Chapter 940 - 409: Salvation of the World

Chapter 940: Chapter 409: Salvation of the World

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Pot was crafted by the Heaven-Devouring Great Demon, and its grade is no less than that of an Immortal Venerable. Such an object exploding creates an unimaginable impact.

If this occurred on the outskirts, the resulting shockwaves might affect the Netherworld but would definitely not destroy it, for there remains a chasm and the Veil of Ages between the Netherworld and the current world.

But this object exploded within Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s Daluo World!

Shangguan Shengxian sacrificed her treasured body, preserved for years, just to transport this item into the Netherworld.

Roar!

The terrifying shockwaves disturbed the myriad heavenly layers, like the destruction of a world, the sky collapsing with a torrent, the earth cracking as if it were doomsday, violently shaking the Netherworld. Shangguan Xiaoxiao could no longer maintain it and transformed into countless lights and shadows scattered away.

"No!"

"How can it be like this?"

"Clearly, we were just a step away from success. Why did we fail at the last moment? Is this truly destiny?"

At this moment, all the cultivators were mourning endlessly, stamping their feet and beating their chests; some could not help but burst into tears.

The hope of survival, the seed of legacy, collapsed and fell along with the Netherworld.

Shangguan Xiaoxiao was at the center of the storm, the lights of the Netherworld flowed like a waterfall, casting her as tragically beautiful and lonely. Her face was pale beyond measure, blood flowing from her mouth. She looked at everything around and could not help but let out a bitter laugh.

"Li Gou, we still failed..."

"After all these years, I still haven’t defeated her."

"We lost."

She muttered, her eyes seeming somewhat regretful.

But it was merely regret.

Just that once, she fought alongside Li An against Shangguan Shengxian but never really won, so perhaps there was still an obsession in her heart.

After Li An’s passing, to win for him once.

Only never to win.

Besides, her eyes held nothing but peace and indifference. As the center of the storm, she felt no fear or unwillingness at all.

Because everything she did was just for revenge for Li An.

Success would bring joy; failure was of no consequence.

"Li Gou, Master has come to see you..."

She smiled faintly.

From four thousand years ago until now, perhaps no one could brew such sweet Pill anymore, so as time flowed and cultivation grew, there was ultimately no taste.

Perhaps Shangguan Xiaoxiao had already died four thousand years ago, and what lived was merely a shell of revenge.

She revealed three flowers, intertwined with two energies, her whole body’s Dao resonance merging with heaven and earth, ready to transform.

She was prepared to vanish with the Netherworld!

"Almost ruined my grand plan and wish to perish just like that?"

But at that moment, Yunluo Immortal Venerable’s voice rang out, and his figure had already vanished from the original place. The next moment, he had stepped onto the edge of the Netherworld.

Now the Netherworld had dissipated, unable to repel external invasion, and Shangguan Xiaoxiao had lost control over the Netherworld. Even if he reentered, he feared no danger.

With a wave of his hand, he forcibly extracted all the Longevity White Mist that Shangguan Xiaoxiao had drawn into the Netherworld.

As the Netherworld was disappearing, he naturally couldn’t let the Longevity White Mist vanish with it.

The Longevity White Mist was extracted, and his gaze simultaneously fell on Shangguan Xiaoxiao, merely a gaze was enough to halt Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s transformation process, rendering her immobile!

The gap between Daluo and Immortal Venerable was indeed vast. Targeted by Daluo, even wanting death... was impossible.

Yunluo Immortal Venerable’s eyes carried a frosty shade, "You love Li An and want to avenge him, is that right?"

"Of course, I remember this person, haha, just an ant in the mundane world, merely selected due to traces similar to another. Yet, he thought he could ascend to heaven, rival fate..."

"Ants will always be ants; a pawn should have the awareness of a pawn. He was, and so are you..."

"I will not easily kill you. After achieving immortality, lengthy years still require seasoning. Destruction and distortion are the paths of true eternity."

"What a pity, that ant died four thousand years ago, or else I would personally let him witness how much humiliation and torment you would endure in my grasp..."

Compared with Evergreen Immortal Venerable, Yunluo Immortal Venerable was like a Demon Ancestor, long steeped in the eerie, amplifying the sinister twisted aspect of his mind, thus rendering his methods even crueler!

"Get over here!"

He sneered, reaching for Shangguan Xiaoxiao with a large hand!

But, surprisingly to him, at this moment, within the Netherworld, there seemed to be a mysterious force, sustaining Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s Netherworld, as though his grasping force was hindered.

"Not right..."

This force, though weak and indistinct, was realized by Yunluo Immortal Venerable. Given his nature, such abrupt change provoked a sense of dread, his spiritual awareness surged, sweeping within the Netherworld, fixated on Shangguan Xiaoxiao’s direction.

Only to see, behind Shangguan Xiaoxiao, unbeknownst since when, there had...

Appeared a faint human figure!

The visage of the apparition was blurred, but under the light of the Netherworld, faintly, he wore a white robe, graceful and scholarly, appearing middle-aged, his eyes tranquil like those that had witnessed the bloodshed of Corpse Mountain, bearing countless stars’ profundity.

The apparition glanced lightly towards Yunluo Immortal Venerable!

Just one glance!

"No!"

At this moment, Yunluo Immortal Venerable seemed like a ghost struck by heavenly thunder. His body trembled, his eyes filled with extreme terror, cold sweat pouring, stammering, "You’re still in this world?!"