237: Breaking the Boundary

Deep within the Sea of Realms, the normally serene flow of Chaos energy was violently stirred by an unprecedented, furious power.

The war torrent of the Blood Demon Realm, laden with destructive scarlet Evil Qi, tore through space like a colossal beast devouring galaxies, pursuing the Minghu Realm, which was desperately “swimming” ahead, at an astonishing speed.

The Minghu Realm was not static; the moment it detected the large-scale invasion by the Blood Demon Realm, the entire boundary realm, under the combined efforts of several Mahayana Realm Peak powerhouses, burned its Origin and accelerated its escape deeper into the Sea of Realms.

At the boundary realm’s edge, the Minghu barrier, once clear as Colored Glaze and reflecting the starry sky, now vibrated violently, rippling with countless mournful waves—the world’s will crying out in fear.

Inside the Minghu Realm, Chaos had already erupted.

Countless beings gazed in terror at the sky, which was being stained by the rapidly approaching scarlet expanse that obscured the stars, as if a doomsday blood sea was about to pour down.

“Heavenly Mirror Sect! Where is Old Ancestor Jing Xuan?!”

“The Blood Demon scum are too deceitful! We have already withdrawn our troops. Their pursuit with such a Formation means they intend to annihilate our Minghu Realm! This enmity is irreconcilable!”

“Activate the realm-protecting Grand Formation! All Sects, heed my command, form the Myriad Stars Locked Space Formation! We must not let them easily step into our boundary realm’s territory!”

Anguished roars of grief echoed from various spiritual mountains, blessed lands, and immortal city fortresses.

The Minghu Realm was renowned for its Formation Cultivator. At this moment of life and death, all Sects cast aside their past grievances, pouring their power frantically into the core Grand Formation that sustained the boundary realm’s escape. Simultaneously, Formations of varying sizes, offensive or defensive, lit up layer upon layer at the boundary realm’s edge and even in the Void Realm outside the boundary realm, like scattered sparks ignited in the abyss of despair.

At the core Forbidden Ground of the Heavenly Mirror Sect, the Minghu Realm’s foremost Sect, atop Heavenly Mirror Peak.

A colossal ancient mirror, spanning the sky and seemingly forged from pure starlight and Space Law, floated there. Its surface reflected the sky-obscuring Blood Demon Army behind them, with a clarity that was suffocating.

Before the mirror, an old man in a simple gray robe with a withered face had his hair and beard bristling, his turbid eyes burning with fury capable of incinerating the Void Realm, and a deep sense of powerlessness.

He was the stabilizing force of the Heavenly Mirror Sect, the Minghu Realm’s only overt Quasi-Immortal Old Ancestor—Jing Xuan.

“Old Demon Xue Tian! Junior Xue Qin! Do you truly intend to commit such an act of annihilation?!” Jing Xuan’s voice, amplified through the Heavenly Mirror, transformed into rolling Dao sounds, shaking the Sea of Realms, attempting to convey a final trace of deterrence and a willingness to negotiate.

Behind him, seven Mahayana Realm Elders of the Heavenly Mirror Sect had ashen faces, fully maintaining the Heavenly Mirror’s operation. Countless Body Integration and Undergoing Tribulation Disciples formed arrays below, channeling their spiritual energy without reservation.

However, his only response was the Blood Demon Army’s even more frenzied advance!

Above the Blood Slaughter War City, Xue Qin’s lips curved into an extremely cold arc, completely ignoring Jing Xuan’s questioning.

Her gaze pierced through the vast distance, firmly fixed on the Minghu Realm’s precarious Minghu barrier, like a hunter eyeing wounded prey fleeing.

“Order: Blood Demon Beasts cluster, first sequence, break-realm cone Formation, target—Minghu barrier’s southwest ‘Heavenly Pivot’ node!”

“Heaven Refining Gate Furnace Ships, energy overload, aim at the ‘Jade Balance’ node, salvo fire!”

“Blood Shadow Tower, after the node is breached, send ten Blood Mark Assassins to infiltrate the energy turbulence and seize the opportunity to destroy the internal Formation foundations!”

One after another, cold and merciless commands issued from Xue Qin’s mouth, instantly spreading throughout the entire army via the War City’s central hub.

Behind her, Xiao Zhuo clearly felt the Palace Master’s mountain-like, all-controlling will, and her unconcealed desire for destruction and conquest.

Booming—!

The foremost hundred of the thousand ten-thousand-foot Blood Demon Beasts let out roars that shattered the Void Realm.

Their massive heads lowered, the grotesque bone spikes on their backs suddenly glowed with dazzling blood-red light, their energies intertwining to form an enormous, peerless break-realm blood cone of pure destructive energy at the front of the beast horde!

The blood cone rotated, causing the Sea of Realms’ energy to surge madly backward, and with the terrifying might of crushing stars, it slammed fiercely into the “Heavenly Pivot” node on the Minghu Realm barrier that Jing Xuan had indicated!

At the same time, hundreds of Heaven Refining Gate Furnace Battleships, their thick muzzles glowing with incandescent light, unleashed their accumulated energy to the limit, transforming into hundreds of molten lava torrents capable of vaporizing stars, like angry fiery spears, shooting towards the “Jade Balance” node!

“Block them! Myriad Stars Locked Space, Defend!” Jing Xuan’s eyes were bloodshot, his withered hands frantically forming seals. The Heavenly Mirror shone with brilliant light, attempting to mobilize the entire Minghu Realm’s power for defense.

At the boundary realm’s edge, the Formations painstakingly laid out by countless Sect Cultivator also glowed to their utmost.

There were colossal light shields drawing on the power of stars, spatial whirlpools that devoured energy, and mirror-like barriers that reflected attacks… layer upon layer, radiating brilliant light, forming the Minghu Realm’s final line of defense.

Boom!

Crack—smash—!!!

An earth-shattering collision occurred!

The break-realm blood cone struck the “Heavenly Pivot” node first!

That single blow, combining the might of a hundred Blood Demon Beasts, instantly caused that section of the realm-protecting barrier to dent inwards, and the countless defensive Formations laid upon it shattered like fragile Colored Glaze!

Tens of thousands of Cultivator maintaining the Formations simultaneously vomited blood, and those with weaker cultivation directly turned to dust!

The subsequent molten lava torrent slammed heavily into the “Jade Balance” node!

Fierce and violent energy raged, burning huge holes in the defensive light shields. The terrifying shockwaves swept through, vaporizing the nearby Formation platforms and fortresses suspended in the Void Realm, along with the Cultivator inside!

“Pfft!” Jing Xuan’s body trembled violently, and he spat out a mouthful of pale golden blood, his aura instantly weakening.

The Heavenly Mirror behind him shook violently, and a crack even appeared on its surface!

The seven Mahayana Elders behind him were ashen-faced and on the verge of collapsing.

Despair! Deep despair, like an icy tide, instantly engulfed all the Minghu Realm’s Cultivator.

They had deeply experienced the Blood Demon Realm’s power. Their previous willingness to ally with the Dao One Nether Soul and Two Realms was also because over ninety percent of all their Sect’s Prodigies from the Minghu Realm had perished in the Myriad Ages Evergreen Realm, and the Blood Demon Realm had frequently plundered the Minghu Realm for tens of thousands of years, creating old grievances between them!

Coupled with the joint attack from two other great boundary realms, slightly inferior to the Blood Demon Realm, they had the confidence to participate.

However, they never expected Xue Tian’s trump card to be revealed, scaring away all three of their boundary realms, and Xue Tian’s reckoning began with them!

Their proud Formations, under the absolute power suppression and precise coordination of the Blood Demon Realm’s war machine, appeared so vulnerable!

“Old Ancestor!” a Heavenly Mirror Sect Elder cried out in grief.

“Let’s fight them to the death!” A Sect Master from another Mahayana Realm Sect showed a look of madness, burning his Origin and charging out of the defensive line with a suicidal intent, hoping to self-detonate and block them.

However, what greeted them was an even denser, colder barrage of attacks.

On the backs of the Blood Demon Beasts, countless grotesque energy turrets lit up, and blood-colored energy spheres, like a torrential downpour, covered the Cultivator who had rushed out of the barrier.

The elite Blood Demon Army, piloting small war shuttles, surged in frantically like a swarm of bloodthirsty locusts through the torn defensive breaches, breaking Formations wherever they found them, and killing people wherever they found them!

Screams, explosions, and the sounds of shattering Formations instantly reverberated at the boundary realm’s edge.

On the Blood Slaughter War City, Xiao Zhuo watched this impending slaughter feast, blood-red light swirling in his eyes.