76: Broken Power

Xiao Zhuo's Divine Soul power suddenly condensed beside the Demon Peng! He pointed his fingers like a sword, straight at the sky!

"Boom Kaka––!"

The sky exploded in response! Endless lightning snakes danced wildly, and thick dark clouds surged and churned like boiling water.

Peng Yun, the Golden-winged Demon Peng, his pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks, and he abruptly looked up at the sky.

A thousand-zhang lightning blade, imbued with destructive purple lightning, tore through the sky, carrying the might of judgment, and ruthlessly struck down towards his crown!

"Screech––!" Peng Yun let out a sharp shriek that shattered metal and stone, its sound waves pulverizing clouds for a hundred miles! As his wings spread in fury, his demonic body swelled against the wind, instantly transforming into a thousand-zhang demonic shadow that blotted out the sky!

The Divine Ability of Dharma Idol Heaven and Earth stirred up monstrous waves of Qi, and ink-black demonic flames spewed from between every feather, instantly condensing into a ferocious fiery Dragon, baring its fangs and claws, coiling back against the sky, roaring as it crashed towards the world-ending lightning blade!

Just as Peng Yun was about to flap his wings to directly confront the lightning blade, his massive body suddenly stiffened––Xiao Zhuo's long-prepared "Thorn of Nothingness" had already infiltrated the deepest part of his Sea of Consciousness like an invisible venomous snake, and was now frantically tearing at his Divine Soul!

This strike of "Thorn of Nothingness" was executed with Xiao Zhuo's full power; its terrifying might was enough to instantly crush the Divine Soul Origin of any Yao Mo who had just entered the Dominator Rank!

Peng Yun's Divine Soul was violently shaken, his consciousness instantly annihilated! The thousand-zhang demonic body, along with the fiery Dragon formed by the sky-filling black flames, lost control and plummeted towards the earth like a broken-stringed mountain!

The many Yao Mo Dominators who followed closely behind were already a step slower, and now they couldn't even provide timely rescue––even if they could, with the cold nature of Yao Mo, they might not have chosen to save him.

At the very moment the Demon Peng lost control and fell!

"Kill––!"

Six terrifying auras belonging to Human Race Myriad Manifestation Experts erupted without reservation!

Brilliant saber Qi cut through the sonic boom clouds, sky-rending sword light tore apart the lingering twilight, and there was also the thunderous purple lightning giant blade... All the long-accumulated killing moves poured down upon Peng Yun's mountain-like plummeting demonic body!

Boom Rumble––!!!

Peng Yun, the peerless great Yao Mo at the Peak Middle Stage of the Dominator Rank, didn't even manage to let out a scream, and instantly exploded into a crimson blood mist that covered the sky!

His core yuan dan was pulverized in the violent lightning, and even the scattered residual Divine Soul was scorched into wisps of green smoke by the electric arcs, completely dissipating between heaven and earth.

"Killed a Dominator Rank Demon Peng, gained 78435 Attribute Points."

The moment the panel prompt appeared, Xiao Zhuo and Laughing Sword One, along with the other five, had already transformed into seven streaks of light tearing through space, fleeing a hundred miles away! They were now less than three hundred miles from the majestic Taiyi Sect mountain gate!

"Damn it! Peng Yun was killed!"

"Keep chasing! The Taiyi Sect repels all outsiders, regardless of friend or foe, they definitely can't get in!"

"Chase! Capturing these six Myriad Manifestations Realm heads is enough to exchange for Ancestral Blood!"

The group of Yao Mo Dominators were indifferent to Peng Yun's death, their eyes filled only with greedy ferocity. They all burned their Demonic Qi, increased their speed again, and like eleven falling bloody meteors, they pursued madly, vowing to claim this immense credit.

The group flew rapidly for nearly another hundred breaths.

The magnificent and continuous outline of the Taiyi Sect finally appeared clearly at the edge of their vision!

Laughing Sword One and the others, with the lingering fear of surviving a disaster, suddenly rushed into the Taiyi Sect mountain gate area.

The anticipated attack did not come! They saw that the Taiyi Sect Disciple soul bodies, who had originally been shouting to kill them and exuded a chilling aura, were now completely unresponsive, like clay statues or wooden carvings, as if they were merely a gentle breeze passing through the mountain gate.

A surge of wild joy filled their hearts, and they instantly understood that Xiao Zhuo's words were true!

The eleven murderous Yao Mo Dominators who followed closely behind watched with wide eyes as the Human Race rushed into the Taiyi Sect without hindrance, and immediately froze in mid-air, collectively dumbfounded.

"They can get in, there must be a change inside! We'll go in too!" A Pig Demon Dominator (fat-headed fatty) with protruding tusks, shaped like a mountain of flesh, was the first to give in to his greed, roaring as he continued to charge towards the mountain gate.

With someone leading the way, the eyes of the other Dominators flickered with fierce light. They exchanged glances, suppressed their doubts, and followed suit, rushing in!

They had already planned to break through the Taiyi Sect; now it was just a matter of advancing the plan! What was there to fear from a mere group of illusory figures manifested from souls?

Inside the mountain gate, Laughing Sword One and the others saw the Yao Mo brazenly pursuing them, their expressions suddenly turned solemn, and their True Essence surged again around them.

"Senior Xiao, don't worry! They... are about to suffer a great misfortune!" Xiao Zhuo, however, was calm and composed, a playful curve even gracing his lips, clearly looking forward to the show.

Jiao Ruogu and Li Canghai exchanged glances, and the weapons they had just sheathed instantly reappeared, their cold light sharp.

The other three Human Race Myriad Manifestation Experts also looked as if facing a formidable enemy, their gazes fixed on the sky, their Battle Intent boiling around them.

Just as the Pig Demon Dominator, who was charging at the forefront, his massive demonic body had just crossed the boundary above the Taiyi Sect mountain gate––

"Mere Yao Mo beasts, how dare you trespass into my Taiyi Sect Holy Land?! Die––!!!"

A terrifying Divine Thought, as if from the Nine Heavens, erupted from the summit of Wentian Peak! In an instant, the winds and clouds changed color, and the cosmos inverted!

A colossal hand, blotting out the sky and covering ten thousand zhang, suddenly condensed in mid-air without warning!

Its palm lines were as clear as ravines and mountains, carrying the supreme power to crush stars and annihilate wan fa, slowly and irresistibly pressing down towards the group of Yao Mo below!

Crack! Crackle!

Wherever the giant palm passed, space twisted and shattered inch by inch like fragile glass! Black Void Realm cracks spread like a spiderweb, exuding a heart-pounding aura of destruction!

"Shattered... Shattering Realm!!!"

Boundless fear, like cold tide water, instantly engulfed the minds of the eleven Yao Mo Dominators enveloped by the world-ending giant palm!

"No! This must be an illusion! Impossible! How can there be a Shattering Realm existence here?!" An Eight-tailed Demon Fox let out a desperate shriek, its demonic body instantly transforming into a thousand zhang, its eight giant tails thrashing wildly!

From its mouth, a black Demonic Qi orb, compressed to the extreme and emitting destructive fluctuations, condensed and shot fiercely towards the descending giant palm!

"Attack together! Block it!!" The Eight-tailed Demon Fox's shriek awakened the other Yao Mo.

At the brink of life and death, all the Dominators held nothing back, manifesting their thousand-zhang demonic bodies, burning their Origin, and pushing their lifelong Demonic Techniques to the limit!

Eleven terrifying demonic lights, each of a different color but all containing destructive power, like a desperate torrent flowing upstream, slammed fiercely into the sky-blotting giant palm!

Boom! Boom boom boom––!!!

The Demonic Qi orb that first collided with the giant palm merely stirred up an insignificant ripple before silently annihilating. The giant palm's descent did not slow in the slightest!

Immediately after, ten world-destroying torrents of demonic light violently struck the center of the giant palm!

Terrifying Demonic Qi, enough to sweep a hundred miles and annihilate mountains, exploded with a roar, and violent energy shockwaves raged in all directions!

Finally, under this desperate combined attack, the giant palm, which seemed capable of crushing everything, experienced an extremely brief, almost imperceptible, pause in its descent!

Just that one pause!

Two figures reacted with extreme speed!

A flash of blood! Blood Night Dominator unhesitatingly burned his essence blood, transforming into an almost imperceptible crimson thread, and shot towards the distant sky with super-limit speed, vanishing in the blink of an eye!

A purple shadow flickered! The Purple-winged Succubus followed closely, transforming into an enchanting purple stream of light, also instantly escaping without a trace!

The Yao Mo camp, which had just been "working together," instantly disintegrated!

Without the restraint of these two fastest Yao Mo, the golden-glowing, Dao Principle-containing colossal palm almost instantly regained its descent speed!

The remaining nine Yao Mo Dominators were not known for their speed. At this point, trying to escape was wishful thinking!

Despair!

Boundless despair, like cold iron shackles, tightly gripped their hearts!

They could only watch with wide eyes as the giant palm's shadow, representing death and an end, completely enveloped them, blocking all light and hope... "Boom––!!!!!"

A colossal roar, like the creation of heaven and earth, resounded throughout the entire Cloud Heaven Realm!

The ground outside the Taiyi Sect mountain gate suddenly collapsed downwards, clearly imprinting a bottomless ten-thousand-zhang palm print! Smoke and dust rose like a mushroom cloud, sweeping in all directions!

The colossal palm then slowly dissipated, as if it had never appeared.

At the bottom of the palm print abyss, nine Yao Mo Dominators, once renowned and terrifying, along with their manifested thousand-zhang demonic bodies, had been completely flattened into a single, indistinguishable mass of flesh paste, deeply embedded in the earth, by an irresistible force!

Their yuan dan and Divine Soul were all pulverized by that supreme power, annihilated without a trace, deader than dead!

This scene was deeply etched in the eyes and hearts of Laughing Sword One and the others.

"This... is the might of the Shattering Realm?!" Li Canghai's Adam's apple bobbed with difficulty. The saber at his waist actually hummed with reverence and fear in its sheath, as if trembling before that supreme power.

For Myriad Manifestation Experts, the highest ideal they pursued throughout their lives was the distant and unattainable Shattering Realm!

Legend has it that only by stepping into the Shattering Realm can one shatter the Void Realm, Ascend to a vaster and more powerful world, and seek the eternal Dao fruit that never perishes!

Not to mention the supreme power to move stars and control the cosmos, just the ability to extend one's Lifespan by three thousand years upon Breakthrough to the Shattering Realm was the ultimate temptation that no Myriad Manifestation Expert could resist!

Looking across the entire Human Race, the only known Shattering Realm existence in the current era was Prince Hong!

And today, they had personally witnessed a second one! And one who had been in the Shattering Realm for at least two thousand years!

"This young friend," an old man (Xu Wuji of Tidal Wave Island) in a sky-blue robe with half-white hair casually draped, suppressed the monstrous waves in his heart and quickly walked up to Xiao Zhuo, his face filled with uncontrollable excitement and reverence, "This old man is Xu Wuji of Tidal Wave Island, may I ask... who was the Senior who just made a move...?"

Seeing him ask, the gazes of the other Myriad Manifestation Experts also instantly shifted from the shocking ten-thousand-zhang palm print outside the mountain gate, focusing on Xiao Zhuo's face, filled with inquiry and shock.

Xiao Zhuo saw everyone staring at him, smiled slightly, and said, "This was the work of Azure Heaven Immortal Master, the current Sect Head of the Taiyi Sect."

"Azure Heaven Immortal Master?! He... is still alive?!" A Myriad Manifestation Expert (Sun Yu) whom Xiao Zhuo did not recognize exclaimed in surprise, his eyes bursting with incredible joy.

"Brother Sun Yu, do you know this Taiyi Sect Senior?" Laughing Sword One immediately asked upon hearing this.

Sun Yu's voice trembled with excitement: "I... I only heard my elders occasionally mention the Taiyi Sect when I was young! My forty-seventh generation ancestor, Sun Min, was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Taiyi Sect! Two thousand years ago, my ancestor was ordered to leave the sect for business. When he returned... he found that the entire Taiyi Sect, along with its mountain gate, had vanished without a trace, with no news! My ancestor considered it the regret of his life until his Lifespan ran out and he passed away, often lamenting that he couldn't see his fellow Disciples again, couldn't step on his sect's old land again... If he knows in the afterlife that the Taiyi Sect's Legacy has not been cut off, and its Dao lineage has reappeared in the world... he will... he will be extremely comforted!"

Although the excitement on his face had slightly subsided, the thrill and glory emanating from the depths of his Bloodline were still clearly visible.

He had made up his mind that upon his return, he would burn incense and pray before his ancestor's spirit tablet, to inform his ancestor of this astonishing good news!

"Come in, all of you." Just as everyone's hearts surged with emotion and inexpressible shock, a majestic and gentle voice resonated directly in the depths of everyone's Sea of Consciousness, like a grand bell, cleansing their minds.

The few subconsciously looked at Xiao Zhuo, and seeing him nod slightly, they immediately understood that this must be the voice of that supreme Shattering Realm existence––Azure Heaven Immortal Master, the Sect Head of the Taiyi Sect!

A moment later, everyone, with reverence in their hearts, entered the Taiji Hall.

They saw that in the depths of the main hall, on the throne symbolizing the Sect Head's authority, a figure dressed in a black and white Taiji Dao robe, with white hair tied up in an ancient golden crown, was already seated.

At this moment, Azure Heaven Immortal Master was a completely different person from the withered and dying appearance Xiao Zhuo first saw!

His flesh and blood had become plump and full again, and his skin subtly flowed with a jade-like luster. When his eyes opened and closed, it was as if stars were born and the Universe was annihilated, deep and vast, making people dare not look directly.

All the messy beard on his face had been removed, and he even looked younger and more energetic than Laughing Sword One. Were it not for his snow-white hair, observing his face and demeanor, he appeared to be an imposing middle-aged man of only forty or fifty.

"Greetings, Azure Heaven Immortal Master!"

The several Human Race Myriad Manifestations Realm magnates, who could cause a region to tremble with a stomp of their foot in the outside world, now bowed in unison, performing a grand Rei!

Their voices were filled with heartfelt reverence and excitement!

Shattering Realm! The Human Race finally had another living, genuine Shattering Realm supreme expert!

And it was an ancient existence like Azure Heaven Immortal Master, who had been in the Shattering Realm for at least two thousand years! How significant was this for the Human Race, which was facing so much turmoil!

"You may rise." Azure Heaven Immortal Master's gaze was warm as he swept over the people below, finally resting on Xiao Zhuo. A Divine Thought quietly entered his mind: "Little Xiao, the people have been saved, and the minions outside the Demon Abyss have been cleared. Next, you should help me Seal the core of the Demon Abyss!"

Xiao Zhuo's thoughts raced, and he quickly responded with Divine Thought: "Immortal Master! This Junior understands! It's just... before the Seal, this Junior still has one request..."