Chapter 1658 1651: Aftermath of an Impoverished Galaxy (1)

Chapter 1658 1651: Aftermath of an Impoverished Galaxy (1)

Tremors. Waves. An explosion. A single event with disastrous calamitous effect left a galaxy, an entire galaxy, shaken and trembling. Heavy tremors rippled through space, time, mana, and light that distorted perception as only a flash of brilliant, blindingly, deafening, and mind-numbing light erupted!

The clash between native Sages and Zhan Jiangwen was outrageously explosive, intense, and stellar-altering, yet the leaders of the No-Name Galaxy, from minor Exalted leaders, those at the Mystic Star Phase, to major leaders at the Mystic Overlord, had acted swiftly to protect their interests from shockwaves while regions banded together to resist and reduce the catastrophic effects seeking to devastating their homes.

While many certainly lost their lives, had their cultivation bases shattered in the attempt, or had dramatic struggles by placing their everything on the line for their homes, the fact remained that the result was minimized to the best extent imaginable.

However, the resulting tremor was unstoppable. Whether you were a newborn infant or a supremely powerful expert, you felt the subdued screeching of an entire galaxy! The No-Name Galaxy was crying!

And it was only the beginning...

The waves upon waves of force that crashed against the galactic shell of the galaxy were like a heavy hammer smashing against creation itself. It distorted the shape of the shell itself.

The eight Sages and countless Ascended beings all conjured the thickest, strongest wards they could muster. Those in control over the protective arrays of a planetary, starfield and stellar region scale activated as the intensity of the explosion, the forewarning tremors of the coming waves through the flow of mana, space, and light came.

Sage Nepri was in control over the God Cage of Eight Directions Array, and she hastily formed over a hundred hand-seals while blood spewed out of her ears, nose, and eyes, yet she remained entirely unhindered by the spasming of her body as her Mystic Soul roared! She directed all available energy into the array, manifesting a gargantuan, galaxy-sized shielding of beautifully rainbow colors, fortifying the galactic shell without caring about the expense.

Controlling and directing such tremendous energy from all over was indescribably difficult. Her entire body began to fissure, cracks forming from her orifices to her body, like a fractured glass object. She barely held on, relying on a golden amulet hanging from her necklace-her Heavenly Treasure.

All of the Sages had drastic reactions as they witnessed the swarm of ferocious power slam against the reinforced galactic shell. The pounding sounds were like stomps of a divinity against their hearts. They felt terrified. They felt utterly insignificant.

The self-detonation of a Sage wasn't too difficult to handle and was certainly not enough to threaten the galaxy, but the sheer strength of this detonation suggested that Zhan Jiangwen hadn't just used his own strength, but relied on galvanizing the treasures he stole. He likely spared no expense to sacrifice everything in a last-ditch attempt at taking his enemies with him, those who foiled his epic plan to strive toward the legendary Resonant Soul Realm.

The level of pettiness exceeded their expectations.

The flash of destructive detonated power was quick, and it dissipated just as quickly, only causing chaos to reign Supreme outside of their galaxy's limits, likely preventing any steady exploration or visitors for a long while.

"He...really did it..."

Sage Pakhet was normally a fierce lioness who could fight with her life on the line fearlessly, yet despair and despondency invaded her heart as she observed the aftermath of that vagabond-thieving cultivator's detonation.

If they hadn't acted quickly, jetting him outside with all they had...

"THAT BASTARD!"

Sage Nepit cursed vehemently, his emotions riled to an extreme. Despite his age, he was teary-eyed and venom-spewing. He had only just got confirmation that his vault had been raided and taken advantage of. His carelessness caused him to lose... everything! And this bastard! This freaking bastard took it with him!

Whoosh!

Sage Hathor flew toward the destroyed region. Her heart was pounding.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The other Sages ignored all else and followed along. They arrived at the edge of the galactic shell, seeing the fragmented specks of time and space. There were abnormal distortions everywhere they looked, deadly and sinister. Just a single glance and they felt that the entire area was volatile to the point of possessing a strong degree of lethality toward them.

A newly created forbidden zone.

This area stretched an entire hemisphere of a galactic shell. Perhaps not even a Resonant Soul Realm's Supreme Sage would have been enough to cause such destructive results.

Sage Khonshu floated in the Dark Void next to Sage Hathor, slapping his hand across his face, dragging it downwards, and inhaling deeply as he allowed all of it to settle within his mind and heart. The exasperation and anger within him was palpable.

"It's almost as if tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of chaosnovas were unleashed all at once. He must have used some sort of ascension art to harness the volatile strength of what he stole, likely amplifying the momentum of their latent energies and essences to emulate them."

Sage Khonshu had always had an analytic mind and keen perception.

"...The world reveals...annihilation. There is nothing that remains of anything. Only annihilation. The thief, our treasured materials, everything was shrouded by annihilation. Everything..."

Every single additional syllable seemed to unwillingly descend into depression.

"So he's just dead? He really...killed himself?"

Sage Nepit was unwilling to believe it.

"And our treasures accumulated over incalculable years...just...gone?"

His tone was childishly baffled. However, no one could blame him. Not only did they lose their treasures, their galaxy's top forces were robbed as well, and

"Makes sense,"

Sage Khonshu released a disheartened sigh that echoed into the soul.

"..." Sage Khepri."..." Sage Hathor."..." Sage Imentet."..." Luo Ning.

"If everything's been annihilated, then we're left with no choice-we need to plan our next step. The chaos of this will extend across our galaxy without mercy,"

Sage Pakhet, the normally fierce lioness, exhibited an unexpected calm as she began to gather her will and pave a way beyond the lightless path ahead of them.

"We'll need to hold a galactic discussion,"

Sage Nepri's hoarse voice echoed through the Dark Void.

A discussion!

None of them disagreed with that suggestion.

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Wei Wuyin currently had his feet and ankles dipped into a refreshingly clear blue freshwater lake. The Nexus War Flag floated beside him, emitting a faint glowing light, and within his right hand was a solid globe of white soul light.

"Fortunately, your quintessence wasn't damaged, but I did lose quite a bit of Neo-Dawn Heavenly-Chaos Pellets that I was preparing. Well, that's fine."

While he was speaking, the lights of annihilation flowed within his irises and pupils like a school of fishes. They seemed to wave in and out of his eyes as if infiltrating the void and returning profoundly.

"Sir, my cultivation base had dropped."

A weak voice echoed from the orb, belonging to none other than Zhan Jiangwen.

Wei Wuyin chuckled.

"It's fine. We'll reconstitute your cultivation base, and I'll even improve it a little. After all,"

He looked at his other hand which had a Saint Ring,

"my pockets aren't empty."

Within that Saint Ring were numerous other Saint Rings, and each contained mountains upon mountains of organized treasures ranging from the lowest qi-grade to Mystic-Heaven grade, and others of ancient, unknown origins and grades that needed to be explored.

After inspecting the abundant wealth, he grinned and looked into the sky of this tiny-sized planet.

"Now for the gathering of this galaxy's greatest forces. Let's see how that goes."Thê source of this content n/o/v/(el)bi((n))