Chapter 1724 - Wails of the Eastern Divine Region (1/2)
The projection that filled the blue sky of the Eastern Divine Region was ravaging the willpower of both the Eternal Heaven profound practitioners currently outside the Eternal Heaven Realm and the Eastern Divine Region profound practitioners alike.
The Eternal Heaven Realm was the most well-reputed king realm in the Eastern Divine Region, but not only was it invaded and crushed by the devil people in almost no time at all, the invaders themselves were countless times stronger than they were supposed to be!
In the sky, the forces of Eternal Heaven Realm continued to crumble as the devil people pressed them… how could they resist a force that washed away a supposedly mighty king realm like sand when their own faith was crumbling? Did they even have the strength to resist a force this powerful?
Their morale was extinguishing, and their hearts were dyed increasingly in fear and despair. Slowly but surely, more and more people started retreating and running away...
Honor broke before survival instinct. When one person ran away, the rest followed.
It wasn’t long before the number of people who escaped or surrendered exceeded the number of people who were killed in action...
The dark profound practitioners of the Northern Divine Region all shared the same faith and beliefs. They hadn’t planned to return alive the moment they stepped out of the Northern Divine Region.
The Eastern Divine Region, though... had been completely spoiled by peace. They utterly lacked the fatal determination of the devil people.
Not to mention that it was all so sudden and terrifying.
One by one, the Northern Divine Region took over the one hundred or so “footholds” Chi Wuyao had determined prior to the invasion in an insanely short amount of time.
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Outside the Moon God Realm, a small profound ark was flying toward space.
When the Eternal Heaven Projection appeared in the distant sky, a girl curled up into a ball in a corner of the vessel slowly looked up before murmuring dreamily, “Young… Master… Yun…”
“That… that’s!” Not far away, a middle-aged man was also staring at the projection. A while later, he made a snap decision and ordered, “Full speed ahead! We’ll worry about energy efficiency later!”
The profound ship abruptly sped up. The girl herself had risen to her feet before she realized it. After staring at the projection for a moment, she suddenly shivered violently before running toward the edge.
“Jin Yue!” But she was stopped by a tall figure. The middle-aged man asked sternly, “Where do you think you’re going!”
Jin Yue answered in a panicked tone, “I’m going back! Eternal Heaven God Realm has already fallen, and Young Master Yun hates Master deeply, so he might, might… Master is in danger! I need to head back immediately!”
“Are you crazy!” The middle-aged man yelled harshly. “The Moon God Emperor just exiled you! She even gave the order to kill you if you enter the Moon God Realm again! I don’t even understand why you still care about her after she treated you like this…”
“Don’t stop me, father!” Jin Yue clenched her hands tightly. “I cannot abandon my master during her time of greatest danger no matter what!”
She gathered her profound energy and pushed the middle-aged man away from her. She was about to take off when her father shouted,
“Jin Yue! You didn’t abandon her, she abandoned you! Also, who do you think the Moon God Emperor is? Do you really think your meager strength is of use to her if even she is in danger!?”
“Don’t forget, you’re not the only one who was exiled by her! Are you really going to risk your family’s lives on the off chance that she might be feeling merciful!?”
His words froze Jin Yue in her tracks right before she could step out of the profound ark.
“Big… sis?”
The voice of a young girl behind her finally shattered her determination. She turned around and hugged the little girl gently, consoling her. It was also to hide the tears sliding down her own cheeks.
“I’m sorry, father. I acted impulsively,” she whispered before hugging the little girl tighter.
The middle-aged man shook his head as pain flashed across his eyes. He knew full well how important the Moon God Emperor was to his daughter, and how much pride she took in being able to serve her as her attendant.
But the Moon God Emperor… was ultimately the emperor of a king realm.
She didn’t need to justify her cruelty and ruthlessness to anyone.
Their profound ship flew quickly toward the south.
They could be escaping to the Southern Divine Region. They could also be escaping to the lower star realms even further down south.
Countless Eastern Divine Region profound ships appeared behind them not long after they left. They were escaping in every direction like headless flies.
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In the Star God Realm, or more accurately the biggest auxiliary star realm owned by the Star God Realm.
A warship covered in starry symbols was making its way toward Eternal Heaven Realm at top speed.
The Star God Realm had lost their own homeworld, and their forces had dwindled to just six Star Gods and seventeen Divine Master Realm elders in the wake of the Evil Infant disaster. One night was all the time it took for them to drop to the bottom of the barrel.
That wasn’t even the worst of it. They had lost the Star God Emperor and the Star God Wheel as well.
There were only twelve people on the warship: the Heavenly Demon Star God, Heavenly Jade Star God, Heavenly Flame Star God and nine Divine Master Realm elders.
They had decided to answer the Eternal Heaven God Emperor’s plea for help because the Eternal Heaven Realm wasn’t the only force Yun Che held a grudge against. If the Eternal Heaven Realm fell, it was only a matter of time before they were targeted as well. They knew that much.
They were only twelve, but they represented literally half of the Star God Realm’s core forces. The other half had stayed behind just in case the devil people attacked the star realm while they were gone.
The Star God Realm simply didn’t have the strength to take another devastating blow.
However, the warship hadn’t flown more than five hundred kilometers when a terrible spatial storm suddenly threw them off course. Unable to resist, the warship was tossed backward like a top for several breaths before they finally regained control of it.
“What’s going on!?”
All the Star Gods meditating inside the warship opened their eyes and flew out into the open. Then, they all froze in their tracks.
A small and delicate girl was blocking the way to the Eternal Heaven God Realm. Her back was facing toward them, and dark mist that looked like it came from the depths of the abyss itself was circulating above her rainbow-colored dress.
“You… you are?”
There was no mistaking that familiar back, dress, and Star God divine power… even if the latter was now tainted by a dark aura that belonged to a devil.
“Princess… Caizhi?” The Heavenly Jade Star God, Aster asked tentatively.
Instead of turning around to face her, Caizhi said in an icy tone, “Turn back!”
“Princess Caizhi, is that really you?” The Heavenly Demon Star God, Rose asked while taking a tentative step forward. His voice sank as he stared at the terrible energy surrounding Caizhi. “Why are you—”