All Living Beings Tremble!

The once boundless and desolate desert now churned like a boiling cauldron. Thousands of miles of golden sand surged, and dark clouds rolled across the sky, as if the entire world were in upheaval, as if the end of days had come.

"Boom—"

A colossal wave of energy erupted from the spatial rift hundreds of miles away, shaking heaven and earth. It struck in an instant, like an apocalypse-level hurricane that would annihilate all resistance.

The White Tiger Saint Emperor, first palace lord of the Heavenly Demon Palace, and several others were sent flying by the mere shockwave. The power was unimaginable—mere energy fluctuations had repelled experts nearing the half-ancestor realm.

An Ancestral God of the Otherworld!

His might could shake heaven and earth.

The White Tiger Saint Emperor let out a long howl and soared upward once more, charging at his opponent. His four tiger claws churned, shattering the dark clouds continuously. Countless beams of starlight fell from the distant starry sky, engulfing the White Tiger Saint Emperor in endless radiance. He seemed to be formed entirely of starlight.

His tiger form grew larger, towering over ten thousand zhang, piercing through the clouds and stretching into the infinite void, as if reaching into the stars. Every minute movement he made shattered patches of void—truly an apocalyptic White Tiger.

He spat out a ball of white light, instantly shattering the opponent's golden chariot and locking down a domain. As his tiger claws swept out, a world-in-the-palm formed in the void—created entirely by the White Tiger Saint Emperor's will, intending to trap the Otherworld half-ancestor.

The first palace lord of the Heavenly Demon Palace also let out a long howl and soared back into the battlefield. These experts approaching the half-ancestor realm knew this might be their only chance. They were not true half-ancestors yet; if the Otherworld Ancestral God descended, they might not have the opportunity to act at all.

"Boom—"

The spatial rift hundreds of miles away collapsed. Waves of power that made even half-ancestors shudder rolled forth. Everyone knew the Otherworld Ancestral God had truly descended.

This world deep within the Ancient God Wasteland was utterly destroyed. In an instant, it shattered, annihilated, and returned to chaos...

Just as it was about to engulf the half-ancestors on the periphery, Ancestral God-level fluctuations arrived from the direction of the Eternal Continent!

The entire Ancient God Wasteland, over two hundred thousand li across, boiled. That was the effect of the Eternal Continent's Ancestral God fluctuations. A terrible pressure that made even gods tremble.

Golden sand waves rose ten thousand zhang high, more terrifying than a trillion tsunamis. They swept through everything in the world, with nothing able to withstand them or resist them.

The legendary deathland—the Ancient God Wasteland—was splitting apart, surging and roaring.

The Ancestral God fluctuations of the Eternal Continent pressed down on heaven and earth, violently clashing with the Otherworld Ancestral God's fluctuations, directly tearing apart the vast desert for two hundred thousand li.

Such might made all half-ancestors change color. Though they too could cause this level of destruction with a single blow, they could never produce such a terrifying effect merely through radiating energy fluctuations.

An Ancestral God was unfathomable. Without reaching that realm, one could never understand the true power of an Ancestral God.

One thing could be deduced: the power of an Ancestral God could truly destroy a world.

Both sides' half-ancestors were protected by their own Ancestral Gods' supreme divine power and carried into the sky. Xiao Chen was among them.

Who was it? Who was the Ancestral God of the Eternal Continent?

That was everyone's question—they all urgently wanted to know which Ancestral God had not truly fallen.

"This illusory world still has a living Ancestral God... Unbelievable..."

The Otherworld Ancestral God's voice was vast and mighty, making even half-ancestors' ears ring. Xiao Chen nearly fell from the clouds.

"It's you—Shennong!"

Abruptly, the Otherworld Ancestral God cried out this name, shocking everyone's spirits.

"How is that possible? Weren't you dead?! Back then, one of our realm's Ancestral God died, and their corpse turned into world-destroying Ancestral-Corpse Poison that swept into the Eternal Continent, intending to destroy this illusory world. It was you... you used your own body as a furnace, refined all the Ancestral-Corpse Poison, saved this illusory world, and ultimately transformed into mountains and rivers, falling in the process." The Otherworld Ancestral God seemed extremely shocked. Though he did not manifest his true body in the world, one could imagine his expression.

Not only was Xiao Chen shocked, but all the half-ancestors were also extremely astonished. This was a secret even they did not know—for the first time hearing how Shennong had fallen.

The merit of an Ancestral God was beyond expression. An unknown secret history, a monumental achievement never mentioned to later generations—that was the breadth of an Ancestral God's spirit!

Shennong did not speak. With a flash, his form manifested in the Ancient God Wasteland from a distant, unknown location on the Eternal Continent, then vanished into the endless leaden clouds from which the Otherworld Ancestral God had rolled forth.

The half-ancestors all saw that afterimage. Everyone's gaze turned to Zhuangzi simultaneously, their expressions filled with extreme shock.

"It's you..."

"An Ancestral God?"

Because the half-ancestors saw that the so-called Shennong was actually Zhuangzi's original body! This was too shocking.

"It's not me. I am merely providing a vessel for Ancestral God Shennong. His flesh has transformed into endless mountains and rivers; he uses my body as a guide to summon his spiritual consciousness back."

The crowd fell silent. The legend was true. Though Zhuangzi's combat power was not the strongest among the Ancestral Gods, his spiritual realm approached theirs. Otherwise, how could he communicate with the remnant spirit of a fallen Ancestral God?

"Everyone, why not make your move now? Ancestral God Shennong is here, blocking the opposing Ancestral God. We will slaughter all the half-ancestors of that world—not one shall escape!" Lord Tongtian, the master of slaughter, shouted. The diagram of the Immortal-Slaying Formation hung above his head, and the four fierce swords vibrated unceasingly as he charged forward.

The Immortal-Slaying Formation was known as one of the five greatest killing formations in the Eternal Continent, and for good reason. Its murderous aura shot straight up, and four rainbows pierced into the endless starry sky, shattering all tangible things.

"Chi chi..."

Four enormous chaotic sword beams instantly severed a golden chariot within the dark clouds and even sent one of the Otherworld half-ancestor's sleeves flying.

Sweeping through a thousand armies, the master of slaughter, Lord Tongtian, shook his sword formation. The second strike sent out eight chaotic sword beams as thick as mountains, directly shattering the first half-ancestor's robes.

"A Dao that defies heaven—peerless four swords!" Lord Tongtian bellowed, and for the third time, he used great divine power combined with the Immortal-Slaying Formation to unleash endless chaotic sword beams. The resplendent sword qi, each beam as thick as a mountain, connected with countless stars in the infinite sky, and devastating starlight descended from above.

"Chi chi..."

The sound of space tearing filled the air, as if countless beams of deathly light flew down from the outer space, directly striking the Otherworld half-ancestor.

The dreadful might was impossible to fathom.

The third strike pierced a bloody hole through the Otherworld half-ancestor's chest, clean through front to back. Blood spurted, and countless starlight followed, all crashing down on that half-ancestor's body, scorching it black and knocking him straight back for tens of li.

When Lord Tongtian truly went berserk with the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords, he was one of the most powerful half-ancestors on the Eternal Continent. From the very start, he severely wounded an Otherworld half-ancestor.

"Kill..."

By now, even Ancestral Gods had made their move. The future of the Eternal Continent was at stake. How could the half-ancestors, the backbone of their strength, hold back? Everyone charged forward. Even the compassionate Buddha was moved to killing intent!

At this moment, the supreme experts of the Eternal Continent had no selfish motives. They all unleashed their strongest power.

Here and now, the half-ancestors of the Eternal Continent definitely held the advantage, for their numbers exceeded the enemy's.

Zhundi Daoist wielded the Seven-Treasures Wonderful Tree, sweeping it repeatedly to shatter all the waves of Otherworld energy summoned by the enemy half-ancestor. Then he broke through, manifesting his golden body. Eighteen arms brandished divine swords, demon-subduing pestles, and heavenly silks, stirring up sand waves ten thousand zhang high in the Ancient God Wasteland, even flinging golden sand columns onto the stars like giant dragons breaking through the void.

The Great Demon Lord Satan, without any scruples, raised his demonic staff and summoned endless deathly clouds from the outer starry sky, directly striking the half-ancestor entangled with Zhundi.

"Boom!"

That half-ancestor was struck solidly, his body nearly collapsing on the spot. Enraged, his hair standing on end, he shouted, "Two of you fighting me at once—have you no shame?"

"Fellow Daoist, you are attached to appearances. You wanted to shatter the Eternal Continent and destroy a world of living beings—you did not even frown. Now that you are about to return to nothingness in perfect completion, why cling to obsession?" Zhundi Daoist spoke with a benevolent expression, sweeping one hundred and eight layers of light curtains with the Seven-Treasures Wonderful Tree, while his eighteen-armed golden body closed in on the half-ancestor, shattering the void and borrowing star power from the outer space to seal and refine this Otherworld half-ancestor.

Beside him, Satan laughed coldly. He waved his demonic staff again, and the deathly clouds from the outer starry sky surged endlessly, instantly drowning the half-ancestor locked in combat with Zhundi. Relying on his own powerful physique, Satan charged forward and slammed his staff down heavily.

"Thump!"

It struck solidly across the half-ancestor's back. Blood splattered, and his spine almost shattered. The half-ancestor howled in fury, turning to flee upward into the starry sky above.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay..." Zhundi Daoist called out gently behind him, his expression kind and his eyes compassionate even as the Seven-Treasures Wonderful Tree shot into the sky ahead of him. Then it transformed into a seven-colored rainbow tens of thousands of zhang long that descended from the heavens like an unstoppable blade.

The seven-colored rainbow, tens of thousands of zhang long, illuminated the entire Ancient God Wasteland. Like an invincible blade, it savagely severed one of the half-ancestor's arms.

At the same time, Satan and Zhundi Daoist surged forward, repeatedly unleashing great divine power against that half-ancestor. Zhundi sealed the wounded Otherworld half-ancestor with the Seven-Treasures Wonderful Tree, while Satan coldly summoned endless deathly clouds from the outer starry sky, drowning the Otherworld half-ancestor and beginning to refine him.

Even half-ancestors felt pain, even fear. The Otherworld half-ancestor screamed in terror, but it was to no avail. None could save him. All the Otherworld half-ancestors were locked in bitter struggle. In absolute numbers, they could not match the Eternal Continent's forces.

The battle on the other side was nearing its end. Lord Tongtian, as a combat-paramount half-ancestor, deployed the Immortal-Slaying Formation and, with his great divine powers, swept all before him. With Kong Xuan's Five-Colored Divine Light aiding him, he left ninety-nine clean sword holes, front to back, on an Otherworld half-ancestor's body. He was about to take the man's head.

The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords swept out beams as thick as mountains. Now they no longer stabbed—Lord Tongtian was ready to shatter the opponent.

Fortunately, the battlefield was the Ancient God Wasteland, stretching over two hundred thousand li from north to south—spacious enough. If this battle had taken place on the Eternal Continent, most of the living beings would probably have been destroyed.

No one knew where Shennong and the Otherworld Ancestral God were fighting, nor the scale of their battle. It was impossible to fathom the intensity of combat at that level, to judge who was strong and who was weak. At this moment, all the half-ancestors could sense only an indescribable oppression. They could not track the Ancestral Gods' traces, as if all the waters of the four seas and all the mountains of heaven and earth had pressed down on their hearts, filling them with unbearable heaviness.

They knew that was the Ancestral Gods locked in battle—their pressure affecting the half-ancestors' emotions.

Yes, this was no illusion; it was a real sensation. The pressure of the Ancestral Gods' combat enveloped the entire sky above the Ancient God Wasteland.

The half-ancestors speculated that perhaps the two Ancestral Gods had already charged into the endless starry sky to fight, or else the Eternal Continent would likely have been destroyed by now.

At that moment, across the entire boundless Eternal Continent, the hearts of all living beings trembled. They felt as if the end of days had come. The Ancestral Gods' battle affected every corner of the continent!

Though they could not see the greatest battle, which would be remembered for ages, the pressure radiating from the Ancestral Gods' combat truly affected all beings, making every living creature tremble in fear!

Such were Ancestral Gods! With a mere raising of a hand or a step, they filled countless billions of creatures with dread, influencing the entire world.

The entire Eternal Continent fell silent at that moment, plunged into a terrifying stillness. All living beings were in a state of utter panic.

And at this point, the great battle in the Ancient God Wasteland had reached a white-hot intensity. Perhaps only the half-ancestors remained unaffected. Regardless, they had to fight—they were equally indispensable forces.

"Boom!"

The void shattered. A stone dagger materialized in the hand of Martial Saint Sun Wu. As he struck downward, even the stars in the sky trembled! In an instant, he severed the head of an Otherworld half-ancestor. Blood spurted heavenward, dyeing the entire sky red. Peals of thunder echoed across the Ancient God Wasteland.

When a half-ancestor fell, heaven and earth produced strange phenomena. Rumbling sounds rang out without end.

The power of the stone dagger shocked all the half-ancestors.

Lord Tongtian's eyes shot a cold light. The Four Immortal-Slaying Swords activated in unison. Kong Xuan beside him swept out his Five-Colored Divine Light, fixing that half-ancestor, who was mortally wounded from his injuries. Chi chi—chaotic sword beams as thick as mountains instantly shattered the Otherworld half-ancestor.

The second Otherworld half-ancestor fell!

"Zhuangzi, take the stone dagger to Ancestral God Shennong!" Martial Saint Sun Wu shouted. He knew it was an Ancestral God-class treasure. If Shennong grasped it, his chances of victory would increase by several tenths.

The stone dagger merged with Zhuangzi. The butterfly's wings beat, their crystalline surfaces annihilating space, cleaving the half-ancestor who had been entangled with him in two! Then Zhuangzi shot up into the sky and vanished.

"Wait for me!" Xiao Chen shouted from afar. Several stone artifacts were inside his body. If he gave them all to Shennong, perhaps the odds would be even better. Above all, the Ancestral God must be eliminated. Once the Otherworld Ancestral God defeated Shennong, all the half-ancestors combined would likely be unable to stop him.

"Stay where you are. One Ancestral God-class treasure is enough!" Martial Saint Sun Wu shouted. "You are an indispensable link. Awaken that little snow-white beast, have it open Paradise Lost—we must truly annihilate all half-ancestors."

When a half-ancestor's physical body was destroyed, it did not mean they were truly and completely dead. As long as their spiritual consciousness remained undispersed, they could reappear in the world. Paradise Lost was a nightmare for half-ancestors. Sun Wu's plan... could not be called anything but ruthless.

The Twenty-Four War Swords... Paradise Lost... the fall of the Eternal Continent's half-ancestors... he carried the Twenty-Four War Swords and Paradise Lost... the Otherworld came to destroy the Eternal Continent... to seize the Twenty-Four War Swords... the nightmare of Paradise Lost... Xiao Chen understood completely now.

"Stars fall!"

The Sun Holy Spirit and other Western half-ancestors chanted in unison, invoking forbidden power. Countless stars flew in from the outer starry sky, hurtling toward the Ancient God Wasteland.

Summoning extraterrestrial stars—that was absolutely a world-destroying force!

The half-ancestors of the Eternal Continent truly intended to completely annihilate the Otherworld half-ancestors.

"Do not let a single one escape!" Primordial shouted.

Sun Wu said grimly, "Rest assured, arrangements have long been made. Emperor Xuanyuan, Laozi, Chiyou, the Old Dragon of the Southern Wastes, Old Phoenix Mother, and others have already gone to guard the spatial rift. No one can flee!"

Xiao Chen was calling out with all his heart for the little snow-white beast to awaken. Paradise Lost... today it would play a great role!

But just at that moment, a shocking warning came from the direction of the spatial rift: "Trouble! Another powerful being is about to descend upon the Eternal Continent... It seems to be an Ancestral God!"