Kong Xuan had many supporters. When he called for assistance, dazzling light came from the spirit stars as though he had prearranged for them to do so.
Buzz!
The starlight was dazzling. Since it was morning, the sunlight should be extremely piercing. However, the sky suddenly turned dark; only the light of the various spirit stars was visible. The light formed lines and eventually a vast net.
When the net appeared, a palm more than thirty kilometers wide, made of starlight, manifested and tried to grab Gu Hai.
“Kong Xuan? To think that you led all the animal spirit kings astray just for one Gu Hai? Activating the Cyclic Star Ritual Array? Have you gotten permission from Father?” Lu Ya suddenly glared.
“Crown Prince Lu Ya, this matter is urgent. Please forgive me. I will surrender myself to Master for punishment later,” Kong Xuan said with a ferocious scowl.
“Palm of the Stars? Humph!” The Supreme Wa’s expression turned cold.
“Queen Wa, you had best do nothing. This Palm of the Stars is manifested by the Cyclic Star Ritual Array. It is no weaker than Long Zhanguo’s strike on Heaven’s eye.” Kong Xuan looked at the Supreme Wa with a cold smile.
Boom!
Indeed, when the colossal palm pressed down, an aura of heavenly might pressed down on everyone’s heart.
Nearby, the angels immediately knelt from the suppression of the aura, including the black angels, Yanxuan, and Yehua. Everyone knelt in fear.
Gu Hai’s expression changed. This aura was too strong—so strong that resisting was arduous. If not for his strengthened mortal soul, he would be forced to kneel as well.
“Palm of the Stars? Don’t move? I was by Fuxi’s side when he created the Cyclic Star Ritual Array. Don’t move? Humph!” The Supreme Wa showed a ferocious expression as she waved.
Buzz!
A bronze-colored cauldron suddenly appeared in the Supreme Wa’s palm.
This huge cauldron had the innate eight trigrams carved on the outside and the images of countless animal spirits carved on the inside.
The Supreme Wa pushed the cauldron forward.
Boom!
The cauldron suddenly enlarged, releasing an intense aura. A shock wave knocked away the surrounding flying ships and even pushed back Lu Ya’s flying ship.
“The Universe Cauldron? The third of the top sixteen ancient treasures?” Lu Ya suddenly raised his eyebrows, appearing excited.
“The Universe Cauldron? It is indeed with you?” Kong Xuan’s expression changed.
Boom!
The eight trigrams on the Universe Cauldron’s surface flared with dazzling, golden light. The images of animal spirits on the inside gave off roars as a suction appeared.
Boom!
The cauldron sucked in the Palm of the Stars. Then, the many animal spirit images in the cauldron gnawed on the Palm of the Stars, wanting to refine it.
Coo! Kong Xuan’s figure soared into the sky.
The cluster of spirit stars formed a massive pillar of light that rushed into Kong Xuan’s body. Then, he extended his right palm and merged it with the earlier Palm of the Stars.
“Power of the stars, heed my command! The cycle has moved since time immemorial! Rip the world apart! Break!” Kong Xuan shouted.
Boom!
After Kong Xuan merged with the Palm of the Stars in the cauldron, the parts gouged out by the animal spirits in the cauldron were quickly restored. Then, the Palm of the Stars smashed into the Universe Cauldron, trying to shatter it.
“Humph! The Cyclic Star Ritual Array? It does not have that power,” the Supreme Wa said with a ferocious expression.
Boom!
The Supreme Wa activated the Universe Cauldron again. Space ripped where the Palm of the Stars touched the Universe Cauldron. The spatial tears formed huge black holes that wildly sucked in everything in their vicinity.
“Ah! Save me!”
“No! Elder, save me!”
The surrounding angels felt horrified as the black holes sucked them in. The moment they entered, the black holes ripped their bodies to pieces, and they vanished.
The powerful force was no weaker than Long Zhanguo’s attack on Heaven’s eye.
The transparent fusang tree shook intensely. The sea below howled as boundless seawater entered the black holes.
Three hundred sixty-one powerful animal spirit kings operated the ritual array on the spirit stars. The Supreme Wa had put in her full effort to operate the Universe Cauldron.
Fortunately, Lu Ya was around, so Gu Hai felt less pressure. However, the scene before him horrified him. He had thought that Long Zhanguo’s fight with the Six Paths Immortal would be the most intense battle that he would ever witness. No matter how strong the Solar Divine Palace was, there would be a limit.
However, the scene before Gu Hai completely overturned his previous thoughts.
The two clashing forces—the Palm of the Stars and the Universe Cauldron—were both similar in power to Long Zhanguo’s attack on Heaven.
Furthermore, these were not from the strongest person in the Solar Divine Palace, the Eastern Monarch, Supreme Singularity.
Would Long Zhanguo’s war on the Solar Divine Palace succeed?
Gu Hai felt anxious. Kong Xuan’s entire body swelled as though struggling to contain the power of the stars.
Cold sweat appeared on the Supreme Wa’s face while she showed a ferocious expression.
Neither gave in. One wanted Gu Hai dead, one wanted to protect Gu Hai. As the two forces clashed, the black holes grew increasingly larger.
Dong!
Just as the two were about to suffer injuries and defeat, a bell bonged at the top of the shaking fusang tree.
When the bong reverberated, Gu Hai and the people in the surroundings suddenly felt their minds shake and buzz. Only the sound of this resonant bell remained.
Several people remained in a daze for a while, forgetting everything.
As the bell rang, a yellow spatial ripple spread down.
Boom!
The yellow spatial ripple knocked apart the Palm of the Stars and the Universe Cauldron, sending Kong Xuan and the Supreme Wa back three hundred meters before they stopped.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Everyone’s mind continued buzzing; everything felt burry. They woke up only after a while.
“This bell?” Gu Hai raised his head.
The sound had come from the Eastern Monarch Palace at the top of the fusang tree.
“The Primal Chaos Bell? Supreme Singularity, you have not entered the Heavenly Realm yet?” The Supreme Wa’s expression turned cold as she looked at the sky.
“The Primal Chaos Bell? The second of the top sixteen ancient treasures?” Gu Hai’s face sank.
“Salutations, Father!” Lu Ya bowed to the sky.
“Salutations, Master!” Kong Xuan and the animal spirit kings on the spirit stars bowed respectfully.
Rumble….!
The surrounding seawater poured into the black holes, and the black holes slowly disappeared. The spatial tears fixed themselves automatically. Aside from the respectful salutations, only silence remained. However, the atmosphere felt extremely suppressive despite the silence.
Although the Supreme Singularity did not appear, he still gave off shocking pressure.
“Supreme Wa, you are finally willing to use the Universe Cauldron?” The Supreme Singularity’s voice came from the Eastern Monarch Palace.
“So, you were waiting in the Eastern Monarch Palace. Humph! Were you waiting for my Universe Cauldron?” the Supreme Wa said with a ferocious expression.
“Waiting? You look down on this monarch too much. This monarch only just came out!” The Supreme Singularity’s voice rang out.
“Just came out? You already entered, and you came back out?” the Supreme Wa said with a frown.
“Not all of us. Only this monarch and the Supreme Genesis,” the Supreme Singularity’s voice said calmly.
“Humph!” the Supreme Wa snorted coldly.
“Before this monarch left, we left instructions that infighting was not permitted in the Solar Divine Palace. Are you all making light of this monarch’s words?” the Supreme Singularity said with an icy tone.
Everyone felt fear in their heart.
“Reporting to Master, the cause of all this is Gu Hai! Crown Prince Lu Ya brought Gu Hai back. We wanted to kill Gu Hai, but Queen Wa stopped us, resulting in the earlier battle!” Kong Xuan said.
“Huh? Kong Xuan, this palace master will say it once more. If you address this palace master as Queen Wa again, I will kill you and leave you without a corpse!” the Supreme Wa said with a ferocious expression.
However, Kong Xuan remained bowing to the Eastern Monarch Palace above; he did not respond.
“Supreme Wa, is that true?” A cold snort came from the Eastern Monarch Palace.
“I want to protect him. With me around, no one can kill him!” the Supreme Wa said in an icy tone.
“Master, Gu Hai is Long Zhanguo’s arm. Long Zhanguo is marching on our Solar Divine Palace and will arrive in less than ten days. He is a source of trouble. Furthermore, Master once said that Gu Hai might even be a spiritual cultivator. No, he has a wisp of spiritual light, a wisp of calamity-attributed spiritual light. With the battle with Long Zhanguo imminent, we cannot let this calamity spiritual light come to our Solar Divine Palace. We have to kill him as soon as possible!” Kong Xuan exhorted.
“Calamity spiritual light? Humph! Kong Xuan, you are really good at spinning tales!” the Supreme Wa said while glaring.
“Humph! Whether it is true or not does not matter. As long as there is a possibility, we have to kill him. Master, please let me kill Gu Hai!” Kong Xuan called out.
“You dare!” The Supreme Wa glared at the Eastern Monarch Palace.
Lu Ya frowned at Gu Hai. He discovered that with his father interfering, he had lost control of the situation. He could only wait at the side, unable to interject.
“Supreme Wa, what will you do if this monarch wants Gu Hai dead?” The Supreme Singularity’s cold voice rang out.
“Back when I joined the Solar Divine Palace, you said you would not restrict my freedom. I am grateful for your protection all these years, but if I can no longer do what I want, losing my freedom, so what if I am safe? That was why I wanted to go somewhere where no one would disturb me, to live a different life. Therefore, I reincarnated in the Innate Puzzle World Old Mister Guan Qi left behind, a place beyond the Solar Divine Palace’s influence. I found that while life was difficult, there was hope in life. After my elder brother, Fuxi, died, I felt that the world was just black and white. This continued until I met someone. That someone showed me that there were other colors in the world aside from black and white. Even if you stop me today, I will persist in my thoughts. If he dies, I will cut all ties with the Solar Divine Palace. From then on, there will never be any more connection!” the Supreme Wa said in a resolute tone.
“You!” Kong Xuan exclaimed, wide-eyed.
Lu Ya’s expression changed. Will the Supreme Wa rebel against the Solar Divine Palace at this critical moment?
Everyone looked anxiously towards the Eastern Monarch Palace.
The Eastern Monarch Palace fell silent for some time.
After a while, the Supreme Singularity’s voice rang out again. “This monarch does not believe in a calamity spiritual light. We can allow Gu Hai to live. However, while he can avoid death, he cannot avoid punishment. Back then, he captured and killed those of the Supreme Genesis’s line of inheritance. He will be handed to the Supreme Genesis for now. This monarch will deal with Gu Hai after dealing with Long Zhanguo.”
“Master!” Kong Xuan’s expression changed greatly.
“The provision is that you, the Supreme Wa, enter the Heavenly Realm with this monarch. We need you there,” the Supreme Singularity said coldly.
The Supreme Wa looked at Gu Hai.
Gu Hai looked back at the Supreme Wa in confusion. Is it the Supreme Wa before me, or Xiaorou?
The Supreme Wa bit her lip. “Alright. However, if I come out and Gu Hai is…”
“This monarch said he wouldn’t die, so he won’t,” the Supreme Singularity declared in a determined tone.
“Supreme Wa, don’t worry. I am only locking him up. I will not kill him.” The Supreme Genesis’s voice came from the Eastern Monarch Palace.
“Alright,” the Supreme Wa answered.
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