pulled out an inch. The silver Holy Flame scorched his body, causing his flesh and skin to crackle, yet Siren seemed oblivious to the pain, slowly extracting himself with that eerie smile. Then, he casually tapped the spearhead with his finger and smiled faintly at the stunned Molofi, "A very sharp weapon, possessing immense power. Hmph, you are also powerful, but will you be a match for me?"

The twelve black wings unfurled, and an overwhelming dark aura surged and swept out from Siren’s body, transforming into black hurricanes that roared and soared between heaven and earth. Deep fissures split the ground, forests were shredded into dust by the black gale, and lakes and rivers were drained to the last drop by the tempest. The black vortex swept across a thousand miles, turning the land into a desert, a dead zone where no blade of grass could grow. Every patch of ground swept by the black storm turned an ominous black, emitting thick plumes of scorched residue.

The immense aura of a Third Grade Celestial Immortal was released without reservation. The sheer pressure of his presence forced Molofi to bleed from all seven orifices, spitting out specks of golden blood that were instantly shredded by the black gale. Molofi’s magnificent, towering form of several meters trembled in the black wind, resembling nothing more than a fallen leaf caught in a storm.

Molofi’s power, at the peak of First Grade Celestial Immortal, was but a fraction. Gu Xichen smiled faintly, trod upon the water clouds, and circled behind Molofi, saying in a gentle tone, "Since you have come, you shall stay. The Twelve Light Angels? Hmph, you are the one I sensed long ago!" Molofi’s body shuddered. He looked around: Siren was in front of him, Gu Xichen was behind him, Kan Hua blocked his left side with a playful smirk, and Aredia, who also bore twelve wings, blocked his right side fiercely. As for the ground below, the vicious Giant Spirit God was swinging a massive broad-axe, constantly muttering phrases like "chop you to death," "hack you apart," words utterly devoid of mercy or peace.

The only escape route was upward. Molofi dared not confront Siren directly, so he flapped his twelve massive wings and soared into the sky. His speed was so great that even Gu Xichen, possessing the sharpest eyesight among them, only saw a faint, extremely thin white streak flash past before Molofi’s enormous body vanished without a trace.

But Hanba had flown above Molofi’s head at some unknown moment, holding a metal ingot easily ten thousand cubic meters in size. When Molofi suddenly vanished from their sight, Hanba instinctively swung both hands, hurling the metal ingot, weighing tens of thousands of tons, straight down. To enhance the ingot’s destructive power, Hanba poured all her Corpse Qi into it, causing the ingot to glow with a thick black light and blood-qi several feet high.

With a deafening crash, a hole over ten meters deep appeared in the metal ingot. Molofi let out a miserable howl, a blood lump the size of a fist forming on his forehead as he tumbled toward the ground.

The Giant Spirit God laughed and charged forward. He dropped the Xuanhua Great Axe, seized Molofi, and slammed him onto the ground, pummeling him with a flurry of blows. The Giant Spirit God’s punches came slowly, and their speed was not fast, but each blow weighed more than Mount Tai. Every punch that landed on Molofi made the ground hundreds of miles around tremble violently. Molofi screamed hoarsely, raising the golden light shield on his left hand to ward off the Giant Spirit God’s fists, but the golden shield instantly shattered into dust. The white armor on his body sprayed out vast amounts of holy light to block the heavy blows, but the Giant Spirit God merely tore it apart with a casual swipe.

Molofi, on the verge of spitting fire from his seven orifices from being beaten, roared and raised the silver spear in his right hand, stabbing fiercely toward the vital point of the Giant Spirit God’s heart. But the Giant Spirit God extended his massive palm and slapped Molofi’s arm, wrenching it clean off, sending both the arm and the silver spear flying dozens of miles away.

After a dozen heavy blows, Molofi’s eyes rolled back, and he began to wheeze weakly, his body convulsing, clearly on the verge of stiffening.

Just as the majestic Twelve-Winged Archangel was about to be bludgeoned to death by the Giant Spirit God, an evil wind rushed in with a pock. Ducate flapped his six fleshy wings, transforming into a fierce gale and slamming directly into the Giant Spirit God’s chest, sending him flying far off. The Giant Spirit God was knocked nearly a hundred miles, crashing into the ground and struggling to get up for a long time. Ducate grabbed the dying Molofi and triumphantly flew back to Lily.

Tossing Molofi carelessly onto the ground, Ducate chuckled sinisterly, "Heal him!" Lily’s hands emitted a faint green glow, and the Azure Wood Spiritual Qi swiftly infused Molofi’s body. The Azure Wood Spiritual Qi carried the primordial essence of vitality, capable of healing any creature from any injury effectively. Molofi hummed comfortably as his wounds rapidly healed, and even the severed arm grew back.

Ducate stepped onto Molofi’s body, looking down at him, and sternly commanded: "Obey, or die!"

A black light flickered around Ducate's foot, the embedded aura of destruction causing Molofi to tremble uncontrollably. He stared at Ducate in horror and cried out almost instinctively: "I obey!" Ducate smiled triumphantly, released Molofi’s body, and let him crawl up. He then looked smugly at Gu Xichen: "He has chosen to obey!" Gu Xichen shook his head, flashed over to Ducate’s side, and said helplessly, "But I will not obey you, because you are my friend, my brother."

With a low snort, a vicious crimson glint flashed in Ducate’s eyes. He glared at Gu Xichen and suddenly roared fiercely, "Then, die! No obedience means only death!" Opening three massive mouths, Ducate spewed lightning, fierce winds, and blazing fire at Gu Xichen. He lunged at Gu Xichen as if maddened, fully unleashing the power of the Seventh Luminaries of the Sixth Grade Celestial Immortal, a dark light enveloping Ducate’s body as he attacked Gu Xichen with all his might.

Heavy pressure bore down, as Ducate’s full strength now surpassed Gu Xichen’s current level.

Helpless, Gu Xichen could only dodge passively, occasionally striking back with the fastest lightning spells he possessed. But no matter what lightning spell he used, it had little effect on Ducate; the monstrous spell-breaking power inherited in his bloodline was simply too potent. Unless Gu Xichen possessed ten times Ducate’s cultivation, his lightning spells could never harm him. Suddenly, a streak of black lightning slammed into Gu Xichen’s chest.

Vast white waves instantly surged from the Taiyin Dharma Robe, forming hundreds of layers of extremely thin profound ice walls before Gu Xichen. The unstoppable black lightning shattered all the profound ice and struck directly onto Gu Xichen’s chest. This blow felt like a thick, scorching iron pillar piercing his chest, causing him to let out a sharp scream as he retreated in utter disgrace.

This strike incinerated a large area of muscle on Gu Xichen’s chest, almost pulverizing his bones, and the powerful impact cracked his internal organs into pieces of various sizes. A large amount of Profound Yellow Qi surged from the Haotian Pagoda, rapidly repairing Gu Xichen’s body. Just as before, any flesh that was repaired became slightly tougher than before the injury. His internal organs quickly healed, his bones rapidly regenerated, and the muscle tissue that had turned to charcoal miraculously reversed, writhing and reforming back into living flesh.

Before Gu Xichen’s injuries were fully healed, a black wind swept over him. The corrosive power of this black wind was outrageously strong; even with the Taiyin Dharma Robe blocking it, the wind penetrated the robe and directly struck Gu Xichen. Threads of black wind, like saws, tore at Gu Xichen’s muscles and tendons. Once the wind entered his body, it immediately infiltrated his meridians, rushing along the extraordinary meridians straight toward his Dantian and Purple Mansion. The power of this wind was extremely malevolent; it could even dissolve metal alloys, and a normal person’s body would have long since been blown into ashes.

Fortunately, Gu Xichen had the Taiyin and Taiyang Qi protecting his body; the invading gale was enveloped by the Taiyin Candle Flame and the Taiyang Scorching Flame and vanished.

Immediately following was a blast of black flame that struck Gu Xichen. This wind entered through every pore, burning through his muscles like countless venomous snakes along every fiber. This black flame carried a peculiar, virulent poison; Gu Xichen felt his entire body weaken, his muscles rapidly dissolving, and the black flame grew stronger by absorbing the energy from his muscles. Soon, black flames spewed from all seven of Gu Xichen’s orifices.

Although this flame manifested like fire, neither the Taiyin Qi nor the Taiyang Qi could control it. This fire burned wildly throughout Gu Xichen’s body, making his viscera feel as if they had been scalded by boiling oil. He screamed hoarsely in pain, having never suffered such unbearable torment.

Just as Gu Xichen’s muscles were about to be burned to cinders by the raging flames, the Haotian Pagoda suddenly trembled, and vast amounts of Profound Yellow Qi mixed with wisps of auspicious energy circulated around Gu Xichen. A wave of coolness instantly enveloped him. The burnt muscle tissue rapidly regenerated, and it was even tougher than before regeneration.

The black flames were forced out of his body by the Profound Yellow Qi, scattering everywhere as countless black lights.

Gu Xichen, finally finding some respite, glared at Ducate, who was rushing towards him, and roared: "Ducate, if you don't sober up, I will fight back!"

Ducate let out a low, ferocious laugh. He lunged with a claw strike carrying black wind, fire, and electrical light toward Gu Xichen’s chest, laughing loudly, "Fight back! Let me defeat you, and then, kill you!"

His eyes turned cold, Gu Xichen raised his sleeves and unleashed one hundred and eight consecutive Cascading Waterfall Sleeves. White water surges rose into the sky, transforming into towering walls of water that crashed toward Ducate.

With a roaring wave sound, Ducate, wrapped in black smoke, black fire, and black lightning, smashed through layer after layer of water waves, each several miles thick and hundreds of miles wide, and crashed directly in front of Gu Xichen. Although the Cascading Waterfall Sleeves were a divine ability recorded in the Taiyin True Scripture, Gu Xichen’s cultivation was only Second Grade Celestial Immortal, far inferior to Ducate’s Sixth Grade Celestial Immortal strength.

In the Celestial Immortal ranks, the next grade up is about ten times stronger than the one below. The power Ducate currently wielded was a hundred thousand times that of Gu Xichen! The white waves condensed by the Cascading Waterfall Sleeves were like fragile pieces of paper before Ducate, which he easily shattered. The recoil from the broken sleeves caused Gu Xichen’s meridians to convulse, the Taiyin and Taiyang Qi inside him became chaotic, and blood spurted from all seven orifices simultaneously.

With a crisp pa, Ducate lightly placed a single claw on Gu Xichen’s chest.

This blow landed squarely. Dozens of Taiyin divine symbols on the Taiyin Dharma Robe were instantly shattered; the robe lost its effectiveness for the time being. The remaining force fell entirely upon Gu Xichen, shattering his upper body. Even his internal organs cracked into countless large and small fissures; his bones, muscles, and meridians were all pulverized into dust-fine powder. Had it not been for wisps of Profound Yellow Qi enveloping Gu Xichen, forcibly holding the fragmented tissues together, this single blow would have been instantly fatal.

An arrow of blood shot several miles high from his mouth, and Gu Xichen flew backward like a kite whose string had been cut.

Countless Profound Yellow Qi poured out from the Haotian Pagoda, frantically mending Gu Xichen’s damaged body. Gu Xichen maintained a sliver of clear consciousness, exerting all his strength to circulate the advancement cultivation method of the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body. He was not only repairing his injuries but also using the Profound Yellow Qi to condense three spiritual talismans, recorded in the advancement method, called the 'Heavenly Emperor’s Tribulation,' etching them onto his body again and again. This was the essence of the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body advancement method.

These Heavenly Emperor’s Tribulation Talismans acted like the formations and restrictions inscribed inside a container during the forging of an immortal artifact. These three talismans each possessed a marvelous quality, representing the rules of speed, agility, and strength, respectively. Each time the three talismans were branded onto the body, they allowed his speed, agility, and strength to increase slightly, not just the body’s resilience. However, the ideal condition for fully merging these three talismans with the physical body was cultivating the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body method precisely when the body, like Gu Xichen’s currently, was shattered—this allowed for twice the result with half the effort! The Haotian God of the ancient Heavenly Court endured countless calamities throughout his life, surviving immeasurable eons before finally achieving the position of Heavenly Emperor. His ability to cultivate the Profound Yellow Indestructible Body Divine Art to its highest realm, ultimately achieving a state impervious to all methods and indestructible by all tribulations, was also related to the measureless tribulations he weathered. Countless near-death experiences and severe injuries tempered him until he forged an unparalleled physical body that feared no harm.

Feeling the imprint of the Haotian God’s personal experience transmitted from the Haotian Pagoda, Gu Xichen couldn't help but groan bitterly; this cultivation method was truly too agonizing! Ducate’s claw strike sent Gu Xichen flying. In his perception, he had completely destroyed Gu Xichen’s body, leaving him with absolutely no chance of survival. Thus, he instantly transformed into a fierce gale, howling as he charged toward Kan Hua and the others.

Just as he had launched Gu Xichen, Ducate struck Kan Hua with one claw, swept Hanba away with his tail, kicked Siren away, and finally blew Aredia off balance with a gust before seizing her tightly in one claw. When Ducate fully unleashed the terrifying power of the Seventh Luminaries of the Seventh Grade Celestial Immortal, none present could withstand a single strike from him.

Three massive dragon heads stared intently at Aredia struggling in his grasp. Ducate chuckled sinisterly, "Stop struggling. Be my woman. I need many descendants, and your bloodline is quite good; I smell an aura similar to my origin... Your children and mine will be very powerful!"

Kan Hua and Hanba had just received a large mass of vitality from Gu Xichen, and although their bodies were shattered by Ducate’s claw strikes, their injuries were rapidly healing under the nourishment of that vitality.

Siren, having inherited the legacy of the Dark Angel and the Great Dream Samsara Path, had already achieved immortality. Half of his body was ripped to shreds, with countless broken bones and shredded flesh spraying everywhere, but those fragments were rapidly surging back toward Siren’s body, quickly piecing him back together. Soon, Siren’s body was restored to its original state.

Hearing Ducate’s lewd words toward Aredia, Siren let out an enraged screech. He raised his rapier, chanted an obscure mantra, and unleashed a layer of sword light as pure and clear as water, a jade-white glow, lightly slashing toward Ducate’s body. As the sword light flew out, Siren uttered a low cry: "Ten Thousand Spirits Sword Art, Spirit Severance!"

The Ten Thousand Spirits Sword Art was an immensely powerful ancient demon race divine ability passed down to Siren by Nuwa. In Nuwa’s view, beings like Angels were innately demonic creatures, making the cultivation of this art perfectly suited for him. This Spirit Severance move did not cut the physical body but was specifically designed to harm the spiritual soul—making it incredibly bizarre and difficult to guard against.

Ducate suddenly looked up, staring in terror at the hazy jade light on Siren’s hand, instinctively sensing that this light would cause him significant harm.

With a cold sneer, Ducate violently raised his foreclaw, thrusting Aredia forward to meet the jade light.

Siren cursed in fury, hastily deflecting the sword light aside.

Ducate let out a triumphant, cruel laugh. He mockingly waved Aredia in his hand and roared with laughter, "Siren, if you have the guts, come kill me! Hahahaha!"

Before his laughter died down, a fierce gale erupted from underground. The Giant Spirit God had somehow snuck back onto the battlefield. He leaped high into the air, nearly a thousand meters, and landed squarely on Ducate’s back. Ducate’s body was only a dozen or so meters, nearly twenty meters long, but the Giant Spirit God was thirty meters tall, a solid, square block of iron. The Giant Spirit God wrapped his left arm tightly around the convergence point of Ducate’s three necks, then drew the short-handled Xuanhua Axe from behind his back and savagely hammered Ducate’s three heads with pure, relentless physical force, without using any divine abilities or magic. This onslaught shattered Ducate’s head scales, causing fresh blood to spray continuously. Ducate became dizzy and crashed heavily onto the ground. Aredia seized the opportunity to slip free from Ducate’s grasp, transforming into a streak of fire, horrified, and soaring into the sky.

Ducate, battered beyond recognition, howled, "You damnable creature, I will definitely slaughter you!"

While Ducate was cursing and threatening the Giant Spirit God, Molofi, who had earlier declared his submission to Ducate, suddenly burst into laughter. He grabbed Lily, who was standing nearby, choked her neck tightly with both hands, and shot skyward in a streak of white light with her.

"Great Progenitor, I have discovered a marvelous life form!"

Molofi shouted joyously as he instantly broke through the atmosphere, laughing, "That foolish creature, he actually believed I would truly obey him! How utterly stupid…" A sword light of black and white instantly pierced Molofi’s chest, instantly draining all his power and consciousness.

Molofi’s body, composed of pure light energy, instantly disintegrated, and a miniature sun appeared above the Holy Sphere, instantaneously releasing an enormous amount of light and heat.

A faint fluctuation shot out from the ball of light that Molofi had become upon death, instantly sinking into the depths of the universe.

Wherever this signal passed, the surfaces of a hundred large and small enemy stars simultaneously erupted with long solar prominences.