114: Chapter 114 has no visuals, but it lives up to its name.

The third route was led by Black and White Impermanence, with the Golden Realm as their target.

The gateway to the Golden Realm radiated a brilliant golden light; inside was a city forged from pure gold. The city walls reached into the clouds, and the gates were a hundred zhang wide. Every brick was gold, every street was gold, and every building was gold.

Golden Giants lived in this city, their heights ranging from three to ten zhang. Their bodies were condensed from pure metal, shimmering with a blinding golden light under the sun. Though they numbered only nine hundred thousand, every single one was a born warrior.

The Golden King stood before the golden palace in the center of the city. He was over twenty zhang tall, his body covered in golden battle armor, and he held a massive golden hammer in his hand. His aura was at the peak of the sixth rank.

Behind him, five Golden-Armored Commanders stood in a neat formation, each at the high stage of the fifth rank.

White Impermanence stood before the gateway of the Golden Realm, his smile as gentle as ever.

"The Golden Realm... it looks quite wealthy," he said softly with a hint of emotion. "Unfortunately, money can't buy life."

Black Impermanence stood beside him, his expression fierce, the soul-locking chain swaying gently in his hand.

"Yin Qi is countered by metal; a direct head-on attack isn't cost-effective."

White Impermanence smiled.

"Then we'll go around."

His figure vanished from the spot.

In the next second, White Impermanence appeared within the city of the Golden Realm. His figure flickered through the golden streets, and Smiling Soul-Hooking unfolded among the Golden Giants. When those Golden Giants saw his smile, their steps slowed, their consciousness blurred, and their bodies stiffened.

The funeral staff fell, and souls were drawn away.

One Golden Giant fell, then ten, then a hundred.

Black Impermanence infiltrated from the other side, his soul-locking chain sweeping through the Golden Giants. Every time a chain entangled a Golden Giant, its soul would be forcibly ripped from its body and dragged into the depths of the chain.

The Golden King discovered the intruders.

He let out a roar, raised his massive golden hammer, and smashed it toward White Impermanence.

White Impermanence didn't meet the blow head-on but simply stepped back with a smile. The massive golden hammer struck the ground, creating a deep pit a hundred zhang in diameter as golden fragments flew in all directions.

"Quite a lot of strength," White Impermanence said with a smile. "Unfortunately, you can't hit me."

His figure vanished again, reappearing the next second behind the Golden King. The funeral staff fell, striking the back of the Golden King's head.

The Golden King's body stiffened abruptly, but his soul was not drawn away. His peak sixth-rank strength prevented White Impermanence's soul-hooking skill from dealing a one-hit kill.

But White Impermanence didn't need a one-hit kill.

He only needed to stall the Golden King.

Because Black Impermanence had already circled to the Golden King's side.

[Life and Death Impermanence]

Black and White Impermanence attacked simultaneously.

White Impermanence's smile became eerie, and Black Impermanence's face became ferocious. Two figures, one white and one black, intertwined before the Golden King to form a massive Taiji Diagram.

The Golden King felt his soul being torn apart. It wasn't a physical tearing, but a tearing at the level of laws. The power of Life and Death Impermanence ignored rank differences to forcibly hook the target's soul.

He struggled desperately, his massive golden hammer swinging through the air, but each swing became slower and more powerless.

His aura dropped from the peak of the sixth rank to the high stage, then from the high stage to the middle stage.

Five seconds later, the Golden King's soul was forcibly ripped from his body.

His twenty-zhang-tall golden body collapsed with a thunderous crash.

The Golden King had fallen.

Seeing the fall of their king, the five Golden-Armored Commanders tried to organize a counterattack. However, Shadow Demons and Mushroom People had already flanked them. Eight hundred thousand Shadow Demons flickered through the Golden Giants' formation, and the Spore Domain of five hundred thousand Mushroom People covered the entire golden city.

The Golden Realm was collapsing.

The fourth route was led by the Day Patrol Envoy and Night Patrol Envoy, with the Emerald Realm as their target.

The Emerald Realm was a world covered in ancient trees and vines, where three million species thrived. The Ancestor of Ancient Trees was the ruler of this world—a massive tree a thousand zhang tall, with roots reaching a hundred li underground and branches that shielded the entire sky. His aura was at the high stage of the sixth rank.

The Day Patrol Envoy hovered above the Emerald Realm, his golden eyes looking down upon the emerald-green land.

"A natural civilization, the power of life," he said softly. "Suppression by the golden token is the perfect counter."

He raised the golden token and gave it a gentle wave.

[Golden Token Evil Suppression]

Golden light surged from the golden token like a waterfall, pouring down from the sky. Everywhere the light passed, the emerald-green vines began to wither, the branches of the ancient trees began to wilt, and the bodies of the tree spirits began to tremble.

This was because the golden token contained the power of "suppression," which suppressed all natural forces.

The Night Patrol Envoy attacked from the other side.

[Silver Token Soul Lock]

Silver light surged from the silver token like a massive net, enveloping the core area of the Emerald Realm. The light locked onto the position of the Ancestor of Ancient Trees, the position of every ancient tree, and the position of every tree spirit.

The Ancestor of Ancient Trees let out an ancient roar, pulling his roots from the ground and transforming them into countless giant pythons to lash at the Day Patrol Envoy. But before the golden token, his roots were like dry twigs, snapping and withering one by one.

Human priests prayed in the rear, and the Power Of Faith of four million five hundred thousand humans transformed into pillars of grayish-white light, buffeting the Day Patrol Envoy and Night Patrol Envoy.

The Ancestor of Ancient Trees' aura began to decline.

High stage of the sixth rank. Middle stage of the sixth rank. Initial stage of the sixth rank.

The Day Patrol Envoy raised the golden token, and the golden light condensed into a massive golden longsword.

"Slay."

The golden longsword slashed down, cleaving the Ancestor of Ancient Trees' body in two.

The Ancestor of Ancient Trees had fallen.

The Emerald Realm was collapsing.

The fifth route was led by Leopard Tail, with the Gloom Realm as their target.

The sixth route was led by Bird Beak, with the Storm Realm as their target.

The seventh route was led by Fish Gills, with the Deep Rock Realm as their target.

The eighth route was led by Wasp, with the Ashen Realm as their target.

All were easily taken. Although the Four Great Demon Underworld Envoys didn't have a very strong presence among the Ten Great Yin Marshals, their strength was beyond doubt.

The final route was the ninth.

Meng Po personally led the way, with the Blood Sea Realm as their target.

The Blood Sea Realm was a world composed of fresh blood, where one million three hundred thousand members of the Blood Race lived. Their bodies were condensed from blood, and they excelled in blood magic and undying curses. The Blood Ancestor was the ruler of this world, at the high stage of the sixth rank.

Meng Po stood before the gateway of the Blood Sea Realm, her hunched figure looking exceptionally small in the blood-red light.

In her hand, she held a bowl of soup.

Meng Po Soup.

"The Blood Race..." Her voice was raspy and calm. "Living on blood, drawing power from blood. Unfortunately, blood also has memories."