Chapter 397: Divine Blood Awakens
Within the ancient divine city, the Eternal Universe Furnace blazed with immense radiance, misty clouds like blood, vapors rising in splendor, flowing light and shifting colors. The sacred radiance of Phoenix Blood Red Gold drowned the entire colossal city.
High in the sky, the Dark Night King suffered a great loss, stunned by the Peerless Divine King’s methods. His body shook violently as he spat out a mouthful of silver blood, which scattered down into the city.
“Dong!”
Below, a vast expanse of magnificent palaces shattered and collapsed thunderously upon the falling blood droplets, revealing just how terrifying this was.
“That is… silver blood!”
“Why is his blood silver?”
The people within the divine city were shaken. The Dark Night King was so terrifying—was he a deity? A single mouthful of blood falling normally, without any infusion of supreme divine power, had pierced through a vast stretch of palaces, reducing them to dust.
What kind of power did his blood contain?
The silver blood was extraordinarily conspicuous. Everyone was uncertain—what kind of constitution was this? Almost no one understood; they had never heard of such a thing.
“Hum!”
The void was like a scroll painting, torn apart by the Dark Night King and the Peerless Divine King, trembling violently. The power of the Great Dao’s laws shattered everything, pierced through everything.
The divine city, which had stood unyielding for years, began to shake, on the verge of collapse. No one could imagine what kind of battle the two kings were waging high in the sky.
This kind of duel was mind-shattering. Even the mere aftershocks sent chills through people’s hearts, let alone the true confrontation in the night sky.
“Rumble!”
Suddenly, a massive divine statue appeared in the sky, like the primordial god of creation, majestic and inviolable, looking down upon all living beings.
“What creature is that?”
In the divine city, few could still stand. Those with weak cultivation couldn’t even look up at the sky, and even the powerful elders among the older generation couldn’t remain calm.
“Lord of the Dark Night, reigning over the earth—this is the Dark Night King’s divine phenomenon!” Finally, someone recalled some rumors and recognized this majestic deity.
Such a colossal figure filled the entire sky of the divine city. One of its great hands, reaching down, was enough to cover the vast ancient city!
“How can one person’s divine phenomenon be so enormous, transforming into a deity? This is too terrifying…”
Everyone was stunned. Gazed upon by this enormous god, they felt an indescribable, terrifying pressure, like ants looking up at a heavenly god.
Every face turned pale, trembling involuntarily. This was an innate suppression, a fear rooted in the instinct of the soul.
“Boom”
This deity seemed capable of creating heaven and earth. One great hand reached out, covering the entire divine city. The starry sky could no longer be seen; the heavens shook, on the verge of cracking!
“Jiang Taixu, even if you’ve broken through, what does it matter? Your lifespan is withered, your physical body depleted—what can you use to fight me?!” The deity standing between heaven and earth spoke, its voice like thunder descending, causing many palaces to collapse directly.
In the ancient city, almost everyone’s ears rang, staggering as if about to fall. Many were shaken until they spat blood.
The Dark Night King was so powerful; facing him as an enemy truly felt hopeless. How could one overcome this?
A great hand spanned the sky, truly a single hand covering the heavens. In an instant, a suffocating pressure filled every inch of space, making everyone tremble with fear.
“Boom”
The deity’s hand was boundless, grasping the Peerless Divine King within it. This scene was finally captured by those below.
“Ancestor Divine King!”
“Elder Ancestor!”
The people of the Jiang family cried out in anguish, their eyes nearly splitting. Though the Divine King was unmatched in talent, he had just been reborn. Fighting against the peerless king, he was already at a disadvantage from the start.
Now, with the Dark Night King unleashing such a shocking divine phenomenon, who could resist? Even if the Divine King were unharmed, it wouldn’t be certain he could withstand it.
“The Twin Kings dominate the world, unmatched under heaven. Jiang Taixu, I’ll see you off on your journey!” The terrifying deity’s voice was like a tsunami, connecting heaven and earth, as if rolling down from the nine heavens.
The heavenly Dao’s divine sound rang out, as if piercing through time from the ancient era. The deity’s fingertips were dazzlingly bright, like endless flames burning.
He wanted to sacrifice the Divine King alive, erasing him from the world forever. Various Dao laws streaked across the night sky, converging into a single point within the great hand.
Everyone was stunned. This deity’s emergence was unparalleled in the world—who could contend with it?
The Peerless Divine King, caught in its grasp, couldn’t escape. He was being ground down by endless Dao laws, in dire peril.
“Ancestor Divine King!”
The Jiang family members roared, ready to activate the Ancient Devouring Demon Jar and strike into the endless void. But seven Saint Lord-rank figures appeared together, all sneering coldly, prepared to seize this half of the Extreme Dao Sacred Weapon.
Now that they saw Jiang Taixu suppressed, they didn’t want any accidents. If the Peerless Divine King wasn’t eliminated, they would surely die.
“Pop”
Suddenly, a soft sound came from the night sky. The massive deity trembled violently as a bloody hole was punched through its great hand.
“Jiang Taixu!”
The Dark Night King roared. The great hand grew even more dazzling, and the bloody hole quickly disappeared, restored to its original state.
“Pop!”
But the soft sound came again. The deity’s great hand bloomed like a brilliant firework, blood continuously splattering out as hole after hole appeared.
The great hand couldn’t close. It was pierced through by sword beams shooting into the sky, and no power of laws or order could stop them!
“Puff!”
With one final soft sound, the Peerless Divine King broke free. His clothes were unstained by blood, pure white and spotless. He stood silently in the void, transforming into a peerless divine sword. Using his own body, he cut through the deity’s great hand and charged out.
“Battle Saint Art?!” The Dark Night King said coldly, “Unfortunately, you’re at the end of your strength. Your realm can’t unleash its full power!”
“Quick, revive the sacred furnace and shake off the entanglement of the other Great Emperor’s sacred weapon!” The Jiang family members were anxious.
Jiang Taixu was a heaven-defying Divine King, but unfortunately, he had just been reborn. Fighting against a deadly enemy, he was likely in grave danger. They couldn’t help but be urgent.
“Can’t move it!” The few old men controlling the Eternal Universe Furnace were panicked. They simply couldn’t shake off the other Imperial Weapon.
“The Dark Night King has great ambitions, aiming for our clan’s sacred furnace…” The old men’s expressions were anxious.
The Dark Night King had come bearing an ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, opposing the Eternal Universe Sacred Furnace. This opened a path for the other Saint Lord-rank figures to enter the underground palace and kill the Divine King.
Throughout this process, he did his utmost to control the other Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, holding back the Eternal Universe Divine Furnace, and even carved a shocking Great Emperor array pattern.
Finally, not long ago, he completed the imprinting of the innate pattern, achieving a supreme divine formation. Merging with the ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, he aimed to seize the Eternal Universe Furnace.
If Ye Fan hadn’t brought out the Li Fire Divine Furnace, he might have succeeded. Now, though the Eternal Universe Furnace held the absolute upper hand, it still couldn’t break free from the entanglement.
Ye Fan’s mind stirred. He tried to connect with the Li Fire Divine Furnace, urging it to unleash greater power.
“Rumble…”
Divine flames surged skyward. Once activated, the Li Fire Divine Furnace emitted an extremely terrifying fluctuation. Nine divine birds rushed out, along with a sun hanging high in the sky.
“This is…”
Ye Fan was greatly shocked. On an ordinary day, this furnace could never have such earth-shaking power. But now, it was terrifying beyond measure, almost comparable to a Great Emperor’s sacred weapon.
“What’s going on?” The Jiang family members were also stunned.
“I understand. This is the supreme treasure our Jiang family lost countless ages ago. I never thought it would appear now!” The Great Power Jiang Yun’s eyes shone with extraordinary light.
“In the past, the Divine King Ancestor learned of its whereabouts and went out to find it, only to disappear,” the Ninth Great Bandit Jiang Yi also sighed.
Ye Fan’s mind was serene. Using his powerful divine sense, he controlled the furnace, urging it to unleash even more astonishing power.
“It truly is the Great Emperor’s laws and array patterns!” The seven Saint Lord-rank figures were all startled. They wanted to stop it but found it impossible.
People were shocked to discover that nine divine rainbows connected the Li Fire Divine Furnace to Ye Fan. On its lid, nine ancient characters bloomed with crimson glow.
The connection between them couldn’t be severed, as if they had become one. The seven Saint Lord-rank figures tried several times but failed.
“The nine ancient characters are Imperial Script!”
Each ancient character flowed with the aura of the Great Dao, profound and mysterious, as if trying to draw people’s minds into it.
“Boom!”
The Li Fire Divine Furnace emitted wave after wave of ripples, sweeping through the ten directions. Extremely profound array patterns naturally formed, imprinting themselves into the void.
Ye Fan was surprised to realize that none of this was activated by him. He had merely served as a catalyst.
All of this happened because of the Eternal Universe Furnace’s presence. As soon as the Li Fire Divine Furnace approached it, it seemed to be awakened, as if it had gained life.
The Li Fire Divine Furnace was like an innate Great Emperor divine formation, quickly sealing off the innate patterns the Dark Night King had carved. The Eternal Universe Furnace grew even more terrifying, its power surging to the heavens, ready to suppress the other Great Emperor’s sacred weapon.
“A pity, a regret—I missed the Eternal Universe Sacred Furnace!” High in the sky, the Dark Night King seemed filled with endless regret.
“But it’s not too late to kill Jiang Taixu!” He had expended great effort to seize the ancient Great Emperor’s sacred weapon, only to end up empty-handed. Now, he focused entirely on attacking the Divine King.
The Dark Night King knew his time was short. Once the Eternal Universe Furnace broke free, he would have no choice but to flee. Killing the Peerless Divine King could only happen now.
“Boom!”
The sky became an eternal divine light, with no end in sight, no boundaries visible. It seemed to stretch from the dawn of heaven and earth to the present, becoming the sole focus of the universe.
In the divine city, no one would forget this day. For them, it was a calamity. At least half of the people coughed up blood and fell to the ground.
This kind of supreme pressure was impossible to resist. It pressed down like a demonic mountain, an unbearable weight.
The Dark Night King and the Peerless Divine King fought to a fever pitch. Heavenly rules and Dao order were continuously unleashed, turning the night sky into a world of light.
“Jiang Taixu, you’re finished. Your body is withered, your strength exhausted, with no divine power to use. You can’t mobilize the heavenly Dao. How can you contend with me?” The Dark Night King sneered.
At that moment, the eternal divine light vanished. The figures of the Central Province king and the Eastern Wasteland Divine King finally appeared.
The Divine King’s Pure Land was a scene of beauty. Countless flower petals drifted down, each one crystalline. There, only a single divine tree stood, vigorous like a coiled dragon, gently swaying as it received the baptism of the flower rain.
The Peerless Divine King sat quietly beneath the ancient tree, his white robes immaculate, his eyes closed, unmoving. The crystalline petals landed on him, as if he had entered nirvana there.
“Jiang Taixu, do you think the Divine King’s Pure Land can stop me?” The Dark Night King’s voice was no longer aged. He reversed time, restoring his body to its peak state.
People hadn’t expected the Dark Night King’s appearance to be so young, his heroic spirit overwhelming. His black hair was like a waterfall, his sword-like brows slanting into his temples, his eyes sharp and unmatched.
His bearing was like jade, his aura like a rainbow. He approached step by step, his heroic presence pressing forward, like a war god reborn, radiance enveloping him.
“Rumble!”
Suddenly, a sky-piercing divine light erupted from his body surface. A suit of golden divine armor manifested, covering his body, making him shine like a sun.
His black hair danced wildly, his face handsome beyond compare, like a deity. The golden divine armor blazed like flames. In his hand, a golden divine spear appeared. With a “puff,” he pierced through the Divine King’s Pure Land.
“How is this possible? The Divine King’s Pure Land is said to be eternally unbreakable. How did the Dark Night King pierce through it?”
Everyone in the divine city was utterly shocked, almost unable to believe their eyes.
The Jiang family members were nearly in despair. Why was this happening? The Divine King’s Pure Land was unmatched in the world—how had the Dark Night King broken through it?!
Within the Divine King’s Pure Land, falling petals were like teardrops of rain, dancing piece by piece, drifting down beneath the ancient divine tree. The Peerless Divine King was silent, like a piece of divine jade, without any sound.
“Has the Divine King entered nirvana?” That was everyone’s question.
“Jiang Taixu, you should understand now. Even if you were reborn in your best state, you wouldn’t have a single chance. I wear the divine armor of an ancient sage, and the spear in my hand has the same origin—rare in this world. Even your Divine King’s Pure Land can’t stop me!”
The Dark Night King was majestic and awe-inspiring, pointing the spear tip at the Peerless Divine King before him.
“Perish!”
The Dark Night King roared. The golden divine armor shone with ten thousand rays of light, like a golden sun. He was like a deity reborn from flames, thrusting the golden war spear forward.
“Avenge my elder brother—the Twin Kings are unmatched in the world!”
“Puff”
Divine blood stained the Pure Land. The Peerless Divine King was pierced through the chest. Beneath the ancient divine tree, blood flowed across the ground. On his spotless white robes, one shocking blood blossom after another appeared.
Blood soaked the earth, flowing into the flower clusters. Even the roots of the ancient tree were submerged.
The sky was filled with flower petals, each stained with blood, drifting down in profusion, surrounding the Peerless Divine King. Yet he still didn’t open his eyes.
Though petals drifted, everything was so still. The time of this world seemed frozen. The golden war spear piercing the Divine King’s chest became an eternal image.
“Divine King!” The Jiang family wailed in grief.
“The Peerless Divine King has fallen!” Everyone in the divine city was stunned.
“Jiang Taixu…” The Dark Night King tried to lift the Divine King with his spear, but suddenly, the Divine King’s hand grabbed the golden war spear, firmly fixing it in place.
The Peerless Divine King, his white robes stained with blood, didn’t open his eyes. His crystalline, jade-like face showed no ripple, like a deity at rest.
Blood flowed from his wound, blooming with crimson glow. It traveled up the golden war spear, very gentle, staining even the Dark Night King’s hand red.
“Ah…” The Dark Night King screamed, as if he had discovered the most terrifying thing. He wanted to retreat but found himself firmly fixed in place.
“Boom!”
The Dark Night King, clad in golden divine armor, suddenly burst into flames, emitting an extremely dazzling light that scorched the entire heaven and earth. He struggled violently.
“The legend is true. The Divine King flows with the blood of a deity. After reaching great accomplishment, he advanced further. The divine blood is awakening…”