Published at 25th of May 2025 9:55 am

Chapter 499 Heavenly Star Realm

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"What's wrong? Are you afraid? Wu Yu, don't waste my kindness," Ye Han mocked, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

Cold sweat beaded on Wu Hun's forehead—the patriarch of the Wugui Family. He bellowed in anger, "Ye Han, stop talking nonsense! Our Wugui Clan may not be righteous, but we would never betray the Nether Realm!"

He knew the other forces would target the Wugui Family if he didn't declare his stance now.

"Oh? Why haven't I noticed how loyal and patriotic your family was before?" Ye Han sneered. His gaze shifted to the two people standing beside Wu Yu, and a smirk rose on his lips.

"Long Sha, Gui Sha, didn't the two of you pledge your allegiance to me? You two suffered heavy losses when the Nether Realm's forces besieged Glory City. Once I destroy the Nether Realm, I'll erase Glory City from the map. I'll make Ye Mo and those fools know what a grave mistake it was to expel me from the Ye Clan!" Ye Han declared, madness flashing in his eyes.

"Your Dark Guild has a feud with Glory City. Cooperating with me serves your best interests," Ye Han said, and his words immediately drew everyone's attention to Long Sha and Gui Sha.

"Don't listen to him! He's trying to break our unity!" Long Sha and Gui Sha declared with pale faces.

Though the Dark Guild and Glory City were enemies—partially validating Ye Han's claims, neither Long Sha nor Gui Sha dared to betray the Nether Realm.

The Demon Lord had sworn allegiance and become a disciple of the Lord of Nether, then left the Nether Realm to pursue a greater world. Even if they wanted to betray the Nether Realm, the current conditions prevented them from acting.

"Cowards!" Ye Han sneered when he saw the Dark Guild and the Wugui Family remained motionless.

Then his eyes gleamed as he glanced toward the spiritual array of another city.

"Isn't that Tian Ling from the Northern Nether Family?" Ye Han chuckled. "I remember how people once ranked you alongside the Soul Winged Family's Cang Ming and the Soul Refinery Family's Mu Ye in the Nether Realm. But now, powerful sects in the Draconic Ruins Realm have chosen them and already joined. Only you are left in this crumbling world—how pitiful!"

Tian Ling stood among the ranks of the Northern Nether Family, his face darkening.

Ye Han continued, "Your Northern Nether Family once stood as a top-tier force in the Nether Realm. If you're willing to sabotage the Black Infernal Array secretly, I recommend you to the Demon God Sect in the Draconic Ruins Realm. What do you think of my offer?"

"Oh, I forgot that the Demon God Sect is the strongest force in the Draconic Ruins Realm, far surpassing the Six Divine Sects the other fools joined." Ye Han's smile deepened.

The Northern Nether Family's ranks erupted into chaos. Who wouldn't want to live if they had a chance?

"Well? Are you tempted?" Ye Han grinned. "You don't even have to destroy the Black Infernal Array openly. Just sabotage it in secret."

Boom!

When he finished, a golden-armored divine guard from the Nether Realm descended above the Northern Nether Family, casting a cold glare that stirred unrest throughout their ranks.

The Northern Nether Family had long stood as a top-tier force in the Nether Realm. They could seriously undermine the Lord of Nether if they secretly sabotaged the Black Infernal Array.

"Hahaha!" Ye Han burst into laughter at this sight. "Tian Ling, it looks like that Lord of Nether's guard doesn't quite trust you, does he?"

"Don't let this man disrupt our unity!" the Lord of Nether roared, his face grim.

Ye Han laid everything bare, making no effort to hide his intention to sow discord among them. But his tactics struck effectively, and his open scheme directly targeted the Nether Realm's unity.

The Nether Realm had only survived until now because they maintained unity, with everyone working as one. If they lost their unity, they would face defeat.

"This can’t continue!" the Lord of Nether growled, his teeth clenched. He raised his head and roared, "Zhu Long! If you want a fight, I'll give it to you!"

Boom!

The Lord of Nether soared to the sky. He knew the enemy would crush them quickly if they kept defending. Their only choice was to turn defense into offense.

"Die!" The Lord of Nether mobilized all the laws in the Nether Realm and threaded them into a hurricane, manifesting into black spears that rained down on Zhu Long.

"Hahaha! Bring it on!" Zhu Long laughed.

He waved his hand, summoning streams of ice energy that coalesced into ice dragons, clashing with the black spears and producing rumbling explosions. The shockwave alone quaked the entire Nether Realm, as if the apocalypse had arrived, splitting the ground open with ravines and ruptures.

Terrifying shockwaves swept out in all directions. Even the Nine-Layered Deathlands trembled. The Black Infernal Array protected the seventh to ninth layers, but the outer layers began to collapse.

Nothing withstood the force of their clash—everything in their path crumbled into dust.

The immense pressure in the Black Infernal Array forced everyone to crouch low. The spiritual array shielded them—otherwise, the aura alone could have obliterated their bodies and souls.

"So, this is the power of a Spiritual God? It's too powerful!" Countless experts at the Demigod rank looked up in horror. Although they held the highest status in their clans, the Demigod experts felt like insignificant ants before the Lord of Nether and Zhu Long.

Zhu Long and the Lord of Nether unleashed their strongest attacks as their laws clashed in a frenzy.

Zhu Long's ice laws blanketed the entire Nether Realm and transformed even the eighth layer of the Nine-Layered Deathlands into a frozen world.

The cold surged toward the Lord of Nether and coated him in frost.

"Nether, you couldn't defeat me last time, and this time won't be any different. Where are your two helpers now? Have they fled to the Draconic Ruins Realm?" Zhu Long snickered.

He extended his consciousness outward and sensed that the Lord of Nether wasn't the only powerhouse from the Draconic Ruins Realm.

As Zhu Long narrowed his eyes and scanned the skies, a cold snort boomed across the heaven, "Who says we're hiding?"

Five figures appeared out of nowhere and swiftly surrounded the Black Infernal Tower, arranging themselves into a five-point star formation. Ling Yun and Tian Hun led the reinforcements from the Six Divine Sects.

"Zhu Long, do you think we can't do anything with you? Brother Nether, form the formation!" Ling Yun roared.

Dazzling radiance from the five cultivators erupted and surged into the Black Infernal Tower. The tower responded with a blinding black brilliance, spewing black flames that surged straight into the Lord of Nether.

"Black Flame Strike!" roared the Lord of Nether. He clasped his hands together and conjured a massive blade of black flames, then swung it down at Zhu Long.

Boom!

As the giant flaming blade descended, black flames erupted like boiling oil in the void, sending out waves of destruction. The blast incinerated nearby demon beasts on contact, and their wails pierced the air.

The black flames incinerated over a million demon beasts into ashes in a flash as the flaming blade crashed toward Zhu Long’s head.

"Hahaha! Nether, is this your trump card?" Zhu Long laughed hysterically under the flaming blade. He advanced instead of retreating, and his body swelled into a giant Jiao-Dragon, with a human face, exhaling shadowy fog from his mouth.

Rumble!

The two devastating forces slammed into each other, unleashing a massive explosion in the sky. The Lord of Nether's flaming blade shattered, and the explosion hurled him through the air. He coughed blood as he plummeted from the sky.

Below, Yun Ling and the others coughed out blood under the Black Infernal Tower's rebound force, their bodies riddled with injuries.

"Nether!" Yun Ling steadied himself and caught the Lord of Nether, who fell from the sky.

"I'm fine," said the Lord of Nether, wiping the blood off his lips and turning to the sky.

The explosion blasted Ye Han backward, leaving him badly injured. He didn't expect the clash between the Lord of Nether and Zhu Long to be so decisive—no wonder they didn't fight at full force earlier.

Fear and panic gnawed at his heart. If he took that strike head-on, it would reduce him to dust—nothing would remain, not even a corpse.

He wondered if Zhu Long was still alive. If Zhu Long had died, he would also be doomed.

"Hahaha! Nether, I must admit you're strong—and you even managed to injure me," came a voice from the fading storm.

Zhu Long reappeared and bore no wounds aside from his scorched palm.

"How are you fine?!" The Lord of Nether and the others exclaimed in disbelief. They had fused all six of their powers earlier, and the Black Infernal Tower amplified that power even more. Their combined strength had already surpassed the Heavenly Fate Realm. So, how did Zhu Long survive it?

Then, as realization struck, the Lord of Nether exclaimed, "You've reached the Heavenly Star Realm?!"

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