Chapter 3180: God's Sigh

"Can you escape?"

Zhao Yun scoffed, taking a step across the void. As he passed by Aluomo Seng, he stamped out his physical body. The ethereal primordial spirit was sealed within a small world on the spot, for later examination.

Xian Zun fled for his life, using every escape technique he knew, not daring to look back even once.

He was truly terrified this time, utterly consumed by fear. No amount of persuasion would convince him to fight again.

One chased, one fled, and thunderous roars echoed through the sky.

Blood rained down, all from Xian Zun. If he were caught, Zhao Yun would strike him down without mercy.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Below, the scene was equally bloody. Ye Chen had also launched his own killing spree, targeting Luohou.

Luohou dared not fight back and had already made his escape.

Fleeing with him was Poluomo Shen. He no longer cared about his ancestral land or his inheritance.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Yue Shen and Di Xian joined forces, one on the left and one on the right, directly pursuing Poluomo Shen.

"You old fool, hand over your life!"

Kuang Yingjie roared, clutching his blood-red divine blade as he chased Dao Mo Jun and Shen Mo Zun.

"Wuxiang, where are you running to?"

Shenlong Daozun scoffed, brandishing his divine sword and vanishing into the void, his eyes locked on Wuxiang Lao Shen.

Meanwhile, Yaochi vanished once again, dragging the heavily injured Meng Mo into the dream realm.

Run!

The enemy gods and demons said nothing, but their actions spoke volumes.

Incompetent leadership dooms the entire army.

With the main commander in retreat, it was a total rout. Even the gods had no desire to continue the great battle. The self-destruction of the two supreme divine artifacts had failed to kill the Eternal ones, but had completely shattered their own morale.

They were all fleeing, dark figures scattering in every direction.

Wuwang had been defeated, his supreme divine artifact self-destructing as he was suppressed; Aluo had also been defeated, his divine artifact exploding as well, and he was captured. Of the five great inheritances, two had been wiped out. The remaining three — Luohou, Poluo, and the demon monk — were fleeing faster than the others. With all the key players gone, what was the point of fighting? The rest were just a ragtag bunch, unable to withstand the assault of the two Eternal ones.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The vast starry sky was filled with escaping figures, pursued relentlessly across the cosmos.

"Ah!" the supreme gods sighed, murmuring to themselves.

Was it that their supreme inheritances were weak? Or that their forces were at a disadvantage? How had this decisive battle turned into such a disaster?

After asking, they all shook their heads with a smile.

It wasn't that they were too weak; it was that Ye Chen and Zhao Yun were too strong. Their Eternal fusion made them unbeatable in the world.

In their sighs, the supreme gods glanced toward Taishang.

It was still that chaotic void, surging and rolling, likely because Taishang was restless and trying to break free.

Ahem.

The supreme gods coughed lightly, their meaning clear, as if saying, "You better stay put."

Their intimidation was effective.

Taishang was unruly, but he only revealed a hint of killing intent without acting rashly. Looking into his supreme divine eyes, they were filled with bloodshot veins, dyeing the irises a deep crimson, making him resemble a ghostly demon no matter how you looked at him.

Ah!

The starry sky echoed with screams and wails. Many hadn't even been attacked; their minds had simply collapsed.

The escape was on a grand scale.

Some hid in the void, others fled to the lower realms, going as far as they could.

On one side, Zhao Yun's Eternal radiance blazed as he chased Xian Zun into the Xianzong.

On the other, Ye Chen crossed the void step by step, pursuing the God of Slaughter into the Hellfire Realm.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Then, the two forbidden zones were breached, as the Eternal ones rampaged through them.

From the starry sky, the sight was utterly shocking.

Whether Hellfire Realm or Xianzong, both suffered devastating attacks. The immortal mountains and ancient cities, newly rebuilt, collapsed in the destruction. Statues of gods turned to dust under the Eternal force.

By the time the onlookers arrived, Xianzong and Hellfire Realm had become ruins.

Xian Zun was covered in bloody wounds, staggering as he fled; Luohou was disheveled and unsteady, still able to fight but not daring to. The divine artifact above his head had lost its glow.

"The era has changed."

Many ancient gods stood in the void, neutral observers of this divine war.

Indeed, the era had changed, with the Eternal ones rising.

Ye Chen was too powerful, Zhao Yun too formidable. No one below the supreme gods could stand against them. They had slain mountains of corpses, destroyed the bodies of gods, shattered the primordial spirits of the supreme ones, and broken their wills.

"Heaven has no gate, earth has no door."

Kuang Yingjie's roar echoed through the universe as he chased Dao Mo Jun and Shen Mo Zun into the Immortal Realm, then from the Immortal Realm straight into the lower realms, where a fierce battle ensued — one against two, shaking the heavens and earth.

"Keep acting tough!"

Shenlong Daozun snarled in anger, his presence overwhelming. When the world saw him, he was pinning Wuxiang down and pummeling him brutally.

"For five hundred years, we won't stop until one dies."

Yue Shen and Di Xian's pursuit was filled with fierce cries, leaving Poluomo Shen covered in blood and wounds.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Amid the thunderous roars, a killing god charged into the Buddha Kingdom, shattering the ancient Buddhist temples.

It was the Donghuang Nuwang.

As for Meng Mo, she had already suppressed him, but hadn't killed him — Ye Chen had given instructions beforehand.

The bookish scholars of the heavens were acting extremely domineering today.

Perhaps because Ye Chen had once been suppressed under Wuzhi Mountain for a hundred years, she harbored deep resentment toward the Buddhists, transforming into a killing god.

Entering the pure land of Buddhism, it was stained with blood.

Countless arhats, Buddhas, and bodhisattvas were driven into the sea of suffering. Ancient temples and Buddha statues were all overturned and destroyed. By the time the onlookers arrived, she had reduced the Buddha Kingdom to flat ground.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk."

The gods clicked their tongues, their faces pale, their hearts trembling.

It was true.

Not a single wife of the Eternal ones was ordinary. Yue Shen and Di Xian were exceptional, and Yaochi was the same.

Ah!

The screams hadn't faded, filling the starry sky. Many Eternal swords manifested.

These were summoned by Ye Chen and Zhao Yun.

While chasing Xian Zun and Luohou, they weren't idle, constantly releasing Eternal light from their bodies, forming immortal swords that slashed toward the four seas and eight wastelands. Any enemy supreme being they spotted was struck down without hesitation.

Too many supreme beings lost their heads mid-flight.

Even more were turned to ash by a single sword as they fled, their bodies and souls destroyed.

"Run, run fast!"

The gods of Shenxu shouted hoarsely all the way.

Compared to other forbidden zones, they were faring relatively well. They fled back to Shenxu, activated the barriers, and many gods from other forces followed suit, seeking refuge under this great tree. Though Shenxu's domain had flaws, its foundations remained, and its defenses should hold.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Blood flowers bloomed across the starry sky, each one more vibrant than the last.

The carnage was everywhere you looked.

The supreme gods saw it most clearly, for they viewed from a divine perspective, overlooking the entire starry sky. Each blooming blood flower represented a living god.

This day was truly the day of the god slaughter.

What was called a great battle was more fittingly described as a god-slaying war.

The entire starry sky was dyed red.

No one knew how many star domains had collapsed, or how many gods had been slain. All they knew was that this battle had claimed countless supreme beings, turning them into bones beneath the Eternal ones.

This slaughter lasted nine days.

Wuxiang Lao Shen was defeated, slain by Shenlong Daozun in the Immortal Realm. For this, the Daozun paid a heavy price. When the world saw him again, he was covered in blood, his aura of slaughter capable of destroying heavens and earth.

In the lower realms, Xiuluo Tianzun emerged victorious.

That mad talent lived up to his name, slaying Dao Mo Jun outright. As for Shen Mo Zun, he was left with only a wisp of a remnant soul, carried away by a divine artifact into the outer heavens — he wouldn't recover for tens of thousands of years.

In the eastern star dome, Yaochi's graceful figure was stained with blood.

In this battle, she had leveled the Buddha Kingdom. The blood on her was from both Buddhas and demons.

In the western star domain, Yue Shen and Di Xian supported each other.

Bathed in starlight, they were two blood-soaked figures, both with white hair. They had jointly pursued Poluomo Shen, driving him to madness, leaving him with only a trace of a remnant soul, carried away by the Demon-Subduing Umbrella toward the borderlands.

In the northern void, Ye Chen advanced with his sword in hand.

His form was terrifying, like a blood-soaked Asura, carrying Luohou's head in his grip.

As for Luohou, he was as good as dead.

But not completely; a remnant soul remained, protected by the God-Slaying Sword, which had shattered the void.

In the southern vastness, Zhao Yun was much the same.

Also bathed in blood, he held a sword in one hand and Xian Zun's physical body in the other. As for Xian Zun's primordial spirit, it fled at top speed, sacrificing an unknown amount of lifespan with a heaven-defying divine art to barely escape his pursuit. Naturally, his survival was thanks to the Zhenxian Banner.

Too many supreme beings had died in battle, both enemies and allies.

War always brings death. This chaotic battle of gods and demons had truly bathed the universe in blood.

It was over; the battle had temporarily come to an end.

Figures filled the starry sky, all neutral gods observing from afar.

The five great forbidden zones of the divine realm.

The demon domain had fallen apart; Hellfire Realm, Xianzong, and Buddha Kingdom had all been flattened, leaving only Shenxu.

This sight made the world feel unreal.

These forbidden zones had stood in the divine realm for countless ages, yet they were destroyed just like that. If the supreme gods of each were still alive, what would they think? They had left a lineage, but it was now broken — an utter disgrace.

On the tenth day, Ye Chen and Zhao Yun reunited.

Besides them, Yue Shen, Di Xian, Kuang Yingjie, Shenlong Daozun, and Yaochi were there, along with the surviving gods from their side. They had all gathered, standing in the starry sky outside Shenxu's Immortal Sea.

Four of the five great forbidden zones were gone; this was the last one.

The final act of the great battle would play out in Shenxu. No one rested; they would wipe it out completely.

"Are we really going to wipe out the forbidden zones entirely?"

"It's already a fight to the death; leaving them would be a disaster. If I were them, I'd do the same."

"Most importantly, the two Eternal ones have the power to do it."

Spectators were everywhere, and today was no exception — or rather, every living supreme being had come. Having weathered great storms, they showed no sign of shock now.

Without a doubt, Shenxu would become dust in the annals of time.

The supreme gods were also faithful spectators, having watched from beginning to end, and they wouldn't miss this.

"After Shenxu, I'll return to Zhutian."

Outside Shenxu's Immortal Sea, Ye Chen said with a smile, holding his wine flask. It was directed at Zhao Yun.

In this battle, he didn't know how many gods he had slain.

He didn't know how many Dunjia heavenly characters he had found either. The heavenly characters of this universe had basically all been collected, his mission complete, so it was time to go home. In this universe, he was merely a passerby.

"Great kindness needs no words of thanks."

Zhao Yun laughed and raised his wine flask, his gratitude to Ye Chen sincere. Without his intervention, he would have been refined by Wuwang, and Yue Shen, Di Xian, and Kuang Yingjie wouldn't have fared any better.

They drank the strong wine.

Both stepped into Shenxu's Immortal Sea, rising step by step, becoming two blazing suns.

Then came the Dunjia heavenly characters, circling the Eternal ones.

"Hold the line!" the gods of Shenxu shouted desperately, merging their bodies with the domain to face the Eternal ones head-on.

If they lost this battle, their inheritance would be erased.

But before the Eternal ones could fuse, a pitch-black divine light shot straight down from the hazy peak, landing on Shenxu's barrier. It struck the Immortal Sea with massive waves, spreading an aura of extinction and toppling countless gods. Even the two brilliant Eternal suns were extinguished.

Spurt! Spurt!

Ye Chen spat out blood, and Zhao Yun did the same, flying out to the left and right.

That pitch-black divine light had transformed into a human figure.

The figure was blurred and indistinct, sometimes illusory, sometimes solid, twisted and unrecognizable, with features impossible to discern.

All that was known was that a supreme divine might radiated from him.

He was Taishang, one of the supreme gods of this universe, and also part of the heavenly dao.

"The supreme of the supreme gods?"