16: Chapter 16 The Appearance of Haotian Zun

Her arrival was like throwing a spark next to a powder keg about to settle down, instantly igniting the entire scene and arousing curiosity from all sides.

Within the Life Forbidden Zone, those divine senses that had previously fallen silent became active again, filled with amusement and scrutiny.

"Oh? The Myriad Devouring Insect Mother from the Insect Realm? She is bold, and greedy enough."

"Chaos Essence Blood... Hehe, for an existence like her who achieved her imperial throne through the path of devouring and evolution, it is indeed an irresistible temptation."

"Interesting, letting her test the waters first is also good. Let's see how much strength this Jiang Hao has left."

The ancient existences of the various realms also cast their gazes of attention. Within the great realms with complex relationships to the Origin Realm, such as the Monster Realm and the Heaven Realm, powerful wills were communicating, most harboring a mindset of watching from the sidelines as others fought.

The Myriad Devouring Insect Mother ignored all the prying eyes around her. Her blazing gaze locked onto the figure at the center.

She took a deep breath, and her voice, which could make all living beings sink into depravity, rang out, directly stating her purpose.

"Chaos Body Jiang Hao."

Jiang Hao slowly opened his eyes. Although the previous battle was brutal, his gaze remained placid as he looked faintly at this uninvited guest.

"This Empress wishes to borrow something from you." The Myriad Devouring Insect Mother was utterly unhesitant, straightforward, her voice spreading in all directions.

"What?"

"Your Chaos Essence Blood!"

"Hua!"

As these words were spoken, the onlookers from the myriad heavens erupted in an uproar.

Demanding essence blood?

This was no longer a simple provocation, but a blatant humiliation and declaration of war. Essence blood contains the laws of one's Origin and is of utmost importance to any Cultivator.

This was especially true for a powerhouse who had just undergone a bloody battle, concerning both his foundational Dao and his dignity.

Jiang Hao's gaze instantly turned sharp. The chaotic energy around his body, which had just calmed down, began to slowly circulate once more.

A killing intent that could freeze the starry sky spread out.

"Insect Mother," Jiang Hao's voice was not loud, but it carried a thick killing intent.

"Have you exhausted your Lifespan and grown tired of living, coming here specifically to seek a swift release?"

Facing Jiang Hao's undisguised killing intent, the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother did not retreat. A trace of resolve flashed across her beautiful face; she knew there was no turning back.

But just as the situation reached a tense standoff, the ripples in her eyes suddenly shifted. That strange force field that stirred desires grew even stronger.

Then, she suddenly sent a private message to Jiang Hao alone.

"Jiang Hao, if you are truly unwilling to part with your essence blood... there is not no other choice. Agree to one condition from this Empress."

Jiang Hao frowned slightly.

"What condition?"

The Myriad Devouring Insect Mother's voice was filled with intense passion.

"Mate with this Empress and produce offspring. The union of your Chaos Bloodline and my Ten Thousand Devourers Origin will inevitably conceive the most perfect progeny in the Universe. For you, this is no loss. On the contrary, it will leave behind a powerful Bloodline Legacy..."

"..."

Jiang Hao's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot. A surge churned in his chest; he almost didn't manage to suppress and spit out the congested blood he had just forced down.

He never expected the Insect Mother to have such intentions.

This disgusted him even more than directly demanding his essence blood.

What did she take him for? A stud horse?

Outside, although the onlookers from all sides couldn't hear the private message, seeing Jiang Hao's instantly gloomy expression, as dark as if he had swallowed a fly,

and the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother's bewitching and alluring appearance, combined with the Insect Mother's consistent reputation, they immediately guessed seven or eight parts of the truth.

"My heavens, look at Jiang Hao's expression... Could the Insect Mother have proposed to him... that?"

"Very likely. It is rumored that the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother possesses the ability to mate and reproduce with myriad races. She must have taken a fancy to the Chaos Body's Bloodline."

"She wants to have children with Jiang Hao? This... this is even more outrageous than demanding essence blood!"

"Truly worthy of being the Insect Mother, her thinking is bizarre. Does she want the man or the seed?"

"Jiang Hao's face is black with anger, haha, this is getting interesting."

Various divine senses interweaving shock, disdain, and some sense of absurd amusement crisscrossed the void.

Clearly, the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother's implied proposal added a touch of bizarre atmosphere to this serious confrontation between Supremes.

Jiang Hao forcefully suppressed the disgust and anger in his heart.

"Get lost, or I'll cut you down."

It was only because he had no past grudges with this Insect Mother that he hadn't already taken action to cut her down.

The smile on the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother's face instantly vanished, replaced by a cold severity and humiliated anger at being rejected.

"Since you refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit..."

Light flashed in her hand, and a strangely shaped scepter suddenly appeared in her grasp.

This weapon seemed to be forged from the entwined and fused limbs of countless different insect races and mysterious colored crystals.

A terrifyingly Supreme Aura erupted once again, violently colliding with Jiang Hao's chaotic Aura, stirring boundless waves in the void.

"Then this Empress will have no choice but... to take it personally!"

Jiang Hao's gaze was indifferent, his killing intent already decided. Since this Insect Mother sought death, he would grant her wish.

Although he was seriously injured, even at the cost of worsening his injuries, Jiang Hao was confident he could completely leave this foolhardy Insect Mother here forever.

Just as the cold light in Jiang Hao's eyes grew increasingly intense, and he prepared to take action to completely annihilate this Insect Mother...

"Boom!"

Another sudden change occurred.

An Aura even more overbearing than the Myriad Devouring Insect Mother's arrived.

This Aura seemed to carry the will of an entire world.

Like the Milky Way pouring down from the Ninth Heaven, it abruptly descended from the direction of the Heaven Realm!

A figure, surrounded by billions of Heavenly Dao runes and flowing with chains of order, stepped forth, shattering endless starry rivers, and directly appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

His eyes opened and closed like the eyes of the Heavens Above, coldly looking down upon Jiang Hao. His voice was grand, resounding throughout the cosmos.

"Chaos Body Jiang Hao, you have defied the heavens to prove your Dao, violating the Supreme heavenly laws and disrupting the order of the Universe. Submit and surrender, follow this Venerable back to the Heaven Realm to face judgment, and you may preserve your remnant soul. Otherwise... your form and spirit will be annihilated!"

The newcomer was an ancient Supreme from the Heaven Realm—Haotian Venerable.

Under the pretext of maintaining the order of the Heavenly Dao, he, in truth, also coveted the secrets of the Chaos Body, wishing to seize this opportune moment to bring the greatest variable, Jiang Hao, under his control.

Haotian Venerable's sudden intervention instantly escalated the already tense situation to a critical point of eruption!

The existences in the Life Forbidden Zone and the ancient beings of the various realms now completely suppressed their impulse to personally intervene. Their divine senses communicated intensely, filled with schadenfreude.

"Hahaha, good, excellent! That old fellow Haotian Venerable can't sit still either!"

"The Insect Mother demands essence blood, Haotian Venerable wants to capture the main body. Let's see how Jiang Hao deals with this!"

"Two Supreme-level existences making trouble simultaneously. Even if he had three heads and six arms, he would find it difficult to escape calamity today!"

"We only need to watch calmly from the sidelines. Wait until they have both suffered losses, and we might be able to reap the benefits."

Facing the Insect Mother's greedy demands and Haotian Venerable's overbearing judgment, Jiang Hao did not get angry but instead laughed. That laughter was filled with endless killing intent and a madness that looked down upon everything.

He had long anticipated such a situation.

It was just that he thought the forbidden zones would make another move; he didn't expect the Heaven Realm and the Insect Realm to act.

The Heaven Realm, as one of the most powerful among All Realms, was also the realm that loved to jump around the most.

Basically, the Heaven Realm had a part in many of the invasions of the Origin Realm.

"Haha... Good, very good. One wants this Venerable's essence blood, another wants to capture this Venerable. Good, I'll give you the chance to seek death."