Chapter Seventy-Five: The Collapse of the Chaotic Heavens

The instant the sky collapsed, a horde of void creatures surged into the Great Wilderness, scattering in all directions and vanishing from sight. Those who were near Chaos Heaven were immediately beset by a swarm of void beings, and a battle more ferocious than ever erupted at once.

“Oh my heavens, I knew it! Quick… close the doors!”

On the open ground before the tavern, the moment Ye Qiu saw this scene, he turned and darted back inside, vanishing in an instant. Cao He did the same, and even the Devouring Sparrow had learned its lesson, fleeing with remarkable speed.

It had finally figured it out—if you run with Ye Qiu, never try to play the hero; run as fast as you can, or you’ll be sold out for sure. After all, its strength was of little use here; if the real powerhouses weren’t panicking, why should it? All it had to do was follow along. As a humble worker, it needed to maintain a proper mindset: better the boss dies than me.

At the very moment they slipped back into the tavern, Ye Qiu slammed the door shut and locked it tightly. When it came to cowardice, Ye Qiu had it mastered to perfection.

He exhaled heavily, muttering, “Whew… that was terrifying!”

“Master, what in the world is going on? How could Chaos Heaven collapse? By rights, with the power of those two, it should have been impossible to shatter it.” The Devouring Sparrow was still shaken, its heart pounding with anxiety.

Ye Qiu pondered for a moment before explaining, “I don’t think it was because of the two of them…”

“What? Then whose fault was it?”

Cao He and the Devouring Sparrow both stared at Ye Qiu in confusion, unable to make sense of it.

He continued, “Over the years, I’ve traveled across the land and studied this world closely. From what I understand, this world is but a small realm within the vast cosmos. It sits quietly in a corner, much like the world beyond the boundary river that we saw before. Outside of our realm, there are countless strange domains.

The world we live in is what folk legends call the Mortal Realm. Its laws cannot contain Immortal-level beings, which is why it is protected by a barrier, shielded from outside interference.

Therefore… whenever someone breaks through to the Immortal Realm, it’s very likely the barrier will rupture, granting direct passage to the heavens. Now all the mysteries are resolved: the sudden emergence of so many Immortal-level experts is what caused the collapse of Chaos Heaven.”

With Ye Qiu’s explanation, the Devouring Sparrow finally understood. So it was like this—the calamity of today wasn’t brought about by Liu Jianchen and the Elder of Divine Mechanisms, but by those Immortal masters who had just broken out from the ancient tombs. This world could hold only a handful of immortals, yet so many had burst forth at once; naturally, the laws of the world couldn’t withstand it, leading to disaster.

With this in mind, the Devouring Sparrow finally grasped the situation, but Cao He was still lost. He was a bit dim-witted, running on an old network while everyone else had upgraded, so his slow reaction was understandable.

“Master, what are we going to do now? All those beings from beyond the boundary have entered, this is unprecedented catastrophe. If we can’t stop them in time, there will be even more deaths, and then… the Great Wilderness will truly face a cleansing calamity.”

The Devouring Sparrow was nearly frantic—not out of some grand sense of justice, but simply out of fear for its own life. Anyone could understand: if all the creatures in the world perished, it wouldn’t escape death either.

Seeing its panic, Ye Qiu retorted, “What are you panicking for? Look at yourself—is this how a primeval fiend should behave? Can’t you be a little braver, like me?”

All the while he was berating it, Ye Qiu’s legs were shaking uncontrollably. Good grief—a true master of talking tough! His whole body was trembling, yet his mouth wouldn’t admit it.

The scene he had just witnessed was savage—battle raging across the heavens, a chaos of carnage. Clearly, those weaker were slaughtered at first sight, with no time to react.

The place was a mess, and Ye Qiu had no idea what to do. Heart heavy, he said, “We’ll wait and see. Cao the Bandit, open all the mechanisms. If those void creatures dare come in, we’ll kill them one by one. Now that Chaos Heaven is broken, there’s no way to repair it. Our only hope is to wait for a turning point.”

“Yes, boss! I’ll get right on it…”

Cao He obeyed without question, rushing off to ready every defense. Ye Qiu stood alone by the window, eyes fixed on the chaos outside, a glint of menace flickering within.

“Hmph… So the saboteur finally shows himself. If I’m not mistaken, he’s heading toward the boundary river, isn’t he?”

In a shadowy corner, Ye Qiu muttered to himself. No one knew what he meant, but his words suggested he was playing a secret game with another, mysterious as ever.

“How strange. Why do I feel like Master is still hiding so much from us?”

The Devouring Sparrow was full of suspicion, though it dared not ask directly or meddle in Ye Qiu’s affairs.

Above the void, an unprecedented war raged on. With the wastelands as their border, the beings of the Great Wilderness clashed fiercely against the void creatures. Even ancient primeval fiends who had hidden deep in forests and mountains now emerged and joined the fray, swelling the scale of combat to epic proportions.

Above the abyss, Liu Jianchen ignored the void creatures eyeing him hungrily from either side and continued his assault on the Elder of Divine Mechanisms. Their battle raged on, undeterred by the chaos around them.

Elsewhere, seven Immortal masters combined their might to seal one of the rifts, striving to halt the influx of void creatures into the Great Wilderness. But there were simply too many cracks in Chaos Heaven—they could not cover them all.

Then… a beam of azure light burst forth. An ancient green lotus pierced through eternity, shaking both past and present as it soared through the abyss.

In mere moments, thousands of void creatures perished on the spot. Yue Chan charged straight into Chaos Heaven, sweeping aside all enemies with godlike might, annihilating every void creature in her path.

With her domineering intervention, those trapped within Chaos Heaven finally breathed a sigh of relief. But before they could catch their breath, a colossal hand of shadow suddenly reached out from the void, lunging toward Yue Chan.

“This is bad! That’s an Immortal Lord level expert…”

All the Immortal masters were stunned, lamenting in their hearts that this unparalleled empress would now fall. Faced with an attack from a void overlord, when she had only just attained the Immortal Realm, how could she possibly withstand a blow from such a terrifying being?

Yet in the face of despair, Yue Chan’s expression did not falter. She transformed herself into a green lotus, determined to resist to the death. Though she could not win, she did not retreat a single step…

In a single exchange, Yue Chan was finally defeated. This was her third ever defeat: the first at Ye Qiu’s hands, the second to the Dark God, and now the third, to this void overlord.

Yet no one saw shame in her loss—for each of her opponents had been a terror dozens of times more powerful than herself.

The dark hand shattered the lotus incarnation in an instant, reaching for Yue Chan, intent on dragging her back into the void.

At that moment…