The army of the stars, starting from the edge of the Cult of Darkness's sphere of influence, has been invincible and unstoppable along the way. Everywhere they passed, thousands of miles of scorched earth, as long as they dared to resist, they were all exterminated without mercy.

On the plain, a ruined city stood, and in the city, there were constantly violent spiritual power waves rippling out, and the thick smell of blood, mixed with terrible screams, filled the city.

Above the city, the two figures collided fiercely like meteorites, and then retreated back at the same time, thousands of feet apart.

Looking at it, one of them was Xu Li. And opposite him was a burly middle-aged strong man. This strong man, named Ding Xu, is the city lord of the city under his feet, and he is also a protector of the Dark Nightmare Sect.

"Ding Xu, so far, you still don't surrender? If you continue to resist stubbornly, there is only one way to die!" Looking at Ding Xu opposite, Xu Li shouted in a deep voice.

"Phew!"

Ding Xu raised his hand to remove a trace of blood from the corner of his lips, spit out a mouthful of saliva mixed with blood, and said loudly: "Xu Li, in vain, you are still the master of one of the forces, the dignified master of the Blood Sword Sect, you actually gave up the great foundation and took refuge in the Star Palace! Now, you dare to persuade me to surrender? Are you delusional!"

"Hmph!" Xu Li's face suddenly sank, and then his eyes flashed with murderous intent, "Ding Xu, you don't toast and don't eat and drink." Good birds choose trees to perch, and those who know the times are handsome. Your Dark Nightmare Sect is gone, if you continue to resist stubbornly, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"I'm afraid you won't make it, even if I die today, I will pull you on my back!"

Ding Xu roared angrily, and a huge war hammer with a hideous shape rose into the sky behind him, which was his magic fetus. Ding Xu clenched his palm, grabbed the warhammer tire, and slammed down towards Xu Li on the opposite side.

"Since you are stubborn and die early, don't blame me!" Xu Li's eyes flashed coldly, and his hands quickly formed a seal in front of him. A huge hundred-zhang blood sword was condensed and suspended above its head.

"Blood Sword Breaking Slash!"

Xu Li shouted violently, and pointed out a volley with a finger. The blood sword magic tire on his head directly turned into a blood-colored streamer, tearing the void, and straight up to Ding Xu's war hammer magic tire.

"Whew!"

That blood-colored streamer was sharp beyond imagination. After leaving a vague afterimage in the void, it was directly torn from the warhammer tire. Together with Ding Xu behind him, his body stiffened suddenly.

A thin crack appeared at the same time on the Warhammer Fetus and Ding Xu's forehead, and then fell in the middle.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the War Hammer Fetus and Ding Xu's body were divided into two pieces almost at the same time. The warhammer magic tire turned into a flood of spiritual power and dissipated into the sky, and Ding Xu was planted from the sky. Rain of blood, sprinkled on the earth.

It's just that at the moment when Xu Li thought that the overall situation had been decided, a black streamer burst out of Ding Xu's corpse like lightning, pointing directly at the former!

At this moment, Xu Li, because of his relaxed mind, caused his reaction to be a beat slower, whether it was to defend or dodge, it was already too late, so he could only watch the black light pierce straight towards him.

Xu Li's face suddenly turned extremely pale, and in that black light, there was a strong smell of death gas, that kind of death gas was extremely weird and violent, if he was hit by it, I am afraid that with his cultivation, even if he did not die, he would have to pay an extremely heavy price.

"How!"

But at this moment, a figure teleported in front of him, followed by a loud dragon moan. The figure probed into the palm of his hand, and countless brilliant and gorgeous dragon phoenix light patterns burst out densely, intertwined, turning into a layer of light, enveloping the black streamer in it.

The dragon phoenix light net contracted, and that black light also showed its own form, which turned out to be a black crystal the size of a baby's fist.

The man squeezed his palm and grasped the black crystal in his palm.

Escaping death, Xu Li was shocked and hurriedly looked. At the last moment, it was Mo Zhiyao who saved him.

"Thank you, Commander, for saving your life. Xu Li wiped the cold sweat oozing from his forehead and said quickly.

"Hmm. Mo Zhiyao replied lightly, but his eyes fell on the black crystal in his palm, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Several figures swept from behind, it was Gu Zhen, Ye Yuan and others.

"Lao Xu, are you okay?" Among the several figures, Han Feng and Huang Man were impressively listed. The two of them, although their identities are only the lowest ordinary Ziwei Army sergeants, their strength is the strongest in the Ziwei Army, so they have always been handpicked by Mo Zhiyao and followed by him.

"Fortunately, thanks to the timely help of the Grand Commander. Xu Li said with palpitations, and immediately, the eyes of several people fell on Mo Zhiyao's hand at the same time. On the black hedron in his palm, to be exact.

That black spar exuded a thick fluctuation of dead qi, and that fluctuation was many times richer than normal dead qi. Moreover, through the surface of the spar, you can see that there is a face appearing, roaring wildly. And looking at his face, it turned out to be that Ding Xu.

"What is this?" Ye Yuan's eyes flashed, and he said with some emotion. That kind of lifeless fluctuation made him feel the tightness of his skin for a while, and a cold feeling could not be suppressed from his heart.

Mo Zhiyao held the black spar in his hand, and in his eyes, there was this dazzling essence passing by, and there was a trace of shock on his face.

"This is not dead qi, but dark qi, innate dark qi!" Mo Zhiyao's heart was already shocked like a monstrous wave at this moment, and he could hardly help himself.

In the Fallen Land, Hades Venerable once said to Mo Zhiyao that the spiritual power he cultivated was transformed from death qi through acquired means.

To put it simply, the Dead Qi is the ultimate form of the Death Qi Advancement. And only by controlling the spiritual energy can the spiritual power be activated.

In the realm of a monk, after being promoted to incarnation, death qi can be born in the body, and with one's own vitality, it can be condensed into a chain of life and death. And in this realm, the monk has to maintain the absolute balance of the power of life and death in the body.

And when the realm breaks through and reincarnates, after reaching the tribulation, every time you survive the heavenly tribulation, a chain of life and death will be correspondingly dissolved in the body. When the Nine Heavenly Tribulations are passed, the nine chains of life and death in the body are all dissolved, and they can impact the Reverse Ancient Realm.

After reaching the realm of the ancient world, the power of life and death of the monk itself is endless, complementing each other, and integrating into the primordial spirit. From this moment on, the monk no longer has to deliberately maintain the absolute balance of the power of life and death in his body.

Even if the death qi in the body exceeds the vitality, it will not cause the life and death power in the monk's body to be unbalanced and cause it to fall. That's why there are people who start from the ancient realm and specialize in cultivating death qi. For example, the Dark Nightmare Sect in front of him, Qin You, and Hades Venerable are like this.

However, obviously, the height of the death qi cultivated by the Immortal Venerable was a little higher than that of Qin You, and even the master of the inheritance in his hand. The two are not on the same level at all.

Hades Venerable has cultivated the death qi to a height that ordinary people can't reach.

In the body of Hades Venerable, from a certain point of view, there is no longer a lifeless existence. All the vitality in his body was transformed by him into the ultimate form of death qi, the dark qi.

The reason why it is said to be from a certain angle is because in the body of the Immortal Venerable, it is not that there is really no life, but that kind of vitality, which is contained in the death qi (Shen Qi). That is to say, the so-called Noji Tailai, the ultimate death, but will give birth to majestic vitality. Of course, it is difficult to get to this level. Even in ancient times, the only person who could do this was the Immortal Venerable.

And this is also the reason why the Immortal Venerable has not been able to find a suitable successor until he falls.

Hades Venerable said that Mo Zhiyao was not suitable for his inheritance, and that was because Mo Zhiyao's body was cultivating the power of chaos. The energy of all attributes in heaven and earth, including divine power, magic power, and spiritual power, is all transformed by the power of chaos. Now Mo Zhiyao, no matter which kind of energy he refines, he will be directly transformed into the power of chaos by the chaotic heart in his body. Therefore, Mo Zhiyao couldn't inherit his mantle, and he couldn't cultivate his spiritual power.

For this, Mo Zhiyao knows it in his heart. Therefore, he knew that it was too difficult to find a suitable successor for Hades Venerable.

On that day, the Lord of the Stars said that if you want to grow the Star Palace into the peak power of the inheritance, one of the necessary conditions is that you need a complete inheritance of the powerhouses of the Ancestral Realm. And the reason why Mo Zhiyao didn't take out the Immortal Venerable at that time was because he knew that even if he passed on the Hades Venerable to the Lord of the Stars, the Lord of the Stars would not be able to cultivate.

Because of the inheritance of the Immortal Venerable, the most difficult point is that it is necessary to transform the death qi to the extreme state, that is, the immortal qi.

And in terms of quality, one part of the dark qi is equivalent to ten thousand parts of dead air!

Ancient realm cultivators, although they don't have to maintain the balance of the power of life and death in their bodies, it doesn't mean that the death qi in their bodies can exceed their vitality without limit. Although the underworld qi is transformed from the dead qi, the most fundamental difference between the two is that the underworld qi contains vitality, but there is no dead qi!

Once the dead energy contained in the monk's body exceeds a certain level, it will also disappear. This is also the reason why no one wanted to occupy the territory of the Dark Nightmare Cult in the first place.

The ancestor of the Dark Nightmare Sect relied on his own refinement of his death qi to dare to enter this area. Coupled with the fact that the dead air here has dissipated and weakened over time, it has allowed him to found the Nightmare Cult and develop to the point where it is today.

But I have to say that it is precisely because of the dead air here that the further growth and development of the Nightmare Cult is restricted. After all, few normal people want to live in such a place where life is shrouded in air all year round.

If it weren't for the fact that this territory of the Dark Nightmare Cult was located on the edge of the current Nakshatra Palace, the Lord of the Nakshatras would actually be reluctant to pay attention to him.