The Return of the Seven Radiance Empyrean God

The moment Ji Ning spoke, the seven Empyrean Gods, including the yellow-furred bear, all looked at him.

“Are you sure you want us to make a move?” The enchanting Snow Scorpion Empyrean God sent a frantic mental message.

“Don’t regret it afterward.” The child-like Radiance Empyrean God transmitted.

“We only promised to help you once.” The bald Nine-Fang Empyrean God also looked at Ji Ning.

The Viper Serpent Empyrean God, the Blazing Sun Empyrean God, the Darkmoon Empyrean God, and even the yellow-furred bear all sent urgent mental queries. The reason they used divine telepathy was that they all understood the intensity of the current battle; they had to communicate in the shortest time possible.

Only the Bloodfire Empyrean God remained silent, simply watching Ji Ning.

Ji Ning met the Bloodfire Empyrean God’s gaze. There was not a shred of hesitation in either pair of eyes.

“Formation,” the Bloodfire Empyrean God said a single word.

“Hahaha…”

The other six Empyrean Gods couldn’t help but laugh, their eyes blazing with fervor. They had been hidden for far, far too long. Their blood, though outwardly calm, had always burned with the desire for a thunderous, decisive battle. And the ‘Realm War’ of the Crimsonbright Realmverse was precisely to their liking.

Instantly, the water Mansion blazed with brilliant, seven-colored light…

…

Outside.

On the battlefield where Ji Ning, the Xia Emperor, and the Three-Eyed Fiendgod were fighting, the slaughter was exceptionally fierce. The center of the conflict was the ‘Three-Eyed Fiendgod’.

The Three-Eyed Fiendgod was the leader, commanding a massive force of Seamless Gate Empyrean Gods and True Immortals, White-Faced Flood Dragons, Bi’an Beasts, Zhu’yan Beasts, and Heavenly God Puppets.

On the Crimsonbright Realmverse’s side, the Karmic Punishment Deities, Ying Dragons, Pangu War-Formations, and the Empyrean Gods and True Immortals were all struggling to hold the line.

Unfortunately, the disadvantage was too obvious.

The Evergreen Sword Immortal had previously shattered the balance, and the Three-Eyed Fiendgod had only made things worse for the Crimsonbright Realmverse. More importantly, even Daofather Crimsonbright, for the sake of the overall war strategy, was forced to make painful decisions, leaving the situation on Ji Ning’s front extremely dire. Luckily, Ji Ning, the Xia Emperor, and a few other powerful cultivators were still struggling to survive.

“Die. All of you, die. What use is resistance?” the Three-Eyed Fiendgod roared arrogantly. The Three-Eyed Fiendgod, wielding two enormous warhammers, was charging and rampaging. It was commanded by the ‘Heaven-Devouring Great Sage,’ a Nine-Headed Lion, one of the three great demon gods. This Nine-Headed Lion was highly skilled with the warhammer.

Whoosh~~~

A Ying Dragon, besieged by the Seamless Gate forces, was sent tumbling, inadvertently drawing closer to the Three-Eyed Fiendgod.

Seeing this, the Three-Eyed Fiendgod took a massive stride forward and swung his hammer.

“No!”

“Careful!”

Though the Ying Dragon tried desperately to dodge, and the Xia Emperor and the others attempted to rescue it, it was too late.

BANG!!!

The massive hammer smashed directly into the Ying Dragon’s body. BOOM! The body exploded, revealing the many Celestial Immortals and Loose Immortals within. A single silver-haired Empyrean God fled in panic. “Flee?” The Three-Eyed Fiendgod was utterly ferocious. The great hammer shot forward, smashing towards that silver-haired Empyrean God. The god instantly split his body in two, fleeing in two directions. Although one of his avatars was destroyed, he escaped with his life, though his divine power was greatly reduced.

“He’s definitely reached the Daofather threshold. I couldn’t block him even when I gave it my all.” The silver-haired Empyrean God sent a telepathic warning to the others, then flew far away, casting spells and controlling magic treasures from a distance, occasionally skirmishing with the Seamless Gate’s White-Faced Flood Dragons. He absolutely refused to fight the Three-Eyed Fiendgod head-on.

The only ones who dared to clash directly with the Three-Eyed Fiendgod were Ji Ning and a few Ying Dragons, Pangu War-Formations, and Karmic Punishment Deities led by Empyrean Gods and True Immortals. As long as they were prepared and two or three joined forces, they could still hold for a moment.

“Boom.”

Ji Ning was sent flying backward once again.

He had already exchanged blows with the Three-Eyed Fiendgod three times in a short span, and each time he was completely suppressed. If the Fiendgod were given a single breath of time, he could probably kill him. Luckily, he had many allies from the same camp to help him catch his breath.

“Here it comes.” Ji Ning, even as he was sent flying back, revealed a hint of joy.

Swoosh!

Directly behind Ji Ning, a towering Empyrean God in a suit of seven-colored armor, holding a spear over ten thousand zhang long, appeared from thin air. His face was even handsome, and it was the face of the Bloodfire Empyrean God.

“An Empyrean God?”

“A Fiendgod?”

“Where did that come from?”

The Seamless Gate’s Fiendgods and beasts, who had been harassing Ji Ning, were caught off guard. But soon, they didn’t care: “Whatever Fiendgod it is, we’ll just kill it! Appearing out of nowhere like that, he was probably hiding in someone’s spatial artifact before, and now he’s suddenly popped out to help.”

They had no way of knowing the terror of the Seven Radiance Empyrean Gods. The main reason was that the seven Empyrean Gods, including the Bloodfire Empyrean God, had perfectly coordinated their auras, suppressing their might to the extreme, emitting very little pressure. Furthermore, this ‘Empyrean God Formation’ was different from the Karmic Punishment Formation. Karmic Punishment Deities primarily absorbed the power of Heaven and Earth to form their bodies; thus, their power was immense, but they were very difficult to control.

The Empyrean God Formation, on the other hand, fused the ‘divine power’ of the several Empyrean Gods who formed it, stacking their power to condense a physical body of divine power. From the outside, it was impossible to tell the difference.

Whether it was the Seven Radiance Empyrean God Formation or the Three-Eyed Fiendgod Formation, both were formed by fusing divine power. This kind of body, formed entirely from one’s own power… was also absolutely perfect to command, unlike a Karmic Punishment Deity, which was so difficult to fully control.

“Attack.”

“Kill.”

“This Karmic Punishment Deity, Ji Ning, is very troublesome. Only the Three-Eyed Fiendgod can probably kill him. Let’s get rid of this newly appeared Fiendgod first.”

“Right. Kill him first.”

The Fiendgods and beasts of the Seamless Gate understood the logic of cutting off one finger rather than injuring all ten. Thus, many of the Seamless Gate combatants nearby temporarily ‘spared’ Ji Ning and completely surrounded the Seven Radiance Empyrean God.

The Seven Radiance Empyrean God’s gaze was cold, his bearing identical to the Bloodfire Empyrean God. He gripped his spear with both hands and simply executed a horizontal sweep.

“Whoosh~~~”

The spear swept into a circle.

In an instant, the spear, over ten thousand zhang long, caused snowflakes to begin drifting through the surrounding heaven and earth. Even time began to distort.

“What’s going on?” A Zhu’yan Beast was about to pounce, but it suddenly felt a terrible sensation. It was the discomfort of distorted time. One moment, it felt as if its own speed had increased, the next, as if it had become pathetically slow. This feeling of temporal chaos made it want to spit blood.

“Boom~~”

It was still trapped in this nightmare when a spear smashed into its body. Boom! The body exploded. The Celestial Immortals and Loose Immortals inside scattered in fear, but they were instantly frozen solid by the drifting snowflakes. In that instant, except for a very few Celestial Immortals who fled into their immortal mansions, all of them were killed.

Boom! Boom! Boom!~~

Just like that, with one sweep of his spear, four White-Faced Flood Dragons, two Zhu’yan Beasts, and three Heavenly God Puppets that had been surrounding him were all killed. Even the notoriously tough Heavenly God Puppets… were completely shaken to death.

Among the four White-Faced Flood Dragons, one was commanded by an Empyrean God.

“Snowflakes adrift, a long spear. Could it be him?” The fleeing Empyrean God revealed a look of terror. “If it’s the Seven Radiance Empyrean God… too late…”

His body instantly split into seven parts, fleeing in all directions!

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A flash of spear-light split into seven brilliant blossoms in the air, and the Empyrean God’s seven avatars were all extinguished. If the Three-Eyed Fiendgod was a path of overwhelming, crushing force, then the Seven Radiance Empyrean God, commanded by the Bloodfire Empyrean God, was a path of exquisite precision. His spear technique was breathtakingly beautiful, turning a single instant for the enemy into an eternity within the distorted flow of time.

That Empyrean God had known his chances were slim.

If he split into too many avatars, each would be too weak, and those drifting snowflakes could kill him. If he split into too few, he wouldn’t be able to dodge the spear-light. So he gambled by splitting into seven.

He had lost.

He was still dead.

“Hahaha. How long has it been? The Seven Radiance Empyrean God of the Starseizing Manor has emerged once more.”

“Joyful, joyful! Darkmoon, it’s been ages since we brothers fought together.”

“Kill, kill, kill! Let’s paint the river red with blood! Let’s overturn heaven and earth!”

“Hmph. Kill them all.”

All seven Empyrean Gods were filled with a soaring battle-lust.

Of course, the other six were shouting and hollering, while the Bloodfire Empyrean God, who commanded the Seven Radiance Empyrean God, was fully focused, unleashing the terrifying spear technique he had honed for endless years, beginning a massacre. One must recall that when the Seven Radiance Empyrean God had fought against the three Mother Queens, who had gathered the power of countless beings and each stood at the threshold of Daofather-hood, they had still been wounded. It was just that those three Mother Queens had been flawless and could automatically recover from their wounds!

“Boom!” The spear was swept.

“Pfft.” It was thrust.

“Boom.” It was smashed.

The spear was like a swimming dragon. Wherever the Seven Radiance Empyrean God passed, he swept all before him. His speed of slaughter even surpassed that of the Three-Eyed Fiendgod! Clearly, his unfathomable spear technique… was far more difficult to withstand than the fierce, barbaric warhammers.

…

On the Seamless Gate’s city wall.

Daofather Ink Bamboo watched the entire battlefield with a faint smile.

“Ink Bamboo, it seems we’re going to win.”

“Mmn. The battle is decided. Crimsonbright probably doesn’t have any tricks left to turn the tables. You’re truly formidable, to have hidden a chess piece like the Evergreen Sword Immortal by Crimsonbright’s side for so long.”

“Haha… that is—” The Godking’s voice cut off abruptly, tinged with shock and fury.

Daofather Ink Bamboo and the Godking were communicating directly, their mind-senses crossing the endless void. At that moment, both of them revealed looks of shock, for they had seen the sudden appearance of the Seven Radiance Empyrean God. Especially when the Seven Radiance Empyrean God began to slaughter wantonly, sweeping away massive numbers of Seamless Gate Fiendgods and beasts with a single stroke of his spear, even killing an Empyrean God, their doubts vanished.

“Snowflakes drifting, hair as red as blood. Could it be…”

…

“The three of you, be careful. That is the Starseizing Manor’s number one War God, the Bloodfire Empyrean God. And he wears seven-colored armor. It’s very likely the Seven Radiance Empyrean God of the Starseizing Manor from ancient times, commanded by the Bloodfire Empyrean God.” Daofather Ink Bamboo sent a telepathic message. He had never seen the Bloodfire Empyrean God in person, but as a Daofather, he had long ago obtained records and images of him.

On the battlefield.

The rampaging Three-Eyed Fiendgod heard the transmission. At the same time, he noticed the Seven Radiance Empyrean God, who killed even more ferociously than himself.

“The Starseizing Manor’s number one War God? Snowflakes adrift, hair as red as blood, the legendary Bloodfire Empyrean God of the primordial era?” The Nine-Headed Lion was shocked. The Golden-Furred Divine Eagle and the Broken-Horned Divine Dragon were also shaken.

They had all come from the primordial era.

However, back then, they had been far less renowned. At the time, they called themselves the Mountain-Devouring Great Sage, the Sea-Devouring Great Sage, and the Heaven-Devouring Great Sage, and were mocked for it. In those days… the Bloodfire Empyrean God was a figure even older and more ancient than the Seven Great Sages of the Demon Race. He was a legendary War God who had already made his name during the era when the Human Race and the Fiendgods were contending for supremacy.

Among the Empyrean Gods who used spears in the primordial era, the two most famous and powerful were Yang Jian, the mightiest War God of the ancient Heavenly Court, and the ancient Bloodfire Empyrean God, who had followed the Primordial True God, ‘Daoist Threelives.’

In the primordial era, the three of them were far beneath the Bloodfire Empyrean God.

But now, they stood at the very pinnacle of Empyrean Gods.

“So what if it’s him? No matter how strong he was back then, he’s in the past now. We are no longer who we once were.”

“Right. I don’t believe that the seven of them, who have been hiding like cowards for so long, can beat us! Starseizing Manor? Its reputation was illustrious in the primordial era, but it’s been ruined for countless ages now.”

“Big Brother, Second Brother, let’s kill him!”

“Kill!”

The Three-Eyed Fiendgod was fearless and charged directly to meet him.

“This is…”

“Such a powerful Empyrean God! Where did he come from? He’s helping our Crimsonbright Realmverse?”

“Too strong.”

“Snowflakes adrift, a long spear? Could it be the number one War God of the ancient Starseizing Manor…”

“It’s Bloodfire?”

“It’s the Seven Radiance Empyrean God, commanded by Bloodfire.”

“That’s right. It’s the Bloodfire Empyrean God.”

The Crimsonbright Realmverse side also noticed this terrifying Fiendgod, whose killing intent soared to the heavens and whose strength had clearly reached the Daofather threshold. Many of these Empyrean Gods and True Immortals had been born in the primordial era, so they all knew the legends of the Bloodfire Empyrean God. Some had even seen him in person, including… the Xia Emperor.

“However, those three great demon gods of Devouring Mountain are extraordinarily powerful, already standing at the pinnacle of Empyrean Gods. The Three-Eyed Fiendgod they form together has reached the Daofather level. Can the Seven Radiance Empyrean God, commanded by the Bloodfire Empyrean God, defeat the Three-Eyed Fiendgod?”

“It’s dangerous.”

A hint of worry was born in the hearts of the Crimsonbright Realmverse’s forces.

“DIE!” The roaring Three-Eyed Fiendgod made the earth tremble with every step. Wielding his two great hammers, he savagely charged at the Seven Radiance Empyrean God. Ji Ning was no longer in his eyes; only the Empyrean God before him mattered. The Three-Eyed Fiendgod had only one thought… he absolutely had to eliminate the Seven Radiance Empyrean God!

Bloodfire? Hmph. An old fossil who had been hiding for who knows how many years.

“Boom, boom, boom.” The Seven Radiance Empyrean God also charged towards the Three-Eyed Fiendgod. As he did so, the long spear in his hands swept forward, parting the enemy before him like weeds. Some Seamless Gate Fiendgods who dodged too slowly were blown apart with a boom. The legions not commanded by Empyrean Gods or True Immortals didn’t even dare to approach this Seven Radiance Empyrean God.

In an instant—

The Seven Radiance Empyrean God and the Three-Eyed Fiendgod closed in on each other.

At this moment.

Almost the entire battlefield was focused on this spot. Even the Divergent Archer Dongzhe, who was in a crazed state with only a single Chaos Daofruit left, noticed it. Even Daofather Ink Bamboo and Daofather Crimsonbright, observing from both sides, were staring intently, watching with tension. The outcome of the clash between the Seven Radiance Empyrean God and the Three-Eyed Fiendgod would be fatal to the entire war situation.

“DIE FOR ME! DIE! I AM THE STRONGEST!” The Three-Eyed Fiendgod, swinging his two warhammers like a windmill, brought them down. The warhammers carried the ripples of space itself, bringing with them an endless, profound heaviness, as if two infinite continents of earth were smashing directly towards the Seven Radiance Empyrean God.

But the Seven Radiance Empyrean God did not use any exquisite spear techniques. Instead, he met force with force.

The Seven Radiance Empyrean God gripped the spear with both hands, using his waist as the central pivot, and explosively exerted his strength. In that instant, time twisted, and countless snowflakes converged on the spear, forming a colossal, snowy-white phantom of a spear.

“BOOM~~”

A cataclysmic collision.

The massive, snowy-white phantom spear swept directly onto the warhammer. Though it shuddered violently from the impact, it then lashed across the body of the Three-Eyed Fiendgod. The Fiendgod barely had time to cross the hafts of his hammers in front of his chest before his feet were lifted from the ground, and he was sent flying backward through the air.