Chapter 4245: A Stalemate
The Five Elements rules converged from every star domain across the entire universe toward the Five Elements Temple.
Then, they entered the River of Time.
Zhang Ruochen had once considered using only the Five Elements rules of heaven and earth to mend the heavens, achieving perfection in his cultivation. However, doing so would likely drain all the Five Elements rules from heaven and earth, causing catastrophic destruction to the universe.
Thus, he did not do it, unwilling to become an Immortal who triggers a Minor Calamity.
But now, things were different.
He was no longer at the "Beginning and End" realm, but at the "Consistent from Start to Initial Realm," no longer requiring as many heavenly and earthly Five Elements rules as before.
Moreover, this time, with the return of Five Elements substances contained in Luo Water, Origin Mud, Creation Divine Iron, and Divine Illumination Lotus, the demand for heavenly and earthly Five Elements rules was naturally even less.
It would not cause a major impact on the Five Elements order within the universe.
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The blood energy spreading across the River of Time surged from the Ten-Winged World of the Undying Blood Clan, extremely thick and viscous, like an inexhaustible fountain of blood.
The Undying Blood Clan had stored the most blood energy in the universe.
Apart from the Eternal Blood Trees planted by various tribes and the blood lakes and blood seas stored for years, there were also blood beasts, blood provisions, blood medicines, and the blood from their own bodies.
Ji Fanxin had ordered the Ice Emperor to relocate the entire Ten-Winged World here. Firstly, because she knew that Zhang Ruochen, in his battle against the Space-Time Ancestor, would inevitably burn his own Ancestor Divine Blood, consuming a vast amount of blood energy.
Secondly, to strike the peak of Consistent from Start, a massive replenishment of blood energy in a short time was necessary.
The situation was urgent; there was simply no time for Zhang Ruochen to slowly nurture his own blood energy and temper his physical body.
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The Divine Sources, glittering like a cluster of stars, were offered by all the deities of the Northern Universe.
These Divine Sources contained all the Divine Qi, Rule Divine Patterns, and order they had cultivated, akin to Divine Pills and Divine Medicines. Everything was for the purpose of forging the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor to perfect his Great Path in the shortest possible time.
At the edge of the Northern Universe, all the deities were pale and extremely weak.
"Do you think, after the Great Emperor's Dao Law is perfected, he can be a match for the Space-Time Ancestor?" a Great God from Luozu Cloud Mountain Realm asked hopefully.
Luo Yan, even without his Divine Source, still stood tall and proud: "What, having regrets?"
"How could that be? What we lost is merely our Divine Source and cultivation, but if successful, what we gain in return is the entire universe. No matter how you look at it, this deal is a bargain." That Great God said.
"Your calculation is wrong!"
Xuanyuan Lian said: "This is not a deal; in fact, we have no capital at all. Do you think that by not offering your Divine Source and cultivation, you could survive? Do you think that under the Doomsday Sacrifice, you could fight back from the dimension of time like the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor? Once the Sacrificial Calamity Light arrives, everything is annihilated."
"From beginning to end, only the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor is truly risking his life, because... facing the Doomsday Sacrifice, we have no other choice, but he could choose to escape."
"Escape, and he lives."
"Save the world, and he might die."
The assembled deities fell silent.
The deities who had felt unwilling and pained at offering their Divine Sources and cultivation moments ago suddenly saw the light.
Yes!
With the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor's cultivation, if he chose inaction and stood by, the Space-Time Ancestor would not dare to easily move against him.
It was the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor who chose to save the world, which is why Ji Fanxin got involved. She was not saving the world; she merely chose the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor's choice.
"The Heavenly Dao Great Emperor could even choose to collude with the Ancestor. I believe that if he made such a choice, the Ancestor would be willing to share some of the sacrifices, because the Ancestor also does not want to take risks." Shang Tian said.
Luo Yan said: "We should all consider ourselves fortunate to be born in the same era as the Heavenly Dao Great Emperor. The tall one is truly willing to hold up the collapsing heavens for us; how can we not repay him with our lives? We will guard the heavens and earth together."
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Zhang Ruochen's heart was as firm as iron. He released the Taiji Four Symbols Diagram Seal and the fifty-four clusters of Dao Light, absorbing the surging blood energy and Divine Sources into his Strange Domain, refining them into Ancestor Fundamental Substances.
At this moment, gripping the Abyssal Divine Sword and the Blood-Drop Divine Sword, he cast aside all hesitation, emotion, victory, defeat, life, and death to the winds.
Whether he could reverse the Sacrificial Calamity Light.
No matter how powerful the Ancestor was.
No matter how many cultivators were sacrificing, placing their hopes, or self-detonating their Divine Sources to fight in the Divine Realm at this very moment.
Everything, everything faded from his mind.
Before his eyes, there was only the Space-Time Ancestor.
The Space-Time Ancestor sensed the change in Zhang Ruochen's state of mind. It was as if all weaknesses had been mended, making him impossible to see through. For the first time, he even felt a dangerous aura from him.
He must not let him perfect his realm!
The Space-Time Ancestor closed his five fingers, and an invisible force pierced through time and space, entering the interior of the Seventy-Two Layer Tower.
From within the tower, the agonized scream of the artifact spirit "Wu Ying" could be heard.
"You used the artifact spirit to control the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, but now the artifact spirit is gone! Can you still control it?"
The Space-Time Ancestor's figure vanished before the Second Confucian Ancestor, instantly breaking free from the mental lock.
The Second Confucian Ancestor's expression changed slightly. He immediately propped up the Heavenly Human Chess Formation to protect himself, his figure retreating rapidly.
"Not good!"
The Second Confucian Ancestor sensed that his mental energy lock with the Seventy-Two Layer Tower had been severed by an invisible, formless force.
The seventy-two tower gates of the Seventy-Two Layer Tower opened, spewing out seventy-two vast and chaotic streams of Dao Law power. Among them, Fate, Sword Dao, Netherworld, and Demonic Qi were the most concentrated.
The Heavenly Human Chess Formation was utterly unable to block the Seventy-Two Layer Tower. The formation inscriptions burned, and all the chess pieces, including the Grand Minister of Works and the Second Minister of Works in chess piece form, were crushed into powder.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
The Second Confucian Ancestor raised both hands to the sky, propping up the Mental Power Ancestor Dharma Form. Three World Trees grew within the Dharma Form.
Their branches and leaves glittered, one leaf representing one world.
Countless roots plunged into the River of Time, entering the cosmic space of every time period, absorbing the Heavenly and Earthly Qi and Heavenly and Earthly Rules from five hundred years before and five hundred years after.
This was the Second Confucian Ancestor's strongest technique!
Using the three World Trees, he elevated the power of the "Thousand-Year Slash" to its peak, gathering the millennium's worth of cosmic power into himself, even lifting the Seventy-Two Layer Tower.
The Second Confucian Ancestor knew very well that he could never withstand the Seventy-Two Layer Tower.
The fundamental reason was that the Space-Time Ancestor's main target at this moment was Zhang Ruochen.
Once Zhang Ruochen's cultivation advanced to the peak of Consistent from Start, the Space-Time Ancestor's sure-win situation would be broken, and the situation would no longer be under his control.
This was something the Space-Time Ancestor absolutely could not tolerate.
He had to help Zhang Ruochen hold off the Space-Time Ancestor.
At the very least, he had to hold back most of the Space-Time Ancestor's power, preventing him from interrupting Zhang Ruochen's process of striking his realm.
"The Eternal Lamp Burns Bright."
Within the Second Confucian Ancestor's Sea of Mind, all his Ancestor-level mental power thoughts were ignited, transforming into seven Eternal Lamps, arranged in a regular pattern, illuminating the River of Time into his own domain.
Seven Eternal Lamps could grant a lifespan of seven days.
When the lamps were extinguished, it meant the oil was gone and the wick was burnt out, death in seven days.
The Second Confucian Ancestor compressed his entire life's lifespan and cultivation into seven days, vowing to be invincible under heaven during these seven days!
"It seems you are truly prepared to die! At any other time, I might have to avoid you for these seven days."
The Space-Time Ancestor's figure was vast and ethereal, detached from the world, standing with his hands behind his back, manifesting atop the Seventy-Two Layer Tower.
Beneath the tower, the Second Confucian Ancestor's heart flickered with the Seven Star Lamp, his pupils a million times brighter than a star: "No matter how high your cultivation, looking down upon the world for billions of years, at this very moment, you can no longer do as you please. I know you will not avoid battle, but when the thought of avoiding battle arises in your mind, does it not indicate that everything is beginning to develop in a direction beyond your control?"
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The Abyssal and Blood-Drop swords melted. Creation Life Iron and Creation Death Iron transformed into the ultimate Five Elements Metal, surging into Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Embryo Strange Domain.
The Origin Mud within the Void Cauldron was stripped away, transforming into the ultimate Five Elements Earth.
The Void Cauldron became a true Void Cauldron, devoid of material form, visible only to Zhang Ruochen himself.
The Luo Water was sent by Chan Bing.
As the Luo Water surged into Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Embryo Strange Domain, Chan Bing retreated to the Destiny Temple, standing together with Feng Tian and Xiu Chen Heavenly God.
It was worth mentioning that since Zhang Ruochen knew the Sundial was forged by the Space-Time Ancestor, he was wary of it and did not bring it to the Sword Realm Star Domain. Therefore, before leaving the Heavenly Court, he had separated Xiu Chen Heavenly God, the artifact spirit, from it and sent her to the Destiny Temple.
His consideration at the time was that if the Space-Time Ancestor were to forcibly reclaim the Sundial, the artifact spirit Xiu Chen would inevitably be unable to escape.
Only the power of Fate could sever the connection between her and the Sundial.
"He entrusted the Luo Water to me back then; now it's returning to its rightful owner!" Chan Bing said.
Feng Tian's Half-Ancestor Divine Thought extended outward, manipulating the Fate Esoterica and the Fate Rules of heaven and earth to resist the torrent of time. She gazed at Zhang Ruochen's distant back: "The aura on his body has increased significantly. It's as if he has become the heart of the universe, possessing the momentum to swallow rivers and stars. Has his realm been perfected?"
"Probably not. If the Ancestor realm were so easy to elevate, the Second Confucian Ancestor wouldn't have spent tens of millions of years to break through to the ninety-sixth level of Mental Power." Chan Bing said.
Xiu Chen Heavenly God suddenly felt an inexplicable discomfort, as if countless tiny swords were flying within his body, tearing him apart from the inside out.
"Not good..."
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"Boom!"
The Sundial flew out from the currents of the River of Time, raising a massive wave of time, striking directly at Zhang Ruochen's heart.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen had already refined the three fundamental substances of Five Elements Metal, Earth, and Water. His cultivation had advanced significantly, which could be tentatively called the middle stage of Consistent from Start.
His combat power had greatly increased!
Facing the attacking Sundial, he was naturally unafraid.
The fifty-four clusters of black-and-white Dao Light, along with the four cauldrons, spun rapidly, forming a storm vortex that collided with the Sundial.
This was not a strike from the Sundial, but a strike from the Ancestor.
The moment they clashed, it felt as if the universes of different eras were crashing down, heavy and overwhelming. Zhang Ruochen felt as if he had returned to his mortal days, battered by violent winds and giant waves. He retreated more than ten steps before barely stabilizing his form.
The River of Time was pierced through, showing signs of breaking.
"What a powerful strike, but it seems limited in power. Is it because the Second Confucian Ancestor is holding back your strength, or have I, this Emperor, become stronger?" Zhang Ruochen evolved the Eternal Great Path to stabilize the River of Time.
The Space-Time Ancestor's eyes narrowed sharply, sensing the terrifying power within Zhang Ruochen, which had reached a height he could not easily overcome.
Not even the Ancient Desolate Witch Ancestor could reach this level of combat power.
But he was only at the Consistent from Start realm!
"Time eternal reaches indestructibility, space's end leads to nothingness. With me, Xu Fengjin, in the world, time and space cannot be destroyed."
"Time and space are not for anyone to control!"
Xu Tian's Half-Ancestor Divine Voice was clear and long, not an Ancestor, yet possessing the aura of one.
He rode the Eternal Divine Sea and the Void Exhaust Sea, time and space moving in parallel, yin and yang coexisting.
The Eternal Divine Sea was a chaotic vortex with a diameter of one light-year, containing the Eternal Divine Path of the Immortal Bai Ze from the previous era. Cultivators hiding within could achieve eternal immortality.
The Void Exhaust Sea, together with the Eternal Divine Sea, rushed into the vortex formed by the fifty-four clusters of Dao Light.
"Rustle!"
The two vortices collided and then overlapped, their power more than doubling, even sending the Sundial flying.
Xu Tian immediately retreated, fleeing without his earlier grandiloquence and arrogance, afraid of being drawn into the vortex and becoming nourishment for Zhang Ruochen to mend the heavens and prove the Dao.
Others were the Heavenly Dao's Spiritual Great Emperor, while he could only be considered the Void Exhaust Sea's Spiritual Young Emperor.
A world of difference!
"This Heavenly Lord's ability is limited; I'll send you off here!"
Xu Tian did not flee back to the future but landed on the top of the Destiny Temple.
After all, claiming to be the number one expert of the Destiny Temple, he still cared about his face. The entire army of the Destiny Temple was marching against time and fate.
How could he have the face to escape alone?
As the Void Exhaust Sea and the Eternal Divine Sea entered Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Embryo Strange Domain, his momentum further surged by a large margin.
With only the Sundial activated, the Space-Time Ancestor could not even break into Zhang Ruochen's Dao Light vortex.
"Is this the power of the Heavenly Dao? Capable of surpassing all Ancestors throughout history, using Consistent from Start to rebel against Heavenly Beginning Self-End?"
The Space-Time Ancestor waved his sleeve, instantly driving the power of the Witch, Earth, Universe, Heaven, and Flood cauldrons to their peak, unleashing the terrifying power of five Ancestors...
To be precise, at this moment, the five cauldrons contained the partial aura and power of five Witch Ancestors!
"Come on!"
Zhang Ruochen's spirit soared into the clouds, his might covering the ages. He stamped his foot onto the River of Time.
Instantly, a chaotic vortex with a diameter of one light-year manifested.
The Dao within the vortex was no longer the Eternal Divine Path but a higher-level Eternal Divine Path.
As the five cauldrons entered Zhang Ruochen's Eternal Divine Sea, their radiance dimmed slightly.
No matter how they attacked, they could not get close to Zhang Ruochen, blocked by the Light, Darkness, Void, and Time cauldrons.
"Boom!"
"Boom, rumble!"
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The nine cauldrons clashed within the Eternal Divine Sea, sending out endless ripples of energy.
Xu Tian's eyes were about to pop out: "Is Zhang... Zhang Heavenly Dao this strong now? The Divine Sea he manifested seems to contain both the essence of eternity and infinity. At this level of collision, he can still maintain the Divine Sea unbroken and the River of Time unsevered. This is too heaven-defying. Is he invincible under heaven?"
"Then you underestimate the Space-Time Ancestor too much!"
Feng Tian was not as optimistic as Xu Tian, because the Seventy-Two Layer Tower was the Space-Time Ancestor's strongest war weapon, yet it was currently suppressing the Second Confucian Ancestor, who had lit the Eternal Lamps.
This showed that the Second Confucian Ancestor was holding back most of the Space-Time Ancestor's power, making it difficult for him to do as he pleased.
However, Xu Tian was right about one thing: the "Eternal Divine Sea" formed from the Eternal Divine Sea, the Void Exhaust Sea, and Zhang Ruochen's own Dao was indeed profound enough.
With the Eternal Divine Sea, in the clash on the River of Time with Zhang Ruochen, the Space-Time Ancestor would no longer have any advantage.
The Space-Time Ancestor sensed something was wrong. The five cauldrons that had flown into the Eternal Divine Sea were gradually slipping out of his control, their internal artifact spirits being refined and worn away.
Especially the Earth Cauldron, which had already been taken by Zhang Ruochen.
The Space-Time Ancestor tried to reclaim the remaining four cauldrons but failed.
"Is this the realm of eternity? Unfortunately, it is still far from true eternity!"
The Space-Time Ancestor exhaled a breath, turning it into white clouds and cold mist that surged toward the River of Time.
"Hiss, hiss!"
Instantly, the River of Time was frozen, turning into ice of temporal stasis, continuously spreading toward Zhang Ruochen's Eternal Divine Sea.
The deities in the Destiny Temple army were all horrified, unable to imagine such a terrifying existence as the Space-Time Ancestor in the universe.
A single breath could freeze the River of Time.
Did that mean this breath could freeze the universe, causing time to stand still?
Of course, this branch of the River of Time only affected the Sword Realm Star Domain.
"When time itself is frozen, how can you still make the River of Time flow backward?"
The Space-Time Ancestor flew out from the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, his true body colliding with the frozen River of Time and the Eternal Divine Sea with a diameter of one light-year, piercing through it like a divine arrow.
On the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, only a Mental Power Dharma Form identical to his true body remained.
"Shua!"
In an instant, the Space-Time Ancestor crossed half a light-year of space, pierced through the temporal order field containing the Eternal Dao charm, and struck a finger at Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Embryo.
In that instant, the Space-Time Ancestor displayed unprecedented pressure, concentrating his entire life's Dao Law cultivation into that single finger.
His aim was to shatter the Strange Domain within the Xuan Embryo.
If it were before, with his Consistent from Start initial stage realm, Zhang Ruochen might indeed have been severely wounded by this finger, and his Strange Domain might not have been preserved.
"You are too arrogant, daring to enter this Emperor's Eternal Divine Sea in your true body. Here, I am invincible!"
Zhang Ruochen's essence, energy, and spirit instantly increased several times. He intended to permanently trap the Space-Time Ancestor's true body within the Eternal Divine Sea. With his right hand, he struck the Myriad Forms Formless Seal, and with his left hand, he formed the Five Breaks Pure Spirit Hand, holding it in reserve.
The Myriad Forms Formless Seal was the strongest combat technique of the Immortal "Bai Yuan," representing the crystallization of his life's insights.
The Five Breaks Pure Spirit Hand was the strongest combat technique created by Liang Yan during his lifetime, breaking the physical body, breaking the divine soul, breaking rules, breaking Dao Law, and breaking spirit.
The moment the Space-Time Ancestor's fingertip collided with Zhang Ruochen's right-hand Myriad Forms Formless Seal, he sensed something was wrong.
The power and Dao Law might of Zhang Ruochen's palm strike far exceeded his expectations, clearly reaching the combat power level of the Heavenly Beginning Self-End peak.
It was the light of the Divine Illumination Lotus.
The Divine Illumination Lotus, representing the Five Elements Fire and Wood of heaven and earth, illuminated Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Embryo, as if transforming it into a cosmic furnace, possessing both the vitality of wood and the world-destroying power of fire.
The Five Elements were all within him, reaching the peak of Consistent from Start.
The Dao Law realm was perfectly complete!
"Boom, rumble!"
The finger and palm clashed, resulting in a stalemate.
Zhang Ruochen's held-back Five Breaks Pure Spirit Hand descended, like a dragon's claw and a sharp blade, its five fingers containing five different Daos, aiming directly for the Space-Time Ancestor's head.
"Shua!"
The Space-Time Ancestor stepped on the Sundial with one foot and the Universe Cauldron with the other, instantly bursting out of the Eternal Divine Sea and disappearing from Zhang Ruochen's sight.
The Five Breaks Pure Spirit Hand only managed to grab a few strands of white hair from his head.
Zhang Ruochen let out a long roar like a dragon's cry, mobilizing the Ancestor Divine Flame within him, igniting the white hair in his hand, and slashing it toward the freezing cold air on the River of Time.
"Zhang Ruochen, everything is over!"
The Space-Time Ancestor's voice came from afar: "Do you think you won this exchange? No, you have utterly lost!"
"Be careful of the Heavenly Demon... his target is to destroy the Destiny Temple and push back the time reversal... just now he was holding you back... it's over... too late..."
From beneath the Seventy-Two Layer Tower, the Second Confucian Ancestor's voice came in warning.
But the Space-Time Ancestor's scheming was too deep; it was too late. The Heavenly Demon had already appeared above the Destiny Temple, smashing down the Starry Sky Cliff.
Once the Destiny Temple was shattered and the Fate Stream's reversal was pushed back, even if Zhang Ruochen succeeded in going to the past to stop the Doomsday Sacrifice, he would be devoured by time's backlash, worn down by the karma of heaven and earth, and would have to pay with his life.
In other words, the Space-Time Ancestor did not need to defeat Zhang Ruochen at all. He only needed to destroy the Destiny Temple army and push back the Fate Stream to stand undefeated.
How could Zhang Ruochen not be wary of the Heavenly Demon?
In fact, he had always regarded the Heavenly Demon as a threat second only to the Space-Time Ancestor.
But in that situation just now, he had to go all out against the Space-Time Ancestor. One misstep could lead to total defeat. It could be said that this move by the Space-Time Ancestor was not a conspiracy at all; it was a clear scheme.
He was certain that as long as he personally acted, no opponent would have the spare energy to attend to anything else.
"Whoosh!"
The entire world seemed to fall silent and become still. Zhang Ruochen lifted his foot and rushed toward the Destiny Temple.
At this moment, he had completely entered his own dimension of time, and the outside world became static.
Truly leaping outside of time and space, no longer within the Three Realms.
Looking up, the Starry Sky Cliff was as massive as a star, a rock hundreds of millions of miles high, already extremely close to the Destiny Temple, the Fate Stream, and the River of Time.
Xu Tian released billions of war swords, but they could not block it, unable to contend with an Ancestor.
Having lost the Void Exhaust Sea, his combat power was greatly diminished.
Zhang Ruochen formed a hand seal with his right hand, manipulating the five cauldrons, intending to shatter it with the cauldrons.
Suddenly.
Zhang Ruochen sensed four more cauldrons beside him. Turning his head, he saw the Space-Time Ancestor's figure moving alongside him, also entering an independent dimension of time.
"You cannot stop it. Even if you stop the Starry Sky Cliff, with just a thought from me, the Heavenly Demon will self-detonate his Ancestor Divine Source. Then, everything will be annihilated, including this branch of the River of Time. From the very beginning, you had no chance of winning!"
The Space-Time Ancestor said calmly: "Your current cultivation and strength are sufficient, but your foundation and preliminary preparations are far too lacking."
"No matter how much preparation, if the whole world unites against it, it can naturally be broken." Zhang Ruochen's eyes were filled with unwavering will and confidence burning like a flame.
"The people of the world are not as strong as you think..."
Before the Space-Time Ancestor could finish his words, his body suddenly froze, as if bound by invisible chains. A voice came from the future: "The Death Clan, with the strength of the entire clan, seeks instruction from the Ancestor!"
This voice was peculiar, as if the voices of several top experts of the Death Clan were overlapping.
Or like billions of Death Clan members shouting together.
The Seven Great Ones, the Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God, the Hu Shang Old Woman, and other Death Clan giants, riding the Tiannan Life-Death Ruins, had already arrived at the edge of the Northern Universe, standing on the wide River of Time.
On the branch of the Santu River behind them, there was also an endless army of the Death Clan.
They had traveled long distances with their entire clan, burning their lifespan and blood for a forced march.
The Seven Great Ones planted the Time-Space Death God Tree in the River of Time, then straightened his clothes and hat with both hands, saying: "The time is now! Death Clan members, hear my command. Today, you and I are all comrades in arms. If we are to fight, let us fight the strongest in the world. Throughout history, who has not been seen? Today, we fight to surpass the ancients!"
All Death Clan cultivators, no matter where they had marched to, stopped by the Santu River at this moment.
Looking out, it was an endless stretch.
The Death God Temple Hall Master, Hu Shang Old Woman, shouted in a hoarse tone: "With the strength of the entire clan, we seek the Ancestor's instruction!"
"With the strength of the entire clan, we seek the Ancestor's instruction!"
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Billions of clan members shouted in unison, their voices spreading across the Northern Universe and the Santu River.
"Death God Sacrifice! Worship the Ancestor, sacrifice the Ancestor."
The Seven Great Ones, with his hair crown neat and his robe bright, was the first to kneel beneath the Time-Space Death God Tree, respectfully bowing to the River of Time.
"Rustle!"
The deities behind him knelt as well.
The Death Clan members in the Yin Realm, Yellow Mist Great World, and Death Spirit Planets they carried all knelt in unison, heavily kowtowing.
By the Santu River, the Death Clan army all bowed, the river water stopping in its flow.
The spectacle of an entire clan kneeling and kowtowing was indescribable. All their collective will converged on the Death God Sacrifice, aiming to sacrifice the Ancestor, the strongest in the world.
With just this first bow, the Seven Great Ones spat blood, feeling the world spin and swaying as if about to fall.
A vast number of Death Clan members died, over ten trillion, all exploding and perishing.
"Bow again! Worship the Ancestor... sacrifice... the... Ancestor..."
The Seven Great Ones forced themselves to stand, biting their blood-stained teeth. "Bang!" He kowtowed heavily again, his head exploding from the backlash, leaving only a headless body.
"Bow again!"
The Death Clan deities and the entire clan behind him bowed in unison again.
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