The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 1225 - 467: God above God, Descends to the World_2

"Ancestor..."

Mu Yi, guarding in front of Ye Hanjun, his pupils repeatedly dilated and contracted.

He didn’t understand what had befallen the Goddess Ba but his anxiety had become a reality.

This journey indeed was not so smooth after all; driving off the Desert Wood Ants was just the beginning. The further they went, the more likely unknown dangers would descend.

"So... it was like this..."

"Ancient Era, Tenth Epoch... The truth of the suffering in the Solar Abyss... hehehe... So that’s how it was..."

The world-shattering magnetic field fluctuations lightly eased.

Goddess Ba stood at the center of the storm, holding Nether Divinity in her hand, her dress reflecting brilliant divine light.

She was sighing in lamentation and sneering in mockery.

The mockery mixed within, the playfulness, regret, and hatred... myriad emotions twisted together, but how could the bittersweet complexity alone explain it?

"Ancestor... you’ve recovered your lost memories?!"

Mie Quan and Mu Yi, both deeply troubled, attempted to stabilize the situation.

They couldn’t let the destruction continue any further; it was causing too much of a commotion and could not be hidden by the azure screen.

Those Saints and Holy Beasts lurking on the outside surely heard the earth-shattering noise, and once the fire of gossip flared up, rumors would spread and trouble would come incessantly.

"In the Tenth Epoch of the Ancient Era, I slew a ’Fanged Ghost Deity’."

"It was causing chaos in the land of no man, and naturally, a vicious battle broke out when we met."

"After the battle, I was injured, and it fell."

"I extracted Nether Divinity from its body and brought it back to the Solar Abyss; the original plan was actually for Zi Yu or Tong Xia to prove their way to Divine Enthronement."

The spiritual fluctuations of Goddess Ba painted in the hues of memory, spoke slowly and calmly:

"However, when I returned to the Solar Abyss, Zi Yu and Tong Xia had just gone out, and thus the opportunity was missed."

"I carried Nether Divinity with me often, and perceiving a possible breakthrough one day, I subtly touched upon a deeper opportunity."

"Then, I began a five-thousand-year retreat to cultivate."

"Even when Zi Yu and Tong Xia came to visit, I was incapable of splitting my focus, unable to separate even a sliver of spirit to converse with them normally."

"When the Tenth Epoch ended, the Broken Era Calamity descended upon the mortal world."

"The Laws of Heaven and Earth became chaotic, fortunate beings received blessings, and wicked beings were exterminated. Observing such lives, I suddenly realized that the invisible shackles had lost the binding force of the past, and above Divine Enthronement was no longer an endless expanse, but there was a new realm one could climb to and set foot upon..."

At this point, Goddess Ba extended her fingernail, and on the dark green nail, there seemed to be a striking crimson streak.

She gave a deep chuckle, and finally, the laughter intensified and she burst into uninhibited, hysterical laughter:

"Ten epochs — a full ten epochs!"

"I’ve always wondered, what happened to the lost Nether Ancient and Ancient Times?"

"Why in the short First Epoch of the Ancient Era did all things revive, and Holy Spirits and Deities proliferate like bamboo shoots after rain, fully saturating the world?"

"In the end, it was only the deities of the old ages that, by seizing the advantage of being ’the firstcomers’, banded together to reestablish rules for All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds."

"We, the beings that have only just been born in the Ancient Era, are nothing but living in a cage; we seem free and at ease but are in fact at others’ mercy..."

"Boom!!!"

A bolt of heavenly thunder fiercely shattered the azure screen and struck near Goddess Ba.

Following that, a crack opened in the heavens, and from the deepest part of Chaos and illusion, there seemed to be an indescribable entity... awakening!

"Mie Quan, I’m going to disappoint you."

"It seems I won’t be able to give you this Divinity."

"Ancestor..."

Mie Quan’s face tensed, his inner unease growing heavier, and he instinctively asked:

"What are you going to do? Is there anything we can do to help?"

"You must... survive by any means necessary."

Goddess Ba cast a spiritual gaze, focusing on Mie Quan and Mu Yi, and finally glanced at Ye Hanjun:

"Obtaining the second piece of Nether Divinity, the sealed memories of the Ancient past have been fully unlocked."

"The so-called ’God above God’, the advanced evolution, actually refers to ’Double Seal Fusion’."

"If one divine body can contain two Divinities, whether they are of the same origin or not, such a deity can no longer be seen as ordinary and could be called ’Lord God’, ’Divine King’, ’Divine Venerate’... Their combat strength would multiply manifold."

"Of course, those Ancient deities that occupy the Heavenly Dao prefer to call themselves ’Heavenly Venerate’."

"The reason why the Solar Abyss was slaughtered, and my head severed, is my fault because I touched upon their interests..."

"After the Ancient Era, the Heavenly Venerate would not allow a God above Gods to reappear in the world, for it would disrupt the extant order."

"And I... have broken this taboo, and naturally, I must bear the wrath of the heavens..."

On the severed neck of Goddess Ba, new flesh rapidly gestated.

At the same time, holding the Nether Divinity in her hand, it burrowed into her body, taking its place in her right chest as if it were meant to be her second heart.

"Boom!!!"

The azure and fierce flames—rose a hundred thousand feet high!

The sky-blue robe of Goddess Ba floated as she finally acquired a face.

Although Ye Hanjun still couldn’t see clearly whether her appearance was dignified and graceful or tender and charming.

But those formidable, azure pupils seemed as if they stood above the clouds, where no creature of the mortal realm could sit shoulder to shoulder with her.

"It’s you again..."

"The Ancient Era failed to kill you completely, and to this day, you remain a thorn in our sides..."

"Now, when you had the chance to live on in a diminished god’s form, you chose to transgress for the second time; do you wish for divine punishment to descend once more? This very person will satisfy your wish!"

"Whooooosh!!"

Icy blades of a celestial blue hue soared and plummeted.

As if stirring up the sky that looked like sludge, suddenly a world-ending deluge surged, instantly pouring down and submerging the entire Earth God Mountain.

"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"

On the borders of Earth God Mountain, a wall of ice as high as the heavens itself shot up.

Those Holy Spirits who cautiously approached upon hearing the noise were shattered into debris in the blink of an eye, their blood and flesh frozen within ice blocks, their souls absorbed by the wall of ice, without even a chance to scream out, their physical and spiritual forms annihilated instantly.

"Divine torrents from above, cold enough to extinguish the blazing golden sun..."

"The destroyer of the Solar Abyss... the culprit has been found!"

Mu Yi, Mie Quan, the Buddhist chants, the morning dew—eyes nearly bursting with rage!

This was the only clue the survivors of the Ancient Era could provide.

After all the tireless searching, there were no other traces to be found.

Indeed, the enemy sat lofty above, long having transcended the worldly realm.

To seek them out, to follow the vine to find the melon, one must first take the step of ascending to heaven, and how easy could that be?

"Boom!"

With a palm strike from Goddess Ba, an expanse of azure flame enveloped the bone ship, and within billions of miles around Earth God Mountain, this was the only ground barely fit to stand on.

Ye Hanjun, hidden within, suddenly felt Sword Thunder Child let out a wail, unusually seeking refuge in his embrace.

Recalling that Sword Thunder Child was once a part of the Heavenly Dao, severed from it, Ye Hanjun’s heart skipped a beat.

Could it be... they’ve come across its true father?

If it were the true form of Sword Thunder Child, that God above Gods who was suspected to wield the principle of heavenly lightning, wouldn’t that mean this entity also once hindered his rise and was undoubtedly his archenemy?

"Rumble, rumble—"

Sure enough, the indescribable Divine above also wielded the power of thunder.

It was tilting the flood and freezing the earth at the same time.

On the other hand, it summoned billions of lightning bolts, forming a Thunder Tribulation Killing Formation, focusing its attack on Goddess Ba, allowing her no chance to catch her breath.

"Quack! Old Ancestor! The hidden mastermind who once caused my death has appeared!"

"Can you not share some Divine Power with me? I want to beat him up; please, I’m begging you!"

Little GuaGua kept bowing towards the void.

However, its efforts were futile; the White Jade Buddha Light that lingered around it remained unchanged, and the Pure Ancient Divine from the nether realms still did not cast a glance this way.

"Big Tadpole... the Old Ancestor doesn’t care about my life or death..."

"What do we do? Are we just going to watch as Heavenly Maiden is bullied? She seems to be struggling to cope; even with two Nether Divinities, she doesn’t seem to be a match for that evil Heavenly Venerate..."

GuaGua, counting on its fingers, huffed:

"When you think about it, it’s clear: one has been among the strongest since the Ancient Era, amassing who knows how many benefits over the years."

"The other, against all odds in later generations, broke the taboo and forcibly ascended to that realm, a miracle of miracles."

"In terms of achievements, Heavenly Maiden is certainly in a league of her own; after the Ancient Era, no god could stand shoulder to shoulder with Her!"

"Had She been born in the Ancient Era, She would’ve definitely been the one adorned by the stars, dazzling with divine light, unstoppable!"

"But Heavenly Maiden is wounded, weak in many ways, and it looks like there’s no time to adapt to the new realm. The evil Heavenly Venerate pinpointed this and struck hard, truly understanding how to exploit a person at their weakest..."