Chapter 903: Desperate Erlang

Xu Qing's voice was a little hoarse. The moment he spoke, the Captain's tone became noticeably excited.

"Junior brother, don't worry. This time, I, your senior brother, am fully prepared. There will definitely be no problem!"

Xu Qing's eyes were originally bloodshot, ready to go through with this, but upon hearing the Captain's words, his heart sank.

Meanwhile, the Captain's mood grew even more buoyant, and he continued speaking:

"Junior brother, ever since I guessed the Three Gods' purpose back then, I've been planning for this for a long time, desperately wanting to get on this carriage!"

"Before encountering that activated ancient teleportation array, I actually didn't have much confidence. Although I had prepared escape items and planned multiple refining attempts, the materials were ultimately a bit lacking."

"Until I encountered that activated ancient teleportation array, it was truly heaven-sent!"

The Captain burst into laughter.

"Even the initial scheme involving the Scarlet Mother was related to this, because her flesh and blood are excellent materials. She was the first to become a god in Wanggu, a being connected to the arrival of the Remnant Face, and thus had a significant karma with the Remnant Face."

"This karma, combined with the blessing of a feather, could theoretically create a specific transmission!"

"But the power required for this transmission is terrifying... And so, this trip to the God Domain came to be!"

"Using the power of the God Domain's ascension as propulsion—you know how difficult it is to obtain such power, and how rare the opportunity is!"

"Especially now that the God Domain is ascending, and its distance from the Remnant Face is shrinking. But that alone isn't enough; we still need to borrow the guidance of the Heavenly Dao for direction!"

"Our son's role comes in here!"

"Finally, combined with the nameless concealment that hides us to the greatest extent, and the power of this Emperor Corpse—with the blessings of a god and imperial will—you and I have the possibility to undertake this monumental task!"

"Junior brother, we are united in heart. This time, there will definitely be no problem!"

The Captain guffawed, his words bordering on madness.

"When do we start!"

Xu Qing didn't want to hear any more. The more the Captain spoke, the more dangerous he felt it was.

However, having come this far, Xu Qing was unwilling to give up without trying.

So he suppressed the hunger within him once more.

"It's almost time. The moment the God Domain shatters is when we teleport. We... hmm, the opportunity is here!"

The Captain's words changed, and Xu Qing instantly focused.

Meanwhile, in the skies of Wanggu, the Remnant Face of the God hanging there finally closed its opening and closing eye.

The moment it closed, the God Domain where the Three Gods resided silently disintegrated, turning to dust from the edges and pouring into the sky. As it disintegrated, the God Domain itself drew closer and closer to the Remnant Face.

From a distance, the gradually dissipating God Domain in the sky grew smaller and smaller. Inside, the Three Gods, who had been sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened their divine eyes. Their bodies instantly vanished from the rapidly disintegrating God Domain, along with Yan Xuanzi and others who had already fallen unconscious amidst the upheaval.

When they reappeared, the Three Gods were already outside the God Domain, high in the skies of Wanggu.

Their auras erupted in that instant, finally taking a step beyond the entire Tribulation Fire Realm and entering the Flawless realm.

This ascent meant no more great calamities, and the Divine Platform was within reach. This was a level many gods in Wanggu yearned for, but unfortunately, achieving Flawless was incredibly difficult. Across the entire Wanggu Continent, the number of gods who had reached Flawless before this was merely a handful.

Even the powerful Scarlet Mother was only half a step away at the time.

Now, the Three Gods were Flawless. Divine fire burned intensely within them, each radiating a terrifying aura that surpassed the Scarlet Mother. Heaven and Earth changed color, and roars echoed from all directions.

It was conceivable that the future landscape of Wanggu would also change with the Three Gods' ascension to Flawless.

Their expressions, too, uncharacteristically showed clear radiance. They looked up, watching the God Domain disintegrate, witnessing the end of this sacrifice.

This grand spectacle seemed to be drawing to a close, but just then, the Sun God's expression suddenly changed. Beside him, the Moon God's pupils constricted, and the Star God raised an eyebrow.

Their gazes all fell upon the God Domain that was flying towards the Remnant Face...

Of this God Domain, only the core area remained; the rest had disintegrated. Even this core was turning into dust.

Yet, upon it, a colossal power of transmission erupted.

The momentum of this transmission was world-shaking and magnificent, its aura surpassing that of ancient array activations by over a hundredfold, making the sky instantly dazzling.

It was bright to the extreme, like darkness that could shroud heaven and earth!

At this moment, not only did the Three Gods witness this scene, but all gazes and divine senses that had been drawn by the Three Gods' previous actions also noticed it. And within this transmission, amidst countless eyes and terrifying aura, was the Emperor Corpse containing Xu Qing and Second Brother Niu!

Amidst the widespread attention, a sense of shock naturally arose from all directions.

"What are they doing?!"

Even the usually composed Sun God was shaken at this moment.

"They must be seeking death."

A complex expression flickered in the Moon God's eyes, but she seemed unsurprised, speaking faintly.

As for the Star God, he too was inwardly shaken, but more so, there was an oddness in his expression.

As all parties were internally shaken, within the collapsing God Domain and the light of transmission, the Emperor Corpse containing Xu Qing and the Captain raised its right hand.

It held high an extraordinary golden feather. The light of transmission emanated precisely from within this feather.

This feather had been refined multiple times by the Captain to possess such divine power. Its appearance caused the light of transmission to surge upwards in an eruption, piercing the clouds.

"Son!"

The Emperor Corpse suddenly spoke, its voice like thunder!

The sky immediately churned, and a baby's cry echoed, causing subtle changes in the Wanggu firmament, seemingly guiding the transmission light rushing into the sky towards the correct direction.

"Scarlet Mother Karma!"

The Emperor Corpse spoke again!

The next instant, a large amount of Scarlet Mother's flesh and blood flew out, melting within the transmission light, forming countless red threads that rapidly spread, actually fine-tuning the transmission.

With karma locked, the moment all this was completed, the God Domain where the Emperor Corpse was located—its last core area—completely collapsed.

A deafening roar spread throughout heaven and earth!

The sound grew louder and louder, until finally, as if it was about to become the only sound in heaven and earth, the God Domain completely vanished into the sky.

This sacrifice of the God Domain was now completely finished.

This God Domain might have become a divine realm, as its dissipation does not necessarily mean it ceased to exist; however, there was also another possibility.

That is, this domain failed because it could not withstand the ascension.

The outcome no longer mattered. What was important was that it had long ago been sacrificed to the Remnant Face.

This also marked the culmination of the Three Gods' tens of thousands of years of planning.

With this, they freed themselves from karma!

Using the power of the Remnant Face to ascend, then sacrificing it to the Remnant Face, thus completing a closed loop.

The Three Gods' grand act finally concluded.

But the prelude for Xu Qing and the Captain was now unfolding!

The moment the God Domain disintegrated into dust, the transmission, powered by the force of ascension, finally began.

The feather instantly transformed into specks of golden light.

And the Emperor Corpse within it had already vanished.

At this moment, what Xu Qing, inside the Emperor Corpse, heard was the Captain's wild laughter.

"Junior brother, we're off!"

Beyond the Wanggu Continent lay a vast and boundless starscape.

If one were to stand in the starscape and look back at Wanggu, they would see its immense size, truly vast.

And outside this massive Wanggu Continent, there conspicuously existed a golden spine.

This spine was incredibly long, encircling the continent like a golden centipede, wrapping the entire Wanggu Continent within its coils.

It had no arms, no torso, no legs—only this golden spine connected to half a Remnant Face that hung down towards the earth.

This Remnant Face's hair drifted, spreading over the clouds of half the continent. Outside its wound, vast amounts of shattered flesh, blood, fine hairs, and broken strands of hair were visible.

It was simply too immense. From Wanggu, it surpassed the sun and moon. When viewed from the starscape, its size was even more astonishing.

Compared to it, cultivators were far less than even a single strand of its hair.

As for its hair, it was naturally the same; each strand was as thick as heaven and earth, emitting an indescribable oppressive might. The shattered flesh was even more terrifying; the smallest blood drops were like oceans floating outside the wound, spreading endlessly, existing here eternally, alongside this Remnant Face.

Its entanglement with Wanggu was also like this.

Since it drifted from the depths of the starscape and wrapped around Wanggu, it seemed unchanged for countless years. However, if one were to explore the River of Time and compare before and after, they would clearly discover that the golden spine was constricting Wanggu more and more tightly.

And the scope of the Wanggu Continent, though still vast when viewed now, was actually much smaller than it once was.

Wanggu was being devoured.

This was the Remnant Face of the God that all beings looked up to, known as Shanghuang.

Supreme and unparalleled.

And since its arrival, throughout eternity, it seemed no being from Wanggu had been able to reach its presence.

To it, life and all else seemed like the endless flow of time, without beginning or end.

Until today, a tiny speck of light flickered in the void outside its facial wound, next to a drop of blood.

If someone in the starscape were to magnify this speck of light indefinitely, upon reaching a certain magnification, they would see a figure clad in imperial robes.

The moment this figure appeared, it immediately blurred. A terrifying, indescribable force, beyond what any life could imagine, surged through it like a torrent.

In the blink of an eye, the Emperor Corpse began to collapse, but its expression, at that same moment, was unprecedentedly wild.

As if nothing in the world could compare to what lay before it, that expression of ultimate madness and boundless greed naturally belonged to the Captain.

And the light emanating from the Emperor Corpse's eyes was equally intense, giving the impression of having been hungry for tens of thousands of years... like a starving ghoul, willing to abandon everything and unleash all its power for a single bite of food.

This light in its eyes came from Xu Qing.

Thus, at this moment, the two could be said to be connected in heart, their divine senses merged. Both their thoughts and actions were perfectly intertwined.

Driven by them, at the cost of their own collapse and the fading of their souls, they charged with an unparalleled madness towards the drop of blood beside them, which to them was like an ocean.