This Fortuity Has Already Rotted, and a Terrifying Cataclysm Is Coming
This Fortuity Has Already Rotted, and a Terrifying Cataclysm Is Coming
Sky Deer City had stood in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains for countless ages, towering like the mighty spine of heaven and earth itself. Its walls alone stretched beyond ten million li, withstanding invasion after invasion from the Beyond without ever falling.
Even the stars before it were as insignificant as dust.
But today, all of that was destroyed. The walls trembled, and every rune upon them scattered and crumbled like a collapsing flood, rapidly vanishing without a trace.
Countless scars of blades, spears, swords, and halberds were revealed upon the blue-grey walls, and many bloodstains could even be seen.
Rumble!!!
Countless stars, containing the imprints of heaven and earth, capable of outlining and drawing upon the power of the world, revolved around Sky Deer City.
But beneath the aura of the supreme beings, they instantly exploded into dust that filled the sky.
And now, a corner of the Grand Array outside Sky Deer City had been torn apart, opening a terrifying great rift.
Endless astral winds and laws of order surged out from within, causing every living being and Cultivator upon the walls to tremble, their faces drained of color, already frightened to the extreme.
From where they stood, they could see numerous terrifying beings of the Beyond striding forward with steps that shook heaven and earth, charging over to kill.
This was an unstoppable force. Mountains crumbled and the earth split, seas turned to ash, and even lightning would wither away beneath these shockwaves.
The countless Cultivators and living beings within the city began gathering toward the walls.
But even more people took advantage of the chaos to flee toward the distance.
Because even those few supreme beings who had gone out of the city to fight earlier had already chosen to surrender, no longer daring to continue battling the Beyond.
At a time like this, what was left for them to defend?
All those earlier words of grand righteousness, soaring morale, and readiness to die had merely been tools to win hearts. At the final moment, they had finally revealed their true faces of cowardice and greed for life.
What bullshit Four Powerful War God Clans—they were nothing but frauds who deceived the world to steal fame.
At this moment, countless living beings and Cultivators cursed at the Four Powerful War God Clans, though the speed of their feet did not slow in the slightest.
Divine rainbows appeared beneath their feet one after another, while ancient altars lit up, within which dazzling portals emerged, leading to other places.
Sky Deer City fell into complete chaos.
And within the several ancient great halls at its very center, the radiance was equally brilliant.
Several incomparably ancient figures sat cross-legged here, traces of time surrounding them, and faintly, one could even see fine fragments of time.
Yet they sat here without a sound, utterly motionless, as if they had not moved for countless years.
Now, seemingly sensing the aura outside Sky Deer City, brilliant divine mist began to emerge, soaring vapors rushing to the heavens, and from the crowns of their heads shone a holy and crystalline light.
Ocean-vast fluctuations of divine sense rose from their bodies. Each of them possessed unfathomable power, and they were gradually awakening.
“Has this day finally come?”
One among them stirred his eyes, then slowly opened them, his gaze incomparably deep and weathered.
He sighed, as if he already knew what Sky Deer City and the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains were now facing.
“I have already seen endless blood and fire, the earth drowned in darkness, the sun and moon corroded by the flames of war, everything smashed and sunk...”
Another elder also opened his eyes.
He looked weathered and gaunt, his cheekbones sunken, yet his pair of eyes were like candle flames, incomparably dazzling and bright.
Boom!!
This place erupted with light that soared to the heavens, radiant glows splitting the firmament, shining into the distant universe.
Countless Cultivators and living beings felt this fluctuation and could not help but reveal looks of delight.
Within Sky Deer City now, apart from the True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans, no other True Daoists could be seen.
Moreover, the True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans had already been suppressed, and just moments ago had even intended to voluntarily surrender to the Beyond.
This had left everyone in Sky Deer City somewhat despairing.
At this moment, sensing the aura of other True Daoists emerging naturally filled them with boundless joy.
Within these palaces, these existences began to rise. For a certain reason, they had once entered death seclusion within Sky Deer City, and now, sensing that Sky Deer City had fallen into great war, they awakened one after another from their death seclusion.
Divine rainbows streaked across the sky one after another, their radiance splendid, appearing atop the walls of Sky Deer City—but the sight before them filled them with despair.
Among them were young beings and old-generation existences alike, and all of them were now trembling.
“Kill!!”
Outside Sky Deer City, one could see a dense, endless army carrying a vast and terrifying aura, surging in from the ends of heaven and earth, seeking to drown this place.
At the very front were even more terrifying war behemoths, personally steered by Sacred Emperor Realm beings. With every step they made heaven and earth quake, and a single stomp was enough to crush countless living beings to death.
This was a black ocean of kings, numbering in the hundreds of millions upon millions. Seeing this sight filled everyone with despair!
A corner of Sky Deer City’s Grand Array had been torn open, and this direction was precisely its weak point, so the entire army of the Beyond charged in from this direction.
Boom!!
At this moment, an even more terrifying explosion rang out in the sky. A crimson long spear, composed of numerous lights and laws of order, tore across the firmament, seemingly able to pierce through eternity itself, to sever the universe, stabbing fiercely down toward Sky Deer City below.
This caused every living being within Sky Deer City to involuntarily kneel beneath this aura—it was involuntary, completely beyond their control.
Everyone’s scalps went numb as they watched terrifying runes erupt from the walls, yet beneath this single spear strike, they were ground away, utterly unable to block it.
The Sky Deer City of today no longer possessed its former power of resistance. It shook violently without end, as if it would be knocked down by this single strike.
This filled them with despair.
Gu Changge had struck. In the eyes of everyone in Sky Deer City, his existence was simply like a nightmare—though handsome and otherworldly, his might was unmatched.
With just this casual strike, he could now tear apart the Grand Array outside Sky Deer City.
“Those who surrender shall live. Those who resist shall die.”
The voices of the many True Daoists of the Beyond rang out. Though not loud, they spread clearly, carrying cold indifference.
They walked forward, their bodies carrying sky-soaring fluctuations and auras, seeking to press everyone before them down to their knees.
Everyone within Sky Deer City could not help but tremble. Without True Daoists to resist, their level was far too low.
Facing experts of this degree was no different from ants facing a True Dragon head-on—there was only a path of death.
“It will still take a moment to fight our way into the city, but it won’t waste much time.”
After striking once, Gu Changge made no further moves, instead gazing into the depths of Sky Deer City. He felt that Sky Deer City was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. The Land of Rebirth that the Sky Deer Goddess had mentioned very likely concealed great Karma.
But as things stood now, with Sky Deer City’s power alone, they could not even stop him, let alone the current army of the Beyond.
Boom!!
At this moment, from the center of Sky Deer City, light soared to the heavens—several powerful figures, their blood qi boiling, exuding the aura of True Daoists. They were precisely the ones who had just awakened.
Facing the terrifying army of the Beyond, their hearts were heavy with caution. Though they had only just revived, they already knew what had happened in Sky Deer City before.
This made them sigh softly, but more than that, they felt sorrow and fury.
Who could have imagined that in such a moment of crisis, the various clans would not think of uniting as one, but would instead abandon the city and flee one after another?
Even the True Daoists of the Four Powerful War God Clans had surrendered to the Beyond right before the eyes of everyone in Sky Deer City.
This filled them with rage and grief. A sky-piercing fury surged in their hearts, enough to change the color of the heavens, enough to make mountains collapse and the earth split.
But it was all useless now. They understood that once Sky Deer City’s Grand Array was breached, everyone here simply could not stop the army of the Beyond.
Even the sheer number of those True Daoists was enough to make one feel despair, to say nothing of those existences who had yet to act from the shadows.
Some among them were even approaching the Immortal Realm, able to suppress the entire current age with their own strength alone, unrivaled through ancient and modern times, invincible in all the world.
How were they supposed to block this? It simply could not be blocked. From beginning to end, there had not been the slightest chance.
“Today the city falls. Those who wish to surrender, surrender. At this point, no one will blame you.”
“This was fated from the start.”
Their figures walked over, descending from the sky above, speaking to all the Cultivators and living beings within Sky Deer City, their words laced with helplessness.
Some figures of very ancient seniority recognized them and could not help but grieve.
These few had been existences who fought bravely against the Beyond in the great war back then, even granted the title of Honoured King.
It was only said that they later vanished, seemingly in seclusion somewhere—but no one had imagined they were right here within Sky Deer City all along.
Yet by this day, this great war no longer held the slightest hope. For these Honoured King figures of the past, it was all the more tragic.
“The Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains of today are no longer the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains we once protected.”
“This Fortuity has already rotted...”
These few elders all sighed, and did not choose to fight the Beyond at this moment—that would only be a meaningless death.
If this battle still held even a sliver of hope, they would surely fight with all their might, even if heaven and earth withered and the Ten Thousand Daos collapsed.
The commotion outside Sky Deer City grew even more terrifying. Amid endless radiance and divine chains of order, the vast array could be seen being torn apart.
The Grand Array finally split open into a terrifying great rift, and True Daoists led the army of the Beyond in descending, storming into the city at the first moment.
The city gate that had once stood as tall as the heavens exploded with a boom under the combined assault of the True Daoists. The fluctuations were vast, and every rune and law of order upon it shattered, unable to delay them for even an instant.
Scene after scene filled everyone within Sky Deer City with despair.
“Is surrender truly the only path left...”
Many people’s voices trembled, laced with fear.
Some charged forward to fight the army of the Beyond, but midway, a war behemoth’s foot came down, directly stomping them into a mist of blood.
Some True Daoists arrived riding war chariots covered in all manner of terrifying marks—scars of blades, spears, swords, and halberds, along with various arrow holes—exuding a supreme aura.
They descended into the city with astonishing might, pressing everyone down to their knees. This was the pressure of unparalleled supreme beings.
Many living beings and Cultivators were utterly despairing. With no other choice, they could only choose to surrender.
However, even more people still glared at the Beyond’s army that had stormed into the city with unyielding, hostile, furious eyes, adopting a posture of fighting them to the death.
“Laughable. Do mere ants think they can overturn the heavens?”
The many True Daoists were quite disdainful. Their gazes were like divine thunder, and when they swept across the void, the surroundings collapsed with terrifying might that seized the soul.
Such contemptuous behavior filled everyone in Sky Deer City with fury.
But they were suppressed by their auras, unable to even lift their heads, their bones creaking, their skin seemingly about to split open.
“I’ll fight you all to the death!”
One expert could no longer endure this situation. He roared in fury, activating all the magic power in his body, his entire being glowing as he charged forward to kill.
But before he could even reach those few figures, he was torn apart by the aura around them, exploding into a sky-filling mist of blood.
“If not for giving Young Master Changge face, the moment this city was breached, you would all have been slapped to death by us!”
“We’re giving you a chance to live. If you don’t cherish it, then don’t blame us.”
These few True Daoists came from the various lineages of the Beyond. Their auras were all extremely powerful as they stood within Sky Deer City, their gazes like thunder, speaking coldly.
They were not fools. They knew the Sky Deer Goddess was currently by Gu Changge’s side, very close to him.
And the reason the Sky Deer Goddess was willing to follow Gu Changge was likely some agreement between them.
If they slaughtered wantonly within Sky Deer City, they might offend Gu Changge because of the Sky Deer Goddess.
For them, whether Sky Deer City was breached or not, its most important significance lay in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains standing behind it.
“These seniors speak truly. I, Gu, possess the virtue of cherishing life, and I am giving you a chance to survive.”
“Provided, of course, that you don’t wish to die.”
Outside Sky Deer City, a great path crashed down, smashing through numerous laws and order, splitting open a road.
Gu Changge descended upon this place, the vast and mighty army following behind him, their momentum soaring to the heavens, eclipsing the sky, sun, and moon, every star trembling.
His gaze swept over everyone before him as he spoke indifferently.
Seeing his arrival, the expressions of the other True Daoists all shifted slightly, while the whole of Sky Deer City fell into dead silence.
Toward these unfamiliar True Daoists, their fear was not so deep, but their dread of Gu Changge had nearly seeped into their very bones.
Boom!!
The few True Daoists who had awakened in the palace at Sky Deer City’s center now also appeared, descending upon this place.
Though they had only awakened recently, they had already learned through secret arts from others about the great events that had occurred outside Sky Deer City during this time.
Thus, they also knew that the young man before them was the leading figure of the Beyond’s current generation, possessing enormous authority and prestige.
Even the many True Daoists here all appeared to take Gu Changge as their leader.
“Things have come to this point. There is no need for you to keep resisting.”
At this moment, behind Gu Changge, the figure of the Sky Deer Goddess also appeared.
Her gaze was very calm, without ripples, sweeping over the people of Sky Deer City before her as she spoke softly.
“Sky Deer Goddess...”
Seeing the Sky Deer Goddess, the expressions of everyone here changed drastically. They had not expected the Sky Deer Goddess to choose to appear at this moment.
And she was facing all of this so calmly and composedly, as if none of it surprised her.
This made many people even more furious, wishing they could curse her out loud, but before Gu Changge, they did not dare.
However, even more Cultivators and living beings felt a deep sense of dejection. Perhaps the only way now was to heed the Sky Deer Goddess’s words—only then could they survive.
But after surviving, would they become slaves of the Beyond, driven at its whim?
“Your lives and deaths have nothing to do with me. I only wish to protect the Sky Deer City that Shifu left behind.”
The Sky Deer Goddess’s voice rang out once more, very calm, yet falling upon the ears of the crowd, it seemed utterly cold and heartless.
For the Sky Deer Goddess, Sky Deer City’s importance far outweighed the living beings within it.
This was the place where she had grown up, and the place she had promised Shifu she would protect well.
As long as the city stood, everything else could, relatively speaking, be cast aside.
The few elders who had rushed over saw this scene, and bitterness surfaced on their faces. But they also understood that if they did not want everyone to die, then the best option was to surrender.
Thus, they did not attempt to resist, but instead took the lead in declaring their willingness to surrender.
Many within Sky Deer City nearly ground their teeth to dust. They shared an irreconcilable blood feud with the Beyond, which was why they had chosen to stay when everyone else fled far from Sky Deer City.
But today, they were to surrender to the Beyond—something they simply could not accept, their hearts filled with unwillingness.
“If they won’t surrender, then kill them.”
Gu Changge noticed the expressions of these people. His voice held no ripple as he gave the indifferent order.
Hearing these words, the faces of everyone in Sky Deer City changed drastically. Many felt terror and wanted to take back their stance, but it was already too late.
The next moment, blood-red light soared to the heavens, dyeing the clouds in the sky red.
Receiving the order, the army behind Gu Changge immediately surged forward like a flood, crushing everything in its path.
Without any surprise, once a crack was torn in Sky Deer City’s Grand Array and the Beyond’s army stormed in, even though many in the city were still unwilling to surrender, beneath this nearly overwhelming force, they had no power to resist whatsoever.
Among them, the clansmen of the Four Powerful War God Clans who had remained here did not “disappoint” the people of Sky Deer City—at the very first moment, just like their few True Daoists, they chose to surrender, without the slightest thought of resistance.
Of course, in the eyes of many, this came as no surprise.
After all, Sky Deer City was just one city. Facing the terrifying army of the Beyond, without the support of the other clans’ forces, it collapsed in an instant.
Thereafter, the army of the Beyond garrisoned within, sweeping through every pavilion and palace one by one, suppressing and killing all who resisted, sparing no corner.
The news of Sky Deer City’s fall swept across the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains almost in an instant.
The many clans and forces that had long since evacuated trembled in shock, yet also felt boundless relief—thank goodness they had fled early, otherwise they would surely have died miserably within the city.
They could well imagine what kind of terrifying cataclysm the entire Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains would face next.