Chapter 1730 — Ten Steps to Slay a God

And not far from Wen Tiange, there were streams of light from teleportation divine powers and the Ultimate Void exploding forth. Within the light streams, a row of enormous footprints remained—footprints pressed into the flowing light, not yet vanished!

"Mu Heavenly Venerable."

Cloud Heavenly Venerable picked up the unopened jar of wine, slapped open the seal, and drank deeply, head tipped back.

"This victory wine, I shall drink first. You said whoever returns first drinks this wine. I hope that when you return, you will see this empty jar and mistake it for my safe return."

He drained the victory wine in one gulp, wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, and smiled. "You are too clever, skilled at breaking through traps and calamities. I know such a petty trick cannot fool you. But you are human too. No matter how clever you are, if there is even a sliver of hope, you will cling to that hope and imagine the better outcome."

He set down the empty jar, stepped down from the Taiqing Realm, and extended his hand. The Taichu Emperor Sword flew to him, and the Divine Consciousness Great Luotian moved with him.

His gaze fell upon the Heavenly Court's main camp. There, two Great Luotians were also moving. The Taiji, the Ancestral God King, Void Heavenly Venerable, and others had also launched their general offensive. Nearly the entire army of gods and demons of the Heavenly Court had been deployed!

He even saw Lady Yuanmu's Guixu appear in the sky!

The Ancestral God King's Xuandu army began to cross the Land of No Sorrow, advancing toward Jingping. In the Netherworld of the Yuan Realm, demon gods and monsters from Youdu surged like a tide!

Cloud Heavenly Venerable drew a long breath, divine light blazing from his eyes. "Second Young Master, Emperor Hao, today I shall make it so that you two can never forget me! The shadow of this battle shall be eternally branded into both your Dao hearts!"

In the Southern Wasteland of Jingping, at Jade Cliff Pass.

The Two Emperors of Chi and Ming and the Southern Emperor gazed at the three ancient gods who had suddenly appeared, their expressions grave. These three ancient gods gave off an extremely terrifying impression, like the Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord in their prime—but the Heavenly Lord and Earth Lord were dead, reborn as postnatal beings, or what might be called demigods.

Apart from them, were there any other ancient gods this powerful in the world?

The Southern Emperor's expression changed drastically. She then said, "Yan'er, Shen Wu, Red Emperor, lead your troops and leave at once. I will hold them off!"

She walked out alone to face the three strangely featured ancient gods, and without turning her head said, "Yan'er, if you see Bai Yuqiong after you return, tell her she won. Your mother... your mother may not be able to leave. Red Emperor, Ming Emperor, you go too!"

Yan'er was dazed. The Red Emperor and Ming Emperor said in low voices, "Zhu Yan'er, we must leave this place. It is too perilous here!"

These two had once sustained the Chi-Ming Era for a full hundred thousand years. The Ming Emperor had come so close to storming the Heavenly Court—a ruthless figure. Had they not died, the Two Emperors of Chi and Ming would surely have been existences on the level of the Ten Heavenly Venerables.

Their judgment was keen beyond measure, and they immediately perceived the extraordinary nature of these three ancient gods!

Just then, another voice suddenly rang out. "Which one is the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu? I searched the South Sea for a while and never found this Red Emperor... so here you are! Fellow Daoist Qi, the Lingguan of the Miluo Palace pays his respects."

The Red Emperor Qi Xiayu turned and saw a fourth ancient god, crimson as blood, walking over from the South Sea. His eye twitched wildly. He let out a long cry, transformed into a nine-headed phoenix body, and stood ready.

"Fellow Daoist, there is no need for alarm."

The blood-colored ancient god smiled. "The gap between us is too great. You will die quickly, and without pain. Emperor Hao asked me to act—not only to kill you, but also to destroy your soul, so that the Seventh Young Master cannot revive you. For me, this is a trifling matter."

Suddenly another voice rang out, laughing heartily. "Is the Human Sovereign Shen Wu here?"

The First Ancestor Human Sovereign endured his pain and looked toward the voice. A green-faced ancient god with protruding fangs walked over, like a ghost king of Youdu. The green-faced ancient god's gaze fell upon his face, and he smiled. "You are the Human Sovereign Shen Wu. Wonderful. I searched all along the way, and never expected to meet you here, fellow Daoist. Emperor Hao asked me to kill you."

The Village Chief and the others rose silently, standing before the First Ancestor, whose wounds were the most severe.

"There is no need for that, gentlemen."

The five ancient gods exchanged glances and said in unison, "Killing you is but a lift of the hand for us. It is only that Emperor Hao is cautious and asked the five of us avatars to come, each dealing with one. In truth, a single avatar would suffice. Even if the Southern Emperor wished to flee, she could not escape."

Despair deepened in the Southern Emperor's heart. Dao fire blazed fiercely around her as she cried out sternly, "Yan'er, from this day forth, Bai Yuqiong is your mother! Go—"

She soared into the air, the Vermilion Bird soul manifesting. Dao fire twisted space itself. With magnificent valor, she lunged at the five ancient gods!

The five strangely featured ancient gods exchanged smiles and shook their heads one after another. "Pitiful. A moth to the flame, courting its own destruction. The Dao arts and divine powers of the Miluo Palace—how could the likes of you ever resist them?"

One of the ancient gods, great paths burning like fire around his body, raised his hand to meet the Southern Emperor. An indescribably terrifying pressure descended. The space twisted by the Vermilion Bird soul was sealed, and the Southern Emperor's mana was sealed as well. She was frozen in midair!

The Dao resonance of the Dao fire emanating from that ancient god was stronger than hers, deeper, suppressing her utterly and leaving her no power to resist.

The Southern Emperor's heart grew calm, with only one last concern remaining. "Silly girl, run..."

The ancient god smiled faintly and struck to kill.

At the same time, the other four ancient gods each stepped forward, advancing toward the Two Emperors of Chi and Ming, the Red Emperor Qi Xiayu, and the First Ancestor Human Sovereign!

A suffocating despair spread through Jade Cliff Pass. Yan'er suddenly screamed and rushed forward.

Boom!

Space exploded. A fist punched through the back of the ancient god who had frozen the Southern Emperor and was about to slay her, bursting out through the front of his skull!

The fist's five fingers splayed open, and the five primordial great paths—Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji—erupted from the fingertips, blasting the ancient god into pieces!

Shen Mu's body crashed out of space, smashing the ancient god's shattered flesh into fine powder. The powder dispersed, transforming into streams of primordial chaos qi that drifted away.

Frozen in midair, the Southern Emperor's bright red robes flapped violently in the wild wind, her Dao fire streaming behind her. She stared in disbelief at the scene!

Shen Mu said not a word. The vertical eye at the center of his brow opened, and a primordial light shot from it, piercing through the skull of another ancient god. His right hand became a sword, and he made a level slash—one sword to open the heavens!

The Heaven-Opening Chapter of the Heavenly Capital!

With that slash, the third ancient god's body exploded, and as though heaven and earth were being sundered, a myriad-world cosmos rose slowly within Jade Cliff Pass!