Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 257 Emperor Corpse
The mountains collapsed, the earth shattered, and the once beautiful and serene highlands were now scarred and devastated. The magnificent Yao Guang Divine City lay fallen at the foot of the mountains.

This land has become ruins, and the perpetrators have left. Only the Yao Guang cultivators remain silent amidst the smoke and dust.

Is this still the Holy Land of Yao Guang?

The young monk, bleeding from his mouth and nose, stood amidst the ruins, his bare hands clutching sharp shards of tile, surveying his surroundings and silently questioning himself.

But this question no longer needs an answer. The Yao Guang Holy Land has long since decayed and died, leaving only the corpse of the Holy Land named Yao Guang.

"Alas," the surviving Yao Guang powerhouse sighed as he began to clear the ruins, and then, under the watchful eyes of the ancient sage, prepared to push the divine city into the sky.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do that, not even the ancient sages could.

The dilapidated Yao Guang Holy Land has collapsed. Even if a hundred more divine cities were built, it would never return to its former glory. What remains here is the legacy of a ruthless person.

Many experts who had been watching the battle from afar were very solemn. Qi Zhe had almost destroyed a sacred place; if they were in his shoes, they knew they couldn't have stopped him either.

Someone hidden in the shadows said coldly, "It's just their own fault. The true Yao Guang Holy Land is no more."

Then someone added, "In the past, there was a sect called the Devouring Heaven Ancient Sect in Zhongzhou. It is said that they were all descendants of the Great Emperor's fellow townsmen. Because they were too ostentatious, they were destroyed by the joint forces of the kings."

"I think their day will come too."

In the Eastern Wilderness, the inheritors of the Ruthless Man's legacy are universally hated. If it weren't for the fact that the current inheritor of the Ruthless Man's legacy possesses an Imperial Weapon, they would inevitably face an attack from various forces.

"They are the Heaven-Devouring Holy Land."

Many powerful forces in the Southern Region had remained silent for a long time, but now that they saw their opponent exposed, they no longer concealed their true nature and directly called it the Devouring Heaven Holy Land.

In this attack on the Holy Land, Qi Zhe first killed the old Holy Lord of Yao Guang, and now he has also killed the prodigy Yao Guang, causing an ancient Holy Land to fall from its pedestal.

All of this was incredibly astonishing. Some people marveled at Qi Zhe's current power, having done what many powerful forces dared not do: directly confronting an imperial weapon.

Will Qi Zhe settle scores with the Ruthless Man's faction in the future?

Some people began to ponder, feeling that Qi Zhe would surely return one day and eventually sweep away all of this, allowing the true Yao Guang Holy Land to reappear in the world.

On this day, many powerful forces noticed the great battle in the Southern Region. Many ancient royal families arrived too late and failed to capture Qi Zhe's whereabouts.

"He really rose to power!" The Primordial Ancestral King in the Dragon Nest was furious, and even the Great Sage Qianlun felt regret.

"That Yao Guang was a prodigy whom our clan feared, but we never expected him to be killed right at our mountain gate. Is he warning us?"

The ancient cultivators thought of many things and realized that their previous worries had come true. Qi Zhe now had the ability to kill prodigies, and many of the ancient emperors' children were in danger.

"He wouldn't dare!" But some people felt that Qi Zhe wouldn't dare to do that. Having cultivated to this level, he should know the general trend and wouldn't disrupt the situation in the Eastern Wilderness.

Even so, it still gave the ancient cultivators a headache. Qi Zhe's cultivation speed was simply too fast, truly showing an unstoppable momentum.

"We can only hope he leaves Beidou as soon as possible."

However, Qi Zhe returned. He used the magic jar to conceal cause and effect and hid in the void, silently gazing at the old site of Yao Guang after the great calamity.

He discovered many cultivators hiding in the shadows, including those from ancient clans; almost no one could escape his divine eye.

After a moment, Qi Zhe muttered, "I hope it won't end up like Zishan."

Qi Zhe returned this time for Duan De's sake. He couldn't ignore Duan De, who was deep in the Emperor's Tomb, and had to wait for him to come out.

Thinking back to the last time Duan De was trapped in Zishan, Qi Zhe couldn't help but worry and suspect that Duan De might be trapped in the Emperor's Tomb again.

However, Qi Zhe was overthinking things this time. After waiting for three days, the land finally changed, and the ravaged highlands suddenly began to tremble violently.

"Boom!"

The Yao Guang Highlands were already half-destroyed; the continuous mountain ranges had fractured and tilted, and the numerous streams had evaporated and dried up. Now, they were about to be completely destroyed. The highlands, spanning thousands of miles, were constantly cracking, and countless abysses were rapidly appearing amidst the tremors, each radiating a terrifying and malevolent aura.

Boundless malevolent energy surged from the ground, instantly changing the color of the sky and earth. Most of the sky darkened, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and torrential rain of blood poured down.

"This is?"

The Yao Guang cultivators who were rebuilding the holy land were all shocked. Feeling the murderous aura, they were terrified. This also awakened Qi Zhe.

"The Emperor's Tomb has collapsed." Qi Zhe frowned and muttered, then began to search for Duan De's figure, but he couldn't find him anywhere.

"Buzz!"

The next moment, Qi Zhe felt the Devouring Demon Jar making strange noises, as if a power was summoning this imperial weapon across time and space, almost causing it to fly out of Qi Zhe's body.

"It's Duan De!" Qi Zhe instantly understood the cause and effect. Without hesitation, he released the magic jar, allowing it to fly out along the guide.

Duan De summoned the magic pot underground, indicating that he had encountered a dangerous situation. Qi Zhe knew that he could not stop him, otherwise he might end up killing Duan De.

"Chucky!"

The void beside Qi Zhe cracked open in an instant, and the Devouring Demon Jar transformed into a streak of dark light, plunging towards the high ground and almost instantly disappearing into the ground.

The fleeting glimpse of the imperial weapon also greatly surprised many Yao Guang cultivators. Some looked at the deep abysses on the Yao Guang Highlands and asked in horror, "What was that just now?"

"Damn it! Who is this villain?!"

The ancient sage, who was sitting cross-legged in the divine city, suddenly opened his eyes. A three-foot-long, deep blue divine light shot out from his eyes, almost piercing through the Yao Guang Highlands in an instant.

A day ago, he lifted up the divine city and selected a new holy master. He originally intended to recuperate and rebuild his life, but he never expected that someone would want to sever the roots of Yao Guang.

Although he had always known that there was an imperial tomb under Yao Guang and had been waiting for the day when a shocking change would occur, the sudden collapse without any warning was obviously suspicious.

"boom!"

At this moment, the ancient sage Yao Guang rushed out of the divine city again, wanting to see who was secretly plotting against him, and he would not let the other party go even if they had an imperial weapon.

"Amitabha! He has finally arrived!!"

Meanwhile, Duan De, who was on the ground, finally summoned the magic jar. After taking the jar, he hurriedly protected himself and tried his best to dispel the terrifying evil energy that filled the ground.

He was tens of thousands of feet underground, with a tunnel constructed of strange runes behind him, but the scenery in front of him was quite unusual.

"chichichi"

A massive chaotic cave lies underground, from which boundless malevolent energy surges forth, creating a huge underground space in front of it.

With the help of the Devouring Demon Jar, Duan De finally breathed a sigh of relief. After turning around slightly, he retraced his steps through the tunnel, muttering to himself:

"This is no imperial tomb, it's either a place of seclusion or a place of transformation!"

He ventured deep underground and discovered the secrets of the highlands, finding many strange Dao patterns with mysterious and extraordinary effects, all left behind by the Great Emperor.

He then used his Origin Technique to deduce that this place had once been a land of creation, and that the Ruthless Great Emperor had set up methods underground, perhaps using this place to undergo a transformation.

But the terrifying malevolent energy in the Chaos Cave stopped him in his tracks, making him suspect that there might be an imperial corpse inside, or even that it might have already rotted.

"If the Emperor's corpse rots, the sheer amount of malevolent energy alone would be enough to destroy the Eastern Wilderness!"

Duan De was filled with horror, because he knew that the emperor's corpse would never decay, but once it rotted, it would be a great disaster, affecting hundreds of millions of miles of land.

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