“The Moon God…”

Ye Qing felt his mind trembling just watching the silhouette in the sky. Respect and fear pooled inside his heart despite his willpower.

The Moon God gently waved her hand, and the black clouds covering the sky slowly faded away to reveal a bright, round moon.

For a moment, it felt like daytime. The entire area was illuminated by silver light.

Then, the moon in the sky grew bigger and brighter—no, no, that wasn’t right. The moon was coming

closer

.

The moon shone so bright and flawless that even the sea of stars in the sky paled before its radiance.

At the same time, moonlight flowed in from every direction like streams and entered the Moon God’s body, cleansing her further and growing her mystery and strength.

“It’s the Moon God! Those crazy bastards!”

“Retreat! Quick! We need to retreat now!”

Sensing the unstoppable power coming from the Moon God, Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu lost their will to fight and shouted for retreat. They tried to rally the troops and withdraw as quickly as possible.

The Moon God was known as the Sovereign of the Star of Supreme Yin or the Lord of Moon Palace. Born from the moon, she was an ancient, natural deity.

A deity was, of course, a Stranger. They became deities only because they were worshiped by humans.

Deities were separated into natural deities and acquired deities. An acquired deity was born from the power of wishes of humanity. Born from humans, they did not wield the laws and principles of the Heavenly Way.

On the other hand, a natural deity was born when the world was created and so could naturally wield the laws and principles of Heavenly Way since birth.

The Moon God was born from moonlight. Hence, she naturally knew how to wield the power of the moon. Later, humans came to worship the moon, and she became a natural deity as a result.

Obviously, a natural deity was immensely powerful, not to mention that the Moon God was born many millennia ago and had existed for just as long. To say that she was powerful and terrifying would be an understatement.

The Moon God standing before the three armies right now was, in fact, not her actual self. It was just a projection of her consciousness. Even so, it was powerful beyond the ability of the three armies to fight.

That was why the great generals did not hesitate to sound the retreat.

Unfortunately, they did not go far before the Moon God made a plucking motion. The moon in the sky entered her hand just like that.

In her hand, the moon shone brighter than ever and spilled its light across the lands like a tsunami. The ground was covered in blue frost, and the mountains and rivers suddenly gained an armor of silver.

In just an instant, the retreating soldiers turned into ice sculptures.

Ye QIng’s senses told him that the soldiers’ minds were annihilated the instant they made contact with the blue frost. On the outside though, not a scratch could be found on their physical bodies, none that were new anyway.

That was why the victims showed no signs of struggles whatsoever. The final fear on their face was so lifelike one could be fooled into thinking they were still alive.

“Moon Annihilation… It’s the power of Moon Annihilation…”

Kui Pingshan, Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu’s eyes nearly popped out of their eye sockets when the devastation the Moon God had wrought upon their armies.

“The three of us need to work together to stop the Moon God! Otherwise, we’re all going to die here!”

Kui Pingshan roared and swung his halberd at the Moon God.

Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu exchanged a glance with each other before falling right behind them.

However, the trio felt increasingly hopeless and in despair the closer they got to the Moon God.

It was because their attacks failed to do any damage to the Moon God whatsoever.

To be more accurate, any secret art, Magia, force or spirit would be frozen and annihilated by the power of the Moon when they got within ten meters of the Moon God. Naturally, nothing could hurt a hair on the Moon God’s person.

Not only that, blue frost was gradually growing out of their body, and their consciousness slowly but surely growing dim.

They had expected this to happen from the beginning, but they weren’t expecting the gap between their power to be this huge. It was so big that there was absolutely nothing they could do to resist. It was like the difference between a firefly and the moon; an ant and a tree.

They could only watch as their bodies slowly froze over, and their minds were annihilated bit by bit.

They could only despair as their troops of tens of thousands turned into ice sculptures and perished like insects during winter.

“Moon Annihilation! Heavens above, just how powerful is the Moon God?”

Ye Qing was stunned. The Moon God had, in just the span of a few breaths, turned Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression and King Slayer into ice, effectively killing all of them. He could not help but be shocked by the overwhelming power of cold and death permeating throughout the lands.

The soldiers weren’t the only ones who were being affected. Everything illuminated by moonlight besides the Nanjiang Royal Court was turning into a world of ice. The plants were withering, the rivers were freezing, and the mountains were covered in ice. Anything and everything within fifty kilometers died just like that.

This was just the beginning. Even now, the blue frost was spreading outward and seemingly plotting to turn the entire One Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanjiang into a wasteland bereft of life.

The moonlight that froze heaven and earth and extinguished all light was called Moon Annihilation.

Moon Annihilation was one of the many powers of the Moon.

The Moon was the representative of the ultimate cold and yin of the world. In the right circumstances, it could create countless lives and warp nature in endless ways. Just the same, it could freeze the world and annihilate all life.

The power the Moon God was using right now was the power to freeze and annihilate all life, a.k.a Moon Annihilation. Born from the Moon, the Moon God naturally knew how to use this power since the moment she was created. This was why the Moon God was so powerful and terrifying.

“Ancient natural deities are scary as a matter of course.”

Feng Qingyou explained, “By the way, did you know that this is just her projection? Her true self is really still slumbering. If it was her true self who appeared today, then the entire One Hundred Thousand Mountains of Nanjiang would turn into a frozen, lifeless hell in but the blink of an eye.”

“She’s that powerful?” Ye Qing clicked his tongue in shock.

“Absolutely.” Feng Qingyou sighed. “Humans love to say that they are the chief of all living things and beloved by the world itself. In reality, it is these natural gods, demons, and Strangers who are born alongside the world who are truly the world’s favorite children. If our wise human ancestors haven’t exhausted their thoughts and ingenuity, if they haven’t overcome all obstacles and trail-blazed the way of humanity for us, if they haven’t suppressed or sealed away these natural monsters, they would be the protagonists of our world today, not us.”

“That is true.” Ye Qing nodded.

“Now, a great chaos is almost upon us, and these natural gods, demons, and Strangers are all awakening and returning to the world. There is no telling what the future has in store for us.”

Feng Qingyou seemed to be implying something when suddenly, she looked in a certain direction. “He’s here.”

Ye Qing felt the same thing and followed her gaze. As if on cue, a grand, dignified voice boomed throughout the lands, “You shall not rampage, evil monster!”

Infused with seemingly godlike power, his voice resonated with the world and summoned a tidal wave of black clouds that cut off the moonlight. At the same time, gusts of wind as sharp as a sword slowly increased in number until they covered the entire sky.

The wind was blowing, and sword intent filled the sky. Wherever they went, moonlight disintegrated inch by inch, and the power of Moon Annihilation was severed.

One could almost call it a spring wind that warmed humanity and heralded the coming of a new season.

As if sensing danger from the new voice, the Moon God gently tossed out the moon she was holding. It immediately shone twice as brightly as before and filled the world with light.

The wind kept blowing and clashing against the moonlight, surrounding and seemingly merging into the moon. It caused all sorts of chaotic ripples in the air.

From an outsider’s perspective, a round moon was riding the wind amidst a blue world. It was a mysterious, magnificent spectacle that one might not witness again if they missed it the first time.

From Ye Qing’s perspective though, two terrifying powers were clashing viciously against each other between the wind and the moon.

The wind was sword intent, and the moon Moon Annihilation.

The sword intent was transient, extraordinary, yet sharp like no other. It felt like it could literally cut the clouds and the sky in half to reveal the galaxy beyond. It was quite potent to say the least.

Just looking at the sword intent caused Ye Qing’s eyes to hurt, and his mind to tremble against his will.