Chapter 892: You Come Here

Such spirit is fitting for Yan Yue's foremost Heavenly Talent.

Only with such domineering aura can Yan Xuanzi, named after her clan, truly embody her name.

She doesn't seek 'Embodied Divinity'; what she seeks... is to become a God!

She intends to use the Celestial Emperor's body as fuel, to nourish herself, shape her own divine land, and ignite her own divine flame, becoming Yan Yuezi.

She wants to achieve godhood in a single step!

This scene utterly transcended the ambitions of Tian Mozi and the other two. Inside the Imperial Palace, it not only seized all attention but also, on every level, crushed any hope they had of competing with her in the future.

How could one compare themselves to such a person...?

How could one hope to win...?

How could one even fight...?

Tian Mozi sighed, Tuo Shishan lowered his head, and Fan Shishuang's expression turned bitter.

Yet, they refused to give up. Even if their ultimate goal was now beyond their grasp, they had their own paths to forge. Their personal ascensions officially began.

And they grew increasingly potent!

At this moment, Xu Qing also opened his eyes, looking towards Yan Xuanzi.

Yan Xuanzi, whom even he and the captain together could only trap, not defeat, was a rare and peerless Heavenly Talent in Xu Qing's entire life.

Earlier, in the Human Race's Imperial Domain, within the Imperial Palace, the Fifth Prince had returned from the frontier with a shocking piece of news for the Human Race.

The Yan Yue Xuan Tian Clan was rumored to be about to produce... their Fourth God.

Initially, Xu Qing had believed it would be Ji Dongzi, as Ji Dongzi's soul contained over ninety Divine Fall Steles, resembling a ritual for achieving godhood.

Therefore, he killed Ji Dongzi, sealing him within the Witch's Trove to serve as his own fuel.

After slaying him, Xu Qing realized that Ji Dongzi was not the Fourth God Yan Yue sought to create. More accurately, Ji Dongzi was merely a half-finished product.

He was, at best, a failed vessel.

Now, as Xu Qing observed Yan Xuanzi, everything seemed to suggest... she was the Fourth God Yan Yue intended to create.

"But is it truly her?"

Xu Qing murmured quietly. The next moment, he felt a sudden intuition and turned to look at the captain.

He saw the cold fire burning on the captain's body, the overwhelming madness erupting in his eyes, and a ravenous hunger, as if he had starved for countless millennia and was now ready to feast.

The opportune moment Yan Xuanzi had awaited was here, and the captain's awaited moment had also arrived!

"Finally... it's here!"

The captain licked his lips, his expression becoming increasingly frenzied, and he burst into laughter.

"Little Ah Qing, look at that lump of dung mountain and the other two. They're just little sparrows. Their goals are merely the Lunar and Solar, seeking a perfect, flawless 'Embodied Divinity' for themselves. How utterly unimpressive!"

"As for Yanzi, she appears quite grand, using the Luo Parasol as her sky, a divine body as fuel, and aiming to become a god in one step. But in your Senior Brother's eyes, she's at best a middling sparrow. She doesn't even know how to properly eat her food; what good is that?"

"Little Junior Brother, the grand undertaking your Senior Brother is involving you in this time, it's something far beyond sparrows... it's for the great eagle!"

As he spoke, the captain released his connection to Xu Qing, no longer anchoring himself to Xu Qing's position. As his body drifted backward, repelled by the Moon Star, he raised his hand with a wild laugh and abruptly pointed at the one hundred and eight stars above.

"Make them... turn around!!"

Instantly, the entire Imperial Palace roared again. The sound resonated from the Imperial Palace's starry sky, emanating from the one hundred and eight stars, specifically from their... reverse sides!

The one hundred and eight stars of the Imperial Palace originally presented a 'star-earth' surface to the ground, but their reverse sides bore faces that continuously emitted agonizing wails!

Now, as the captain performed his hand seals, the faces on these one hundred and eight stars—whose brows were once empty—all began to glow, and each revealed a hidden... pearl!

Those pearls were precisely what the captain had acquired from within the shell-eagle outside.

One hundred and eight of them!

This was the captain's meticulous preparation, an arrangement he had made after being the first to arrive at this location.

Now, they all burst open simultaneously, creating an immense and astonishing display of power.

The starry sky rippled, and the galaxy itself seemed to lose its brilliance!

Aided by the pearls' peculiar properties and the captain's methods, the moment they exploded, all one hundred and eight stars... simultaneously rotated.

Amidst deafening rumbles, all one hundred and eight stars in the Imperial Palace's firmament shifted. The 'star-earth' side, where Tian Mozi and the others stood, now faced away, while the side bearing agonizingly wailing faces turned to the front!

Facing the Imperial Palace, the wails erupted with terrifying intensity, engulfing the entire structure.

Stimulated by the pearls' destruction, the voices emanating from these faces became unprecedentedly shrill, until hundreds of cries converged into one, forming a sonic boom that solidified the Sun Star, accelerated the Moon Star, and possessed the power to shake star dragons, suppress sacrificial artifacts, and even move the very world!

Faced with such a dramatic upheaval, everyone present showed a drastically changed expression.

Xu Qing didn't hesitate for a moment. He instantly left the Moon Star and reappeared beside the captain, his eyes shining with starlight, his expression utterly composed.

This transformation largely aligned with his predictions, so there was no particular surprise, especially as the horrifying sonic boom formed by the faces' wails caused the Sun Star to solidify and the Moon Star to accelerate...

"Next, it should be the captain's second step: the collision of the Sun and Moon!"

As Xu Qing pondered, the Moon Star roared as it rotated, accelerating towards the solidified Sun Star, generating a tidal force that began to reshape the Imperial Palace's layout.

Meanwhile, the captain's frantic voice continued to echo.

"Little Junior Brother, you've always been curious about this grand scheme of ours, haven't you? I couldn't tell you before because everything, both outside and within this place, is connected to the gods."

"Any mention would have led to unforeseen complications."

"But now, with everything already underway, there's no harm in revealing this grand affair!"

"Little Junior Brother, my target is the Ancestral Emperor's physical body, contained within that altar's coffin!"

The captain pointed at the altar, licking his lips.

"Or rather, it's the new body prepared by the Master of this Divine Domain, the Spider Deity sealed by the Three Gods for countless years!"

"I intend to suppress this body within myself, merge with it, and thereby indirectly gain recognition from this Divine Domain!"

"I intend to use this opportunity to become the Master of this Divine Domain!"

"As for your goal, it's the Emperor's Soul, which is also a Divine Soul. I'll take the physical body; the Divine Soul goes to you, to become the Heavenly Dao. Once we succeed, you'll also indirectly become a Master of this Divine Domain, just like me. We'll both possess the authority of this domain, merging with it on a profound level!"

"I've been preparing for this for a long time! But relying solely on myself, I can't succeed due to the divine soul's interference. Little Junior Brother, you must help me!"

The captain's voice reverberated in all directions. Even as the wails from the one hundred and eight stars' faces turned into a sonic boom, fragmenting his words, the sheer audacity of his scheme still sent an unprecedented shock through the minds of Tian Mozi and the others.

They only sought Embodied Divinity, and Yan Xuanzi aimed for godhood, yet these two humans... they dared to scheme for the entire Divine Domain, to become its Masters!

How could they dare?!

This was the hunting ground of the Yan Yue Xuan Tian Clan, a grand ceremony sanctioned by the Three Gods. Indeed, it was even the very authority the Three Gods coveted!

In that moment, they wanted to intervene. Even if they disregarded their clans and only considered their own aspirations, allowing these events to continue would undeniably disrupt their ascensions, given the magnitude of the upheaval.

Yan Xuanzi's Luo Parasol also began to sway violently under the force of the wailing sonic boom. Inside, Yan Xuanzi's eyes snapped open, blazing with murderous intent.

Only Xu Qing remained unfazed.

Snatching food from a tiger's mouth and dancing on a knife's edge had always been the captain's style.

In fact, the moment he arrived in the Divine Domain, his understanding of the captain had already allowed him to guess the true objective.

Anything less wouldn't be madness; anything less wouldn't be Er Niu.

And this endeavor was indeed very Er Niu.

Furthermore, it would be extremely difficult to stop, at least for those currently within the Imperial Palace.

Because, as the Sun Star solidified, the trajectories of the Sun and Moon had already shifted. The howling Moon Star, with unstoppable momentum and terrifying, endless frigidity, hurtled fiercely towards the Sun Star, poised to collide.

A hundred stars wailed, sonic booms tore through the air, and the Sun and Moon collided!

The heavens tore apart, and the earth fractured.

The starry sky reeled, and space itself fractured.

Flame and frost met in that instant, creating an extinguishing light and unleashing terrifying power.

The Sun Star shattered, the Moon Star disintegrated, and countless boulders, ice chunks, and flames were scattered in every direction.

In an instant, fire, ice, and stars rained down upon the entire Imperial Palace. Only the spot where Xu Qing and the captain stood remained safe, like the singular 'escaped one' in the Great Derivation.

Everywhere else, the entire Imperial Mausoleum was violently shaken!

The entire star roared with intense vibrations!

The entire Divine Domain was in turmoil!

At that moment, a gale swept through—the desolation born from the fusion of ice and fire, the infinite born from the mingling of Yin and Yang, the storm unleashed by the collision of the Sun and Moon.

It was... a storm of pure chaos, descending towards the Imperial Palace below, shrouding the heavens.

Star dragons dimmed, disintegrating in the tempest.

Chime bells tolled on their own, broadcasting the sounds of death.

Funeral drums boomed, awakening departed souls.

And the enormous Luo Parasol, caught in the storm, was also thrown off course, revealing... directly beneath it, the previously concealed altar and the sacred coffin resting upon it!

Furthermore, on the ground composed of countless layers of skin, an eye opened from one particular piece, and the countless terracotta warriors standing across the land simultaneously reanimated!

Regardless, the path was now clear!

Meanwhile, the celestial starry sky itself began to tilt in the storm. Tian Mozi and the other two, who had intended to intervene, were too overwhelmed by the dramatic changes to do anything but prioritize their own defense.

Only Yan Xuanzi, with old grudges and new resentment converging upon Er Niu for interrupting her ascension and impacting the entire Imperial Palace, stepped forward with killing intent.

Observing all this, Xu Qing remained impassive. This aligned perfectly with his predictions, and he knew that Senior Brother surely had another move planned.

As for what it was, Xu Qing had already guessed, given that there was one particular item the captain hadn't returned.

Thus, when Yan Xuanzi charged, Xu Qing remained still.

Beside him, the captain roared with laughter. He had been preparing for this very scene in his previous life. Now, finally witnessing it, his heart swelled with delight, and he certainly hadn't neglected preparations specifically for Yan Xuanzi.

So, the instant Yan Xuanzi charged, the captain proudly lifted his head and, simultaneously, raised his right hand, holding an object aloft.

The moment she saw the object, Yan Xuanzi, who had been charging relentlessly, instantly paled.

"You're insane!!"

Her body recoiled abruptly, moving so fast it seemed to tear through the void.

The object held in the captain's hand was a pearl.

It was the Ancient Sun, the Sun of Dawn, a peak Human Race Domain Treasure!

"Come here!"

The captain watched the retreating Yan Xuanzi, let out a deep, satisfied breath, and then, amidst wild laughter, hurled the Sun of Dawn in his hand towards the altar below...

...threw it directly!