Messenger from the Upper Realm

Inside the main hall, the air seemed to freeze.

The distorted spatial portal suddenly shone brightly, the blinding light causing everyone to instinctively squint. An indescribable, terrifying pressure, like a tangible tsunami, surged forth from within the portal, instantly filling the entire space!

Under this suffocating pressure, a figure slowly stepped out.

He was clad in dark gold full-body armor, which gleamed with a cold light and was engraved with complex and unfamiliar runes.

His face was shrouded in a hazy halo, making it difficult to see clearly. Only his emotionless eyes, which seemed to look down upon all living beings, clearly reflected everything inside the hall.

The aura he exuded far surpassed that of a Nascent Soul cultivator; it was... a Divine Transformation stage cultivator!

"Insects... how dare they obstruct the will of the higher realms..."

The cold, merciless voice exploded like thunder deep within everyone's soul! Those with weaker cultivation, such as Mo Yun and Ling Shuang, immediately groaned, their faces turning deathly pale, their blood churning, and they almost lost their footing. Even Nascent Soul experts like Qingxuan Zhenren and Ji Kuangshi felt a violent tremor in their minds, their spiritual energy instantly becoming stagnant!

The Soul Devouring Cult Leader's previously ferocious face instantly filled with awe and fanaticism. He knelt down with a thud, his voice trembling with barely suppressed excitement: "Welcome, Holy Envoy! The remnants of Chaos... are here!" He raised a trembling finger and pointed precisely at Fang Li, who was being protected by the crowd in the center!

The figure known as the Holy Envoy glanced indifferently at the Soul Devouring Cult Leader before settling on Fang Li.

That gaze carried an extreme sense of disgust.

Without uttering a single word, he slowly raised the hand covered in dark gold armor. At his fingertip, a point of dark gold light began to condense, radiating a chilling fluctuation of law.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, and the space became viscous, making it impossible to move.

A dark golden beam of light shot out silently, heading straight for Fang Li! Wherever the beam passed, space seemed to be torn apart, leaving faint black marks!

"Disciple, be careful!" Master Qingxuan roared, his eyes wide with fury! Lightning surged wildly around him as he unleashed his full power, sending out a thick bolt of purple lightning in an attempt to intercept the dark golden beam of light!

However, the gap between the Nascent Soul stage and the Deity Transformation stage is like an insurmountable chasm!

The purple lightning collided with the dark gold beam of light, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun, instantly shattered and annihilated! Master Qingxuan was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood, his body flying backward and crashing heavily into the stone wall in the distance!

Almost at the same time that Master Qingxuan made his move, another figure moved!

Shen Yunzhou's eyes flashed with a cold light, without the slightest hesitation! He seemed to transform into a drawn sword, becoming one with the sword! The Frost Chant Sword emitted a deafening hum, gathering all his sword intent and spiritual power, transforming into an extremely dazzling, unstoppable, and icy sword light, which fiercely blocked Fang Li and the dark golden beam of light!

"clang--!!!!!"

A deafening clang of metal clashing, or a deafening roar like stars shattering, exploded out!

The Frost Chant Sword trembled violently, its mournful cry echoing throughout the hall! Countless cracks instantly spread across the blade! Shen Yunzhou's sword-wielding arm emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound; his hand split open, blood gushing forth! He was struck as if by an invisible hammer; his protective sword aura instantly dissipated, blood gushing from his mouth. His body plummeted backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground, his fate unknown!

"Senior Brother!" Ji Qianqiu's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he let out a beast-like roar! He disregarded everything, wielding the heavy Life Battle Axe, his blood and qi erupting as if burning, and slashed wildly at the Holy Envoy! The power was fierce enough to split mountains and shatter rocks!

The envoy didn't even look at him directly, but simply waved his sleeve casually.

An invisible gale suddenly arose! Ji Qianqiu felt an irresistible force crashing into him. His battle axe flew out of his hand, and he was thrown back like a leaf caught in a whirlwind, screaming as he crashed into a stone pillar before coming to a stop. He struggled but was unable to get up for a while.

His divine power crushed the entire arena! No one could withstand even a single blow!

Seeing her master, who had been severely injured and collapsed while protecting her, seeing Shen Yunzhou, whose life or death was unknown, and seeing Ji Qianqiu, who had been easily knocked away... Fang Li's pupils suddenly contracted!

An indescribable rage erupted in her heart like a volcano! The grief and indignation of being betrayed in her past life, the fury of her companions who were seriously injured for her sake in this life, and the pure malice and hatred towards that so-called Holy Envoy from the Upper Realm... all these emotions acted as fuel, instantly igniting the dormant Chaos Foundation within her!

"He who harms my master...he who attacks my companions...die—!!!"

Fang Li's eyes were bloodshot as she let out a heart-wrenching roar! She no longer cared about the consequences or her limits! Her Chaos Dao Foundation was operating at an unprecedented speed, even emitting a hum that seemed to be struggling under the strain!

The hairpin in her hair, symbolizing longing for home, and the zither before her, burst forth with dazzling light, resonating strongly with the power within her! In the darkness, the remaining essence of this secret realm seemed to be responding to her anger, with wisps of power surging from afar! The latent primordial chaos fire within her was finally fully ignited, soaring into the sky!

"Burning Heaven and Annihilating the World!"

She clasped her hands together abruptly, then pushed forward with all her might! A pillar of pure, azure fire, imbued with the power to incinerate everything and annihilate the void, erupted from her palms! Wherever the fire pillar passed, space distorted and light vanished, crashing headlong into the holy envoy with unwavering resolve!

The holy envoy, who had remained expressionless until now, finally showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Hmm? This chaotic power... something's not right!" He abandoned his previous casualness and swiftly formed hand seals. Strands of tangible chains, formed from dark golden law power, appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the glazed pillar of fire, attempting to crush and annihilate it!

Two completely different energies, both containing terrifying power, collided violently!

Rumble—!!!

An indescribable roar erupted! The entire hall could no longer withstand the impact and began to collapse violently! Huge rocks kept falling from above, huge cracks appeared in the ground, and the space was filled with cracks like a shattered mirror!

Fang Li stood at the core of the collapse, blood gushing from her seven orifices, and fine cracks appearing on the surface of her body, like a piece of porcelain about to shatter.

But she gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with madness and stubbornness, desperately squeezing out the last bit of power from her Dao Foundation to support the pillar of glazed fire! Miraculously, the pillar of chaotic fire actually managed to briefly withstand the strangulation of the chains of law, and a stalemate ensued!

Deep within her consciousness, the system issued a shrill, almost piercing alarm: [“Warning! Warning! Host's body is overloaded by 300%! Foundation on the verge of collapse! Origin burning! It's going to shatter! It's going to shatter!” The electronic voice even carried a sob, “Activate… activate the ultimate contingency plan! 'Human-Machine Synergy' mode! Forced binding! Hold on!”]

Buzz—!

The "Thoughts of Home" hairpin suddenly transformed into a stream of light, instantly disappearing into Fang Li's brow and forming a faint glassy mark on her forehead! The "Farewell Crane" zither then emitted a clear and melodious long cry, its body disintegrating into countless streams of light shimmering with chaotic runes, which quickly covered Fang Li's body, as if draping her in a runic armor!

A powerful force surged into Fang Li's nearly dried-up meridians, temporarily stabilizing her body on the verge of collapse. It even caused the power of the glass fire pillar to surge again, forcing the chains of law back a bit!

The Holy Envoy looked at Fang Li, whose aura had suddenly surged and was able to briefly contend with his power of laws, and let out a cold sneer: "A death throes... Let me show you... the true power of the Upper Realm!"

He raised his palm upwards and slowly lifted it up. A ball of pitch-black flame, seemingly capable of devouring all light, silently appeared.

As the flames flickered, they exuded a chilling and deathly aura, even corroding and annihilating the surrounding collapsing spatial cracks!

"Burning Demon Flame..."

With a flick of his finger, the holy envoy caused the ball of dark demonic flame to suddenly transform into a ferocious, roaring ghost head, carrying a terrifying aura that could annihilate everything, and lunged at Fang Li's glass fire pillar!

Wherever the demonic flames passed, the light of the crystal fire pillars dimmed and dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they were being swallowed and corroded by the extreme darkness!

Fang Li's pupils suddenly contracted! A deadly sense of crisis, originating from the depths of her soul, instantly seized her! The power that had been briefly enhanced under the same contract state seemed so fragile in the face of this terrifying demonic flame!