Chapter 1158: Chapter 1158: This Is the Last Time...

The Foreign Clan Great Deity Director was relieved that Blood God Geng Wu, in his desperation for revenge against Niu Manshan, had completely lost his sanity and didn’t notice a quasi-saint from a different race secretly sneering at him.

At this moment, the only thing in Blood God Geng Wu’s mind was to shatter the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation, break the Sealing Tower, and fight Niu Manshan inside the tower once more!

Roar!

With a furious roar from Blood God Geng Wu, the underwater world instantly lost all its color!

The roars of sea demons and the bloody sound waves echoed at the riverbed, making onlookers’ faces change. This was the wrath of an Ancient Great Cultivator. Whether it was the water or the sky, all started to shake violently under the impact of those red sound waves, creating a resonance!

The heavens and earth tremored, the Boundary River tremored, and no one could maintain their footing amidst such intense shaking—not even the mighty Foreign Clan Great Deity Director, who stumbled right and left in a pitiful state.

The Reversal of Heaven Great Formation shook; those like Xiang Mingzi, protected by the formation, also struggled to stand in the face of the tremors, yet the place where the Sealing Tower stood remained as steady as Mount Tai, unmoved by even an inch.

It seemed as if there was a force no weaker than Blood God Geng Wu, maintaining the Sealing Tower, standing unyielding despite the upheaval!

Roar!

Blood God Geng Wu, growing even more furious, sent hundreds upon thousands of blood-red tentacles erupting from the rocky seabed, bombarding the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation wildly!

Even a single assault from any of the tentacles was enough to injure a quasi-saint instantly; flocked with hundreds and thousands, it bore the might of cataclysm—and even the Foreign Clan Great Deity Director shuddered, not daring to get involved. Stumbling and retreating far away with his subordinates, he distanced himself from the location of the Sealing Tower.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the furious onslaught of Blood God Geng Wu, the cracks on the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation increased. In some places, it was even permanently dented by Blood God Geng Wu’s attacks, forming deep pits on the formation’s light.

This formation could withstand the attack of River Diagram and Luo Script, but blocking Blood God Geng Wu seemed somewhat forced, which left Emperor Cang and others wide-eyed, finding it unbelievable.

A formation that thirteen quasi-saints of the different races could not break, a formation that even the innate superior-grade River Diagram and Luo Script could not break, could actually be cracked and pitted by merely a few strikes from those seemingly hideous blood-red tentacles!

Though Ning Fan had previously warned them that a different race had an Ancient Great Cultivator present, not to challenge them, it was only upon witnessing this Ancient Great Cultivator in person that they realized how insignificant their world had been and how vast the gap was with the other side!

What meaning does an Immortal Emperor have?

What meaning does a Quasi-Saint have?

In front of an Ancient Great Cultivator, they were still nothing but ants, so insignificant!

Seeing Blood God Geng Wu being so formidable, making the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation riddled with scars with just a single encounter, even those like Xiang Mingzi who were mentally prepared turned pale.

This isn’t normal, absolutely not normal!

Blood God Geng Wu is indeed strong, but in his normal state, breaking the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation shouldn’t be this easy!

It is said that the Geng Wu race of ancient times, born from wrath, becomes stronger with rising anger. Could it be that something provoked Blood God Geng Wu, causing his power to swell with fury, that even the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation struggles to withstand?

"Niu! Niu! Niu!" roared Blood God Geng Wu. That single word "Niu" was the only language he could speak, filled with overwhelming hatred.

Unfortunately, Xiang Mingzi and others were destined not to understand Blood God Geng Wu’s roaring or know the reason for his rage.

Of course, they couldn’t stand idly by while Blood God Geng Wu shattered the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation and slaughtered them all.

"Gentlemen, please lend your mana to this old man!"

With only half his body remaining, Xiang Mingzi spat a mouthful of vital blood, using his only remaining hand to smear it as he inscribed blood-colored runes line by line upon the formation light of the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation.

Countless rare materials, unknown to any, were refined into the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation by Xiang Mingzi.

No one recognized those runes, but Emperor Cang and others still followed Xiang Mingzi’s command, pouring their mana into him to assist him.

Xiang Mingzi didn’t have much mana left.

If it weren’t so, he would never have borrowed mana from juniors. After all, everyone’s mana is different; incorporating someone else’s mana recklessly into one’s own body might leave impurities, requiring countless years of hard work to remove in the future—not worth the loss.

But Xiang Mingzi couldn’t care about that any longer!

Behind him was the Sealing Tower where Ning Fan resided, the hope of the Eastern Celestial Cultivator. Ning Fan was still striving for the rise and fall of Eastern Heaven; how could he not contribute his strength to the survival of Eastern Heaven!

"Summon the Ancestor’s formation pattern to open! I, the unfilial disciple Xiang Mingzi, humbly beg the Founder to show spiritual presence and bestow protective power!"

Every word Xiang Mingzi uttered cost him tremendous vitality. His appearance grew steadily older, his aura increasingly withered. As he continued the spell, the blood runes he inscribed began to shine brightly. Suddenly, as if an invisible hand tore through time and space, an ancient aura poured into the entire Reversal of Heaven Great Formation.

In the light, an ethereal lady, standing upon inky spatial clouds like a deity, descended above the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation.

The cloud-stepping lady appeared as if an anomaly that shouldn’t exist in this time and space, enveloped in vast spatial power which imparted an unimaginable sense of distance.

Even though she seemed so close, it felt like she was thousands of miles away.

The cloud-stepping lady waved her simple hand, and instantly, all of Blood God Geng Wu’s hundreds of blood-colored tentacles were frozen, unable to attack any further.

This freezing was not ice-bound but a spatial stasis. At first glance, Blood God Geng Wu seemed turned into an ice sculpture, but in truth, it wasn’t the case!

All the Foreign Clan powerhouses were astounded by this scene, thinking that this cloud-stepping lady was quite formidable for subduing Blood God Geng Wu so easily, possibly a famous Ancient Great Cultivator!

Looking at her appearance, she didn’t seem alive, but rather like a deceased entity. Does that mean she was the Ancestor Guardian Spirit summoned by the Eastern Celestial Cultivators...

"Who is this woman, able to stop such terrifying tentacle attacks with a mere wave of her hand?" wondered Emperor Cang and a large group of uninformed Eastern Celestial Cultivators, all gasping in amazement before rejoicing for gaining a powerful ally.

The cultivators of the Godly Void Pavilion, including Xiang Mingzi and the Shenhao Twin Emperors, upon seeing the cloud-stepping lady, immediately kneeled to the ground, calling out to the Founder with utmost respect and equally immense shame.

Needing ancestral summoning for self-preservation clearly shows how incapable the descendants are, how can Xiang Mingzi and others not feel ashamed.

Only then did the Eastern Celestial Cultivators realize that this woman was the Shenxu Progenitor, who was summoned by Xiang Mingzi.

The name of the Shenxu Progenitor was known by all Eastern Celestial Cultivators; being able to establish a colossal force such as the Godly Void Pavilion proves how powerful the Shenxu Progenitor was. With this woman’s aid, the Eastern Celestial Cultivators’ confidence surged facing Blood God Gengwu.

"Xiang Ming? I see, are you the adopted son of Xiang Caizhou... Xiang Caizhou was my fourth disciple, so as her adopted son, you call yourself my disciple, which is quite reasonable. Are you the current patriarch of the Godly Void Pavilion?"

The woman stepping on the clouds lowered her head, glanced at Xiang Mingzi below, and understood the context.

"Yes!" Xiang Mingzi responded respectfully.

The woman nodded slightly, suddenly sensing something, and looked towards the center of the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation at the Sealing Tower. She noticed someone there, an inheritor of Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, and upon realizing this, a sudden pain struck her heart, bringing bitterness.

"...So, you summoned me to protect you and the inheritor of Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor who’s strengthening the Immortal Emperor Seal, correct..."

"Indeed! Please, Ancestor, save us from this peril! After this, I, your disciple, am willing to sacrifice my life to compensate for all the losses of the Ancestor Guardian Spirit, with no regrets!" Xiang Mingzi resolutely declared.

"No, there’s no need for that, just live well. There’s no need for you to sacrifice your life. My spirit has drifted for too long, it’s very tired, very tired... I protect others, yet no one has ever protected me. So you’ve summoned me, I’m quite glad, for it is an opportunity for me to escape endless longing... His disciple, I will protect for him... but this will be the last time..."

Rumble!

The Blood God Gengwu’s thousands of tentacles, brimming with blood light, broke free from the spatial confinement, causing shards of broken space to crash down.

Roar!

The Blood God Gengwu was enraged!

It didn’t know who this woman was, only that she dared to challenge it and must pay the price!

Calamity Flash!

The Blood God Gengwu no longer bothered with the Reversal of Heaven Great Formation and exploded a scarlet column of light from the endless underground strata, aiming to annihilate the woman.

If Ning Fan were here, he would surely notice that the Calamity Flash used by the Blood God Gengwu was almost identical to Barbarian Flash. This technique of releasing Barbarian Flash through Jie Nian Zhi Li was once used by Ning Fan, though not as pure as the Blood God Gengwu’s method.

The Blood God Gengwu had actually mimicked Barbarian Flash and created another Calamity Flash divine skill!

The scarlet column of Calamity Flash power was twice that of a similar ranked Barbarian Flash column, with higher energy purity. Just one strike could heavily injure a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint like Mu Song!

The woman stepping on clouds gently slapped her palm, and the power of space transformed into a pitch-black column of light, colliding with the Calamity Flash.

Boom!

A loud clash ensued, with the Calamity Flash and the space light column neutralizing each other, evenly matched!

Hiss!

All the powerhouses of different races gasped in shock, their expressions changed by the woman’s strength.

It must be known that this woman was not a living being, but a manifestation of Guardian Spirit, capable of retaining a maximum of fifty percent of her lifetime power and could not persist for long.

This woman, only utilizing fifty percent power, could tie with the Blood God Gengwu. How terrifying would she have been at her peak!

"It’s her! An Eastern Heaven woman who can wield the power of space to such a realm, it must be her! Quickly inform the Blood God Lord, this woman is the Shenxu Progenitor, her mastery of space is exceptionally intricate, she can’t be defeated head-on, only outsmarted!" The Foreign Clan Great Deity Director ordered, his face grim.

Outsmarting meant avoiding direct confrontation and seeking to exhaust the woman’s Guardian Spirit power. After all, since she was merely a Guardian Spirit’s creation, once her power was depleted, she would naturally disperse, no need for direct elimination.

A Other Clans’ Quasi-Saint carried the Great Deity Director’s instructions and headed towards where the Blood God’s tentacles concentrated, intending to relay the plan to the Blood God Gengwu.

Unfortunately, before reaching the location, the Other Clans’ Quasi-Saint was knocked away by a tentacle as thick as a mountain, knocked into unconsciousness with serious injuries.

"Damn! This abomination is attacking indiscriminately again!" The crowd of Other Race Powerhouses looked grim, yet warned by the recent incident with the Foreign Clan Great Deity Director, they could only voice grievances inwardly, not daring to speak out loud.

"Trouble! The Blood God Lord already had limited intelligence, now all remaining sanity is consumed by rage. Our advice is being ignored! Now, let’s all join forces to assist the Blood God Lord against this woman, conclude the battle swiftly, we cannot allow this woman to buy time for that ’Yama Child’!" The Foreign Clan Great Deity Director commanded solemnly.

At his directive, all Other Clans’ Quasi-Saints joined the battle, charging towards the woman on clouds.

Yet...

Bam bam bam!

Several Other Clans’ Quasi-Saints were knocked away again!

The Blood God Gengwu forbade anyone from interfering with its battle!

The shame brought by the woman stepping on clouds, it wanted to reclaim itself, anyone who interfered, it would kill!

"Oh, interesting, wanting to contest with me alone, a warrior fanatic from the Gengwu Clan, indeed an anomaly..."

Divine Void Tomb Person Binding!

Void Burial Sky Song!

Divine Void Infinite Blade!

One after another lost divine skills of the Godly Void Pavilion were cast by the woman on clouds, causing the Blood God Gengwu to wail in misery.

The underwater rock layers were completely shattered, and in the deep underground crevice, a colossal squid revealed a corner of its immense body.

Its body is enormous!

Its vitality is immense!

Even though it was battered very badly by the Cloud-Treading Woman, it did not lose much vitality, and the injuries were nearly nonexistent!

Calamity Flash!

Triple Calamity Flash!

Tenfold Calamity Flash!

The attacks of Blood God Gengwu are straightforward, consisting solely of physical strikes from its tentacles and spell damage from Calamity Flash.

Yet, the power of its Calamity Flash should not be underestimated; somehow, its power continues to increase on the original foundation.

Facing tenfold and above Calamity Flash is challenging, even for the powerful Cloud-Treading Woman. After all, she is neither in her true form nor alive; she is merely a guardian spirit with only half her strength, unable to use many divine skills, and without the magical treasures she possessed when she was a Destiny Immortal Cultivator.

When Blood God Gengwu released hundredfold Calamity Flash for the first time, the Cloud-Treading Woman was injured and coughed up blood, indicating her power nearing exhaustion.

Blood God Gengwu’s strength seems inexhaustible, whereas hers is quite limited.

The dead cannot truly contend with the living... How she longed during the living era to properly deal with this Gengwu.

Boom!

Another hundredfold Calamity Flash, dispersing half of the Cloud-Treading Woman’s body.

With a bitter feeling, she looked down one last time, not at Xiang Mingzi, not at the slightly familiar Burying Moon Celestial Consort, not at any Eastern Celestial Cultivator, but only at the Sealing Tower.

Inside the tower was that person’s disciple...

Yet, where is that person now...

According to a trace of sensation from the Divine Tomb, that person is no longer within the Divine Tomb.

If that person were dead in the Divine Tomb, it should have buried itself along with him, according to the restrictions she placed back then.

But the Divine Tomb still exists...

It means that person’s absence is not due to death, but some kind of opportunity; he has come back to life. Maybe permanently revived, or temporarily, but he has life again...

But why, though he has life, has he not come to find her...not even gone to see her remaining guardian spirit, even just a glance...

Still, he does not care...

Everyone assumed that the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor who created the Yin Yang Transformation must be a romantic, but little did they know he’s a passionate yet ruthless man, loving only one person all his life...

"This is the last time... If there is a next life, I would rather not practice cultivation, not be a human, without feelings, without love or hate, without birth or death, and never knowing you..."

"Back then, you saved me from calamity in the Lake Immortal Path, guided me to enlightenment with the Art of Void, helped me achieve merit and approach the Saint Position, gifted me the Colored Boat to escape, preserved my life, and allowed me to persist in the Dreamland Realm... I have repaid all these kindness to you..."

"There won’t be another time..."

Abi Soulbinding Art!

With a tragic laugh, the Cloud-Treading Woman exhausted the last bit of her guardian spirit’s power, dispersing like smoke all around, transforming her strength into an ancient golden glyph, fiercely sealing towards Blood God Gengwu.

No one here recognizes this glyph; it’s too ancient of a restriction, but if seen by a Real Realms expert, they would be shocked by it.

This is a self-sacrificial spell from the Black Buddha Sect!

It allows sacrificing oneself to drag the enemy into Abi Hell.

The caster will perish, suffering unimaginable agonies of Abi’s torture before death.

The afflicted will be sealed in Abi Hell for a certain period, perhaps three to five years, or thirty to fifty years, or even hundreds of thousands of years; all are possible.

The specific duration depends on the cultivation gap between the caster and the afflicted.

With the remaining strength of the Cloud-Treading Woman’s guardian spirit, it is naturally impossible to seal Blood God Gengwu in Abi Hell for long, maybe only a few days.

A few days, perhaps enough for these Eastern Celestial Cultivators to escape, perhaps... enough for that inheritor of Ancient Chaos to flee...

She was already dead, so naturally will not perish by casting this spell.

But the agony of Abi’s punishment must still be experienced anew... According to legends from Real Realms, such punishment is enough to make an insufficiently resolute Quasi-Saint beg for mercy, which shows its intensity of pain...

Is there anyone you hate deeply but are still willing to endure Abi’s pain for him, even if he doesn’t know, doesn’t care, and doesn’t even glance at you an extra time...

At the instant when the seal was about to appear, Blood God Gengwu let out a terrified roar.

Its body instinctively sensed the danger of that seal, recognizing it as a self-destructive move.

The limited spirit awareness of Blood God Gengwu realized very clearly that the Cloud-Treading Woman before it was a complete lunatic!

Mad to the extreme!

Mad to purity!

It wanted to hide, but couldn’t!

Yet just when it was almost desperate, at the moment when the seal was about to descend upon it, a flash of golden light appeared, blocking the seal.

"You actually want to save it!" The seal was obstructed by the golden light, flying backward, and during the backward flight, it transformed back into the illusory and broken silhouette of the Cloud-Treading Woman.

Failed to cast the spell!

Moreover, what Cloud-Treading Woman couldn’t comprehend was that the one who stopped her from sealing the Blood God Gengwu was the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor she was trying to protect!

What’s going on!

Isn’t the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor supposed to be on our side? Why help the enemy!

"Save it, hmph! Why would I save it? What right does this little Gengwu fish have for me to save it? I’m saving you! Young girl, why so troubled, wanting to taste the agony of Abhi Hell. Tsk tsk tsk, eternally sentimental, turning feelings into regret, indeed I, an old bachelor, am far more carefree, with no ties, not foolishly obsessed with anyone." The golden light dissipated, revealing a giant with horns ablaze in golden flames, holding a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, appearing before the masses.

From its appearance, the Golden Flame Giant was identical to Ning Fan’s Eternal True Body.

But stranger still, this Golden Flame Giant inexplicably had a pair of horns and possessed a cultivation level ridiculously high, exuding the cultivation prowess of an Ancient Great Cultivator!

"Hmph! You’re the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor, yet you call me young girl so casually. Didn’t your master teach you to respect your seniors? Wait, why is your cultivation level so high! You’ve cultivated to the pinnacle of Ancient Great Cultivator!" The face of the Cloud-Treading Woman blushed, not from shyness, but from anger.

How many years has it been since anyone called her young girl, especially being called that by the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor, which made her feel rather upset and amused.

"Heh heh! Aren’t you the young lass from the Xiang family? I’ve heard of you, pining for an unreachable Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor day in and day out. Yes, I am the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor, but I just want to call you young girl, and there’s nothing you can do about it! I remember your father is called Lord Xiang, correct. Hmph, I’m Ning Manshan, acquainted with your father, calling you young girl is a courtesy, if not, would’ve called you a yellow-haired girl! At your full moon ceremony, I even gave your father a string of divine money. When you changed your diaper back then, it even stank me up... Wait a minute, brat, stop trying to seize consciousness, I haven’t finished chatting with this daughter of an old acquaintance yet... Heh heh, you see, you can’t beat me. Now, where were we, young girl. Oh right, we were talking about diapers..."

The Golden Armored Giant rambled on self-servingly, looking utterly obnoxious.

The nearly dissipating Cloud-Treading Woman was fuming at the Golden Armored Giant, wishing she could punch him.

But unfortunately, her strength was exhausted and she was dissipating, leaving this world forever.

Otherwise, she would certainly take a good crack at this shameless Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor inheritor!

"Ning Manshan, isn’t it, brat, I’ll remember you! If there’s a next life..."

Boom!

The Cloud-Treading Woman’s words were cut off abruptly, dissipated.

"Senior Shenxu, I’m truly sorry, the words just now weren’t mine, it was Niu Manshan causing trouble..." Regaining consciousness, Ning Fan wanted to apologize to the Cloud-Treading Woman, but it was too late.

Ning Fan sighed helplessly, well, at least his intervention spared the woman from suffering Abhi’s agony, the outcome was quite satisfactory.

As for being resented by this woman, huh huh, immortals perish like fleeting thoughts, no return in this life. The woman’s true form died many years ago, even the last guardian spirit has dissipated just now, there’s no chance for revenge, she won’t have another chance at reincarnation...

"Oh? I did underestimate you, you actually managed to seize control from me once, too bad, too bad, your apology, the young girl of the Xiang family is destined not to hear, you will not meet again this life. Of course, such trivial matters are inconsequential, now let’s join forces and deal with this little Gengwu fish together. I’m a bit hungry, craving for some squid dumplings from Fusang Immortal Country, the ingredients are right here, can you make this dish?" The Golden Armored Giant mused aloud.

"Can’t! Never heard of it!" The Golden Armored Giant answered himself.

"Forget it, forget it, once we cut this Gengwu down and get that grade-A squid meat, I’ll make you one, that taste, tsk tsk tsk, a lifelong unforgettable experience! Heavenly Bull Space Skin Pattern!"

To the astonishment of the crowd, the Golden Armored Giant activated the Heavenly Bull Space Skin Pattern, pulling the enormous Blood God Gengwu directly from the underground rock stratum.

Then followed with an unabashed punch straight ahead!

[Evasion Glyph - Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike]!

The Blood God Gengwu pulled from the ground let out a miserable scream, pummeled back into the earth layers by a heavy punch from the Golden Armored Giant.

This squid’s vitality surpassed Hei Sheng thousands of times, yet just a single punch wiped out one percent of it!

This meant that the power of that one punch was sufficient to obliterate dozens of Hei Sheng at once!

Everyone was stunned by this earth-shattering punch!

The Foreign Clan Great Deity Director watched the Golden Armored Giant in disbelief, according to reports, this Golden Armored Giant was definitely Ning Fan’s Eternal True Body, though slightly different in appearance.

The might of the punch was so profound, how could the Yama child be this formidable!

Cold sweat poured down the Foreign Clan Great Deity Director’s face; if this punch landed on him, he’d surely be instantly killed!

"Gasp! What exactly is the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike divine skill! Paired with my clan’s Evasion Glyph, it delivers such power, magnifying my punch’s might dozens of times! I’ve traveled this world for ages, this technique absolutely ranks in the top ten among physical skills I know!" The Golden Armored Giant marveled.

Tried searching Ning Fan’s memory to secretly learn the Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike but couldn’t find any memory.

"Ah, really can’t fault you. My memories are open for you to view, yet you still hoarded yours, keeping them hidden, truly petty!" The Golden Armored Giant grumbled.

On the other side, Blood God Gengwu’s rage intensified.

With no mercy, a hundredfold powerful red light column blasted toward the Golden Armored Giant.

Hundredfold Calamity Flash!

"Oh, this technique is..." The Golden Armored Giant’s eyes gleamed.

At this moment, it wasn’t Niu Manshan in control, but Ning Fan regaining mastery of the body, naturally discerning many issues from the Blood God Gengwu’s Hundredfold Calamity Flash.