“Bamboo Mountain, prepare to die!” The Venerable Huocheng transformed into a dazzling streak of flame, charging straight toward the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord.
The Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord’s expression turned icy. After all, he was a Venerable. Though he had hesitated in making his choice, deep down, his allegiance lay with the Mother Goddess Sect. Once his decision was made, he would never regret it. He was one of the Mother Goddess Sect’s own—and the cultivators of this universe were now his enemies!
“You think you can take me?” the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord sneered as he met the attack.
“Protect Elder Mei at all costs. This is his last body. After reincarnating to conceal his identity, he has never returned to our homeland, nor has he had the chance to cultivate a stronger vessel,” the golden-furred ape transmitted to his comrades. The Mother Goddess Sect’s cultivation system demanded immense resources and specific environments. Though the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord knew the methods, he had never visited their universe after reincarnating, leaving his body far inferior to those of the sect’s guardians.
“Don’t worry.”
“Elder Mei is a great hero.” The guardians were all exhilarated.
“Kill!” Dongbo Xueying, the Water Demon King, the Hellfire Commander, and others fought like madmen, unleashing their full power. Meanwhile, the Northern Profound Palace Master supported them with formations.
**BOOM!**
The two sides clashed violently.
Yet the battlefield’s outcome was clear—the cultivators were at an overwhelming disadvantage.
Their top-tier forces had suffered devastating losses. The Silent Extinction had been slain earlier, and his new incarnation had yet to arrive. The Wuyu Emperor had also been destroyed, his new body still reforming. With the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord defecting, they had lost a peak Venerable while the enemy had gained one.
Thus…
The gap in elite combat power was immense. The Mother Goddess Sect had three Sacred Guardians.
**CRACK!** The Hellfire Commander’s body was torn apart by the golden-furred ape.
The Ascetic’s chest was pierced once more by the venomous tail of the elusive woman.
Venerable Huocheng was swiftly executed by the same tailed assassin.
Though Dongbo Xueying and his allies fought desperately…
Only he, the Water Demon King, and the White Monarch possessed survival skills strong enough to endure. The rest were slaughtered without mercy. Against three Sacred Guardians, they stood no chance. As for the ordinary Venerables? Their fate was even worse.
“Even if we lose, we’ll take as many of them down as we can!” The Venerables roared in defiance as they fell, their hearts filled with bitterness. Victory had been within their grasp—only for the highly trusted Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord to betray them at the last moment.
“Kill!”
The Wuyu Emperor’s new body finally manifested, but his strength lay only in survival.
The Silent Extinction Emperor arrived at last, but as soon as he appeared, the three Sacred Guardians struck in unison. The golden-furred ape’s eyes flashed with golden light, grievously wounding him, while the other two finished him off.
There was truly no hope left.
—
In the vast hall of the Mother Goddess Sect, the sect leaders watched the unfolding battle through a projection in the air, their excitement palpable.
“Hahaha! Who would have thought Elder Mei was still alive? He succeeded in reincarnating!” The Tusked Sect Leader laughed. “And he was so cautious—never revealing himself, not even to me. His intervention came at the perfect moment, sealing the cultivators’ fate.”
“Their kind deserves extinction. This universe will be ours.”
“With the Chaos Voidship, we’ve already won half the battle. The rest will be easy.”
—
In stark contrast to the jubilant sect leaders, the ten Sovereigns outside the Chaos Voidship stood in grim silence.
The Bloodblade Divine Emperor, the Primordial Origin Master, the Abyssal Ancestor—all watched as the Venerables fought desperately, knowing every passing breath brought them closer to defeat.
“The list was mine. I misjudged him,” the Bloodblade Divine Emperor said calmly.
“Bloodblade, none of us could have guessed Bamboo Mountain was from the Mother Goddess Sect’s universe. He was born and raised here, bound by karma. How could he be one of theirs? Was it possession? Or something else?” The Primordial Origin Master shook his head.
The Island Lord of Time and Space remained silent, his expression cold. “They’ve lost. The Venerables have lost. With the Mother Goddess Sect wielding that Chaos Voidship, the war is as good as over.”
“Even so, we must fight,” the Lord of Ten Thousand Gods said.
“The Venerables have done all they could,” Lady Qianhe sighed.
The Bloodblade Divine Emperor watched as his disciples fought to the last, determined to take down as many enemies as possible. “They’ve done enough. Now, it’s our turn.”
—
They were marching to their deaths.
One by one, the Venerables’ newly cultivated incarnations arrived—only to be slaughtered.
When the Silent Extinction Emperor appeared, there had been a flicker of hope. But the three Sacred Guardians acted swiftly. The golden-furred ape’s golden gaze crippled him, and the others finished him off. Without his treasures, the Silent Extinction Emperor’s survival abilities were greatly diminished. His death extinguished the last ember of hope.
Eight breaths had passed. The ninth was about to begin.
Only five Venerables remained alive: the White Monarch, Dongbo Xueying, the Water Demon King, the Wuyu Emperor, and the Demon Phoenix.
Just five.
Even the Northern Profound Palace Master, master of formations, had fallen.
“Hmph.”
“No matter how they struggle, it’s useless. One more breath, and we win.” The Mother Goddess Sect guardians no longer bothered attacking. They stood in a protective circle, the three Sacred Guardians radiating an invisible barrier that shielded them all—including the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord at their center.
Without formations to aid them…
Dongbo Xueying and his allies couldn’t even kill a single guardian. The barrier repelled Dongbo Xueying’s Void World and the Demon Phoenix’s domain alike.
“We’ve lost.” The Water Demon King slumped to the ground, head bowed.
“Hahaha… Victory was so close, yet Bamboo Mountain—hah!” The White Monarch’s laughter was tinged with madness and despair.
The Demon Phoenix stood silently in the distance.
The Wuyu Emperor sat cross-legged, sighing.
Despair weighed heavily upon them.
Was this truly the end?
If the Mother Goddess Sect could wield the Chaos Voidship, could the Sovereigns hold them off? Would the countless lives in their universe be exterminated? Would even the Transcendents perish?
“Is this the final gamble?” Dongbo Xueying remained standing. He gazed at the distant Mother Goddess Sect guardians, then at his broken comrades. Even his master, the Bloodblade Divine Emperor, had stopped transmitting—had they given up?
“I have only one chance.”
Dongbo Xueying stepped forward.
“Dongbo Xueying… is still coming?” The guardians watched him with mocking amusement, as if he were a fool. Even the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord frowned in confusion.
“He still refuses to yield?”
“Against the three Sacred Guardians’ barrier, who can he kill?”
They dismissed him as a madman, unwilling to accept defeat.
Step by step, Dongbo Xueying advanced.
“I have only one chance.”
“I cannot afford to lose.”
“I feared the Mother Goddess Sect had more hidden cards. I waited, hoping they would exhaust as many as possible.”
“But now… it’s the final moment.”
“The Venerables have given everything.”
“Then—let the last gamble begin.”
“Perhaps we’ll fail.”
“Let fate decide.”
Dongbo Xueying halted. His eyes locked onto the Mother Goddess Sect guardians—and the Bamboo Mountain Mansion Lord in their midst. With his left hand, he drew forth a black gourd. Calmly, his right hand pulled free the stopper.
**BOOM!!!**
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