Chapter 1052: Your Grandfather Is a Dog?
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Su Ming said those words casually, his expression remaining as calm as ever without a single change, but a freezing glare had already appeared in his eyes. The arrogant young man in front of him was not enough for Su Ming to feel an emotion change to the point where one of the three personalities would appear, or more accurately speaking, this young man did not have the right to see the gray or crimson Su Ming.
His voice was still echoing in the galaxy. Even though he had not spoken loudly, it sounded as if there was thunder roaring in space, and the young man with the primitive and savage presence was momentarily stunned. He then started laughing loudly. The dozens of cultivators beside him had mocking smiles, and there was an air of those who were thought themselves supreme in their expressions, a contemptuous attitude towards Su Ming and his group.
"Interesting, you want to hang my head on the bow of your ship? Have you trained so much that you went mad? Or is it because you've become so excited after you were conferred the title of a Dynast that you forgot yourself? Who gave you the right to talk to me like that?" Powerful killing intent rose swiftly in the young man's eyes. As he spoke, the arrogance in his laughter became even stronger.
In truth, it was hard to blame the young man for being so arrogant. At that moment, Flame Fiends' Progenitor had restrained his power upon stepping into True Morning Dao World. He was dressed in a crimson long robe, with his head covered. After all, they were in True Morning Dao World, and as a member of the alien race from Divine Essence Star Ocean, he was filled with uneasiness towards that place, si he had instinctively hidden his presence.
As for Zhu You Cai, if he did not have the mighty pressure formed by his cultivation base spreading out from his power, other people would find it hard to figure out his level of cultivation. At that moment, he only seemed like he was around World Plane Realm.
In the young man's eyes, besides Xu Hui being in Lunar Kalpa Realm, only Su Ming alone could pressure him slightly, but since he had dared to come there, he would naturally have confidence in himself.
As his words echoed in the galaxy, Su Ming replied flatly with a calm expression.
"I'll give you ten breaths. Kill all of his followers first."
Su Ming's calm words were filled with a harsh tone. They echoed in the people's ears, but only appeared in the heart of Flame Fiends' Progenitor, so he would understand that they were directed at him.
A wild and untamed laughter came from beneath the crimson long robe, and the instant it spread through the galaxy, it stirred up a large amount of ripple. Flame Fiends' Progenitor wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming.
"Don't worry, Your Highness."
Once he finished speaking, he took a step forward. When his foot landed, he stepped into the galaxy. It roared, and a huge vortex appeared beneath his foot. The vortex's appearance immediately caused the galaxy around him to start moving backwards like flowing water, and the pupils of followers beside the young men shrank.
When Flame Fiends' Progenitor stepped into the galaxy, his wild laughter spread out, and he slowly raised his head. He stretched out his claw-like, dried-up right hand and slowly pulled back the crimson hood over his head to reveal the emaciated, ugly face. His red pupils seemed to contain burning flames in them, and at that moment, he looked like an evil monster who had descended into the world. At the instant he revealed his face, his power also erupted from his body without any holding back.
The power of an Almighty in Mastery Realm spread out through the galaxy with loud booming sounds, causing the young man's expression to change drastically. His followers had had derision on their faces, but at that moment, their expressions changed into shock and disbelief.
It brought great joy to Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Just as he was about to say something while laughing wildly…
"Seven!"
The bald crane was someone who craved nothing but chaos in the universe. At that moment, a thought formed in its head, and it immediately shouted a number in correspondence to Su Ming's order just then.
Once the bald crane shouted the number, all the people beside Su Ming looked towards it with a strange expression. Flame Fiends' Progenitor shouted loudly and took a step forward to close in on the young man.
All of this happened at lightning speed. The young man's face instantly turned pale.
"A… A Master of Fate, Lives, and Death!"
No matter what, he had not expected that there would be an Almighty who was a Master of Fate, Lives, and Death beside Dao Kong. Almighties were incredibly noble existences in his heart. He might be a direct descendant of Morning Dao Sect, but he did not have the right to have the sect send this sort of person to his side.
His mind was blank at that moment. It was also during that moment that shrill screams of pain came from one of his followers' mouths. That man's body was engulfed in flames before being reduced to ashes. Only his pained screams were still echoed in space.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor licked his lips and walked out of the space where the cultivator had disappeared.
"Nine!" the bald crane immediately shouted at the top of its lungs.
Anger appeared in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. He did not have time to talk about anything else and brought his arms up before swinging them sideways. A purple sea of fire erupted from his body and turned into a gigantic palm of flames.
It seized the space upwards. If anyone was to look over from the distance, the palm of flames that was around one million feet big would look as if it occupied the whole galaxy.
As it went to seize the space upwards, the galaxy rumbled. Ripples spread out. When the universe trembled, all the followers beside the young were reduced to ashes. Beside the young man and the gigantic egg under his feet were gone. In fact, they did not even have time to scream in pain before their bodies and souls were destroyed.
When the palm of flames disappeared, there was a smug tone in the bald crane's piercing screech as it reverberated in space. "Ten, darn it all! It's been ten breaths, and you didn't complete your orders!"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor turned his head around and glared at the bald crane. At that moment, Dao Fei Feng, who was on top of the huge egg in the galaxy in front of Su Ming looked at them with pale face. Shock and panic was in his eyes. When the palm of flames had closed in on him, he had a strong feeling that he was about to die. If the strange egg had not sent forth its gentle power to surround him at the end, then the strike just then would have been the final scene he saw in his life.
He suddenly felt that he was a laughable fool. He had been so arrogant and had even specially waited for Dao Kong and his group with the intention of intimidating him so that he would give up on his title as a Dynast on his own.
To him, no matter how strong Dao Kong was, he was not his opponent. Most of the followers he brought were in the later stage of World Plane Realm. There were even three of them who were in Lunar Kalpa Realm, and Dao Fei Feng himself was between Lunar Kalpa Realm and Solar Kalpa Realm. Such a level of cultivation and force of power had caused him to be incredibly confident.
In fact, he had even thought that Dao Kong's words just then had been ridiculously funny. His orders about beheading him and putting his head on the bow of the ship had brought out a need to mock him, and he had also wanted to see just what caused Dao Kong to be so confident.
However… Dao Kong's expression had never changed. He only mentioned casually that he would only give ten breaths to complete his order, and Dao Fei Feng had lost all his followers in a moment.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor glared at the bald crane. When he saw that Su Ming's expression remained the same and did not change, he became nervous and quickly turned around with killing intent to stare at Dao Fei Feng, who was the only one left.
"Damn it, why didn't you die just now?"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor might be an Almighty, but he was not a cultivator and had not come to possess his level of cultivation through epiphanies. Instead, with his inborn ability from his race, he had gained his power by devouring plenty of his people. Only then did he obtain his power, which was why his emotions fluctuated a lot more. At that moment, he was worried that Su Ming was already displeased with him, which was why he directed all his resentment on the young man who did not die. As he spoke, he charged towards him.
"I am a direct descendant from Morning Dao Sect. This is a fight between us in the family. Senior, please… please don't interfere. This is a competition between the members of Morning Dao Sect…"
Dao Fei Feng's expression changed. The huge egg beneath him swiftly retreated while his pleas tumbled out of his mouth.
"Senior, which chamber do you belong to? I have the order from the Sect Elder Chamber with me, please do not attack!"
As Dao Fei Feng retreated, he brought out a white plate from his bosom while speaking loudly. He was anxious and nervous, but he was also confident that once he brought the plate out, the Almighty from Morning Dao Sect before him would hesitate for a moment.
"Darn you and your Sect Elder Chamber!" Flame Fiends' Progenitor roared, subconsciously using the bald crane's catchphrase. He rushed forward, and in Dao Fei Feng's disbelieving gaze, he closed in on him. The huge egg shuddered, and a gentle screen of light appeared, so Flame Fiends' Progenitor attack landed on it and not the young man.
With a bang, the screen of light started swaying furiously, and Dao Fei Feng was shaken so badly by the tremors that he coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"You aren't dead yet?"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor immediately felt as if anger was out to burn him from the inside. He was a great Almighty, but he could not kill a small cultivator who was halfway into Solar Kalpa Realm within two consecutive attacks. All of that might have been due to the peculiarity of the huge egg, but with the others watching, it became something incredibly embarrassing for Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
Th smug and contemptuous laughter from the bald crane was especially aggravating.
"Die! Die! DIE!"
Flame Fiends' Progenitor charged forward, and ooming sounds reverberated in the galaxy. A screen of light stirred up from the huge egg. It continued distorting before it eventually crumbled with a bang. As it shattered into pieces, Dao Fei Feng coughed up blood again. His body withered, and he looked as if he had lost half his life. Fear and terror that had never appeared in his eyes before showed up.
"Ancestor, please save me!"
At the instant his words were spoken, cracks spread through the gigantic egg beneath him. A black head of a dog rushed out from within to bite Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
"Huh? Your ancestor is a dog? Damn it, and it's even a black dog! This is a humiliation! You're humiliating me!" The bald crane had originally been content with just watching the fun, but at that moment, it glared at the dog and became unreasonably angry.
Chapter 1053: Who Even Are You?
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Su Ming's expression had not changed since the start. It did not matter to him what status this Dao Fei Feng had or what sort of person existed behind him. Since he dared to block him, then his end was already determined.
Since Su Ming had returned to True Morning Dao World, he would not choose to keep a low profile. All those who provoked him would have to come face to face with his killing intent. He would kill until he became infamous, kill until the heavens were overturned, kill until he became a nightmare that would cause others to shiver, and kill… until he became a memory that would cause people to quiver even after many years has passed in True Morning Dao World.
As the bald crane wailed at the top of its lungs, the huge egg beneath Dao Fei Feng shattered. Its howls reverberated in space… and a gigantic beast with seven heads stepped out.
Those seven heads were all dog heads, and they were packed densely on the ferocious beast's single neck, causing it to look incredibly frightening. Its entire body was black. At that moment, all seven dog heads howled and charged toward Flame Fiends' Progenitor.
With an indifferent expression, Su Ming raised his right hand.
"All battleships, activate the power of the Rune and attack." Su Ming's right hand fell to point at the spot where Dao Fei Feng stood.
When he said those words, the hearts of all the cultivators on the battleships around him froze. However, they instantly sat down and activated the Rune. Right away, the battleships shone with a dazzling light, and waves of destructive presence spread in all directions.
When the presence from the battleships appeared, Dao Fei Feng's expression changed drastically.
"Y-y-you… this is a battle between us. I can let the fact that you asked your follower to attack me slide, but how dare you use the power of the battleships!"
Almost the moment he said those words, the galaxy shuddered. A loud bang surged into the heavens. During that instant, all the battleships activated their Runes at full speed. With loud rumbling sounds, hundreds of light pillars shot out to charge towards Dao Fei Feng.
The galaxy trembled. The loud bangs were even louder than thunder. The light pillars all landed where Dao Fei Feng stood. If the seven-headed beast had not swiftly moved in front of him to protect him, then that place would have been reduced into emptiness, and the already heavily injured Dao Fei Feng would have been injured even more.
But even though he was protected, the seven-headed ferocious beast had been forced to take the full brunt of the attack from the hundreds of light pillars. In the midst of the booming sounds, it was forced back continuously. At the instant the booming ended, the ferocious beast let out a loud wail. It was reduced to a bloody mess, but it turned around swiftly to glare at Su Ming before seizing Dao Fei Feng in its mouth and changing into a long arc to charge into the distance, intending to escape.
Anger flashed in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor. He felt incredibly outraged by the events that happened due to his level of cultivation. First was that huge and strange egg putting a stop to his divine ability, and next came that ferocious beast. It had thick skin and could even withstand his divine ability head-on. This caused Flame Fiends' Progenitor to suddenly suspect that… his level of cultivation had regressed when he entered True Morning Dao World.
But the moment he wanted to give chase, a freezing glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. With a calm gaze, he took a step forward, and when his foot landed, he moved past Flame Fiends' Progenitor. Then, he took another step forward to appear in the distant galaxy, right in front of the seven-headed ferocious beast.
A ruthless glare shone in the ferocious beast's eyes. At the instant killing intent shone in the eyes of Dao Fei Feng, who was still in the beast's mouth, Su Ming brought his right hand up and gave the ferocious beast a seemingly casual slap.
"You overestimate yourself. Without that Almighty beside you, a puny cultivator like you is just asking for death!" Dao Feng let out a low growl. But just as he was about to fly out, the pupils of the seven-headed ferocious beast shrank in disbelief.
A… power that surpassed the Almighties in Mastery Realm erupted from Su Ming's single strike. It could easily destroy a planet and collapse an entire galaxy. In fact, even if Almighties in Fate Realm ran into it, their hearts would tremble. And that strike landed on the ferocious beast.
With a bang, Su Ming's palm pressed on space, and the ferocious beast screamed shrilly in pain. Its body fell backwards as blood gushed out of it. Six of the seven heads exploded at the same time. As they were reduced to bloody mess, even Dao Fei Feng was affected by the remnants of that power. He coughed up fresh blood, and his body was flung outwards. This scene caused Dao Fei Feng to shudder. Blood flowed out nonstop from his mouth, and when he looked at Su Ming, his gaze was filled with disbelief and stupefaction.
The ferocious beast which only had one head left had a muddled consciousness at that moment. There was no longer any thought about saving Dao Fei Feng in its head. The only thing that remained was to run! With every ounce of its strength, it had to run away.
It sensed a presence that caused it to tremble from Su Ming. That presence might be barely discernible, but it was… a power that seemed to be able to destroy the entire universe.
Su Ming had an indifferent expression on his face. As he stood in the galaxy, he lifted his right hand, and immediately, a purple-black fog surrounded his arm to turn into the Life Inequity Spear. Once he held it in his hand, he threw it towards the dog-headed beast fleeing into the distance.
The Life Inequity Spear charged forward with a strange whistle to form a long arc. It ripped through the galaxy and sliced through space. The whistles sounded like Life Inequity Spear's soul crying out in excitement. There was an excitement contained in them that seemed filled with a wish to destroy all lives. With a loud bang, it pierced the dog-headed beast's neck, dragging its large body towards the battleships.
With a bang, the Life Inequity Spear shot into the hundreds of battleships. It might have pierced the bow of the gigantic ship that belonged to Su Ming, but it did not destroy the ship's structure. Instead… it pinned the ferocious dog's body to the ship.
All of this might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but in truth, it only took the span of a few breaths before it was over. It was so quick that it caused the people in the area to instantly fall into dead silence. With a calm expression, Su Ming turned around and looked towards the dazed Dao Fei Feng not too far away.
Su Ming's previous words surfaced once again in Dao Fei Feng's mind at that moment. The words which he had thought were ludicrous and had even regarded with derision and scorn were incredibly sharp when they appeared in his head again. They made him tremble, and realize that he had been incredibly presumptuous.
An expression of anguish appeared on his face. When he saw Su Ming taking a step forward, about to approach him, he swiftly retreated while speaking urgently.
"Direct descendants from Morning Dao Sect are forbidden from killing each other. This is my fault, and I'm willing to suffer the consequences for it, I…"
Before he could finish speaking, Su Ming's foot had already landed, and he appeared in front of Dao Fei Feng. He did not say a single thing, but lifted his right hand to seize Dao Fei Feng's throat.
Behead him and hang his head on the bow of the ship—those were Su Ming's previous words, and he would not change them.
"If you kill me, then you have to suffer the punishment from the Council of Sect Masters!" Dao Fei Feng's face turned pale, and despair appeared on his face. As he screamed forlornly, he wanted to dodge his grip. He could sense the killing intent from Su Ming, and that killing intent was so great that just a slight sense of it caused his heart to tremble.
His answer was a cold harrumph from Su Ming. His right arm seemed to slice through the galaxy as if he was cutting through butter with a hot knife. In an instant, he closed in on Dao Fei Feng and went to seize his neck. However, the moment Su Ming's right arm was about to touch Dao Fei Feng, his expression distorted, and he let out the strongest roar in his life.
"Grandfather, save me! Save me!"
With a loud bang, a powerful force tore through the galaxy from the void and forcefully appeared behind Dao Fei Feng in the shape of an old arm that seized Dao Fei Feng's shoulder. That arm yanked his body and changed his position. At the same time, the person who appeared out of nowhere lifted his other arm and crashed it against Su Ming's incoming grip.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Su Ming moved, and the person who had walked out of the void and saved Dao Fei Feng coughed up a mouthful of blood. He staggered several hundreds of feet backwards. When he lifted his head, an old face was revealed. It was an old man who was dressed in a gray, long robe and was filled with an Immortal's air.
He stared at Su Ming in shock, and there was astonishment in his eyes. As he yanked Dao Fei Feng to retreat with him, he spoke urgently,
"I am a Dao Hua Lin, a Great Sect Elder in Sect Elder Chamber. Your Highness, please allow me to save face. I will definitely repay you in the future."
"Help you save face?" Su Ming said faintly. When he lifted his foot, a gigantic moon appeared behind him. At the instant it did, a great commotion rose up. It came from the cultivators on the hundreds of battleships, and it also came from… the old man in gray, and also Dao Fei Feng, who was stupefied again while coughing up blood due to the severe injuries he had suffered.
At the instant the gigantic moon appeared, Su Ming took a step and instantly closed in on the old man. He brought up his right hand, formed a seal, and the moon behind him shone with a piercing tri-colored light.
The old man's expression changed drastically. Immediately, he bit the tip of his tongue, and after he coughed up blood, he shouted towards the blood he coughed up. It shuddered and turned into blood fog before turning into a gigantic ferocious head that had its mouth opened to swallow Su Ming.
Boom!
At the instant his finger touched the head made of blood fog, it collapsed into bits. The old man's face turned pale. He was forced back again, and during that process, he roared.
"You aren't the real Dynast yet! You killed your fellow sect members and disrespected the Sect Elder Chamber! Don't blame me for working with the sect elders to strip you off of your right as a Dynast! Would you want another friend or another enemy?! Dao Kong, give me an answer!"
The old man might have looked a little disheveled and pathetic, but as he spoke, there was an air of him standing high above others. Clearly, as a Great Sect Elder from the Sect Elder Chamber, he had become used to such an attitude, since it was his usual bearing on normal days.
"Who even are you?" Su Ming asked flatly.
Chapter 1054: The Blood Light in the Galaxy
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"You!" When the old man heard it, anger immediately appeared in his eyes. Since he was one of the Great Sect Elders in the Sect Elder Chamber, every single person who met him in the galaxy would be polite to him, trembling in nervousness, and when they spoke, there would be caution and respect in their voices.
Since he had Dao as his family name, which mean that he was a direct descendant of the Dao Family, he still had quite a high status. There were very few people who would refute him. He was used to people obeying his every word when he spoke, for most people cared about helping him save face. That was why when he came face to face with Su Ming, that one sentence asking him about who he was instantly caused rage to rise in his heart.
"Very well, very well!" Burning with extreme anger, he swung his arm while smiling coldly. "I'd like to see whether you have the courage to kill two fellow sect members from the same family in succession!" As he let out a cold snort, the old man seized Dao Fei Feng and turned around.
Just as he was about to leave…
With a calm expression, Su Ming lifted a foot and took a step forward. The gigantic moon behind him shone with a tri-colored light. When it spread through the galaxy, Su Ming's foot landed and he appeared right next to the old man.
By the time the old man turned around, Su Ming had already stretched out his right hand at the speed of lightning. He went to seize the old man, who roared loudly, bit the tip of his tongue, and coughed up a layer of blood fog. However, almost at the moment that fog formed, Su Ming declared flatly, "Scatter!"
When he said that, the gigantic tri-colored moon behind him shone even brighter. Immediately, the galaxy around him looked as if its laws had scattered before gathering together again. As the invisible laws changed, the blood fog scattered at the speed of lightning. The moment it happened, Su Ming's right hand appeared in front of the old man. He seized Dao Fei Feng, and when he yanked him backwards, he dragged the pale-stricken and despair-filled youth from the old man's hands.
"Grandfather, save me, save me…"
Dao Fei Feng was scared out of his wits. The fear in his heart had reached its peak, for he could sense a merciless coldness from Su Ming. As he was pleading for help forlornly, Su Ming flung his right arm, and when he unfurled his fingers, Dao Fei Feng's body was swept away by a great force. He turned into a long arc and rushed toward the fleet of battleships.
With a bang, his pained screams reached their loudest point, and then he was impaled by the hilt of Life Inequity Spear, which was nailed to the bow of the ship.
His chest was pierced through, and together with the dog-headed beast, he was impaled at the bow of the ship. His body convulsed, and a large amount of blood trickled out from his mouth. His eyes gradually grew dull, his head rolled to the side, and he breathed his last.
His Nascent Divinity and soul had been crushed the instant he was stabbed by the Life Inequity Spear.
The area was filled with dead silence. Even the cultivators who belonged to Su Ming on the battleships did not make a sound, staring at Su Ming in shock. After all, killing fellow sect members was strictly prohibited within Morning Dao Sect, so Su Ming… had clearly committed a great offense.
However, Xu Hui's expression remained the same. The nine old Frail Darknesses by her side also did not exhibit any change, as if they were not too worried even though Dao Fei Feng had died.
This scene shocked the old man from the Sect Elder Chamber. He was momentarily stunned, then red appeared in his eyes. Disbelief lingered in them as they glared at Su Ming.
"One of the duties of those in the Sect Elder Chamber is to monitor the people in the family, and we have the right to kill all those who go against the rules of the sect! Dao Kong, you are a direct descendant of our family yet you killed a fellow family member and broke the rules.
"For the offense you've committed, your cultivation base should be destroyed, and an entire galaxy will suppress you until your body and soul are destroyed to serve as a warning for others! With my status as the Great Sect Elder in the Sect Elder Chamber, I bear witness that you… are a criminal!" the old man roared.
The enmity in his eyes was incredibly clear. As he spoke, he lifted his right hand, and immediately, a white plate appeared on his palm. He struck it with his left hand, and the ruthlessness and the venom in his voice was incredibly distinct.
"Dao Fei Feng was the one who provoked us first. With provocative words, he intended to challenge His Highness' right. This is Dynast Dao Kong's first challenger. Based on the orders the Progenitor sent several years ago while he was in isolation, once the heirs appear, the survival of challengers from the sect will not be brought into consideration!" Xu Hui smiled faintly. She lifted her right hand as well, and a blue plate appeared on her palm. At the instant it was brought out, ripples of power immediately spread out from it.
"The Sect Master's plate!"
The old man's expression changed drastically as he stared at the plate in Xu Hui's palm. He took a few staggering steps back, and a complicated look appeared on his face. At that moment, he remembered that even as well. It had been many years since heirs had appeared in Morning Dao Sect, which was why he had overlooked the status and power of Dynasts. He then also remembered the Progenitor sending an order while in isolation stating that those who challenged heirs would forfeit their lives upon loss.
"You are Dao Fei Feng's grandfather. Are you… going to challenge me as well?" Su Ming asked faintly.
That question was like an invisible slap that struck the old man's face, and his expression changed a couple times. Without a single word, he then turned around and changed into a long arc that left swiftly.
Su Ming did not stop the old man. He stared at him leaving into the distance before turning around to walk toward the fleet of battleships. When he reached Flame Fiends' Progenitor, he came to a halt.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor heart let out a thump.
"There will be no next time," Su Ming said faintly, and Flame Fiends' Progenitor quickly lowered his head to show his obedience.
While doing so, he let out a huge sigh of relief in his heart. When he first came into contact with Su Ming in their journey to the fifth kiln, he had regarded the other in derision. But when he showed hostility towards him, his physical body was destroyed, and derision turned into wariness. Then, he plotted against the descendant of Ancient Wu with Su Ming, and the series of things they went through made Flame Fiends' Progenitor to be incredibly wary of Su Ming.
At some point it had changed into respect, and then to fear when they left the fifth kiln and headed to the fifth ocean. In fact, a strange sort of thought had risen in him—as long as he followed Su Ming, then no matter how great the danger they ran into, he would be able to resolve it.
Because of it, Flame Fiends' Progenitor decided to follow Su Ming willingly after just one sentence. With time, his respect become grown greater, and it had already become etched into his soul.
At that moment, as he stared at Su Ming's back, he lowered his head and pulled the crimson hood over his head before returned to the battleship. After a moment, as the hundreds of battleships rumbled, they continued in the direction of Morning Dao Sect. They sliced through space and charged forward.
At the center of the battleships was Su Ming's gigantic battleship, and on its bow was the Life Inequity Spear, nailing… the dog-headed ferocious beast and Dao Fei Feng's corpse.
Time trickled by slowly, and five days gradually passed. During them, Su Ming and his crew passed through several planets, and all the races they ran into would all venture into the galaxy to greet him.
They had also run into several direct descendants of the Dao Family, but when they saw Dao Fei Feng's corpse hanging on the bow of Su Ming's ship, their expressions changed drastically, and all of them turned around and left without any hesitation.
The dead bodies were a blatant deterrent. With them, Su Ming could get rid of many unnecessary disturbances, so the fleet of battleships intimidated everyone wherever he went.
When the fifth day was over, Su Ming stared at the galaxy in the distance, and his pupils shrank slightly.
When he stood near the railing, he could vaguely see a crimson light in the distant galaxy. That light might be faint and rather far from them, but Su Ming could not help but think that the place was filled with an air of slaughter and bloodthirst.
Clearly, that spot where the crimson light was coming from was going through a large-scale slaughter and battle at that moment.
"There are at least one hundred thousand cultivators fighting against each other." A glint appeared in the eyes of Flame Fiends' Progenitor, who licked his lips.
"Crystals, darn it all, how many crystals are there?!" The bald crane's eyes sparkled.
A solemn expression appeared on Xu Hui's face. The nine old Frail Darknesses also stared at the distant galaxy with scrutinizing looks.
"With the battleships' speed, we might need about a day to reach that battlefield. Based on its position… it should at the Relocation spot for which we are heading.
Xu Hui raised her right hand and flipped it over. The Sect Elder's plate appeared on her palm, and when she sneaked a glance at it, she shook her head. "I haven't received any warnings. This battle should have just recently broken out… But based on the location, it is indeed the place to which we are going.
"That's one of the one hundred and eight Relocation spots Morning Dao Sect has in the galaxy. When we reach it, we should be able to return to Morning Dao Sect with the Relocation power there." Xu Hui stood beside Su Ming while speaking softly.
"There aren't any other paths to enter Morning Dao Sect from the areas beyond the sect. The only way is through the one hundred and eight Relocation spots, and we need Morning Dao Sect to correspond with us to activate it. Because of that, even if outsiders took control of the Relocation spot, they won't be able to enter through it.
"It's much easier to leave Morning Dao Sect. We just need to walk to the end in any direction, and we'd be able to move through space to the galaxy of True Morning Dao World.
"The Relocation spot in front of us is the closest one, but it is also located quite near to the region which belongs to the Immortals' Union, but if we circle around this place, we'll need another month or so to enter." Xu Hui looked towards Su Ming.
True Morning Dao World was so big that even if Su Ming had lived for many years in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, he was still awed. It was much larger than the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
In truth, if Su Ming was alone, he could shift and soon close the distance. However, there were hundreds of battleships with him, and because of it, his travel speed was naturally slower.
But Su Ming was not in a hurry. He wanted to see more of True Morning Dao World, and since the battle before them was clearly waged by the Immortals' Union, he nodded upon hearing Xu Hui's words. He wanted to see whether he could find any familiar faces on the battlefield.
"Let's head to the Relocation spot in front of us," Su Ming said faintly.
Chapter 1055: An Old Friend with the Family Name Bei
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The sound of battle shook the entire universe. As the loud booms echoed in space, they spread outwards. Multi-colored lights from all sorts of divine abilities bloomed like fireworks, bringing about an incredibly beautiful moment that lasted for only an instant.
The bright red blood and its thick stench filled the area and stimulated all the cultivators within it.
Compared to the chaotic war between the Immortals' Union and Morning Dao Sect, the battle in this area a small-scale, with only a hundred thousand something cultivators participating.
There were about eighty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union, and they had launched a sudden attack against fifty thousand cultivators that were stationed to defend the Relocation spot.
Two days ago, the eighty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union had used some sort of unknown method to suddenly by using the Relocation Rune which was supposed to only be able to send people into Morning Dao Sect. Yet a large number of people from the Immortals' Union had arrived, catching the fifty thousand disciples from Morning Dao Sect stationed in the place unaware, and the battle had begun.
In two days, nearly twenty thousand people had died from the eighty thousand people from the Immortals' Union. Few of their corpses were complete. Most of them were torn to pieces which ended up floating around the area. Blood flowed in all directions, making the stench in the galaxy unbearable.
The price for killing twenty thousand cultivators from the Immortals' Union was twenty thousand Morning Dao Sect's disciples stationed to defend the Rune. The levels of cultivation of these cultivators from Morning Dao Sect surpassed those from the Immortals' Union, but the abrupt arrival of the enemy had injured them severely at the start of the battle, which was why they had suffered the same amount of losses.
The battle kept on going, and the slaughter continued. The cultivators on both sides fought until they were in a state of frenzy. By then, there was a huge eye floating among the army belonging to the Immortals' Union. An aloof air came from that eyeball as it watched the battle.
Beneath it were three middle-aged men surrounded by a ring of old men with powerful presences. One of them had a handsome face. Even though he appeared to be in his middle ages, there was a steadfast maturity to him. He had dashing eyebrows and sparkling eyes, and all those who saw him could imagine that he was definitely an incredibly handsome man while he was still a teenager.
He had his hands placed behind his back and was standing under the eyeball in silence. On his back was a huge bow, and he was dressed in a beautiful, noble long robe. He had an awe-inspiring face, and the presences of the other two people behind him clearly could not match up to his. They only accompanied him.
"Senior Brother Bei, it's been almost three days. With the speed Morning Dao Sect sends their messages, even if we have the method to cut off their communication channels and stall them, if we fail…" the person standing to the left of the man in the beautiful robes said in a low voice.
"That's right, Senior Brother Bei. Testing the people here for three days is already enough for us to complete our task. The fellow Daoists in other places have already returned by now. Should we… retreat?" the person to the right asked right after.
"The union sent us here to test Morning Dao Sect's reaction, and they gave us a few days. The Relocation Interception Art the Sacred Lady has come to understand can intercept the Relocation Runes for seven days, on theory. It can also cause Morning Dao Sect to suffer a seven-day delay in the battles within True Morning Dao World.
"If we leave within three days, then we won't be able to gauge the precise time," the man in the beautiful robes said calmly. His voice was low and brought with it an air of persuasion.
"This is…" The person on his left hesitated for a moment. When he looked as if he wanted to say something, a glint shone in the eyes of the man with the beautiful robes.
"The union has not sent us the call for retreat. Above us is the Eye of the Sacred Temple. Who would dare to leave on their own?! Say no more and deploy the chariots!"
When his words traveled outwards, the people by his side sighed in their hearts. They instinctively cast a glance at the gigantic eye exuding the aloof presence above him before immediately bowing their heads and voicing their obedience. They took a few steps back and sent orders to the cultivators who belonged to the union.
Booming sounds instantly echoed in the area. The space on one side of the battleship distorted before turning into a vortex, and nine gigantic crimson objects with long ferocious horns that were tens upon thousands of feet tall came out. They were chariots because of which the expressions of people from Morning Dao Sect changed at once!
Those were chariots formed from hundreds of thousands of huge swords. The crimson shade made them look as if they were dyed in blood. Harsh presence spread out from them, and they rushed swiftly into the battlefield.
The battle became even more intense. At that moment, at a spot incredibly far away from the battlefield was a region which belonged to the Immortals' Union. A gigantic planet formed by nearly one hundred planets gathered together was located there, and on it was a huge palace floating in midair.
The palace shone with a variety of colors. The land was quiet, and not a single sound could be heard. Only a woman could be found sitting cross-legged.
She was dressed in white and beautiful, but not a hint of emotion could be detected on her. She was as cold as ice, and floating before here were nine balls of light. In each of them were different pictures flashing continuously.
If anyone took a closer look, they would be able to see clearly that there were nine battlefields contained in the balls of light. In the third ball was the region where the man named Bei was located.
The woman in white stared at the balls of light calmly. Occasionally, she would fix her gaze upon one of them. Runic symbols would flash in her eyes, as if she was calculating something.
Time trickled by. As the woman occasionally paid attention to the battles in the balls of light, the third day passed for the galaxy where the man named Bei was located. The small-scale battle had reached an incredibly devastating state there. Many of the people within the Immortals' Union had died, but the people from Morning Dao Sect had also paid a large price.
There were only about ten thousand left from the original fifty thousand. Fatigue filled their hearts, and despair enveloped their bodies. Their associates had died one by one, and the thick stench of blood around them as well as the crazed slaughter launched by the cultivators from the Immortals' Union from all directions caused them to feel as if they were about to break down from fatigue and despair.
'Why isn't the sect sending anyone to help us?!'
'Usually, when we're fighting against the Immortals' Union, reinforcements arrive within a short amount of time, but three days have already passed, so why is no one here yet?!'
'This is a Relocation spot, so it's an incredibly important place to Morning Dao Sect. Why… are they still not here?!'
These questions were shouted loudly in the hearts of the ten thousand something cultivators from Morning Dao Sect as they continued fighting.
'What happened?!'
Behind them were nine huge platforms which formed the Relocation Rune. At that moment, there was an old man standing on one of the platforms. Beside him were three middle-aged men, and there was despair in their downcast expressions.
The old man had his eyes shut. His entire mind and soul fused into the platform under his feet, but a moment later, when he opened his eyes, his face was pale. When he lifted his head, he stared at the galaxy above him. It was the second battlefield. Over there, dozens of cultivators were fighting their way to the heavens.
Nine of the dozens of cultivators belonged to Morning Dao Sect, and they were sent from the War Chamber to defend the Rune. Fighting against them were seventeen cultivators from the Immortals' Union. They had launched a fierce battle against each other in the galaxy above and were holding each other back. They were all in Lunar Kalpa Realm, and they were the strongest cultivators in the place.
'I've already sent a message to alert the sect, but it's been three days… and there isn't any reply. Just what happened? How could this happen?!
'It's enough that they don't send any reinforcements… but why is there no reply for the message I sent back to the sect about the dangers we're facing after I activated the Relocation Rune? If no one from within the sect activates this damn Rune, no one from outside can be sent back.
'But… But these damn cultivators from the Immortals' Union used the Rune to be sent here. How… How did they do this?!' The old man's eyes were bloodshot. He was the Sect Elder stationed to defend the place with the disciples, and he was one of the Great Sect Elders in the Sect Elder Chamber, but at that moment, no matter what status he had, it was of no use.
Just now, he had tried to initiate contact with the sect again, but there was no response. Despair filled his body and soul.
If he ran, then forget whether he would be lucky enough to escape. Even if he did, he would definitely be punished according to how Morning Dao Sect dealt with deserters. Unless he switched sides and joined the Immortals' Union… But what about his kinsmen? They stayed in the galaxy under Morning Dao Sect's jurisdiction. If he fled, then his kinsmen… would face annihilation.
"Great Sect Elder, what should we do?" The three middle-aged men beside the old man looked towards him.
"I'm afraid the reinforcements from the sect won't be coming," the old man said in anguish.
The three men fell silent. The sounds of battle by their ears and the forlorn cries from their disciples before they died stabbed them in the heart.
"Great Sect Elder, perhaps we'll have reinforcements…" Suddenly, one of the three middle-aged men lifted his head.
"I remember that ten days ago, I received an order from the direction of Divine Essence Star Ocean. It told us that Dynast Dao Kong and his group were coming to this place to use the Relocation Rune to head back to Morning Dao Sect, and we were to make preparations beforehand to activate the Rune. Judging by the time, they should arrive soon!"
"Dao Kong… Forget his level of cultivation, even if he really arrives, how many followers would he be able to bring with him? It won't be enough; the blood light has grown so strong it reaches the sky. With the personalities of all direct descendants in Morning Dao Sect, he might have already turned around to head to another Relocation spot. He wouldn't come here."
"But no matter what, he is a Dynast, one of the ten Great Dynasts…"
"So what? I met him many years ago. He might seem kind, but in truth, he's incredibly cold." The group then fell silent.
"Even if we have to fight to death!" The old man laughed brokenly. He threw his head back and roared, and his shout reverberated in the battlefield to fall into the ears of all the disciples from Morning Dao Sect in the area. "For our families, even if we have to fight to the death,
Chapter 1056: Is This Alright?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The roars echoed in the galaxy and shook the universe.
There were still tens of thousands of cultivators left in the Immortals' Union. Behind them was the huge Eye of the Sacred Temple, and under it was the man named Bei, who was staring at the Great Sect Elder from Morning Dao Sect who'd been shouting moments ago.
'Morning Dao Sect is a sect that is destined to fall, but in truth… there are still quite a number of powerful warriors in it.' The man named Bei sighed in his heart. They had fought against Morning Dao Sect for hundreds of years, but every single time it was forced into a corner, someone like this would appear.
Even though the reason behind the words he shouted and the reason he went forward was because his family members were within the territory controlled by Morning Dao Sect and he was forced to do it for his family members' continued survival, it was still something worthy of respect.
The Immortals' Union might seem like it had great power, but in truth, no one like this had ever appeared among them.
'A pity…' The man named Bei shook his head.
"Have the chariots self-destruct. Since these people are in a frenzy, make them wake up from their madness." When the man named Bei said those words, a person behind him immediately sent the order to the soldiers.
After a moment, the nine gigantic chariots which had brought about slaughter on the battlefield collapsed with a bang. Each of them was formed by hundreds of thousands of swords. Nine chariots were equivalent to millions of swords, and all of them stirred up a gust of wind formed to shoot out in all directions with loud rumbles.
Millions of swords shooting out was a disaster to the cultivators. There were only about ten thousand disciples from Morning Dao Sect left, and at the instant the chariots collapsed, shrill roars overshadowed all sounds in the area. It was the last sound many people made.
Seven thousand people… were reduced to minced meat. With their roars, they disappeared forever from the universe. Their bodies and spirits were destroyed.
"It's just death." This sentence could be easily uttered, but there were certain words that were the same as promises. Before they were spoken, a person would be their owner, but once they were said, the speaker would become their servant.
Seven thousand people died. The remaining five thousand something disciples from Morning Dao Sect felt as if cold water had been poured over their heads, even if they had shouted those words earlier. As they shivered, they continued retreating, and signs that they were about to break down could be seen.
"Chariots… We're only people who are stationed here to defend this place. We aren't from the War Chamber, so we don't have War Weapons… They're only cultivators from all regions, yet they already possess nine Sword Chariots…" As the Great Sect Elder from the Sect Elder Chamber laughed brokenly, he watched the disorderly disciples from Morning Dao Sect. He then leaped up to turn into a long arc that charged forward.
That long arc was like a moth flying to fire. It knew that it would definitely die… but it still did it.
He did not say or utter any agitated words, and neither did he shout about his willingness to die again. All of it was no longer necessary. If there was someone fleeing, then let them, but he could not run. He was not rushing for Morning Dao Sect, and neither was he doing it for himself. Instead, he was doing it for his family members, his children, and all his relatives.
'With my death, I will be able to buy Morning Dao Sect's tolerance for my family. This… is worth it.' The old man's eyes turned bloodshot. With madness and determination, he rushed towards the camp belonging to the Immortals' Union.
"Both of you, attack. With the Moon Destroying Lightning, end his life, since he's come here to seek death. Even if your level of cultivation is not high enough compared to his, he won't dodge it," the man named Bei said while staring at the old man rushing to them from the distance like a moth flying to fire.
"We can end this battle early." The man named Bei raised his head and stared at the huge eyeball above him, and a hint of disgust appeared in his eyes.
At the instant he looked up though, an uproar suddenly rose in the battlefield. The sound came from those in Morning Dao Sect and also those from the Immortals' Union.
Along with the noise were excited cheers that spread out through the area.
"Our reinforcements have arrived!"
"It's the battleships from the sect! The people from the sect are here to save us!"
When those voices reverberating in the area, even the Great Sect Elder who was seeking death came to a halt and turned his head around to look.
He saw hundreds of battleships charging forward through the galaxy, along with near ten thousand cultivators within them. Excitement shone in his eyes, but when he looked behind them, he found that there was nothing there.
'Only this many people…'
As he filled with anguish, the uproar around him slowly died down. Despair rose in the thousands of cultivations of Morning Dao Sect again. After going through the madness just now then having it extinguished by the millions of swords before the signs of collapse showed up, excitement had been ignited again when the hundreds of battleships appeared… but when they saw that there were only hundreds of them, that excitement was mercilessly extinguished again. These kind of highs and lows took away their will to fight, whatever was left of it. The thought of fleeing and scattering… instantly formed in nearly all those cultivators.
As they dispersed, killing intent appeared in the eyes of the tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union, and during that instant, their gazes were fixed on the hundreds of battleships.
The man named Bei shifted his gaze away from the huge eyeball above him and looked towards the hundreds of battleships in the distance.
"They aren't the reinforcements from Morning Dao Sect, or else they wouldn't have just sent these people. They should be just passing by, but since they're here, make them stay," the man named Bei said calmly.
Su Ming stood at the bow of the ship and stared at the battlefield before him. He saw the tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union and also saw the thousands of dispersed cultivators from Morning Dao Sect, along with the numerous shredded pieces of flesh filling the galaxy along with the thick, bloody stench in the area.
"Do I have a banner?" Su Ming suddenly asked.
Xu Hui was momentarily stunned. The eyes of the oldest among the nine old Frail Darknesses immediately flashed with a glint. He lifted his right hand and patted his body. A long piece of cloth appeared in his hand, and when it drifted in space, it was revealed that it was thousands of feet long.
"Your Highness, we do not have a banner, but if you need it, I can make a simple one right now."
"I want a red one," Su Ming said faintly.
The old man immediately swung the long piece of cloth in his hand around him, to dye it red with the blood floating about. Immediately, a blood red flag took shape.
"Hang the banner and shout my name. Let all these people know who you belong to, and also let me see… whether you have the right to continue being by my side."
When Su Ming spoke, his words landed in the ears of the all the cultivators on the battleships, causing a brilliant light to shine in their eyes.
The old man hung the blood red war banner on Su Ming's battleship. With one fling, the flag which was thousands of feet long fluttered in space without any wind, and during that instant, the hundreds of battleships let out a bang. An equivalent number of light pillars then shot out from them. At the instant they charged into the battlefield, all the cultivators on the battleships took a simultaneous step forward and turned into nearly ten thousand long arcs that rushed together into the battlefield.
"DAO KONG!" those people roared at the same time at the instant they rushed out. They shouted a name, and their voices shook the galaxy. When the words tumbled outwards like thunder in all directions, it landed in the hearts of the thousands of disciples from Morning Dao Sect who had already scattered. It also landed in the ears of the cultivators from the Immortals' Union.
The voices surged about excitedly. When they fused with the momentum created by the near ten thousand people rushing out, there was only one phrase that could describe them…
As fierce as tigers and wolves!
Booming sounds shook the galaxy. The hundreds of light pillars from the battleships brought with them a destructive presence that surged into the storm in the battlefield. When it reverberated in space, the near ten thousand cultivators under Su Ming's jurisdiction closed in, and launched a crazed battle.
At the instant the near ten thousand cultivators collided against the exhausted tens of thousands who had been fighting for three days, an endless battle began!
Even though the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect were scattered, they became hesitant when they saw that scene. They did not know whether they should continue fighting or continue fleeing, but the blood red flag and Dao Kong's name echoing in their ears caused the extinguished fighting spirit in their hearts to gradually be ignited again.
The Great Sect Elder from the Sect Elder Chamber saw the incoming cultivators and the soaring blood red war banner. He also heard the name those near ten thousand cultivators roared, and without any hesitation, he turned into a long arc that charged towards the battleship in which Su Ming stood.
At that moment, the nine old Frail Darknesses flew out together, but they did not rush into the battleship. Instead, they flew into the galaxy above them, where the dozens of powerful warriors were fighting fiercely.
The bald crane's eyes sparkled. With a single move, it disappeared without a trace. Only Su Ming could see half of an arm swiftly approaching the battlefield while traveling among the shredded pieces of flesh and torn limbs with almost no presence.
Flame Fiends' Progenitor snickered while fiercely licking his lips. Bloodthirst appeared in his eyes. He looked towards Su Ming, and when he saw him nodding, he let out a long string of laughter and decided not to spread out the full extent of his power. Instead, he only showed power that was about Lunar Kalpa Realm. He left with a single move, clearly not willing to reveal the mighty pressure which belonged to an Almighty and would cause the others to flee. Instead, he wanted to relish in the enjoyment of being a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"Is this alright?" Xu Hui chuckled softly while giving Su Ming a glance.
"We have to let them vent a little." Su Ming smiled faintly as he looked back at her.
Xu Hui and Su Ming stared into each other's eyes, and a gentleness that would not usually appear in her eyes showed up. She covered her mouth and laughed, but when she saw the huge eyeball floating in the galaxy, her mirth immediately disappeared, and her pupils constricted.
"What is that?" Su Ming's gaze also landed on the huge eyeball. He had a vague feeling that it was also staring at him at that moment.
That thing was different from Su Ming's third eye. His third eye possessed its own intelligence, but the huge eyeball gave others the feeling that it was a dead object. Clearly, it was an Enchanted Vessel that was remotely controlled by someone.
"It is the Eye of the Sacred Temple from the Immortals' Union. I am Ouyang Kong. Greetings, Your Highness!"
The person who replied to Su Ming was the Great Sect Elder from the Sect Elder Chamber rushing towards him from the distance. When he approached, he saw the dog-headed beast and Dao Fei Feng at the bow of the ship. His heart shuddered, but he averted his gaze and wrapped his fist to bow deeply towards Su Ming while he outside the battleship.
Su Ming nodded. His gaze landed on the huge eyeball, then he shifted his gaze downwards, and saw… the man named Bei. At the instant Su Ming recognized him, a surprised glint shone in his eyes.
'Bei Ling…'
Chapter 1057: One Drop of Blood
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The commander of the tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union, the man who had already reached middle age, but who everyone could still recognize as having been handsome when he was a teenager… was Su Ming's childhood friend—Bei Ling!
When they were in Dark Mountain, he was an older brother whom Su Ming respected. Later on, they met again in the land of Berserkers, and he came to understand that all the people were fake… Now, he stood in the distant galaxy in front of him.
Su Ming stared at him, and Beiling also looked over. At the instant their gazes met through the galaxy and past tens of thousands of cultivators, Beiling felt his heart let out a thump. His expression instantly turned pale, and he took a few staggering steps backwards before the power of those belonging to the later stage of World Plane Realm erupted from his body. That power swept through the area, and only by doing so did he manage to prevent himself from being pushed back by Su Ming's gaze.
However, a line of blood trickled out of the corners of his lips. Shock appeared on his pale face. At the instant Su Ming looked towards him just then, Beiling had a strong feeling that the gaze was like a sharp sword which shot through space to pierce his eyes. When it swam through his veins, it cut his blood and flesh, sliced apart all his bones, as if everything about him had been laid bare and seen clearly.
In fact, even his soul had no room to escape under that gaze. He felt as if all of his secrets and memories were seen through, causing him to have the misconception that he was alone in a crowd.
It was especially so because Beiling felt as if that gaze contained some sort of mysterious, enchanting power. It was as if that person knew everything about his past, which made him feel an incredible familiarity, but also that he was an unfamiliar presence he had never seen before.
Beiling believed that this was definitely because the person had practiced some form of Art using the eyes. He could not manage to tell who Su Ming was. After all, at that moment, Su Ming appeared as Dao Kong, and his level of cultivation also surpassed what the person in Beiling's memories possessed, but he did manage to tell that the one before him was definitely someone who was not ordinary.
When he recalled the name the cultivators had shouted, two words immediately rose in his heart.
"Dao Kong!"
With a calm expression, Su Ming stared at Beiling. Memories rose in his head, the final one being when he killed Beiling in the mountain which belonged to Great Leaf Immortal Sect.
However, back then, the person he had killed was Beiling's projection in the land of Berserkers, while the person standing before him at that moment was the real self.
With just one glance, Su Ming could see through Beiling's level of cultivation. He was in later stage of World Plane Realm, and just a sliver away from attaining great completion. Obtaining this level of cultivation at his age was enough to show that he was a prodigy, though compared to Su Ming, the difference between them was like the distance between heaven and earth. But there was no way Beiling could compare to the things Su Ming had experienced. To Su Ming, the trip to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence had given a metamorphosis in body and even soul, allowing him to improve by leaps and bounds.
The life-and-death situations he faced during that period was also something a normal person could not withstand.
At that moment, when he saw Beiling again, the confusion Su Ming experienced in the past was no longer something he felt. He no longer wanted to think about the truth regarding Dark Mountain either. Whether it was real or fake did not matter. As long as he knew that he was real, it was enough.
However, when Su Ming saw the bow behind Beiling's back, a complicated emotion appeared on his face. That bow existed in his memories, and it was carried by Bei Ling's father—the bow of the Head of the Guards in Dark Mountain Tribe.
However, in Su Ming's memories, that bow did not actually belong to Bei Ling's father. It belonged to Dark Mountain Tribe, and was the authentication token each Head of the Guards would inherit.
Even though this memory might be fake, Su Ming believed that it was real, and since he believed it to be real, then he would turn all of it into reality based on his memories.
"Since that's the case, leave… that bow behind," Su Ming murmured softly. He was the only one who could hear his voice. It did not matter who were beside him, be it Xu Hui or Zhu You Cai, none of them heard it.
He sighed softly, then stepped on the bow of the ship and walked into the galaxy ahead of him. When his foot landed, he had already reached the battlefield. His expression was calm, and at a moderate pace, he walked towards Beiling. The tens of thousands of cultivators before him seemed not to exist before his eyes as he continued walking in a relaxed manner.
At the moment Su Ming walked over, Beiling's pupils shrank swiftly. He took a few steps back again, and his expression kept on changing.
"Offer up the Sun Destroying Lightning. The both of you… go and gauge that person's level of cultivation!" The two people standing behind him hesitated for a moment before gritting their teeth and voicing their obedience. They immediately turned into long arcs and charged forward to attack.
Su Ming had a placid expression on his face. When he moved forward, some cultivators from the Immortals' Union in front of him charged towards him with bloodshot eyes. When he cast his gaze across the area, he found that those cultivators were packed densely together. With all sorts of divine abilities and Arts as well as light shining from their Enchanted Treasures, they charged towards him as if they were rain pouring in the galaxy.
Su Ming lifted his right hand and took a step forward. He immediately closed in on one of the cultivators. His lifted right hand casually seized the cultivator's neck, and when he dragged his arm downwards diagonally, a loud crack rang in space. The cultivator could not even dodge. His eyes instantly became dull, his neck broken by Su Ming. At the same time, red flames spread out from his hand, and he instantly reduced the cultivator's physical body to ashes.
Even the Nascent Divinity could not flee, having been instantly killed.
However, a single cultivator's death did not pose as a threat to a battlefield with tens of thousands of people. More cultivators roared and rushed towards Su Ming.
Booming sounds shook the sky and earth. Countless divine abilities landed simultaneously on Su Ming, but they could not stop him in the slightest. Those divine abilities disintegrated upon reaching him, unable to make him suffer even the tiniest bit of damage. Just his physical strength alone was enough for him to sweep through the area with brute strength.
A large amount of Enchanted Treasures charged towards him, but the instant they touched Su Ming, the sounds of metal collided with metal rang in space. The Enchanted Treasures of various appearances all shuddered and tumbled backwards simultaneously. Their lights instantly became dull, as if the rebound from Su Ming's physical body had shaken the Vessel Spirits.
This scene shocked the incoming cultivators, and Beiling's expression changed drastically.
At that moment, Su Ming took a step forward again. When his foot landed, a loud bang rose in the galaxy. A large amount of ripples stirred up under Su Ming's feet. When they spread out, all the cultivators who came into contact with them shuddered before being instantly torn to pieces.
Su Ming's footsteps retained a fixed rhythm. It was not fast, but neither was it slow. He walked at the same pace, moving forward one step at a time. Gradually, a thick trail of blood formed behind him. The cultivators in front of him retreated, and for a time being, no one dared to block him.
Su Ming's level of cultivation far surpassed what the other cultivators in this land possessed. If it was any other powerful warrior or someone else with status standing in his place, they would find attacking to be beneath them. However, this principle did not exist for Su Ming. No matter who it was, as long as they blocked his path, they would have to suffer the fate of being destroyed.
The strong preyed on the weak. This was the law in the universe. If the powerful found it beneath them to attack when they saw the weak and would only confront those who were equal to them in power, then the universe might seem to follow a law, but to Su Ming, everything was chaos.
Or else, what sort of motivation would make someone weak do everything they could to become strong at all cost? Sometimes, relying on the strong and browbeating the weak was a desire people craved badly in the depths of their hearts, even though they did not want to say it out loud.
As Su Ming walked, the tens of thousands of cultivators from the Immortals' Union opened up a path for him. When they looked towards him, their gazes were filled with terror. The river of blood behind him was the testimony of what would happen to all those who dared to block his path.
Suddenly, two long arcs shot out from the crows. Before they closed in, they flung out four dark rays of light. At the instant they flew out, piercing screeches rang out, then turned into four dark birds that exuded the power akin to those in Solar Kalpa Realm. They charged towards Su Ming in the blink of an eye.
Sun Destroying Lightning!
This was one of the weapons which belonged to the Immortals' Union. It shared the same name as the Moon Destroying Lightning, and during the past one thousand years, they were created by the Immortals' Union. It was rumored that only the Sacred Temple had mastered the method to create those vessels. They were so mighty that they would shine with the most dazzling light during the battles between the Immortals' Union and Morning Dao Sect.
Their name was Sun Destroying Lightning. Even though it could not really kill those in Solar Kalpa Realm, it could force down all the cultivators of that realm. In fact, if there was a sufficient number of the vessels, then it was not impossible for them to possess the power to kill them!
In truth, during the many battles between the Immortals' Union and Morning Dao Sect, the Almighties of Solar Kalpa Realm who died due to the Sun Destroying Lightning were already in the dozens. Each time, hundreds of Sun Destroying Lightnings would rush out at the same time. The power to blast through heavens would echo in space, and it would make all who saw them to tremble. Their destructive power was enough to make all the people instantly lose their will to fight.
As Su Ming watched the four dark birds formed by the dark rays of light charge towards him as if they had locked onto him while letting out piercing screeches, he did not dodge. He simply allowed those four dark rays of light to close in on him. Under the sinister gazes from the two middle-aged cultivators who had turned into two long arcs, Su Ming raised his right hand… and grabbed one of the dark birds.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The three consecutive loud bangs instantly attracted the attention of all the cultivators who were fighting. When they looked over, their hearts trembled. Three Sun Destroying Lightnings had exploded on Su Ming, but as they collapsed, he remained as composed as ever. Not even a single strand of his hair flew up.
In his hand, the last dark bird formed by the Sun Destroying Lightning struggled ceaselessly, but it could not escape. Su Ming stood in the galaxy with his head lowered to stare at the dark bird. As his eyes sparkled, thin branches that no one could see appeared on his right hand. They shot through the dark bird and started analyzing it.
'It fused with Shamanic Spells and used the universe's laws. These are created by cultivators in Solar Kalpa Realm triggering the explosion in their blood and essence. A cultivator in Solar Kalpa Realm can create about one thousand of these Sun Destroying Lightnings. Perhaps… ferocious beasts akin to those in Solar Kalpa Realm could be used to create them as well.
'But the power of the blood in here is rather unfamiliar.'
Su Ming furled his right hand, and the dark bird started melting layer by layer. Under the shocked gazes of the people around him, a drop of golden liquid was revealed from the melted dark bird.
The thick stench of blood was proof which showed that it was a real drop of blood.
As Su Ming stared at it, a glint shone in his eyes. He raised the drop to his mouth and touched it gently with his tongue. A surprised sparkle appeared in his eyes.
'There's not a hint of negative presence on it, and it can even be used to nourish the soul, making a person feel as if they're under a warm sun. What creature could possess such blood? How could it have this sort of effect?'
Chapter 1058: Came from Saint Defier
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Almost the moment Su Ming melted the Sun Destroying Lightning, gathered up the golden drop of blood from within and licked it with his tongue, the pupil of the huge eyeball above Beiling shrank and fixed its stare on him.
At the same time, the incredibly beautiful and aloof woman in white sitting in the large, floating palace above the gigantic cultivation planet formed by numerous planets far away from the galaxy where Su Ming was suddenly focused her eyes on him. She ignored all the scenes within the other balls of light and leveled her gaze on the third ball one. Within it was Su Ming with a look of surprise in his eyes.
She stared at Su Ming, then lifted her right hand to form a seal before swinging it to the side. Immediately, another ball of light appeared on her right hand. Within it was Su Ming's image, and it was swiftly distorting. After a moment, all the scenes in Su Ming's life immediately appeared within it, from the moment of his birth to the moment he stepped into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence.
Of course, what she saw was not a reflection of the real Su Ming's life, but that of Dao Kong.
"Dao Kong… one of the ten Great Dynasts. He stepped into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence around one thousand years ago," the woman mumbled softly. Her voice was like one hundred bells chiming. It was very pleasant and melodious, but the freezing tone in it would make all those who heard it to feel as if there was a cold chill creeping up their bones.
"The Barren Lands of Divine Essence…" The woman frowned. This was not the first time the mystery behind the Sun Destroying Lightning had been cracked and the golden drop of lightning in it was revealed. In truth, during the many years of war, the Sun Destroying Lightning had been destroyed many times by those in Morning Dao Sect. The golden drop of blood had been taken out and used to nourish the soul.
Because of that, the woman in white was not too shocked by Su Ming cracking the mystery behind the Sun Destroying Lightning. She was just slightly surprised that it was done by Dao Kong.
The main reason for her frowning was not related to the Sun Destroying Lightning, but because of Dao Kong's experiences in his life. She completely ignored the first half of his life, but what caught her attention the most were the last words—the Barren Lands of Divine Essence!
She stayed silent for a moment before raising her right hand and tapping the ball of light to her right. It instantly turned orange, and all of the things Dao Kong had experienced in his life were dyed orange. With that, she placed Dao Kong among people who were to be regarded with a high amount of attention in the Immortals' Union.
"Slowly but surely, I'll learn whether it's him," the woman in white said softly.
However, the moment she mumbled that, her expression changed in a manner that had never happened before. She stood up swiftly and her pupils shrank as she fixed her stare on the Su Ming in the third ball of light.
While the people had various expressions on their faces, Su Ming clenched his fist around the golden drop of blood. Thin threads appeared on his palm, and all of them crawled into the drop of blood. This was Su Ming taking a more in-depth analysis of the blood's origin using the power of the Seed of Life Extermination after he had become suspicious.
As the power of the Seed of Life Extermination from Su Ming's palm continued seeping into the golden drop of blood to swiftly analyse it, Su Ming's expression changed. He sensed a presence he could not put to words, and it was ceaselessly spreading from that golden blood. That presence seemed to have been hidden in the Seed of Life Extermination all along and had just been awakened, having experienced a powerful stimulation. At the moment it spread out, a roar that could shake the sky and earth immediately rose in Su Ming's heart.
As it echoed within him, even he was so shaken by the tremors that his mind went blank. Waves of mighty pressure descended on him, causing him to instantly feel as if he had lost all his power.
There was an ancient presence contained in that roar, along with an unfamiliar air that Su Ming had never sensed before. It was as if… it did not belong to this universe, and in fact, it felt as if it did not belong to the four Great True Worlds, much less… Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos!
Because at the moment that presence and roar echoed in Su Ming's heart, endless ripples appeared out of nowhere in the galaxy around them. It was… the law of the universe descending on them. This law had no form, and as it spread out, it caused all the things in the galaxy to freeze. Flame Fiends' Progenitor had been having fun being a wolf in sheep's clothing as he fought in the galaxy above, but at that instant, he shuddered.
'The will of the universe! This is the law of the universe taking the form of a will to descend here. Just… what sort of reason could possibly make the will of the universe to wake up from its slumber?!'
Su Ming's heart trembled because the Seed of Life Extermination which had fused into his soul had erupted within him to fight against the presence from the golden blood, as if… the Seed of Life Extermination and the golden blood were natural archenemies. They were existences that countered each other.
Right then, the two presences were fighting against each other in Su Ming's body, and the will of the universe born from the law chose to descend on them. If… Su Ming still did not understand what was going on, then he would not have been able to survive in Divine Essence Star Ocean up till that point.
The drop of blood… came from the arch enemy of Old Man Extermination's affiliated camp—Saint Defier!
With a bang, the golden blood in Su Ming's right hand evaporated, turning into blood fog that swiftly rose into the galaxy through the cracks between his fingers. A shrill screech spilled out from the fog and caused the galaxy in all directions to shake.
The golden fog instantly gathered together to turn into a large, golden mosquito in front of Su Ming. It was hideous, but there was an incredibly pure feeling of strength exuding from its body. This power seemed to refuse to comply to the trends in the universe and be suppressed by it.
At the instant it opened its mouth to roar in Su Ming's direction, a mighty pressure instantly spread out, but its body also swiftly disintegrated like flowers that would wither after they had bloomed for one night at the moment the pressure spread out.
However, right when the golden mosquito disintegrated, a great suction force shot out from Su Ming. When the fog formed by the golden mosquito was about to scatter, that suction force swiftly absorbed all of it into Su Ming's body, fusing it into him through every part of him.
That sequence of events was witnessed by all, and it shook the hearts of the tens of thousands of people in the land.
Only Su Ming himself knew that the huge golden mosquito had disappeared because the power of origin contained in the golden blood was too little and could not fight against Seed of Life Extermination. Once it was forcefully scattered, the devouring happened.
When the fog that was formed by the golden mosquito was devoured by Su Ming, cracking sounds immediately came from his body. The Seed of Life Extermination in his soul was originally just a fragment, but at that moment, it seemed as if it had absorbed nutrients and signs of growth appeared at its edges. It might have only grown slightly larger, but it was enough to show that with more nourishment, it could complete itself!
Su Ming's eyes focused. When he raised his head, he moved forward, and he was so quick that he instantly appeared next to his target.
Beiling's expression changed. He swiftly retreated. As he did so, he lifted his left hand to seize the longbow on his back. With the momentum, he drew the bowstring with his right hand, but at the instant he did so, Su Ming stopped rushing forward. Instead, he moved left and right, and two shrill screams of pain came at the same time from the mouths of the two people who had thrown the Sun Destroying Lightnings. Their bodies crumbled with a bang, but their storage bags were caught Su Ming. He then lifted his head and looked towards Beiling.
At that moment, a glint shone in Beiling's eyes, and he let go of the bowstring in his right hand. The arrow he had placed earlier let out a buzz before it charged towards Su Ming. When it shot out, the arrow swayed in space before increasing to nearly one hundred thousand arrows. They looked like rain in the galaxy.
With a calm expression, Su Ming took a step forward and charged towards the rain of one hundred thousand arrows. As booming sounds reverberated in space, he shoved his way through. The arrows landed on his body, but all of them tumbled back with loud booms, unable to stop Su Ming for even a single moment or even injure him even in the slightest.
He took a step forward, and when his foot landed, he appeared beside Beiling. At the instant the other's face turned pale, Su Ming casually patted his left hand and snatched the bow. With a swing, a powerful force swept up Beiling and flung him tens of thousands of feet away. When he coughed up blood, his eyes turned bloodshot.
"I'll be taking this bow in exchange for your life."
"This is just an ordinary bow! What's the point of you taking it?!"
Beiling's heart ached with pain. The bow held a special meaning to him, but he could only watch helplessly as it was snatched from his hands. He might be shocked by Su Ming's power and could not accept it for a period of time, but once he finished speaking, he gritted his teeth and turned away. While he charged into the distance, he tore apart a jade slip, and his body instantly disappeared from the galaxy.
"It doesn't belong to you," Su Ming said softly. He flung the bow in his hand and put it away into the storage bag. At that instant, a powerful light suddenly shone from the giant eyeball above him. That light turned into a long blade that came slashing down at his head.
Su Ming lifted his right hand, and the Life Inequity Spear swiftly formed in it. Once he held it, he swept towards the incoming blade. At the instant they collided with a bang, the blade shattered into pieces. At the same time, the third eye shone at the center of Su Ming's brows. It opened to a slit and stared at the huge eyeball. With it, the galaxy was magnified endlessly.
In the span of a breath, that eyeball turned into a mere illusion. When it was magnified time and again, Su Ming saw a woman in white sitting in a gigantic palace at the depths of the eyeball.
At the instant he saw the woman, her expression changed, and their gazes met.
When Su Ming her face clearly, mixed feelings rose in his heart, but not a single hint of it was shown on his face.
"Su Ming, you're Su Ming!" At the instant the woman in white met his gaze, she suddenly spoke. Her voice echoed in the palace where she was, but it also reached Su Ming's heart.
"Who is Su Ming? Could it be that he looks just like me? I am the Dynast Dao Kong from Morning Dao Sect!" A cold sneer appeared on Su Ming's lips. He lifted his right hand with mercilessness, then threw the Life Inequity Spear at the huge eyeball.
With a bang, it pierced its target. The destructive power contained in it stirred up, and spread out into the distance, even reaching the palace. It might have been blocked by the invisible barrier, but it still made the palace tremble.
"So this is the Sacred Temple of the Immortals' Union? Progenitor Huo Kui, show your power. In three breaths, slaughter all our enemies here for this disintegrating Eye of the Sacred Temple to see the sea of blood in this land!"
"I don't need three breaths!" Flame Fiends' Progenitor threw his head back and laughed while a boundless purple sea of fire spread out. In just two breaths, all the cultivators from the Immortals' Union were reduced to ashes!
The woman in white took a few steps back in the palace above the planet. She fixed her stare on the sea of fire which belonged to Flame Fiends' Progenitor in the third ball of light and on Su Ming's face.
Some sort of thought had formed in her mind, and she started mumbling under her breath. "He… No, Su Ming wouldn't be so ostentatious…"
Chapter 1059: If There was No Destruction, Then Where Would Life Come From
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The Eye of the Sacred Temple shattered to pieces. The pupil in it shrank before it scattered, then dispersed along with it was the Eye of the Sacred Temple's huge body. They broke down with loud bangs.
The cultivators in the Immortals' Union were reduced to ashes in the purple sea of fire. The cultivation bases of the dozens of them fighting fiercely against those from the War Chamber were dispersed by Flame Fiends' Progenitor before they were buried in the sea of fire.
The difference in their levels of cultivation caused all of their struggles and counterattacks to be in vain.
However, while this battle might make it seem as if Morning Dao Sect was victorious, but if not counting in Su Ming and his entourage, there were only thousands of disciples from Morning Dao Sect left in the area. They were all looking at the battlefield with stupefied expressions. Gradually, they cast their gaze at Flame Fiends' Progenitor, and great shock appeared on their faces. Then, when they looked towards Su Ming, that shock turned into astonishment. No one knew who was the first to react to the situation, but someone had immediately wrapped his fist in his palm to bow deeply to Su Ming.
"Greetings, Your Highness!"
"We welcome His Highness, Dynast Dao Kong!"
The voices were scattered at first, but then they turned into a wave of sound created by thousands of people shouting together. It reverberated in the sea of fire, echoing in the galaxy and lingering for a long period of time.
In the crowd were also the cultivators in Lunar Kalpa Realm who were originally fighting against the powerful warriors in the galaxy above. Ouyang Kong of the Sect Elder Chamber was also in the distance. All of them had their fists wrapped in their palms and were bowing deeply. No matter what level of cultivation they possessed, every single one of them was incredibly shocked, and they regarded Su Ming with utmost reverence.
He stared at the distant galaxy with dark light shining in his eyes before lowering his head and raising his right hand. Immediately, two storage bags appeared on his palm. When he scanned them with his Atman, he brought out two bolts of Sun Destroying Lightning from inside.
These were the only two bolts left.
While in contemplative silence, Su Ming did not immediately absorb them, but instead placed them back in the storage bags before turning around to return to his battleship. He then set up camp right outside the Relocation spot.
After all, some problems had arisen in this area, making it difficult to activate the Relocation Rune immediately. After about three days, light spread out from it, and only then did the news of the Relocation spots being attacked was made known to Morning Dao Sect. The connection between them was only restored at that moment.
"This time, the Immortals' Union attacked nine Relocation spots. Besides our spot… Since the other eight spots could not form a connection with the galaxies beyond and could not send any messages, no reinforcements came to their aid when they were taken by surprise by the appearance of the Immortals' Union… and because of that, all of them died," Ouyang Kong said softly in front of Su Ming while on his battleship.
"Over the years, the army of the Immortals' Union had continued conquering one region after another. Wherever they go, most of the races they visit become part of the union, and most of them have the intention to devour Morning Dao Sect in one go.
"And once in a while, treasures that have never appeared before in True Morning Dao World show up in the Immortals' Union, such as the Sun Destroying Lightning. In fact, several decades have passed since then, and I'm certain that some other supreme treasure has already appeared in the Immortals' Union," Ouyang Kong said in a deep tone, sharing everything he knew with Su Ming.
"The Immortals' Union has three different forces. One of them are the Immortals, the second is Phoenix Sect…" When he said this, Ouyang Kong instinctively cast a glance at Xu Hui, who was standing next to Su Ming.
"The third is the Council of Races. This is a temporary union formed by many races. Along with the other powers, they are known as the Immortals' Union.
"Among them, the Sacred Temple is similar to the Sect Elder Chamber in Morning Dao Sect. They formulate war strategies and plan the distribution of resources, and was built by Phoenix Sect. Each battle has a different number of Eyes of the Sacred Temple, and usually, the commanders of the battles are from Phoenix Sect.
"Right now, the Sacred Lady of the Sacred Temple is the Sacred Lady from Phoenix Sect.
"The Council of Races is similar to the War Chamber. They are the ones who deploy the most soldiers in each battle.
"As for the Immortals, they are an incredibly mysterious existence in their union. They are different from the Immortals we were used to in the past. Right now, the Immortals' territory has been completely locked down. No outsider can enter it.
"But every single time, most of the powerful warriors deployed during battle come from the Immortals. They seem to have mastered another method of cultivation, and their levels of cultivation have increased by leaps and bounds. The divine abilities they use are also rarely heard of.
"Such as… what the black-robed man the Immortals had sent three hundred years ago in a battle with more than one million people. That person was clearly not an Almighty, but he used a divine ability that turned the galaxy into a void, and the battlefield into a black hole. With blood as water, the battlefield in the galaxy was turned into a well.
"Our cultivators had the mark of a moon Branded at the center of their brows while in that well. Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to group together to form a gigantic moon. The black-robed man only gently lifted his hand after that, and as if he had scooped them out, he took away… hundreds of thousands of Nascent Divinities.
"If Progenitor Tai Shan had not rushed to the battlefield and used his great power to severely wound the black-robed man, then before the battle even started… we would have failed.
"But the price of severely wounding the black-robed man was that Progenitor Tai Shan was also heavily wounded. He had to return to Morning Dao Sect to isolate himself to recover.
"And then there was also a small-scale battle five hundred years ago. Morning Dao Sect had an extreme advantage at first, but at the instant the Immortals' Union was almost wiped out, they sent out… a creature that all of us will never forget in our lives—a giant!
"That person… was hundreds of thousands of feet tall. There were seven planets spinning in a circle at the center of his brows. With just one punch…" A wary look appeared in Ouyang Kong's eyes.
"That giant's level of cultivation was clearly only at the later stage of World Plane Realm, but the power that erupted from him was as terrifying as that of the black-robed man. They were both similarly unbelievable, and they could only be suppressed by people with levels of cultivation that surpassed theirs by more than a couple times!" Ouyang Kong's voice reverberated in space as he spoke. While listening to him, a fierce look appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
"Your Highness, you must have already guessed the answer. The strange sights over the years allowed all of us to understand clearly that… there is a power that doesn't belong to True Morning Dao World in the Immortals' Union. In fact, it doesn't belong to the forces from the four Great True Worlds. This power that descended among us gave the Immortals' Union power to fight against Morning Dao Sect.
"Otherwise, how would a mere Immortals' Union be able to remain even after one thousand years and even occupy half of the galaxy in our True World?" Ouyang Kong said bitterly.
"What about the True Progenitor?" Su Ming suddenly asked.
"The True Progenitor's status is mysterious and transforms frequently. No one knows precisely who he is, but no one similar has appeared in the war up till now. Forget you, Your Highness, even us, from all races, are also in a state of anxiety and nervousness.
"Besides, Progenitor Dao Chen is still in isolation, not having come out once. The Almighties in Morning Dao Sect and all the powerful seniors haven't appeared either, making all of us think… that perhaps there is some other secret that we don't know of around." As Ouyang Kong spoke, he looked towards Su Ming, as if he was hoping to obtain an answer from him.
Su Ming narrowed his eyes. He remembered how the golden mosquito and the Seed of Life Extermination in his body had countered each other as if they were mortal enemies. Old Man Extermination came from Dark Dawn, then the force that countered him and was him mortal enemy was naturally… from Saint Defier!
If that was the case, then there were plenty of questions in Su Ming's heart that were answered.
The giant with the rotating planets at the center of his brows, the huge golden mosquito, and the black-robed man with the strange divine ability, along with those who had yet to appear but definitely existed… The power hidden behind all these creatures who descended in True Morning Dao World and were the reason why the Immortals' Union could wage war… came from… the 180 Expanse Cosmoses from Saint Defier!
The battle between the 180 Expanse Cosmoses from Dark Dawn and the 180 Expanse Cosmoses from Saint Defier over Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos had already reached an intense state. Saint Defier's camp had already descended, and if that was the case, then Dark Dawn's camp… might have already arrived, but no one knew about it.
How could Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos hope to fight against those two huge powers? And how could True Morning Dao World hope to stand up against them? There had to be a great connection between this and why the True Progenitor had not appeared while the Almighties in Morning Dao Sect remained silent.
'Dark Dawn has already appeared. The ancient will from Yin Death Region and everything that happened in the fifth ocean is proof enough that this is Dark Dawn's power, isn't it?' Su Ming narrowed his eyes while thinking about it.
He closed his eyes then. He had a strong feeling that the war waged since one thousand years ago was just a start… the start for a battle that would cover the whole Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.
The true battle of the Expanse Cosmos would spread out in an increasingly greater scale, and eventually, the flames of war would spread to the four Great True Worlds. They would burn the two remaining Ancient Kingdoms, and once they burned Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, they would decide whether Arid Triad Expanse Heaven would belong to Dark Dawn or Saint Defier!
When Su Ming opened his eyes, the flames of wild ambition were hidden in them. Those flames were invisible, but they burned his body, his soul, and while they might seem naive and perhaps a little beyond his ability, they became a resolve in Su Ming's heart.
'Perhaps it will not belong to Dark Dawn or Saint Defier, but will belong to…' Su Ming did not continue that thought, but the flames of determination in his heart had already risen to a point that they were crackling even louder than before.
"This time, the attack from the Immortals' Union caused each Relocation spot to lose its ability to send messages. If Morning Dao Sect doesn't think of a solution soon… then I am certain that multiple battles will be waged in the True World in the near future!
"Your Highness, when you return to the sect, then with your status, please relay my worries to the Sect Elder Chamber… My race is still within Morning Dao Sect's jurisdiction, and I don't want for there to be a day… when the Immortals' Union will conquer Morning Dao Sect's current territory, then offer up the blood of my people as a sacrifice." Ouyang Kong wrapped his fist in his palm towards Su Ming, then bowed deeply to him again.
"I will do it." Su Ming's gaze landed on Ouyang Kong, then shifted to look at the galaxy. In his heart, he murmured aloof words that no one could hear.
'If there was no destruction, then from where would new life come?'