"Rumble..." It was a huge figure that carried the sun and moon on its shoulders and stood on the stars, like an ancient giant who supported the heavens and the earth and shook the eight directions and six realms!
"Hey!" The man's eyes widened in anger, his hair and beard bristled, and he roared, his Daoist voice rolling, causing the starry sea to tremble, as if the sky were about to collapse and the earth to crumble into nothingness.
"Bang!!!" The five-colored heavenly blade in his hand shone brightly, piercing through the darkness, and was eternally indestructible!
"The lord of the Holy City who set up this Great Void Array and stationed himself on that abandoned star in the past?"
Cao Ya narrowed his eyes and observed from afar. Judging from this person's aura, he was not a cultivator, but rather seemed to be a special life form.
This is not surprising. The ancient war was fought in the wild and chaotic universe in response to the invasion of the West chaotic universe. Regardless of race, cultivators, ancient cultivators, or chaotic divine beasts and special life forms, all fought bloody battles against the invaders!
Even though the Star River Basin is just one battlefield within the Star Sea, the emergence of emperors from various powerful forces, united under an alliance, makes it perfectly feasible to fight back.
Furthermore, Cao Ya can conclude that the Super Ruler is the one in charge, while the ordinary Rulers are the deputy generals, and those such as the Lord of the Holy City and the top Emperors are just soldiers.
Ahead, the sword clone remained expressionless and unmoved. Seeing that he could not avoid the giant, he simply faced it head-on.
However, the sword avatar only barely reached the level of the most peak Dao Lord, which is just an ordinary top-tier Emperor, and is far from being the Lord of the Holy City.
Naturally, the sword clone's resistance was ineffective and was easily destroyed by the giant.
"Boom!!" The Heavenly Blade slashed horizontally, its five-colored immortal light piercing through the void. If the sword avatar hadn't dodged in time, it would have been killed on the spot.
"Bang bang bang!!!" The sword avatar remained calm, activating various magical powers. The sword light was sharp, piercing through the starry sky and causing the Great Dao to wail, almost being severed!
However, the giant was still too strong. Even though he was not at his peak, and had flaws caused by the ancient war, and had been worn down by endless time, losing a lot of energy, he could still be considered a lord of a holy city!
The sword avatar is only comparable to an ordinary top-tier emperor, so it is naturally no match for it.
Outside, Cao Ya himself had clearly discerned the giant's true nature and felt a slight sense of relief.
"Fortunately, he is not a ruler! He is barely maintaining the rank of the Lord of the Holy City."
Cao Ya couldn't help but smile slightly. With such power, he was quite confident that he could obtain the Five-Colored Immortal Peach.
Such a situation is not unusual. No matter how unique the Star River Basin is, it is impossible for it to be filled with Dominator Ruins. Otherwise, how would the Star River Clan survive here?
They couldn't even enter the Flame Dragon Domain, which shows that the Star River Clan's strength, even if not weak, wasn't that great. At most, they only had one or two Holy City Lords, and probably not many top-tier Emperors or ordinary Emperors.
At the same time, under the Sovereign, various Dao Lords of Life and Death and Eternal Emperors would occasionally venture into the Star Sea. Among them, some even went deep into the Star River Basin to seek opportunities. If they were all Sovereign Dao Traces, what difference would their actions be from suicide? Naturally, they must be able to see hope!
"Boom!" Cao Ya himself made his move, raised his hand and pointed, directly shattering the formation and destroying the restriction.
"Hey!!" As if sensing something, the giant roared and unleashed the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade.
However, the sword clone struck horizontally, like a divine sword of immortality, piercing through the sun and moon, actually resisting the sharpness of the Heavenly Blade. Before collapsing, it detonated its fierce sword energy, traversing this starry sky, causing the formation to continuously crumble, and the loopholes left in the past became bigger and bigger!
After the sword clone fought desperately, Cao Ya seized the opportunity, shattered the sky full of restrictions, and threw a punch that was dazzling and radiated endless divine light, engulfing the giant!
"Ah!" In the end, the giant roared in resentment, but still fell into eternal annihilation and vanished into nothingness.
Cao Ya arrived on the abandoned star, picked the five-colored immortal peaches, protected them with special magic to prevent their effects from being lost, and placed them in the cave world he had created, carrying them with him at all times.
Afterwards, Cao Ya also wandered around the ancient star, but didn't gain much.
There are only some fragments of divine weapons, but their Dao essence has been lost, so even if they are forged again, it will be of no use.
"The ancient wars were extremely brutal," Cao Ya sighed, his mood heavy.
"Whoosh!" After looting the place, Cao Ya left the star without lingering and flew towards the edge of the Star River Basin. Soon after, he left the Yu Star Sea and returned to the Flame Dragon Domain.
Because this place is still quite far from the Bright Light Domain, Cao Ya had no intention of taking the space-time teleportation array.
The Flame Dragon Domain is vast, and communication between different territories relies primarily on spacetime teleportation arrays to traverse the boundless void. This process is extremely taxing, beyond the capacity of ordinary world realm cultivators.
Therefore, any cultivator with some skill will choose to travel through the air on their own. If they can obtain a space-type flying boat treasure, it will be even more exciting!
Cao Ya didn't have a flying boat, but his strength was too great. He could easily traverse several territories with a single shattering of the void. For him, returning to the Bright Light Domain was not difficult and was relatively easy.
In fact, the space that a strong person can traverse is far greater than the distance that a spacetime teleportation array can travel!
He also forcibly overcame various dangers encountered on his journey and acquired a lot of rare and precious materials. Although they were useless to him, they could still help others when placed in the Mingguang Hall.
As a combatant of ordinary Holy City Lord level, Cao Ya could ignore and directly crush natural disasters within the Flame Dragon Domain that were threats to Dao Lords of Life and Death and Eternal Emperors!
On the surface, in the entire Flame Dragon Domain, there are only three rulers. The six most prestigious forces usually have several Holy City Lords—the Dao Alliance has more, but many Emperors have gone far away, so there are probably only about one or two dozen Holy City Lords left!
Other forces, such as the Star River Clan, are considered powerful if they have one or two Holy City Lords in charge. Many other forces may only have top-tier Emperors or ordinary Emperors as their foundation.
In the cultivation world, even the most powerful Dao Lords who can rival top-tier Emperors, or the second-level Dao Lords who are comparable to ordinary Emperors, are basically unable to become the foundation of a clan.
There's no way around it; no matter how strong a Dao Lord of Life and Death is, there will eventually be a limit to their power. Moreover, the more powerful a Dao is, the harder it is to achieve eternity!
One hundred and eight thousand chaotic eras is not a very long time for any one power.
Many emperors have lived for millions of Chaos Eras... There are even those who have lived for tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of Chaos Eras!
Therefore, Cao Ya's strength is so great that he deserves to be called "impressive" in the entire Flame Dragon Domain.
If he still frequently encounters danger, how can the beings of the realms communicate across borders?
Before long, Cao Ya broke through the air from the edge of the domain and arrived at his own Bright Light Domain.
With his strength, if he didn't want to expose his whereabouts, unless he happened to encounter the three rulers and other holy city lords, it would be very difficult for him to be discovered!
"Huh?" Back in the Bright Light Domain, Cao Ya spread his divine sense, which covered the entire territory. He suddenly frowned and realized that something was wrong.
"Why is Daojun no longer here?" Cao Ya asked, quite surprised.
Mingguang Domain is indeed very small and remote, with limited resources and a somewhat barren landscape.
Otherwise, he was only a second-step Dao Lord of the strongest path in the past, yet he dominated the Mingguang Domain. This would have been almost impossible in other territories!
For example, the Great Mo Dao Lord of the Great Mo Domain is also at the third step, and his method of deduction is extremely terrifying!
However, the area of Mingguang Domain is definitely not comparable to that of Damo Domain.
But no matter what, this is still a territory that has been recognized by the Dao Alliance. In this recent era, since the 108,000 Chaos Eras, the Dao Lords of Life and Death have been born, and Cao Ya is not the only one.
In addition, several Dao Lords at the first or second step level had been defeated by Cao Ya, thus acknowledging the dominant position of Mingguang Palace.
Before he left, those Dao Lords were all in the Bright Light Domain, but Cao Ya didn't find a single one of them when he returned... It's impossible that they all went out to explore, right?!
Cao Ya was suspicious, but he didn't think too much about it. He didn't use his powerful divine sense to carefully scan this territory, and he didn't have the habit of prying into other people's privacy.
"Boom!" Cao Ya crossed the sea of stars and returned to the location of the Mingguang Palace.
"Palace Master???"
The several world realms within the Mingguang Palace sensed Cao Ya's aura and were immediately filled with mixed joy and surprise.
"What's wrong?" Cao Ya asked in surprise, noticing that the expressions on these people's faces were off.
Those who are valued by him and taken into the Bright Light Palace must be the geniuses of the Bright Light Domain. They all have the hope of advancing to the Dao Lord of Life and Death. They are now basically at the peak of the World Realm, or even touching the threshold of the First Dao Lord!
Such a powerful world realm should, in theory, also have a resilient Dao heart, and should not react in this way.
If it was joy... Cao Ya could clearly see a hint of fear on their faces!
"Palace Master, something terrible has happened!" a woman with waist-length white hair and a graceful figure said solemnly.
Cao Ya's eyes narrowed, signaling her to continue.
"Several Dao Lords from our Mingguang Domain died without cause, their soul lamps went out, and their bodies could not be found," the white-haired woman said with fear.
"Moreover, none of them ventured out to explore; they all secluded themselves in their caves and perished immediately," another tall male World Realm expert said in a deep voice.
"Those disciples of the Dao Lord came to the Bright Light Palace, requesting that you, the Palace Master, come to uphold justice and investigate the cause of death, but... we don't know where you, the Palace Master, have gone." The white-haired woman pursed her lips, her face bitter.
Cao Ya suddenly realized why he hadn't found a single Dao Lord when he returned.
It's not surprising that many cultivators seek help from the Bright Light Palace. After all, the Bright Light Palace dominates this region and has abundant resources, so it's only natural that it also has to shoulder many responsibilities.
"Died without cause, and the body hasn't been found yet... If the breakthrough failed—the cultivation of the Dao Lord of Life and Death is fraught with danger, and one can die suddenly if one is not careful, but surely it shouldn't be that no body is left behind!"
"Moreover, several Dao Lords at the first or second step level perished at the same time."
Cao Ya pondered, and he was absolutely certain that there must be some sinister force behind this!
Furthermore, they were able to silently annihilate the strongest being, a second-step Dao Lord, from his lair...
Even if a Dao Lord could achieve the third and fourth steps of the Ordinary Path, they would still have to make a fuss about it.
Therefore, they are beings at the second level of Dao Lord, ordinary Emperor Lord, and above...
Cao Ya deduced, his face cold, that such a massacre in the Mingguang Domain had crossed his bottom line.
"Not only in our Mingguang Domain, but also in several nearby territories, there have been changes, with the unexplained deaths of Dao Lords of Life and Death, and among them, female Dao Lords are the most numerous!" the white-haired woman added, her expression filled with fear.
She was actually 50-60% confident of breaking through to the level of the Dao Lord of Life and Death, but how could she dare to advance in such a dangerous environment?
"Where is the Black Emperor?" Cao Ya frowned. The Black Emperor sent him to another universe. According to Venerable Dan, the Black Emperor had also been stationed in the Bright Light Domain for some years. The awe of a ruler should not have caused such a change.
"What Black Emperor?" The group was taken aback, as if they had never heard of the name "Black Emperor" before.
The tall man suddenly remembered someone and said, "Is it that mysterious man?"
“He stayed in Mingguang Domain for a few years before leaving. We didn’t know his background and didn’t dare to ask him any questions.”
Cao Ya muttered to himself, "Did this happen after the Black Emperor left?"
A cold glint appeared in his eyes. The mastermind behind the scenes was causing trouble in the Mingguang Domain, which was not only a slap in his face, but also a real threat!
If they dare to kill other Dao Lords today, they'll dare to attack his Bright Light Palace tomorrow!
Moreover, he is Daojun of Mingguang, the recognized leader of Mingguang Domain. When trouble comes to this territory, he will naturally step forward to resolve the calamity!
"I'm going to take a look at the surrounding territories." After saying that, Cao Ya tore through the void and disappeared into the distance.
They remained standing there, only a few World Realm experts left, dumbfounded.
"Palace Master, you seem to have become even stronger?!"
On the other side, Cao Ya wandered through several nearby territories, covering them with his divine sense. Sure enough, the Dao Lord of Life and Death had vanished, and many people he used to know had disappeared.
"Heh, what good luck. I was just about to leave when another Daoist delivered goods to my door."
Suddenly, a world-realm figure appeared, handsome in appearance, with an evil gaze fixed on Cao Ya, and a sharp laugh.
Cao Ya glanced at it, suddenly realized what was going on, and his expression instantly turned cold.
"So, the deaths of these Dao Lords of Life and Death in these territories were all devoured by you!"
The "World Realm" chuckled, a hint of arrogance in his eyes, and said, "To be able to provide assistance to my cultivation is a blessing that they could hardly attain in a lifetime!"
Before he finished speaking, his appearance underwent a dramatic change, becoming incomparably handsome, enough to make the sun and moon pale in comparison.
Moreover, his aura also leaped from the World Realm to the level of Eternal Emperor!
“The Eternal Clan…” Cao Ya’s expression was somber. This was an emperor belonging to the Eternal Clan.
The six major powers of the Flame Dragon Domain, the Dao Alliance and the Eternal Clan, are absolute mortal enemies!
There was no other reason than the fact that the Eternal Clan's slaughter was something the Dao Alliance could not tolerate!
The Eternal Clan is a very special race. They feed on cultivators, which allows their eternal bloodline to evolve once again!
Simple killing is not a big deal, after all, there are also many conflicts within the Dao Alliance.
But no one can accept this kind of wanton consumption!
"You must be the Daoist Mingguang? You have quite the nerve, knowing I am the Eternal Emperor, yet you still don't run away?"
The Emperor of the Eternal Clan looked at Cao Ya with approval on his face, but a deep appetite was revealed in his eyes. He looked at Cao Ya as if he were looking at food.
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