Chapter 1676: White Scorpion Devil King

Xia City, House Luolan's headquarters

In a stone pavilion overlooking the lake, Jiang Qing'e was looking at the gradually dissipating spatial mirror in front of her eyes. A rare trace of melancholy and reluctance appeared on her delicate, porcelain-like face. "Mother, you have to leave the ten divine continents and enter the Nobles' Battlefield?"

Now that Tantai Lan had become a ninth-grade Transcendent, her control over space was divine, capable of even communicating across massive distances using space as a conduit. It was how Tantai Lan had explained everything to her.

Jiang Qing'e felt a hint of worry for her. Even though she now had the strength to challenge Heavenly Emperors, the Nobles' Battlefield was currently the gathering place of the greatest experts from the Shadow World and the divine continents. It was a stomping ground for Heavenly Emperors. Even Heavenly Emperor Qin had fallen, which was the greatest proof of how dangerous the place was. At the same time, she understood why Tantai Lan had to go.

𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

If a crack were to appear on the Realm Wall on the Nobles' Battlefield, who knew what sort of disastrous chain reaction might occur, eventually leading to the destruction of the divine continents? Her family was Tantai Lan's top priority, but she understood that no eggs would be left unbroken when the entire nest was overturned.

"Mother, you don't have to worry. I'll keep him safe until he exits his seclusion," Jiang Qing'e murmured to herself as she watched the mirror disappear.

She then turned, looking at the greenstone gate that was sealed with countless formations. That was the location of Li Luo's seclusion, and four years had already passed. Even now, he had not shown any signs of leaving. If not for the fact that she could distinctly sense his stable aura, she might have suspected that something had gone wrong.

"Senior Jiang, there's no need to worry, I can feel that the day Squad leader leaves his seclusion will not be far away," said a gentle voice. Then a white-robed and diminutive figure who resembled a freshly bloomed flower bud smiled and walked over from the stone pavilion. It was Bai Mengmeng.

Jiang Qing'e turned towards her. During the second year of Li Luo's seclusion, she had left the underground palace. The Pill Saint had fallen into deep slumber and returned control of her body to her.

The Pill Saint's prodigious power had been integrated with Bai Mengmeng's body over the last few years, so her harmless and innocent appearance couldn't be taken at face value. If she were to mobilize the Pill Saint's power, she could explode with the might of a Dual Crowned King.

Unfortunately, she wasn't skilled in fighting and could only be considered the weakest Dual Crowned King. Regardless, this was a level of strength that could not be disregarded, as she could easily squash a Single Crowned King. Furthermore, her greatest ability was to refine pills, spirit liquids, and purifying lights. As the Xia Alliance expanded over the last few years, the two of them had become the alliance's two most dazzling banners.

Bai Mengmeng had no talent when it came to inheriting the Pill Saint's fighting methods, but it was the polar opposite when it came to her refinement abilities. She had almost perfectly retained those skills. The pills, spirit liquids, and purifying lights that she refined were possibly the best the divine continents had ever seen.

In the past two years, she had established a pill pavilion and a liquids and lights pavilion, absorbing all of the top alchemists and resonance artificers of the Xia Alliance. Under her lead, they produced copious amounts of excellent spirit pills and high-quality spirit liquids and purifying lights, greatly enhancing the overall strength of the alliance. It was because of the allure of these precious treasures that countless experts in the East Divine Continent had flocked over. This was part of the reason why they were one of the two apex alliances within the East Divine Continent, capable of resisting the Other Dominions.

"Before Rainbow Butterfly Elder Sister fell into deep slumber, she told me that when she was assisting him in the process of refining the Divine Fruit wind resonance, she passed on some of the Sacred Void Resonance Sect's inheritance as well. Now that the Squad Leader is basically a pseudo Sect Master, he naturally needs to possess some of the actual Sect Master's abilities."

Hearing Bai Mengmeng's consolatory words caused Jiang Qing'e to smile. She then grabbed her hand and spoke to her softly. Occasionally, she would raise her head, directing her gaze towards the deep rift in the sky. Black meteors streaked across from time to time. The chaos that filled the world had not stopped.

At one point, a look of solemnity appeared in her eyes. Tantai Lan being forced to leave the divine continents was undoubtedly a ploy of the Shadow World. Losing such a paramount expert would undoubtedly cause the situation to change. The Shadow World wouldn't let go of this opportunity—perhaps the divine continents would face an assault of unprecedented ferocity soon.

The Origin Reversion War had already lasted for four years and had shown no signs of stopping. Instead, things had become even more brutal and deadly.

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As Jiang Qing'e had expected, in the second month after Tantai Lan left the divine continents, the turmoil that embroiled them intensified. One Other Dominion after another fell from the sky. In terms of intensity and numbers, they were much greater than before. All of the alliances in the divine continents felt the pressure rising rapidly. They could feel that the Shadow World was increasing its efforts to achieve some form of result on the divine continents' battlefields.

The Xia Alliance of the East Divine Continent was also under considerable pressure. This was despite the fact that they possessed fifteen King Stage experts, all of whom were constantly deployed to suppress the countless descending Other Dominions, leaving them exhausted. Even Jiang Qing'e had to leave Xia City quite a few times to personally quell the riots.

The middle-sized alliances had an even worse time. Some fractured and collapsed, losing countless lives. Entire swathes of land had turned into desolate wastelands filled with death. For a time, the entire East Divine Continent was in a panic.

The panic reached a peak half a year later, when there was information that a Triple Crowned Devil King had descended on the East Divine Continent. Triple Crowned Devil Kings were peak powers that had to be dealt with carefully, so every single one was carefully watched by the Divine Continent Federation. This was one of the reasons why they rarely appeared in the outer divine continents—they were wary of the most powerful Kings within the Divine Continent Federation as well.

However, with the increase in the number of attacks launched by the Shadow World, the Divine Continent Federation's defenses began to reveal gaps. They couldn't handle everything.

A Triple Crowned Devil King known as the White Scorpion Devil King had become quite notorious. As soon as the White Scorpion Other Dominion appeared, it led a few small and medium-sized Other Dominions to launch an attack on the Enlightened Sage Alliance.

Two of the Enlightened Sage Alliance's Kings perished in the battle, and King Zhao Ming was heavily injured by the White Scorpion Devil King. If not for the assistance of the other Kings present, the peak Dual Crowned King whose reputation resounded throughout the East Divine Continent might have fallen to that monster. That devastating defeat had left the East Divine Continent in fear.

The rest of the middle-sized alliances were shocked. If the Enlightened Sage Alliance, which had a peak Dual Crowned King watching over it, had suffered such losses, then who on the East Divine Continent could actually stop the Shadow World's incursion? The Enlightened Sage Alliance had been forced to retreat like beaten dogs with the arrival of the White Scorpion Devil King.

At this critical moment, Jiang Qing'e led five Kings to support the Enlightened Sage Alliance. A battle raged in the Heavenly Pillar Dynasty against the White Scorpion Other Dominion, and Jiang Qing'e exchanged blows with the Devil King for the first time.

That battle shook the heavens and shattered the earth. The energy waves that resulted from the clash could be felt by almost half of the continent. In the end, the White Scorpion Devil King, who had been unrivaled since its descent, had been forced back, his invasion halted at the gates of Heavenly Pillar Dynasty.

On that day, everyone could see the graceful figure in the sky, emitting sacred light with twelve wings behind her, each movement capable of summoning up a torrent of light that swept across tens of thousands of miles. The terrified populace kneeled in reverence, crying out in joy and relief at the appearance of the Twelve Winged Radiant Goddess. Their words resounded throughout all of the kingdoms and dynasties in the East Divine Continent. Jiang Qing'e's reputation had reached untold heights.

Alas, this would only be a temporary lull in the chaos that overwhelmed them.

In the next half a year, the White Scorpion Devil King continued to summon more Other Dominions to descend in the area, starting fierce battles against the two large alliances. The air was filled with the sounds of neverending battle as an eternal war overtook the lands. Bodies were constantly ground into pulp and the entire sky seemed to be dyed a dark red. The stalemate wasn't broken for a long time.

Though that changed one day, when the sky above the East Divine Continent rumbled and a fearsome demonic roar blasted out from the edges of the horizon. As everyone raised their heads in fear, they could see another star descending, wrapped in devilish flames and exuding a fearsome aura. The land itself seemed to be wailing in terror.

This was because another Triple Crowned Devil King's Other Dominion was descending. Despair overwhelmed the living.

However, all hope was not lost. Within Xia City, in House Luolan's underground palace, a youthful figure who had been silent for five years finally opened his eyes.