Chapter 1738: Falling Moon (6)

The boundless purple sea was like an inescapable purple purgatory.

Instantly wounding Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er, Xia Qingyue's figure vanished again. Immediately, thousands of purple rays appeared, striking Qianye Ying'er like a rainstorm. Each ray was blindingly intense, carrying an icy, bone-chilling killing intent.

Qianye Ying'er's vital energy surged throughout her body. This time, she suddenly retracted all her darkness, swiftly retreating and flitting through the purple domain, creating illusory afterimages.

Earlier, when Xia Qingyue and Yun Che clashed, their purple and dark powers met in an evenly matched struggle. However, with the Purple Imperial Divine Realm activated, an unnaturally heavy and terrifying suppression descended. Conversely, Xia Qingyue's power surged, and every attack, whether a finger strike or a sword thrust, contained divine might. With this imbalance, their combined efforts quickly crumbled.

“I will unleash my full power, blossoming a divine realm for a hundred breaths.”

A hundred breaths… If such a terrifying domain could truly last for a hundred breaths, then both she and Yun Che could indeed perish within that time.

She had never dared to underestimate Xia Qingyue. In the Northern Divine Region, when she mentioned the most dangerous elements in the Eastern Region to Chi Wuyao, Xia Qingyue was the first. Yet, this domain, once unleashed, instantly widened the gap to such an exaggerated degree that it still far surpassed her highest estimations of Xia Qingyue. Furthermore… this domain was absolutely abnormal!

No longer attacking, Qianye Ying'er swiftly teleported, simultaneously transmitting a message to Yun Che: “Find a way to break this domain! Such a bizarre domain cannot be without a weakness!”

However, within the purple sea, Qianye Ying'er’s soul-voice could not reach Yun Che’s mind at all.

Watching helplessly as Xia Qingyue’s power and killing intent bore down on Qianye Ying’er, Yun Che pressed his hand to his chest, unmoving for a long time. Beads of blood seeped from the wound on his chest, staining his fingers, and the light in his eyes, which had been slowly converging, grew increasingly dim.

The Purple Imperial Divine Realm. A domain named with the character “Divine.”

In his life, he had encountered countless powerful domains. The very first domain he had faced in his life was the still-incomplete Ice Cloud Domain, which Xia Qingyue had unleashed during their first encounter at the Azure Cloud Ranking Battle years ago. At that time, Xia Qingyue’s profound cultivation was at the Earth Profound Realm, a level where mortals typically could not comprehend or wield a domain. Yet, it manifested through Xia Qingyue, deeply astonishing everyone present. Also that year, under this power that clearly transcended conventional boundaries, Ling Yun—who was also at the Earth Profound Realm and whose profound strength slightly surpassed Xia Qingyue’s—suffered a crushing defeat by the Ice Cloud Domain, unable to resist. As for him, he ultimately had to rely on self-immolating his Phoenix blood to forcibly break that originally insurmountable domain power.

Back then, Jasmine had told him that Xia Qingyue could wield domain power at the Earth Profound Realm because she possessed the Nine Profound Exquisite Body, which allowed her to transcend laws.

“Heh, so it’s… transcending laws again?”

The images in his mind shattered. Yun Che murmured lowly, and a sinister smile suddenly twisted his lips.

Yun Che had witnessed far too many suppressive domains. But at the Divine Master Realm—the highest realm attainable by humans—even a suppressive domain unleashed by a Level Ten Divine Master would absolutely not be able to suppress the profound energy of a Level One Divine Master to such an exaggerated extent. This domain undoubtedly transcended normal “boundaries”; perhaps it truly… contained a hint of power that touched upon the ephemeral “Divine” realm, making it absolutely impossible to resist with any power within the conventional “boundaries.”

Since it was irresistible…

“Then let the laws of this space…” His blood-stained hand reached out, and the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor Sword flew back into his grip, once again radiating its dark demonic light: “All collapse.”

As he murmured, he suddenly raised his head. A clear phoenix cry resounded, and as the Golden Crow Divine Shadow flickered behind him, golden flames burst forth from his body, their sky-piercing radiance melting through the purple domain, instantly igniting a thousand-mile Golden Crow Hellfire.

Under the Purple Imperial Divine Realm, the golden flames rapidly extinguished. But the sinister smile on Yun Che’s lips remained. He held his palm skyward, and ten thousand startling bolts of lightning suddenly struck down, forming a thousand-mile lightning domain. The lightning’s color was not the divine purple commonly known, but a blood-like crimson. Every bolt of lightning was a Heavenly Tribulation Lightning that surpassed all other lightning in the world!

The golden flame domain and crimson lightning domain simultaneously spread out within a single breath, overlapping in an instant and unleashing a terrifying lightning-fire catastrophe. But it was far from over. After the tribulation lightning, another phoenix cry echoed through the sky, and the Ice Phoenix’s shadow flickered within the light of the flames and lightning. Instantly, ice blossomed, bringing a thousand miles of biting cold.

Fire, lightning, ice… three elemental powers simultaneously erupted from the same person, manifesting three incredibly powerful and pure elemental domains. As they violently overlapped, the laws of order in that space were forcefully shaken and plunged into sudden chaos.

The suppression of profound energy also affected movement. After successive teleportations, Qianye Ying'er was directly struck by a purple ray, sending her tumbling backward. Xia Qingyue pursued like a shadow, the Purple Imperial Divine Sword thrusting down… And at that moment, the purple light in her eyes suddenly trembled violently.

A thunderous roar —

The world swirling with purple light suddenly became like a storm-tossed sea, experiencing an extremely violent tremor and upheaval. Xia Qingyue’s momentum abruptly halted at that moment.

Whoosh!!

After the flames, tribulation lightning, and ice, a surging storm swept through, throwing the purple sea into complete disarray. The burning of golden flames, the obliteration of tribulation lightning, the sealing power of ice, and the rampaging storm simultaneously assailed the Purple Imperial Divine Realm. If Yun Che had fully unleashed just one elemental power, it would have been gradually devoured and suppressed by the Purple Imperial Divine Realm. But with one body wielding four laws… this in itself was a transcendence and reversal of laws.

The Purple Imperial Divine Realm vibrated violently as if struck by a divine hammer, then suddenly a long, thin crack appeared… Once the crack formed, it spread frantically, centered around the overlapping four elemental domains, instantly spanning thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of miles…

Meanwhile, a sudden pallor spread across Xia Qingyue’s face, and the purple light in her eyes dimmed by more than half.

The Purple Imperial Divine Realm underwent earth-shattering changes, but what Yun Che and Qianye Ying’er focused on was Xia Qingyue’s suddenly chaotic aura and pale complexion. This instantaneous change clearly told them that the Purple Imperial Divine Realm was astonishingly linked to Xia Qingyue’s life force!? In other words, Xia Qingyue had actually constructed this Purple Imperial Divine Realm by burning her own life!

Within the trembling purple sea, the pressure on Qianye Ying'er suddenly decreased. Black light burst forth from her eyes, and she instantly unleashed a vast dark domain. The Divine Oracle flew back into her hand, and a thread of golden light, like the breath of a golden serpent, pierced directly towards Xia Qingyue from several miles away. The two women’s powers collided, instantly raising ten thousand feet of waves in the purple sea. Xia Qingyue recoiled, and Qianye Ying'er’s left arm trembled violently, her wound tearing open… But compared to the previous absolute suppression, it was now a world of difference.

Xia Qingyue turned her gaze, looking at Yun Che’s fourfold domain that had simultaneously unfolded like a miracle in the distance. She extended her palm, and nine purple moons simultaneously shone, intending to destroy Yun Che’s domain… But a cold gleam, as if piercing from the Nine Netherworlds, struck directly through her soul.

After all, Qianye Ying'er possessed Devil Emperor blood. Although the Purple Imperial Divine Realm had not fully collapsed, its suppression on her had already weakened to less than twenty percent.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! —

The two women’s powers fiercely clashed. With each collision, the Divine Oracle in Qianye Ying'er’s hand would instantly warp, its sword light tearing through space, or wrapping around ten thousand golden rings, or dancing like a golden serpent, or releasing endless golden light. It was as if a divine bell was being struck repeatedly and violently. The terrifying sound waves were enough to easily tear apart the souls of all beings, and every momentary burst of energy storm was enough to obliterate a star… or even a star realm.

Boom!

Purple light exploded, and Qianye Ying'er was instantly blasted back dozens of miles by the Purple Imperial Divine Power. Her vital energy surged throughout her body, blood swiftly flowed from the corner of her lips, and the Divine Oracle slipped from her grasp once more. And at that moment, Yun Che’s fifth domain—the most powerful Eternal Calamity of Darkness—violently unfurled under the miracle of maintaining four elemental domains, black light covering the sky.

In an instant, five domains overlapped, and forces as chaotic, surging, and violent as a world-ending maelstrom assailed the supposedly insoluble Purple Imperial Divine Realm, relentlessly shattering its domain laws.

Buzz! —

A faint hum, like a whisper from an ancient abyss, echoed. Under Yun Che’s fivefold domain, the Purple Imperial Divine Realm was no longer merely fracturing but collapsing wildly. In an instant, a thousand-mile void was forcibly carved out of the boundless purple sea. For the vast and boundless Purple Imperial Divine Realm, this void was not large, yet it was like a sharp blade cruelly piercing through Xia Qingyue’s life. Her face instantly lost all color, and a large spray of crimson blood mist erupted from her lips.

At this very moment, Qianye Ying'er rapidly swept forward, instantly condensing a tiny but terrifyingly dark devil god domain at her fingertip, aiming it at Xia Qingyue’s chest. Xia Qingyue, meanwhile, struggled to turn, her eyes fixed with purple light.

Boom!!

Darkness and purple moonlight simultaneously exploded. Within the fractured and displaced space, both women were sent flying, spitting blood.

Without the suppression of the Purple Imperial Divine Realm, the phoenix cry was incredibly clear and soul-shaking. As fiery light gleamed in Yun Che’s eyes, the Phoenix Illusion God pulled the thousand-mile fire domain, carrying a crimson flame storm that burned through dimensions, mercilessly burying the retreating Xia Qingyue.

Boom!!

Within the sea of flames, a purple moon ascended, transforming into endless purple light, tightly binding the Phoenix Illusion God… Amidst the flames, Xia Qingyue was already half-covered in blood, and her purple eyes had lost most of their divine luster, yet the vast and mighty divine power of the Moon God emanating from her remained undiminished.

With a sharp, mournful cry, the Phoenix Illusion God was forcibly torn apart by the purple light, dissipating into scattered residual flames across the sky. Without sparing a glance at her injuries or calming her completely chaotic vital energy, she dragged a desolate crimson shadow behind her, her sword light cold and resolute as it pierced towards Qianye Ying'er.

Transcending laws was something the Nine Profound Exquisite Body could easily achieve. However, laws that transcended boundaries were not so easily surpassed. The Purple Imperial Divine Realm not only relied on the Nine Profound Exquisite Body but was also a divine realm for a hundred breaths that she had exchanged by burning her life… specifically, the life force of a Divine Emperor. Because only with this hundred-breath Purple Imperial Divine Realm, which transcended boundaries and could not be broken by any current power, could she truly ensure Qianye's demise.

This was a domain that should have been insoluble, her final gamble. The only one who could possibly shatter it was Yun Che, who also existed beyond conventional boundaries and could even reverse laws. He had indeed done it, and so quickly. After all, the Yun Che of today was utterly different from the one he once was. His cultivation, temperament, methods, and his intuition for the profound way and laws had all undergone earth-shaking changes. In fact, she wasn’t even that surprised.

It was just that… Why, of all people, was it him…

Her and Qianye Ying'er’s powers collided within the shattered Purple Imperial Divine Realm… And at that very instant, Yun Che let out a low roar. Flames, tribulation lightning, ice, storm, and darkness—five domains simultaneously unleashed their power. Within the trembling, near-shattered purple sea, a truly world-destroying catastrophe erupted, a cataclysm that caused even all laws to crumble.

Dimensions collapsed. The vast purple domain finally crumbled amidst incredibly intense tremors, scattering into countless iridescent purple fragments. Within the iridescent purple fragments that covered the star-field like beautiful stardust, Xia Qingyue, her red robes stained with blood, flew far away like a crimson butterfly with broken wings.

In the distance, within the sight of countless profound practitioners from the Eastern Divine Region, the purple moon silently dissipated, unfolding a canvas of destruction so tragically beautiful it defied description, until the last trace of purple light vanished from the horizon, leaving no sign behind.