The guardians of the Black Bone Mountain outpost on the Ice Iron Star, including the commander, all watched eagerly. The formation hidden within this cave… was the true strongest formation in the entire fortress, one that had never been activated before due to its overwhelming power!
“This formation is well concealed. He shouldn’t be able to detect it,” the purple-scaled man muttered with anticipation. “Come in, come in.”
Under his watchful gaze, Dongbo Xueying indeed walked toward the cave.
“Three branching paths?” Dongbo Xueying hadn’t sensed the danger lurking in the cave. He studied the diverging tunnels, where light refracted repeatedly. “The left path leads deeper underground.”
This was a mining operation.
Miners always worked deep beneath the surface.
“I destroyed that ice dragon, yet after all this time, there hasn’t been a single attack.” Dongbo Xueying gripped his spear, scanning his surroundings as he advanced cautiously.
The cave was roughly ten miles in diameter, its walls embedded with glowing crystals that cast an eerie green light.
Just as Dongbo Xueying stepped onto the left path—
“Whoosh!”
Silently, black runes emerged across the cave walls, forming an intricate formation that enveloped the entire space like a cage. Dongbo Xueying’s expression darkened instantly. “This formation—”
From it, he sensed an immense threat.
“Boom!”
The ten-mile-wide cave collapsed inward violently, crushing everything within into streams of particles. Dongbo Xueying transformed into a streak of light, his spear leading the charge as he attempted to break free. But under the terrifying force of the collapse, his speed plummeted, and soon, he could no longer move. Though he resisted briefly, the cave’s implosion continued relentlessly, compressing his body smaller and smaller until—
“Poof!”
He was annihilated.
Everything collapsed inward, condensing into a single dark point.
All matter within the ten-mile cave…
Had been compressed into a singularity.
“Rumble—!”
Then, the singularity erupted. The pent-up force exploded outward in all directions, though due to the fortress’s structure, most of the devastation surged upward. The sheer power shattered layer after layer of tunnels instantly, sending debris flying in every direction.
On the surface of the Ice Iron Star, the fortress trembled violently under the deafening explosion. Fragments of the structure were hurled into the air, and the already ruined gates at the entrance were blasted away.
The entire planet quaked, cracks spiderwebbing across its surface.
The destruction was immense.
This was the true might of a World Deity—not just raw power, but a terrifying mastery of laws and mysteries.
“Hahaha!” Deep within the fortress, in an untouched hall, the purple-scaled man roared with laughter. “Fool! What use is strength alone? A mere peak Deity, bold enough to assault one of our Black Bone Mountain outposts head-on? You destroyed the Molou Beast in one strike, shattered the ice dragon—but in the end? You still had to die! The Mountain Master’s true killing formation isn’t something a mere Deity can resist!”
“Congratulations, Commander!” a subordinate fawned.
“Congratulations? For what?” the purple-scaled man snapped coldly. “The upper half of the fortress is nearly destroyed. Such losses, and you congratulate me? Get to work! Rebuild everything, and fast!”
“Rebuild… everything?”
The three subordinates paled.
“Start with what you can. I’ll handle the rest,” the commander barked.
They had to minimize the damage.
“Such a powerful peak Deity, gone just like that,” murmured a beautiful woman beside the commander. “He didn’t even stand a chance against the formation.”
“In the Divine Realm, survival isn’t just about strength—it’s about brains. Charging in blindly? If he didn’t die, who would?” the commander sneered.
“Commander! Look!” Another woman suddenly gasped, pointing at the projection in the air.
There, in the ruins of the cave, stood Dongbo Xueying once more—spear in hand.
“Impossible!” The commander’s eyes bulged.
***
In the void outside the Ice Iron Star, the true Dongbo Xueying, clad in star-blue robes, sighed in admiration. “What a formidable formation. The Mountain Master of Black Bone Mountain truly lives up to his reputation as an ancient World Deity who’s cultivated for billions of years. Though stuck at the first Heavenly Layer, he’s found ways to enhance his power—even in formations.”
According to intelligence, the Mountain Master practiced a body-splitting technique, maintaining two forms—one of which was his infamous “Black Bone Body.” Now, it seemed his expertise in formations was equally impressive.
“Good thing I only sent my Void World avatar from the start,” Dongbo Xueying mused.
A Void World avatar was identical in strength to the true body.
The ‘Void World Heart’ was one of the rarest and most challenging second-tier Divine Hearts to master. Few could comprehend it, but once achieved, it granted the ability to create a perfect replica—a Void World avatar. If the true body was at the third layer of the Ten Thousand Tribulations Mixed Origin Body, so too was the avatar.
That was why Dongbo Xueying had charged in recklessly.
If the avatar was destroyed?
He could simply recreate it. As long as his true body remained unharmed, the avatar could be annihilated countless times without consequence. Such was the terror of the Void World Heart—though its offensive power was limited. Fortunately, Dongbo Xueying had other Divine Hearts and secret techniques to compensate.
“An impressive formation,” Dongbo Xueying called out, standing in the now-expanded, shattered remnants of the cave. “Bring out all your tricks. Killing me won’t be so easy.”
“Impossible! You couldn’t have survived that formation… unless that wasn’t your true body. You’ve mastered the Void World Heart?” The commander’s voice echoed through the cavern.
Few abilities allowed such a feat—aside from the Void World Heart, only the higher-tier ‘World Heart’ could achieve it. But those who grasped the World Heart were already World Deities! There was no way the commander would believe this intruder was one.
“Oh?” Dongbo Xueying smirked. The man wasn’t stupid. After being obliterated and reappearing, any half-intelligent observer would deduce the truth.
“Boom—!”
The ground beneath him trembled.
Dongbo Xueying’s expression shifted. The twisted, solidified metal that had withstood the earlier explosion was now shaking violently—and the vibrations seemed to be coming from deep below.
***
“The Void World Heart? This is madness!” The commander’s face twisted with panic. “Multiple second-tier Divine Hearts, multiple secret techniques, even fused techniques… and now this accursed Void World Heart? A peak Deity like this could easily join the Bloodblade Hall as a Divine assassin!”
The Bloodblade Hall was a unique force across the Divine Realm and the Abyss.
While ordinary assassins were common, Divine assassins had exceedingly high standards. Most peak Deities weren’t even eligible—but with the Void World Heart and his other abilities, Dongbo Xueying would undoubtedly qualify.
“Such a powerhouse, and he’s targeting me?” The commander seethed, but he knew the gap in strength was too vast. This intruder truly had the power to dismantle their entire outpost alone. Worse, even if they killed him, he could just return—because every “death” was merely his avatar.
“Boom—!”
The commander stiffened as the ground quaked again.
“What’s happening?” The commander, his two female companions, and the three subordinates all tensed.
Another tremor.
Then—
“CRACK!”
The earth itself seemed to split.
In the ruined cavern, Dongbo Xueying staggered as the entire space convulsed. The once-stable metal, which had endured the formation’s devastation, now fractured. The ceiling above began to collapse.
“This… this can’t be—”
From the void outside the Ice Iron Star, Dongbo Xueying’s true body watched in disbelief as the entire planet trembled—then began to shatter.
“The star is breaking apart?” He couldn’t believe it. The planet’s gravity was immense—even the World Deity formation’s explosion had only caused minor tremors. How could it be crumbling now?
Then—
An overwhelming aura erupted from the planet’s core, surging outward with terrifying force. It rippled across millions of miles, so vast that even Dongbo Xueying, hidden in the void, shuddered uncontrollably.
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