Chapter 59: Red Sky Palace
Tear!
A crisp sound echoed, like a piece of rag being suddenly torn apart.
On the surface of the ochre domain's realm membrane, a crack appeared, neither too big nor too small.
Chong Hua withdrew his hands covered with Blood Energy, akin to golden-red dragon scales.
The next instant, an incredibly condensed glimmer of fire shot out from the gap, like a specter, heading straight for him!
This long-planned attack, however, only made Chong Hua frown slightly, tilting his head to dodge the incoming flame, while swirling Blood Energy around him to strike the fire.
But at the moment of striking, the Blood Energy was also ignited by the fire!
Chong Hua narrowed his eyes slightly, yet remained calm, decisively exerting force to push the flame towards the realm membrane beside him.
He then severed this flow of Blood Energy.
Almost the instant the flame hit the realm membrane, the fire rapidly spread across its surface, then lit up!
Like a torch charred and then blown bright again, flames and black smoke rose instantaneously.
Inside the realm membrane, countless voices of terror and chaos erupted...
Hearing these sounds, a hint of impatience crossed Chong Hua's face.
He cast a cold glance, then raised his hands again.
Gold-red Blood Energy swiftly entwined, expanding rapidly, like two giant gold-red dragons wrapped around his hands, then clawed at the fiercely burning crack in the realm membrane.
"Hah—"
He let out a low shout, then tore vigorously to both sides!
Amidst even more terrified screams and shouts, the realm membrane, like a curtain of flame being pulled open, revealed countless figures enveloped in flames, along with mountains and rivers within...
A voice came from within his sleeve:
"Master, I know! This domain is fake; it's all pieced together!"
"I know."
Chong Hua looked at the torn-open domain, his voice as calm as still water.
Who would know better than the one who tore it open personally whether it was real or fake?
This also explained why Ying Mu had been unable to sense the existence of the domain before.
Because this wasn't a domain at all; at best, it was a "house" floating in the Void, a temporary shelter.
But now, they themselves had set this house on fire...
The fire was extremely domineering; not only did it ignite the "realm membrane," but it also rapidly spread towards the inside of the realm membrane.
Inside the realm, faintly visible were towers and palaces, beautiful courtyard views, magnificent palaces, vast seas, towering mountains... yet all were quickly engulfed in flames.
"Burning mountains and boiling seas" became a chilling descriptor at this moment.
Many cries of wailing disappeared as soon as they arose, as if the flames could consume sound as well.
"What a hassle!"
Watching this scene, Chong Hua's eyes flickered, then he snorted coldly, raising a hand.
Countless strands of gold-red Blood Energy penetrated the gaps in the raging flames at peculiar angles, deftly retrieving pieces of unconsumed lands and figures.
These people bore a striking resemblance to Yun Qi and his kind, all short of stature, sporting two bright black mustaches, even the women alike.
Their realms varied, some already at the Void Refining stage, and others merely mortals, placed upon the lands.
These people, still in panic, gazed at Chong Hua.
Then they were drawn to the burning domain, eyes filled with fear, despair, and sobs as they looked at all engulfed in flames.
"Gone... gone, it's all gone..."
"Red Sky Palace is gone..."
"The Red Sky Realm... is completely gone too!"
Some couldn't hold back and burst into tears, their hearts crumbling.
Yet at this moment, no one dared to look at Chong Hua.
The fear of a top cultivator had long been ingrained deep in their blood.
And Chong Hua looked indifferently at the "domain" in front of him crackling in the burning flames, the realm membrane curling and slowly carbonizing...
His heart barely stirred.
He was indeed the one who had sparked this disaster, but the root cause lay in the inexplicable malice of those Red Sky Palace cultivators.
Besides, he had followed the instructions of his original body, saving a portion of people, which meant he had left a glimmer of hope.
As for the fate of more Red Sky Palace people... what did that have to do with him?
He never cared about these things.
Were it not for the obsession from his original body, even the beings inside the Little Cang World, the beings of the Witch Clan, held little significance to him.
Let alone the lives of a group of unknown Alien Clan members.
The only pity was that there should have been plenty of treasures and legacies inside the Red Sky Palace, but they were all buried in this great fire.
And this fire was so domineering that even he was reluctant to take the risk personally.
The blazing firelight woke the comatose Yun Qi again.
He lifted his head, his attention quickly captured by the blazing flames.
Staring at the charred remnants of the realm enveloped in flames, Yun Qi's eyes widened in disbelief, blood rushing to his head!
"Red Sky Realm... Red Sky Realm..."
"It's the Bird Taoist! It's the Bird Taoist!"
"Red Sky Realm... I'm a sinner!"
Yun Qi's eyes were bloodshot.
Even though he knew that the so-called Red Sky Realm was not actually a domain, the painstakingly accumulated and pieced-together residence over countless millennia by predecessors was burning to ashes before his eyes, and the population painstakingly gathered over many years was consumed in this fire...
Despair!
Pain!
Remorse!
Rage!
Like a myriad of evils gnawing at his heart!
He hated the false information from Hundred Ghost Mountain.
He hated himself even more for being so foolish, failing to see through the true power of this Bird Taoist, blinded by the Immortal Marrow Jade Liquid, acting recklessly before the Palace Master's return!