Chapter 94: The Stone Tablet Escapes

The “death” character refused to relent, launching a third assault. The black death light clung to Cheng Lingyu’s chest, pushing him step by step into desperate straits.

This time, Cheng Lingyu’s life force plummeted to critical levels. The pyramid in the mysterious space trembled slightly, unleashing immense power that instantly repelled the death light from his chest.

Composed of four stars, each representing a unique storage space containing light and darkness, this pyramid radiated unfathomable divine might when fully formed.

As Cheng Lingyu’s life hung in balance, the pyramid seized control of his body. A tremendous force awakened from the darkness, countering the death character’s assault.

The ruthless black death light initiated a fourth attack.

Now Cheng Lingyu fought back actively. The pyramid within his five lakes and dantian’s True Essence Sea blazed with divine radiance, rendering his body translucent. Six pyramids within him released sword-shaped true essence that transformed colors mid-flight, merging into a unified strike against the death light.

The death character contained six strands of black death light – purple-black divine flames carrying the corrosive power to decay all creation.

Six Heart Sword Leaves No Trace erupted from Cheng Lingyu, their indestructible force clashing violently with the death light in mortal combat.

Though normally insufficient against such power at Cheng Lingyu’s cultivation level, the four-star pyramid’s control transformed Heart Sword Leaves No Trace into an unstoppable force.

The first collision sent the death character flying without gaining advantage.

During the second clash, Cheng Lingyu’s counterattack shattered the death character into six primal strands.

In the third engagement, Cheng Lingyu pressed his advantage. Each Heart Sword entangled a death light strand, gradually overwhelming and absorbing them.

The impossible occurred – death’s embodiment was consumed by the swords. Cheng Lingyu’s Heart Sword Leaves No Trace darkened to violet-black, now bearing the corrosive might of death itself while retaining its piercing nature, elevating its attack power significantly.

With the death light devoured, the altar crumbled. Black flames swarmed Cheng Lingyu only to be filtered through his Physical Body and absorbed by the four-star pyramid.

Awakening half an hour later naked, Cheng Lingyu recalled everything clearly despite his dreamless state during the ordeal.

“So Life and Death Evaporate’s death character nearly killed me here,” he mused, retrieving clothes from his Spirit Cloak Ring. The stone forest had vanished, leaving featureless plains.

Above floated the ethereal palace where two figures dueled – Bai Ruomei, now unexpectedly at Blood Martial Realm, clashed with Hua Yuehong. Whenever Bai Ruomei faltered, holy light from her brow forced Hua Yuehong to defend with the beautiful jade coffin.

Channeling true essence into The Source Pearl, Cheng Lingyu learned the palace was an illusory space permitting combat. While the golden body, blood pool and jade beads were fake, the Sun God Tablet was genuine – and the source of both The Source Pearl’s reaction and this small world’s supergravity field.

“That tablet’s the real treasure,” Cheng Lingyu muttered, gazing upward. “But how do I reach it?”

Although Cheng Lingyu had obtained a fortuitous opportunity, he lacked the flying capabilities of Hua Yuehong and Bai Ruomei. He could only watch helplessly with bitter regret.

Around the silver-haired man lingered terrifying energies, his destructive tribulation far exceeding Cheng Lingyu’s death calamity in magnitude.

A sudden explosion rocked the area as Hua Yuehong and Bai Ruomei were thrown backward, blood spraying from their mouths with severe injuries.

The palace trembled violently as the Sun God Tablet manifested divine phenomena. Ancient grand talismans materialized on its surface, accompanied by rolling heavenly thunder.

Blinding light erupted from the tablet, forcing everyone to shield their eyes. The scorching heat threatened to burn the heavens and earth.

The massive Sun God Tablet gradually descended toward the deep pit housing the silver-haired man. Above, the palace burst like fireworks, ethereal and fleeting, vanishing completely.

When the tablet struck ground, earth-shaking booms reverberated. Disregarding their wounds, Hua Yuehong and Bai Ruomei desperately charged toward the pit.

A brilliant flash accompanied the tablet’s impact, generating shockwaves that instantly flung all three cultivators away. The tablet’s aura abruptly disappeared moments later.

The two women scrambled up and leaped into the pit without hesitation. Cheng Lingyu cursed as the vanishing supergravity field left his body weightless. A single step carried him three miles away.

Returning to the collapsed pit, he found no trace of the others. “Everyone’s gone? How do I escape now?” He grimaced at being abandoned in this illogical trap.

Four simultaneous cliff explosions signaled the small world’s impending annihilation. Spotting the Golden Crow Blazing Flag, Cheng Lingyu panicked: “If those thousand outer cultivators see me here…”

He dove into rubble near exploding cliffs, dug a shallow pit, and dissipated his true essence to feign death.

Underground palace observers hadn’t witnessed events in the chasm, only clearly seeing Hua Yuehong and Bai Ruomei’s palace battle. All assumed Bai Ruomei’s cultivation surge stemmed from gained opportunities, while their clash naturally resulted from treasure competition.

Subsequent developments remained hidden until the cliffs’ destruction revealed the Golden Crow Blazing Flag.

“This complete set of eight exceptional-grade spirit artifacts holds unmatched power when combined. With the palace gone and Sun God Tablet vanished, claiming these flags brings greatest advantage.”

With the Holy Emperor’s legacy disappeared, covetous eyes turned to the flags maintaining powerful defense around their territory.

Charming Pen Spirit Master tested the perimeter, finding the flags’ power diminished – maintaining basic defenses without their original drive. Other Spirit Masters joined the assault, causing underground palace tremors as five Spirit Masters and Blood Martial experts besieged the weakening flags.

Caiyun anxiously watched the danger zone where even Blood Martial kings perished. After continuous attacks lasting incense-burning time, defenders finally breached the Golden Crow Blazing Flags’ formation.

As defenses crumbled, five Spirit Masters and Blood Martial kings scrambled for the eight flags while Soul Martial Realm cultivators swarmed in. The sentient artifacts transformed into golden crows attempting escape, pursued by Yun Ao, Ouyang Lie, Shi Busi, and sect leaders.

Searchers found no trace of the missing trio in the chasm. Instead, conflicts erupted among cultivators, turning the area bloody.

After observing, Caiyun seized her chance to enter. Lan Xiaozhu wisely retreated with Song Xuejiao.

Hidden beneath rubble, Cheng Lingyu detected Caiyun’s arrival through secret voice transmission. Following brief consultation, Caiyun approached his location.

A serpentine light burrowed into the debris before exploding harmlessly. Caiyun’s theatrical search concealed her true action – storing Cheng Lingyu in the mystical scroll obtained from Jubao Studio’s auction, its seal now broken to reveal a dimensional space.

Her convincing act complete, Caiyun departed without revealing flaws.