Chapter 692: Red Moon Soil

In this instant, the heavens and earth transformed; at this moment, all things thundered!

In this flash, the hearts of all living beings boiled with fervor.

The towering statue of the Sovereign, which had stood on the Plain of Repentance since ancient times, finally stirred after countless epochs.

His two arms, like pillars supporting heaven and earth, surged with immense power, bringing forth a destructive force that unleashed mighty winds from his palms!

As the wind howled and echoed, the void collapsed before him, and all rules and laws disintegrated into dust and ash as his hands descended!

Those were not the hands of a cultivator; they were virtually the hands of a deity. These two massive hands now slammed into the Red Moon Star with a colossal, epoch-shaking roar.

He pressed down firmly, pinning the Red Moon Star in mid-air. Tremendous rumbling sounds surged forth as the power originating from the Red Moon Star itself encountered resistance for the first time in countless years.

It tried to advance, but the hands of Sovereign Li Zihua's statue remained unyielding, causing them to resonate with each other for a moment!

This resonance made the Red Moon Star rumble loudly, and intense blood-red light violently pulsed from within it.

Meanwhile, Li Zihua's statue shed more rubble amidst the vibrations!

Gradually, a thunderous heartbeat, thump-thump, thump-thump, echoed from within the statue. As the heartbeat grew louder, even more ferocious white flames than before erupted from Sovereign Li Zihua's statue amidst the deafening sound, roaring as they spread in all directions!

From up close, Li Zihua's statue resembled a colossal humanoid torch, its brilliance surpassing the stars, its power as violent as a sweeping heavenly fire!

Spanning across the land, these flames covered every area of the ground. Only the sky, now replaced by the Red Moon Star, seemed like a forbidden zone for the white fire, where the red and white flames formed a stark, distinct contrast.

Li Zihua had revived, but he had not yet fully awakened!

This revival was merely a resurgence of his aura and heartbeat; his eyes had not yet fully opened. Yet, even this was profoundly shocking.

The entire Moon Sacrifice Great Domain had, to a great extent, dissolved the divine pressure that arose when the Red Moon Star arrived!

The Prince and his companions swiftly recovered. The Captain, surrounded by nine golden suns, stood in mid-air, his eyes gleaming with madness.

Staring at the Red Moon Star, he instinctively swallowed.

As for Xu Qing, he had to admit that the Ancient Spirit Emperor was a reliable teammate; the cloak he had transformed into indirectly blocked a significant amount of pressure for Xu Qing.

And it was the same now!

“Go,” the Prince murmured as they each recovered slightly, then he swiftly charged forward.

He charged straight for the Red Moon Star, following the arm of his father's statue!

Princess Mingmei was at his side, while the Fifth Princess and Old Eight sped forward behind. Old Nine, the fastest, outpaced the Prince in just a few steps, seemingly transforming into a spear tip as he surged towards the Red Moon!

The Captain and Xu Qing brought up the rear, both giving their all. As the instigators of this battle, they naturally had to be present.

“The Sovereign’s revival won't last long this time; he’s not fully awake yet,” the Captain relayed urgently. “We must step onto the Red Moon Star and enter the Moon Palace!”

“Only when we see the Scarlet Mother will the Sovereign truly awaken!” The Captain breathed rapidly, immediately sending out a divine thought.

Xu Qing nodded, accelerating to full speed. As they drew closer to the Red Moon Star, this battle of deities officially commenced.

However, stepping onto the Red Moon Star itself was not easy. Even though the Sovereign's hands currently held it fixed, creating a path and preventing its escape, the task remained challenging.

But as they drew closer, the pressure emanating from the Red Moon Star itself remained terrifyingly intense!

The tidal force could tear everything apart! The surrounding void was collapsing and crumbling, with cracks continuously appearing. Even the Prince and his companions found it difficult to move as they neared the Red Moon Star!

The Captain faced similar difficulties. Only Old Nine, whose expression remained serene and steps firm from beginning to end, continued to draw closer, step by determined step!

And then there was Xu Qing. While partly due to the cloak’s effect, a greater reason was the Red Moon authority within him. What was pressure and obstruction to others felt incredibly familiar and inviting to him; the further he went, the stronger this familiar sensation became!

It was as if he were walking into a warm embrace!

Upon realizing this, Xu Qing immediately activated the Red Moon authority within him, allowing it to radiate outwards and resonate with the colossal Red Moon Star before him. In an instant, the red light around him became even more dazzling!

“My Red Moon authority is being amplified!” Xu Qing’s eyes glowed red, and blood permeated his entire body, spreading outwards to form a vortex. He drew closer and closer, eventually reaching the side of the Prince and his companions!

At the very rear was the solitary Captain Chen Erniu. The Ancient Spirit Emperor, noticing all of this, narrowed his eyes slightly.

“There is significant karma between this young man and the Scarlet Mother,” the Ancient Spirit Emperor murmured.

At the rear, the Captain grew anxious as he watched this scene unfold!

“This won’t do! I finally established my authority as the Senior Brother in this Moon Sacrifice Great Domain, and Little A-Qing has been following my commands all this way. Now that the Red Moon is right before us, it would be utterly disgraceful if I were left behind,” he muttered, his brow furrowed.

Just as the Captain grew anxious, the Prince and his companions exchanged glances, their eyes resolute. Each formed a hand seal and opened their mouths, exhaling towards the Red Moon Star.

Following their actions, the Li Zihua statue below vibrated intensely. Its tightly closed mouth slightly opened and closed, and just like his descendants, it exhaled a breath towards the Red Moon Star. This breath transformed into white mist, surging forth directly towards the Red Moon Star. Upon impact, a mind-shaking roar resonated through the heavens and earth.

The pressure from the Red Moon was significantly, though only temporarily, offset; it was already recovering!

Seizing this opportunity, everyone eased slightly, then surged forward at full speed. They finally reached the Red Moon Star by following the Sovereign’s left arm!

However, the Red Moon Star was, on one hand, incredibly ancient, and on the other, the location of the Scarlet Mother’s divine palace. Even though the Sovereign had temporarily offset the pressure emanating from the Red Moon itself, the Scarlet Mother’s aura here had transformed into a cloud-like mist, acting as a barrier, isolating all exploration!

Even Sovereign Li Zihua's palms only pressed against this barrier, seemingly unable to shatter it at once due to its immense scope!

Just as the Captain, his dark eyes shining, was about to unleash his Dawn Sun Star, the Prince and his companions each raised their left index finger and pointed it towards the Red Moon Star!

Simultaneously, strong bloodline fluctuations emanated from their bodies. The next instant, Sovereign Li Zihua's statue on the ground trembled once more, and its colossal body erupted with astonishing predetermined power!

His left hand actually lifted slightly from the Red Moon Star, moving away from it!

As it lifted, the Red Moon Star rumbled, slowly beginning to shift as if it intended to continue moving away!

Xu Qing and the Prince stood on the enormous left hand of Sovereign Li Zihua’s statue. At this moment, their bodies swayed, and just as they stabilized themselves, the Sovereign's left hand had already moved tens of meters away. Then, its index finger rose and fiercely jabbed towards the Red Moon Star with such speed and power that it seemed to portend the end of the world. White flames burned on this finger, protecting everyone!

Amidst the roar, this finger once again touched the Red Moon Star, landing on its cloud-mist barrier. A colossal sound, reverberating throughout the entire Red Moon Great Domain, suddenly echoed through the clouds.

The barrier directly collapsed, instantly pierced by that finger, which then pressed directly onto the Red Moon Star’s surface.

The Red Moon Star trembled throughout. If one were to look up from its surface from afar, they would see the sky's clouds dissipating over the blood-red land, revealing a colossal cavern.

A rough, massive hand had penetrated it, its fingertip touching the ground! Cracks appeared on the surface, and amidst the startling sight, one could see the Prince and his companions, protected by the white flames on that finger!

They had finally arrived within the Red Moon Star’s core, and the white flames quickly died down, replaced by the crimson light emanating from the Red Moon Star itself!

Xu Qing’s eyes swirled with emotion. He stood on the Sovereign’s finger, gazing at everything around him!

Previously, the Red Moon Star could only be viewed from afar or sensed; he had never been able to step onto it. But now, he had actually arrived on the moon!

The ground was crimson, the sky’s clouds and mist were crimson; red was the only color here. The ground undulated with peaks and countless depressions, deep pits, and simultaneously, rivers of blood flowed. This Red Moon Star was a world formed by an extremely concentrated alien essence, making up all its auras. It was difficult to see too far; beyond the immediate vicinity, everything was twisted, and within this distortion, countless illusory figures could be seen.

These figures flickered across the Red Moon Star, appearing and vanishing in an instant. A closer look revealed that they comprised both human and alien races – essentially all ten thousand races.

Their state was neither living nor dead, difficult to fathom, and they seemed to possess no intelligence. Like phantoms, they maintained postures of kneeling and covering their eyes, appearing in groups, making them even more eerie.

Xu Qing noticed that every time he blinked, the positions of these figures would shift, but if he kept his eyes open, they remained motionless.

These figures remained completely indifferent to the appearance of the finger and the arrival of the group. They continued to flicker, continuously bowing in worship, and eerie chants echoed throughout this divine land!

“Red Moon, our Lord, guide the ancient past, may suffering beings find peaceful paradise!”

“Sacrifice our bodies to our Lord; this life shall not be bitter. Let dawn and dusk be our curtain, our bodies and souls imperishable!”

“Scarlet Mother, our Lord, tribe of Glorious Heaven. Heaven’s Dao lies dormant, the ancient path revives.”

“Souls offered to our Lord, may the other shore watch over us, and songs of joy be heard again in the next life!”

These chants were more complete than the prayers of the Red Moon Temple, and they did not emanate from mouths, but from the resonance of their souls!

At this moment, they echoed boundlessly!