598: The Great Sage has gone, the Great Sage is dead?

“Heh...”

“You Ming, you are truly dreaming.”

Far behind You Ming Great Saint, a slender figure stood with hands clasped behind their back, completely shrouded in a black robe, emitting wisps of chilling ghostly Qi. The figure sneered, flickered, vanished from the spot, and reappeared before a cluster of palaces scattered across the distant high sky, each radiating endless black Immortal Qi.

Among them was a palace bearing the three ancient characters “Ghost King Hall.” Chang Gu Venerable moved and stepped inside.

Before the spatial rift.

Sensing the departure of Chang Gu Venerable, You Ming Venerable retracted his icy gaze and continued to look at the spatial rift ahead, which was rapidly expanding.

Hardening his heart, his Divine Thought transformed into sound and entered the ears of the man behind him who had a massive Scar on his face.

“Scarface, bring everyone here.”

Scarface’s heart trembled as he looked toward the location of the Great Array.

The dozen or so Cultivators who had just been thrown in were clearly not dead yet, but You Ming Venerable had given this command.

“The Venerable is preparing for a final struggle...”

Scarface’s heart stirred, and daring not to delay, dozens of chains flew out simultaneously from his sleeve, trapping the captured and imprisoned Cultivation experts, and dragging them toward the Great Array.

Outside the Great Array before the spatial rift, Scarface paused, not daring to approach further. He feared that if You Ming Venerable became ruthless, he would treat Scarface as resources too, stripping his tendons and scraping his bones—that would truly be a huge injustice.

“Go in!”

Scarface’s voice was cold, and the chains clattered.

Figures—some vacant, some numb, some terrified—were pulled by the chains without any power to resist, entering the Immortal Ascent Great Array one after another.

“Venerable, this subordinate takes his leave.”

After driving all the Cultivators inside, Scarface quickly spoke to the elderly man above, whose expression was unpleasant.

“Wait.”

Just as Scarface was about to retreat, You Ming Venerable’s gaze quietly fell upon him.

Scarface’s heart tightened, and it pounded wildly.

“Damn it, this old ghost isn't planning to finish me off too, is he?”

Scarface felt uneasy and anxious, his back already soaked with sweat.

Despite this, he had absolutely no thought of resisting or fleeing.

In the Bright Light Holy Realm, the higher one's cultivation, the higher their status, granting them the power of life and death over all Cultivators with lower cultivation throughout the world.

No one dared to defy this.

Those who dared to resist this Law had long since become vengeful spirits beneath the ground.

“May I ask what instructions Venerable has?”

Scarface tried his best to keep his voice steady, preventing You Ming Venerable from noticing anything unusual.

“Hmph, Scarface, are you afraid?”

You Ming Venerable's words, devoid of discernible emotion, drifted over.

This caused Scarface, whose nerves were already taut, to nearly bite his tongue.

“How would Scarface dare.”

Scarface suppressed the fear in his heart, a slight tremor audible in his voice.

“No need to be nervous. This is a reward from this Venerable.”

At that moment, a finger-sized white bone flew out from You Ming Venerable's hand above, stopping and hovering in front of Scarface.

Damn it! This old bastard actually wants to refine me into a White Bone Puppet, damn him... Scarface was terrified and furious. This white bone was definitely not a good thing. He had heard that Cultivators who received a white bone reward from You Ming Venerable would disappear after a period of time, eventually resurfacing within You Ming Venerable's White Bone Army.

“Thank you for the Venerable's reward!”

Despite his inner turmoil, Scarface still expressed his gratitude loudly, nervously accepting the white bone.

“Good, you may withdraw.”

You Ming Venerable was clearly satisfied, and he waved his hand lightly.

Scarface felt a great weight lift, and he swiftly flashed backward.

Receiving this white bone was better than losing his life right now.

After dismissing Scarface, You Ming Venerable's expression turned serious, and he continued gazing at the spatial rift in the distance that was constantly warping the heavens and earth.

He suddenly shouted internally.

“You Ming Immortal Technique!”

Boom!

The supremely powerful Aura belonging to the Void Refining Middle Stage surged from You Ming Venerable, shooting straight into the sky.

With a flick of his wide sleeve, the Great Array began to operate, followed by continuous screams.

A few breaths later.

Inside the Great Array, dozens of figures were completely reduced to dried corpses, falling from the air.

A massive black light sphere emerged from the Great Array and was clutched in You Ming Venerable's hand.

Bang!

The light sphere shattered.

It transformed into endless bloody malevolent Qi, all of which submerged into You Ming Venerable's body. Behind You Ming Venerable, a hundreds-of-zhang tall, solemn White Bone Divine Statue seemed to emerge from nothingness.

The White Bone Divine Statue reached out, its fingertip carrying endless Immortal intent, and pointed toward the spatial rift.

“Immortal Pointing the Way!”

You Ming Venerable roared, his Aura like a rainbow, spanning the heavens and earth.

“You Ming actually used the White Bone Divine Statue. He really is willing to pay the price...”

In the palaces high in the distant sky, figures showed expressions of surprise.

“Open!”

You Ming Venerable's expression turned fierce, and the White Bone Divine Statue pointed a finger directly at the spatial rift.

Boom!

The already severely twisted rift suddenly experienced a chaotic surge of spatial power.

An extremely powerful spatio-temporal impact force swept toward the four directions of heaven and earth.

“It's open!”

Joy surged in You Ming Venerable's heart.

But before his joy could continue, the powerful backlash force, accompanying the shattering space, had already slammed into him.

Boom!

You Ming Venerable's figure was knocked flying by the spatio-temporal backlash force.

“Hahahaha!”

“What a great opportunity!”

As You Ming Venerable retreated, a bloody figure exuding the Aura of the Void Refining Early Stage was the first to appear in the spatial turbulence.

“Sons of the Blood Demon Sect, follow this Great Saint in Boundary Breaking!”

Blood Demon Great Saint howled, and as he waved his hand, figures appeared behind him one after another.

The bloody figure, covered in monstrous blood Qi, stepped into the opened rift door.

“We Blood Demons shall claim the first merit!”

Blood Demon Great Saint was ecstatic, and his figure vanished.

Behind him, figures from the Blood Demon Sect followed closely.

“Blood Demon, you seek death!”

In the distance, You Ming Great Saint's eyes were icy cold.

“Hiss!”

“Blood Demon Great Saint is truly bold, just rushing into Boundary Breaking ahead of You Ming Venerable like that?”

Scarface's heart shook, but he felt a little schadenfreude... Meanwhile.

On the other side of the spatial door.

Deep within the Inner Sea of Chaotic Sea, behind an azure blue pearl, colossal figures with astonishing Auras quietly watched the changes occurring in the spatial door.

Just then, a bloody light seeped out from the spatial door.

“Jie jie jie~ You brats from the foreign realm, are you ready to become this Great Saint's rations?”

Unrestrained, arrogant laughter passed through the spatial door, and as the sound faded, a bloody figure stepped out from the door of the spatial rift.

“Jie jie jie~”

“What a wonderful scent...”

Blood Demon Great Saint was utterly intoxicated.

“Om~

Just then, an invisible Dao rhyme seemed to dissipate.

“Jie...”

Blood Demon Great Saint’s maniacal laughter stopped abruptly, and he looked into the distance.

There, several figures who had suddenly appeared between heaven and earth were quietly looking at him.

Blood Demon Great Saint’s laughter ceased, and the world suddenly fell silent.

Silence.

Still silence.

“One, two, three, four...”

Cold sweat began to bead on Blood Demon Great Saint’s forehead, and his calves started trembling uncontrollably.

“Ten Thousand Li of Ice Seal!”

At this moment.

An Ice Kite Phantom manifested between heaven and earth, and a clear, cold snort rang out.

Buzz~

Profound Ice spread across the world, freezing everything.

Blood Demon Great Saint’s heart shook, and monstrous blood Qi erupted.

Crack!

An intangible, light sound seemed to transmit.

Blood Demon Great Saint’s figure halted, transformed by the Profound Ice that froze the world into a blood-colored statue.

“The Great Saint... is dead?”

From within the spatial door, the swarming Blood Demon Sect disciples stared blankly at the frozen statue.