The Dongbo Realm God was filled with regret at this moment. Had he known that Dongbo Xueying’s own strength was this formidable, he would never have waded into this mess!
“He became a Second Heaven Realm God in just five thousand years, and now he stands unrivaled even among Third Heaven Realm Gods. Moreover, his backing is none other than His Majesty the Divine Emperor! He has no fear of offending my master.” The Dongbo Realm God was terrified, afraid that Dongbo Xueying might kill him as well. He hastily pleaded, “Your Highness Dongbo, show mercy! I was merely following orders to come here.”
Dongbo Xueying chuckled lightly. “True enough. A witness alone isn’t evidence.”
The laws of the Divine Realm were strict, and convictions required irrefutable evidence.
Mere words… could not convict anyone.
Moreover, the higher one’s status and power, the greater their privileges. For instance, Venomous Ying, a Fifth Rank Realm God, could not be killed by Fourth Heaven Realm Gods—but a Great Power had the authority to execute her.
The same principle applied here.
Dongbo Xueying held the Third Rank, a privilege typically reserved for Fourth Heaven Realm Gods. His status and privileges surpassed Venomous Ying’s. Even if he publicly killed her, the worst he would face was severe punishment—not execution. However, “severe punishment” was truly terrifying. As Venomous Ying had said earlier, she would rather die than face the Divine Court’s judgment.
She feared that punishment!
“Y-yes, exactly! It’s not evidence!” The Dongbo Realm God was trembling with nervousness.
“Leave. Now.” Dongbo Xueying said casually, still smiling.
“Yes, yes! I’ll go!” Without hesitation, the Dongbo Realm God activated his spacetime technique and fled. Only after entering the spacetime tunnel did he glance back—Dongbo Xueying had indeed not pursued him.
“Hmph.”
Dongbo Xueying smirked, then waved his hand and collected the treasures left behind by Venomous Ying.
Though he held some resentment toward Emperor Wuchen, he wasn’t so indiscriminate as to kill even the Dongbo Realm God. After all, Dongbo was merely a subordinate acting on orders. There was no personal grudge between them, so there was no need to slay a mere messenger.
But for Venomous Ying… his killing intent had long festered. That was why he had struck without mercy!
“Hmm? Still bound by ownership?” Dongbo Xueying immediately noticed the issue with the weapons and treasures left behind by Venomous Ying. “Just as I thought—she still has a surviving clone.”
It was common for Realm Gods to cultivate clone techniques.
He had only destroyed one of Venomous Ying’s bodies, but her other remained alive. Soon, she could recover her lost clone through her technique.
“Still, losing a clone and half her treasures must sting.” Dongbo Xueying flew back into the starfield airship and began refining the storage ring. “Regardless of anything else, this Poison Trident alone—her most infamous weapon, a blood-forged divine armament nurtured over billions of years—now falls into my hands.”
Just as the Crimson Cloud Spear was vital to him, losing a blood-forged divine weapon was truly painful.
“Whoosh.”
The starfield airship swiftly entered the spacetime tunnel, heading toward the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss.
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“AAAAAH—!”
In a secluded courtyard, Venomous Ying coiled her massive tail beneath her, her face twisted in fury. “My Poison Trident! My treasures! My cursed materials! Damn it! DAMN IT ALL! Countless years of accumulation—half of it, gone in an instant!”
Unlike Dongbo Xueying, whose true body remained safely in the Xia Clan World, most Realm Gods had no such absolute sanctuary. Thus, they typically split their treasures between their two bodies—so that losing one would only mean losing half.
But even half was agonizing!
“Dongbo Xueying! Return my cursed materials!” Venomous Ying seethed. She had schemed and stolen vast amounts of faith power to amass her wealth, purchasing rare materials—only for half to fall into Dongbo Xueying’s hands.
“Boom.”
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the distant void.
A disheveled man.
“Your Majesty!” Venomous Ying immediately flew out of the courtyard. The courtyard was perched atop a floating mountain range drifting through the cosmos.
“Venomous Ying.” The unkempt man looked at her. “I was too far from Anhai Prefecture. By the time I set out, Dongbo had already informed me—your clone was slain before I could intervene.”
“Your Majesty, please! Retrieve my treasures from Dongbo Xueying!” she begged.
“Retrieve? I might be able to protect you in his presence,” the man said coldly, his indifferent eyes glinting. “But I cannot seize what he has already claimed. Do you expect me to forcibly take his storage artifacts?”
Emperor Wuchen did not fear Dongbo Xueying.
But Dongbo Xueying did not fear him either! The Third Rank was a privilege of Fourth Heaven Realm Gods, and he was the Divine Emperor’s personal disciple. At most, Wuchen could shield Venomous Ying—but acting against Dongbo Xueying was unthinkable. Even if he obscured spacetime to leave no evidence, such an act would irreparably enrage Dongbo Xueying. That was something Wuchen wished to avoid.
“But… you promised to send Dongbo to resolve this! To protect me!” Venomous Ying protested desperately.
“Dongbo did his best.” The man shook his head. “Enough. Do not overstep.”
“I—I offered you the *Ten Thousand Toxins Codex* fragments! Will you break your word?” she raged.
Venomous Ying’s mastery of curses stemmed from an ancient encounter—she had obtained fragments of the legendary *Ten Thousand Toxins Codex*, the supreme scripture of venom arts. Alas, it was incomplete.
The paths of curses…
Of beast-taming…
Of alchemy…
These unorthodox arts, when mastered to their peaks, could be just as terrifying.
“You *are* under my protection within Drycloud Mountain,” the man said dismissively. “Here, you are safe.” With that, he vanished, reappearing atop a distant palace spire amidst the floating peaks.
“Damn him!” Venomous Ying seethed in silence.
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**Ten Thousand Demon Abyss.**
The vast ruins of the abyss sprawled endlessly, with only certain areas bearing signs of recent destruction. Outside its borders, over a hundred million deities and countless Realm Gods—all subordinates of Venomous Ying—stood trembling.
The battle they had just witnessed had shattered their morale entirely.
“Whoosh—”
A radiant rift tore open in the void, and from it emerged a deep-green vessel. At its prow stood a black-robed youth.
“Father!”
“Your Highness!”
“Lord Dongbo!”
Cheers erupted in a fervent chorus. Dongbo Yu, Dongbo Qingyao, Commander Baili Shang, Commander Jiuqi, and the elite guards under their command all gazed at Dongbo Xueying with blazing admiration. Their combined forces had been helpless against Venomous Ying—yet Dongbo Xueying alone had crushed her and the Dongbo Realm God without resistance.
Such overwhelming strength inspired reverence.
Before, they had obeyed out of respect for his potential—as the Emperor’s disciple.
Now, they worshipped him for his power. True might was what commanded absolute loyalty.
“Commander Baili, take your men and scour the Ten Thousand Demon Abyss. Investigate Venomous Ying’s forces—verify whether those million deities harvesting faith power are truly dead,” Dongbo Xueying ordered.
“As you command!” Baili Shang’s voice rang with steel.
“With me!” he bellowed, leading his troops to carry out their tasks.
Meanwhile, Dongbo Xueying glanced down at the storage ring in his hand. With a surge of Taihao energy, he finally purged the last traces of Venomous Ying’s ownership.
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