Chapter 378: Attack on the Divine City

The bell of Purple Mountain tolled, its waves crossing the void. Primordial creatures emerged, shaking the Divine City.

"Roar..." Unidentified creatures roared, their cries shaking heaven and earth, scattering the clouds, and making the Divine City tremble.

Everyone's expression changed; many people's souls trembled. What kind of terrifying creatures had truly emerged?

There was definitely more than one; screams filled with terror echoed from all directions around the Divine City. Even from a great distance, one could sense their terrifying aura.

What had the human experts encountered in Purple Mountain? How could they have provoked so many primordial creatures? Everyone was filled with apprehension.

"Boom!" Tremendous fluctuations erupted from the due north, and killing intent soared. Sacred Lords were battling primordial creatures there, sweeping away the surrounding clouds and causing the sky to shake violently.

"How terrifying are the creatures that have arrived?" Many people's faces turned pale. Sacred Lords had been deployed, encountering such formidable enemies, which showed how dire the situation was.

"Rumble!" The void trembled as a vast, dark cloud, miles wide, surged from the due west, descending upon the Divine City. Its terrifying aura sent shivers down people's spines.

"Boom!" From within that dark cloud, a colossal claw, covered in green scales and as large as a small hill, extended and swiped down.

"Splatter!" People watched in horror as over a dozen veteran experts in that area were instantly crushed, turning into a mist of blood, their bodies and spirits utterly destroyed.

"What kind of creature is that? How enormous is it?!" This scene was utterly horrifying; everyone who witnessed it was dumbfounded, their entire bodies drenched in cold sweat.

Who could resist such a powerful creature? Even Sacred Lords would likely struggle against it, and whether they could even withstand it was another matter entirely!

"Boom!" The enormous claw swept down again. No one could stop it; dozens of experts disintegrated in mid-air, instantly becoming a bloody pulp with a single sweep.

"Zheng, zheng, zheng..." From the due south came the sound of ancient music, not gentle at all. Killing intent surged like a raging torrent, and the music, like clashing swords, resonated powerfully.

It was a patch of white clouds. Vaguely, a delicate woman could be seen high up in the heavens, playing an ancient zither-like instrument.

Clearly visible, huge beams of light shot down. Each zither note was like a terrifying wave, destroying everything and covering the sky and earth.

This was a terrifying sound of slaughter, like the clash of weapons and warhorses, as if a thousand armies were galloping. Endless killing intent swept down, piercing through countless experts.

"Thud," "Thud," "Thud..." Corpses fell from the sky, one after another, torn into pieces by the endless killing aura.

"This is too terrifying! It's a humanoid figure, and no one dares to approach her!" People were astonished to find the due south direction completely cleared; no one dared to brave the attack again. The sound of the ancient zither, like roaring waves, swept across the south.

"Boom!" Purple qi surged from the east, like a surging mass of purple lava, covering the entire eastern direction. A terrifying aura swept down from within.

"Bang!" Just then, a colossal purple hand pressed down, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, like a purple mountain crashing down. It instantly crushed a section of palace buildings into dust.

"Ah..." Many people died tragically, and screams rose one after another. Many soared into the sky, attempting to escape the area, but they still couldn't.

The colossal purple hand swept across, and those people, like paper figures, were all shattered and torn to pieces, then turned into a bloody pulp.

"Sacred Lords charged up!" People were astonished to find the Sacred Lord of the Jiang family and the Sacred Lord of the Ji family charging up together, attacking into the purple clouds.

The purple qi was stirred into a frenzy, and the sky, like a scroll, rustled, shaking violently as if it could be torn apart or shattered at any moment.

Unparalleled powerhouses attacked from all sides of the Divine City, and even more primordial creatures emerged within the city, engaging in battle with human cultivators.

All the great Sacred Lords took action; no one could stand idly by. This entire realm trembled; it was a terrifying battle, and no one knew how many had died.

"Purple Mountain! These creatures crossed the void from Purple Mountain; it's terrifying!" Many people's hearts quaked with fear. They wanted to escape the Divine City but dared not act rashly, knowing that if targeted by those creatures, death would be certain.

"Opening Purple Mountain is like opening Pandora's Box, releasing peerless fiends. How will this end?" "Actually, it's not the creatures' fault. The Sacred Lands disturbed them, awakening them from their slumber, which accelerates their life force depletion. Naturally, they would pursue them to the Divine City." "This is a great catastrophe; no one knows how it will end..."

Ye Fan was startled. The primordial creatures from Purple Mountain had escaped, meaning someone must have entered the deepest part and disturbed their king.

Had the inheritance of Emperor Wu Shi been obtained by anyone? Although the big black dog was certain no one could acquire it, Ye Fan still felt a bit uneasy.

Had Jiang Taixu been rescued? This was also a question he was very concerned about.

"A monkey! That monkey has appeared again!" someone in the Stone Garden exclaimed, pointing to the edge of the sky.

Indeed, the Battling Holy Ape soared into the high heavens with a somersault, standing on a cloud, wielding a peerless fierce weapon, its fiery golden eyes surveying the scene above the Divine City with surprise and uncertainty.

"Zheng, zheng, zheng..." The Divine City was in grave danger, most critically from the due south. The zither notes played by the delicate woman in the clouds were extremely destructive, and no one dared to charge forward.

"Boom!" Suddenly, a crimson light shot into the sky, coiling towards that woman. Endless divine flames, like a divine phoenix, swirled across the high heavens.

At this moment, everyone in the Divine City couldn't help but tremble. This was an oppressive aura originating from the soul, making people involuntarily prostrate themselves, kneeling on the ground.

"An ultimate weapon!" "It's the Jiang family's Constant Universe Cauldron!" "Exactly, it's the divine cauldron forged from Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold, capable of shattering heaven and earth and drying up oceans!"

Many cultivators exclaimed, all revealing shocked expressions. Everyone was trembling, wanting to prostrate themselves in worship, completely involuntarily, as if facing a deity.

The sound of the ancient zither ceased. The woman in the clouds transformed into a streak of divine light, soaring towards the horizon and fleeing, not daring to confront it at all.

"Is this real? An ultimate weapon has been used?!" Many veteran figures felt a thumping in their hearts.

"It was just a deterrent; it didn't truly unleash its ultimate power," someone responded.

"What?! Such terrifying divine might appeared, and it hasn't even been truly unleashed?!" Many cultivators were shocked.

"Boom!" Suddenly, a brilliant light shot up, and overwhelming divine might surged forth. People trembled again, almost unable to speak.

The purple cloud in the east rapidly retreated like a raging wave, moving away from the Divine City and halting at the horizon.

Many people's hearts pounded violently; they almost collapsed to the ground, barely able to stand.

"This is the Ji Family's Void Mirror!" "Exactly, someone is wielding the Void Mirror to deter the primordial creatures!"

It still hadn't unleashed its ultimate power. Merely activating an oppressive aura was already so terrifying that people found it hard to imagine what a horrifying scene it would be if its full power were truly unleashed.

"It can definitely pierce through heaven and earth and dry up oceans!" "If there's enough divine power to activate an ultimate weapon, it can sweep across any force in the world. These are the weapons unleashed by ancient Great Emperors; their divine might is evident."

Ye Fan also felt a chill. He thought of the Underworld God Palace on the ice plains, an ancient Sacred Land of seventy to eighty thousand years that was completely razed by the Jiang family's invincible God King wielding the Constant Universe Cauldron.

Before, he had been somewhat skeptical, but now it seemed highly probable it was true. The weapons of the ancient Great Emperors were truly terrifying.

"Boom!" Another overwhelming fluctuation surged forth, dark light spreading everywhere, and a dragon's roar echoed through heaven and earth. Supreme pressure almost tore this realm apart.

"A sacred weapon forged from Dragon-Patterned Black Gold – the Dragon-Patterned Cauldron!" "The only ultimate weapon in the world not created by a Great Emperor."

People were shocked, swaying as if about to fall. Even veteran figures could barely withstand this pressure.

Within the Divine City, the various Sacred Lands held the three ultimate weapons of the Eastern Barrens, deterring the terrifying primordial creatures. The world finally quieted down.

The invading ancient creatures all retreated to the horizon, not daring to approach again. The two sides confronted each other.

"Why not just unleash the ultimate weapons and kill them all? Why only deter them?" "You speak lightly. If that were done, blood might stain the earth, and a dark era would descend upon the Eastern Barrens."

Suddenly, everyone fell silent. An unspeakable oppression enveloped their hearts, almost suffocating them. Many cultivators were unable to speak.

At the horizon, the primordial creatures gathered, and clouds surged and roiled. A colossal divine source appeared there, containing a humanoid creature. Although it had not broken out of the source, it emitted a terrifying mental pressure.

In the distance, the Battling Holy Ape's fur shone with golden light. Wielding its peerless fierce weapon, with fiery golden eyes, it mounted a cloud and disappeared with a somersault.

Within the Divine City, several Sacred Lords soared into the sky, carrying ultimate weapons, and flew into the high heavens to confront them.

Powerful mental fluctuations, like surging tides, swept across the high sky. The two sides seemed to be communicating.

Finally, a terrifying voice resonated in everyone's mind, saying, "Do not disturb our peace again!"

At the horizon, a colossal black hole appeared. They crossed the void and departed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

"It's too terrifying. These creatures are so powerful; being their enemy would simply be a nightmare!" "Fortunately, they left!"

Everyone was still shaken, letting out long sighs of relief. Above the Divine City, the clouds dispersed, and sunlight poured down. Everything was over; all that had just happened felt like a dream.

Ye Fan's heart was shaken. That divine source he had just seen looked somewhat familiar. Upon careful recollection, he suddenly realized.

In the underground mineral veins leading to Purple Mountain, he had once seen a set of murals, among which was a scene of Emperor Wu Shi suppressing a female primordial king.

That divine source just now... it was too similar to the one in the mural! The more he thought, the more surprised he became. It wasn't just similar; it was identical. Was that woman from over a hundred thousand years ago not killed by the Great Emperor and still alive in the world?

He suddenly thought of a terrifying problem, and a chill ran through his body. There were nine great dragon veins guarding Purple Mountain. This kind of terrain was unique in the entire Eastern Barrens, even more terrifying than the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest.

All nine great dragon veins contained supreme divine sources, and all nurtured primordial creatures of the same level as the terrifying being in the divine source he had just seen.

It was hard to imagine what kind of place the central Purple Mountain truly was.

After studying the Source Heaven Book, Ye Fan gradually understood that this was a supreme and significant place, representing the ultimate nine in the world, embodying the profound mysteries of the extreme changes in heaven and earth.

He only understood the four characters: "extremity begets change." But how exactly this "change" manifested remained unknown and incomprehensible.

Before the Primordial Era, what kind of supreme being had truly entered and presided over Purple Mountain, requiring the terrifying creatures within the nine great dragon veins to guard it?

What did Emperor Wu Shi do after entering? Ye Fan couldn't guess. How would the profound mysteries of the extreme changes in heaven and earth truly "change"?

"They really entered Purple Mountain and successfully retreated. What exactly did the Sacred Lands obtain?" "The Central Plains and Eastern Barrens collectively used five ultimate weapons. They must have obtained a supreme inheritance by successfully entering and exiting Purple Mountain this time." "Is God King Jiang Taixu still alive? Was he rescued?"

The Divine City was in an uproar, everyone discussing the events.

That day, various rumors filled the city.

Some said that the Sacred Lands had obtained secrets of the ancient Great Emperors and had seen inscriptions by Emperor Wu Shi.

Others claimed that people from the Central Plains had seen the remains of Emperor Wu Shi, which remained incorruptible after over a hundred thousand years, still lifelike.

Still others said that Emperor Wu Shi was not dead at all, that he was right there inside Purple Mountain, meditating on a Dao platform...