Dominating Martial King

"It is actually the Creation Mother Tree—"

Inside the main star of Tianjing Star, the domain of the Master of Qingjing Ruoyi, an eternal god maintaining a human clan form, surrounded by divine power radiance, looked towards the south with astonishment.

His appearance was handsome and delicate, his figure tall and fragile, his demeanor free and easy, with an aura like blue sky and white clouds, high mountains and flowing water.

Those golden vertical pupils were unforgettable. He wore a faint smile, relaxed, wise and warming to the heart.

However, at this moment, the smile of this Master of Thousands of Deceptions was slightly stiff.

"I see, this is the reason why the fates of all eternal gods were disturbed, causing our future to change. You really caught me by surprise, Divine Continent Emperor. Just a mere mortal, you managed to achieve this level."

He rubbed his temples, slightly troubled: "This deviates from the script a bit, couldn’t you just follow the path I arranged for you? Yin Yang Unity, unsealing Diwa."

The Master of Thousands of Deceptions shook his head, then turned to look inside the star: "You’re quite lucky, I have to leave for a while now. However, you cannot guard that thing, seriously consider my proposal, hand it over now, and you still have a glimmer of hope for survival."

As his words fell, this gentle-looking Master of Thousands of Deceptions suddenly transformed, dissipating into strands of starlight vanishing into the void.

After a full half-moment, Shen Jingli’s figure emerged from within the star.

She scanned the void with lingering fear, concentrating to perceive and discern.

Shen Jingli feared that this was a stratagem to lure her out, and that the figure of the Master of Thousands of Deceptions would reappear after she was drawn out and relaxed her guard.

Moments later, Shen Jingli’s eyes, filled with infinite complexity, turned to the boundless void to the south.

Shen Jingli hadn’t expected it.

The one who ultimately saved her from certain death, giving her a temporary reprieve, turned out to be Chu Xisheng.

At the same time.

Shen Jingli’s mood was also extremely poor.

She sensed that her position within the Ruyi Heavenly Rule was precarious and unstable.

The Divine Continent Emperor was extremely close to surpassing her as the first true spirit of the Ruyi Heavenly Rule.

But she quickly gathered her thoughts.

In the struggle for the Ruyi Heavenly Rule, Shen Jingli could only rely on her avatar transformation descending into the mortal world.

As for her true self, there were more important matters at hand.

Before the Master of Thousands of Deceptions returned once more, she must strengthen the defenses of this star as much as possible, preparing for prolonged resistance against the Pangu Dominator.

What Shen Jingli did not know was that, at this time, in the boundless void,

The figure of the Master of Thousands of Deceptions was intercepted by a thin human wearing a bamboo hat, shrouded in black mist at an empty space.

The Master of Thousands of Deceptions looked at this person before him, a touch of surprise could not help but appear in his eyes.

"Is it you?"

He revealed a smile filled with surprise, yet also some sincerity: "Today has truly been full of surprises. I did not expect that an old friend not seen in hundreds of thousands of years would appear before me once more. It has been a long time, Zhi Sou!"

The thin human removed the bamboo hat, revealing a face full of scars.

His head was full of white hair, his skin loose, and his eyes were dim and cloudy for some reason, yet they glistened with intelligent light.

"I am similarly taken by surprise." The white-haired elder met the gaze of the Master of Thousands of Deceptions with infinitely complex eyes: "I knew I would stand before you eventually, but I never expected it to be today."

As this one tossed the bamboo hat into the void, a formation centered on the innate Eight Diagrams suddenly manifested grandly behind the white-haired elder.

"If you wish to pass, other than forcibly breaking through this formation of mine, there’s no other possibility."

"As expected of the Master of Ten Thousand Formulas, the source of all formations in the world! The path of the array originates from the primordial gods but has reached its peak in your hands."

The Master of Thousands of Deceptions glanced over the grand formation covering ten thousand miles of void.

His lips then subtly curved: "But are you sure what you’re blocking is truly me?"

Zhi Sou remained unmoved, those dim yellow eyes unwaveringly fixed on the scholarly youth before him.

The Master of Thousands of Deceptions laughed silently with understanding.

He knew the one opposite had already reached a firm conclusion.

That must be the method of Tai Chu Xuan Nu, using the ’True Gate Master’ in his hand to glimpse the true traces of fate, therefore locking onto his whereabouts.

Whether it was Emperor Xuanhuang’s ’Truth’, or his ’Expression’, they were exceptionally strong and troublesome heavenly rules, even restricting most of his abilities.

The Master of Thousands of Deceptions’ gaze grew serious: "I am very curious, today’s change was not only unexpected to me but also not in your calculations.

Yet this variable has its cause; when I traced back through time, I found that the source of this variable appeared twelve years ago. Was this arranged by you and Tai Chu Xuan Nu?"

Zhi Sou shook his head, a sarcastic smile appearing on his scar-filled face: "If I had such wisdom, Yu Gong would not have fallen to your schemes back then. I am called Zhi Sou, but in reality, I’m a fool; it was old Yu who was truly wise beneath a guise of folly."

His voice contained self-mockery and regret, yet also a touch of admiration: "Twelve years ago, was the year Chu Fengge died. You underestimated that peerless heavenly pride among mortals. This is a game between him and you, the first move made by him back then, completed through Chu Xisheng’s hand, culminating in this match with you."