Chapter 1235: Slay the God!

Chapter 1235: Slaying a God!

In the next instant, the all-knowing power from those two peak-stage divine platforms surged forth along with their divine might, forming a vast, boundless force. Bearing a near-supreme pressure, it materialized into literal light, enveloping Xu Qing entirely!

Divine might exploded!

Omniscience was unleashed!

Xu Qing’s body shuddered violently. He could feel his entire being, from the outside in, turning completely transparent at this moment. It was not just his physical body; even his immortal embryo was rendered thus, and his soul, too, stood under this gaze, unable to hide the slightest secret.

This also included his past!

Consequently, though the chaotic battles all around were clearly still ongoing, it felt as though they had been isolated. Everyone’s movements seemed to slow to a crawl, and the turning of the entire world, the trajectories of the starry sky, all appeared to be delayed in this very brief span of time.

Only the omniscience of those two peak-stage divine platforms remained active, peeling away everything that made up Xu Qing, layer by layer.

They stripped away the shell of reality and turned over the thoughts of the past.

They intended to see Xu Qing through completely.

Once they truly accomplished this, it would be equivalent to achieving omniscience over Xu Qing. It would also signify... that Xu Qing would no longer possess any power to resist.

This was the omniscience of the gods.

Furthermore, this manner of shroud from the divine realm was deployed simultaneously by two peak-stage divine platforms, making it incomparably difficult for Xu Qing to struggle.

Thus, they naturally succeeded in seeing Xu Qing’s origin!

From Xu Qing’s transparent body and soul, they saw the Wanggu Continent!

They saw that on that continent, entirely foreign to them, there existed cultivators and there existed gods. Simultaneously, tracing back to the source, they also saw the Fenghai County, and beheld a complex of palaces within a subterranean cavern.

There, they sensed the Phoenix Palace, as well as... a figure sitting cross-legged before it, emitting an aura that seemed to carry the intent of eternity.

That was a god whose appearance was exactly identical to Xu Qing's.

"The source is here?"

On the battlefield, out in the starry sky, those two peak-stage divine platforms grew pensive, while a strange sense of peril simultaneously arose within their perception.

"This god... is somewhat unusual!"

The divine souls of these two divine platforms fluctuated slightly. That unfamiliar continent, that unfamiliar star ring, and that god made the sense of crisis in their hearts grow even more intense.

In particular, behind this god, they also beheld darkness.

An endless, boundless darkness.

This darkness caused their sense of crisis to escalate continuously.

Because to omniscience, darkness was a taboo!

Driven by instinct, they immediately chose to abandon their pursuit and prepared to retract their omniscience.

Yet right at this moment, the eyes of the god sitting cross-legged there snapped open in that instant!

Revealing a golden light!

Furthermore, a divine voice transmitted into the divine souls of these two divine platforms through the medium of destiny.

"Since you wish to look upon the source, then please, look closely."

...

Gods were all-knowing.

But this omniscience was only relative.

To a certain extent, this was actually a form of protection for the gods within the rules of the Upper Star Rings.

It ensured they would not be contaminated by higher existences.

After all, higher existences did not fall within the scope of their omniscience; they could not be looked upon, could not be sensed, and could not be known.

What was seen and known would be like a mortal standing in a dark room, completely pitch black.

Thus, they would naturally be unable to see the higher existences shrouded by that pitch blackness.

Unless, like the living beings of the Wanggu Continent, they inherently lived in the dark night and were a part of that pitch blackness, allowing them to look up and behold the terror upon the firmament.

Otherwise, to foreign gods, being unable to see or perceive meant the absence of karma.

Therefore, in theory, even if these two peak-stage divine platforms unleashed their omniscience, enveloping Xu Qing to look into his past and inspect his origin,

in reality... they should only have been able to see Xu Qing’s divine body and nothing of the source point.

Because the source, under the protection of their own relative omniscience, was a patch of pitch blackness.

But...

Someone had lit up the dark night!

At this moment, following the words of Xu Qing’s divine body and the ripples of the divine authority of destiny, the totem behind the cross-legged divine body of Xu Qing suddenly blazed with light.

That totem was a candle!

And the candle, in this split second, suddenly ignited!

Firelight erupted from Xu Qing’s divine body within this blink of an eye, forming a sea of light that surged violently in all directions, illuminating the world, illuminating the dark night, and illuminating the omniscience of these two peak-stage divine platforms...

just the same!

Forcibly making them all-knowing!

Forcibly extending their exploration of Xu Qing!

Forcibly making them see the source!

Just like Xu Qing’s previous words!

Since you wish to look upon the source, then... please, look closely!

Consequently, the minds of these two peak-stage divine platforms roared, their divine souls feeling as though an immeasurable tribulation had descended. Amidst their violent trembling, the unparalleled, supreme, and shattered face...

appeared within their omniscience!

Causing them to bypass their protection and commit a severe taboo!

To achieve omniscience over a higher existence!

Even though that higher existence kept its eyes closed, the divine might it exuded surpassed all high-ranking entities they had ever witnessed in their lifetimes.

Miserable shrieked wails instantly shook the heavens on the level of their divine souls.

"This... this is..."

Distorted divine bodies, tearing divine souls, and the melting sensation that came from divine authority caused these two peak-stage divine platforms to be enveloped by endless panic and horror at this moment.

They fell into madness.

Instinctively, they threw everything to the wind, disregarding any cost, wanting only to leave this place.

They even began to burn themselves, intending to sever the thoughts that had integrated into this space.

Because they realized, in a vague and mystical way, that they absolutely could not stay here, and they absolutely could not allow that shattered face to open its eyes!

And the shattered face, at this exact moment, twitched its eyelashes, as if it were about to open its eyes!

Thus, these two peak-stage divine platforms from the Fourth Star Ring grew even more frantic. Their thoughts that had descended here, using the shattering of divine authority as the price and the severing of their divine souls as the toll, began to break into pieces.

But just as Their thread-like thoughts were about to snap apart...

Xu Qing’s divine body, seated cross-legged there, suddenly blazed with golden light from his forehead. A golden carving knife burst forth from within.

That knife contained fate itself!

The moment it flew out, it descended abruptly upon the faster-shattering of the two thoughts!

Though it seemed a strike, upon contact it became an empowerment!

With fate, he empowered the other’s thought—carving into one of its countless possible futures a page inscribed with certain death!

Thus, the marked thought surged instantly, ceasing its fragmentation and instead binding ever tighter—trapping Him… unable to depart!

“You!!!”

A shriek of unprecedented terror echoed through the void—but in that same instant, the other divine-throne thought had already shattered, vanishing without a trace.

Only this one remained.

Awaiting Him was the fragmented visage hanging high above Wanggu Continent’s sky—its eyes slowly opening.

Outside the Phoenix Hall, Xu Qing’s divine form lowered his head and spoke softly:

“Shang Xiang!”

The trapped thought, howling in ultimate despair and fury, laced with venomous madness, lunged toward Xu Qing.

Yet before it drew near, it transformed into golden light—drawn upward by an irresistible force beyond its power to resist—and vanished into the maw of the fragmented face.

Then, the visage closed its eyes.

Xu Qing lifted his head.

“Alas,” he murmured, “with my current strength, I could only keep one.”

…

At the boundary of the Fifth Star Ring—

in the central sector of the Left Wing Warzone, near the front lines—

throughout the starry void, wails echoed in every direction.

All the gods present witnessed a sight that sent violent tremors through their very souls!

Of those two peak Divine-Throne beings, one suddenly lost all golden radiance—his body dimming utterly, then dissolving as though erased.

What vanished was not merely his divine form, but also his soul, his consciousness, and even… the memory of him held by all who had ever seen him.

Across past, present, and future alike, every trace of his existence dissolved in that instant.

Cultivators of the Fifth Star Ring who had once beheld him—and even gods of the Fourth Star Ring—would never again recall him, as if he had never existed at all.

This was true annihilation.

Even now, though these gods saw it with their own eyes, and though the Ascended here bore witness—within a single thought, all memory would fade.

As for the other Divine-Throne being, his entire body flickered violently with divine light, wavering between brilliance and darkness. His eyes dulled with despair as he shot backward at full speed, tearing open the void to flee.

He no longer remembered having a companion, nor what his omniscient vision had revealed—but primal instinct screamed survival, driving him to escape without hesitation.

But Xu Qing remembered!

Standing outside the rift in the starry void, Xu Qing’s eyes flashed with icy resolve.

“Strike!”

At his command, according to their prearranged plan, every Ascended warrior unleashed terrifying killing intent.

Most charged recklessly toward the gods, sparing nothing.

Meanwhile, Hai Cao instantly unfurled her full form—dozens of enormous leafy limbs spreading wide, forming layered barriers that enclosed the battlefield, severing inside from outside.

Within lay the lone peak Divine-Throne being.

Without stood the rest of the gods!

Her task was to cooperate with those Ascended warriors fighting outside, buying precious time!

Inside, Yuan Shan Su’s eyes gleamed coldly. Countless mountains surrounding her erupted with unprecedented weight, crashing down upon the fleeing Divine-Throne being, blocking his path.

Zhou Zhengli did likewise—his Constitution Eyes now bloodshot, radiating supreme soul-subduing might. With his gaze alone, he severed every possible avenue of escape for the spirit!

Then came Xing Huan Zi—countless chains of cosmic order swept across space, hoisting heavenly justice aloft as they descended upon the peak Divine-Throne being, manifesting the aura of divine judgment!

And Xie Ling Zi—his eyes crimson, killing intent pushed to its absolute limit. Controlled by the Broken Sword, he exuded greed and frenzy, forming torrents of bloodlight that shot straight for the Divine Throne!

As for Xu Qing himself—he channeled the full might of his divine authority through the Mud Fox vessel.

Poison became curse.

Sound birthed malevolence.

Blood surged with power.

…

Every divine authority, harmonized with his allies, thundered down together.

In this moment of utmost peril, driven by survival instinct, the peak Divine-Throne being attempted to forcibly unleash a divine art—but having barely escaped omniscience, he had already paid an extreme price. His grievous wounds caused him to falter.

And in that single hesitation—

killing intent erupted!

From Xu Qing’s direction, the sound of bells rang out across the void.

In the silence that extinguished all, a black iron needle suddenly appeared!

Forged from the bell’s stillness, Xu Qing’s nascent immortal embryo power, the might of his Immortal Palace, and the combined ultimate techniques of his comrades—it coalesced into… peerless force!

It shot forward in an instant!

This strike could slay a god!

It tore through the void, pierced time and space, shattered all defenses—

and plunged directly into the brow of the peak Divine-Throne being, burying itself to the hilt!!