Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 500 The time I came out... seems a bit late?

Beast Realm, Ruins of the Nether Serpent Vein.

Under the leadership of Yao Ming, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan is cleaning up the mess and trying to create a temporary settlement in the chaos.

Suddenly, a tribesman who was clearing away rubble looked up at the sky, and his eyes widened in shock. The stone in his hand fell to the ground with a "thud".

"Heavens—heavens—what's that?!"

His exclamation attracted the attention of others nearby.

More and more people are raising their heads and looking up at the sky.

The once clear sky now had an extremely thin, almost imperceptible line appearing—

—Light purple "fine lines"!

The thin line stretched across the sky, as if someone had gently drawn a mark on the giant screen of the heavens with a pen dipped in pale purple ink.

At first, the thin line was barely visible.

But as time went on, the light purple turned into dark purple, and finally it even began to exude a faint but incredibly clear sense of pressure!

This oppressive aura wasn't specifically targeted at anyone; it simply permeated the world naturally, yet it instilled a sense of insignificance and awe in all living beings who sensed it, rising from the depths of their souls.

It was a kind of power that transcended all things, as if the will of Heaven had descended!

"This—this feeling—"

An elderly Nine Netherworld Python Clan member with white hair paled drastically as he gazed at the increasingly clear purple line in the sky, his voice trembling, "Emperor—Emperor-level soul?! Another Emperor-level soul?!"

Having experienced the great battle just now and witnessed firsthand how the mysterious being at the bottom of the Yellow Springs used the power of an Emperor-level soul to freeze the four Demon Saints of the Soul Clan, they had developed an almost instinctive understanding of this level of soul pressure.

Although the feeling emanating from these purple lines was completely different in nature from the chilling stillness of that senior from the Yellow Springs, their essence, which seemed to transcend heaven and earth, was exactly the same!

Another Emperor-level Soul Realm expert has arrived?!

This thought was like a bucket of ice water, instantly extinguishing the glimmer of hope that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan had just ignited for rebuilding their home, replacing it with boundless fear and despair!

What terrible things did their clan commit?!

Is this some kind of living hell?!

Yao Ming's face instantly turned extremely ugly, and he forcefully suppressed the fear in his heart and the urge to curse.

Taking a deep breath, he rose into the air and bowed respectfully and cautiously towards the purple line in the sky, trying to keep his voice steady: "May I ask which senior has graced the territory of my Nine Netherworld Python Clan with their presence? If the senior has any instructions, my clan—will certainly do our utmost to serve! Please—please instruct us!"

He was filled with unbearable regret at that moment!

If I had known we would provoke so many terrifying beings, I would have been better off locking him up in the dark and gloomy Nine Netherworld and letting that bastard brother of his continue to be the unlucky clan leader!

This position of clan leader is practically a death warrant!

The moment Yao Ming finished speaking.

"Buzz!"

Above the sky, the "thin line" that stretched across the horizon and had become as dense as amethyst seemed to be parted from the middle by an invisible finger!

It opened!

A vertical eye, stretching across the sky, suddenly appeared in the heavens!

This vertical eye, thousands of feet tall, with its pupil constantly churning and surging with chaotic energy, seemed to contain endless mysteries.

Indifferent, aloof, devoid of any emotion.

At the edge of the vertical eye, a ring of dazzling purple lightning is inlaid.

Lightning flashed and a deep rumble of thunder added a touch of destructive majesty to this indifferent "eye in the sky"!

"This—this is—the eye of heaven?!"

Looking at that huge vertical pupil that coldly looked down on all living beings, countless people were so shocked that their mouths were agape, their minds went blank, and they even seemed to forget to breathe!

This method of directly manifesting the heavens, like the embodiment of the will of Heaven, is completely beyond their comprehension!

"Xiao—Palace Master Xiao?!"

Unlike his clansmen, who were simply shocked, Yao Ming, after his initial shock, looked at the somewhat familiar vertical pupils and suddenly remembered.

Back then, in front of the Nine Netherworld Yellow Springs Stele, Xiao Bai had displayed a similar vertical eye between his eyebrows, but it was countless times smaller!

And this one in front of us—it's like that eye magnified to the scale of the heavens!

Upon hearing Yao Ming's exclamation, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan members below were taken aback.

Is this the method of that Palace Master Xiao?

The being capable of such supernatural powers must possess methods and strength far more terrifying than they imagined—"Demon Darkness!"

A distant, ethereal voice boomed from the chaotic vertical pupil, layer upon layer, carrying a strange echo.

"I am here! What are your orders, Palace Master Xiao?"

Yao Ming's body stiffened, and he quickly suppressed all distracting thoughts.

"I remember you visited the Eastern Dragon Island of the Ancient Dragon Clan several times."

Xiao Bai's voice continued, as clear as day, "Do you—do you have a way to pinpoint the exact location of Ancient Dragon Island in the void?"

Yao Ming was taken aback upon hearing this, and a sense of doubt immediately arose in his heart.

Given Xiao Bai's close relationship with the Purple Dragon Queen of Donglong Island, how could he not find the location of Gulong Island?

However, he quickly suppressed this thought and nodded hurriedly, saying, "Reporting to Palace Master Xiao, Elder Zhuli gave me a means to roughly sense the location of Donglong Island in the void. Although it cannot pinpoint its exact coordinates as it keeps drifting, it can provide a clear direction and distance range."

"very good!"

Xiao Bai's voice rose with a hint of satisfaction, and the next moment, a beam of purple light shot out from his vertical eye and entered Yao Ming's body.

"I've left a mark on you. Set off immediately at full speed towards the void region roughly where East Dragon Island is located. I will sense your location through the mark, then tear through the void to reunite with you."

Upon hearing this, Yao Ming was about to nod in agreement when he was tugged at by the elder beside him.

Yao Ming's face stiffened instantly, and he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, a clear look of hesitation and embarrassment appearing on his face.

"Um?"

Xiao Bai's voice, tinged with displeasure, came from his vertical pupils: "Is there some difficulty?"

Yao Ming's heart tightened, and he dared not hide anything any longer. He quickly cupped his hands and explained, "Palace Master Xiao, please understand. It's not that I'm unwilling to serve you! It's just that my clan is currently facing a great calamity, and our territory is almost completely destroyed. If I leave now, what if—what if the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan still harbors evil intentions—"

His words were filled with helplessness and distress.

Their ancestral land was gone, and all the formations within the clan had also disappeared. If a powerful enemy were to invade, they wouldn't even be able to put up a fight.

"This is easy."

Xiao Bai's indifferent voice rang out again, revealing no emotion.

Before the words were finished, the chaotic vertical pupil in the sky suddenly accelerated the surging air currents inside, as if it were deducing and reflecting something.

Just a few breaths later, a dynamic image clearly appeared in the center of the vertical pupil, like a reflection on the surface of water!

The first thing that appears in the picture is a figure with a weak aura and a sinister look in his eyes, filled with fear.

"It's that scruffy bird, Huang Tian!"

Below, the Nine Netherworld Python Clan members gritted their teeth and growled.

"Not just Huang Tian!"

Soon, someone exclaimed in surprise.

As the camera pans, it becomes clear that Huang Tian is not alone.

Behind him followed dozens of figures with considerable auras, the elite members of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan who had come with him earlier.

They seemed to be flying rapidly through a distorted spatial passage, each with a look of relief on their faces.

As they flew towards the horizon, at the end of their line of sight, a vortex-like entrance to a teleportation portal was quietly suspended in the void.

Around the entrance, familiar flame patterns and the architectural outlines unique to the Heavenly Phoenix Clan could be vaguely seen!

"That's—the entrance to the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's territory!"

An elder who knew a great deal about the Heavenly Phoenix Clan exclaimed in disbelief.

The vertical pupils actually reflected the movements of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, which were countless miles away?!

What kind of extraordinary skill is this?!

Countless members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan were dumbfounded; this was simply like the legendary "Heavenly Eye"!

However, what shocked them even more, to the point of almost leaving their souls, was yet to come!

The purple lightning that had been flowing quietly around the edge of the vertical pupil suddenly surged without warning!

"Boom—!!!"

In an instant, it was as if the entire sky had turned into a sea of ​​thunder!

Endless purple lightning bolts shot out from the vertical pupils, spreading to every inch of the sky within sight, turning the entire world into a purple expanse!

Then, under the gaze of countless blank stares.

At the center of that vertical pupil, a terrifying purple lightning pillar, as thick as an ancient mountain, slammed out like a giant axe that split the heavens and the earth!

"Snap—!!!"

Wherever the beam of light passed, space was not torn apart, but rather collapsed and annihilated on a large scale, like fragile glass!

This pillar of lightning pierced through the barrier between the continental space and the void, and in an incomprehensible way, following some mysterious trajectory, it disappeared into the depths of the collapsed void!

In a spatial passage not far from the entrance to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's realm.

"Are the clans ready? Once we enter the clan's territory, should we immediately seal off the passage and activate the highest alert?"

Huang Tian's face was pale and his breathing was unsteady. As he sped along, he sent a telepathic message to an equally disheveled old man beside him.

The chilling, terrifying aura of the soul he had encountered earlier had nearly scared him out of his wits.

"Reporting to the clan chief, the notification has been given! The Grand Elder replied that the clan's elite forces have assembled at the entrance to the boundary gate and are waiting for our return before immediately sealing off all external passages!"

The old man quickly replied.

Huang Tian nodded with a gloomy face, his eyes still showing lingering fear.

This time, not only did they fail to complete the Soul Clan mission, but they also completely offended the Purple Cloud Palace.

The days ahead are likely to be tough.

Just as his mind was in turmoil, his speeding figure suddenly stopped!

An indescribable chill ran through his body like lightning.

Just a moment ago, he felt as if he had been struck by something terrifying—

"I took a look!"

That one glance made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his blood almost freezing!

"Chieftain, what's wrong?"

The old man behind him noticed Huang Tian's unusual behavior and hurriedly asked, his voice filled with tension.

The others also slowed down, looking at Huang Tian with surprise and uncertainty.

Cold sweat poured down Huang Tian's forehead. He suppressed his heart palpitations and frantically urged his soul power to scan the surrounding space, even carefully exploring the direction of the clan's entrance several times.

"Nothing...nothing unusual?"

Huang Tian frowned, his heart filled with doubt and unease. Could it be that his injuries were too severe, and his mind was disturbed, causing him to hallucinate?

However, the thought had barely arisen, before it even dissipated, "Buzz!!!"

A devastating omen of death, a thousand times stronger than before, engulfed him and all the elite members of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan like a tsunami!

"No-!!!"

Huang Tian's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints, and he let out a desperate roar that was extremely shrill!

Under the horrified and distorted gazes of him and all the Heavenly Phoenix Clan members, the void above their heads suddenly—without warning—opened a pitch-black crack!

Immediately afterwards, a purple beam of light, a thousand feet in diameter, descended fiercely from the crack, like a sword of divine punishment!

A terrifying pressure instantly enveloped all of them, along with the entire spatial passage they were in!

There were no screams, no resistance.

Under that extremely destructive purple lightning, everything tangible and intangible, whether it was a powerful Heavenly Phoenix Clan Battle Saint or a solid spatial barrier, was vaporized and annihilated the moment they came into contact!

"boom-!!!"

The destructive aftershocks of the lightning continued to surge forward like a raging torrent, crashing violently into the entrance area of ​​the Heavenly Phoenix Clan's territory, which was not far away and had already gathered a large number of them!

"ah--!"

"Help!"

"No--!"

The screams abruptly stopped.

As the aftershocks of the lightning dissipated, the once heavily guarded entrance area of ​​the clan's territory had been transformed into a scorched, smoky wasteland of death!

Countless members of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan were reduced to ashes before they could even leave behind their remains. Only a few members who were on the periphery, stronger, or quicker to react managed to survive their severe injuries and lay on the scorched earth, emitting faint groans.

Where Huang Tian originally stood, only a bottomless, enormous pit remained.

The pit was filled with the aura of destructive lightning, and at the bottom, a body that was almost completely charred was twitching slightly.

His meridians, bones, and internal organs were almost completely destroyed, his bloodline was nearly depleted, and his soul was severely damaged. He was just one breath away from death.

He struggled to turn his charred eyes, his gaze falling upon scorched earth and scattered remnants emitting wisps of smoke.

The elite of the tribe who had previously accompanied him on his campaigns were ambitious and ready to fight.

At this moment—it has almost completely vanished!

The tribesmen who gathered at the entrance to the tribe's territory suffered even heavier casualties!

"puff--!"

Extreme anger, regret, fear and despair intertwined, and Huang Tian suddenly spat out a mouthful of charred blood mixed with pieces of flesh and blood.

He knew that the person who made the move did it on purpose.

Instead of killing him outright, they left him a sliver of hope, intending to make him witness this scene firsthand.

He struggled, using his last ounce of strength, and roared a venomous, soul-deep scream towards the purple-tinged sky: "Xiao—Bai—! Xiao Bai!!! You—are so cruel!!!"

The roar was shrill, like the cry of a cuckoo, filled with endless resentment and bitterness.

However, all that responded to him was the desolate, scorched earth and the spatial rift with purple marks slowly closing in the void. The venomous light in his eyes flickered violently a few times, like a candle in the wind, before finally fading completely.

His charred body stiffened slightly, and the last glimmer of life was extinguished.

at the same time.

The entire Nether Serpent vein was completely silent.

Everyone stared wide-eyed and gaped, as if an invisible force had choked them, yet they couldn't utter a sound.

An utter stillness filled the air, along with a deep-seated terror and awe!

Is this the true strength of the Palace Master of Zixiao Palace?!

Relative to the void—no, across countless miles of space, perhaps even across different spatial dimensions—

Just one strike!

Not only did they completely annihilate all the elites of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan present, including Huang Tian, ​​a late-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng, but they also completely wiped out the rest of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

Its powerful aftershocks even destroyed most of the defensive forces at the entrance to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's territory!

This is hardly a battle.

This is clearly divine punishment!!

If that terrifying purple lightning bolt hadn't been aimed at the distant Heavenly Phoenix Clan, but rather at the Netherworld Vein beneath their feet—

Who can survive?!

Who can withstand it?!

Forget about resisting, they probably wouldn't even have a chance to react or think before they'd vanish into nothingness in an instant!

Even a powerful figure like Huang Tian was powerless to resist. Their Nine Netherworld Python Clan's most powerful patriarch, Yao Ming, was only a two-star Dou Sheng. Wasn't he even considered cannon fodder?

A bone-chilling coldness shot from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, causing them to shiver involuntarily.

The gaze directed at the indifferent vertical pupil in the sky was filled with unprecedented awe!

"So—are you satisfied now?"

Xiao Bai's emotionless voice rang out from within the vertical pupils, breaking the suffocating silence.

This calm question, however, exploded in Yao Ming's ears like a thunderclap, startling him awake from his boundless shock!

"Completely satisfied! Extremely satisfied! Palace Master Xiao's divine might is unparalleled!"

"Yes! Yes! Anyone who dares to be dissatisfied, I'll be the first to crush them!"

The elder who had given the warning was also terrified and quickly echoed his words.

He forced a fawning smile that looked more like a grimace, and cautiously looked up at the vertical pupil, as if afraid that a bolt of purple lightning would suddenly strike down from there and turn him to ashes as well.

The other elders also realized what was happening and started showering him with flattery, creating a somewhat comical scene that also revealed their deepest fears.

"Palace Master Xiao, I'm setting off immediately! I'll get to Donglong Island as quickly as possible!"

Yao Ming dared not hesitate for a moment, respectfully bowing deeply to the vertical pupil, and then tearing it apart with both hands without hesitation—

"Sizzle!"

A stable crack was forcibly torn open in the space in front of him. He took one last look at the terrified people below, stepped into it, and his figure disappeared instantly.

He knew that helping Xiao Bai was the greatest guarantee for the future survival of their Nine Netherworld Python Clan!

After Yao Ming left, the chaotic vertical pupil in the sky began to slowly fade.

All members of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, whether elders or ordinary members, upon witnessing this scene, instinctively clasped their hands in a fist salute and shouted in unison with the utmost respect, "Respectfully bidding farewell to Palace Master Xiao—!!!"

Only after the last wisp of the vertical pupil had completely vanished into the sky did the group dare to slowly straighten up.

Many people then realized that their backs were completely soaked with cold sweat, their clothes clung tightly to their skin, and a gust of wind brought a bone-chilling cold.

What they see and hear today will inevitably become an indelible mark on their lives.

The name Xiao Bai, the master of Zixiao Palace, along with his vertical pupils that resembled the eyes of heaven, and the purple divine lightning that traversed the void and obliterated everything, will be forever etched deep within their souls.

Zixiao Palace, beneath the ancient Bodhi tree.

Xiao Bai slowly opened his slightly closed eyes. The vertical lines between his brows quietly closed, and the last trace of lightning disappeared.

His face seemed even paler than before, and his breathing was slightly uneven.

Clearly, that attack that traversed the endless void, precisely locked onto and annihilated Huang Tian, ​​had taken a toll on him.

"How is it?"

Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Yun, and the little golden dragon, who had been waiting by the side, immediately surrounded them with concern.

Seeing Xiao Bai nod, the women all breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the specific details are unknown, judging from Xiao Bai's expression, there is clearly no problem.

Xiao Bai didn't explain the technique he had just used. With a thought, he raised his right hand and lightly drew a line in the air in front of him with his index finger—

"laugh!"

A stable silver passage appeared out of thin air.

Xiao Bai then looked at the women and solemnly instructed them, "If you notice anything amiss after I leave, do not hesitate, immediately lead your men to retreat into the Heavenly Tomb."

The Heavenly Tomb is an excellent refuge. Even if the Soul Emperor wanted to force his way in, he would have to put in a lot of effort, not to mention that the Heavenly Tomb is connected to the Ancient Realm.

As soon as Xiao Bai finished speaking, the light and shadow inside the newly stabilized spatial passage suddenly flickered!

Immediately afterward, under the slightly astonished gazes of Xiao Bai and Cai Lin, a figure dressed in a simple blue robe actually—step by step, calmly—"walked" out from inside the passage!

Yes, it wasn't crossing or shuttling, but rather like stepping out of one's own doorstep, naturally and effortlessly, from inside the passage to outside, standing on the land of Zixiao Palace!

"senior?!"

Xiao Bai's eyes widened instantly, his voice filled with disbelief and astonishment, "You—you—can—leave the Heavenly Tomb now?!"

Xiao Xuan stepped out of the passage, stood still, and first closed his eyes slightly to take a deep breath of the fresh scent of grass and trees outside, revealing a heartfelt smile of comfort on his face.

He slowly opened his eyes, his gaze revealing a deep longing and emotion for freedom and the outside world.

Hearing Xiao Bai's question, he smiled and nodded, his tone carrying a hint of relief and satisfaction: "That's right, now I can finally temporarily escape the cage of the Heavenly Tomb," and truly—"walk" out!

As he spoke, he seemed to sense something, and reached out and grasped at the empty space in front of him. "It seems I came out a little late?"