The Stars Beyond

Chapter 286: Defying Fate

"Endure, restrain, and after a year, become a mortal, gradually fading and dying in the human realm, turning into a mound of yellow soil?" Chi Meng pondered his future.

His body made the choice, taking action ahead of time. His blood light crossed dozens of miles, growling, "This is not what I want. I want to change my fate!"

If he didn't break his current life trajectory, his fate and future were already written, predestined.

He chose to act!

"Taking this step means no turning back!" Chi Meng, now a faint blood shadow, wrapped around the true bone, traversed fifty miles, catching up with the divinely shining blood essence.

"Do you dare to obstruct my path?!" The blood essence was dazzling, like a surging red mist, emitting intense energy fluctuations.

"False celestial blood, a celestial from the Zheng family?" Chi Meng's face turned cold. This wasn't the real celestial blood, a mistaken target. He lunged forward and blasted it.

The sacredly glowing blood essence exploded, indeed not celestial blood. A spirit entity emerged from within, a part of a torn celestial soul.

"You are Chi Meng, ruining my clan's grand plan. You will be observed by a supreme being, and your celestial fate will be shattered in an instant!" He warned.

Evidently, Chi Meng was well-known even among the celestials of the Zheng family.

"Silence!" Chi Meng's blood shadow glowed, reaching out as the void was engulfed, hundreds of blood symbols twinkling like stars, annihilating the spirit.

"The gaze of the supreme being is omnipresent; don't think you can deceive them!" The celestial spirit shone brightly, resisting fiercely.

However, he was no match, already heavily injured from crossing the veil, his spirit further pierced, severely depleting his energy.

"This Chi Meng is strong, swiftly defeating an opponent!" Chen Yongjie monitored the situation closely on a large screen, informing Wang Xuan.

In fact, Wang Xuan also observed the battle through the three-dimensional projection of his computer, having set up detectors near the wetland area.

The Zheng family's fighter was indeed strong, but Chi Meng swiftly tore apart his spirit, causing his complete annihilation!

"Come on!" Chi Meng coldly beckoned, his gaze piercing through the torrential rain towards the distant blood lightning.

He didn't approach the center of the blood lightning. Instead, he waited patiently on the outside, not wanting to draw the attention of Zheng Yuantian.

Under the curtain of blood-colored lightning and rain, more blood essences surged out, six in total, each darting in different directions.

In an instant, Chi Meng's body split into several blood shadows, each pursuing a target, while a few others were arranged in strategic positions for tracking.

This was the advantage of the Hades Blood Divine Technique, capable of creating split forms, though some were weaker while others were extraordinarily strong.

Some of Chi Meng's split forms were destroyed, but he learned that none of them contained the real celestial blood or fate.

Moreover, some spirit entities, after destroying his split forms, began to approach his main body.

Chi Meng didn't hide his power. He took out an ancient mirror and aimed it at an approaching spirit entity. A thick beam of light erupted, shattering the entity's spirit.

He used the mirror twice more, completely obliterating his opponent and killing another high-ranking member of the Zheng family.

"Chi Meng is truly formidable, controlling such a powerful artifact. He's no ordinary person!" Chen Yongjie watched intently on the screen.

Since Chi Meng had acted, he was no longer a target for annihilation. Chen Yongjie started monitoring the Zheng family members instead.

Boom! Chi Meng used the ancient mirror again, consuming more super-material, and killed another opponent, shattering their spirit.

In a short span, he had slain three individuals. He remained outside the central area of the storm, unwavering.

"I've stepped too far to turn back now," he muttered to himself, knowing he had no choice left.

He understood that after today, the Zheng family would mark him for death. Even a supreme being might personally intervene to eliminate him.

"I'm like a fish leaping out of the river, seeking a new source of water as the river dries up," he thought, seeking celestial blood to find a chance of survival and change his fate in the waning days of the mythological era.

"It's here!" Chi Meng's senses were sharp. He detected the real celestial blood, highly sensitive to it due to his cultivation of the Hades Blood Divine Technique. It was an incredibly active blood essence, encompassing the foundation of a celestial fetus!

Once the blood essence was far enough from the lightning zone, Chi Meng acted again. The ideal outcome would be him seizing Zheng Wu's celestial blood and fate without the Zheng family noticing.

Chi Meng knew it was unlikely to escape unnoticed, as the gaze of the supreme being might have already been cast upon him.

He struck fiercely, unleashing dozens of blood-colored small flags that enveloped the blood essence.

"Chi Meng, dare you ruin my celestial fetus and provoke an unending feud with the Zheng family?" Zheng Wu's voice emerged, accompanied by a terrifying counterattack.

A drop of golden liquid burst out from the blood essence, transforming into a golden talisman paper, rapidly enlarging and surging forward to shatter Chi Meng.

"A drop of Zheng Yuantian's blood?!" Chi Meng's blood-colored form retreated, his true bones trembling slightly. However, he remained calm, saying, "After crossing realms, even the blood of a supreme being is greatly weakened. This remnant power concentrated into a talisman can't kill me!"

The dozens of blood-colored flags danced, forming an array to confront the massive golden talisman paper, blocking its terrifying momentum.

Zheng Wu, appearing as a phantom within the blood essence, exclaimed, "The aura of the founder of the Hades Blood Sect, are these flags nourished by a strand of his blood essence?"

Boom! The blood-colored flags collided with the golden talisman paper, causing a ground-shaking explosion.

Meanwhile, Chi Meng charged forward, his entire being glowing a blood-red light, coloring the sky as he engaged Zheng Wu in fierce combat, aiming to swiftly seize the celestial blood and fate.

Chi Meng raised the ancient mirror in his hand, striking the blood essence and causing a blinding burst of light.

The mirror, an incredibly powerful artifact, was capable of killing beings who had just crossed realms.

Zheng Wu was exceptional. His own blood essence erupted with power, and the light orb of his celestial blood contained strange defensive objects, managing to withstand the attack.

In a flash, Chi Meng unleashed six copper steles with blood-colored patterns, causing Zheng Wu's complexion to change. These still carried the aura of the Hades Blood Sect's founder.

"How do you possess these items?!" Zheng Wu exclaimed.

"Before becoming an immortal, the founder of the Hades Blood Sect visited this life planet and left behind some artifacts!" Chi Meng coldly informed him, aiming to intimidate and break his opponent's confidence.

The fierce clash eventually led to Chi Meng using the ancient mirror to tear apart the blood essence, forcibly seizing a portion of the celestial blood.

"How dare you!" Zheng Wu cried out in shock and anger. As a prodigy, he was unafraid of many elder figures.

However, having just crossed realms, he was not in his prime state, and his artifacts shattered, unable to block the ancient mirror.

At that moment, Chi Meng felt a chill down his spine. Turning around, he saw a figure covered in black armor, coldly looking at him from within the blood lightning and heavy rain.

Chi Meng turned and fled, quickly diving underground. That was the gaze of a supreme being, now imprinted with his presence!

Shh!

Two golden beams shot out, piercing through the realm and entering the underground to hunt down Chi Meng.

"For a successor, he dares to confront the realm early just to kill me and reclaim the celestial blood?" Chi Meng shuddered with horror.

He deployed six copper steles, casting them behind him. In a terrifying crash, the six divine steles imbued with the aura of the Hades Blood Sect's founder exploded.

Chi Meng rapidly fled, reflecting the ancient mirror behind him. Initially emitting a dazzling light, the mirror soon dimmed, its extraordinary substance instantly evaporated, completely exhausted.

"No!" Chi Meng screamed. At the critical moment, he swallowed the celestial blood and was then struck by the pursuing dim golden light. His blood-colored form exploded, and his true bones cracked.

However, he ultimately survived. Moments later, he reconstituted his blood form, reappearing and laughing triumphantly.

He had seized a portion of Zheng Wu's celestial blood and fate, enough for Chi Meng's purpose!

He swiftly escaped along an underground river, vanishing completely.

In the damp forest, the blood essence reformed, and Zheng Wu's figure emerged within it, his gaze cold. Without lingering, he swiftly departed.

Guided by the embryonic membrane, he traversed the sky!

Boom!

After flying thousands of miles, Zheng Wu encountered bombardment from a warship in a mountain range. He dodged numerous light beams but was ultimately targeted and hit by one.

A blinding light burst, nearly dispersing his blood essence. At the crucial moment, faint golden runes blossomed, protecting his celestial blood and fate.

"This guy still has some tricks up his sleeve. Should I just obliterate him completely?" Chen Yongjie, sitting in the warship, informed Wang Xuan of the situation.

"Don't, that's enough. If we frighten him away or destroy the celestial medicine, it would be disastrous," Wang Xuan urged caution.

Seeking fortune amidst danger wasn't just a tactic to tempt Chi Meng; Wang Xuan was also practicing it himself. With the current world correcting itself and suppressing the celestial beings, he was determined to build the strongest foundation and break through the existing limits.

"That's too risky, be careful!" Chen Yongjie warned, feeling uneasy about the whole situation, even considering it crazy. Who would normally invite others into their realm of fate?

Wang Xuan focused on the holographic projection from the light computer, sitting in the forest, silently waiting for Zheng Wu's arrival.

However, he frowned, noticing that the blood essence didn't burrow underground but instead was traversing the forest, rapidly approaching. Was this a show of confidence or a deliberate probe?

As time passed, the blood essence traveled two thousand miles, finally arriving according to the guide of the embryonic membrane.

Zheng Wu appeared, emerging from the blood essence, standing in the distance, and staring at Wang Xuan.

If not for his red silhouette, he would have appeared harmless and ethereal, a young man with an air of transcendence.

"Who are you? You disturb my meditation," Wang Xuan suddenly opened his eyes, confronting the blood shadow.

Zheng Wu remained silent, circling him from a distance, nodding, then sighing as if in regret or lamentation.

"What do you mean?" Wang Xuan inquired.

"You're quite remarkable, even extraordinary. However, it's a pity that with the collapse of the mythical world, your path has ended. You'll eventually become just another set of bones on the path to transcendence. I'll walk the path for you, grant you glory, and step onto the celestial heights you could never reach. Let your legacy shine with me," Zheng Wu spoke calmly.