The black-robed figure sneered at the Abyss Dragon God.
He could sense the Abyss Dragon God's unstable aura.
Perhaps it was due to the sacrifice being interrupted, resulting in a backlash.
The black-robed figure was pleased to see the Abyss Dragon God in such a predicament.
In the future timeline, he had been attacked by the Abyss Dragon God multiple times, nearly losing his life.
"Who am I? I'm here to take your life!" the black-robed figure declared.
He unleashed even greater power, throwing a punch towards the Abyss Dragon God.
Various law powers intertwined on his fist, erupting with terrifying might, forming illusory worlds that crashed towards the Abyss Dragon God.
The Abyss Dragon God reacted faster, bringing out the Abyss God-Devouring Well.
The Abyss God-Devouring Well absorbed all the power unleashed by the black-robed figure and released a black mist that billowed towards him.
The black-robed figure knew the terrifying nature of the Abyss God-Devouring Well; its released black mist could corrode the soul.
He evaded the black mist and continued his assault on the Abyss Dragon God.
This time, he employed the divine skill Bloodline Manifestation.
He conjured various divine beasts, surrounding the Abyss Dragon God.
The Abyss Dragon God felt frustrated. If the black-robed figure hadn't interrupted its sacrifice, it wouldn't have suffered a backlash, nor would it have been at a disadvantage.
Facing the black-robed figure's fierce attacks, it could only use the Abyss God-Devouring Well to defend itself.
Its aura grew increasingly unstable.
With the sacrifice interrupted, the surrounding divine-level extraordinary creatures also broke free from their restraints.
They looked at the black-robed figure and the Abyss Dragon God locked in battle.
Immediately, many divine-level extraordinary creatures attempted to flee.
The Eight-Headed Divine Serpent swiftly intercepted these divine-level extraordinary creatures.
"Why run? Can you escape? Even if you escape, will the Abyss Dragon God let us go? Since the sacrifice began, a mark has been branded onto us, and sooner or later, the Abyss Dragon God will sacrifice us," the Eight-Headed Divine Serpent stated.
In truth, it also wanted to escape.
However, it knew that if it fled, it would surely die. Not only would the black-robed figure kill it, but the Abyss Dragon God would also not spare it.
Therefore, it could only stand its ground and help the black-robed figure deal with the Abyss Dragon God.
Under the instigation of the Eight-Headed Divine Serpent, the surrounding divine-level extraordinary creatures did not leave either. They all attacked the Abyss Dragon God.
Although these divine-level extraordinary creatures were not strong individually, their sheer numbers were a significant blow to the Abyss Dragon God, which was already suffering from a backlash and under attack from the black-robed figure.
"You court death!" the Abyss Dragon God glared fiercely at the Eight-Headed Divine Serpent and other extraordinary creatures.
Unfortunately, before it could make a move, the black-robed figure struck its head with another punch.
As the Abyss Dragon God was about to defend itself, a piercing pain spread throughout its body.
The backlash from the Eternal Sacrifice was even stronger than it had anticipated.
This was the first time its sacrifice had been interrupted.
With the sacrifice interrupted, it could no longer supply offerings, and it had to compensate for the loss.
In other words, if it couldn't sacrifice, it had to take its place.
Of course, if the sacrifice had been successful, it would have been unaffected, borne no karma, and would have received the favor and rewards of the world.
Now, the backlash from the failed sacrifice was worsening, leaving it unable to block the black-robed figure's attacks.
What to do?
The Abyss Dragon God decided to escape.
The black-robed figure seemed to have seen through its thoughts and consistently blocked the Abyss Dragon God's escape routes, always standing in its way.
The Abyss Dragon God's gaze turned icy. It stared intently at the black-robed figure, as if wanting to flay him alive.
The black-robed figure showed no fear. Having made his move, he was not afraid of the Abyss Dragon God's retaliation.
"Abyss Dragon God, you are doomed."
The Abyss Dragon God was in a life-or-death crisis, but it did not panic.
It had encountered such situations many times.
Thus, it gritted its teeth and used the divine skill, Restoration.
Its body rapidly healed.
However, it could not maintain this for long.
The backlash from the failed sacrifice continued to ravage its body.
It had to leave as soon as possible.
Therefore, it unleashed terrifying power, knocking the black-robed figure aside, and used the divine skill, Void Traverse, to escape.
The black-robed figure, naturally, could not let it succeed. He used the combined skill, Ultimate Space Burst.
Instantly, the surrounding space began to collapse, forming a spatial storm.
The Abyss Dragon God, in the process of traversing the void, was caught within the spatial storm.
The terrifying power of the spatial storm continuously ravaged the Abyss Dragon God's body.
However, the Abyss Dragon God paid little heed. It endured the pain and seized the opportunity to vanish within the spatial storm.
By the time the black-robed figure tried to pursue, it was too late.
Frustrated, he turned to look at the Eight-Headed Divine Serpent and other extraordinary creatures.
After some thought, he decided to bring all these divine-level extraordinary creatures back to the Flame Sea.
He intended to expand the strength of the Flame Sea and gain more faith power.
Faith power could help him offset the repulsion from the present timeline and accelerate his cultivation.
Affected by the spatial storm, the Abyss Dragon God used Void Traverse and arrived at a battlefield.
The area was littered with corpses, suggesting that many years had passed since the conflict.
Perhaps it was an ancient battlefield formed by the clashes between divine-level extraordinary creatures in the late mythological era.
The Abyss Dragon God scanned its surroundings and quickly shrunk its body, concealing its aura.
Its current condition was very poor.
It had to constantly resist the backlash.
If it encountered a strong enemy, it might not be able to use Void Traverse again.
It had already consumed a significant portion of its power by using the divine skills Restoration and Void Traverse.
From now on, it had to stabilize its condition and resist the backlash.
Otherwise, its life would be in danger.
Even possessing another body would be useless.
The backlash would continue to follow it.
Unless it organized a larger sacrifice or found other ways to compensate for the impact of the failed sacrifice on this world.
Unfortunately, in its current state, it was incapable of doing so.
This made it hate the black-robed figure even more.
"Damn Zheng Dong, I will not let you off!"
The Abyss Dragon God had already guessed the black-robed figure's identity. Fortunately, its future self had not appeared.
Otherwise, it would have been even more miserable.
Given its nature, its future self, upon discovering its current predicament, would surely take advantage of the situation and devour it.
Of course, not all future selves were affected by the Epochal Tribulation and traveled to the present timeline.
For instance, the Undying Dragon God did not have a future self.
The Undying Dragon God had not resurrected.
It had traveled from the past across time and space.
It had already died in the past.
Though absurd, the Undying Dragon God, affected by the Epochal Tribulation, could indeed travel to the present timeline.
However, it faced stronger repulsion from the present timeline.
This was why the Undying Dragon God had not made a move, remaining hidden within Xiao Qing's Endless Sea.
The Abyss Dragon God was different. It had also died once, but it had resurrected.
After resurrection, a future self would emerge.
The Abyss Dragon God did not wish to encounter its future self at this time.
It quickly found a place to stabilize its condition.
Meanwhile, Zheng Dong had entered the interior of the volcano.
The area was filled with scorching lava, devoid of any signs of life.
Zheng Dong was enveloped in white purification flames, forming a fiery armor as he searched within the lava.
The interior of the volcano was vast, making it difficult even for him to search every corner in a short time.
He could only slowly search for traces left by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
Only by finding the Purgatory Divine Phoenix could he potentially locate the Time Corridor.
The Time Corridor would help him quickly comprehend the Time Domain.
He would then have more confidence facing the black-robed figure.
Zheng Dong continued his search.
His persistence paid off, and at the bottom of the volcano, he discovered the resource vault left by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
This vault appeared as a massive black stone, like a mountain floating within the lava, moving without any discernible pattern.
It looked ordinary, but the interior of the giant stone was hollowed out to store resources.
Zheng Dong initially paid it little attention.
He thought it was just a heat-resistant stone, at most a legendary-tier resource.
However, influenced by the power of the Law of Destiny and his treasure-hunting skills, he felt that this stone was likely not as simple as it appeared.
Soon, he managed to pry open the stone and discovered the resources hidden within by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
Unfortunately, the Time Corridor was not among them.
Besides five fire-elemental divine-tier resources, there was also a feather.
It was likely left behind by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
Zheng Dong felt a bit disappointed.
However, he did not give up.
Holding the feather left by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, he used Destiny Deduction to search for its whereabouts.
The Purgatory Divine Phoenix was not in its divine kingdom.
It had died long ago, and had drained the power of its divine kingdom, turning it into a forbidden zone.
The feather left by the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, under specific environmental conditions, could allow it to revive and be reborn.
However, this feather had remained locked within the vault, preventing its revival.
Zheng Dong took the feather and continued his search for the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
He soon left the volcano and exited the coverage area of the Purgatory Divine Phoenix's divine kingdom.
Continuing to fly southwest, he sensed the Purgatory Divine Phoenix's location through Destiny Deduction, which was still further ahead.
Due to the massive influx of beings from other worlds, the area of Blue Star had become vast and boundless.
There were many places Zheng Dong had never visited.
He didn't know where his continuous search would lead him.
Along the way, he passed through numerous Totem Kingdoms.
These Totem Kingdoms were relatively powerful and possessed divine-level extraordinary creatures.
However, he did not encounter any Beast Tamer Kingdoms of humans.
In the face of extraordinary creatures, human strength was still too weak.
After searching for dozens of consecutive days, Zheng Dong entered a territory that originally belonged to another world.
The environment here did not appear significantly different from the surrounding areas.
It was full of vitality.
Lush greenery covered the land, and powerful extraordinary creatures appeared frequently.
Zheng Dong discovered that the extraordinary creatures here, to varying degrees, possessed Phoenix bloodlines.
He soon entered the territory of the Blood Phoenix clan.
The Blood Phoenixes actually resembled bats more than phoenixes.
They lacked feathers but, possessing Phoenix bloodlines, could unleash Phoenix flames.
Furthermore, they had a preference for fresh flesh and blood.
Any extraordinary creature that entered their territory would be attacked and become their food.
Zheng Dong encountered hundreds of Blood Phoenixes.
These Blood Phoenixes had all reached the Totem level in their growth, possessing considerable strength.
However, they were no match for Zheng Dong.
Zheng Dong did not take these Blood Phoenixes seriously. He used his Bloodline Divine Body, swung his fist, and killed over a hundred Blood Phoenixes with a single blow.
But this did not intimidate the remaining Blood Phoenixes.
They became even more ferocious, letting out piercing roars.
At their call, more Blood Phoenixes gathered, including some that had condensed divine sparks.
The Blood Phoenixes that had condensed divine sparks were already very large, flying in the air like transport planes.
Zheng Dong still did not pay them much mind.
He used Spatial Teleportation to arrive above one of them and sat down on it.
At this moment, Zheng Dong's body grew immense, like a colossal giant, and he employed the skill, Mount Tai's Pressure.
Even the Blood Phoenix that had condensed a divine spark could not withstand it.
It let out a mournful cry and crashed heavily to the ground.
However, it did not die.
The Blood Phoenixes that had condensed divine sparks possessed strong vitality. It unleashed its divine skill, Last Elegy.
Strange sound waves emanated from its mouth, spreading outwards.
The sound was piercing, causing those affected to fall into a state of sorrow and distress, their moods instantly plummeting.
But this was not the true power of Last Elegy.
Under the stimulation of the sound waves, claws began to emerge from the ground.
Zheng Dong then discovered that a large number of corpses were buried beneath the ground.
Many of these corpses were severely decomposed, some even reduced to mere skeletons.
Yet, under the stimulation of the sound waves, they seemed to come alive and attacked Zheng Dong.
They were not resurrected, nor were they undead, and they possessed no independent consciousness.
They were entirely acting under the influence of the sound waves, using their skills as they did in life to attack Zheng Dong.
However, many of the corpses had little residual power left, unable to even use low-level skills.
While Last Elegy was not as powerful as Netherworld's Death Lord, it did enhance the Blood Phoenix's combat effectiveness.
Zheng Dong, however, was not overly concerned.
He quickly struck, killing the Blood Phoenix, and then looked at the surrounding corpses.
Many of these corpses had been dead for many years, likely from the mythological era.
This place must have been a battlefield long ago.
Perhaps a battlefield of divine-level extraordinary creatures.
Zheng Dong summoned Netherworld and instructed it to use Death Lord to attempt to convert the surrounding corpses into undead.
Under the effect of Death Lord, more corpses were converted into undead and crawled out from the ground.
Many of them were powerful divine-level extraordinary creatures from the mythological era.
And they were all phoenixes.
There were hundreds of phoenix species, including Azure Phoenix, Golden Phoenix, and Luan Phoenix.
It was strange that all these phoenixes were dead and had left their corpses behind.
Even stranger was the absence of the corpses of the divine-level extraordinary creatures they had fought.
Perhaps their enemies were so powerful that they killed them instantly, leaving them no chance for rebirth.
Zheng Dong, holding the feather of the Purgatory Divine Phoenix, continued his search for the Purgatory Divine Phoenix.
He was about to leave the Blood Phoenix territory when he was attacked by more Blood Phoenixes.
The patriarch of the Blood Phoenix clan, leading several Blood Phoenixes that had condensed divine sparks, sought revenge against Zheng Dong.
This time, Zheng Dong did not make a move.
Instead, he let Netherworld use Death Lord to convert more undead.
As a result, mythological phoenixes emerged from the ground one by one.
Their corpses were decomposed, some even reduced to skeletons, but their sheer numbers were enough to deal with these Blood Phoenixes.
The patriarch of the Blood Phoenix clan was immediately startled.
After Netherworld used Death Lord, it discovered that its divine skill, Last Elegy, was no longer effective.
The strange sound waves released by Last Elegy could not control these corpses.
Facing the dense mass of corpses, its only thought was to escape.