Chapter 1182: Divine Court

Chapter 1182: Chapter 539: Divine Court

Chapter 539

The Dao Soldiers on the ship looked towards the silhouette at the bow with eyes that couldn’t be simply described as worship.

That is… a god embodying both creation and destruction!

Another two star-months of voyage passed.

Throughout this journey, they encountered several groups of oblivious star pirates and some scattered cosmic fierce beasts. Without exception, they were all treated as grindstones by the morale-boosted Pioneer Guard, swiftly and cleanly dispatched.

Divine General Zhen Shan and Divine General Cang Shi also stabilized their realms completely through continuous battles.

Finally, at the end of the third star-month.

The bronze fragment floating in front of Xu Ran emitted a dazzling light.

“We’ve arrived,” Xu Ran said softly.

Everyone’s spirits lifted, and they all looked forward intently.

At the edge of the dark universe, an unutterably magnificent ruin floated quietly.

At the edge of the dark universe, an unutterably magnificent ruin floated quietly.

It was a soul-shattering sight.

It was not the death of a single star, nor the decay of a star domain, but the yet-mightier graveyard of a civilization, a supreme force once so glorious it dared to be called “Divine Court.”

The Pioneer approached slowly, and every person aboard, including Divine Monarch Tianshi and Bone King Prison Suppression who had already ignited their divine flames, held their breath, their expressions solemn, eyes betraying their unconcealable shock.

This was a relic using star remains as its base, shattered continents as its bricks, with giant, unimaginable broken divine soldiers whose remaining blades still swirled with never-dying slaughter qi of millions of years, cutting through nearby space into pitch-black fissures. There stood a collapsed South Celestial Gate, whose two sky-supporting divine pillars broke into several sections, each larger than an ordinary star, with dragons, phoenixes, and qilins carved upon them—though damaged, still exuding the majesty that suppresses all heavens.

There were countless palaces, stretching as far as the eye could see, forming a floating forest of steel and divine jade. Some palaces were cleft in two by a war axe from beyond, the cut smooth as a mirror, with laws still in the process of annihilation. Others were smashed into dust by a giant hand from the bounds of heaven, forming a giant rotating handprint, creating a bizarre nebula.

In this place, the star river breaks its flow, time solidifies; amidst the ancient deathly silence, there flows a river of heroic, iron-blooded, and indomitable will.

“Is this… Divine Court?” murmured a Dao King, his voice dry. He once thought himself mighty at the Bone King realm but upon seeing this ruin realized his insignificance. Here, even a single tile shard of a palace contained more profound law fragments than he did.

“No, this is just one of the countless outposts guarding the dark universe belonging to Divine Court,” Xu Ran’s voice rang out, carrying a trace of reminiscence and regret amidst its calm, “The seventh outpost of Divine Court, buried three Divine Monarchs, eighteen Divine Generals, and three million Celestial Soldiers and Generals.”

His words conveyed what the information within the bronze fragment revealed, yet speaking them now seemed as though he had personally witnessed the bloodbath burying an era.

At these words, everyone’s heart spirit shook violently.

Just an outpost was so terrifying; what unparalleled prosperity and glory must the actual Divine Court embody? And what manner of enemy could have shattered such a supreme force, leaving only ruins silently telling of former glory in the cold cosmos?

“My lord, we…” Cang Shi stepped forward. He could feel that within these ruins lie great opportunities but also great terrors. For beings below the divine flame realm, those indomitable battle wills and remaining laws were a lethal poison.

“Enter.” Xu Ran spoke concisely.

He raised his hand and pointed, the Gui Xu Grand Array surrounding the Pioneer flared brightly, gray chaotic currents swirled, enveloping the ship tightly. This ark, which was the labor of the heart’s blood of the Gui Xu Domain, was a moving fortress capable of resisting the law erosion here.

“Zhen Shan, lead a hundred commanders to scout the ‘Po Jun Palace’ ruins ahead. Cang Shi, you provide central support with the divine flame protecting the array. Remember, anything may pose danger here; don’t touch any seemingly intact restriction.”

“Yes, sir!”

Following Xu Ran’s command, the Pioneer, like a massive whale swimming in the depth of the sea, slowly sailed into the vast ruins.

Zhen Shan was already brimming with battle spirit, standing at the bow, the throne of disaster floating underfoot, his gaze as electric as he surveyed his surroundings. Behind him, a hundred newly promoted commander-level experts each led a small squad, forming a battle array, their evil qi piercing the heavens, ready to handle any sudden situations.

The ark crossed a collapsed rainbow bridge, ahead appeared a relatively intact giant palace. The plaque on the palace had long shattered, yet “Po Jun” could still be discerned, the characters fierce as iron, silver hooks full of slaughter qi, as if one could see a peerless divine general rallying troops, commanding decisively in this hall.

“Here it is.” Zhen Shan shouted low in confirmation, about to lead men ashore for investigation.

However, at this moment, catastrophe struck abruptly!

Buzzzz—

Within the eternally silent Po Jun Palace, small spots of scarlet light suddenly ignited. Then, hundreds to thousands of light points lit up sequentially, like ghost flames.

A cold, violent, and purely slaughter-intent will swept over like a storm!

“Be ready!” Zhen Shan roared, the Bone King’s war axe already in hand.