The Otherworld Ancestral God Revealed

"Where do you think you're running!" Otherworld Ancestral God Babra shouted as he charged forward first, cutting off Xiao Chen's escape route.

In the next instant, over a dozen Half-Ancestors transformed into streaks of rainbow light, descending and surrounding Xiao Chen in the center.

Clutching the jade box sealed with the Great Annihilation War Lance, Xiao Chen found no way to flee and descended onto the enormous island below.

The ground was littered with white bones, crunching underfoot—many had weathered to dust, sending up plumes of bone powder with each step.

"Gentlemen, we spent great effort retrieving the War Lance, only to have it snatched away by him. I believe it is only right to demand an explanation. Why not join forces to seal him here first, and then discuss the Lance's归属?"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra proposed this suggestion with calm composure, intending to use the crowd's power to eliminate Xiao Chen. He made the first move.

One had to admit, the fellow was cunning and venomous—with a few light words and an opening move, if others followed suit, Xiao Chen would truly be in danger.

Just as the dozen-plus Half-Ancestors revealed killing intent, Xiao Chen casually tossed the jade box sealing the Great Annihilation War Lance. With a thump, it landed not far from Babra.

Those who had been about to attack immediately halted, all eyes fixed on the jade box before Otherworld Ancestral God Babra.

Xiao Chen said calmly, "Gentlemen, do not forget—he was the first to flee with the War Lance, trying to claim it for himself. I shattered space to intercept him; otherwise, he would have disappeared without a trace."

He paused, then continued, "You may fight over the jade box if you wish, but before that, I believe there is someone we should eliminate first."

Babra sensed something amiss and quickly interjected before others could speak, "Are you trying to sow discord?"

Xiao Chen sneered, "What discord? I am merely stating some facts. Gentlemen, do you even know his true origins?"

"Are you Xiao Chen?" Asura Half-Ancestor suddenly narrowed his eyes, recalling his humiliating defeat in the Western lands of the mortal world—a memory that still rankled.

"It is I." Xiao Chen openly revealed his true face.

"Why waste words on him? Let us strike him down, then discuss the treasure!" Otherworld Ancestral God Babra, feeling guilty, launched the first attack.

Clang!

Eight bone lances shattered the void, colliding with Xiao Chen's War Sword. Moving like wind and lightning, they clashed millions of times in a brief instant.

Amid the exchange, Xiao Chen's voice rang out clearly: "Gentlemen, you all lived through the ancient era. Does not a figure wielding eight bone lances and a scorpion tail seem familiar?"

Swoosh!

Babra's scorpion tail—a white bone barb—was even more fearsome than the eight lances, darting like lightning amid the cold gleam of the War Sword, irresistible.

Clang!

The scorpion tail's white bone barb struck Xiao Chen's Dark-Iron War Suit, producing a series of resounding clashes and deforming the armor repeatedly.

After evading a heavy blow, Xiao Chen pointed at Babra and shouted, "This fellow is an Otherworld powerhouse! Everyone, surround him now—do not let him escape!"

Those four words—'Otherworld powerhouse'—startled everyone present.

"Nonsense!" Babra said coldly. "Trying to sow discord among Half-Ancestors? This tactic is far too cheap." As he spoke, he launched an even fiercer assault.

Xiao Chen deflected the attack with his War Sword and called out to those around him, "Gentlemen, if you do not believe me, you are welcome to encircle the two of us."

Rustle! The dozen-plus Half-Ancestors surrounded them.

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra stiffened, his hollow eye sockets shooting out two beams of cold light as he temporarily halted combat.

Asura Half-Ancestor shouted loudly, "Gentlemen, let us attack together! Regardless of who they are, seal them both first, then deal with them slowly!"

The old fox clearly had ulterior motives—he suspected Babra was an Otherworld powerhouse, but also wanted Xiao Chen sealed.

"Correct, let us capture these two first!" Skeleton King echoed, seeing both men as his great enemies, filled with boundless hatred.

Some of the Half-Ancestors began to believe Xiao Chen's words, for they faintly sensed an unusual aura—the fist-sized mass of Ancestral God's vital blood on Babra's body was emitting a radiance he could barely conceal.

Xiao Chen's expression turned grave as he thundered, "Gentlemen, do not lose the greater goal for the lesser! This man truly is an Otherworld powerhouse named Babra. In the distant past, he fought our Ancestral Gods while wielding the Great Annihilation War Lance!"

"Babra? The Babra slain by Martial Ancestor?" someone exclaimed.

Some among them had clearly heard that name before.

"Indeed, the legendary Babra looks exactly like this. His weapon was called the Great Annihilation War Lance, which once severely wounded Sovereign Youchao."

All faces turned grave as they completely sealed off the area, cutting off all Babra's retreats.

"No wonder he knew the jade box contained a War Lance and claimed it was his former divine weapon—he truly is Otherworld Ancestral God Babra," Skeleton King ground his teeth.

These Half-Ancestors had all lived long, cunning lives; earlier they had feigned ignorance to vie for the treasure, but now that they confirmed it was a fallen Otherworld Ancestral God, none dared play with fire.

The pressure the Otherworld brought upon the Nine Provinces and the Four Worlds was immense—only those of their caliber truly understood.

"He must not be allowed to escape!"

"Hmph!" Otherworld Ancestral God Babra let out a sinister laugh. His identity exposed, he no longer concealed his Ancestral God Bone Body, which erupted with a holy yet terrifying aura, shocking everyone present. The fist-sized mass of Ancestral God's vital blood within his skull made every heart race.

"You ants—once you groveled at my feet like crawling insects, and now you dare raise a hand against me?" Only Babra would speak so arrogantly, his haughty mindset never abandoned.

"You eight-legged spider! You're dead already, yet still dare show your face? We'll send you back to dust on behalf of Martial Ancestor!"

None of these Half-Ancestors were pushovers; it had been ages since anyone dared disrespect them. Being belittled by the remnant consciousness of an Otherworld Ancestral God—how could they swallow that?

Skeleton King struck first, a realm of white bones pressing down with a crash as it collided with the eight bone lances.

"Kill him!" The other Half-Ancestors joined in, united against a common foe for once.

"Raising such a commotion will awaken the sleeping powerhouse in the Sea of Corpses—none of you will survive either!" Otherworld Ancestral God Babra sneered coldly, meeting their attacks.

"Finish this quickly! Take him down!" Xiao Chen charged forward, War Sword in hand.

Of all those present, Babra hated Xiao Chen the most. His indestructible scorpion tail barb met the attack.

Clang! It struck the War Sword.

That single exchange sent waves surging sky-high from the Sea of Corpses.

Babra was clearly doing it deliberately—trying to awaken the terrifying being slumbering below to frighten the crowd into retreat.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

More than a dozen Half-Ancestors struck in unison; even someone as powerful as Babra could barely withstand the onslaught, suffering repeated heavy blows in moments.

Yet he possessed an Ancestral God Bone Body—imperishable and indestructible, impossible to shatter—a sight that chilled everyone present.

"Ah...!"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra roared, the world trembling and the elements twisting. His soul-shaking cry sent the corpse clouds overhead roiling, gathering from every direction above the island.

In his right hand, a fierce War Lance materialized, pointing diagonally at the sky, exuding a murderous intent that pierced the heavens.

The Sea of Corpses in the distance erupted, surging with a thousand layers of waves. The yellow corpse fluid sent chills through the heart, its contained power making even the Half-Ancestors deeply uneasy.

"If I die, we all die—let the being in the Sea of Corpses destroy us all!" Babra's move was nearly insane, yet his tone was dark and composed.

At that moment, everyone felt a nagging fear of hitting a hornet's nest.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Xiao Chen struck with his great Heavenly Stele, knocking Babra head over heels three times in a row. The other Half-Ancestors also laid on heavy blows, making Babra's bone joints creak and crack.

"You forced my hand!" Babra bellowed. The fist-sized mass of Ancestral God's vital blood in his skull instantly dyed his entire body red, his white bones turning as translucent and glittering as red agate.

At the same time, the Great Annihilation War Lance in his hand became more real, its explosive pressure shaking heaven and earth!

BOOM!

In that instant, he swept the lance in all directions—the weapon soul of the Great Annihilation War Lance, capable of piercing worlds, abruptly shattered!

Overwhelming divine power swept across the heavens and earth, instantly boiling the Sea of Corpses nearby. The divine radiance缠绕 the island blazed even brighter.

"If I die, we all die!" Babra was utterly mad.

At this moment, everyone sensed an unusual aura growing stronger—something colossal was awakening in the Sea of Corpses.

A suffocating pressure enveloped all directions, shaking the very souls of the Half-Ancestors!

Babra was decisive—cruel to his enemies and cruel to himself, unafraid of mutual annihilation.

BOOM!

The boundless yellow Sea of Corpses churned violently. A towering wave rolled up to the sky, scattering even the corpse clouds.

In that moment, everyone felt their ears ringing, as if a giant hammer had struck their hearts, causing their bodies to tremble uncontrollably.

"Who dares disturb my slumber..."

The vast voice echoed across the entire sky. Each word struck like a thunderclap, sending rumbles through the air. Not only did the Sea of Corpses howl, but even the blood in the veins of the dozen-plus Half-Ancestors surged uncontrollably.

Everyone was horrified!

At that moment, all the Half-Ancestors held their breath, their hearts filled with awe.

They had truly awakened a sleeping powerhouse—an existence surpassing Half-Ancestors. Tension gripped all.

Only Babra's hollow eye sockets flickered with uncertain light, as if contemplating something.

"Intruding upon the Sea of Corpses and disturbing my slumber brings only one outcome—death!" The majestic voice rang through the entire Sea of Corpses, shaking heaven and earth.

The casual power to obliterate over a dozen Half-Ancestors—the mere thought was terrifying. And such a being truly existed in the Sea of Corpses.

In that moment, everyone fell silent.

They had originally thought this place was where the Otherworld Ancestral God was sealed, that it should contain allies or objects—but now it seemed their guess was wrong.

This sleeping powerhouse seemed to follow his own whims, not even bothering to ask their origins.

"I will give you a chance—otherwise, I will erase every one of you from existence!"

The great voice resounded in the ears of the dozen-plus Half-Ancestors, shaking their blood and energy.

"Pull out the formation flags beneath the island you stand on!"

Hmm? At those final words, the Half-Ancestors were startled. Could the sleeping powerhouse be sealed? If so, he posed no threat to them.

"Do not doubt my power!" At that moment, the distant heavens shattered, and the exit to the Sea of Corpses was instantly sealed!

Everyone's expression changed. If the sleeping powerhouse had power comparable to an Ancestral God, why would he need them to pull up the formation flags?

"If you do not wish to be erased, do as I say—begin at once!"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra was the first to stride toward the island's center, his thoughts unknown. The dozen-plus Half-Ancestors exchanged glances and followed.

The island's center blazed with divine radiance like a volcanic eruption, exceptionally brilliant.

BOOM!

Babra struck out with a palm, clearing away the rubble in an instant.

For now, no one bothered to settle scores with him; all were lost in thought.

The sealing power here was clearly much stronger than on the previous island, requiring everyone to join forces again.

Rumble...

Half an hour later, the surface seals were broken by the assembled group.

"Since you pulled out the flags on the first island, you might as well handle this one too," Skeleton King said, fixing his gaze on Babra.

Under the watch of everyone, Otherworld Ancestral God Babra nodded. "Fine." Then he pointed to the jade box temporarily held by Yaksha Half-Ancestor. "My Great Annihilation War Lance is sealed inside. I need its power, and all of you must assist me."

Yaksha Half-Ancestor tossed the jade box over. Babra leaped into the underground pit, and the dozen-plus Half-Ancestors all poured down divine light.

But barely a quarter of an hour later, a scream rose from below.

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra shot up holding the jade box, then crashed back onto the island ground with a thump. He writhed in agony, rolling back and forth across the earth.

The dozen-plus Half-Ancestors were horrified. Babra was now pitch black—his once snow-white Ancestral God Bone Body looked as though it had been dyed with ink, emanating a foul stench.

Meanwhile, the jade box sealing the Great Annihilation War Lance had cracked open, and a stream of evil corpse fluid that made even Half-Ancestors' hair stand on end was seeping out.

"Liquid Ancestral God Corpse Toxin!" someone exclaimed.

Everyone retreated. Xiao Chen's eyes gleamed coldly—he recognized it indeed as Ancestral God Corpse Toxin, having seen it in its gaseous form.

"Babra, your heart is truly wicked! You used our strength to open the jade box, hoping to retrieve the Great Annihilation War Lance!"

"He never expected the box to be filled with Ancestral God Corpse Toxin!"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra, his body charred black, kept thrashing, poisoned to the brink of death. Even the Ancestral God's vital blood in his skull was corroded, no longer bright and radiant.

Every Half-Ancestor felt a chill run down their spine. Ancestral God Corpse Toxin was said to kill anyone below Ancestral God. They all retreated in fear of the slightest contact.

"Qiu Gelema... this was their corpse-refining ground!" Babra howled, rolling and twisting, as if overcome with grief. He roared, "The poison I left behind has now fallen upon her—her body was refined into Ancestral God Corpse Toxin! The Sea of Corpses... the corpse fluid truly came from the腐蚀 of her flesh and blood!"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra seemed to have gone mad. Even the Ancestral God Corpse Toxin could not kill him; he wailed in agony, as if overcome with sorrow.

A chill ran down the spines of all the Half-Ancestors. The very object they had been fighting over was such terrifying corpse toxin—had one of them opened it, the consequences would have been unthinkable. The mere thought sent a shudder.

At the same time, they deduced many things.

In the ancient past, the Otherworld Ancestral God had used Ancestral God Corpse Toxin to erode the World of Immortality. To neutralize that ultimate poison, Ancestral God Shennong had sacrificed even his physical body.

Little did they know that the very place where the corpse toxin was extracted had turned into this endless Sea of Corpses.

Xiao Chen immediately understood: this space, like the ancient ruins in the Nine Provinces, was a realm carved out by the Otherworld.

In the Nine Provinces' ancient ruins, many experts of the hundred races had been imprisoned, and even a king had been sealed within a blood pool.

Renwairen and Tianwaitian had once told Xiao Chen that the ancient ruins in the Nine Provinces were a major Otherworld outpost where cruel racial experiments had been conducted.

And this place seemed to be another such outpost, except the experiments were not on the hundred races—they were on Ancestral God-level powerhouses.

What was even more terrifying was that they had refined their own fallen Ancestral God into a horrific poison—and that person appeared to be a woman Babra had loved.

Babra's left shinbone shattered, though the rest of his skeleton, though charred, remained intact.

Skeleton King could have regenerated flesh and blood, but he kept himself in skeletal form; otherwise, his face would have turned green with rage. He growled in fury—that was his shinbone, ruined by the Ancestral God Corpse Toxin!

"How ruthless their hearts were! I, Babra, rendered meritorious service on countless battlefields. In the end, I was forgotten—even the body of the woman I loved was refined into corpse toxin... Ah...!"

Otherworld Ancestral God Babra roared like a wounded wolf, his soul-shattering cries shaking the Sea of Corpses.

He seemed to have reached the depths of torment.

"To think we were so close after death—I at the lower reaches of the corpse river, you at the upper..."

"You are Babra? That name sounds familiar." Just then, from the yellow Sea of Corpses came the terrifying voice that had shaken the heavens. "Back then, they seemed to have planned to refine two corpses. They wanted to find your corpse as well, to produce Ancestral God Corpse Toxin... but for some reason, they never went looking for your bones."

"They wanted to refine me into Ancestral God Corpse Toxin too?!" Babra let out a beast-like howl.

"Crawling insect, do not howl before me!" The colossal voice boomed like thunder, causing the Half-Ancestors' blood to surge.

In that moment, all the Half-Ancestors fell silent. Faced with such a mighty existence, they had no power to resist.

Xiao Chen also remained silent, furrowing his brow.

Babra roared, "What are you saying? You call me a crawling insect?"

"Before me, you are indeed a crawling insect."

"Who... are you?" Babra bellowed.

Not only Babra but the dozen-plus Half-Ancestors also burned with the same question.

BOOM!

The once-turbulent Sea of Corpses suddenly fell deathly silent. The majestic voice did not reply; instead, a terrifying ripple spread outward, causing the entire space to tremble.