As that blood light slashed with a sizzle, boundless spatial storms churned and erupted around, submerging that place.
Spacetime shattered, endless chaotic energy overflowed, absolute chaos. No scene could be seen clearly, as if billions of stars were exploding there.
That rampaging energy contained creation, vitality, destruction, reincarnation... Just a wisp escaping would spawn universe after universe in the surrounding chaos.
In an instant, it was as if experiencing countless cycles of reincarnation, then returning to void.
This scene was too shocking and terrifying. The myriad worlds, billions of universes, all seemed covered and enveloped by the blood-colored divine light that pierced through.
The pitch-black, deep Vast Expanse was illuminated a blood red.
The giant pale hand that slapped down, vast and boundless, wrapped in endless energy, continued pressing forward, very slowly, with cosmic stars fluctuating like dust among its fingers.
But its motion now seemed to have some sluggishness, a slight pause.
The next moment, unimaginable blood light lit up, blotting out the sky.
Boom!!!
The pale giant hand could no longer continue to slap down, forcibly colliding with the sword aura transformed from the blood-colored divine light.
It looked extremely simple, without any pattern or law, yet it encompassed all the Dao laws of all worlds, all inconceivable divine abilities.
At the same time, no one could see clearly or comprehend such methods.
In just an instant, spacetime and the universe were easily torn apart like scrap paper.
The sky above the Land of the Nine Heavens was instantly cleared into an inconceivable land without heaven, without law, without restraint, becoming an absolute vacuum zone.
The entire Vast Expanse, all worlds, seemed to fall into some shock and dead silence at this moment.
Within the Land of the Nine Heavens, the Dao Realms existences and supreme beings were all filled with shock and disbelief.
The Eternal Life Dao Lord stared fixedly there.
"Could this be the Lord of Heaven's Proxy taking action?"
He murmured tremulously, "But the current Lord of Heaven's Proxy has just revived. This is neither Huang Zhu (Gold Sovereign) nor Yong Zu (Bind Sovereign)..."
"This is one of the few remaining leaders of the Palace of Fate Defiance..."
No words could describe the shock and disbelief in his heart.
He had thought that alerting a leader of the Palace of Fate Defiance would be enough to annihilate the invading Dark Clans.
But the Lord of Heaven's Proxy revived at this critical moment and actually crossed distant spacetime dimensions to exchange blows with that leader.
Hadn't the Lord of Heaven's Proxy just revived? Why did he possess such power?
Or had they grossly underestimated the Lord of Heaven's Proxy's strength?
"Is this merely projected power? Not the true body?"
"It seems this is indeed a probe. But to actually have Ju Zhu personally take action, and still be blocked so easily—the Lord of Heaven's Proxy at full strength truly far surpasses the three leaders."
"However, Ju Zhu personally acting, could it be that he wants to know whether the Lord of Heaven's Proxy is truly revived, or just an empty shell to deceive others?"
In that vast spacetime domain, the immensely huge Yong Zu squinted, seeming to become somewhat solemn.
Since its establishment, the Palace of Fate Defiance had three leaders. The one who acted now was "Ju" among them. No one knew his origin or identity; even Ancestral Dao Realm existences couldn't contact that being.
Members like him of the Palace of Fate Defiance only addressed him as Ju Zhu.
Seeing him act just now, even he was shocked beyond measure, almost thinking Ju Zhu had gone mad. After all, such wanton action—the more traces left, the harder to hide and conceal.
And once appearing and being seen by the world, the disturbance and karma caused would be greater, making it easy to be settled in the Epoch Cataclysm.
That was why he hesitated to act earlier when the Dark Clans invaded; he didn't want to be entangled in such karma.
Especially in his perception, this epoch's Cataclysm was about to descend. The more one stirred before it, the greater the likelihood of tribulation afterward.
"Respectfully welcoming the Master..."
In the endless black tide, countless Dark Beings knelt and prostrated there, full of fanaticism.
The four High Priests still had lingering fear, eyes full of trembling, then they too knelt down, utterly devout.
Heaven and earth seemed completely torn apart. In the turbulent, chaotic Vast Expanse, a pair of indifferent, deathly still eyes, from distant dimensional spacetime, gazed at this place.
Endless Dark Matter swirled, chilling and terrifying, as if just one glance would wither and shatter one's soul.
Yet around these eyes, everything was twisted, scenes blurred to the extreme. Even substances like years, causality, fate—intangible and elusive—would bypass when flowing past.
This was an indescribable state, as if "He" was all substances, all energies, the origin of everything... all inconceivable existence.
Before the Land of the Nine Heavens, behind the retracting giant pale hand, there seemed to be a moment of silence, then an ancient, long-drawn voice sounded.
"Return."
As this word fell, the originally chaotic and shattered universe began to recover. Some terrifying, inconceivable great power descended, restoring the previously collapsed heavens within the Nine Heavens.
Mountains and rivers, lakes and marshes, cities and pavilions, palace islands... as if time flowed backward, returning to their original state. Even the beings who had fallen in this battle and slaughter reappeared.
Some beings corroded by darkness had mist steaming off them, struggling, and after not long, regained consciousness.
This scene was too shocking and inconceivable, leaving all beings and cultivators in the Land of the Nine Heavens shaken, speechless at such a divine miracle.
And in that distant spacetime dimension, those indifferent, deathly still eyes still hung high, no movement, no response.
All the Dark Clans and beings knelt there, like a boundless dark ocean, silent.
"At his peak, the Lord of Heaven's Proxy would not so brazenly invade the Land of the Nine Heavens. You've only just revived; do you really intend to start a war with our Land of the Nine Heavens?"
"The great tribulation is imminent; why waste energy like this?"
The ancient, long-drawn voice echoed across all worlds of the Vast Expanse, calm without much fluctuation. But as the voice fell, boundless great power surged through various True Worlds and universes, penetrating past and present, shaking every inch of spacetime and void.
Only at this moment did countless beings and cultivators realize that such inconceivable existences were seated in the Land of the Nine Heavens, enough to contend with the Dark Clans.
Within the Nine Heavens, countless cheers erupted.
Many had never known such Hidden Strength were here. Since that was the case, what was there to fear?
The previous panic and terror seemed swept away, everyone's faces brimming with joy and elation.
And at the instant this voice sounded and fell, in the void outside the Land of the Nine Heavens, a figure in yellow robes silently appeared.
That figure's face was unclear; only his eyes were extremely weathered, as if containing all the secrets of all worlds.
He stood there, and the ten thousand Daos at his feet seemed to quiet down, no longer any sound. He was like the end of the Dao; all matter would be suppressed beside him.
Fate, years, spacetime—all had no meaning before this figure.
"A single End of the Path existence..."
The four High Priests of the Dark Clans all changed color drastically. They hadn't expected the Land of the Nine Heavens' hidden strength to be this terrifying.
"Huang Zhu has also shown himself?"
Seeing this, in that spacetime domain, the massive figure stirred slightly. As he rose and walked, his form rapidly shrank to normal size, then silently appeared beside that yellow-robed figure.
As soon as he appeared, this heaven and earth seemed unable to contain their auras, beginning to crack. Even the Great Dao showed clearly visible fissures.
"Yong Zu?"
The yellow-robed figure looked at him, nodding slightly, as if greeting.
"Another End of the Path existence..."
Countless True World civilizations were trembling to the extreme, utterly incredulous.
From ancient times to the present, such End of the Path existences were exceedingly rare. Even Ancestral Dao Realm existences could hardly see these figures, yet now they appeared one after another outside the Land of the Nine Heavens.
Was this the hidden strength of the Land of the Nine Heavens?
Not to mention the one who just spoke, whose true strength and cultivation was definitely above End of the Path? Could it be a Supreme Shattering existence?
At this moment, the entire Vast Expanse, all worlds, fell into a deathly silence, no sound or movement. Even the vast Vast Expanse surging like waves seemed to freeze completely.
No one expected that the revival of the Lord of Heaven's Proxy would draw out so many terrifying, inconceivable existences. Even when the Lord of Heaven's Proxy ruled the Vast Expanse, such shocking scenes had never been seen.
And deep within the Land of the Nine Heavens, besides the voice that spoke, some mysterious, inconceivable aura seemed to be filling and emerging.
"So they truly can't hold back anymore..."
In a void spacetime, an extremely hidden existence also opened its eyes, witnessing this scene, heart full of shock.
In the decaying, slaughter-aura-filled grand palace, the Lifeless Hall Master's gaze was indifferent, with no fluctuation.
For a moment, gazes from various spacetime universes looked over, trembling beyond words.
In comparison, the slaughter battle outside the Ancient Treasure Civilization, no matter how chaotic, seemed like child's play, completely incomparable.
Deep within the Reincarnation Sea, in a grand hall.
Existences like the World Lord, the Lord of Reincarnation, Progenitor Xu, and the Master of Fate also looked over, with varied expressions.
"The Land of the Nine Heavens couldn't hold back so quickly? This falls right into the Lord of Heaven's Proxy's plans."
"Could it be those few in the Land of the Nine Heavens don't know the relationship between the Lord of Heaven's Proxy and the Alliance Leader of the Heaven-Slaying Alliance?"
The Calamity Master frowned, somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the Land of the Nine Heavens couldn't stay calm at this moment, even a Supreme Shattering existence showing up.
"If they didn't show up, the Land of the Nine Heavens would be overrun by the Dark Clans. Throughout these long years, if the Heavenly Avatars buried and sealed by the Palace of Fate Defiance were to emerge, the consequences would be unimaginable."
"It was forced."
"But this massive invasion by the Dark Clans must have been deliberate. That Grand High Priest couldn't be so ignorant as not to know the Land of the Nine Heavens has such hidden strength"
The Lord of Reincarnation showed a pondering look.
At this moment, outside the Land of the Nine Heavens, the vast, endless Dark Beings made no movement or sound.
Boundless Dark Matter cascaded like star rivers, and a grand, ancient blood-colored sacrificial altar seemed to hang high.
On that blood-colored sacrificial altar, a tall, blurry figure also silently emerged, as if walking from ages past, or as if she had always been there. The spacetime around her was perpetually in a state of collapse, decay, and destruction.
Though clearly standing there, she seemed not to exist, shrouded in hazy mist, only her pair of eyes cold and indifferent.
It was precisely Grand High Priest Wu Yue.
Above her head, the phantom of the Coffin of World Burial appeared, spanning the cosmic spacetime, crushing years, with endless chaotic substance steaming and swirling like particles.
The four High Priests respectfully came behind her.
This great battle between the Dark Clans and the Land of the Nine Heavens had lasted long, drawing the attention of all civilizations and True Worlds in the Vast Expanse.
With the revival of the Lord of Heaven's Proxy and the appearance of many supreme figures, who are the hidden strength of the Land of the Nine Heavens, the entire Vast Expanse seemed to fall into a certain absolute dead silence.
"What is the meaning of this?"
"Do you truly wish to start a war with us?"
The voice that filled outside the Land of the Nine Heavens sounded again, with a bit more decisiveness compared to just now. And he mentioned "us," which made many True World civilizations tremble. Could there be more existences of the same level deep within the Land of the Nine Heavens?
Hearing this, those indifferent, deathly still eyes beyond the world only seemed to move slightly, still no response. Then, all beings and cultivators in the Land of the Nine Heavens felt its gaze upon them.
Even existences like Huang Zhu and Yong Zu felt an indescribable terrifying oppression, their bones cracking.
Their faces changed drastically, no longer composed as before. Only now did they understand... why the Black Calamity Era could leave such a deep, indelible mark across the vast history of the Vast Expanse.
This Lord of Heaven's Proxy's strength was too terrifying and inconceivable. They were already figures standing in the End of the Path realm, yet under this being's gaze... still felt unspeakable heart-palpitations.
And he had just revived...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
In the next moment, a terrifying thought and divine sense, akin to breathing, like roaring mountains and seas, suddenly swept toward the entire Land of the Nine Heavens. Those mountains and cities that had just been restored began twisting, as if becoming a withered leaf in a tempestuous wave, ready to shatter at any moment.
Layer after layer of spacetime and universes, like scrap paper, were twisted and rolled up, constantly flipping.
This forced some beings hiding within to rush out immediately, lest they be crushed into blood mist.
All beings and cultivators in the Land of the Nine Heavens had their faces change drastically, ineffable terror rising in their hearts.
"No need to panic..."
That ancient voice sounded again, as if reassuring everyone.
Boom!!!
This thought, like a mighty wind sweeping across, filled the void in all directions, distorting all kinds of air.
At the same time, strongly affected by this thought, many treasures, powerful spiritual energies, and formidable existences in the various heavens of the Land of the Nine Heavens were swept up by this thought, flying into the sky, trembling in shock.
But soon, they forced themselves to calm down and realized that this terrifying, invisible thought was merely searching for something.
And in the deepest part of the Ninth Heaven, within a vast, boundless palace complex, in an ancient quiet chamber, a figure in green robes like bamboo suddenly opened her eyes. Her brow glowed, with faint traces of flesh and blood light swirling, but then it subsided.
"This is..." She rose and walked out of the quiet chamber, sensing a familiar aura in that divine sense thought just now. Certain flesh and blood sealed within her had faintly trembled, but then inexplicably quieted down.
It was precisely Nan Qing, who had changed her name to Qing Nan.
"It's not searching for me?" She watched the rumbling, trembling mountains, silently calming down. The Dark Clans had been able to find the spacetime coordinates of the Land of the Nine Heavens naturally with her help.
"Who is this, so recklessly spying on our clan territory?"
Figures rushed out from various places, trembling all over, uncontrollably swept toward the sky.
And in the next moment, within this paradise-like realm, in one quiet palace, a white-robed woman's jade-like face suddenly changed, then uncontrollably enveloped by this thought. An item on her glowed, found by that thought, and directly flew out beyond her control.