116: An army was wiped out with a single palm strike, and his might shook the heavens.

Outside the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, Outpost Area A-3.

This was once a place Lu Qingxuan passed through when he first entered the battlefield, but now it had turned into a chilling battlefield.

Three "Judgement Legions" of the Star Alliance Council floated in the void in a triangular Formation.

Each legion had ten thousand people, all wearing silver-white battle armor with the Star Alliance emblem branded on their chests, but below the emblem was an extra blood-colored vortex—the symbol of the Void Abyss. Clearly, these three legions had completely defected to the Heavenly Fate Child and become minions of the Void Abyss.

Even more alarming was that the commanders of these three legions were all experts at the Peak True Immortal level!

The commander of the left-wing legion was a bald giant holding twin sabers, about ten feet tall, with knotted muscles and surrounded by blood-colored Evil Qi. It was the "Blood Slaughter True Intent" that could only be condensed by slaughtering millions of lives.

The commander of the right-wing legion was a white-robed old man holding a scepter, his face withered but his eyes deep as stars. Seven rune crystals floated around him—he was a "Star Rune True Immortal" unique to the Star Alliance Council, skilled in Formations and Seals.

The central army commander was a figure shrouded in a black robe, his face unseen, only a pair of cold silver pupils visible. He held a miniature palace model in his hand, within which the shadows of billions of beings could be faintly seen praying and wailing—that was a "Faith True Immortal," who took the gathering and refining of the faith of all beings as his Dao.

Three legions, three Peak True Immortals, thirty thousand elite Cultivators!

This lineup was enough to sweep away more than ninety percent of the forces on the periphery of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield, and could even go head-to-head with some medium-sized ancient clans.

At this moment, the three commanders were coldly watching the front.

There, stood only one person.

Lu Qingxuan, dressed in green robes with his black hair flowing, his face as calm as water.

He stood alone in the void, with the vast Myriad Heavens Battlefield behind him and the murderous army of thirty thousand before him. The stark contrast made this scene appear incredibly eerie.

"Is it him?" The bald giant grinned savagely. "A brat at the Peak True Immortal level, is he worth deploying three of our legions? Is Lord Heavenly Fate Child being too cautious?"

The white-robed old man frowned: "Do not underestimate the enemy. According to intelligence, this boy once killed a Time Traveler at the Peak True Immortal level at the tomb entrance and caused a great disturbance inside the tomb. Moreover, look at the aura on him... it's not right."

The black-robed commander's silver pupils narrowed slightly: "Chaos... and the Artisan Ancestor's aura... He obtained the heart of the artisan ancestor?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the other two changed.

"The heart of the artisan ancestor?!" A greedy light erupted in the bald giant's eyes. "That's a supreme treasure that can allow someone to directly enter the Ancient God Realm! Kill him and seize the treasure!"

"Form the Formation!" the white-robed old man shouted. "Three armies linked, Starfall Grand Formation!"

"Weng—"

The three legions moved simultaneously!

With ten thousand Cultivators per group, the three groups began to rapidly change their Formation! The weapons in their hands lit up with silver light, connecting with each other to weave a giant Formation map in the sky covering a radius of a thousand miles!

In the center of the Formation map, three silver star phantoms with a diameter of a hundred feet condensed! Scorching starlight burned on the surface of the stars, emitting destructive fluctuations—it was a killing Formation that simulated the power of a falling star, with the power of each star phantom comparable to a full-strength strike from a Peak True Immortal!

Three stars meant a combined strike of three Peak True Immortals!

"Starfall... Descent!"

The white-robed old man waved his scepter, and the three silver stars crashed down towards Lu Qingxuan simultaneously!

Before the stars even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already caused the space to collapse inch by inch! The void was torn into countless black cracks, and violent spatial turbulence surged out from within, adding to the Killing Intent!

Facing this terrifying strike that was enough to kill an ordinary Early Stage Ancient God, Lu Qingxuan merely... raised his right hand.

He didn't even draw his sword.

He just opened his five fingers and gently made a grasping motion toward the three crashing silver stars.

"Chaos Return to Void... Universe in Palm."

As the four words were spoken, his words became Law!

In his palm, a miniature starry sky suddenly emerged! Within that starry sky, the sun, moon, and stars revolved, mountains, rivers, and lands evolved, and the phantoms of billions of beings lived and multiplied within—this was the prototype of the "Inner Universe" evolved after the Chaos Void Returning Dao Seed reached Major Achievement!

And the three star phantoms condensed by the combined strength of thirty thousand Cultivators, the moment they fell into this starry sky in his palm... were like a clay ox entering the sea.

No explosion, no impact, not even a single ripple was produced.

The three star phantoms simply vanished silently, as if they had never existed.

"What?!" The white-robed old man's eyes widened, and the scepter in his hand cracked with a "snap"!

The Starfall Grand Formation he relied on for his fame, the killing Formation set up by his thirty thousand elites... was just wiped away... so casually?

"Impossible!" the bald giant roared. "Even an Ancient God couldn't break the Formation so easily! What sorcery did you use?!"

Lu Qingxuan did not answer.

He lowered his right hand, his gaze sweeping over the thirty-thousand-strong army, and finally landing on the three commanders.

"Heavenly Fate Child sent you here to die."

"Since you've come, then... stay."

The moment the words fell, Lu Qingxuan moved.

He didn't fly or flash, but... took a step out and appeared directly in the center of the left-wing legion!

"So fast!" The bald giant's pupils shrank, but he was a battle-hardened Peak True Immortal after all, and his reaction was extremely fast as he slashed out with his twin sabers!

"Blood Slaughter Dual Slash: Severing the Star River!"

Two blood-colored saber lights crossed into a cross. Within the saber light, scenes of mountains of corpses and seas of blood were faintly visible. That was the Killing Intent he had condensed by slaughtering millions of beings, specifically designed to sever the Divine Soul and defile the Dao Heart!

An ordinary True Immortal struck by this saber light would have their Divine Soul damaged and their Dao Heart clouded, even if they didn't die.

But Lu Qingxuan only extended a finger.

His index finger.

He gently tapped toward the two blood-colored cross saber lights.

"Chaos Return to Void... Silence of All Laws."

The moment his fingertip touched the saber light, the blood-colored light melted like snow! Not just the saber light, but even the Blood Slaughter True Intent on the bald giant's twin sabers completely dissipated under this finger!

"My Dao... my Saber Intent... has been purified?!" The bald giant was struck with horror.

Purifying negative energy wasn't difficult. But purifying the "Dao" that a Peak True Immortal had cultivated their entire life required absolute suppression from at least two major Realms higher!

Could this boy... have already reached the Middle Stage of the Ancient God Realm?!

Just as this thought arose, Lu Qingxuan's finger had already tapped his forehead.

"Bang."

A soft sound.

A bloody hole appeared in the bald giant's forehead.

No blood flowed from the hole; only gray Chaos Qi surged into the wound, instantly spreading throughout his body. His Physical Body, his Divine Soul, and his True Spirit all crumbled and vanished like a sand sculpture under the erosion of the Chaos Qi.

A Peak True Immortal, fallen!

[Killed Peak True Immortal (Blood Slaughter True Immortal) × 1]

[Obtained: Blood Slaughter Law Fragment (Rainbow) × 3]

[Obtained: True Immortal Origin × 1 (Automatically absorbed)]

[Obtained: Twin Sabers: Blood River (Immortal Rank) × 2]

[dao rhyme value +30 million]

The entire process took less than a breath.

The white-robed old man of the right-wing legion and the black-robed commander of the central army hadn't even reacted before the left-wing commander was dead!

"Not good!" The white-robed old man's face turned pale. "His strength far exceeds our estimates! Activate the ultimate plan—Faith Sacrifice!"

The black-robed commander also didn't hesitate, holding the palace model high above his head!

"People of Faith... offer everything to my Lord!"

Inside the palace model, the phantoms of billions of beings let out shrill wails simultaneously! Their faith, their lives, and their Souls were forcibly extracted at this moment, turning into an unimaginably vast torrent of faith that poured into the black-robed commander's body!

The black-robed commander's aura began to skyrocket madly! It climbed from the Peak True Immortal level, broke through the Ancient God threshold, and finally stopped at... the Peak of the Early Stage Ancient God Realm!

"Using the lives of billions of believers in exchange for my brief Ancient God power!" The black-robed commander's voice became raspy and majestic. "Ant, to be able to force me to use this move, you can be proud of yourself!"

He raised his right hand, and a pure white orb of light condensed in his palm. Within the orb, countless faces could be faintly seen praying, crying, and in despair—those were the final thoughts of the sacrificed believers.

"Faith... Judgment!"

The light orb turned into a white pillar of light, tearing through the void and shooting straight at Lu Qingxuan!

The power of this strike had truly reached the Ancient God level! Light pillar Wherever it passed, even the Evil Qi of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield was purified, and space was completely annihilated, revealing the pitch-black void below!

The white-robed old man also acted at the same time, his seven rune crystals exploding and turning into a massive sealing Formation, attempting to trap Lu Qingxuan in place to take this blow head-on!

Facing this combined Ancient God-level strike, Lu Qingxuan finally... drew his sword.

The god-suppressing sword was unsheathed.

But this time, the blade was no longer just glowing with bronze light, but was entwined with gray-green Sword Qi, a mixture of Chaos and bronze.

"One sword strike is enough to slay you."

Lu Qingxuan swung his sword.

There were no flashy sword moves, no complex Sword Intent.

Only a simple and unadorned gray-green sword light.

The sword light met the white light pillar.

The moment the two collided—

"Chiss."

Like a hot knife through butter.

The white light pillar formed by the Faith Judgment was sliced open from the middle by the gray-green sword light! The sword light's momentum didn't decrease as it slashed through the black-robed commander's body, slashed through the white-robed old man's sealing Formation, and finally... slashed through the two legions behind them!

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Then—

"Puchi!" "Puchi!"

The bodies of the black-robed commander and the white-robed old man simultaneously split in two! Their Divine Souls tried to escape, but the Chaos Qi contained in the sword light was like maggots on a bone, instantly annihilating them completely!

And the two legions behind them, a full twenty thousand people, didn't even have time to scream before they turned into fly ash in the afterglow of the sword light!

One sword strike, two Immortals slain, two legions destroyed!

[Killed Peak True Immortal (Faith True Immortal) × 1]

[Killed Peak True Immortal (Star Rune True Immortal) × 1]

[Obtained: Faith Law Fragment (Rainbow) × 2]

[Obtained: Star Rune Legacy (Rainbow) × 1]

[Obtained: True Immortal Origin × 2]

[Obtained: Faith Palace (Damaged, Immortal Rank) × 1]

[dao rhyme value +60 million]

Lu Qingxuan sheathed his sword and looked at the last remaining left-wing legion.

Those ten thousand people had completely collapsed by now.

They had seen with their own eyes their three Peak True Immortal commanders crushed like ants and seen twenty thousand of their comrades vanish in the sword light. Battle Intent? It was long gone. Now they only wanted to flee, the further the better.

But Lu Qingxuan didn't give them the chance.

He made a grasping motion with his left hand, and the Chaos Void Returning Dao Seed activated.

A gray vortex covering a radius of a hundred miles appeared above the legion, and a terrifying suction force erupted!

"No—!!!"

Amidst the screams, the final ten thousand Cultivators were forcibly sucked into the vortex, turning into the purest energy under the crushing force of the Chaos Qi, and were swallowed by the Dao Seed.

[Devoured: Tribulation Transcendence Stage Cultivators × 10,000]

[Obtained: Pure Spiritual Power × 10,000 units]

[dao rhyme value +50 million]

Thus, the three Judgement Legions of the Star Alliance Council were completely wiped out.

From the moment Lu Qingxuan attacked to the end of the battle, the total time taken was... less than ten breaths.

In the distance, the three clan elders on the wall of the Bronze Giant City watched in stunned silence.

They knew the Lord Sword Master was very strong, but they hadn't expected him... to be this strong!

Those were three Peak True Immortals and thirty thousand elites! A force enough to sweep across a region on the periphery of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield was just... gone?

"Is this the power of the Chaos Return to Void at Major Achievement?" one clan elder murmured.

"No," another clan elder shook his head. "This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Lord Sword Master didn't even use the Myriad Weapons God-Slaying Formation, didn't use the bronze immortal palace, and didn't even use the full power of the heart of the artisan ancestor... He was just using the most basic Chaos power combined with his sword path."

The three of them looked at each other, seeing the awe in each other's eyes.

And just then—

"Weng!"

The void in front of Lu Qingxuan suddenly distorted!

A phantom of a giant face emerged; the face was blurred, but those eyes were as deep as fate, as if they could see through the past and future.

It was none other than the Heavenly Fate Child, the Fate Ancient God!

"Lu Qingxuan..." The Heavenly Fate Child's voice came from the void, showing no emotion, "You have grown... faster than I imagined."

Lu Qingxuan stood with his sword, staring back calmly: "How about it, projecting yourself here, do you want to do it yourself?"

"It's not time yet." The Heavenly Fate Child shook his head. "I appearing this time is to give you a choice."

"Submit to me, offer up the heart of the artisan ancestor and the bronze immortal palace. I can take you as a Personal Disciple, teach you the Great Dao of Fate, help you ascend to the Ancient God Realm, and even... take you to the 'Upper Realm'."

"Upper Realm?" Lu Qingxuan's eyes flickered slightly.

"It seems you've already sensed it." The Heavenly Fate Child laughed softly. "That's right, above the Ancient Gods, there is a higher level of world. That is the true stage for the strong. These Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms are nothing more than a pond."

"If you submit, I can lead the way for you."

Lu Qingxuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"Heavenly Fate Child, this routine of yours might work on others."

"What leading the way to the Upper Realm, what Great Dao of Fate... In the end, you've just taken a fancy to my Chaos Void Returning Dao Seed and want to possess me to return to the Peak with a Chaos body, right?"

The Heavenly Fate Child's face stiffened slightly.

"I hit the mark?" Lu Qingxuan sneered. "You, Taotie, and Decay Extinction, the three Ancient Gods, betrayed everyone in the ancient era precisely because you coveted the power of Chaos, didn't you? Unfortunately, you failed and were suppressed by the Artisan Ancestor. Now that you see me, a successor of Chaos, appearing, you naturally want to take it for yourself."

"Unfortunately..."

Lu Qingxuan pointed his sword at the phantom of the Heavenly Fate Child:

"I, for one, hate being plotted against the most, and I hate... traitors even more."

"Go back and tell Taotie and Decay Extinction to wash their necks and wait."

"Within a year, I will personally go to the Void Abyss and cut off your dog heads!"

The Heavenly Fate Child's face turned completely gloomy.

"Good... very good." His voice was as cold as ten-thousand-year-old ice. "Since you are bent on seeking death, I will fulfill your wish."

"One year from now, the Void Abyss will open, and the gods will return."

"At that time, I will let you know... what true despair is."

The phantom dissipated.

Lu Qingxuan sheathed his sword and looked toward the Void Abyss, Battle Intent burning in his eyes.

One year... is enough.

He turned and looked at the three clan elders who had hurried over.

"Prepare yourselves, I'm going to leave for a while."

"Where is the Lord Sword Master going?"

Lu Qingxuan looked north, in the direction of the Eternal Ice Plain.

"To take back... what belongs to me."