Chapter 900: Gods Appear

Beyond Time!

On the sky, the eye of the divine remnant face was slowly closing.

The divine realm and divinity, acquired through all sacrifices, did not cease. Instead, amidst deafening roars, they continued to ascend. However, as the divine realm ascended, it also dispersed, with an invisible fire burning within it. This fire seemed intent on thoroughly incinerating all impurities within the divine realm.

Evidently, the transformation of a divine realm into a divine world—a fundamental, world-altering change—was not simple. The power of the remnant face was immense, but whether the divine realm itself could withstand it was also crucial. And this divine realm, even though the three gods had prepared it for many years, spanning tens of thousands of years, still seemed barely able to support the full ascension.

After all, during the Red Moon incident back then, the Red Moon itself was one of the thirty-six Moons of Wangku, wielding the authority of Wangku. At the same time, the Scarlet Mother was at the peak of tribulation fire, a half-step flawless being. Furthermore, Li Zihua had planned throughout history. Most importantly, there was the Scarlet Mother's identity. As the first to achieve godhood by drawing upon the remnant face during the Profound Nether Ancient Emperor era, she had a profound karmic connection with the remnant face. She devoured many deities as a half-step flawless being, a feat both humans and gods abhorred. Thus, her tribulation, unaided by any god, naturally became an auspicious sign for Li Zihua. It was the combination of all these factors that created that sliver of opportunity.

But the three gods were different. Therefore, resistance abruptly descended as the eye of the remnant face slowly closed.

On the Wangku Continent, within the Nine Ridges Great Region, a massive golden eye opened in a swamp covering thirty percent of the area. It transformed into a celestial entity, gazing intently at the divine realm where the three gods resided. In the Ancient Sage Great Region, an immense mountain existed, vast beyond measure, worshipped by the local tribes. Now, this mountain had turned from black to gold, rising from the ground like a colossal golden horn shattering the void. In the Wanhe Great Region, amidst surging ocean waves, a divine statue ascended from beneath the sea. This statue had three heads and six arms; the three heads were those of a beast, a ghost, and a god. Its six arms controlled the cycle of reincarnation and life-and-death. The moment it appeared, the ocean converged, forming its colossal body, and it took a step towards the void.

Similar anomalies erupted simultaneously in multiple regions across the Wangku Continent. Streams of terrifying divine will surged from all directions, changing the very color of the Wangku heavens and earth. They rapidly approached the divine realm of the three gods, unleashing their divine power to devastate everything. Immediately, the sky above the divine realm blurred, the earth twisted, and time shattered. Accompanied by a strong surge of greed, these beings sought to stop the three gods and seize their gains.

At this moment, countless factions trembled, and most living beings felt a deep dread as if a great disaster was imminent.

However, the three gods had prepared for tens of thousands of years. With their omniscience, how could they be unprepared for this? Thus, almost the instant those dozens of divine wills descended and made their move, the three gods, who were in the midst of their ascension, simultaneously opened their divine eyes. The next instant, a vast array directly radiated from the three gods. This array instantly enveloped all directions, emitting multicolored light and manifesting countless runes. These runic symbols all carried an ancient feel. Their proliferation imbued the entire formation with a sense of antiquity.

This array was called "God-Slayer," or fully, the "God-Slaying Shamanic Array." It was the very array created by the ancestral shaman of the Profound Heaven Great Shaman Tribe, who transformed himself to protect his people. It was later refined by the Jiuli, further increasing its power. After the three gods obtained it, they refined it for tens of thousands of years. As for using this array to lock down the ancient Heavenly Dao, its more fundamental purpose, besides its current sacrificial use, was to nourish the God-Slaying Array with the blood of the Heavenly Dao.

This was all for this very moment.

Now, as the God-Slaying Array activated, it instantly blocked the incoming deities. However, despite its astonishing origin and multiple refinements, the array faced utterly terrifying deities. Thus, it could only hold them off for a short while, not for too long. But the three gods' preparations could not have been limited to just this array. Holding them off for a moment, in the three gods' judgment, was sufficient.

Therefore, the instant the God-Slaying Array activated, the divinity of the three gods simultaneously soared. The sun, moon, and stars appeared above their heads, radiating immense power, instantly overlapping one another. They transformed into a colossal long halberd. This halberd was a hundred thousand zhang long. Upon closer inspection, one could discern that it contained over a million different materials. In addition, countless departed souls converged within it. These were the souls of countless tribes annihilated by the Flaming Moon Profound Heaven Clan, which the three gods controlled during their tens of thousands of years of conquest across Wangku. They also included all the rare heavenly treasures plundered during this period. Furthermore, combined with the entire Flaming Moon Profound Heaven Clan's destiny, this treasure was formed, having long surpassed the level of a realm treasure and deserving the title of "Immortal." With this, annihilating other tribes was effortless, and slaying deities was not impossible—this was the three gods' true power.

At this moment, the Immortal Long Halberd appeared between heaven and earth, seemingly separating the sky and the ground. Its radiating pressure caused the approaching gods to change their expressions. Their minds were shaken as they sensed the danger. The next instant, as the three gods focused their will, this terrifying halberd swept across the sky, directly cutting through the celestial river and actively moving towards the arriving deities. Wherever it passed, the power of extinction unsettled the souls of gods and humans. Its roaring reverberated across nearly half of the Wangku Continent, shaking all directions.

The deities who had come to stop them immediately retreated, only stopping after withdrawing an entire region's distance. Simultaneously, the voice of the three gods descended like thunder: "Begone."

This single word echoed endlessly. Each of the deities who had come to obstruct them was an unfathomably mysterious and supreme being in their respective domains, yet now they could only remain silent, finally gazing at the long halberd with profound meaning before gradually disappearing. The God-Slaying Array could defend for a short time, and such a terrifying halberd was shocking to deities. For them, there was not much karma with the three gods. While they were naturally willing to go with the flow, it was not worth paying a heavy price. After all, while they coveted the three gods' gains, other entities would surely be coveting the beneficiaries among them. Therefore, since the situation was not favorable, they naturally withdrew.

Noticing the deities' disappearance, the three gods remained expressionless but grew even more vigilant internally. They were at a critical point in their ascension. If interrupted, it would be almost impossible to encounter such an opportunity again. Therefore, failure was not an option.

Yet, what was destined to come would still arrive. Although the deities had withdrawn, those with a karmic connection to the three gods would still appear.

At this moment, on the edge of the Wangku Continent, within an unnamed great region shrouded in silver mist, there was no land, only a colossal ancient mirror. One could say this mirror was the land of this region. Within this region, there were no mountains, no tribes... everything seemed to have been erased, and the mirror was spotless. Inside it, a silver moon was reflected, but if anyone looked up from here, they would be astonished to find no moon in the sky, only a golden sun. The golden eye in the sky, the silver moon in the mirror! At this moment, both simultaneously blurred, simultaneously dissipated, and simultaneously appeared above the divine realm where the three gods resided: the golden sun and silver moon had descended.

A deep divine voice resonated, "I originally did not wish to obstruct, but the struggle for divine authority is unavoidable!" Terrifying divine might erupted with the descent of the sun and moon. The God-Slaying Array began to crack, and fissures suddenly appeared. The terrifying power of this golden sun and silver moon surpassed that of the previous deities.

The three gods became extremely solemn. With a thought, the long halberd instantly appeared and swept towards the sun and moon. They did not stop. Almost the instant the halberd swung towards the golden sun and silver moon, a look of resolve appeared in the eyes of each of the three gods. Their tens of thousands of years of preparation included not only what had been seen but also realm treasures from numerous tribes across the Wangku Continent. There were even some treasures from the Profound Nether Ancient Emperor era, and within this divine realm, treasures from the Northern Emperor. All of this constituted the three gods' second layer of true power. At this moment of resolve, each unleashed their power.

A colorful sight met the eye: a total of 108 realm treasures, each different and originating from various tribes. All of them ascended, simultaneously radiating their full power. They did not explode but transformed into individual stars. The front of these stars shimmered with the starlight of the exploding realm treasures, while on their backs, faces wailed. Those faces were also distinct; they were the transformed destinies of the tribes from which these realm treasures originated, the tribes annihilated and extracted by the three gods. This scene was identical to the star-filled sky within the Imperial Mausoleum.

Now, coupled with the collapsing God-Slaying Array and the terrifying long halberd, it finally coalesced into a brilliant spectacle. The God-Slaying Array shattered into starlight, the long halberd swept like a galaxy, and the 108 stars shone dazzlingly. Ultimately, a star-filled sky enveloped the golden sun and silver moon.

At this moment, the Sun God and Moon God among the three concentrated all their divine essence within the Star God's body, activating a secret technique they had prepared for tens of thousands of years: The Grand Luo Starry Sky. They used the starry sky to seal the outer sun and outer moon, thereby gaining time. In an instant, the terrifying golden sun and silver moon vanished above the divine realm, along with the Grand Luo Starry Sky.

But before the three gods could relax, a cold voice echoed from the void: "Zhu Ling has a karmic connection with me, so I will act for him this once!"

As the words sounded, deep within an abyss in the endless Forbidden Sea of the Wangku Continent—a place originally pitch black—red light now shimmered. Within this red light, countless paper figures cut from red paper were distinctly visible. At this moment, one paper figure floated up from within, emerging from the deep sea. The next instant, it arrived within the divine realm where the three gods resided, heading directly towards them like a seal. An immense sense of dread surged from the hearts of the three gods, spreading through the Grand Overseer, who was in the process of becoming a god. Even Xu Qing and the Second Ox, beneath the vortex, felt an internal tremor.

"He's actually still alive," the captain exclaimed.

"He is?" Xu Qing's mind was filled with turmoil. He didn't know the origin of the "he" the captain spoke of, but he could feel that this mere paper figure possessed a terror akin to the Scarlet Mother.

Before the captain could reply, outside the vortex, the expressions of the three gods had already drastically changed. Even the usually serene Sun God was now extremely solemn. The next instant, divine flames roared into existence on each of the three gods. They were burning their own divine essence. The colors of the flames were red, blue, and black. The three colors erupted simultaneously. The moment the red paper figure approached, the three flames merged. At this moment, the three gods chose to briefly merge with each other, unleashing the power of their past lives.

Instantly, flames surged sky-high, radiating a sense of reincarnation, vast and earth-shattering. As the flames enveloped the three gods, a majestic figure could vaguely be seen emerging from within, seemingly stepping out of time, stride by stride, from the depths of ages.