107: My Godly Father (Thirty-Eight)

At the exit of the Secret Realm, the giant starlight portal's brilliance was dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye.

With a final flash of light, the portal vanished completely.

The entire world returned to tranquility; it was as if the gate connecting to the primordial starry sky had never existed.

The Meteorite Plain Mystic Realm was officially closed.

The hearts of Quan Batian and The Cripple Li Fentian also sank to rock bottom along with the disappearance of that portal.

Quan Yun had not come out.

Quan Batian stood with his hands behind his back, his figure as upright as a spear, but the domineering aura that usually looked down upon the world was now replaced by a heavy, deathly silence.

“Yun'er...”

In his mind, his wife's face from before her death surfaced.

He had promised her that he would take good care of their child, ensuring he lived a peaceful and happy life.

But now, he hadn't even seen his son for the last time.

An indescribable grief and self-reproach spread through his heart.

Just then, an untimely mocking voice rang out from nearby.

“God-King Quan, please restrain your grief. I'm afraid that brilliant son of yours will never be coming out again.”

An old man wearing a brocade robe with a sinister face walked over with a gloating smile.

He was a Grand Elder of the Heavenly Net Blessed Land, a long-time rival of Quan Batian, and also a master of the Heavenly God Realm.

Quan Batian slowly turned his head. Those eyes, which should have been incomparably domineering, were now blood-red; they held no anger, only a Killing Intent so pure it was absolute.

His current state was already on the verge of losing control.

This mockery was the final spark that ignited the powder keg.

“You seek death.”

Quan Batian wasted no words, coldly spitting out those three words.

Before the words even finished echoing, he had already vanished from his spot.

In the next instant, he appeared before the Grand Elder of the Heavenly Net Blessed Land, slamming a fist wrapped in monstrous Divine Power—powerful enough to crush stars—toward him.

“You're insane!”

The Heavenly Net Blessed Land Elder's face changed drastically. He hadn't expected Quan Batian to attack without a word, and in his haste, he could only muster all his cultivation to defend.

Boom!

The duel between two Heavenly God Realm masters instantly ignited the area... A terrifying energy storm swept in all directions, and the weaker Cultivators were pushed back by the impact, coughing up blood.

Quan Batian had gone completely mad.

His attacks were wide and powerful, devoid of any refined Moves, consisting only of the most primitive and violent venting of power.

Every punch and palm strike contained immense might.

The Elder of the Heavenly Net Blessed Land was beaten back repeatedly, his heart filled with both shock and rage.

Quan Batian's strength had actually improved again... Ultimately, under Quan Batian's suicidal fighting style, he was eventually outmatched. He was sent flying by a punch, his chest caved in as he sprayed blood wildly.

However, he was a master of the same level after all. Although Quan Batian won, he could not completely kill him in a short amount of time.

“Quan Batian, just you wait!”

The Heavenly Net Elder dropped a parting threat and fled miserably by tearing through the Void Realm.

Quan Batian did not give chase.

He stood in place, his Killing Intent slowly receding, replaced by an even deeper sorrow... Meanwhile, in the Death Forbidden Zone deep within the Secret Realm.

Quan Yun looked at the Giant Green Tower before him that reached from the earth to the heavens, falling into a state of immense shock.

He had never seen such a magnificent giant tower.

It seemed to be the sole Dominator of this Desolate Land of Death.

Circling around the giant tower were endless undead, so many that they could converge into a tide.

Those undead that had previously made Quan Yun feel fearful were now like docile servants, circling the azure pagoda in a silent pilgrimage.

Suddenly, the azure pagoda moved.

Buzz—

On the tower's body, those ancient runes lit up one by one.

A terrifying devouring force erupted from the tower's body.

A massive green vortex formed, centered on the giant tower.

The countless surrounding undead let out painful shrieks on the Divine Soul level, drawn uncontrollably into the vortex and eventually swallowed whole by the giant tower.

Quan Yun also felt that devouring force.

He felt as if his Divine Soul was about to be pulled right out of his body.

Fortunately, the Small Tower in his Sea of Consciousness emitted a green light once again, shielding him firmly and counteracting that force.

With lingering fear, he began to carefully observe the azure pagoda.

The tower's body was boundlessly massive and towered into the clouds, but... why were there only three floors?

Quan Yun's heart was filled with confusion.

For such a magnificent giant tower to have only a mere three floors made no sense whatsoever.

Unless it was inherently incomplete.

As soon as this thought surfaced, he suddenly realized something, and his heart jolted.

The mysterious Small Tower inside him... also seemed to have three floors!

One giant Ancient Bronze Tower, and one tiny Ancient Bronze Tower.

Both had three floors, and both emitted a green light.

The connection between the two was already self-evident.

No wonder the Small Tower had been leading him here; they were originally one entity!

At the moment of his realization, the green giant tower that had swallowed countless undead seemed to have “had its fill.”

It suddenly burst forth with an extremely intense green light.

The light instantly enveloped the entire area.

Bathed in the green light, Quan Yun felt his body, his Divine Soul, and even his consciousness beginning to dissolve, about to be completely decomposed and turned into nothingness.

He felt an unprecedented crisis of death.

Buzz!

The Small Tower in his Sea of Consciousness could no longer remain calm.

It involuntarily flew out from between Quan Yun's brows, hovering above his head and emitting a green light even more intense than any before, protecting him fiercely within it.

The two green lights, of the same origin yet slightly different, made contact.

Rumble!

The green giant tower erupted with another disturbance, and that terrifying devouring force reappeared.

This time, the target was directed straight at Quan Yun.

The giant tower seemed intent on swallowing Quan Yun along with the Small Tower.

Quan Yun's heart leaped into his throat.

However, to his surprise, the Small Tower hovering above his head did not offer any resistance this time.

It just stayed there quietly, allowing the devouring force to wrap around Quan Yun.

Thus, under Quan Yun's uncertain gaze, his figure was pulled by that force, flying uncontrollably toward the green giant tower.

Finally, he was sucked into the tower's body in a single gulp by that magnificent giant tower.