The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 1046

Chapter 1046: Chapter 1043: Awakening from a Shattered Dream Chapter 1046: Chapter 1043: Awakening from a Shattered Dream “Boom”

A moment later, a heaven-shaking roar echoed through the air.

In the skydome that had been completely sealed and mended, seven-colored rays were reflected, and sounds like Buddhist sutras or Daoist chants resonated between heaven and earth.

It was not only within the Map of Mountains and Rivers; such sounds seemed to arise from the entire external void as well.

The next instant, layers of five-colored heaven light descended from the skies, dragging down the entire firmament with them, continuously pressing toward the earth. The sky was collapsing!

At the same time, the battle formation map drawn on the ground was finally taking shape. A yellow halo rose from the formation, spreading across ten thousand miles of territory. Roaring sounds kept emerging from the earth as it sank.

Chiyou's legs were pulled underground, and circles of yellow light wrapped around his body like shackles, trapping him in place.

As the sky collapsed and the earth sank, heaven and earth merged, the two most powerful forces in the world, pressing down on him.

“Heaven and earth wish to obliterate me? I will break this heaven and earth!”

Seeing this, Chiyou not only did not despair but rather his ferocious nature was stimulated to the extreme.

With a fierce shout, he ignited a raging black flame all over his body. His form began to swell rapidly. His feet stomped the ground, and his hands lifted overhead, he managed to steadily catch the descending firmament.

At this moment, he stood tall and majestic as if he were Pangu opening the heavens that year, trying to split apart the heaven and earth that were suppressing him.

What was even more frightening was that under his support, the continuously pressing seven-colored firmament was indeed held back by him, unable to fall for the time being.

Meanwhile, Shen Luo's body had deteriorated to the extreme. He resembled a porcelain figure, with every inch of his skin cracking and peeling away from his body. Blown gently by the wind, it scattered into ashes in mid-air.

“Not dead yet?” Looking down at Chiyou below, he murmured.

Only Chiyou's roar could be heard between heaven and earth; no one responded to him.

“Then I'll send you on your way.” Shen Luo answered himself.

Immediately after, a red fire rose from his Dantian. The flame instantly spread throughout his body, and the aura that had been gradually subsiding on him began to surge once more.

He was burning the little life he had left, making a final struggle.

Finally, his aura reached its peak and could climb no further. His figure began to dance on the spot, his hands quickly forming seals. An intense golden light suddenly burst forth from the palms of his hands. Pointing toward the high altitude, he shouted:

“Three Stars Demolishing Demons!”

As soon as his words fell, a giant tremor came from the depths of the skydome.

The entire space of the Map of Mountains and Rivers, along with the area spanning tens of thousands of miles around Chang'an City, suddenly darkened. In the depths of the skydome, which seemed eternally beyond reach, tiny specs of light sparkled to life. Scores of golden stars materialized densely.

Shen Luo's eyes shimmered with golden light as he gazed at them. Behind those layers upon layers of Star Rivers, immensely huge stars flickered intensely, resonating in an indescribable rhythm with him through their alternating brightness and dimness.

Those stars seemed to be waiting for his summons.

“Fall!”

A thunderous shout tore through the heavens, breaking free from the bonds of space, echoing throughout the Map of Mountains and Rivers, over the skies of Chang'an City, and across the vast Star River.

Three giant stars shone with dazzling starlight, approaching the Human World with their tangible bodies.

This time, they did not halt halfway or merely cast starlight; they directly shattered the firmament and descended into the Human World.

Above Chang'an City, the void trembled. The once-hidden borders of the Map of Mountains and Rivers emerged in the void like a Mirage City, suspended in the air.

Everyone witnessed that scene, seeing the towering Chiyou who stood against the sky as well as the tiny, utterly wrecked Shen Luo.

Thus, the vast night sky blazed with raging Heavenly Fire, and the three ancient stars condensed into gigantic Red-flamed Golden Stars, a thousand Zhang in size. They drew the surrounding light toward them, exuding an aura capable of Destroying the Heavens and Eliminating the Earth.

“Boom”–a massive explosion!

Three stars fell to Earth simultaneously, Chiyou roared with a fury that shook the heavens, sprouting two additional arms beyond the initial pair–four arms propping up the sky.

Even with the God-like power of Three Stars Extinguishing Demons manifest in physical form, combined with the divine might that cut off heaven and earth, even if Pangu were alive, he might have struggled to contend.

Shen Luo's body was completely ravaged, with not a single intact spot left. Hair disheveled, he appeared deranged as he pulled downwards desperately with both hands, mustering his very last bit of strength to drag the Three Stars into the Human World, to suppress Chiyou.

Pressed heavily, Chiyou's four arms kept bending, his flesh and blood bursting explosively, but ultimately he could not withstand it.

This time, the Three Realms were finally going to win.

“Shen Luo…”

Just then, a shrill, agonizing scream suddenly pierced the air.

Blood sprayed from Shen Luo's chest as a fearsome dragon claw pierced through his back, tearing out his already shattered heart.

“Ma Xiuxiu…”

Silently, Shen Luo uttered this name, as the breath in his body rapidly diminished.

The stability of the Three Stars suppressing Chiyou instantly wavered, trembling violently with signs of collapse.

Inside and outside Chang'an City, the fighting Human Race, Immortal Clan, and Demon Race, witnessing this earth-shattering change, saw the hope that had ignited within them extinguished in an instant.

They despaired, plummeting from a fleeting glimmer of hope into the depths of despair.

Almost all of them stopped their fighting, stopped resistance, and numbly accepted death.

“Isn't it just death? I, for one, have died many times already.”

Just then, Shen Luo let out a thunderous roar; blood filled his mouth, slurring his words, but this indignant bellow reverberated through the entire sky–he had not given up.

The very next instant, a light shone from Shen Luo's forehead, and the small divine soul within his sea of knowledge ignited all that was left of its soul power.

In the midst of the booming sound, Shen Luo's final strength burned out, turning into a streak of light that merged into the colorful radiance of the sky.

At last, the Three Stars touched down, and the battle formation map revealing the starry patterns emerged atop the Formation Pattern that severed heaven and earth.

In the Map of Mountains and Rivers, heaven and earth converged, returning to nothingness.

Within Shen Luo's soul remained but a single thought: “This time, perhaps I won't resurrect again…”

…

After an indeterminate span of time, a cacophony of hawkers' cries broke the silence.

A young man in a green robe suddenly woke with a start from the stone steps by the street, and upon lifting his hand, he realized he was still holding a green-covered book.

His eyes bleary, he looked around in confusion, only to see a bustling crowd up and down the street. Lowering his gaze to the book in his hands, he saw the cover stamped with the bold characters “Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.”

Turning to look behind him, he saw a room next to the stairs with a plaque hanging above the entrance that read, “Chang'an Bookstore,” in bright red paint.

“Could it all have been a dream?”

The green-robed man wondered, and as he tried to push himself up, something cool touched his hand.

Looking down beside him, he saw an oblong jade pillow, dull in luster, etched with wave-like patterns.

“Jade pillow…” The man's brow furrowed tightly as he immediately reached out for it.

With a “crack,” the jade pillow broke apart cleanly into three pieces.

(End of the first part)

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