Chapter 1454: Magic Emperor Descends (Part 2)

The Heaven Smiting God Emperor's roar sounded like heavenly music to everyone present.

The Cosmos Shattering Spike's power was depleted, and the Wall of Primordial Chaos had not completely shattered. Without the Spike's power, the Wall would rapidly restore itself. It would be countless years before the Spike regained enough power to breach the Wall again.

It was even possible that the devils beyond the Primordial Chaos would not last until the next attempt.

And this was precisely the "almost impossible" best outcome that the Heaven Smiting God Emperor had spoken of earlier!

After contracting by dozens of yards, the scarlet fissure's retraction slowed, yet it continued to shrink. All eyes were fixed on it, the terrifyingly dense scarlet glow rapidly dimming in their pupils, as if signaling a crisis that had vanished before it could even erupt.

“It seems heaven has blessed our Eastern Region,” said the Brahma Heaven God Emperor.

“No, it is heaven blessing this current age,” sighed Qianye Wua, one of the Three Brahma Gods.

“What a false alarm,” the Qilin Emperor said, shaking his head, a smile appearing on his aged face.

The cosmic storm ceased, the scarlet light faded, and everything indicated that the calamity had passed.

“It seems the best outcome has indeed occurred,” said Mu Xuanyin, letting out a heavy sigh of relief.

Everyone's expressions relaxed, as if a great burden had been lifted… But Yun Che alone, his tightened brow remained unfurrowed.

“No, I’m afraid it’s not that simple,” Yun Che whispered. “The Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit told me this was a ‘fated’ disaster, and she said it more than once. Considering her status, I don’t believe she would speak idly.”

Mu Xuanyin: “…”

“Moreover…” Yun Che raised his hand, pressing it below his ribcage, his breathing gradually becoming erratic. “My profound veins… are extremely turbulent, and… growing more violent.”

Ten yards… five yards… three yards… two yards…

The scarlet light continued to shrink; the moment it vanished completely would perhaps signify the full eradication of this calamity.

Finally, the crimson glow contracted to only one yard, then stopped shrinking, remaining fixed in place.

Following this, the scarlet glow began to tremble, and then slowly, the light underwent a noticeable transformation, gradually changing from dense to crystalline, and then subtly becoming increasingly translucent…

From light, it was gradually becoming substantial.

The excitement on the Heaven Smiting God Emperor’s face began to fade, replaced by deep bewilderment.

Finally, at a certain moment, the scarlet glow ceased its transformation.

The scarlet streak of light vanished. Before their eyes, a one-yard-long, slender, rhomboid scarlet crystal was embedded in the Wall of Primordial Chaos.

Yun Che's expression shifted dramatically… Not only his profound veins, but his heart also began to pound wildly, as if it would leap from his chest. He opened his mouth, wanting to speak, but suddenly found he could not utter a sound.

What in the world… the Heaven Smiting God Emperor began, but from his open mouth, too, came not a single sound.

And the world, since some unknown point, had descended into an incredibly terrifying silence.

The cosmic storm had completely vanished.

The profound energy that had surged from the Divine Masters earlier seemed to be swallowed by an invisible void, vanishing without a trace.

The stars ceased their rotation and movement…

All sounds, all elements fell completely silent…

Order… laws… heavenly dao… all disappeared.

Thump!

Thump!!

In the silent world, everyone's pupils had widened to their maximum at some unknown moment, yet for a long time, no one spoke, nor could anyone utter a sound. All they could hear was the incredibly muffled thumping of their own hearts.

The entire world seemed to be completely sealed.

And this terrifying silence persisted for a long time, unbroken by anyone… indeed, unbreakable.

Finally, after an unknown duration, the world within their sight began to change.

Within the scarlet crystal embedded in the Wall of Primordial Chaos, a dark shadow appeared.

The shadow of a person!

The dark shadow grew closer and clearer within the scarlet crystal… Finally, as if breaking through a dimensional barrier, the dark figure slowly stepped out from the crystal.

All sounds of heartbeats ceased. Despite the presence of light, they felt as if they had fallen into an endless dark space… It was a tremor and oppression beyond any description.

It was a figure of moderate height, clad in tattered black robes. Its exposed skin and face were a horrifying bluish-black, covered in an incredibly fine network of scars… as if it had endured a thousand cuts and emerged from the Nine Nether Hells as a fiend.

From its physique, it was vaguely discernible that this was a woman. Dark, ethereal energy rose from her. Her eyes were darker than the deepest night, and in her hand, she held a normal-looking spike, from which an exceptionally dim scarlet glow emanated.

Yet, even dim, that point of scarlet light on the spike's tip was still more dazzling than the radiance of any star.

The snow-white hand gripping Yun Che's arm slowly tightened, trembling slightly… Yun Che's eyes widened, his teeth clenched, his entire body seemingly sealed in space, unable to make any sound or movement.

The Heaven Smiting God Emperor’s pupils constricted, almost splitting, his body trembling to the point of nearly disintegrating…

They had never trembled so, never been so terrified, never felt such despair.

Her dark gaze directly faced this world, sealed by her arrival, sweeping over the beings who had come to 'greet' her. She slowly raised her hand, touching this world she had been separated from for so long…

“Mo… E… old… wretch… I, Jie Yuan… have returned!”

Her voice was more hoarse and terrifying than a fiend's, as if countless poisoned barbs were piercing everyone's souls.

And this voice, as if awakening the nightmare that had imprisoned the entire Primordial Chaos, finally shook the long-silent space violently. The distant stars resumed their movement, but all had deviated from their original orbits.

Elements regained life and existence, but became incredibly chaotic… Lacking consciousness, they too trembled in fear.

A spatial storm erupted, more terrifying than the cosmic storm before. The Divine Emperors in front and Divine Masters behind all felt their divine bodies tremble, violently swept away. Dozens of Divine Masters' bodies fractured, their entire beings stained with blood.

And she… from beginning to end, had not moved a single step; it was merely a change in her aura upon her manifestation.

The Heaven Smiting God Emperor frantically retreated, his entire body's blood boiling wildly, yet that boiling blood felt incredibly cold. He looked up, opening his mouth repeatedly before finally uttering the most terrified, trembling words of his life: “Heaven Smiting… Devil Emperor!”

Fear… indescribable fear, like a waking demon, wildly growing and swelling in the deepest parts of everyone's souls.

Less than half an hour ago, they had just learned the truth of the scarlet fissure. They hadn't even had time to compose themselves from that revelation, when the 'Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor' that the Heaven Smiting God Emperor spoke of… simply traversed the dimensions between Primordial Chaos and the Outer Chaos, appearing before their eyes.

Manifesting in this world.

What a cruel, absurd nightmare this was!

Her dark gaze fell upon the Heaven Smiting God Emperor. In that single instant, he felt his body and soul tear into countless fragments: “Filthy Divine Race, you send a group of lowly mortal spirits to greet this one!?”

She, Jie Yuan, one of the Four Devil Emperors of the ancient Devil Race, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor, after millions of years of exile in the Outer Chaos, had finally returned to the Primordial Chaos!

However, the aura of this world had changed, completely changed. It had become so turbid and impure.

She had expected that the anomalies of the Wall of Primordial Chaos over the years would have prompted the Divine Race to prepare adequately for her return. She had not anticipated that those greeting her would only be a group of insignificant mortal spirits!

Shui Qianheng stood in front of his two daughters, his fists clenched, his eyes bloodshot, wide with terror.

“Ah… ah… ah…”

Trembling moans escaped from the depths of the throats of the High Realm Kings… That indescribable pressure, that suppression that almost crushed their bodies and souls, made them realize for the first time in their lives what true fear and despair were.

The Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor… a true Ancient Devil Emperor!

The strongest existence even in ancient times, a Devil Emperor supreme even over the gods of current myths and legends!

A nightmare… how they wished this was just a nightmare.

The Dragon Monarch… the supreme ruler of Primordial Chaos in this era, his body too was trembling slightly, every joint in his hands pale white.

True fear can never be resisted by will. The pressure from a Devil Emperor could effortlessly tear apart the will of any mortal spirit in an instant.

The calamity of the Devil Emperor had finally truly arrived; neither hope nor miracle appeared. Every part of the Heaven Smiting God Emperor’s body, every strand of his hair, trembled. Although he had long been prepared, having years more psychological readiness than others, he was still so overwhelmed when truly facing it.

It wasn't that he was too weak, but that the Devil Emperor who had descended was simply too, too terrifying.

A terror far exceeding the soul's endurance limit.

He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue; the stinging pain and the taste of blood in his mouth forced him to regain some clarity. He raised his head and, with all his might, roared: “Devil Emperor… Your Excellency… please hear… me out… We are… not Divine Race… In this world… there have long… been no Divine Race!”

“No… Divine Race?” Jie Yuan’s gaze shifted slightly, her pitch-black pupils like an endless abyss capable of devouring all living beings.

The Devil Emperor had appeared, but the situation was different from what the Heaven Smiting God Emperor had expected.

In his and the 'Ancestor's' foresight, the Devil Emperor and Devil Gods, accumulated with millions of years of hatred, would surely unleash their resentment and hatred wildly upon their return, destroying and trampling all living and dead beings…

After returning with boundless hatred, how could there be reason or restraint!

The Devil Emperor had returned to the world, yet no other Devil Gods were seen.

However, the returning Devil Emperor was far more 'calm' and 'rational' than he had anticipated. At the very least, upon seeing them, she did not immediately strike to obliterate them all.

As if seeing a tiny glimmer of hope in the abyss of despair, the Heaven Smiting God Emperor struggled to say: “Yes! Your Excellency Devil Emperor has just returned to Primordial Chaos and may not know, but the Divine Race and Devil Race were annihilated millions of years ago. The world now… contains only mortal spirits… With Your Excellency Devil Emperor’s spiritual perception, you can surely sense the difference between the current Primordial Chaos and… and that era!”

Though not a long speech, it seemed to drain all of the Heaven Smiting God Emperor's strength. His chest heaved violently, and cold sweat drenched his entire body.

“Annihilated…” Jie Yuan gazed into the distance, slowly murmuring, “Anni… hilated…”

This world had become incredibly fragile. The ravages of the Outer Chaos had greatly diminished her Devil Emperor power compared to before, yet her spiritual perception could extend even further within this world…

But she found no trace of divine or devil aura.

Only a turbid, impure world, and insignificant beings.

“Mo E… is he also dead?” she slowly spoke, her voice like a devil's chant.

“Yes!” the Heaven Smiting God Emperor quickly affirmed. “Mo E… died many years ago. He is already an ancient legend… The current Primordial Chaos is a world of a different era.”

The space suddenly fell into an icy silence once more.

“Heh… heh heh…” She suddenly began to laugh, her laughter exceptionally cold and terrifying: “Dead… dead! How could he die… how could he die! This one has not yet personally destroyed his corpse and shattered his soul, how could he die!!”

Hatred, resentment, malevolence, indignation… Black mist surged from Jie Yuan, and the dark devilish aura, carrying finally unleashed negative emotions, violently erupted, causing space to let out desperate wails.

Jie Yuan's gaze suddenly shifted at this moment, fixing on one direction… where the four individuals from the Brahma Monarch God Realm were located.

Qianye Fantian, Qianye Wusheng, Qianye Wubei, Qianye Wua!

“Brahma… Heaven… Divine… Race!” she slowly intoned, her dark pupils unleashing bone-deep hatred and malevolence: “Mo E, that old wretch’s running dogs!!”