Before destroying the Clear Sky Sect, Xu Zihuang had used the ninth soul skill of his Golden Eyes Martial Soul, the Space-Time Barrier, precisely to ensure that no fish would escape the net.
Moreover, things had gone even more smoothly than he had anticipated.
Within his spiritual perception, Titan and Niu Tian had been unable to rush to the rescue of the other members of the Clear Sky Sect in time because they were protecting the cultivating Tang Wutong. As a result, within the entire Clear Sky Sect, aside from Tang Wutong, the sect's direct bloodline descendants had all perished here. The Clear Sky Sect's main residence had also been destroyed, reduced to ruins.
"Bastard!" A low, extremely furious roar exploded within the rolling smoke and dust, deafening to the ears.
"No matter who you are, today you have already earned a path to death!"
From within the gradually dissipating smoke and dust, the figure of a burly middle-aged man emerged. The middle-aged brute was at least over two meters tall, with exaggeratedly bulging muscles all over his body. Especially his pair of arms, they were exceptionally thick and sturdy. With every swing, the terrifying force sent bursts of explosive sound through the air.
He had a head of fine, steel-needle-like black short hair, a resolute face, and a pair of brownish-yellow eyes that faintly shimmered with golden light, filled with a ferocious and ruthless aura.
The middle-aged brute was none other than Titan. The previous roar had come from him.
Beside Titan floated another middle-aged man whose burly physique was in no way inferior to his. A head of long, cyan hair draped over the middle-aged man's broad shoulders, and his eyes were actually the same cyan color as his hair. At first glance, he gave off a plain and unadorned feeling, yet there seemed to be an indescribable special quality to him, as if he was deliberately suppressing the powerful aura within his body.
The middle-aged man's identity was self-evident, he was Niu Tian, whose original body had evolved into the Heavenly Azure Divine Dragon.
Tang Wutong sat cross-legged on the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed, still deeply immersed in meditative cultivation. She was protected in the middle by Niu Tian and Titan. Earth-yellow and cyan soul power swirled around the two of them, making the floating Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed extremely stable, as if it were embedded within this space.
A black shadow swept past overhead. Titan and Niu Tian simultaneously raised their heads to look. Upon seeing Xu Zihuang floating in front of the golden sun, both men's pupils instantly contracted, and the expressions on their faces froze.
"Brat, have you gone mad?! Do you know what you were doing just now?!" Titan reacted, roaring angrily at Xu Zihuang, his eyes flashing with vicious light. From within his body surged thick earth-yellow soul power, now mixed with specks of majestic golden radiance. Nine soul rings, eight black and one red, almost instantly rose from beneath his feet.
"Do you want to kill Wutong?!"
Although Titan had obeyed Tang San's orders to descend to the lower realm and join the Clear Sky Sect, becoming its Second Sect Master, he himself did not have much emotional attachment to the Clear Sky Sect.
Of course, because of the relationship between the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San, Titan also felt anger over the Clear Sky Sect's destruction due to the loss of face and being unable to explain it to Tang San. However, the source of this anger was mostly because Xu Zihuang had just placed Tang Wutong in danger.
In his view, even ten Clear Sky Sects were far less important than a single Tang Wutong.
Xu Zihuang expressionlessly stared at Titan and Niu Tian below. His deep, icy eyes were like ten-thousand-year-old ice. Then, he slowly raised his right hand.
A divine and ancient-looking golden spear appeared out of thin air in his right hand. This golden spear had no luxurious decorations. Aside from its sharp spear tip, its entire body was engraved with intricate, brilliant golden patterns. These patterns were similar to the ones in the left eye of Xu Zihuang's Golden Eyes Martial Soul, but far more profound and obscure.
Divine Artifact: Spear of Eternal Time!
Ever since Xu Zihuang broke through to the Title Douluo realm, the God of Time and the God of Space had bestowed this divine artifact upon him. It was only that the opponents he had faced afterward were limited in strength, so he had never used it until now.
With the appearance of the Spear of Eternal Time, an unparalleled, surging energy instantly erupted from it, sweeping across the entire area.
This entire space seemed to have been ignited by the brilliant golden light flickering on the Spear of Eternal Time, completely dyed in gold. If not for the restriction of the Space-Time Barrier, the phenomenon caused by the Spear of Eternal Time would have spread at least a thousand li away.
"Divine artifact?!" Titan and Niu Tian both cried out in shock, their minds greatly shaken.
Xu Zihuang pointed the tip of the Spear of Eternal Time toward Niu Tian and Titan, coldly shouting with a hint of mockery.
"Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with me. You two beasts, do you still not understand the current situation?"
The expressions on Niu Tian and Titan's faces shifted uncertainly. Although they were merely divine officials, they had seen many powerful gods while in the Divine Realm.
The golden spear in Xu Zihuang's hand, judging from its aura, was clearly the divine artifact of a first-level god.
Now that they were in the lower realm, even if they could mobilize divine power, they could not truly display god-level strength. Facing Xu Zihuang, who possessed a first-level god's divine artifact, winning would probably not be so easy.
At this moment, Niu Tian and Titan finally understood why Tang San had chosen Xu Zihuang.
The future Xu Zihuang would at the very least become a first-level god. If Tang San took Xu Zihuang as his son-in-law, it would undoubtedly become a major help in his control over the Divine Realm.
At this moment, the golden Sea God's Trident rune at Tang Wutong's glabella suddenly flickered. That majestic and sacred aura instantly caused Niu Tian and Titan to calm down. The two exchanged a glance and once again became full of confidence.
"Impudent!" Niu Tian's eyes widened. Instantly, violent winds arose in the sky, and a terrifying pressure suddenly erupted from within his body. A streak of cyan lightning abruptly flashed across the sky, accompanied by a muffled thunderous boom. Rolling dragon roars reverberated through the heavens.
"Brat, has no one ever taught you to respect your elders?! Do you know that the soul of the Emperor Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from the Star Dou Great Forest, originally came from Wutong? In other words, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was merely one of Wutong's avatars. I can understand your feelings, but the return of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soul and bloodline to Wutong's body is simply returning things to their rightful owner. Wutong will inherit the portion of memories between the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and you. Given how impulsive you are today, how do you think Wutong will view you once she awakens?!"
Under Xu Zihuang's control, Di Tian and Bi Ji outside the Space-Time Barrier could clearly see everything happening inside and could also clearly hear the voices within.
Di Tian, as one of the oldest existences among soul beasts, had recognized the identities of Titan and Niu Tian the moment they appeared.
Seeing the Heavenly Azure Bull Python being so shameless, Di Tian could no longer hold back. With a grim face, he growled in a low voice, "So it's these two bastards! The Emperor Beast was born and raised by heaven and earth, and came into existence ten thousand years ago. How could its soul and bloodline possibly originate from a human woman?"
Bi Ji lowered her head to glance at Wang Qiu'er in her arms, then looked at Tang Wutong who was still meditating and cultivating. With a difficult expression, she said, "Di Tian, the Emperor Beast must have been schemed against."
"These two traitors!" Di Tian naturally reacted belatedly as well.
"Ever since they followed that person and ascended to the Divine Realm, they have long since betrayed their own race. It looks like they must have been instructed by that person! What Sea God? Truly shameless to the extreme!"
Inside the Space-Time Barrier, Xu Zihuang laughed in extreme anger.
"According to what you said, should I kneel and beg for your forgiveness, then obediently become a dog for the Tang family, just like you two beasts? You know what? Not everyone is so cheap at heart!"
Lies do not hurt people; only the truth is a sharp blade.
Titan felt as if he had been stabbed in a sore spot. He pounded his chest with both fists and roared toward the sky.
"You brat, you're courting death?! Since you don't know how to appreciate kindness, this old man will teach you a good lesson!"
With Tang San backing him, Titan felt as if he had a dog relying on its master's power. Niu Tian also wore a gloomy expression and tacitly approved of Titan's actions. He knew that ordinary methods would not be enough to make Xu Zihuang submit.
Behind Titan, a surge of black airflow burst forth. It gradually condensed and took shape, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall black giant ape.
The pitch-black seventh soul ring behind him shone brightly. With both arms raised high, Titan's body directly merged into the hundred-meter giant ape behind him, and the giant ape instantly became solid.
Martial Soul True Body: Titan Giant Ape!
The Titan Giant Ape's body was covered in dense black fur. With a single leap, it arrived above Xu Zihuang's head. Its two fists came together and smashed down heavily toward Xu Zihuang. An extremely terrifying force erupted from the Titan Giant Ape's body, causing the surrounding air to become heavy, as if weighed down by thousands of catties.
"Scram!"
However, Xu Zihuang was not affected in the slightest. His expression turned cold as he threw out his left fist, directly clashing head-on with Titan's attack.
The Titan Giant Ape's massive fists collided with Xu Zihuang's left fist. The stark difference in their sizes created a vivid contrast.
"Boom boom boom—" Violent rumbling sounds rang out. The surrounding space shattered layer by layer under the collision of terrifying power and soul force.
Man and beast remained locked in a brief stalemate.
Titan's heart shook. He had never imagined that Xu Zihuang could contend with him in the area he was most proficient in, raw strength. The moment his mind wavered, a strange pitch-black light covered Xu Zihuang's left fist. With a buzzing sound, Titan's massive body was sent flying backward.
Titan let out a muffled groan. Just as he was about to stabilize himself and attack Xu Zihuang again, he suddenly discovered a pitch-black, void-like light sphere that had pierced through the void and attached itself to his chest.
Xu Zihuang coldly looked over, his left hand making a grasping motion toward Titan.
Titan sensed danger and struggled madly, but his body uncontrollably floated upward into the high sky.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble, rumble—"
On the ground, enormous rocks were pulled by an invisible force and shot toward Titan's body. That force originated precisely from the pitch-black light sphere attached to Titan's chest.
Thick earth-yellow light continuously flickered around Titan, it was the Gravity Control Domain.
However, gravity was ultimately a form of attractive force and was inherently countered by the skill of Xu Zihuang's left arm soul bone. Titan could not break free at all. This was an innate gap in the level of power.
This also fully verified one fact: the same soul skill used by different people could still have enormous differences. Xu Zihuang's development of gravity control and repulsion control was clearly far superior to that of the Demon Empress.
That black light sphere was something he had obtained by using spatial power to imprison and compress gravity. It also incorporated a portion of divine power converted from his own soul power, which allowed it to produce such an effect on Titan.
Countless rocks slammed into Titan's body. In an instant, they formed an enormous sphere with a diameter of over five hundred meters, resembling an extraterrestrial celestial body suspended high in the sky.
Titan was sealed inside it and had now completely lost all signs of life.
"Second Brother!" Niu Tian had not expected the situation to change so drastically. In shock and uncertainty, he was about to make a move to rescue him. But at that very moment, he sensed a powerful threat. He subconsciously shook his body and transformed into a thousand-meter-long cyan-golden giant dragon.
Cyan-golden lightning coiled around his body, its might astonishing.
Heavenly Azure Divine Dragon!
At the same time, under Xu Zihuang's will, countless silver chains engraved with strange patterns drilled out from the void and instantly bound the Heavenly Azure Divine Dragon that Niu Tian had transformed into in place. The chains wrapped around the dragon's body, and above them, a massive, divine silver rune condensed.
Divine Artifact: Void Chains!
"Void Dragon-Locking Array." With Xu Zihuang's soft chant, the Void Dragon-Locking Array fully took shape. The powerful and special spatial sealing power actually caused the divine power within Niu Tian's body to fall into silence.
Niu Tian raised his massive cyan-golden dragon head and glared furiously at Xu Zihuang. However, deep in his heart, an irrepressible trace of fear emerged.
"You?!"
This was Xu Zihuang's true strength at present. Possessing two divine artifacts, he could truly be called unrivaled beneath the god level! With a casual raise of his hand, he had suppressed both Niu Tian and Titan.
The golden Sea God's Trident rune at Tang Wutong's glabella flickered once more. At this critical moment, she finally slowly opened her eyes and shouted loudly at Xu Zihuang to stop.
"Stop!"
Xu Zihuang raised his head with indifferent eyes and saw a pair of gorgeous blue-golden dragon wings unfurling from behind Tang Wutong's back. She stood atop clouds and mist, her entire body emitting a faint golden halo, looking like a celestial goddess who had walked out of the clouds.
Her body had graceful and alluring curves. Her wavy pink-blue long hair fluttered in the wind. Her entire being was filled with an irresistible charm.
Her flawless, perfect face was identical to Wang Qiu'er's. Moreover, after fusing with Wang Qiu'er's soul and bloodline, Tang Wutong's demeanor also carried some of Wang Qiu'er's traits, especially those beautiful pink-blue eyes.
In the past, Tang Wutong's eyes had only contained an arrogant, disdainful pride. Now, however, they possessed Wang Qiu'er's cold indifference as well as the tenderness she felt toward Xu Zihuang.
Niu Tian had not lied about this one point. After fusing with Wang Qiu'er's soul, Tang Wutong had indeed inherited all of Wang Qiu'er's memories, including the feelings she had for Xu Zihuang.
But in the next instant, Xu Zihuang's figure had already flashed and appeared in front of Tang Wutong. With cold eyes, he swung the Spear of Eternal Time in his hand and pierced straight through Tang Wutong's chest. Only his icy voice remained echoing in Tang Wutong's ear.
"Your current appearance truly makes one sick. You will never be able to become her, understand?"
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