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Chapter 227 : The last straw that broke the camel’s back · Oct 01, 2026

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201 Chapter 201 : Hey, what are you doing, Wuyan Master? 2026-10-01
202 Chapter 202 : Want to join the Boundless Divine Kingdom? Then you should put righteousness before family! 2026-10-01
203 Chapter 203 : My best friend has become a puppet of the Four Fears Demon? 2026-10-01
204 Chapter 204 : Disappointed that they are not living up to their potential 2026-10-01
205 Chapter 205 : Let bygones be bygones. 2026-10-01
206 Chapter 206 : Wang Zhennan’s surprise 2026-10-01
207 Chapter 207 : Weren’t you suppressed by the powerful beings on the other side? 2026-10-01
208 Chapter 208 : Chu Moqian’s Deception 2026-10-01
209 Chapter 209 : The God-Devouring Talisman, the scheme succeeded. 2026-10-01
210 Chapter 210 : Confuse 2026-10-01
211 Chapter 211 : Daydream shattered 2026-10-01
212 Chapter 212 : The realm of half-baked truth 2026-10-01
213 Chapter 213 : Heh, your master has been turned into a puppet. 2026-10-01
214 Chapter 214 : Who told you that the Child of the Great Dao can create a new realm? 2026-10-01
215 Chapter 215 : You ignorant wretches, get going! 2026-10-01
216 Chapter 216 : The Alliance of All Realms that suddenly evaporated 2026-10-01
217 Chapter 217 : Is the plan about to succeed? 2026-10-01
218 Chapter 218 : Instead of appeasement, there was only anxiety and lingering fear. 2026-10-01
219 Chapter 219 : Yi Bochang’s conjecture 2026-10-01
220 Chapter 220 : eager 2026-10-01
221 Chapter 221 : Huiyan, stop now! 2026-10-01
222 Chapter 222 : Why don’t you look back? 2026-10-01
223 Chapter 223 : The cruel truth, voluntarily retreating 2026-10-01
224 Chapter 224 : I hope you will keep your word, otherwise you will bear the consequences. 2026-10-01
225 Chapter 225 : Confusion and Resoluteness 2026-10-01
226 Chapter 226 : The final struggle 2026-10-01
227 Chapter 227 : The last straw that broke the camel’s back 2026-10-01
228 Chapter 228 : Survival instinct, desperate measures 2026-10-01
229 Chapter 229 : it’s all over 2026-10-01
230 Chapter 230 : The knot in his heart, the trouble that arose from the Yin-Yang Twin Jade? 2026-10-01
231 Chapter 231 : Final Chapter 2026-10-01

227: The last straw that broke the camel’s backHe deeply understood Wang Qing’s terrifying nature, and at this moment, he could only bluff and gamble on the opponent’s caution:

”If you retreat now, this old man will find another place to activate the destiny chessboard.”

His voice carried a desperate allure, offering a final olive branch, yet inwardly he cursed his own cowardice... If not for being cornered, why would he humble himself so?

”If you don’t retreat, this old man won’t mind shattering the self-recovering Land of the Other Shore into pieces again.”

The last word fell.

Gu Cangyang stared at Wang Qing with predatory eyes, a mix of threat, fear, and a hint of hope interwoven within them.

He clenched his fists, knuckles white from the effort, his chest heaving violently, trying to mask the collapse within with outward toughness.

The atmosphere on the warship was tense, the air seemingly sucked dry, every second as long as torture.

Gu Cangyang’s peripheral vision glanced at the five ’subordinates,’ seeing them still standing motionless, expressions numb, completely unresponsive.

An ominous premonition surged in his heart, but he forcefully suppressed it, telling himself: This is the last chance, he absolutely cannot show weakness.

His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to add something, but he ultimately swallowed it back, leaving only a near-desperate persistence.

But obviously, that was impossible.

What kind of person was Wang Qing? He was an absolute scoundrel!

If he were to be fooled into retreating by Gu Cangyang’s few words, then he wouldn’t be Wang Qing.

Wang Qing’s lips always held a faint, mocking smile, his gaze playfully sweeping over Gu Cangyang and the five Puppets, enjoying a drama that had long been choreographed.

Meng Yuan snorted coldly from the side, his fists clenched, but he remained still at Wang Qing’s signal.

The entire scene fell into an eerie balance, awaiting Wang Qing’s next move to push everything to a climax.

”You still can’t see the truth now? Ask those five if they will help you?”

”Take a closer look at their situation again?”

Wang Qing sneered, gesturing for Gu Cangyang to look at Yi Bochang and the other four, letting him completely give up hope.

Facing Wang Qing’s rhetorical question.

The last shred of hope Gu Cangyang had desperately clung to, like a dying candle doused with ice water, extinguished with a ’puff’.

He had already sensed something was wrong, but he dared not think deeply, nor was he willing to face the worst possible outcome.

Now, mercilessly exposed by Wang Qing, the thin veil of self-deception was violently torn open, revealing the bloody, unavoidable reality behind it.

A chill instantly spread from the soles of his feet throughout his entire body, freezing him to the bone.

He almost mechanically, with a final struggle against fate, turned his gaze back to the five figures standing side by side.

This time, Gu Cangyang looked with extreme care, no longer avoiding anything.

He saw that on Yi Bochang’s face, which used to be full of fawning, the muscles seemed to be pulled by invisible strings.

The corners of his mouth slowly curved upwards, forming a standard yet utterly devoid of warmth ’smile’.

There was no warmth in that smile, only Puppet-like stiffness and emptiness.

Deep within his pupils was a desolate gray, reflecting no light or shadow, nor the reflection of Gu Cangyang’s horrified face.

Yi Tianguang’s originally bright eyes were now dull and lifeless, his eyeballs moving with a sense of sluggishness.

His smile was more like a facial muscle spasm, his lips parted, revealing his teeth, yet it reminded one of cracked stone statues in a tomb.

King Qin the Slaughterer’s burly body stood ramrod straight, but that ’straightness’ seemed overly deliberate, as if supported by invisible scaffolding.

The flesh on his face was taut, and the smile he tried to force out appeared exceptionally ferocious and terrifying.

Chu Daoren’s smile, on the other hand, had a uniform and regular quality that made one’s scalp tingle.

The angle of his upturned lips, the movement of every muscle in his face, seemed precisely calculated, not a jot off.

He had thus completely lost the vitality and spontaneity of a living person, revealing a program-like eeriness.

Finally, there was Xie Shengtian.

He already possessed an evil aura, and now, his stiffly upturned lips, combined with his empty eyes, added a few more traces of Death Qi from the Nine Netherworlds.

That smile seemed to mock the living, and also mock their own pathetic state.

These five faces, five equally stiff, equally empty, and equally chilling smiles, simultaneously targeted Gu Cangyang.

That was not welcome, not support, and certainly not the tacit understanding of fighting side by side, but a silent, ultimate mockery and declaration.

Their mere presence was a tomb meticulously prepared for him.

This was not tension, not exhaustion; this was complete and utter manipulation! It was an empty shell left behind after the Soul had been stripped away!

”Buzz...!”

Gu Cangyang felt as if his head had been struck hard by a sledgehammer weighing ten thousand jun.

His ears roared, and everything before his eyes began to twist and spin.

His last trump card for a comeback, the ’sacrifices’ and ’aids’ he relied on to activate the chessboard, even at the cost of everything!

They had, unbeknownst to him, already become Puppets in the enemy’s hands!

His billions of years of scheming, his desperate gamble, his hope that had just rekindled... even if flawed, to stand above all beings.

At this moment, before these five stiff and eerie smiling faces, it utterly collapsed and shattered completely!

The sky, truly, had fallen!

Not a slow decline, but a crushing descent with thunderous force, bearing down fiercely upon him alone!

He seemed to hear the ’crack’ of his pillar of belief breaking, and feel the sensation of falling as the ground beneath his feet turned into nothingness.

”Thump! Thump! Thump!”

Gu Cangyang’s aged and gaunt body stumbled uncontrollably backward.

Each step landed on the edge of the Void Realm, on his shattered ambition.

His backbone seemed to have been instantly drawn out, the straight posture he had feigned completely gone, leaving only a hunched and trembling figure on the verge of despair.

He fiercely looked back at Wang Qing’s incomparably handsome face.

At this moment, in his eyes, it had transformed into the deepest source of terror in the world, darker than the abyss, more despair-inducing than fate.

Immense fear, like countless icy hands, gripped his throat tightly and squeezed his heart.

His lips trembled, his teeth chattering uncontrollably, emitting faint ’clacking’ sounds.

Extreme shock and incomprehension broke through his last line of defense, turning into a series of fragmented questions:

”He... they... were all... implanted with Puppet Arts by you?! When... exactly when?!”

”You... how did you do it?!”

Every word was filled with unbelievable horror, and a sense of humiliation and fear at being played in the palm of a hand.

Gu Cangyang felt like a clown performing tirelessly on a stage.

And all the plots, even his deepest hidden trump cards, had long been seen through by the audience... Wang Qing, who had made arrangements in advance.

This pervasive sense of defeat and loss of control almost suffocated him.

Watching Gu Cangyang’s distraught, faith-shattered appearance, the faint, mocking smile on Wang Qing’s lips finally became distinct and rich.

He greatly enjoyed this process, enjoying the sight of this old ant struggling, questioning, and finally recognizing reality in despair.

It was a cat-and-mouse taunt, a condescending patience in appreciating the loser’s final performance.

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