My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Nearly a million bolts of purple lightning descended from the sky, crashing into the blood-red divine domain. Each bolt of lightning transformed into a soldier or a god of the Thunder Division, or into a Thunder Lord or Thunder King.

This was no simple plea for help from the Thunder God and Mother of Lightning; it was a command that all gods of thunder obey!

Within the divine domain, countless thunder gods descended to cleanse the blood-red domain, bringing justice to the wronged and smiting the evil demons.

General Li Yang and Deputy General Tai Zhong, two mythic figures, joined forces—one even had the support of a star.

Yet, under the crushing power of the divine lightning prison, they were utterly overwhelmed!

With just one clash, General Li Yang's face was marred with blood-red cracks, from which a bloody glow continuously seeped. His eyes were filled with disbelief.

"Who exactly is the god you worship?"

He couldn't comprehend it, and a deep fear took root in his heart. The towering figure of the Thunder Ancestor seated in the heavens was too terrifying for him to even glance at directly.

Not to mention the master of the divine domain—just the terrifying gods formed from the lightning, even as mere shadows, were enough to suffocate him with their pressure.

And there weren't just one or two of these shadows—there were hundreds.

If mere shadows could wield such power, what would the true forms of these gods be like?

He couldn't even imagine.

What kind of enemy was he facing?

Venerable Shenlei stood in the void, his long robe billowing, surrounded by countless flashing bolts of lightning.

He wasted no words, his voice thundering like a storm.

"Great, merciful sage, sovereign of the supreme Dao!"

As his voice echoed, all the gods formed by the lightning suddenly expanded tenfold, a hundredfold.

Their auras became unimaginably terrifying! These heavenly gods, descended by the order of the Thunder Ancestor, were here to sweep away all evil gods.

General Li Yang's divine domain was fracturing under the pressure.

Without the support of his star, he would likely have perished by now.

Yet, even with it, his divine domain was already one-third shattered after just a brief clash.

The two opponents were on completely different levels!

Meanwhile, outside the divine domain, the battle was just as intense.

In the skies above Qingheng Continent, nine massive star shadows suddenly appeared. Everyone in the continent who looked up could see these terrifying star shadows.

It was as if they could reach out and touch the edges of these stars with their hands.

Each star emitted a terrifying aura.

Nine stars encircled the sky, waging war!

It was said that the nine celestial lords governed all the fortunes and misfortunes of gods, and now, their wrath was evident.

"Boundless Tai Chi, the nine stars conquer the heavens!"

One twin represented the sun, the other the moon.

Yin and yang combined to form the Tai Chi!

As the nine celestial lords roared, a massive Tai Chi symbol, like a sky-covering canopy, was forcibly slammed down onto the earth.

Seven stars shone brightly within it!

Countless evil gods, like fireflies, rose into the sky.

But within the great formation of the nine celestial lords, there was no escape.

They were like primitive tribesmen in animal skins, wielding wooden spears, charging at a modernized army of steel and iron.

Their only fate was death.

"Ah!"

"No!"

"All the great lords, heed my command! Break through!"

The evil gods' base was in chaos.

The disordered evil god army began to form battle lines, attempting to fight back against the nine celestial lords.

However, a thousand supreme beings might be able to kill one great supreme, but a thousand exalted beings couldn't even harm a great lord.

The gap between divine domains couldn't be bridged by sheer numbers!

The nine celestial lords, when united, could even fight against mythic figures!

How could these exalted beings and ordinary great lords compare?

The divine domains granted by Qi Yuan's god-vision technique were all from the orthodox gods of the heavenly court.

They ruled over the thirty-three heavens, each one possessing boundless power.

Their divine domains even coalesced into divine offices.

Their power was ten times greater than those of the same rank.

Nine great lords, each at the peak of their power, united to unleash unimaginable devastation!

And beyond the nine celestial lords, other true gods tore through the evil god army like a hot knife through butter!

The war was completely one-sided!

The evil god base was in ruins.

Everywhere was engulfed by divine domains, and ordinary exalted beings were killed in the crossfire without even realizing it.

Miles away, all the cultivators and ancient gods couldn't help but soar into the sky, watching from afar as the massacre unfolded.

They couldn't see the specific details, but they could see an endless sea of lightning hanging upside down, as if it were about to swallow the world; they could see the nine stars suspended in the sky, with countless evil gods throwing themselves into the flames, only to fall back down.

"A great battle is taking place at the evil god base!"

"These are definitely mythic figures!"

"Mythic figures are attacking the evil god base! What's going on? Where did these mythic figures come from in the Mortal Heart Realm?"

Countless eyes watched the earth-shattering battle, faces filled with horror or joy.

Some fell to their knees, weeping, while others had tears of hope in their eyes!

All the cultivators and ancient gods, witnessing this scene from afar, were filled with awe and shock.

Miles away, a headless, terrifying ancient god stood on a high mountain, watching the distant battle. Tears of blood flowed from the stump of his neck.

"Hahaha…" Venerable Ling Zhong laughed wildly, "The sea of lightning covers the sky, the nine stars hang high… I’ve seen it!"

He recalled half a month before the Battle of Hongtang, when Foodless Holy Mother had sought him out and given him something.

At that time, her eyes, usually cold, held a rare glimmer of hope as she said, "The Mortal Heart Realm won't perish; hope is always there.

In the distant future, someone will rise, shattering stars with their fists and tearing the Yang God apart with their hands!"

"He really exists… Foodless Holy Mother" Venerable Ling Zhong's expression turned crazed.

Hope had always been there, but Foodless Holy Mother and the fallen mythic figures would never see it.

Meanwhile, Qi Yuan, dressed in a green robe, stood in the void, his expression calm as his experience bar skyrocketed, and the evil god's power accumulated rapidly.

In just a few breaths, his gains had surpassed those from the Battle of Sunset Slope.

He glanced at Venerable Lishan beside him and said indifferently, "Your suona playing needs practice; you were too quiet. The ancient gods fighting down there couldn’t hear you."

Venerable Lishan's face turned red with embarrassment.

It wasn’t that he played too softly; it was that the battlefield below was simply too loud.

The combined forces of both sides numbered in the tens of thousands!

And the weakest among them were all true gods!

Venerable Lishan had even expanded his divine domain, using countless divine powers to create avatars to help amplify the sound of the suona.

But his voice still couldn't reach the battlefield.

Because his divine domain was too weak, while the divine domains below seemed to have been supercharged—each one had a divine office, which was unimaginable.

Divine offices had always been the hallmark of true geniuses.

For instance, out of the nearly ten thousand evil gods in the base below, only a few dozen had divine offices.

But on their side... they all did!

Even the most ordinary exalted beings had a divine office to guard the gates of heaven!

It was utterly absurd!

It left Venerable Lishan deeply moved.

Especially Venerable Shenlei's terrifying divine domain, which made even Venerable Lishan envious.

The rolling thunder, the endless lightning—it was all so overwhelming.

Venerable Lishan even thought that if not for the need for a swift victory, Venerable Shenlei alone could have wiped out all the enemies here.

Of course, that would have taken some time.

"If you want, I can break your divine domain and give you a louder divine office so you won't have to worry about playing too softly," Qi Yuan said casually.

Venerable Lishan was taken aback, then quickly responded, "My lord, this old man doesn’t want to spend his life playing the suona. I want to personally cut down these evil gods!"

As he spoke, his eyes burned with a deep-seated hatred. His parents and kin had all been killed by the evil gods.

"There will be opportunities," Qi Yuan replied indifferently, glancing at the thunder prison.

Deputy General Tai Zhong had already been killed, leaving only General Li Yang struggling to hold on.

In the heavens, the star belonging to General Li Yang was growing dim, as if it were being devoured by the endless sea of lightning.

In the evil god base, Qi Yuan's people were like true heavenly soldiers and generals, cutting down the ragtag army with ease.

In an instant, two-thirds of the evil gods had fallen.

Just then, Qi Yuan narrowed his eyes. "Since you're here, you might as well stay."

With his words, a blood-red sword shot out, slashing toward a distant mountain a thousand miles away!

At this point, Qi Yuan's experience bar had skyrocketed, and he had already reached the mythic level.

In this game, it had taken him a long time to reach the true god level from the Purple Mansion realm. But from the first step to the mythic level, it had been very quick.

A thousand miles away, on a distant mountain, two evil god generals were startled.

"Mythic level!"

Facing Qi Yuan’s sword, the two of them didn’t hesitate to turn and flee.

They could feel an intense threat, one even greater than that posed by Venerable Shenlei.

"My sword is called the 'Sealing Sword.' No one can refuse being sealed by it. You will be sealed as… the gods of death, but… dead gods."

The divine power on the sword surged, and a special divine domain unfolded at that moment.

The two evil god generals were pulled into the divine domain.

"What is this?"

"What kind of divine domain is this?!"

The two evil god generals were terrified.

Because this divine domain… wasn’t like any other they’d seen before. It was like a garbage dump.

Inside the divine domain, there was a chaotic mix of everything.

Stars rolled like soccer balls on a field, enormous lightning bolts constantly struck the ocean, endless magma flowed from water pipes, and deep within a frying pan, a black hole sneezed...

Everything in this divine domain was chaotic.

"Lightning, water, wood, growth, death… there's a bit of everything. What is this?"

The two evil god generals were horrified.

This was the first time they had encountered such a chaotic divine domain.

Most divine domains are pure and focused, as this allows them to unleash their full power. Even if other attributes are present, they’re usually minor.

But this one was a total mishmash.

"How did idiots like you manage to cultivate to the mythic level? Didn’t I already tell you that you were going to die? In context, it’s clear that this is your burial ground. Haven’t you ever learned reading comprehension in school? If you can’t even answer a question like this, how did you reach the mythic level? The world is too unfair. I, Qi Yuan, will do the world a favor by killing you and restoring a bit of fairness."

As Qi Yuan’s voice echoed, the sword transformed into countless blood-red bullets!

"Nameless Gatling Bodhisattva, d-d-d-d-d-d!"

The bullets transformed into terrifying giant serpents, opening their bloody maws to devour the two evil god generals.

The two evil god generals screamed in agony, their divine domains crumbling like paper under Qi Yuan's assault.

Their minds and spirits began to fracture under the relentless onslaught.

"Don't kill us... Ah!"

"With such a chaotic divine domain, you'll never reach the Yang God level!"

"When our master takes action, you're dead for sure... Spare us!"

The two evil god generals begged for mercy.

They had cultivated for most of their lives, even obtaining the opportunity to illuminate the heavens. They didn’t want to die here.

At that moment, Qi Yuan looked up at the starry sky.

Two stars were dim, and shadowy red figures were gnawing at them.

"You have such big stars, so much land, and yet you’re letting it all go to waste without housing anyone. Such a waste! With housing prices so high, you two have contributed greatly to the problem!"

"What are you even talking about?!"

"The Yang Gods are invincible!"

"I'm saying... Why aren't there people living on the Sun? These Sun Gods are just greedy landlords!"

The sword light flashed, and the two evil god generals' divine domains shattered in that instant.

Two tiny specks of dust were added to Qi Yuan's divine domain.

A torrent of evil god power surged into him, and Qi Yuan's experience bar shot up wildly.

"Mythic level... is this weak?"

"Or maybe... I’m just too strong?"

By this time, the battle at the evil god base in Qingheng Continent was drawing to a close.

General Li Yang had been slain by Venerable Shenlei. The latter's eyes still sparkled with purple lightning, clearly indicating that he hadn't had enough of the fight.

He plunged back into the battlefield, slaughtering evil gods left and right.

The sounds of slaughter and thunder filled the air.

Moments later, the bloodied ancient gods stood beneath Qi Yuan, their eyes full of fierce determination.

The evil gods of the base had all been exterminated.

Venerable Shenlei stood beside Qi Yuan, his gaze domineering. But when he looked at Qi Yuan, it turned to reverence.

At that moment, Qi Yuan finally spoke, "Everyone, I suddenly realized that I’m really strong. Just now, I casually killed two mythic-level beings."

At these words, the ancient gods present remained calm, showing no surprise.

After all, wasn’t it normal for the Origin Heavenly Lord to kill mythic-level beings?

"If we’re this strong, why not take the opportunity to wipe out all the other evil god bases too?" Qi Yuan suggested, having carefully considered his decision.

"Good!" Venerable Shenlei quickly agreed.

He was eager for more battle, to slay more mythic-level beings.

"Kill! I want to keep killing!" Venerable Huolian, no longer showing any semblance of a lady, had completely transformed.

The other ancient gods also nodded, their hearts burning with fervent intent.

"Kill!"

"Cleanse the Northlands, restore our homeland!"

They were all fired up.

"In that case..." Qi Yuan was about to announce a new battle plan when his eyes suddenly narrowed. "They're fleeing!"

At that moment, all the ancient gods looked up at the sky.

In the northern sky, countless beams of light shot up, forming pathways to the heavens.

Tens of thousands of evil gods were crammed into these pathways, fleeing from the Mortal Heart Realm.

"They’re fleeing?"

"They’re really running away!"

"How could they flee?"

The ancient gods were dumbfounded, struggling to process the surreal scene.

The evil gods, who had ravaged the Mortal Heart Realm for hundreds of thousands of years… were just running away.

Without looking back, with no hesitation, they fled.

"They’re running… This is too boring, I wanted to keep killing," Qi Yuan muttered in disappointment.

At that moment, Venerable Shenlei's voice boomed, "Deity, I’ve also come up with a plan, inspired by you!"

"What plan?" Qi Yuan asked, intrigued.

"Lord, since you’re disappointed at the lack of opponents, I propose a two-step plan: first, we immediately attack the Tianzhu (Heaven Pillar) and capture the Yang God; second, after capturing the Yang God, we will launch an all-out counterattack against the evil god realms!" Venerable Shenlei proposed excitedly.

Qi Yuan blinked, then looked at Venerable Shenlei with a meaningful gaze. "Are you out of your mind, or do you think I'm stupid? Marching against the Yang God now… would be suicide."

Qi Yuan was feeling confident, but not so much that he’d get himself killed.

"And another thing… plagiarism is disgraceful! You took my plan, split it up, and then claimed it as your own. Have you no shame? I’ve never plagiarized, and I won’t tolerate my followers doing it either!"