Chapter 1657: The Origin Reversion Institute's Grand Plan

When the Divine Fruit Fire resonance entered the black coffin, both Heavenly Emperor Jiang and Heavenly Emperor Yin were confused.

"Why was only the fire resonance retrieved?"

Heavenly Emperor Yin wondered in surprise.

The existence within the coffin had personally made a move to retrieve the Divine Fruit windflame resonance, which should have been a very simple task. With the Pill Saint's current strength, nothing could have possibly stopped this from happening. So why had it taken merely half of the resonance?

What about the Divine Fruit wind resonance? Just what had happened within Li Luo's resonant palace?

As Heavenly Emperor Yin tried to figure it out, Heavenly Emperor Jiang was similarly taken aback.

The existence within the black coffin was incredibly powerful and radiated might that struck fear even within him. Yet it had not completely succeeded? Just what trump card had the Pill Saint played?

At the same time, Li Jingzhe and Heavenly Emperor Zhang were facing off against the Grand Devil Kings, Asura Arm and Blood Butcher. The rejection force from the world had reached its crescendo, and both of them were unceremoniously booted back to the Shadow World. Before they left, they took the Saturnine Hydra Devil King's ruined heads with them.

A Devil King that instilled fear within the divine continents had been manipulated like a mere pawn this entire time. In the end, its vitality was critically injured, and even if it managed to remain alive, its power would undoubtedly take a fall.

With the withdrawal of the two Grand Devil Kings and the Saturnine Hydra Devil King, the corruption in the air vanished, and the Other Disaster that had been like a tumor on the Xia Kingdom was finally excised.

That said, the Heavenly Emperors were not focused on the Other Disaster at this moment.

Heavenly Emperor Jiang's voice boomed through the sky. "Heavenly Emperor Yin, spit out the Divine Fruit fire resonance. Also, we have to seal this black coffin away!"

Li Jingzhe and Heavenly Emperor Zhang both took a step forward, their figures appearing behind Heavenly Emperor Yin. With all three acting together, the entire area was sealed away.

Without the assistance of the Shadow World's Grand Devil Kings, Heavenly Emperor Jiang could finally settle accounts with Heavenly Emperor Yin.

When faced with the three Heavenly Emperors closely eyeing him like he was their prey, Heavenly Emperor Yin let out a mocking laugh.

"Heavenly Emperor Jiang, you can't possibly think that my plan ends here, right? You're too naive. The real show is about to start. The Origin Reversion Institute has prepared for this moment for far too long."

The bronze mask representing Heavenly Emperor Yin turned towards the black coffin as he said, "Absorbing the Divine Fruit crystal resonance and the Divine Fruit fire resonance should be sufficient... After waiting for so many years, the world will finally change today!"

The black coffin let out a thunderous boom at that moment, echoing through every corner of the East Divine Continent. However, it didn't stop there—the roar continued spreading at unimaginable speed.

In the end, it was heard by all of the divine continents.

All of the experts across the land raised their heads in drastic shock. Gradually, the pressure of an incoming apocalypse filled the world.

A stream of black light arose from the coffin, dispersing across the sky like a humongous curtain, covered in twinkling scarlet stars. There were faint lines all over it, as though one was viewing a gigantic starry map.

At this moment, all of the scarlet stars started to move as though they were attracted to something, becoming more and more agitated.

Weng!

When the movement of the stars became utterly chaotic, they exploded like a volcanic eruption.

Star after star detonated across the sky.

With each explosion, Heavenly Emperor Jiang, Heavenly Emperor Zhang, and Li Jingzhe's expressions changed. Their gazes were capable of piercing through space as their eyes swept across the lands.

They could see that an upheaval was happening across the divine continents. The earth started collapsing, the oceans were receding, the lakes were drying up...

Bloody light blasted out from the depths of those locations, rising into the sky. It then transformed into gigantic blood-red stars that hung in the firmament above.

Countless ominous blood-red stars were now shining above every corner of the world. Each Sanguine Star contained enough power to strike fear into a King.

The changes to the heavens caused Li Luo and the rest to feel extremely shocked, a stark contrast to the relief they felt when they escaped the calamity they had been dealing with.

Although they couldn't see what was going on across the continents, they had witnessed the ascension of the stars across the East Divine Continent.

"These locations..."

Pang Qianyuan fell into deep thought as he looked at where the Sanguine Stars had appeared. Then his expression changed.

𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Those are all regions where Other Disasters have occurred. Is this why the Origin Reversion Institute set off all the Other Disasters in the outer divine continents? Were those places deliberately chosen so that they could accomplish their ultimate goal?!"

"The Xia Kingdom also had an Other Disaster, so why did a Sanguine Star not rise here?" Lan Lingzi asked.

"Perhaps it's because someone ascended to the Heavenly Emperor Stage here. Worldly natural energy surged and increased in density, accidentally purifying the Sanguine Star that was concealed here."

The Pill Saint was the one who had answered this time as her multicolored eyes reflected the astral objects that dotted the landscape. She then turned her gaze hatefully towards Heavenly Emperor Yin.

"This is the Heavenly Realm Separating Diagram... Yin Qingkun, have you gone completely insane?"

"What is that?" Li Luo asked in surprise.

"This is a supreme formation created by the Sacred Void Resonance Sect with the effort of generations of Heavenly Emperors. It is capable of affecting the Realm Wall.

"When the Sect Master led the Sacred Void Resonance Sect into the Shadow World, the troops took two paths. The first group entered through the Nobles' Battlefield, and the other through the path created by the Heavenly Realm Separating Diagram. It created a hole in the Realm Wall, and the soldiers slaughtered their way into the Shadow World after going through it. Yin Qingkun has modified the Heavenly Realm Separating Diagram to be used with corruption energy instead..."

The Pill Saint raised her head and gazed into the depths of the sky.

"He reversed the Heavenly Realm Separating Diagram and its effect on the Realm Wall. At that time, other than the Nobles' Battlefield, another passage will open from the Shadow World to the divine continents," she said coldly.

As soon as these words were spoken, chills ran down the spines of everyone who understood the implications.

This meant that the Shadow World's countless Other Dominions could descend into the divine continents in droves.

True chaos was about to be unleashed upon the world. The Other Disasters that had occurred previously would look like child's play in comparison!

Heavenly Emperor Jiang's gaze had turned incredibly icy. As the leader of the Academic Federation, he often displayed a calm demeanor. However, he could no longer remain at peace upon witnessing Heavenly Emperor Yin's attempt to destroy the world.

He knew that the Origin Reversion Institute's plan had reached fruition, and it was now impossible to stop. The Origin Reversion Institute had created Other Disasters all across the continents over the years, intending to gather the power of corruption and the resentment of the living creatures who had died unceremonious deaths. The reason behind it all was to forge these Sanguine Stars.

The seeds for the Sanguine Stars had been buried so deeply that not even Kings were able to discover them. If Heavenly Emperors had been sent out to investigate thoroughly, the seeds might have been discovered and purified shortly after.

Alas, all of the Heavenly Emperors had heavy responsibilities and were bound to the Nobles' Battlefield, not having the bandwidth to search each and every Other Disaster.

Furthermore, due to the offense the Academic Federation had launched on the Origin Reversion Institute, the Heavenly Emperors of the divine continents had been under a lot of stress within the Nobles' Battlefield as they resisted the incursions from the Shadow World.

Heavenly Emperor Jiang raised his head and looked up at the sky. He could see a part of the Realm Wall opening up, and behind it, he could sense familiar and terrifying auras from the Shadow World.

Numerous gloomy and eerie gazes were being projected through the void. These were the true top existences of the Shadow World, and Heavenly Emperor Jiang had once battled them.

"Heavenly Emperor Yin, is your final goal... to initiate the Origin Reversion War of this generation?!"