Chapter 2457: The Darkest Hours
A few days later, somewhere high above in Six Desires Heaven, countless cultivators had gathered around. Their attention was fixed on the field ahead.
Golden runes were shining above the firmament, endless and infinite. It seemed as if it was a world of runes. This world covered an extensive area, traversing multiple cities within Six Desires Heaven. It was quite a spectacle.
The vast majority of the Renhuang in Six Desires Heaven had been attracted to this place and appeared in the surrounding area of this domain world. Their hearts were greatly disturbed as they beheld the sight in front of them.
No matter what levels of cultivators they were, when they felt that aura, they could feel their hearts tremble. Although all of them were looking from the outside, none of them dared step inside. The aura within was far too terrifying, like an air of extinction. Each and every rune seemed to contain the power that could destroy the Great Path, making that vast expansive realm an absolute space of Path Obliteration. There was no other Great Path that could exist within this space, except for the force of destruction formed by those infinite runes. It was a vacuum for a world.
“That’s too scary. Only death awaits anyone who walks inside,” some top-notch Renhuang mumbled with solemn expressions and extremely uneasy hearts. They couldn’t believe such a strange sight like this was actually happening in Six Desires Heaven.
And what happened here had spread through gossip, at first. However, as the storm continued and widened, the news was dispersing throughout Six Desires Heaven with incredible speed so that it was known to every cultivator in the entire Six Desires Heaven.
This terrifying domain of Path Obliteration was formed by the explosion of a divine body. A god-level figure’s physical body had exploded, exposing its internal world to the outside, creating a world of destruction that traversed endless space to form this domain of Path Obliteration.
“Has anyone witnessed that battle?” someone asked.
“Do you think it’s possible?” the person next to him responded. With such destructive power, any witness would surely die upon the destructive power erupting. No one who saw it could live to tell the tale.
“That’s true…” The person who asked the question felt a little stupid, but he still felt it was a pity—such an epic battle with no living witness. A single Renhuang took down the entire Zhenchan Temple…
“Not too long ago, Zhenchan Temple was searching for any traces of Ye Futian in Six Desires Heaven. Who would have thought that it would cause such horrible consequences and end like this? Now, it seems that whether it was Six Desires Heaven or Zhenchan Temple, they were both plotting to obtain the divine body that was in Ye Futian’s possession,” someone else whispered.
“Well, it’s just that no one expected that Ye Futian could actually cause the divine body to explode. That light of destruction illuminated half of all of Six Desires Heaven, which was indescribably horrible. This time, Zhenchan Temple suffered a heavy loss. It was really a disaster.”
Everyone was talking about it, and with complicated emotions. No one could have thought that a Renhuang, rumored to have come from Divine Prefecture, would upset Six Desires Heaven like this. Six Desires Heavenly Palace had been destroyed, and the renhuang had killed two out of the four great Lords, with two more wounded. When Zhenchan Temple came to apprehend him, even Saint Zhenchan himself had arrived in person.
But in the end…
It was said that almost all the cultivators from Zhenchan Temple were wiped out. Any cultivators below the realm of Saint Zhenchan were completely obliterated. Even the Deputy Lord himself had perished under that attack of total annihilation. Another Lord-level casualty in that utter disaster…
Only Saint Zhenchan was able to walk out of there alive. No one knew what Saint Zhenchan had experienced in that storm of destruction, but they heard that when some witnesses saw Saint Zhenchan emerge from that world of destruction, he was covered in blood, barely alive. That high and mighty Saint had almost perished in this disaster.
He was lucky that he got out with his life.
However, even if one managed to survive this storm, it would be at a great cost. Even an existence such as Saint Zhenchan was covered in blood and near death. It was said that when he finally emerged, he had great difficulty levitating into the sky. One could only imagine the severity of his injuries.
At present, there were all kinds of rumors circulating in Six Desires Heaven. Some said that Saint Zhenchan’s body was filled with the scars of the Great Path. Some also said that Saint Zhenchan’s Great Path foundation had been utterly destroyed.
But no matter what, the truth was that Saint Zhenchan had lost the battle wretchedly, and it would probably take him a long time to recover. There was probably no way for him to return to his original state in a short time.
The news of what happened in Six Desires Heaven even spread to other heavens, especially news that Zhenchan Temple had almost been destroyed. This was not just a notable event in Six Desires Heaven but was also of great interest to the entire Western World.
Several days later, the divine mountain where Zhenchan Temple was located was surrounded by a golden divine light. It radiated with the Light of Buddha as if it was a place of cultivation for the Great Buddha.
Zhenchan Temple was the place where Saint Zhenchan cultivated.
Currently, Zhenchan Temple was in a state of chaos. Saint Zhenchan took many powerful cultivators from Zhenchan Temple with him on his quest, and their Deputy Lord was also out to capture Ye Futian, so now…
At this moment, an extremely frightening aura came from the void, shrouded the entire Zhenchan Temple. As the divine light lingered, a group of cultivators descended. This was yet another superpower from the Western World. The man in the lead was surrounded by divine light, compelled all the cultivators from Zhenchan Temple to bow down to him in worship.
The divine consciousnesses of those cultivators swept through and enveloped Zhenchan Temple. It antagonized the cultivators from Zhenchan Temple. This was an absolutely unthinkable offense that would have never happened before. However, though they were deeply hurt now, they dared not express it, neither did they dared to voice their displeasure. They did not yet know whether their Lord, Saint Zhenchan, was dead or alive. If Saint Zhenchan were to meet some unfortunate end, they probably wouldn’t fare any better themselves either.
“Is the Saint not back yet?” the cultivator in the lead asked. His voice reverberated within the entire Temple.
“No, not yet,” someone below answered respectfully.
“Mmm,” the man nodded and continued, “I have heard what happened at Six Desires Heaven. The Saint may be recuperating at the moment. As for Zhenchan Temple, in order to avoid interference from outsiders, I will stay here for the time being and wait for the Saint to return.”
“This…” Everyone who heard this was speechless, but what the man said was indeed the truth. If the Saint had been severely injured, it was possible that he may not return to Zhenchan Temple for the time being. After all, within the many years it took for him to cultivate to this level, he had accrued many enemies. So, there was no telling how many adversaries were lying in wait.
Normally, no one would dare to do anything out of bounds like this. But if they knew that the Saint had been injured severely, it would give some of them ideas. Therefore, the Saint might not be able to return in the foreseeable future.
However, the presence of these people here was certainly not due to altruism but rather their desire to take over Zhenchan Temple. If Saint Zhenchan were to return someday, safe and sound, they could say they were here to protect the Temple. But if not, then…
Despite knowing the truth, no one dared to refute the man. Ultimately, they could only accept it.
“Of course.” All of them nodded but felt extremely humiliated inside. But what else could they do?
This had to be the greatest humiliation that Zhenchan Temple had ever suffered in a thousand years. These truly were the darkest hours for Zhenchan Temple.
All because of some youngster!