“Even if we can seal the enemy battleship, how do we lure it into the range of this Dead Spirit Realm Locking Talisman?”
The Evil God Realm Master once again posed a difficult question. He and the Nether Shadow Realm Master, his Disciple, both advocated for defense. Without a foolproof plan, it would be difficult for the two of them to agree to a proactive attack.
“Use Profound Ice as bait.” The Dead Spirit Realm Master’s bone talisman trembled slightly: “Although the Profound Ice Realm has lost its Origin, its geographical location is crucial, serving as the enemy’s hub connecting the eastern and western Star Domains. We will feign an attack on the Profound Ice Realm, and the enemy will surely dispatch their main force to reinforce it. At that time, we will use the Realm Locking Talisman to seal off space, and then encircle and kill them with the Three Yin Extermination Divine Formation. Their elite forces will surely suffer losses; if the mysterious person makes a move, with both Formations in place, we may not necessarily fear him! Perhaps we can even eliminate this major hidden danger at the same time. Even if the enemy abandons the Profound Ice Realm, we can still reclaim this important strategic location.”
“It may not be necessary to trap them.” The Sky Yin Realm Master sneered. The Blood Soul Banner disintegrated into three beams of blood light, landing separately in the hands of the Earth Yin and Xuanyin Realm Masters, with the last beam falling into the Sky Yin Realm Master’s hand. These three Profound Yin Banners were the Formation eyes of the Three Yin Extermination Divine Formation.
“My three brothers’ Three Yin Extermination Divine Formation is not to be underestimated.”
Combined, they formed the Blood Soul Banner, capable of both offense and defense. Separated, they became the Profound Yin Banners, capable of forming a Formation. The three brothers, all top-tier Realm Masters, possessed immense strength, which was why they had always advocated for offense.
Originally, the task of annihilating the Yin Realm King had fallen to the three brothers, but unexpectedly, the Yin Realm King had a means to escape the Sky Evolution Realm’s grand Formation, and was ultimately killed by Li Mu. The three brothers’ killing moves and the Dead Spirit Realm Master’s Formation were not used. Now, they were prepared to use them on the Sword Sect Old Ancestor and his group.
“The Three Yin Formation will lead the main attack. Fellow Daoist Evil God and Fellow Daoist Dead Spirit will be responsible for intercepting reinforcements, primarily focusing on that mysterious person. As long as the mysterious person does not make a move, you two do not need to act. Fellow Daoist Dead Spirit only needs to use the Realm Locking Talisman to reinforce the blockade. In one hour, no matter who is defending, their body and Divine Soul will surely be annihilated.”
The Diyin Realm Master gritted his teeth and said viciously.
The Nether Shadow Realm Master suddenly looked up, dark shadow runes swirling on her ink-colored gauze skirt: “This Disciple is willing to lead the Nether Shadow Clan as the vanguard to attack the Profound Ice Realm!”
Seeing that everyone was moved, the Evil God Realm Master finally nodded: “Since that is the case, we will follow Fellow Daoist Sky Yin’s plan. However, I have one condition: if the mysterious person appears, we must retreat immediately and not engage in a prolonged battle.”
“Hahaha, good, all good.”
The Sky Yin Realm Master laughed heartily, looking up at the sky.
Three days later, the ruins of the Profound Ice Realm were suddenly enveloped in shadows. Countless Nether Shadow Clan armies emerged from the shadows and began to attack the Profound Ice Realm.
A soaring Buddha Light suddenly erupted from within the Profound Ice Realm. The Kushan Buddhist Lord’s golden body phantom rose from the ground. Wherever the Buddha Light passed, it confronted the shadows. Both sides clashed, refusing to yield, and the Profound Ice Realm fell into a land of alternating light and shadow, half Buddha Light and half shadow.
Within the Buddha Light, a group of Arhats bathed in golden light, as if blessed with golden bodies, battling the Cultivators within the shadows.
The Nether Shadow Realm Master stood at the center of the shadows, her arms crossed over her chest, her ink-colored long dress fluttering in the wind. She stared coldly at the Kushan Buddhist Lord opposite her, her eyes filled with indifference.
However, the Nether Shadow Realm Master had no intention of making a move. While her intervention could ensure the killing of the Kushan Buddhist Lord, it would render their plan useless, which was why she refrained from acting.
On the other side, upon receiving news that the Profound Ice Realm was under siege, the Sword Sect Old Ancestor, Blood Slaughter Divine Lord, and others immediately began to rush from all directions, including the Lieyu Battleship, as well as several Advanced Realm Masters gathered during the conquest of the Yin Realm Starfield, all heading towards the Profound Ice Realm.
An unprecedented Realm battle thus erupted.
The Nether Shadow Realm Master led the Nether Shadow Clan and six Advanced Realm Masters to besiege the Profound Ice Realm. The Sword Sect Old Ancestor and Blood Slaughter Divine Lord attacked the Nether Shadow Realm Master and her group from the periphery. The Sky Yin Realm Master and his group lay in ambush, quietly awaiting the arrival of the Lieyu Battleship. As soon as the Lieyu Battleship appeared, they would immediately strike, annihilating the Lieyu Battleship while suppressing and killing the Sword Sect Old Ancestor and others.
When the Lieyu Battleship appeared on the battlefield, the situation was already in full swing. The Nether Shadow Realm Master, in order to force everyone to gather in the main battlefield, had already attacked the Kushan Buddhist Lord.
Although the Kushan Buddhist Lord did not yet possess the combat power of the Kind Dao Realm, with his Six-foot Golden Body, he endured three strikes from the Nether Shadow Realm Master without perishing. After his golden body was covered in Buddha blood, it became even more resplendent.
The Sword Sect Old Ancestor and Blood Slaughter Divine Lord, among others, were held back by the enemy’s Advanced Realm Masters, and the battlefield was a quagmire.
The moment the Lieyu Battleship appeared,
The Sky Yin Realm Master personally led the Three Yin Realm army and instantly appeared. The Blood Soul Banner unfurled a ten-thousand-foot-long blood curtain, enveloping the entire Lieyu Battleship. The bone claws controlled by the Diyin Realm Master drilled out from underground, sealing off all possible escape routes for the Lieyu Battleship like a dense forest.
On the bridge of the Lieyu Battleship, Ji Yu looked at the flashing red dots on the star map, his expression solemn: “The enemy’s main elite forces are probably all here. The Three Yin Realm Masters and the Nether Shadow Realm Master are both present.”
“Evil God and Dead Spirit are also here.”
Li Mu, who was beside him, promptly reminded him. Even if the enemy had been concealing their aura, to Li Mu, their aura simply could not be hidden.
“Is this a trap? They want to achieve everything in one fell swoop. Please make a move, Dao Friend Li!”
Ji Yu immediately realized the seriousness of the situation. During the period of conquering the Yin Realm Starfield, Li Mu only made a move when attacking Advanced Realm Domains. However, since the eight Advanced Realm Masters, three of whom had Advanced to top-tier and five had died, the entire Yin Realm Starfield was left with only ten Advanced Realm Domains.
Six were controlled by the enemy, and four were captured by them, all with Li Mu personally making a move, and he had also gathered three Advanced Realm Masters.
However, these combat forces were still insufficient against a group of top-tier Realm Masters. Only with Li Mu’s intervention would they win. And it would be a guaranteed victory.
Li Mu also nodded. Their training was almost complete. For them to advance further, they would need different Origins. The Origin power of the Nether Shadow Realm, which contained the Origin power of the Blight Realm and the Blood Hell Realm, was perfectly suited for the Brahma Valley Master and the Blood Slaughter Divine Lord, and could help them Breakthrough.
As for the other six Advanced Realm Domains, the Weak Water Realm and the Demonic Monk Realm could allow the King Zhenhai and the Kushan Buddhist Lord to advance. This battle would be the one to completely take down the Yin Realm Starfield.
“Leave the six top-tier Realm Masters to me. You all handle the rest.”
Before Li Mu’s voice faded, his figure vanished, leaving only his voice echoing in the Lieyu Battleship.
The next instant, the previously chaotic battlefield, which had reached its limit, suddenly began to turn around. This was because all four top-tier experts from the Sky Yin Realm Master’s side had disappeared, and the Lieyu Battleship, which had just been controlled by the Blood Soul Banner, actually appeared on the battlefield.
The Lieyu Battleship, having absorbed the Origin power of nearly a hundred Realm Domains, now had a main cannon strike equivalent to the full-force strike of an Advanced Realm Master. And the Lieyu Battleship’s current backup energy was inexhaustible; it could fire continuously for decades or even centuries without stopping. With such a non-consuming combat force joining the battlefield, coupled with the complete disappearance of the enemy’s top-tier combat power, the battlefield situation instantly began to reverse.
When Li Mu’s figure appeared in the Void Realm, the Dead Spirit Realm Master was activating the Formation, preparing to bring the Lieyu Battleship into the range of the Realm Locking Talisman. The Sky Yin Realm Master was controlling the blood-colored light curtain to surround the Lieyu Battleship, and the bone talisman in the Dead Spirit Realm Master’s hand had already lit up with a faint glow, spatial fluctuations spreading like ripples. The Realm Locking Talisman was about to form; once it did, the Lieyu Battleship would not be able to escape.
“Since you have set up this trap, why not discuss it elsewhere?”
Li Mu’s voice was calm yet carried an irresistible pressure. Chaos Qi surged from his palm, forming a gray, swirling vortex. The moment the vortex rotated, the Sky Yin Realm Master and the others, even the distant Nether Shadow Realm Master, felt the scene before their eyes suddenly change. The light curtain of the Blood Soul Banner, the shadow of the ancient bronze coffin, and the black mist of the Nether Shadow Realm Master were all swallowed by the vortex!
“Not good! It’s a Domain!” The Evil God Realm Master’s demonic god phantom, with three heads and six arms, swung them all, but was bounced away by the Chaos Qi at the edge of the vortex, his protective demonic runes shattering inch by inch.
The next instant, the six people were already in a gray, hazy Domain. There were no stars, no Realm Domains here, only Chaos Qi currents rolling like raging waves. Li Mu’s figure stood at the center of the Domain, his green robe unmoving in the currents.
“This is the Chaotic Dao Domain. Your Formations are useless here.” Li Mu flicked his fingertip, and billions of Chaos runes appeared at the edge of the Domain, completely sealing off the entire space.
“Today, I shall experience the methods of you top-tier Realm Masters.”
Li Mu smiled, his demeanor graceful, and gestured for the Sky Yin and the others to make their move.
The Sky Yin Realm Master’s face was ashen. The Profound Yin Banner unfurled again: “Insolent brat! Do you really think we are afraid of you? We could kill the Yin Realm King, so we might not be unable to kill you!”
He and the Earth Yin and Xuanyin Realm Masters simultaneously formed hand seals. The three Profound Yin Banners transformed into three black Dragons. Their Dragon heads were ferocious, and the blood beads dripping from their fangs condensed into runes in the air. As more and more blood beads appeared, the runes became more complex. In just a few breaths, a grand Formation was completely formed.
“Three Yin Extermination Divine!”
The Sky Yin Realm Master roared, and the three black Dragons roared as they charged towards Li Mu. Wherever they passed, the Chaos Qi currents were corroded into holes, which instantly recovered the next moment, but it was still enough to show the power of this killing Formation.
After all, it was prepared for the Yin Realm King. If it had no real strength, how could it have been reserved for the Yin Realm King? This was the ultimate killing move of the Three Yin Realm Masters, a Fusion of the resentful souls of ten thousand realms, which had once trapped and killed several top-tier Realm Masters.
Moreover, they immediately unleashed the strongest killing move of their grand Formation without any hesitation, determined to kill with one strike.
Li Mu did not dodge or evade. His left hand formed a sword with two fingers, and a Chaos Sword Qi slashed horizontally. The moment the Sword Qi collided with the black Dragons, the resentful souls attached to the Dragons dissolved like ice and snow. The Dragon bodies disintegrated inch by inch in the Chaos Qi, finally turning into three wisps of black mist that were swallowed by the Dao Domain.
“Impossible!” The Diyin Realm Master exclaimed in shock. The black Dragons were composed of the resentful souls suppressed within their Profound Yin Banners, and the Dragon heads were even formed from the resentful souls of former top-tier Realm Masters, still retaining their power from when they were alive. This was the preparation they should have had for fighting a King Realm Master.
But their strongest Formation was so easily defeated against Li Mu.
The Evil God Realm Master seized the opportunity to strike. The three-headed, six-armed demonic god phantom wielded demonic blades, slashing out with ink-black blade light that tore open six spatial rifts: “Taste my Destructive Demonic Blade!”
The demonic blade Advanced relentlessly, carrying immense power as it slashed towards Li Mu, but it stopped before him. A seemingly hazy Qi wall blocked the demonic blade, emitting a harsh scraping sound, yet failing to cut in even an inch.
Instead, the Law of Destruction on the demonic blade was assimilated by the Chaos Qi, and fine cracks appeared on the blade itself.
“A child wielding a blade.”
Li Mu flicked his finger, and a wisp of Chaos Qi spread along the demonic blade. The demonic god phantom’s left arm exploded with a bang. The Evil God Realm Master grunted and retreated, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.
This demonic god was only recently formed by the Evil God Realm Master in the past few years, and the demonic blade was the weapon of the previous demonic god, which is why Li Mu commented on him being a “child wielding a blade.” If the Evil God Realm Master’s demonic god was still the one from the battle with the Yin Realm King, perhaps it could still pique Li Mu’s interest.
Before the demonic god phantom’s left arm exploded, the Nether Shadow Realm Master and the Dead Spirit Realm Master had already launched a joint attack.
The Nether Shadow Realm Master’s ten Clones merged into the Chaos Qi currents. Each Clone held a black spear condensed with the highly toxic poison of the Blight Realm, stabbing towards Li Mu’s back from different directions; the Dead Spirit Realm Master, meanwhile, threw the ancient bronze coffin into the air. The coffin lid opened, and a torrent composed of billions of corpses crashed down like a tide. The burning netherworld fire of the corpses could incinerate Divine Souls.
Li Mu’s body automatically circulated Chaos Qi, forming an invisible protective shield. The moment the black spears pierced the shield, they turned into black mist, and the highly toxic poison of the Blight Realm dissolved the instant it touched the Chaos Qi.
The torrent of corpses crashed against the shield like waves hitting a reef. The burning netherworld fire was swept into the Chaos Qi, instead becoming nourishment for the Dao Domain.
“Die!”
The Nether Shadow Realm Master’s true body appeared, the dark shadow runes on her ink-colored gauze skirt surged, attempting to peel away Li Mu’s shadow. This was a forbidden secret art of the Nether Shadow Clan, which had once instantly killed Realm Masters of the same level.
This was also the Nether Shadow Realm Master’s strongest trump card. Once the shadow was peeled away, the main body would fall into a deep sleep, at the mercy of others.
However, the Chaos Qi beneath Li Mu’s feet surged, and his shadow turned into gray mist the moment it touched the Qi current. The backlash from the failed secret art caused the Nether Shadow Realm Master to instantly spit out a mouthful of vital blood.
Seeing this, the Dead Spirit Realm Master abruptly inverted the ancient bronze coffin. Runes on the coffin lit up, and a skeleton slowly sat up from within the ancient coffin.
The moment they saw the white bones, the Three Yin Realm Masters, including the Evil God Realm Master, couldn’t help but gasp.
“This is the skeleton of the previous Yin Realm King? You actually refined him?”
The Sky Yin Realm Master’s face was filled with disbelief. He hadn’t expected that this old Dead Spirit had secretly refined the skeleton of the previous Yin Realm King into a Dead Spirit.
The Dead Spirit Realm Master stared at Li Mu with sinister eyes.
“You, you killed the Yin Realm King, fine, but why did you cut off his head! Don’t you know that an incomplete corpse will affect the Dead Spirit’s strength?!”
As he spoke, the skeleton inside the ancient coffin had fully risen. The eerie green netherworld fire in its skull began to burn more and more fiercely, and its aura also rapidly climbed, quickly reaching the strength of a top-tier Realm Master, and even showing signs of continuing to grow.
Li Mu merely shook his head at this.
“If dead people could be relied upon, then he wouldn’t have become a dead person. Don’t you understand such a simple truth?”
Li Mu said helplessly. The next instant, a Chaos Giant Axe appeared in his hand, and Chaos Qi permeated the air. At this moment, the group of top-tier Realm Masters finally came to their senses, and recalling Li Mu’s strange methods just now, they were all filled with terror. (End of Chapter)
