Chapter 1032: Demigod Chess Match

In front of the youth, the Silver King, who had usurped the complete Path of the Thief God, looked like a nervous young boy.

He sat in his chair, pale-faced, his hands placed neatly on the table. Two fingers on his right hand had been severed at some point, and scarlet blood dripped bit by bit from the pear-wood table onto the ground...

“...You ambushed me.”

The Silver King spoke grimly. “The dignified leader of the Path of the Opera God, the Red King of the Twilight Society... actually resorts to such underhanded and despicable tactics?”

“Do you know what the key to a good performance is?” The Red King blew on the surface of his hot tea and spoke calmly. “Day after day of practice, rehearsals down to the finest detail. Once on stage, every step, every movement, every prop must be flawless... In my ‘play,’ everything is designed in advance. Your arrogance and conceit are also part of the act.”

The Silver King did not understand the meaning of these words, nor did he intend to. He just looked at the other coldly, a faint glimmer flickering in his eyes.

“Do you think you have me cornered?” the Silver King said slowly. “Don’t forget, you are a demigod, and so am I. Furthermore, I possess the complete Path of the Thief God... Although I was ambushed by you just now, I do not fear you in a head-on confrontation.”

“Perhaps.”

The Red King was noncommittal. He simply finished his tea calmly and spoke again, “After all, if you hadn’t been fully prepared, you wouldn’t have used Chen Ling as bait to lure us all out...”

“It seems you aren’t stupid either.”

“Hehe, thank you for the compliment.”

“I know you are strong, but this time, neither you nor the Twilight Society will be able to escape the Wuji Domain in one piece... There will only be one winner in this melee, and that is me.”

The Red King chuckled, as if he saw through everything, and spoke leisurely, “Betting everything on the Tianxue Domain is not a wise choice.”

Upon hearing this, the Silver King’s composure was suddenly shaken!

“You... how did you know?”

“I said, the key to a good performance lies in the ‘design’... You thought you were the only chess player in this game, but in reality, long ago... you were already in my ‘play.’”

The Red King leaned lazily against the back of his chair, his lips curling slightly.

“As for who the winner of this game will be... let us wait and see.”

……

Tianxue Domain.

“This is Tianxue Radio, and now for a news update.”

“According to reliable intelligence, at 5:40 this morning, the long-dormant Twilight Society launched a full-scale assault on the Wuji Domain and officially declared war on the Silver Government!”

“As of now, the Wuji Domain remains in a state of turmoil and slaughter. Two malicious organizations boycotted by the Human Covenant are tearing at each other. Is this good or bad? How will this unprecedented war end? Our reporters will continue to keep you updated...”

The radio broadcast echoed through the streets of the Tianxue Domain. Occasionally, pedestrians would stop to listen curiously for a moment before turning away, seemingly unconcerned...

The major human domains were independent of each other, and the residents living in their respective domains didn’t care much about the situation in others. After all, most of them would never leave in their entire lives, and the other domains were too far away. Moreover, in the eyes of the residents of the five major domains, the Wuji Domain had become a den of evil; whatever wars or riots happened there didn’t matter—at most, it was just dogs biting dogs.

Just like when the news of the impending execution of Heart 6 was spread, it didn’t attract much attention from anyone other than a few individuals.

“The world is getting more and more chaotic...”

“Yeah. First the Ruoshui Domain, then the Aurora Domain, then Red Dust, Wuji... won’t it be our turn next?”

“The Tianxue Domain should be fine. This is the transportation hub for all domains. Even if the Gray Realm converges and disasters invade, it won’t reach here. It’s quite safe.”

“And now that the Fire-Usurpers and the Twilight Society are fighting like dogs in the Wuji Domain, it won’t affect us...”

“That’s true...”

“Hey, what should we eat tonight? Malatang again?”

“I’ve been feeling a bit inflamed lately, let’s just stir-fry two simple dishes. Better add some bitter melon.”

“……”

The bright sun rose from the east, bathing the Tianxue Domain in warmth. Just as everything was operating as usual, a mysterious alchemical pattern began to trace itself silently across the sky...

At the same time,

in an unnamed plaza, a figure slowly removed his black hood...

He pressed his palm gently against the stone-tiled ground, and an aura at the level of the Nine Monarchs began to spread frantically across the earth. At this moment, the stone tiles, the earth, the concrete roads—no matter the material, the ground rippled like ocean waves!!

“Finally... waited for this day.” Lou Yu’s pupils radiated a brilliant glow, and four Philosopher’s Stones lit up simultaneously from his brow!

A visible wave of earth swept across the district. Under Lou Yu’s power, the mechanical structure of all materials changed. The sturdy buildings that had been standing suddenly burst with numerous cracks, as if they were instantly at the center of a magnitude-nine earthquake!

Boom—!!!

With Lou Yu as the center, all the surrounding buildings collapsed at an astonishing speed. Human civilization, which had taken hundreds of years to build, was obliterated in this one strike, turning into fly ash.

“Earthquake?!! It’s an earthquake!!!”

“How could there be an earthquake out of nowhere...”

“Run!!! Run quickly!!! The ground is splitting open!!”

“My child! My child is still in the building...”

“……”

Everything happened too suddenly. From the moment the buildings began to tremble to their collapse, it took less than three seconds... Most people didn’t even have time to react before they were crushed into blood mist by the falling ceilings or swallowed by the fissures in the earth.

Pitch-black dust filled the sky over the Tianxue Domain. Thousands of buildings vanished in an instant, as if God had casually shaken the sieve in his hand, and the city built of sand and gravel dissipated without a trace...

In the blink of an eye, a gentle and prosperous city district had turned into a living hell!

A blood-colored alchemical array lit up in the sky, and countless dead souls drifted uncontrollably toward the heavens. Faint lightning flashed in the center, and vaguely, the outline of a blood-colored gem was rapidly taking shape...

Unlike the Red Dust Domain, the Tianxue Domain covered a larger area and had a higher population density. A single district was home to a million people. A sudden earthquake was enough to wipe out a vast number of lives, turning them into raw material for the Philosopher’s Stone.

In the center of this district, on the only plaza that hadn’t collapsed, the Wuji Monarch Lou Yu, dressed in black, slowly looked up into the wind, staring at the firmament.

“Wuji... Eternal Life.”