NOVEL WEB Chapter 295 Testing and Return
Shen Yuan's initial target was the reborn Yu Ke.
Yu Ke, already nearly disabled, could only appear at this place with the status of the Mortal Emperor's envoy if he was involved in the unusual events within the Great Yin Imperial City.
Shen Yuan's purpose in making a move against Yu Ke was precisely to learn the truth behind the happenings within the Great Yin Imperial City.
Striking at Ji Xuanyi was merely a ruse, a tactic to use the Great Yin Crown Prince to lure Massacre True Monarch into dividing his attention to protect Ji Xuanyi, thus neglecting Yu Ke by his side.
And the real lethal move of the Darkness-Light Sword was not the spatial tearing 10 Directions Universe Qi but the Time Path retained within it.
In the killing scheme, how could a near-ruined Spirit Refining True Being have any chance of surviving?
As time, which had been frozen, started flowing once again, and consciousness barely returned, everyone heard an angry reprimand.
"Traitor! You deserve to die!"
Everyone followed the sound, only to witness a horrifying scene.
Yu Ke, holding the Mortal Emperor's Sacred Edict, stood in his place, but the aged head that had been atop his neck had vanished without a trace at some point, and blood was gushing out like a fountain from his neck.
And close to this corpse, stood the Massacre True Monarch of Great Yin, who bore a fierce reputation.
In the presence of Massacre True Monarch, Falling Clouds Taoist personally executed Yu Ke, the Mortal Emperor's envoy.
Observers from all sides were shocked by this scene. Known as a fearsome killer, Massacre True Monarch, despite only being at the Void Refining Peak stage, had caused many Tao Harmony Taoist Doyens to perish under his hands with the support of the Mortal Path Array and Great Void Fleet.
That Shen Yuan could kill Yu Ke right before Massacre True Monarch was unquestionably a harsh slap to the face of the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty.
The blood spewing from Yu Ke evaporated instantly amidst Massacre True Monarch's rage.
The crimson eyes within the helmet stared fixedly at Shen Yuan, who was a hundred miles away and holding the head. A long banner appeared in Massacre True Monarch's hands.
The banner waved, stirring the forces of heaven and earth, and the roar of Massacre True Monarch tore through the cloud firmament.
"Generals and soldiers, follow me to execute the evildoer!"
"At your command!"
The sound of slaughter thundered through heaven and earth as an Array Master on board the Great Void Ship activated the Formation, and the multitude of nested Formation patterns were fully ignited.
The massive ship tore through space, aiming for Shen Yuan, who was a hundred miles away.
Shen Yuan had anticipated this, raising his right hand with an index finger pointing into the void, from which invisible chains extended over a thousand miles.
Pot Sky-Space Lock!
All space within a thousand miles was completely locked down, and the ripping space channels that had just opened instantly collapsed.
Massacre True Monarch's expression remained unchanged, as even a mere hundred miles was merely a matter of a few breaths without using space rifts.
"Stop opening space channels, move at full speed!"
The massive Great Void Ship turned into a beam of Flight of Light, racing toward Shen Yuan.
Shen Yuan's hand spell changed once more, with index and middle fingers coming together like a sword sweeping through the void, and with a wave of his hand, it seemed as though a galaxy spilled forth.
Pot Sky-World at Fingertips!
The space, which was merely a hundred miles, appeared to stretch indefinitely. Even though the speed of the Great Void Ship far surpassed that of a Void Refining cultivator, it could not immediately reach Shen Yuan.
A severe look flashed in Massacre True Monarch's eyes as he angrily ordered:
"Deploy the 10 Directions Breaking Void Array!"
A gigantic Formation pattern unfolded atop the Great Void Ship, its spreading beyond tearing large swathes of space apart.
Layers of space rifts transformed into a sharpened blade, forcefully breaking through the barrier of World at Fingertips.
As space returned to normal, upon nearing Shen Yuan, they were shocked to discover that the space in front had no pathways, as if they had stepped onto the boundary of space itself.
Massacre True Monarch, commanding his immense manifestation, slammed a punch forward, but that space-tearing strike could not affect this area at all, leaving the distant mountains to appear like a painting forever beyond reach.
Pot Sky-Drawing of Mountains and Seas!
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Utilizing the Drawing of Mountains and Seas derived from spatial dimension reduction, Shen Yuan successfully halted Massacre True Monarch temporarily while holding Yu Ke's head, staring at his fierce countenance.
Shen Yuan could clearly sense that with Yu Ke's physical body collapsing, his Spirit Soul and True Spirit were gradually disappearing as their vitality faded away.
At the moment just before Yu Ke's life force completely dissipated, Shen Yuan used the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power.
Reversal of life and death, the backwards flow of time preserved this last trace of lingering life force.
"Tell me, what exactly happened in the Great Yin Imperial City?"
Shen Yuan's tranquil voice echoed in the sky, and Yu Ke, with only a head left, glared fiercely at Shen Yuan, his eyes filled with indescribable hatred.
"Unwilling to speak?"
There was a meaningful undertone in Shen Yuan's voice.
"That's no longer your choice to make."
Within his body, a long unused Earthly Destroyer Divine Power was silently awakened.
Earthly Destroyer-Netherworld Transit!
To condemn the wicked and observe rebirth was inherently one of the authorities derived from the deep dark Netherworld; by being In Charge of the Netherworld Path's origin, one naturally commands its authority.
At this moment, Shen Yuan appeared as if he had become a Netherworld Emperor clad in imperial robes, with a domain resembling the Netherworld unfolding around him, where Yu Ke's collapsing Spirit Soul completely fell into this Netherworld domain.
"Witness three lifetimes!"
A circular mirror emerged from the vacuum, revealing all memories within the Spirit Soul like a movie before Shen Yuan's eyes.
Back up from the ancient bronze cauldron, eroding the Great Yin's Mortal Emperor, cultivators of the Dusk Realm descending, an order to execute Falling Clouds Taoist...
Having skimmed through all the information, Shen Yuan finally understood the causes and effects.
"The contingency plan on the ancient bronze cauldron has been triggered?"
"How could this happen?"
Shen Yuan's eyes flickered with disbelief.
The Great Yin's Mortal Emperor's cultivation was unparalleled, leaving behind hope for the Primal Chaos Realm before the great catastrophe through the Great Schism, and even collaborated with the Lord of Mount Tai to create Fengdu City, keeping the Primal Chaos Realm independent from the dark Hell's cycle of reincarnation, at least as formidable as an Eternal Golden Immortal.