NOVPUBAs the cold spread throughout Xu Zimei’s entire body, the warmth on the surface of his skin began to dissipate.
Xu Zimei merely felt as if he were embraced by the April spring breeze, indescribably comfortable.
He looked in the direction of the recent roar and began to walk toward it, step by step.
Along the way, the Blazing Flame burned, the ground was incredibly hot, and the sky was filled with billowing smoke.
It wasn’t long before Xu Zimei saw creatures beginning to emerge from the large fires surrounding him.
These creatures seemed to be condensed from flames, but no matter how he looked at them, Xu Zimei couldn’t distinguish their true nature.
They seemed as if they were creatures of flesh and blood.
At first, these creatures were weak, consisting of rabbits, elephants, lions, tigers.
As Xu Zimei moved further forward, the monsters that appeared grew stronger.
Xu Zimei even saw the ten great Divine Beasts, as well as the so-called Exotic Species and monsters from the Mythical Era.
Ying Dragon, Bai Ze, Vermilion Bird, Phoenix, Phoenixes...
Many creatures that had long since perished and disappeared with the passage of time appeared here.
Xu Zimei, holding Tyrant Shadow in his hand with Chaos standing to one side, kept slaying everything in his path, moving straight ahead.
The Blade Qi from Tyrant Shadow was as vast as a sea of Purgatory; these Monster Beasts did not leave corpses after death but dissipated into flames.
On this path of slaughter, Xu Zimei was covered in scars and nearly turned into a blood-soaked figure.
Finally, a palace appeared directly in front of him.
A reddish palace, almost entirely engulfed and burned by surrounding flames.
In front of the palace was exceptionally quiet, not a single Monster Beast’s shadow to be seen.
When Xu Zimei arrived at the entrance of the palace, there was a sudden "boom."
The flames surrounding the palace stirred wildly, as if greatly agitated.
They surged and condensed into a mass, incinerating the space around to nothingness.
From above, the flames looked down, turning the entire Firmament a fiery red.
They rushed towards Xu Zimei with a ferocious momentum.
Xu Zimei, holding Tyrant Shadow, unleashed the Wrath of the Form King - the thirteenth move of the Way of Inquiry.
The endless fury of Wang Nu collided with the flames.
With another "boom," Tyrant Shadow trembled slightly, and the flames were extinguished.
And Xu Zimei’s figure was sent flying backward.
Xu Zimei steadied himself, furrowed his brow slightly, and stared straight ahead.
Then, a pressure that seemed to come from the ancient past spread from within the palace.
"Insect, hand over what you hold, and I may spare your life."
...
"Are you very afraid of it?" Xu Zimei asked the little creature in his hand, which glowed with Taiying Youying, with a smile.
"That’s not something you should be meddling with," stated a voice from inside the palace.
"Should I address you as Taiyang Zuzhao, or as Holy God?" Xu Zimei asked with a smile.
"A name is but a mere label, creature. What are you trying to do?" Taiyang Zuzhao inquired.
"You should know that since I have come here, there is no possibility of me giving up," Xu Zimei said, shaking his head.
"Ridiculous, do you think you can subdue me with your strength?" scoffed Taiyang Zuzhao. "Even if the Great Emperor were to descend today, I wouldn’t take him seriously."
"The Great Emperor naturally wouldn’t suffice, but there are some things that will," Xu Zimei said, shaking his head with a smile.
"Nonsense."
The voice within the palace snorted heavily, and immediately a pressure that seemed capable of crushing everything descended.
With an impossible to resist force, when the pressure came down, Xu Zimei felt his blood freeze.
All the power in his body couldn’t be exerted as if his Vein Gates had been sealed.
He stiffened on the spot, unable to move.
The pressure seemed intent on grinding Xu Zimei into dust, continuously squeezing his body.
The bones emitted a "creaking" sound.
As the overwhelming pressure descended, the sky above turned into a blood-red expanse.
Xu Zimei found that within this blood-red hue, there unexpectedly appeared two suns.
They were not fake or illusions, but truly and unmistakably two real suns.
The moment the two suns appeared, Xu Zimei saw the Taiying Youying in his hand flying out as well.
It turned into a stream of grey-white radiance that rushed toward one of the suns.
Taiyang Zuzhao let out a roar, angrily said, "Wang Sheng, have you gone mad?
What benefits has this kid given you?"
Taiying Youying did not respond to Taiyang Zuzhao’s roar.
Its speed was like a fleeting moment, and it had already collided with the sun transformed by Taiyang Zuzhao in an instant.
Only then did Xu Zimei feel his whole body relax, as the oppressive force disappeared.
"These ancient beings are really not simple!"
He exclaimed as he saw Taiying Youying and Taiyang Zuzhao clashing together.
The sky was split in two, half fiery red and half grey-white.
For a time, neither side could determine a winner or loser, as both took on the form of myriad things.
This was also the reason Taiyang Zuzhao was reluctant to take action; otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed to waste words with Xu Zimei.
He would have just slain him directly.
...
Seeing this, spiritual energy surged behind Xu Zimei.
A cerulean blue planet slowly rose up.
In this True Fate World, Xu Zimei slowly maneuvered the Chaos Pearl to fly out.
Normally, the Chaos Pearl was hidden in the void, undetectable to anyone other than Xu Zimei.
At the moment the Chaos Pearl appeared, a silent oppressive force emanated from all around it.
The exterior of the Chaos Pearl was illusory, with rays of dawn within, auspicious clouds, and the harmonious cries of myriad Divine Beasts… 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝘤𝘰𝑚
Within it, one world after another evolved.
When the Chaos Pearl appeared, Taiying Youying and Taiyang Zuzhao seemed to sense something in the space above.
Both glanced in Xu Zimei’s direction. Taiying Youying had no reaction, but Taiyang Zuzhao’s expression changed drastically.
"Wang Sheng, you’ve set me up," Taiyang Zuzhao cried out in shock.
He said, "How could this thing appear, how could it appear.
Impossible, it makes no sense!"
While Taiyang Zuzhao was screaming, he recklessly flew toward outer space.
Attempting to break through the layers of void to escape.
However, at this moment, the Chaos Pearl was faster, with Taiying Youying intercepting Taiyang Zuzhao’s path on one side.
Immediately afterward, the Chaos Pearl began to tremble, and a swath of radiance shone upon Taiyang Zuzhao.
The moment the radiance emerged, Taiyang Zuzhao’s figure froze instantly.
He hung in mid-air, motionless.
"I knew it, I knew that coming across you, I wouldn’t be able to escape."
Taiyang Zuzhao shouted in anger.
Only then did Xu Zimei clearly see what Taiyang Zuzhao looked like.
It was a small beast like Taiying Youying.
Only, the color of Taiying Youying’s small beast was silver-white, while it was fiery red.
...
Then, the surface of the Chaos Pearl emitted an endless glow, with Taiyang Zuzhao’s howls of pain.
It carried both of them through the layers of void and entered into Xu Zimei’s True Fate World together.
As the two entered Xu Zimei’s True Fate World simultaneously, there was a "boom."
Xu Zimei froze on the spot.
