novelraw Chapter 429 - 349: Escape from Predicament, Immortal Dynasty Remnants
Chapter 429 - 349: Escape from Predicament, Immortal Dynasty Remnants
The starry sky is vast and endless.
The distances between the stars are immense, with bizarre places blocking their paths; even with the great powers of an Immortal King and the Starry Sky Evil God, control is impossible. Hence, each has their own methods.
The Starry Sky Evil God corrupts the cosmos with the Divine Path of altars.
The Eternal Immortal Dynasty travels unfettered through omnipresent dreams.
As for the Infinite Immortal Dynasty, they govern the four corners through the Celestial Capital Banner.
The main material of the Celestial Capital Banner is the Cave Heaven Divine Crystal birthed by an Immortal King’s creation of a Grotto Heaven, equivalent to constructing numerous passages in the Star Realm, releasing the power of the Grotto Heaven.
This Celestial Capital Banner is of the highest grade. During reincarnation, it unleashed its power, nearly destroying the entire Celestial Essence Star, causing even Zhang Kui a headache, let alone Yuan Huang and the others.
The Longevity Domain contains the Time Law, and now under the banner’s field, time seems to turn into a paste, continuously solidifying.
Though the power of the Celestial Capital Banner greatly diminished after the distortion of the Longevity Immortal King’s Grotto Heaven, it acquired a hint of decaying power, leading to either decay or distortion amidst the solidifying time.
Yuan Huang and the others, despite deploying a Small World Domain to avoid erosion, can only resist bitterly and cannot escape.
"It’s this thing again!"
In the eyes of the Great Venerate Toad was a blaze of anger, "It almost destroyed the Celestial Essence Star back then, but unfortunately, the Sect Leader is not here."
City Lord Jin’s eyes widened, "They’re about to make their move!"
Sure enough, as his words fell, four figures appeared above the Boat Pavilion: an old man in a long-beard and black robe, a Three-eyed Bear Demon, and two green-faced, fanged ancient race members.
A flash of black light revealed a charming woman, her right hand slightly raised, with a shadow of the Celestial Capital Banner floating above it.
"It’s them..."
The Cyan Flood Dragon was taken aback; seeing the others’ confusion, he hastily explained, "These people are all from the Huo Zhou Starship; I still remember that old man and woman. They were secret agents of the Celestial Craft Pavilion in the Qian Dynasty, a master and disciple duo from the Fox Race, one called Chong Lingzi, the other Hu Meiniang. They insisted on boarding the Starship, and their wish was fulfilled..."
Although the Cyan Flood Dragon recounted the cause and effect, the group knew these were certainly not his subordinates.
Those standing on the Boat Pavilion were also Immortals, but the Small World Domain was incredibly peculiar, with rolling black mist interspersed with endless blood hues, and even from such a distance, they could hear the crazy howling and screams coming from the domain.
The Underworld, scarlet starry sky, eerie underworld...
The group could not be more familiar with it.
"The Infinite Immortal Dynasty’s moves, but with underworld power, what on earth is with these guys?" The Cyan Flood Dragon was full of confusion.
The most timid City Lord Jin was somewhat panic-stricken, "Whatever it is, first find a way to leave!"
Yuan Huang had calmed down by now, "Don’t panic, the Divine Void True God is on the Starship and not trapped."
The Sea Eye Yaksha King had a bitter expression, "The Starship probably can’t handle this thing."
The Great Venerate Toad chuckled, "Relax, I brought a treasure bomb, intended for emergencies. It’s just the right time to use it now."
"Didn’t it fail?"
"Without thousands of years of Thunderous Power accumulation, it indeed wouldn’t work, but I used the Sect Leader’s Sun Exposure Skill..."
The exchange of Divine Thoughts among the group happened in an instant, and at that moment, the Starship had already arrived with a streak of silver light.
Without mentioning that Yuan Huang and the others began to make preparations in secret, the suddenly arrived Starship also caught the attention of the few deceitful immortals on the opponent’s ship.
"Overestimating themselves."
Among the five on the other side, the green-faced ancient race member snorted coldly, his figure instantly disappearing, reappearing above the Starship, his right hand suddenly sprouting a huge evil tumor claw, wrapped in a skyful of black light, crashing down.
However, with a flash of silver light, the Starship ejected a room-sized object, an interwoven black-and-white Tai Chi Ball, its surroundings embedded with layers of Bronze Array Maps.
The ancient race member felt something was amiss and attempted to withdraw his hand to leave, but it was already too late.
Bang!
A bizarre scene appeared in the Star Space.
Everything continually shimmered between black and white, and even clusters of matter completely vanished into nothingness.
This ancient Starship core was already extraordinarily powerful, with the amplification of Zhang Kui’s Sun Exposure Skill, its destructive force truly horrifying.
As this bizarre black-and-white scene spread, the domain created by the Celestial Capital Banner was instantly dispersed, the gray and white mist dissipated.
Though it was only an instant, the distorted Longevity Domain quickly reformed, but Yuan Huang and the others seized the opportunity and, with a flicker, moved into the Starship.
"Quick, quick, get out of here!"
Buzz!
The Starship departed in a streak of silver light, diving into the underworld passage simultaneously opened by the Divine Void.
As darkness overcame their eyes, they saw the Underworld’s scarlet starry sky scenery reappear before them, along with the massive floating island and Immortal Gate.
However, unlike before, it was now very lively here.
One after another, dilapidated starships ascended from above the Blood Moon, seemingly starship wrecks transformed, each hole filled with black evil tumors, covered with insect-like chitinous shells, with tendrils continuously twisting.
On the deck of the starships stood figures clad in tattered ancient attire, like mummies, yet their bodies were filled with various writhing and deformed tumors, their black eyes full of boundless madness, yet they stood silently, murderous intent filling the starry sky.
The Great Venerate Toad exclaimed in shock, "What are these things!"
Yuan Huang’s eyes were filled with a bloody light as he said in a deep voice, "Infinite Immortal Dynasty, we have always underestimated them. I’m afraid they have found another path. Quick, activate all Soul Suppressing Towers and return to Celestial Essence Star!"
At this moment, seeing the sudden appearance of the starship, bizarre and deformed starships surrounded it, the monsters on their decks all raised their weapons, even their ancient swords and spears appeared strange, clearly decayed, yet wrapped in black shells and blood-colored crystals.
Buzz!
To prevent the Underworld’s strangeness, this starship was equipped with several Golden Soul Suppressing Towers, which now unleashed their power. Outside the starship, surrounded by silver light, golden flames continued to radiate, forming an unprecedented Divine Fire Domain.
Yuan Huang was intuitively sensitive. Although he didn’t know what these things were, they clearly contained the Underworld’s strange power and were similarly restrained by the Golden Soul Suppressing Tower.
Boom!
The surrounding deformed starships instantly burst into flames, and even those further away caught fire, while the eerie figures twisted continuously in the flames.
A few people breathed a sigh of relief, as these miscellaneous soldiers, though they appeared strange, didn’t even possess the power of the Monarch of the Strange.
Amid the flames illuminating the starry sky, Yuan Huang and his companions piloted the starship towards Celestial Essence Star...
...
Seeing Yuan Huang and the others escape, the starship that had flown up from the Moon Palace didn’t give chase but waited quietly.
After a while, in the void, a tumor suddenly grew out of thin air, growing larger and larger, and after it burst, the blue-faced, fang-toothed Ancient Race member who had died under the Great Venerate Toad’s bomb appeared again.
This bizarre immortal of the Ancient Race looked towards Celestial Essence Star, eyes filled with murderous intent, snorted coldly, and returned to the starship, which turned around and accompanied by a golden light returned to the Moon Palace.
With Immortal Light entwined, pavilions and towers soared high, corridors and balustrades exquisitely carved, and majestic jade squares full of ancient vicissitudes.
If the Cyan Flood Dragon saw it, it would surely marvel at the splendor of the Ancient Immortal Hall.
However, within these vast and continuous magnificent buildings, there was a dead silence, with numerous black light and Blood Evil rising, twisting the space.
The strange starship slowly landed on the square, and five figures immediately entered the massive palace, standing quietly.
In the hall stood ancient bronze giant pillars, with starlight slowly swirling a few hundred meters above. A row of massive stone discs floated in mid-air, layered and stacked, prominently displaying the Celestial Essence Star scene on them.
If Yuan Huang were here, he would be surprised.
This item was exactly the same as the stone disc found in his Immortal Path Alliance covenant, but larger and more powerful.
His small stone disc could only penetrate the Celestial Essence Star Array, vaguely seeing the Moon Palace scene, but this thing seemed to overlook the entire star from above Celestial Essence Star.
A strange black light was crouching nearby observing, faintly revealing Three Heads and Six Arms, with deformed tumors constantly wriggling all over.
"They have left."
A cold voice suddenly emanated from the black-robed old man.
"The Longevity Immortal Queen has already failed. That mad woman actually deludedly wanted to trace back to the Ancient Immortal Path through Evil God’s methods, utterly wishful thinking."
The blue-faced, fang-toothed Ancient Race spoke harshly, "We finally escaped the control of the Longevity old thief, how could we take orders from her again? If not for the Immortal Banner in her hands, we wouldn’t have waited so long."
At that moment, a voice suddenly emerged from the black light crouching by the stone disk: "The Stargazing Disc shows that the Celestial Essence Star Reincarnation has been destroyed, it is on the verge of collapse, this place is not suitable to stay for long."
"Where can we go then!"
The blue-faced, fang-toothed Ancient Race’s eyes were full of raging anger, "This star realm is in complete chaos, some places are occupied by Evil Gods, others by different forces. The Immortal Dynasty has fallen, the Deceit Immortal Path has risen. Originally, we also had a chance, but were suppressed by that bitch Immortal Queen for so long, finally finding a few bodies..."
"Yet it is a blessing in disguise."
The Three-eyed Bear Demon chuckled, and several tendrils on its face suddenly twisted as it looked at Hu Meiniang, "The Celestial Capital Banner has fallen into our hands, and in the future, we also have a chance to control the Longevity Cave Heaven."
"And that Celestial Essence Star!"
The black-robed elder’s eyes flashed with a trace of murder, "To think that a native there actually cleaved open the Immortal Path. Under the Great Path, there cannot be two masters. Since we have entered the Deceitful Immortal Path, we must extinguish it in the bud, lest it cause trouble in the future."
The black light beside the stone pan once again issued a majestic voice, "As indicated by the Stargazing Disc, the native leader is not easy to deal with, the Longevity Immortal Queen also perished at his hands. Fortunately, now with the Celestial Capital Banner, as long as we trap him, we can destroy his Dao lineage. He is alone and has offended many Evil Gods; he will surely die!"
"Speaking of that native leader..."
Hu Meiniang’s icy face showed a trace of oddness, "In this body’s memory, there was once a fleeting relationship with him, even drained his Primordial Yang at that time. Considering the timeline, that native cultivated from a mortal to an immortal in just a few years."
"What?!"
The deceitful immortals in the hall were all suddenly shocked, looking at each other in disbelief.
"That’s why I told you not to pursue."
"Hu Meiniang’s" pitch-black eyes were full of solemnity, "That person clearly has something strange about him, probably some ancient monster’s millennium-hidden trick. I still cannot fully control the Celestial Capital Banner, it’s best to be cautious."
The hall immediately fell into silence.
"Rest assured."
A voice came again from the black light, "Let me show you something."
Afterward, the image beside the stone pan instantly changed, showing Zhang Kui destroying the God-Destroying Hall and killing the essence of the Three-Eyed Strange Bird in the Barbarian Continent.
The blue-faced, fang-toothed Ancient Race immediately sneered, "This person’s nerves are certainly bold, everyone has killed Sunbirds, but to covet True Sun Fire, Star God Red Pigeon might just go insane."
Saying so, a trace of hesitation flashed in his eyes, "We understand the meaning of the Great Star Festival, but should we really cooperate with the Star God?"
The voice within the black light was exceptionally cold, "The Infinite Immortal Dynasty is a thing of the past; the era of great cosmic contention is upon us. Under the Great Path, there are no eternal enemies. If we want to survive, we must spare no means..."