Chapter 921: The Five-Colored Divine Light!

At this very moment, aided by the Ascended masters of the Western Continent who had reached the Divine Realm via the Valkyrie's feathers, and led by the shop clerk, Grand Mage Merlin, a new arcade branch had been successfully opened even within the Divine Realm itself.

Owner Fang’s repetitive task to earn energy crystals five times over had seen a noticeable surge in progress following the release of handheld games like *Zhengtu* and *Fantasy Westward Journey*. Combined with the new arcade branch in the Divine Realm, the first phase of the task was now drawing near completion.

Meanwhile, up in the Higher Realm, as they gathered various array-formation materials, they also harbored plans to rebuild the passage between the two realms, striving to restore the grand and prosperous spectacles of the world’s ancient era.

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Inside the various shops, discussions regarding the *Investiture of the Gods* and how many episodes would be updated tomorrow continued unabated.

One must realize that a single Goddess Sanxiao had already utterly defeated the entire line of the Chan Sect's disciples. She had pushed the entire Chan Sect to such a precipice that if their Sect Master did not personally intervene, the entire investiture could no longer proceed.

To force a figure of the Sect Master level to such straits could truly be considered possessing Dao cultivation that rivaled the heavens.

Could there possibly be someone even more formidable than this?!

This myth was truly far too astonishing; they simply could not fathom what kind of divine abilities or Daoist arts could surpass the Nine Bends Yellow River Array.

The Sect Masters of the Three Sects were one thing—they were entities from the very dawn of chaos, existing from an unimaginably distant past, and the customers had long ceased trying to comprehend what kind of existences they were, for that already lay far beyond the reach of their imagination.

But this Kong Xuan... ?

"Xiaoyue, what kind of formidable skills do you think that Kong Xuan will display tomorrow?!" At this moment, a crowd of people sat clustered around the sofa, debating animatedly.

"I can't imagine..." Jiang Xiaoyue knitted her brows, her little head aching from trying to think it through.

"I bet it must be a ton of miraculous magical treasures!" Shen Qingqing said. "Just look at Chi Jingzi. After he gave his magical treasure to his disciple, he couldn't even beat his own disciple in the end. Maybe this Kong Xuan has an even more powerful treasure, one that leaves him unafraid even of a Sect Master!"

"This old man, however, believes it to be an even more formidable array!" Nalan Hongwu spoke after a period of deep deliberation. "The Nine Bends Yellow River Array was merely set up in half a month and rehearsed with a few hundred soldiers. If it were replaced by a more meticulous layout, rehearsing an even mightier array, could it be... that it might trap even a Sect Master!?"

"It definitely won't be that powerful!" Su Tianji countered. "How could everyone be as formidable as the Three Goddesses of Sanxiao Island?!"

Furthermore, when Yuanshi Tianzun intervened, he had already done so while bearing the infamy of the great bullying the small. Such karmic ties were something that even figures of their Sect Master level were unwilling to become entangled with.

If there truly were someone more formidable than the Sanxiao Goddesses... then... could it be that Yuanshi Tianzun would have to cast his dignity aside to intervene yet again?!

"He definitely isn't as powerful as the Sanxiao Goddesses!" Su Tianji emphasized. Otherwise, if the Sect Master intervened, how could he still have the face to remain a Sect Master?! And if he didn't intervene... could this investiture of gods even continue?!

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In the leisure area of the shop, it could be said that old faces had just departed while new ones arrived. By late night, the patrons in the leisure area had changed batch after batch, yet the topic of conversation remained entirely unaltered.

Even during the big screen live broadcast in the eight o'clock evening slot, though watching it offered no practical cultivation benefits, quite a few commoners living in the vicinity would still gather in the shop to watch this bizarre yet magnificent mythological tale.

Some people even remained until the shop closed, and when early the next morning arrived, they were seen once again gathered before the shop doors, discussing fervently.

The degree of love these people of the alternate world possessed for this mythological tale passed down from ancient times had clearly far surpassed anything before; almost only *Journey to the West* could stand on equal footing with it.

Early the next morning, at the Jiuhua City shop, Owner Fang had just opened the shop doors when one figure after another darted past him, slipping into the shop like a flash of smoke.

"Hurry up and watch the update! Hurry up and watch the update!" Su Tianji called out to her two disciples while hastily opening the *Investiture of the Gods*.

Jiang Xiaoyue and the others also hurriedly opened the *Investiture of the Gods*, sitting down side by side in a row.

Even the group of elves from the Western Continent could hardly contain their anticipation.

They watched as Jiang Ziya finished deploying his troops and generals. The army marched forward like a long snake, grand and majestic, heading toward Zhaoge. Originally, the Shang Dynasty's destiny had run dry, making it difficult to raise any more usable troops. Yet right at this moment, a body of horses and men was seen stationed upon Jinji Ridge, their banners blotting out the sun, numbering approximately one hundred thousand strong!

The commanding general was seen stepping out from the crowd. Astride a red horse and wielding a great blade, his aura was towering and fierce. Behind him, five glows of light were visible, and his eyes burned like starlight and fire, as though the creation of heaven and earth, the very light of the sun and moon, resided within them!

His entire being resembled gold reflecting fire, his armor bright and distinct! It was none other than Kong Xuan!

Such awe-inspiring divine majesty caused everyone to cry out in surprise almost the moment he appeared, to say nothing of the five-colored divine light behind him. Once deployed, the azure, yellow, crimson, white, and black rays of light blanketed the heavens and covered the earth, as if the very firmament were trembling!

"This... this guy... is Kong Xuan!?"

No one had expected that even at such a moment when the grand mansion was about to collapse, such a capable man was hidden within the Shang Dynasty!

Jiang Ziya’s military generals at this time included not only capable men like Nezha, Yang Jian, and Lei Zhenzi, and commanding talents like Huang Tianhua and Deng Jiugong, but also an immortal of profound magical power like Daoist Randeng aiding them. Moreover, the Randeng of this moment could be said to be entirely different from the past!

The treasure he wielded in his hand was the supreme treasure, the Sea-Fixing Pearls, which Zhao Gongming had used to utterly defeat the Twelve Golden Immortals. The mount beneath him was the newly subjugated Golden-Winged Great Peng Bird. At this moment, his individual might was perhaps even grander than that of the Twelve Golden Immortals before their cultivations were crippled, faintly carrying the aura of the ancient Dipankara Buddha.

The generals of Xiqi were lined up in a row; their prestige and power could not be said to be anything short of magnificent.

Yet before the one hundred thousand troops of the Shang Dynasty at Jinji Ridge, only a single man spurred his horse forward, and the five-colored divine light arose!

At this instant, everyone witnessed a scene they were utterly incapable of imagining!

Countless soldiers and generals, Nezha, Lei Zhenzi...

All kinds of miraculous and powerful magical treasures, the Sea-Fixing Pearls, the Golden Alms Bowl...

Divine beasts and exotic creatures...

In this single instant, they vanished without a trace, like dust and sand entering the sea, leaving not the slightest ripple behind!

When the Western Sect Master, Daoist Zhunti, arrived on the battlefield, even that Daoist Zhunti was unexpectedly brushed away by that light, leaving absolutely nothing behind!

"This... that five-colored light behind Kong Xuan, what kind of divine ability is that!?" Witnessing this scene, everyone cried out in terror, their faces filled with shock and dread!

What on earth was this divine ability!?

That was a figure of the Sect Master level—!

To be swept away just like that?!

"Owner!" Not to mention Su Tianji and her companions, practically the entire shop of people, including Gu Tingyun and several ancestors of the Eastern Continent, were completely dumbfounded. Su Tianji pointed at the scene before her and said, "This person, how is he even more powerful than a Sect Master?!"

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Of course, it was impossible for Kong Xuan to truly defeat Zhunti, the Second Sect Master of the Western Sect.

For these audience members of the alternate world, this was a mythological legend from another land. While the might of these immortals certainly left them yearning, they loved even more every single character shaped within this myth.

Regardless of whether they were righteous or villainous.

Every single one of them was vivid and lifelike, portrayed with penetrating depth.

They roared proudly across the world; they... ought to be the heroes of this era. They were like the stars spanning the heavens; as the fires of war ignited, they illuminated the night sky beneath this final calamity!

Amidst this most terrifying catastrophe, they burst forth with their most brilliant and dazzling starlight!