The underground sanctuary was vast in space.
At its center stood a towering statue, surrounded by eight ethereal statue projections on the sanctuary walls. Upon entering, one would find these majestic phantom statues looming in every direction, with an invisible force permeating the entire sanctuary.
At this moment, dozens of sacred envoys had gathered here, swiftly dismantling the sanctuary.
To unleash the full might of the Sacred Lord’s statue and control stronger cultivators, the sanctuary had to be constructed as one with it. Now, it had to be dismantled—otherwise, the Sacred Lord’s statue could not be taken away.
“The Great City Lord is dead?”
The sacred envoys were all shocked. It had happened too quickly.
The black-robed man, the Chi Yun Sacred Envoy, glanced at the six-armed woman beside him and sneered, “If you had joined the fight against Dongbo Xueying of the Void Sky Palace, the two of you together wouldn’t have been defeated so swiftly!”
The six-armed woman was furious.
She had endured him for countless years, and now their hideout had been exposed because of him. And he dared to blame her for not joining the battle?
“You fool! If I had gone out to fight, two peak Unity realm experts appearing at once would have made it obvious this place was of utmost importance!” she roared. A single expert could be dismissed as a reclusive powerhouse, but two peak Unity realm cultivators? Since when were they so common?
“How dare you!” the black-robed Chi Yun Sacred Envoy bellowed in rage.
“Enough talk! Hurry and move the Sacred Lord’s statue!” the six-armed woman snapped, no longer caring.
With their comrade dying too quickly and failing to buy enough time, she had a sinking feeling—the chances of successfully relocating the statue were slim. Even if she escaped alive, the destruction of the hideout and the loss of the statue would bring punishment from the Ancient Sacred Sect—a fate worse than death, with survival only leading to greater suffering.
Her absolute loyalty to the sect, rooted deep in her soul, left her no thought of desertion. Even in despair, she was willing to accept punishment.
But for Chi Yun Sacred Envoy, she felt only fury.
“Faster, faster!”
The six-armed woman barked, her face twisted with rage.
All the sacred envoys were frantically dismantling the sanctuary, some even manifesting avatars. But the sanctuary’s construction was too intricate—only those at the Unity realm could barely dismantle it, and even then, it would take time.
“Hold him off! We must buy time. Hopefully, he’s greedy for merit and hasn’t reported this to the Void Sky Palace yet,” the six-armed woman prayed.
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In the night sky.
“Spirit, can you see inside the black city?” Dongbo Xueying asked.
“No. There’s an intangible force blocking my detection,” the Black Gourd’s spirit replied. Though its reconnaissance was formidable, it couldn’t penetrate the defenses of an Ancient Sacred Sect stronghold.
Dongbo Xueying waved his hand, storing the frosty man’s belongings before launching a full-force assault.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless deep-purple fish surged forth, striking the same spot relentlessly. The black city rippled, its hidden formation exposed, barely withstanding the barrage.
“Boom!”
Dongbo Xueying thrust with his spear, but even his deep-purple weapon only caused the formation to tremble slightly—it remained unbroken.
“Impressive defenses,” he muttered, frowning.
“Use the final trump card. If that fails, we’ll have to report it.”
He was reluctant to escalate the matter without absolute certainty.
But an Ancient Sacred Sect stronghold was of immense importance. The Void Sky Palace’s reward alone would be a million merit points—equivalent to a hundred Sourceworld Stones. Rumor had it that the sect spent ten times that amount to build such a hideout, with the Sacred Lord’s statue being the most valuable treasure.
Dongbo Xueying flipped his hand, revealing the Black Gourd.
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In the underground sanctuary.
Though the six-armed woman was dismantling the sanctuary at full speed, she kept an eye on the outside through the formation. The Void Sky Palace’s nascent realm inner hall elder, Dongbo Xueying, had attacked the formation twice before giving up—now he held a black gourd.
“A black gourd? What kind of treasure is that?” she wondered.
“At least he hasn’t reported it yet. There’s still hope,” she thought desperately.
Then she saw the white-robed Dongbo Xueying pull out the gourd’s stopper.
—
Pop!
The stopper came loose.
Dongbo Xueying’s eyes gleamed with anticipation.
Boom!
A fiery-red crystal sphere, no larger than a fingertip, shot out from the gourd’s mouth. The moment it emerged, it expanded violently—within an instant, it had transformed into a colossal fireball, ten thousand miles in diameter. Dongbo Xueying had already entered its blazing core.
The enormous fireball illuminated the night sky, turning darkness into dazzling brilliance. Gray ripples surged chaotically, while liquid flames churned within.
Its surface was covered in countless void runes, densely packed, enveloping the entire fireball. These runes suppressed and controlled the fireball’s ferocious power, their profundity surpassing even the fireball itself.
“Hummm—”
The countless void runes rippled, penetrating the formation below and spreading into the underground sanctuary.
Their influence expanded rapidly, covering a radius of ten million miles.
“Void formation,” Dongbo Xueying marveled from within the fireball.
It was this formation that perfectly controlled the fireball, whose power rivaled that of his homeland’s sun.
As a Voidwalker who had reached the ultimate realm, ‘Gu Qi’s’ mastery over the void was unimaginably profound. Through this void formation, Dongbo Xueying could dominate a ten-million-mile radius and perform ultra-long-range ‘Void Teleportation’—his ultimate escape technique.
Riding the fireball and manipulating the void formation, he could flee at incredible speed. The fireball shielded him, and the formation ensured swift escape. Only a Chaos realm sovereign in person could pose a threat—otherwise, he was nearly untouchable.
“No—”
“This can’t be—”
In the underground sanctuary, the six-armed woman and the black-robed man wore expressions of terror and despair. They felt the space around them solidify under an overwhelming void suppression.
“Teleport! Teleport now!” the black-robed man frantically activated the teleportation treasure given by his elder brother. But no matter how he tried, he couldn’t escape.
The Black Gourd, as a guardian treasure, only revealed its third and final layer of power when Dongbo Xueying became a Void God. The fireball’s full might could now be unleashed, and the void formation activated completely. Under Gu Qi’s personally crafted void suppression, even a Chaos realm sovereign would have to brute-force their way out—no one could match this formation’s void manipulation.
“There’s no escape,” the six-armed woman whispered in despair.
The void suppression was too absolute.
“Boom—”
From within the ten-thousand-mile fireball, Dongbo Xueying commanded it to descend.
It was like an entire sun crashing down—except the fireball’s power, concentrated by the void formation, was far more condensed than a sun’s scattered energy. Its sheer force was at the Chaos realm level, though its technique was crude. Against a true Chaos realm sovereign, it would fail—but against Unity realm experts, it was unstoppable.
“Crash—”
The black city’s formation, though resilient, shattered instantly under the fireball’s descent. The entire city trembled under its overwhelming might.
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