Chapter 1293: Annihilating the Stars

To conserve the Moon-Stealing Palace's energy, Xia Qingyue had deliberately reduced its flight speed, yet it remained incredibly swift. However, the golden glint on the screen was not only approaching but closing the distance to the Moon-Stealing Palace at an alarming rate.

A mysterious light flashed in Xia Qingyue's hand, and the projection on the screen instantly zoomed in, revealing a blurry figure. Yun Che also leaned forward at that moment... The figure on the screen became clearer and clearer, gradually revealing a woman in luxurious golden robes, with a distinct wing-shaped golden mask on her face.

That golden attire, the exquisitely shaped body, and the golden mask concealing most of her face...

Yun Che's brows shot up. "Qianye Ying'er!?"

"...You mean the Brahma Monarch Goddess?" Xia Qingyue frowned slightly. "Why is she here?"

The Brahma Monarch Goddess's name was known throughout the God Realm. But they had already left the Eastern Divine Region; why would she appear here? Was it just a coincidence?

"No, there are two people!" Yun Che suddenly exclaimed. As they got closer and the projection became clearer, Yun Che finally noticed a grey figure behind Qianye Ying'er. Dressed in grey, he was incredibly gaunt and small, almost blending into the surrounding space, his presence extremely faint. Neither Yun Che nor Xia Qingyue had noticed him until now.

The words Shui Qianheng had specifically warned him of suddenly flashed in his mind. Yun Che's expression abruptly changed, and he urgently cried out, "She's coming for us, run!!"

Xia Qingyue's gaze sharpened, her hand gestures instantly changed, and the Moon-Stealing Palace's speed abruptly increased... Almost at the same instant, the grey-robed old man stretched out his arm and casually pushed.

*Buzz—*

The vast space suddenly erupted with a terrifying roar, and a storm brewed, like a mythical cosmic hurricane, causing violent tremors across thousands of miles of space. Instantly, the Moon-Stealing Palace became like a withered leaf caught in a gale. Its internal space was violently agitated, air currents swirled chaotically, and ear-piercing shrieks echoed all around. It took a full dozen breaths before it finally regained balance and fled forward at its maximum speed.

Yun Che gasped for breath and looked at the screen behind them... A terrifying sight was now displayed before his eyes.

It was the largest and most dreadful storm he had ever witnessed. Within the storm, space was torn apart layer by layer, ripping open countless black holes, and a nearby small star was forcibly knocked off its original orbit by the gale.

To move a star with a mere flick of the hand... A scene from mythology was now vividly unfolding before Yun Che and Xia Qingyue, and the shock in their hearts was beyond compare.

If Xia Qingyue hadn't pushed the Moon-Stealing Palace to its maximum speed just before his attack, it would likely have been swept into the storm's center, with unimaginable consequences.

Although greatly startled, they were ultimately safe. The Moon-Stealing Palace showed no signs of damage... Had it not been the Moon-Stealing Palace, any other profound ark, even the Divine Martial Heavenly Palace of the Divine Martial Realm, would likely have been torn to shreds.

Yun Che gritted his teeth, cold sweat breaking out all over his body... Who was this old man? Even a Divine Emperor's power couldn't be much greater than this, could it!?

If it had only been a guess before, now it was absolutely certain: Qianye Ying'er was coming for them!

"What do they want?" Xia Qingyue's brows were tightly furrowed, completely preoccupied and no longer caring about Yun Che's previous insolence.

"They're after me!" Yun Che ground out, though this time he was wrong. Qianye Ying'er wasn't just after him alone, but both of them!

"Why?"

"Obviously, she wants to drag me back to be her man! The whole God Realm knows she begged to marry me! She's probably enraged by my rejection and wants to force the issue! Hiss!"

Xia Qingyue was in no mood for jokes in this situation. As she boosted the Moon-Stealing Palace's speed to its limit... The golden and grey figures on the screen finally stopped gaining on them, but they weren't falling behind either.

A strange equilibrium had been reached between their speeds.

This sight deeply shook both Yun Che and Xia Qingyue.

At the Moon-Stealing Palace's maximum speed, even the Golden Moon God, Yue Wuji, whose speed was second only to the Moon God Emperor in the Moon God Realm, would be slowly left behind. Yet, they couldn't outdistance these two individuals.

Their power was actually even greater than that of a Moon God!?

"Qianye Ying'er's title of 'Goddess' was something I heard about constantly since my first year in the God Realm," Xia Qingyue said. "Is her cultivation truly this profound?"

As the new master of the Moon-Stealing Palace, she understood far better than Yun Che just how terrifying the concept of being able to keep pace with it was.

In the entire Eastern Divine Region, there were definitely no more than ten people capable of that.

And they had encountered them, two at once.

"I once heard my master say that Qianye Ying'er's cultivation might have already approached that of her father..." Yun Che stared intently at the screen, his entire body tensed. "I thought it was just a 'rumor' at the time, but I never expected it to be true!"

"Who is that grey-robed person?"

"I don't know! But following Qianye Ying'er, he must be from the Brahma Monarch God Realm!"

As the leader of the Eastern Region's Four King Realms, the Brahma Monarch God Realm was indeed an extremely terrifying existence.

Time flowed, and space receded at extreme speed. Although the Moon-Stealing Palace's interior remained incredibly stable and quiet at maximum velocity, Yun Che and Xia Qingyue's nerves couldn't relax for a single moment.

Because the two figures behind them remained, trailing them like shadows.

"Can't we really go any faster?" Yun Che asked again. If they could just pick up even a tiny bit more speed, they could gradually shake off Qianye Ying'er...

"This is the limit," Xia Qingyue replied.

One hour... two hours... At this speed, they had passed through countless star regions, no longer knowing where they were.

"Oh no..." Xia Qingyue murmured at that moment.

"What's wrong?" Yun Che immediately turned his head.

"At maximum speed, the Moon-Stealing Palace consumes too much energy," Xia Qingyue sighed faintly. "It won't last much longer."

"..." Yun Che's scalp instantly tingled. He had already considered this possibility but hadn't dared to ask.

"Now, we can only hope they run out of energy first and give up the chase," Xia Qingyue said softly, though inwardly she sighed helplessly. At their level, the profound energy they possessed was beyond ordinary comprehension, making such a possibility incredibly slim.

Just then, an abnormal golden glow flickered across the screen.

Yun Che instinctively turned his head and saw a golden speck of light gathering at Qianye Ying'er's fingertip... The speck of light was tiny, seemingly faint, yet it instantly pierced through his pupils and soul...

And this was only a projection!

Yun Che's pupils contracted sharply, and he roared, "Dodge it, quick!!"

The loud shout clearly startled Xia Qingyue, but it also made her instinctively change her hand gestures, causing the Moon-Stealing Palace to suddenly flip upward.

*Screech—*

This was absolutely the most terrifying tearing sound Yun Che had ever heard in his life.

The instant the Moon-Stealing Palace flipped, an extremely thin golden beam swept past beneath it... then sliced horizontally through a small star an unknown distance ahead.

A long golden light immediately imprinted itself on the star, and then the entire star slowly shifted and broke apart along the golden line... accompanied by a cosmic storm that devoured everything.

Shattering a star!

Yun Che's mouth hung open, and he didn't recover for several breaths.

He had never imagined that he would one day witness such a horrifying scene.

Was this the peak of profound arts? Was this power that humans could possess?

What kind of monsters were these!!

At this moment, a somewhat absurd thought popped into Yun Che's mind... What did I ever do to deserve being chased by two monsters like these?!

"So, human power really can shatter stars," Xia Qingyue murmured, her voice somewhat lost, in Yun Che's ear. She had heard of it before, but hearing and witnessing it firsthand were naturally two completely different things.

If they had been hit just now, even the Moon-Stealing Palace would have been sliced in half.

"How much longer can this speed last?" Yun Che finally asked.

"At most... another quarter of an hour," Xia Qingyue replied.

"Wh-what?" Yun Che jumped up, startled by the answer.

Qianye Ying'er was too terrifying. If they fell into her hands, even a thousand Yun Ches and Xia Qingyues combined wouldn't be able to resist in the slightest.

Not to mention the grey-robed old monster by her side!

The Moon-Stealing Palace's maximum speed could only be maintained for another quarter of an hour. This meant that, by now, they could no longer rely on the Moon-Stealing Palace at all.

With this thought, Yun Che quickly calmed down. He stared at the screen, his eyes narrowing slightly...

Although he didn't know Qianye Ying'er's objective, for someone who rarely appeared, her personally chasing them all the way beyond the Eastern Divine Region was certainly no ordinary scheme.

They absolutely could not fall into her hands.

It seemed their only option now was to use the Void Phantom Stone to escape with Xia Qingyue... As for where they would be teleported, that was up to fate.

It was far better than falling into the hands of these two monsters whose motives were unclear!

He looked at Xia Qingyue and saw her brows tightly furrowed, her gaze cold and condensed, as if deep in thought, yet showing no panic.

"Qingyue, do you have a plan?" Yun Che cautiously asked.

"We're almost there," Xia Qingyue suddenly said.

"That place?" Yun Che was slightly startled. At that moment, he suddenly saw a white silhouette appear on the screen ahead.

As the Moon-Stealing Palace approached, Yun Che gradually distinguished it: a white vortex... a spatial vortex.

In this vast area, there were no stars, nothing else visible, only this single white spatial vortex existing solitarily and quietly. Looking at it, Yun Che suddenly felt a strange, inexplicable sensation... It was the absolute center of the entire world, the core of everything.

"What is that?" Yun Che asked.

"The... Primordial... Divine... Realm!" Xia Qingyue slowly replied.

Yun Che's brows twitched. "That's... the legendary Primordial Divine Realm!?"

Yun Che had heard the name Primordial Divine Realm countless times. It was located at the center of the Four Divine Regions and was also the core of the entire Primal Chaos. It was the oldest and largest ancient secret realm existing in the current era, rumored to be the secret realm where the Ancestral Gods resided at the dawn of chaos. The Primordial Divine Realm contained countless ancient treasures; the drop of Primordial Divine Water Yun Che used came from here. Many undiscovered relics of true gods also existed within. However, these were accompanied by immense danger. Ancient ferocious beasts and exotic creatures that absolutely did not exist outside roamed everywhere in the Primordial Divine Realm. The more potent the heavenly treasures, the more their emitted spiritual energy attracted powerful fierce beasts to reside nearby. Thus, to retrieve rare treasures found within the Primordial Divine Realm, even powerful Divine Sovereigns and Divine Masters sometimes had to be prepared for a near-certain death. The Primordial Divine Realm belonged to no divine region, nor any star realm. Anyone could enter, free from any rules or restrictions. Yet, it made countless powerhouses yearn for it, only to repeatedly halt in their tracks. As for younger profound practitioners, the Primordial Divine Realm was an absolutely forbidden place to approach; otherwise, it was no different from seeking death.

But now, it was their only option.

"We're going in!"

Xia Qingyue's gaze hardened, and the Moon-Stealing Palace's trajectory shifted slightly, flying directly toward the white vortex at the heart of the Primal Chaos.