor Order, piercing through the Time Divine Sea, and closing in to within a hundred zhang.
"You are proficient in the Way of Time, and so am I. How could any Ancestor be bound by time?"
With another step, Lord Mu Rong had already reached Lady Shiji.
He swung his palm down.
Who would have thought that a Spiritual Power Ancestor would dare to engage in close combat, using his physical body to fight?
How could he hold Lady Shiji, a false Ancestor, in such contempt?
Lady Shiji swung her blade, the sword heavy as a great realm.
The blade's edge brought up layers of demonic clouds, tearing through the three realms.
Lord Mu Rong was completely unafraid, meeting the blade with his palm, neutralizing Lady Shiji's full-force slash.
At the same time, tens of thousands of destructive divine abilities surged from his palm, traveling along the Heavenly Demon Stone Blade and landing on Lady Shiji.
"Palm Formation!"
Lady Shiji took a step back, instantly covering a distance of hundreds of thousands of miles.
From the Eternal Darkness territory beneath her feet, a towering mountain range rose up, blocking the destructive divine abilities from Lord Mu Rong's Palm Formation.
It was the "Wujian Ridge" from the Abyss of Darkness!
Lady Shiji glanced at the "Three Realms and Ten Directions Killing Formation" pressing down from all directions. The vermilion butterfly-shaped flower mark on her brow flickered as Ancestor rules and Ancestor divine energy spread out like a nebula.
"Wujian World!"
This Wujian World had neither space nor time.
It was the same secret realm that had once trapped and killed Kong Yinxue.
Lady Shiji had taken it and made it part of the Finite Ancestor World.
By propping up the Wujian World, she finally managed to hold back the "Three Realms and Ten Directions Killing Formation" that was constantly squeezing their living space.
"Boom!"
Lord Mu Rong smashed through the Wujian Ridge, step by step crushing the Eternal Darkness territory, his eyes cold and indifferent. "If you keep fighting, it's just a death struggle. Even if I don't detonate the two Ancestor Talismans, you're still doomed. Can you hold out for half a day?"
Lady Shiji stood at the center of the Wujian World, radiating a thousand rays of light. "It's enough to hold out until the God Realm's second divine army is routed. In my opinion, it won't even take half a day."
"I think you're overconfident!"
Lord Mu Rong launched the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Saint Ancestor Talisman," then his figure rapidly retreated, crossing one stretch of space after another, all the way back outside the Three Realms and Ten Directions Killing Formation.
He intended to detonate the Ancestor Talisman and finish this quickly.
...
The Yama Clan's World Tree couldn't be fully defended. Under the impact of Half-Ancestor-level battle fluctuations, dozens of Leaf Worlds were destroyed, and even the "trunk" was damaged.
The entire starry sky was stained red with blood.
It wasn't just the countless beings on the Yama Clan's World Tree; the number of dead gods was also incalculable.
The World Tree where Fengdu Ghost City was located was a tragic sight. As magnificent as it had once been, it was now just as ruined.
All the Leaf Worlds, along with the Star Knight Legion's star mounts, had withered away.
The World Tree was now bare, and even Fengdu Ghost City was shattered into pieces. Various world fragments and city ruins floated in this limited stretch of void.
Battles erupted everywhere.
Nutian Shenzun, riding the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable's twenty-seven layers of Heavenly Realm Worlds and the Styx River, clashed repeatedly with the Hidden Corpse, forcing it back step by step, unable to get anywhere near the Yama Clan's World Tree.
Wen Tianjun dueled with the Primordial Yaksha King, the battle taking them farther and farther away.
The Half-Ancestor rules released by the two surged like tidal waves colliding, destroying great worlds and shattering stars wherever they passed, completely out of control.
The most dangerous battle was between the Primordial Beings and Yongzhou and Tiangong, with heavy casualties.
Zhenyi Old Clan Emperor was killed by Yongzhou, and all his divine bones were taken.
Yuandao Old Clan Emperor fell in a self-detonation of his divine source, severely wounding Tiangong.
Tiangong died at Chi Yao's sword, his Ancestor blood completely absorbed by the Blood Drip Sword, the sword body now a vivid red.
Chi Yao planted the Time-Space Chaos Lotus on the brow of Tiangong's corpse.
The lotus's roots pierced through the Ancestor's Divine Sea and took root on the divine source.
"Chi chi!"
The Time-Space Chaos Lotus absorbed the Ancestor divine energy from the divine source, growing wildly. From its crystalline petals, Chaos Ancestor divine energy was released.
Chi Yao and Zangjin Baihu stood at the center of the Time-Space Chaos Lotus, controlling Tiangong's massive corpse. While absorbing the Chaos Ancestor divine energy, they rushed toward the Yama Clan's World Tree.
The battle there was critical.
Yan Wushen's physical body was shattered twice by Shi Yan using the Wu Ding and Hong Ding.
But he fought to the death without retreating, his battle will as firm as divine iron, still blocking Shi Yan outside the World Tree.
The Dark Lord deliberately let Shi Yan enter the World Tree, so he didn't go all out, only occasionally striking with the Thunder God Hammer.
Chi Yao breathed deeply, absorbing the Chaos Ancestor divine energy transformed by the Time-Space Chaos Lotus. The injuries she had sustained earlier from a Star Knight Legion member at the Indestructible Infinite peak stage self-detonating their divine source were quickly healing.
It was unclear if the Star Knight Legion had been mentally controlled by the Eternal True Ruler, but every member was fearless of death, with over a dozen successfully self-detonating their divine sources.
Both Chi Yao and Fengdu Dadi were severely wounded.
Fengdu Dadi was far more injured than Chi Yao. Even his Half-Ancestor ghost body was shattered into a misty state by the destructive energy of the self-detonating divine sources. Without a thousand years of rest, he couldn't hope to return to his former peak.
This kind of injury, of course, meant little to a peak Half-Ancestor.
But its impact on their attempt to break through to Ancestor was enormous.
Chi Yao felt regret for Fengdu Dadi.
For cultivators like her, Fengdu Dadi, and Yan Wushen, who had a chance to break through to Ancestor, there were two major hurdles ahead.
The first hurdle was the Minor Calamity.
This Minor Calamity could also be called the decisive battle with the God Realm, a life-and-death struggle with the Immortal.
This hurdle was imminent, right before their eyes.
Only by breaking through to Ancestor before the decisive battle would it be meaningful, allowing them to play a decisive role on the battlefield and become the third giant after Zhang Ruochen and Heavenly Mother.
Conversely, the more likely a cultivator was to break through to Ancestor, the greater their chance of dying on the battlefield.
The second hurdle was the Major Calamity.
The Major Calamity would arrive in tens of thousands of years.
Only by becoming an Ancestor would their chances of survival be greater.
Even if they survived the first hurdle, attempting to break through to Ancestor a second time within tens of thousands of years would be more than twice as difficult.
"The Eternal True Ruler still hasn't made a move? What is he planning?" Zangjin Baihu asked curiously.
Chi Yao said, "He's waiting for Yan Wushen to be completely defeated, waiting for Shi Yan to break into the World Tree. Only then will he have a sufficient reason to enter the World Tree to deal with Shi Yan and, at the same time, destroy the Yama Clan. However..."
"However what?" Zangjin Baihu asked.
Chi Yao's eyes wavered. "Is it really that easy to guess the true intentions of a scheming existence like the Eternal True Ruler?"
"Maybe he wants to take the opportunity to eliminate you and Yan Wushen as well. Of course, that includes the Swastika Azure Dragon and me." Zangjin Baihu speculated.
"I'm afraid it's not that simple."
Chi Yao pondered for a moment, then glanced at the twelve Gates of Destiny in the distant starry sky. "No need to overthink. Emperor Dust must be watching from somewhere, ready to resolve any hidden dangers for us. No matter what the Eternal True Ruler is planning, once the second World Tree is breached, he will definitely make a move, and then his purpose will naturally be revealed."
"That's true. Why should we worry about someone on the Eternal True Ruler's level? That's Emperor Dust's opponent, his concern." Zangjin Baihu said.
...
After the Hidden Corpse left the Fate Divine Domain, the Divine Talisman Army's combat power dropped significantly.
Fortunately, Talisman Marshal heeded advice and didn't lead the Divine Talisman Army out of the World Tree; otherwise, they would have long been routed by the Hell Realm gods within the Fate Twelve-Phase Divine Formation.
Feng Tian stood at the Gate of Death, presiding over the formation.
The guardians of the other eleven gates were Ming Gu, Undying War God, Blood Absolute Clan Leader, Ice Emperor, Jue Miao Chan Nu, Gong Xuan Zang, Qi Da Ren, Blood Butcher, Ni Xuan Bei Shi, Wu Wo Deng, and Shi Tian.
The weakest among them was at the Indestructible Infinite level.
In addition, there were countless God Kings, God Venerables, and Great Gods.
Even if an Ancestor came, they could hold their ground.
Undying War God sensed something. "The Divine Talisman Army's combat power seems to have weakened a bit more."
"That's normal. Although the Divine Talisman Army has many soldiers, their average cultivation is far below that of the Eternal Knight Legion. How could they sustain an Ancestor-level confrontation for so long? After fighting this long, I estimate that most of the Divine Talisman Army's divine energy is nearly depleted." Gong Xuan Zang said.
Blood Absolute Clan Leader had long wanted to leave the formation, finding it too stifling. He wanted to fight like Fengdu Dadi, killing on all sides. "Feng Caiyi, what are you still hiding? Go all out, charge through the World Tree, and retake the Fate Divine Domain."
He knew that Zhang Ruochen had given Feng Tian something before they left—definitely a hidden trump card.
"Use the Demon Ancestor Ridge and crush them with the Demon Ancestor's power. I don't believe that with all of us Hell Realm heavens working together, we can't destroy a World Tree." Ming Gu was even more ferocious, wanting to level the World Tree.
"A bunch of brutes. You're killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred of your own." Undying War God couldn't stand it anymore and offered advice. "Defeating the Divine Talisman Army isn't the hard part. The key is breaking through the tens of thousands of ancient formations on the World Tree. Feng Tian, you're the Hall Master of the Destiny Temple. You know the defensive weaknesses of this World Tree best. Tell us where to strike."
"Indeed, it's time."
From within the Gate of Death came Feng Tian's ethereal voice.
Countless eyes within the Fate Twelve-Phase Divine Formation looked over.
They saw Feng Tian's beautiful figure outlined on the Gate of Death, half in shadow, half brilliantly bright.
She took out a bronze ancient cauldron.
"It's the Heaven Cauldron!"
"Excellent! Emperor Dust must have foreseen this and given the Destiny Cauldron to Feng Tian. How could the Divine Talisman Army possibly win?"
...
The Hell Realm gods rejoiced, all understanding what Feng Tian intended to do.
It was well known that the Nine Cauldrons were mysterious and unfathomable, and even formations couldn't block their ability to mobilize heaven and earth rules and energy.
Earlier in Paradise Realm, Shi Yan had used the Wu Ding, Hong Ding, and Zhou Ding to cross the Myriad Realms Grand Formation and the Realm-Protecting Grand Formation, mobilizing the Wu Dao rules, Truth rules, and Time rules within Paradise Realm, along with heaven and earth energy, to condense three types of divine techniques, nearly destroying Paradise Realm from within.
The World Tree where the Fate Divine Domain was located had the most Fate rules.
Not only the Fate rules of heaven and earth, but also the Fate rule divine patterns left by generations of gods from the Destiny Temple.
Feng Tian was not an Ancestor, so her use of the Nine Cauldrons was far inferior to Shi Yan's.
If the Hidden Corpse were still guarding the Fate Divine Domain, she naturally wouldn't have much confidence.
But now that the Hidden Corpse had left and the Divine Talisman Army was showing signs of fatigue, it was the perfect opportunity.
"Void Annihilation Method One!"
Feng Tian evolved the Great Dao, causing the twelve Gates of Destiny to converge and overlap.
The Fate Twelve Phases merged into one.
Standing at the center of this single Gate of Destiny, she mobilized the Ancestor divine energy and Ancestor rules from the Fate Ancestor's divine source, channeling them into the Heaven Cauldron.
Within the Gate of Destiny, the power of all the Hell Realm gods followed, pouring into the Heaven Cauldron.
In an instant, all the Fate rules within the World Tree in the distant starry sky became active, then surged like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea toward the Fate Divine Domain at the very top.
"Not good, it's the Heaven Cauldron. Suppress these Fate rules for me!"
Talisman Marshal was the first to realize the danger and immediately ordered the black dragon talisman beast, billions of miles long, to attack Feng Tian at all costs.
The Divine Talisman Army couldn't suppress the boiling Fate rules.
These Fate rules condensed into the seventh volume of the "Fate Heavenly Scripture" above the Fate Divine Domain. Every character was formed from the rule divine patterns left by a god in the Destiny Temple's history, representing a divine path.
"Boom!"
This volume of the scripture fell, smashing Talisman Marshal, who was at the Half-Ancestor level, into a bloody pulp with a single blow.
The black dragon talisman beast, billions of miles long, lost control, roaring and crashing about in the void like a headless fly.
Feng Tian waved her sleeve, sending six volumes of the "Fate Heavenly Scripture" flying out to land on six vital parts of the black dragon talisman beast, intending to use the power of Fate to subdue it.
"Talisman Marshal is crippled. Kill, kill all the Divine Talisman Army!"
Blood Absolute Clan Leader was the first to charge out of the Gate of Destiny, flying toward the Fate Divine Domain.
One Hell Realm god after another followed closely.
"Be careful, watch out for them self-detonating their divine sources." When it came time to actually charge, Ming Gu chickened out again, hanging far back.
"What's there to fear? This is the Destiny Temple's territory. This Palace Master can use Fate rules to suppress their will to self-detonate their divine sources." Blood Butcher was wild and excited, seeing this as a heaven-sent opportunity to devour the blood of many top-tier gods.
Some were excited, others worried.
Ice Emperor, Jue Miao Chan Nu, Shi Tian, Gong Xuan Zang, and others boarded the Demon Ancestor Ridge together, joining Feng Tian.
Their gazes sometimes turned to the World Tree where the Fate Divine Domain was located, sometimes to the Yama Clan's World Tree, filled with extreme wariness, as if waiting for something.
...
Zhang Ruochen, sitting by the Santu River fishing, suddenly had a sharp gleam in his eyes, his entire being like a divine leopard about to pounce on its prey.
Even space froze.
Behind him.
Mo Yin tensed up. "The second World Tree has been breached just like that. The Eternal True Ruler will definitely make a move now!"
Zhang Ruochen's gaze suddenly shifted from the water's surface to the Eternal Heavenly Kingdom at the very top of Lihentian.
The Seventy-Two Layer Tower shook slightly.
Then, the entire universe trembled lightly.
By the time Mo Yin, Xiu Chen Heavenly God, Mo Die Princess, Old Wine Ghost, and Lian Xi looked toward the Eternal Heavenly Kingdom, the Seventy-Two Layer Tower had already disappeared.
Zhang Ruochen stood up abruptly, his entire being like a mountain peak, his aura majestic and domineering. He muttered to himself, "You've finally taken the bait."
The others present were pressed to one knee by the terrifying aura naturally emanating from him.
"Boom!"
The Seventy-Two Layer Tower crushed through layer after layer of space, appearing on the battlefield where Lord Mu Rong and Lady Shiji were dueling. With a single strike, Erjun Tian turned into a cloud of blood mist, his Half-Ancestor divine soul crushed into fragments.
Green Deer God King was so terrified that his hair stood on end. He burned his lifespan and blood, fleeing for his life.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
The Seventy-Two Layer Tower rolled and tumbled, crushing all rules in the universe.
Seeing that escape was impossible, Green Deer God King roared and mobilized all his power, unleashing the "Ashura Ancestor Imprint."
The Seventy-Two Layer Tower grew larger and larger before his eyes.
Before it even reached him, the power emanating from the Seventy-Two Layer Tower shattered Green Deer God King's spiritual will, and the "Ashura Ancestor Imprint" he held up grew dim and faint.
"Bang!"
The Seventy-Two Layer Tower rolled over, shattering time and space, leaving only wisps of blood mist.
Green Deer God King's divine source and divine bones were reduced to powder and particles.
The seventy-two gates of the Seventy-Two Layer Tower quickly absorbed the blood energy, Half-Ancestor matter, esoterica, and soul fragments left behind by Erjun Tian and Green Deer God King after their deaths.
Even from tens of billions of miles away, Lady Shiji could feel the terrifying pressure of the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, her face already pale to the extreme.
Killing a peak Half-Ancestor was like slaughtering a pig or a dog.
No second strike was needed.
Watching the Seventy-Two Layer Tower fly toward her, the fear in Lady Shiji's heart nearly filled her entire Dao heart.
This was a sign that her spiritual will was about to be crushed!
"Shiji, I told you not to struggle in vain. Now it's too late! Beneath the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, even an Ancestor will be annihilated."
Seeing the Seventy-Two Layer Tower appear, Lord Mu Rong knew that a major change must have occurred on the Yama Clan battlefield. He planned to lead the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army to rush over as quickly as possible.
As for Lady Shiji, she was already a dead woman. He couldn't even be bothered to look back.
Just as Lady Shiji was using her Ancestor divine soul to resist the spiritual will attack unleashed by the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, a melodious flute sound suddenly rang in her ears, and the pressure on her lightened.
"The lady has arrived!"
Lady Shiji looked toward the starry sky.
Amid the flute sound, soldiers of the Time-Space Shadow Divine Army fell from various times and spaces, all devoid of any life fluctuations.
The flute sound came from an unknown source, as if from the ancient Primordial Beginning, or like the apocalyptic echoes of the Major Calamity.
Though melodious and pleasant, it caused Lord Mu Rong's eardrums to ring, his head to ache as if splitting, and his divine heart felt like it was being pierced by ten thousand arrows. No matter how he tried to resist, he couldn't shake it off.
Zhang Ruochen stood with his hands behind his back, calmly observing the space that the flute sound had wrinkled into layers. He muttered to himself, "It's true—only when you suffer heavy losses will you be forced to act, only then can you be drawn into the game."
Zhang Ruochen didn't want to be a pawn of the Immortal, didn't want to be used. The only way was to maintain absolute composure and force the Immortal to make the first move.
Fortunately, Yan Wushen, Chi Yao, Feng Tian, Fengdu Dadi, and the others were tough enough to withstand the God Realm's pressure and even turned the tide, routing the God Realm.
If they had been defeated first and the Yama Clan's World Tree had been breached, Zhang Ruochen would have been forced to act, forced to become the blade in the Immortal's hand. At that moment, the Seventy-Two Layer Tower would have fallen on him.
Of course, if the possibly still-alive "Nether Ancestor" cared more about Shi Yan and, under the God Realm's pressure, let Shi Yan break into the Yama Clan's World Tree, Zhang Ruochen would definitely have acted. Then, the God Realm would have benefited, watching Zhang Ruochen and the "Nether Ancestor" fight it out.
In this three-way struggle, whoever made the first move would lose half the battle. (End of Chapter)