He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

Qi Luo let out a long roar, and a wave of sound like a tsunami emanated from his mouth. The vast expanse seemed to transform into a divine iron-like substance, colliding with the sword energy and producing a series of clanging sounds.

A flash of black light appeared, and a jet-black longsword suddenly appeared in his hand, filled with astonishing demonic power, with billowing black mist spreading from it.

The Divine Transformation Blade is a terrifying weapon. There have been methods for forging it since ancient times, but few have been able to complete it. Although Qi Luo has not yet forged this blade into a sacred artifact, it still possesses considerable combat power.

In this era, to reach the level of a half-saint, one must be subject to either the seventh or eighth prohibition. This is a common trait among all those who have severed their path over the past 100,000 years.

In the post-ancient era, the Seven Forbidden Points were merely a minimum requirement for combat strength in the Dao-Slaying stage. For example, even if the Peacock King possessed the Seven Forbidden Points, he could not break through this barrier, because anyone who succeeds must have both great perseverance and great fortune. The reasons for breaking through are complex and cannot be replicated.

"Zheng!"

Qi Luo brandished his sword and slashed furiously. In an instant, the world turned dark, black mist billowed and spread, and countless sword lights appeared, causing the heavens and earth to tremble!

A vast killing intent emanated from him, as if one could see mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He stood between heaven and earth like a god or demon.

This strike was incredibly powerful, its sound waves sweeping across the land, rumbling and booming, as if even the Great Dao itself was being cleaved open, its very trajectory crumbling away.

Rumble!

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of mountains were either reduced to ashes or cleaved away by a single blow, flying an unknown distance.

In the face of the massive mountain, a person is so small, but at this moment it is this majestic mountain that flies out, becoming a small black dot in an instant, as if it were made of paper.

The sword light tore through the heavens and earth, cleaving a path through the outer killing formation, annihilating all killing intent, and erasing countless traces of Dao.

The four broke through the barrier and marched forward across the shattered world, sweeping away everything in their path. Nothing could stop them.

This small realm of gods has been managed by Hell for countless years. The ground is covered with array patterns, making it incredibly solid, and it is also filled with endless killing intent.

But faced with overwhelming power, these array patterns crumbled rapidly, each destruction accompanied by a tremor in the divine realm.

If it were an ordinary small world, like the twenty-seven small worlds outside, a Saint-level power would be enough to destroy it. This small world has been engraved with too many array patterns, so it is quite stable and can still hold on until now.

After breaking through eight dangerous levels, the group reached the ninth level and encountered a terrifying ancient formation.

In those mountains, black mist swirled and dark clouds gathered, as if the gates of hell had been opened, and the aura of death was overwhelming.

"A flawless ancient formation set up by the Saint King!" Wei Yi's eyes widened.

Two beams of divine light emanated from it, revealing the truth behind everything.

At that moment, he exuded a terrifying power that was unprecedented in history. Despite his white hair and hunched figure, he was now radiating terrifying light, as if an eternal divine furnace had been revived, with holy might rising to the heavens.

boom!

The might of the ancient sage erupted, and the sound of mountains collapsing and seas tsunamis resounded, as if a star field had collapsed. Chains of divine order, laws of heaven and earth, and billions of divine rays soared into the sky, and an unparalleled power was erupting!

boom!

The Saint King's flawless magic array shattered directly, forcibly pierced through. This small divine world seemed unable to withstand such power, and cracking sounds rang out, indicating that this small world was on the verge of collapse.

Upon reaching the deepest part of hell, all that could be seen was emptiness, with only some traces left on the ground, revealing that there used to be an ancient building complex here, which had now been uprooted.

The oldest hall that should have been here did not appear, but the four remained calm, already aware of the situation. Their purpose this time was simply to shatter this small world.

brush!

A blurry figure appeared, like a ghost, suddenly appearing between heaven and earth.

His face was filled with terror, as if he had encountered something incomprehensible and had been caught off guard.

"How could this happen so suddenly? We received no warning and only discovered the change now!"

Zhou Qing's eyes darted around, and the power of his Martial Dao Heavenly Eye spread out, allowing him to see through the true nature of the figure at a glance.

"It's just a shadow, it has no power whatsoever."

The ghostly figure glanced at the four of them and let out a sigh.

"I never thought that my hell would have such a day. Even the ancestral land of the gods has been breached. Indeed, there are no eternal dynasties, no immortal inheritances. They all come to an end. Rise and fall are the eternal truths."

"In the end, it's because my Hell has fallen and is no longer as glorious as it was before the ancient times. However, you won't have an easy time either."

The phantom figure disappeared directly into a magic array, opening a terrifyingly large formation.

This world suddenly changed, as if it had become a cage, trying to refine all living beings inside. Dao fire burned fiercely, covering the sky and filling every inch of space.

The Ancient Great Sage Formation turns the entire small world into a massive killing array, a deadly move meant to perish together with the enemy. Activating the Great Sage Formation in this way will cause the entire small world to crumble.

boom!

Two terrifying auras erupted, each capable of rivaling the great formation. At this moment, the two combined directly overwhelmed the power of the Great Sage Formation.

The Divine Realm was already teetering on the brink of collapse, and now it completely crumbled. Vast swathes of space disintegrated, and the earth, the sky, and everything else were swallowed up by the void rifts.

One by one, fragments of the world scattered, and this small world finally shattered, leaving no trace.

The Zhou family patriarch led Zhou Qing directly out of the small world and landed steadily in the outside world. Wei Yi also came out with Qi Luo, unharmed.

In the final stage of the collapse, Zhou Qing made his move once again, obtaining a dark and heavy stone from the most fundamental and core place, which was bursting with wisps of the world's energy.

World Stones are only born in extremely rare small worlds. They are comparable to Primordial Stones, Heavenly Flaw Stones, Myriad Law Stones, and Phoenix Pattern Stones. They are natural treasures in rough form, with the same value as Immortal Gold, and can be refined into ultimate rough forms.

This is only because it was cut down by fate and its quality dropped; otherwise, such a small world would be difficult to be born.

If it is a world stone whose quality has not declined, in the Chaotic Ancient Era and the Immortal Ancient Era, even true immortals would be envious of such a stone; it is a naturally formed immortal material.

Chapter 146 Lord of the Heavenly Court

Deep within the arid, chaotic immortal land lie the ancient palaces of two great divine dynasties. Two gray, bony buildings stand here, and the entire complex of palaces exudes a murderous aura that materializes and converges into an ocean.

At the very center of the two palaces, there is a special bone structure. They are not large in scale, unlike those magnificent palaces, and cannot accommodate many people, but they are the most awe-inspiring.

These two halls of bones were built from the skulls of kings, and even saints, and shimmered with a crystalline luster. There were also carpets made from the skin of saints inside the halls.

These are all relics left by the ancestors of the major powers, and they have been turned into carpets and trampled on at will. Otherwise, the major powers would not have had to rush over as soon as they were told the locations of the two great dynasties.

If such humiliation is ignored, the entire Holy Land will never be able to hold its head high again.

"This is the first time in history! It's so sudden. When did someone find that spot?"

An aged voice came from a bone hall, sighing and questioning.

"My small realm of gods in the mortal world has also been attacked." A voice also came from another ancient temple.

"The World Stone that was born hasn't been dug up yet. It's a concentrated essence that could be used to create a small world of extremely high quality. They got a good deal."

"It doesn't matter. As long as we are still here, as long as the two Ancestors are still here, and as long as the legacy is still here, even if we lose those twenty-seven small worlds, we will rebuild them one day."

The two assassins felt it was a great pity, but since things had come to this, they could only accept it and try to minimize the losses.

"Fortunately, we discovered this dried-up Chaos Immortal Land, otherwise we would have truly faced annihilation."

"The location here is very well hidden. The two Ancestor Killers have set up many grand formations and used ancient secret techniques. It is impossible for anyone to discover this place."

As soon as Zhou Qing and the others emerged from the minor realm of gods in hell, they broke through the void and traveled to the minor realm of gods in the human world.

At this moment, a great collapse also occurred in the human world. The magic array of the ancient sage was revived, strangling all things and destroying everything in the world.

"boom."

A dazzling crimson furnace burst forth from the void, its crimson glow billowing forth, radiating immortal divine light, like phoenix blood, and emitting a wisp of imperial might.

Several figures rushed out of the furnace; they were none other than Jiang Shenwang, Yaochi Shengren, Zifu Shengren, and Jijia Shengren, who had come to attack the mortal world.

"This murderous saint in the mortal world is quite audacious. He wanted to take us all with him by destroying the small world of gods. Fortunately, we are more skilled."

"The Jiang family's resources are truly astonishing; they've even managed to forge such a forbidden artifact," said the old woman from the Purple Mansion.

It was not a true imperial weapon, but a forbidden artifact modeled after the Hengyu Imperial Furnace. It required many rare treasures of heaven and earth to be used. It operated on its own without the need for magical power, but it could only be used once.

The Jiang family is skilled in refining forbidden artifacts. They can imitate their own imperial furnace to forge such terrifying weapons, which can emit a wisp of imperial might and can even break out of the Great Sage Killing Formation. They are incredibly terrifying.

A void passage opened, and Zhou Qing and the others emerged.

"This is your world stone."

Jiang Shenwang tossed over a jet-black stone, which Zhou Qing immediately caught from the void. It felt very heavy in his hand.

Before attacking the two killer dynasties, many interests had already been divided.

The arrangement is complete. All the Zhou family wants are the World Stones obtained in this battle; they don't want any other resources and will distribute them to other factions.

"Next, only the last Heavenly Domain remains. The upcoming battle will be the one that truly destroys the foundations of the two great divine dynasties," said the Zhou family patriarch.

Everyone present nodded. All the important locations on Beidou had been cleared out, from large places like small worlds to small, well-hidden outposts.

A void passage was opened, and everyone stepped inside, entering the outer realm.

On this day, the sounds of battle echoed throughout the Eastern Wilderness, with flames of war raging everywhere.

Even in the most remote towns and villages, even in the most secretive outposts of the Assassin Dynasty, a warship might suddenly appear, launch a devastating attack, and destroy everything.

In the Northern Divine City, powerful figures from other major domains found it incredible and began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"What's going on in the Eastern Wilderness? A massive war has suddenly broken out, and the forces deployed are incredibly strong. What kind of power could possibly mobilize the entire Eastern Wilderness to attack?"

"In recent years, the changes in Donghuang have become increasingly incomprehensible. It seems to have suddenly become the center of Beidou."

The powerful figures from the Golden Family of the Northern Plains, the Immortal Divine Dynasty of the Central Plains, and some of the powerful figures from the Hundred Schools of Thought—all of these powerful figures, who reside in the Divine City, were extremely surprised by the major actions taken in the Eastern Wilderness on this day.

"It is said that holy might is erupting everywhere, and powerful beings are waging war everywhere. It is almost the most intense, widest-ranging, and most powerful war since the ancient times."

"I have received some new information. It seems that the bases of two assassin dynasties that were hidden in the shadows tens of thousands of years ago were discovered, which led to this great war."

The powerful figures present gasped in shock. One of them nodded and said, "No wonder. Those two assassin dynasties were indeed too powerful back then. Most forces had blood feuds with them. If we hadn't been unaware of their presence, we would have done our part."

This person is backed by a major sect among the Hundred Schools of Thought in the Central Plains, and also has a blood debt with the two great assassin dynasties. However, their influence is not in the Eastern Wilderness, so they have not received any news about the Zhou family.

The three great assassin dynasties once roamed the Eastern Wilderness because it was their base. At their peak, the Heavenly Court alone surpassed the combined strength of the other two dynasties.

Since ancient times, the ruler of the Heavenly Court must be the strongest in the world. If one cannot become an unparalleled powerhouse and kill all the kings, the Heavenly Court would rather not choose a ruler at all.

In the eras when ancient emperors existed, there was often a Heavenly Court but no ruler.

However, without the ancient emperors and without the existence of the Great Accomplished Holy Body, the Lord of Heaven is the absolute strongest in the world, without any exceptions.

Cultivation before the ancient times was not as difficult as it is now. Even without the emergence of ancient emperors, there would certainly have been several great saints.

The reason why the Heavenly Court in the past was so feared by the major forces in the Eastern Wilderness was because the ruler of the Heavenly Court was too strong. They were basically all supreme quasi-emperors. Even if the successor was not a quasi-emperor, he was still a great saint at the peak. After that, he could not for long walk his own path and cultivate to the quasi-emperor realm.

If there were other quasi-emperors in that generation, then the Lord of Heaven would inevitably be the strongest among all the quasi-emperors. It can be said that only the most outstanding genius of an era has the qualifications to become the Lord of Heaven.

For the Heavenly Court, there was no one in the entire Eastern Wilderness who could not be assassinated; anyone's head could be easily taken. It was a Damocles' sword hanging over the heads of all the holy lands.

This is extremely rare. Apart from the founder being a quasi-emperor, the subsequent generations were still able to produce several quasi-emperors. The Zhou family could not compare to the Heavenly Court of that time.