C987 Crimson Shift

Yu Yuan experienced excruciating pain throughout his chest, muscles, and blood vessels. The soul thread between him and the Second Bane, Blood Moon, had snapped, resulting in a severe backlash for both of them. Yu Yiyi, the cauldron spirit, wasn't spared either; she let out a stifled groan as her soul became hazy and retreated into the little world within the cauldron, too afraid to emerge again.

Blood Moon was a unique Bane that Yu Yuan had forged in the Sword Prison by refining an elder from the Colddeath using the Crucible of Evil. Recently, Blood Moon had managed to form a tangible body with the help of dark Soul Power and a peculiar form of vitality. Yu Yuan had believed that Blood Moon might soon undergo another transformation and ascend to the ninth level of the Crucible of Evil, but he hadn't anticipated what would happen next.

Blood Moon knelt on one knee, transforming into an elder clad in a blood-red robe, his face etched with determination and an ancient air. His dark red eyes glowed with a ferocious light as he faced the Demon God, Grec. His treachery had caused varying degrees of injury to both Yu Yiyi and Yu Yuan.

"He was confined in the Sword Prison because he fell under Grec's spell in the extraterrestrial Star River. After just one encounter with Grec, he seemed to lose his mind, even turning on his own allies."

Amidst a surge of golden lightning, a massive Golden Throne materialized in the sky behind Yu Yuan. Seated upon it with a dignified posture was the venerable President Lyi of the Skyreach Consortium. The throne, adorned with innumerable enigmatic patterns, resembled both strands of Divine Thunder and veins of gold ore.

"Grec's arrival through the Domain Channel marked the first to be corrupted, him. With Grec's might, the Crucible of Evil, not yet ranked among the Divine Artifacts, was powerless to prevent Blood Moon's desertion in the heat of battle."

"The enslavement seal within Blood Moon's soul was effortlessly wiped away by him," President Lyi declared solemnly.

His appearance alongside the Golden Throne caused the Golden Elephant God of Shadow's Keep and the golden mountains refined by the deity to tremble abruptly. The Golden Elephant God, now in human form, flashed a look of bewilderment and awe. "You, have you succeeded?"

With a gentle smile, President Lyi on the Golden Throne nodded subtly, "The first of its kind, the Sunsilver Divine Mountain, was naturally formed in the Everlands and shattered during the Naga wars. Most of its fragments were pilfered by the extraterrestrial Otherkin who took them deep into the Star River."

"I've wandered the extraterrestrial realms for many years, exhausting every effort to persuade the holders to sell me the fragments of Sunsilver hidden within their tribes."

"Then, it became the Golden Throne."

With that, he cast a glance at the Golden Elephant God's mountain, known as the "Sunsilver Throne," and remarked, "Yours was forged from the second formation of the Everlands' Sunsilver Holy Mountain. But compared to mine..."

He gave the armrest of the Golden Throne a firm pat.

Suddenly, countless golden bolts of Divine Thunder burst forth from within the Golden Throne.

Mountains of gold, silver, and iron scattered across the three continents, any with veins of fine gold, all responded to the cascade of golden lightning.

Simultaneously, streaks of lightning were drawn from the Sunsilver Throne within the Golden Elephant God, converging and hurtling towards Grec.

"Yu, to the Domain Channel!"

At that moment, President Lyi's urgent command echoed once more in Yu Yuan's mind.

This time, Yu Yuan didn't hesitate!

He grasped the other piece, the Dragon Slaying Stage containing the Frost Wyrm, which could shrink at will. Without sparing a glance at the Bane that had risen and transformed into a blood-drenched figure, he moved swiftly.

The Second Bane, Blood Moon, first turned into a bloodied figure, then into a blood shadow that relentlessly pursued him.

Meanwhile, strands of blood light seeped into Yu Yuan's Mindscape, intertwining with his own strength in a fierce battle.

Whoosh!

Zhou You gestured, and the shimmering Four Directions Platform of the teleportation circle settled into the layered space.

In a flash, the Demon God Grec appeared to be enveloped by layers of space.

The Four Directions Platform expanded a hundredfold, transforming into a massive Riftstone that ensnared Grec within. Each facet mirrored a different spatial interface.

Sizzle sizzle!

The golden lightning that surged from President Lyi's Golden Throne pierced the crystal unabated.

All could see the golden lightning darting through the Riftstone's facets, as if striking Grec from various angles across different dimensions.

President Lyi and Zhou You, as if through countless rehearsals, collaborated seamlessly to confine Grec.

"Divine Artifact!"

"His Golden Throne has attained the status of a Divine Artifact!"

"He alone, wielding a Divine Artifact, dares to engage Grec in battle! And he is supported by a cultivator at the Unbound Stage, a master of the mysteries of space magic!"

The humanoid Golden Elephant God inhaled deeply, his eyes blazing as he gazed upon President Lyi seated upon the Golden Throne.

A profound conflict existed between him and President Lyi—a clash of the cosmic order.

Both an archdemon and a human cultivator, they had each grasped the nuances of metal magic, finding a unique harmony in their approaches.

The universe abides by its own laws, and in the vastness of the Everlands, it's impossible for there to be uniformity among the Supreme Gods.

Should either he or President Lyi ascend to the pinnacle first, the other would be doomed to remain forever at the ninth level—an archdemon and a cultivator at the peak of the Unbound realm, with no hope of advancing further.

Any attempt to force progress, even with a vacant Supreme God seat, was destined for failure.

In times past, he had followed the path of fine gold, securing a place within Shadow's Keep. But after suffering grave injuries in the Star River of the extraterrestrial, he plummeted to the ninth level of archdemonry.

Shortly thereafter, President Lyi glimpsed a dawn of opportunity during his own fall and seized the moment to ascend to godhood.

Regrettably, during his transformation into a primordial spirit, President Lyi was betrayed by the Skyreach Consortium and cast down from Heaven's Dais.

Following that, President Lyi vanished into the extraterrestrial, his whereabouts unknown.

Upon his return, he had allied with Boulderdawn and collected all the fragments of the first natural Sunsilver Divine Artifact from the Holy Mountain.

A Divine Artifact stands apart from all lesser artifacts!

Wielding such a Divine Artifact, President Lyi, who had once ascended to godhood on that very path, would have an excellent chance of reaching the Supreme God status alongside Zu Ann, should a new seat arise.

"He has already taken the lead," the Golden Elephant God mused, a tinge of bitterness in his heart.

But then, a new idea took root...

If possible, he would strike at President Lyi with all his might. Should President Lyi fall in the Everlands, the Divine Artifact would likely end up in his hands, and in the future Way of Heaven, his would be the only shadow cast.

"Heh," Blood Moon, in pursuit of Yu Yuan, let out a soft, low chuckle.

Within the Riftstone, the visage of Grec, once Shi Yuxuan, transformed into a blood shadow.

The blood shadow was assaulted by streaks of golden lightning, shattering into millions of droplets of blood that scattered across various dimensions.

"Crimson Shift! It can even transcend the bounds of space!"

Ann Wen, the leader of the Colddeath sect, witnessed this enigmatic event, feeling his temples pulse with an emotion beyond words.

The arcane technique employed by the Demon God Grec was an ancient mystique of Colddeath, mastered by only a select few cultivators.

Even as the leader, Ann Wen's use of the Crimson Shift had its limitations.

He could not, like Grec, exchange the Riftstone, which was clearly situated in an alternate dimension, with the Blood Moon.

"He is one of our revered elders. After just one encounter with Grec in the Star River of the extraterrestrial realms, he defected from our sect. Rumors suggest that our sect's mystiques bear striking resemblances to those of the Blood Fiend."

Ann Wen's mind raced with thoughts.

From the moment the Demon God Grec made his appearance, Ann Wen found himself constantly thwarted. Merely attempting to approach Grec caused the lifeblood he had refined to boil unnaturally, as if facing an innate suppression from a higher echelon.

Watching Grec effortlessly shatter the combined spell cast by President Lyi and Zhou You with the Crimson Shift only deepened Ann Wen's frustration.

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