166: Chapter 166 The Holy Might of the Heavens Illuminates the Abyss, First Save the Old Sword God of the Mortal World

"Zzzzt!"

Accompanied by an extremely ear-piercing static noise, the light and shadow projection in midair shattered with a bang due to the complete exhaustion of the Sword Intent's power.

Turning into a sky full of dim fireflies, it finally dissipated within the cold and deathly silent Hall of the Other Shore.

A deathly silence returned to the hall.

Qin Mu stood dazed on the spot, his eyes hollow and lifeless. Two lines of clear tears silently slid down his cheeks, dripping onto the thick layer of tribulation ash.

The pain of his beliefs completely collapsing, combined with extreme worry over the uncertain fate of the Village Chief, Grandpa Blind, and the others...

...made this youth of The Great Ruins, who had just made a Breakthrough to the Divine Bridge Realm and thought he could hold up the heavens, almost unable to stand. His knees buckled, and he fell heavily to his knees.

"How could it be like this... The so-called Wuyou Township is actually a flesh-and-blood altar that devours people..."

Qin Mu clawed at the ground with his hands, completely unaware that his fingernails had cracked and were oozing blood.

However, Ye Xiu, standing before the Kaihuang Throne, showed no fear or pity on his face after watching this despair-inducing footage that was enough to shatter the Dao Heart of any Major Thousand Worlds Cultivator.

Instead, he revealed an extremely excited, utterly brutal, and bloodthirsty sneer.

"Burning his own loyal subordinates as firewood? This old kid, the Founding Emperor, plays quite a sick game."

Ye Xiu licked his lips, the killing intent deep in his eyes almost manifesting into substance.

He turned around, looked at Qin Mu weeping in despair on the ground, and brutally grabbed him by the collar, hoisting him up by force.

"What are you crying for? If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up! Your pathetic look completely disgraces my Heavenly Demon Sect!"

Qin Mu's voice was extremely hoarse, his face covered in tears:

"Brother Ye... the altar crack has already closed, and all spatial aura has been cut off.

The endless Void Realm is so vast, and that is a completely sealed-off dead end. We...

How can we rescue the Village Chief and the others?"

"Closed?"

Ye Xiu sneered repeatedly, a wild, arrogant Battle Intent capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas dancing in his heterochromatic gold and silver eyes.

"Qin Mu, look closely for me! In the face of absolute power, the words 'dead end' have never existed in this world!"

"If there is no door, I will smash one open!"

Ye Xiu pushed Qin Mu aside and turned to face that seemingly indestructible wall made of astral meteoric iron.

Which was exactly where the bloody crack had appeared in the light and shadow projection.

"[Ding! Deep Void Realm barrier detected! High-risk sacrificial space ahead!]"

"[System Prompt: Forcibly breaking the boundary may trigger a spatial collapse. Do you wish to consume Villain Points to exchange for a Void Realm Shuttle Talisman?]"

"Scram! A mere turtle shell like this is worthy of making me spend Villain Points?"

Ye Xiu arrogantly dismissed the System in his mind, then slowly clenched his right fist.

"Rumble!!!"

In an instant, the Great Perfection Origin of an Immortal Five True Saint erupted like an active volcano that had slept for billions of years!

A domineering, supreme pressure that simply did not belong to this world, one that reigned supreme over all the heavens and myriad realms, frantically condensed onto Ye Xiu's fist!

"Shrouding Heaven Fist Intent—shatter for me!!!"

Ye Xiu let out a wild, furious roar that shook the starry river.

Swinging his right fist, which seemed cast from divine gold, he smashed it forward into the Void Realm with absolute brutality and no fancy tricks!

"Crack!!!"

A scalp-numbing cracking sound echoed through the hall.

The Void Realm barrier, which even a God Realm powerhouse could not shake in the slightest, was under this single punch from Ye Xiu, a True Saint...

...like a fragile glass mirror, instantly cracking into countless pitch-black spiderweb fissures!

"Bang!"

The Void Realm completely exploded!

An extremely thick, nauseating smell of blood and rot, accompanied by the shrill howling of evil ghosts...

...surged frantically out of the massive spatial black hole that Ye Xiu had forced open with his bare hands!

That blood-colored, man-eating crack was forcibly ripped open by Ye Xiu using the most unreasonable physical means!

"Let's go! Follow me inside to catch that bastard!"

Ye Xiu grabbed Qin Mu by the shoulder, his bright red dragon-patterned wedding robe turning into a blinding, blood-colored rainbow.

Without the slightest hesitation, he plunged headfirst into the abyssal crack that exuded an endless aura of death.

The moment they crossed the crack, the scene before them changed abruptly.

There was no sky here, nor any earth, only endless darkness and churning, blood-red mist.

The surroundings were filled with extremely chaotic spatial turbulence, as well as the painful roars of countless aggrieved souls.

At the bottom of this abyss, a flesh-and-blood altar so massive it defied description could be faintly seen, beating eerily like a heart.

"Ssshh!"

As if sensing the fresh scent of living beings, tens of thousands of dark red tentacles instantly surged up from the sea of blood at the bottom of the abyss.

These tentacles were formed from viscous bone fragments and flesh, covered in mouths filled with sharp fangs.

They lunged frantically toward Ye Xiu and Qin Mu like starving tigers pouncing on their prey!

"Brother Ye, watch out! This is the monster that dragged the Village Chief and the others in!"

Qin Mu gripped his butcher knife, preparing to fight back with all his might.

"A bunch of sewer bugs who can't bear the light, yet you dare to bare your fangs and claws in front of me?"

Ye Xiu didn't even spare those tentacles a glance.

Floating in midair, he lazily clasped his hands behind his back and coldly spat out four words:

"True Saint Domain—Open!"

"Buzz!!!"

In an instant, an incomparably brilliant golden sun rose abruptly from within Ye Xiu's body!

It was a holy light condensed from the supreme Laws of an Immortal Five True Saint within the Shrouding Heaven System!

This light was extremely pure and masculine, immune to all evils, carrying an absolute dominance that crushed all lower-dimensional Laws!

"Shrouding Heaven Holy Might, illuminate the abyss!"

The golden light was like an apocalyptic tsunami of light, centering on Ye Xiu's body...

...as it swept frantically toward this endless, blood-colored abyss!

"Chiss!"

An extremely shocking scene unfolded!

Those flesh tentacles, which could easily tear apart even a Peak Divine Bridge Realm Cultivator and would make even God Realm powerhouses keep their distance...

...the moment they came into contact with this golden holy light, they screamed in agony, melting like melting snow under a blazing sun!

With absolutely no room for resistance, thousands of tentacles vaporized inch by inch in midair...

...directly purified into the purest ash by that supreme Shrouding Heaven Holy Might!

The abyssal passage, which was originally pitch-black, bloody, and like a living purgatory...

...was forcibly illuminated as bright as day by Ye Xiu alone, using his invincible True Saint Holy Might!

"Hiss—what a terrifying pressure..."

Sheltered within the halo by Ye Xiu, Qin Mu looked at those highly ominous creatures turning to ash in an instant. His heart was filled with nothing but shock.

"Found you!"

Ye Xiu's gold and silver eyes pierced through the layers of blood mist, locking dead onto the massive altar at the very bottom of the abyss.

There, four thick, dark red Law chains pinned a battered body firmly in midair above the altar.

Malicious runes were engraved on the chains, frantically draining the last trace of life force and Origin Sword Intent from the person's body!

It was none other than the Village Chief of Canlao Village! The Old Sword God of the mortal realm!

At this moment, the Village Chief's eyes were tightly shut, his aura extremely weak, like a flickering candle in the wind that could go out at any moment.

"Old man, hang in there! I'm here to pull you out!"