Chapter 843: The Human World Is Defiled Once Again!

As previously mentioned, Owner Fang still possessed the final shard of the divine artifact rewarded by the system.

Though it was his ultimate trump card for survival, now was hardly the time to hesitate.

At that moment, within the system interface, Owner Fang scrolled all the way to the bottom.

Just as Owner Fang prepared to make his move, the system interface chimed with a crisp ding-dong.

New Quest: Rest Assured While Surfing the Net at This Shop Three

Quest Description: Since its grand opening, this shop has received the allegiance and devotion of countless players. Now, their personal safety has been threatened because of this shop. Though such petty tricks and minor arts are akin to mere itches to this shop, please remember: you need only rest assured while surfing the net at this shop.

Quest Objective: Strike back in the fiercest and most unyielding manner possible, and make it clear that this shop is established here; loiterers and bystanders are not to maliciously pick quarrels and provoke trouble, or else they must bear the consequences.

Quest Reward: One Peaches of Immortality Gift Box, with a chance to yield an immature peach of immortality, a lower chance to yield a mature peach of immortality, and an extremely low chance to obtain a six-thousand-year peach of immortality. Concurrently, one to two random items will be awarded. Depending on the quest rating, the quality of the items drawn from the gift box will also vary.

Quest Explanation: When an incident occurs at this shop, as the owner, please actively participate in resolving it. Do not sit by and watch.

Owner Fang looked utterly speechless: Is this owner not actively resolving it right now?

However, upon second thought, when there was a convenient quest to be done, it would be foolish not to take it.

"But... the rating actually affects what comes out of the gift box?" Owner Fang pondered, "Then whose synchronization would yield a higher rating...?"

And right at that moment, the terrifying pillar of thunderous light in the sky poured down right over their heads!

Countless cultivators and martial artists rose in desperate resistance, streak after streak of sword light and spells slamming fiercely against that world-destroying thunder of annihilation.

Yet they failed to block it; that column of thunderous light, piercing through heaven and earth, still came crashing down!

"It is over," Gui Ye stared coldly at the city, the streets, and the innumerable mortals whose eyes were filled with the color of horror under the illumination of the thunderous light.

At this instant, whether this matter was grand or trivial no longer mattered, because—all who defy shall surely receive punishment, and all who obstruct shall surely turn to ashes of calamity.

We have cultivated for thousands and tens of thousands of years, not to reason with you ants!

Gui Ye was of the direct lineage of the Gui Clan, and moreover held the noble status of the Commander of the Immortal Soldiers of the Innate Cliff. Even among the host of immortals, he was an existence high above the rest, so naturally, this was even more so the case.

Presumably, this would also serve well to teach everyone that there were certain existences whose wrath no one could bear.

A single city could not, a single nation could not, and even an entire world could not!

He seemed to be appreciating the beautiful scenery of these lives in their final moments.

Moreover, he wanted to see a hint of regret and fear upon their faces.

Regrettably, he did not see it. On the contrary... he witnessed a scene that was completely, utterly beyond his imagination!

The city, which had been ravaged by floods, tempests, and demonic beasts, leaving it riddled with scars, and even the entire earth, the sky, the ink-black clouds, and the thunder, suddenly underwent a violent shudder.

It was as if it were trembling!

It was as though even heaven and earth... were trembling.

The tempest that had been raging just a moment ago abruptly congealed!

Immediately following, streaks of piercingly bright radiance blossomed from below, and that massive beam of light in the sky suddenly froze!

Looking down from the far reaches of the sky, upon the earth, rubble, flowing water, roof tiles... and even everything within sight, all seemed to have... lost gravity, floating slowly up toward the sky.

One could even faintly perceive that the distant sea level, which had originally been gradually calming down, whipped up thousand-foot tidal waves. In the sky, that thunderous pillar which pierced straight down like a rainbow actually failed to descend!

Suddenly, with a violent shudder, it shattered apart inch by inch!

Countless flashes of lightning scattered in all directions, as if thunderous light from hell had exploded in the human realm!

Of the scattered snakes of electricity, some burst into the forests outside the city, immediately igniting raging fires, while others cleaved into the vast sky, startling the host of immortals in the heavens into retreating repeatedly!

Immediately following, the thunderous pillar in the sky was actually utterly destroyed, all the way through like splitting bamboo!

As the thunderous light dispersed, for some unknown reason, the ink-black color vanished from the originally cloud-covered sky in an instant. The dark night sky was actually illuminated by sunlight from some unknown quarter, turning from dark to bright as patches of morning glow appeared, as if the entire dawn had arrived ahead of schedule.

His hands were slightly raised, and a wisp of dark golden sunlight spilled down from the highest heavens, falling perfectly upon that flawless, white jade-like face.

That golden feathered crown also gleamed with golden light beneath the sun. Upon his wide, impeccable black robes, ancient, elegant, and magnificent gemstones and pearls were adorned, shimmering with specks of light, making him appear like a supreme imperial sovereign from the ancient celestial realm descending upon the mortal world.

His eyes were slightly closed, a smile gracing his face. His flawless countenance, perfect bearing, and magnificent aura... not a single flaw could be picked out from any detail.

"This... This is...!?" Almost all the cultivators and martial artists of Jiuhua City collapsed onto their backsides, "This is... Qi... Qi Tian..."

"Emperor Qi Tian—!?"

"How... How could he have come to our world...!?" An even greater terror instantly seized the hearts of everyone.

Their inner selves practically wanted to scream out loud!

Note: The Sacred Demonic Source Embryo cannot bear the full power of Emperor Qi Tian, hence it can only exert a portion of his strength. This strength is not low but will not be excessively high, which is why Owner Fang is able to synchronize after a large amount of cultivation in the cultivation room.

"Who are you!?" Up in the sky, that colossal face formed entirely of thunder slowly shrank, gradually transforming into a youth of incomparable nobility clad in a blue robe with silver patterns, a frigid expression upon his face. It was precisely Gui Ye.

He stared with burning eyes for a moment, then sneered, "Earlier, I heard True Lord Bixiao say that this shop was backed by certain unruly immortals and gods playing tricks behind the scenes. Now it seems... his words were indeed not mistaken!"

"However..." Gui Ye scoffed, "How dare you minor gods vie for brilliance with the bright moon!?"

With a near-flick of his hand, two immortal thunders resembling enraged dragons transformed into two piercing arcs of light, striking fiercely toward Emperor Qi Tian!

Within the piercing electric light, a streak of deep darkness was also carved out, as if even the sky had been torn open!

Right at that moment, Emperor Qi Tian made no movement whatsoever, nor did he even open his eyes. A streak of dazzling divine brilliance and radiance spread out from his entire body!

Those two thunder dragons seemed to have slammed into a heavenly chasm. The two dragons of lightning, appearing to be drawn by an invisible force, merely circled several chang away in front of him before exploding fiercely!

The scattered rain of thunderous light and electricity actually rolled back along its path. The force of the aftermath was so great that it caused even Gui Ye to involuntarily take several steps back.

Only now did Emperor Qi Tian open his eyes: "The human realm... has become defiled once more."