The Primal Lord's Furious Battle Against the Outsider False God; Divine Realm Powerhouses May Become "Obstacles"!

Elsewhere, the God Kings' reactions were even more intense.

"Conqueror... Heh, Conqueror..." Rong Nianbing's laugh was filled with bitterness. "So the world can be conquered?"

Ye Yinzhu and Zi held each other tightly. One was the Emperor of the Zither, the other the Ruler of the Abyss, but at that moment they were simply a married couple, lost and helpless.

Hai Long and Tian Hen, two equally powerful God Kings, exchanged a glance and saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Their worldview was being crushed and remade, piece by piece.

They had once believed that the God King realm was the end of cultivation, the pinnacle of the universe.

Only now did they understand that they might not even have glimpsed the truth of the universe.

Tang San's expression was beyond grim.

He had thought of an even more terrifying possibility.

Nibelungen had defeated a world.

Phanes had conquered a world.

Did that mean that somewhere in the vast, boundless universe they knew nothing about, there was... a single "predator," or perhaps a whole group of them, with "worlds" as their targets?

And what did they, these God Kings and guardians of their worlds, amount to in the eyes of those beings?

"Original Guardian Beasts" of their worlds?

Or... "obstacles" they could remove with a flick of the wrist?

The instant the thought crossed his mind, even Tang San, whose will was as firm as divine iron, felt a chill rise from the depths of his soul.

It was the awareness of being an "ant."

Perhaps they were all just "dragons," arrogantly imagining themselves mighty in their own little ponds.

Unaware that beyond those ponds lay supreme beings capable of devouring the heavens and swallowing the earth.

In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Emperor Xue Ye collapsed directly onto his throne.

Conqueror?

He had spent his entire life trying to make the Heaven Dou Empire stronger.

Yet some beings had already set their sights on conquering an entire world.

Suddenly, everything he had pursued all his life seemed laughably insignificant.

Marshal Dai Hao clenched his fist. His nails dug deep into the palm of his still-bleeding hand, and blood trickled between his fingers, but he felt nothing.

Only the word "Conqueror" kept echoing in his mind.

A soldier's duty was to protect.

But what if the enemy was a "Heavenly Principles" from beyond their world?

How could they protect anything?

What could they use to protect it?

This million-strong army?

The corner of Dai Hao's mouth twisted into a smile more painful than a sob.

Give me a break.

After the Light Screen trembled faintly, a new image—or rather, new text—appeared once more across everyone's field of vision.

It was no longer the dazzling, domineering gold from before, but a deep, ancient white, seemingly imbued with all the secrets of the world's beginning.

Every character carried an indescribable sorrow and fury.

[The world must have light and darkness.]

[The world must be divided by the firmament.]

Those two brief sentences struck the gods' hearts like a pair of heavy hammers.

What was this? A declaration of some kind of Rule? Or words spoken at the birth of a world?

Ji Dong and Lie Yan instinctively looked at each other. He was the inheritor of ultimate yang fire, while she was the incarnation of the Earth Core Red Lotus. Their understanding of light and darkness far surpassed that of ordinary people. Yet those two sentences on the Light Screen filled them with an unfamiliar awe that seemed to rise from the very essence of life. It was as if they described a Creation Law of a higher order, one they had never encountered.

Before they could think it through, the pale text shifted again. The grief and fury suppressed between the lines seemed almost tangible, as though they were about to burst through the Light Screen!

[Outsiders...]

[Outsiders, you have stolen my Authority and enslaved my world...]

"Outsiders!"

Tang San's pupils contracted sharply.

If "Conqueror" had made him think of "predators of worlds," then the words "Outsiders" were almost direct proof of his suspicion!

Wasn't Phanes, the Conqueror, the greatest "outsider" in that world?

Stealing Authority, enslaving a world...

Those eight words sent a strange pang of unease through every God King present. As God Kings, they themselves wielded their worlds' Authority. The description of that Authority being "stolen" and their worlds being "enslaved" struck a deep chord in them, stirring a fierce anger and helplessness, as if their own homes had been invaded.

"So it was true... It really was..." Rong Nianbing murmured, the bitterness in his expression deepening. "Worlds really are prey. If there are Conquerors, then naturally there are also... Primal Lords whose Authority has been stolen."

"Wait," Huo Yuhao suddenly said. His ability to sense emotions had picked up something amiss. "These emotions... fury, sorrow, and... boundless loneliness. They don't seem like emotions Phanes the Conqueror would have."

His words made everyone pause.

That was right. Why would a successful "Conqueror" make such a sorrowful accusation?

Could it be...

A more complicated possibility began to take root in everyone's minds.

At that moment, the text on the Light Screen blazed with unprecedented brilliance. The fury, accumulated to its breaking point, became a roar that thundered through everyone's souls!

[My children, my subjects! Hear my command!--]

[Drive these False Gods from Teyvat's firmament, once and for all!!!]

"False Gods!!!"

Those two words exploded through the God Realm Central like thunder from the highest heavens!

Every deity, strong or weak, felt a bone-deep chill at that moment.

What were they?

They were gods! Beings who wielded the Laws and looked down upon all living things!

Yet now, the unknown being on the Light Screen had used the term "False Gods" to utterly deny their dignity and the very foundation of their existence!

"What arrogance!" Zhou Weiqing, with his fiery temper, nearly leapt to his feet. "What kind of thing dares call us False Gods?"

But his roar sounded so feeble and powerless.

Because everyone understood that any being bold enough to say those words was on a level far beyond theirs.

In the eyes of such a being, these so-called God Kings and deities might truly be nothing more than "False Gods" who had stolen the world's Authority!

Chang Gongwei, Lei Xiang, A'Dai... The expressions of these God Kings from different worlds were now even grimmer than Tang San's.

They thought of their own worlds.

Their divine positions had been inherited or attained through cultivation. But who held the world's origin, its original "Authority"? Could they, too, be "Outsiders" and "False Gods" in the eyes of some Primal Existence?

The thought sent a chill through them.

"Teyvat..." Gu Yuena's body trembled slightly as she repeated the unfamiliar name. The stirring in her blood surged once more. But this time, it was no longer the absolute suppression she had felt in the face of Phanes, the "Heavenly Principles." Instead, it was... the sorrow of a kindred spirit.

She thought of the Dragon Clan.