Outside Of Time

Chapter 1729  Using Fate! 

This old god, already gravely wounded and barely surviving a near-death encounter with Immortal Monarch Spirit Stone, had been desperately holding together His True God realm to escort the goddess.

His condition was akin to a fragile dam barely patched together, His core long riddled with cracks and weaknesses.

The repeated clashes, especially the combined assault of Xu Qing and his group, had inflicted devastating blows.

The killing strike—the nail that embodied their collective might—pierced directly into the wound left by Immortal Monarch Spirit Stone, unleashing waves of destruction. This blow served as the final force to shatter the dam.

The divine temple crumbled, His True God realm shattered beyond repair. His divine essence dimmed, and He fell from the rank of a True God, teetering on the brink of total ruin.

From the distant stars, the auras of approaching cultivators grew increasingly clear, and among them, the unmistakable presence of a Lower Immortal emerged.

All of this compounded the dire situation, rendering the old godʼs mission to protect the goddess more perilous than ever.

He originally wanted to retreat and escape with the goddess to continue protecting Her!

However, the divine voice of the goddess echoed.

She wanted Him to do suicide attack.

After a pause, He looked at the goddess. For the first time, there was a complicated look in His eyes.

Gods had no emotions.

He knew this. However, at this moment, perhaps it was because His realm had fallen or His injuries were serious, His divinity fluctuated.

Amidst these waves, He seemed to see the young goddess.

He had watched Her grow up and step onto the peak step by step, becoming the center of attention.

”This is emotion?”

The old god silently and slowly turned around, facing Xu Qingʼs retreating group.

He made up His mind and took a step forward.

At this instant, the golden light in His eyes was released intensely, forming a golden sea of light that spread out toward the starry sky.

In this golden sea, a terrifying divine might was churning.

One could vaguely see that in the golden light, the old godʼs broken body was constantly expanding and growing larger. His aura became more and more terrifying and rapidly reached the extreme.

There were also waves of soul-destroying murmurs, instantly becoming deafening.

It was a sound that urged the golden sea and dispersed the might in the sea.

It illuminated the starry sky and created ripples in the universe!

That was His… self-destruction!

Although His cultivation had fallen and His divine aspect was dim, and He was only at the Divine Platform now, He had once been a True God!

With a roar that could shatter the fabric of the universe, the old god detonated Himself. It was as if countless suns, in their final moments, unleashed all their accumulated light and heat in a single instant. This eruption of unimaginable power and destruction tore through everything in its path, blazing as a radiant light that illuminated the cosmos, spanning across the interstellar void.

It shot out endlessly in all directions!

Where the shockwave passed, the clouds instantly dissipated, obliterated by the overwhelming force. All traces left by the fleeing goddess—every fragment of Her presence—were wiped clean.

The self-destruction ensured that no one could use the remnants here to track or locate Her.

However, Xu Qing and his companions stood directly in its path. Despite retreating with all their might, their speed was no match for the surging wave of golden brilliance born from the old godʼs sacrifice.

The light swallowed everything in an instant.

Stars shattered. The starry sky collapsed. All existence in its path seemed destined to be reduced to nothingness, as if the cosmos itself was being rewritten into emptiness.

Even the distant cultivators rushing toward the scene—among them a Lower Immortal who erupted with the aura of dense immortal power—spread out his energy in an attempt to diffuse the self-destructionʼs power, shielding the area as much as possible.

But Xu Qing and his companions were far too close and faced the unavoidable calamity.

Xu Qingʼs mind churned. Everything in front of him was replaced by golden light.

He fully unleashed his cultivation and defended with all his might. The immortal embryo enveloped not only himself but also the other ascenders beside him.

All of them joined forces again.

They resisted together!

However, the instant the golden light swept past…

His immortal embryo shook, distorted, and dissolved before finally collapsing. As his body fluctuated, space-times appeared one after another and his bodies walked out from them.

They resisted with all their might.

Star Ring and the others also spared no expense in this life-and-death crisis!

After an unknown period of time, the light dissipated and the rumbling sound was already far away.

The golden light formed by the old godʼs self-destruction finally dissipated.

The reinforcements from the cultivators had also arrived…

The moment they got close, these cultivators looked at Xu Qingʼs group with respect in their eyes. They were quite shocked by the tragic fluctuations in front of them.

As for the immortal in the lead, he looked at the dissipating clouds and then at Xu Qing, speaking in a low voice.

”Discovered the traces of the goddess and killed a True God. This matter… I will report it to the commander. You guys… have already made a great contribution!”

”Go back… and recuperate.”

This Lower Immortal was an old man. He looked at Xu Qing and the people beside him and sighed softly.

After that, he took out some medicinal pills and left them behind. With a sway of his body, he headed straight for the distance and searched again, trying to find traces.

The cultivators he led also left medicinal pills before following behind.

Soon, the surroundings fell silent.

Xu Qing stood in the starry sky. His clothes were tattered and his face was pale as he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

His body and soul were filled with intense weakness and fatigue. He turned and looked beside him…

On Star Ringʼs forehead, a mark was dimming. That was a life-saving item given by his master.

However, at this moment, the mark collapsed.

Countless wounds appeared on his body and blood flowed uncontrollably, turning him into a bloody person.

Beside him, Zhou Zhengli stood upright. His body was trembling and black blood flowed down his eyes. His eyes… had become bloody holes.

He became blind.

That was where his Ordinance was.

Li Mengtu lost half of his body and was already unconscious. It was hard to say if he would survive.

Yuanshan Su was just like him.

There were also Qianjun and Piyi. Their consciousnesses were extremely weak. At the last moment, they had given up on their bodies and transformed into immortal swords, barely preserving their souls.

Xie Lingzi was also heavily injured and one of his arms had turned into dust. The broken sword in front of him was also covered in cracks.

All of the other ascenders were in an extremely tragic state, missing some body parts and unconscious.

Seven had died!

Those seven people had already been destroyed in body and soul in the golden light earlier…

All of them had resisted together and shared the damage, and each of them paid a heavy price.

The teamʼs number fell from 19 to 12.

Xu Qing silently retracted his gaze and looked into the distance.

The chill in his heart intensified as he transmitted his voice to Little Shadow, asking it to check for the traces of the goddess.

He was a little unwilling!

At the same time, Zhou Zhengli, who had lost his eyes, spoke hoarsely.

”Iʼve said it before. This time… would be incomparably dangerous.”

”After all, that was a True God.”

”If it wasnʼt for Young Lord, it wouldnʼt just be them meeting their end today!”

”But we cultivators—our path has always been one of struggle. Struggle against the heavens, against others, and even against the gods… So, if we fall, it can only be called the extinguishing of our Dao. In the process of fighting for life, death is but a constant companion!”

”And to have a True God buried along with us—itʼs worth it!”

Zhou Zhengli smiled, though that smile carried a trace of unwillingness.

Xie Lingziʼs eyes were also red.

”Itʼs a pity that we couldnʼt capture that goddess!”

His tone was filled with regret.

Upon hearing the two of them, Star Ring suddenly looked at Xu Qing.

”Xu Qing, since you were able to find that goddess once, can you find her again?”

Xu Qing looked at Star Ring.

The killing intent in Star Ringʼs eyes was intense. His voice was low as he continued.

”Seven of us died and most of us are crippled. Whether itʼs for them or for myself, I want to capture that goddess!”

”You probably want to too.”

There was a deep meaning in Star Ringʼs eyes. He naturally saw through the strange actions of the goddess. It was as though the moment the other party saw Xu Qing, She had locked onto him.

When Xu Qing heard this, his gaze swept past everyone. At this moment, the only ones who could still fight were him and Star Ring.

He looked at Star Ring and slowly spoke.

”The power of the True Godʼs self-destruction erased all traces. That goddessʼ teleportation can no longer be found. Moreover, She should be extremely far from here, exceeding the range of my spirit petʼs perception.”

Star Ring fell silent.

Xu Qing turned his head and looked at the distant starry sky, his eyes slowly narrowing.

”However, I… have a method that I can try.”

As he spoke, Xu Qing raised his hand and took out a teleportation jade slip, turning it from orderly to disorderly!

An orderly teleportation could teleport one to a designated place.

As for disorderly… it was random. It was very difficult to predict the direction of the teleportation and where the user would appear.

It would be up to fate.

This was the solution Xu Qing thought of.

He couldnʼt find any traces of the goddess, nor could he sense Her. However, fate had swept the other party up and made them meet.

In that case, what if he no longer waited passively but chose to take the initiative…

Xu Qingʼs eyes gleamed darkly.

If everything was predestined, Xu Qing believed that such a disorderly teleportation would give him the result he wanted.

Hence, with the teleportation jade slip in hand, he looked at Star Ring.

Star Ring glanced at the teleportation jade slip in Xu Qingʼs hand and fell into deep thought. However, he didnʼt ask. Instead, he took a step and walked to Xu Qingʼs side, standing in the range of the teleportation.

Zhou Zhengli and Xie Lingzi bowed to Xu Qing and Star Ring.

They no longer had the strength to participate in the next battle. Moreover, they needed to heal their injuries, especially those who were unconscious. They had to recover as soon as possible.

Hence, they would return to the campsite of the Nianlin Army immediately.

”Young Lord, Star Ring, weʼll be at the encampment. Weʼll wait for the news of you capturing the goddess!”

Zhou Zhengli spoke hoarsely.

As his voice echoed, Xu Qing nodded. The next instant, he crushed the jade slip.

The light of teleportation immediately spread out in his hand. After it enveloped Star Ring at the side, as this light shone to the extreme, it was accompanied by rumbling sounds.

The two of them instantly disappeared!

…

At that moment, in the starry sky at the frontline of the left wing, not far from the boundary of the godʼs side, Starry Eye Goddessʼ figure transformed into a black stream of light.

She was currently traversing the void and moving forward in an extremely secretive manner.

This place was very close to the Fourth Star Ring, so there were already anomalous substances permeating the starry sky. This made Starry Eyesʼ concealment even smoother.

And Her luck was clearly very good this time to be able to teleport to this range.

”Iʼll be able to return to the Fourth Star Ring in a few days at most!”

”However, for some reason, there is no response from god father…”

While moving forward, Starry Eyes fell into contemplation. Recalling the prior events, a cold indifference emerged in Her gaze.

She didnʼt care about the old godʼs self-destruction. In Her understanding, the other partyʼs self-destruction at that moment was the best choice.

Not only could the self-destruction erase the traces of Her teleportation, but it could also attempt to kill the human cultivator who made Her heart palpitate inexplicably.

When She thought of that human cultivator, killing intent rose in Her heart again.

”Who is that person…”

Whether the other party had died in the old godʼs self-destruction or not, She had decided that She would report this matter to the god father as soon as She returned.

She believed that with the might of Her god father, He would definitely be able to clear Her doubts.

At the thought of this, She was about to continue to speed up. However, at this moment, a scene that caused Her entire body to tremble and Her heart to rumble appeared!

Waves suddenly appeared in the void in front of Her.

A disorderly aura of teleportation spread out in all directions and two figures walked out.

One of them was actually… that person whom She had been thinking about previously!

”You…”

Her expression changed drastically.

This sudden appearance completely messed up Her mind. Even Her divinity fluctuated.

This scene caused Her palpitations to instantly intensify.

She had used disorderly teleportation and a True God had self-destructed to erase the traces. Hence, in theory, even if there were really experts who could sense those traces, they would still have to probe it. It was impossible for them to be so precise and appear so quickly.

This was especially so when… the other partyʼs teleportation was also clearly disorderly!

They had descended randomly!

And randomly… they appeared in front of Her!

This scene caused the divinity of Starry Eyes Luan to fluctuate intensely.