Otherworld Powerhouses Besiege the Ancient Village

Otherworld powerhouses descended, surrounding Ancestral Dragon Village. Led by a woman in silver battle armor, all of them radiated murderous intent.

Forty to fifty warriors, each clad in gleaming divine-metal war suits, their cold light concealing their bodies. The divine weapons in their hands—black-iron war spears, golden divine swords, bronze great halberds—all blazed with blinding light, exuding a bone-piercing chill.

Though barely a few dozen strong, they gathered like a thousand armies in stampede, emitting a heart-stopping, dread-inducing aura. They were a pack of demon gods born for slaughter! No fewer than a dozen Half-Ancestors among them.

When they saw Xiao Chen and his group approaching, these Otherworld powerhouses shot them icy glares. Their cold gazes swept across like the depths of winter.

"Xiao Chen, be careful!" Fatty Zhuge shouted a warning. "That woman in the silver war suit—she has terrifying speed. She managed to evade the Paradise Lost before it could close. And her cultivation has reached the Eighth Heaven!"

An Eighth Heaven Half-Ancestor was an extremely fearsome thing. Under normal circumstances, she could easily crush a Third or Fourth Heaven Half-Ancestor.

The white-clad woman held a silver divine sword that shone like lightning. She stood fearlessly in the void, blocking the path between Paradise Lost and Xiao Chen's group.

"So these are your reinforcements—just a few Half-Ancestors," said the woman in silver battle armor. She was stunningly beautiful yet exceedingly cold and proud. Her phoenix eyes shot out icy radiance as she swept her gaze over Heaven Beyond Heaven and Brave Bear.

Then she looked at Xiao Chen, who had not even reached the Half-Ancestor realm, and her expression grew even icier. Her eyes were utterly emotionless and contemptuous, as if looking down on an ant.

She raised her divine sword, pointing it toward Xiao Chen and his group. A vast killing intent surged like a flood, roaring and shaking the wilderness with incomparable impact.

Xiao Chen had already secretly transmitted his intentions to Keke ahead, as well as to Heaven Beyond Heaven and the others. Now, instead of retreating, he advanced, summoning the six Heavenly Stele shadows to smash against the torrent of killing intent as he charged forward.

"You seek death!" The woman in silver armor tossed her hair. Against her cold metal suit, she looked even more beautiful and ruthless. Her speed was incredible; she arrived before Xiao Chen in an instant.

The six Heavenly Stele shadows Xiao Chen had summoned were phantoms, yet each was as heavy as a mountain. Before they fell, the land around them began to tremble.

Without question, these six steles could shake an ordinary Half-Ancestor. Even Babra, who had fallen from the Ancestral God realm, had suffered greatly from them.

But this woman of the Eighth Heaven was clearly not someone who could be suppressed. Absolute power could break all methods.

Her divine sword blazed into the sky like a massive sun blooming in her hand. Like a bolt of lightning, it thrust toward Xiao Chen's throat.

Absolute contempt—she wanted to seal his throat with one strike, beheading him in a single blow!

Behind her, the forty-plus Otherworld powerhouses watched coldly, contemptuous of the scene. To them, Xiao Chen's death was certain. A cultivator at the Earth-Penetrating realm opposing an Eighth Heaven Half-Ancestor—wasn't that like a mantis trying to stop a chariot or an ant shaking a tree? An Eighth Heaven female Half-Ancestor could kill such a crawling insect all too easily.

The Otherworld powerhouses revealed cruel smiles, waiting for the blood to blossom at the instant the sword sealed his throat.

But the result defied their expectations. One by one, their expressions froze.

Xiao Chen reached out his left hand toward the divine sword aiming for his throat. As his hand advanced, it was not pierced by the blazing sword aura. That palm seemed to possess an unfathomable magic, drawing all the terrifying sword energy—enough to shatter a million mountains—into his palm.

That hand did not seem like a hand, but rather a bottomless abyss!

And at that moment, the war sword in Xiao Chen's right hand swept horizontally forward. Its cold light was so blinding that even the sun dimmed before it.

"Ding!"

Xiao Chen's left hand clashed with the divine sword. The hand was unharmed, but the divine sword sparked a cascade of flashes.

At the same time, his right hand brought the war sword sweeping in for the kill.

"Pfft!"

Blood sprayed. He chopped off the head of the Eighth Heaven female Half-Ancestor. Blood stained the silver war suit. The beautiful, cold-eyed head wore an expression of utter disbelief.

All of this happened in an instant. The cold and proud Otherworld female powerhouse had wanted to seal his throat with a single sword stroke, killing him quickly. She had not believed that his hand could block her divine sword. The result of their clash was that she—a powerful Eighth Heaven Half-Ancestor—had been beheaded by a small figure at the Earth-Penetrating realm!

The forty-odd Otherworld powerhouses behind her were even more stunned. They simply could not believe it!

"Boom!"

Killing intent shot into the sky, shredding the clouds high above. All forty-plus powerhouses charged forward together, wanting to annihilate Xiao Chen.

But the small white beast was faster than them. Having already received Xiao Chen's transmission, it charged ahead, opening Paradise Lost wide to also take in the female Half-Ancestor.

Xiao Chen did not linger. Clutching the half stone skull in his left hand, he and the already-prepared Heaven Beyond Heaven and the others rushed quickly into Paradise Lost.

Keke cried out in baby-like sounds, sweeping toward the female Half-Ancestor.

Blood light flashed; divine radiance blazed. The Eighth Heaven female Half-Ancestor was indeed terrifyingly powerful. In the instant her head was severed, she re-formed her body. She barely managed to dodge past Paradise Lost and escape that disaster.

Keke had already experienced her extreme speed and did not give chase. Instead, she swept backward at the forty-odd Otherworld powerhouses who were just charging forward.

"No, retreat!"

Light exploded. The heaven-shaking, earth-moving killing intent collapsed. These people fled in all directions.

Still, nine strong warriors were caught within Paradise Lost. In an instant, they lost all their divine power. Among them was an Otherworld Half-Ancestor.

Jin Sanyi did not say a word. He leaped high, holding the Doomsday Heavenly Halberd, and split the trapped Otherworld Half-Ancestor down the middle before he could even widen his eyes.

Brave Bear howled and charged forward, dividing the Half-Ancestor's soul with Bai Qi. One was a fire-seed being, the other a soul cultivator—to them, this was a great tonic.

Fatty Zhuge watched, his mouth watering with regret. He desperately wanted a share.

Xiao Chen, Bo Shi, Totti, Wu Ming, and the others acted together, beheading the other eight trapped Otherworld powerhouses in an instant.

Fatty Zhuge was overjoyed. He scurried about, starting to collect the souls. But unfortunately, his cultivation was far too weak; he could not devour these souls.

Jin Sanyi, with ill intent, tossed the Half-Ancestor's head toward him. "Eat what you need to grow. Swallow the Half-Ancestor's head, and maybe you'll have a Half-Ancestor's physique."

Fatty Zhuge dodged quickly. Although the martial technique passed down by the Martial Ancestor was terrifyingly powerful, he did not want to go completely mad. He planned only to devour spiritual essences and souls, something similar to a fire-seed being.

"Pfft, pfft, pfff!" Blood splattered in Paradise Lost. The nine Otherworld powerhouses were slain like that, their corpses tossed out.

Outside, the nearly forty Otherworld powerhouses—including over a dozen Half-Ancestors—were all enraged. They had come in strength, yet suffered such a heavy blow. It was hard for them to accept.

Though Xiao Chen and his group had seemed to prevail with ease, everyone knew it was only luck. No one relaxed. Even Linglong and Tutu, those two little girls, tightened their tender faces.

"Ants! You will pay the heaviest price for this!"

The nearly forty Otherworld powerhouses all shouted, their voices shaking heaven and earth like ten thousand horses thundering.

"Keke, charge!" Xiao Chen stood inside Paradise Lost and commanded.

With Paradise Lost, he did not believe the enemy could withstand it.

"They have a demonic diagram that can infinitely extend the distance from Paradise Lost. We can't catch up." Bai Qi spoke from the side. He had fought them before.

Keke drove Paradise Lost forward at full speed. And indeed, a massive demonic diagram unfurled. No matter how far Keke advanced, that demonic diagram carried the Otherworld powerhouses just as far backward—extremely sinister.

"You say we will pay a heavy price—and this is how you do it, by constantly retreating?" Xiao Chen shouted.

"Then come out and fight. Why hide in the divine garden?" The opposing group of Otherworld powerhouses roared like thunder. The woman in silver armor remained silent, staring at Xiao Chen with icily fixed eyes. If looks could kill, Xiao Chen would already be dead a hundred times over.

On Xiao Chen's side, they lacked a Half-Ancestor of the Eighth or Ninth Heaven to sit in command, so they truly dared not charge out and fight a decisive battle.

Fortunately, they had Keke, that heaven-defying little creature. Otherwise, they could not intimidate the enemy at all. But the little beast could not catch up with her Paradise Lost, which made her very frustrated. She grumbled a few times, then clenched her tiny fist with force.

"Let's go. We'll find Xing Tian and Chi You in outer space," suggested Man Beyond Man, who looked like a fair, chubby child.

"Yes, let's go to outer space."

Keke soared into the sky, Paradise Lost carrying the group up into the distant void of space.

Outside Ancestral Dragon Village, the land had been carved away by several hundred feet, but the ancient village itself had not been damaged, so Xiao Chen could leave without worry.

The wind howled as Xiao Chen and his party quickly broke through the clouds and rushed into space.

Stars twinkled like brilliant pearls set against a black canopy—very beautiful.

Behind them, the nearly forty powerful Otherworld Half-Ancestors all gave chase, wanting to intercept the group.

And at that moment, across the Nine Provinces and the four corners of the world, the same scene was playing out. War had begun, and the stronger the cultivator, the more likely they would face danger.

Beacons blazed on all sides; war flames spread across the land. Chaos had come so suddenly that the Nine Provinces and the Four Worlds all trembled.

In outer space, Keke tore through the void and advanced, with nearly forty demon gods behind her tearing through space in hot pursuit. The Eighth Heaven female Half-Ancestor had fixed her gaze on Xiao Chen; she would not rest until she killed him.

"Chase, chase, chase your grandmother's leg!" Jin Sanyi transmitted with his spirit. "Even if you catch us, do you dare charge into Paradise Lost? Isn't being tailgaters fun?"

"That star field over there," Heaven Beyond Heaven pointed ahead.

Keke continuously crossed space, relying on her Half-Ancestor realm. Otherwise, she truly could not sustain such a tremendous expenditure.

A pale-blue planet came into their view. They quickly flew toward it.

The moment they landed on the planet's surface, two powerful auras blanketed the sky and the earth. Two god-like, towering figures stepped from thousands of li away and arrived in an instant.

"You! What happened? Why are you here?" They were Xing Tian and Chi You, those two war gods. Their hair hung like waterfalls, their bodies like cast iron—bursting with explosive power.

Seeing Heaven Beyond Heaven and the others come seeking them here, they knew immediately that something major had occurred.

"The Otherworld Ancestral God is about to descend again!" Heaven Beyond Heaven said only this one sentence.

Xing Tian and Chi You instantly understood what had happened. These two ancient war gods simultaneously looked into the sky. Their four gazes were like heavenly swords that shredded the void. The Otherworld powerhouses who had just arrived felt tremendous pressure, and four of them were directly pierced and killed by those gazes.

Those four were not Half-Ancestors, but they were still top experts. To be annihilated by the two war gods' stares alone chilled the hearts of the Otherworld powerhouses.

"An Eighth Heaven Otherworld Half-Ancestor?" Xing Tian fixed his eyes on the cold, beautiful woman in silver battle armor. His voice was ice-cold. "I will kill you!" The last four words were not loud, but their absolute confidence struck the soul and chilled the heart. All the Otherworld powerhouses changed color.

Xing Tian said no more. In that instant, he charged into the sky, a huge shield in one hand and a giant axe in the other, as if he possessed the power to divide heaven and earth.

"Let me test you!" Before the mysterious Eighth Heaven woman could act, another Otherworld Half-Ancestor charged forward, a golden sacred sword in hand whose light illuminated the stars.

He transformed into a hundred-li-long sword beam, driving straight toward Xing Tian. His very body merged with the golden sacred sword as he shot forward.

The ancient war god Xing Tian stood in the void. He raised his massive bronze shield and shoved it forward.

"Boom!"

The hundred-li-long blinding sword beam collapsed on the spot, and the Half-Ancestor who had merged body and sword was sent flying by Xing Tian's bronze shield. He became a bloody mess, his body completely deformed.

Such was the might of the ancient war god. Unmoving as a mountain, but when he struck, he was like raging thunder and splitting earth. In a single blow, he had smashed a powerful Half-Ancestor to pulp with his shield.

"Ah—!" The powerful Otherworld Half-Ancestor bellowed in rage, quickly repairing his body and charging forward again. This was a humiliation—it was as if he had run into the shield himself and shattered his own body. Too disgraceful.

Xing Tian's gaze was cold. He turned emotionlessly to face this Otherworld Half-Ancestor, swinging his battle axe to sweep across the sky, making the very stars tremble.

"Crack!"

"Pfft!"

Two sounds came in succession. The might of the ancient war god shook all who watched.

Xing Tian's war axe seemed to directly shatter the golden sacred sword, and then cleaved the Otherworld Half-Ancestor in two!

"Ah—!" The Otherworld Half-Ancestor screamed as his soul burst from the ruined body, trying to escape.

But Xing Tian switched the war axe to his left hand, reached out his great hand to cover the sky, and grabbed that soul in his palm. With a twist, he wiped out a Half-Ancestor with one squeeze!

Such was the might of the ancient war god—he had extinguished a powerful Otherworld Half-Ancestor so simply, body and soul. This stunned all the Otherworld powerhouses.

The Eighth Heaven Otherworld female Half-Ancestor tossed her hair, her silver war suit gleaming. She raised her divine sword and charged forward in a single step, her killing intent shaking the stars. Her beautiful eyes shot cold light, and her voice was piercing: "I will extract your soul as a sacrifice for my clan's mighty ones!"

Xing Tian's reply was only a few words: "You have no chance. I will cut you down now!"

The two immediately shot out from this blue planet and began a great battle in the void of space.

At this point, Xiao Chen and his group were all relieved. The overbearing Xing Tian deserved his reputation as an ancient war god. With him present, there was absolutely no danger. They emerged from Paradise Lost.

At that time, Chi You, equally powerful and demonic, laughed aloud, shaking the heavens. He looked at Jin Sanyi's Doomsday Heavenly Halberd. "Lend me that ancestral god weapon!"

Jin Sanyi's face twisted like he had eaten a bitter gourd. This treasure wasn't even warm in his hands before a powerful demon god had taken a liking to it. His smile was worse than crying, but he forced himself to hand it over.

Without any wasted words, Chi You handed his own iron halberd to Jin Sanyi, then brandished the Doomsday Heavenly Halberd and shot into the sky.

To the shock of everyone, Chi You, the ancient demon god who stood alongside Xing Tian, charged alone with the Doomsday Heavenly Halberd straight into the dozens of Otherworld powerhouses, plunging into the crowd.

Truly, he had the momentum to swallow mountains and rivers!

A few of the Otherworld powerhouses seemed not to believe that a cultivator who was not an Ancestral God would dare to charge at their group like this—simply audacious.

"Boom!"

The Doomsday Heavenly Halberd exploded in Chi You's hands, releasing a massive beam of pitch-black light that swept across the entire star field.

At the same time, Xing Tian forced the Eighth Heaven female Half-Ancestor back in this direction. The two war gods echoed each other from afar, attacking the Otherworld powerhouses together.

The Golden Divine Halberd and the Dark-Iron Seal howled: "Kill, kill, kill!" Both charged into the sky, killing toward the stars.

"Kill!" Xiao Chen shouted, charging out of Paradise Lost and soaring into the sky.

Bai Qi followed closely behind. Heaven Beyond Heaven and the other six Half-Ancestors advanced together. The snow-white Keke rolled her dark eyes and vanished from the sky, sneaking forward.

With Xing Tian and Chi You as their foundation, their side's strength was no weaker than the enemy's. Now all were battle-ready, prepared for a great fight.

The situation here had turned decisively in their favor.

But in the Nine Provinces and the Four Worlds, the situation was not good. The powerful Otherworld Half-Ancestors had been accumulated over several civilization cycles, far outnumbering those of this world.

Those who had descended across the lands placed unprecedented pressure on the cultivators of the Nine Provinces and the Four Worlds.

Several major battlefields were already at a fever pitch, with fierce fighting.

Divine arrows streaked through the sky—nine arrows, one after another, pierced heaven and earth.

Houyi, who had been missing for years, manifested in the Cultivation World. He resolved a crisis at one major battlefield, but was himself targeted by a frighteningly powerful Otherworld Half-Ancestor.

"I am the grandson of Li Huiyou, here to take your life!" Another Eighth Heaven Half-Ancestor!

At the same time, the Buddha manifested in the World of Immortality at Heavenly Emperor City, fighting Otherworld powerhouses.

And Laozi, the foremost of the Half-Ancestors, also appeared in the Soul World, attacking an Eighth Heaven Half-Ancestor.

In outer space, two figures stood side by side on the massive Ancestral Dragon Ship, looking down at the boundless lands of the Nine Provinces with helpless expressions.

"In the distant past, we used the Ancestral Dragon Ship to send a group away. Must we do so again this time?"

"Yes, there is no choice. This time is even more dire than the last. The destruction of the Nine Provinces and the Four Worlds has probably already been decided."

"The Ancestral Dragon sacrificed its bones, the World Tree offered its timber, forged into this divine ship—yet to be used for this end. How tragic, how lamentable!"