Chapter 990: Wonders of the Starry Skies

Pang Jian,

the black turtle said through their connection,

I'm fine now. It has withdrawn from me.

The Black Dragon King, Yuan Qi, and the Ice Armor Eel Dragon also spoke one after another.

It's gone!

What a terrifying existence!

The four Fey Gods all felt the departure of that will's oppressive presence. Together, the four high-ranking Fey Gods exhaled in relief. They were free.

Pang Jian, I can sense the essence of the Dao of Earth within you,

the black turtle said in astonishment, gazing at Pang Jian with unblinking attention.

Freed from the corruption of the supreme will of the starry skies, the black turtle could easily perceive the transformations within Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul.

As an Earth Spirit, its Dao naturally aligned with the element of Earth, and Pang Jian's five viscera were inscribed with traces of the Dao Source of Earth.

By comprehending the Dao Source of Earth, it could likely ascend to Sovereignhood through its own power. The black turtle saw the chance to reach a new realm through Pang Jian!

The ultimate mysteries of the Dao of Cold!

Yuan Qi cried out in shock. His monstrous frame exuded an aura of extreme cold as his icy-blue eyes flickered with a covetous gleam.

Once, it had been nothing more than a puppet wrought from Yuan Yi's blood essence. The Black Empyrean Phoenix had given rise to Yuan Qi in the Abyss using a drop of Yuan Yi's blood essence.

Within Yuan Qi's body lay a natural reservoir of immense vitality, imprinted with glimmers of the Dao of Life. He could have theoretically followed Yuan Yi's footsteps and ascended through the Dao of Life. Instead, he had chosen to tread the Dao of Cold all the way up to high-ranking godhood and was determined to become a Sovereign through the most merciless Dao of Cold possible.

Yuan Qi could sense the aura of the Dao Source of Cold in the gray mist of Pang Jian's chest. If he could grasp its profundity, he could ascend as a Sovereign of the Dao of Cold and help Pang Jian stand against the supreme will of the starry skies.

Meanwhile, the Ice Armor Eel Dragon, unlike the other three Fey Gods, was born with the three bloodlines—cold, lightning, and water. Any Dao Source corresponding to these bloodlines could spur its metamorphosis and push it into the next realm.

Like the others, it had similarly caught the scent of the Dao Source of Water in Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul and knew it could rely on it to attempt a breakthrough.

Of the four Fey Gods, only the Black Dragon King remained reserved. The other three all revealed their hunger to ascend, hoping to use the traces of the various Dao Sources in Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul to break through.

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Why now? Even though that will has already vanished, those three still desire to ascend. Could this be a ploy?

Pang Jian frowned.

Bai Zi had only just perished. Her Nether Race body could not withstand the descent of the supreme will of the starry skies, causing her to collapse under the relentless squandering of divine power.

That terrifying will could only manifest in Sovereigns and God Kings. The black turtle, Yuan Qi, and the Ice Armor Eel Dragon were all Fey Gods and had each ascended through forging a Divine Persona. That will had previously sought to corrupt their minds and forcibly drive them into Sovereignhood.

However, it had since withdrawn of its own accord, ceasing its corruption of their Divine Personas and wills. Despite this, the freed Fey Gods still sought to break through to Sovereignhood.

Succeeding would only provide fresh vessels for its descent. Moreover, the Sovereign bodies of Fey Gods would surely eclipse even what it had shown through Bai Zi.

"Wait for a while longer!" Pang Jian said after a brief hesitation.

Pang Jian's divine sense abruptly withdrew from the Fey Gods and returned to him. The giant black-gold blade, formed from the World God Pendants, also fell into his hand.

Peering up at the slowly descending silver canopy, he could feel the crushing weight and fathomless depth of its power. His sight could no longer pierce through it to glimpse Yi Hao and Luo Hongyan beyond. The silver canopy had severed the Primordial Chaos Starry Region from the outside world.

Pang Jian's Immortal Divine Soul shot upward.

"Cleave!"

Golden radiance, surging like a river against the current, lanced toward the silver canopy from the blade, with phantom shadows of the Dao Sources dancing within.

The radiance unfolded into a narrow, river-like starry expanse, within which marvel after marvel revealed itself with dazzling clarity.

Stars forged of the five elements, blazing suns, and icy moons gleamed alongside lightning vortexes and frozen glaciers within that conjured starry expanse.

This nameless strike encompassed every Heavenly Dao and divine technique Pang Jian had grasped. It was the culmination of his Dao in a single strike.

The giant blade, resonating with the abysses, pulled away vast torrents of energies and spiritual qi from the eight abysses, pouring them all into the river-like starry expanse.

It was a strike that even Sovereigns and God Kings would have to defend against with their full strength.

The shimmering starry expanse and the giant blade slammed against the silver canopy in a deluge of radiant light. The silver canopy surged with Dao-infused lightning and the boundless might of the stars, all bursting forth in thunderous splendor.

Miraculous worlds emerged within the silver canopy, filled with ancient species—some still extant, others long extinct.

The visages of Gods, Sovereigns, and even God Kings flickered into view. Celestial bodies bore civilizations, each inscribed with resplendent histories and adorned with temples. The faith of multitudes nourished the mountains, rivers, and seas of these celestial bodies.

The silver canopy was filled with every known wonder and divine being!

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Pang Jian's blade seemed to strike not merely a barrier, but the entirety of the starry skies themselves, as if attempting to cut down every starry region at once.

It was unrealistic to think one could erase the wondrous civilizations and glories of the starry skies in a single blow.

When the giant blade made contact with the silver canopy, the resplendent wonders within instantly rebounded into Pang Jian.

The wonders of the starry skies emerged in the mist-shrouded region of his chest. Miraculous civilizations and their peoples all manifested within Pang Jian.

An endless multitude of worlds were forcibly crammed into his Immortal Divine Soul, rushing against his sea of consciousness and divine power.