Chapter 107: The Dark Angel of the Past

“Why are his wings black?”

Seeing the black wings of the old man behind him, the crowd burst into discussion. At that moment, one old man provided the answer.

“Rumors have it that three million years ago, the angel clan divided into two factions: the light angels and the dark angels. The most emblematic figures at the time were the two most outstanding peers—the sacred Lian Feng and the dark Xi Feng, siblings born of the same mother.

In the angel clan, male angels had always dominated. However, thanks to their appearance, these two shattered the old order. In that battle, they overthrew the previous angelic rule system and established new laws for the entire clan, jointly ruling it. This division split the angels into two factions: light angels, led by females, and dark angels, led by males.

At first, this balance of power held, but later their philosophies diverged. A war erupted over the ruling order between light and dark. The final confrontation between the factions ended in victory for the light angels. From that day on, only female angels remained in the Western Heaven—today’s light angels.”

“So that’s it. He is a male angel who escaped after the heavenly kingdom’s turmoil?”

The crowd finally understood the situation. No wonder Shen Sheng Ruo Xi had traveled from afar; her purpose was to utterly destroy this dark force.

The ideologies of the two angel factions were widely known. The light faction upheld justice, while the dark faction thrived on slaughter and order, a truly fallen realm. Their rule was brutally cruel, governed by the law of the survival of the fittest—might makes right.

Every angel lived each day in slaughter, a living killing machine. Even their own kin would draw blades against them in the fallen game of combat. Though such a savage contest sounded monstrous, it had truly occurred.

The crowd sneered inwardly, their gazes turning toward the dark angel trapped in the azure lotus net. “Treating life as a game stake? Indeed quite fallen…”

“The dark faction’s defeat was not unjust! It was probably this very mindset that drew him here today. Even if the angel clan wanted to exterminate him, I could no longer stand by.

From the divine capital’s turmoil twenty years ago, countless lives were lost and injured in our Great Desolation. Wave after wave of catastrophe turned hundreds of miles barren and left the ten-thousand-year prosperous era in ashes. The architects behind it are these ugly, filthy faces! I care not who lurks behind them. From this day forward, we Great Desolation must unite and resist these traitors who seek to destroy the world!”

“Precisely! All things possess spirit; life has begun. No matter their excuses, they have no right to execute innocent lives.

What cleansing? Such arrogance. Death awaits either way—better to resist and drive these filthy wretches from our world.”

The public outrage swelled, the scene sliding into chaos as the dark leaders panicked.

The leading apocalypse elder’s eyes narrowed, locking onto Ye Qiu and Yue Chan beside him. He said coldly, “Xi Feng old man, those female angels are here for you. Hand them over to be dealt with. The rest of you, charge with me. Hold that fellow back for a moment; tear open a gap and we retreat. Otherwise, today all of us die here.”

“Hmph… Apocalypse old Taoist, fear not. My three-hundred-million-year cultivation is no small female’s plaything. Even my sister could not defeat me back then, let alone her.

I’d rather you worry about yourselves. That young man up there is no easy mark. Besides, beside him stands the withered-tree old Taoist. I wonder what drug he took; millions of years of stagnant cultivation suddenly broke through. He is now a Great Luo Golden Immortal powerhouse. Even the young lord might not be his equal. Add to that the empress, the true ceiling-level expert below Great Luo Golden Immortal, plus the left-side sword immortal Liu Jian Chen. Today… this will be no easy fight.”

The situation was dire for the dark faction. Ye Qiu remained the unknown variable; if they could not eliminate him, escape would be impossible.

Yet Ye Qiu’s current realm was still a mystery. No one knew his true strength. This battle was far from simple.

The apocalypse elder watched the battlefield with cold eyes and suddenly sneered, “Heh heh, worry not. We will not fall so easily. The situation here is already under our control. Just wait and see.”

The crowd’s expressions shifted to surprise and confusion.

Did the apocalypse elder still hold hidden cards? This old schemer was truly formidable; no wonder he served as the true lord’s most trusted aide. It seemed the true lord had long prepared an escape route for him.

Relief washed over the crowd. As long as the true lord intervened, they would be safe. Why fear?

The tense standoff grew explosive. After Ye Qiu heard every detail, he glanced calmly at Ruo Xi and said, “Very well. Leave that dark angel to you. The rest of you, attack with me. Kill them quickly; give them no chance to recover…”

His words ignited the battlefield. The first to move was Yue Chan.

She formed a seal and struck with a lotus mark, shattering the void. A terrifying force erupted, tearing a gap through the heavenly chasm. A dark giant took the blow, blood spraying as he was heavily wounded in a single exchange.

“Hiss… such terrifying power…”

Yue Chan’s strike startled everyone, including Ruo Xi. She had always been her rival, and the two had sparred for years, with Ruo Xi usually holding the edge. Yet the present Yue Chan was vastly different—peerless elegance radiated from her.

“Trash, taste the old man’s sword!”

On the void, Liu Jian Chen could no longer contain himself. He drew his blade straight toward heaven and unleashed his strongest strike. Between brush and ink, the heavens split open, and a terrifying sword qi descended.

At first the sword qi moved slowly, as though enduring an age, but when it finally erupted it came with blinding speed, leaving no time to defend.