boyutpedia Chapter 106 The Wrath of the Celestial Venerable
Chapter 106 The Wrath of the Celestial Venerable
The Boundless Divine Sea is one of the most dangerous forbidden areas in the universe.
The vast ocean surges ceaselessly, the void is perpetually shattered and twisted, and the turbulent currents of time and space intertwine with the tides of the starry sea. Even a god-level expert must proceed with extreme caution when venturing here. This place is the core front line of the confrontation between the Heavenly Court and the Hell Realm, where both sides have stationed troops for hundreds of thousands of years, their swords drawn, ready to clash at any moment.
Above the void in the center of the sea, Haotian stood quietly on the clouds, wearing a simple imperial robe. There was no divine power leaking out of his body, yet he was like the embodiment of the Great Dao of the Heavens, single-handedly resisting the three supreme beings of the Hell Realm.
He remained calm and composed, as steady as a mountain even amidst the raging flames of war on the ancient civilization battlefield. At the same time, he used his own aura to restrain the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor and several other core combatants from the Hell Realm, preventing them from interfering in the front-line battle.
Just now, several familiar auras vanished into nothingness in the depths of the universe.
Those were the top experts of ancient civilizations, each a pillar guarding their region, yet now they have all perished, their souls and spirits annihilated.
When the despairing and violent aura of destruction emanating from the Giant Spirit Ancestor's detonation of divine source and self-destruction traveled across billions of miles of starry sky to reach the Boundless Divine Sea, Haotian's eyes, which had been silent for countless years, finally erupted with boundless rage.
His once calm and serene face was now covered with a layer of frost, and an invisible pressure emanated from him, causing the entire sea of the Boundless Divine Sea to freeze and the void to tremble.
He calmly looked at the three people facing him—Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor, Yan Renhuan, and Shi Beiya—and slowly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it carried an imperial aura that resounded throughout the entire sea: "This farce should end."
These seven simple words, however, struck the hearts of the three, including the Nine-Death Heavenly Emperor, like a divine decree, causing them to tremble and their expressions to change drastically.
They had only one thought in their minds: "Haotian is angry!"
Haotian was one of the twenty-four celestial beings who survived the great cosmic catastrophe of that time. He was the undisputed leader of the Heavenly Court and the number one person in the world.
His fame was never built on status and power, but rather on bloody battles fought across countless world-destroying wars, stepping over the corpses of numerous powerful enemies to reach the pinnacle of the heavens.
Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor, Yan Renhuan, and Shi Beiya are all top-tier powerhouses in the Hell Realm. Any one of them is a giant who dominates a region and no one dares to provoke. However, in a one-on-one fight, none of them dare to say that they can last a hundred rounds against Haotian. They might even be suppressed and killed on the spot by him in one move.
In the entire underworld, only the Emperor of Fengdu, with his unparalleled talent and supreme power, once stood alone against Haotian. It is for this reason that the Emperor of Fengdu was crowned the number one person in the underworld, becoming the only being who could rival Haotian.
Now, even with the three of them banding together and using all their cultivation, they are only confident that they can hold Haotian back and prevent him from escaping to the ancient civilization battlefield; they can by no means defeat him.
Their core objective in this operation was to use the combined strength of the three of them to hold Haotian back, buying time for the Dark Temple of Hell and the four-race alliance to destroy the ancient civilization's defenses and eliminate this frontline barrier of the Heavenly Court in one fell swoop.
Even though they have already achieved considerable success on the front lines, with the Giant Spirit Ancestor self-destructing and the ancient civilization's defenses collapsing, they are still far from their ultimate goal of completely annihilating the ancient civilization faction. They absolutely cannot allow Haotian to escape at this moment.
The death of the Giant Spirit Ancestor was an unexpected boon for them. With one less pillar of the ancient civilization faction, the strength of the Heavenly Court was greatly reduced, and their chances of victory increased.
"Haotian, with the three of us here, you're not going anywhere!"
Yan Renhuan broke the silence first. He gripped his halberd tightly, his knuckles turning white. His nerves were stretched to the limit, his expression was extremely solemn, and his heart was filled with tension.
As the current patriarch of the Yama clan, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Undying Boundless Realm, yet he still lacked any confidence in front of Haotian.
Standing to the side, Shi Beiya, the patriarch of the Stone Clan, held nothing back. He instantly drew his divine weapon, the Battle Axe, his entire body tense, like a longbow drawn to its limit, ready to launch a fatal blow at any moment, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The Nine-Death Emperor's expression turned solemn. He silently took several steps back, his dark divine power surging around him, ready to fight with all his might and engage in a desperate struggle.
Seeing this, Haotian didn't say another word. Any extra words would be meaningless in the face of absolute power.
He slowly raised one hand and casually clapped it forward.
There were no earth-shattering phenomena, yet it stirred the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth throughout the entire Boundless Divine Sea. Layers upon layers of pure energy, stretching for billions of miles, converged into a palm print that spanned the entire starry sea. Within this palm print lay the ultimate primordial divine power and boundless rules of the Heavenly Emperor. The power poured down like a galaxy, crushing everything in its path, as if causing the entire void of the Boundless Divine Sea to tremble violently and groan under its unbearable weight.
Upon seeing this, the Nine-Death Emperor's pupils suddenly contracted, and a storm of shock surged within him.
He knew the terror of Haotian's palm strike. Among the three present, he had the highest cultivation level. He was one of the oldest beings still existing in the Hell Realm and had already taken a half-step into the Heavenly Venerable Realm. At this moment, he had to take the lead and fight to the death to resist Haotian. He absolutely could not allow Haotian to break through the barrier and head to the ancient civilization battlefield.
The Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor no longer held back, his dark divine power surging wildly throughout his body, and an ancient seal instantly appeared in his hand.
He is the master of the Dark Temple, capable of mobilizing more than half of the mysteries of the Dark Path in the universe, which he is now bestowing upon himself and his divine artifact.
In an instant, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor transformed into the Dark Ruler, his body enveloped in endless dark divine power. Holding the seal, he unleashed his full power, and a massive dark void seal that suppressed the galaxy rose into the air, carrying the might to devour all heavens, and met Haotian's palm print head-on.
But Haotian's palm print arrived first!
The palm print contained terrifying and immeasurable rules, fierce and unparalleled, domineering and incomparable. Like a destructive force, it directly blew away and crushed the dark void seal that the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor had unleashed with all his divine power.
Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly tried to circulate his divine power to suppress the aftershocks of his own attack, but in the face of Haotian's unparalleled palm force, all supernatural powers and all rules were forcibly broken.
"Bang!"
Haotian's palm strike landed squarely on the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor's divine body. He was struck as if by a falling giant star, instantly flying back hundreds of thousands of miles. The dark rules around him were completely shattered, and he spat out a mouthful of black divine blood. His divine body was covered with cracks and he suffered a severe injury!
Seeing this, Yan Renhuan dared not hesitate for a moment, grabbed his battle spear, and charged forward.
He poured out his life's cultivation, activated the profound mysteries of the Yama Heavenly Dao, and his entire body's Primordial Yama Qi surged. He unleashed a Heavenly-level divine power, his battle halberd tearing through the endless void with the power to destroy everything, aiming directly at Haotian's brow, launching a fatal blow.
Haotian remained expressionless, his hands rapidly forming hand seals. Instantly, endless world-destroying divine lightning arose in the void, thunder dragons rolled, and the power of heavenly punishment descended.
He raised his hand and unleashed a divine calamity beam that pierced through the starry sea, completely shattering Yan Renhuan's divine power in a single strike. Immediately afterward, the divine calamity beam transformed into a divine blade that could split the heavens and open the earth, striking directly at Yan Renhuan's battle halberd and severing this top-tier divine artifact in two.
Yan Renhuan had no time to react before being struck by the aftershocks of the calamity. Like a kite with a broken string, he plummeted from the sky and crashed into the Boundless Divine Sea. His divine source trembled, and he was severely injured, losing all his previous majesty.
In the blink of an eye, both the Nine-Death Emperor and Yan Renhuan suffered crushing defeats!
Upon seeing this, Shi Beiya was terrified, his liver and gallbladder trembled, and he dared not hold back in the slightest. He poured out all his divine power and transformed into the Stone Clan's original divine body, which was tens of millions of miles high, with runes flashing all over its body and was extremely hard.
He gripped the divine axe tightly with both hands, gathering his strength to the limit, and then unleashed a world-destroying axe light that traversed the star field and shattered the star sea. Wherever the axe light passed, space crumbled inch by inch, and all laws were annihilated. This was his strongest attack!
Haotian looked at the approaching axe light with a calm expression, slowly raised one hand, and actually caught the axe light that destroyed the star field steadily in his hand.
Without any earth-shattering collision or even the slightest aftershock, the axe light that was powerful enough to kill the Great Freedom Limitless was easily manipulated by Haotian, like a child's toy.
Immediately afterwards, Haotian condensed rules in his palm and unleashed another palm print. The palm print tore through the void and instantly struck Shi Beiya's primordial divine body.
"Click!"
The Stone Clan's supposedly indestructible and impervious-to-all-laws divine body was instantly covered with dense cracks, like a shattered porcelain piece about to completely crumble. Shi Beiya screamed and was sent flying backward.
In just three moves, the three strongest warriors of the Hell Realm were all utterly defeated!
With great difficulty, the Nine-Death Heavenly Emperor steadied himself, clutching the wound on his chest. Looking at the remaining palm prints on his body, his tone was extremely solemn, filled with deep fear and helplessness: "Haotian, you truly deserve to be called the number one person in all the heavens of this era! Even Yan Huanyu at his peak was probably far inferior to you!"
He knew in his heart that Haotian's realm had already transcended the ordinary immortal and boundless, reaching another higher realm. To keep him was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
But now they're in a bind. If they retreat, Haotian will immediately head to the ancient civilization battlefield and reverse the tide of battle. The entire plan of the Hell Realm will be ruined. The Nine-Death Heavenly Emperor has no choice but to fight to the death!
A resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and boundless rules were fully displayed around him. An extremely dense dark power swept out, instantly enveloping billions of miles of star field in darkness, as if draped in a thick black veil, obscuring the sun and moon and dimming the stars.
Immediately afterwards, the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor donned a dark divine armor, with several top-tier divine artifacts surrounding him, as if several great worlds were rotating and guarding him. His aura soared to its peak, unleashing unprecedented combat power.
Upon seeing this, Haotian's eyes flickered slightly.
He knew that the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor's realm was not much inferior to his own. This ancient being from the Hell Realm had lived for countless years, possessed a variety of complex methods, and had an endless stream of trump cards. He was one of the few opponents he could take seriously.
At this moment, with the Nine-Death Emperor desperately blocking his way, and with Yan Renhuan and Shi Beiya, who still had the strength to fight, restraining him from the side, it would be no easy task for him to get away immediately and end this entanglement.
With a cold gaze, the Nine-Death Emperor struck first!
The endless power of darkness transformed into a raging torrent, devouring all the heavens and rushing madly toward Haotian, intending to completely engulf him.
On the side, Yan Renhuan and Shi Beiya, who had barely recovered some of their fighting strength, exchanged a glance, gritted their teeth, and charged towards Haotian from both sides, cooperating with the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor to launch a final entanglement.
Haotian's expression turned cold, his divine eyes widened, and his imperial aura surged.
He held nothing back, no longer wanting to waste time entangled with the three. He raised his hand and took out the divine weapon, the Xuanhuang Halberd. Haotian held the Xuanhuang Halberd and swung it across the sky! The Xuanhuang Qi spread out for billions of miles, encompassing the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor, Yan Renhuan, and Shi Beiya. The halberd's momentum destroyed everything in its path, heading straight for the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor!
The four most powerful beings from all the heavens instantly clashed in a chaotic battle!
The Emperor's Way, the Dark Heavenly Way, the Yama Heavenly Way, the Stone Clan's Great Way... Dozens of Great Way rules collided, intertwined, and annihilated in a frenzy. Terrifying power fluctuations stirred up billions of hectares of water in the Boundless Divine Sea, causing towering waves, large areas of the void to collapse, and spacetime turbulence to sweep in all directions.
This battle, at the pinnacle of the universe, swept across the entire Boundless Divine Sea with overwhelming pressure. Whether it was the Heavenly Court's garrison or the Hell's guards, they could only watch from afar, trembling in fear, not daring to approach even a fraction of a second, for fear of being caught in the aftershocks of the battle and instantly having their souls scattered.
On one side of the Hell Realm faction, the Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God stood silently in the void.
He was a top-tier powerhouse of the Death Clan and one of the highest leaders stationed in the Boundless Divine Sea of the Hell Realm. His status was no less than that of the five giants of the Death Clan. He was well aware of the all-out war launched by the three upper clans, but he never participated in the battle. This was because the three Boundless Realm War Gods of the Heavenly Court were staring intently at him from the opposite side of the Heavenly Court camp, eyeing him covetously.
As the largest battlefield between the Heavenly Court and the Underworld, the Boundless Divine Sea is where three of the nine war gods of the Heavenly Court are stationed year-round. The Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God and the other three have been locked in a standoff for hundreds of thousands of years, restraining each other. If he dares to make the slightest move, the three war gods on the other side will definitely join forces to attack without hesitation, trapping him in an encirclement.
The Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God opened all nine of his divine eyes at the same time, probing the peak duel in the central battlefield. Even with his level of cultivation, he could only see the blurry collision of power and could not see the specific moves at all.
He pondered to himself, "Haotian's strength has improved again, and his cultivation is even more unfathomable. I'm afraid the three of them, including the Otherworldly Emperor, won't be able to hold out for long."
He turned to look at the other six races of the Underworld and the gods guarding the Temple of Destiny. He saw Ling Che, the newly appointed master of the Ferocious God Palace, sitting on a dark red throne at the head of the crowd, his expression calm and cold as he watched, showing no intention of helping.
Anxious, Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God stepped forward and tentatively asked Ling Che, "Fierce Fiend God, the Otherworldly Emperor and the others are gradually losing ground and are about to be overwhelmed. Shouldn't we take the initiative to attack and lend them a hand to restrain Haotian?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Che's gaze remained fixed on the terrifying power fluctuations of the distant battlefield. His expression remained unchanged, and he spoke calmly and assertively: "Since the Otherworldly Emperor and his allies have initiated this war, they must have a well-thought-out plan. We should remain inactive for now and refrain from intervening, lest we disrupt their entire plan, which would be a grave offense."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of high-ranking members from the lower and middle three clans burst into mocking laughter, echoing him in a sarcastic tone: "What the Divine Lord says is absolutely right! The Yama Clan and the upper three clans have always acted domineeringly. They didn't even inform us of such a major event as launching a war. They must have their own foolproof plan. Why would they need the help of us small clans? We can just watch the show!"
Upon hearing this, the Nine-Eyed Dragon God of Xuangu turned pale and then red, extremely embarrassed, yet unable to refute it.
Among the gods of the underworld present, he was the only high-ranking member of the undead race. The experts from the other three races had all gone to the ancient civilization battlefield to destroy the defenses. Now, he was left alone to face the indifferent observation of all the forces.
He knew in his heart that the three of them, including the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor, would not last long. If Xu Feng were here, he might be able to barely withstand Haotian's terrifying attack with his strange Dao of Nothingness. But now, no one could stop him.
The Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God could only place his last hope on Ling Che, constantly signaling with his eyes, hoping that he would make a move.
Ling Che remained unmoved, his gaze fixed on the direction of the ancient civilization faction's star defense line. He secretly pondered the information transmitted by his clone, his eyes cold and calculating: "Yu Jingzhen, Murong Huan, Yan Mingjun... Taking advantage of this chaotic battle among the heavens, I will deal with these people one by one, helping the other clones to rise to power and gain more control over the narrative."
As for the life or death of the Nine-Death Emperor and the other two, and the success or failure of the three races' plan in the underworld, it was of no concern to him.
Ling Che completely ignored the Xuan Gu Nine-Eyed Dragon God's plea for help, and he would not dare to confront Haotian's Xuanhuang Halberd head-on, thus needlessly depleting his own strength.
If the three, including the Nine-Death Emperor, want to confront Haotian head-on, then let them deal with it and fight for their lives. He will simply sit back and reap the benefits, completing his own scheme.