Chapter 1 The Lingyun World Collapses

No one knew how long had passed, the various world-shattering lights in the void gradually dissipated, but this entire world did not clear up after the storm, and might not even have that chance in the future.

Even from within the Treasure Furnace, Jiang Xuan could see that a massive rift in the void seemed to tear the entire Lingyun World in two, stretching for countless miles. Along the way, there were countless smaller spatial rifts.

Of course, even the "smaller" ones were only small in comparison. Any one of them spanned at least thousands of miles!

The entire sky had been torn apart, like a piece of cloth cut to pieces with scissors, not a single intact part could be seen. Even the proud sun in the sky was severed, its light dimmed.

In particular, he could also see huge bolts of lightning flying out of the spatial rifts, turning into roaring thunder dragons. These were lightning bolts shaped like real dragons, lifelike, accompanied by thunder and dragon roars that shook the heavens and earth. They circled and fell, annihilating everything along the way, and then exploded in this world, forming terrifying light rain, accompanied by chaos and endless destruction.

At this moment, the massive rifts were like abysses of lightning, from which electric sparks flew, dense and endless, in every color imaginable, making the world seem like a dream.

Anyone who saw this scene would feel their scalp tingle. Hundreds of millions of lightning bolts erupted, striking into the Lingyun World, carrying thunderous light, deafening, with overwhelming power, causing this world to tremble.

Each thunder dragon had an immense aura. Not to mention a small Shenhuo Realm cultivator like Jiang Xuan, even a Celestial God or a Lord would fall silent, not daring to approach.

The earth was even more fragmented, with deep canyons splitting open in the world, bottomless, like passages to hell.

This ancient land was also in a terrible state. Jiang Xuan had previously found it difficult to cause any damage, but now it had turned into pieces. The Heavenly Ladder and the ancient palace had long since become ruins.

"Did we win?"

The overwhelming pressure on Jiang Xuan had long dissipated, but he cautiously did not show his face until the ancient land before him had fallen into silence. Only then did he poke his head out of the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace.

The mist dissipated, and the surroundings were no longer a darkness. Thunder dragons continued to explode in the air, occasionally bursting into brilliant light rain, illuminating the broken world.

His divine sense carefully probed out, extending into the distance, and did not encounter anything strange. Everything in the darkness seemed to have been shattered. There was no trace of strangeness here.

Of course, not to mention strangeness, perhaps nothing existed here anymore.

Immortal light fell, enveloping his body. Jiang Xuan stepped out of the Treasure Furnace. Although the strangeness was gone, he was not fortunate enough to enjoy the thunder in the void. For the sake of his life, he still had to take precautions against lightning.

But when he looked at the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, the corner of his mouth twitched. The place that had been swept by that gaze had a mark, a concave dent. Precious light flowed there, the Treasure Furnace wanted to repair it, but it couldn't, an unknown force was preventing it.

In addition to this, the furnace body had countless tiny scratches, having continuously resisted the shocking aftershocks, and even the lightning in the void. Even so, it could be seen how extraordinary the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace was.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Jiang Xuan sighed. Without the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace this time, he would have been sacrificed long ago, and what followed would not have happened.

While thinking, Jiang Xuan also slowly approached the wide platform. It had long been shattered, even the Heavenly Ladder below was completely shattered into powder, not to mention the center of the battlefield.

When he arrived at the silent platform, as expected, he saw a scene of devastation. The bricks made of mysterious materials on the ground had long since turned into powder, and there were still a few faint glimmers of light.

In addition to this, there were many black blood stains, but they were all dry, refined by great means, without a trace of pressure. Jiang Xuan stomped his feet a few times and there was nothing unusual.

Of course, these were still small matters.

At the center of this ruin was the most core area of this battle, the most terrifying place. Even though it had subsided, the forces of darkness and light were still intertwined. Walking into this area, the gods and demons in people's hearts seemed to awaken, fighting each other.

"This has formed a special field?!"

Jiang Xuan suppressed the divinity and demonic intent in his heart, looking at the ruins before him with a hint of shock in his eyes. Refining his heart here would definitely be twice the result with half the effort, but of course, the possibility of going crazy would also greatly increase.

One had to know that he had fused many memories, living out several lifetimes, and his will was beyond imagination. Even so, he almost couldn't suppress the gods and demons in his heart. If other creatures came, not going crazy would be the greatest luxury.

However, he was not in the mood to think about these things now, but began to search in this field. He did not dare to use his divine sense, the power in this field targeted the soul, and his divine sense might not return if he released it.

Soon, he found his target, a section of white palm bone, but half of it was missing, which made Jiang Xuan despair. A complete immortal body, now only half a palm bone remained, Jiang Xuan's heart was bleeding.

After that, he found a section of willow branch, which was completely charred, without a trace of divinity. With a light touch, the willow branch instantly turned into ashes. As for the willow leaves, they had disappeared, and might have been sacrificed as weapons earlier.

"Alas…"

Jiang Xuan was not feeling well. The strangeness was gone, but his treasures were also gone. What did he come to this ancient land for?

The Fallen God Sons and the others were dead, and there were some treasures to be gained. At least the Treasure Furnace had imprisoned a small half of the golden lake water and dozens of Star Sand, and he had also obtained nine great divine powers.

However, adding in an immortal body, plus a section of willow branch and a few willow leaves from the Willow God, he felt that he had lost a lot.

"What about the golden lake water, the heart, and the nine dragon veins?"

Jiang Xuan did not find any traces of the golden lake water, the heart, or the dragon veins here. That level of power could not be completely erased, after all, there were still remnants of the immortal body.

But he could also be sure that the golden lake water, the heart, the dragon veins, and the red-haired figure were not on the same side. The sacred voice appeared only after these forces rushed up.

He walked towards the depths of the field, and faintly heard the roar of gods and demons in his ears. The deeper he went, the more terrifying the power here became, and his Dao heart began to fluctuate, making it increasingly difficult to suppress his inner self.

"That is... the statue of the Nine Nether Hound?"

Not far away, Jiang Xuan saw a broken statue, which was the statue of the Nine Nether Hound that had not even been shaken by the Treasure Furnace collision.

But the difference was that this statue was severely damaged. All nine tails had been cut off, and a very small part of them were scattered on the ground, but most of them could not be found, as if they had been annihilated.

And the wolf body was also tattered, all four limbs had been broken, and the body had been pierced, with a huge hole in it. There seemed to be a heart in it, but it had been dug out.

On the head, the bull-like horns had long been broken and fallen to the ground, without any divine characteristics. The three eyes had all become holes, and the eyes that originally had divine charm had been shattered.

But Jiang Xuan found some strange things. In the broken body of the Nine Nether Hound statue, there were strands of golden lake water flowing, like blood, flowing in the body made of unknown divine materials.

In addition to this, in the remnants of the nine tails, various forces could also be seen flowing, including the Five Elements, Yin and Yang, as well as thunder and storm. That was the power of the dragon veins, nine dragon veins of different attributes!

"Could it be that this is also a method left by the Nine Nether Hound clan?"

Jiang Xuan recalled the previous situation and had a speculation that the Nine Nether Hound statue was likely used to carry the golden lake water, the heart, and the dragon veins, in order to suppress the red-haired figure when it revived.

"Then why did this lake water run away before?" Jiang Xuan was puzzled. He thought that this golden lake water was bullying the weak and fearing the strong. "Or, did this golden lake water think that I was bound to die, there was no saving me, and there was no need to waste power?"

Jiang Xuan's expression was a little stiff. He always felt that this was more likely. Otherwise, why didn't it come when the immortal body was born, but after the Willow God revived, the golden lake water and other powers came running over.

This behavior made it difficult for Jiang Xuan not to think so. This guy probably saw the revival of the Willow God and had the hope of completely wiping out the red hair, so he was willing to fight to the death. If the Willow God had not appeared, it would probably have watched Jiang Xuan be killed, and then waited for the darkness to subside again.

"You're ruthless."

Jiang Xuan was a magnanimous person. Although the intelligence born in this ancient land was a pit, he still kindly put the golden lake water and the power of the dragon veins in the remnants into the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, which could be regarded as collecting the corpse for the will in the dark.

This time it went very smoothly. Perhaps the golden lake water and the power of the dragon veins also felt his kindness, and no abnormalities occurred. Of course, it was also possible that the will had been killed and lost control of these forces, but Jiang Xuan thought this was unlikely.

Putting away the golden lake water and the remaining dragon veins, Jiang Xuan felt much better and was full of energy. In order to better help the will existing in the ancient land in the dark, he chose to go deeper.

Soon, he arrived at the original location of the ancient palace, which had also become ruins, most of which had been shattered and annihilated, but there were also very small remnants, but they were all small fragments, scattered on the ground, in a mess.

The ancient palace was cast from a special divine material, and it had a long history and was of great research value, so in order to preserve the traces of history, Jiang Xuan decided to take these fragments away later.

In addition to these fragments, the most eye-catching thing was the original emperor's throne, which could be said to be the most complete preservation in the ancient palace, and there were even broken chains of the Great Dao on it.

However, Jiang Xuan did not dare to approach, because on the emperor's throne, there was a illusory figure sitting cross-legged, darkness and light intertwined on him, and a hole was broken in the place where the heart was located, with a brilliant heart in it. Beams of light formed into blood vessels, rooted in the body, replacing the original heart, beating slowly.

But the frequency of that beating was also getting weaker and weaker, as if it had reached the end of its life.

Of course, it was also because of the existence of this figure that Jiang Xuan did not dare to act rashly, otherwise he would have taken away the treasures like a whirlwind, and would not have stood so obediently at the gate of the original ancient palace.

The Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace carefully turned to the front, and at the same time he also opened the Yin Furnace. In times of crisis, he still had to rely on the Treasure Furnace's passive ability, and he really had no sense of security in other things.

However, everything was very calm. The figure on the emperor's throne did not move at all. Light and darkness intertwined on him. His body seemed to replace this world and became the ultimate battlefield.

The heart was also trying its best to beat, and waves of runes spurted out with the frequency of its rhythm, fighting with the darkness in the body.

And at the center of that figure's eyebrows, chaotic light was also blooming. That was the most intense battlefield, where two wills collided, and immortal runes were engraved.

But also because of this, the whole hall was very quiet, so Jiang Xuan could see clearly the face of the figure on the emperor's throne. He looked very ordinary, without any outstanding features, and could not even be called heroic, but he had a temperament that made people feel at ease.

"Is this the Nine Nether Hound among the Ten Ferocious?"

Jiang Xuan did not know the answer, but he was sure that the figure in front of him must belong to a strong man of the Nine Nether Hound clan, and he must have had invincible power in his life.

Jiang Xuan watched quietly, not knowing how long had passed, the figure on the emperor's throne slowly opened his eyes, scaring Jiang Xuan to hide in the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace immediately.

However, Jiang Xuan could also see through the Treasure Furnace that although that existence had opened his eyes, there was no trace of power overflowing. There was no brilliance in those eyes, like lifeless dead objects. The whole world was also very quiet. Jiang Xuan was not sure whether this was the silence before the storm, so he could only choose to wait quietly.

After a brief silence, those eyes finally changed, and two completely opposite forces began to emerge. After a while, the eyes actually showed two extremes. In the left eye, there was endless darkness that could devour everything. In the right eye, there was brilliant light that could destroy all evil.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace, and all falsehood and shackles seemed to be useless in front of those eyes.

Jiang Xuan froze for a moment. Being stared at by such a pair of eyes was really not a good thing. Even if there was no power pressing down, it made him feel that his mind was trembling.

However, the figure on the emperor's throne showed a smile at this moment, nodded to Jiang Xuan in the Yin-Yang Treasure Furnace across the void, and was silently chanting something in his mouth.

At the same time, in his eyes, two forces, one black and one white, began to intertwine, as if reversing Yin and Yang and evolving chaos. At the center of his eyebrows, a third eye opened, a vertical eye with chaos in it. At the moment it opened, a ray of light fell, without giving Jiang Xuan any time to react, and directly merged into his sea of consciousness, directly stunning him.

The figure on the emperor's throne no longer paid attention to him, but looked at the void, his eyes seeming to penetrate endless time and space, seeming to pass through ancient worlds, illuminating an unknown figure.

"Looking up to the light in the darkness? Ridiculous…"

This was the first time Jiang Xuan heard his voice, which made people feel at ease, but also with sarcasm, as if denying some kind of will.

Also at the same time as this sentence was spoken, his body suddenly exploded, without causing the slightest damage, like a rain of chaotic light, scattered in this world, wanting to breed new life.