As everyone watched, the Dragon King Yao Yun vanished into the empty sky, transforming into a dazzling starry sky.
Lin Shanshan walked to Solitude's side, gazing up at the starry sky, and asked, "Great-grandfather, can it really create the Starry Sky Magnetic Wind?"
Solitude looked at her with doting eyes, "Don't worry, girl. If it can't even do that, it doesn't deserve to be the Dragon King Yao Yun, master of a star realm."
Lao Ba suddenly flew over and perched on Lin Shanshan's shoulder, laughing, "Without the Starry Sky Magnetic Wind, we'll just make one ourselves. This is truly something else!"
He then glanced at Solitude, "Grandpa, you're really something! No wonder you're my grandfather, Lao Ba admires you to death!"
Solitude shook his head with a smile, truly helpless against this silly bird.
Lin Shanshan said, "Lao Ba, we can't sit idle either."
Lao Ba puzzledly asked, "With grandpa protecting us, what more do you want to do?"
Lin Shanshan looked towards Guan Feng, "Send out the order, have all units assemble immediately for battle preparation!"
"Yes!"
Then Lin Shanshan looked at Master Ping, "Uncle Ping, I'll trouble you to go to Divine Oracle Cave Heaven and bring back Aunt Qing Kuang and the others."
Master Ping patted his chest, "No problem, leave it to Master Ping!"
"Lao Ba, you go to Wutongzhou to mobilize the army."
"Got it!"
"Guan Long, head immediately to Wushang Realm to inform the Master of Wushang, have him gather the army to meet at Yan Huang."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Aunt Summer, I'll trouble you to make your way to Stunning Phoenix Swan State to notify the Astonishing Swan Sovereign."
"No problem."
"..."
Watching the imperial might-filled Lin Shanshan, Solitude was full of relief, saying, "Our Ji Family Village has someone to carry on. Girl, the position of village chief in Ji Family Village will be yours in the future."
Lin Shanshan smiled, "I'm already managing an empire, I don't mind taking on a village as well."
...
Boundless Heavens.
With a thunderous boom.
Lin Tong's full-powered slash easily sliced through the six Dharma Seals of Ascetic's, the six clusters of golden light flew wildly like headless flies within the thunder cloud.
Those were the six senses of the Ascetic Heavenly Emperor's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind!
The Dharma Seals were broken, but the six senses were not damaged.
Ascetic let out a furious roar, his eyes blood-red, swiftly withdrawing the six clusters of golden light, and then looked at Lin Tong with fury, gritting his teeth, "Shameless Little God, you will meet your doom!"
Lin Tong's heart shuddered, suddenly sensing a hint of danger.
Ascetic shouted hoarsely, suddenly striking at Lin Tong with a palm, and a Dharma Seal flew from his palm, instantly merging into The Void.
Lin Tong had no time to react, feeling his whole body wracked with unbearable pain, his eyes closing as he lost consciousness, falling helplessly towards the vast earth.
But Ascetic did not pursue his advantage, as he knew it was difficult to kill a god.
He fixed his cold gaze on Lin Tong's falling form, his face suddenly turning pale as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Although Lin Tong's strike did not damage his six senses, the strange death energy carried by the scythe severely affected them.
And with the senses damaged, it inevitably meant critical injury!
Now Ascetic had no heart for battle, only returning to the Celestial Realm for healing.
...
"Boomββ!"
Amidst the ruins of Buzhou Land.
Luo Xiu crashed to the ground like a meteor.
From the center of his landing point, the ground within a hundred meters instantly cracked and collapsed, whipping up a violent wind, scattering sand and stones into the sky.
Not far away, Lin Xiyue clutched her chest, stumbling towards the pit to find Luo Xiu holding the Shattering Star Spear, his entire body covered in blood, weakly half-kneeling on the ground.
And on Luo Xiu's chest, there was a transparent hole that was healing.
"Husband!"
Lin Xiyue's heart twisted like a knife, she hurriedly walked over to support Luo Xiu.
"Don't worry... I'm okay, thanks to the fruit Dou Dou gave me."
Luo Xiu took a slow, deep breath, sitting feebly on the ground, beginning to channel qi for healing.
A wound inflicted by a Chaos Divine Artifact like the Shattering Star Spear naturally wouldn't heal easily.
But the fruit refined by Dou Dou with divine power was extraordinary, quickly repairing his flesh wounds.
Yet the bizarre aura lingering in his flesh and meridians still caused him unbearable pain, as if his body were filled with sharp blades, any slight movement resulting in suffocating agony.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud sound echoed in the distance.
Luo Xiu looked up and saw sand and stones soaring into the sky, dust billowing.
"Xi Yue, what just fell down?"
"It's Lin Tong!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Xiu's heart sank, and he endured the excruciating pain and dashed over.
In the big pit where the dust had not yet settled, Lin Tong lay there, already near death.
"Tongzi!"
Luo Xiu hurried over, reached out, and supported Lin Tong.
Lin Tong weakly opened his eyes, trembling as he spoke, "Big brother, rest assured... I won't die, after all, I am a god."
Luo Xiu asked, "Do you want a fruit?"
Lin Tong gently shook his head, "The fruit refined by Dou Dou's divine power is not only of no benefit to me but actually harmful. Big brother, you really don't need to worry, I'll recover automatically after lying down for a while."
Hearing this, Luo Xiu felt slightly relieved, and asked, "What about Ku Xing?"
Lin Tong replied, "That old geezer probably fled back to the Celestial Realm, but before escaping, he seemed to use that so-called 'Suffering Technique' to return all the pains of several reincarnations to me."
"That's just fine, anyway, I won't die. As long as he didn't use the Suffering Technique on you, big brother."
Luo Xiu gently laid him on the ground to rest and then plopped down himself, letting out a long sigh, and then slowly lay down.
Lin Xiyue walked over and sat beside Luo Xiu, not caring about any elegance at this moment, and slowly lay down, pulling Luo Xiu's arm over as a pillow.
The three lay side by side, quietly staring at the sky, as quiet as three corpses.
At this moment, all three were utterly exhausted, and even Luo Xiu and Lin Tong were severely injured; even if the White Emperor appeared, he could pose a threat to the three.
Lin Tong winced in pain and said with a grin, "Turns out lying flat... is this... comfortable."
Luo Xiu sighed, "I agree, lying down is really nice."
Lin Tong said, "Those brats from the Heavenly Dao Alliance are probably still setting up their array."
Luo Xiu weakly waved his hand, "In any case, I can't move now. What about you, Xi Yue?"
Lin Xiyue said, "After consecutively launching the Ancient Starry Sky Sword twice, I also suffered shock injuries. I'm about at my limit now."
Luo Xiu: "Seems like all three of us are finding excuses to slack off, none of us want to move, right?"
Lin Tong asked, "Well then, what should we do?"
Luo Xiu dismissively waved his hand, eyelids heavy like lead, "Whatever, to heck with it... I'm going to lie down for a bit first."
Lin Xiyue asked, "Honey, do you think we'll die here?"
"Probably will... just the three of us, I really can't think of any way to beat the others."
Lin Tong asked, "Speaking of, where's the Ancient Ten Emperors?"
Luo Xiu said, "We're still at the very beginning, can't rely on them just yet."
Lin Xiyue smiled and said, "For some reason, I'm not even a bit nervous or scared; instead, I feel quite delighted."
Lin Tong said, "Big brother, speaking from the bottom of my heart, the luckiest thing in my life was meeting you."
Luo Xiu sneered, "Do you have to be so cheesy? Xi Yue should be saying these words to me."
"Hahaha..."
The three couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Cough, cough, don't laugh, it hurts!"
"Whoever cracks another joke will go fight those brats from the Heavenly Dao Alliance!"
"..."
...
Somewhere in the Celestial Realm.
In a spacious grand hall.
E Luo looked at the feeble and powerless Ku Xing and chuckled softly, shaking his head.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... who would have thought, even the Ascetic Heavenly Emperor could be wounded like this."
Ku Xing glared at him, unconvinced, "A False Emperor, a Little God, plus a White Emperor who wields the Ancient Starry Sky Sword; if it were you, you'd probably have died ten times already!"
Just then, the Leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance walked in with a woman in a black dress carrying a broken sword and said, "What Ku Xing said is true; we cannot afford to be careless in this battle."
Ku Xing said, "I suspect they're not doing well either. Especially that Little God, having been struck by my Suffering Technique, even if he doesn't die, he'll shed a layer of skin."
The Leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance asked, "How much longer until the Heavenly Shifting Array is ready?"
"It should be soon."
The Leader of the Heavenly Dao Alliance pondered, "To be safe, once the Heavenly Shifting Array is set up, send a squad down first."
Shen Yao Empress nodded in agreement and said, "Our top combat strength is ultimately limited, and we can't afford to expend it. Recklessly sending high-tier forces down might provoke a desperate counterattack from them."
Ku Xing remarked, "Indeed, the Mortal Realm's Demon should not be underestimated, who knows what trump cards he might still have."
"..."