In Heaven-Mending City, the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, led by Myriad Stars Supreme Elder and a host of other Heavenly Clan Supreme Elders, brought an infinite army to the city gates. They had brought Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons, ready to erupt into a full-scale Heavenly Clan war at any moment.
The Heaven-Mending Clan was on high alert, incredibly tense.
They asked themselves; this time, they were likely in grave danger.
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord sighed lightly, yet the light in his eyes was blazing.
Perhaps Ye Chen would fall this time, but his mind was made up—he would help the Heaven-Mending Clan.
"Kill!"
Myriad Stars Supreme Elder roared, personally taking action.
As the son of a Heavenly Venerate and a Supreme Elder, he was exceptionally powerful. Thousands upon thousands of massive stars revolved around him, now all directly expanding, transforming into giant stellar bodies.
Each Supreme Elder stellar body was far larger than an ordinary star. Their appearance was like the emergence of thousands of suns, blindingly bright.
The terrifying high temperatures directly enveloped an area of who knows how many billions of miles around Heaven-Mending City, scorching it into barren red earth.
Moreover, infinite Supreme Elder rules manifested, numbering in the billions at the very least.
From the very first move, Myriad Stars Supreme Elder displayed the ultimate posture of an ancient overlord, his imposing might astonishing. The rolling Supreme Elder power pressed down upon Heaven-Mending City.
Behind him, the three other Heavenly Clan Supreme Elders, including Myriad Gods Supreme Elder, did the same.
Led by these four Supreme Elder realm overlords, they now possessed boundless divine might. They strode forward, arriving at Heaven-Mending City and launching a fierce assault.
Their terrifying attacks directly inundated Heaven-Mending City.
Naturally, the Heaven-Mending City Lord had long since activated the city's Heavenly Curtain at the first moment.
It was formed from the Heavenly Venerate formation patterns left behind by the Heaven-Mending Venerate in ancient times. Dense, eternal heavenly patterns covered it. Even though many had been worn away during the Multiverse Dusk war of yesteryear, it remained incredibly stable.
Although the attacks of the four Heavenly Clan Supreme Elders were terrifying and boundless, they were all resisted, failing to cause any real impact.
Simultaneously, the Heaven-Mending City Lord entered the Heaven-Mending Ancient Hall. This was a Heavenly Venerate ancient hall. Along with the Heaven-Mending Pavilion, Heaven-Mending Pagoda, and other divine artifacts left by the three supreme Heavenly Venerates, they were all revived to their utmost limit.
Once the Heavenly Curtain was breached, he would immediately mobilize the entire Heaven-Mending City and its numerous Heavenly Venerate divine artifacts to strike.
The entire Heaven-Mending Clan was on high alert.
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord also acted. As a fellow son of a Heavenly Venerate, the bloodline of the Ten Tribulations Heavenly Venerate surged within him, his tribulation light infinite, not the least bit inferior to Myriad Stars Supreme Elder. Both were at the very peak of the Supreme Elder realm.
He poured infinite divine power and billions of Supreme Elder rules into assisting the Heaven-Mending City Lord in reviving the damaged Heaven-Mending Pagoda to its utmost limit, making it blaze with brilliant, immeasurable light.
Seeing this, Myriad Stars Supreme Elder said coldly, "Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord, are you choosing to declare war on my Wanxuan Heavenly Clan?"
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord's expression changed. The Heaven-Mending City Lord beside him was moved but shook his head, saying, "You need not do this. This has nothing to do with you; it is the tribulation of my Heaven-Mending Clan."
Though touched, he also knew that facing the massive offensive of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, even the newborn Great Venerable had been defeated. The Heaven-Mending Clan simply could not stop the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan.
If Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord got involved, it would mean the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan was also involved.
Although the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan was far more powerful and prosperous than the Heaven-Mending Clan, and was even rumored to have an Ancient Great Venerable, the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan was no weaker, possessing a living Heavenly Venerate.
Offending the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, which had a living Heavenly Venerate, would undoubtedly be very disadvantageous for the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan.
The Heaven-Mending City Lord did not wish for Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord to stand completely opposed to the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan for the sake of the Heaven-Mending Clan.
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord's expression darkened, but he shook his head, not responding to the Heaven-Mending City Lord. Instead, he looked at Myriad Stars Supreme Elder and said, "Myriad Stars, enough. The Heaven-Mending Clan is already like this, not the supremely prosperous clan of old. Why must your Wanxuan Heavenly Clan pursue them to the very end?"
Myriad Stars Supreme Elder now reached into the Heavenly Gate behind him, his large hand grasping and pulling out an Eternal Stone Halberd that suppressed all ages.
With the Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon in hand, and with Myriad Stars Supreme Elder reviving it to its utmost limit, endless eternal heavenly patterns surged and sank, annihilating the sky. He pointed it remotely at Heaven-Mending City and said indifferently, "Since the Heaven-Mending Clan has sunk so low, tarnishing the prestige of us Eternal Heavenly Clans, it would be better to exterminate them sooner, leaving behind a good reputation."
"Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord, I give you one chance. Leave now, and I can still let bygones be bygones. If you insist on this course, then from today onward, the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan will be at war with the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan."
His words were filled with nothing but threat.
The prospect of two Eternal Heavenly Clans going to war naturally alarmed countless forces. Even Eternal Heavenly Clans from several nearby Heavenly Domains were alerted, and attention came from life-forbidden zones as well.
Within Kunxu, an eye as large as a star appeared. It shifted its gaze from the chaotic void beyond the heavens to look at Heaven-Mending City, saying, "Qingtian has triumphed. The Wanxuan Heavenly Clan can't wait to exterminate the Heaven-Mending Clan. Pitiful. How magnificent the Heaven-Mending Venerate was in his day, able to mend the heavens single-handedly when the Heavenly Dao was flawed. Now his descendants are reduced to the brink of extermination."
Despite saying this, he did not take action to help the Heaven-Mending Clan.
It was unnecessary, and he could not intervene.
The battle beyond the heavens, with Great Venerable Qingtian's victory, signified that the Ancient Great Venerables of the myriad heavens could not emerge. Otherwise, they would be targeted by the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces and would sooner or later follow in the footsteps of that newborn Great Venerable.
Though Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord's expression was grim, he now said, "If you want war, then war. Do you truly think my Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan fears your Wanxuan Heavenly Clan?"
Infinite tribulation light blazed from his body, and endless Supreme Elder rules manifested, coalescing into a cross-domain Heavenly Gate above Heaven-Mending City.
The Heavenly Gate opened, connecting to the Eternal Heavenly Realm of the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan, where a large group of Heavenly Clan supreme powerhouses had already gathered.
Myriad Stars Supreme Elder's gaze darkened. He raised the revived Eternal Stone Halberd and roared angrily, "Good, good, good! Since the Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan insists on this, don't blame my Wanxuan Heavenly Clan for showing no mercy."
Boom—
Above Heaven-Mending City, outside the Heavenly Curtain, a deep black hole abruptly appeared.
A terrifying figure walked out, accompanied by a boundless, terrifying aura of the Great Dao. It directly suppressed the four Supreme Elder realm overlords of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan. Even the revived Eternal Stone Halberd seemed to pale in comparison under this imposing might.
The first thing seen was a fearsome giant axe in his hand, its ferocious aura intimidating.
"The Qingtian Axe! It's the Eldest Senior Brother!"
Seeing the appearance of this axe, Myriad Stars Supreme Elder was overjoyed, confirming everything.
Great Venerable Qingtian had won. The newborn Great Venerable had lost, and might even have been slain.
After all, the fluctuations from the battlefield beyond the heavens were so intense; even the fall of an Ancient Great Venerable would be normal.
"Eldest Senior Brother has returned! Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord, your Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan's participation in this battle is the most mistaken decision. With Eldest Senior Brother's strength capable of slaying a Great Venerable, even if your Ten Tribulations Celestial Clan's Ancient Great Venerable came personally, he would be destined to follow in the footsteps of that newborn Great Venerable."
The entire Heaven-Mending Clan's faces changed drastically. Although Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord had long anticipated this, seeing it with his own eyes still birthed a sense of despair.
Great Venerable Qingtian, worthy of being an Ancient Great Venerable, one of the Five Palace Lords of the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces, was truly terrifying and peerless.
Today, with Great Venerable Qingtian returning victorious, the Heaven-Mending Clan was destined for extermination.
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord sighed softly and stepped forward, taking the initiative to speak. "Great Venerable..."
Before he could finish, the figure had already fully emerged. Cloaked in flowing, all-encompassing chaotic radiance, his aura was terrifying to the extreme, yet it caused everyone present to be slightly taken aback.
Because compared to Great Venerable Qingtian, he seemed somewhat different.
The newcomer glanced at Myriad Stars Supreme Elder and the others, saying, "You're here again? Want to die?"