Although the Northriver Divine Emperor had entered the forbidden land ‘Fangtooth Corridor’ for over two hundred billion years, there were still many extremely safe areas within the corridor. For example, the various ‘nodes’ along the passage were untouched by the violent winds, and places like the luminous sphere space—had Dongbo Xueying not actively entered the world fragments, he wouldn’t have suffered any attacks. Staying in such safe zones naturally didn’t consume the slightest bit of power from the Fangtooth Marrow Pearl (Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl), allowing one to cultivate for as long as desired!
“Lord Haogu and Emperor Feixue? How could it be such a coincidence to run into both of them?” The Northriver Divine Emperor’s heart trembled, even instinctively suspecting that Emperor Feixue had come for revenge! After all, seizing a supreme treasure like the Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl was enough to drive even emperor-level experts to fight to the death.
But he quickly dismissed the thought.
For Lord Haogu and Emperor Feixue to enter, they would need two supreme treasures! They wouldn’t come just for a petty grudge.
“Never expected Lord Haogu and Emperor Feixue to also come to the Broken Tooth Mountain Range. What a coincidence to meet you here,” the Northriver Divine Emperor said with a smile. “Emperor Feixue, I must apologize for last time—I was truly desperate for treasures. Besides, you had already promised that the Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl would ultimately be given to me. I merely took it a little early. Though I destroyed one of your avatars, you have countless others, so it’s no real loss to you…”
“Hmph.” Dongbo Xueying’s expression darkened as he stared at the Northriver Divine Emperor standing on the glowing vein-like passage in the distance.
Seeing this, the Northriver Divine Emperor quickly added, “I know breaking our agreement has angered you, Emperor Feixue. I am willing to make amends! If you can overlook this matter, I have a supreme secret treasure here that I’d like to offer you as compensation. Please, let go of your wrath.”
Dongbo Xueying felt no goodwill whatsoever toward the Northriver Divine Emperor.
Back then, he had agreed to help only to prevent countless native worlds from suffering calamity. After assisting the Northriver Divine Emperor in obtaining the ‘Black Leaf Dew,’ the latter had promised numerous rewards—yet in the end, he gave nothing and instead destroyed Dongbo Xueying’s avatar prematurely.
Dongbo Xueying had long seen through him.
This Northriver… was ruthless! For his own path, he would stop at nothing.
“Emperor Feixue,” Lord Haogu chuckled beside him. “Since Northriver has wronged you so, and fate has brought us together today, it seems destined that we end him. If you have no objections, shall we strike?”
“Lord Haogu!” The Northriver Divine Emperor’s face paled in shock. “Why must you push me so?”
Dongbo Xueying was also taken aback.
Eliminate the Northriver Divine Emperor?
All three of them were protected by the Fangtooth Marrow Pearl (Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl), but that didn’t make them invincible! The protective power was only activated due to the influence of the entire forbidden land and could only defend—it couldn’t be used offensively. If it could, Dongbo Xueying would have easily claimed the ‘black dagger’ in the luminous sphere space earlier.
Since offense was impossible, the Fangtooth Marrow Pearl’s power merely formed an incredibly resilient armor around their bodies.
But no matter how formidable the armor’s defense was…
A powerful enough strike could still send them flying!
That was why Dongbo Xueying and the others had been helplessly swept into the Fangtooth Corridor by the dark vortex—they couldn’t stabilize themselves. Similarly, if Dongbo Xueying, Lord Haogu, and the Northriver Divine Emperor clashed, they would be sent flying from the impact. In a one-on-one fight between Lord Haogu and the Northriver Divine Emperor, the latter, though at a disadvantage, could still barely manage the situation.
But once Dongbo Xueying unleashed his soul techniques—against which the protective black light was useless—the Northriver Divine Emperor’s combat prowess would plummet, widening the gap to that between a ‘Divine General’ and a Supreme.
With such a disparity, it would be a one-sided slaughter.
He’d likely be blasted into the void within a couple of strikes.
They had been flying along the corridor for a reason—beyond it, the raging winds would drain the Fangtooth Marrow Pearl’s power much faster. Moreover, given the vast difference in strength, Lord Haogu could easily capture the Northriver Divine Emperor alive and then toss him into extremely hazardous zones, relentlessly depleting his Thousand-Eyed Water Pearl’s energy.
Once exhausted, it would spell the Northriver Divine Emperor’s doom.
“Lord Haogu…” Dongbo Xueying was surprised. Upon entering the Fangtooth Corridor, Lord Haogu had been unwilling to waste even a fraction of his power. Yet now, he was willing to expend energy to deal with Northriver?
What he didn’t realize was…
First, Lord Haogu had long been displeased with the Northriver Divine Emperor’s arrogance. Gathering the Thirty-Six Divine Generals was merely to compete for resources with the Supremes, and Lord Haogu had tolerated it only because, while he could suppress Northriver, he couldn’t eliminate him. With Dongbo Xueying’s help, the task would be far easier. Second, having already obtained the fiery-red feather, Lord Haogu’s gains in the Fangtooth Corridor were substantial enough that expending a bit of the Fangtooth Marrow Pearl’s power no longer concerned him. Moreover, he intended to earn Dongbo Xueying’s gratitude, ensuring the latter’s unwavering loyalty in future endeavors.
“Emperor Feixue, shall we act?” Lord Haogu smiled.
Seeing this, Dongbo Xueying hesitated no longer. “Very well, Lord Haogu. My thanks!”
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Lord Haogu and Dongbo Xueying transformed into streaks of light, charging straight toward the distant Northriver Divine Emperor.
“How ruthless, Haogu. You’re using Emperor Feixue to eliminate me!” The Northriver Divine Emperor gritted his teeth and fled swiftly along the vein-like passage in the opposite direction.
Alas, Lord Haogu, carrying Dongbo Xueying, was significantly faster.
Whoosh—
A chase ensued.
Though they had started far apart, the distance between them visibly shrank.
“No choice now.” The Northriver Divine Emperor glanced back, swiftly passing through the nodes of the vein-like passage and darting into branching paths, heading straight for a distant luminous sphere.
“Escaping into a luminous sphere?” Dongbo Xueying was puzzled.
That was a dead end!
“Hmm? Unless…” Lord Haogu narrowed his eyes slightly.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Without hesitation, the Northriver Divine Emperor plunged into the luminous sphere. Dongbo Xueying and Lord Haogu followed almost immediately. The moment Dongbo Xueying entered, however, he was stunned. “This sphere is enormous—the largest in the entire mental sea—yet it has no oppressive aura at all?”
Huff.
Passing through the membrane, they arrived inside the space.
The instant Dongbo Xueying saw what lay within, his eyes widened, and his jaw slackened involuntarily. Even with his current level of insight, he was utterly awestruck—this was perhaps the most breathtaking sight he had ever witnessed since birth.
“This… this… this…” Dongbo Xueying gaped in disbelief.
Standing in the void of the inner space, he saw the surrounding membranes pulsing with an eerie rhythm.
Through these membranes, he could glimpse scenes of the Broken Tooth Mountain Range beyond the Fangtooth Corridor! But the view here was utterly different from anything he had seen before.
An unimaginably colossal serpent stretched across his vision.
The Fangtooth Corridor was its head! The serpent’s body, faintly visible, coiled through the entire Broken Tooth Mountain Range. The so-called ‘native worlds’ were actually spatial realms born upon its ethereal form—countless worlds existing upon the corpse of this gargantuan snake.
On the other side…
An equally massive, thousand-eyed entity loomed, its dozens of hooves and thousands of eyes densely covering its form. Its nearly intact corpse flickered in and out of view, and the floating islands were merely parts of its gargantuan body. The ‘gray eyes’ and ‘golden eyes’ corresponded to different sections of its remains.
Each bizarre tree, crowned with a mystical eye, was in fact a minuscule vein within the colossal corpse.
The near-perfect preservation of these bodies made extracting their eyes akin to plucking them from living flesh—an almost impossible feat given the sheer might of these beings. No wonder the floating islands housed objects that inflicted terrifying pressure upon mere contact.
“So… so the entire Broken Tooth Mountain Range is formed from the corpses of two unfathomably powerful Primordial Chaos creatures?” Dongbo Xueying was utterly shaken.
The floating islands were part of the thousand-eyed entity’s remains.
The native worlds thrived upon the serpent’s body.
No wonder the floating islands exerted such crushing pressure, rendering even ‘Great Void Transference’ useless. Though the technique worked in the Primordial Chaos, it failed here—clearly suppressed by the lingering power of the thousand-eyed being’s corpse.
“Many factions have sought the legendary corpses of the two mightiest Primordial Chaos creatures. Your cultivators are no exception. Yet few realize that the Broken Tooth Mountain Range itself is their remains. We stand upon them at every moment.” Though Lord Haogu had witnessed this spectacle multiple times, he still found it mesmerizing.
Meanwhile, the distant Northriver Divine Emperor paid no heed to the view—he had seen it before. Instead, he warily watched Dongbo Xueying and Lord Haogu.
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