The King of Black Fog

Chapter 1316 579: Life Vine

The Holy Temple is immense; it could suspend the Sun from the ceiling as a chandelier, yet its size and distance are but a mere step away for everyone.

One second they were inside the Holy Temple, the next they were already at the exit of the fourth Holy Temple.

This place resembles a cliff, its base an endless sea of stars; perhaps it's the grand cosmos where Earth resides.

Li Changzhou gazed into the distance towards the fifth Holy Temple; a vine, as thick as a wrist, extended from the base of the fourth Holy Temple.

All Heavenly Positions were not in a hurry to move.

The vine had only one stem, and after reaching a certain length, it began to branch out, eventually forming a dense network like a grapevine covering the sky, stretching between the fourth and fifth Holy Temples.

The distance between the two temples is seventy-two light years; such a massive vine could be refined into a giant net for capturing constant stars in the Galaxy.

Everyone continued to probe using their avatars.

The avatar leaped up, shrinking mid-air, and fell into the vine stem, being forcibly absorbed through the leaves.

The leaves emitted a divine light, within which was a planet, full of volcanoes where fire dragons crawled and resided.

"What is this?" everyone was surprised.

Above the planet's sky was a live feed of the Holy Road.

"Are these leaves present-day life planets?"

"Not necessarily, perhaps they're just teleportation arrays to the present world."

The avatars inside attempted to leave but couldn't.

Eventually, it reached a cataclysmic level, with trembling fire dragons racing back to the volcanoes, allowing the avatars to finally escape the gravity and rush out of the leaves.

"Do we fight through each leaf?" the Heavenly Positions speculated.

Everyone in the cosmic domains held their breath in an instant.

"No way!!"

"We were just watching, why have we become the stage?!"

"Watching? Do you have any misunderstanding about the Holy Road? Those strong ones are competing for the 'Victor' position, whoever wins can decide everything, including our life and death—we are not just spectators, we are prizes waiting to be slaughtered like cattle and sheep."

"Quick, run, leave the life planet!"

"It's over, we can't get out! The image in the sky has locked us in!"

"The image is changing, what's this?"

"Someone's about to break through!"

Suddenly, the image above all life stars in the cosmic domains changed, no longer the Holy Temple, but a life star.

The star was vast beyond comparison, far surpassing an ordinary planet.

In the image, a mountain range suddenly surged upwards, as if someone had lifted it, flying tens of thousands of miles before crashing to the ground, dust billowing, almost reaching the atmospheric dust.

In its original place, an elder slowly sat up.

With his breaths, the entire Galaxy trembled, and endless streams of Qi flowed towards him like a waterfall, absorbed by him.

Some stars dimmed directly, forever extinguished; they were originally constant stars!

Once the elder absorbed enough Qi brilliance, he soared into the sky, creating ripples in the image that blocked his path.

"Heaven Creation Fist!" With his white hair fluttering, the elder swung his unmatched fists, advancing through the ripples.

The stars in the Heavenly River trembled; a strand of fist wind blasted out, reaching beyond the sky, directly annihilating a nearby Earth-sized satellite.

This was still a power weakened countless times by the ripples in the image; if it directly hit the Galaxy, it could annihilate an entire cosmic region.

"Heavenly Creation Ancestor!"

"Wasn't he already annihilated? Turns out he's not dead!"

"Eight Times Heaven's Will!" The strong Heavenly Positions at the third and fourth Holy Cities exclaimed.

In the present world, even those with exceptional talent stop at seven times Heaven's Will, and the Heavenly Creation Ancestor with eight times Heaven's Will is stronger than most Heavenly Positions on the Holy Road!

The ripples were pierced, yet all beings despaired.

"It's only with eight times Heaven's Will that he can barely break out; are we doomed to wait for death?!"

"Ancestor, save us!" The creatures of the Heavenly Creation Star tried to follow the Heavenly Creation Ancestor but were slapped back to the star's surface by the ripples.

However, the Heavenly Creation Ancestor didn't escape; he entered the image, arriving at the fourth Holy Temple.

He just suddenly appeared before nearly ten thousand strong ones.

His entire body trembling, cold air exuding.

A Heavenly Position glanced and reached out to grab.

The Heavenly Creation Ancestor turned to flee, rushing towards the vine, his speed swift but still crushed to pieces mid-air.

His form had already been shrunk by the vine, dying with no more difference than a mosquito being swatted.

"Overdone." One Heavenly Position frowned, "At least leave a live one, ask about the situation, failing that can use it to experiment a path."

"Might be too weak, uncontrollable strength, just kill." Another Heavenly Position mocked with ill intent.

"Weak or strong, you can try it yourself." The one who struck back was undaunted.

The entire cosmic domains fell silent.

Since the opening of the Holy City nearly eight years ago, through the image, all beings had gradually forgotten the power of those within the image.

The Heavenly Creation Ancestor rushed into the image and was crushed like a mosquito; they suddenly realized the terrifying might of these strong ones.

If the holy war were to occur in the present world, most civilizations would have already been in exodus and exile.

Now, the test to reach the fifth Holy Temple truly demands these warriors who've slaughtered through the blood ocean for eight years to enter the grand cosmos of the present world, to invade life stars!

"It's over." Despair resonated in some.

"All citizens, quickly enter the shelters!"

"Cultivators assemble, prepare to jointly activate the Heavenly Device!"

Earth fell into chaos as well.

Yafeiluna swiftly commanded; if strong ones descended upon the Six Great Stars, delay as much as possible, she would go to support.

"Can twenty five-times Heaven's Will Demon Gods stop one nine-times Heaven's Will?" Yafeiluna murmured, anxiety brewing within.

Even with the Heavenly Device left by Li Changzhou, it was insufficient.

It was merely an ordinary Heavenly Device, its activation limited by Heaven's Will instances.