Outside Of Time

Chapter 1738  The Situation Reverses

This voice transcended heavenly sounds, transcended the Dao, and stood above all rules and laws.

It was as if countless gods were murmuring in unison, possessing the power to shatter the starry sky, overturn the souls of all living beings, and annihilate all existence. Even the universe itself seemed to crumble at this moment.

Countless black flesh and blood emerged from the shattered fragments, spreading wildly as if to fill all perceivable void with a realm of strangeness.

The speaker was none other than… God Emperor Chiuz!

He sat on a throne composed of countless universes, now opening His eyes and spreading His divine will across every shattered piece of ice, as if gazing down upon all realms.

In an instant, the minds of all beings on the cultivatorsʼ side were thrown into turmoil, their life flames seemingly on the verge of extinguishing.

Even immortals were not spared!

The countless fragments of ancient battlefields floating in the void trembled violently, and the remains of those who had slumbered here since time immemorial rose into the air. Under the descent of the Lord Godʼs will, they transformed into a river of crystalline particles.

As for the central altar, the lids of the 360 demonic bronze coffins within it were all lifted, releasing a surge of black energy that erupted in all directions, forming ripples in space-time capable of tearing apart souls.

All of this was caused by a single sentence from the Lord God!

Xu Qing, standing at the edge of the altar, felt this even more intensely. His mind went blank, his consciousness seemingly sinking into silence, as if he had lost all sensation.

It was as if… he had become a speck of dust.

Before the level of a Lord God, he truly was nothing more than a speck of dust.

Just as the situation took a drastic turn, a calm voice emanated from the vast scroll confronting the Lord God, echoing softly.

”What if I break the agreement?”

As these words spread, the starry battlefield underwent another dramatic change.

The shattered river of ice, the crystalline formations, the surging divine might and anomalous substances, and the endless proliferation of strange flesh—all of it froze in an instant.

They transformed into an endless black mist, converging toward the scroll and gathering on the right index finger of the Immortal Lord seated within.

Finally, it dissipated.

Only a faint glow remained on the fingertip, as if a layer of black ice had formed a ring in the void.

The Immortal Lord flicked his finger.

The black ice on his fingertip instantly melted, and a white flame leaped from it, leaving behind a scorching mark like stardust.

At the same time, everything on the battlefield changed. The lids of the demonic bronze coffins on the altar were instantly resealed, and the space-time ripples they had created were erased.

The river of crystalline particles that had swept across the battlefield was now reversed into a sea of fire, filling the surroundings and burning with a rich immortal aura!

The cultivators, having regained their senses, immediately began beating war drums.

The sound of the drums shook the heavens, resonating through the starry sky.

Xu Qing, too, regained his senses. His mind was in turmoil, and without hesitation, he continued to retreat.

He would not naively assume that he had been betrayed by the Fifth Star Ring.

Nor would he simplistically believe that he was so important as to be irreplaceable.

Everything, in the end, pointed to the fact that this exchange held other secrets.

His role was merely to appear, ensuring that the exchange could begin smoothly…

These thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. Above the starry sky, the divine river churned, and the Lord God Chiuz, seated upon it, slowly rose to His feet. His figure was so immense that even the starry sky seemed unable to contain Him.

A terrifying divine might, like a tidal wave, spread out, accompanied by His voice.

”You would break the agreement for a mere Quasi Immortal?”

The response did not come from Immortal Lord Zhan Lu within the scroll, but from the Immortal Monarch Silent Dao, who stepped forward from the cultivatorsʼ army.

He strode forward, standing at the forefront of the army, gazing at the divine river as he spoke in a low voice.

”God Emperor Chiuz, at your level, there is no need to continue with these veiled words. Your target was never a mere Quasi Immortal. You only added that condition to make my master believe in this exchange.

Now that my master has appeared here, your goal has been achieved.”

”Your true purpose was to distract my master, allowing the rift that had been hidden and waiting to erupt in the right wing war zone to form smoothly. And there… my master had already foreseen it and laid his plans. I believe that with your omniscience, you are fully aware of the situation there.”

As the Immortal Monarch Silent Dao spoke, the Lord God on the divine river remained expressionless and silent.

”But for us, your appearance here is also part of our plan. This place… is where we will send you back to your divine homeland!

As for the escalation of the war after your death… your words do hold some truth. But after killing you, the balance of power between our sides will be restored. What does it matter if a full-scale war breaks out?”

”That is why my master agreed to your exchange request. At that time, he had not yet fully grasped your divine aspect. But now, he has completely mastered it, all for the purpose of killing you here!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the war drums on the cultivatorsʼ side grew even louder, their morale soaring.

On the other hand, the gods fell into silence.

The Lord God on the divine river, his gaze profound, looked at Immortal Lord Zhan Lu within the scroll.

”Zhan Lu, it seems you have indeed uncovered the secrets of my divine aspect, which is why you had your disciple speak your thoughts instead of speaking them yourself.”

”But you are too late.”

”You cultivators always think too highly of yourselves. Did you truly believe that I was unaware of all your schemes and calculations?”

The divine river churned, its divine might spreading out, filling the surroundings.

”I had already discerned the secret of your left wingʼs ʼlantern,ʼ knew that the death of my right wing commander was unusual, and understood that this was your ploy to lure my daughter.”

”I also knew of your desire to probe my divine aspect!

As He spoke, He stepped out of the divine river, walking toward the scroll.

With each step, the starry sky shattered, the battlefield trembled, and the universe itself seemed to overturn.

His divine voice continued to echo.

”So, I simply played along, pretending not to know, allowing my daughter to come here and be captured by you.”

”You, Zhan Lu, sought to probe me, but I also sought to probe you!”

”While you were using my daughter to investigate my divine authority, I was also using Her to investigate your Ordinance.”

”This was the true purpose of the exchange. With the Flying Realm fragment as a condition, you could not refuse.”

”And I, by merely glancing at Her on the battlefield and hearing Her speak, could fully understand everything about Her, including the results of the reverse probe I had planted.”

”Now, you know my divine aspect, and I know your Ordinance. Zhan Lu… how will you defeat me?”

The God Emperorʼs voice shook the universe and the Ordinance that belonged to cultivators actually erupted from His body, manifesting as a constantly shifting mask that gleamed on His fingertip.

The mask contained the faces of men, women, old, and young, of different ages and cultivations, but all with the same expression—smiling, filled with joy and happiness.

Gazing at this mask of all living beings, the Lord God praised.

”The Ordinance and laws of you cultivators are indeed remarkable. They can even simulate a divine aspect… and take a different path, splitting essence into a second form!”

”Especially you, Zhan Lu. Your Ordinance and laws… I never expected them to be not of slaughter, but of hope.”

”You have gathered all the hope you have witnessed in your life, to protect, to cherish, to never forget. Because all of this is concentrated here, it forms a force of war and slaughter!”

The Lord Godʼs eyes shone with even greater admiration, but in the next moment, a faint smile appeared on His lips. With a flick of His finger, black energy surged forth, merging into the mask.

The faces on the mask, once filled with joy and happiness, instantly changed. They were no longer smiling but had transformed into expressions of despair, weeping bitterly.

In an instant, the sound of wailing filled the heavens.

He was corrupting the Ordinance of Immortal Lord Zhan Lu!

At the same time, an endless blackness erupted from beneath his feet, spreading out in all directions with a thunderous roar, bringing the anomalous substances to every corner.

The battlefield was instantly polluted.

Then, God Emperor Chiuz took a step forward, entering the scroll of Immortal Lord Zhan Lu!

”Let us see today whether you kill me, or I kill you!”

Black and white reversed, and the scroll became indistinct.

An imperceptible battle erupted within.

At the same time, the war between the two armies fully erupted!

The battle formations of both sides now resonated with a cosmic roar.

The cultivatorsʼ army spread out like countless points of light, forming a wave of fire that covered the heavens.

Within it, countless magical treasures shone, unleashing a kaleidoscope of power.

The crimson giant star also moved forward, its solar flares transforming into true sunfire, burning all divine beings and alien essence in the vicinity into crimson mist.

War banners swept across, igniting a curtain of fire that burned the stars, accompanied by the soul-shaking beat of war drums!

The sound shattered the stars in its path, and before the dust could scatter, it was gathered into a river of light that surrounded the army.

On the godsʼ side, countless beams of divine light, carrying ultimate destruction and corruption, fell like meteors, their momentum unprecedented.

Especially Their barrier, which now rippled, opening a vortex that devoured the cosmos, its majestic force causing countless planets at the edge of the Fifth Star Ring to deviate from their orbits.

Countless gods charged forth.

At a glance, the battlefield resembled a meat grinder, instantly blooming with countless blood flowers.

The residual power of the Immortal Lord and the Lord God from within the scroll occasionally fell onto the battlefield. The Immortal Lordʼs power transformed into ink strokes.

Each stroke became a great wall of sword intent spanning the starry sky, suppressing the gods.

One by one, the gods crumbled, Their flesh scattering.

But before the flying fragments of flesh could cool, they were frozen by the Lord Godʼs icy divine might, forming billions of inverted spears that rained down on the cultivatorsʼ army.

Wherever they passed, flesh and blood flew.

On the battlefield, black and white were no longer intertwined but had become tangible, each carrying its own will, clashing fiercely.

The fabric of space-time here was cracking, with miniature universes constantly being born and annihilated.

The central altar was no exception. The demonic bronze and immortal wood now separated!

The demonic bronze coffins collapsed one by one, the black mist surging from them condensing into enormous divine faces that scattered, devouring everything.

As for the immortal wood, it shattered into strands of causal threads that swept across the battlefield. Any divine being they touched was instantly annihilated, body and soul!

The entire battlefield was in chaos!

Space continued to warp, and even time was affected. Space-time was collapsing.

And in the midst of this chaos, Xu Qing was fleeing at full speed!

He unleashed all his power, rushing toward the distance.

But behind him, the purple-haired, golden-armored, jade-faced gods who had been part of the exchange plan now revealed a golden light in Its eyes, exuding a sacred aura. With a single breath…

The five human cultivators who were supposed to be exchanged now trembled, their colors fading as their true forms were revealed.

They were five corpses that had been refined into divine puppets!

They had long been dead.

What had appeared earlier were merely divine puppets.

With a single breath from the jade-faced god, these five puppets turned to ash, all the divine essence within Them instantly merging into that jade-faced godʼs body.

This caused the jade-faced godʼs cultivation to break through, returning to the True God Realm!

In the chaos of the battlefield, It charged straight toward Xu Qing!

Its mission was to rescue the goddess and kill Xu Qing!

Originally, if It had been closer, It could have accomplished this in an instant. But Xu Qingʼs earlier awareness and retreat had caused the battlefield to erupt prematurely, disrupting Its mission.

Now, It sought to set things right!