Douluo: The Exiled Immortal Descends, Sword and Wine Slay the Gods
Chapter 422: Flesh Ascending to Divinity—The God of Destruction Suffers a Crushing Defeat! A Cataclysm Descends Upon the Divine Realm
"Cut me down?!"
The God of Destruction laughed in extreme fury. The surging aura of destruction around him made the stars of the heavens tremble.
"Then let me test the sharpness of your blade!"
Li Zhexian’s sword momentum had already risen.
A clear, resounding sword cry echoed across the universe as ten completely different sword intents surged skyward.
A river of sword qi roared through the boundless starry sky. Countless stars floated and sank within it, like a magnificent galaxy inlaid with celestial bodies.
The God of Destruction swept his scepter sideways. Vast destructive divine power surged like a tide, shattering sword qi wherever it passed.
As the most ancient of the God Kings, every swing of his scepter drew upon the Laws of Destruction. The dark origin of annihilation continuously washed against the blazing sword river.
"A Thousand Autumns Depart."
"Faith of All Living Beings."
Empowered by the laws of time and space, the Mortal World Sword Intent surged explosively. Within the sword light appeared the myriad states of mortal life—the vastness of the red dust world.
That surging torrent of worldly karma carried a red-dust aura capable of dragging even gods into degeneration. The God of Destruction’s expression changed abruptly as he raised his scepter toward the heavens.
"Divine Thunder of Annihilation!"
Endless dark-purple lightning burst forth, each bolt containing the power to destroy all things.
Stars shattered upon contact, space collapsed at a touch—yet before the rolling red-dust sword intent, the thunder retreated again and again.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The God of Destruction was struck as if by a massive celestial body, his form blasted backward thousands of miles.
The destructive divine power surrounding his body was continuously eroded by the red-dust aura, and finally a streak of divine blood spilled from the corner of his lips.
"A fine Sword Lord indeed..."
Li Zhexian snorted coldly and moved to head toward the Divine Realm’s core, yet the God of Destruction dragged his grievously wounded body to block his path.
A sharp clang of metal rang through the void.
The Authority of Destruction manifested as countless dark-purple chains, shredding layers of spacetime as they lashed forward.
"In terms of authority," Li Zhexian said calmly,
"you are even less my match."
Divine light erupted around him.
The twin authorities of Judgment and Myriad Weapons burst forth simultaneously.
In an instant—
Heaven and earth erupted with phenomena.
Ten thousand weapons bowed in submission, destruction collapsed, judgment descended.
Three God King authorities collided violently in the void. The thunderous roar of intertwining law-chains shook the entire Divine Realm.
The God of Destruction’s face grew ever paler.
Though all were God King authorities, the Judgment and Myriad Weapons wielded by Li Zhexian were overwhelmingly domineering. Every clash sent shockwaves through his divine soul.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The collision of authorities caused the Divine Realm itself to tremble, awakening gods from their slumber.
When the gods tore through space to arrive, they witnessed the Sword Lord battering the God of Destruction until he vomited blood and retreated in defeat.
"As expected of the Sword Lord!"
"The Sword Lord is fighting the God of Destruction now. Is he planning to fight every single God King one by one?!"
"Even as strong as the God of Destruction is, he’s being beaten to the point of spitting blood and retreating!"
Li Zhexian slashed down with a single sword strike.
The purple cloak split apart in response.
He turned toward Qian Renxue and the others, as well as the arriving gods, and shouted:
"Hurry to the Divine Realm’s core! Destruction has sent his subordinates to destroy the Spiritual Energy Pillars!"
"What?!"
The gods were horrified.
They immediately transformed into streaks of light and sped away.
Sword light exploded in Li Zhexian’s eyes as the phantom of Bai Ze appeared behind him.
"Fate is with me—whatever happens shall ultimately benefit me!"
The Qinglian Sword left his hand, transforming into a brilliant sword light that pierced through the star-river.
"I say—this sword shall take the enemy’s head!"
The sword light moved faster than time and space itself, surpassing the gods in an instant. Wherever it passed, stars were pierced through completely.
The God of Destruction vomited blood as he tried to stop it.
But a flawless, glass-like fist had already smashed through the void.
Bang!
The God of Destruction was blasted a hundred miles away, eyes splitting with fury as he watched the sword light vanish toward the Divine Realm’s core.
"Sword Lord! Without the Qinglian Sword, do you think I still fear you?!"
The God of Destruction panted heavily, divine blood pouring freely from his mouth. His face twisted with rage.
Having been wounded repeatedly and worrying about the safety of his subordinates, this ancient God King was on the verge of madness.
The Scepter of Destruction, bound by the Authority of Myriad Weapons, was violently hurled away by him, embedding itself into a distant star.
"My divine body has been tempered by the Origin of Destruction for tens of millions of years!"
"Setting aside the dragon lineage, across this vast Divine Realm, none can rival me in physical strength!"
Bang!
He bent his knees slightly, and the void beneath his feet cracked like a spiderweb.
In the next instant—
The God of Destruction closed the distance to Li Zhexian.
A fist shot straight toward Li Zhexian’s face.
The power contained in that punch caused even the stable space of the Divine Realm to ripple.
Li Zhexian neither dodged nor retreated. His Flawless Glazed Body bloomed with warm, radiant light as he answered with a punch of his own.
Boom!
At the moment their fists collided—
Space itself let out the sound of shattering.
Pure physical force swept outward like a storm, pulverizing all nearby drifting star debris into dust.
Li Zhexian’s body swayed slightly.
The God of Destruction, however, staggered backward more than a dozen steps, staring at Li Zhexian in shock. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
"Your body... it carries the traces of Evil’s body-refining, yet why is it so much stronger than his?!"
Li Zhexian shook his hand, as crystalline divine light instantly repaired the minor damage.
His Flawless Glazed Body had long surpassed its original Frost-Melting Spiritual Vein Body.
After absorbing countless mortal attributes, being tempered by the remnants of the Dragon God, and now nourished by divine power, it had reached absolute perfection.
"Again!"
Li Zhexian took the initiative.
The two figures clashed in the most primal exchange of physical combat beneath the starry sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every punch caused stars to flicker; every blow warped space itself.
Cracks gradually spread across the God of Destruction’s arms, like porcelain on the verge of shattering.
Li Zhexian’s arms also streamed with blood—but as divine radiance flowed, they restored themselves in an instant.
"Pfft—"
Another heavy punch landed.
Divine blood sprayed wildly as the God of Destruction was sent flying backward in disarray.
The gods arriving afterward stared in horror at the white-robed youth with black hair whipping wildly, fists roaring like dragons. Their eyes were filled with awe and dread.
"The Sword Lord is still this terrifying even without his sword!"
"Reaching the realm where the flesh ascends to divinity—every punch echoes with dragon roars. The Sword Lord’s body must be connected to the dragon race!"
"The strongest war god of the Divine Realm—without question!"
Just as Li Zhexian and the God of Destruction fought to the brink of madness—
A bizarre, prismatic ripple suddenly spread from the center of the Divine Realm, sweeping across the vast realm in an instant.
Wherever the ripple passed, laws wailed and the myriad paths trembled.
The two halted their battle.
Together with the other gods, they turned their gaze toward the center of the Divine Realm.
They saw—
The 108 Spiritual Energy Pillars supporting the heavens had fallen into chaos. The golden light flowing along their surfaces became erratic and blinding as cracks spread rapidly.
Crack! Crack!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The first divine pillar collapsed.
Like the fall of the first domino—
The second, the third... collapsed in succession.
Endless heaven and earth primordial energy burst from the fractures, transforming into a multicolored torrent that swept across the galaxy.
The entire Divine Realm trembled violently. Floating immortal islands crashed into one another, stars shook like dying candles in the wind, and cloud seas stretching billions of miles were torn to shreds.
Panic spread across the faces of the gods.
Li Zhexian’s face turned icy as his hand clenched tightly.
"Hahahahahaha!"
The God of Destruction threw his head back in laughter, mottled divine blood soaking his robes.
"The expansion of the Divine Realm cannot be stopped!"
"When the spacetime turbulence arrives and countless great stars across the universe are annihilated—only then will you understand that I was right!"
Bang!
Li Zhexian reached out, seized the God of Destruction by the throat, and streaked toward the Divine Realm’s core.
"Destruction—look carefully at all this. Do you truly grasp the magnitude of the sin you have committed?!"
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