Chapter 1181: Manmade Disaster (1/2)

A tiny, imperceptible ripple undulated through the pristine currents of the chaos. Every particle within the realm began trembling and rubbed against each other, imitating the movements of the chaos sun and moon.

Purest black oozed throughout the chaos and countless creatures gave way to panic. A chaos tribulation had descended upon them without any warning!

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“What is happening?!” The sovereigns of the six palaces greeted the change with frantic confusion.

Their monarchs constantly kept a close eye on the chaos sun and moon. If either of the two treasures exhibited strange behavior or showed signs of saturation, the monarchs would issue warnings and try to protect as many mortal beings as they could.

Prior to the battle between the palaces and sacred lands, they’d made certain calculations that showed the chaos sun and moon were a ways from reaching capacity. A chaos tribulation wasn’t imminent.

Though the tribulations were an established pattern and their regular cleansing a part of life in the chaos, emotions still assailed the heart. The six sacred palaces could never bear to idly sit by and watch countless beings die on their watch!

However, there was nothing they could do about what was playing out in front of them.

“Why is a chaos tribulation occurring ahead of schedule?!”

“All sovereigns are to leave the palace and save as many as possible!”

“Your Highness, please return immediately!”

Orderly reconstruction efforts at the sacred palaces were immediately abandoned as the six exploded into hotspots of activity. Sovereigns streamed out of the palaces, urgently dashing to other locales in the chaos to save the mortal creatures already struggling in the impending tribulation.

All mortal realm palace disciples swiftly found shelter in nearby palace halls. Any mortal realm being exposed to the chaos currents when the tribulation arrived would be disintegrated without mercy.

“Your Highness, this is a chaos tribulation. Please return to the sacred palace at once!” A sovereign had arrived by Lu Yun’s side, one who most respectfully urged his immediate return to safety.

The chaos was still beginning to turn black, an indication that the chaos tribulation wasn’t upon them in full. When pitch black covered the realm, that was when the full fury of the tribulation arrived.

“To think that they’d ignite a chaos tribulation ahead of schedule to take me out.” Lu Yun slowly stood up with a grave expression.

“Your Highness…” The Inception sovereign had thought that Lu Yun was going to head back with him, but the young man waved him off instead.

“Tell the monarchs to be ready for battle. The nine sacred lands will come again when the tribulation descends in truth.” Lu Yun looked deep into the void, considering it with frightening killing intent.

“But Your Highness…”

“Go!” Lu Yun roared.

“…understood!” The sovereign set his jaw and left with a turn. If his prince had sent even a heavyweight of the Hongmeng packing, then he wouldn’t be afraid of a chaos tribulation, right?

Above the sacred palaces, the six monarchs had formed the Thousand Obliteration Formation of the Six Royals and kept a wary eye on the surroundings. This was the strongest power they could bring to bear. While it would also interfere with their own dao, they had no other choice when disaster stared at them in the eye.

“All of you should go back,” Lu Yun said without turning around. Ying Luo and the others had already gathered behind him to form their formation of the Six Royals with him. They’d all made tremendous progress and broken through to chaos realm. It was Lu Yun who lagged behind them now.

“No!” The look in Ying Luo’s eyes was resolute. “We are the Six Royals! We are of one mind and one heart. We face this disaster together!”

“That’s right!” chorused the others.

Lu Yun fell silent and remained still, unmoving.

Black was still creeping into the chaos, until all of it turned the purest of black. The moment it did so, tiny crackles of black electricity formed in the darkened chaos. They sizzled in all directions, reaping the lives of any mortal beings they came across.