Chapter 1574 — Only After the Calamity Is There Life to Spare

Terror filled his heart. "Still, Lord Mu had to fight a whole battle before he could bring down the aged us. But that wretch Kaihuang has gravely wounded us without even trading a face-to-face blow. That wretch..."

A dreadful thought rose in his mind. "Could he have already attained the dao? Why is that wretch the Ancestral God King running faster than me? Of course. So long as he runs faster than me, he can escape with his life. Damn it..."

"Congratulations, Daoist friend Kaihuang. You have attained the dao."

Langxuan heard the voices of the Taiji ancient gods, tinged with delight, laughing: "Attaining the dao through the sword. Today Kaihuang may be called the first man under heaven, how enviable beyond words."

Suddenly the sword light grew incomparably brilliant, and then came a clanging burst of blows, ding, ding, ding, as the Taiji Sand Table expanded violently and became the Taiji Star Region; the star region spread out and overtook the fleeing Divine Emperor Langxuan.

The Taiji Star Region was about to swallow the Divine Emperor Langxuan when this companion supreme treasure suddenly split apart, and each of the two Taiji ancient gods gave a stifled groan, groans that came from behind the Divine Emperor Langxuan.

The hairs on the Divine Emperor Langxuan stood on end as he saw the two Taiji ancient gods, drenched in blood, every serpent scale on their bodies split open by a single sword, rushing from behind him to his front.

Only then did the Divine Emperor Langxuan realize that the two ancient gods' companion supreme treasure, the Taiji Sand Table, had been split in two, half behind each of the two ancients' heads. Kaihuang had cleaved this supreme treasure in two with a single sword.

The dread in the Divine Emperor Langxuan's heart knew no bounds. Kaihuang, having attained the dao, was truly too terrifying; in sheer strength alone he likely surpassed even Lord Hao and Lord Xiao.

"And yet these two ancient gods are faster than me as well."

All hope died in the Divine Emperor Langxuan's heart, and he cried out inwardly: "Was that dao fruit not going to seize my flesh? Why did it quiet down after resisting only once? Hurry, come on."

He strove to accelerate and catch the Heavenly Lords ahead, while behind him the sword light in Kaihuang's hand dispersed; he walked out from Carefree Land and headed toward the Yuan Realm, unhurried.

Behind Kaihuang, the thirty-three heavens of Carefree Land separated one by one, the continents of the many heavens spreading out in a line, and countless gods and demons charged out, killing their way toward the Heavenly Court's great army of gods and demons.

"Back to the Yuan Realm."

Countless of Kaihuang's officers and soldiers roared, their voices shaking the heavens: "Kill our way back to the Yuan Realm, kill our way back to our homeland."

The Heavenly Court's army guarding this place had already been routed. Yin Tianzi, Shang Pingyin and the others held the army together, refusing to let it scatter, fighting with all their strength.

"It is time to go to the Yong River."

Kaihuang's gaze turned toward the Yuan Realm, and just then the voice of the God King Langwo came: "Shen Ye, are you truly going to abandon the Other Shore Void and enter the Yuan Realm?"

Kaihuang turned his head and saw the God King Langwo standing in the distance, saluting him from afar.

Kaihuang returned the salute and said: "The Void Bridge can no longer hold back the Heavenly Court's Heavenly Lords. There is no longer any need for the Other Shore Void to exist. God King, your race of Creators should also consider your future and enter the world of your own accord to meet the calamity; only after the calamity is there life to spare."

"Life after the calamity?"

The God King Langwo was taken aback, then bowed deeply to him: "Thank you, Daoist brother, for your guidance."

When the woman raised her head, Kaihuang had already vanished.

The God King Langwo pondered a moment, then turned and returned to the Other Shore Void; her consciousness rose and merged with the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

"Ancestral spirits of the Creators, the time has come once more for the race of Creators to choose between life and death; therefore I have woken you."

Her consciousness, vast and boundless, rippled through the Ancestral Spirit Realm as she questioned the ancestral spirits of the Creators who had made the Other Shore Void: "Only by entering the world of your own accord to meet the calamity is there life to spare. Shall the Creators enter the world as a whole race and take part in this great calamity of contending for the orthodox line of heaven and earth?"

In the Ancestral Spirit Realm, one great spirit after another woke from slumber, their consciousnesses touching one another, and in the space of a few short breaths they had grasped everything the God King Langwo knew.

"Too perilous."

An ancient spirit's consciousness rippled: "God King, you are wagering the lives of our race of Creators on an impossible future. Our race of Creators holds fast to our treasured land, which none can breach; it is not fitting that we take part in this calamity of the Heavenly Lords' strife."

Other ancient spirits stirred their consciousness as well: "God King, as the sole remaining God King of the race of Creators, you are answerable to all your people. You must not stake your people's lives on a shadowy, insubstantial future."

The God King Langwo frowned.

"We must go."

Suddenly a mad voice rang out, harsh: "We must go. To stay here is to be duckweed drifting without roots; only the world outside is the domain where we Creators can gallop free."

Many ancient spirits looked over and could not help frowning. The speaker was that ancestral spirit who had always been raving mad, Luo Xiao.