Chapter 783: Upheaval On Both Sides

The three clusters of crystalline radiance shone dazzlingly under the starry night sky. The light and aura they emanated shook the True Gods and foreign race powerhouses to their core.

A wave of confusion swept through the crowd.

What happened?

Each crystalline radiance represented a cluster of Fortune, something that only manifested after a True God's death.

Have that many True Gods fallen in the lower worlds?

Li Wang's expression shifted drastically.

Could it be Dong Tianze and Wu Yuan?

He could not think of another explanation for the appearance of the three clusters of Fortune.

"There's a fourth cluster!" Li Zhaotian cried out.

A fourth cluster of Fortune, one that even Li Wang, Pei Yishan, Dong Shangqing, and Su Wanrou could barely sense, sped toward the bizarre mist near the Sacred Soul Continent.

Its unusual trajectory left Li Zhaotian bewildered.

When a True God fell, their cluster of Fortune would be drawn back to the barrier like iron filings to a powerful magnet. That was a fundamental law of the Abyss.

Even a peerless genius in the peak of the Immortal Realm would find it nearly impossible to draw in Fortune that was in the middle of returning to the barrier. After all, Fortune had to first return to the barrier, where it was cleansed of the lingering imprints of its previous bearer, before another could draw upon it.

Li Zhaotian had come to understand this when he attuned himself to the barrier. Unexpectedly, this fundamental law rooted in the barrier was now being broken!

"Who is drawing that Fortune?" Li Zhaotian wished he could ignore Ah Man and follow it.

"Lord Yan Lie has more than enough strength to kill Pang Jian, then wipe out the rest of you True Gods. The cluster of Fortune is undeniable proof." Ah Man laughed wildly from a cluster of fragmented land and meteors.

A massive seal with the carving of a mountain soared across the fragmented lands and meteors, crashing toward an inverted nine-story pavilion.

The windows of the inverted pavilion flew open. Tens of thousands of sword-lights, sword souls, and divine swords rushed out, colliding head-on with the silver seal.

The profound truths of the Dao of Sword collided with the divine power within the Mountain Flipping Seal. Ah Man's Dao clashed with Li Zhaotian's in a resonant bang.

Barely restrained fury burned in Ah Man's single crimson eye as he roared, "You, Li girl, don't push me! Lord Sovereign ordered us to spare you! Don't mistake mercy for weakness!"

Ah Man had long since marked Li Yuqing as a target. The only reason he suppressed his killing intent was because of Sovereign Luo's orders.

As he had never left the Abyss, he was unaware that the God of Fate stood as Li Yuqing's backer. All he knew was that Sovereign Luo had ordered him not to kill Li Yuqing.

However, this newly ascended True God's command over the Dao of Fate left him feeling stifled. She had saved Dong Shangqing, thwarted his strike against Li Wang, and rescued Pei Yishan.

Ah Man was quickly reaching the limits of his patience.

"I'm a human! You're about to destroy my home! Don't expect me to stand by and do nothing!" Li Yuqing gripped her divine sword in one hand and the Pearl of Fate in the other. "No matter what, I will protect my home!"

Far away in the starry skies, the God of Fate smiled faintly and assured,

Follow your heart.

"Then be prepared to die!" Ah Man roared.

Bolts of deep-red lightning crackled within his eye, slicing through the reflected image of Li Yuqing in his pupil. Each bolt was born from a drop of his blood essence and was infused with the bloodline mysteries of the Titan Race.

"Shadow Sever!"

Dozens of fine wounds tore across Li Yuqing's tall, graceful figure, appearing beneath her clothes.

Her blood essence, limbs, and spiritual power fell into chaos from the severe damage to her physical body, making it impossible for her to channel the River of Fate through her divine sword. She could no longer use Ah Man's past experiences to restrain him.

The unassuming Pearl of Fate released a soft, misty glow, forming a protective shield around her.

The Abyss holds many opportunities, but also many dangers. You need to remain cautious,

the God of Fate advised gently, voice resonating through the Pearl of Fate in her palm, soothing the turbulence within her and easing her wounds.

Sovereign Luo's vessel in the Abyss has been defeated. The battle here will soon come to an end. Just focus on protecting yourself.

Li Yuqing was shocked.

She's been defeated? What on earth happened?

***

In another part of the Second World, the Patriarch of the Radiant Race, also a mid-ranking God, stood within a grand Solar Divine Palace. His towering figure was clad in golden armor, his expression stern.

The Solar Divine Palace was constructed from glazed crystal, gold, and precious gems, inlaid with luminous pearls and lined with white jade railings. It was the greatest marvel within his divine domain and also the strongest divine technique he had.

Any opponent weaker than him who dared to enter his divine domain and set foot in the Solar Divine Palace would almost certainly face death.

Despite this, a giant ape rampaged through the conjured Solar Divine Palace, smashing through one sun after another with sheer brutish force. Lie Yang watched in shock as the savage ape smashed the twelfth sun in a row.

How is this possible? Did Yan Lie give me a flawed version of the Divine Sun Scripture? How else could this newly ascended giant ape run rampant in his Solar Divine Palace?

Lie Yang knew Fey Gods were powerful, superior to True Gods and foreign race powerhouses of the same rank. Even so, he was a mid-ranking God, while Yuan Qi was only a low-ranking God.

For Yuan Qi to wreak havoc so freely within the Solar Divine Palace was beyond Lie Yang's comprehension.

***

In the outer reaches of the Sacred Soul Continent, the Rank Ten Rock Bear and the Rank Nine White Lynx observed the battle between Lie Yang and Yuan Qi from afar, concealing their human forms in a drifting white cloud.

They, too, found it hard to believe that the newly ascended Yuan Qi could go head-to-head with Lie Yang.

The White Lynx clicked her tongue in astonishment. "Yuan Qi is strong! I heard that Lie Yang has become a mid-ranking God and even received mentoring from Yan Lie! Only Zhu Ji should be able to fight someone like that. And yet..."

"There has to be something about Yuan Qi we don't understand. His physique is terrifying. I've seen plenty of his kind before, but never one like him," the Rock Bear said in awe.

At that moment, the fourth cluster of Fortune streaked past overhead and vanished into the depths of the bizarre mist.

"Is Miss Pang finally going to ascend to godhood?" the White Lynx murmured.

"She is a great benefactor of and a blessing to our Fey Race. Since her arrival, the laws of the Fey Race have shifted repeatedly, with every change working in our favor," the Rock Bear said with solemn respect. "Pang Jian and his sister, these two siblings, are anomalies that will bring changes to all of the Abyss!"

The White Lynx nodded. "Who can disagree with that?"

***

In the unfathomable Soulstream of the Nether Abyss, boundless spiritual qi continued to pour into Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul. It had stalled at the Ascendant God Realm for a long time, but something had suddenly started to shift.

Fragments of Luo Hongyan's Divine Personas flickered in his mind. The profound truths of the Daos of Life, Death, Light, and Cold surfaced chaotically in his sea of consciousness, too disordered to fully reconstruct. Even the support of the Soulstream was not enough to help him piece them together in a short time.

Still, the changes to his Immortal Divine Soul were enough to stir four additional clusters of Fortune from the Nether Abyss, each descending radiantly from the barrier above.

If Li Wang or Li Zhaotian were to witness this, they would have been left dumbstruck. The events unfolding in the Nether Abyss were the exact opposite of the Abyss.

"Four more?" Bai Zi rubbed her eyes, feeling like her entire understanding of the Nether Abyss was being overturned.

What kind of power does that outsider have? Why does he keep drawing in more and more Fortune? Since when has the Fortune of the Nether Abyss been worth so little?

Bai Zi could not make sense of it.

Bai Zi!

Long Di snapped.

You're just going to stand there and watch him run wild in the Soulstream? Every cluster of Fortune he draws pulls in more spiritual qi. He's been siphoning off power that rightfully belongs to me! I can't hold on much longer!

Long Di could not help but feel as if the heavens were conspiring against him.

He was the leader of the Nether Abyss. For this outsider to appear like the new chosen of the heavens and attempt to seize everything that was his, especially at the critical phase of his battle with Yuan Yi, was truly unbearable to Long Di.

I can't stop him. Long Di, you can't perceive the Soulstream, so you haven't realized it, but his cultivation is rising at a pace we can't even comprehend.

Earlier, he was still at the Ascendant God Realm, but when those four new clusters of Fortune descended, he was already beginning to break through to the Transcendent God Realm. Once he reaches it, his strength will be on par with us high-ranking Gods.

Long Di, he could be the only one capable of defeating Yuan Yi and stopping this catastrophe.