Chapter 1295, Time Passes Quickly; Blaspheming the Deity

Translator: Fate

Translation Checker: Silavin

 

Star King Bai Mei was a trusted aide of Chu Gucheng. He was treasured and responsible for handling many affairs in the Land of Celestial Suffering.

 

When the Land of Celestial Suffering was besieged, he did not choose to flee. Instead, he went against the enemies along with the Generals and ministers.

 

Although he was also an Ancestral Dao Realm expert, he could not possibly break through a siege when so many people had joined forces. In the end, he was captured by the enemy.

 

Also, Xi Yin managed to find the void prison where the Primary Hope Saintess was confined using a Secret Technique and freed her.

 

The Primary Hope Saintess had been trapped for seven days. It was not a long time, and she was not worried at all during that time. Why? Because she knew that Gu Changge would surely save her in the end, as that would benefit him.

 

However, she was confused when Xi Yin and the others from the Primary Hope Holy Church set her free in the end. After she got out of captivity, Gu Changge was nowhere to be found.

 

After destroying the Land of Celestial Suffering, Gu Changge vanished into thin air as though he had never been there.

 

Later, the Primary Hope Saintess helped clean up the mess in the Land of Celestial Suffering along with Xi Yin and the others.

 

On the day the war broke out, the Champion General, Chu Heng, did not choose to fight until the bitter end.

 

When he acquired the jade bottle that contained the Soul of Chu Wushang, he knew that he had been fooled by Chu Gucheng once more. Furious, he led his soldiers to surrender.

 

After Chu Heng took the initiative to surrender, the ministers, who were loyal to the Land of Celestial Suffering, were all swayed. They had learned of the truth of his Wife’s death earlier. After some hesitation, they yielded to the enemies as well.

 

It was chaotic in every part of the Land of Celestial Suffering. The flames of war burned all its territories. Many Forces seized the chance to rob and plunder.

 

Those various Forces that joined hands to besiege the Land of Celestial Suffering took away most of their treasures.

 

The armies of the Beast Court and Purple Sky Mountain, who were stationed at the border, marched forward on the same day.

 

After this war, the Land of Celestial Suffering would be erased from the world. A mighty Immortal Kingdom rapidly fell apart and turned into ruins, becoming a memory of the past. Its territories that used to flourish were soon occupied by different Forces.

 

The repercussions of this war lasted for a few days. Those of the Land of Celestial Suffering who never surrendered fled and were hunted down by different Forces and Races.

 

The Divine Generals and Star Kings had either surrendered or died on the battlefield.

 

The captured Star King Bai Mei was interrogated by different Forces. Eventually, they acquired some information about Ardent Ruins Cave by searching through his Soul.

 

They had thought that the mysterious Ardent Ruins Cave was a name fabricated by the remnants of the Black Disaster; that it probably did not exist. Much to their surprise, they found an incredible truth in Star King Bai Mei’s memories. It seemed that Ardent Ruins Cave truly existed. It was not a fabricated name. It had been around for so long that its history could be traced back to the Primordial Mythical Era, which was way before the Black Disaster Era.

 

However, some found it too preposterous. If the background of Ardent Ruins Cave were truly so incredible, it must have gotten through many Great Purges. In that case, why had no one heard of it before?

 

The remnants of the Black Disaster had been a menace to the Boundless Expanse for countless years. Given their power, they might be able to alter the memories and karma of an Ancestral Dao Realm expert.

 

As all sorts of speculation formed, Star King Bai Mei was confined to the void prison of the Primary Hope Holy Church. He would be dealt with when Xi Nu returned.

 

During this period, the black coffin which the Sect Master of Purple Sky Mountain, Zi Wanhe, had dropped into the Land of Celestial Suffering caught a lot of attention.

 

Many Forces shifted the blame to Purple Sky Mountain, believing that they had collaborated with the remnants of the Black Disaster. After all, the coffin was the best proof of it.

 

Nevertheless, after the Land of Celestial Suffering was destroyed, Zi Wanhe left with the cultivators of Purple Sky Mountain. He claimed that he had accidentally acquired the black coffin and had no idea whether it had anything to do with the remnants of the Black Disaster.

 

Anyway, the Primary Hope Saintess and the others could investigate whether the black coffin had anything to do with the remnants of the Black Disaster. After all, the black coffin had fallen into the hands of those Forces following the Land of Celestial Suffering’s demise.

 

Although it was only a copy of a copy, it was valuable in many ways.

 

Later, the Primary Hope Saintess looked into the matter and examined the substance in the black coffin. She confirmed that the black fog was not Dark Concentrate; it was merely similar to it. So, she speculated that some people made this black fog that was similar to Dark Concentrate to imitate the remnants of the Black Disaster.

 

The black fog would indeed corrupt the Souls of living beings, but it was only dangerous to the weak. Anyone beyond the Immortal King Realm could easily dispel it.

 

Despite that, the black coffin still caused them a lot of trouble.

 

In the next hundreds of years, the different Forces in the Primary Hope Civilisation spent their time dealing with the mess following the demise of the Land of Celestial Suffering to restore peace.

 

The destruction of a Top Force was no small matter. The news had spread to other Civilisations, causing a huge commotion.

 

The people who had attended Chu Gucheng’s birthday banquet were conflicted deep within when they learned of the news.

 

The Force behind Elder Jin from the Rising Dawn Civilisation was in a state of disbelief. An Ancestral Dao Realm expert had lost his life in Primary Hope Civilisation. This kind of loss was unbearable for any Force.

 

It was extremely difficult for an Ancestral Dao Realm expert to appear. In the Boundless Expanse, only a few would reach that level in hundreds of epochs.

 

The Land of Celestial Suffering was initially blessed by Heaven. They were lucky to have several Ancestral Dao Realm experts after only a hundred or so epochs. This was shocking and unprecedented in history.

 

Naturally, many Forces had been paying attention to the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

The mysterious and unpredictable Heavenslayers Alliance Leader, Gu Changge, was a cause for concern in many Civilisations.

 

However, in the next 500 years after the Land of Celestial Suffering was destroyed, no one saw him again. They did not know where he went after the war. It was as though he had vanished into thin air.

 

Around 600 years after the Land of Celestial Suffering was annihilated, a division of the Heavenslayers Alliance suddenly appeared in the place where the Land of Celestial Suffering had been. They soon occupied Forces of different sizes. To be precise, it was not an occupation. Those people had willingly yielded and become part of the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

This news instantly caught the attention of the various Forces in the Primary Hope Civilisation.

 

Supposedly, it would take a foreign Force like the Heavenslayers Alliance hundreds of years to accumulate their might to gain a footing in the Primary Hope Civilisation. During this process, they would be marginalised by the local Forces in the Primary Hope Civilisation.

 

However, those Forces, including the Primary Hope Holy Church, could only watch as this division of the Heavenslayers Alliance gained a footing and grew into a juggernaut.

 

In just 100 years, they occupied nearby universes, Star Territories, Advanced Thousand Worlds, and Basic Thousand Worlds. They had countless followers, providing an endless stream of Power of Faith that was as bright as a galaxy.

 

In their territories, many Heavenslayers Temples had been constructed. They worshipped a young-looking statue whose face could not be made out. The temples were always filled with smoke from the incense.

 

The young-looking statue seemed to be standing on the other end of the Boundless Expanse, looking down at all living beings with authority and in eternity.

 

He was the mysterious Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.

 

No cultivators or living being dared to make a scene in front of the Heavenslayers Temples. Upon their arrival, they just had to pray sincerely and provide enough tributes, after which they would be blessed by the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.

 

The news spread quickly as more and more Heavenslayers Temples were erected, occupying a large area of space that used to be the Land of Celestial Suffering.

 

The Forces in the Primary Hope Civilisation watched all this happening before their eyes.

 

Although they knew the Heavenslayers Alliance was expanding into the Primary Hope Civilisation, they did not even dare to destroy its temples, let alone stop its expansion. Even though the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader had disappeared, his authority loomed over all of them, commanding their utmost respect.

 

This kind of situation lasted for hundreds of years. One day, the Beast Court of the Endless Beasts Territory suddenly announced that they would become part of the Heavenslayers Alliance.

 

The announcement shocked the entire Primary Hope Civilisation. All the Forces found it inconceivable.

 

The Beast Court was no ordinary Force! The Beast Ancestor, Di Huang, was a being who had gone through his Eighth Decay Tribulation. He was more powerful than Chu Gucheng when the latter was at the peak of his power.

 

It was unimaginable that he had agreed to become part of the Havenslayers Alliance.

 

After the war between the Land of Celestial Suffering and the Beast Court ended, the Seventh Crown Prince, Di Kun, became the new Beast Overlord of the Beast Court, ruling over the Beasts.

 

These years, he had been leading his army to slaughter his enemies in the Endless Beasts Territory, expanding the Beast Court’s territories. Due to the immense pressure, Beast Races, who were previously not ruled by the Beast Court, had no choice but to yield.

 

The Beast Court was growing stronger. Although they could not return to the time when all the Beasts in the world had obeyed them, they were already significantly more powerful than they were hundreds of years ago.

 

The new Beast Overlord’s ruthlessness made many Beast Sovereigns and Beast Generals of the Beast Court terrified. Those who disobeyed his orders would be executed regardless of how authoritative they were.

 

This time, it was the new Beast Overlord who had decided to join the Heavenslayers Alliance. As for why the Beast Ancestor, Di Huang, did not object to it, the Beast Sovereigns and Beast Generals had some speculation.

 

After the Land of Celestial Suffering was destroyed, the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader visited the Beast Court. At that time, not only did Di Kun accompany him, but Di Huang also met him in the depths of the Rogue Abyss.

 

That was just how important the meet-up with the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader was.

 

The Beast Sovereigns and Beast Generals did not know what they had talked about, but Di Huang was furious and almost stormed out of the place. It was Di Kun who pulled him back and kept persuading him. Only then did Di Huang suppress his fury and stay.

 

Any clever person could see that Di Kun must have gotten support from the Heavenslayers Alliance Leader, which was why he had the guts to launch an attack on the Land of Celestial Suffering.

 

The other Princes were displeased, feeling that they had been fooled by Di Kun. If it had been a fair competition, they would never have lost to him.

 

Di Huang, who had been alive for a long time, surely understood that Gu Changge was the mastermind who made the war between the Beast Court and the Land of Celestial Suffering happen. Even the death of his Youngest Son, Di Wen, had something to do with Gu Changge, who had played them all.

 

Although the incident had happened a long time ago, Di Huang still could not get to the truth. Also, the Son he thought so highly of, Di Kun, seemed more respectful to Gu Changge than to his own Father.

 

That day, even though the Beast Sovereigns and Beast Generals did not see the exchange of blows between Di Huang and Gu Changge, they learned of some news at a later time. After the banquet ended, Di Huang attacked Gu Changge.

 

Almost no one was aware of it because Gu Changge badly injured Di Huang with only one move. Therefore, Di Huang was too embarrassed to announce it.

 

Later, he went to the depths of Spacetime to recuperate and let Di Kun handle the affairs of the Beast Court.

 

After that day, Di Kun solidified his position as the Beast Overlord. Although the news only spread within the Beast Court, word eventually got out. When the other Forces learned of the news, they were astonished. After all, even someone as powerful as Di Huang was injured by Gu Changge in only one move. Was there anyone in the Primary Hope Civilisation who would be a match for him?

 

Decades after the Beast Court joined the Heavenslayers Alliance, the Jing Family of the Magnificent Sun Ancient Territory announced that they intended to become part of the Heavenslayers Alliance too.

 

The Early Ancestor of the Jing Family, Jing Tianyuan, was from the same era as the Founder of the Imperial Celestial Palace . He was a living fossil in its literal sense.

 

It was shocking and inconceivable that he too made such a decision.

 

The Heavenslayers Alliance was expanding at a horrifying speed, much quicker than the Land of Celestial Suffering had been able to.

 

Although those from the Land of Celestial Suffering had occupied many Forces during their expansion, none of those Forces were comparable to the Beast Court and the Jing Family.

 

At the peak of the Land of Celestial Suffering’s power, they were only equally powerful as the Beast Court and the Jing Family.

 

It had only been hundreds of years since the Heavenslayers Alliance gained a footing in the Primary Hope Civilisation, but they had accumulated strength which was comparable to those of the Top Forces.

 

This made many Forces worried and uneasy. They had been wary of the Land of Celestial Suffering previously, but now, the Heavenslayers Alliance was an even bigger threat.

 

Around a thousand years passed just like this. To Dao Realm experts, such a time was nothing worth mentioning.

 

Although the development of the Immortal Spirit Civilisation with the Heavenslayers Alliance in charge over the years was not comparable to that of the Primary Hope Civilisation, they had occupied many nearby True Worlds.

 

The Heavenslayers Temples had been erected in many universes. The Heavenslayers Alliance became the faith of many in the Civilisations which had gone through the Great Purges.

 

After each Great Purge, they needed time to recover.

 

…

 

In front of a magnificent Heavenslayers Temple in the Great Emptiness Realm, an alluring woman wearing a face veil and silver armour looked at those who had knelt in front of the temple.

 

A smile finally played on her usually icy and impassive face.

 

“I’m the Heavenslayers Guardian, Chen Jinhan. I’ve completed my mission of spreading the Heavenslayers Alliance’s name across the entire Great Emptiness Realm.”

 

She stood in front of the Heavenslayers Temple as others prayed.

 

There was a statue in the temple. The face, which was blurred by a mist, suddenly solidified. He came alive as his deep gaze penetrated Spacetime and distance to look at her.

 

“What reward do you want?” The authoritative voice sounded in Chen Jinhan’s mind again. She thought of the time when her Older Sister had ruthlessly pushed her into the Abyss of Ten Thousand Souls. After that, in a remote temple, her body was reborn and became Immortal.

 

She remembered vividly how eager she had wanted to survive.

 

“As a Heavenslayers Guardian, I don’t need any reward. I’m willing to sacrifice everything for you, our great Heavenslayers Alliance Leader.”

 

Chen Jinhan looked fervently at the young-looking statue which seemed to have come alive. Her voice had never been firmer.

 

“You are someone with a strange fate. How interesting. Since you have the heart to blaspheme a deity, why don’t you have the guts to take action? Well, why don’t I give you a hand?”

 

In the void, a gaze with interest penetrated Spacetime and looked at the Nihility True World.