Chapter 1215: Colorful Chains

At this moment, their appearance caught the attention of a blood-red thread. It attacked with incredible speed. Just moments ago, even the four Giant Kings couldn't evade it; how could Jiang Fan possibly dodge?

Seeing the critical situation, he had a sudden idea. Since these blood-red threads emanated the aura of Soul Transformation Essence Blood, then... With this thought, he quickly took out a drop of Soul Transformation Essence Blood. With a flick of two fingers, the essence blood also transformed into a long, blood-red thread, wrapping around both Jiang Fan and Yue Mingzhu.

The swiftly approaching blood-red thread abruptly stopped in front of them. It seemed to be slightly confused. After observing them for a moment, it slowly retreated.

Yue Mingzhu secretly wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and looked down at the blood-red threads tightly wrapped around her. She was dumbfounded and exclaimed, "It can be done like this?" Jiang Fan had deceived the blood-red threads, which even Giant Kings couldn't withstand, with just a drop of Soul Transformation Essence Blood?

Jiang Fan, using silent spiritual communication, transmitted, "Is this your first day knowing me?" Yue Mingzhu considered it and realized he was right. What might seem like a wild, imaginative move for others had happened many times with Jiang Fan.

She couldn't help but sigh, "You're still the same as always, full of surprises. No wonder both Gong Caiyi and I, two old women, are enchanted by you, you little rascal."

Jiang Fan was caught between laughter and tears. If she was going to praise him, why did she have to insult him at the same time? He gripped Yue Mingzhu's hand and said:

"Enough talk, let's quickly leave this battlefield and report the situation here to the Venerables outside." The appearance of these bizarre blood-red threads had already surpassed everyone's ability to cope. The Venerables *must* know! However, just as the two quietly flew towards the edge of the battlefield, a blood-red thread, stringing together several cultivators, blocked their path.

Jiang Fan was stunned. He then realized that all the blood-red threads, after capturing people, were moving towards the center of the battlefield. Only Jiang Fan and Yue Mingzhu were moving in the opposite direction.

This aroused the blood-red threads' suspicion! *Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!* Several more blood-red threads flew over, sealing off the surroundings and encircling them.

Yue Mingzhu's heart skipped a beat, and she transmitted, "What do we do?" Jiang Fan's heart also gradually sank.

More and more blood-red threads were gathering, sealing off a section of space. Spatial teleportation was unusable and would likely be blocked by the threads. Moreover, under the gaze of so many blood-red threads, any unusual movement from him would trigger an attack, making him experience the 'delightful' sensation of being skewered like candied hawthorns.

After a brief deliberation, he transmitted in a low voice, "We can only follow them for now and see what happens." He immediately turned, pulling Yue Mingzhu, and flew towards the direction where the blood-red threads were converging.

Only then did the blood-red threads surrounding them gradually disperse. However, one still followed them from a distance, ready to strike if they did anything suspicious.

Left with no choice, Jiang Fan could only press on.

Soon after, they arrived at the hundred-mile gap in the Tianshan Mountain Range. This chasm was precisely where a Great Sage of the Central Lands had self-detonated. Looking up, a hundred-mile expanse of utterly black earth came into view. This blackness was not the scorched black of a raging fire.

It was a pure black. It was the void left behind after a section of heaven and earth had been utterly erased! Jiang Fan's pupils widened. Was a Great Sage's self-detonation still a 'self-detonation' in the ordinary sense? It was a complete obliteration of all existence!

Flowers, plants, insects, fish, all living beings on earth, space, and time – all were wiped away, leaving not a trace! He finally understood why the Grand Libationer had called this place forbidden.

Because it was a restricted zone for life. Yet, in this void where even time had been erased, there was a sun emitting dazzling golden light! The intensity of the light made Jiang Fan repeatedly unable to open his eyes.

What was that? Jiang Fan was astonished.

Behind it appeared a Venerable whose body was decaying, emitting an aura of rot, and holding a blood-red thread. It was precisely the Central Lands Venerable who had died a thousand years ago. Now, he held a blood-red thread on which several experts from the Divine Movement Sect were strung. Jiang Fan's heart violently shook. He finally understood what the blood-red threads were!

He also understood what the Grand Libationer meant by "living people"! "The Venerables from a thousand years ago have come back to life." "Why?" "Can the dead truly return to life?" A tidal wave surged in his heart.

That Venerable, dragging a group of Divine Movement Sect experts, stepped into the void and headed towards the golden sun. After a few steps, he stopped and looked back at Jiang Fan, gesturing for him to follow.

Jiang Fan suppressed the shock in his heart and followed the Venerable into the void, arriving before the golden sun. Only when he got closer did he clearly see what the 'sun' was. His pupils contracted to their extreme! It was actually a fifty-zhang-tall giant, its entire body's skin resembling flowing liquid gold!

Its arms were wrapped around its knees, and its head was deeply bowed. Its massive body was curled into a spherical shape!

Jiang Fan's heart pounded wildly. Who this person was, was instantly clear!

The Giant Emperor! The Emperor of Giants, equivalent to the Great Sage realm of the human race!

What surprised Jiang Fan even more was a faint heartbeat emanating from its body! The Grand Libationer was right! The Giant Emperor... was still alive!!!

Not only had it withstood the self-detonation of a Central Lands Great Sage, but it had also survived a thousand years! If it were to leave the battlefield, who could stop it?

Slightly fortunate was the fact that nine colorful chains extended from the void, imprisoning it within the void, preventing its escape.

Presumably, these were set up by powerful figures from the Central Lands a thousand years ago. But why didn't they simply kill it? Why leave it alive, allowing it to become a hidden danger? Now, even more experts from various sects had been captured, placing them in extreme peril.

He looked around. The captured experts from various sects, under the control of the "living Venerables'" blood-red threads, were bombarding the nine colorful chains. Having endured a thousand years of erosion in the void, the colorful chains were dull and had long lost their original resilience.

Under the relentless assault of the sect experts, they were disintegrating. *Boom!* One chain snapped!

The sect experts who had been attacking the chain were blasted in all directions by the energy erupting from it. Among them, a familiar silhouette caught his eye. It was Xia Chaoge!

Jiang Fan's expression changed. He immediately darted forward and caught Xia Chaoge. Her face was pale, and blood overflowed from the corner of her lips; she had been seriously injured by that last impact.

"Chaoge! You... what are you doing here?" Xia Chaoge, realizing it was Jiang Fan, her bright eyes lit up with joy, then immediately turned anxious:

"Uncle-Master, all of us from the Heavenly Secret Pavilion have been captured!" As she spoke, she painstakingly took out a jade box containing a feather that emitted a sacred aura. "Uncle-Master, take this feather and leave quickly. Inform the outside world about the situation here! Tell the Venerables to come quickly and prevent the Giant Emperor from emerging! If all nine chains break, it will be able to leave this void and walk out of the battlefield!"

How could Jiang Fan possibly care about a feather right now? He hastily gave Xia Chaoge a Rejuvenation Pill. Then, he turned to look at the Giant Emperor, curled into a ball, his heart pounding. Notifying the Venerables now would be too late.

The nine chains, under the attack of the various sect experts, were already extremely fragile. They could all break at any moment! There was only one way to prevent the Giant Emperor from emerging: stop them from breaking the chains!