Chapter 1346 - 974: Devouring Kyoto

Zhang Chen’s eyes swept over the Corpse Ancestor, who was locked in a great battle in the void. As the Origin Qi around the other party’s body continued to dissipate, his strength also kept dropping. In just the short span of one hour, his cultivation had actually fallen from the Daluo Golden Immortal realm to the miserable state where he could only exert the power of the Taiyi Realm.

"The higher the cultivation realm, the higher the level of Origin within the body, the denser the Origin, and the faster it diffuses!" A trace of contemplation flashed in Zhang Chen’s eyes.

That old coffin-filler’s cultivation had already broken through to Daluo Golden Immortal; the speed at which the Origin in his body was leaking was naturally incomparably faster.

Countless thoughts flickered in Zhang Chen’s heart. At this moment, the voice of The Queen Mother of the West sounded by his ear: "That old coffin-filler is not a Daluo Golden Immortal, but a Primordial Daluo. It’s just that, due to the plunder and targeting by the Great Thousand Worlds, too much of the Origin in his body has been lost. Even though he possesses the cultivation of a Primordial Daluo, the Origin remaining in his body can barely support him in exerting the strength of an ordinary Daluo Golden Immortal at best. Now, as he engages in such fierce combat, the speed of his body’s Origin loss is accelerating; very soon, even using power at the Taiyi Realm will be strenuous for him."

"Be careful. That old coffin-filler has been unable to enter the Spiritual World, and he’s about to be driven into a corner." The Queen Mother of the West’s voice sounded by Zhang Chen’s ear.

Zhang Chen nodded upon hearing this, his eyes fixed firmly on the great battle in the distant void. At this time, the entire Kyoto was in utter chaos, with all kinds of strange bugs wreaking havoc, wildly slaughtering ordinary people. Divine Spirits in Kyoto took action, suppressing the bugs running rampant everywhere.

At this moment, a powerful Qi Mechanism rose straight into the sky from afar. That Qi Mechanism actually surpassed the Twelfth Tier, reaching the Celestial Immortal realm. Zhang Chen looked toward that fluctuation, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes: "It’s actually that Seventh Ancestor of the Great Victory royal clan. This old fellow has lived for an unknown number of years, his foundations long since sufficient. His breakthrough to the Celestial Immortal Realm is within my expectations."

And not just that Seventh Ancestor; at this time, one after another of the Great Victory royal clan’s old ancestors had their bloodlines evolve under the nourishment of that Primordial Saint’s Origin, their strength continually stepping into the Celestial Immortal Realm.

"Heaven aids our royal clan! With such strength, who can contend against us?" The Seventh Ancestor’s voice was full of arrogance and pride, yet his action of greedily devouring the Origin Qi between Heaven and Earth did not stop.

Time flew by, and after another quarter of an hour, that Corpse Ancestor still could not break into the Spiritual World, and he immediately panicked; his battle formation was completely in disarray. One saw him fix his eyes on the Princess within the Spiritual Eighth Heaven for a moment, then turn and resolutely leave the void, descending toward Kyoto. His blood basin of a mouth opened wide, and in the next instant a terrifying Devouring Power erupted. The blood of all beings within Kyoto began to churn and boil, seeping out through their skin and pores, transforming into drops of blood that converged toward the Corpse Ancestor. At the same time, under that terrifying Devouring Power, the souls of Kyoto’s commoners swayed, about to leave their bodies and become nourishment for the Corpse Ancestor.

"You group of ants, to have devoured this old ancestor’s Essence Qi and Origin can be considered a stroke of Creation for you. Now that this old ancestor devours you, it can be counted as recovering some blood, nourishing myself with myself." The Corpse Ancestor’s voice resounded between Heaven and Earth.

"Bastard! You abominable beast, how dare you create such slaughter!" The Great Victory royal clan’s old ancestor had been immersed in the joy of breaking through realms. Under the nourishment of that vast Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, his cultivation had already broken through into the Immortal Dao’s Celestial Immortal Realm, shattering the shackles of the Twelfth Tier, extending his lifespan. He had been standing there, face full of delight, laughing loudly—who knew that in the next moment, the upheaval in Kyoto would jolt him awake.

Kyoto was the very foundation of the Great Victory royal clan; if that foundation were destroyed, the Great Victory royal clan would be not far from annihilation.

Staring at that Corpse Ancestor radiating a terrifying Qi Mechanism, the Great Victory royal clan’s old ancestor’s face turned ugly, his eyes filled with fear. The other party was simply too strong. Even with his breakthrough in cultivation, he still found it hard to contend against him. The feeling was just like an ant facing a Divine Dragon, utterly devoid of any possibility of challenge.

Even the Qi Blood and soul within his own body were tottering under that Devouring Power, as if they would dissolve into a puddle of blood at any moment.

"Stop him! If he continues, all living beings in Kyoto will die! Our Great Victory royal clan will be finished!" Chai Zhu, who had been coldly observing from outside the imperial city, now charged into the imperial city with the Demon-Revealing Mirror in hand, shouting at everyone.

With the Corpse Ancestor’s emergence, the Peacock Ancestor no longer blocked Chai Zhu, allowing him to enter the city as he pleased.

Chai Zhu shook the Demon-Revealing Mirror toward the Corpse Ancestor, and one saw black light flicker across the mirror’s surface as it revealed a shriveled old corpse from which no clear form could be discerned.

"This is bad. Just what level is this fiend? Even the Demon-Revealing Mirror can’t show his true body. Is such a monster really something my Great Victory royal clan can contend with?" A pallor surfaced on Chai Zhu’s face as he spoke to the experts of the Chai Family: "This monster cannot be fought head-on. The destruction of Kyoto is unavoidable; everyone, escape with your own abilities."

After saying this, Chai Zhu was about to ride the Demon-Revealing Mirror to flee, but how could the Corpse Ancestor give him a chance to escape?

In the Corpse Ancestor’s eyes, the stronger a living being was, the greater the nourishing effect it had on him. One saw the Corpse Ancestor point at Chai Zhu from afar across the air. In the next instant, five-colored rosy light burst from the Demon-Revealing Mirror in Chai Zhu’s arms, blocking one strike from the Corpse Ancestor, while Chai Zhu himself was sent flying, crashing down into the plaza of the royal capital and spitting out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

After heavily injuring Chai Zhu with one strike, the Corpse Ancestor did not continue to ruthlessly finish him off, but instead kept shifting his body, intercepting the various experts attempting to flee from Kyoto.

At this moment, people kept breaking through their Cultivation Realms, trying to escape from Kyoto, only to see the Corpse Ancestor continuously swing his palm, smashing them down from the void onto the ground, kicking up sprays of dust.

"Ancestors!" The Great Victory Human King hurriedly ran over, calling out anxiously.

Chai Zhu, face deathly pale, climbed up from the ground, then turned his head to look at the Great Victory Human King:

"Right now we have two choices. One, we gather up the Great Victory royal clan’s hidden foundations and elites, abandon Kyoto here and now, and preserve what’s still useful of ourselves. The second is to go all out against the enemy. Our royal clan has confiscated the treasures of the Seven Great Families; if we form an Array, we might be able to force that thing back. You are now the Great Victory Human King, you hold Great Victory’s future in your hands. The entire Great Victory lies within your grasp—everything will be decided by your word alone."

The Great Victory Human King stared solemnly at the visions in the sky. Only after seven or eight breaths did he speak: "Ancestor, please look at the firmament. Previously, that monster inverted Yin and Yang and was Taking Stars and Picking the Moon, its momentum surging and unmatched, as if it was going to trample all Heaven and Earth beneath its feet. But now, the starry sky is constantly self-correcting, and that monster’s aura is gradually declining, far weaker than before. This shows that the monster’s strength is constantly dropping. As long as we can hold it off for an hour, we might have hope of binding and capturing it. This monster’s origins are Mysterious beyond measure—if we can subdue it and turn it into the foundation of our Great Victory royal clan, our heritage will be enhanced to an unbelievable level. Besides, do we truly have any chance to flee Kyoto? The Chai Family has already tied itself to the Great Victory royal clan’s Dragon Qi; our roots are here. We’ve already torn all pretense with the Eight Great Clans. If we lose our royal status, would the Eight Great Clans ever let us go? The various Dukes across the land will also covet the royal clan’s accumulation of five thousand years and each will want to bite a chunk of flesh off us."

"So we have no choice; we can only choose to fight." The Seventh Ancestor’s gaze was filled with killing intent.

"We can only fight to the death!" the Human King said.

In fact, he left out the most crucial point: as the master of Kyoto, he could sense that the terrifying monster in midair had already sealed off every path of survival out of Kyoto. That thing kept intercepting all the powerful cultivators trying to flee; no one was a match for even a single move of that monster. They were all forced back. Even if he and the others wanted to run, they likely wouldn’t be able to escape.

"Form the Array!" the Seventh Ancestor barked. The three Twelfth-Tier Divine Spirits of the Great Victory royal clan, together with six Great Victory royal ancestors in the Celestial Immortal Realm, drove the Seven Great Families’ seven Innate Treasures, and combined them with the royal clan’s two Innate Spiritual Treasures, then launched an assault toward the Corpse Ancestor in midair.

"Kill!"

A heaven-shocking battle erupted then and there, and the Corpse Ancestor’s act of devouring the blood and souls of Kyoto’s citizens was interrupted.

"The Great Victory royal clan really has great Creation—actually having seven old codgers break through to the Twelfth Tier in just one day. Unfortunately, they ran into the Corpse Ancestor. Before the Corpse Ancestor, they’re all just throwing themselves away. The faster they break through and the higher their Cultivation Realm, the richer the nourishment they provide to the Corpse Ancestor. The Corpse Ancestor will never let them go." Zhang Chen carefully sealed off the Qi Mechanism around his body, hiding inside the prison cart, coldly observing in silence.

At this moment, it wasn’t only the Great Victory royal clan’s experts breaking through. The great noble families also had powerhouses continuously breaking through to the Twelfth Tier, trying to take advantage of the chaos in Kyoto to flee, but they were all swatted back down by the Corpse Ancestor.

As the Great Victory royal clan organized and set up their Array, they actually managed to fight the Corpse Ancestor to a standstill.

"Kill!" The Great Victory royal clan’s Seventh Ancestor organized the Array into a Divine Dragon, mobilizing the Earth Dragon Qi to continuously clash with the Corpse Ancestor, while shouting toward the various experts hidden in Kyoto: "Stop just watching from the sidelines! If we don’t kill this monster, all of us will be trapped in Kyoto and become its blood food! Everyone, strike together and slaughter this abomination!"

With the Great Victory royal ancestor speaking up, the various hidden experts all wore hesitant expressions, then, the next moment, chose to join the battlefield.

None of them were fools. From the fact that when they previously tried to break out, they were blocked and driven back by the monster, it was clear that thing never intended to let anyone leave alive. If they didn’t unite and fight for their lives now, then in the end, they would all die.

"Kill!"

One after another, over a dozen figures flew out; all of them had broken through to the Twelfth Tier. Their auras were vast and boundless, and some had already broken through to the Celestial Immortal Realm.

A great battle broke out right then. But facing a Corpse Ancestor at the Taiyi Realm, even though everyone had Innate Spiritual Treasures protecting them, casualties still appeared very quickly. After thirty breaths, the first Twelfth-Tier existence was seized by the Corpse Ancestor, his vital blood sucked dry, turned into a dried corpse, and flung down onto the ground. That desiccated corpse then crawled up, transformed into a zombie, and began a frenzied slaughter within the city.

"Mere ants, and you dare act presumptuous before this Ancestor? You’re nothing more than fireflies. I’ll let you understand just how vast the gap between us truly is." The Corpse Ancestor’s voice was filled with contempt as he repeatedly struck out, encircling and killing everyone. After another thirty breaths, yet another Twelfth-Tier existence was reduced to a dried corpse, transformed into a zombie, and hurled to the ground to unleash a massacre.

Before the Corpse Ancestor, everyone was utterly helpless. In just half an hour, among the powerhouses besieging the Corpse Ancestor, only the Great Victory royal clan’s three Divine Spirits and the seven Celestial Immortal experts wielding Innate Spiritual Treasures remained.