In the desolate starry sky, a rolling sea of blood surged forth, where centipede-like giant blood beasts rolled, and altars of varying sizes blotted out the sky, shattering all meteors in their path.

Within the sea of blood, a mountain-sized Star Whale was held down tightly by two Blood Massacres, covered densely with blood spirits crawling over its body like ants, constantly eroding its domain, and this fierce creature could only let out a desperate wail.

Along the way, waves upon waves of the blood sea emerged from the depths of the starry sky. They gathered and merged into one place, filled with captured creatures of various races—Demon Race, Ancient Race, Star Beasts—all diverse, either howling in despair or driven completely insane with fear.

In the distance, a star grew larger and larger, covered with dense, ancient, magnificent buildings without a gap, as if the entire celestial body had been meticulously carved.

This was a star fortress from the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, originally used as a garrison for the Immortal Dynasty army to guard the massive black hole region at the center of the Star Realm. Now it was long occupied by the Blood God Sect, becoming the lair of evil god worshippers.

Surrounding this star fortress were rings of massive blood-red altars, filled with despairing creatures like lambs to the slaughter, fixed by the blood light emanating from the altars, awaiting the final blood sacrifice. After placing new offerings, Blood God Cultists would also steer the sea of blood back into the depths of the starry sky.

Inside the grand and towering hall at the center of the star fortress, bizarre blood-red flames burned in a series of stone basins, cold yet blazing, and several giant figures over a hundred meters tall were shrouded in blood light, their terrifying qi mechanism permeating the entire star.

"Lord Divine Festival, the Holy Sect must change its strategy..."

The speaker was a massive blood shadow, its appearance unclear and its original race indistinguishable, with only faint glimpses of sinister bone armor and a tattered blood robe.

Its voice was filled with dissatisfaction and ruthlessness, "This overexpansion is completely futile. Our goal is to enable the True God to descend, we should concentrate all our power to sacrifice those beasts completely!"

"Exactly!"

Another massive blood shadow spoke gravely, "This time we almost let those beasts break through, someone must be held accountable."

Deep within the hall, an elderly figure of the Demon Race sat cross-legged with his back to them, wearing a luxurious blood-red robe, meticulously groomed white hair, and even his face appeared serene.

Unlike the massive blood shadows, the Demon Race elder referred to as the Divine Festival was less than three meters tall, devoid of sinister bone spikes, wearing a pale mask, even slightly stooped, yet the blood shadows remained tense as if facing a peerless ferocious beast.

Unfazed by the questioning, the elder was uninterested and didn’t bother to turn around, waved dismissively, "It’s not time yet, disperse..."

"You... roar!"

A massive blood shadow was about to erupt when its entire body shuddered violently, the blood light dispersed, exposing a body intertwined with blood and bone spikes, screaming in agony as it slowly decayed into ashes.

The structure of the Blood God Sect wasn’t complex. When cultists continuously bathed in the Blood God’s power, regardless of their former race, they would transform into creatures known as Blood Lords, equivalent to commanders of various legions.

As if doused with a bucket of cold water, the fervor in the minds of several Blood Lords subsided slightly, and they all fell silent, no longer daring to speak.

The elder referred to as the Divine Festival remained with eyes closed, seemingly having casually crushed an ant, coldly instructing:

"Go, capture more offerings, it’s not enough..."

"Yes, Lord Divine Festival!"

The blood shadows instantly became fervent, as if the prior incident never happened, bowed respectfully, then surged away.

After they left, the hall fell silent.

"Indeed, dogs are obedient when they have prey..." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The elder shook his head slightly and sighed, "These cultists cannot bear the power. It seems they can only be sacrificed together when the time comes, Lord Immortal King, this subordinate is ready, why do you still refuse to awaken?"

With that, the elder slowly opened a pair of blood-red eyes.

He stared coldly into the void ahead, a gigantic star shadow of a sea of blood appeared in his mind, blood-red tornadoes like tentacles stretching into the starry sky, resembling the Blood God Zhang Kui had once seen in the Illusion Realm.

And beneath the land-sized pale mask in the endless depths of the sea of blood, a massive figure with muscles knotted, clad in Divine Crystal Armor, was in deep slumber...

......

A month later.

Celestial Essence Star Realm, Divine Path Dream Realm.

Since its advent, the growth of the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty had been rapid, space barriers thoroughly broken, cultivators living at the foot of Kunlun Mountain could listen to the Dao discussions of the predecessors at any time, and these pioneers might be traversing the starry sky or cultivating Spirit Mountains in the Fourth Layer Heaven.

Of course, much intelligence could also be learned immediately.

"Why hasn’t the Immortal Sect opened for the past month?"

"The Blood God Sect is insane, they’re gathering armies to strike everywhere, the Vast Sea Star Realm’s defense almost breached, many Wandering Races were discovered, I even heard that the Ancient Spirit Pavilion suffered considerable losses..."

Outside the Earth Demon Hall, cultivators exchanging merit points for training were whispering, discussing the latest battle situation.

As the Divine Dynasty embarked on a starry sky crusade, news from the Desolate Ancient Battlefield occasionally trickled down through various channels to the populace. Although some were uncertain and distorted, it at least made all people aware that the universe was not a peaceful place.

Ye Fei chose to hide his face and ignored the side discussions as he entered the Earth Demon Hall and began studying the fourth layer of Pill Manipulation Skill.

After a long time, he exited the dream, stood up and went to the window. Outside was bustling, and in the distance, the sea of clouds over Kunlun Mountain roiled, divine light radiating in all directions.

Ye Fei was silent for a long time, slowly poured a cup of wine, and after toasting toward Kunlun Mountain, spilled it on the ground, "Taoist Friend Lu, safe journey..."

The news from those low-level cultivators was not wrong. The Blood God Sect had indeed become somewhat frenzied, but they knew only one side of the story; the war was far bloodier than imagined.

As patrol legions were exterminated one after another, the Blood God Sect finally took notice of them. Now, the Blood God Sect no longer dispatched small troops but acted as a collective legion each time, a sea of blood raging with experts overseeing.

The last battle already saw casualties. A sword cultivator prodigy had his entire ship fall into the mouth of a Blood Beast, never to escape again.

That was a cultivator named Lu Lin, a bold person with exquisite Flying Sword Skill. Ye Fei still remembered meeting him for the first time, the other laughing heartily, wanting to challenge him...

Thinking of this, Ye Fei glanced at his hands, suddenly clenched them with Evil Light scattering, muttering, "Need to be faster..."

At this moment, he suddenly sensed something and looked toward the Northern Border State. The grand spatial fluctuations over there could be felt even from the foot of Kunlun Mountain.

"The Immortal Sect has opened?"

Ye Fei was taken aback and instantly leapt out of the window, riding Sword Light towards the Starship docking port, ringing the Divine Court Bell on his waist, "The Immortal Sect has opened, everyone gather immediately!"

"Captain, I haven’t received any orders."

"Neither have I..."

What’s going on?

Ye Fei frowned and paused mid-air, thought for a moment and rang the bell again, "Marshal Helian, why weren’t we notified when the Immortal Sect opened?"

Helian Wei’s crisp voice sounded, "The Sect Leader has returned and ordered through the Divine Path to temporarily halt the assault."

"What happened?"

"The Sect Leader didn’t say, and we’re not at liberty to speculate..."

After cutting off the communication, Ye Fei frowned and looked up at the enormous Star Shining Thunderfire Shuttle above the firmament, an inexplicable intuition telling him that a change might have occurred in the Desolate Ancient Battlefield.

On the other side, Zhang Kui, piloting the Chaos Heaven, left the Immortal Sect without any pause, heading directly for Thundercloud Star.

"Taoist, that big fool will probably be surprised to see me!"

Fatty Tiger grinned and chuckled with clenched teeth. He hadn’t forgotten how the Giant wanted to eat him last time, but now that he’s become an Immortal, he’s no longer afraid.

Zhang Kui smiled faintly, somewhat absent-minded.

The battlefield situation was ever-changing. Initially, there was worry that the Blood God Sect would blood-sacrifice the Star Beasts and summon the Blood God, but now it was uncertain who would win.

The monstrous corpse seen in the Star Beast Divine Nest still made one’s scalp numb when thought of. If it came out, it might cause a terrifying turmoil even before the Blood God arrived, as it was clearly an Overlord Level existence in the starry sky.

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui suddenly asked, "Old Ghost, do you know anything about the Eternal Divine Dynasty?"

Scribe Old Ghost slowly manifested from the silk, frowning, "These people seemed to have emerged suddenly, attacking the Immortal Dynasty crazily. They were never heard of before, but the Infinite Immortal Dynasty’s vast territories might have seen them elsewhere... Oh, right!"

Scribe Old Ghost suddenly looked up, "I recall that a True Monarch from the Immortal Hall once said he found a human hand in the belly of a Dream Demon while hunting it, suspecting the existence of the Dream World. He reported it, but the Immortal King ordered the investigation to stop. Now, it all seems quite suspicious..."

Zhang Kui squinted his eyes, speaking coldly, "No need to say, it seems the Immortal King knew of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty’s existence long ago, and might have even interacted with its upper echelons."

Old Ghost was full of confusion, "Then why did the Eternal Immortal Dynasty attack us, and after the fall of the Immortal Dynasty, they left without occupying?"

"Who knows..."

Zhang Kui shook his head slightly, outside the cabin, Thundercloud Star was getting closer and closer.

Indeed, he returned from the Desolate Ancient Battlefield to go to the Netherworld Realm, primarily because multiple Immortal Sects were using the disaster beast’s bones, consuming a lot of them. He needed to prepare more in case of unexpected events.

Additionally, he needed to uncover the identity of that monstrous corpse...