On the distant horizon, across the spatial channel connecting the two realms, powerful auras descended one after another. Though none could compare to a Supreme Divine Spirit, they were all formidable, their presences spanning the sky—each one a Heavenly God.
And the number of these Heavenly Gods was not small; at least twenty to thirty emerged from the spatial channel, descending into this realm.
Unlike Divine Spirits, Heavenly Gods were not constrained by the restrictions of this world and faced no barriers to crossing realms, allowing them to descend easily. Moreover, under the protection of the alien Divine Spirits, they remained unharmed.
This caused the expressions of everyone in the Trial Realm to change. So many Heavenly Gods had descended all at once—even the End Fortress did not have that many Heavenly God powerhouses.
"Assist Lord Jiuming Wang, so he may successfully descend into this realm and reign supreme."
This divine sense fluctuation from a certain alien Heavenly God was detected, causing people's faces to pale.
The Supreme Old Academy Head was already single-handedly resisting the advance of the alien Divine Spirits while contending with several of them. Now, with alien Heavenly Gods continuously taking action, his situation was bound to become even more difficult, causing everyone to worry.
"Academy Head, please open the Great Dao barrier and allow us to cross over to assist you. We are willing to contribute our strength."
Heavenly God powerhouses from several super forces urgently transmitted their voices, deeply anxious at this moment. They understood all too well how serious it would be if alien powerhouses descended into this realm. At its most severe, it could lead to the destruction of this world—not just empty words.
From ancient times to the present, the powerhouses of the Tian Du Continent knew of the alien race's covetous gaze upon this world. Though the exact source of their desire remained unclear, they deeply understood the aliens' strength. At the very least, the number of peerless existences at the Divine Spirit realm surpassed that of the Tian Du Continent.
The only consolation was that the world to which the Tian Du Continent belonged did not allow Divine Spirits to descend easily, protected by the laws of the Great Dao. Furthermore, the alien race had never produced a truly terrifying existence surpassing the Divine Spirit realm; otherwise, the Tian Du Continent would be in grave danger.
Although the Tian Du Continent had prepared the Slaying the Heavens plan for so many years, when the time for true battle arrived, all the powerhouses felt an intense sense of pressure.
Boom—
The Great Dao barrier shimmered with light. A Heavenly God elder from the Tian Du Academy said, "Everyone, please cross over. The Great Dao barrier has altered its rule power. All beings of our Tian Du Continent may pass, while aliens cannot, protecting the beings within the fortress. Also, I ask several Fellow Daoists to take action and bring back the many prodigies on the Trial Path to avoid unnecessary bloodshed."
"It should be done."
At this moment, all the Heavenly Gods acted with great righteousness. Even when passing by Ye Chen, they did not attack him. This was a crisis concerning the entire world; even the Great Dao Blood was no longer so important.
One Heavenly God after another soared through the sky. Though not as numerous as the aliens, over a dozen Heavenly Gods appeared, heading toward the horizon—the edge of the Trial Realm—to engage in fierce battle.
Moreover, from the Tian Du Continent, Heavenly Gods were also descending into this Trial Realm to provide aid.
They each transformed into balls of divine light, clashing with the alien Divine Spirits, assisting the Supreme Old Academy Head. That area of the world was nearly beaten into chaos, mountains and rivers shattered.
As the main force, the Supreme Old Academy Head stood firm on the spatial channel, his mana like an ocean, continuously unleashing waves of supreme Divine Spirit Dao principles and destructive light, assaulting the alien Divine Spirit Jiuming Wang who was crossing realms.
Jiuming Wang also roared and howled, his entire body surging with supreme radiance capable of destroying heaven and earth. Yet now, it could only be used to resist the Supreme Old Academy Head and the power of this world's Great Dao rules.
If not for other alien Divine Spirits in the other realm taking action to protect and stabilize the spatial channel, even a powerful Divine Spirit like him would not have been able to successfully cross realms.
However, he now faced immense obstruction.
Similarly, the Supreme Old Academy Head had devoted all his strength to resisting the alien Divine Spirits, unable to attend to the situation in this realm. Alien Heavenly Gods were taking action, engaging in fierce battle with this realm's Heavenly Gods. The clashes were intense, shattering the clouds, annihilating the void, shaking the six directions and eight extremes, reaching far and wide.
"You lowly scum of a prison world dare to resist? Aren't you afraid our realm will annihilate yours?"
An alien Heavenly God spoke coldly, not placing this realm's Heavenly Gods in his eyes at all. His divine techniques and Dao principles were peerlessly powerful as he slaughtered this realm's Heavenly Gods.
They were powerful, hailing from a stronger realm, viewing the beings of this world as mere ants.
A Heavenly God from the Jiuhua Empire raged, launching a fierce attack: "You aliens only know how to invade others' worlds, treating them like ants. But aren't you also ants? What do you think you are, believing yourselves to be Divine Spirits, looking down from on high?"
"Divine Spirits?" An alien Heavenly God laughed upon hearing this, filled with mockery. "Though Saints are powerful, you actually regard them as Divine Spirits? How laughable. True Divine Spirits are supreme and inviolable; a single finger could destroy this world."
Another alien Heavenly God sneered, "Don't waste words on these ants from the prison world. They have no understanding of what true Divine Spirits are."
The Heavenly Gods of this realm were shocked. Could it be that true Divine Spirits referred to something else?
Unfortunately, there was no time for them to ponder this, for now was the great battle between the beings of two realms—their resistance against the alien invaders.
The battle continued. Those on the End Fortress could only watch helplessly. Even the clash between Ye Chen and the several ancient prodigies had ceased as they ascended the fortress.
At this moment, no one else attacked Ye Chen either, for internal strife now would be the height of foolishness.
Ye Chen stood in the void, gazing into the distance. His eyes shimmered with brilliant golden light, capable of piercing through illusions to see everything afar. More importantly, Old Yan reflected all the circumstances to him, allowing him to clearly witness every detail of the battle.
However, Ye Chen's gaze was not fixed on the Heavenly God battle, but on the Divine Spirit battle at the spatial channel. He saw the Divine Spirit Dao principles of both sides. The profound and mysterious law power that seemed unfathomable to Heavenly Gods was, in his eyes, like unraveling silk—completely comprehensible.
It could be said that this Supreme Old Academy Head of the Tian Du Academy was an extraordinary Divine Spirit. Being born in this world was already difficult; once achieved, he was naturally no ordinary Divine Spirit powerhouse.
But the alien Divine Spirit Jiuming Wang resisting him was the same. Ye Chen's gaze looked even further, as if able to cross the spatial channel and see the scene in the other realm, where a vast number of alien powerhouses were gathering, an army stretching to the heavens.
"Hmm? There seem to be a few familiar auras."
Ye Chen murmured to himself, his gaze appearing unfathomably deep, like an abyss.
Boom—
The Heavenly God battle at the edge of the Trial Realm grew even more intense. Massive pillars of blood energy stood tall between heaven and earth, beams of light shooting from the crowns of each Heavenly God powerhouse. Each blood energy pillar represented a Heavenly God.
But soon, some blood energy pillars dissipated, signifying that Heavenly God powerhouses had begun to fall.
"It's terrible! Heavenly God Li Xue of the Jiuhua Empire has been slain, fallen!"
Bad news spread, causing panic among those on the fortress. Wails even emerged from the Jiuhua Empire.
Truly, the fall of a Heavenly God powerhouse had a massive impact, not to be ignored.
However, there was one point of consolation: it wasn't only the Tian Du Continent side suffering losses. Even the alien side had Heavenly God powerhouses killed—not just one, but three in quick succession.
Not long after, four Heavenly Gods from the Tian Du Continent side were also successively slain, their blood staining the world. This was because an extremely powerful alien Heavenly God had arrived, one who had even touched the domain of the Divine Spirit realm, thus possessing faint traces of supreme Divine Spirit ancient majesty. He easily slew four Heavenly Gods in a row, sharply reducing the number of Heavenly God powerhouses on the Tian Du Continent side by four.
"Fellow Daoists, Lord Ao Jing has arrived, and he brings with him a Divine Spirit ancient weapon!"
An extremely powerful Heavenly God descended, his aura overwhelming, far stronger than ordinary Heavenly Gods. He had even touched the domain of the Divine Spirit realm, reaching the level of a half-step Divine Spirit.
He was ancient but immensely powerful, descending into this domain while wielding a Divine Spirit ancient weapon.
The appearance of Heavenly God Ao Jing greatly boosted the morale of the powerhouses on this side. Moreover, he brought a Divine Spirit ancient weapon belonging to a certain Supreme Divine Spirit, revived it, and unleashed its most terrifying strike.
Though not comparable to a Divine Spirit's attack, it was still extremely fearsome, instantly sweeping away five alien Heavenly Gods and achieving glorious results. He also resisted that equally extremely powerful alien Heavenly God, though he could not slay him. The opponent's body was wreathed in supreme treasure light, clearly also wielding such a Divine Spirit ancient weapon.
The two sides confronted each other, soldier against soldier, general against general, king against king.
"It's terrible! Another alien Divine Spirit is about to cross realms! With a two-pronged attack, even the Supreme Old Academy Head will find it difficult to resist."
Even worse news arrived. From within the spatial channel came another vast and mighty Dao wave, its voice resounding: "The two of us are crossing realms together. Can you possibly withstand us both?"
Clearly, the Supreme Old Academy Head's situation was now extremely difficult, unable to attend to other matters. If this continued, the alien Divine Spirits would inevitably cross realms and descend into this world, causing endless bloodshed.
"Are there no other Divine Spirit lords? The Old Academy Head is struggling too hard, unable to truly fight. Please, other Divine Spirit lords, lend your aid!" Someone cried out in sorrow. This scene made hearts tremble, filled with despair and helplessness.
Were the alien Divine Spirits truly about to cross realms and arrive?
At this moment, Ye Chen suddenly strode forward. Then, a token flew from his hand, causing everyone to exclaim in shock: "The Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token!?"
That was unmistakably the supreme alliance leader's token, something only a Divine Spirit powerhouse could possess. Where had Ye Chen obtained it?
Before the astonishment could subside, the Slaying the Heavens Alliance leader's token suddenly erupted with a vast aura. Supreme Divine Spirit Dao power descended, rushing toward the edge of the world.