Chapter 1773: Cursed Mark Severing Technique Ancestral Heaven Descends; Meteor Falls, Cursed Yin Hears the Proclamation

"Ohhh," a sigh of relief escaped him, unrestrained.

That single sound captivated onlookers across the Five Domains, leaving them with a mix of laughter and tears.

But what was even more terrifying was this:As Grand-Lord Sou sighed, the wounds on his body, which had just been ripped open by the arrow, instantly healed completely!"Completely recovered?""Did Grand-Lord Sou take a pill? The arrow was consumed, and his injuries are all healed?""But that was a Tier-Six attack! Grand-Lord Sou's monstrous regenerative ability couldn't keep up with Tier-Six Heretic God power. What kind of elixir could instantly restore his condition?"

Divine Protection?Even that probably couldn't save him!

Xu Xiaoshou paid no mind to whoever in the Five Domains was still discussing him behind his back, or even plotting against him.

At this moment, his heart was filled with pleasant surprise.

After Infinite Depravity absorbed Beloved All-Life's arrow, the remaining immense force could be withstood by simply enduring it.

The arrow's power, instantly converted, transformed into the purest Infinite energy, stored within Infinite Depravity's energy reservoir.

A Saint Emperor Lv.0 passive skill couldn't keep up with Tier-Six Beloved All-Life's output?It didn't matter!As long as it wasn't a one-hit kill, Xu Xiaoshou no longer feared so-called "severe injuries."

Because by simply drawing on some of the Infinite energy from Infinite Depravity, and using the "Conversion" passive skill, he could fully restore his condition.

"Hoo!"He let out a long breath, experiencing the long-lost thrill of taking medicine in his acquired realm.

When he raised his arm, any cracked wounds had long vanished.His skin glowed like jade, without a single blemish.

And in Infinite Depravity's energy reservoir, after Beloved All-Life's arrow, there was still a surplus of Infinite energy beyond what was used to repair his injured body.

"Heh."Xu Xiaoshou's lips curved into a smile.

More was coming in than going out. This meant that even if Beloved All-Life fired a thousand or ten thousand arrows of a similar type, it would be useless.

It was like giving something away for free!Like throwing a meat bun at... well, it was just giving something away for free!

And...

"Passive Fist."When he saw these numbers, Xu Xiaoshou's eyebrows unconsciously twitched, and he almost burst out laughing.

The "Finger of Annihilation" seemed to have a maximum limit of 1000.

A single Tier-Six arrow from Beloved All-Life, even a casual one, increased Passive Fist's charge by nearly 100?It was almost full!

In the past, Xu Xiaoshou would have been afraid of such a rapid increase in numbers.But today was different. Looking at "982.00," he felt something was off.His obsessive-compulsive disorder had kicked in; he just wanted to take one more arrow to reach "1000"!

He raised his head.Gazing towards the Eastern Domain, Xu Xiaoshou opened his mouth to mock, "Tier-Six Beloved Dog, is that all you've got?"

Drunk in the Wind, in the Central Domain, whose Scrying Mirror was fixed on Grand-Lord Sou in the Western Domain, heard the remark and immediately switched the view to Emperor All-Life in the Eastern Domain.

With the camera's shift, Grand-Lord Sou's sarcasm became a direct taunt, his lips puckered as if he were about to kiss Beloved All-Life.

Emperor All-Life seemed to be deep in thought, but if he could hear Grand-Lord Sou's words, he raised his Heretic Sin Bow again without hesitation upon hearing them...

"Boom!!!"Another thunderous explosion.

Drunk in the Wind was prepared, but he still couldn't track the arrow's trajectory, only managing to switch the view to Grand-Lord Sou in the Western Domain in time.

"Absolute Rejection."A soft sound.Having experienced it once, the next time was familiar.Grand-Lord Sou this time wasn't even worried, but his attention was clearly highly focused.

As Emperor All-Life's muscles rippled, even before the Heretic Sin Bow was fully drawn, Grand-Lord Sou should have raised a hand to stop it.

It was too fast!As the Scrying Mirror switched views, a scene that shocked the Five Domains unfolded.

The arrow, taller and larger than a human, adorned with malevolent tattoos, traversed the Eastern and Central Domains in the blink of an eye, appearing before Grand-Lord Sou.

Yet, with a flick of Grand-Lord Sou's sleeve, the arrow was forcefully halted.It was stopped just barely!Right before his palm!

"This is the distance, this is it..."Drunk in the Wind exclaimed excitedly. He had analyzed Absolute Rejection before, but nothing was as intuitive as this moment.

As the arrow stopped,A ripple of force spread around it.Grand-Lord Sou bore the brunt, but his muscles rippled, and the folds of his black robe unfurled in response...

"Unburdening Dao!"He actually used his body as a sword.Employing "Unburdening Dao," a technique from the Three Thousand Swordsmanship of Ancient Sword Arts, he briefly discharged the arrow's power into the vast desert beneath his feet.

The vast yellow sand, with a resounding boom, erupted skyward.It was like raging waves or high-sky clouds roaring... everything happened in a flash!

Logically speaking,Even if Grand-Lord Sou could halt a Tier-Six arrow,After that brief moment, he should have, as before, exploded, then been blasted away by the arrow.It wouldn't have been impossible for him to be shot through spacetime rifts from the Western Domain and into the starry sky.

But this time...

"Depravity!"After Unburdening Dao softened the impact,Seizing the fleeting opportunity created by Absolute Rejection and Ancient Sword Arts,Xu Xiaoshou activated Infinite Depravity. The arrow in front of him was utterly consumed, directly transforming into Infinite energy.

The remaining force ripple swept past...All in the Five Domains saw Grand-Lord Sou's right arm muscles and bones crackling and splitting.But at the same time, his right arm's black sleeve charred and disintegrated, and the surrounding Dao principles did the same.

As the arrow vanished and the residual force reached Grand-Lord Sou's right shoulder,His "Sleeveless Scorched Hand" also extended to his right shoulder, stopping abruptly at his neck.

Grand-Lord Sou tilted his head slightly to the side, a faint smile on his lips, and calmly said:"Nothing more than that."

"My heavens!"The Five Domains' eyes widened.That smile alone was enough to make hearts stop!

With the previous arrow, he had clearly been shot from the Central Domain to the Western Domain, covered in wounds, on the verge of exploding and dying.With this arrow, Beloved All-Life only crippled one of his arms?Yet, even before the arm shattered, with a thought, his "Sleeveless Scorched Hand" not only "drew energy" but also "halted force"?

What kind of mastery was this?What strategic prowess?Any ability revealed once before Grand-Lord Sou, putting him on guard, he could negate with minimal cost?

"Good boy..."Xu Xiaoshou tilted his head to the side.A trace of surprise emerged in Emperor All-Life's Eyes of the Grand Dao.

After the first arrow, he determined that Xu Xiaoshou could even devour Tier-Six power, knowing that half of his own energy attacks should be ineffective against him.

But people just wouldn't believe in the impossible!No one in the world could understand how Xu Xiaoshou could convert such pure Tier-Six power in an instant.Beloved All-Life didn't understand either.

He chose to test another arrow, and this second arrow, he added some "power."Not "energy," but "force" — even if Xu Xiaoshou could "absorb energy," as long as he couldn't "halt force," the arrow's quality might not be high, but its quantity could affect his output, even overwhelming him to death!

Xu Xiaoshou stopped it.He halted the force, only losing one arm in the process.

Furthermore, observing with the Eyes of the Grand Dao, one could discern that after "drawing energy," he could use that energy to repair the damage from "halting force," and even have a surplus.

This was the most crucial point!It meant that firing arrows one after another, as before, wouldn't just fail to harm Xu Xiaoshou; it would be like feeding him, like giving him elixirs!

"Emperor All-Life, he must have realized it, right?"Even Drunk in the Wind had seen it, and felt that Emperor All-Life should also realize that if he kept firing arrows like this, it would be like throwing a meat bun at a dog—a futile effort.

He should stop.He should change his fighting style.Because it was clear that Grand-Lord Sou was anticipating his third arrow!

"Boom!!!"The third arrow, to the surprise of everyone in the Five Domains, was fired.

Emperor All-Life seemed like an imbecile, or perhaps someone caught in a situation, stubbornly refusing to believe in the impossible.He simply couldn't see through Grand-Lord Sou's ability to absorb energy for his own use.

His third arrow, as seen on the Scrying Mirror, was almost identical to the second, with only one subtle difference...

"Added rotation?"When Grand-Lord Sou again raised his palm to halt the arrow, the Tier-Six arrow's tip spun to a stop.

Drunk in the Wind had no idea that the Old Patriarch had slowed down the previous footage ten thousand times for him to even notice the "rotation."

"Why?"Soon, the Five Domains understood why.The foolish one was never Emperor All-Life, but all the laymen who couldn't discern the battle's details.

When Xu Xiaoshou once again raised his palm to engage Absolute Rejection, his first reaction was...

"Damn it!"This time, the energy transmitted to his palm was far less than before.But the force!Its rotational force, penetrating power, tearing power!

It was like a sword layered with 'Mo Swordsmanship,' and 'Penetrating Dao' from the Three Thousand Grand Daos, and the sword itself was still a Profound Wound Sword that ignored defense... utterly unreasonable!

"Beloved All-Life's *strength* can be this fierce?!"

He didn't even have time to activate Infinite Depravity.He didn't even have time to deploy the Sleeveless Scorched Hand.Beloved All-Life's first two arrows, merely test shots, created the illusion that Tier-Six arrows were only capable of that much due to mental inertia.

Even with all his preparations, Xu Xiaoshou had no idea that the arrow's "force" could instantly surge to this extent.It was hard to say if it rivaled the Four Divisions Gods, but compared to the Heavenly Dao God, it was certainly not inferior.

"Malevolent Tattoos!""It's the physical power amplified by those malevolent tattoos!""Pressing Ancestral God power into his physical body, and this guy doesn't even primarily cultivate his body... he's truly fighting for his life against me!"

As this horrifying realization dawned on him, Xu Xiaoshou's right arm was already directly torn apart by the arrow.However, the arrow's energy and force didn't fully erupt to shred him to dust; instead, it plunged straight into the depths of the desert, then vanished without a trace.

"Missed?"The Five Domains were stunned, feeling something was off.

Xu Xiaoshou's pupils constricted. His acute senses, honed by countless life-or-death battles, immediately made him realize...

"Something's wrong!"He had been testing.But hadn't Beloved All-Life been testing him with the previous arrows too?He had tested the strength of Beloved All-Life's Tier-Six arrows, but hadn't Beloved All-Life also tested the limits of his physical body?

So this arrow...A prelude?Was something big about to happen?

"Roar!"He dared not hesitate.It was better to be a startled bird than a dead soul under the bow.

As the Five Domains heard the thunderous roar, an ultimate giant, taller than the sky and broader than the earth, had already risen from the great desert in the Western Domain.

The giant held a shield in its left hand and a halberd in its right.The three swords — Hidden Bitterness, Possessing Four, and Fiery Serpent — all became enormous, swirling at its sides.Behind the giant, two forms from different lives emerged, instantly anchoring his current life to his past, pushing "Reliance" to its limit.

"What is the strongest shield?"Drunk in the Wind murmured in shock, and it seemed the Five Domains all had the answer.In this form, Grand-Lord Sou was the strongest shield; even if the sky fell, it couldn't breach his defenses.

But...What could make Grand-Lord Sou suddenly so wary?

The camera shifted.The Five Domains suddenly understood why Grand-Lord Sou had become such a startled bird.

Because Beloved All-Life, after his three normal attacks ceased, his calm demeanor erupted into a sudden surge of power, as if he had transformed into a raging general, leaping into the sky.

"Hah!!!"He let out a heavy roar in mid-air.From a standing start, that single roar shattered the adjacent lands of the Eastern Domain and the distant seas.

Even the Sword Tomb, dozens of realms away from the battlefield, and further north, the Moon-Gazing Immortal City in the Eastern Moon Realm, saw their ground crack.From the fissures, purple energy faintly seeped out...

"What in the world?"Drunk in the Wind's eyes nearly popped out.A single roar shattering hundreds of realms, raising a bow to overturn the sun and moon?

Purple energy converged on him. Beloved All-Life raised his bow in mid-air, and the entire sky of the Eastern Domain became completely dark, as if a brilliant purple sun had risen in the night.

Within the purple sun, his figure was silhouetted, turning into pure black.

"Forbidden Art: Seeded Imprisonment Tier Seven Unleashed!"As the Daoist incantation exploded, the malevolent tattoos etched into Beloved All-Life's flesh, like stretched springs, all shattered.

*Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom*...Wave after wave of surging Heretic God power burst forth from him.It swept forward, backward, upward, downward, in all directions, as if he were about to explode.

But what shattered were merely the Malevolent Yin Eye, Malevolent Yin Body, and Malevolent Yin Form that sustained Tier Six!What shattered were only the shackles!

Beloved All-Life himself hovered beneath the night, standing within the purple sun, half-naked, muscles torn, drawing his bow to full string, pointing majestically at the celestial stars.

"Starfall Art!"He roared with a ferocious voice.

Ten thousand miles of void around him were filled with densely accumulated malevolent yin energy, so vast that it transformed into rain, falling drop by drop from high in the sky.All malevolent energy vanished, and all laws returned to one.It astonishingly turned into unparalleled clarity!

"Om..."Across the Five Domains, people only felt a jolt in their heads.When they looked up again, behind Emperor All-Life, an Ancestral God's form had actually materialized!

It stood above the starlit river, clad in a golden-patterned star-art robe, wearing a jade-adorned purple cloud crown, with seven blood-shadow trees on its back, and a true pearl of red traces suspended on its chest, showing no joy or sorrow, no anger or surprise.

"Ancestor of Arts!"Tears streamed from Drunk in the Wind's eyes as he roared, heartbroken.

Indeed.The Ancestor of Arts!

The Ancestor of Arts' form also drew its bowstring.The shadow of the Heretic Sin Bow in its hand stretched from the Eastern Domain's nearby sea up through the clouds and starry sky, encompassing an entire domain.

If someone could look down from space, they would see the ultimate giant under the Ancestor of Arts' arrow was as small as a child, only waist-high.

"Death Starfall!"The Ancestor of Arts' voice echoed through the Five Domains.

As the arrow on its bow condensed into form, emitting a brilliant golden glow, the starry sky behind the Ancestor of Arts was once again filled with densely arrayed malevolent yin energy.

"Screech—"A piercing, malevolent sound exploded in the ears of those in the Five Domains.When they looked again, behind Emperor All-Life was the Ancestor of Arts, and behind the Ancestor of Arts was Malevolent Yin!

Three thousand Divine Seats.Three thousand Malevolent Yin.The three thousand Malevolent Yin no longer lay languidly; instead, they stood upon three thousand Divine Seats, reluctantly holding bows and nocking arrows, condensing three thousand eerie purple Heretic Sin Bow arrows above the starlit river.

"Forbidden Starfall!"When this sound settled, the Five Domains no longer saw any abnormal phenomena.In their minds, only Beloved All-Life remained, withdrawing his malevolent tattoos from the void's purple sun, returning to his normal Tier-Six state, and quietly descending to the land near the sea.

It was only after Beloved All-Life landed and lowered his Heretic Sin Bow,That the sonic boom swept across the Five Domains from the starry sky.

"Boom!!!"Xu Xiaoshou, carrying the Shattered Jun Shield, wielding the Painted Dragon Halberd, transformed into the ultimate giant, still thinking of testing Beloved All-Life's arrow one more time before engaging in battle...

When he heard the words "Tier Seven"!When he saw the "Starfall" phenomenon!He felt like a joke.

When question marks appeared above his head, he felt that it wasn't *him* who had a problem, but Beloved All-Life, and the Ten Venerable Ones.

"Three normal attacks, then straight to the ultimate?""What am I supposed to fight?!"

Countless curses swirled in his mind, but he couldn't utter them. Beloved All-Life had completely jumbled Xu Xiaoshou's thoughts.

On one hand, he thought it was fake.Test it!What if it was an illusion?Humans shouldn't, couldn't, be this strong.If this was considered a Half-Saint, he truly didn't know who could suppress the Ten Venerable Ones if they were sealed as Saint Emperors.What right did those who *could* suppress them have?

On the other hand, he felt the phenomenon was real.Beloved All-Life was precisely the type who remained silent until he struck, then astonished everyone with his nature and performance.His Dao Heart was incredibly steadfast, rarely seen in a lifetime.Even the Heart Sword Art: Prajna Void couldn't shake him in the slightest. At that time, Xu Xiaoshou already felt that even if Malevolent Yin arrived, it would be difficult to possess him.Such a person, unlike himself, wouldn't play to the gallery—especially since he had no passive points to reap!

So this arrow...No, these three thousand Starfall arrows.Could they truly be fake, either in terms of energy or force?

The ultimate giant, carrying the Shattered Jun Shield, draped in dragon scale armor, kept activating and deactivating Immovable Wisdom King, then running—completely losing all dignity!It was a little amusing.The large figure took a few clanking steps and almost ran out of the great desert, sending shivers down Cao Erzhu's spine. He couldn't even shout "Princes, Lords, Generals, Ministers"; he just wanted Little Brother Xu to run faster, to hide in the Divine Remains.

No escape!The Ancient Battle God Platform was open!

But when he realized he couldn't turn his back on the enemy, he spun back, gazing at the sky, at the meteor shower plummeting from the distant starry expanse...

"Huh?"The profound array patterns beneath the giant's feet flickered rapidly, as if calculating something, but ultimately, it emitted the same bewildered sound that was frequently heard across the Five Domains.

In the next breath, beneath the meteor shower, a heartbreaking roar echoed:"Baxun An, save me!"