397: The origin is at hand

Beyond the light gate, a brilliant radiance suddenly bloomed.

As far as the eye could see, there was an endless flow of colorful splendor.

The Origin Power, so rich it almost solidified, filled the entire space.

A hundred zhang in front of him, a chaotic-colored orb of light, over a hundred zhang in diameter, floated silently.

Compared to the Origin of his own small zizai world, this colossal object was like an abyssal sea, while his zizai world Origin was as tiny as a speck of dust, not even a drop in the bucket.

“Is this the Origin core of a Great Thousand Realm Domain?” Xiao Zhuo’s mind trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

At this moment, Dilamon’s figure also passed through the light gate, appearing behind Xiao Zhuo: “Master! This Origin was formed by the Fusion of the Primal Demon Realm and the Light God Realm. In terms of its strength alone, it is enough to rank among the top ten of the Three Thousand Heavens! In the past, both the Primal Demon Realm and the Light God Realm were great boundary realms ranked in the top fifty!”

Xiao Zhuo’s expression remained unchanged upon hearing this.

He formed a hand seal, and the phantom of his zizai world instantly unfolded beside him.

Dilamon naturally sensed the strength of this projection, and a hint of unconcealed surprise flashed in his eyes—Master’s Divine Kingdom… was actually so “weak”?.

This completely exceeded his expectations.

Xiao Zhuo had no time to bother with Dilamon’s confusion. He concentrated on casting his spell, beginning to absorb the Origin of the Void Holy Realm.

The Heavenly Dao of this boundary realm had not yet been born; it was like an ownerless dead object. Its Origin Power was continuously drawn away, flowing into his zizai world without any resistance.

Almost at the same moment.

Hundreds of millions of miles away, among the five streaking lights tearing through the Void Realm, the latter four suddenly paused.

“Akmond, Gers, Miula!” The deep voice of the Black Dragon God Labillio carried a hint of anxiety, “A strong sense of unease suddenly surged within me!”

“I also feel a palpitation!”

“Me too!”

“Something has changed in the Holy City! Could Dilamon have done something behind our backs?”

The other three Gods’ expressions changed.

The Goddess of Light and Darkness Miula, who spoke last, even stopped in her tracks directly.

Compared to the safety of their lair, the foreign powerhouse in front was no longer a concern.

Their eyes met, and they instantly reached a consensus—return immediately to reinforce!

Blood Heaven, who was charging at the very front, had already noticed the four’s unusual movements.

Seeing them turn around and gallop back, he immediately understood: “That brat succeeded? No… this boundary realm has not yet undergone a fundamental drastic change, so he should have just found the Origin core and is in the process of seizing it!”

The blood light in his eyes surged. He gritted his teeth, and instead of fleeing, he turned back with nearly twice the previous speed, fiercely pursuing the four!

His previous escape was merely a deliberate disguise.

“I must hold them back for a little longer! Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain!”

As an existence from the former Immortal-Demon Realm—a powerful Great Thousand World that ranked fourth among the Three Thousand Heavens a million years ago—how could Blood Heaven’s methods be comparable to these ignorant fellows who called themselves Gods?

Although he was not confident in defeating the four working together head-on, if he focused on maneuvering and delaying, the four would certainly not be able to easily escape.

Miula was the first to perceive Blood Heaven’s intention, and her beautiful eyes instantly turned icy cold.

By this point, if she still couldn't see that this was a carefully designed trap, then she would be too foolish!

“Akmond! Gers! Labillio! The three of you return immediately! I will stop him! We’ve fallen into a trap!” Miula made a decisive decision. With a flick of her slender hand, a gigantic phantom of a light-dark interwoven millstone instantly condensed in the Void Realm, spanning ten thousand miles, its oppressive power vast and mighty!

The other three Gods also noticed Blood Heaven’s abnormal pursuit. Combined with the palpitation they felt just now, a warning sign blared in their hearts.

No one questioned Miula’s decision—she was not only the only female among the Five Gods but also the strongest among them.

The three increased their speed again, transforming into three dazzling rays of light, shooting towards the Holy City direction without hesitation!

The moment they departed, the ten thousand miles of Void Realm behind them had already been completely submerged by violent golden-black divine light and an boundless sea of blood!

On the other side, within the Holy Temple’s Origin space.

Xiao Zhuo’s brows were tightly furrowed. Looking at the Great Thousand World Origin light orb in front of him, which had only shrunk by one-third, a hint of helplessness surged in his heart.

His zizai world was already nearing its saturation limit.

Even if he used thirty percent of his Immortal Power to forcefully suppress the absorbed Origin, he could at most only accommodate half of it.

Both he and Blood Heaven had greatly underestimated the total amount of Origin contained within this broken boundary realm.

Give up? Absolutely impossible!

For this operation, he and Blood Heaven had painstakingly schemed. How could they give up halfway and only take half?

His gaze suddenly shifted to Dilamon, who was beside him, acting as Protector and recovering from his injuries.

“Dilamon! You will absorb the remaining Origin!” Xiao Zhuo commanded coldly.

Dilamon was startled upon hearing this, completely unprepared for such a “good thing.”

But he instantly understood—Master was asking him to “safeguard” it, as the other party’s Divine Kingdom, being only at the Minor Thousand World level, would certainly be unable to carry more.

He shook his head with a bitter smile: “Master, I cannot obey. We Five Gods once made a Chaos oath, strictly forbidding the unauthorized appropriation of source radiance; violators will suffer backlash!”

Xiao Zhuo remained expressionless, ignoring his refusal, and directly extended his hand: “Give it to me!”

Dilamon’s expression stiffened, already knowing what Xiao Zhuo wanted.

Helplessly, he could only grimace, touch his glabella, and once again force out his Divine Kingdom core, which he had only recently retrieved.

He couldn't directly act on the Origin, but Xiao Zhuo could use his Divine Kingdom core as a container!

Xiao Zhuo waved his hand, drawing the Divine Kingdom core into mid-air.

In an instant, the speed of drawing the Origin suddenly doubled!

“Master! Time is short! The massive extraction of Origin will surely alert those four fellows! They are probably already on their way back! We have at most three hundred breaths!” Dilamon urgently reminded him.

“Three hundred breaths?” Xiao Zhuo’s eyes were like lightning, “No! A hundred breaths are enough!”

Before his voice faded, Chaos Immortal Light surged around him, and the Free and Natural Heavenly Art was pushed to its limit!

The speed of absorbing the Origin actually doubled again on top of the already doubled speed!

Dilamon witnessed Xiao Zhuo’s Heaven-Defying methods, and his shock was beyond words.

The other party’s aura clearly had not yet reached the Divine Realm, but the speed at which he controlled the Origin left even a true God like him far behind!

“What a… monster!” Dilamon couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

Xiao Zhuo paid no attention, fully concentrated.

Time flew by in a silent roar.

The Great Thousand World Origin light orb floating in mid-air rapidly shrank.

Finally, the zizai world absorbed nearly half of the Origin, while the remaining portion was sealed layer by layer by Xiao Zhuo with pure Zizai Immortal Power, forcefully compressed into Dilamon’s Divine Kingdom core.

With this Immortal Power barrier, even if Dilamon retrieved his Divine Kingdom core, he wouldn't be able to easily refine it.

Moreover, under the master-servant oath, he wouldn't dare to harbor such a delusion in the first place.

After more than twenty breaths, the last wisp of Chaos Origin was completely drawn out!

As early as when more than half of the Origin had been extracted, this space had already begun to tremble violently.

The moment the last wisp of Origin disappeared—

Crack! Crackle!

The heart-palpitating sound of space shattering, like a death knell, wildly resounded from all directions!

The entire Origin space, and even the entire Void Holy Realm, began to collapse!

“Go!” Xiao Zhuo had anticipated this long ago, his voice cold and decisive.

Dilamon dared not hesitate in the slightest, instantly reopening the light gate.

Their figures flickered, appearing before the majestic throne of the Holy Temple.

The Sacred Heart Boundary Seal they had previously laid out had long since dissipated.

Around the large hole in the center of the Holy Temple that Xiao Zhuo had blasted open, more than a dozen powerful Angels and Demon Race King-level existences, whose auras were no less than those of Immortal Kings from the Immortal-Demon Realm, were currently guarding.

Their eyes were bloodshot, burning with flames of anger and despair.

The roaring collapse of the Void Holy Realm had already spread from the inside to the outside, shaking the heavens and the earth.

How could they not know what had happened? Many had even rushed into the boundless maze within the hole.

The moment the light gate opened and Xiao Zhuo and Dilamon appeared, over a dozen gazes filled with monstrous rage shot towards them like arrows!

Even seeing Dilamon respectfully following behind Xiao Zhuo, their gazes did not soften at all; instead, they were filled with even more grief, indignation, and incomprehension.

“Source Master! What… what exactly have you done?!!!” A pale-skinned Blood Race Devil King, his scarlet eyes showing his faith crumbling, let out a desperate roar.

He could not understand how the God he worshipped had personally destroyed their sanctuary!

Dilamon faced this questioning, his expression complex, speechless for a moment.

Xiao Zhuo, however, did not put the anger of these King-level powerhouses in his eyes at all.

His gaze had already pierced through the dome of the Holy Temple, looking towards the distant Void Realm, his voice as indifferent as ice:

“They arrived… a bit faster than expected.”