Chapter 1430 - 304: Backup Plan

Chapter 1430: Chapter 304: Backup Plan

After coming out from the Ancient Ruins, Huan Yu’s strength seemed to have skyrocketed; even when facing the Can Emperor of the same Realm, he could annihilate him with a single hand.

The remaining Shanggong Clan powerhouses all had their souls scared out of them at this scene, and without even thinking, they fled in all directions.

If even the Can Emperor was no match, then rushing up would be no different than courting death.

The Shanggong Clan was already in decline; if all the cultivators present fell here, the consequences were obvious.

Therefore.

For now, retreating was the only appropriate choice.

"Huan Yu! Huan Clan! This hatred, my Shanggong Clan will never forget!"

One Shanggong Clan powerhouse, fleeing as he spoke, was filled with resentment.

This time the Shanggong Clan had truly taken a huge loss.

They paid the price to open the Ancient Ruins, yet not only did they gain no benefit, they even lost many powerhouses, and even the Can Emperor fell here.

After this.

The Clan’s strength was sure to plummet.

So long as a God Realm still existed, they could keep the title of Clan, but in the eyes of other races, a weak Clan was just a big piece of fat; when the time came, everyone would come to take their share.

If this matter was mishandled, it was entirely possible the Shanggong Clan would be wiped out because of it.

It was just that.

No matter how much hatred he held in his heart, he had no means.

The power Huan Yu displayed was too overwhelming; even if the Shanggong Clan exhausted all its strength, there was no way to deal with him.

This grudge could only be temporarily buried deep in his heart, to be settled in the future.

Watching the fleeing cultivators, a cold gleam flashed in Huan Yu’s eyes. Then he saw himself form hand seals, as if invisible ripples spread out from his body in all directions.

Where the ripples passed, space itself froze.

"What’s going on!"

"Why can’t I move!"

The fleeing Shanggong Clan powerhouses all had drastic changes in expression now.

They realized.

Their bodies seemed to be bound by an invisible power, fixed in place; no matter how they drove their Divine Power, it was useless.

"Perish!"

Huan Yu stretched out his palm, clenched hard at the void, and ten thousand miles of void collapsed in an instant; all the Shanggong Clan powerhouses were unable to escape.

Three breaths later.

The shattered space gradually restored itself; the Shanggong Clan powerhouses had already completely vanished.

"Ants!"

A trace of disdainful coldness curled Huan Yu’s lips, but when he looked toward the depths of the void, that smile disappeared once more.

"The Divine Soul Power I left behind was actually wiped out by another cultivator. From the memories this body gives, among all the cultivators who entered the Land of Legacy, he was the strongest.

There must have been some unexpected change!"

At this moment, Huan Yu was no longer Huan Yu, but the Overlord Divine Monarch reborn through possession.

He had left a legacy here precisely to wait for a suitable opportunity, to seize a body and be reborn in one stroke, seeking to live another life.

The trial he set was no ordinary test; only Proud Heavens had any chance of passing.

However.

Even when leaving behind a legacy, the Overlord Divine Monarch had made two backup plans.

When the first trial-taker triggered his true inheritance, the second trial-taker could directly enter the backup inheritance.

Both inheritances contained a portion of his Divine Soul, meant to guard against accidents.

If nothing went wrong, then when the two Divine Souls met, they would fully merge into one.

Of course.

He had never believed anything truly unexpected would happen.

After all, he was a powerhouse at the Divine Monarch Level; even a fragmented Divine Soul was not something ordinary cultivators could resist.

Yet reality had completely exceeded his expectations.

"Fortunately I made two preparations back then, otherwise this time everything would have gone to waste!" The Overlord Divine Monarch secretly rejoiced.

He had never imagined there would actually be a cultivator capable of destroying that strand of his Divine Soul.

But.

What truly infuriated him was not just the annihilation of his Divine Soul, but also the half bowl of Divine Liquid he had left behind.

"This body’s potential is mediocre, only barely entering the ranks of Peerless Proud Heaven. Such a Proud Heaven will not have a very high upper limit; reaching the Divine Lord Realm would already be the extreme. Wanting to return to the Divine Monarch Realm will be even harder than before."

The Overlord Divine Monarch’s gaze was ice-cold.

In his previous life he had been a Peerless Proud Heaven, yet even so he stopped at the Divine Monarch Realm, unable to take a further step, and in the end could only die in gloom.

Now that he lived again, he intended to become an Unparalleled Proud Heaven, to even become a Supreme Proud Heaven who suppressed an entire era.

The one who first passed his trial was sure to be a top-tier Peerless Proud Heaven; as long as he seized that body, then consumed the Divine Liquid he had long prepared, he would have a hundred percent chance of entering the Unparalleled Proud Heaven ranks.

Besides that.

The Overlord Divine Monarch had also left behind his inheritance Token; cultivators holding the Token would face a slightly easier trial than others.

In this way, although the trial-taker might not be a Peerless Proud Heaven, he would at least be a top-tier Peerless Proud Heaven. Furthermore, since that person obtained his Token, he must have profound opportunities upon him.

You must know.

For a cultivator to reach the end, besides potential, opportunity was also extremely important.

If he could seize a top-tier Peerless Proud Heaven with deep opportunity, then take the Divine Liquid, raising the potential to Peerless Proud Heaven Level would not be a problem.

In that case.

The benefits might not be much inferior to those of an Unparalleled Proud Heaven.

Unfortunately.

No matter how the Overlord Divine Monarch prepared, things had still gone wrong. His Divine Soul was wiped out, his Divine Liquid stolen—already a double loss.

"This Divine Monarch truly wants to see just who possesses such means!"

With that thought.

He directly invoked a secret technique; his eyes, which had returned to normal, once more birthed a blood?red glow, and corresponding images began to surface within.

An idol!

A box!

The Star River!

A coffin!

In the end, the image froze upon a handsome face.

Blood?red pupils shed streaks of Divine Blood, yet Overlord Divine Monarch paid it no mind.

This divination secret art could only deduce matters related to himself, and its consumption was considerable. If he were in his prime, it would be nothing worth mentioning.

But now the Divine Soul that had truly seized a body and been reborn was less than one percent of his peak, and the strength of this body was also weak, not even having stepped into the Divine King Realm.

To deduce things to this extent was already the limit.

"Ziyun Clan!"

Overlord Divine Monarch swiftly searched Huan Yu’s memories and found the other party’s identity.

Ziyun Clan!

Ziyan Sheng!

"This cultivator must surely have some Supreme Treasure upon him, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible to annihilate the Divine Soul remnant I left behind. Hmph... you won’t be able to flee for long. I will make you pay the price you deserve!"

His gaze was icy and terrifying, his voice like a Jiuyou fiend’s.

Whether it was the hatred of having his Divine Soul obliterated, or his Divine Liquid being taken, in his eyes Ziyan Sheng’s ending was already foreordained.

For him, Overlord Divine Monarch, ever since he proved the Dao, when had he ever suffered a loss at the hands of some petty God Realm brat?

No matter what, this matter had to be redressed.

Moreover.

The other carried a Supreme Treasure capable of erasing his Divine Soul; he absolutely had to obtain it.

Know this.

He himself was a Divine Monarch, and the Divine Soul left in the Bronze Coffin occupied no small portion of his strength. Without methods of the same level, it was fundamentally impossible to annihilate his Divine Soul.

Thus.

Overlord Divine Monarch had reason to suspect that the other party held a Peerless Dao Arms, or some method akin to a Peerless Dao Arms.

Such fortune was something he would never let slip by.

However.

Overlord Divine Monarch had no intention of striking immediately.

From Huan Yu’s memories, one could see clearly that the Ziyun Clan was not weak; many Divine Kings sat in town within the clan, and moreover the Ziyun Clan had the Ancient Desolate Divine Clan at its back.

As for the Ancient Desolate Divine Clan.

He was hardly unfamiliar.

Even in his own era, the Ancient Desolate Divine Clan existed, and as an ancient Divine Clan, its heritage was naturally deep.

If he were in his full prime, Overlord Divine Monarch would not fear any one Divine Clan.

After all, the Ancient Desolate Divine Clan only had a Divine Lord in residence, whereas he, in his prime, was a dignified Divine Monarch; to crush a Divine Lord was an easy matter.

Divine Clans that had once perished under his hand numbered no less than three or four; one more Ancient Desolate Divine Clan would be no different.

But things were different now.

A residual soul reborn through seizing a body, his strength not even a ten?thousandth of his peak.

Though dealing with an ordinary Divine King posed no problem, should he run into a few formidable Divine Kings, he would have to turn and flee without a second word.

As for contending against a Divine Clan, that was an even greater joke.

Thus.

Overlord Divine Monarch could only endure for the time being.

"First restore my strength somewhat, then seek an opportunity to cut him down, take everything back. The Huan Clan’s strength may be middling, but there is also a Divine Clan behind them.

With this Divine Monarch’s current identity as a Proud Heaven of the Huan Clan, even if I offend the Ziyun Clan and the Ancient Emperor Divine Clan, it will hardly matter!"

With his own Divine Monarch Realm memories, supplemented by the Huan Clan’s resources, raising his strength quickly was no great problem.

Do not be fooled by the fact that this body’s potential had only just entered the Peerless Proud Heaven level, barely capable of contending with the Sun and Moon Divine King.

With the methods of his former life, Overlord Divine Monarch had confidence in exerting combat strength on par with a Peerless Proud Heaven.

This.

Was the confidence of a top?tier powerhouse.

"Next I shall first restore my strength, then contend for a ranking on the Investiture of the Gods. Obtaining the Heavens’ Destiny Enhancement will greatly benefit this Divine Monarch’s subsequent actions!"

As for the Divine Mandate Platform, Overlord Divine Monarch was far from unfamiliar.

In his era, the Divine Mandate Platform already existed.

And as a powerhouse of the Divine Monarch Level, he had once entered the Divine Mandate Platform, obtained the Heavens’ destiny, and knew very well the difference between having Destiny Enhancement and lacking it.

After casting a deep gaze at the desolate void before him, Overlord Divine Monarch tore space and departed.

He had to return to the Huan Clan first.

...

In the void.

Shen Changqing’s motion as he Yukong?traversed halted, and doubt surfaced on his face.

"Someone is calculating me?"

Vaguely, he seemed to sense an invisible pair of eyes silently watching him.

But that feeling did not last long before it dispersed and vanished.

Within the Cave Heaven.

Qingyi said, "Supreme’s perception is not mistaken. Just now there was a powerhouse using a secret technique to divine you, but that divining power was not too strong, and should pose no threat to you."