Chapter 887
The Tribulations of the Tianxuan Continent
Tianxuan Continent, Eastern Xuan Region.
The former site of Yuanmen is now the headquarters of Tianfu, the undisputed number one power on the Tianxuan Continent.
However, the once ethereal and sacred mountain is now shrouded in a heavy, suffocating atmosphere.
The sect's protective formation, the "Nine Heavens Taiqing Formation," has been fully activated. Beyond the barrier, which shimmers with clear light, lie eerie, pitch-black clouds that churn endlessly.
Within the dark clouds, there was not natural lightning, but rather flashes of icy, bone-chilling, and seemingly soul-freezing blue light.
The Tianfu headquarters, located in the Wanxiang Square, is a vast gathering place for almost all of the continent's top forces.
Leading the group were three women of exceptional beauty, yet with faces as cold as frost.
The woman in the center, dressed in a plain white dress, with flowing black hair and a beautiful, aloof face, was like a fairy descended from the moon palace. She was Ling Qingzhu, the mistress of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and one of the three mistresses of the Heavenly Mansion, as well as Lin Langtian's wife.
She held a long sword as clear as autumn water, her body surrounded by a faint aura of primordial purity, yet her eyes were sharp as swords, fixed on the dark clouds in the sky.
However, her slightly pale and exquisitely beautiful face revealed the immense strain that maintaining the Taiqing Grand Array, which covered thousands of miles, was taking on her.
On the left, Ying Xiaoxiao wore a light-colored dress. She was slightly tall and had long, black hair that was casually tied up and fell smoothly down her slender waist. Her once beautiful and composed face was now extremely solemn.
She gripped a pair of cyan longswords tightly in her hands. On the blades, cyan wind patterns flickered erratically, as if they were about to rage and tear everything apart at any moment.
On the right, Tang Xinlian is dressed in a tight-fitting outfit, her ponytail tied high, her posture upright like a spear.
She lacked Ling Qingzhu's aloofness and Ying Xiaoxiao's gentleness; she possessed only a rock-solid composure and resolute determination.
Behind her stood the disciplined and menacing Tianfu War Division. These elites, who had once followed Lin Langtian in his conquests, had solemn expressions, yet none of them showed any fear in their eyes.
A little ahead of the three of them, Qingtan bit her lip tightly, her petite body trembling slightly, her eyes filled with pain, anger, and a hint of deep-seated self-blame.
She looked up into the depths of the dark clouds, where she could vaguely see several figures standing like ice sculptures, exuding an aura of indifference as if looking down upon all living beings.
“The Leng family of Mobei…” Qing Tan’s voice trembled with suppressed emotion.
"They... eventually found us."
Just a few days ago, this group of uninvited guests, who claimed to be from the "Great Thousand World" and called themselves the "Leng Family of the Northern Desert," suddenly tore through the fragile dimensional barrier of the Tianxuan Continent and descended upon it.
They did not carry out a large-scale massacre, but the terrifying pressure that surpassed the understanding of the entire continent, merely spread out, paralyzed countless living beings, and made the mountains and rivers lose their color.
The leader was an old man with a sinister face, wearing an ice-blue robe, who called himself Leng Xuan.
He went directly to Qingtan, explaining that Qingtan was not only the daughter of the previous family head, bearing the heavy responsibility of family marriage, but also possessed the "Nine Nether Cold Vein" that the Leng family had lost for a long time. She was a remnant of a lower plane who had been harmed by enemies and ended up here.
Their mission is to reclaim their bloodline and take over this continent, using it as a resource base and outpost for the Leng family in the lower plane.
His attitude was extremely domineering and left no room for doubt.
Taking over the continent? This means that billions of lives on the Tianxuan Continent will be reduced to slaves, and all resources will be ruthlessly plundered.
And to welcome back Qingtan?
From Leng Xuan's cold and greedy eyes, Ling Qingzhu and the others saw not kinship, but rather a precious object that needed to be dealt with.
Once the green sandalwood falls into his hands, its fate is unpredictable.
Tianfu, as the force that Lin Langtian entrusted to them before his departure after integrating the continent's resources, naturally became the core of the resistance.
Ling Qingzhu, Ying Xiaoxiao, and Tang Xinlian, relying on the foundation left by Lin Langtian, their own talents, and their years of hard work, have long stood at the pinnacle of the continent, reaching the Reincarnation Realm and an even higher level. With the addition of some of the methods left by Lin Langtian, they are confident that they can cope with any changes on the continent.
However, when they truly faced the powerful members of the "Leng Family of the Northern Desert" from the vast world, whose cultivation system was higher and whose power was more fundamental, they deeply understood what "dimensional reduction attack" meant.
Leng Xuan didn't even actually make a move; it was just that his two expressionless followers, whose auras were like ancient ice, had both reached an unprecedented level.
With just a few movements, the two easily defeated the combined forces of several powerful figures from Tianfu and froze most of the Wanxiang Square.
That chilling blue aura not only freezes matter, but also erodes vital energy and freezes the soul!
If Ling Qingzhu hadn't promptly used the "Taiqing Universe Map" fragment left behind by Lin Langtian, which combined the power of the Supreme Being with a trace of the Ancestral Symbol's origin, and combined it with the sect's protective formation to barely hold on, Tianfu would probably have fallen on the first day.
But this resistance comes at the cost of burning one's very essence.
Outside the great formation, Leng Xuan and the others played like cats toying with mice, not launching a direct attack, but instead constantly eroding and pressuring them with their cold energy, consuming their strength and will.
What they seemed to want was a complete lower-dimensional resource area and Qingtan, not a scorched wasteland, so they did not directly kill them.
"Sister Qingtan, this matter has nothing to do with you." Ying Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, suppressing her churning blood, her voice still carrying a fiery determination.
"You are our family, you are a citizen of the Tianxuan Continent. These cold-blooded bastards will not take you away! Nor will they dare to lay a finger on this land!"
“Sister Xiaoxiao…” Qingtan’s eyes reddened.
Tang Xinlian stepped forward, standing shoulder to shoulder with Ling Qingzhu, her voice steady and resonant throughout the square: "Before my husband left, he entrusted our home to us, belonging to the Tianfu Kingdom."
Even if the enemy is strong and we are weak, even if we perish and our spirits are extinguished, we will not yield an inch of land and will fight to the death! For our homeland, for our loved ones, we will fight to the death!
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! Fight to the death!" On the plaza, countless powerful warriors from the Heavenly Mansion had bloodshot eyes and roared furiously. Their boundless fighting spirit soared into the sky, briefly dispelling some of the oppressive chill.
A cold, mocking laugh echoed from the dark clouds in the sky. It was that chilling voice, like ice shards rubbing together, sending shivers down one's spine.
"Stubborn fools, with the power of ants, how dare you shake the heavens? I'll give you half a day to consider: hand over the former patriarch's daughter, open the continent's origin mark, and submit to my Leng family."
Otherwise, let this so-called land of abundance, along with your beliefs, be frozen into the dust of history!
As soon as he finished speaking, the eerie blue light in the dark clouds suddenly intensified!
A terrifying chill, far exceeding anything seen before, suddenly descended, as if the weight of the entire far north ice plain had pressed down on the "Nine Heavens Taiqing Formation"!
"Crack..."
The crisp cracking sound seemed to strike the very heart of everyone present. Countless spiderweb-like cracks spread across the shimmering array barrier at a visible speed!
The biting cold seeped in through the cracks, and those with weaker cultivation levels at the edge of the plaza instantly had frost forming on their skin, causing their Yuan energy circulation to become sluggish.
"Pfft!"
Ling Qingzhu, who was in the lead, let out a muffled groan, a trickle of blood spilling from the corner of her mouth, her beautiful face turning even paler. The fragment of the Taiqing Universe Map scroll above her head vibrated violently, its light flickering erratically.
Beside him, Ying Xiaoxiao and Tang Xinlian also trembled violently, feeling as if they were enveloped in ancient ice, their very souls almost frozen.
The gap is too big.
The opponent brought their combined defense to the brink of collapse simply through their oppressive aura and chilling energy.
If they really make a move...
Despair, like a cold, venomous snake, begins to silently gnaw at the hearts of some.
At this very moment, the Tianxuan Continent is facing an unprecedented crisis!
"Sister Qingzhu!" Qingtan screamed and was about to rush forward to help, but was blocked by a gentle force.
"Don't come any closer..." Ling Qingzhu's voice was weak yet resolute. Her beautiful eyes gazed at the shattering formation, at the countless comrades behind her who were ready to die for their cause, and at the land they had sworn to protect. A resolute tenderness flashed in her eyes as she murmured to herself.
"Langtian... I'm sorry, we might... not be able to wait for you to come back..."
She slowly raised her hand, and a point of pure, primal radiance, as if about to burn with the essence of life, gathered at her fingertips.
She was actually going to activate the Supreme Origin for a final gamble, even if it meant mutual destruction!
Ying Xiaoxiao and Tang Xinlian sensed their intentions, exchanged a glance, and both saw the determination in each other's eyes. They also began to gather their last bit of strength.
Just when all despair was building, the defense was about to collapse completely, and Ling Qingzhu and the other two were preparing to sacrifice themselves!
A sudden change has occurred!
"boom!"
It wasn't the icy chill from the heavens, but rather a source from an unknown depth, higher and more distant, seemingly transcending the constraints of this plane!
A dazzling beam of light, whose color was beyond description, ignored the dimensional barriers and the sealing chill laid down by the Leng family of Mobei. It was like the first ray of dawn after the creation of the world, or the spear of a war god returning from across eternity.
With an overbearing and unreasonable attitude, it slammed into the churning dark clouds in the sky!
"What?!" From within the dark clouds, Leng Xuan's shocked and incredulous shout rang out for the first time.
Immediately afterwards!
"Hey!"
The thick, dark clouds that filled the entire Tianxuan Continent with despair, containing a cold, eerie blue light, were torn apart like rags by this sudden pillar of light, which contained the mighty primordial righteous energy and the power to shatter stars!
After many days, the sunlight once again shone on the messy MixC Plaza, illuminating countless blank, bewildered faces that then burst into ecstasy!
Beyond the gap, there was not the familiar sky, but a deep and ever-changing starry backdrop.
Against the backdrop of the starry sky, a tall and slender figure with long black hair descended step by step from the shattered dimensional rift, as if treading on an ancient galaxy!
He didn't deliberately exude any terrifying aura, but simply by existing there, he seemed to become the center of heaven and earth, the source of all paths.
A heavy, ancient, domineering yet incredibly reassuring and familiar aura, like a spring breeze and gentle rain, instantly dispelled the biting chill that permeated the square, soothing the fear and despair in everyone's hearts.
His gaze swept across the area below like lightning, instantly revealing the shattered array, the three figures of Ling Qingzhu with blood on their lips and resolute expressions, Qing Tan with red-rimmed eyes and disbelief, and the faces of many familiar relatives and friends from the Tianxuan Continent.
They also saw several icy blue figures in the dark clouds above, their auras disordered due to shock.
When his gaze finally met Ling Qingzhu's eyes, which were filled with astonishment, ecstasy, grievance, and endless longing, a clear and heart-wrenching tenderness finally appeared on his seemingly unchanging, cold face, but it was instantly replaced by raging anger and a murderous intent that seemed to freeze the world!
"The Leng family of Mobei?" His voice was not loud, but it clearly resounded in every corner of the world, deep in the soul of every living being, carrying a kind of indifference from someone who had long held a high position and controlled life and death, as well as a suppressed rage.
"Who gave you the audacity to harm my people and bully my family? Do you have a death wish?!"
The moment the voice fell, an immense pressure, thousands or even tens of thousands of times more terrifying than Leng Xuan and the others, descended with the weight of the entire universe!
The dark clouds that he had just torn apart, along with the eerie blue light that flickered within them, melted and evaporated instantly under this oppressive force, like ice and snow under the scorching sun, leaving not a trace behind!
Leng Xuan and his entourage were completely exposed to the sunlight, and they could no longer hide their surprise as they stared intently at the figure standing in mid-air.
They could sense that the newcomer was no ordinary person; at the very least, his strength was far from being an ordinary existence in the vast world!
"A...a Supreme Realm expert?! No...this aura...is definitely not that of an ordinary Supreme Realm expert; it has at least reached a high level." After his initial surprise, Leng Xuan frowned, his eyes filled with curiosity and inquiry.
He never imagined that a high-level Supreme Realm expert would suddenly appear in this remote and barren lower plane!
Moreover, it seems that he has a close relationship with this "Tianfu" and the former patriarch's daughter!
Lin Langtian didn't look at the Leng family members who were visitors from outer space anymore. He took a step forward, and the space beneath his feet automatically shrank, instantly appearing in front of the swaying Ling Qingzhu.
Looking at her pale face and the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth, a trace of heartache flashed in Lin Langtian's eyes, which was then covered by a deeper coldness.
He reached out and gently wiped away the blood from Ling Qingzhu's lips, his gentle gesture a stark contrast to his earlier earth-shattering aura.
“Qingzhu, Xiaoxiao, Xinlian, Qingtan…” He looked at each familiar face in turn, his voice low and firm.
"Don't worry, I'm back."
"Leave the rest to me."
These few simple words seem to contain a power and promise strong enough to support the heavens and the earth.
"Lord of the Manor?"
"The Heavenly Ancestor?!"
"Alliance Leader Lin?"
Many people around were stunned when they saw the man in blue robes who suddenly appeared beside Ling Qingzhu.
A moment later, a look of ecstatic joy suddenly appeared.
A variety of different names suddenly rang out. Although more than a year had passed, the former seemed to have matured even more than before, but his face, which was so familiar that it was etched into the soul, was still recognized by many people in an instant.
Lin Langtian smiled slightly at the exclamations of ecstasy. He then slowly turned around and faced Leng Xuan and the others in the sky, who looked as if facing a formidable enemy, their expressions shifting between anger and uncertainty.
This time, he no longer tried to hide it.
"Now." Lin Langtian looked at Leng Xuan, his voice calm, yet like the pronouncement of death.
"It's your turn." (End of Chapter)