Blood splattered like rain.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's massive tail crashed down from the sky, striking the ground.
Like a colossal iron pillar, it gouged a huge pit in the earth.
This demonstrated the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's divine body was incredibly tough.
Even the Divine Annihilation Bomb couldn't pierce its scales.
Yet, it was severed by the Blade of the Past.
With the power of the Star God Realm, Zheng Dong could now contend with the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor let out a pained roar.
The rolling sound waves surged outwards like a tide.
Many in the imperial capital went deaf, deafened by the powerful sonic waves.
"Bastard, you dare to cut off my tail!" the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor roared.
It swiped a claw at Zheng Dong.
Enraged, it had almost lost all reason.
Seeing this, Zheng Dong calmly evaded the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's attack, raised the Blade of the Past again, and slashed at the dragon claw that the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor was bringing down.
Starlight blazed as the Blade of the Past descended with immense force, severing the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's massive dragon claw as well.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's eyes widened, its pupils about to burst, enduring intense pain.
At this moment, it too lost its sanity, activating the Blazing Dragon Pearl and hurling it fiercely at Zheng Dong.
Fueled by the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's power, the Blazing Dragon Pearl grew immense, like a sun, erupting with searing lava.
Instantly, the surroundings were filled with rolling lava, forming an ocean of magma that surged towards Zheng Dong.
If Zheng Dong dodged, the imperial capital behind him would suffer.
Zheng Dong frowned, looking at the Blazing Dragon Pearl, which descended upon him with the deterrence of rolling magma, amidst the towering waves of lava.
At this moment, he could only defend.
Fortunately, his reaction was swift, and he summoned Youyou.
Youyou unleashed the divine skill, Netherworld Hell.
A vast gate to hell opened, and countless streams of lava poured into the Netherworld Hell.
Even the Blazing Dragon Pearl was almost drawn in.
If it entered the Netherworld Hell, it would likely be impossible for the Blazing Dragon Pearl to escape.
Zheng Dong would have Youyou suppress it.
Youyou had also condensed a divine spark, primarily based on the law of reincarnation.
This significantly boosted Youyou's strength, making the suppression of the Blazing Dragon Pearl not difficult.
Concurrently, Zheng Dong also moved, wielding the Blade of the Past, and slashed at the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor once more.
Countless starlights enveloped Zheng Dong, as if a phantom of the Star God Realm appeared behind him.
Under his control, the Blade of the Past was unstoppable.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's eyes widened, it desperately mobilized its strength to resist, but it was still no match. It was struck on the neck by a saber, blood gushing out.
Severely wounded, the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor once again attempted to disengage and flee the battlefield.
Unfortunately, Zheng Dong was faster.
He swiftly blocked the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's path and swung the Blade of the Past again.
This time, he intended to finish the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor completely.
To achieve this, he mobilized all the power he could.
The power of the Star God Realm was also pushed to its limit by him.
Tangible streams of starlight enveloped him, and the Blade of the Past in his hand was cloaked in starlight, radiating brilliant light.
The starlight from the Blade of the Past was so intense that the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor could barely keep its eyes open.
As its vision blurred, the Blade of the Past swept across its neck, severing its head.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong used the Blade of the Past to shatter the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's divine spark and crush its divine soul.
Thus, the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor finally collapsed to the ground, motionless.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor had fallen.
In the imperial capital base city, Long Zhen Chuanshuo and others who witnessed this scene cheered with excitement.
Not only did Yanhuang defend a vast amount of resources, but it also instilled confidence in the future for more people, giving them the opportunity to become stronger.
It also deterred surrounding extraordinary creatures, making them hesitant to attack Yanhuang rashly.
As for the Ghost Blade Mantis and the Blazing Dragon Horse, they were dumbfounded.
They never expected the Sovereign-level Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor to die.
The Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor was also quite aggrieved; it had only just awakened, and its usable power was limited, otherwise, the outcome would not have been this.
Alas, nothing could change.
Unless it had prepared resurrection methods long ago, it had no chance to revive.
As the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor fell, the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor in the present timeline widened its eyes, its expression one of disbelief.
Its body began to vanish, and a memory of being slain by Zheng Dong appeared in its mind.
Its memory was fixed above the imperial capital.
Subsequent memories, along with its body, gradually blurred until they finally disappeared.
Soon, the Abyss Dragon God also sensed the anomaly.
It quickly left the Endless Abyss and arrived at the place where the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor had disappeared.
Where the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's monster army had once led, a different Abyss Dragon now took charge.
Did someone return to the past?
The Abyss Dragon God's eyes were filled with fury.
Even if someone returned, why did they have to kill its most prized subordinate, the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor?
Only as a Supreme Being could it sense this series of abnormal changes.
Furthermore, even if someone returned to the past and killed its younger self, it would at most be injured, not killed.
A Supreme Being could gradually sever its connection to the past and future; if it completely severed them, it would have a chance to transcend.
The Abyss Dragon God desired revenge.
It used its divine skill, Death Replay, to deduce the cause of the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor's death.
Unfortunately, due to the influence of the epochal shift, the future and past had become blurred, and despite its efforts, it could not find Zheng Dong.
However, the death of the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor in the imperial capital had been witnessed by many extraordinary beings, and the Abyss Dragon God would eventually uncover the truth.
Zheng Dong was unaware that he had provoked a formidable enemy.
His slaying of the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor had caused a significant impact, and he immediately felt a strong backlash of spacetime power.
The greater the impact he caused, the stronger this backlash would be.
Instantly, Zheng Dong felt a surge of blood to his head, his vision darkened, and he nearly fainted.
His divine spark was also enveloped by spacetime power, seemingly on the verge of being torn apart and destroyed.
The intense pain felt like being flayed alive.
He regretted his rash decision to kill the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor.
However, this also allowed him to understand spacetime power better; if someone returned to the past and killed him, they could truly kill him.
Unless he severed his connection to the past.
Fortunately, without a spacetime corridor, even a Supreme Being would have to pay a considerable price to return to the past.
Severely wounded, Zheng Dong could no longer remain in this timeline; his body gradually became ethereal and began to disappear.
Fortunately, the Ghost Blade Mantis and the Blazing Dragon Horse had already been scared away by the battle between Zheng Dong and the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor.
They hastily retreated from the imperial capital, a place of turmoil.
The Ghost Blade Mantis felt fortunate to have the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor as a scapegoat.
Otherwise, it might have been the one to die.
It was unaware that it had already died once; Zheng Dong's killing of the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor had indirectly altered its fate.
Returning to the present timeline, the imperial capital base city remained unchanged.
It was just that Long Zhen Chuanshuo and the others themselves were unaware that their memories had been altered.
Even if someone noticed, they would dismiss it as a hallucination.
And even if they spoke of it, they would not gain the approval of the majority.
Severely wounded, Zheng Dong did not go to see Long Zhen Chuanshuo and the others; he directly used the Star Gate to enter the Star God Realm for cultivation.
At this moment, the Star God Realm was the safest place for Zheng Dong.
However, he had mobilized a large amount of the Star God Realm's accumulated power this time, and it would take some time to build it up again for another surge.
While in seclusion, Zheng Dong sensed his condition worsening.
He had reached a critical juncture of life and death.
Not only was his divine spark problematic, but under the erosion of spacetime power, it was gradually shrinking and cracking, and his divine body was also being eroded by spacetime power, appearing as if it would explode, revealing ghastly wounds.
What to do?
Zheng Dong hadn't expected that killing the Abyss Tyrant Dragon Emperor might cost him his own life.
He could only force himself to remain calm and deduce a solution.
Under the influence of the Law of Destiny, his intuition told him that he would surely find a way to resolve it.
While sensing the changes in his body and observing the spacetime power, he searched for a method to clear the spacetime power from his body.
Gradually, he discovered that the power of destiny could counteract spacetime power.
However, the power of destiny he could mobilize was very limited.
Moreover, if his divine spark had not been condensed with the Law of Destiny as its core, it would have long since shattered and been destroyed.
Subsequently, Zheng Dong actively mobilized the power of destiny to protect his divine spark.
As long as his divine spark remained stable, he could attempt to mobilize more power of destiny and gradually reverse the situation.
This life-and-death crisis also allowed Zheng Dong to gain a deeper understanding of the power of destiny and spacetime power.
His comprehension of the Law of Destiny and the Law of Spacetime deepened.
After stabilizing his physical condition, Zheng Dong attempted to re-condense his divine spark and construct his divine soul.
His divine soul would still be centered around the Law of Destiny.
After a month of effort, his divine soul was successfully constructed.
The divine soul could enhance his comprehension abilities, making it easier for him to understand the Law of Destiny, the Law of Spacetime, and various other laws of heaven and earth.
Furthermore, as long as his divine soul remained intact, he could revive.
Zheng Dong's strength increased once more.
With the aid of his divine spark and divine soul, he could mobilize more power of destiny.
This way, he could repair his divine body, which had become riddled with holes.
He mobilized the power of destiny to gradually purge the backlash spacetime power from his divine body.
Once all the backlash spacetime power was cleared, his divine body could self-repair.
However, Zheng Dong planned to use this opportunity to rebuild his divine body, making it even stronger.
This reconstruction was not significantly different from the previous one, only perfecting some details to allow the power of laws to circulate more easily within the divine body.
Afterward, Zheng Dong did not cease his cultivation.
He intended to construct a law domain centered around the Law of Destiny.
If he could successfully construct it, he would be able to mobilize the Law of Destiny more calmly.
The next time he returned to the past to alter the situation, he would also have a way to resolve the backlash.
However, constructing a law domain was not an easy task.
Constructing a spacetime domain was relatively easier because he had previously used a time domain with the help of the Undying Dragon God.
Moreover, the time domain was a single law domain.
The multi-law domain that Zheng Dong intended to construct, with the Law of Destiny as its core, was far more complex.
Fortunately, his comprehension of the Law of Destiny had deepened this time, giving him hope of successful construction.
Thus, he used his divine spark to attempt to construct the law domain.
Lawful light blazed around him, and various powers of law continuously emerged.
He mobilized these powers of law to construct the law domain.
It was like a spider weaving its web.
However, constructing a law domain was more difficult.
A slight misstep would require starting all over again.
Zheng Dong tried countless times before constructing a nascent form of a law domain centered around the Law of Destiny.
The next step was gradual refinement.
The process of refinement could not be done solely through seclusion.
It required accumulating experience through extensive practical combat.
Moreover, only through actual combat could he identify any flaws in the constructed domain.
Therefore, Zheng Dong left the Star God Realm and returned to Yanhuang.
At this time, Yanhuang had become a place of widespread panic.
This was because many base cities had been destroyed by abyss monsters.
The abyss monster army dispatched by the Abyss Dragon God, based in the Endless Abyss, was continuously expanding outwards.
Fortunately, Yanhuang was far enough from the Endless Abyss, so the number of abyss monsters that had spread around Yanhuang was not significant.
Moreover, more and more awakened divine-level extraordinary creatures were appearing, and many were resisting the Abyss Dragon God.
Along the way, the abyss monsters had also suffered heavy casualties.
The abyss monsters near Yanhuang were merely a branch of a branch.
The leader of this monster group was an Abyss Dragon of the Main God level.
Its primary target was not Yanhuang, but a Totem Kingdom to the west of Yanhuang.
The ruler of this Totem Kingdom was a recently awakened Nether Cat Demon Empress, possessing Main God-level strength.
Furthermore, she had already passed the period of weakness after her awakening and possessed her peak combat power.
Because of this, the Abyss Dragon leading this abyss monster group had attacked the Cat Demon Totem Kingdom multiple times without success.
Many abyss monsters were even killed by the Nether Cat Demon Empress.
For this reason, the Abyss Dragon decided to advance indirectly, dealing with Yanhuang first, and then dealing with the Cat Demon Totem Kingdom.
In the imperial capital base city, Long Zhen Chuanshuo's brows were tightly furrowed.
Upon hearing Xiao Lin's report, he was at a loss as to what to do.
Even using the newly developed Divine Annihilation Bomb would be difficult to drive away these abyss monsters.
Even the Icefield Snowman left by Zheng Dong had suffered severe injuries and its fate was unknown.
If this continued, Yanhuang would eventually be annihilated by these abyss monsters.
Moreover, the abyss monsters were extremely cruel, treating humans as food.
Every base city destroyed by these abyss monsters had rivers of blood, with no survivors.
Long Zhen Chuanshuo felt utterly powerless.
This was the most desperate he had felt in many years.
Through satellites, it could be seen that not only Yanhuang, but also numerous abyss monsters had appeared all over the world.
He felt that even Zheng Dong could not kill all these abyss monsters.
Previously, he had discussed the current situation with Zheng Dong, but he hadn't expected the destruction of Yanhuang to come so quickly.
He looked at Xiao Lin.
"Fetch me my best tea and brew it! After we drink it, we will fight our last battle for Yanhuang!"
Other base cities were beyond saving, and the imperial capital was likely doomed as well. Long Zhen Chuanshuo intended to face his fate with the imperial capital.
Xiao Lin nodded; he actually preferred to drink wine.
Unfortunately, all the wine he had stored was already consumed.
To conserve grain, Yanhuang had also stopped brewing alcohol long ago.
"I wonder where that kid Zheng Dong has gone? What will he think when he returns and finds he's the only human left in the world!"
"What else can he think? Find a way to survive!" Long Zhen Chuanshuo chuckled.