Chapter 537

Chapter 537: Betraying Heaven and Earth

Dark Clan!

The sculptures in the Great Hall suddenly let out a mournful wailing.

Numerous cracks appeared on the statues, and from the covered eyes, blood tears began to flow.

This scene was utterly horrifying.

An Ri’s eyes widened in disbelief, letting out a cry of despair.

“No!”

“An Xing! No!”

His eyes were wide open, filled with intense sorrow and disbelief.

What happened?

He hadn’t even seen clearly what was going on.

He saw nothing at all.

Despite watching An Xing closely, why hadn’t he noticed? An Xing had vanished without a trace.

It was as if that person had never existed in this world.

And why had the divine statue cracked? An Xing had used divine power, and yet, it still ended like this, quietly extinguished.

Was An Xing dead?

If he had died, why did heaven and earth react so simplistically, just a brief wail? When an emperor falls, the heavens should mourn for a long time.

Just recently, an Innate Demon Infant emerged from the Darkness Origin, and even though he was wicked and loved slaughtering innocent children, it still made heaven and earth mourn.

But why was An Xing’s death met with such a simple response from the universe?

Like the Quasi-Emperor, after a moment, the scene of the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens killing An Xing appeared in An Ri’s mind.

A single grasp, a single strike.

It was that simple.

Just that simple!

An Ri felt like he was going insane, as if all his strength had been drained from his body.

He staggered and, as a proud emperor, found himself sitting on the ground.

Maybe others didn’t know why the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens made that one grab, but An Ri knew very well— that grasp was to extract the divine power. That strike obliterated everything, including the power of the divine and An Xing himself.

Great Sage of the Nine Heavens!

Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, ahhh!

An Xing, my Dark Clan’s emperor!

An Ri fell into immense sorrow, why was the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens so powerful?

Why?

The others of the Dark Clan, realizing the situation, began to cry.

This time, it wasn’t just the fall of the Dark Clan’s Quasi-Emperor; a Dark Clan emperor had also fallen from the world.

An Li, witnessing this, felt her scalp go numb.

Great Sage of the Nine Heavens!

Great Sage of the Nine Heavens!

Why was he strong to this degree? She had seen powerful beings in her past life; Lu Ye’s strength was indeed unparalleled, but seeing the Great Sage’s means now made it seem that even Lu Ye at his recent Celestial Lord promotion wasn’t this formidable.

The critical part was, this was a law left by the Great Sage; frankly speaking, it was just a clone!

How could he be this powerful?

The Great Sage’s law really was a thunder pool, no one could step over it.

Before the Dark Clan could gather their thoughts, a cold voice echoed out from beyond the Nine Heavens, carrying a supreme presence yet laced with strong killing intent.

“I am the Reincarnation Celestial Lord. The Dark Clan has colluded with external enemies, betraying heaven and earth. From this moment on, if the Dark Clan steps into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, they shall be killed without mercy!”

The usually kind-hearted Reincarnation Celestial Lord unexpectedly spoke first, his voice filled with unstoppable killing intent and fury.

His voice reverberated throughout heaven and earth, whether it was the Ninth Heaven or the First Heaven, or even beyond the realm.

The voice of the Reincarnation Celestial Lord was heard everywhere.

Everyone in the Dark Clan turned pale at this moment.

But this was just the beginning, far from the end.

“I am the Forgetful Emotion Celestial Lord. The Dark Clan has colluded with external enemies, betraying heaven and earth, which I cannot tolerate. If the Dark Clan steps into the Ninth Heaven, they shall be killed without mercy!”

“I am the Primordial Dao Lord. The Dark Clan has colluded with external enemies, betraying heaven and earth. If I encounter them, kill without mercy!”

The three Celestial Lords spoke in succession.

Their words dripping with murderous intent.

The heavens were astonished.

In all of history, was there ever a force that faced the wrath of three Celestial Lords?

No, there were instances, but never had they carried the humongous label of betraying heaven and earth.

This accusation was immensely serious, simply intolerable by heaven and earth.

What on earth had happened with the Dark Clan to receive such a charge? This meant that indeed, an emperor of the Dark Clan had fallen, but because they betrayed heaven and earth, even their emperors’ deaths did not matter to the universe.

Soon, not only Celestial Lords spoke up, but emperors also declared their adversarial stance against the Dark Clan.

They openly declared their positions, stating that their forces were also opposing the Dark Clan!

Voices rose from all sides.

The faces of the Dark Clan people turned ghastly white at that moment.

Why was this happening?

Betraying heaven and earth, that was an enormous accusation!

What had they done to deserve this? What actions led them to betray heaven and earth?

Many members of the Dark Clan couldn’t help but look at the cracked statue in the Great Hall.

Could it be…

Could it be because of their deity?

Now the Dark Clan was directly opposed to so many forces. No, they were directly at odds with heaven and earth! Wouldn’t that spell their doom?

How could they go out and search for resources now?

They couldn’t even leave this Small World.

Lu Ye exhaled a deep breath; this was indeed the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens!

Truly deserving of the title of Sage.

A Saint is a Saint, yet the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens seemed to have surpassed the realm of Saints.

This time, the Dark Clan was in for a rough ride!

As for the accusations placed upon the Dark Clan by the Celestial Lords and emperors, Lu Ye immediately thought of the deity the Dark Clan worshiped.

In his previous life, Lu Ye hadn’t opposed the Dark Clan, but he hadn’t been close to them either, considering how they had treated An Li.

If An Li hadn’t intervened, Lu Ye might’ve even obliterated the Dark Clan in his past life.

However, because An Li intervened, Lu Ye was only able to limit his interactions with them, and even so, he had heard that the Dark Clan had exploited his identity and status to seize numerous resources.

The Dark Clan’s deity was a bug.

Lu Ye was well aware of this.

But he didn’t know the origins of this bug.

“System, what’s the origin of that bug the Dark Clan worships?” Lu Ye asked.

“Ding, it is an existence from beyond the heavens. The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens should know; I’m not sure!” the system replied.

The system can grasp matters within the heavens but not those beyond it, which makes perfect sense.

As of now, Saints had basically disappeared, their whereabouts unknown.

They might have gone beyond the heavens.

Previously, Lu Ye wouldn’t have understood the concept of something beyond the heavens, but now that his body contained the embryonic form of a new world, it was very normal for there to be vast realms outside of the heavens.

However, Lu Ye was sure that, even if there were realms beyond the heavens, the endpoint of cultivation wasn’t that far away.

At least, with Lu Ye’s familiarity with cultivation, Celestial Lords had reached the pinnacle, while Saints had completely transcended. Was there any realm above the Saints?

Lu Ye thought not!

Quasi-Emperors were falling one after another.

This time, the Dark Clan was worse off than before.

Lu Ye then took out the Emperor’s Banner.