"Sha Tian."
The Yin Yang Grinding Mill descended, grinding its way down.
The swirling clouds shattered inch by inch, the scattered sword light dispersed in all directions, and was dissolved by the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master's raised hand.
"You don't know what's good for you."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master's voice rang out again.
*Chik.*
The divine bow was in hand, drawn into a full moon arc.
Ninety-nine strands of cloud essence descended from the sky, gathering at the body of the bow and condensing into a cloud-essence arrow.
In an instant, Chen Fan felt the hairs on his body stand on end.
It was the feeling of being targeted by death itself.
"Go."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master gave Chen Fan no chance to prepare.
The bowstring snapped, sending off the arrow condensed from cloud essence.
Heaven and earth shattered in an instant.
The light of the arrow illuminated the dim sky, the sword descended like thunder.
"Open."
Chen Fan roared.
For the first time in his life, he felt the crisis of death.
He couldn't dodge.
This arrow was unavoidable.
*Hum.*
The Gravity Treasure Pearl appeared, instantly deploying its gravity domain.
The force acted not only on the arrow but also on the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master.
"Seal."
While the arrow was momentarily delayed, the power of the Heavenly Crown erupted.
It was the power to seal the sky.
However, the moment the power to seal the sky erupted, Chen Fan's physical body suddenly exploded.
His essence and blood burned automatically, his life force rapidly depleted.
"Reverse."
Yin and Yang appeared, and the shattered physical body instantly recovered.
His pale face, etched with unwavering resolve, raised his hand and grabbed forward: "Still."
*Hum.*
The rules of the divine weapon manifested.
The world became solemn, and the swirling clouds and the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master's body were frozen in place.
"As expected."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master's voice sent a chill down Chen Fan's spine.
He saw the other party's body begin to glow, as if several ancient characters were emerging, canceling out the power to seal the sky. "The divine weapons on you are more than one. This is truly heaven-sent, hahaha..."
"How is that possible?"
This scene made Chen Fan's pupils contract.
The power to seal the sky... had failed.
No, it wasn't that it failed, but that it was canceled out.
The divine weapons on the other party had negated the Heavenly Crown's power to seal the sky.
However, he still made his move.
*Clang!*
The Heaven-Soaring Cloud Sword descended, shattering the frozen swirling clouds.
"I understand."
Chen Fan's expression became even more grave. "You have divine weapons that can counteract the power of divine weapons of the same origin, but your attacks cannot."
Only a divine weapon could fundamentally contend with another divine weapon.
The other party possessed the last component of the Seven Divine Weapons, and Chen Fan could sense that that particular divine weapon was likely the core of the Seven Divine Weapons.
This meant that his divine weapons were suppressed by the other party.
Fortunately, he had enough divine weapons. If he had only one, this battle... would be over before it began.
"Come."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master beckoned.
With a hum, a golden sun flew out from the other party's chest.
The traces of ancient characters, not the handwriting of the present day.
From a distance, a startled cry suddenly sounded: "This is... Heavenly Dao script?"
The exclamation came from Zhan.
"Senior recognizes this script?" Chen Fan frowned.
This script possessed the aura of a divine weapon.
Did it mean this script itself was a divine weapon, or was it writing produced by a divine weapon?
He didn't understand.
But Zhan provided the answer, speaking with immense shock, "Legend has it that the Lord of Order back then had discovered an ancient Heavenly Dao script, a script truly born from the fusion of the Heavenly Dao. I know of only the Son of Heaven and the Lord of Order, each possessing one Heavenly Dao script."
"I didn't expect the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master to also possess a Heavenly Dao script. City Lord Chen... the trouble is immense."
"Heh heh."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master chuckled. "You know quite a lot. That's right, this is one of the Eight Heavenly Dao Scripts."
"The Eight Heavenly Dao Scripts?"
Chen Fan frowned. "Are they divine weapons?"
"Correct."
With the appearance of the Heavenly Dao script, the outcome was already decided.
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master no longer had any intention of hiding anything and explained, "There are eight scripts of the Heavenly Dao, and when these eight scripts converge, they form the true divine weapon. Unfortunately... the Eight Heavenly Dao Scripts are scattered throughout the chaos, and only three have been discovered so far."
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master, the Son of Heaven, and the Lord of Order each controlled one Heavenly Dao script.
Hearing this, Chen Fan's emotions became instantly agitated.
The final divine weapon was actually made up of eight characters.
He had thought that after killing the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master and taking the last divine weapon from him, he could assemble the Seven Divine Weapons to suppress the void vortex and rescue his beloved.
Once he rescued her, he would unhesitatingly withdraw from the struggle engulfing the entire chaos.
He had already planned how to live a peaceful life.
But at this critical moment, another problem arose.
The final divine weapon was actually eight characters.
At this moment, he was agitated to the point of going mad.
A surge of frantic pent-up emotion began to rise within him, an urge to vent it all.
"Scripts, eight scripts."
He muttered to himself, trying to clear the final unease in his heart.
His anger began to boil.
He felt he had been deceived. The Seven Divine Weapons seemed to have no end.
Was he destined to wander in the chaos forever? And never be able to rescue his beloved?
"You... deserve to die." Chen Fan looked up.
His crimson pupils were completely consumed by madness.
His heart was in turmoil.
For the first time.
No matter how difficult the situation, his heart had never wavered before.
But this time, he was truly going insane.
The collection of divine weapons seemed to have no end in sight.
"What's going on?"
The Cloud-Reaching Dao Master sensed the chaotic aura emanating from Chen Fan.
Within the other party, it was as if a volcano was brewing a monstrous storm, about to erupt.
He actually felt a grave sense of crisis.
This was a feeling that even Zhan could not give him.
*Chik.*
The next moment, Chen Fan disappeared.
With a flash of silver light, his figure instantly detached from the battlefield.
"He fled?"
Both Zhan and the Cloud-Reaching Dao Master were stunned.
Not only them, but everyone else was frozen in place.
Especially Dao King and Dao Master Yi Tian. Their calculations had shown a path to survival, and who would have thought that their last hope would have run away.
"Holy shit..."
Someone wanted to curse.
But before the curse could be uttered, they were met with gazes filled with killing intent.
The person who had been about to curse immediately felt the suffocating sensation of death.
"Hmph."
Emperor Yu snorted, "Remember, we are here to help, not to fight to the death. If you dare to curse the City Lord, even if we abandon our enemies, I will kill you first."
The former Emperor Yu was also a person of influence, with a stubborn personality.
But ever since Chen Fan had avenged him, Emperor Yu had sworn to follow the City Lord for the rest of his life.
No matter where the City Lord went, he would follow.
Now that someone dared to curse the City Lord, it was already an act of restraint that he hadn't immediately attacked.
A warning is enough.
The entire Realm of Life and Death were followers of the City Lord.
"..."
The person who was reprimanded immediately shut his mouth.
He truly felt the killing intent.
There was one thing the other party said correctly: this was the Eighth Land, their territory.
Whether it was the Realm of Life and Death, the Sword Realm, or the Chaos Beasts, they were all here to help.
Helping was a favor.
Not helping was their right.
He had no right to point fingers at others.