Divine Descent, Three Gods at the Gates!

The reconstruction of Heavenly Phoenix City was in full swing. Sunlight poured over the busy crowds, and the clinking of chisels against stone, the shouts of those hauling timber, and the laughter of clansmen encouraging one another intertwined into a vivid scene brimming with hope. Li Yuancun, a resident of Heavenly Phoenix City, had just set a polished foundation stone in place. He straightened up, wiped the sweat from his brow, and was about to take a drink when a familiar, suffocatingly terrifying pressure descended without warning like an invisible mountain!

"Bzz—!"

The sky instantly darkened, as though an invisible force had seized it by the throat. Everyone at work, whether ordinary clansmen or soul masters, froze at once. Those with weaker cultivation turned deathly pale and could barely breathe as they stared skyward in horror.

A figure wreathed in frigid netherworld aura stood in the clouds like a god or demon. It was Qiu Qianchen, the Qiu Family patriarch who had returned after leaving!

"Qiu Qianchen!" A cold shout exploded like thunder as a dazzling golden spear radiance shot into the heavens, instantly dispersing part of the gloom. Li Yunming stood before Qiu Qianchen with the Sky-Piercing Divine Spear in hand, his face icy and fury blazing in his eyes. "How did you guarantee this before Senior Luo and Senior Lin three days ago? A dignified deity going back on his word and breaking his promises—aren't you afraid of being ridiculed by the world, or suffering the backlash of the alliance oath?!"

His voice carried divine power and spread throughout Heavenly Phoenix City. He was not only questioning him, but also warning every clansman—the enemy had arrived!

Faced with the accusation, Qiu Qianchen showed no embarrassment at being exposed. Instead, a mocking, cruel smile appeared on his face. His voice was like a frigid wind from the Nine Netherworlds. "Li Yunming, you are still too naive. Ridicule? Backlash? Hehe... history has always been written by the victors! Once both your families are wiped out, who will remember what happened today? And who would dare ridicule me?"

He did not even bother concealing it. He tore away all pretense and laid bare his naked malice!

"Despicable!" Li Yuanhui below trembled with rage, while Dongyue Qing and the others wore incomparably grave expressions.

Just as Qiu Qianchen finished speaking, another change struck!

"Hehehe... Qiu, you old ghost, why waste words on the dying?"

A sinister cackle came from another direction. A cloud of dark green poison mist spread like a living thing, and wherever it passed, space itself gave off faint sizzling sounds. A dim light condensed with terrifying corrosive power shot silently toward Li Yunming's back like a Poison Snake leaving its den! Xie Miaojiang had launched a sneak attack!

"Xie Miaojiang, you're courting death!"

A cold cry rang out. A jade-green ring of light arrived later yet struck first, forming an unyielding barrier precisely before the dim light. With a muffled boom, the dim light and jade-green halo vanished together, while the poison mist was forced back by a vast aura. Dongyue Xian appeared, holding the softly glowing Heavenly Heart Ring. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Li Yunming and glared at Xie Miaojiang, who had revealed himself.

"I knew an old poison monger like you only knew how to resort to such underhanded tricks!" Dongyue Xian said coldly as light flowed across the Heavenly Heart Ring.

Poison mist churned around Xie Miaojiang as he laughed hoarsely. "Dongyue Xian, and you still dare talk tough when death is upon you! Today, your Heavenly Heart Ring will change owners!"

For a moment, four deities faced one another in the sky. Their mighty divine auras collided and crushed against each other, turning the skies above Heavenly Phoenix City turbulent with flashing lightning and rolling thunder, as though the end of the world had arrived. Everyone below had their hearts in their throats. Two deities had returned after leaving—the situation was already disastrously unfavorable!

Li Xuansheng clenched his fists so tightly that his nails nearly pierced his flesh. The unease in his heart had become a cold reality.

Yet it was as though the despair facing the Li Family and Dongyue Clan was not deep enough. A third divine aura appeared without warning!

This aura was utterly unlike Qiu Qianchen's icy darkness or Xie Miaojiang's venomous savagery. It carried the dampness of the sea and the chill of the deep ocean, along with a greed that seemed capable of devouring everything. Like a sea monster lurking in the shadows, it had finally bared its fangs.

"Hahaha! What a lively scene! It seems this old man arrived at just the right time!"

Accompanied by a wild laugh, a watery blue divine light streaked across the sky. An elderly man in a blue brocade robe, lean-faced and with greedy light flashing in his eyes, appeared at the flank of the battlefield. Together with Qiu Qianchen and Xie Miaojiang, he formed a triangular encirclement, trapping Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian in the center!

The supreme elder of the southern Sea Whale Gang—Du Yunhe!

Du Yunhe's gaze first swept hungrily over the Heavenly Heart Ring in Dongyue Xian's hand, then fell upon Li Yunming's glittering golden Sky-Piercing Divine Spear. He made no attempt to hide the desire in his eyes. Licking his lips, he smiled. "Tsk, tsk, they truly are fine treasures! Dongyue Xian, Li Yunming, hand over your divine artifacts obediently, and perhaps this old man will let you die quickly!"

Three deities!

A full three Divine Official-level experts had arrived at the city gates together!

"Du Yunhe, it's you? You came to muddy these waters too?" Dongyue Xian's face darkened.

"They must have given you quite a lot to invite you all the way from the south." With one glance, Dongyue Xian knew that this old ghost had surely accepted benefits and come to profit from the chaos.

"That is none of your concern, Dongyue, you old ghost. Come to think of it, we have not seen each other in over a hundred years. Who would have thought that now, you were about to die? Hahahaha—" The more Du Yunhe looked at the Heavenly Heart Ring in Dongyue Xian's hand, the more satisfied he became. He even began to find Dongyue Xian somewhat interesting.

Meanwhile, Li Yuanhui, Dongyue Qing, and every member of the Li Family and Dongyue Clan below had turned incomparably pale.

With two deities, the Li Family could still rely on the newly advanced Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian to contend with them. But now that three deities had joined forces... this was practically a certain deathtrap!

Qiu Qianchen looked at the grim-faced Li Yunming and Dongyue Xian, a cruel smile of absolute confidence spreading across his face. "Now, do you still think I need to care about those so-called promises and ridicule? Today, Heavenly Phoenix City is destined to become dust in the annals of history!"

Terrifying killing intent swallowed all of Heavenly Phoenix City like a towering tidal wave. The hope of reconstruction was snuffed out in an instant, replaced by an even deeper, more despairing darkness.

"Hmph, two fickle little men. I, Dongyue Xian, despise people like you most of all." Dongyue Xian spat fiercely.

Yet although Dongyue Xian and Li Yunming looked grave, they did not show the slightest fear.

For no reason at all, Xie Miaojiang's heart skipped a beat.

But after observing them closely and finding nothing unusual, he relaxed slightly.