521: Join forces to break boundaries

However, all Quasi-Saints could clearly feel a subtle, uncoordinated sense of “fragility” emanating from the Void Realm ahead, like a pane of glass covered in tiny cracks, a stark contrast to the solid, integrated world barrier around it.

“This is it!” Bone-Corroding Demon Venerable affirmed.

“Everyone!” Emperor Haotian stepped forward, the haotian bell above his head once again radiating light. Though not at its peak, it still carried an inviolable imperial might. “Success or failure rests on this one action! We must concentrate our power at a single point to break through! Please attack with me!”

“Good!”

“It should be so!”

All Quasi-Saints looked solemn, each activating the vast immortal, demonic, and monstrous Qi within their bodies… In an instant, the sky above the ice plain changed color, and thirty-two terrifying auras, capable of shaking the galaxy, shot skyward, stirring the eternally frozen winds.

“Attack!”

As Emperor Haotian gave the command, thirty-two torrents of power, each of a different color and attribute, but all containing the ultimate power of their respective Dao, converged like rivers flowing into the sea. Guided by the haotian bell, they miraculously fused into a supremely condensed pillar of Chaos light, emanating an aura of destruction, which fiercely struck the seemingly empty Void Realm ahead!

Rumble—!!!

An unprecedented roar erupted!

The entire Nirvana Realm shook violently!

The moment the Void Realm was struck by the light pillar, countless ripples visible to the naked eye suddenly spread out. Immediately after, a tiny crack, shimmering with unstable rainbow light, appeared abruptly like a spiderweb!

Beyond the crack was no longer the gray-white sky of the Nirvana Realm, but a faint, deep, and familiar aura of the starry sky—that was the Boundary Sea! That was the way back to the Immortal-Demon Realm!

“We succeeded!” A Quasi-Saint cried out in surprise.

However, their joy lasted less than an instant.

No sooner had the crack spread a few feet than countless gray runes emerged around it. These runes, carrying powerful Seal and repair energies, frantically intertwined with and squeezed the crack, attempting to mend it!

It was the world barrier Seal laid down by Primordial Great Saint autonomously repairing itself!

Moreover, a vast and boundless will, seemingly awakened by the violent fluctuations here, spread like a tide from all parts of the Nirvana Realm barrier!

It was the lingering will left by the Saints of the Nirvana Realm!

“Not good! The world barrier is repairing itself!” Daoist Taixu’s expression changed.

“Increase output! We absolutely cannot let it close!” Emperor Haotian roared, ignoring his injuries, frantically channeling his immortal Qi, and even spitting out a mouthful of vital blood onto the haotian bell, making its chime more urgent and resonant!

The other Quasi-Saints also knew it was the most critical moment. They gritted their teeth, not hesitating to burn their Origin, injecting more power into the pillar of Chaos light!

The light pillar grew thicker and brighter, fiercely contending with the gray runes, emitting a grating “creak” sound.

Under the struggle between both sides, the crack slowly and with difficulty expanded, but the repair power was equally tenacious.

Just then, the repair power on the world barrier suddenly increased!

The pressure surged!

Several weaker Quasi-Saints immediately spat out blood, their figures swaying.

“Hold on!” Venerable Pan Shi roared, his body expanding into a giant ten thousand feet tall. He flashed to the already broken part of the world barrier, using his Physical Body to resist the repair power.

Empress Ni Chang danced with her colorful ribbons, manifesting endless colorful light, attempting to alleviate the pressure.

Everyone was giving their all, their faces contorted, veins bulging.

They knew that if they failed, not only would they be unable to leave, but they would probably immediately attract the attention of Xiao Zhuo, who was refining the world Origin. At that point, there would truly be no chance of survival!

“Open for this Emperor… Open!” Emperor Haotian’s eyes were bloodshot, his imperial robes billowed, as he poured in his last reserves of power without reservation!

Crack—!

A crisp sound, like breaking porcelain, echoed in everyone’s ears, like celestial music!

Under the continuous impact of the Chaos light pillar and everyone’s desperate support, the rune-covered world barrier was finally forcibly torn open, revealing an extremely unstable, rainbow-colored crack about ten feet long!

On the other side of the crack, the aura of the Boundary Sea rushed forth!

“The passage is open! Go!”

Someone shouted, and thirty-two streaks of escape light, already prepared, shot towards the crack like startled birds, scrambling to be first!

However, just as the last Quasi-Saint was about to step into the crack, a detached, majestic will, seemingly above all living beings, swept over the entire extreme northern ice plain like a cold tide.

“Trying to leave?”

A calm voice resonated deep within everyone’s Divine Soul.

Immediately after, everyone was horrified to discover that everything around them, including the howling cold wind, the falling ice and snow, their streaking escape lights, and even the violent energy aftershocks, were all—completely frozen at this moment!

Time stood still!

Space was sealed!

Only the rainbow-colored crack, because it connected to the Boundary Sea, was not completely frozen, but it was violently twisting, flickering erratically.

Half of that Quasi-Saint’s body had already entered the crack, but he was forcibly frozen in place, his face still holding the relief of surviving a catastrophe and a hint of urgency.

Emperor Haotian, Daoist Taixu, Bone-Corroding Demon Venerable… all the Quasi-Saints remained in their previous postures, like insects in amber, their eyes filled with extreme fear and despair.

A figure appeared silently in the sky above the ice plain, his white robes like snow, his gaze calmly looking down at the thirty-odd frozen figures below. It was Xiao Zhuo.

He had reached a critical moment in refining the world Origin, and the violent fluctuations of the world barrier had immediately caught his attention.

“I had intended to deal with you all after completely integrating this world. Since you are so eager to die, then… stay.”

Xiao Zhuo spoke indifferently, extending a finger and gently pointing downwards.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no dazzling brilliance.

Except for Saintly Venerable Hao Yun, an old acquaintance, the other Quasi-Saints disintegrated one after another.

Their Dao fruits, their Divine Souls, all traces of their existence, returned to nothingness under that single refer to.

Seeing this, Emperor Haotian knew it was a matter of life and death. The haotian bell above his head let out a mournful cry and shattered with a bang, blocking that finger.

The remaining dozen or so Quasi-Saints broke free one after another, and together with Emperor Haotian, whose immortal body was nearly half disintegrated, they barely managed to escape into the rapidly closing rainbow-colored crack through the momentary gap before space annihilated, and disappeared.

Saintly Venerable Hao Yun, unobstructed, had already escaped the world barrier.

Xiao Zhuo glanced at the direction of the rapidly mending crack, which eventually disappeared completely. He frowned slightly but did not make another move.

“Stray dogs are irrelevant to the bigger picture.”

He withdrew his gaze and looked towards the depths of the Nirvana Realm’s firmament. There, the phantom of the Zizai Realm had already covered most of the sky, and its Fusion with the Nirvana Realm had entered its final stage.

“Soon…” he murmured softly, his figure slowly fading, returning to the core of the world Origin.