Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 160 - 057: Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City Decays!

They all looked on with regret at this scene, as if Zhou Yan was undoubtedly doomed this time.

But Zhou Yan, at this moment, didn’t care about any of it.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t afraid of dying, nor was he unsure about facing such a deadly attack, because he had always believed in one thing—that the Purple Flame was sentient!

He had verified this many times, and this time, the key also lay in the Purple Flame.

Instead of resisting, when the sword soul polar light struck his forehead, Zhou Yan even let go of the defensive power of his body and broke open the gate to the Purple Flame Space in his forehead himself!

"Buzz—"

This polar light, visible to everyone, struck Zhou Yan’s head in one go.

Then, unsurprisingly, the beam struck the mass of Purple Flame Lotus Seeds.

The already melting golden fragments and leaf-like objects were suddenly knocked away.

Even the foundation of the Purple Flame Lotus Seeds seemed to have been knocked askew.

But this beam of light did not cause Zhou Yan’s head to explode or kill him on the spot, as everyone had hoped.

After the light entered Zhou Yan’s forehead, nothing was triggered.

Since the space in his forehead was invisible to others, everyone was stunned, even Ji TaiXu suddenly shocked.

Then, suddenly, a mysterious, terrifying aura emerged in the world, and a pressurizing atmosphere suddenly manifested.

Following that, a large expanse of terrifying purple thunder appeared in the sky, within which a transparent finger suddenly emerged.

This finger, even in the boundless expanse of purple thunder, was so giant it seemed to cover all of heaven and earth.

As the finger appeared, under the horrified gazes of the crowd, it suddenly pointed downwards.

"Boom!"

"Splurt—"

The heavens and earth moved, the wind and clouds went mad.

At this moment, Ji TaiXu, his soul utterly frightened, without thinking, grabbed Feng Xia’s head and pushed it towards the sky. At the same time, two beams of Sword Soul light suddenly flew out of his head, fiercely stabbing into Ji Taichong’s head next to him!

Ji Taichong screamed in agony, but in the next moment, his figure shattered, and he disappeared as if vanished, straight away.

The next moment, Ji TaiXu’s own body, pointed at by this finger, went "splurt," and directly turned to ash.

And Feng Xia’s head, even without contact with the giant finger, had already turned to ash.

As for the altar that had originally grown there and Zhou Yan himself, they were pointed into ruins by this single finger.

"Pupupu—"

Numerous cultivators, impacted by the energy driven by this giant finger, exploded not just bodily but couldn’t even escape as Sword Souls, continuously exploding, dying on the spot.

The massive Heavenly Destiny Ancient Tea Tree also turned directly into dust, completely ceasing to exist after being pointed at by this finger.

Zhou Yan himself was also struck deep into the ground by this finger, his bones shattered as if broken, completely falling into unconsciousness.

And the person who was hiding at the start, at a critical moment, released a dazzling white light that, in a split second, swept away Mo Yuchou who was still in shock, escaping even faster than Ji TaiXu.

This ancient altar was destroyed into ruins by a single finger.

The ancient city, as if having its soul sucked out from heaven and earth, suddenly decayed.

"Boom boom boom boom—"

The sounds of ancient buildings collapsing continued.

Countless dust particles also appeared in the air.

Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City collapsed.

The powerful ancient altar now completely turned to ash.

...

"Ah—"

At the same moment, the phantom of a man in black suddenly shattered, his face filled with disbelief as he watched the anomaly appearing before him, written with shock.

"How... how could there be Void Thunder Tribulation?! Impossible, how could such a terrifying thing appear here? Could ’he’ have returned?"

He was utterly horrified, completely unable to believe everything that was happening before his eyes.

It seemed the outcome he had awaited did not occur, causing him a great shock.

"King, the Heavenly Destiny Ancient Tea Tree has decayed, and the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm’s energy source has been cut off, it too will decay."

A woman in white appeared in front of the man in black, kneeling on both knees, respectfully said.

However, her king did not answer her, as the man in black seemed to be engrossed in a complex derivation.

"Impossible! He couldn’t possibly still be alive! Absolutely impossible! Humph! I want to see who dares to be so arrogant during the Ancient Sacrifice!"

The man in black’s gaze turned cold, and his ghostly body solidified considerably. He reached out and created a mirror-like image, within which the ancient city of Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City reappeared, restoring its original form.

But at that moment, the ancient city suddenly exploded with a "boom," and a purple light, as if traversing space-time, burst forth from the mirror and landed fiercely on his body.

His ghostly figure instantly ignited, those purple flames wild and terrifying beyond imagination—a sight that could never be grasped.

Even the woman in white, standing beside him, was startled and her complexion paled dramatically by the intense heat.

The man in black grunted dully, his black shadow nearly exploding on the spot.

His shadow vanished, and the purple flames continued to burn fiercely for a long time before naturally extinguishing themselves.

The woman in white watched the scene in stupefaction, her face pale to the extreme.

After a long while, the void showed another black shadow.

But this shadow was significantly weaker than the previous one.

Not only that, this new shadow lacked the world-defying aura it once had, even the ancient Sword Intent that viewed living beings like ants had faded considerably.

"King, you, what’s happened to you?"

The woman in white asked, her voice trembling with fear of the unknown.

"Alas, this mutated Heavenly Tribulation, its origins unknown, thankfully it is not that person resurrected. That, at least, is somewhat reassuring. But one of my Three Souls has been refined by these flames, I lost one soul. The opening of the Nine Origin Reincarnation this time, will be troublesome for me."

His voice was hoarse, with a hint of weakness, as he calmly responded.

"Ah... then, what should we do?"

"It doesn’t matter. There are still several Sacred Heaven Giant City and Heavenly Destiny Ancient Ceremonies. Hopefully, they can contribute, helping me accumulate more of my original bloodline. I will use this time to bitterly condense a Sword Soul. The Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm... no longer holds the number of Ninety-nine Supreme. The Nine Origin cycle was disrupted last time, and now it can’t be completed anymore, let it decay then."

His voice sounded somewhat fatigued.

The woman in white was moved; she had never seen such a weakened ’King’, not even when facing the guardians of the Nine Origin Reincarnation, those ancient figures of great power, but this time...

Thinking of the terrifying Purple Flame, the woman in white suddenly fell silent.

"King, rest and cultivate well, I will guard this place properly."

She said thoughtfully.

"Good, should you encounter the Void Thunder Tribulation in the future, be careful as well. Perhaps it signifies a warning from some incredible entity who has noticed the opportunity there, it seems there are a few capable ones among those who dislike me... never mind that, you also cultivate bitterly for a while, and help me guard this place. We can ignore this for now."

After a long contemplation, the man spoke again.

"Mm, King, about the person who stole the Spiritual Lotus Seed from the Spiritual Lotus Secret Realm, should we deal with him?"

"Let’s talk about it when I come out of seclusion. A mere ant is no threat... by now, he is probably already dead in the Heavenly Destiny Ancient Sacrifice City."

"Mm... he should indeed be dead."

The woman in white spoke softly, and for some reason, saying this made her heart ache tremendously, as if just speaking these words would make her overwhelmingly sad.

...

Endless darkness flicked constantly before his eyes. Zhou Yan could sense his existence, but every bone in his body had been shattered to pieces by that one giant finger.

If not for a layer of Purple Flame Breath surrounding his body, he would probably have been reduced to ashes.

Zhou Yan felt somewhat helpless; he always knew the Purple Flame was extraordinary, yet he had never expected it to trigger the outer domain’s Void Thunder Tribulation and attract the action of the Thunder Spirit!

What a terrifying thing!

It was simply unimaginable!

Zhou Yan didn’t know whether it was the Purple Flame that had summoned it, or if it was Ji Taixu’s attack that had hit the Purple Flame and caused the anomaly.

But whichever it was, Zhou Yan did not want to experience it again.

The feeling of powerlessness in the face of death had deeply shaken him. It was the first time he truly understood what facing death felt like, a sensation so intense and forceful that even now, it continued to affect his mind and body, making him shiver whenever he recalled that experience.

"Young Master, Young Master, where are you?"

While engulfed in the boundless darkness, Zhou Yan suddenly heard Pan Yuming’s voice.

Everyone had nearly been annihilated by that one finger, yet he was fortunate because he was unconscious and Ji Taichong had set him aside. At this moment, he was the only person who had not been killed instantly and was calling out along the way, digging through the ruins, hoping to find Zhou Yan... even if it was just his corpse, he wanted to contribute.

Zhou Yan’s lips moved slightly; he found that he didn’t even have the strength to move his lips.

With a bitter smile in his heart, he sighed, concentrated his mind, and entered into the space between his brows.

The darkness was gone in an instant.

Inside the space of the Purple Flame, a glow suddenly appeared, seemingly opening up a new world brimming with vitality.

This space seemed to have expanded significantly.