In the starry void outside the Chaos Flying Vessel, the Blood Blade Divine Emperor had been watching with eager anticipation, already seeing a glimmer of hope. He murmured, “Fortunately, Jimo was willing to push them to use that weapon at all costs. Now, we truly have a chance to—” His words were abruptly cut short as his face suddenly paled.
He stared in shock and disbelief at the scene unfolding inside the Chaos Flying Vessel.
The right hand of the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master ruthlessly pierced through the chest of the Ripple Star Lord, whose body disintegrated into ashes under the annihilating thunder…
“Damn it!” the Blood Blade Divine Emperor roared in fury.
“Traitor!” The Primordial Master beside him flushed crimson with rage, his body trembling.
At the same moment—
Within the territory of the Blood Blade Divine Court, in the Violet Bamboo Sea.
This was the place where the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master cultivated—a vast expanse of countless bamboo stalks swaying in the wind. A man in violet robes stood with his hands behind his back, silently observing the sea of bamboo, his narrow eyes calm and unreadable.
“Boom!”
A terrifying aura descended.
The violet-robed man, the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master, turned his head and saw a figure clad in dark crimson robes, billowing like a blood cloud—the Blood Blade Divine Emperor! The Divine Emperor’s eyes burned with overwhelming killing intent, and the very heavens and earth seemed to darken under his wrath. The terrifying, ferocious aura he exuded surpassed even that of the mysterious master of the Chaos Flying Vessel, ‘Bone Qian Luo’! His murderous intent had already engulfed the entire Violet Bamboo Sea.
Even the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master couldn’t help but tremble under this killing intent.
“Your Majesty,” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master spoke.
“The nine Venerables presiding over that formation were all chosen by me! I truly never expected… never expected…” The Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s voice was filled with fury and hatred—hatred for the traitor before him, and hatred for himself!
“I have failed Your Majesty, failed…” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master said.
“Die!”
The Blood Blade Divine Emperor roared, the killing intent in his eyes sharp as blades.
With his furious shout—
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”
An invisible force erupted instantly, causing the entire vast Violet Bamboo Sea to tremble violently before completely disintegrating. Even the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master, who had been standing amidst the bamboo, was instantly reduced to nothingness.
In a single moment.
Everything within trillions of miles was annihilated without a trace.
“Even ten thousand deaths would not be enough to atone for your crimes,” the Blood Blade Divine Emperor’s murderous intent still surged across the heavens and earth, spanning countless miles. “Betraying the entire race! I misjudged you. I was truly blind!”
…
Outside, the Blood Blade Divine Emperor raged in fury, and his true body in the Blood Blade Divine Court immediately set out to slay the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master.
Meanwhile, inside the world of the Chaos Flying Vessel.
The Venerables of the cultivator faction were also stunned, unable to believe what had just happened. This was a war between two cosmic races, and neither side had any retreat. If the Mother Goddess Sect succeeded in erecting their altar, countless mortals and living beings would be exterminated, and even the powerful would be forcibly expelled from this universe, left with no path to survival.
Even the most wicked among them, like the Venerables of the Dark Abyss, had never considered betrayal!
“Bamboo Mountain!” The North Profound Palace Master, Fire Fiend Venerable, Water Demon King, and the Hell Commander all roared in fury, their eyes blazing with wrath.
“Bamboo Mountain!” Dongbo Xueying also shouted, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Though he had harbored suspicions about the Bloody Master Niro through the Black Gourd, he had truly trusted the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master. He never expected this usually aloof man to side with the Mother Goddess Sect and become a traitor! He and the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master were the only two Four Heavens Realm Gods in this cosmic era to have forged their own paths, and their friendship had always been strong.
Among the Venerables, his closest friend was Fire Fiend Venerable, followed by the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master.
“Hahaha…”
The Mother Goddess Sect Protectors, who had been trapped in the dark vortex—the three Sacred Protectors and the five surviving top-tier Protectors with immensely powerful bodies—now revealed expressions of delight. The golden-furred ape burst into laughter, for with one of the nine Venerables presiding over the formation betraying and another dead, the complex formation naturally collapsed immediately. The grievous wounds on the five top-tier Protectors began healing rapidly.
“Whoosh!” The woman with the venomous tail suddenly had the emerald crystal between her eyebrows glow brightly. Her tail flickered and, in an instant, stretched hundreds of miles to coil around the ancient circular stone disk. Simultaneously, the tip of her tail pierced through the bodies of the two Venerables controlling the formation. Only then did the Phoenix Venerable react, swiftly teleporting away with the other Venerables.
The venomous-tailed woman’s ambush was too fast.
Her previous sneak attacks had injured Dongbo Xueying and even killed the Hell Commander and the Ascetic! And those were just ordinary ambushes. This time, with the emerald crystal between her eyebrows fully activated, her speed was far greater.
“Hahaha.” Though the emerald crystal between her brows had been completely depleted, the venomous-tailed woman still laughed. Her tail had already coiled around the circular stone disk and pulled it before her. With a thought, she stored it away in her spatial treasure.
…
The Phoenix Venerable, North Profound Palace Master, and three other Venerables appeared beside Dongbo Xueying and the Water Demon King.
“It was my fault. I was stunned for a moment, allowing the Mother Goddess Sect to seize the formation stone disk,” the Phoenix Venerable said, her expression grim.
“Don’t blame yourself. Bamboo Mountain’s betrayal shocked us all, and that Mother Goddess Sect woman’s ambush was too swift,” the North Profound Palace Master said. “Besides, even if they hadn’t taken it, we wouldn’t have had time to find another Venerable to replace Bamboo Mountain.”
The formation was extremely complex.
It required nine Venerables with deep understanding of the formation to exert their full power to activate it, and they had spent much time studying it. Now, the Mother Goddess Sect only needed ten more breaths to claim victory. How could a new Venerable possibly master the formation in such a short time?
“They were just within the red light zone. We only have five breaths left,” the Water Demon King said coldly.
“Five breaths…”
Dongbo Xueying and the others all looked into the distance, their gazes settling on the lonely figure of the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master standing desolately in mid-air.
The Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master descended and joined the ranks of the Mother Goddess Sect Protectors.
“Sister Chan,” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master said. “Brother Qian, Brother Kui.”
“You are…”
The golden-furred ape, the venomous-tailed woman, and the staff-wielding burly man all looked at the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master with pleasant surprise. They had no doubts—after all, without him, they would have lost. Moreover, the familiar address immediately sparked a guess in their minds. The golden-furred ape shouted, “Mei Er?”
“It’s me,” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master nodded.
“Protector Mei!”
“It’s Protector Mei.” The other Protectors all smiled.
“So the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master was actually a Protector of the Mother Goddess Sect,” Fire Fiend Venerable in the distance couldn’t suppress his fiery temper and bellowed.
The Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master turned to look at the group of Venerables—all of whom he knew well. Some had shared drinks with him, their friendships deep. Now, they all glared at him with fury and hatred.
“Yes, I have always been a Protector of the Mother Goddess Sect!” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master declared. “I originally came from the Mother Goddess Sect’s universe. My people must survive, and I had no choice but to act.”
“Hahaha…” Fire Fiend Venerable laughed wildly, his face twisted with rage. “You’re from the Mother Goddess Sect’s universe, and your people must live? Do you think we cultivators don’t deserve to live? Bamboo Mountain, you cultivated here, received guidance from our kind, and now you turn around and bite the hand that fed you. You say your people must live? Does that justify exterminating our entire race?”
The Bamboo Mountain Mansion Master’s expression remained impassive. “Yes, I have wronged you all. But I had to make a choice.”
“Wronged us? Do you think an apology means anything?” the Hell Commander said icily. “Do you think saying ‘sorry’ will bring back the countless lives lost because of your actions?”
“Attack!”
With the North Profound Palace Master’s furious command, all the cultivator Venerables charged forward.
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