# Chapter 4239: Heavenly Dao Great Emperor, The Moment of Encirclement and Killing
The River of Time only manifested concretely at the edge of the Northern Universe. Amidst the storm stirred up by ninety-seventh level spiritual power, the river waters rose into waves, surging backward toward the even more northern direction.
Back then, Fei Ma Wang, at the Infinite Realm, had set out from the extreme north of the Northern Universe and spent nineteen years to reach the even more northern North Marsh Great Wall.
The distance was too vast!
Gods below the Great God level could spend their entire lives and still fail to cross it.
And this distance was precisely how far the sacrificial calamity light had spread from the North Marsh Great Wall to the Northern Universe. What Zhang Ruochen had to cross was not just the dimension of time, but also an immense spatial distance.
He had to bear this vast empty universe alone, carrying this void forward against the current of time.
...
Ji Fanxin sat at the center of the Divine Illumination Lotus. Thousands of divine rays bloomed, and the fragrance of flowers and lotus light spread along the Santu River to every corner of the universe. She was like a colored glaze immortal goddess, her jade arms slowly rising, her fingers drawing glowing arcs.
The arcs she drew were two spiritual power swords that split heaven and earth.
One left, one right, using the edge of the Northern Universe as a boundary, they cut off the vast starry domain shrouded by the sacrificial calamity light, completely stripping it from the Heavenly Court Universe, the Hell Realm, the Heavenly Desolate, and the Earthly Desolate.
"The starry domain where the sacrificial calamity light and the Sword Realm are located is becoming blurry, disappearing before our eyes. What is mother doing?" Ni He blinked her eyes, very curious.
The moment Bai Qinger saw Ji Fanxin, she understood many things. Many of the strange things that had happened to her were most likely her doing.
She couldn't help but sigh inwardly. She had always prided herself on being supremely intelligent, but in the face of absolute cultivation gap, any so-called wisdom would appear immature and shallow, unable to glimpse the truth.
Bai Qinger explained to Ni He: "She has cut off the time connection between the Sword Realm starry domain and the outside world. From this moment on, Imperial Dust has entered a completely independent time dimension different from ours."
"You can understand it this way: time in the universe is originally a long river. Your mother has forcibly split off a tributary and used her spiritual power to make this tributary flow backward."
"Imperial Dust is using this backward momentum, within the tributary, to travel to the past, to rewrite the cause and effect of the Sword Realm starry domain."
"Only in this way will what happens in the tributary not affect the main river channel."
"Only in this way can Imperial Dust avoid the backlash of causality and have a glimmer of hope."
Ni He nodded thoughtfully, secretly complaining in her heart that her father and mother were both masters of hiding things. One had faked his death and hidden in the Heavenly Court for thirty thousand years, while the other had concealed her invincible spiritual power cultivation.
What kind of parents were these?
With such a background, making the All Heavens serve as younger brothers and letting a God Venerable be a mount—they should all feel honored, right?
Her thoughts drifted far away, completely unlike a calm and composed Heaven Round No Lack powerhouse.
Chi Kongle was thinking about something, somewhat worried: "The tributary will eventually merge with the main river channel again. Mother Ni He can't keep it separated forever, can she?"
Bai Qinger said: "On the tributary, there is only a wave of countercurrent. Once the countercurrent recedes, the tributary will slowly return to calm. After it calms down, when it merges with the main channel again, the impact will be minimal."
"Currently, the destructive storm of the sacrificial calamity light is only a local change in heaven and earth, not yet affecting the Northern Universe."
"Only half a day has passed since the sacrificial calamity light erupted."
"Changing local space and half a day's time—such backlash, with Imperial Dust and Fanxin's cultivation, they can withstand it!"
Yuan Sheng tightly gripped the Blue Sea Mixed Origin Spear, her body filled with vigilance and battle intent: "If at this moment, the Immortal of the God Realm attacks Mother Ni He, wouldn't Imperial Dust's efforts be wasted?"
To split the time of heaven and earth, even with Ji Fanxin's spiritual power, she had to go all out.
In this state, even if the Human Ancestor personally attacked, let alone any other ancestor coming to harass, it could cause the time tributary to collapse.
"No, it won't."
Wu Yue gently shook her head: "If the Immortal of the God Realm wanted to act, they would have done so before Imperial Dust broke through, not wait until now."
"Clearly, the Immortal of the God Realm is waiting for Imperial Dust to enter the time countercurrent, waiting for him to bear a heavy burden, so they can kill him on the time tributary."
"Imperial Dust, who wants to advance, is the easiest to kill."
"If they don't leave Imperial Dust and Mother Ni He any hope, the Immortal of the God Realm won't be able to kill them! Because they will no longer have any burdens—they can fight if they want, leave if they want. In that case, even if the Immortal of the God Realm collects the sacrifices... would Imperial Dust and Mother Ni He give him the chance to absorb them?"
As if confirming Wu Yue's guess, all the great cultivators present whose spiritual power reached the ninetieth level and whose martial arts cultivation reached the Indestructible Infinite Realm changed their expressions, looking toward the north.
At this moment, crossing time and space, they sensed several terrifyingly powerful fluctuations of ancestor power erupting from the Sword Realm starry domain.
The God Realm's hunt for Imperial Dust had begun!
"What's going on? Why are there so many ancestor fluctuations? Have all the ancestors of the God Realm mobilized?"
"That's not right. Doesn't the God Realm only have four ancestors? Why are there so many auras? Is the God Realm hiding its strength?"
Some exclaimed, some were horrified, some were worried.
Ji Fanxin, sitting on the Divine Illumination Lotus, looked up and gazed into the distance.
She saw beams of ancestor light falling from the God Realm into the tributary of the River of Time.
The Space-Time Human Ancestor, the Second Confucian Ancestor, the Dark Venerable Lord, the White Jade Divine Emperor, the Heavenly Demon, the Murong Overlord, the Remains of Emperor Xuan, and the Corpse of the Truth Great Emperor—eight ancestors went to intercept and kill Zhang Ruochen.
Eight ancestors to kill one person!
Such a formation had no precedent in ancient or modern times.
The God Realm had given the generation's Great Emperor unparalleled respect.
This was a shocking scene, but also a despairing one. Some gods cried out in grief: "The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor has only just achieved perfect ancestor Dao, and now he is about to fall in the River of Time? He went for the sake of all living beings, fighting for the entire universe, yet he has put himself in a desperate situation."
Whether Zhang Ruochen was the Heavenly Dao itself or not, in the eyes of the world, he already was!
"Heavenly Dao Great Emperor"—this was the title bestowed upon him by the world.
"Isn't the God Realm afraid that the main altar will be destroyed? They completely disregard the gods of this era!"
Xuan Yuan Lian, Luo Yan, Xiang Chunan, Hai Shang You Ruo, Zhang Hongchen, Chi Kongle... all cultivators were filled with grief and indignation. Worried about Zhang Ruochen, an overwhelming killing intent surged in their chests. They summoned divine artifact war weapons and were about to kill their way to the God Realm.
"The God Realm is not your battlefield. You must stay here. On this shore of time, someone must receive him. If he needs it, the cultivators on this shore... must be mentally prepared to sacrifice themselves and die for righteousness at any moment."
Ji Fanxin stopped them.
The cultivators present naturally had to obey her. The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor was fighting in the past, and in this era, only the Divine Illumination Lotus could challenge the God Realm, mobilize the world, and coordinate the situation.
"Die or sacrifice, whoever frowns is a son of a bitch. But what do we do now? All the ancestors of the God Realm have gone to the River of Time. Zhang Ruochen definitely can't hold out. We can't sit and wait for death—absolutely not!"
Niu Jianqiang's stubborn temper flared up. He wanted to charge into the River of Time. Xiang Chunan, Xiao Hei, the Swallowing Elephant Rabbit, and the Demon Monkey all went up together. Some grabbed his horns, some pulled his tail, some hugged his neck, some rode on his back—they barely managed to hold him down.
Ji Fanxin ignored them. She released the World-Destroying Bronze Bells that Zhang Ruochen had given her, arranging them neatly around her.
Only a small portion of the complete set!
More than twenty bronze bells, driven by her spiritual power, became ancient and heavy, divine light flowing, releasing the most domineering and yin-cold Dao force from within and without.
The bells swayed and rang, the pleasant sound spreading to every realm of the universe.
The World-Destroying Bronze Bells held by dozens of Doomsday Sacrificers vibrated uncontrollably along with them.
Amidst screams, these powerful Doomsday Sacrificers were shattered into clouds of blood mist by the sound waves.
Even the Doomsday Sacrificers in the God Realm were no exception.
Ninety-seventh level spiritual power could reach any region of the universe.
"Hua! Hua! Hua..."
One by one, the bronze bells, like divine weapons and fierce weapons crossing ancient eras, broke through space and flew toward the Northern Universe like brilliant meteors.
The God Realm was pierced with holes one after another.
Many starry spaces in the Hell Realm and the Heavenly Court experienced spatial collapse.
After a moment, sixty-five bronze bells gathered together, arranged in the void above the gods of the Sword Realm, like star divine suns emitting cyan divine light, flying out along the edge of the Northern Universe.
Ji Fanxin wanted to use the World-Destroying Bronze Bells to split the time of the two starry domains, freeing up some of her own power.
Of course, she was worried about Zhang Ruochen, but she was not as despairing as the other gods, believing that Zhang Ruochen would surely die in the hunt of eight ancestors. Because with Hao Tian, Yan Wushen, and Lady Shiji as three ancestors present, the ancestors of the God Realm could not really leave their nest completely.
There must be some reason for this!
...
The River of Time was magnificent, with waves surging sky-high.
Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm was like a cosmic ark, eroded by time rules. Above it, the blood moon was eerie and crimson. Heluo fish continuously fell from the blood moon along the waterfall of heaven, pushing the great world forward.
Zhang Ruochen stood alone on the End of Heaven Cliff, his figure as straight as a spear, his hair and robes gently fluttering in the wind.
This was the highest terrain position in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm!
The young Heavenly Mother and the Immovable Bright King Great Venerable had met here.
Later, the Heavenly Mother had left behind the "Heart-Breaking Stele" here, inscribed with "A lifetime trapped by emotional burdens, severing worldly ties and severing the heart."
The Earthly Mother had died here.
Fengdu Dadi had been exiled to the future here by Qishier Pin Lian and the Thunder Punishment Heavenly Venerable.
Many cultivators had left their mark here. Today, it was Zhang Ruochen's turn.
"Hua!"
The sky was filled with Divine Martial Marks, flashing in black, white, gold, silver, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple... all colors, flowing mottled, possessing both the romantic beauty of a firefly realm and the vast magnificence of ten thousand Daos converging.
The sacrificial calamity light, under the impact of the River of Time, continuously retreated.
"Hua! Hua! Hua..."
Zhang Ruochen felt the killing auras of ancestors from the God Realm one after another. He had long anticipated this, his heart calm. He slightly raised his head, and the deafening ancestral sounds rang in his ears: "Zhang Ruochen, this Emperor has come to send you on your way!"
The Dark Venerable Lord's voice followed: "Carrying an entire starry domain forward, can you reach the other shore?"
The Murong Overlord's voice was somewhat aged: "The Seven-Colored Light Sea you didn't want, I have taken! I control sixty percent of the power of quantity; how much have you absorbed so far—twenty percent?"
The Second Confucian Ancestor's regretful voice sounded in the dimension of time: "The rules of this chess game were set by the Human Ancestor. No one can take back their move. The time countercurrent is the last killing move prepared for you. You shouldn't have jumped in."
...
The space above the River of Time split open, and the time rule barrier was torn apart by a blinding white light.
A white tiger, countless thousands of miles tall, swooped down!
Its form was majestic, its body hairless, cast from white jade.
Its breath swallowed heaven and earth, one claw split the star sea.
This claw of the White Jade Divine Emperor contained the ancestor divine power cultivated over countless eons, capable of killing souls and breaking Daos, splitting heaven and earth. With just a light touch, it shattered a corner of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
Seeing the fierce ancestor claw mark coming, Zhang Ruochen, even though he had never seen the White Jade Divine Emperor before, immediately discerned the origin of this tiger.
The terrifying aura of eternal immortality on it far surpassed that of the Heavenly Mother, Hao Tian, Corpse Yan, the Murong Overlord, and others, possessing a domineering aura of "between heaven and earth, only I am supreme."
"Not yet reaching Heavenly Beginning Self-Ending, that's good!"
Zhang Ruochen was calm and composed. In one hand, he held the Abyssal Divine Sword, and in the other, the Blood-Drop Divine Sword—one black, one red. His sword momentum instantly rose to its peak as he met the tiger claw with a horizontal slash.
One horizontal stroke cut off the path of all living beings!
Just as the Abyssal Divine Sword was swung...
Behind him and above, the time rule barrier was torn open again.
The Murong Overlord's form appeared in the vastness, stirring the majestic power of quantity, unleashing endless calamity thunder.
"Boom!"
These calamity thunder beams, dense and blinding, each one comparable to the intensity of the Sixteenth Eon Calamity, could kill a Half-Ancestor.
One wasn't enough, but ten thousand superimposed.
The convergence of calamity thunder beams was enough to threaten an ancestor, forcing them to flee far away.
After refining the Seven-Colored Light Sea, the Murong Overlord not only fully recovered his cultivation but also far surpassed his former combat power.
Zhang Ruochen was facing the fierce attack of the White Jade Divine Emperor head-on, so naturally he couldn't flee far. He could only rely on the Nine Cauldrons to protect his body and endure these calamity thunder beams.
"Boom!"
The Abyssal Divine Sword collided with the tiger claw, stirring up endless Dao light.
The immense impact caused Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm to shake, as if it might stop.
"Boom rumble!"
Countless calamity thunder beams were blocked by the Darkness Cauldron suspended behind Zhang Ruochen.
The Darkness Cauldron was like a black hole that could never be filled, absorbing all energy and light. But the Murong Overlord was an ancestor, his cultivation too terrifying. The calamity thunder beams were endless, lighting up the black hole, as if they would melt the Darkness Cauldron.
"Hua!"
A stone knife cut through heaven and earth, demonic qi surging, coming from the left bank of the River of Time.
On the riverbank, the Heavenly Demon's majestic and domineering form stood there, one hand gripping the knife, like a hand plucking stars, one knife breaking the universe, about to split Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
"Boom!"
A rusted long spear stabbed down from the God Realm.
Just the spear tip was as large as a mountain, carrying the ancient charm of time, giving off a terrifying momentum that could pierce the universe.
It was the Remains of Emperor Xuan thrusting this spear.
It seemed to have been thrust from the ancient era, arriving in this era, intending to cut off the flow of time and seal Zhang Ruochen's path forward.
Xuan Yuan Xuan Di, also known as Hei Qi, was a disciple of the Human Ancestor and founded the Time Divine Temple. Although Emperor Xuan was only remains, his attainments in the Way of Time were still among the best of all ancestors in ancient and modern times.
In just an instant, four ancestors had made their move, giving Zhang Ruochen no chance to catch his breath.
At any other time, Zhang Ruochen would have immediately fled, not arrogantly thinking he could fight four alone. Or he would have used a kiting tactic, fighting while retreating, breaking them one by one.
But now.
He could only advance, not retreat.
He could only endure the siege of four ancestors, unable to flee, unable to choose a more advantageous tactic.
Moreover, he had to separate a portion of his power to protect Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm and the River of Time.
It could be said that he was at a complete disadvantage.
Falling into such a situation, even if the Witch Ancestor were alive, he would have to give up reversing time and decisively retreat.
But at this moment, countless ideas for breaking the situation flashed through Zhang Ruochen's mind, but retreat was not among them. At this critical moment, he struck out the Earth Cauldron and the Heaven Cauldron that were protecting his body, sending them to block the Heavenly Demon's knife light from the left bank and the long spear falling from the sky.
"Roar!"
Zhang Ruochen let out a long roar, the blood in his body boiling. His crown broke apart in the force, his hair flying in disarray.
He wanted to increase his battle intent and momentum to above their peak.
The Abyssal Sword blocked the tiger claw.
The Blood-Drop Sword in his other hand slashed upward from below.
Sword light and creation divine light shone simultaneously, with irresistible force, cutting off the White Jade Divine Emperor's tiger claw. Then, his body leaped up, one foot stepping on time, the other on space, flying to the top of the White Jade Divine Emperor's head.
He stepped on the tiger's head.
The power of time and space fell from his toes in layers, like ripples spreading on water, pressing the Divine Emperor's head down, even the tiger's roar becoming muffled and dull.
The next moment.
Zhang Ruochen used the springing power of time and space to shoot straight upward, his gaze locked on the place where the Heaven Cauldron and the long spear collided.
He knew very well that the Heaven Cauldron alone could not block the long spear thrust by the Remains of Emperor Xuan.
Those remains were probably left behind from the battle in the Jade Desolate Realm back then, containing Emperor Xuan's most vigorous blood qi and most primordial ancestral power, capable of unleashing part of the power of Heavenly Beginning Self-Ending.
"Not good!"
Suddenly.
An extremely dangerous perception struck, making Zhang Ruochen's entire body ice-cold.
The Dark Venerable Lord appeared silently in the space to his left.
His five fingers were like claws, grabbing Zhang Ruochen's left arm, the fingertips piercing into the flesh, directly grasping the arm bone.
Zhang Ruochen's physique was naturally powerful, but the Dark Venerable Lord's hands were the hands of an Immortal, harder than divine artifacts, capable of transforming all phenomena into formlessness, so of course they could break his physical defense.
The Dark Venerable Lord's attainments in the Way of Darkness and the Way of Space were both at their peak.
But even so, under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for him to get so close to Zhang Ruochen without being detected. The reason was that the siege of the four ancestors had made Zhang Ruochen unable to attend to everything.
Moreover, he had to be on guard against the most terrifying Space-Time Human Ancestor.
This gave the Dark Venerable Lord an opportunity!
"Today is Imperial Dust's death day. I, the Venerable Lord, recall our past friendship and have come to see you off. You have lost the Earth Cauldron and the Heaven Cauldron to protect your arms, so I, the Venerable Lord, will naturally take them!"
The Dark Venerable Lord's other hand's five fingers grabbed toward Zhang Ruochen's shoulder. Immediately, blood flowed like a river, and bones emitted explosive cracking sounds.
Zhang Ruochen took one last look upward. The Heaven Cauldron, struck by the long spear, was rapidly falling downward. He realized that if the long spear fell, the countercurrent time would definitely be affected.
But the pain in his left arm and the cold, piercing dark energy forced him to deal with the Dark Venerable Lord first.
"Puchi!"
Zhang Ruochen's left arm was torn off by the Dark Venerable Lord.
Blood spilled across the sky, raining down on Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
But before the Dark Venerable Lord could be even half happy, a blood-red sword stabbed straight toward his heart.
It was the torn-off left arm, still holding the Blood-Drop Sword.
"A petty trick..."
Just as the Dark Venerable Lord grabbed the Blood-Drop Sword, preparing to refine it with the Myriad Forms Formless Seal, the Abyssal Divine Sword slashed down diagonally from above his head, landing on his neck.
"Chi!"
The sword edge cut a third of the way through his neck, nearly severing his head from his body.
This sword struck the Dark Venerable Lord, making his entire body tremble, his eyes filled with shock. How could he have imagined that, facing the siege of several ancestors, Zhang Ruochen could still wound him with one sword?
The Dark Venerable Lord, uncontrollably, fell rapidly downward.
Zhang Ruochen plummeted downward at an even faster speed, stepping on his chest with one foot.
"Bang!"
The Universe Cauldron rotated around his thigh, moving like a celestial body in the subtle space, then rotating past his knee and calf, heavily striking the Dark Venerable Lord.
"Boom!"
The Dark Venerable Lord fell into Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, smashing a bottomless pit.
Zhang Ruochen had no time to continue attacking. He raised the Witch Cauldron, mobilizing the witch Dao rules that had already gathered in Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, to block the long spear stabbing straight down.
The two forces collided, producing a great sound like a heavenly bell ringing.
Taking this opportunity, the Murong Overlord landed on the ground of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, millions of miles away, and pressed one hand to the ground.
Countless calamity thunder beams raced along the ground, like a group of dragons marching, erupting with dense thunder sounds, scattering the Divine Martial Marks in the sky, reaching Zhang Ruochen in an instant.
"Hua!"
A blinding blood light flew out from the bottom of the smoke-filled pit.
It was Zhang Ruochen's severed arm!
The severed arm held the Blood-Drop Sword, slashing out a crescent-shaped sword qi, extinguishing all the rushing calamity thunder beams.
Then, the severed arm joined the Heaven Cauldron, lifting the sword and flying toward the Murong Overlord.
"Boom rumble!"
After more than ten exchanges, the severed arm gained the upper hand, reaching above the Murong Overlord's head.
"Even one arm is this strong?"
The Murong Overlord turned and fled.
If this scene happened in the universe, it would surely shock countless gods. A severed arm chasing an ancestor and hacking at them—so strong it was absurd. This was the style of the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor.
"Bang!"
After a moment, the Murong Overlord's spiritual power dharma body was chopped to pieces, turning into wisps of smoke and clouds.
This was not his true body!
His true body was in the God Realm.
But this spiritual power dharma body could be called the Murong Overlord's strongest divine ability great dharma. The combat power it erupted in a short time was not inferior to his true body.
To be precise, it was originally the means of the true body going all out, only crossing the dimensions of time and space.
While Zhang Ruochen was fighting the White Jade Divine Emperor, the Dark Venerable Lord, and the Heavenly Demon, a black and a white divine sun appeared on the River of Time, illuminating the entire time and space in black and white colors.
Around the two divine suns, crisscrossing formation lines appeared, converging into a chessboard.
"The Heavenly Human Chess Formation—Yan Tingqiu is about to make his move!"
Zhang Ruochen dared not underestimate the Second Confucian Ancestor.
After refining three World Trees, the Second Confucian Ancestor had become the most peak existence below the ninety-seventh level, not much weaker than the White Jade Divine Emperor, who had lived for countless billions of years.
Once trapped in the Heavenly Human Chess Formation, the Second Confucian Ancestor could mobilize the heaven and earth qi of the God Realm and the universe to trap Zhang Ruochen, equivalent to drawing a circle as a prison, preventing him from going to the past or returning to the future.
"I will stabilize the countercurrent waves on the River of Time for you. You go all out."
Ji Fanxin's voice came from the future.
The light erupted from the Divine Illumination Lotus came from the future, catching up to Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm.
"Boom!"
A formless and imageless Wuji circle erupted from Zhang Ruochen's body. Fifty-four clusters of Dao light and the Nine Cauldrons flew out together, constructing his own ancestor heaven and earth.
"Bang!"
"Pfft!"
"Ah..."
In an instant, the White Jade Divine Emperor, the Heavenly Demon, and the Dark Venerable Lord were all sent flying by this unmatched shockwave, ancestors like fallen leaves.
The situations of the three ancestors were different.
The White Jade Divine Emperor was hit by the Void Cauldron, his body directly exploding, like the Murong Overlord before, turning into cloud-like white ancestor divine light.
The Heavenly Demon was sent flying by the Wuji circle, his physical body deformed, his ancestor physique suffering internal injuries, black demon blood spilling from his mouth.
And the Dark Venerable Lord was hit by the Truth Cauldron, his scream particularly shrill. He and the Heavenly Demon had come in true form. With his cultivation, he shouldn't have been so useless.
Zhang Ruochen believed that the Dark Venerable Lord was probably trying to preserve his strength, playing his own little game in his heart.
"How can he be so terrifying? The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor... surpasses the former Bai Yuan, already above the Immortal... pfft..."
The Dark Venerable Lord retreated to the edge of Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm, his face pale, tightly clutching his chest, spitting out a mouthful of ancestral blood. Then, without looking back, he fled the River of Time and escaped to the God Realm.
The previous battle indeed had some acting involved, but the Dark Venerable Lord had also gone all out. He was truly shocked by the combat power Zhang Ruochen had erupted.
With all disadvantages in timing and positioning, enduring the siege of five ancestors, he could still counter the situation, successively defeating the Murong Overlord, the Remains of Emperor Xuan, and the power the White Jade Divine Emperor had projected into the River of Time.
The Dark Venerable Lord naturally didn't want to stay here any longer, not daring to imagine how terrifying Zhang Ruochen would be in a life-or-death state.
"Hua!"
The vast and misty River of Time suddenly lit up, turning into a star river.
It was the reflection of the Truth Great Emperor's Cosmic Realm Form above.
The "Cosmic Realm Form" and the "Heavenly Human Chess Formation" fell simultaneously. Above the realm form, the Corpse of the Truth Great Emperor wore golden divine robes, countless billions of miles tall, like a giant looking down on the entire universe.
Outside the chess formation, the Second Confucian Ancestor was as tall as the Corpse of the Truth Great Emperor, the entire three realms being his chessboard.
At the same time, the White Jade Divine Emperor, the Murong Overlord, and the Remains of Emperor Xuan in the God Realm were condensing divine qi and rules, preparing to cross time and space to launch the next wave of attacks at Zhang Ruochen.
"Boom!"
The God Realm shook, the ground trembled, suffering a heavy blow from an ancestor.
Clear radiance, Xuan Huang divine light, and Heavenly Punishment divine light rose from the ground of the God Realm, spreading from the end of the horizon to the Heavenly Beginning Without End Mountains.
The sound of divine drums, spreading for millions of miles without attenuation.
The sound of war horns, sounding from all directions.
Dust swallowed the mountains, war banners covered the clouds and mists.
Hao Tian, leading the Nine War Gods and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Army, was at the very front, charging out of the horizon. The Xuan Yuan Halberd in his hand was thrown, dragging a tail thousands of miles long.
"Boom!"
At the edge of the mountains, a tall and majestic divine mountain was hit, collapsing with a roar, broken stones flying everywhere.
"Level the God Realm, push to the main altar, release the Heavenly Dao origin, return clarity to heaven and earth!"
Hao Tian's ancestor divine sound was vast and mighty, spreading throughout the God Realm, the mountains shaking.
Riding the Snow Charcoal Dragon Steed, "Pan Yuan Ancient God"; driving the Ancestral Dragon Corpse, "Dragon Lord"; standing on the Xiong Xiao Demon God Hall, "Gai Mie"; carrying the Truth Divine Temple, "Meng Ge"; playing the pipa, "Immortal Music Master"; Xian Xia Chi, Old Drunkard, True Martial Great Emperor, Hun Yuan Tian...
One after another, top-tier powerhouses, each leading a great army with no visible end to their ranks, charged into the God Realm.
The entire God Realm became a battlefield, killing sounds endless.
"Poor Dao's Five Elements False Ancestor Body has achieved great success—who dares to contend? Beneath the ancestors of the God Realm, who dares to fight?"
Well Daoist, holding the Wu Gou Dust Whisk, opened mountains where he encountered them, killed gods where he encountered them. Corpses lay everywhere along the way. With a wave of his hand, heaven and earth overturned. He felt that the God Realm was hard to find a single opponent, far less powerful than he had imagined—truly a reputation without substance, chickens and dogs, nothing more, greatly disappointing.
All cultivators' Divine Martial Marks had been taken away by Zhang Ruochen.
This time, replacing the Divine Martial Marks were Wuji Marks, not the previous Taiji Marks.
Therefore, without needing to comprehend time or go through a running-in period, they could directly erupt ninety-nine percent of their former combat power, the impact negligible.
This was also the sign of Zhang Ruochen's perfect cultivation!
"Damn it, they've already reached the Heavenly Beginning Without End Mountains. This Emperor will suppress them!"
The White Jade Divine Emperor gave up attacking Zhang Ruochen on the River of Time and instead struck the divine ability he had condensed toward Hao Tian, who had arrived outside the Heavenly Beginning Without End Mountains.
The divine ability turned into a white tiger that swallowed heaven and earth, sending Hao Tian, who had just retrieved the Xuan Yuan Halberd, flying backward. He retreated all the way into the Heavenly Punishment Divine Army. Only by relying on the Heavenly Punishment divine light and the army formation did he dissolve this collision force.
After a moment, the White Jade Divine Emperor's true form descended, not taking Hao Tian and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Army seriously at all, directly charging into the army formation.
"The junior Yan Wushen visits the God Realm. Where is the Human Ancestor? Dare to fight to the death?"
Yan Wushen's voice came from the clouds on the horizon.
Black, oppressive death qi and ghost clouds raced forward, swallowing the colorful clouds of the God Realm. Fengdu Ghost City gradually appeared from the clouds. The city was so dilapidated, but all the cultivators in the city released a fierce killing intent as if they were ready to die.
Yan Wushen stood on the broken wall, facing the increasingly close Heavenly Beginning Without End Mountains.
The Swastika Azure Dragon coiled above Fengdu Ghost City, its Dao methods, rules, and aura completely integrated with Yan Wushen, the two indistinguishable.
Yan Wushen dared to challenge like this not because he really thought he had the strength to fight the Human Ancestor, but because he knew that the more power of the God Realm he could tie down, the more hope Zhang Ruochen would have.
Zhang Ruochen's hope was the hope of the entire universe.
Only by returning to the past and destroying the main altar on the Wuding Divine Sea could the root of the sacrificial calamity light be truly resolved.
"So arrogant, Yan Wushen. With mere Six Paths Reincarnation, you dare to challenge a powerhouse of the Heavenly Beginning Self-Ending level? The Human Ancestor doesn't need to bother with such a junior. This Venerable Lord will teach him a lesson."
The Dark Venerable Lord, who had fled back to the God Realm, seized the opportunity, driving the Ancient Desolate Ruins City, charging out of the high mountains and wilderness.
Seeing the Ancient Desolate Ruins City flying toward him, Yan Wushen took a deep breath, his tiger eyes surging with battle intent flames, driving the Nether City to meet it.
"Boom!"
The two cities collided, stirring up layers of energy ripples, the heaven and earth space rolling and boiling.
As soon as the battle began, it entered a white-hot state.
Yan Wushen's fighting style was completely desperate. The blood in his body burned, his golden body burning to a red color, a hundred, a thousand times hotter than a star.
No matter what realm the Dark Venerable Lord was, no matter how strong, Yan Wushen was determined to rush past at the fastest speed.
The Dark Venerable Lord was not his target. The Heavenly Beginning Without End Divine Mountain was.
Kill to the Heavenly Beginning Without End Divine Mountain, destroy the main altar—for this, he could pay any price.
"Not good, another one who doesn't value his life."
The Dark Venerable Lord frowned deeply, fighting while retreating, hating this kind of ancestor who didn't cherish life, as if they might self-destruct their divine source at any moment.
"It's still too easy to reach the ancestor realm. The ancestors of other eras wouldn't be like this."
(Chapter End)
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**Alliance Leader Chapter!!!**
For a long time, Little Fish hasn't really looked at the comment section, but I can see many readers' tipping records. Even just one yuan, I am very grateful. Because only true liking and passion would lead to tipping—that is beyond doubt.
Actually, every time I post a single chapter, Little Fish almost always asks everyone not to tip. Just supporting with subscriptions is enough gratitude.
Because I know, I can't repay everyone with extra chapters. I would truly feel ashamed. I believe there is no one in this world who can accept tips they don't deserve with peace of mind.
Especially readers who tip as Alliance Leaders. Every time, I think about what kind of situation this reader is in. Is this money hot to the touch?
Because, when I first started writing, I met a reader who tipped me several thousand.
At that time, I was young. I only felt very happy, thinking my book had gained reader recognition.
Later, I found out that reader was a female college student. Instantly, that joy was extinguished. Because for a college student ten years ago, several thousand might have been several months of living expenses.
From then on, I became very afraid of large tips. Some money is not only hot to the touch, but it can also burn your heart. Even now, ten years later, I still feel undeserving.
That female reader is absolutely not fabricated. Her name was Xiao Le, and she was also the reason I wrote the character A Le.
I won't say much more nonsense. Here, I thank every reader who has tipped "The Ancient God Emperor."
Little Fish can't repay with extra chapters, so I plan to give all Alliance Leaders a personally customized novel-related gift. Those who haven't added my WeChat and are interested in the customized gift, Alliance Leaders can privately message me on Douyin or Weibo, sending a screenshot of your Alliance Leader backend.
Try to send it via Douyin private message (Feitianyu/feitianyu877). I rarely log into Weibo and QQ. Of course, I will definitely check Weibo private messages.
Be sure to send a screenshot of your Alliance Leader backend, because there are many private messages. If I reply to every one, sigh, I don't know how much time it would take... I really can't do it... I can only say sorry to more readers.
Before the story ends, I should do a live stream to chat with everyone properly.
QQ Book City Alliance Leaders are as follows:
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