Chapter 204
by fanqienovelChapter 204: The Fall of Empress Nuwa Palace
"Young Master! Hall Master’s Elder!"
A panicked voice approached from the distance as a Great Emperor of Empress Nuwa Palace rushed into the temple and collapsed on the ground with a thud. "The Taihao Heavenly Sect is attacking!"
Whoosh — the faces of the Hall Master’s Elder and the Great Emperor of the Soul Lamp Hall instantly turned deathly pale.
"So soon?" the Young Master frowned deeply, solemnly declaring, "Activate the protective formation immediately. You all, follow me to confront Dao King."
He remained utterly calm, fearless and ready to meet his end.
Ever since the two Palace Masters of Empress Nuwa Palace stepped into the Immortal Realm, the Young Master had foreseen this outcome—though never expected it to arrive so swiftly.
Boom!
From nine directions around Empress Nuwa Palace, nine beams of divine light erupted abruptly, converging into one. They formed a nine-colored shield enveloping the entire palace, swirling with profound divine patterns.
Countless divine jades and divine stones were fed into the nine formation nodes, energizing the array.
This formation, called the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation, evolved from the legend of Nuwa’s Repairing the heavens. It contained a fraction of heavenly power, resonating with the cosmos to borrow a wisp of natural force, standing independent.
The formation couldn’t attack, only defend.
The Young Master believed that even Dao King—renowned as invincible in the lower realm—would need considerable time to breach the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation.
"Why is the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation activated? Could enemies be invading Empress Nuwa Palace?"
Disciples throughout the palace jolted awake as if from a dream.
"Look! Taihao Heavenly Sect’s warships!"
All gazed at the starry sky where massive vessels hovered, banners fluttering, brimming with menacing aura.
"Dare Taihao Heavenly Sect assault Empress Nuwa Palace? Aren’t they afraid we’ll join forces with the Holy Sect of Transformation?" Numerous disciples seethed with fury.
"Young Master! Hall Master’s Elder!"
As the Young Master and Hall Master’s Elder strode through the void, the assembly bowed in reverence.
"Hall Master’s Elder," the Young Master solemnly instructed, "Send word to disciples outside. Order them to conceal their identities… preserve a spark of hope for Empress Nuwa Palace."
The Hall Master’s Elder’s expression twisted in grief; the Young Master’s words clearly signaled their doom.
"Sect Master Dao King!"
The Young Master drifted forward, gazing calmly at Dao King who stood merely separated by the formation barrier. "Shall we… discuss terms?"
Dao King chuckled lightly. "Rumors claim Empress Nuwa Palace’s Young Master combines courage and cunning, a prodigy unseen in millennia. Meeting you today, I find it lives up to the title."
"Pity you were born in the wrong place."
The Young Master’s eyes dimmed. Dao King’s words were a silent refusal—he held no bargaining chips.
"Dao King, must you be this ruthless?" The Hall Master’s Elder roared in towering rage.
Dao King’s gaze remained icy as he spoke lightly. "Your own Palace Masters abandoned you. I merely fulfill my duty. Blame… that couple."
"Dao King, though you are powerful," the Hall Master’s Elder abandoned illusions, steeling for battle, "with the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation standing, destroying Empress Nuwa Palace won’t come easily."
"Even in death, this old man will drag one down with him."
The Dao King smiled, his eyes filled with disdain.
Boom!
The Dao King channeled his magical power, and his figure vanished to appear hundreds of thousands of miles away. With a light press of his thumb, a lightning bolt millions of feet long shattered the sky. With a boom, it struck the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation.
Kaboom!
Countless divine patterns rose up, supporting that bolt of lightning, and gradually wore it away.
Watching this scene, the hanging hearts of Empress Nuwa Palace’s people gently eased.
Facing the Dao King’s strike, the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation remained unmoving.
It seemed that for a short time, Empress Nuwa Palace was not in danger of destruction.
"The Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation is indeed quite mystical," the Dao King said with a laugh, leisurely taking out a gourd.
Seeing the Slaying Immortal Gourd, the second elder felt a chill in his heart.
This gourd was a treasure that could harm the Creation spiritual embryo.
The Dao King was using the Slaying Immortal Gourd, clearly not wanting to waste his magical power in continuing to face Empress Nuwa Palace.
"Be careful!" The Young Master of Empress Nuwa Palace’s pupils constricted sharply.
Whoosh!
As the Slaying Immortal Gourd appeared, a terrifying sword intent instantly torn the sky.
The void for hundreds of thousands of miles shattered into pieces.
Everyone’s swords trembled violently.
"This… what a terrifying killing sword intent!" An old woman trembled fearfully, feeling terrified.
The Dao King gently removed the gourd’s stopper.
Swish!
Strands of sword energy converged into sword light.
The sword light coalesced into a divine sword.
The gourd trembled slightly.
A moment later, the sword intent reached its peak.
A distance of hundreds of thousands of miles instantly vaporized into chaos.
"Spare no resource, block this sword!" the Young Master of Empress Nuwa Palace shrieked hysterically.
Rumble!
Endless divine stones flooded into the Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation.
The formation’s power erupted completely.
Deities manifested from the formation one after another, with human head and serpent body, each imbued with a strand of heavenly divine power.
Human joined with heaven, deity joined with heaven.
The nine deities extended their hands as if to uphold the heavens, and they supported that Slaying Immortal divine sword.
Everyone’s vision froze.
Crack!
As the Slaying Immortal sword intent fell, the fingers of these nine deities shattered upon contact.
The sword intent swept out, and the nine deities exploded into fragments.
The Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation began to crack.
"Kill!" the Dao King cried, putting away the Slaying Immortal Gourd and turning to leave.
Whizz whizz whizz!
The nine Emperor Venerable puppets behind him charged into Empress Nuwa Palace.
The Nine Extremes Mysterious Heaven Formation was instantly destroyed.
The domain of the Great Dao unfurled, and no one could escape.
The Young Master of Empress Nuwa Palace was the first hit, crushed by the Great Dao of an Emperor Venerable, his body destroyed and soul extinguished.
"Young Master!"
A Great Emperor wailed in deep sorrow, "You treacherous traitors! This old man will fight you to the death!"
The yin and yang Great Dao erupted, black and white energies intertwined and shredded the void.
Bang!
A massive palm descended from the sky, crushing the yin and yang Great Dao, turning that Great Emperor into dust.
In that instant, agonized screams erupted from all corners of Empress Nuwa Palace.
The once peaceful sanctuary transformed into a living hell.
Mere moments later, every disciple of Empress Nuwa Palace had been slaughtered.
Only the Hall Master’s Elder remained, a picture of utter despair, still putting up a desperate struggle.
"You two, you will forever be the greatest sinners of Empress Nuwa Palace!" The Hall Master’s Elder roared with profound fury and regret. Had it not been for the two selfish Palace Masters abandoning them for the Immortal Realm, Empress Nuwa Palace would not have been annihilated.
"Taihao Heavenly Sect, Di Wuyou! So long as a single disciple of Empress Nuwa Palace draws breath, vengeance upon Taihao Heavenly Sect shall be sought!"
The Hall Master’s Elder bellowed.
Yet, his voice was utterly drowned out amidst the flurry of divine powers.
"This old man will perish together with you!"
The Hall Master’s Elder circulated his techniques, reversing the flow of his magical power. His primordial spirit suddenly erupted into raging divine flames, and cracks spiderwebbed across his Dao fruit. His aura grew increasingly terrifying.
"He’s going to self-destruct! Fall back!" The expressions of Taihao Heavenly Sect’s second elder and the old woman underwent a great change. They instantly retreated.
This Hall Master’s Elder’s cultivation was immensely high; he was a late-stage Emperor Venerable Realm expert. If he detonated himself, even an Emperor Venerable at the peak of the great circle would find it difficult to withstand directly.
Boom!
Suddenly, a flower bloomed.
It was as if a colossal hand manifested from nothingness, enveloping the Hall Master’s Elder of Empress Nuwa Palace.
Dao King materialized slowly, a lotus flower resting in his palm.
He looked down upon the Hall Master’s Elder trapped within the lotus, his gaze as detached as if observing an ant.
"Di Wuyou!"
The Hall Master’s Elder shrieked in fury. His physical body burned to ash as both his primordial spirit and Dao fruit exploded, unleashing an annihilating wave of energy.
Yet, it could not spread beyond the confines of the lotus.
The flower imprisoned the Hall Master’s Elder’s self-destructive force completely.
The self-detonation of an expert at the late stage of the Emperor Venerable Realm had absolutely no effect on Dao King.
Several breaths later, the residual waves vanished, and the lotus silently faded away.
Dao King’s eyes, dazzling with divine light, swept across Empress Nuwa Palace.
"Found it!"
A flash of joy crossed his face. Deep within the heart of Empress Nuwa Palace, he saw a sealed underground palace shrine. Even amidst the unleashed divine might of an Emperor Venerable, it remained completely undamaged.
"Is that the object for which the sect master wiped out Empress Nuwa Palace?" The old woman stared hard at the second elder, her voice grave.
The second elder nodded.
"But what is it, exactly?" The old woman pressed.
The second elder gave a faint shake of his head.
"I only know it is something of immense importance. But since the sect master said nothing, I dared not ask."
Dao King flashed like a shadow and appeared directly before the underground palace shrine.
Carved into the palace doors were two Empress Nuwa Clan members, one male and one female, each with a human head and serpent body.
As Dao King took a step closer, the eyes of the carved Empress Nuwa Clan figures seemed to stir. Divine light gradually rekindled within them, as if they were awakening to life.
"Take another step forward, and you shall die!"
A voice as cold and mechanical as ice echoed from within the divine light.
"What this sovereign desires has never been beyond his reach!"