Chapter 1310: Goddess? Alright Then

Chapter 1310: A Goddess? Very Well Then

“Wanggu—humans included—has grown weaker with each generation,”

spoke Yiyanzi calmly from midair.

His voice echoed across the entire Wanggu continent, as pervasive as his divine consciousness, reaching every corner without fail.

“Except for that Sword-Bearing Emperor… though I wonder what good it does him to guard you all.”

Yiyanzi shook his head.

To him, the Wanggu continent held no worth. He could not fathom why that ancient Immortal Ancestor clung so stubbornly to this place, convinced it harbored something capable of elevating him to a higher realm—so much so that he had issued that mad decree upon him.

Yet despite these thoughts, Yiyanzi understood well: that ancient Immortal Ancestor feared Canmian too greatly to enter himself, which was why he had bestowed upon Yiyanzi that sliver of terrifying power!

“That power… is called ‘Xian’?”

Recalling the faint force he had absorbed and now wielded, Yiyanzi’s heart burned with fervor. He knew clearly—this was the key to breaking through to Quasi-Immortal!

Thus, no matter the cost, he must flawlessly accomplish the task entrusted to him. As for how to depart afterward, he had already been taught the proper method.

His gaze swept over the despairing masses below. Raising his right hand, he made a single motion—and instantly, thunderous roars erupted from the heavens behind him.

“All Sacred Lands, descend at once.”

His voice reverberated.

In the next instant, the roaring intensified. One by one, the Sacred Lands broke through the barrier from beyond the celestial veil like falling stars, crashing down upon the world!

First came the Huang-grade Sacred Lands—dozens of them—each spewing forth their Sovereign-level masters in frantic haste.

Then followed the Xuan-grade Sacred Lands, whose ranks now revealed not only Sovereigns but six Quasi-Immortals striding forth.

The moment they appeared, heaven and earth trembled.

Their Quasi-Immortal aura flooded the four directions, driving the myriad races of Wanggu into utter despair.

Yet even this was not the full might of the Sacred Lands.

In the next breath—the Di-grade and Tian-grade Sacred Lands, which had never descended before, now plummeted with cataclysmic force!

From within strode eleven more Quasi-Immortals—four of them human!

Including Yiyanzi himself, the Sacred Lands now fielded eighteen Quasi-Immortals in total!

This was their complete strength—excluding only that one Ancient Immortal!

Hovering in midair, their combined pressure caused every being across Wanggu’s myriad races to tremble instinctively.

Though only Yiyanzi possessed even a trace of Xian, and the others none at all, in the eyes of Wanggu’s peoples, aside from the gods themselves, only the Human Empress had ever reached such a realm—and now, each of these figures stood equal to her!

Indeed, many among them radiated power surpassing even hers.

To the races of Wanggu, this was nightmare incarnate.

How could they possibly resist?

Despair surged uncontrollably, drowning their minds in a tidal wave of hopelessness.

“There is… no path left for us…”

At that moment, the myriad races of Wanggu lost all faith, all hope.

As if the world itself had, in that instant, drained of color—

turning infinitely pale.

Yiyanzi noticed this scene but paid it no heed. Turning to the Sacred Land cultivators descending around him, he commanded:

“You have one hour. Seize every land and race of Wanggu not under divine control, and search for what the Ancestor requires!”

“As for me…”

His gaze pierced through emptiness, ignoring distance, locking unerringly onto the Imperial Capital of Humanity—and upon the Empress herself.

“I still need a servant. You’ll do.”

With those words, his form flickered—and vanished. In the next heartbeat, he stood above the human capital.

Ignoring all arrays, disregarding every human cultivator, he reached out before their very eyes—and seized the Empress with a single hand!

That grab shook the Imperial Capital to its core; the entire domain trembled.

It seemed that with but a slight exertion from this peak Quasi-Immortal, the whole realm would be reduced to dust!

Seeing this, the Empress’s eyes hardened with resolve. She knew she stood no chance—but still, divine power erupted from her. Figures of past Human Sovereigns manifested beside her, launching a desperate counterattack!

“Fragile.”

Yiyanzi spoke softly. His raised right hand merely trembled slightly—and instantly, his Xian spread outward.

In the next instant, the Sovereign figures beside the Empress began trembling violently—then petrifying, one by one, into stone.

Even the Empress herself felt her mind churn, acutely aware that her divine power was being warped—and the void around her cracked with stony veins, as if reality itself were turning to rock.

Even empty space was not spared.

The descending Sacred Land cultivators witnessed this. Some looked on indifferently, others shook their heads—but all obeyed orders, scattering in every direction to subjugate and dominate.

At that moment, the entire Wanggu continent lay helpless—like fish awaiting slaughter!

Despair, fury, death-wish, madness—flooded every domain!

Including Jiyue Domain and Fenghai Prefecture.

And the Empress herself teetered on the brink of capture—until, in that critical instant, divine fire blazed in her eyes.

The next heartbeat—her Sovereign Authority exploded forth!

In an instant, the heavens and earth in all directions plunged into absolute blackness!

Not just the human lands—but the entire Wanggu continent turned pitch-black in that moment!

All light was stripped away, summoned, controlled—

and drawn inexorably toward the Empress!

This was her Sovereign Authority: to command all light in existence!

An infinite sea of radiance coalesced upon her, making her, in that instant, the sole source of light in heaven and earth.

Blazing fiercely, she unleashed it against Yiyanzi’s grasping hand!

“This Sovereign Authority… is extraordinarily rare!”

Yiyanzi was visibly shaken. Even at his cultivation, he did not hesitate—he retreated immediately.

Thus, the Empress finally broke free. In a flash, she appeared high in the firmament, golden blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her eyes blazing with unyielding resolve—as she suddenly cried out.

Her voice rang across all of Wanggu!

“O ancient tribes of Wanggu, better to offer yourselves in sacrifice—awaken the Shattered Visage and let it open its eye, that you may annihilate the Sacred Land… together with yourselves!”

This was precisely His ultimate gambit!

The moment these words rang out, the ancient immortal beyond the celestial veil narrowed his eyes, while the cultivators of the Sacred Land beneath the sky all shifted their expressions—but Yiyanzi alone wore a faint, ambiguous smile at the corner of his lips.

“How amusing,” he murmured. “How could you possibly know that my assigned task was precisely to sacrifice all of you?”

At those words, the Empress’s pupils contracted violently.

In the next instant, Yiyanzi vanished. The Empress’s spirit trembled; she tried to retreat—but it was already too late.

Yiyanzi had appeared before Him. His right hand shot forth like a spear through bamboo, ignoring the Empress’s resistance, and clamped firmly… around His throat!

Just as He prepared to speak—

But in the next heartbeat, He seemed to sense something, lifting His gaze toward the heavens beyond.

There, standing amidst the starry void beyond the sky, the ancient immortal turned His eyes… toward the direction of Nanhuang Continent!

Within Nanhuang Continent, inside the Seven Blood Pupils—

Seventh Master opened his eyes.

His expression bitter, he too gazed up at the celestial veil, as if locking eyes across the vast firmament with that ancient immortal beyond the sky.

“You are not my master…” Seventh Master whispered, rising slowly to his feet. In that moment, resolve blazed in his eyes—he took a step forward.

But just then, he froze abruptly. The bitterness on his face twisted into stunned disbelief. His gaze snapped toward the Human Domain, eyes wide with incredulity.

And he was not alone in his shock—the ancient immortal beyond the heavens reacted even faster. With swiftness surpassing Seventh Master’s own perception, He instantly withdrew His gaze and turned it… toward the skies above the Human Domain!

Though this account seems long, all of it unfolded within a single breath.

Almost simultaneously with the ancient immortal and Seventh Master turning their eyes toward the Human Domain—

Above the Human Domain, in the firmament, a colossal vortex suddenly appeared!

Its arrival was abrupt—covering the entire domain the moment it manifested, its boundaries expanding with terrifying speed.

From within that vortex surged waves of Primordial Sea essence, flooding forth and saturating all of Wanggu.

The quasi-immortals of the Sacred Land, who had been suppressing the various tribes, all felt their hearts shudder, their senses immediately alert.

But none felt it more acutely than Yiyanzi himself, standing directly beneath the vortex!

One hand still gripping the Empress’s throat, he lifted his head toward the heavens.

That vast, swirling maelstrom obscured the figure of the ancient immortal beyond, causing Yiyanzi’s pupils to contract involuntarily.

“What is this…”

A surge of profound unease rose within him. Without hesitation, he channeled all his cultivation, spreading out that sliver of Xian-force around himself as a shield.

The very instant his power enveloped his body, a chain emerged from within the vortex reflected in his eyes!

The moment Yiyanzi saw that chain, his face went deathly pale.

“This is…”

His entire body trembled. Possessing Xian himself, he now sensed with absolute clarity the incomparable Xian-force coiled within that chain—far, far beyond his own.

Indeed, that chain seemed forged entirely of Xian itself!

The sight shattered his composure.

“How can this be possible!”

And in the next heartbeat, an even more horrifying spectacle unfolded.

That chain—imbued with Xian beyond his wildest imagination—began to sway… then shot straight toward him!

Yiyanzi’s scalp prickled violently; the sensation of mortal peril seeped into every fiber of his being, screaming at him in terror.

Without a second thought, he twisted his body, paying any price necessary—even abandoning the Empress. He hurled Her toward the oncoming chain as a shield, while igniting his very essence to gain the slightest chance of evasion.

He recoiled backward with explosive force.

His reaction was swift—but the chain was swifter still!

It warped through midair, severing space itself, reappearing instantly above Yiyanzi’s head—then descended gently.

In that instant, Yiyanzi’s cultivation seemed utterly nullified, just as he had once rendered the tribes of Wanggu powerless.

No evasion. No resistance.

For the Xian within that chain was Order itself—

Nay, the very Principle of Heaven!

And beneath Heaven’s Principle, nothing escapes!

Thus, all of Yiyanzi’s defenses proved futile. His own Xian held for mere breaths before collapsing with a thunderous crash.

He could only watch helplessly as the chain fell…

The moment it touched him, a shrill, agonized shriek tore from Yiyanzi’s throat. His body convulsed, his flesh unable to endure—shattering instantly.

His soul wailed, disintegrating at terrifying speed.

The entire process lasted but three breaths.

Body and soul—utterly annihilated!

His treasures, his possessions—all reduced to dust, just as he himself had once uttered two words:

Fragile!

Such was the gulf between quasi-immortals—and the chasm between genius and mediocrity!

All of this transpired so swiftly that neither the Sacred Land’s cultivators, nor humanity, nor the Empress, nor even the strongest among Wanggu’s tribes had time to fully comprehend what had occurred.

They merely witnessed the chain descend—and in an instant, Yiyanzi, a being of legendary stature, was reduced to ash.

Everything felt unreal.

Then, amid the stunned silence of onlookers and the awe-struck shock of Wanggu’s tribes, that same chain—which had so effortlessly erased Yiyanzi—swayed gently… and transformed into a human form!

It was a young man, clad in a starry robe, his features proud and sharp, bearing an air of weary impatience toward all things mundane.

It was none other than Xinghuanzi!

He glanced around, brows slightly furrowed, and spoke in a calm, indifferent tone.

“Is this… the continent of Wanggu?”

High above, the Empress—now freed from her bonds—took a deep breath, eyeing Xinghuanzi with wary caution. Unable to discern his origins but keenly aware of the overwhelming, terrifying aura radiating from him, she spoke gravely.

“This is indeed Wanggu. May I ask… who you are, honored guest?”

Upon hearing this, Xing Huanzi had initially paid no heed to the Empress—but as his gaze swept over her, his heart suddenly stirred. He discerned her divine nature at once, and could not help but recall Xu Qing’s peculiar tastes…

He gave a slight nod.

Then, raising his hand, he swept it toward the celestial vortex above!

A beacon of summons formed.

In the next instant, the vortex roared, and strands of awe-inspiring aura burst forth from within, radiating across the heavens.

And then—after tens of thousands of years—an image unfolded before their eyes that left both Wanggu and the Sacred Lands utterly thunderstruck.