Chapter 962: Empress Executes Gods (part 1)
Sunset and sunrise are separated by the night. But they can still be considered to alternate between each other.
Xu Qing looked at the statue of the Grand Emperor, and then at the empress up in the air. Countless thoughts ran through his head, and he felt like enlightenment was brewing within him. There was a tug on his mind, and among the more than one hundred faint lineaments in his void soil, there were a handful that were clearly fluctuating.
At that moment, the sun was rising. Multicolored dawn light spilled out, driving away all of the darkness and gloom.
Ultimately, Xu Qing’s gaze focused on the empress, and the dazzling light that surrounded her like a seven-colored garment. The light seemed to connect all living beings and make them part of Revered Ancient.
Five godly auras pulsed from the vortexes on Planet Ancient Emperor.
Eastglory. Mirrorcloud. Sageheaven. Dao Life. Dark War....
The five emperors were under the control of destiny aura. They wore imperial robes and crowns, and glittered with different types of godly authority as they floated up from the vortexes. They arrayed themselves behind the empress. Their majesty towered into the heavens.
Wild colors flashed, winds screamed, and the terrain in human lands trembled. All humans felt their blood surging. All of it converged into a will that rose high into the sky. It was as if notice was being given to everyone everywhere in Revered Ancient that... humans had gods now. And humankind was going to rise to prominence.
All human heavenly kings prostrated. The heavenly marquises joined them. So did all the government officials. The Five Greater Celestial Divisions. The Five Lesser Celestial Divisions. Cultivators. Commoners. Countless human sects. All of the human armed forces in the Imperial Region. All of them bowed to the empress and the emperors!
“Empress!”
The voices of countless humans drifted out. The dome of heaven shook and destiny aura swept back and forth everywhere. They were giving voice to the will of humankind. As that voice spread out, and the light shone, forces throughout Revered Ancient were shaken. And that was true of the gods of many species.
Especially when... the empress looked up, sending Altar God pressure and energy into the world.
“Today, imperial blood was spilled. But not enough god blood flowed.”
As those two sentences were spoken, killing intent surged into the heavens. Frigid coldness upended the cosmos. Each word cracked like thunder and shook the canopy of heaven.
All of a sudden, the various gods that had come to interfere with the proceedings, whether thēy were hidden or not, were rattled deeply. Without any hesitation, thēy turned to flee.
Blazeflame from the Redland Nobleplexuses. Nightcorpse from the Netherworld Chasmcorpses. Tempest from the Northfate Kings. All three shivered. The fire was sent spinning off to the side, the corpses tumbled backward, and the tempest dissipated.
It was even more dramatic with the gods in hiding. Some of thēm still harbored malicious intentions, and weren’t completely certain of the empress’ battle prowess and godly authority. But as the peak state of humankind’s will raged, thēy didn’t dare to cause trouble.
Unfortunately for thēm, humankind was different than it had been in the past. Although Grand Emperor Swordsage had perished, there was now a new Grand Emperor. And that meant that these gods couldn’t just come and go as thēy pleased.
It was just as the empress had said. Not enough god blood had flowed.
The empress lifted hēr hand. Altar God power surged. Shē reached out and closed hēr hand into a fist.
The dome of heaven sank down. It was almost as if heaven had become a curtain, and the empress had grabbed it and pulled it to the side. Infinite starlight poured down from beyond the heavens, gathering above human lands to form the hand of a god.
It could crush anything, even space and time!
Revered Ancient trembled. The dome of heaven crumbled. And the entities hidden in cracks in space and time unleashed intense fluctuations, tapping into godly authority and power. Thēy joined forces.
But joining forces wasn’t enough for thēm to be able to stand up to the power of an Altar God. Screams of agony rang out as massive amounts of god blood rained down into the world of mortals.
There was one specific god that the empress’ hand of starlight grabbed and pulled out into the open. The form of the god was a huge eye with three pupils that was completely golden. Xu Qing had never seen any god eye like this before. There were ancient symbols flickering within the eye, and īt pulsed with an aura of intense heat. īt was clearly a god that came from lands of burning fire. After īt was dragged into the open by the hand of starlight, īt struggled to break free. Frantic chanting rang out as īt tried to manipulate the cosmos. īt didn’t qualify.
The hand of starlight closed, and a heaven-rending, earth-crushing sound rang out as the eye exploded. The god power was crushed. The god soul was extinguished. The god body was wiped out of existence.
RUMBLE!
A god had perished!
As the deafening sound rippled out, endless amounts of god blood poured down. It was purified and without mutagen, and thus, it became nutrients for humankind. It filled the imperial capital. The world trembled.
“That’s not enough,” the empress said calmly. Shē looked to the south, to where Blazeflame from the Redland Nobleplexuses was fleeing. “Your godly authority relates to fire. Why not take a look at my fire?”
The empress’ godfire raged, causing the tilting canopy of heaven to become a world of flames that shot in the direction of hēr gaze. Where it went, heavenly fire burned.
Off in the distance, the empress’ godfire surrounded Blazeflame. Hē struggled weakly, but that struggling was like the actions of a child. It was completely and utterly useless. Hīs godly authority was related to flame, but today... that authority was not hīs to command. God blood rained down on the lands to the south. A scream of immeasurable agony erupted from hīs mouth, echoing through the world. All who heard it were deeply shaken.
The empress’ face was completely expressionless. Shē had only looked at Blazeflame for a brief moment. Now shē turned hēr gaze to the west. That was the direction in which Nightcorpse from the Netherworld Chasmcorpses had fled.
“Your godly authority relates to corpses. You command life and death. In that case, let me show you how I command life and death.”
The moment the words left hēr mouth, the western horizon distorted, revealing a once-invisible figure that had been fleeing into the night. It was as if a veil had been torn away. From a distance, it looked like a black spot in the light of day. Within that spot were countless corpses, clumped together into a sphere.
At the moment, all of the corpses had the same expression on their faces. They looked shocked. Then something very gruish happened. All of the corpse’s faces blurred as they transformed into expressionless versions of the empress’ face. Then they opened their mouths and spoke the same words the empress had just spoken.
The sound of their words combined, creating a godly voice that crushed the authority of life and death. That authority couldn’t reverse anything now. An agonized shriek rang out from the depths of the corpses. God blood rained down in the west.
The empress’ gaze shifted to the north.
“And then there’s you. My lands don’t need a north wind.”
The moment the words were spoken, a great wind rumbled on the northern horizon as a huge storm was revealed. Within that storm was Tempest, the god of the Northfate Kings, whose servant had already perished. Hē was now alone. In response to the empress’ godly voice, hē turned with shining eyes.
“Empress, the Altar God level is not the current peak in Revered Ancient. You—”
“Pipe down!” the empress replied coolly.
Though shē spoke in a cool tone, hēr voice was unyielding. The moment hēr words echoed out, the storm surrounding Tempest shattered. It was not permitted in the lands of humankind. No wind from the north could exist.
As the north wind collapsed and Tempest was destroyed, endless amounts of god blood rained down on the human lands in the north. A cry of anguish echoed in all directions.
The empress was so mighty that with only a few words, shē took the lives of three Flawless Gods, leaving all onlookers shaken in body and soul. This was the power of an Altar God.
However, the Northfate Kings were ranked second among the top species of Revered Ancient, and no one knew exactly how many gods they worshiped. But there was at least one Altar God.
Therefore, the sound of wind rose up again.
“When Sunfire, Starfire, and Moonfire rose to a higher level, I, Northfate, was given leave to depart. As for you... this matter is concluded!”
It was another north wind, but this was different from Tempest. This time, it was a frigid wind, something that could freeze time and seal gods. Hē had come before, only to have hīs arm severed by Grand Emperor Swordsage. Now hē was back. And hē was also an Altar God.
From a distance, it was possible to see a snowy storm that formed a huge arm that reached out and grabbed Tempest.
Simultaneously, a snowy storm sprang into being above the empress’ head. It was so large it spread to cover the entire imperial capital, then the Imperial Region. It... was going to freeze the entire nation, and seal all humankind within the storm.
Then the zombie emperors surged with godly might as they extended protection in all directions.
The empress stepped forward and rose above the snowstorm. “You’re the one I’ve been waiting for!”