C2283 The Disaster of the Wasteland
Its emergence sent shockwaves throughout the Creitecesh, silencing even the divine beings at the pinnacle of existence.
The aura it released instantaneously reached the neighboring Astral Domains, driving many tenth-level powerhouses into a state of frenzy, causing them to converge from all directions.
The darkened heavens and the infinite stellar sea were suffused with its presence and might.
With a thunderous boom, at Kurkova's behest, the Spring of Death—forged from a piece of flesh by Yuan Le, the Lord of Ruin—suddenly erupted into oblivion.
The Death God of the Underworld seemed reluctant to let even a trace of its essence seep through.
Unaware of the situation, the Death God, too, harbored a cautious dread of it, opting to shatter the Spring's passage voluntarily.
Youyu watched in astonishment as it unfolded across the sky above the Peak of Creation, nearly filling the entire vista.
The massive Tree of Life, under the oppression of its fearsome aura, saw its tender green limbs snap and break without resistance.
It had done nothing directly; the mere diffusion of its aura had not even singled out the Tree of Life as a target.
Crack! Crack!
The towering stones of the Peak of Creation began to crumble and fall.
Beneath it, the Peak of Creation seemed to bear the weight of an endless bloody world overhead, and the mountain itself began to slowly sink, distancing itself from the overwhelming presence.
Even Mother Earth was palpably shaken.
With a gusty whoosh, the branches of the Tree of Life quivered as if shivering in fear. Setting aside its age-old feud with Mother Earth, it plunged down to the summit of the Peak of Creation.
Its roots immediately intertwined with the land, engaging in a continuous exchange with Mother Earth.
The Light Spirit, working in secret, rallied the suns, moons, and brilliant stars of the nearby Astral Domains, sending streams of radiant fire and sharp beams of light toward the Peak of Creation.
Yet all the luminosity failed to penetrate the expansive flesh and blood, leaving the Peak of Creation in shadow.
The mountain continued its descent.
"Yu Yuan!"
The alarmed cries of Mother Earth, the Light Spirit, the Tree of Life, and the Thunder Spirit echoed from the Peak of Creation, resounding within Yu Yuan's Mindscape.
With the All Spirits Ban lifted and the sudden manifestation of the flesh, their distress was evident.
Yu Yuan, in his guise as the Undead Sovereign, swiftly caught Qi Yunhong, Yu Yiyi, and Youyu upon the Dragon Slaying Stage.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a blood-red mist was dispersed, swiftly enveloping the entire Creitecesh.
A cacophony of discordant noises erupted, sounding like the quarrels of countless intelligent life forms, the whispers of deities, and the roars of chaos-born giant beasts—all emanating from a colorful mass of flesh.
An indescribable, violent aura was unleashed, warping the very essence of all living beings!
Its presence spread wildly throughout the Wasteland, using Creitecesh as its epicenter and seeping into the neighboring Astral Domains.
Howl! Wail! Roar!
Many Beast Gods with tenth-level bloodlines and Wasteland powerhouses like Mu Xiao and the Moon Succubus Queen were the first to sense its released aura.
The Beast Gods went mad, charging alongside the tenth-level Otherkin without a second thought.
Yet, it paused for no one.
It drifted through Creitecesh, an energy-depleted star domain where it failed to find the power it sought. Thus, it began to traverse the void.
It glided toward the Embers Star.
Having claimed a quarter of Creitecesh, its movement through the Star River was astonishingly swift.
Yu Yuan, in his Solar Spirit Body, watched as it moved on instinct, emitting an aura that influenced all beings of flesh and blood. He was fraught with anxiety yet powerless to intervene.
Yu Yuan's Solar Spirit Body and real body exuded a protective aura, making him seem like kin to the entity.
Youyu, a mere ghost, was outright ignored.
It sought beings of substantial flesh and blood.
Wherever it manifested, it would reap life from the highest to the lowest, from the supreme to the tenth-level Beast Gods.
Soon, it drifted from Creitecesh to the Embers Star, where a part of it hovered in the fiery domain.
"Dragon Slaying Stage!"
Yu Yuan commanded with his Solar Spirit Body.
Whoosh!
The Dragon Slaying Stage flew from the hands of the Undead Sovereign to the feet of his Solar Spirit.
A rainbow light streaked across the heavens.
Yu Yuan, wielding the Dragon Slaying Stage, materialized in the Embers Star, surrounded by five incandescent suns. He observed that the Embers Star resembled a colossal furnace.
Countless scarlet stars appeared to burn fiercely, like embers in a flame. Flamingos, Golden Crows, Fire Kylins, Fire Phoenixes, Earthfire Beasts, and hundreds of thousands of fire-attribute alien beasts inhabited these blazing celestial bodies. They gathered Heavenly Fire, consumed the erupting volcanic flames, and drew in the sun's essence.
On the most radiant Fire Star, Yuan Lianyao, who had ascended to the Supreme Realm, abruptly awoke from her deep meditation. As her eyes opened, all the volcanoes spewing flames across the star suddenly quieted down. Within the Mountain of Flames, alien beasts roared and surged forth.
Then, a moment that Yu Yuan would never forget began to unfold in the Embers Star. The Golden Crow, loyal to Yuan Lianyao, spread its wings and dove toward the patch of multicolored flesh. It was like a spark hitting the ocean, causing only a tiny splash of fiery light before the Golden Crow vanished into it.
Following suit, more flamingos, Kylins, Phoenixes, and Earthfire Beasts arrived. Alien beasts from the Embers Star, with bloodline levels ranging from high to low, flew toward the flesh in a frenzied pilgrimage. They all instantaneously merged with it, becoming part of the flesh, and then silence fell.
The entity continued its rapid journey, drawing the hundreds of thousands of seventh-level alien beasts from the entire Embers Star towards it like moths to a flame. It was gradually increasing in power and mass, never ceasing its movement.
Whoosh! The massive, undulating flesh seemed to breathe, still consuming the dense vital energy within the Embers Star. The energy of the Star River, rich in flesh and blood power, converged from all directions, absorbed by it as if by a giant whale.
In a short time, it had traversed from Creitecesh to the Embers Star. Yu Yuan, bathed in the blood-red halo of the Dragon Slaying Stage, watched its passage across Creitecesh. He also witnessed Beast Gods from other domains streaking across the sky.
Beast Gods that had fled the Beast God Temple amidst the turmoil vanished into its body, just like the white boa. These Beast Gods had evaded the Dark Phoenix and Zhiya, escaped from the Peak of Creation, and even sidestepped the call of the Primal Soul, yet they could not escape its twisting force.
The Beast Gods were perishing in droves.
"It, it..."
Yuan Lianyao, who had narrowly escaped disaster, gazed upon the monstrous mass of flesh that had nearly filled the entire Embers Star, causing stars to shatter and suns to extinguish. She was so astounded that she found herself at a loss for words.
Such a scene had never even haunted Yuan Lianyao's most nightmarish dreams.
The creatures of the Embers Star were suffering terribly. The alien beasts that revered Yuan Lianyao as a deity were unable to flee from her grasp.
The Embers Star, a domain ventured into only by high-level alien beasts and revered as the sacred land of fire entities, boasted dozens of stars and was home to hundreds of thousands of formidable creatures!
In just a brief span of time, this place had turned into a macabre slaughterhouse, yet she had not witnessed a single gory or brutal scene.
"This is only the beginning."
Yu Yuan's heart raced. Through his real body's "Soul Altar," he had noticed that Loong Jie, Green Willow, and Ballo—all eleventh-level supremes—had been driven to madness by the unfolding events.
Only the Great Demon God Bertain, whose Amethyst Demonform lacked flesh and blood, remained unaffected.
Bertain, who had unleashed numerous devil souls to gather Soul Power in the Star River far from Creitecesh, was also aware of the upheaval in the Wasteland and sought confirmation from Yu Yuan.
"I must rescue Loong Jie and the others first!"
Yu Yuan instructed Yuan Lianyao to remain on the Dragon Slaying Stage and activated its time travel power, putting aside the catastrophe in Creitecesh for the moment.
Whoosh!
The Dragon Slaying Stage materialized on a luminous silver star. Loong Jie, in his golden dragon form, soared with a roar.
Having just refined pure Sunsilver from within the star, Loong Jie had not yet had the chance to integrate it into his dragon blood when he sensed the dreadful force.
Above the stars, Loong Jie let out a thunderous roar. Drawing on the power he had mastered, he forcibly transformed his dragon heart into Sunsilver.
His heart, as resilient as fine gold, enabled him to endure. He hovered above the stars, shaking his head and lashing his tail, yet he did not head toward Creitecesh.
"You're quite the anomaly."
Yu Yuan nodded in agreement, yet his concern lingered. He decided to bring Loong Jie into the Dragon Slaying Stage for safety.
Subsequently, he used his teleportation ability to locate Green Willow and Ballo, who had succumbed to defeat, and brought them to the Dragon Slaying Stage as well.
"Stellar Phoenix."
After picking up Green Willow, Yu Yuan traveled through the Stellar Phoenix domain, where he noticed numerous space rifts in an area resembling a firebird.
He took a quick look and discovered a place akin to the Voidweaver Holy Land.
In the Wasteland's Void's Maelstrom, surrounding the Phoenix Shrine under Yu Zhu's control, floated several meteorites and small landmasses capable of housing alien beasts.
Many alien beasts seeking refuge with the Dark Phoenix had been guided to the Void's Maelstrom.
Being separate from the Wasteland, the space rifts were highly fragmented, and the terrifying vibrations they emitted were rendered ineffective.
After observing for a short while, Yu Yuan steered the Dragon Slaying Stage away.
"Zhiya knows what's coming!"
Yu Yuan's expression grew somber as he realized that Zhiya's attack on the Voidweaver Holy Land aimed not only to strip Pei Yuling of her primal source but also to claim the territory as her own.
Zhiya, through Yu Zhu's Phoenix Shrine, reconstructed the Void's Maelstrom within the Astral Domain where her kin had assembled.
The alien beasts loyal to Zhiya had managed to evade its rampant power and did not recklessly gravitate towards it.
Whoosh!
Yu Zhu's silhouette emerged within one of the space rifts, but sensing the anomaly, she refrained from venturing out.
Seven vibrant soul clouds soared from the rift, wandering through the desolate Stellar Phoenix domain before returning, having discovered nothing.
"It's too perilous outside. Better to stay hidden."
Yu Zhu murmured softly.
"The Hall Master is astute!"
The golden deer, the Darkgold Beast, the Iron-winged Bird, and the Beast God, all aware of the situation beyond, commended Zhiya's prescience.
