"It's you... it's really you... Wang Xu... I knew you weren't dead... you would definitely come back... ha... haha... hahaha!"

The figure covered in blood and flesh was surprisingly the Sovereign of Tai Long.

At this moment, the Sovereign of Tai Long had long lost his former majestic and domineering demeanor, having completely fallen into a prisoner, subjected to countless tortures, and now looking neither human nor ghostly.

"Sovereign..."

Seeing the current appearance of the Sovereign of Tai Long, Wang Xu felt a pang of sorrow.

He could imagine the terrifying torture the Sovereign of Tai Long had suffered over tens of thousands of years.

That damned Dark Holy Banquet!

Wang Xu gritted his teeth, his eyes burning with anger.

"Sovereign, quickly take these medicines." Wang Xu took out the Divine Medicine.

The Divine Medicine from Chaos, having also removed the suppression of the Supreme Law in the Ancient Luo Cosmos, had even stronger effects, the Sovereign of Tai Long only needed to take a single piece for his blood and flesh-covered face to start healing visibly.

"Wang Xu... Bing Qing... how is Bing Qing?" Although the Sovereign of Tai Long had recovered some Primordial Qi, he had been tortured for too long, suffering fundamental damage, and even the Divine Medicine was not enough for rapid recovery; he remained extremely weak.

Despite this, the Sovereign of Tai Long was still concerned about Princess Bing Qing.

"Very well, Bing Qing is doing very well, she is very safe now. Once I destroy the Dark Holy Banquet, she will be able to meet you." Wang Xu clenched his fists tightly.

Dark Holy Banquet... new and old scores, now all to be settled together!

"Destroy the Dark Holy Banquet?!"

The Sovereign of Tai Long was startled by Wang Xu's words, not only him, but the other Sovereigns imprisoned in the cage also showed surprised expressions upon hearing this.

Bang bang bang!

Without saying more, Wang Xu lifted his palm, and all the cages holding the prisoners burst open.

These cages suppressed those below the realm of the Eternal Generations Celestial God, but were no match for Wang Xu's strength.

"Thank you, sir, for saving our lives!"

"Never to be forgotten!"

"I never thought there would be a day I'd leave this cage safely, thank you!"

With the cage broken, all suppressions vanished, and the Sovereigns who had been trapped escaped into the sky, expressing their gratitude to Wang Xu.

"Sovereign, let's go."

Wang Xu ignored the others; he had come for the Sovereign of Tai Long alone and immediately brought the Sovereign into his Divine Country, turning to leave the Tai Long Palace.

Outside the shattered Tai Long Royal Capital, Wang Xu looked into the distance at this once glorious land reduced to ruins, the anger in his eyes intensifying.

As he traveled, all he saw were broken walls and remnants.

The shattered palaces, the crumbling stars, the remnants of war everywhere, their brilliance faded, and weapons devoid of any Cosmic Energy drifted in the vacuum, unknown where they would end up...

All of this was the handiwork of the Dark Holy Banquet.

...

In the Divine Country.

"Light Holy Banquet?" Wang Xu was puzzled upon hearing the Sovereign of Tai Long mention it.

"The Light Holy Banquet was secretly formed by Black River Saint Venerable, the leader of the Cosmic Alliance back then, uniting all who refused to submit to the Dark Holy Banquet." The Sovereign of Tai Long sighed, "The Dark Holy Banquet shrouded the entire Cosmos in blood and war, so Black River Saint Venerable gathered all those who resisted darkness with the intent to release the entire Cosmos from the rule of the Dark Holy Banquet..."

The Sovereign of Tai Long described to Wang Xu the drastic changes the Cosmos had undergone over tens of thousands of years.

The Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos had fallen, and Dark Saint Venerable Zhan Bai had become the strongest in the Cosmos, invincible and unmatched.

The original stalemate between the Cosmic Alliance and the Mercenary Martial Arts Hall was thus broken, forcing Black River Saint Venerable to abandon the Cosmic Alliance and disappear.

Those were the darkest days in the Cosmos.

All resisters were killed, countless lives extinguished, and the Dark Holy Banquet extended its flames of war to every corner, eradicating all unyielding Cosmic Countries and forces.

Eventually, the Dark Holy Banquet completely dominated the Cosmos.

But where there is oppression, there will inevitably be resistance, and the Light Holy Banquet became the faith of the unyielding, with their leader, Black River Saint Venerable, becoming the only hope for saving the Cosmos.

However, as Wang Xu had just witnessed, Tai Long had already been invaded by the Dark Holy Banquet, searching everywhere for members of the Light Holy Banquet. The millions of lives were one of the strongholds of the Light Holy Banquet, but alas, they still could not evade the pursuit of the Dark Holy Banquet and were all captured.

"...The existence of the Light Holy Banquet is extremely covert, and the Dark Saint Venerable has ordered that all lives related to the Light Holy Banquet be executed."

The eyes of the Sovereign of Tai Long were filled with a sense of bleakness.

Evidently, prior to this, the blood-haired youth had already killed countless lives of the Light Holy Banquet, and those saved by Wang Xu were just the tip of the iceberg.

"Sovereign, what kind of force exactly is the Light Holy Banquet, that you were imprisoned for so long and they did nothing?" Wang Xu frowned.

The wounds on the Sovereign of Tai Long had accumulated over at least tens of thousands of years.

In tens of thousands of years, had no one from the Light Holy Banquet come to rescue him?

The Sovereign of Tai Long smiled bitterly, "They did try to rescue, but ultimately failed. Most of the people in these cages were from the Light Holy Banquet."

Only then did Wang Xu understand.

But then, knowing that people at this realm cannot be saved, why not send strong individuals to rescue them?

As if seeing through Wang Xu's thoughts, the Tai Long Sovereign slowly said:

"Facing such a colossal entity as the Dark Holy Banquet, the Light Holy Banquet is ultimately too weak. Each and every one is the universe's last hope. Unless absolutely necessary, they will not easily show up... Already, dozens of the Eternal Generations Celestial Gods' strong have been killed by the Dark Holy Banquet. The Light Holy Banquet has no other choice."

Having understood the changes that had occurred in the universe over these hundreds of thousands of years, Wang Xu fell silent.

In the current universe, if it were to be described in one word, it would be "chaos"!

Order is in disarray, laws shattered, all living beings must obey the commands of the Dark Holy Banquet.

In the eyes of the Dark Holy Banquet, governing the cosmos requires no so-called laws; the strong rule, and the weak can only resign themselves to fate. Thus, the universe is chaotic beyond description.

"Sovereign, it will take a long time to reach the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos. In the meantime, please get some good rest."

After reassuring the Tai Long Sovereign, Wang Xu went to the deck of the flying magical treasure to gaze at the starry sky.

"Master, Senior Brother Lu Chen, and everyone in the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos... wait for me, soon... I will personally change everything, reclaim all that I have lost!"

...

Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos

"Divine Master, the billions of living beings you requested have all been assembled."

Below the grand hall, a triangular alien wearing silver armor held a blue gourd and spoke respectfully.

If Wang Xu were here, he would surely recognize at a glance that this green gourd was identical to the ones carried by the two Domain Demon disciples he had killed in the tavern.

Above the hall was a golden, gleaming throne, with a figure in a white robe radiating brilliance lazily glancing at the triangular alien, waving his hand to take the blue gourd into his possession.

"Indeed, each one is above the bronze bloodline, not bad, not bad at all."

This white-robed figure was the shadow in Wang Xu's heart that could not be erased—Zhan Bai!

Zhan Bai gently shook the gourd, smiled slightly, then waved his hand, and a few elixirs emitting a rich medicinal fragrance fell into the hands of the triangular alien.

Seeing the elixirs, the triangular alien was so excited that they immediately knelt down: "Thank you for your great grace, Divine Master, thank you!"

"Go, continue to gather the living beings I need, submit them on schedule after thirty thousand years."

"Yes!"

The triangular alien respectfully saluted, put away the elixirs, and left the hall joyfully.

With his departure, Zhan Bai's figure also suddenly dissipated on the throne.

The "Fuluan Hall" of the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos was originally the secluded place of the Heaven-Reaching Saint Venerable, isolated from the world, ordinarily visited by no one except the Supreme Elders of the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos.

After the cosmic war ended, the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos became Zhan Bai's possession. Naturally, Zhan Bai occupied this place, destroyed and rebuilt everything, placing in it an item that changed his destiny—the Heaven-Reaching Mirror.

The Heaven-Reaching Mirror stood about ten meters tall and three meters wide. Ordinarily, it looked like an ordinary flat mirror, but if blood was dripped onto it, enormous changes would appear within the mirror.

"Zhan Bai, subordinate, pays respects to Divine Master!"

Zhan Bai knelt before the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, speaking respectfully.

If someone were present, they would surely be shocked that the strongest being in the entire universe would kneel before someone else?

What kind of existence could it be?

"Hmm?"

However, after Zhan Bai called out, the Heaven-Reaching Mirror did not react with the usual changes, remaining unresponsive for a long time.

"Zhan Bai, subordinate, pays respects to Divine Master!"

Zhan Bai called out again, but after waiting for a moment, the mirror still only showed Zhan Bai's reflection, with no changes.

"Could it be that the Divine Master has important matters and cannot meet?" Zhan Bai pondered in his heart.

But with no changes in the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, Zhan Bai could only choose to give up.

However, just as Zhan Bai turned to leave, ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the Heaven-Reaching Mirror, like a stone thrown into a lake, spreading waves, and the image in the mirror began to change.

"What?!"

Looking back, Zhan Bai seemed to be struck by lightning.

"The Domain Demon Divine Sect... has turned into ruins?"

In the mirror, the once magnificent and glorious grand hall was gone, leaving only broken, dilapidated ruins.

The scene in the Heaven-Reaching Mirror shifted continuously, and Zhan Bai took in all the current devastation of the Domain Demon Divine Sect.

"Haha... hahaha... Hahahaha!"

Suddenly, Zhan Bai awoke from his astonishment, a smile gradually spread across his face, and he eventually burst into uproarious laughter, "The Domain Demon Divine Sect is destroyed, completely annihilated, and the Domain Demon Divine Master is dead too! No one will enslave me anymore, they're gone! Haha..."

Zhan Bai's laughter echoed in the Fuluan Hall, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, unexpectedly, his dream truly came true today.

At this moment—

"You beasts of the Dark Holy Banquet, come out and face me!"

A roar resonated throughout the Heaven-Reaching Sacred Cosmos. (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)