"I think we should choose the first option—strike directly with thunderous methods to crush Great Yi's offensive. If we drag this out, I fear it will instead tarnish Evernight's prestige. Other methods might succeed, or they might fail. Great Yi may not fall for tricks. But an overwhelming, head-on suppression is the best strategy. Not only must we crush them, but we must also charge straight into the Well of Gods and Demons, shifting the battlefield inside it. If possible, we should follow it all the way and invade Great Yi itself." A fallen Demon clan powerhouse sneered as he spoke.
His words revealed his intent without any concealment.
"The third option—Great Yi may not fall for it. If they dared to come to Evernight, they must already be keenly aware that they are venturing deep into enemy territory alone. With only their own strength, it is impossible for them to sustain themselves here for long. Unless they are ready to die, they cannot possibly venture too deeply into the starry sky."
The Demon Puppet clan powerhouse also nodded in agreement.
Afterward, other powerhouses voiced their opinions one after another.
In the end, the decision was put to a vote. By overwhelming majority, the first option was chosen: suppress Great Yi with absolute force. They could never allow Great Yi to run rampant. For Evernight, bringing the battlefield into their own territory held no meaning. They were natural predators, a superior race. What they loved most was invasion—igniting wars in other worlds.
"Very well, then the first tactic it shall be. The most direct method—destroy the Hive Star."
Zhi Thirteen nodded, offering no further objections. He had already said all that needed to be said. The choice had now been made.
Evernight's reaction was swift. From all directions, their armies surged toward the Hive Star. The terrifying aura already locked firmly onto the star. It was clear how furious the myriad races of Evernight had become.
"A beautiful feast… Pass down the order: the whole army is to retreat to the Well of Gods and Demons."
Zhuge Liang sighed in awe.
That magnificent mushroom cloud was stunning, but he knew this strike would certainly enrage Evernight as a whole. Against such a counterattack, he did not believe that he or even Great Yi possessed the depth to endure.
Victory gained meant retreat—this was the set strategy.
The true battlefield was not here, but within the Well of Gods and Demons.
Outside, Evernight could unleash itself without restraint. Inside the Well, the laws of both realms suppressed them. The upper limit of power that could be deployed there was severely restricted. The topmost powers could not cross over. The strongest allowed were limited to the Dao Proving Realm—an entirely manageable level.
In war, the battlefield must be chosen with care.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
After unleashing the mushroom strikes, the war fortresses rapidly withdrew toward the Well of Gods and Demons.
Soon, all fortresses had fully retreated inside—save one, which remained at the mouth of the Well.
"What is that?"
"So fast—far too fast!"
"Is this Evernight's counterattack? It's sweeping directly at this star world."
On the fortress, countless powerhouses' faces changed drastically as they stared into the starry sky with grave expressions.
There, a massive war fortress was breaking through the void. Upon it, a dazzling blood-red divine light burst forth. Then, in the sky, a colossal blood moon appeared, soaring high.
The blood moon was like a crescent blade, falling from the void.
It resonated with the thirteen blood moons that had hung eternally above Evernight's sky since time immemorial, drawing upon unimaginable power.
Fast.
Indescribably fast.
No force could halt it.
Along the way, meteorites in its path shattered instantly. Nothing could stop its advance.
In the blink of an eye, it appeared above the Hive Star, cleaving straight down.
Crack!!
A crisp sound echoed through the entire star. In the next moment, the colossal Hive Star—vast as a Great Thousand World—was split into two halves, cut cleanly apart by the blood moon blade.
As it cleaved, dazzling blood light erupted. Each beam brimmed with unstoppable sharpness, piercing and tearing through the split star again and again.
Rumble!!
With a thunderous roar, the Hive Star completely shattered, exploding into countless fragments that scattered in all directions. In that moment of destruction, it shone like the most brilliant star in Evernight, radiating unmatched light.
Dazzling to the extreme. Blindingly radiant.
A star—one on the level of a Great Thousand World—had just been annihilated.
Even Zhuge Liang and the others, with their unshakable minds, could not help but feel deep shock. This was not like before, when mushroom weapons annihilated armies—it was an entire star destroyed. The power required was unfathomable. Even Dao Proving Realm experts could not so easily destroy a world of such magnitude. Only at the Hunyuan Realm could it be done.
It was a matter of scale—and level.
The Dao Proving Realm still existed within the laws of heaven and earth. The Hunyuan Realm transcended and mastered those laws. One operated within; the other commanded. The difference was a chasm as vast as the heavens themselves.
Amidst the destruction, surging waves of primal world essence erupted.
"What a great opportunity."
Yi Tianxing watched the Hive Star's destruction coldly. This was not beyond his expectations. Had they not retreated into the Well of Gods and Demons in time, the entire expeditionary army would have been annihilated in that single strike—erased from existence. Evernight's retaliation had been swift.
But the collapse of such a star-world was an unimaginable treasure.
The shattering of a star meant the collapse of a world.
World origin would inevitably disperse.
This was the best time to plunder it.
Without hesitation, a purple light flashed silently from Yi Tianxing's body, instantly appearing at the heart of the collapsing Hive Star. It was none other than his natal supreme treasure—the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower.
Over the years, the tower had never stopped growing, but advancing further was exceedingly difficult.
Dozens of internal tower worlds had to evolve together—an unimaginably arduous process, consuming astronomical resources.
Now, with a Great Thousand World–level star collapsing, the sheer vastness of world origin was immense. If left untaken, it would scatter across Evernight and go to waste.
But the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower had the power to devour it all.
This was nothing less than a banquet laid before him.
To miss it would be a crime against heaven.
Naturally, he would not miss it.
Once inside, the tower released itself fully. Its terrifying devouring force surged like a tide, covering the surrounding void. The world origin that was about to burst forth like a stellar nova was irresistibly drawn inward, pouring back into the shattered core.
Inside the tower, the chaotic world at its apex roared wildly. Boundless world origin was devoured and transformed into vast amounts of primal chaos qi. The chaotic world expanded visibly with every breath.
Star fragments, massive chunks of the Hive Star, were dragged into the chaos world, refined, and absorbed to strengthen its essence. Special substances merged naturally into the tower body, tempering and reforging it.
The chaotic world evolved, while the tower's inner worlds expanded madly.
More than forty tower worlds grew, each expanding thousands of miles with every breath.
The vast origin was reduced to nourishment, fueling the tower's evolution.
Innate treasures within each world also grew, birthing new prohibitions.
As a natal treasure, advancing the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower was almost impossible. Even after Yi Tianxing reached the Dao Proving Realm, it had not yet broken through to Heaven-grade as an Supreme treasure. But now—hope appeared. A glimmer of dawn shone through.
The tower devoured at incredible speed. As a top-tier innate spirit treasure, with dozens of worlds within, it swallowed simultaneously. With every breath, oceans of origin poured in. The stellar nova that should have erupted dimmed, shrinking rapidly, then vanished.
In the blink of an eye—it was gone.
Yes, utterly gone.
At the Hive Star's location, not a single fragment remained. The vast energy that should have erupted was erased, consumed utterly. The Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Tower returned to Yi Tianxing's body at once, refining and converting the energy.
Inside, the tower worlds continued to expand.
"The stellar nova from the star's destruction has vanished… It's as though an invisible maw devoured it whole. Who did this? That energy was meant to bombard the Well of Gods and Demons!"
Destroying the Hive Star had not only been to annihilate Great Yi's vanguard, but also to trigger the stellar nova and strike the Well of Gods and Demons—a cataclysmic blow meant to shake its very foundations, destabilizing its laws and opening a path.
But now—the stellar nova had vanished.
"Look! At the Well of Gods and Demons—there, the Nine-Dragon War Chariot, the Chaos Dragon Robe—that's the Lord of Great Yi Immortal Court, Yi Tianxing! He has come—he dares to come! Good, good! Excellent! Today, we shall avenge our clan's fallen Moonlight Heaven's Pride!"
A fallen Demon powerhouse's eyes blazed with excitement, seeing Yi Tianxing standing proudly at the Well's mouth.
(End of Chapter)