Earth Mother Primordial Lady gave them no chance to recover. The ancient goddess spun the Origin-Root Tree’s root-ball, wielding it like a massive hammer, and smashed it down hard onto the chest of the still-shocked Heaven-Guide Venerable.
Heaven-Guide Venerable tumbled and rolled, crashing into the barrier of the Earth-Mother Origin World, bouncing off like a stone skipping across water, flung down by the world’s space-wall.
The force of that blow was immense, and Heaven-Guide Venerable was powerful enough to punch a gigantic hole in the barrier of the Earth-Mother Origin World.
These holes were like wounds in the Earth-Mother Origin World, with the space barrier slowly healing—unable to recover in a short time.
Earth Mother Primordial Lady roared, raising two fingers. From the Origin-Root Tree’s root-ball, countless tendrils burst forth like black dragons, piercing straight through Heaven-Guide Venerable’s wounds!
Quinn Shepherd had said this was her only chance—so she absolutely wouldn’t let it slip by. No matter what, she had to seize the moment when Heaven-Guide Venerable was gravely wounded and kill him.
If she failed, she would be the one to die!
“Infinite Primordial Magnetism!”
The Origin-Root Tree’s tendrils pierced through the sword wounds on Heaven-Guide Venerable, emerging from his back. Primordial magnetism radiated from the roots, divine light flashing as they merged together.
Countless root tendrils interwove, lifting Heaven-Guide Venerable into the air, twisting together in the starry sky, looping back to the root-ball to form a gigantic ‘∞’ symbol.
Quinn Shepherd looked toward those root tendrils. He saw primordial magnetism runes forming countless halos around the Origin-Root Tree’s tendrils, spinning and weaving around the roots, all returning to the great root-ball.
The power of primordial magnetism was overwhelming, siphoning away the essence from Heaven-Guide Venerable’s flesh, draining him to the limit. The terrifying divine force crushed the Dao-runes within his body, inflicting unimaginable damage to both his physical form and primordial spirit.
In the past, the Heaven-Guide Venerables sent to the lower realms were just experimental subjects of the Heavenly Court, with only Divine Bridge cultivation. But this time, the one descending was possessed by the primordial spirit of Vast-Sky Emperor himself.
Earth Mother Primordial Lady’s divine arts and the might of the Origin-Root Tree were so great that they severely damaged even the primordial spirit of Heaven-Guide Venerable.
One after another, the heavens were dragged over by the terrifying divine light of primordial magnetism, booming and crashing down upon Heaven-Guide Venerable. That kind of pressure would easily crush any Emperor’s Throne expert!
“Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, Earth Mother—you underestimate the Heavenly Court Realm!”
Behind Heaven-Guide Venerable, a towering Heavenly Court manifested—palaces, treasure halls, all gleaming with golden light. His power erupted, freezing the spinning primordial magnetism runes on the Origin-Root Tree, halting their flow. The ‘∞’ symbol formed by the roots stretched and transformed into a great circle.
The heavens that had been pressing down on him were now pushed far away.
Next, the primordial magnetism runes on the roots reversed their flow—the essence that Earth Mother Primordial Lady had just stolen now surged back into his body!
Earth Mother Primordial Lady let out a long, unending cry. Even more root tendrils erupted from the Origin-Root Tree’s root-ball—some so massive they pierced straight into Heaven-Guide Venerable’s Heavenly Court, toppling palace after palace, trying to destroy his celestial domain from within.
The trunk and crown of the Origin-Root Tree made up only a tenth of its true form; Earth Mother Primordial Lady’s greatest strength was still her roots.
Her figure closed in on Heaven-Guide Venerable, the Origin-Root Tree flying behind her.
From the tree crown, Quinn Shepherd suddenly vaulted out of a phoenix nest, his body surrounded by countless rapidly spinning teleportation runes, transforming into a slender stream of light that shot toward a ‘wound’ in the shrinking space barrier of the Origin World.
“Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, I’ve waited a million years for you!”
From Heaven-Guide Venerable’s mouth came a voice, half-laughing, half-crying: “A million years ago, you had the advantage of hindsight, using divine arts from the future to defeat me. That’s why I lost to you! But now, after a million years, I have the advantage—I possess a million years of wisdom and time to perfect the Heavenly Court!”
As Quinn Shepherd fell, he glanced back and saw those two terrifying gods locked in battle, and behind Heaven-Guide Venerable, faceless gods stood within the Heavenly Court palaces like palace lords and emperors.
Vast-Sky Emperor has cultivated in the Heavenly Court Realm for so long that his abilities are truly beyond imagination.
Quinn Shepherd accelerated his descent, thinking: But he’s already been gravely wounded, and Earth Mother Primordial Lady seized the initiative. If he risks everything for one last fight, he might still kill Earth Mother, but he’s always cherished his own life—he was like this a million years ago, and he’s still like this now. For the sake of his position in the Heavenly Court, he’ll never let himself suffer too much damage. He’ll abandon Earth Mother and retreat to the Heavenly Court if necessary. Until his wounds heal, he won’t make any drastic moves.
As the barrier of the Origin World healed, Quinn Shepherd’s figure vanished into the Earth-Mother Origin World.
Outside, the two terrifying beings were still locked in deadly combat. Their divine arts tore the sky again and again, letting the mortals below glimpse their fearsome silhouettes and the awe-inspiring power they wielded.
As the battle raged outside, Earth Mother Primordial Lady’s wounds worsened, her strength gradually beginning to fail her.
“Shepherd Heavenly Venerable, what should I do next?” Her thoughts rippled—only then did she realize Quinn Shepherd was no longer in the tree crown.
Earth Mother Primordial Lady felt a surge of anxiety. Quinn Shepherd’s guidance had helped her escape defeat before, but now he was gone, leaving her facing death alone.
Yet it was Vast-Sky Emperor who felt even greater fear than she did.
Earth Mother Primordial Lady had already lost everything, but Vast-Sky Emperor still possessed it all.
His status in the Heavenly Court was so high that he couldn’t afford to suffer serious injury—otherwise, the other Supreme beings would gladly seize his power.
If he kept fighting, he would have to face the consequences.
But if he failed to eliminate Earth Mother Primordial Lady, his prestige would take a massive hit.
So far, not a single Supreme from the Heavenly Court had descended to help him—not even Fire Venerable, his former follower. Those Supreme beings who seemed like close allies on ordinary days all appeared to be waiting for the perfect moment to strike, sending a chill down his spine.