Chapter 1665: Martial Celestial

“If I dare ask, what is that corpse, owner?” Someone asked. They did not care about his apology. They wanted to know more about the ancient corpse.

The owner replied honestly, “We do not know either. We had obtained that old corpse by accident.”

Another person asked, “Why did she revive all of a sudden?”

“That, we truly do not know.”

The owner replied with a bitter smile on his face. “Her mind was definitely gone when we obtained her corpse. She has never displayed any signs of strangeness all these years we have her either. We are confused as to why she had revived all of a sudden as well.”

“Tsk tsk. You know nothing, and you still dare to sell her to us. The Celestial Market On A Cloud is a place that will do anything for profit, huh?” A sarcastic voice came from the crowd.

The owner knew that he was in the wrong and did not take offense despite the sarcasm. “We admit that our negligence has led to this disturbance. We promise we will provide you with appropriate compensation later.”

That was what he said, but the owner wasn’t feeling very happy. Was today an unlucky day or something? First, the Paranirmitavaśavartin Heavenly Demon had spied on them all of a sudden. Before they could figure out what was going on, the ancient corpse had revived all of a sudden. Was this really just a coincidence, or was there a hidden conspiracy going on behind his back?

“When will this matter be settled, owner? We are not done exploring the Purple Star Palace!”

“Yeah. I was seconds away from buying a certain item!”

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

“Surely we’ll get to explore the Purple Star Palace after the matter is settled?”

“Do not worry, everyone. The situation will come under control very soon. The Purple Star Palace will reopen, and you may resume your experience as before.”

As the owner spoke, the Purple Star Palace in the sky stopped shaking, and the purple qi shrouding it were dissipating slowly. It looked like the dust was settling.

However, the owner blanched all of a sudden, and a dull, muffled boom came from the Purple Star Palace. Then, the entire building started shaking violently as a terrible shockwave forcefully dispelled the purple qi and mirages in the air.

“Oh no!”

The owner of the Celestial Market On The Cloud realized that something was terribly wrong. He hurriedly performed a hand seal and enveloped the Purple Star Palace in multiple layers of dense, immense power.

BANG!

BANG!

BANG!

Despite this, dull booms continued to erupt from the Purple Star Palace. It was only growing louder, and the Purple Star Palace was shaking harder as time passed.

“Is that thing going to come out?”

Ye Qing rubbed his nose. His voice was still lingering in the air when a deafening boom stole everyone’s attention, and they saw a fair, flawless fist punching out of the rooftop of the Purple Star Palace.

Dense purple qi and brilliant starlight leaked out of the roof and stirred the air into a terrible storm. The terrified Cloud Children scattered in every direction, though some failed to escape in time and were ripped into pieces.

Feng Qingyou joked, “You are quite the jinx.”

“Er...” Ye Qing rubbed his nose innocently and helplessly. What did this have to do with him? It wasn’t like he was the one who awakened the corpse.

It was at this moment the owner dropped his palm, and a big hand created from purple light and clear qi appeared above the Purple Star Palace. It descended slowly and clenched its fingers like it was trying to catch a sun or a moon.

“Purple Light Moon Catching Hand”

The violent gusts of wind and force were smoothed out, and the purple qi and starlight instantly regained their integrity.

As the fingers clenched, all things entered the palm. Nothing and no one could escape it.

Right before, the Purple Star Palace would be caught by the palm, a silhouette burst out of the broken rooftop and threw a punch at the descending palm.

The punch looked ordinary, but it unleashed a terrifying, incomparable amount of power when it made contact with the sky-blotting, world-encompassing palm. The palm that could easily catch a star or a moon was punched through just like that, like it was made of rotten wood.

The woman then pointed her fist downward. Her blood ran like a river, her heart beat like a drum, and her fist descended like a landslide.

Rumble!

The massive hand of purple light split into pieces as the terrifying fist force spilled everywhere like starfall, vast and overwhelming. It poured straight down toward the Rising Serpent Market.

The pouring fist intent was such that every Sage present felt their hearts beating faster, and a terrible pressure pressing down on their shoulders.

Right before the Rising Serpent Market would be destroyed, dazzling light burst out from right above the market, and restrictions and runes cycled rapidly. The next moment, a gigantic, sky blue serpent with a pair of wings on its back and a pair of horns on its head appeared. Its kilometers long body was wrapped around the entire Rising Serpent Market as it lifted its head high, let out a deafening roar, and met the fist intent head on.

BOOOOOOM!!!

The entire Celestial Market On A Cloud was shaking after the impact. The fist intent destroyed the silhouette of the rising serpent, but it itself was scattered as a result.

After the silhouette dissipated, the Rising Serpent Market visibly dimmed somewhat.

It was at this moment seven silhouettes appeared in the sky and surrounded the ancient corpse.

They were all Sages.

Including the owner himself, this meant that at least eight Sages were guarding the Celestial Market On A Cloud. Besides the four empires, the Two Temples of Buddha, the Three Temples of Dao, and sects with over a thousand years of legacy such as the Demonic Mountain, no one else boasted such a high number of Sages. It showed just how deep their accumulation was.

“Greetings, senior. We apologize for offending you.”

The owner took a step forward and saluted the woman. In his opinion, violence and death were never the best solution. As businessmen, nothing was more important than harmony. If he could solve a problem with his mouth, then why would he use his fists? “What are your demands? Tell us, and we will fulfill it.”

“Kill...”

Unfortunately, the only thing that greeted him was the ancient corpse’s raspy voice and merciless fist.

The moment the word “Kill” escaped his mouth, her vigor and killing intent shot into the sky and spread out in every direction like a sea of smoke. She threw out a punch.

By the time she threw a punch, she was already right in front of the owner.

“Owner, watch out!”

It was only then the others’ voices reached him.

Although this retaliation was sudden, the owner was not a slouch. A stream narrow like a snake and thin like silk flowed out of his chest. When the ancient corpse’s fist struck the stream, the edge of her fist crumpled, and her fist intent sank into the stream like a mud ox entering the sea. It was gone in the blink of an eye.

It was as if the stream was an endless sea.

After that, the owner reached out and spread the stream all around the corpse, binding her and restricting her.

“Please calm down and listen to me, senior...”

The owner wanted to say more, but the corpse’s pupils were suddenly covered by bloodlust. As killing intent bubbled, and silver white flame burst out of her body, she pulled her right arm backward and tensed up her whole body. At the same time, the force that seemed sharp enough to penetrate everything appeared from the edge of her fist.

Her body was the bow, and her arm the bowstring. When her fist erupted, it was like an arrow that could pierce the sun and moon and shoot down the heavenly wolf.

There was a crisp pop, and the stream surrounding the corpse was pierced just like that. Even more terrifying fist intent poured out from the back, and this one was fully condensed and seemingly unstoppable.

That said, the owner showed no fear whatsoever. He lifted his palm and pushed out like he was throwing a sky at the corpse.

Laws and principles gathered at the center of the palm, and white clouds floated here and there. Above the white clouds, celestials gathered like an army, and force, true intent, and divine intent conjured all sorts of mirages, laws and principles.

It was as if a celestial kingdom existed in the palm, profound beyond profound.