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Chapter 831

"Ruoyun, you've always been with me as we walk this path together… Have you ever regretted your decision?" A sense of guilt flowed from Huang Xingyun's gaze – from the beginning until the end – it was his wild ambition that guided everything else.

"You and I are one. Why was it necessary for you to ask me that?" Yun Ruoyun chuckled softly as she laughed in a light-hearted manner similar to the clouds and the wind.

Huang Xingyun laughed, "Ruoyun, I want to kiss you… Is that alright?"

Yun Ruoyun laughed again and slowly raised her head. Her red lips met his, as she muttered, "I still remember how you looked the first time you kissed me. I love you, Xingyun."

"I love you too." Huang Xingyun slowly lowered his head, and crystal clear teardrops flowed out from the Saint Land Lord's eyes uncontrollably. Yes, he regretted all this; he regretted his foolishness. It was at this moment that he suddenly realized. Compared to his wife, what else was he able to gain from his power and wild ambition?

When the four parts of their lips met one another, they felt the other's warmth and breath once again, as well as that unwilling tremble to part with each other.

Boom.

A terrifying growl that felt like the entire mainland was about to be crushed was accompanied by a distorted halo. It was then that it was unleashed on the peak of Heavenly Snow Mountain.

This was the end of his wild ambition, but also the end of an undying relationship at the same time. Perhaps, Huang Xingyun and Yun Ruoyun's wild ambition caused the death of countless lives, as they were the devils that affected the entire Boundless Mainland.

However, this did not affect their passionate, unchangeable love; the kind that only death would do part. In this aspect, Zhou Weiqing could only turn red with shame when he compared himself to them.

The space that surrounded them became distorted along with the entire Heavenly Snow Mountain. Within that distortion, the enormous peak of the mountain that towered thousands of meters high unraveled quietly. There was neither explosion nor growl that followed afterward. The enormous mountain peak gradually unraveled within that distorted glow and melted into nothingness.

Before the brief moment of explosion, every single surviving powerhouse who had been on the Heavenly Snow Mountain were at least already fifty kilometers away. Yet, even as such, they could still feel a tremendous gush of a thrusting force pushing them continuously another fifty kilometers away.

If it were not for the husband and wife's unwillingness to part, the spontaneous explosion of these Heavenly God-tier powerhouses would at least cause the loss of more than half the powerhouses' lives on the Heavenly Snow Mountain peak.

Sentimental love – vanished. Yet similarly, someone was still benefiting from such a situation.

When Fen Tian was worshipping the Nether Lord, the function of his Destruction Divine Territory had already changed. It bounded and detained everyone who possessed Destruction Energy. Because of that, the people from the Heavenly Snow Mountain, the Heaven's Expanse Palace, and the Peerless Sect were able to escape while the people from Love Valley and the Blood Red Hell were unable to leave.

The Destruction God that Fen Tian summoned had already done its best to send these two powerhouses from the great Saint Lands into the skies during the brief moment of their self-detonation. Despite that, close to half of the people caught in the terrifying explosion were falling from the sky.

Those two, great Saints Land powerhouses who were sent into the sky by Fen Tian, would naturally be destroyed by melting into his purplish-black balls of light. On the other hand, those who fell from the sky onto the mountain peak, and those who perished with the Heavenly Snow Mountain, had devoted their Heavenly Core Nuclei. In the sky, they entered the Astral Divine Territory and transformed into Feedback Energy.

The Heavenly Snow Mountain disappeared. Yes, the Heavenly Snow Mountain that towered a thousand miles into the skies disappeared in the midst of this heaven-shocking battle.

With Xue Ao'tian on the far side, his heart was filled with bitterness at this point. When he witnessed the appearance of so many Heavenly God-tier powerhouses earlier, he had already predicted the possibility of such a situation happening. Yet, now that he had witnessed the Saint Lands that had existed in the world for thousands of years vanish before his eyes just like that, one could only imagine the agony in his heart.

At this point of the battle, one could say that the coalition of the Peerless Sect, the Heaven's Expanse Palace, and the Heavenly Snow Mountain was a great success. Even after taking the Heavenly Snow Mountain's who suffered the greatest loss into account, the loss of its manpower was still within an acceptable range. It was only that the Heavenly Snow Mountain would cease to exist from here on. On the other hand, aside from Fen Tian who was advancing his Destruction Energy wildly, their entire army on the Blood Red Hell and Love Valley's side had already been annihilated. After all, they had already sent out all their main forces for this great battle. At this moment, it could also be said that the two Saint Lands had already ceased to exist.

Among the survivors, the only person who was found to be in even more agony than Xue Ao'tian, was Fen Tian. Even after he had transformed into the Destruction God, his eyes were filled with an indescribable hate while he was encased in the purplish-black ball of light.

Because Yun Ruoyun and his wife self-detonated, only the Demon God and Destruction God remained in the Heavenly Snow Mountain's sky at this moment. They were suspended in the midst of the sky and were not influenced by the explosion. Instead, the light that was glowing on their bodies gradually grew stronger.

The gorgeous starlight that surrounded Zhou Weiqing's body was continuously changing. The initial platinum and golden colors also went through gradual changes. The golden starlight was quietly disappearing into Star Feedback. Meanwhile, only a platinum-colored radiance remained around Zhou Weiqing's body. Even the Astral Divine Territory in the sky turned into the same dazzling radiance as well.

The amount of Star Feedback this time was truly too immense; a Heavenly God-tier powerhouse's Star Feedback was even more intense than all the Star Feedbacks Zhou Weiqing used in the past. Moreover, so many powerhouses had passed on during the battle. Aside from the self-detonation of their Heavenly Core Nuclei by Huang Xingyun and his wife, a majority of the Heavenly Core Nuclei from the deceased powerhouses were involved in this Star Feedback.

Streaks upon streaks of pure Creation Saint Energy merged with his body, yet Zhou Weiqing's felt an unusual and peculiar sensation. It was not the feeling of expansion that he felt when he was about to achieve a breakthrough in the past. At that very moment, he could only feel a gush of clear energy rise from within his body, as it rose slowly. It was a marvelous process of attaining a higher level. It felt as if he was separating himself from the original world, and subsequently setting foot into another.

The impure energy was continuously separated from within his body, and the impurities within his Saint Energy was also melting at an incomparable speed. Streaks of minute spatial fissures were continuously appearing around Zhou Weiqing's body.

If this was in the past, Zhou Weiqing would certainly assume that this was a spatial tear caused by a violent energy fluctuation. However, he did not think that this was the case at this moment. He could clearly sense that there was a tiny space within each tear, and these little spaces were all created by the Saint Energy emanating from his body.

A clear comprehension appeared in Zhou Weiqing's heart. Creation, creation, is this Creation Energy? In his eyes, it was as if he could everlasting eternity. Countless chaotic yet, realistic fragments of images continuously flashed through his mind.

The Demon God crumbled without a sound. In midair, only Zhou Weiqing's body remained. His entire body had now completely taken on a platinum color. His ten fingers continuously pulsed in a rhythmic manner and each time his fingers pulsed, minute fissures appeared on his palms while accompanied various attributes. Among them, the attributes that appeared the most were the Time, Evil, Divine and Spirit Attributes.

These were the four great Saint Attributes of the world right now, and they had manifested around Zhou Weiqing's body. As this happened, the peculiar energy fluctuations grew more powerful as well.

It was at this moment when a spatial fissure appeared around Zhou Weiqing's body without a sign. A female silhouette gently and gracefully took a step forward as she probed with her palm and held onto Zhou Weiqing's hand. Next to her, were four peculiar energy fluctuations that glimmered in a similar manner.

It was Tian��er.

Saint Energy was initially formed from the dual-cultivation of Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er. However, just as Zhou Weiqing was about to enter another realm, just as he was about to attain an even purer version of Saint Energy, the Saint Energy sensed Tian'er's presence. After all, it was jointly created by Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er. Without Tian'er, how could Zhou Weiqing's Saint Energy be complete?

As Zhou Weiqing held Tian'er's hand, the buoyant Saint Energy in his body suddenly surged forward and engulfed Tian'er body. What puzzled Zhou Weiqing even more was the Saint Energy inside Tian'er body that turned as pure as his in a flash. The energy from the four great Saint Attributes around their bodies merged instantly. At this moment, they seemed like conjoined twins, and there was no longer a distinction between one and the other.

The platinum-colored halo grew more and more intense. The Astral Divine Territory above their heads was also continuously growing. The Starcrux Saint Nucleus Core within their bodies began to undergo some changes as layer after layer of the halo around the Starcrux Saint Nucleus Core, was stripped from it. Soon, the original Saint Nucleus Core transformed into human form after the layers were stripped from it. Yes, it was in the form of a human. A human replica that was the exact replica of Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er.

Its entire body was a platinum color, and within Zhou Weiqing's chest was a tiny figure of a human with the exact appearance as himself. Similarly, it was alive; a life that was completely connected to Zhou Weiqing. A life that was created from Saint Energy.

This was the Saint God Nucleus Core. This was the evolution of Saint Energy. The Saint God Nucleus Core that evolved from the Saint Nucleus Core.

At that point, the Saint God Nucleus Core had completely taken form. A dazzling brilliance erupted from Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er's bodies as the starlight that initially surrounded their bodies disappeared. They were both like enormous stars as the dazzling radiance erupted from within them. The thick, platinum-color brightened the entire sky. The Destruction Divine Territory that initially shrouded the area dissipated almost instantly the moment it encountered this brilliance.

Only an enormous purplish-black colored ball of light remained suspended in mid-air. Even then, layers of thick, the intense ball of light continued to ascend, forming layers of intense energy halos.

The powerhouses of the Heaven's Expanse Palace, Peerless Sect, and Heavenly Snow Mountain had already flown back. A few hundred li's 1 would not pose them any trouble. However, at this exact moment, no one dared to approach the area. It was clear that the battle Zhou Weiqing and Fen Tian was significantly more terrifying than the battle Huang Xingyun and his wife were involved in earlier.

On the ground where the Heavenly Snow Mountain was initially at, was an eerily deep cave with a diameter of over three hundred meters. There was no way to tell how deep the cave was, as it stretched as far as one's eyes could see, but its depth was enough to send a chill down anyone's spine.

Xue Ao'tian, Shangguan Tianyang, Shangguan Tianyue, Long Shiya, Wu Yunyue, Dongfang Hanyue and also Zhou Weiqing's soulmates had all gathered together; they were witnessing the battle before their eyes anxiously.

"I didn't expect this young lad to emerge as the strongest one after all. If he's capable of defeating Fen Tian in this battle… Brother Xue, I'm afraid your reputation as the best in the world will need to be passed on to him." Shangguan Tianyang exclaimed with a soft sigh.

1. A unit of measure, two li's = 1 kilometer

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A bitter smile crept up on Xue Ao'tian's face, "I can't even protect the Heavenly Snow Mountain. What's the point bearing the title of being the most powerful person in the world? From today onwards, Heavenly Snow Mountain has ceased to exist."

"No!" Shangguan Tianyang stared straight into Xue Ao'tian's eyes, "Brother Xue, I'm deeply sorry about the catastrophe that fell upon the Heavenly Snow Mountain, but regardless if it were to be you or the Heavenly Snow Mountain, this is a sacrifice that you had to pay for the sake of the mainland's survival. Before I came here for the Grand Tournament, I've received news that the Dandun Empire has launched an attack on the Zhongtian Empire. It's entirely conceivable that if the battle here fails, the entire mainland will plunge into misery and suffering. Brother Xue, as long as you're willing to, we from the Heaven's Expanse Palace can you half of the area on Heavenly Jewel Island to you so that you can rebuild your glory. At the same time, I give you my word that we, the Zhongtian Empire, will sponsor all the food the Wan Shou Empire requires during the winter months from this day on. However, you'd naturally have to give the order to control the population of your country, Brother Xue."

After listening to Shangguan Tianyang's words, Xue Ao'tian could not help but be touched by his gesture, "Tianyang, are you really serious? I don't need the Heavenly Jewel Island but if you can help solve the famine of the Wan Shou Empire, you can count on us to do our part in fighting against the Dandun Empire. Ao'ying, Yingbing, both of you, go now! Pick ten of the most elite soldiers and go forth to assist the Zhongtian Empire!"

"Yes, sir!" Xue Ao'ying and Gu Yingbing replied respectfully as they turned to leave. Before they left, Gu Yingbing deliberately cast a look onto Zhou Weiqing who was still levitating in the distant sky.

"Wait a minute!" Shangguan Tianyang hurriedly said, "You can't just go off like that! Tianyue, you go with them. Escort the Tiger and Lion King to the frontier. I'll skip the formality of showering you with thanks. However, Brother Xue, with all the members of the Peerless Sect present here as my witness, I'm sure all of you have heard me earlier. I'll definitely honor my words!"

A smile which was hard to come by appeared on Xue Ao'tian's face, as he took the initiative and extended his right hand to Shangguan Tianyang. With a laugh, the latter stretched out his right hand before extending a firm handshake to Xue Ao'tian.

Both the lords of two great Saint Lands who had been fighting against each other for their entire lives had finally reconciled under such a circumstance, to solve the misery and suffering in the northern regions of the mainland.

After repeatedly forewarning her daughters to be careful, Shangguan Tianyue hastily left the scene with Xue Ao'ying and Gu Yingbing. In truth, from his point of view, he was actually not willing to leave at such a time. This battle had yet to end and what was more important was whether or not Zhou Weiqing would be able to defeat Fen Tian. However, he also understood fairly well that neither Shangguan Tianyang nor Xue Ao'tian was entirely certain regarding the ultimate outcome of this battle. Finding a reason to let the three of them go at once was to hold on to whatever kindling they could for the survival of their own Saint Land.

Just as Shangguan Tianyue left, a platinum-colored light suddenly spread out from Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er's body.

"It's complete! The Heavenly God Tier! They're both Heavenly Gods now!" Shangguan Tianyang almost cheered with joy.

In truth, both he and Xue Ao'tian did not have high expectations in this battle at all. After all, the gap between Zhou Weiqing and Fen Tian was just too huge. Not only that, Fen Tian had used such a long period of time to accumulate his strength and one could easily imagine the immense magnitude of his boost in power would be. However, things appeared to be very different now.

Tian'er actually achieved a breakthrough to the Heavenly God Tier with Zhou Weiqing. In fact, both of them possessed Saint Energy as their power! To top it all off, it was Creation Saint Energy! With the two of them joining forces, they stood a greater chance of winning against Fen Tian now.

Slowly opening his eyes, Zhou Weiqing breathed in the thrill of having a completely different type of Saint Energy in his body, along with the breakthrough that he had just undergone. A smile slowly crept up on his face.

At this moment, regardless if it was him or Tian'er, both of them felt like they had been washed off from all the bad, leaving only the good behind. Both of their dispositions had also changed dramatically.

Originally, there was still a hint of evil in Zhou Weiqing's body but right now, he seemed to be a noble person with the utmost integrity in this world. Easygoing, warm, righteous, kind, and all sorts of positive traits could easily be found in him now.

It was the same for Tian'er as well. The only thing was that the Saint Energy ripple in her body was much weaker than that of Zhou Weiqing.

A breakthrough with Saint Energy was always different from the Heavenly Energy. With the help of Galaxia Feedback Energy, Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er harmonized with each other perfectly and achieved a breakthrough to become Heavenly Gods in the end. Within just a short period of time, Zhou Weiqing's cultivation base was immediately raised to the Middle-Level of the Heavenly God Tier while Tian'er's was at the Lower-Level of the Heavenly God Tier. At any rate, Zhou Weiqing was the person who first initiated breakthrough but the person who benefited the most from it was none other than Tian'er. Within a short duration, she had made a huge leap in crossing several bottlenecks.

"Relax, the big surprise has yet to come," said Long Shiya triumphantly to Shangguan Tianyang and Xue Ao'tian. Seeing his beloved disciple becoming a Heavenly God and with a strength that far exceeded himself, one could easily imagine the swelling excitement and joy that Six Ultimate Heavenly God felt.

Xue Aot'ian and Shangguan Tianyang did not even attempt to hide the envy that they felt towards Long Shiya. After glaring at him fiercely, they turned their gaze towards Zhou Weiqing and waited for the miracle that Long Shiya had just mentioned.

Right now, the biggest emotion they felt was regret. When they first came across, or rather, got to know Zhou Weiqing, they certainly had the opportunity to take him into their own Saint Land but unfortunately, they did not show enough sincerity toward him at that time.

When Long Shiya was speaking, Zhou Weiqing already gradually lifted his right hand until it was fully over his head. What followed next was a loud dragon's roar that erupted from his hand.

A turquoise light instantly surged and without warning, it transformed into a gigantic Jade Dragon in mid-air as it circled above Zhou Weiqing's head.

The white golden light that was spreading in the air suddenly converged and rushed into the body of the Jade Dragon in a frenzied manner, dyeing its entire body in white and gold. After the gigantic dragon had completed its ninth circle in the air, it charged straight down all the way into Zhou Weiqing's body.

At this moment, in order not to affect Tian'er, Zhou Weiqing released her hand for a short while. With a white flash, he entered the gigantic dragon's body and an intense platinum-colored light erupted from Zhou Weiqing.

"W-What's that?" Stunned, Xue Ao'tian asked.

On the other hand, tremors could be heard in Shangguan Tianyang's voice, "T-That's the e-eleventh piece of his legendary armor s-set! H-He actually has the e-eleventh piece of the legendary armor set? H-How is that possible?"

Shangguan Tianyang was clear that Zhou Weiqing's eleventh piece was totally different from the eleventh piece of his Boundless Infinitum Set's. Only a Heavenly God can make full use of the power of the armor set. Furthermore, Zhou Weiqing himself was not an ordinary Heavenly God! He was a Heavenly God who possessed Saint Energy. Even if Shangguan Tianyang managed to achieve a breakthrough and become a Heavenly God, he would still be unable to compete with the power of this legendary armor set. At this moment, the Boundless Infinitum Set that was once ranked as the best legendary armor set had now completely been taken over.

It was also at this time that the purplish-black ball of light on the other side started to show signs of change.

Layers of the purplish-black light started to cluster up toward the middle and the originally huge ball of light gradually shrunk. The image of the huge crab in the air slowly disappeared without warning.

However, an apocalyptic force soared up to the sky and forcefully bulldozed away the surrounding platinum light. The tyrannical Destruction Energy erupted in a force that was so devastating to everyone present.

As the Demon God disappeared, the Destruction God vanished without a trace as well. Once again, Fen Tian's figure appeared right in front of everyone's eyes but now, he was no longer the same as he was before.

The legendary armor set on his body had turned into a peculiar dark purplish color. His arms had become exceptionally thick and four jointed long legs seemed to have grown from both sides of his back respectively, making him look like he had just grown eight crab legs out of thin air.

What was most terrifying was the weapon in Fen Tian's hand — a heavy sword. Yes, it was a heavy sword, but not Fen Tian's heavy sword per se. Instead, it was the heavy sword of the Destruction God that spanned a length that was more than a thousand meters.

The better question was, what kind of visual image would it be, to be seeing a man who was barely two meters tall, holding a thousand meter-long heavy sword that was dazzling with a purplish light?

There seemed to be a black hole. No, more accurately, a purple hole behind Fen Tian. The periphery of the circle was dark purple, while the center was dyed a strange dark green. The light was constantly pulsing time and again on it. With each pulse, layers of distorted ray would form all around it as they would madly devour every type of attribute energy in the air. Even the platinum-colored Saint Energy seemed to have its golden light partially ripped apart and devoured, while its white light was repelled instead.

"Zhou Weiqing!" Like the sound of thunder, Fen Tian's voice rumbled in the air. Two intense dark purplish rays spewed out from his eyes. In a flash, the Destruction Sword on his hand was raised up high and slammed down again, forming a bright dazzling slice in the air as it charged towards Zhou Weiqing, who was still hovering in mid-air.

"Ah —" A loud scream reverberated from the sky. A peculiar golden light crashed onto Fen Tian with a speed that was indiscernible by the naked eye. Right now, even with Fen Tian's cultivation base, his body was still stunned for a moment and the speed that the Destruction Sword was heaving down seemed to have slowed down as well.

This golden light was actually shot from Tian'er's forehead. Even Fen Tian would be affected by her, as she possessed the Spirit Attribute, had her Saint Energy condensed and had also managed to acquire her Saint God Nucleus Core.

As she pointed her God Spirit Staff up high towards the sky, an intense platinum-colored light transformed into a light shield before it came into contact with Fen Tian's attack.

A thunderous rumble resonated in the air as creation clashed head-on with destruction.

The platinum-colored light shone all over the place as the shield shattered into pieces. Still, the Destruction Sword managed to be blocked and did not land on Zhou Weiqing.

Tian'er took a great stride and in a flash, she was already a hundred meters away in front of Zhou Weiqing. Both of her eyes were fixed on Fen Tian who was still in the distance as circles of white golden halos radiated from her body.

The God Spirit Staff drew a circle in the air and slowly, the Astral Divine Territory began to take shape without so much as a sound. Within a second, thousands and thousands of splendid white golden stars burst out and dashed towards Fen Tian's direction.

Fen Tian growled deeply. At once, the space behind him suddenly turned a purplish-black color as the bloodcurdling Destruction Energy transformed into a layer of light, spreading out to its surroundings. All of the white golden stars that burst out from the Astral Divine Territory a hundred meters ahead of him had turned into waves and vanished without a trace. Once more, the Destruction Sword in his hand slashed again and again. However, his target this time was Tian'er instead.

"Divine, Seal!" Tian'er shouted in her charming voice. All of a sudden, the Astral Divine Territory in the sky suddenly transformed into a gigantic Seraphic Blazeangel levitating in the air. In an extremely short period of time, both of its hands weaved a mysterious sign and in just a flash, that sign was shot directly at the Destruction Sword.

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With a bang, the Destruction Sword came to a halt in the air. The sign shattered noisily as well. The Seraphic Blazeangel flickered, and a gigantic platinum-colored longsword appeared in his grasp instantly. Once again, it slammed down at the Destruction Sword.

Even though the angel sword was only a hundred meters long and paled significantly compared to the Destruction Sword, it actually managed to stop the gigantic Destruction Sword from slashing down again. Perhaps it was due to the sign earlier that somehow worked.

Purple light darted past Fen Tian's eyes, and the eight long legs by his side began to quiver. Instantly and without any warning, eight purplish black lights shone upon the Destruction Sword. The layer of platinum-colored light from the shattered sign that engulfed the Destruction Sword immediately dissipated. Furthermore, the light on the Destruction Sword suddenly became twice as bright.

Crack!

The angel's sword shattered. Even the Seraphic Blazeangel was sliced into two halves in mid-air by the slash of the Destruction Sword. Its gigantic body did not disappear immediately. Instead, it was absorbed by the Destruction Sword. It was devoured and completely cleaned out by the Destruction Light with a speed that was visible to the naked eye.

Tian'er's body shuddered violently. Blood drained from her face as she turned paled instantly. A streak of blood could be seen trickling down from the corner of her mouth.

She had a high expectation of Fen Tian but somehow, the power that Fen Tian had just demonstrated was far stronger than she had expected. In fact, the current Tian'er was far stronger than Zhou Weiqing who previously fought with Fen Tian. Despite the fact that she was a Heavenly God who possessed Saint Energy and the support of the Saint God Nucleus Core, she was already wounded two rounds into the match. The purity of Fen Tian's Destruction Energy was a lot purer than Tian'er who had already achieved the Heavenly God Tier.

After the Destruction Sword destroyed the Seraphic Blazeangel, it paused briefly in the air before it accelerated and charged directly towards Tian'er. Fen Tian's goal was very straightforward. Even if he could not inflict any damage on Zhou Weiqing now, he had to first put Tian'er to death first. The compelling Saint Energy in Tian'er could equally become a threat to him as well. If she was allowed to work side by side with Zhou Weiqing, it would be hard to tell who would emerge as the victor in the end.

Even Shangguan Tianyang could clearly see that Zhou Weiqing was currently consolidating the eleventh piece of his legendary armor, Fen Tian naturally would be able to see that as well. Right now, only one word existed in his mind — destroy!

Swoosh!

A circle of platinum-colored light surged from Tian'er's body. A Heavenly Skill Image of a miniature Tian'er's gradually took form on her chest. That was the Saint God Nucleus Core. A beam of Saint Light blasted out from Tian'er's chest. With a bang, it mightily lifted the Destruction Sword with all its force. At the same time, Tian'er's face was completely pale as she spat out a mouthful of blood.

When Xue Ao'tian, who was watching the battle from afar, saw his daughter was wounded, he immediately became worried and attempted to charge forward. However, he was grabbed by the Six Ultimate Heavenly God Long Shiya before he had the chance to do that.

"Don't go! This battle is no longer within range of our powers! If you go, you'll only be digging your own grave, and you might drag your daughter down along with you. It's going to be Weiqing's turn to launch an attack soon."

The Destruction Sword was lifted once more. Fen Tian snorted coldly. In a blink of an eye, the eight long legs behind Fen Tian emitted a purplish-black light yet again. This time, it was not as simple as a straightforward blast. Instead, the purplish-black light was continuously infused into the Destruction Sword. Little by little, the thousand-meter long gigantic Destruction Sword became transparent. The energy ripple was so perturbing that multiple rifts began to appear in the Destruction Divine Territory.

Tian'er appeared to be so terribly small and weak in front of the Destruction Sword that was raised in the air. However, she did not even flinch or cower in the face of this. The Saint God Nucleus Core by her chest was unceasingly radiating ripples and ripples of intense platinum-colored halos. No matter what the outcome was, she was determined to withstand this blow. She would not allow Fen Tian to harm her man.

Whoosh!

Thick, dark purple light expanded aggressively on the Destruction Sword like flames. The gigantic sword instantly doubled its width as inexhaustible bloodlust and destruction aura plunged down like a purplish-black mountain crumbling towards Tian'er.

A look of despair could be seen in Tian'er's eyes. Fen Tian who had refined his Destruction Energy that had fused with the Destruction Attribute of so many of Blood Red Hell and Love Valley's followers had evidently become more powerful than before. His cultivation base had unquestionably gone beyond the Maximum Level of the Heavenly God Tier. Even if he had not fully reached the Heavenly Change Tier yet, at the very least, he already had half his foot in.

Tian'er's Saint Energy was not as pure as his. Coupled with the fact that there was a huge gap between their cultivation bases, how was she supposed to withstand it under such circumstances?

Tian'er knew that she might be able to help Weiqing block this blow but she might no longer be able to see her Little Fatty anymore.

The gigantic sword plunged down from the sky as it brought along the destructive aura, bloodlust, and an infinite terror along with it. It was like the entire Boundless Mainland would also be sliced and destroyed by just this one slash.

Despite that, a change could suddenly be seen in Fen Tian's eyes at this moment. Without any warning, a gray light materialized in front of his earth-shattering sword.

Ding!

A crisp sound resonated in the air. Even though it did not sound as horrifying as the previous rumble, with just this one loud and crisp ding, all of the powerhouses who were levitating in mid-air to watch the battle suddenly dropped toward the ground. They dropped for almost a thousand meters before they could carefully regain control of their bodies.

It was a long gray sword that appeared to be much more slender compared to the Destruction Sword. It had a gray, crystal-like body with a dazzling gray light that radiated brightly from its body. The air around it was so sharp that it seemed even sharper than the Destruction Sword.

The sword was not long. It looked like it was just about 1.5 meters long. Before such a gigantic sword like the Destruction Sword, it resembled a speck of dust. However, it was exactly this speck of dust that blocked the path of the Destruction Sword.

The gray sword light shimmered, stretched out and became a thousand meters long before it obstructed the Destruction Sword abruptly. The two swords came to a halt in mid-air as they came in contact. Without warning, a gray figure materialized soundlessly in the air.

A figure that was a hundred meters tall. Evil yet handsome. It was the Demon God.

However, unlike the Demon God that Zhou Weiqing had summoned before, the current Demon God appeared more devilish. Furthermore, there was another figure that could be seen behind the Demon God. His hand was holding Tian'er who had previously fallen into despair.

This person was entirely enveloped in a white armor that could only be described to have absolute magnificence and dazzle. The entire armor set that was white in color appeared to be glittering and translucent. The armor seemed to be heavy as it covered his entire body. Apart from that, it seemed like a gigantic dragon was constantly swimming within the armor as ripples of platinum-colored light continuously radiated from it. A visible cluster of the nebula was spiraling continually at his back, and that was none other than the Astral Divine Territory. One could easily imagine just how powerful the armor set was with the Astral Divine Territory embedded in it.

The arms on the armor set were notably thick, with two sledgehammers in both hands. The hammers were not particularly big. However, it was apparent that the two lights that emanated from them were projecting their images in the sky, creating two gigantic energy sledgehammers that were a hundred meters long. They looked like a Heavenly Skill Image but even Fen Tian's Destruction Divine Territory could not seem to go near this pair of hammers.

Right in the middle of the chest of the armor was a piece of crystal clear milky gemstone that was in the form of a human being. Upon closer inspection, was that not Zhou Weiqing who was sitting cross-legged over there?

That was right, Zhou Weiqing had completed his consolidation. He had completed the last consolidation of his Ringless Ground Purging Set. The eleventh piece of the Ringless Ground Purging Set was no longer gold in color but a white god set. It was a true god set. Although the Boundless Infinitum Set was made up of eleven pieces as well, it was significantly inferior compared to the Ringless Ground Purging Set.

Not only did Zhou Weiqing summon the Demon God's Illusion, he actually managed to merge himself with it. It allowed the Demon God's illusion to bring into play a much greater power than before, to the point that even the Demon God's Sword was summoned. Just like how Fen Tian's power was magnified, similar changes could be seen in Zhou Weiqing as well.

Unexpectedly, the Demon God's body became incorporeal. In no time at all, the Demon God's sword expanded in the air and became a hundred meters long before it fell into the Demon God's hand. With a light flick of the long sword, he forcefully smacked the Destruction Sword away.

Zhou Weiqing who was still in mid-air was not standing around idly either. He threw his left hammer in the air as his right hammer swept across in front. The two hammers clashed together and a rich, intense platinum-colored Saint Energy blasted out in an instant. His Dual God Strength Hammers actually merged into one as it turned into a giant hammer with a long handle.

This gigantic hammer with a long handle was three meters long. The huge hammerhead's width was almost a meter long. A gigantic dragon could be indistinctly seen hovering and spiraling above it as both the smiling and crying-face hammers sparkled harmoniously.

Zhou Weiqing's right hand held onto the gigantic hammer as his left hand held onto Tian'er's hand. At this moment, Tian'er felt like her spirit had merged into one with his.

"He'll have to cross over my dead body first before he kills you!" Zhou Weiqing's voice resonated by Tian'er's ears without a hint of hesitation. The next moment, he stepped into mid-air as well and stood side by side with the hundred-meter tall Demon God.

Fen Tian did not continue to launch his attack. As he stared at Zhou Weiqing and the Demon God, his eyes instantly turned darker, "The eleventh piece of the legendary armor set. Zhou Weiqing, looks like you have plenty of trump cards up your sleeves, don't you? However, these are all useless! So what if you have the Demon God? Even if the real Demon God is here, I'll make him fall today!"

As Fen Tian said that, he waved his right hand. Without any warning, the thousand-meter long Destruction Sword suddenly shrank at a rapid pace and transformed into a four-foot-long sword in his hand.

The Destruction Sword that became a four-foot sword turned into a deep, serene black color. Zhou Weiqing could not describe the feeling that the sword gave him at all. Additionally, Fen Tian's entire being was now shrouded in complete darkness, even his face could no longer be seen clearly.

At this moment, the Demon God suddenly made his move. He was an illusion that was summoned by Zhou Weiqing. That was why he immediately launched his attack without delay the instant he sensed that Zhou Weiqing was threatened.

The Demon God's Sword sliced upwards on its own. Fen Tian's black figure materialized out of thin air on its path. Even Zhou Weiqing who had mastered Spatial Law did not know how Fen Tian managed to appear there so suddenly.

Whoosh!

This time, the situation took a turn.

Ding!

With a crisp sound, the Demon God's sword broke into two…

Under the aghast expressions of Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er, the powerful Demon God's sword actually broke into two.

All of a sudden, Fen Tian enlarged in size and transformed into a gigantic mouth, completely shrouded in black, that devoured everything into nothingness. Without warning, it swallowed the Demon God along with its sword in just one mouth.

Zhou Weiqing immediately began to launch his attack. He lifted up the Dual God Strength Hammers with both of his hand as he charged towards with him without making any unnecessary moves.

Slam!

A dark shadow flew across and the Demon God instantly reappeared. However, it only appeared for barely a second before it vanished into a cloud of gray air.

The dark shadow that was thrown across was none other than Fen Tian. He was looking at Zhou Weiqing with an astonished look. However, Zhou Weiqing could not see the look on his face because he was completely shrouded in black.

The eleventh piece of the Ringless Ground Purging Set did not only multiply Zhou Weiqing's power by two-fold. Instead, it gave him a ten-fold increase of his original power. In other words, the power that Zhou Weiqing possessed now was ten-thousand-fold compared to his original power with the help of the Ringless Ground Purging Set. This was the ten-thousand-fold power of a Heavenly God, to be exact!

Any energy would start to have a certain degree of mutation the moment it reached its limit. Just as the saying went, all roads lead to Rome. Earlier, Zhou Weiqing swatted Fen Tian away with the help of his brute force. Although he was unable to inflict any injuries to Fen Tian, at the very least, he did not allow him to fully devour the Demon God's energy.

The Dual God Strength Hammers were waved again. In mid-air, a hundred-meter tall illusion of the gigantic hammer plunged down from the sky as it slammed its way towards Fen Tian.

There was another flash of shadows, and Fen Tian disappeared again. All the same, Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er vanished as well.

A light reappeared. Without any warning, Fen Tian's Destruction Sword reemerged right at the spot where Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er were standing barely a second ago. The two of them, on the other hand, reappeared at another side.

The power that Zhou Weiqing used was the Spatial Law. As for the power that Fen Tian was using, well, he had no clue at all.

The gigantic hammer did not come to a halt despite Fen Tian's disappearance. Instead, it crudely slammed down in mid-air. With a loud rumble, a black hole with a diameter of a thousand meters was slammed open by the hammer. The energy from the devour was so robust that it caused Zhou Weiqing and Fen Tian's body to shake violently for a moment.

The Dual God Strength Hammers moved again. In no time at all, the illusion of the gigantic hammer in the air suddenly went into a frenzy as it began to smash in all directions without hesitation.

Whether it was Zhou Weiqing or Fen Tian, and regardless of how powerful their cultivation bases were, they were not real gods after all. They could not go near the black hole at all. Perhaps the black hole could not devour them, but it could still affect their strength greatly. At this moment, several dozens of gigantic black holes suddenly emerged in the sky as it blocked off all the routes of Fen Tian's attacks towards Zhou Weiqing.

"Do you really think that this can stop me?" Fen Tian's disdainful voice boomed in the air. His black figure expanded once again. With a swish, he enveloped a black hole and disappeared without a trace in just a blink of an eye.

Zhou Weiqing was struck dumb with astonishment. How was this possible? Has his Destruction Energy reached the point where it could even devour a black hole now? Even if he did not have the ultimate, purest form of Destruction Energy, it seemed like he was almost there.

Although Zhou Weiqing was taken aback, he could not possibly just stay idle. When the other party was devouring the black hole, the Dual God Strength Hammers rumbled like lightning instantly.

With a loud bang, the gigantic hammer along with the Ringless Ground Purging Set's terrifying energy burst out without warning and forcibly sent Fen Tian flying backward again.

However, Fen Tian did not seem to mind this attack at all. In just a flash, he charged forward once more. This time, his body suddenly shrank and became extremely small. The effect of him devouring the black hole earlier immediately became apparent. A crack began to appear on the black holes that were originally protecting Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er. In just a short while, Fen Tian suddenly crawled out from that hole. The black shadow suddenly enlarged as the Destruction Sword slashed directly towards Zhou Weiqing.

None of his techniques could help him now. The Dual God Strength Hammers slammed forward again. This was the first time the two of them directly clashed in direct contact after they raised their cultivation bases.

Wham!

The entire sky went dark for a moment. Within seconds, a black figure flew backward and crashed into a black hole. What a sagacious man Zhou Weiqing was! Before he sent his hammer out, he had already worked out the position. Fen Tian was not a match for him when it came to the matter of brute strength.

However, could the black hole inflict any harm on Fen Tian?

Shattered. The thing that was shattered was the black hole instead. Fen Tian's body actually shattered the black hole before it turned into black spots and slowly dissipated in the air.

On the contrary, even though Zhou Weiqing had managed to sent Fen Tian flying backward, he was not entirely free from complications. His body was densely covered in a layer of black light, his Ringless Ground Purging Set was shimmering brightly and intensely while its platinum-colored light was flickering in a frenzy. It was apparent that he did not have the upper hand in terms of attributes. His Saint Energy could barely suppress Fen Tian.

As soon as Fen Tian shattered the black hole, his black figure flickered across again without the need to regain his bearings. This time, his momentum was even more powerful than before.

Swish!

The platinum-colored light on Zhou Weiqing's body suddenly flared brightly as it forcefully melted the black light that covered his body. At the same time, his Dual God Strength Hammers was illuminated with the brilliance of a nebula as the spiraling nebula appeared directly at the hammerhead. As it turned out, he actually activated his Astral Divine Territory directly above it.

All of the Heavenly God-tier powerhouses who were watching the battle were stunned with their mouths wide open. All of them possessed a Divine Territory as well so it was natural that they knew how a Divine Territory functioned. They also knew that Divine Territories were easier to control when it was bigger in size. Although there was a limit to how much it could grow, it would not cause any pressure on the body at all. However, it was a different story when the Divine Territory shrank. Shrinking a Divine Territory was like compressing it. They could not imagine how one could possibly shrink his Divine Territory to become as small as the size of one's hammer like what Zhou Weiqing was doing at the moment.

At this moment, Tian'er changed her position and stood at Zhou Weiqing's back. Her entire being was pressed tightly against him with both her arms around his waist. She unreservedly infused all of her Saint Energy into Zhou Weiqing's body and fully merged their Saint Energy into one.

The sky suddenly dimmed without any warning. Just as quickly, a bright light shimmered and this time, Fen Tian was not sent flying. Instead, he was stuck firmly onto the hammerhead.

The platinum-colored light of the Astral Divine Territory completely enveloped Fen Tian's black-colored body. Innumerable stars appeared beside him and began to collide uncontrollably with the Destruction Energy that radiated off his body. Every time there was a collision, it produced a tenacious energy ripple that was filled with the elements of destruction and creation. It could clearly be seen that both of the white and black colors coming out of Fen Tian and Zhou Weiqing's bodies were slowing down at a visible speed.

Was it true that Zhou Weiqing's Saint Energy could not restrain Fen Tian's Destruction Energy? Naturally, the answer was negative. The twins known as creation and destruction would always inhibit each other. After Zhou Weiqing had managed to raise his cultivation base to the Heavenly God Tier, the purity of his Saint Energy was not inferior to Fen Tian at all.

He was waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the window when Fen Tian let his guard down. The reason he allowed the Destruction Energy to attach itself to his body in the first collision was so that Fen Tian would let down his guard and opportunity would come in the next moment.

Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er's combined Saint Energy might not be on par with Fen Tian's Destruction Energy. However, at the very least, it could act as a firm restraint on Fen Tian in terms of their attributes. All of the weaknesses that he previously displayed had vanished without a sight. Even Tian'er who was hugging Zhou Weiqing tightly could not help but let out a faint smile.

Indeed, from the moment she resisted Fen Tian's attack, Zhou Weiqing had already laid his trap in place. The previous defeat when their attributes clashed was merely a facade.

Fen Tian who was completely shrouded in black gradually exposed his original appearance. However, what took Zhou Weiqing by surprise was that he could not even see a hint of panic on Fen Tian's face.

Zhou Weiqing's motive was relatively simple, that was to deplete. He was going to rely on his Saint Energy's Creation Attribute to deplete Fen Tian of his Destruction Attribute. He had full faith in his self-healing abilities. After all, with the presence of his Astral Divine Territory, and as long as the stars that were created during the genesis were still present in the sky, his Saint Energy would still continue to be replenished. On the contrary, Fen Tian no longer had any other powerhouse who possessed the Destruction Energy by his side anymore.

"Do you really think that my current self can only devour the Destruction Attribute?" Fen Tian sneered coldly. All of a sudden, the eight long legs behind him stretched outwards. Almost instantly, a black orb lit up at the tip of each leg. It was just like eight tiny black holes had materialized out of nowhere.

Eight bright lights blasted forward and went straight to the crowd that was watching the battle.

'SH*T!' Zhou Weiqing yelled in his heart but everything was too late. The first victims were eight powerhouses from the Heaven's Expanse Palace. The eight Heaven's Expanse Palace's Heavenly Kings were directly hit by the eight black lights. In the next moment, they had already vanished on the spot before they could even let out a shrill cry. On the other side, the black light that was diminishing on Fen Tian's body suddenly turned brighter. What worried Zhou Weiqing the most right now was that the black lights on the eight long legs had begun to lit up again.

However, this time, the eight lights did not hit the crowd. Instead, they were aimed towards the eight holes that had not completely vanished in the air yet. The eight holes all dimmed at once and at the next moment, Zhou Weiqing felt a Destruction Energy that was powerful beyond comparison erupting from Fen Tian's body. His Dual God Strength Hammers could no longer bind the Destruction Sword to it.

With a loud rumble, Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er were sent flying away. The bloodcurdling Destruction Energy metamorphosed into a large devouring mouth and bit down brutally on Zhou Weiqing's body.

"Urghhh —" Zhou Weiqing spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. The atrocious Destruction Energy erupted completely from inside his body. Even the light from the Ringless Ground Purging Set on his body dimmed down.

'Damn it!'

It had never crossed Zhou Weiqing's mind that Fen Tian's power could actually rise to such a level after he had borrowed his power from the Nether Lord.

Fen Tian sneered. He did not rush forward to give chase to Zhou Weiqing. He merely lifted his right hand and raised the Destruction Sword. A strange voice that was neither male nor female could suddenly be heard coming from his body.

"You lowly humans, how daring of you to want to destroy my plans?! You must be out of your mind! The war between mankind has already begun. What a lovely feeling this is, to listen to the sorrowful souls and this sense of foreboding evil. The current Fen Tian already possesses a third of my power. It's not something that all of you can defeat so easily! All of you will die. When I'm released from my shackles and descend to Earth, that'll be the end for all you humans!"

A dark gloomy light soared up into the sky and spread outwards in a circular pattern. Within seconds, it had already reached a thousand meters in diameter. Right at the center of the dark light, a mass of dark green color that looked eerily like a gigantic eye 1 appeared soundlessly.

At that moment, a powerful suction energy that defied all expectation erupted from the dark gloomy hole that was a thousand meters wide in diameter. The suction energy was at least a hundred times stronger than that of a normal black hole. It did not matter if it was Zhou Weiqing who stood only a short distance away or the powerhouses of Heaven's Expanse Palace, Peerless Sect and Heavenly Snow Mountain who were all standing from afar watching the battle, all of them could no longer control their own bodies as they were tightly hauled by the perturbing devouring Destruction Energy. Their bodies were pulled closer and closer to it.

Zhou Weiqing and Tian'er could barely stabilize their bodies. It was all that they could do to stabilize themselves. It was fundamentally impossible for them to escape this time.

The Nether Lord. The voice just now had to belong to the Nether Lord. Just a third of his power and it was already this powerful. To what extent exactly was the power that the true Nether Lord possessed? It would definitely be the end of mankind if they allowed him to descend to Earth.

"Nether Lord, you'll never succeed!" A cool and pleasant voice resonated at this moment. Immediately afterward, a turquoise light appeared in the void soundlessly right above Fen Tian, directly in the middle of the black hole.

"Elven Queen? Oh, my bad, I should call you the Elven Empress now. Are you really trying to stop me all by yourself?" Disdain could be heard in the Nether Lord's remark.

The Elven Empress did not speak a word at all as a faint turquoise light began to ooze out from her body. Despite the fact that she was situated right in the middle of the devouring black hole, the black hole did not affect her at all.

One by one, she continuously made complicated hand signs in front of her chest. The turquoise light that was growing more intense as time went by, surged out from her in the form of a light halo. Her gaze, on the other hand, was trained on Zhou Weiqing.

"Weiqing, I can only temporarily hold off Fen Tian. The only thing that can inflict real harm on him is your Saint Energy. We don't have many opportunities left so you'll have to launch your most powerful attack and destroy him completely. He's merely a projection of the Nether Lord so we must first kill him off. Otherwise, everyone present here will die and Fen Tian will be able to use our power to open up a passage for the Nether Lord. You only have thirty seconds!"

The Elven Empress's voice was solemn with a hint of nervousness. This was the first time Zhou Weiqing had seen her in such a state since he met her, except for the time when the Elven Princess was abducted. One could easily imagine how terribly formidable the Fen Tian before them had become.

Rays of turquoise light descended from the sky like drooping vines and enveloped Fen Tian entirely. Right at this moment, the black devouring hole in the sky had also come to a pause. It was as if all the Destruction Energy had been isolated by the Elven Empress.

Those turquoise lights compressed inwardly and literally crushed Fen Tian. It prevented him from releasing his Destruction Energy.

"Elven Empress, what you're doing now is like quenching thirst with poison. How long do you think you'll be able to hold me back like this? I'm more interested in seeing how much vitality you're planning to burn this time!" The Nether Lord's voice was still full of disdain. It was apparent he was not at all worried about the Elven Empress' actions.

The Elven Empress did not utter a sound. On the contrary, the turquoise light became even more intense to the point that Fen Tian who was trapped in the middle could no longer move.

Zhou Weiqing and the Elven Empress was still sharing the same life. For this reason, he knew that what the Nether Lord had said was correct. At this moment, the Elven Empress was burning her life to purify her Life Saint Energy to an appalling degree. It was only just enough to trap Fen Tian who could utilize the Nether Lord's energy.

In fact, the energy that the Elven Empress was using right now was not entirely her own. She was actually using the energy of the Elven Elders as well. Even a part of the Elf Tribe's Ancient Tree of Life's energy was being used by her right now. Even so, she could only last for 30 seconds.

Zhou Weiqing motioned for Tian'er to release his body. As she did that, the Dual God Strength Hammers in his hands vanished without a trace. Thirty seconds. He only had thirty seconds. Right now, Fen Tian did not even have a corporeal form. It would be extremely difficult to launch a powerful attack within half a minute to kill him who possessed a third of the Nether Lord's power.

The most difficult part lay with the fact that Fen Tian's Destruction Energy was currently so pure that it had reached a terrifying level. If Zhou Weiqing could not kill him off with a blow, he would be able to devour any energy from the air or even open a black hole to devour its energy and heal himself.

Zhou Weiqing did not have the slightest bit of confidence in his own Saint Energy. Thirty seconds was really too short. If he merely used the depletion method to attack him, he would never be able to kill Fen Tian off completely in such a short amount of time.

Due to this reason, Zhou Weiqing did not even bother trying to deplete him any longer. He had another option, an option that he had never tried before. However, at this moment, all he could do was to take a gamble and bet to see if he could succeed.

The gentle Saint Energy ripple slowly oozed out of Zhou Weiqing's body. The tiny figure in front of his chest followed suit as if its eyes were also open.

The purest Saint Energy in the Saint God Nucleus Core surged out gently. Zhou Weiqing clasped both of his hands together and made a very strange gesture.

His fingers were clasped together but the palms were not touching each other. A fist-sized distance was left in between the palms as both of the palms faced each other. Without warning, the Saint God Nucleus Core flew out from his chest and stopped right in between his palms. The radiant platinum-colored light suddenly shone brightly at once. The tiny Saint God Nucleus Core that was floating between Zhou Weiqing's palms had the same pose as Zhou Weiqing and looked rather peculiar.

It also had its hands clasped together with its palms facing each other and a small space in between.

The light on Zhou Weiqing's forehead lit up immediately. In that instance, both of his eyes suddenly turned gray before a huge Heavenly Skill Image gradually emerged at his back.

When one reached the level of his cultivation base, the Heavenly Skill Projection that was cast would usually be of his own image. However, at this moment, the Heavenly Skill Projection that materialized behind Zhou Weiqing was not himself at all.

It was a gigantic tiger that was entirely black in color — the Dark Demon God Tiger. Its stout tail was curved, the huge wide wings and the imposing manner were, without a doubt, much stronger than before.

In fact, Zhou Weiqing had never once cast the Dark Demon God Tiger Heavenly Skill Projection ever since he became a Heavenly King. However, he had no choice but to launch it now in the face of such a critical situation.

Other than its powerful and imposing manner, what made the Dark Demon God Tiger different than before was the rider on its back. It was a miniature version of Zhou Weiqing. If one was to look carefully, one would notice that the Saint God Nucleus Core that was originally between Zhou Weiqing's palms were no longer there. His God Saint Nucleus Core had actually merged with his own Dark Demon God Tiger Heavenly Skill Projection. What a strange situation this was!

Nobody had any idea what Zhou Weiqing was going to do next. Even the Elven Empress who shared the same heart with him could not split part of her attention to sense it because she needed to devote all of her energy into sealing Fen Tian. At any rate, she had absolute confidence in Zhou Weiqing. That was a kind of faith that no words could describe.

Fen Tian, who was unable to break free from the Elven Empress' restraint, decided to just hover in the air quietly as he silently watched Zhou Weiqing from a distance. He did not know why but there was an uneasy feeling eating its way to his heart right now. However, at this moment, the energy ripple that emanated out of Zhou Weiqing was not strong at all. After he had withdrawn his Dual God Strength Hammers, he even retracted his Astral Divine Territory.

'Under such circumstances, how can Zhou Weiqing possibly inflict any injury on me with his attack?' Fen Tian thought to himself.

Fen Tian was certain that Zhou Weiqing would fail.

The terrifying Destruction Energy continued to struggle against the Elven Empress��� restraint. Perhaps only the Elven Empress alone was able to hold him off temporarily in such a state. However, such a restraint greatly depleted her energy as well even if she was the Elven Empress. Fen Tian was absolutely certain that as long as he could break off this restraint, she would be the first to bear the brunt. He would be able to slaughter the Elven Empress and devour her. At that time, Zhou Weiqing and his wife would be nothing compared to him. Even if he was left all alone, even if he had to pay such a hefty price to obtain this powerful strength, he believed that he would still be able to wipe off all the powerhouses that were before him. When that time came, he would still at least be an emissary in this world, even if he was only a stooge for the Nether Lord.

'Zhou Weiqing's eyes suddenly turned gray, huh? Does he intend to use the Demon God's energy?' Fen Tian thought to himself when he saw the changes in Zhou Weiqing's eyes.

On the other hand, the Dark Demon God Tiger and the Saint God Nucleus Core behind him seemed to be unable to withstand such a great deal of energy as they began to distort in an unreal pattern. At this time, a tiny black hole emerged between Zhou Weiqing's opposing palms.

From the appearance itself, this black hole could only be described with one word — minuscule. Even though Zhou Weiqing's action was slowly becoming bigger, it was still quite limited. Even with Fen Tian's cultivation base, he could not sense the presence of any energy or aura coming from it at all. Such a tiny black hole did not even warrant an attack from Fen Tian. In his mind, he was sure that such an attack would automatically vanish the moment it came in contact with his body.

This was his intuitive judgment on the energy but he did not understand why he was feeling particularly strange. Somehow, he had a gut feeling that this seemingly insignificant tiny ball of energy might pose a threat to him. However, he was not sure exactly where did this sense of threat come from.

The tiny black hole gradually expanded as Zhou Weiqing slowly opened up his arms. His eyes were extremely focused because this attack would be his only chance. Due to this reason, he would never allow himself to make even the slightest mistake. At this moment, whether it was him, Fen Tian or even the Elven Empress, each of them had placed their bets. It's either succeed or die!

As the black hole slowly became bigger, Fen Tian could finally see the uniqueness of this black hole. The surroundings of an ordinary black hole would usually be entirely dark or filled with devastating and destructive devouring energy. However, it was not the case for this black hole that Zhou Weiqing cast. Instead, around the black hole were circles of distorted bright light. That was exactly how the Heavenly Skill Projection's Heavenly Skill Image got distorted.

The feeling of uneasiness suddenly became even more intense. Fen Tian struggled with all his might and the Destruction Energy in his body erupted all as he tried to drive the Elven Empress away.

The Empress felt very pleased when she sensed Fen Tian's hysteria. It was apparent that Zhou Weiqing's attack must be effective. Otherwise, why would Fen Tian suddenly go berserk? The fire of life continued to burn vigorously. It was so vigorous that one could even see the seemingly real turquoise flame flickering above the Elven Empress' head.

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Chapter 834

The Elf Tribe did not lack vitality, especially after the Ancient Tree of Life went through its second evolution. Despite how the Elven Empress was suffering from being tremendously depleted at this point, it was certainly not a problem for her to hold out for another thirty seconds like she had mentioned before. Moreover, even if her vitality had been exhausted, she could still make use of her connection with the Ancient Tree of Life to restore her vitality if given enough time. This was the advantage of Ancient Tree of Life's evolution.

The black hole in front of Zhou Weiqing's chest then expanded to a diameter of one meter before it finally stopped. Zhou Weiqing raised his hand slowly, not to push the black hole towards Fen Tian; instead, he raised it up until it reached the top of his head. This was followed closely by the black hole being suspended in mid-air as it expanded once again, this time to a diameter of three metes above his head.

The pitch-black, distorted radiance then completely turned into a platinum color, followed immediately by Zhou Weiqing's entire body warping into something unreal and distorted.

"Come at me Fen Tian, I'll let you broaden your horizon with my ultimate critical strike." Zhou Weiqing's eyes were shimmering with a divine radiance; his right hand pointed to the front of Fen Tian, who was currently restricted by the Elven Empress.

An intensely distorted radiance appeared in the black hole above Zhou Weiqing's head and surged towards Fen Tian like an electrical snake.

That distorted radiance may seem weak and small, not even affecting the energy ripples in the least. However, when it came into contact with the Elven Empress' dark green-colored life force that was capable of trapping Fen Tian, all the dark green-colored life force vanished completely to everyone's surprise. Even the Elven Empress was swept away by the gushing distorted radiance as she disappeared into thin air along with it.

Its target was not the Elven Empress, but since it came into contact with the energy she released with the support of the twelve Elf Tribe's elders, it was attracted by it. Then, it swept the Elven Empress away as well. It was indeed a terrifying energy! Following that, it was branded onto Fen Tian's black-colored ball of Destruction Energy.

Fen Tian had already used his fastest speed to run when the Elven Empress was swept away. However, the surrounding space suddenly distorted, and his movements turned exceedingly slow, beyond his control. Before they knew it, that distorted radiance was then branded onto his body.

"Th-this… is the Genesis Time Law!" The shocked voice did not belong to Fen Tian's, but was from the Nether Lord. The distorted halo flashed past, before Fen Tian and Zhou Weiqing vanished in a split second.

Time Law was similar to the Spatial Law, but the Time Law that belonged to the Divine Attribute was obviously more powerful than the latter, though Fen Tian's Time Law had the word Genesis preceding it. What did it mean? It meant that Zhou Weiqing's Time Law had already merged perfectly with the Genesis Energy in his Saint Energy. Fen Tian's powerful Destruction Energy was then rendered incapable of reversing it.

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The agitated energy in the sky was suddenly swept away into nothingness; even the huge engulfing hole created by Fen Tian earlier had vanished as well. The crowd who witnessed the battle from afar could feel their heart rates increasing into an extremely intense, violent level. What did Zhou Weiqing actually do? Why did Zhou Weiqing, the Elven Empress, and Fen Tian disappear from the sky? Where did they go? Time Law? How did the Time Law make people disappear?

No one understood what was happening there and then, but these questions did not matter to them anymore, even from the very beginning.

When the Elven Empress was swept away by the distorted radiance, she could only feel the time around her turning slow all of a sudden. Following that, the energy she released earlier and the energy in her body decayed at an astonishing speed.

Suddenly, a radiance flashed and she appeared at a strange place.

It was an amazing arena; its diameter was more than fifty meters with a twisted radiance surrounding it. Everything seemed and appeared to be unreal.

Another figure appeared at this moment. The Elven Empress scrutinized it closely and found that it was a young boy who had appeared out of nowhere.

The clothes on his body had already completely disappeared. Even though he looked like he was six to seven years old, his face was overflowing with a foul evil. He was also astonished when he caught sight of the Elven Empress.

"Are you the El-elven Empress?" His shocked, childish voice echoed. Even though it was the voice of a child, it was filled with a murderous intent. Moreover, there was no way to tell if the voice came from a boy or a girl.

"Nether Lord?" The Elven Empress gasped in surprise. She lowered her head and looked down at herself subconsciously; she was stunned immediately.

At this exact moment, the Elven Empress had the body of a child. There was only a pair of tiny wings on her back that could only set her afloat in mid-air. She was right, her own cultivation base had almost completely disappeared. In other words, she was in a state where she had transformed into her six-year-old self. Could the young boy before her be Fen Tian?

'Zhou Weiqing, what sort of skill did you actually use? How did we turn into this?'

It was at this exact moment that a figure that was much taller than they were, appeared within the horizon quietly.

Zhou Weiqing, who was dressed in the Ringless Ground Purging Set slowly emerged. He could not help but be stunned when he saw the arena with his very own eyes, with Fen Tian and the Elven Empress standing within it.

"I have succeeded. I've truly succeeded. The Time Law that restores childhood, hahaha! I've truly succeeded!" There was a layer of distorted light rings floating around Zhou Weiqing's body that made him seem slightly unreal, but his proud expression remained exactly the same as it was before.

"Weiqing, what's happening here?" The Elven Empress could not help but ask, while Fen Tian, who was only six years old, had a very unpleasant expression on his face.

Zhou Weiqing chuckled as he spoke, "This is one of my abilities. When I broke through to the Heavenly God Tier, I realized that the skill utilizes the Time Attribute. This skill allows me to turn life-forms in a designated area around me back to their childhood days while I remain unaffected by the transformation. It's effective on every living thing unless the life-form escapes the designated area around me when I use the ability, or if the life-form attacks me and renders me incapable of using the ability. If that's not the case, once this ability has been used, it'll definitely be successful. Initially, this ability was not powerful enough to shrink Fen Tian's Destruction Energy. However, Fen Tian was still only Fen Tian. He's just borrowing the Nether Lord's abilities. In fact, he isn't even the genuine Nether Lord. My ability will be effective as long as he still has a body. Moreover, this skill is powered by the merging of the Saint God Nucleus Core. Your Majesty, I am truly grateful to you for your actions in restraining him or I would not have been able to use this ability. Oh and… little Fen Tian, what else do you have to say right now?"

Chapter 835

The Nether Lord exclaimed coldly, "Fen Tian's nothing but a puppet of mine. I truly didn't expect that you would be able to master the Genesis Time Law. What a waste! Your skill may be effective against Fen Tian, but it's utterly useless against me. You can trap living things, but my Destructive Thought is not something that your puny Time Law can trap. I'll admit that I lost the battle here. However, the Netherworld's about to open a passageway that leads to this stretch on the mainland. The day my true body descends to this world is the day all of you are destroyed. Fen Tian is my puppet. Even if he has to die, he'll die by my hands."

As he was saying that, two green-colored light suddenly shot out of the little six-year-old Fen Tian's eyes. With a pop, his head exploded just like that. The two green-colored light merged into one in the air, and it seemed to stare at Zhou Weiqing for a moment before it forcefully erupted while the Time Law's constraint vanished.

All the Destruction Energy in the air seemed to vanish with this disappearance. There was only Fen Tian's corpse that dropped onto the ground with a thud. The Saint Land Lord from the Blood Red Hell did not even manage to say his final words before he died.

Zhou Weiqing and the Elven Empress stared at each other. They could not refrain from laughing, "So did we lose or win? Fen Tian's already so powerful with only a third of the Nether Lord's abilities, how are we going to deal with the actual Nether Lord then?"

The Elven Empress sighed, "We are incapable of dealing with him. The Nether Lord's not lying. The Genesis Time Law is only capable of restraining lifeforms like us, but he's different. He's formed completely from the Destruction Energy and resentment. He's not even a living entity with substance. Moreover, the level of his Destruction Attribute significantly exceeds the level of your Genesis Time Law. Unless you can comprehend the true Genesis Law, even with all of us combined, we still won't be a match for him."

"Comprehend the true Genesis Law? Is there even a way to do that?" Zhou Weiqing asked in a lowered voice.

The Elven Empress let out a forced laugh as she spoke, "That's impossible. There's only one person who has ever mastered the Genesis Law, and that person was the Genesis God. After he created the world, his Genesis Law disappeared and ceased to exist. If you can master the Genesis Law, you'll become the new Genesis God. You'll be able to destroy the likes of the Boundless Mainland with just a turn of your palm. How will it be possible for something like that to happen? The Genesis God no longer exists."

Zhou Weiqing stared at her in bewilderment as he asked, "So what are we going to do then? We can't just wait for our doom here, right?"

The Elven Empress spoke, "We should leave this place first before we discuss the matter any further. Our only way out is to reinforce the seal on the exit of the Netherworld passageway. It won't be a difficult task to reinforce the seal with your Saint Energy. As long as we can stop the Nether Lord from charging out, what else can it do even if it's more powerful? It's already at the Heaven Change Tier now, and it's also a God in the truest sense. However, it's still incapable of breaking out of the secure seal that was formed from the divine blood from the bloodline of all the different sects."

Zhou Weiqing nodded. In truth, he did not like the feeling of destiny not being in his control. However, he could only abide by the Elven Empress' suggestion for the time being.

A distorted halo flashed past, and Zhou Weiqing and the Elven Empress simultaneously emerged within the void. When they emerged once again to their own space-time continuum, the Elven Empress returned to her original state accordingly. On the other hand, Fen Tian's corpse was in Zhou Weiqing's hand. Apart from the corpse, Fen Tian's Heavenly Core Nucleus was in Zhou Weiqing's other hand. It was the Heavenly Core Nucleus of Maximum-Level Heavenly God.

The Heavenly Snow Mountain, Heaven's Expanse Palace, and Peerless Sect powerhouses were initially idling around because they were at a loss of what to do. It seemed like Zhou Weiqing and the Elven Empress had only vanished for a split second before they reappeared again in the next moment. To everyone's surprise, Fen Tian had already turned into a corpse.

After a short moment of silence, sounds of cheering similar to mighty wave erupted.

After experiencing such a long battle with countless life and death situations, the great battle had finally ended. They were precisely the final victor.

Within the sound of cheers, Zhou Weiqing's soulmates had already pounced on him. Tian'er who was also a participant of the earlier battle stood the closest to him. She hugged Zhou Weiqing tightly. The other women were not slow either as they surrounded Zhou Weiqing in the center.

The powerhouses from the Three Great Saint Lands also surrounded him one after another. They were truly relieved when they saw the corpse with its blown-off head. It did not matter that they went through many hardships, the battle had finally ended and victory was theirs.

Shangguan Tianyang could not refrain himself from asking, "Weiqing, how did you do it? Is Fen Tian…"

Zhou Weiqing wrapped his arms around his soulmates on the left and right as he chuckled, "Uncle, this is a secret. There's no way I'm telling all of you. I can only say that Fen Tian has truly died. However, everything hasn't ended yet. The threat from the Netherworld Lord still stands."

After hearing his final sentence, the crowd's initial excitement instantly became much quieter. Each of Zhou Weiqing's soulmates loosened their grip on his arms shyly. At one point, they truly thought that they were going to lose Zhou Weiqing, with all of their resentment and grudges turning into anxiousness. However, while they were looking at everyone nearby at this moment, they saw Dongfang Hanyue who was also standing next to them. The joy on their faces was once again, replaced by jealousy.

The Elven Empress spoke, "Zhou Weiqing is right. We can't relax our vigilance yet. We must quickly make our way to the seal at the exit of the Netherworld's pathway. Judging from the Nether Lord's confidence, I predict that it think it's certain that it will be able to break through the seal. At that time, no one will be able to stop him if he descends to our world."

Shangguan Tianyang's expression became solemn as he spoke, "So where's this Nether Pathway then? Your majesty, please teach me."

The Elven Empress lowered her gaze as she bided, "It's precisely there."

The crowd followed her gaze. Moreover, more than half of the Wan Shou Heaven's surface area was destroyed. Shangguan Tianyang was startled, "Brother Xue, this…"

Xue Ao'tian sighed before he spoke, "There's no need to hide anything now. It's true. Those of us from the Heavenly Snow Mountain has always been guarding the Nether Pathway's exit. My wife's even one of the seal's guardian. After she gave birth to Tian'er back in those days, she returned to the seal right here. I've never seen the Nether Pathway's seal before, but this is definitely the exit."

Zhou Weiqing looked at the Elven Empress, "Your Majesty. What are we supposed to do now?"

The dark clouds and darkness in the sky had already dispersed following the battle's end, and sunlight was shining on the ground. However, the Heavenly Snow Mountain no longer existed. Moreover, more than half of the Wan Shou Heaven's surface area was destroyed.

The Elven Empress spoke in a solemn tone upon feeling the gazes from everyone, "It's useless for ordinary people to go to the seal. Weiqing, you shall go with Tian'er. You and Tian'er possess true Saint Energy, only the two of you truly possess the ability to reinforce the Netherworld's seal. I'm one of the originators who created the seal back in the day, and my lineage has the ability to reinforce the seal as well. However, you'll need to further enhance your cultivation base before you leave for the Netherworld's seal. You need to restore the two enormous dragon spirits so the dragons can come along with you. You can rely on their Dragon Emperor Bloodlines to ease the process of reinforcing the seal."

Zhou Weiqing nodded, "Very well. In that case, we'll begin now."

The Elf Tribe's twelve elven elders had already brought over the two enormous dragons, Hui Yao and Duo Si. The Elven Empress relied on her powerful Life Saint Energy to put them into a temporary slumber after trapping them earlier. However, the black-colored stains on their bodies had yet to fade.

Zhou Weiqing first went over to the upper area of the enormous dragon Hui Yao's head. His hands were glimmering with a gentle white light as he conjured up the Dual God Strength Hammers. The Astral Divine Territory was still attached to the giant hammers as well.

He aimed the giant hammers downwards and pinned it down onto Hui Yao's head. A white-colored radiance flashed past and the pure Saint Energy amplified by the Astral Divine Territory was infused into Hui Yao's body.

Hui Yao's enormous body started trembling violently all of a sudden. It was Fen Tian who exercised control over Hui Yao and Duo Si earlier, the Destruction Energy that was controlling them turned into a masterless matter now that Fen Tian was already dead. The Destruction Energy was utterly defenseless in the face of Zhou Weiqing's pure Nebula Saint Energy that had advanced to the Heavenly God Tier. It only took a few moments before the black color on Hui Yao's body gradually faded and disappeared.

On the other side, Tian'er was also following the same method as she removed the Destruction Energy within Duo Si's body.

After the process was completed, Zhou Weiqing did not relax. Instead, he furrowed his brows and did not lift the giant hammers in his hands that was still pinning Hui Yao's head down.

"Woo…" The low and deep sound of a dragon's roar slowly escaped Hui Yao's mouth as he slowly opened his enormous dragon's eyes. When his muddled eyesight gradually turned crystal clear, the sound of a dismal dragon's roar burst forth from Hui Yao's mouth suddenly.

"No… my children." On the other side, Duo Si's dismal and agonizing moan echoed simultaneously. The two enormous dragons let out a sorrowful howl as if they had simultaneously become hysterical. It made all of the powerhouses on the scene feel a sense of grief for them.

Zhou Weiqing had already predicted such an outcome, but he still could not refrain from feeling heavy-hearted. Even Hui Yao and Duo Si were enslaved by the Blood Red Hell, there was no need to go into details about their children.

The only thing that Zhou Weiqing could do at this moment was to use his gentle Saint Energy to continuously ease the grievance in Hui Yao and Duo Si's hearts.

Hui Yao and Duo Si gradually turned calmer after a long while. Hui Yao raised his enormous head and looked at Zhou Weiqing. Surprisingly, his ginormous body was still trembling.

"Weiqing, they…they killed my children and used my children as a blood sacrifice to the Nether Lord. I…I…"

Zhou Weiqing squatted down and gently caressed Hui Yao's huge head, "What has passed is past. Turn your pain into strength, my friend. We've already destroyed the Blood Red Hell, and I've also killed Fen Tian. We're now heading to the Netherworld's seal urgently to reinforce the seal so that the Nether Lord's vision to come to our world will be unfulfilled."