174: A divine eye? A blind man? (Fifty-nine)

Central Domain.

A piece of news swept across the vast land in just a few days and spread to the other four domains at an astonishing speed.

"Have you heard? The two Prodigies of the Qing Clan with the Sacred Body were besieged in the God-Slaying Valley!"

"Besieged is an understatement! The Heaven-Dominating Saint, the Xuan Ming Holy Maiden, and the Five Elements Saint Body—three of the top Prodigies of this generation joined forces to set an ambush!"

"What was the result?"

Inside an ancient city tavern called the "Listen to the Wind Tower," Cultivators discussed the matter, their voices low yet unable to hide their shock.

A young Cultivator asked, disbelieving.

"What else could it be?" a well-informed Loose Cultivator at the next table lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "They were both forced into the 'God Burial Ruins,' one of the three forbidden lands of the Central Domain. In that place, let alone the God Realm, it is said that even a Venerable who entered in ancient times would have to shed a layer of skin. I fear that not even their bones can be found now."

"Hiss..."

The people in the tavern all gasped.

This news was too shocking.

Those were two Sacred Bodies! They had actually fallen just like that!

Fifty years ago, because of them, the Heavenly Elixir Sect, which had a Legacy spanning ten thousand years, disintegrated in a single day.

The Qing Clan Divine King descended and obliterated a Half-Step Heavenly God with a flick of his finger.

That scene is still talked about by countless people, regarded as a model of the majesty of a God King.

Yet how much time has passed since then?

These two Sacred Bodies, who had just come out of seclusion and were preparing to shine in the Great Era, had seemingly fallen.

"Sigh, this is the Great Era."

In the corner, an older Cultivator with a steady aura sighed softly, his tone tinged with numbness and vicissitudes.

He sipped some spirit wine and said slowly, "In these few decades, have there been few Sacred Bodies or peerless God Bodies that have fallen?"

"I still remember, twenty years ago, that 'Sun Sacred Body' from the Eastern Domain who was known as the Incarnation of the Sun. How high-spirited he was, believing himself invincible among his peers. But what happened? He failed to challenge a forbidden zone and was devoured completely by the ominous creatures within."

"And the 'Heavenly Demon God Body' of the Southern Ridge, who attempted to forcibly cross the Heavenly God Tribulation. Because he was ill-prepared, he died under the Lightning Tribulation, and a hundred years of hard cultivation turned to ash."

"Now, there are two more Sacred Bodies from the Qing Clan."

The old Cultivator's words made the atmosphere in the tavern even heavier.

This is a golden age, with Prodigies rising together, the myriad Dao contending, and countless Opportunities emerging.

But this is also the cruelest blood-soaked era.

On the emperors road, there have always been piles of white bones.

The fall of any Prodigy is merely adding another bloody topic of conversation to this cruel path.

People seem to have become accustomed to this cruelty.

Qing Clan Secret Realm.

An oppressive anger shrouded the entire world.

The usually docile Spirit Beasts all lay on the ground, trembling.

The sky of the Secret Realm was no longer a pale cyan but was covered by endless thunderclouds, with purple electricity weaving through the clouds like Dragons.

A wild wind howled, and the fairy mountains swayed, as if enduring the wrath of a god.

In the deepest part of the Secret Realm, in that ancient palace shrouded in Chaos Qi all year round.

The Qing Clan Divine King, who was in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were indifferent, viewing all living beings as ants.

But at this moment, within those eyes, anger was burning.

Just a moment ago, he had clearly sensed it.

The life fires of the two Sacred Bodies, You Chen and Qing Yao, which were closely connected to the Luck of the Qing Clan, had completely extinguished in the outside world's sensing, disappearing within that forbidden land called the "God Burial Ruins."

"Deception goes too far!"

The next moment, the figure of the Qing Clan Divine King appeared in the high sky.

He took a step, and the space in front of him was torn open; opposite it was the Central Domain.

The might of a God King was about to descend upon the Central Domain.

He wanted to demand an explanation.

However.

Just as the God King was about to step out of the spatial rift.

A supreme will, far surpassing a God King, vast and ancient, descended.

The Qing Clan Divine King, who was about to step out of the Secret Realm, stiffened abruptly.

"The aura of a God Emperor..."

The Qing Clan Divine King understood.

This was a warning.

In the struggles of the Great Era, each relies on their own ability; the older generation of powerhouses must not interfere.

This is an unspoken iron rule among all immortal Legacies.

If he were to force his hand, it would trigger the intervention of God Emperors from other factions, and at that time, it would lead to an immortal war that would destroy the heavens and the earth.

The Qing Clan Divine King unwillingly withdrew his footsteps slowly.

He restrained his anger, his words icy to the extreme, piercing through the barrier of the Secret Realm and spreading throughout the entire Central Domain.

"The Qing Clan will never let this matter rest!"

"When our clan's supreme being awakens, it will be the time to settle accounts with you all!"

Behind the Qing Clan, there were also God Emperors, and even... Venerables.

Meanwhile.

Among the Five Domains, the Northern Plains, whose strength is second only to the Central Domain.

The Laws of heaven and earth here are wilder and more primitive.

The strife between Prodigies is also more direct and bloodier than in the Central Domain.

Inside a battlefield ruin filled with ancient Evil Qi.

The battle had just ended.

A woman dressed in purple, with a noble and aloof temperament, floated quietly in mid-air.

She was composed, not even the corner of her clothes was ruffled in the slightest.

And at her feet.

The "Golden Crow God Body," who had long been famous in the Northern Plains and known as invincible among his peers, was kneeling on the ground, covered in blood.

He broke the divine weapon in his hand, his proud God Body was covered with cracks, golden divine blood kept overflowing, and his eyes were full of unwillingness and fear.

"Sacred Body... who... exactly are you..." the Golden Crow God Body spoke with difficulty, his voice hoarse.

The woman in purple just glanced at him indifferently, her eyes looking as if she were looking at an ant.

"You are not qualified to be my opponent."

Her voice was icy, devoid of any emotion.

She pointed a finger casually.

A purple light entered the Golden Crow God Body's body, directly shattering the dao foundation he had painstakingly cultivated and condensed.

At this moment.

A follower with a powerful aura appeared respectfully behind her, not daring to even lift his head.

"Reporting to the Saintess, news has come from the Central Domain."

The follower reported the intelligence he had just gathered in a low voice, his tone filled with awe.

The expression of the woman in purple did not change in the slightest.

She did not care about the struggles of the Prodigies in the Central Domain.

However, when the follower said the next sentence.

"...The Qing You Sacred Body You Chen of the Central Domain, along with the Azure Luan Sacred Body Qing Yao, were besieged by the Heaven-Dominating Saint, the Xuan Ming Holy Maiden, and the Five Elements Saint Body. In the end, they were forced into the God Burial Ruins and are suspected to have both fallen."

As soon as the words fell.

The aura of the woman in purple, who had always been as calm as an ancient well, showed a trace of disorder.

An extreme killing intent flashed and vanished.

So much so that the God Body-level follower behind her felt a chill from his Divine Soul, as if he were about to be frozen.

He abruptly buried his head lower, not daring to say another word.

A moment later, that suffocating aura disappeared.

The woman in purple returned to calm, her voice devoid of any emotion.

"Understood."

"You may withdraw."

"Yes."

The follower seemed to have been granted amnesty, his figure flickered, and he disappeared from the spot in a disheveled manner.

In the ruins, only the woman in purple remained.

She slowly turned around and looked towards the distant Central Domain.

Deep within those icy eyes, a flash of complex emotion passed.

"You Chen..."