In the Chaotic Star Domain, My Word Is Law!

Looking at the two bewildered Ancestral Gods, Qi Yuan said casually, "Your horizons are still far too limited. "Have you ever heard of wave-particle duality? "In a world called Blue Star, plenty of ordinary men and women possess that kind of skill. "I can be a Yin God, I can be a Realm Lord, and I can even be a Purple Mansion... Why can't they coexist?" It was just like the Tang Niu inequality: accepting a gift did not equate to consent. I am a Realm Lord, which does not mean I am only a Realm Lord. I can also be a Purple Mansion! You cannot define me! Shangguan Qingteng and Shangguan Qingmiao were left utterly dumbfounded. Had Qi Yuan ruined his brain from cultivation? Right now, that seemed to be the only plausible explanation. Yet before they could ponder any further, a vast, surging aura swept across the world at that very instant. High in the firmament, fifteen towering figures descended, each emanating a terrifying presence. The moment they saw those fifteen figures, Shangguan Qingteng and Shangguan Qingmiao's expressions hardened. Yang Gods! The Yang Gods of Heitian and Heitu had arrived! Fifteen Yang Gods hung suspended in the sky, their boundless might shaking myriad realms. A battle of this scale was rare even across the Tai Star Domain, outside the Void Sea frontline. "Where is Qi Yuan? Come out and accept your death at once!" A majestic, unquestionable voice boomed across the sky. Yet in the very next breath, before anyone in the Kuijin Realm could react, a languid voice washed over them all. "Whoever hinders my transformation into a mortal shall be shown no mercy!" A kitchen cleaver suddenly cleaved across the firmament. "Starting today... my word is law in the Chaotic Star Domain!" As the utterly plain cleaver struck out, the earth did not split, the mountains did not crumble, and not even the wind stirred into ripples. And yet... in an instant, the fifteen majestic Yang Gods shattered. Fallen. Their physical bodies reformed once more, yet what greeted them was the exact same downward stroke. Qi Yuan cast a glance over the fifteen Yang Gods, distaste flickering in his eyes. "Far too useless. Bringing so little guiling source that I can finish killing you in the time it takes an incense stick to burn." The cleaver hung suspended in the sky, chopping downward again and again, repeatedly executing the fifteen Yang Gods. If these fifteen Yang Gods possessed enough guiling source to resurrect indefinitely, this blade was more than capable of hanging suspended here for three thousand years, ceaselessly slaughtering them upon revival until they met absolute annihilation. This place would then turn into a perilous forbidden ground or a cosmic spectacle, worthy of eternal awe and pilgrimage from the mortal world. Beside him, Shangguan Qingteng and Shangguan Qingmiao's pupils contracted violently. What were they witnessing? What on earth was this? He... truly was a Realm Lord. How could that be? "How could you possibly be this strong?" Shangguan Qingmiao blurted out instinctively. In the Divine Wood Universe, it was fundamentally impossible for a Realm Lord to exist. Attaining the Realm Lord stage required sacrificing every single Mandate bearer. Could he be... from another universe? That was even more impossible. His mind was in utter turmoil, completely unable to comprehend what was happening. "Why am I this strong?" Qi Yuan paused for a moment before replying, "Because I know Sun Tzu's Art of War. I excel at using overwhelming strength to crush the weak, which makes me invincible." "???" Shangguan Qingteng and Shangguan Qingmiao inexplicably felt the air turn freezing cold. Naturally, that chill was no illusion. Whenever Qi Yuan finished telling a cold joke, he deliberately chilled the ambient air to complement it. Paying no further mind to the two, Qi Yuan stated indifferently, "Whoever hinders my transformation into a mortal shall be shown no mercy!" At the same time, his figure blurred into an ethereal void. Within the Chaotic Star Domain, hundreds upon thousands of worlds overlapped or lay concealed within specks of dust. At that moment, across tens of thousands of worlds, a grand voice of the Great Dao suddenly echoed: "Starting today, my word is law in the Chaotic Star Domain!" The immense voice resonated throughout every corner. Every living being across the Chaotic Star Domain heard the thunderous sound in that instant. Countless people and armament masters looked around in bewilderment, and even the members of Thorn Blood were filled with astonishment. "Who dares to be so insolent?" A Yang God of Heitian and Heitu shot into the sky like a streak of flowing light. Yet what awaited him was a majestic giant hand. The hand appeared from nowhere, blotting out the sky and sun, with space and time seemingly turning within its grasp. That Yang God of Heitian and Heitu turned as pale as death. His aura was severed in an instant, only to resurrect, and then be ground to dust once more. Identical scenes played out across the various worlds of the Chaotic Star Domain. Across tens of thousands of worlds on this day, majestic giant hands descended, slaughtering without distinction. Every guiling and every guishen was forcefully suppressed and executed. Even Yang Gods possessing guiling source that granted infinite resurrection were relentlessly slain by Qi Yuan. Countless beings looked toward the heavens, their faces struck with shock or utter bewilderment. "What is that?" They could not understand. Yet they knew that from this day forth, the sky above the Chaotic Star Domain had completely changed. *** In the Qingshan Realm, where this game had first begun. A majestic giant hand descended. All the guiling crumbled and perished like rotting wood. "Daring to snatch my drone? You're courting death!" Qi Yuan's palm struck down a Heaven-grade guiling, reducing it to ashes in an instant. In less than a single breath, the guiling that had previously plagued the Qingshan Realm were completely wiped out, slaughtered down to the last. Countless people looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with fear and astonishment. "What kind of majestic existence is this?" "Someone from beyond the heavens?" "A divine advent?" "Brother-in-law? Is that Brother-in-law's voice?" someone exclaimed in delight, beaming like a complete fool. Others were equally astonished, for that exceedingly domineering voice echoing across the firmament was simply far too familiar. Meanwhile, within the imperial city, an exquisitely dainty, beautiful woman heard the voice in the sky, and wild joy flashed in her pretty eyes. "Old Cai?" Having transformed into a Realm Lord, Qi Yuan could hear any voice mentioning him, even across countless tens of thousands of li. Hearing the name "Old Cai," he could not help but twitch his lips. In the end, as a man of culture, he couldn't be bothered to argue. His gaze seemed to span time and space, falling upon Shen Lingfeng in Fengshan Commandery. "Tell my mother-in-law that Lingxuan is with me now and completely safe." Wild joy shone in Shen Lingfeng's eyes. "It really is you, Brother-in-law!" "Oh, right. Tell her one more thing: I am no longer the petty live-in son-in-law of the past, and I won't be carrying her bathwater anymore." "Understood, Brother-in-law!" Shen Lingfeng answered excitedly. Meanwhile, inside the Shen Manor, the Master of the Shen family and Madam Shen looked up at the giant hand in the sky. Like ordinary folk, fear of the unknown gripped their hearts. Yet Madam Shen felt an odd sensation. "Husband, don't you feel... this voice sounds somewhat familiar?" "Are you trying to say... Watch your tongue! Do not anger such a majestic entity!" the Master of the Shen family warned anxiously. Such mighty beings were beyond mortal comprehension. Seeing this, Madam Shen tactfully held her tongue, though doubt still lingered in her heart. Right then, Shen Lingfeng came rushing inside. "Father, Mother... Brother-in-law!" Hearing this, Madam Shen immediately realized her thick-headed son must have noticed the voice sounded like Qi Yuan's as well. She scolded in a hurry, "Stop talking nonsense! That is not your brother-in-law!" "It is him! It really is him!" Shen Lingfeng said elatedly. "Brother-in-law just told me that the voice in the sky is his!" "What?" "How could that be!" The Master and Madam Shen froze in utter shock. It truly was Qi Yuan? "Brother-in-law also said he is no longer that petty live-in son-in-law of the past, and he won't be carrying your bathwater anymore!" "..." *** Meanwhile, an incarnation manifested, descending onto Sunset Cliff and ultimately entering the Divine Wood Deep Abyss. Qi Yuan's incarnation gazed upon the magnificent, desolate Divine Wood Deep Abyss, a strange expression in his eyes. "Blind girl?" he called out softly. His voice carried a Realm Lord's grasp of cosmic rules, powerful enough to resonate through every corner and rouse a comatose soul. Yet just like last time, no one answered. Scanning the entire surroundings, the incarnation ultimately showed a helpless look. "To think that even after becoming a Realm Lord, I still cannot see through the truth." At the Realm Lord stage, one commanded cosmic rules at will. Nothing within the universe could remain hidden. Yet within the Divine Wood Deep Abyss, all Qi Yuan saw was the unknown. Fractured colored lines, overlapping scrambled numbers—chaotic, disorderly, devoid of law or structure, resembling primordial chaos. He reached out his hand to touch them, yet grasped only nothingness. Closing his eyes, Qi Yuan listened intently. "Since my eyes cannot see, what about my ears?" He recalled the Soundless Sound. It did not exist within the mundane world, as though no one could ever hear it. Only his unique ability might faintly catch a trace. Clad in a white robe, he stood quietly within the Divine Wood Deep Abyss. After a long silence, he murmured, "I hear the sound of clouds, the sound of rain, and the sound of voiceless thunder." Qi Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze turning somber. For some reason, an inexplicable sense of powerlessness welled up inside him. Suddenly, Qi Yuan flipped his hand. A leaf entered his sight. Obtained from the Curious Realm, this leaf was the Tianyuan used to forge fragments of the curious treasure of light. He looked at the leaf, deep in thought. *** At the Radiant Society. Palaces of jade rose tall, resembling an immortal court. "That fellow Wu Dong... is truly useless, actually dying in the Divine Wood Universe." The speaker was a tall woman, her eyes shimmering like stars. She hailed from the Yaoguang Universe and was the second strongest among those at the fifth step of Sky Treading there. "Hey, Fengti alt, is that Qi Yuan really that powerful?" The tall woman looked toward Fengti. The Fengti before her was not the true Fengti, but merely a replica—and a replica of Fengti at the fifth step of Sky Treading at that. Hence, the tall woman addressed him as an alt. Fengti's gaze grew profound. "If you wish to know, go challenge him yourself and find out." He retained no memory of what had transpired back then. Yet carrying nine lives, he had still been slain, which meant that Qi Yuan's strength far exceeded his own by a substantial margin. "If not for having to hold back those useless trash from Heitu, this young lady would have gone to challenge that so-called Qi Yuan long ago. You... you've completely disgraced our Yaoguang Universe," the tall woman said. Having reached their level and lived for countless years, they acted entirely according to their whims, true to their nature and free of internal doubt. "You are simply afraid," Fengti replied. "Wu Dong perished inexplicably, and not even Realm Lord Suiyue's intervention could retrieve him." "Did cultivation rot your brain? Wu Dong's death must be tied to Heitian. Why... would you ever think a native of the Divine Wood Universe could—" The tall woman's words stopped dead. A hoarse, boundless voice echoed throughout the Radiant Divine Palace. "All members, prepare immediately to withdraw from the Chaotic Star Domain." A bewildered look crossed the tall woman's face. "Old man, what happened? Did Heitian and Heitu breach the Void Sea defense line and invade the Chaotic Star Domain?" Given her noble status, she could naturally question the palace master of this Radiant Society branch. "A Realm Lord expert has emerged in the Chaotic Star Domain. If we remain, only death awaits us," the branch palace master answered. "A Realm Lord... How is that possible? A Realm Lord from Heitian or Heitu pushed through? Is Yuan dead?" The tall woman was stunned, finding it impossible to believe. Despite her immense talent, a Realm Lord was still an existence she had to look up to. With a single thought, a Realm Lord could effortlessly erase her. "It is not a Realm Lord from Heitian. The Divine Wood Universe has birthed a Realm Lord." "Impossible!" Her immediate reaction was disbelief. This completely shattered her understanding. "This matter has already been confirmed by Realm Lord Fengyun. A Realm Lord named Qi Yuan has indeed appeared in the Chaotic Star Domain. "He... Fengti has even met him before. When Fengti went to the Qingshan Realm in the past, he was slain by this very person." "Confirmed by Realm Lord Fengyun? Wait... The one who slew Fengti?" A sense of absurdity welled up in the tall woman's heart. The person she had wanted to challenge... was a Realm Lord? And how could a Realm Lord possibly emerge from the Divine Wood Universe? Every single part of this was utterly bizarre, completely defying logic. "Leave this place at once! Otherwise... not even a Realm Lord's intervention will be able to restore our lives!" The tall woman hesitated no longer. She knew running away as quickly as possible was the wisest move. If they delayed, they might not escape at all. That was a Realm Lord. In ordinary universes, a Realm Lord was often the absolute peak existence. *** Realm Lord Sanmu hung his head, wearing a long, gloomy face. "Fengti, stop cultivating. Something huge has happened." Awakening from his meditation, Fengti looked at Realm Lord Sanmu with utter helplessness. "Old Sanmu, what is it this time?" He had been cultivating diligently, preparing to break through to the third tier of the Yang God realm—the Realm Lord stage. Yet this Old Sanmu kept bothering him time and again. "Do you remember the person I mentioned last time? The one who defeated... your replica." "Yes, a native of the Divine Wood Universe," Fengti replied casually. "He can be considered a prodigy." "More than just... a prodigy." "Did your disciple lose?" A hint of schadenfreude surfaced in Fengti's calm eyes. "More than just... lost. He died! Not only that, this old man sought out Realm Lord Suiyue, yet even he failed to retrieve his true spirit," Realm Lord Sanmu said bitterly. "No wonder you came to me. This matter... is indeed strange," Fengti remarked. "That is merely a minor detail. What truly matters is that this person... named Qi Yuan, has now broken through to the Realm Lord stage." "How is that possible?" Shock flashed in Fengti's eyes. At the same time, the peculiar true spirit nestled within Fengti's body shuddered violently. Fengti's gaze shifted as he sensed something. "A matter of this scale... is probably something the Dao Lord would be interested in. It has nothing to do with someone like me, who hasn't even reached the third tier of the Yang God realm." With a flick of his wide sleeve, Fengti signaled his guest to leave. Realm Lord Sanmu departed while grumbling and cursing under his breath. Inside Fengti's ear, an astonished voice murmured: "How strange... Why did I not know that an extra Realm Lord would emerge in the Divine Wood Universe?" "Is this... very unusual?" "Very unusual, exceptionally unusual. Truly strange," the voice echoed faintly. "The more unusual and strange it is, the greater the danger it represents. Fengti... you should leave Yaoguang with me. "If you remain in Yaoguang, you will never be able to step into the Realm Lord stage. "You have already been frozen at the second layer of the Yang God Realm. "Just as the destruction... of the Divine Wood Universe has already been set in stone."