Chapter 604: Chapter 565: The Stars Stir and Clouds Surge, the Sky Canopy Is Torn Asunder

Under the starry sky, enormous bonfires towered like mountains.

Song Ciwan looked over and saw that in the very center of the nine massive bonfires, there was a nine-tiered pagoda tray that seemed to be made of white jade.

Atop the tray, a gallows shaped like a doorframe stood tall.

On the front and back of the gallows, two people were bound back-to-back—a man and a woman.

The man’s white clothes were stained with blood, and a Spirit Sword that looked like it was made of ice crystals was plunged squarely into his chest.

His eyes were slightly closed and his face was deathly pale. He seemed to have lost consciousness, yet an indescribably sharp Sword Intent coiled around his body.

Even from such a distance, Song Ciwan, standing in the outer shadows, had only let her gaze sweep over him for a moment. But in that single glance, she felt as if a sharp sword was bearing down on her, the piercing pain assailing her very bones and flesh.

’So strong!’

Song Ciwan was secretly alarmed.

She silently cast Upright Shadowless, concealing herself in the void, and turned her gaze to the woman who was pressed against the man’s back, also bound in a standing position.

The woman was suffused with Blood Evil Qi. Her figure was tall, athletic, and full of wildness.

What made her look especially ferocious and unusual were her arms.

Her arms were spread out on the gallows. The bones of her palms and fingers were bent, and covered in overlapping scales. They didn’t look like human hands at all, but clearly resembled a pair of dragon claws!

The clothes on her arms had been completely torn open. The exposed skin also clearly wasn’t human; sharp spikes stood erect on a glossy, dark green shell, resembling the legs of some giant crustacean-like insect.

Dark red blood stained half her body. Her chest, waist, shoulders, back, and even her legs had gaping wounds, looking as if they were inflicted by some sharp claws.

Yet her mind was clearly lucid. She had a pair of deep brown vertical pupils, her gaze bestial as she stared ahead, fierce and cold.

She was Du Xingheng!

Song Ciwan had seen Du Xingheng before; she knew Du Xingheng. This was undoubtedly her!

Du Xingheng had indeed been corrupted by the Alien Gu. She just didn’t know how much of the person before her was still Du Xingheng herself.

As for the man bound back-to-back with Du Xingheng, Song Ciwan had a faint guess about his identity.

Around the bonfires, countless floating figures crowded together, cheering. A shrill voice from among them pointed at Du Xingheng and the white-clad Swordsman, speaking in a smug tone, "Look at our offerings! Do you know what Level of offerings these are?"

A deep, booming voice from the suona procession asked, "What Level? Our offering is a treasure! This delicacy has a Divine Refining Stage cultivation, is still alive, has a pure physique and refined Energy. It can be called a treasure!"

At this, the deep, booming voice’s tone rose slightly, clearly believing its own offering was not bad at all.

In fact, it should even be considered quite a good one.

But the shrill voice opposite them laughed mockingly. "What’s a treasure? Our offering is an Immortal Grade! Do you know what an Immortal Grade is? It must be a dragon among men, a phoenix among women—the pinnacle of the world, a talent that appears once in a millennium, a Celestial Pride who gathers the fortune of an entire world!"

"Hee hee hee..."

Among the bonfire "crowd," children laughed and adults screamed.

Wave after wave of sound surged and crashed, causing the giant bonfires under the starry sky to suddenly flare up violently!

The fires blazed, and the flames boiled.

"It’s a Celestial Pride, you see! A Celestial Pride from Penglai Island, ranked on the Ten Thousand Spirits Celestial Pride List..."

"Hee hee hee..."

"The Holy Spirit’s favorite immortal delicacy. No need for much cooking, just throw them in fresh and alive. That’s the best offering."

"Who can compare? Can you?"

"You, you, and you... can your offerings compare?" A black-robed figure, swaying back and forth like a swing, floated up.

"Hee hee, hee hee..."

Waves of laughter rolled across the bonfire grounds.

In the suona procession, the previously dazed suona players began to play again.

Wailing and sobbing, the music was three parts sorrow, seven parts Xie, and two parts absurdity, for a full twelve parts, drifting under the starry sky.

The starlight flickered. In the darkness, it was as if something incredibly heavy was about to surge forth and break through!

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

At this moment, all the "figures" in the field knelt in succession, led by the floating black-robed figure, who began to chant: "The world is foul, and we are sinful! Only with Blood Evil Qi can we wash away sin and purge wickedness! The three sacrifices are not prepared, we only seek an immortal treasure! We respectfully invite the Holy Spirit to cast down its merciful gaze! We humbly offer this feast!"

"We respectfully invite the Holy Spirit to cast down its merciful gaze! We humbly offer this feast!"

...

Countless voices, from this moment, from this place, from Beyond the Heavens, from thousands of worlds, from the nameless to the named... arose from every hidden corner and secret place.

The starry sky trembled. The "Holy Spirit" seemed about to manifest in the world!

Song Ciwan held her breath and focused her mind. Her entire being—from body to heart, spirit to will, thoughts to Divine Soul—was stretched to its absolute limit.

Her heart pounded rapidly, her blood surged, and her breath circulated swiftly.

Of the three hundred and sixty major acupoints in her body, not a single one was not gathering power, ready to burst open.

She was also preparing her Star Cross Skill. At the same time, she was rapidly flipping through the Heaven and Earth Scale, along with every other technique she knew...

At this moment, Song Ciwan wasn’t even considering the secrecy of her current "Xing Lan" identity. Regardless of which identity a technique belonged to, if it was useful right now, she would use it.

’What exactly is this so-called "Holy Spirit"?’

’What secrets are hidden within this Heaven-Reaching City?’

The ancient mystery was unsolvable. But today, when the time came to act, she had to act!

Song Ciwan’s body even leaned forward slightly, unconsciously. She was waiting.

What she didn’t know was that at the same time, many others were waiting just as she was.

Many—

Chaotic God Martial Artists.

The vast Starry Sky Square was located in the center of Heaven-Reaching City.

In all directions, countless passages were hidden in the darkness.

At this moment, at the mouth of a certain passage in the direction of the Zhen trigram, a woman holding a Bone Sword was pacing anxiously.

She quietly urged the man standing silently beside her, "Father, we should make our move. If we don’t act now, Yun Lang might not be saveable once the Insect God descends!"

Her father was in no hurry. "We can’t," he said in a deep voice. "If we act now, all our efforts will be wasted."

The woman grew annoyed. "Father! You..." She couldn’t hold back any longer. "If you won’t go, I’ll go save him!" With that, she postured as if to charge forward.

"You can’t save him." Her father remained unhurried behind her, speaking slowly. "You cannot save him, Ah Zhan. You should understand this. That man, Yun, is Cultivating the Emotionless Dao. He is heartless and unfeeling, unmoved by any trial. He won’t be moved to love you just because you risk your life to save him, nor will his convictions waver just because his life is on the line."

Her father sighed. "Since he broke into our city, you have chased him for so long. Have you still not seen through him?"

Ah Zhan was about to say more when her father suddenly raised a finger. "Shh," he whispered. "Don’t talk. Those people... they’ve all arrived too. Everyone... is waiting..."

Waiting for what?

Waiting for the starry sky to churn, until at a certain moment, the celestial curtain was torn asunder.

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