Chapter 706: You Dare Hit My Dad

According to legend, the Ancient Heavenly Daos were the victors of the ancient battle between immortals and gods. Using supreme methods, they were sent into this world with the dual mission of suppression and protection.

Their purpose was to suppress the Blazing Heavens, conceal forbidden knowledge, and transform the world to make it suitable for cultivation, thereby protecting cultivators.

Each of these Ancient Heavenly Daos possessed a vast history, complete with their own ancient myths and legends, and wielded terrifying power. In those ancient times, they transformed into embodiments of law, establishing the fundamental rules of the Wanggu Continent. This allowed cultivators to thrive, multiply across generations, and eventually become the masters of this world.

For countless years that followed, under the protection of the Ancient Heavenly Daos, numerous tribes emerged on the Wanggu Continent. Over time, a myriad of races flourished, leading to immense prosperity.

Furthermore, every Ancient Emperor who successfully unified Wanggu was, in essence, an existence recognized by the Ancient Heavenly Daos.

In a sense, these ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos served as the true guardians of the Wanggu Continent.

While time flowed, dynasties changed, and civilizations rose and fell, these ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos alone endured through the ages, witnessing every period of prosperity on the Wanggu Continent.

Naturally, during this long history, there were also instances that provoked their wrath.

For example, the Ancient Spirit Emperor, who once unified the entire Wanggu Continent, succumbed to madness in his later years and attempted to seize control of the Ancient Heavenly Daos. This act provoked the descent of all ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos in their true forms, who then suppressed him.

Consequently, the entire Ancient Spirit Dynasty collapsed, the Ancient Spirit race was cursed, and the Ancient Spirit Emperor himself paid a severe price.

This incident clearly demonstrated the paramount status of the Ancient Heavenly Daos across the Wanggu Continent.

This established order remained until the arrival of the Remnant Divine Face, which fundamentally altered everything. The Remnant Divine Face superseded the Heavenly Daos, marking, in a sense, another confrontation between immortals and gods.

The outcome was that while the Ancient Heavenly Daos persisted, they were severely suppressed and weakened, far from their former power. The entire Wanggu Continent plunged into turmoil and suffered from alien invasions.

The Remnant Divine Face fundamentally reshaped the world; all living beings were thrown into disarray. Only the Ancient Heavenly Daos struggled to maintain their mission, yet they too could not escape the fate of being corrupted.

This also explains why Li Zihua, despite possessing the ability to summon the Heavenly Daos, ultimately perished in battle.

The Heavenly Daos had grown weak.

However, today was different. Although the power of the ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos was even weaker than when Li Zihua summoned them, the Scarlet Mother's opponent was no longer just Li Zihua.

With the addition of Lord Moonflame, the arrival of other Divine Lords, and the reappearance of the Ancient Spirit Emperor, combined with Li Zihua's combat prowess, the Scarlet Mother faced an unprecedented existential crisis.

The Scarlet Mother was indeed formidable, possessing terrifying power, having previously devoured three Divine Lords. Among the deities of the Wanggu Continent, she was a rare exception who did not hide but frequently appeared.

Due to the inherent nature of divine beings consuming one another, most deities preferred to remain hidden, such as Nine Nether, Fishbone Spirit, and others Xu Qing had encountered.

Only the Scarlet Mother, confident in her own strength, largely chose to disregard this danger.

However, she was not invincible; facing a united front of multiple deities would still pose a significant threat to her.

Yet, the very nature of divine beings made cooperation among them exceedingly rare.

But today, this improbable scenario unfolded before her.

Under the current siege by two Divine Lords, an Ancient Emperor who was no longer at his peak, and a Sovereign at full strength, the Scarlet Mother was already losing ground. Therefore, the arrival of the Ancient Heavenly Daos at this critical juncture would be fatal for her.

And more critically... the number of Heavenly Daos was incorrect!

The Scarlet Mother noticed it, Li Zihua noticed it, the two Divine Lords noticed it, and the Ancient Spirit Emperor was particularly alarmed.

As the one most knowledgeable about the Ancient Heavenly Daos, he instantly realized there was an additional one!

The Ancient Spirit Emperor was bewildered. Simultaneously, on the Moon Palace grounds, the Crown Prince and others were similarly stunned. In their understanding, there had always been exactly ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos.

They were certain they hadn't miscounted, yet now there were a hundred.

The last Ancient Heavenly Dao to appear was in the form of an infant, with green skin covered in countless ancient markings and sharp thorns protruding from its body, its hands like fearsome talons. It exuded a chilling aura. However, this particular entity clearly hadn't fully matured; it crawled somewhat slowly and seemed disoriented, unable to respond accurately to Li Zihua's summons or pinpoint its location for descent, unlike the others.

It appeared this Ancient Heavenly Dao had been in slumber until Li Zihua's summoning, which, by evoking its inherent duty as an Ancient Heavenly Dao, roused it. Still groggy, it squinted its eyes and instinctively began to crawl.

Yet, as it crawled, its poor sense of direction led it astray. Though it had been relatively close moments before, it suddenly appeared in a distant space-time, completely off course, and continued to move forward without deviation.

This sight left the Crown Prince and the others bewildered.

Although Xu Qing and the Captain's voices reached their ears, few connected the dots. The notion that this 'son' was an Ancient Heavenly Dao was almost impossible to immediately believe.

Meanwhile, the suppression enacted by the initial ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos had already begun.

Their forms were seen hurtling towards the abstract depiction, swiftly merging into it, suppressing the Scarlet Mother in a manner Xu Qing could not fathom.

Instantly, the red within the abstract depiction began to collapse and fade, accompanied by piercing, ear-splitting screams that reverberated.

As the battle raged, the colossal infant continued to drift away. The Captain and Xu Qing, watching its receding form in the sky, found their breaths quickening. The Captain couldn't help but shout, "Son, Daddy's right here!"

He then grabbed Xu Qing, gesturing for him to call out quickly as well.

Xu Qing didn't hesitate, immediately sending out a divine thought.

"I'm here." The instant their voices resonated, the battle within the abstract depiction continued relentlessly. Meanwhile, the giant infant on the horizon suddenly halted its crawling. Its eyes struggled to fully open, its head lifted, and even its ears twitched, its expression one of confusion.

Seeing this, the Captain's eyes gleamed with excitement as he shouted once more, and Xu Qing continued to project his divine call.

Swiftly, the confusion on the infant's face was replaced by surprise, as if it had recognized and confirmed the voices and location of its loved ones. It rapidly turned its body towards Xu Qing and the Captain, crawling quickly towards them.

With its direction confirmed and its loved ones sensed, the giant infant surged with renewed strength. As the world shifted and winds gathered, the infant appeared above the Red Moon Star, within the celestial dome of the Moon Palace.

The moment it reached them, it turned its head towards Xu Qing and the Captain, emitting a soft babbling sound.

This seemingly innocent sound instantly transformed into heavenly thunder, reverberating in all directions and causing both Xu Qing and the Captain to cough up blood.

Then, using its two legs, the giant infant forcefully stood upright, towering like a giant. It began to stumble and lurch towards Xu Qing and the Captain, seemingly wanting a hug.

Before it could draw near, a terrifying fluctuation erupted from its body, forming a world-shattering storm. This forced Xu Qing and the Captain to recoil, and the Crown Prince and others, similarly aghast, also retreated.

It was clear that its close proximity would have devastating consequences for everyone present.

Seeing the situation, the Captain grew anxious and quickly shouted, "Son, son, don't come closer yet! There's a bad woman over there; go hit her!"

"The red one is the bad woman!"

The giant infant paused, looking at Xu Qing with a somewhat aggrieved expression, about to resume its babbling. But at that very moment, the Scarlet Mother's piercing screams, intensified by the suppression of the ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos in the sky, echoed beyond the abstract depiction.

The moment those screams penetrated, the Crown Prince and others immediately showed signs of bodily collapse. The Captain's physical form even burst apart, scattering into worms, unable to maintain cohesion.

Even Xu Qing, with his divine body, found the piercing sound unbearable.

In the blink of an eye, half of his body turned to ash. Though purple crystals rapidly restored him, the resulting intense pain surged like a tide through his entire being.

This sight, witnessed by the giant infant, caused its body to tremble instantly. Its small face, contorted in an expression of extreme fury, clearly demonstrated that Xu Qing and the Captain's injuries had ignited its rage.

It abruptly turned its head,

Staring intently at the red vortex from which the piercing screams originated, it rapidly crawled towards it, closing the distance in a blink, and then merged into the vortex of the abstract depiction.

Its intervention made the Scarlet Mother's situation even more precarious.

Lord Moonflame, Lord Starflame, and the Ancient Spirit Emperor seized this opportunity. Each unleashed their divine source, causing the abstract depiction to come to an incomprehensible standstill for Xu Qing and the others. This stillness affected not only the depiction but everything within the Moon Palace.

Rules, laws, space, and time—all were, in that instant, as if sealed away from existence.

Xu Qing's and the others' forms and lives were similarly frozen; everything on the Red Moon Star was solidified.

With the concept of time lost, it was impossible to gauge how long had passed—it could have been an instant or an eternity. Regardless, the next moment, cracks began to appear in the abstract depiction in the sky, shattering the pervasive stillness.

These cracks were the only elements in motion, spreading rapidly throughout the entire depiction like the branches of a divine tree.

Upon closer inspection, it was evident that these cracks were forming over and shattering the red within the image!

Ultimately, the depiction silently collapsed, and all the red within it vanished into dust in the blink of an eye.

A profound wave of sorrow permeated the Moon Palace, spread across the Red Moon Star, surged through the entire Sacrificial Moon Grand Domain, and even reached distant realms, causing every hidden non-divine entity and deity to sense it.

It was the unmistakable sign of a deity's demise; a god had fallen.

The deepest sorrow, however, was not confined to the Red Moon Star. In the Nine Nether, the moment the deity fell, countless wails erupted from its unknown depths.

The Nine Nether trembled, and the spirits of the deceased fell into disarray. The sound of their lamentations coalesced into a storm that would forever howl through that realm.