Chapter 1 Nightmare Hydra

The Nightmare Hydra was not a race of pure destruction; they preferred toying with dreams and people's hearts, twisting everything to the point of collapse before devouring the remains of civilizations or even universes.

But at this moment, destruction was all that filled Russell's heart!

He only wanted to vent the humiliation he suffered from that short-lived runt, that 'Titan,' upon these 'people' of similar form!

All humanoid races deserved to die!

Rumble!

Its roar was like a thousand thunderclaps, the sound of stars dying.

At the same time, a dazzlingly brilliant pillar of light, as thick as mountains, spewed out, meeting the oncoming torrent of divine powers.

This light seemed born solely for destruction.

In an instant, heaven and earth were filled with a blinding white light, all other colors submerged and obscured by this destructive radiance.

The surging spiritual energy and astral winds within underwent terrifying fission, erupting with a dreadful power billions of times greater than the spiritual energy itself.

Boom!

The next moment, the sky exploded!

The earth-shattering collision instantly unleashed a spiritual energy storm that swept across tens of thousands of miles. Even from hundreds of miles away in the high sky, the earth was already collapsing layer by layer at an extreme speed, with countless sulfurous flames pouring out.

The cloud sea in the firmament roared, the earth rolled like waves, and earth-fire spewed like forests into the sky, with endless volcanic ash scattered by the rampaging astral winds.

In an instant, it swept across the vast cloud layer, even dyeing the sky above the floating mountain, as large as a star, into a terrifying grey.

Battleships were tossed about by the astral winds, the hulls forged from immortal metal endlessly bombarded, emitting a continuous series of explosions!

"Ah!"

Many Xuankong Mountain disciples, caught off guard while besieging the other ferocious snakeheads, were instantly blasted into pieces in the sky.

Some disciples rolled and coughed blood within the dragon-boat battleships, and when they turned back, they saw mountains collapsing, tsunamis raging, the sky falling, and the earth sinking.

On the earth rolling like waves, all the formations that had been laid were destroyed as if they were made of paper.

Cities, and even the entire population of dynasties, were instantly blasted into dust, their bodies completely obliterated!

Whether they were humble peddlers or emperors and generals, even some of the stationed disciples, all were reduced to ashes!

"Ah!"

Yun He Guang, who was urging his sword to protect the world, felt an even more surging murderous intent: "You monstrous fiend, how dare you!"

Wrath filled Yun He Guang's heart.

He only hated that he and the others had been careless, assuming that in this spirit-depleted land, there could be no beings capable of breaking the Heaven Sealing Talisman, leading to such a catastrophe!

Not only had this serpent demon devoured the spiritual veins, but it had also tainted the treasured artifact with its filth, such that he could no longer contact the Sect Leader and others within the false-death state of the Heaven Sealing Talisman.

Even if he hadn't concealed his sword in the heavens, he would probably still be in a false-death state. The entire Xuankong Mountain might have been destroyed by this serpent demon!

Zheng zheng zheng~

With murderous intent in his heart, endless sword light followed, and in less than a fraction of a second, the sky and earth were filled with sword light, transforming into a vast ocean of swords.

"Die!"

Seeing the mountains and rivers cracking everywhere, the spiritual veins collapsing and being plundered by the giant serpent, Yun He Guang finally abandoned his protection of the mountain. With a movement of his body, an infinitely cold sword light absorbed the light of the vast ocean of swords.

It slashed straight at Russell's neck.

Chi~

The sword passed silently, and wherever it went, the void of heaven and earth seemed to have been flattened by a giant millstone, becoming flat in an instant. The whistling astral winds and the collapsing destructive light were flattened like paper by its pressure.

The void of heaven and earth was cut in half by it.

One half was where his sword light had not reached, and the other half was where his murderous intent was unleashed!

The void was originally infinitely up and down, but this sword cut down, leaving no space for upward or downward movement, or for left or right evasion.

It was silent and soundless, yet it was more terrifying than Lan Yu Shu's previous violent strike, and its speed was almost beyond the restraints of space.

"Monstrous fiend!"

After one collision, even after having already restrained himself to the utmost, he had still caused such destruction. Lan Yu Shu's chest surged, and his murderous intent burned even more fiercely.

As Yun He Guang's sword slashed empty, he also let out a long roar.

He soared ten thousand feet into the air, and the Fang Tian Halberd in his palm slashed out again. With this slash, he no longer cared about the outside world.

Enduring the intense pain of his primordial spirit being torn apart, he urged the Fang Tian Halberd, which was formed by the convergence of endless runes and restrictions, to unleash an earth-shattering strike!

The cultivation of the Dragon Erosion Realm was limited by the Nascent Soul Heaven. By condensing the Nascent Soul, a Blessed Land would naturally arise within the body, but this Blessed Land was not real; instead, it was a convergence of runes, restrictions, divine powers, and immortal arts.

Upon achieving Spirit Transformation, one could nurture their own Dao soldiers or rely on their primordial spirit.

Sitting in oblivion, merging with all things, and uniting with the void, with spiritual energy present, one could strike down enemies across billions of miles with a flick of the finger!

Outside Xuankong Mountain, with no spiritual energy accessible, his divine powers would be reduced by ninety percent. But within Xuankong Mountain, he was originally the First Peak Master of Xuankong, second only to Sect Leader Fang Qi Dao!

This strike, no longer holding back, surpassed Yun He Guang's shocking sword once more, causing Russell, who had just blasted away the torrent of divine powers, to feel a shock in his heart.

Alarmed, Russell's violence subsided slightly. He raised his head, which pierced through the atmosphere, shook it, and let out an earth-shattering long howl:

"Incinerate all things, Nightmare Divine Flame!"

With a long howl, all eight heads opened their mouths and simultaneously spewed out a beam of light, each with a different color and different laws, but equally ferocious and terrifying.

Then, the vast Xuankong Mountain, the mountains and rivers and the sea covering hundreds of thousands of miles, all trembled and hummed, and endless spiritual energy shook and convulsed.

It seemed about to burn completely!

Previously, whenever Yun He Guang showed any sign of attacking, he would use the destruction of mountains and rivers as a means to force him back.

But at this moment, Yun He Guang and Lan Yu Shu completely disregarded everything.

At the moment the raging flames rose, they had already slashed at Russell's two snakeheads!

Lan Yu Shu struck down from above, splitting with the Fang Tian Halberd.

Yun He Guang flicked his sword like a dragon, cutting through the void, also slashing across its neck!

"Hou~~~"

In a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering scream, two snakeheads as large as stars and moons fell from the sky, carrying an endless torrent of foul-smelling blood, dyeing the sky and earth red as if the sea had been overturned.

"Die, die, die!"

With two heads severed, Russell went completely mad, letting out a hysterical roar, and its body, half-hidden beneath the earth's crust, straightened up suddenly!

Like a heavenly sword, it was about to completely cleave open this floating mountain, whose size surpassed that of a star-sized sun!

"What a monstrous beast!"

Just then, a cold hum echoed through the void.

This cold hum wasn't particularly vast, but at the moment it sounded, the hearts of all the Xuankong Mountain disciples, including Yun He Guang and Lan Yu Shu, were shaken.

And Russell's heart turned cold.

Crack!

In the midst of the cold hum, a bronze-colored palm tore through space.

Russell lowered its eyes and stared, only to see an old man with disheveled hair and a body as perfect as a Vajra stepping out from within. As his cold gaze swept across the sky, a look of anger appeared:

"Deserves to be killed!"

With a cold shout, heaven and earth responded.

Russell only felt a chill in his heart, and then boundless pain surged from the remaining six heads.

Hou~

His eyes were about to split, and he only felt that all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had erupted in a violent surge.

Endless divine light runes spewed out from the ground, the void, and the firmament, interlacing to form a huge network that blotted out the sun.

This network stretched across the sky and the earth, covering all the void. It had not yet fully manifested, but once it did, he would surely be torn to pieces!

His heart trembled violently, and all madness instantly disappeared. Without the Door of Dimensions, he had no way to avoid such a terrifying counterattack.

Boom!

And just as Russell was howling in shock and anger, a stream of crimson-gold light burst out from within its body.

The crimson-gold light was initially as thin as nothing, but in less than a fraction of a second, it had transformed into a majestic dragon tens of thousands of miles long, with distinct scales and armor, and surrounded by endless fire.

Ang~~~

The divine dragon roared in anger, its body stretching out, and as its cry resounded through the sky, it soared into the sky, actually breaking through the Heaven Sealing Talisman that was like a net, and plunged into the dark starry sky.

"You!"

Russell had thought that this person was going to save him, but upon seeing this scene, his eyes were about to split. However, before he could utter a roar of anger, the heavenly net that enveloped everything had already bound him.

Under endless squeezing, his body was forcibly compressed to the size of a mountain.

When it crashed to the ground with a rumble, it was stepped on by the old man who had emerged from the void!

"Ah!"

Rage overwhelmed the pain. Being humiliated again, Russell was incredibly angry. If the Door of Dimensions was in his hands at this moment, he would rather give up the name of a direct bloodline.

He would summon his clansmen to completely destroy this universe and kill all living beings!

But his roar had not yet exploded, and was already firmly blocked within his body, like muffled thunder constantly exploding.

"Good, very good."

Looking at the nearly destroyed holy mountain, Xuankong Ancestor's long beard trembled, and the corners of his eyes twitched.

"Ancestor, forgive us! We deserve to die ten thousand times over!"

"The mountain gate has been destroyed, the spiritual veins have been ruined, the treasured artifact has been humiliated, this disciple deserves to die!"

"Old Ancestor, quell your anger, we know we were wrong."

Including Yun He Guang and Lan Yu Shu, all the Xuankong Mountain disciples who had survived by chance turned pale, kneeling in the air or on the ground.

This old man was none other than the ancestor of Xuankong Mountain, said to have cultivated for tens of thousands of years, and even obtained the inheritance of the Upper Realm's peerless master.

Legend had it that he had already cultivated into an Earth Immortal, a true immortal who had achieved longevity and transcended reincarnation, ascending to the Upper Realm.

His cultivation was unfathomable, and he was also the only supreme existence in the Dragon Erosion Realm who could confront the supreme demon Qin Yu head-on and not die.

"Whether you live or die, we'll talk about it later..."

Xuankong Ancestor's face was cold, but he looked towards the outer sky, and a trace of fear and killing intent flashed in the depths of his cold eyes:

"Just relying on such a small snake, I'm afraid he can't break my Heaven Sealing Talisman. Who are you, why don't you show yourself?!"

The Heaven Sealing Talisman was an exotic treasure he had obtained from the Upper Realm. Even those of the same rank as him would never be able to break it in a single day, otherwise, how could he resist Qin Yu?

And how could he survive in this spirit-depleted land?

That serpent demon's bloodline was strange, but even if it had the blood of a divine beast, it was absolutely impossible for it to break his Heaven Sealing Talisman with such cultivation!

Behind it, there must be other experts!

And, experts who were no less powerful than him, or even stronger!

Who?!

There's someone else?!

Yun He Guang and Lan Yu Shu exchanged glances, and their hearts trembled, feeling a great crisis.

They couldn't believe that there was such an expert in this spirit-depleted land, but this unbelievable thing had actually happened!

Before they could even look up, they heard a majestic voice like thunder and lightning, the collapse of stars, spreading from the starry sea, pouring down:

"In this desolate wasteland, there is actually a second person who can discover this venerable one, not bad, not bad..."

The sound of divine intent vibrating the sky filled the universe.

Even Fang Qi Dao and others, who were in a false-death state within the Heaven Sealing Talisman and whom Yun He Guang had failed to awaken despite all his efforts, were suddenly awakened!

Looking up, they saw a mighty god shrouded in divine light striding from the depths of space at the end of their vision.

His speed was extremely fast, even stars could not keep up with his steps. His body was incredibly strong, and countless stars were drawn by him wherever he passed, about to transform into satellites orbiting his path.

From an unknown distance of hundreds of thousands of miles away, an immense pressure had already appeared in the hearts of everyone present.

Who is this person?!

Lan Yu Shu felt uneasy, and faintly sensed the malice of this world, of the universe.

Could this be a coincidence?!

"Who is Your Excellency, where do you come from?! Why do you want to be enemies with my Xuankong Mountain?"

Xuankong Ancestor waved his hand, and the heavenly net covering the firmament flowed in reverse, transforming into endless runes in his palm, forming a book shrouded in divine light.

As powerful as he was, he also felt a hint of pressure at this time.

At this moment, his injuries had not yet healed, and he was in this spirit-depleted and evil land, and a powerful enemy had suddenly appeared, so he was indeed grave in his heart.

Whoosh whoosh~

The starry sky originally had no airflow, but the clothes of the mighty figure walking in the sky fluttered.

Beneath the divine light, an inexplicable expression, both a smile and not a smile, appeared on his face, which was like a chiseled axe:

"Too many questions, this venerable one is kind-hearted, so I will answer them one by one..."

"This venerable one is Qi Cun..."

Qi Cun patted his palm with a crimson-gold ruler, but did not look at the people of Xuankong Mountain, but stared at the other side of the starry sky, his tone strange:

"You, are the sacrifices I have prepared..."

"To be used for

Pilgrimage!"