Lord of the Earth

The Qianxia army marched through the ruins of the Heavenly Court, surrounded by crumbling palaces and broken rainbow bridges, exuding an ancient desolation.

Until this day, when Zhao Yun, as the vanguard, led his elite troops through a distorted void barrier, the sight before them made everyone gasp for breath.

It was a vast and boundless wasteland, but not entirely desolate.

The dim starlight enveloped the entire area like a thin veil, seemingly flowing along some mysterious trajectory, filled with an aura of mystery!
"Such rich stellar power, it's just like the 'stars' themselves!"

Song Jiang couldn't help but gasp.

Behind him were several generals from the Water Margin world, including Lu Zhishen, Zhang Shun, and Lin Chong, who also looked surprised.

The stellar energy permeating this place seems to subtly echo their respective Heavenly and Earthly Destinies.

They sensed that if they participated in the battle in this area, their strength would increase by more than 50%.

"This looks like a 'military camp,' a remnant of the powerful 'Ziwei Imperial Guard' of the former True God Ziwei Emperor!"

An elder of the Azure Dragon Clan was so excited that he let out a series of dragon roars.

The Azure Dragon Seven Constellations were an auxiliary army of the human race used to suppress the alien races in the east, while the "Purple Star Army" was the "elite army" directly under the command of the Purple Star Emperor!
It is even better than the Azure Dragon Seven Mansions.

In the past, their mere presence on the battlefield instilled fear in countless alien races, causing them to flee in terror...

"Unexpectedly, the 'Purple Star Imperial Guard' camp has been breached by the alien race..."

As if resonating with the past, feeling the cruel battle scenes, the seven Azure Dragon deities who were granted access to the "Heavenly Court Ruins" all felt a sense of sorrow and trembling in their hearts!
The Ziwei Emperor is the true god who governs the stars in the heavens and is also a symbol of "emperor".

In Chinese legends, the celestial sphere can be divided into "Three Enclosures, Four Symbols, and Twenty-Eight Mansions".

The most central element is the "Ziwei Enclosure," which symbolizes the residence of the Heavenly Emperor and is similar to an imperial palace.

Three masters and three dukes awaited the summons, while the Heavenly Pillar, Heavenly Spear, and Black Spear protected the royal safety. There were also stars symbolizing the "kitchen," such as the Heavenly Kitchen and the Inner Kitchen!
The famous Big Dipper also belongs to the "Purple Palace Enclosure," located outside the right wall, and is the chariot of the Heavenly Emperor when he goes on tour!
These "Purple Star Imperial Guards" are the human army that guards the center, and they are even more powerful than the "Four Symbols" such as the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird!
If such an army were judged according to the standards of the Eternal Land, it would most likely belong to the "Lapis Lazuli" level, and be the "personal army" of the true god.

Even more powerful than ordinary true god armies... because based on the information we knew before, Houtu and Ziwei Emperor are "Four Emperors" level beings!

Even among true gods, they are extraordinary beings.

"That's right, this is the camp of the 'Purple Star Imperial Guard.' These soldiers are all at the level of gods... Every single one of these weapons scattered around is forged from a real star. When their power is unleashed, they can easily destroy an entire landmass..."

"But now, it's been destroyed too..."

Amidst the ruins, shattered pieces of star-gold armor are scattered everywhere. Though the ancient star patterns engraved on them have faded, they still exude an aura of resilience and unyielding strength…

The symbol of the human race's once most powerful "unit" is now just a ruin.

"No, that's not it... Look..."

However, as the group ventured deeper into the central military camp, they noticed something unusual.

Some enormous star power gathering devices, resembling dragons coiling around pillars, collapsed to the ground, but a faint light still flowed at their cores. Most striking was the vast training ground in the center of the camp, where a huge star map covering several miles was imprinted on the ground, with 108 major nodes shining brightly.

Although its energy is dormant, its structure is intact, revealing endless mysteries!

"Well, what is that?"

However, in the center of this ruin, which contains a great hope for inheritance, there is an incongruous object standing there.

It was a giant egg-shaped object thousands of feet tall, completely encased in a thick gray stone shell, its surface covered with twisted sealing runes, exuding a chilling sense of oppression and ominousness.

At this time, one of the sources of life from the "Jianmu" tree has spread to this place.

boom! ! ! !

Suddenly, the giant gray egg exploded without warning, and fragments of its stone shell scattered like meteorites.

A savage, violent, and terrifying aura filled with pure destructive will swept through the entire Star Soldier Camp like a tangible tsunami!

Amidst the swirling dust and malevolent aura, a ferocious figure, hundreds of feet tall, slowly rose to its feet.

It possesses a body interwoven with dark gold and blood red, its muscles coiled like dragons, and its four thick arms respectively wield a giant blade burning with black flames, a longsword wrapped with lightning, a bone club covered with spikes, and a shadowy venomous snake that hisses and flicks its tongue like a living creature. On its forehead, a tightly closed blood-red vertical eye trembles slightly, as if it might open at any moment and release a world-destroying ferocity.

It was none other than an extremely powerful alien deity—Asura!

"Hmph... The seal that has lasted for ten thousand years has finally been broken today!"

"Ziwei... your plan is so ruthless! You actually sent your 108 'Ziwei Imperial Guards' to ambush me at the cost of their lives. If it weren't for the great army in my 'Shura Divine Kingdom' protecting them, they might have truly perished here..."

"However, now that I have broken the seal, these descendants of your human race are the lambs I will slaughter..."

Ashura let out a hoarse and ferocious laugh, and his blood-red vertical eye suddenly opened. It was an eye purely formed from the law of slaughter. Wherever his gaze fell, the space rippled and distorted. His gaze instantly pierced through the crowd and locked onto Xia Tian, ​​who was surrounded by the crowd in the center and possessed the aura of a human emperor!

"Hmm! The master of human destiny? Excellent! By absorbing your destiny, I may be able to glimpse a higher realm!"

Ashura grinned maliciously.

The Asura King's voice was like a thousand thunderclaps, making everyone's eardrums ache. He swung one of his arms violently, and a giant blade burning with black flames tore through the sky.

"Use your head to celebrate my awakening!"

The destructive laws contained in this strike caused space itself to crumble. Even before the blade arrived, its sharp intent already pierced the souls of everyone present. Wherever the blade's light passed, cracks appeared in the void, as if the world itself was about to return to chaos under this strike.

"Hmph, how presumptuous!"

A figure stood in front of Xia Tian like a rock.

The purple flames burning on the chains on his arms were no ordinary fire; they exuded a terrifying aura that imprisoned the soul and burned away sins, freezing the surrounding air into patches of frost.

"boom!"

The chains wrapped around his arm acted like "iron chains across the river," blocking the blade's energy.

Sonorous!

The sound of metal clashing against metal resounded through the sky as the dark red and black blades of destruction collided violently with the Nine Nether Chains burning with ghostly blue flames.

An energy surge erupted, dark red and ghostly blue flames intertwined and annihilated each other wildly, and the violent shockwave caused the already dilapidated palace ruins around them to crumble into dust once more! "It's Lord Wu!"

Indeed, it was Wu Song who held the dual official positions of "Lord of Mount Tai" and "General Who Guards the Prison"!
As the smoke and dust dissipated, Wu Song's full head of black hair danced wildly, and his aura was completely different from usual, with boundless divine power as vast as the ocean.

Above their heads floated an ancient and imposing seal, shaped like a miniature mountain range, engraved with the divine inscription "Lord of Mount Tai," which cast rays of mysterious divine light to protect him and Xia Tian within it.

Behind him, a majestic and powerful figure of a netherworld deity, wearing a crown and holding the power of life and death, appeared faintly. That was the manifestation of the authority of the Lord of Mount Tai!
"The Lord of Mount Tai is here! How dare you be so insolent!"

Wu Song's voice was like cold iron striking a bell, and his gaze was as cold as ancient ice, staring directly at the Asura King.

"The Lord of Mount Tai?!"

The Asura King's blood-red vertical eyes suddenly contracted, and the waving of his four arms paused, as if it had stirred up some ancient and terrifying memories.

"The one who rules the Netherworld? Impossible... Wasn't He already confirmed to have perished after the collapse of the Human Celestial Court? Moreover, He should have been completely annihilated, both in body and soul!"

But the next moment, the Asura King realized Wu Song's true cultivation level.

His initial fear instantly transformed into boundless rage and mockery, unleashing a deafening laugh:

"Hahaha! What a bluff! He's just a lucky junior who inherited a few titles and powers! A mere being who has stepped into the third heaven, even if he holds the seal of the Lord of Mount Tai, how much of its power can he actually wield!"

A hint of savagery flashed in the Asura King's blood-red vertical eye. He unleashed a barrage of attacks with all four arms dancing wildly.

A giant blade engulfed in burning black flames cleaved through the sky with a blade of light that tore through the heavens; a longsword wrapped in lightning unleashed countless bolts of destructive electricity; a bone club covered in spikes crashed down with the force of a landslide; and the shadowy venomous serpent darted through the void, waiting for its chance to bite...

"Even if I only possess a portion of the inheritance, it is more than enough to suppress you, this wicked creature whose divine power has been eroded by ten thousand years of sealing!"

Wu Song's face was ashen.

Divine power surged within him, and the Nine Nether Chains, like countless resurrected ghostly poisonous dragons, intertwined in front of Xia Tian to form an impenetrable net, with layers of chain shadows and raging ghostly flames!
boom! boom! boom!
The two sides clashed, and each collision produced a deafening roar, with energy ripples spreading wildly.

Although, there is still some distance to go before we can fully step into the "third heaven".

However, under the blessing of the "divine position", Wu Song pushed the authority of the "Lord of Mount Tai" and his own "suppression" martial arts essence to the extreme. The Nine Nether Chains in his hand transformed into a sky full of ghostly fire whip shadows. Each strike contained the power of Mount Tai, which was as heavy as a mountain and could bind the soul!

At the same time, he used both fists and feet, integrating the extremely powerful and yang "Prison Suppressor" fist force into his own "Mount Tai Lord" divine authority, and actually managed to temporarily withstand the mountain-shaking bone club's bombardment with his flesh and blood!

"Hmph, I underestimated you... Such fighting spirit... However, the more so, the more satisfied I am..."

However, this Asura King was once a terrifying being that even the elite Imperial Guards under the Ziwei Emperor had to pay a huge price to seal away.

At its peak, its strength likely reached the "peak of the third level" or even touched the threshold of a higher level. Even after being "sealed" and worn down for nearly ten thousand years, its remaining power was still terrifyingly powerful!
Boom, boom, boom...

Although Wu Song forcibly enhanced himself by borrowing the power of the "Seal of the Lord of Mount Tai" and the "Nine Nether Chains".

But in every head-on clash, the destructive laws that rebounded struck his soul like heavy hammers, causing his blood and qi to churn and his divine light to flicker.

The eerie blue flames on the Nine Nether Chains flickered and shrank under the impact of the opponent's violent destructive energy.

"The Netherworld Cave opens, the Heavenly Prison suppresses demons! Open!"

Wu Song knew he couldn't continue like this.

With eyes wide open in anger, he didn't hesitate to burn his own divine power and used yet another of his "trump cards".

Suddenly, the void behind him twisted violently, rippling like water, and nearly a hundred phantoms of gods and demons of various forms, imprisoned deep in the "Heavenly Prison," roared and appeared!

Although these phantoms were forcibly brought here by Wu Song's authority, they were now under his command each unleashing a different color and attribute of primordial divine power, which, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, strengthened the "Nine Nether Chains"!
Infused with this immense power, the flames on the Nine Nether Chains instantly surged, their azure light intensifying, transforming into a gigantic Nether Python that stretched across the heavens and earth, roaring as it devoured in reverse... Furthermore, countless illusory Nether Chains emerged from the depths of the void, coiling around the Asura King's limbs and joints, attempting to restrict his movements.

"Hmph, but a death throes!"

"Destroy the Demonic Eye, Annihilate All Things!"

The Asura King was thoroughly enraged. The blood-red vertical eye on his forehead shone brightly, and the law of destruction frantically condensed. A terrifying beam of light, as thick as a palace pillar, dark red in color, and seemingly capable of annihilating all matter and energy, shot out with a roar!

Wherever the beam of light passed, space collapsed and vanished without a sound, leaving behind a shocking black trail that went straight for Wu Song and Xia Tian!

"Bull Demon!"

Wu Song's pupils constricted.

He poured all his divine power into the chains in his hands, summoning a huge image of the "Bull Demon Ancestral God" in the air, which, together with nearly a hundred divine phantoms, joined forces to resist.

boom--! ! !
This collision is far more significant than any before!
The "Bull Demon Ancestral Spirit" evolved from the artifact spirit only lasted for a moment before it completely collapsed like fragile glass. The nearly one hundred divine phantoms shattered before they could even utter a wail under the impact of the pillar of destruction. As a result, the divine bodies in the Heavenly Prison were also instantly severely injured!

"puff--!"

Wu Song himself was struck as if by an ancient divine mountain, spitting out pale golden divine blood. His body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing heavily into a pile of broken walls and ruins behind him, stirring up a cloud of dust.

The seal of the Lord of the Underworld above his head trembled violently, and the Nine Nether Chains in his hands let out a mournful cry. The Netherfire burning on them was almost completely extinguished, and their spirituality was greatly damaged!
The absolute gap in their levels of understanding is ultimately insurmountable.

In terms of combat prowess alone, Wu Song was already one of the top fighters in Qianxia, ​​yet he was unable to gain any advantage in this "battle of gods".

Just as Wu Song was injured and retreated.

King Asura grinned maliciously and raised his weapon once more, looking at Xia Tianji!
"What can we do? Even Lord Wu Song has failed!"

"This Asura has definitely reached the peak of the third heaven, and there is even a possibility that he may have reached the fourth heaven... We are invincible!"

At this moment, even the people of Qianxia changed color.

Because the ruins of the first immortal court of the human race were so vast, the group split up to explore.

In this place, the strongest fighter is none other than Wu Song!

"So that's how it is. Although this alien god is powerful, he is not invincible; he is merely outwardly strong but inwardly weak!"

At that moment, a voice suddenly rang out.

But then, Zhuge Liang, who had been intently observing and rapidly calculating with his fingers, suddenly gleamed with wisdom in his eyes! (End of Chapter)