Chapter 1 The Beginning

Bang!

The instant the divine general spoke, Zhao Changlin's eyes were filled with darkness, followed by an incomparably dazzling divine light.

A massive axe tore through the void, its divine glow blazing like the creation of the world, cleaving down with infinite coldness.

In an instant, Zhao Changlin felt pain all over his body. An intense pain, reaching its peak, assaulted him from the outside in, from his muscles and bones to his organs and primordial spirit.

Even his golden core was stinging, as if it were about to be cleaved open by this indescribable sharpness!

Everything around him seemed to fall silent under this axe, and a dense aura of death washed over him.

Almost suffocating him!

"No!"

Faced with an immense crisis, Zhao Changlin's heart pounded wildly, his eyes nearly bursting from their sockets. Even though he couldn't sense what was happening outside, he still let out a hysterical scream.

Bang!

In an instant, he burned his own mana. Under the surge of ferocious mana, the skin all over his body was instantly torn open by the blood, which flowed out like pillars.

His whole body shot up from the ground, smashing through the roof of Xianke Lai restaurant. In mid-air, he shook everything, letting out a miserable howl:

"Transformation Shadow Divine Power!!!"

Before death, Zhao Changlin dared not hold back in the slightest, unleashing everything in that instant.

With a loud bang, the sky above was filled with a crimson color, and large patches of blood splattered across the sky, looking eerie and terrifying.

Zhao Changlin was decisive. His speed made Lin Anxia's heart jump, and he barely reacted in time.

"What happened?"

Lin Anxia stood up abruptly and looked up amidst the dust and rubble. Above the broken roof, under the dome, Zhao Changlin, with not a trace of his usual refined air, looked as if he had encountered the most terrifying thing in the world.

He screamed and roared like a beast in despair, unwilling and terrified.

Then, a terrifying scene unfolded.

Lin Anxia's expression changed drastically, only to see an invisible and intangible force whistling past.

The interwoven shadows that Zhao Changlin had unleashed with all his might were silently torn apart!

In an instant, Zhao Changlin's Transformation Shadow Divine Power was broken!

"Who?!"

Lin Anxia was filled with shock and anger. He stomped his foot, causing the entire Xianke Lai restaurant to tremble and hum, amidst the exclamations of many diners.

He jumped up, also smashing through the roof of Xianke Lai in a cloud of stone and wood dust, and soared into the sky.

But instead of rushing towards Zhao Changlin, he turned and fled at full speed in another direction.

Run!

Run!

The moment he saw Zhao Changlin's Transformation Shadow Divine Power instantly broken, Lin Anxia had only one thought in his mind.

And without the slightest hesitation or delay.

He knew very well that although Zhao Changlin's cultivation was not as good as his, he thought that if he wanted to kill him, he would have to expend a lot of effort, and he would not be able to break his natal divine power, 'Transformation Shadow' at all.

This unknown enemy had broken the Transformation Shadow Divine Power without even showing his face, so there was no way he could be his opponent.

Bang!

Large patches of blood splattered across the sky, accompanied by a earth-shattering scream.

"Ah!"

Zhao Changlin's heart was filled with terror, and he fled frantically in the void.

Until now, he had no idea what was happening. He could only feel that the shadow bodies he had unleashed to die in his place were dying at an unimaginable speed.

In just a few moments, the shadow bodies he had accumulated over the years were all wiped out. In other words, he had been killed almost a hundred times.

"God, it really is a god!"

While fleeing, Zhao Changlin's heart trembled with endless regret. Who would have thought that a moment of carelessness would cause such a terrifying consequence?

He could feel that his golden core was already cracking.

But he dared not stop in the slightest. Even though his golden core was shattered and his body was in agony, he still desperately fled.

Boom!

As the two fled one after another, the group in the Zhenhai Manor also sensed the movements outside.

Qiao Moke stepped into the air, his powerful body squeezing through the air currents, pulling out a long sonic boom cloud, and chasing straight after Lin Anxia.

From a thousand feet away, he stretched out his arms, and his qi, blood, and mana surged together. Amidst the roar of dragons and elephants, he threw a punch horizontally:

"Guests from afar, Elder Lin didn't even say hello before leaving. Isn't this Qiao's poor hospitality?"

Boom!

Qiao Moke didn't hold back at all with this punch.

Even though Lin Anxia's speed was extremely fast, he was still overtaken by Qiao Moke, who launched his attack later.

"Qiao Moke! The day will come when you and I will settle this score!"

Lin Anxia was extremely decisive. He gritted his teeth, neither dodging nor avoiding, and forcibly took Qiao Moke's overbearing punch. He tore through the void like a meteor.

He broke through the flashing barrier outside Linxi City and fled far away.

Whoosh~

And only at this moment did the blood that Zhao Changlin had scattered fall from the sky, wetting the Xianke Lai and nearby houses. Many surprised pedestrians on the street were also splashed in the face with the scalding blood.

They screamed loudly and rolled around on the ground.

A golden core cultivator was a completely different being from a mortal, and their blood was like lava to ordinary people.

Even when dispersed by the wind, it was still hotter than boiling water when it landed on their faces. How could ordinary people withstand it?

Whoosh~

One figure after another arrived late, surrounding the entire Xianke Lai, frowning as they sensed the lingering stench of blood.

"Who made a move to frighten away Lin Anxia?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, "This aura seems a bit like Zhao Changlin? His Transformation Shadow Divine Power was broken?"

Failing with one strike, Qiao Moke did not pursue. He turned around and came to the roof of Xianke Lai, looked around, and felt surprised and suspicious in his heart.

He naturally knew the whereabouts of Lin Anxia and Zhao Changlin, but he had not yet made up his mind to deal with them.

But if he didn't make a move, who in this Linxi City could break the Transformation Shadow Divine Power and frighten away Lin Anxia?

He felt solemn and looked down, only to see wisps of incense smoke swirling around the wooden statues of the gods.

Could it be Him?

......

Boom!

Like a meteor falling to the ground.

The wilderness quaked violently, and grass, trees, mud, and sand rolled into the air. The earth seemed to have turned into an ocean, and countless birds and beasts fled in panic.

After a long time, Lin Anxia finally got up from the dust, coughing up blood repeatedly. He was both shocked and angry. Who on earth was it?

Crack~

Lin Anxia staggered and fell to the ground. The sound of shattering on his body made him jump up as if he had been bitten by a snake, and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

He pulled open his long gown and saw a hideous crack in an ancient talisman shaped like a dragon scale on his chest.

Wisps of divine light flowed out from it, and before long, they formed a misty face in front of him, like clouds.

"Divine Lord!"

Lin Anxia knelt on the ground, feeling both pain and fear.

The misty face ignored Lin Anxia and quietly looked at the giant city lying like a dragon in the distance, uttering ancient and desolate divine words:

"It's not him..."