Chapter 480

Chapter 480: Half-Step Mystic Realm

"We can’t do it; we are too weak to stop Dongwang… It’s only ten minutes, and even the Ascension of the Heavenly Path can’t hold back this monster!"

Shui Qingya and the others displayed expressions of despair.

In the ten minutes, they had consecutively achieved the Ascension of the Heavenly Path, even causing the formation to enter a state of destroy and escape, which meant they had exhausted all their tricks.

Yet, despite this, they couldn’t even hold on for ten minutes!

Now, only Shui Mingqin had not used the Ascension of the Heavenly Path; even if she could hold on a bit longer, what good would it do?

What can be accomplished in ten minutes?

If it weren’t for the lack of spirit pills, it would take them dozens of days just to recover their power. How could they possibly manage a cultivation breakthrough in such a short time?

Even if there were some miraculous elixirs in this cave, ten minutes was far too short!

The entire control room flickered with unstable lights.

Sounds drew closer.

Everyone’s hearts raced as they felt their own weakness and helplessness like never before; they all gritted their teeth, eyes fixed firmly on the cave entrance ahead!

"Boom!"

Dongwang smashed through the rock layers, and even the enhanced molecular density of the rocks was like dust in his hands, reaching them in just a few seconds.

Shui Mingqin clenched her teeth; she had no choice but to enter the state of Ascension of the Heavenly Path!

"Heavenly Path—Ascension!"

Her body was not in good shape, and using the Ascension of the Heavenly Path had severe side effects, but with the crisis at hand, she had no choice but to move forward.

Shui Mingqin obtained new strength, approaching the realm of the real; her aura was deep like an abyss.

She unleashed a multitude of spells to untangle the chaotic power of destroy and escape within the formation, completely blocking Dongwang for a moment, causing the stability of the formation to greatly increase.

"Is it coming again? Even with the ascending bloodline, you’re just a bigger ant. Who knew that with this formation, you could still hold me off for a while?"

Dongwang frowned; the Tomorrow Nation was indeed strange. In less than six hundred years of history, they had developed such frightening technologies.

These top-tier cultivators could even be surrounded and hunted down by lower-tier cultivators wielding unbeatable weapons; what a defiance of the natural order!

Every cultivator in a given realm was supposed to suppress everything, towering above all. If they fell to the point of being surrounded by lower-tier cultivators, then what was the purpose of their practice?

Ultimately, the stagnation in the cultivation world came from a lack of necessity for further development. The Three Major Techniques all had routes leading to the Royal Path; if anyone tried to completely innovate the Three Major Techniques to elevate themselves, they would inevitably face fierce opposition from the old powers.

Moreover, after plundering one’s achievements, they might not promote them, as some things could likely be sealed away for being disadvantageous to higher-tier cultivators.

A true practitioner absolutely did not wish for a Powerful Figure cultivating the Evil Spirit God to appear, even if this strategy only allowed for a slightly slower death.

"Die!"

Dongwang could not allow exceptions to arise, which was why he sealed the Spiritual Law, cutting off possibilities.

Yet, to his surprise, even so, someone dared to defy him, breaking through through the Heavenly Path inheritance to obtain a wealth of knowledge, just one step away from shattering his blockade!

Rock layers quietly crumbled.

Swallowed by the black tide.

The black tide surged and receded, causing disturbances in the space when scattered, revealing flaws, and transforming into a black wheel when gathered, which crushed everything in its path.

This power felt to everyone like Spirit Law: Blade Unleashed, compressed into a blade that could cut through anything.

However, Dongwang’s Spirit Law: Blade Unleashed was unimaginably immense, far beyond what they could block; its nature was actually quite simple and unadorned.

Shui Mingqin was incredibly powerful, having reached Completeness in the spiritual realm, just on the brink of the law realms. The benefits from her cultivation level allowed her to endure a bit more…

Of course, the enhancement from the spiritual realm wasn’t that significant, so she had merely brushed against the threshold of Major Achievement in the Mystic Realm, relying on the Ascension of the Heavenly Path to exchange a few moves with a real practitioner.

With the support of the formation, she delayed Dongwang’s advance, but he still approached step by step, tearing apart the final barrier.

In an instant,

this scene seemed to become eternal.

Shui Mingqin’s side turned grim, filled with despair.

Meanwhile, Dongwang’s lips curled into a smile, a half-smirk on his face. He spread his arms and said, "It seems this is your end. I haven’t moved my body like this in a long time. As a reward, I promise you ten years of life without death, to enjoy the gnawing of all spirits!"

This was an indescribable torment.

"It’s over; it seems the only one who can survive is Shui Changdong…"

Shui Mingqin sighed helplessly beneath her pale face, the power of the Ascension of the Heavenly Path fading away as she collapsed into a chair, powerless.

Most people gritted their teeth, wanting to resist, but upon seeing Dongwang in that moment, they fell to their knees in despair, so terrified that they wished for immediate death.

What a powerful existence he was; they felt so small that they didn’t even have the right to move!

Watching this scene, Dongwang was utterly satisfied; this was the feeling of ruling over everything, controlling life and death. He had once been at the mercy of the Lord of Luo, but now it was his era, and no one could stand above him!

Dongwang laughed heartily as the black tide surged forth, ready to engulf everyone.

"Boom!"

A scorching aura suddenly erupted, sweeping through like a fierce wind, as the black tide was completely cleared away.

Dongwang frowned, looking deeper into the darkness, hearing a sound of tremors.

The stone door at the back of the control room opened.

Everyone’s bodies trembled, revealing expressions of wild joy as they all looked towards the source of the power…

"Dongwang, do you treat your own descendants with such ruthlessness?"

Though he had not yet appeared, his voice echoed first.

Yun Ye stepped out of the shadows, the Black Great Sun rotating behind him, wearing a white Ascended Spiritual Attire that appeared both contrasting and harmonious.

"In just a brief moment, you have half a foot in the Mystic Realm… Indeed, I cannot comprehend a Super Genius, nor can I accept it."

Dongwang paid no mind to descendants, staring at Yun Ye for a while, then heaved a long sigh, as the black tide spread, filled with resentful energy, the Reverse Realm descending to engulf this world.

He was filled with murderous intent; how could someone with such talent be allowed to live?

If this person lived, he would die.

Two tigers cannot coexist on the same mountain!

"It is not yet time for a decisive battle, but I assume you won’t let us leave easily."

Yun Ye had not yet opened the Mystic Heaven to achieve a transformation in both quantity and quality of power, possessing only partial strength of the Mystic Realm, and still couldn’t contend with Dongwang.

"Soul Shatter!"

Dongwang raised his hand, and the black mist from another dimension lunged at Yun Ye, crossing through space to erase him, as he was the ruler of the Reverse Realm.

"Great Law Third Turn—Life Rebirth!"

Ten earthen figures stood up, turning into human shapes, blocking in front of Yun Ye.

The black mist was completely absorbed by the puppets, not only failing to destroy them but instead making their human characteristics more pronounced.

Dongwang frowned, continuously injecting new strength. The black tide he commanded showed no sign of exhaustion; it was truly infinite, and he wanted to see just how much it could consume.

The puppets rejected none who came, dark patterns emerging on their surfaces, their aura simultaneously rising.

The onlookers could not help but be horrified; these puppets made from spirit soil in the cave had actually risen from a level of Completeness in the law realms all the way to Major Achievement in the Mystic Realm.

Upon achieving Major Achievement in the Mystic Realm, the puppets could no longer bear the power and charged at Dongwang. Suddenly, the strength of the Heavenly Path surged, radiant brilliance enveloping them, drawing everyone’s attention to the ten puppets.

"Ascension of the Heavenly Path! How is this possible? Shui Changdong clearly hasn’t completed the Sacred Blood Revival!"

Shui Mingqin and the others were all stunned by this scene, finding it hard to believe.