Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1657 - True Martials Return

Chapter 1657 – True Martial’s Return

Liu Wuxie’s worries had been entirely justified. Aside from those who had come to seize the planet’s core and resources, the Grand Unity Sect had also dispatched experts with the specific intention of abducting his family and friends.

Liu Xiucheng had already emerged from seclusion within the Liu Clan, and the Han Clan’s experts had also appeared.

Over the past two years, the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Academy had produced countless experts, and the same was true for the Dragon Emperor Academy.

Everyone had gathered, looking at the sky.

“We’re finally going back home after three hundred thousand years,” Zhen Yi said through tears. They had waited far too long for this day to come.

Though Mao Renfeng said nothing, his eyes had also grown moist.

Xu Yilin stepped forward. Over the years, the Heavenly Dao Society on True Martial Star had developed rapidly and produced numerous prodigies.

The experts of the Nine Profound Sect had also appeared. By now, Zhao Chao had already become the sect master. He was the one who had persuaded the Nine Profound Sect to aid the Heavenly Dao Society against the invaders.

Since that day, the Nine Profound Sect and the Heavenly Dao Society have maintained close ties. Meanwhile, the territories that had once belonged to the invaders had all fallen into the Nine Profound Sect’s hands, allowing it to rise into a true superpower. That small act of goodwill back then had brought an immense blessing to the entire sect.

The Eastern Domain, the Western Barren, the Northern City, the Southern Province, and the Central Plains had gradually merged over the years, allowing True Martial Star to undergo a drastic transformation during the past two years.

The Heavenly Treasure Sect had become the strongest sect in the Southern Province, where Liu Wuxie had first begun his rise. Tang Tian had already succeeded as sect master, and both he and Bai Lin had faithfully followed Liu Wuxie in the past.

Northern City remained under Yang Ni’s control, but the city itself had expanded far beyond what it once was.

The Western Barren had naturally fallen under the Murong Clan’s control.

The Eastern Domain, however, had become far more complicated. With the cursed energy gone, various races had flourished, and many of them had established their own territories there.

At that very moment, more than a dozen figures descended above the Liu Clan. Fate finally brought what it meant to bring.

“Take everyone!” The leader was a hunched old man. If Liu Wuxie had been there, he would naturally have recognized him as Quan Zhihe, the Grand Unity Sect’s Hunchbacked Elder.

With the recent changes in heaven and earth, Quan Zhihe had successfully broken through to the Quasi-Immortal Realm, and his foundation had become solid.

No one in the Liu Clan knew what was happening, yet they reacted without hesitation, activating their defensive spiritual array at once.

The spiritual array, which could once withstand assaults from Void Realm cultivators, shattered instantly under the suppression of a quasi-immortal.

Though Liu Wuxie had already pushed his speed to the limit, he was still one step too slow. The Grand Unity Sect’s experts had reached the planet before him. Another group of experts was already charging toward the Heavenly Dao Society, intending to abduct people there and force Liu Wuxie to hand over the cultivation methods for immortal arts.

With so many experts flooding in at once, it was nearly impossible for Liu Wuxie to wipe them all out, and chaos had already descended on the Liu Clan.

Fortunately, the Liu Clan had anticipated such a possibility and had already sent their elites away through the secret passage before the enemy’s arrival.

At that exact moment, Liu Wuxie tore through space and teleported himself into True Martial Star. The instant he scanned with Ghost Pupil, he saw that the Grand Unity Sect’s experts had already stormed into the Liu Clan.

“True Martial Star, lend me your power!” Liu Wuxie had no other choice but to place his hopes in True Martial Star, using the planet to suppress them and buy himself time.

Experts had descended upon every mountain range, and some were already capturing humans to sell as slaves.

“Damn it!” Every person on True Martial Star belonged to Liu Wuxie, and he would not let anyone capture them.

At that moment, the entire planet stirred, and a boundless force surged outward and blasted the Hunchbacked Elder away.

In the end, True Martial Star chose to help Liu Wuxie at the critical moment. It unleashed such overwhelming power that it even surprised Liu Wuxie. It had already evolved into a second-tier planet.

Logically speaking, even after returning, True Martial Star should only have been a third-tier planet at best.

“Shit! Liu Wuxie has returned!”

The experts of the Grand Unity Sect instantly realized something was wrong and understood that they needed to capture Liu Wuxie’s family as quickly as possible.

“You’re all courting death!” Liu Wuxie’s voice rumbled across the entire planet, covering three thousand miles in the blink of an eye.

After breaking through to the seventh-level Heaven Gaze Realm, his cultivation had become ten times more terrifying than before. Most importantly, his physique had already reached the Immortal Realm. Even before he arrived, he had already unleashed an immortal aura that descended from the sky with crushing force.

Now that his soul sea had also stepped into the Immortal Realm, a terrifying wave spread outward and enveloped every inch of True Martial Star.

Liu Wuxie’s voice rang out throughout the world. “You all have ten breaths to leave this planet or die!”

Those who had been in the middle of capturing people immediately stopped.

“Liu Wuxie has become the planet lord?!” Only a planet lord acknowledged by the planet itself could be heard across the whole planet with its help.

The majority of the attackers immediately retreated, fearing Liu Wuxie’s wrath. But a small number of them remained behind, looking disdainful. They believed Liu Wuxie was already destined for annihilation soon enough.

It was not only the Heavenly Dragon Sect that had deduced the coming calamity. Many sects had reached the same conclusion, and some of their experts had already arrived on the True Martial Star.

As long as the Grand Unity Sect captured Liu Wuxie’s parents, they would be able to force him into obedience.

After being blasted away, the Hunchbacked Elder rushed back toward the Liu Clan. But just as he was about to seize Liu Xiucheng and the others, a streak of light suddenly descended from the sky.

“Liu Wuxie!”

The Hunchbacked Elder panicked the instant he saw Liu Wuxie appear.

The Grand Unity Sect had received word that Liu Wuxie had recently broken through on Blue Origin Star and would not be leaving anytime soon. How had he arrived on True Martial Star so quickly? It made no sense.

If anyone else had broken through to the seventh-level Heaven Gaze Realm by refining a planet’s core, they would have needed at least several months or even half a year. Yet Liu Wuxie had done it in little more than twenty days. The thought was simply unbelievable.

The moment Liu Wuxie descended from the sky, another quasi-immortal arrived. Dong Wu had sent him ahead, and he was none other than Zhang Yongzhang. He had arrived several breaths earlier, and fortunately, Liu Wuxie had already used the planet’s power to hold back the Hunchbacked Elder, or the consequences would have been unimaginable.

“Elder Zhang, I’ll trouble you to protect the Liu Clan. I’m going to start a massacre,” Liu Wuxie said. Once the real battle began, he could not afford to divide his attention.

“Rest assured. The other experts from the Heavenly Dragon Sect have already gone to the Heavenly Dao Society, and they’re safe for the moment,” Zhang Yongzhang said as he stepped forward to protect the Liu Clan.

When Liu Dashan and his wife saw their son return, they stood in silence, tears welling in their eyes, knowing this was not the time to interrupt him.

The moment Liu Wuxie heard that the Heavenly Dao Society was safe, a heavy weight was lifted from his heart. Since that was the case, he could cast aside all his worries and begin the massacre.

“You all deserve to die!” Liu Wuxie roared. He vanished as he unleashed the aura of the seventh-level Heaven Gaze Realm.

He still had to control his destructive force as much as possible. Otherwise, the planet could perish in the battle. If the planet suffered damage, the consequences would be disastrous and claim countless lives.

That meant Liu Wuxie had to end everything as quickly as possible. Once True Martial Star fully returned, he could then send and station experts on the planet.

The Hunchbacked Elder narrowed his eyes when he saw Liu Wuxie vanish. Only one month had passed, yet Liu Wuxie’s combat strength had grown even more terrifying than before. Most importantly, Liu Wuxie’s soul energy was so powerful that it suppressed him, leaving him unable to move.

That was the power of an immortal. As for the other cultivators at the Heaven Gaze Realm, they had already dropped to their knees under the pressure.

“Die!” Liu Wuxie cast the Great Five Elemental Immortal Art and crashed it down over the Hunchbacked Elder’s head, killing him instantly like livestock. The other Heaven Gaze Realm cultivators began detonating one after another under the pressure of the immortal art, turning into blood mist.

A black hole appeared and refined their laws, but Liu Wuxie did not absorb any of them for himself. Refining quasi-immortal laws and energy no longer benefited him. Instead, he injected all those laws into every member of the Liu Clan.

In the next moment, rainbow clouds appeared across the sky as everyone’s cultivation began to rise, from the elders down to the children. In only a few minutes, the Liu Clan’s overall strength took a tremendous leap. Liu Xiucheng, Liu Dashan, and Liu Dazhi broke through successfully and reached the pinnacle of the Void Realm.

“Die!” Liu Wuxie vanished once more and shot into the sky. Through Ghost Pupil, he could clearly see the cultivators who were still hiding in the dark and had not left.

“Quick, run!”

On this planet, Liu Wuxie was the absolute ruler, and no one could stir even the slightest ripple against him.

The cultivators who were on their way turned back immediately the moment they heard the news, and not a single one of them dared to set foot on the planet. Liu Wuxie’s reputation as a fiend god had not spread for nothing.

In only fifteen minutes, every cultivator who had entered True Martial Star was dead. Peace gradually returned to the planet as it continued its slow approach toward the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain.

After learning of the planet’s return, experts from the Heavenly Dragon Sect arrived to search for their ancestors.

The cultivators who had fled did not go very far. They hovered in the sky, observing the entire planet from above.

Liu Wuxie did not drive them away. If True Martial Star wanted to integrate into the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, it would eventually have to come into contact with outsiders. But not yet. Too many experts from the Grand Unity Sect were still lurking in the shadows, and he had to remain on guard. Only once he was certain of safety would he allow others to enter.

A full day after True Martial Star returned, Liu Wuxie finally allowed outside cultivators to set foot on the planet. During that entire day, he had been constructing a grand spiritual array. Even if quasi-immortals came, they would still not be able to shake the Liu Clan or the Heavenly Dao Society.

Zhang Yongzhang had already gone to the Heavenly Spirit Celestial Academy and the Dragon Emperor Academy as the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s representative to welcome everyone home.

Elder Han also led many disciples of the Han Clan to welcome the True Martial Star branch of the Han Clan back to the Spirit Sealing Institute.

The next several days passed in laughter and tears, though the reunion itself was brief. During that time, Liu Wuxie allowed Xu Lingxue and the others to go out to see their families before they returned to cultivation. Han Feizi’s father, in particular, was overjoyed by how much his son had grown.

As per Liu Wuxie’s arrangements, the Heavenly Dao Society on True Martial Star would be relocated to Indigo Bamboo Star, while the Liu Clan would remain on True Martial Star. This way, both sides could continue growing without interfering with one another.

Xu Yilin had already withdrawn from his responsibilities, handing them over to Mu Tianli.

“Elder Fan, this is?” Liu Wuxie asked.

Fan Zhen had grown much older, and he walked over, carrying a child in his arms.

“Quick, call him Uncle Liu,” Fan Zhen urged the child.

“Uncle,” the child greeted obediently.

It turned out that Fan Zhen had married and now had a child who was already over a year old. The atmosphere instantly became lively again as old friends reunited.

“Old Fan, this child has excellent talent. You must raise him well,” Liu Wuxie said as he gently patted the child’s head.