As night deepened on the outskirts of the Chi Lineage land, pale blue primordial mist flowed slowly among the mountains, and ancient patrol formations floated atop the peaks, constantly scanning the entire territory.
As one of the four top Lineage in the Void Dharma Realm the Fourth Multidimensional Universe, the Chi Lineage has never relaxed its perimeter security, especially in recent days, with the Eternal Nonexistence Limitless Domain Grand Competition approaching. The patrol force around the Chi Lineage has increased several times compared to usual.
... Just then, a patrol team of more than thirty people was slowly passing through the mountains. All of them were wearing light blue armor with the Chi Family Lineage crest etched on their chests. The leader was a burly man with eagle-like eyes. His True Annihilation Realm · Supreme cultivation covered the surroundings without reservation. Suddenly, he stopped abruptly.
His eyes suddenly turned to the left, into the void. "Halt!" Dozens of Chi Lineage guards behind him stopped simultaneously. Everyone immediately halted their steps. The commander slowly closed his eyes, his divine sense spreading out like a tide. One breath... two breaths... the third breath. His brows furrowed sharply. "Someone is lurking nearby!!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his right hand suddenly gripped the battle sword at his waist. "Everyone." "Initiate a search." "Seal off the surrounding void for thousands of miles." "Yes!" Boom—Dozens of True Annihilation Realm · Supreme Guardians scattered in all directions at the same time, streaks of azure light instantly piercing the night sky. At the same time, several ancient patrol formations around them lit up.
Pale golden Dao patterns rapidly spread outwards, beginning to seal off the entire area. Meanwhile, the Hua Lineage's hidden guards, lurking deep in the dense forest, almost simultaneously changed their expressions. "Not good!" one of them shouted. "The Chi Lineage's ancient patrol formation has discovered us!" Another guard immediately withdrew his divine sense, his expression drastically changing. "Retreat! We can't let them surround us!"
Just then, the leading Hua Lineage guard suddenly shouted, "Not good!" "Hurry!" "Run!" Dozens of black figures instantly soared into the sky, rushing off in different directions. However, the instant they took to the air, the void in front of them trembled violently, and a streak of azure light pierced the heavens and earth. Boom—
A flash of blades cleaved the sky, forcefully blocking the path of the first few people. Immediately afterward, a cold and authoritative voice suddenly resounded through the night sky. "Who!" "How dare you trespass on the territory of the Chi Lineage!" As the voice fell, more than thirty Chi Lineage guards had already completed their encirclement, surrounding all the Hua Lineage's secret guards in the center.
The two sides faced off from a distance. The night wind made the air feel oppressive. A leader from the Chi Lineage stepped forward, his cold gaze sweeping over the crowd. "Infiltrating the outer perimeter of my Chi Lineage in the dead of night." "And daring to conceal your identities." "Who exactly are you!" However, the Hua Lineage members did not answer. A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the leading guard.
With a low shout, "Charge out!" Boom! Dozens of black-clad guards simultaneously unleashed their cultivation. Beams of pitch-black source light shot into the sky. All of them were at the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme. The violent pressure of their Fate Soul instantly swept across the entire world. At the same time, the Chi Lineage guards were not to be outdone. "Form the formation!" accompanied by the commander's roar.
More than thirty guards from the Chi Lineage simultaneously took a step forward! Boom! More than thirty azure source pillars shot into the sky, all releasing the vast aura of the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme. The two forces collided fiercely—the entire night sky trembled violently, mountains shook, and dense forests collapsed in patches.
"Kill!" Someone shouted angrily, and in the next moment, dozens of True Annihilation Realm · Supreme cultivators from both sides shot out simultaneously. Boom-- The first figures collided instantly, fists and palms clashing, violent Source Power exploding like a raging sea. The void beneath their feet collapsed layer by layer. Before they could separate, a Hua Lineage guard wielded a black spear on the other side.
The spear's light transformed into a black dragon tens of thousands of feet long, roaring out. The Chi Lineage guards did not retreat, gripping their swords with both hands and slashing across the sky. A river of azure swords pierced through the heavens and earth. The spear dragon and the river of swords collided with a deafening roar that filled the entire sky. On the other side, several Hua Lineage guards simultaneously formed hand seals, and dozens of pitch-black palm prints pressed down on the Chi Lineage members.
The Chi Lineage guards quickly formed a formation, their thirty-odd Fate Soul echoing each other. A huge azure light screen rose from the ground, boom boom boom—countless palm prints bombarded it continuously. The light screen trembled violently but never shattered. The next moment, dozens of azure spears condensed from the formation, transforming into a rain of spears that bombarded in the opposite direction.
"Retreat! Retreat quickly!!!" The Hua Lineage members dodged rapidly. Several spear beams grazed past them, piercing through several mountain peaks behind them. However, before they could even regain their footing, the leader of the Chi Lineage guards had already taken a step forward, raising his battle sword high with a sweeping, overwhelming sword intent. "Those who trespass on the Chi Lineage!" "Die!" Boom! The sword light was like a waterfall.
With a thunderous slash, the leading Hua Lineage guard crossed his palms, forming a black source shield. The next moment, the blade and shield clashed, and a terrifying shockwave swept in all directions. Both men were simultaneously forced back hundreds of feet. In the night sky, fist shadows, blade light, spear light, and palm imprints intertwined continuously.
Both sides were at the True Annihilation Realm · Supreme. Every collision shattered vast swathes of the void, and every divine power they unleashed caused mountains to crumble and the earth to collapse. The entire area surrounding the Chi Lineage was completely transformed into a fierce battleground.
As night deepened, the great battle between the mountains had completely erupted. Blades flashed and spears crisscrossed, and countless True Annihilation Realm · Supreme Fate Soul clashed continuously. The source of heaven and earth was shattered time and time again, and countless mountain peaks collapsed one after another in the aftershocks of the collisions, and the earth cracked open into a bottomless abyss.
The Hua Lineage's secret guards and the Chi Lineage's protectors fought a bloody battle, with countless divine lights clashing and colliding, illuminating the entire night sky with a turbulent interplay of light and shadow, and the aura of slaughter reaching the heavens. Just as the battle reached its climax...
Boom! Without the slightest warning, the eternal sky trembled violently. In the next instant, instead of an ordinary spatial rift, the entire sky that covered the world, like a piece of crystal jade that had stood for countless ages, was slowly torn apart from the ends of heaven and earth by an indescribable and terrifying force.
A colossal rift spanning billions of miles stretched from the ends of the earth to the other side, where the galaxy ceased to flow. The moonlight suddenly froze, and all the primordial currents in the four directions came to a standstill. This corner of the entire Fourth Multidimensional Universe seemed to have been gently pressed down by some supreme being. Then, a voice, extremely calm yet carrying endless Daoist rhyme, slowly emanated from the deepest part of the cracked sky.
"The Hua Lineage..." "How dare they trespass on my Chi Lineage's territory." "Simply..." "They're courting death." The voice wasn't loud, but the moment it rang out, the Fate Soul essence of dozens of True Annihilation Realm · Supreme the Hua Lineage trembled violently at the same time. Boom—their Fate Soul Nucleus felt as if they were being gently grasped by an invisible hand, their breathing stopped, and their Dao foundations stagnated.
Even the Source Power flowing within his body completely solidified. The leading Hua Lineage guard's face turned deathly pale instantly. His entire body froze on the spot, his eyes widened suddenly, his pupils contracted violently, and his divine sense became completely chaotic in that instant, his consciousness almost blank. He bit his tongue hard, forcibly stabilizing his collapsing Fate Soul.
A hysterical roar erupted, "Run!!" "Quick!!" "Hurry--!! It'll be too late if you don't run!" However, just as dozens of people were preparing to tear through space and escape at all costs, the world suddenly fell silent.
Spacetime Stasis, the entire universe was locked, the yin and yang energies returned to deathly silence, the cycle of life and death completely stopped, the five elements' workings vanished into silence, the river of fate ceased to flow inch by inch, the wheel of reincarnation stopped turning, all the rules of heaven and earth were frozen, all cause and effect logic was sealed off layer by layer, and the surrounding nothingness was completely sealed off and isolated.
In that instant, the entire battlefield seemed to be forcibly ripped apart from the vast universe. The long wind stopped flowing, the flying pebbles froze in mid-air, and the crisscrossing, shattering, and scattered blades of light all froze in the void, and nothing moved in the slightest.
Every Source Power, every law, every wisp of aura remained in the same state as the previous moment, unable to advance any further into this world. It was as if a higher-level being had pressed the pause button. Then, from the depths of the cracked sky, a tall figure slowly stepped out.
She landed with a single step, without any ripples or earth-shattering phenomena, yet it was as if the entire world had willingly lifted her down. She wore a long, moon-white dress. The hem of the dress had no intricate patterns, only a faint silver glow flowing across it, like a moonlit river slowly flowing in the night. Her long, black hair fell naturally to her waist, with a few strands gently brushing her shoulders, shimmering softly in the moonlight.
Her skin was as white as snow, without the slightest blemish. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, and her eyes were like autumn water. Her eyes were calm without any ripples, yet deep enough to reflect the eternal cycle of reincarnation. Her appearance was pure and beautiful, without the slightest sharpness, without the slightest fierceness, and without any aggressive pressure.
Simply standing there, he caused all the colors in the world to dim involuntarily. On his forehead, an extremely fine vertical line slowly emerged. That line had no color, yet it seemed to contain the primordial state before all colors were born. A vast and boundless Wuji aura slowly permeated the entire world.
Upon seeing the newcomer, all the guards of the Chi Lineage were simultaneously startled and knelt on one knee. Their voices echoed through the night sky, "Welcome, Senior Sister!!" The newcomer was Chi Xiyue, the Chi Lineage's number one prodigy, at the Wuji Realm. Chi Xiyue did not look at the Chi Lineage members; she simply raised her gaze slowly and looked at the dozens of Hua Lineage guards ahead.