Chapter 911: Chapter 633: Refining the Stars with One Hand! (Monthly Ticket at the Start of the Month)
"The Military Leader has slain an Eight Realms powerhouse?"
Di Jialou, who was tempering himself among mortals, froze upon hearing this news. He chased tirelessly, not daring to slack even a moment, yet he had only just reached the Peak of Sixth Realm. To reach Seventh Realm, he’d need at least another ten years.
"My father still wants me to learn from the Land Army Master?"
How the hell am I supposed to learn that?
...
Tianxia.
The Elder Council.
Now, Tianxia already had 56 powerhouses of the Seventh Realm. Excluding those roaming the Three Thousand Realms or fighting on Mystic Sky, there were sixteen still guarding Xia Star.
The leader was, of course, Lu Chenzhou’s clone.
All these years, the clone hadn’t been idle either. Relying on the hefty salary from the Elder Council, he constantly swallowed Primordial Stones to advance, now already with Peak Seventh Realm strength.
He still looked like a youth, though.
This day.
The assembled powerhouses gathered before the round table.
"Military Leader, what is the matter?"
"I killed Achilles. I’ve tracked down that in Tianxia’s four cities, there are Sixth Realm Shadow Kill Clan operatives undercover, conveying information. Get rid of them—here’s the list."
Young Lu Chenzhou handed over a list.
These were the four great Shadow Commanders.
The crowd took the list, stunned on the spot.
"A... Achilles is dead?"
"Has the Military Leader already reached Eight Realms?"
The young Lu Chenzhou said calmly:
"Go at once. Killing Achilles is nothing—the Forbidden Zone has lost just a dog. You must strike at the same time so you don’t alert the snakes."
"Understood! We’ll go immediately!"
The four newly minted Seventh Realms left the Elder Council.
Once outside, the four began to talk at once.
"Damn, just how strong is the Military Leader?"
"That’s Achilles we’re talking about—killed just like that! An old monster cultivated for ten thousand years, reversed and slain by a ninety-something-year-old at Seventh Realm... That’s insane."
"The Three Thousand Worlds will be shaken."
"Let’s go. Get rid of these undercover scum first. They were hidden so deeply! No wonder the Forbidden Zone knows Tianxia Civilization inside out."
...
"Senior, what are you doing?"
In a department of Yun Meng City, a beautiful, seductive executive secretary looked up as a Seventh Realm powerhouse descended from the sky.
"Hmph! Still pretending!"
A terrifying pressure swept out, smashing the secretary to the ground, her figure twisting like a shadow.
Moments later, she revealed her true Shadow Kill Clan form.
Ugly, hideous.
"No... Impossible! How did you know my identity? I have a treasure shielding me!"
This Shadow Commander’s face filled with terror.
Other than Achilles, no one knew their identities. He couldn’t understand how he was exposed.
Hadn’t there never been any issues before?
"You don’t need to know."
A single palm fell—Shadow Commander dead.
"Lord Achilles will avenge me, hahaha!" his twisted soul screamed.
He still didn’t know—
The heavens had collapsed for the Shadow Kill Clan.
...
Beidi City.
"Achilles? He’s dead."
"Impossible! No one can kill Lord Achilles!" another Shadow Commander screeched in grief.
He refused to believe it, even in death.
The great Achilles—how could he die?
...
At the same time,
all the Shadow Kill Clan pawns remaining in Tianxia were uprooted. Soon after, news of the Land Army Master slaying Achilles spread like wildfire across Xia Star’s tens of billions thanks to the advanced information network.
No one ignorant. No one left out!
...
Fei Yan Martial Arts Hall.
"Dragon and Tiger Heavenly Pile is the most fundamental cultivation technique for Martial Arts—it’s about Opening the Acupoint, and there are no shortcuts! Don’t think just because you have more resources these days, and there are all kinds of opening treasures on the market, that you can get lazy. If you want to become a true top-level powerhouse, you must rely on your own sweat and effort. You all should know, the current leader of civilization, Land Army Master, is my True Disciple. Back in the high school culture class, he could squeeze out four hours a day for Opening the Acupoint. You’re full-time for Martial Arts Training—what reason do you have to be lazy?" The white-haired old man scolded this batch of new apprentice disciples, sighing to himself.
"Sigh, times have changed. These little brats just want to pop pills right from the start, only thinking of quick success."
Too impatient!
"Teacher, just how strong is the Military Leader?"
A teenage boy asked curiously. Lu Chenzhou was the idol of their generation, just as the Cangtian Dragon King had been for Lu Chenzhou’s generation.
"You only need to know—at Land Army Master’s level, destroying Xia Star’s ecological system and exterminating all living beings is only a matter of time."
What would Ji Xuantong know?
He was just a Martial Arts Adept.
His disciple stood so high; he, still at the foot of the mountain, could not see the beautiful view from the summit.
"Land Army Master killed Achilles? Wasn’t Achilles that demon king from our Great Xia Martial Arts History class? Supposedly a top-level powerhouse of the universe who destroyed countless civilizations."
Suddenly a young man murmured while looking at his phone.
"What?!"
Ji Xuantong opened his own phone.
Looking at the overwhelming news headlines.
His gaze grew brighter and brighter. After a long silence, he looked at the boys before him and said, "Kids, you’re witnessing history. Next, those evil beings that had only existed in the martial arts history textbooks and have profoundly shaped our Tianxia’s history will fall, like stars tumbling from the heavens."
Ji Xuantong knew—
The boys might not understand the meaning of his words, but one day, if they could reach the Heavenly Realm, they’d know just how high the blue sky above their heads went.
"Ruyu, did you see the news?"
The Fei Yan Grandmaster, teaching at the Myriad Phenomena Daoist School, was the first to call, her tone excited.
"I saw it. In a blink, eighty years have gone by. The kids who once trained at dawn on the playground have become the Dao Tree that holds up our civilization."
Shi Ruyu’s eyes glimmered with tears.
Years had only made her features more mature, more full of sorrow and experience.
Scenes from the past surged into her mind.
...
Primordial Mountain Cave Heaven.
"Heh, Undying Realm—just talking pure body cultivation, Little Junior Brother has already caught up to Teacher."
Mister Turtle sipped his tea at leisure.
"Indeed. Back then, Master accidentally became Undying in the Divine’s Artifact Refining Furnace."
"A pity that immortality is just too hard. Master didn’t achieve it before death—otherwise, with his strength, he might have survived the tribulation of the Divine War."
Ape phantoms sighed with emotion.
"Teacher’s character was always fierce. He only wanted to live in dazzling brilliance. Even if he had achieved immortality, he would have rushed toward the fire and died in battle against even stronger Divines. Otherwise, he could have taken the path of becoming an Artifact Spirit or other means, and lived on till now."
Mister Turtle sighed.
...
In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
Mystic Sky Continent.
Star Dome Sea. Within a thousand-mile-wide asteroid hidden in the meteorite belt was a Shadow Kill Clan base.
Apart from Achilles, the Shadow Kill Clan still had eight Seventh Realm experts, known as the Shadow Killing Eight Kings. The first of the Eight Kings had near-Great Commander combat power,
called Snake Shadow King.
"Strange, why can’t I get in touch with Lord Achilles?" Snake Shadow King was wary in his heart.
Achilles was cunning and suspicious by nature, fearing that after his demise the Eight Kings would seize power and push him down, so he had never left a soul token in the clan.
In the Shadow Kill Clan, the strong were king.
The competition was extremely cutthroat.
"Tianxia has Aurora Palace. Even if the Lord were personally hunting them, breaking it would still take some time."
said the Ghost Shadow King.
"Just wait it out."
"You don’t think something happened to the Lord, right? Could Tianxia have killed him?"
One Shadow King voiced his worry.
"Impossible. Tianxia’s Priest has fallen, Lu Chenzhou is heavily wounded and near death, only Emperor Shitian is left with the strength for a fight. How could they threaten the Lord?"
"Exactly. Even though the Lord isn’t the most formidable in direct combat among the Eight Realms, he has the Ancestor’s Supreme Treasure—he can still compete against those in the Second Step."
The group discussed among themselves.
Meanwhile—
In the dark deep space, a streak of green lightning tore through the Void at over 8,000 times the speed of sound. Lu Chenzhou gazed at the black asteroid ahead, rapidly drawing near.
"Quite a hiding spot."
Suddenly, the Martial Arts Tree prompted a notification.
[Heavenly Escape: Ninth Layer (Limit)]
"The limit, huh? My Sixth Rank Middle Stage Lightning Dao cultivates the Heavenly Escape Chapter—it’s on another level. After the Mystic Sky battle ends, I should take some time to go to the Heavenly Pool Great World and learn the Chasing Light Chapter."
The Chasing Light Chapter held the life’s work of the Sun Chasing Dragon Emperor. If mastered, his speed could increase a thousandfold again, reaching 800,000 times sonic speed.
That is to say—light speed!
With that, he could control the Speed Extreme Dao.
The former Aurora Empress was a Third Step powerhouse like Kunxu Ancestor, but even before her fall could only reach sub-light speed—her attempt to chase light had failed.
Boom!
Lu Chenzhou’s ultra-dense body crashed into the Shadow Kill Clan asteroid like a comet at high speed. Earth layers a thousand miles thick shattered like eggshells, exploding outward from him as the center, rubble erupting like a volcano, freed from gravity and shot into outer space.
In an instant—
Lu Chenzhou arrived at the asteroid core. Amid magma, he drew out the Tiger Soul Spear—spear like a dragon, twelve Nine-Colored Divine Lotuses blooming above the fire sea.
Boundless energy broke the planet’s equilibrium. Billions of tons of magma ignited and erupted.
Rumble!
At this point, the Shadow Kill Clan experts sensed something amiss and flew out from their respective closed-door seclusions.
Beneath their feet, the planet shattered; before their eyes, lava roared skyward; above their heads, tens of thousands of miles of dust veiled the void... Yet the most shocking of all—at twelve celestial compass points along the horizon, twelve Nine-Colored Divine Lotuses bloomed, imprisoning the star!
"This world has been sealed."
"Those Nine-Colored Lotuses—that’s Lu Chenzhou!"
"It’s over. Why is he here?"
"Lu Chenzhou isn’t dead? Could it be... Lord Achilles died? How could this happen?"
Confusion, terror, despair...
All Shadow Kill Clan members looked up.
A white-robed figure stood above the sky, long hair drifting. Around him, the power of the nine-colored Heavenly Tribulation whirled like the Chaos Heaven Silk. His gaze was as aloof as heaven and earth, his bearing marked by world-weariness, half his face shrouded in shadow, lips cold as a blade; calmly, he raised his spear and pointed at the void.
The twelve Nine Tribulation Lotuses began to contract. The power of Heavenly Tribulation crushed the star inch by inch, dissolved by fire and thunder into dust. A mere Fifth Realm Shadow Kill Clan member who touched it was instantly wiped out.
The Shadow Killing Eight Kings, leading more than two hundred Sixth Realm powerhouses, surrounded themselves with 107,000 Shadow Kill Clan.
They were all elite.
Just among the Four Realms alone, over ten thousand—many were Achilles’ bloodline, members of the Royal Family.
"You human! What are you doing? If my royal father finds out, you’ll die without a burial place!"
A Prince cursed furiously.
He stood exalted above all, status on par with the Shadow Kings. Today he’d been drinking and singing in the palace, when suddenly someone came and turned his home upside down—he was livid!
The white-robed figure glanced at him.
His gaze flickered with blue light.
Just a look—
In the next instant, that Prince, and all royal Shadow Kill Clan members sharing Achilles’ bloodline, self-immolated and scattered as blue butterflies.