Chapter 2343: The Calamity of Guixu

Naturally, there are transcendent powerhouses among the Sea Clan.

But with the "Haotian High Above End Tribulation Alliance" in place, rashly breaking the common agreement would first result in the alliance's counterattack – in the struggle of transcendent beings, this is almost equivalent to eternal self-destruction, placing oneself in a perilous position ripe for slaughter.

Only at the moment of clan extermination will transcendent beings take action to fight.

In other words, the moment transcendent powerhouses are forced to act is the darkest moment for their clan.

Is it such a moment now?

It could be said so.

But Ao Jie believes there is still an opportunity.

The last preparation he makes is only his, Ao Jie's, "last preparation."

No matter when or where, the existence of transcendent beings is where eternal hope lies.

The Sea Clan's opportunity in this era is only in the Shenxiao battlefield. It wasn't in a certain moment in the past, and it's almost impossible to find in the future.

So he would rather make a move himself.

Born with the new beginning of the Dao Calendar, destined to bear responsibility and contend against the most prosperous Human Race's true dragon in this era, Ao Jie's birth was extraordinary.

He not only surpassed his peers, commanding the various seas, but also sought to rival the glories of past Dragon Lords.

Thinking exhaustively over the past thousand years, the last preparation he made for the Sea Clan was to be after killing Cang Hai.

Cover Sea Wise Master created a heavenly rank spell called "Wan Fa Gui Xu" (Ten Thousand Laws Return to Ruins).

He created a world that only he knows of now, called "Gui Xu" (Return to Ruins)!

It is called "the place where all waters gather in the bottomless valley of the sea."

It is the "eternal homeland" he prepared for the Sea Clan.

One day, if Cang Hai is also lost, or at the end of the world, he will kill Cang Hai, utilize Cang Hai's depleting power, and send the Sea Clan's fire seed into the Gui Xu world. In the "deepest part of Cang Hai, with no light and no bottom," they will enter "eternal slumber."

Until the universe restarts and vitality reignites. Or, within the Gui Xu world, a heavenly pride sufficient to break the end and achieve salvation will be born. Or, once again, at the key moment when the Shenxiao battlefield opens, they will return!

Of course, he will not leave Cang Hai to the Human Race, even if this is a barren, dangerous, and harsh land.

The Sea Clan has yielded once before; the last time they left something for the Human Race was Shen Continent. And time did not bring hope to the Sea Clan.

However, even when making this last preparation, Ao Jie never thought that this day would come so quickly.

He made the decision very decisively, because time was fleeting, and the Sea Clan had no room for excessive hesitation. This does not mean this choice was easy.

What he personally destroyed was the Sea Clan's homeland of several hundred thousand years!

At such a moment, whether it was the various sea people on the islands near the sea, or the Sea Clan beings in the various sea domains of Cang Hai, they all inevitably felt sorrow. That kind of emotion was not obtained through the five senses but emanated from the very root of their souls.

They were born with water, survived by the seaside or in the sea, and were naturally intimate with the sea, and their emotions were also affected by the depletion of Cang Hai.

The roar of the sea is the sound of Cang Hai's sadness, and also the heartbreak of a "mother."

How can children not be sad for their mother?

Cao Jie controlled an army of one hundred thousand Xia Corpse, brazenly jumped down the ancient heavenly path, intending to cut off the Dragon Lord's skull, but was struck by a heavenly knife and returned to his body. This single knife was originally held back; he was deeply vigilant of Ao Jie's means, especially in an environment like Cang Hai, where preserving military strength was paramount.

But in the process of leading his army to roll back up the ancient heavenly path, he was blocked by a wall that had appeared at an unknown time.

This wall stood in the deep sea, rising to the high sky, spanning east and west, strictly separating all sides.

This time, Ao Jie used not his own power, but the world-destroying power that erupted during Cang Hai's depletion process, the power of "End Tribulation."

One wall, insurmountable.

Using tribulation as a prison, it greatly imprisoned the strong army!

That soldier-evil heavenly knife, which spanned the sky and split the sea, instantly coiled up into a Zhang Yu (eight zhang) heavenly snake. The hundred thousand strong army seemed like the Qi and blood within its body, allowing Cao Jie to manipulate it as he wished. Turning attack to defense was only a matter of a single thought.

The heavenly snake flicked its tongue, like a shot moon and a startling rainbow, creating a chaotic mist that obscured tracks in the world-shaking sky of Cang Hai, gathering into a stubborn mass of mist.

But if it didn't receive a response, being swallowed was only a matter of time.

Even if Ao Jie was willing to pay the price, it wouldn't take much time.

In front of that almost endlessly vast majestic dragon body, this heavenly snake was like nothing more than a loach!

Will the Jing Country people respond?

Within the Eternal Heaven Stele, Ji Fengzhou's voice echoed: "The Dragon Lord seeks death, unwilling to seek it to this extent?!"

Ao Jie laughed heartily: "It's not that I don't die, it's that Cao Jie's knife isn't sharp enough! Emperor Jing, come with your sword yourself!"

He laughed so wildly that his majestic dragon body trembled. It seemed like mountains undulating, struggling in a thunderstorm.

The wild laughter of the Cang Hai Dragon Lord intersected with Cang Hai's sad cry.

Who was sad, and who was laughing?

Jia Zi Blood War, Xin You Blood War, Chu Yun Ridge Blood War... After ancient history, the history of the Sea Clan was a history of fresh blood-dripping struggle. However, several hundred thousand years of struggle were all in vain!

From the Sea Clan sages of past generations to Gao Jie, generation after generation the clan evolved and constantly developed, yet confined by Cang Hai's innate barrenness, they could never compare to the Human Race, who occupied Shen Continent and greedily sought out all realms.

The Human Race no longer sought Human Emperor, but sought the Son of Heaven of the Six Harmonies. The position of Dragon Emperor, which they once held, was still far out of reach.

After Gao Jie failed in his attempt at transcendence, he locked the Illusion Realm before his death, also wanting to wait for chaos in Shenxiao, combine the power of all heavens and all realms, and reenact the ancient era's story of overthrowing the demon clan's heavenly court. But the Jing Country people opened the ancient heavenly path, and Ji Fengzhou drove the Eternal Heaven Stele here, crossing the Illusion Realm, wanting to preemptively deprive them of the qualification to set foot on the Shenxiao battlefield!

Ao Jie had already seen the Jing Country people's determination, and then he also showed his own determination.

The last war should not have happened in Cang Hai, but the enemy had already attacked Cang Hai – then he would kill this piece of sea, send away the Sea Clan elite, and wait for the time to return.

The Eternal Heaven Stele exists to suppress the sea.

But this piece of sea domain is dying!

Even if the Eternal Heaven Stele can quell violent chaos, how can it make a dying entity enjoy peace?

The nine sons of the Dragon Emperor almost naturally possessed sea authority, and under the Jing Country people's replication of Lie Shan Human Emperor's methods, they were born even more to suppress Cang Hai. But if the "sea" no longer exists, how can "authority" exist?

For a time, the Eternal Heaven Stele had no place to land.

And the main meaning of the ancient heavenly path is only a bridge.

After Ao Jie drew fuel from the bottom of the cauldron, how could everything continue?

Ji Fengzhou's voice, still inside the Eternal Heaven Stele, remained calm: "It seems you plan to leave me with nothing."

He was, of course, composed.

Jing Country had made so many preparations, invested so much, that victory was the only possible outcome of this trip.

And it would only be a complete victory, or a great victory.

The most optimal result, of course, was to thoroughly conquer Cang Hai and make the Sea Clan, like the Water Clan, become allies of the Human Race.

The next best result was to exterminate the Sea Clan, remove a major obstacle on the Shenxiao battlefield, and fully occupy Cang Hai's resources.

But even if Cang Hai "dies" at this moment, the Jing Sea plan has already succeeded. If Cang Hai is completely depleted, why wouldn't it be called "Jing Sea"?

As long as the advantage on the Shenxiao battlefield is ensured, this trip will not be in vain.

As a central empire, the victory of the Human Race is the victory of Jing Country.

"No, I still want to leave something!" Ao Jie laughed!

Leave these two branches of the world's strong armies, leave these two contemporary famous generals, and leave this ambitious Jing Country Son of Heaven with a profound imprint!

If Dou E is defeated, if Yu Que dies, if Ji Fengzhou is severely injured... I wonder if Jing Country can still maintain its position as the world's number one power, and whether the various countries in the world will still be obedient?

If Qi Country loses Cao Jie and the Xia Corpse army, can merely one Ye Hen Shui still hold authority over the near sea?

Innumerable deep abyss rifts seemed to appear on the seabed, all frantically swallowing seawater. In a voice of despair and sorrowful cry, Cang Hai, as a whole, was like a living being, being cruelly bled and walking towards death in torment. The sea surface rapidly descended, dry land revealing rocks, and Ao Jie's mountain-like dragon body was also more and more exposed in people's vision.

At this moment, people could see that every scale on this dragon body was evolving into an end scene.

"Death" is an end, but "causes of death" are myriad. A body performing ten thousand tribulations is an end-world dragon.

The closer Cang Hai was to death, the stronger Ao Jie's dragon body became.

Within those two blood-colored sun-like dragon eyes, each had a deep, bottomless vortex rotating, and the power of Cang Hai's entire decline seemed to be swallowed by them like a tornado.

Ji Fengzhou's voice, at such a time, still had the power to suppress everything: "When time runs out, a hero appears! The contemporary East Sea Dragon King is a man of backbone and means! If you had been born in ancient times, you might not have been unable to become the Dragon Emperor, replacing Yuan Hong and surpassing Xi Hun! I see a hero in a desperate situation, a civilization collapsing, and I sigh in my heart. But for the Human Race's plan for ten thousand ages, all I can do is see off the monarch!"

He sighed, then suddenly turned: "—I trouble Ling Chen Palm Teach!"

He was not stingy with praise, nor did he spare his means!

The three great holy lands of the Dao Gate are Da Luo Mountain, Yu Jing Mountain, and Peng Lai Island.

The one with the title "Ling Chen" is precisely the great palm teach of Peng Lai Island, Ling Chen True Monarch... Ji Zuo!

He was unexpectedly also waiting for battle!

The preparations Jing Country made for this battle today were far more sufficient than outsiders imagined.

After that Jing Country prime minister outlined the grand plan in a secret memo, the contemporary Emperor Jing promoted it with the greatest determination! It was almost as if he was moving mountains and throwing them!

Facts proved that after Ao Jie appeared, he directly negated many counterattack preparations of the Sea Clan's strong individuals, decisively revealed his last means, and personally sent Cang Hai to its funeral to lead the Sea Clan to escape, which was perhaps the most correct choice.

For example, Great Prison Sovereign Lord Zhong Xi had been staring at that Ba Xia for a long time, wanting to try provoking the heavenly path, just like Xuan Shen Sovereign Lord against Suanni... They were also sent away by Ao Jie on the spot.

With Jing Country revealing its war preparations, the so-called counterattack means of the Sea Clan were all just "adding fuel to the fire." It would only create the illusion of a hot-blooded struggle for the Sea Clan, causing them to lose blood step by step and walk towards the end. By the time they realized, they were powerless even to carry out this last counterattack and escape!

After Cang Hai was opened and the Human Race's military force could be widely deployed, where would the Sea Clan have the qualification to play the game of constantly adding weights and balancing against the Human Race?

Jing Country suddenly burst forth with thunder, and its troops marched overseas, but it did not finish the job in one go. Instead, it chose to release its means step by step. It was not without waiting for the reactions of all sides, waiting for certain people to make mistakes, nor was it without boiling the dragon in warm water!

But behold, in the high sky of Cang Hai, where the void was exhausted, there was an ethereal and wonderful outline of an immortal island, seeming to fall from the nine heavens.

Peng Lai Immortal Island illuminated the heavenly path.

On that brilliant and splendid ancient heavenly path, a tall, thin figure wearing a Daoist robe walked over. Profound light surrounded him, and his clear radiance moved shadows.

His face was clearly very clear, yet it could not be remembered. One saw and forgot. He walked past the majestic Dou E great army, stood still and bowed before Yu Que before stepping forward, and walked amidst the attention of all the strong individuals.

"End Tribulation power?"

He gazed at the majestic dragon body below, his voice carrying an inexplicable meaning: "If I had known the East Sea Dragon King would use such a method early, I should have called Tai Yu True Monarch over to handle it."

"This is Cang Hai after all," Ji Fengzhou's voice said.

Overseas there are immortal mountains, one of which is called "Peng Lai."

Legend has it that Peng Lai Island, isolated overseas but never before manifested to people, has always overseen Dao Gate affairs overseas.

Indeed, there was no reason to invite a True Monarch from Da Luo Mountain for matters in Cang Hai.

Unless Peng Lai Island itself considered itself unable to handle it.

But with Ling Chen Palm Teach here, why would he say such words?

He walked on the ancient heavenly path, as if strolling on a sun-dappled golden day, merely rolling his large sleeve and lifting his clean hand, his five fingers spread out towards the sky, seeming to hold that dense dark cloud, the thunder-rolling sky dome, lifting it gently upwards, causing the clouds to rise ten thousand li and the sky to rise a hundred zhang!

And then he flipped it –

The entire space between the sky and the sea instantly became very fuzzy, as if a bright bronze mirror had been scratched! The world was viewed as if through a mirror, and everything within the mirror was hazy. No matter how vision shuttled, it could not find a landing point.

Looking closely, it was not space that became fuzzy, but rather dense fine dust floating in the sky and sea.

They mixed up everything in vision.

Were there not billions of these fine dust particles?

They clustered together, like clouds and mist, tiny yet spectacular.

No matter whether they were Human Race or Sea Clan, seeing this, they all changed color!

Ling Chen True Monarch indeed possessed infinite means and supreme divine powers, but what he was most known for was his unique "Dust Thunder Technique," also called... "Dao Gate's First Thunder Method."

When this thunder method was used in his hand, it was not seen how finely it was carved or how complexly it unfolded. It simply directly unleashed dust thunder that could not be counted by the eye.

The Great Dao is simple, covering the palm and revealing dust.

Such dense dust thunder, floating between the sky and the sea, caused those who recognized this technique to inevitably fear.

His response to Ao Jie's method was so simple – he also wanted to destroy Cang Hai!

The East Sea Dragon King wanted to destroy the world, and Ling Chen True Monarch also wanted to destroy the world, seemingly different paths leading to the same goal. But whether Cang Hai was destroyed by Ao Jie or by Ji Zuo, that would result in a different outcome. Because it would decide who would control the world-destroying power!

And this would directly influence Ao Jie's layout!

Cang Hai was infinitely vast; to "kill" it would absolutely not be so simple.

Ao Jie was the master of Cang Hai, possessing the highest authority over this ocean, and he had schemed and planned for a thousand years, capable of exerting force in one evening to kill Cang Hai from the inside out.

If he had not done this first, even if Ling Chen True Monarch was strong, it would be difficult to say that he could easily destroy Cang Hai.

But precisely because Ao Jie had already actively catalyzed Cang Hai's death, bleeding this world of Cang Hai himself, Ji Zuo had enough space to show his supreme means. He was the foremost in Dao Gate thunder methods, and in terms of destructive power, no one within the Dao Gate could compare with him.

Once the billions of dust thunder particles detonated, his destruction of Cang Hai would be more thorough than Ao Jie's at the current stage—

At that time, whether that Gui Xu world could be opened, whether the Sea Clan elite could successfully transfer, whether the Sea Clan's great escape could be realized, and whether they could still wait until the Shenxiao battlefield opened... All this was questionable!

"Uh... Ah!!"

Between the sky and the sea, in addition to the billions of dust thunder particles floating at this moment, there was still a mass of coiling mist that was almost ignored by people. That was the heavenly snake formed by Cao Jie leading the Xia Corpse army to protect themselves.

At this moment, the mist rolled.

The first time Ling Chen True Monarch covered his hand and pressed down the dust, Cao Jie responded before all sides!

That soldier-evil mist was instantly swallowed, the feathered-wing heavenly snake no longer existed, and in its place appeared a fierce being ten thousand zhang high!

This fierce being was like a huge ape with sharp teeth, yet it stood upright, its hair spread behind, and it walked on one foot. As its body passed, drought Qi spread, seawater boiled, accelerating the fall of the sea level!

The strongest form of the Xia Corpse army formation...

The Respond Heaven Red Tribulation Drought Specter body!

Cao Jie led the great army and manifested this body, seeming to accelerate the destruction of Cang Hai and help Ling Chen True Monarch seize a greater share of the End Tribulation power. Yet, it pulled itself up from its original position, flipped agilely, and used the gap created by the collision of Ling Chen True Monarch's dust thunder tribulation and the East Sea Dragon King's Gui Xu tribulation to surpass the wall Ao Jie had erected earlier, surpass the world-destroying thunder that rolled in the long sky, and surpass the dense, constantly colliding tribulation power... Leaping back above the ancient heavenly path!

Yu Que lifted his eyes to look at the momentum of this army, just about to say something. But that Drought Specter leaped again, leaving the ancient heavenly path.

Cao Jie waved his army and returned to the near sea without hesitation!