Deep within the fortress, the spatial passage rippled with undulating waves.
Hua!
A figure stepped out from the spatial rift—a man wearing a silver mask. He radiated a terrifying, searing heat, causing the surrounding space to tremble and distort. Despite being on the territory of the Witch God and the Great Demon God, he made no effort to conceal his aura.
“Elder You Ping, the Witch God and the Great Demon God await you ahead. Please follow me,” said a burly demigod with utmost respect.
“Hmph,” the silver-masked man replied coldly.
Under the guidance of the demigod, he soon arrived at a grand hall where the golden-robed Witch God’s avatar and the Great Demon God’s flame-wreathed avatar awaited.
“Greetings, Witch God, Great Demon God,” the silver-masked man bowed slightly, then straightened his posture.
“Elder You Ping,” the Witch God smiled.
“It seems the Witch God has encountered difficulties and finally entered into a pact with me,” the masked man said indifferently.
The pact had just been sealed moments ago.
The Witch God would not have summoned Elder You Ping unless he was in serious trouble.
“I have indeed encountered trouble,” the Witch God admitted. “Your opponent shall be Dongbo Xueying.” He began to explain the situation in detail, while Elder You Ping remained indifferent, gazing outside. His eyes, hidden behind the mask, showed no emotion. He stared at the distant, desolate desert beyond the hall, at the towering twelfth-tier Star Tower, already beginning to formulate his plans.
“Fine. I understand. Leave Dongbo Xueying to me. I shall kill him,” You Ping said coldly. “Give me some time—I shall first open my Divine Sea.”
“Whenever you’re ready,” the Witch God smiled.
Elder You Ping turned and left.
The Witch God and the Great Demon God watched silently.
“That kid sure is arrogant,” the Great Demon God remarked.
“He has mastered two second-tier Divine Hearts and created his own secret technique. He has even been accepted as a direct disciple by the King of Qilan. If not for my offer of one and a half million divine crystals and a Yijiu-class warship, he would have already ascended to godhood. I had to delay him for nearly a hundred years just to secure this pact,” the Witch God smiled. “I’ve even heard he has learned a Divine Realm-level secret art! He’s at the peak of his glory—how could he not be arrogant?”
Self-created secret techniques signified extraordinary talent, often earning one the honor of being taken as a direct disciple by great beings.
After all, a ‘First-Tier True Intent’ was extremely rare. When one appeared, even mighty existences would scramble to claim them—first come, first served.
“Even the King of Qilan isn’t a great being. How could he casually pass down a Divine Realm-level secret art to a disciple?” the Great Demon God marveled.
Learning a Divine Realm-level secret art oneself was one thing, but transmitting it was another. Even the greatest beings tightly controlled such techniques—acquiring them was difficult even for Divine Realm experts.
The Red Dust Holy Lord, considered a great being, possessed no fewer than eighteen Divine Realm secret arts for inheritance.
Yet the King of Qilan, not a great being himself, could still pass one down—a rare feat indeed.
“He has carved out a vast dominion in the Divine Realm and established his own empire. Can we compare ourselves to him?” the Witch God shook his head.
“Still, you certainly have your sources. To find such a demigod is impressive,” the Great Demon God praised. “Those who master two second-tier Divine Hearts are extremely rare. And those who can create their own secret techniques… one might search an entire star region and never find one. Even rarer are those who have not yet ascended to godhood.”
“Luck,” the Witch God smiled. This was the kind of transcendent talent he had sought.
Hua hua hua~~~
Above the desert,
A colossal illusion of an ocean appeared once more—this time far vaster than before, nearly filling the entire membrane of the Star Tower World.
“What is this…”
Dongbo Xueying’s pupils contracted within the Star Tower.
“Opening a Divine Sea… and such a vast one,” Dongbo Xueying felt a surge of pressure.
“Nearly ten thousand li in range?” Palace Master Chen exclaimed. “It’s said that the higher one’s cultivation, the larger the Divine Sea. Whoever has ascended now must be an extraordinary deity.”
City Lord Bu furrowed his brows: “Could the Witch God and the Great Demon God have summoned an extremely powerful transcendent from the Divine Realm to ascend here?”
Even so,
No matter how powerful an outsider might be, the World Will would resist them, making it impossible to refine and control it.
Still, if the enemy was this strong, it would be difficult to counter.
“Let’s see what happens,” Dongbo Xueying said. No wonder Senior Ge Bai and Senior Fei Yun were uncertain about this war.
…
Eighteen dark-green warships ceased their skirmish with the Bloodvine Flower and returned to the fortress.
At that moment, another warship emerged.
This one was a dazzling crimson, only a thousand meters long. It bore two divine rune inscriptions on its hull. The moment it flew out, an endless, searing heat radiated from it, warping the surrounding space. Flames roared across its surface, making it brighter than the sun in the sky—hundreds, even thousands of times over.
Ordinary transcendent beings could only see a blazing inferno, unable to discern the runes on the ship.
Dongbo Xueying, as a Myriad Calamity Chaos Physique, could distinctly perceive the warship with his naked eyes.
“A Yijiu-class warship?” Dongbo Xueying frowned.
In the Divine Realm,
Standard warships were categorized into four classes: Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding.
Jia I, Jia II, Jia III… up to Jia IX. This classification indicated the ship’s size. A Jia I warship was a colossal vessel, vast enough to blot out the sky and dwarf entire planets. Jia II, Jia III… the sizes decreased progressively, with Jia IX being the smallest at a thousand meters in length. However, smaller size had its advantages—usually, a single powerful deity could control it.
Similarly,
Yi I to Yi IX, Bing I to Bing IX, Ding I to Ding IX.
Ding IX warships were the smallest and weakest class in the Divine Realm. Under the oppression of the Time-Space Temple, it was already difficult for the Xia Clan’s ancestral deities to send down even one such vessel.
“Yi IX-class warship. Its power is immense. I wonder who is piloting it—is it the newly ascended deity?” Dongbo Xueying thought grimly. The Divine Sea illusion alone had stretched ten thousand li—nothing like it had ever appeared in Xia Clan history.
…
Inside the blazing Yi IX warship’s cabin, the silver-masked man gazed coldly at the outside world.
“A mortal world?” he muttered disdainfully.
He had ascended as a transcendent and was even taken as a direct disciple by the King of Qilan. How could he possibly regard a mortal world with any respect?
“A grotesque, swaying plant lifeform, and of low cultivation,” Elder You Ping sneered at the Bloodvine Flower, a massive plant spanning thousands of li, as it swayed toward him. “Pathetic. Die!”
The Yi IX warship accelerated rapidly.
Xiu—
It vanished in an instant.
“Where? Where is it?” the Bloodvine Flower panicked, unable to locate its enemy.
“Bloodvine, it’s already approaching you,” Dongbo Xueying immediately sent a mental transmission. He could only detect the Yi IX warship’s location thanks to the Star Tower. Although the Star Tower was alternately controlled by Yu Jingqiu and Lord He Shan, Dongbo Xueying had personally refined and attuned it. He allowed them to use it, but he also had to be cautious. After all, even though he trusted Lord He Shan deeply, one could never be sure he wasn’t a traitor. One must always be wary, especially in a war that determined the fate of the Xia Clan.
“Idiot, still haven’t found me?”
The Yi IX warship suddenly reappeared, now directly before the Bloodvine Flower. A cold voice echoed through the air.
Then—
Boom~~~
A massive array pattern emerged from the bottom of the warship, unleashing a blinding inferno. The flames were so intense they momentarily blinded all sight, turning the entire ten-thousand-li area into a sea of fire. The Bloodvine Flower was completely engulfed. The flames were so scorching that the surrounding sand instantly melted into streams of particles, which then began to disintegrate.
Not only the physical world, but even the spiritual realm twisted under the heat.
The terrifying temperature was enough to instill fear.
“Master, the flames are too hot, and they carry a powerful shockwave. I’ve been forced underground,” the Bloodvine Flower lamented helplessly.
Dongbo Xueying watched from within the Star Tower.
The Witch God and the Great Demon God’s trump cards were indeed more formidable than expected. To unleash such a devastating attack through a Yi IX warship required not only the warship’s power but also the operator’s profound understanding of the array formations.
“Thankfully, Bloodvine has a divine artifact for protection and can defend himself,” Dongbo Xueying thought. “Looks like it’s time for me to step in.”
Hu—
With a single step, he vanished from the Star Tower and reappeared in the desert sky outside.
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