All lights dimmed, the shining lamps, the inner suns of the world, the blazing flames... everything was as if covered by a dark curtain. The entire world of specters lost its light, and not a single star could be seen in the vast expanse of the cosmos.
But in the next moment, light reappeared.
It was a blood-red light, symbolizing the eerie and inauspicious.
A blood-red moon slowly rose from the specter world, hanging high above the gray mist, scattering its boundless crimson glow.
Mountains, rivers, the remains of buildings, all came to life in an instant. The earth trembled, emitting mournful cries. Countless beings instinctively prostrated themselves, chanting praises.
*Whoosh—*
The gray mist churned, creating waves ten thousand feet high, as if welcoming the crimson moon's return.
The laws became chaotic, the entire world, the entire realm, wailed in agony.
"Crimson Moon!"
Countless voices uttered her name.
Countless ancient beings looked on with terror in their eyes.
Her form was indescribable. People could only see a blood-red moon that occupied the entire sky, as if a red world were pressed against the heavens, just within reach.
As she awoke, the great domains, the heavens and earth, the cosmos, all seemed to bow.
Infinite power converged towards a certain region.
The ancient beings could see countless attendants and ensnared beings emerging from the Crimson Moon's faction. The animated mountains and the earth also revealed their terrifying true forms.
Their numbers were so vast as to inspire dread!
And these attendants and ensnared beings of the evil gods, without exception, all charged towards a particular direction.
There, amidst the surging dense mist, majestic colossal figures manifested. They roared, they fought, they perished.
These were also terrifying attendants and ensnared beings of evil gods, but their numbers were significantly inferior to the former.
"This is... the Eternal Night faction!"
Some ancient beings recognized certain attendants, murmuring with complex expressions.
The eruption of conflict between the factions of evil gods was a cause for celebration, yet seeing these powerful attendants, no less powerful than themselves, falling like cannon fodder, the ancient beings felt a deep sense of gloom.
If the attendants of evil gods were like this, did they, mere beings, truly have any place to reside?
The heavens and earth trembled. That great domain was truly shattered, and colossal collapsing voids swallowed countless attendants.
The crimson full moon still hung high in the sky.
In the distance, in the firmament, an extreme darkness manifested above the gray mist, spreading rapidly, bringing eternal slumber.
All beings could find rest within the eternal realm of the Eternal Night God.
*Whoosh—*
The attendants and ensnared beings who had just perished resurrected, emerging from the eternal night.
But in the next moment, another blood-red moon rose from the Eternal Night God's realm, scattering an unusual light that melted ice and snow.
Angry roars and mournful cries seemed to emanate from the Eternal Night God's realm.
"Pain, so much pain."
An ancient being clutched his throat, his eyes darkening. He felt the pain of the world and repeatedly wailed.
After a long while, he regained his senses.
He realized with shock and lingering fear.
"Don't... don't look!"
Ordinary people did not, and could not, see the distant scene. They had long since retreated to shelters and harbored no curiosity.
The ancient beings were different.
They feared the evil gods, but they needed to observe to decide whether to leave or stay. Besides, they were only looking for a moment, would a few glances kill them?
They were ancient beings, after all!
And yet, they died.
An ancient being, already heavily injured, cast a few more glances. Filth arose from within his heart, and he instantly degenerated. He was then killed by other ancient beings.
The Scarlet Moon and the Nether Lord of Eternal Night, two indescribable evil gods, had begun to battle.
The ancient beings dared not probe too deeply, only catching glimpses. It seemed the Scarlet Moon held the upper hand, and by a significant margin.
"Are the differences between evil gods also so vast?" an ancient being questioned.
Fang You gazed into the distance, glimpsing the terrifying disaster.
"The Scarlet Moon is indeed one of the most powerful evil gods. However, there is another important reason why she can overwhelm another evil god—the Nether Lord of Eternal Night has not fully awakened."
He looked towards another area.
*Rumble—*
The sound of rushing water echoed in every corner of the heavens and earth.
A gray river of unimaginable length surged forth from the other shore, traversing the gray mist. The river broke through the specter world, piercing the entire cosmos and casting down an immense oppressive force.
Regardless of where they were, the ancient beings were located beneath this gray river.
It occupied the absolute upper echelon of space!
The Scarlet Moon and the Nether Lord of Eternal Night were also similarly positioned.
Beings below, gray mist in the middle, evil gods above.
They sat high on their divine thrones, coldly looking down upon billions upon billions of living beings.
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"She has set her sights on the Shadow of Obscurity!"
As expected, the evil gods had their mortal enemies. The moment they awoke, they immediately sought out their nemeses, paying no heed to the insignificant beings of the specter world.
Many ancient beings secretly breathed a sigh of relief, yet they still felt a chill, for no matter where they were, they felt a terrifying sense of a blade hanging over their heads.
They felt an ominous premonition and a profound lack of security.
This ominous feeling became reality as more and more evil gods fully awakened.
"My vision is gradually blurring."
"The gray mist, it's the gray mist!"
A powerful being cried out in alarm.
At some unknown point, dense gray mist had filled the vast and boundless cosmos.
They were gradually enveloped by the dense fog.
And within the mist, blurry, shadowy, colossal, eerie figures began to manifest.
In the cosmos, those worlds beyond the realm that had previously escaped disaster were immediately plunged into misery. Countless eerie entities swarmed them, covering the entire world barrier like locusts.
Even higher-level eerie entities, not much smaller than an ordinary world, ferociously attacked them.
But more terrifying than the eerie entities was the corruption that became ubiquitous with the appearance of the gray mist.
The spread of corruption was such that even world barriers could not impede it.
A hint of corruption entering would cause an entire world to degenerate. Within the world, blood-red moons, black rivers, and ancient past calamities would unfold, and the entire world would plunge into ruin in an instant, leading to the demise of countless beings.
This corrosive power was too strong, far exceeding anything before. The four directions seemed to contain the power of evil gods.
The ancient beings were all terrified.
They gradually began to move towards the cosmic barrier.
In the distance, a secret realm, deep blue in color and no smaller than a world, was rapidly flying towards the outside of the cosmos.
But the evil gods had awakened.
The gray mist had spread.
Corruption had descended.
The Sea Demon Empire, this secret realm, had undergone countless modifications and upgrades, possessing strong stability and extremely high speed. This was their foundation for ensuring the survival of ordinary beings even after entering the outside of the cosmos.
However, it was still just a secret realm.
Many high-level worlds struggled to resist the corruption of the evil gods, let alone a mere secret realm.
Within the Sea Demon Empire's secret realm, countless people roared in anger.
Fear and unwillingness filled them.
"Just a little more, just a little more... Ah!"
They had actually set sail in a hurry.
They were still some distance from the edge of the cosmos.
Wails arose, followed by incessant shouts of battle, cries, and the sound of blades piercing flesh.
The entire secret realm had descended into complete chaos.
Mad and degenerated individuals fought amongst themselves. In the blink of an eye, apart from a few powerful beings, there were no living beings in the biological sense within the secret realm.
Witnessing this scene, the ancient beings could only feel sorrow.
Many of them had coveted this secret realm of the Sea Demon Empire before. However, the Sea Demon Empire had the backing of a great powerful being, and the secret realm escaped rapidly, so many ancient beings could not catch up.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, the entire secret realm of the Sea Demon Empire and the countless sea creatures within it would be destroyed?
Their spines turned cold, and despair filled their hearts.
Images of mountains of corpses and seas of blood appeared before their eyes.
Eerie divine voices echoed in their ears.
Their vision gradually turned red and black.
Impatience! Madness! Anxiety! Killing intent!
"No, no!"
An ancient being suddenly awoke, only to discover that fleshy tendrils were growing from his divine body. These tendrils grew wildly without his control. Some transformed into eyeballs, their pupils rotating, staring at him with an eerie and cold gaze; some transformed into blood-red arms without skin; some transformed into mouths full of sharp teeth... These were all living things, either staring, grasping, or gnawing at their bodies.
When had ancient beings ever encountered such eerie and terrifying phenomena?
Even beings in the mythological realm were not particularly afraid of corruption and whispers, let alone high-ranking colossal beings. But at this moment, they were truly afraid. Before the evil gods could even act, they were on the verge of collapse.
Some ancient beings, like scraping bone to heal wounds, excised the corrupted and mutated parts of their bodies and suppressed the spread of corruption with their powerful mental strength.
But some ancient beings, with an eerie light flickering in their eyes, slowly turned their heads and looked at an old friend nearby who was suppressing corruption, extending their hands with longing.
*Splash—*
Claws pierced through chests.
Looking at his old friend's disbelieving eyes, the ancient being let out a cackling laugh.
"Praise the great Scarlet Moon!"
"For the Lord, I implore you all... to offer your lives!"
...
Deep within the cosmos, chaos had erupted.
The gray mist surged, eerie entities spawned, and the ancient beings began to slaughter each other.
"Wake up, wake up!"
"Why is this happening? The evil gods indeed possess the power to corrupt us, but we haven't directly confronted them!"
"Is this what the awakened... true evil gods are like?"
"Escape!"
This universe could no longer be inhabited!
Some ancient beings, who were already at the very edge of deep space, rushed towards the outside of the cosmos.
*Bang—*
His body exploded.
Flesh, spirit, soul, will, and abilities were separated and devoured by the indescribable evil god at the highest spatial echelon.
The end of the cosmos, the exit of the universe, seemed to contain great danger!
The ancient beings were somewhat bewildered.
On one side were the blocked gates, and on the other was the ever-encroaching corruption.
They seemed to have no way out, no place to turn.
"We shouldn't have stayed and watched. We should have left long ago!"
"I was so foolish, truly, to have harbored any hope!"
Regret, unwillingness, despair – various negative emotions festered in the depths of their souls, gradually clouding their minds.
Some ancient beings knew that they were being influenced by the evil gods, yet they could not control the negative emotions within their hearts.
Their willpower could not suppress it; they simply could not do it!
Conversely, some strong beings who had awakened step by step from ordinary lives and ascended to high positions could easily control their inner turmoil, because these strong beings had experienced enough hardship and possessed stronger willpower. At least, they were stronger than many ancient beings whose power had never progressed since their birth.
But even if they could control their negative emotions, it was still useless.
They were in a very dangerous environment, surrounded on all sides by gray mist and eerie entities, shadowy and terrifyingly drifting. They seemed to find no place to reside.
"The Oasis City Wall! The Oasis City Wall!"
As if grasping a lifeline, some ancient beings gambled their lives to break through the cosmic gate, while more ancient beings flew back to the specter world, returning to the land covered by the Oasis City Wall.
Suddenly, the gray mist thinned considerably.
Although the gray mist was still dense, churning, and great horrors drifted within it, the ancient beings felt infinitely relieved, as if they had broken free from shackles.
"The power of the Oasis City Wall is astonishing."
An ancient being exclaimed in surprise.
However, his brows remained furrowed. The crisis had only receded temporarily and could return at any moment.
They had not placed their hopes on the Oasis City Wall to begin with, and furthermore, the awakened evil gods were even more terrifying than they had anticipated.
How long could the protection of the Oasis City Wall last?
These ancient beings were dejected and disheartened, with no light in their eyes.
Some ancient beings, who had not gone to the edge of the cosmos before, remained within the Oasis City Wall. Some were preparing to hide in secret places and hide until the end of time, while a minority prepared to fight to the death for a future.
The Moon Lord, the Great Sun God, and a few others were among the latter.
They knew some of the trump cards of the 'Spark of Hope'.
"But the corruption from the evil gods is too fierce. This Oasis City Wall can only block a part of it."
Beneath the gray mist, the celestial canopy formed by the Oasis City Wall still existed, but its diffused radiance was like a flickering candlelight in the darkness, liable to be extinguished at any moment.
And above the gray mist, several evil god shadows were still locked in combat.
They were tall and majestic. Compared to them, the Oasis City Wall was like a fence for raising chickens and ducks, incredibly insignificant.
Even with the triple protection of the Oasis City Wall, the City Ritual, the life force of the oasis itself, and the world's power, the corrupting force still infiltrated the oasis. The corruption was insidious, and many areas within the oasis began to fall into ruin.
In the central area of the Oasis City Wall, the City of Starlight, the City of Burning Fire, and the Holy Court Continent formed a strategic triangle, guarding the core Spark of Hope Secret Realm.
Within the secret realm, countless operators stared intently at the screens, seemingly unfazed by the evil gods' corrupting influence that spread through the light screen.
After all, the light screen and the city walls – various defenses had blocked the vast majority of corruption, and these personnel themselves were in the mythological realm, sufficient to ignore the residual traces.
"Corruption index level 386, initiating Plan A3."
"Repeat, initiating Plan A3."
The Oasis City Wall was built several years ago, providing a last bastion of peace for humanity and countless beings in this era of surging calamas.
But, was this the limit of the Oasis City Wall?
No, far from it!
Fang You's original intention in creating the Oasis City Wall was to resist the evil gods.
"Oasis City Wall, rise!"
In the City of Starlight, an unremarkable peak demigod wielded the authority of the oasis and raised it high.
In the City of Burning Fire, a demigod also raised his authority.
In the Ancient Moon Imperial Capital, Demigod Gong Li raised her authority.
Within the Seven Stars Alliance, island lords raised their authorities one by one.
In the Red Sand Royal City, the Cloud Map Royal City, the Winterless Empire... in one level-nine oasis after another, peak demigods raised the oasis authority at the same moment.
The nine level-nine oases, their might soaring to the heavens!
The thirty-six level-nine oases, their might soaring to the heavens!
The one hundred and eight level-nine oases, their brilliance dazzling and soaring to the heavens!
The halo of authority from over a hundred level-nine oases outlined mysterious formation patterns, closely linked to the Oasis City Wall.
At this moment, within the Oasis City Wall, the dim daylight brightened again.
It was the light of unconquerable beings.