Chapter 672: Chapter 463: Ancestral Realm Death Knell (Part 2)

However, what responded to him was a deathly silence; the twelve Ancient Ancestors showed no reaction.

A moment later, Erosion Sun Rain slowly stepped forward, not in a hurry to act, and spoke softly:

“We are but souls of a perished world, our bodies dead and Spirit Souls seldom at peace. Now, in the form of Yin God Ghosts, we forcibly linger in the mortal realm, not entering reincarnation. With all emotions lost, desires emptied, lineage severed, incense forever cut off, we fight and devour each other daily, trapped like beasts in a cage, nothing more than walking corpses.”

“Now, with the Ancestral Dao showing mercy, willing to reopen heaven and earth, to recreate the universe, it is indeed a blessing for the beings of both realms. Though I am a residual soul and ghost, I am willing to lead the charge, labor like a dog or horse, assisting the Ancestral Dao in establishing dominion over the two realms and clearing the Universe.”

Saying this, Erosion Sun Rain took a deep breath, the light in his eyes dimming slightly:

“In the Vast Universe, billions of living creatures, the Spirit Platform covered in dust, memories of the past lost, six relatives indistinguishable, family and friends estranged. Blades and axes are wielded against one’s bloodline, drawing swords on family and dependents.”

“The Way of the Master is lost, elders slaughtered at the doorstep, peers killing each other beside the bed, morals collapsing, human relations extinct, rampant brutality surpassing even wolves and tigers. Observing their actions, what difference is there with beasts without spiritual wisdom?”

The Vast Universe is merely a prison where Wandering Souls and Ghosts are eternally trapped in the mortal realm, forcibly shackled to the world, drifting without anchor.

The road to reincarnation is forever cut off, the hope of Returning to Life turned to emptiness. Now they have no choice left.

When the end comes, after experiencing the Five Decays, they will still die, better to die in battle, at least it is less painful.

Upon hearing Erosion Sun Rain’s words, the other Ancient Ancestors remained silent, clearly consenting by default.

Fu Pinglan’s heart sank instantly to the bottom of the valley, he had considered many possibilities, and the current situation was undoubtedly the most troublesome.

These Ancient Ancestors did not help Chu Zheng because of the possibility of Returning to Life, but purely to fight for him until they established dominion over the two realms.

The current situation not only concerns the plight of the three of them but also poses a great trouble for the entire Great Universe.

These Ancient Ancestors did not act out of the illusionary temptation of Returning to Life, but with pure, death-defying sincerity, simply to clear obstacles for Chu Zheng.

This is more terrifying and harder to sway than any binding interest.

In an instant!

Erosion Sun Rain spoke no more, his eyes boiling with murderous intent, his blood-colored robe fluttering, his body suddenly leaning forward, and the fierce spear twisted with Blood Fiend thunder in his grasp emitted a soul-crushing shriek.

The tip of the spear burst out with a dim light, and its sharpness pierced through space-time, disregarding the barriers of time and distance in the Universe. The spear light, like a fleeting shadow or startled swan, carrying the murderous intent to annihilate eternity, pointed directly at Fu Pinglan’s heart acupoint.

Boom——

The endlessly flowing River of Time was unleashed, along with the explosive fury capable of obliterating heaven, earth, and the Universe, ignited by the infinite killing intent simultaneously erupted by the Ancient Ancestors!

Time fragments were incinerated, the River rose in a world-ending storm, past traces and future shadows twisted and crumbled in the explosive light, and the entire battlefield of space-time was instantly like a boiling furnace of cosmic annihilation!

Heavenly Punishment reacted as swiftly as lightning, just before the blood-colored spear light reached his body, he flipped his hand, and a golden rod, heavy as if it could crush the Star River, shimmering with talismatic patterns, appeared out of thin air. Without hesitation, he placed the Tao Tribulation Stick into Fu Pinglan’s hand.

At the same instant, Heavenly Punishment raised his hand to probe the void, and with a draw and grasp, a battle saber with an edge flowing with viscous blood light was already in his hand.

The moment the saber appeared, a murderous aura as fierce as a mountain of corpses and sea of blood rushed skyward to split the clouds. He immediately held the blade across his chest, using his body as a shield to withstand the life-destroying spear thrust of Erosion Sun Rain, which could pierce through space-time!

Clang——

The clash of gold and iron mixed with the explosive roar of law annihilation shook the ancient and moved the present!

Heavenly Punishment’s body shook violently, the blood blade wailing in protest, and underfoot, the River of Time and Space surged with massive tribulation waves, causing it to collapse with a roar.

Yet, this one spear thrust, he ultimately blocked!

Erosion Sun Rain’s expression remained unchanged, retracting his spear and raising it again, the spear blade tearing through the void, once more aiming at Fu Pinglan’s head, as two other Ancient Ancestors joined in the attack.

Fu Pinglan did not miss the battle opportunity, his expression cold, the Tao Tribulation Stick in his hand emitted divine light, the ancient runes flowing on the staff seemed to come alive, turning into roaring blood-gold dragons.

The Martial Path War Blood dormant within his body, like a suppressed volcano for millions of years, suddenly awakened, roaring through his body!

Fu Pinglan raised his arm to hold the stick, channeling all his strength into the Tao Tribulation Stick, and struck heavily!

The Tao Tribulation Stick, wrapped in the devastating might capable of shattering ancient space-time, fiercely struck downward, simultaneously meeting Erosion Sun Rain’s blood-colored spear and the world-destroying waves unleashed by the other two Ancient Ancestors.

Boom——

The sound of Dao Destruction exploded violently at the edge of the rift in the River of Space-Time!

At that moment, it was as if billions of Stars simultaneously perished; the raging energy stirred up a hurricane, instantly vaporizing that region of the space-time river domain, transforming it into an abyss of annihilation capable of devouring everything!

A divine light of crimson and dark gold intertwined, like the first ray of light tearing through Chaos at the dawn of creation, carrying an unmatched ferocity, it shattered the spear light of Erosion Sun Rain that could pierce through reincarnation, even dispersing the Blood Fiend Thunder entwined around his spear!

The world-destroying torrents unleashed by the other two Ancient Ancestors, upon colliding with the divine light of the Tao Tribulation Stick, resembled an apocalyptic sea of misfortune crashing against an eternal sacred mountain; the light tide exploded with a bang, surging back in a furious wave, the chains of the Space-time Law contained within were forcibly crushed and disintegrated by the Colossal Strength within the Tao Tribulation Stick, reduced to silence in an instant!

Erosion Sun Rain and the two other Ancient Ancestors were instantly overwhelmed with anger and shock, as a colossal force, merging with the might of destruction, retaliated immensely!

Even with their bodies tempered in the Ancestral Realm through eons, they were shaken to the point their blood boiled, their essence roiled, and they were uncontrollably blown back.

Especially Erosion Sun Rain, who bore the brunt of the attack; his gun-wielding arm trembled violently, the tiger’s mouth split apart, and threads of Ancestor Blood infused with Laws splattered out, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Fu Pinglan, wielding the Tao Tribulation Stick, could single-handedly fend off three Ancient Ancestors, forcefully driving them back, including himself!

The Ancient Ancestors present, none were not already in the Perfection of the Ancestral Realm, their Martial Paths had reached the absolute pinnacle, yet at this moment, they still fell short by half a step.

Fu Pinglan’s brow furrowed tightly, his gaze passed over the few Ancient Ancestors encircling him and Heavenly Punishment, scanning across the other side of the battlefield.

Elsewhere, that Martial Ancestor who stepped out of the Chaos Sea into tribulation was now already in dire straits.

Though he had gathered Half of Heaven’s Fortune in the Chaos Sea, ascending to Martial Ancestor, before his Breakthrough Realm, his lifespan was already a candle flickering in the wind, with a hollow foundation, vastly different from Fu Pinglan and Heavenly Punishment.

Even after entering the Ancestor Realm, he appeared to be over sixty, with hair and beard all white, showing signs of aging.

This fact, clearly perceived by the many Ancient Ancestors, had long been noticed.

As soon as the battle began, the elder was utterly suppressed by the formidable aura of five Ancient Ancestors, with no power to retaliate.

In that fleeting moment, he was locked onto by an Ancient Ancestor wielding the Sun Wheel Thunder Bow, whose face was stern, and on the bowstring was gathered not physical arrows, but Law Arrows formed by intertwining destructive thunder and extinction sunlight!

Instantly, the bow string screeched like thunder, the bow bent like a full moon, the arrows shot like meteors!

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

In the blink of an eye, three Thunder Sun Arrows pierced through space and time, bypassed the hurriedly erected layers of defense by this Martial Ancestor, like deathseeking Ghosts, precisely puncturing through his brow’s Ancestor Acupoint, Heart Source Life Palace, and Elixir Field Dao Foundation, the terrifying Law Tribulation Power exploded within his Dao body!

“Pff—”

A muffled groan erupted, with blood mist across the sky, a short yet tragic howl hadn’t even ended before his entire form was torn apart in the erupting thunder light and sun flames from within, like a jade effigy crushed by Colossal Strength, that horrific spectacle of the body pierced by a myriad of arrows, eternally frozen in the fragments of time!

In the blink of an eye!

A giant who had traversed Chaos and gathered Heavenly Fate into Ancestor—fallen, Dao perished!

The Ancestor Blood, viscous like Ancient magma, brimming with the essence of boundless Laws, gushed forth like a breached Star River, instantly dyeing the surging River of Space-Time scarlet!

Amidst the overwhelming blood waves, the Martial Ancestor’s unwillingness at the moment of fall, condensed into a soundless, formless funeral bell of Dao’s demise that pierced through the universe’s walls!

Dong—! Dong—! Dong—!

The toll of the bell echoed through souls, carrying mournful cries and the final intent that made even the Gods and Demons of All Heavens tremble, ignoring the barriers of light and time, erupting instantaneously in the deepest Sea of Consciousness of every giant in the Great Universe’s Ancestral Realm!

This is the obituary of Heavenly Fate, the Ancestor has fallen, and the Dao has crumbled!

A comrade in their same realm, has perished.

In the blink of an eye, twelve Ancient Ancestors re-formed a formation, sealing Fu Pinglan and Heavenly Punishment firmly within the Ten Directions Absolute Prison!

The elders’ faces were indifferent, deep like serene mountains, without a trace of urgency, casting their gaze downward at the two, like watching birds in a cage, regarding them as turtles in a jar.

Heavenly Punishment witnessed this scene, his eyes already as cold as eternal ice growing even colder, he took a fierce breath, and in the depths of those icy eyes, without the slightest hesitation, instantly made a decision.

A transmission pierced into Fu Pinglan’s Sea of Consciousness:

“I’ll protect you to escape.”