Desolate Devouring Art

Even with the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron’s assistance, Liu Wuxie would need at least a full day to refine the Divine Metal Core. That left far too much room for disaster, especially with more cultivators converging on his location by the moment.

He needed to complete his breakthrough before they arrived. Assisted by the surrounding fire-attribute energy, the Divine Metal Core rapidly melted into streams of liquid that flowed into the Desolate World.

The instant that liquid entered the Desolate World, deafening explosions thundered across the realm. The ground split open, and golden mountains forged entirely from metal-attribute energy rose one after another.

A suffocating force swept across the Desolate World, and the gateway to the eighth-level True Immortal Realm swiftly emerged before Liu Wuxie.

Without hesitation, Liu Wuxie mobilized the mysterious axe imprint, determined to shatter the gateway in a single decisive push and complete his breakthrough within an hour. If word of such a feat spread, no one would believe it.

Completing a breakthrough within an hour was simply too heaven-defying. Liu Wuxie circulated the unity with heaven and earth as vast torrents of energy from the Divine Metal Core surged through him. Piercing agony swept across his body, threatening to tear him apart and twisting his features into a grimace.

Even so, he clenched his teeth and endured while the unity with heaven and earth continued remolding his body.

Golden patterns gradually spread across every inch of his skeleton, each branded with the energy of the Divine Metal Core.

Heavy thumps reverberated from within Liu Wuxie's body like the thunderous gallop of ten thousand horses. The violent rhythm shook the entire pericardium, traveled through its interconnected meridians, and echoed far into the distance.

Every cultivator who heard the disturbance immediately rushed toward its source.

"The sound came from over there. An enormous amount of flame is gathering in the same place. Did someone discover the Divine Fire Core?" someone asked.

None of them realized that the commotion had been caused by Liu Wuxie’s breakthrough rather than the Divine Fire Core.

Several cultivators moving through nearby meridians soon discovered the entrance to the pericardium.

"Someone recently placed a restriction here," one of them said.

One cultivator attempted to force his way inside, only for the powerful barrier to blast him backward.

The Divine Tribulation Pupil had been monitoring the surroundings. The moment the cultivators approached, Liu Wuxie released a surge of mental energy and sent them flying.

"It has to be Liu Wuxie. He entered the heart before anyone else, so he must be hiding inside and refining the Divine Metal Core."

More cultivators began converging upon the entrance. The moment Shen San received word of Liu Wuxie's possible location, he raced toward the pericardium at full speed.

Inside, Liu Wuxie frowned. His pursuers had discovered him far sooner than anticipated. He immediately accelerated the Desolate Devouring Art, creating a powerful vortex around himself that frantically devoured the surrounding fire-attribute energy.

"Break!" Liu Wuxie roared, commanding the mysterious axe imprint to descend from the sky.

He had chosen to force the breakthrough because the restrictions outside could endure for no more than another fifteen minutes.

More cultivators summoned their weapons and assaulted the entrance, causing cracks to spread rapidly across the barrier.

At the same moment, the gateway to the eighth-level True Immortal Realm shattered into countless fragments and merged with the Desolate World. Boundless True Immortal laws surged like a roaring ocean, each possessing a density comparable to that of a Spirit Immortal law.

Dazzling radiance erupted from the Heavenly Dao Book as Heavenly Dao's power descended from above and accelerated Liu Wuxie's breakthrough. Heavenly Dao had empowered him once during the destruction of the Shadow Divination Gate, and he had never expected to receive its blessing again.

With Heavenly Dao's power nourishing him, Liu Wuxie needed only several breaths to reach the pinnacle of his new level in the True Immortal Realm. He had consumed barely one-tenth of the Divine Metal Core during the breakthrough. The remainder merged into the Desolate World and was devoured by the Metal Realm.

That outcome could not be avoided. The Desolate World continued expanding, and the resources required to sustain its growth had already far surpassed Liu Wuxie's personal cultivation needs.

A thunderous explosion rocked the pericardium as the attacks outside intensified. Every cultivator at the pinnacle of the Profound Immortal Realm had joined the assault against the restriction.

Large fragments broke from the damaged barrier, allowing those outside to glimpse Liu Wuxie's figure through the cracks.

"It really is Liu Wuxie," Shen San roared, fury contorting his face.

"Keep attacking," he bellowed.

He stepped forward and unleashed a powerful sword ray that descended like a silver river. The strike exploded against the restriction with a deafening detonation and tore another fissure across its surface.

The other Profound Immortals immediately followed his lead. Cracks multiplied across the barrier until they resembled an enormous spiderweb.

Liu Wuxie's eyes snapped open. Although his breakthrough was complete, he remained seated and reached into his interspatial ring to retrieve the mysterious crossbow.

"Since you're all so eager to die, I'll send you on your way," Liu Wuxie muttered.

Their feud had long since passed the point of reconciliation. Only one side could survive. Every enemy Liu Wuxie eliminated here meant one fewer threat waiting for him later.

After advancing to the eighth-level True Immortal Realm, the Divine Tribulation Pupil became even more formidable. His mental energy had also surged dramatically during the breakthrough.

This time, Liu Wuxie placed three immortal stones into the crossbow's groove. His mental energy had previously been too weak to bear such a burden, forcing him to use only one immortal stone at a time.

The moment the three immortal stones settled into place, the patterns carved across the crossbow began flashing violently. Those patterns intertwined and rapidly consumed the stones' energy, condensing it into three arrows.

Liu Wuxie aimed the crossbow directly at the pericardium's entrance and waited to catch his opponents by surprise.

"Everyone, put more strength into your attacks. The restriction is about to collapse," someone shouted.

Only fifteen minutes had passed, yet the restriction already stood on the verge of destruction. A gap roughly one foot long had opened across its surface.

A thunderous explosion followed as Shen San unleashed dozens of attacks in rapid succession, finally shattering the restriction. He led the charge into the pericardium, and the cultivators behind him flooded through the entrance toward Liu Wuxie.

A cold gleam flashed through Liu Wuxie's eyes as he watched the crowd rush toward him.

"Demonic flame! Fire-attribute energy! Ice-attribute energy! Lightning-attribute energy! Mystic yin energy! Poison-attribute energy..." Liu Wuxie murmured, infusing the three arrows with the power of countless elements.

Even cultivators at the lower levels of the Profound Immortal Realm would struggle to withstand the attack.

"Divine Tribulation Pupil!"

The instant the crowd came closer, Liu Wuxie activated the Divine Tribulation Pupil. Boundless mental energy erupted from him like a primordial beast and swept across the pericardium violently.

Even Liu Wuxie was startled by the Divine Tribulation Pupil's power after his breakthrough. He had not expected his mental energy to become so formidable. A single sweep of his gaze revealed that more than three hundred cultivators had gathered inside the pericardium.

With everyone packed so tightly together, he would never find a better opportunity to ambush them. A devilish smile spread across Liu Wuxie's lips.

Shen San led the charge, but the instant he saw that smile, dread plunged through his heart. He abruptly halted and allowed the cultivators behind him to surge past him.

"Liu Wuxie, hand over the Divine Metal Core," the cultivators roared as they drew their swords and unleashed powerful sword rays toward him.

Liu Wuxie remained perfectly composed beneath the overwhelming assault. He sat motionless and waited for the ideal moment because the arrows could not display their full lethality from such a distance.

The attacks closed to within a hundred meters, poised to crash down upon him at any instant.

"Phantasmal Bloom," Liu Wuxie roared, releasing the mental energy he had gathered.

"ARGH!" Screams erupted throughout the pericardium.

The cultivators hadn't anticipated Liu Wuxie launching a mental assault on their upper dantians. Caught completely off guard, they were trapped in countless illusions. The Spirit Immortals turned against one another and erupted into frenzied slaughter.

After reaching the eighth-level True Immortal Realm, Liu Wuxie could manipulate Spirit Immortals effortlessly with his mental energy.

"What is happening?!" the high-level Profound Immortals shouted.

Sharp pain stabbed through their upper dantians, but they recovered their senses almost immediately.

Amid the chaos, three arrows streaked into the crowd like beams of light and began harvesting lives without restraint.

"Time to leave," Liu Wuxie murmured.

The moment the arrows left the crossbow, Liu Wuxie escaped through the pericardium's exit. The illusions could last for no more than a single breath. Once his opponents regained their senses, remaining behind would mean certain death.

The three arrows swept through the crowd like executioner's scythes, slaughtering Spirit Immortals and low-level Profound Immortals without mercy. Blood soon covered the ground throughout the pericardium.

The arrows possessed no physical form and passed effortlessly through their victims' soul seas. The blood across the ground came from cultivators slaughtering one another while trapped within the illusion.

"Get lost," Shen San roared, lunging forward and slashing his sword at one of the incoming arrows.

To his astonishment, the arrow did not shatter. It split into two. Every attack caused the arrows to multiply, with each strike dividing a single arrow into two more.

Within one breath, corpses covered the ground, and the suffocating stench of blood saturated the pericardium.

"Can someone tell me what the hell just happened?!" the surviving cultivators roared, staring at the bodies scattered around them. Of the three hundred cultivators who had entered the pericardium, nearly one hundred were Spirit Immortals, and almost all of them had perished.

"Liu Wuxie caused this! I'll tear him into pieces!"

Most cultivators inside the Ancient Origin Spatial Realm had entered alongside family members and friends. Those companions now lay dead at their feet, and some had even fallen by their own hands. Their anguish was beyond imagination.

"Damn it," the Shen Clan disciples roared furiously.

More than twenty Shen Clan disciples had entered the pericardium, yet only ten remained alive. Some were killed by the arrows, while others had perished amid the chaos.

Sharp gasps echoed throughout the chamber. If Liu Wuxie had truly orchestrated this massacre, his methods were terrifying beyond measure. Fear took root in many cultivators' hearts, prompting several to reconsider making an enemy of him.

......

After escaping the pericardium, Liu Wuxie swiftly traveled through one of the meridians. His next objective was to obtain the Divine Fire Core. If he obtained it, he could advance to the ninth-level True Immortal Realm.

By then, the Divine Tribulation Pupil and the mysterious arrows would become even more powerful, allowing him to slaughter even greater numbers of cultivators.

Shen San immediately reported everything he knew to Shen Can.

After receiving the report, Shen Can fell silent. Liu Wuxie had proven far more troublesome than he anticipated. The Shen Clan had already suffered devastating losses before they had even managed to capture him.

Shen Can offered Shen San a few words of consolation, then ordered him to suspend the pursuit. He believed they would soon locate the entrance to the Heart Palace.

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