Chapter 1332: Huang Tian Awakens

The power from the source of the Hou Tu Star Ring was activated and unleashed, acting on behalf of Hou Tu in the outside world. This was the Immortal of Hou Tu!

At this moment, Huang Tian was in turmoil!

The manifestation of Hou Tu descended with Master Seven's right hand, moving towards the corpse of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor. As it descended, it shone with brilliant light, repelling all foreign substances, and even more so, the Upward Qi.

However, it was clear that the source of Hou Tu was inferior to the Upward in terms of power level. Thus, in their interweaving, it was continuously eroded. Yet, even as it was worn away, it unleashed the vast will of Hou Tu. That will was the collective consciousness of all beings across all universes of Hou Tu, the unified resolve of those who had fallen in battles past. The moment it spread, its aura shook the heavens and annihilated everything in its path! This caused Huang Tian to rumble.

Xu Qing, in mid-air, gazed at this scene, and thoughts stirred within him. He sensed the ambition and vision in the hearts of the senior cultivators who were among the first to arrive in Huang Tian from Hou Tu. Their aim was to elevate Hou Tu within Huang Tian, thereby replacing it and allowing the fruits of cultivation to fully blossom there.

But alas... Huang Tian was merely a small part of the Ninth Star Ring, and the Ninth Star Ring itself was only one of the thirty-six. The Upward was the land of the gods. With the cultivation system of that era, it was simply impossible to shake it! Constructing Wang Gu had already been their limit. And throughout history, only the Fifth Star Ring had witnessed a truly significant subversion.

As thoughts surged in Xu Qing's mind, the power of Hou Tu, guided by Master Seven, had fully settled upon the corpse of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor. It did not interfere with or affect the worms formed from Er Niu's flesh and blood. Instead, it sank within! From within the corpse, it continuously dissolved and destroyed, making it easier for the worms formed by Er Niu to devour.

Under the suppression of this external force, the corpse of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor trembled violently. As if retaining its instincts, a muffled thunderous sound emanated from its chest after sensing that it was being eroded in such a manner. This sound shook the heavens and the earth. That was... the divine meridians of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor pulsating!

Concurrently, the instant these divine meridians pulsed, the Huang Tian world's sky and land changed color. Endless foreign substances converged from all directions, and an intense light manifested from the void, gathering towards the corpse. It seemed as if the corpse instinctively sought to absorb everything from Huang Tian to resist Hou Tu's erosion.

Witnessing this, Xu Qing raised his hand and waved it forward. Instantly, the void rippled like a water surface, and layers of space-time, like concentric waves, were invisibly opened. Identical beast skins, one after another, emerged from those numerous layers of space-time.

"Suppress!" Xu Qing spoke calmly.

The instant the word was uttered, all the beast skins that had emerged from space-time immediately ignited, releasing boundless array power! This beast skin was called the Four-Nine Array Restriction! Xu Qing had obtained it from a Sovereign cultivator when he first entered the Fifth Star Ring. After his own research, he discovered that the array restriction recorded on it could be formed through speech. Furthermore, if cultivated to its final stage, the activation of the array restriction could be condensed into any two characters! The reason it was two characters was because arrays divide Yin and Yang, and restrictions separate life and death; thus, they could not be singular. Yet, with Xu Qing's cultivation, especially aided by his unique constitution and the Law of Dimension, this array restriction, originally designed to be non-singular, became singular at this very moment. It transformed into a single character!

The moment this character appeared, "Suppress" became a celestial formation, transforming into a rule and a Law Resonance! Applied to the corpse of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor, it manifested by invisibly intercepting all the foreign substances that had gathered around the corpse, instantly arresting them! This interception was not merely by blocking them externally, but by... suppressing them! These surging foreign substances from Huang Tian were suppressed in place by that single character! This rendered them... unable to flow, unable to become active, unable to converge, and thus naturally unable to hinder Er Niu's devouring.

The worms formed by Er Niu became even more excited and began to devour frantically. Both Master Seven and Xu Qing acted to suppress the instincts of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's corpse, making it easier for Er Niu. Otherwise, if they were to truly try and destroy it... Master Seven might not be able to, but Xu Qing could destroy this Huang Tian corpse with relative ease, if not effortlessly.

Under their suppression, Er Niu also put forth his full effort. Even his only remaining head fiercely leaped up, plunging towards the colossal corpse below and sinking into its flesh. As the head integrated, the worms formed from Er Niu's flesh also underwent a transformation, splitting into more and more worms. Simultaneously, amidst this tearing and splitting, some worms, after devouring to their limit, transformed into blue strips of flesh... replenishing the parts that had been bitten away. They became part of the corpse! This was a process of replacement!

Ten percent, twenty percent, thirty percent... Looking around, the blue flesh and blood on the corpse was expanding its coverage, and even its internal structure was rapidly changing. It gradually reached forty percent! Er Niu's excitement also reached its peak. Finally, it reached fifty percent! Half of the corpse's entire body, both inside and out, was replaced by the blue flesh and blood formed by the worms. Especially the left arm, which seemed to be the source, had developed ice crystals on its blue skin. They were about to spread further.

But at this moment, Master Seven's eyes gleamed with a strange light, and Xu Qing narrowed his eyes... A sudden anomaly! A faint wisp of light suddenly appeared and flickered subtly at the chest of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's corpse! Then, an ancient, primordial aura surged skyward! Terrifying divine might, accompanying the surging aura, rose from the corpse, filling heaven and earth. The heavens themselves changed color!

From the chest, the sound of intense divine meridian pulsations, now even louder than before, reverberated throughout the area. Meanwhile, in the Huang Tian world, the wisps of foreign substance that Xu Qing had suppressed now struggled intensely, twisting continuously as if striving to break free. This caused the earth to roar. Along with it came ancient, murmuring divine sounds, resonating in all directions:

"The Sea of Divine Blood, a special location.Gathering remnants, in a special manner.Rootless spirits, for special guidance.Only thus... can return be initiated."

The divine sounds, steeped in ancientness, resonated. The moment they spread, an overwhelming sense of return erupted from the Divine Emperor's corpse! The entirety of Huang Tian trembled. Temples that Zhou Zhengli and his companions had not yet destroyed now saw their divine statues collectively kneel amidst the trembling of heaven and earth. Low voices emanated from their mouths.

"Our Emperor awakens!""Our Emperor awakens!!"

The voices grew louder and louder, soon becoming a celestial resonance. As they echoed like a great bell, thirty-six beams of light forcefully pierced out from the severed neck wound of the Divine Emperor's corpse. The moment they intersected, they formed a visible face! To Master Seven, that face was exactly as he had seen it years ago. And the next instant, this unforgettable face's closed eyes suddenly snapped open! Sacred golden light emanated from its eyes, dyeing heaven and earth golden. The Divine Emperor had awakened! He had returned by utilizing Er Niu. Through a special location, a special method, and a special medium, he had completed his ritual of return!

Moreover, the instant he awakened, the faint wisp of light at his chest... suddenly flared dramatically! Seven-colored radiance circulated within it, and endless mystery surged forth. This light was precisely the source light worshipped by the Huang Tian Divine Race! It was originally formless, seemingly having dissipated with the sealing of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor. But now... at the moment of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's return, it seemed to have gained rebirth, finally reappearing and shining brightly! Furthermore, as this source light shone brilliantly, the half of the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's body that had been replaced by Er Niu's flesh and blood began to melt away! The process was fierce; the blue color on his body visibly receded. It appeared that even the last remaining blue on his left arm was about to be erased.

But just then... Er Niu's crazed divine thought suddenly emanated from the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's left arm.

"You schemed against me, but I was scheming against you as well!""Old Godhead, I was originally devouring you to acquire your divine source, to strengthen myself and help the old man. But now, the Wang Gu crisis is resolved. The reason I still want to devour you is for your light! What's that 'Seeking Brightness' that was given to the Divine Maiden? As the Senior Brother, I'm going to take the light of your race as my gift to little Ah Qing!"

These divine thoughts spread in an instant, their madness carrying Er Niu's characteristic reckless abandon. The moment they spread in all directions, he actually controlled the Huang Tian Divine Emperor's left hand, forcing it to plunge fiercely into his own chest and seize the mysterious, ancient source of light within the flesh. Then, outwards... he yanked it out! He raised it high and flung it violently towards Xu Qing!

"Little Ah Qing, take this!""And then... hurry and save me!!"

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