With the full efforts of the five Sand Sea Divine Priests and the absence of the Half-step Creation Illustrious Sage’s support, the battle not only became one-sided but also ended at an astonishing speed.
The fight reached its peak in less than half a quarter-hour.
Especially after six of the seventeen Heavenly Temple Great Divine Masters fell one after another, the remaining masters could no longer hold on.
Glancing at the Supreme Saint Xuan still struggling in the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, the eleven remaining Great Divine Masters unleashed their strongest attacks and then scattered in retreat.
The most unfortunate were the Great Divine Masters who attempted to escape using spatial divine abilities.
The precious escape time they fought so hard to secure turned futile when they found the inconspicuous swirling yellow sand became their biggest obstacle upon invoking their spatial abilities.
Before the opened spatial channel, there was an abundance of swirling yellow sand.
Yet these usually inconspicuous yellow sands now appeared like pieces of yellow meteors, blocking the path of escape for these masters.
When they tried to enter the spatial channel, the swirling sand appeared like a woven sand net, blocking their path after they invoked their spatial abilities.
Thoroughly isolating them from the spatial channel.
By the time they broke through the sand net, not only had the newly opened spatial channel closed, but a sharp attack had already descended upon them from behind.
These few escaping Great Divine Masters were instantly besieged again.
Previously, they had sealed the void of the entire Yizhi Sand Sea, preventing Ye Zhen from returning to the Demon Soul Realm.
In a blink of an eye, karma returned.
Now, when they needed to escape, this area of void was also sealed.
Before coming, the masters had heard from some elders about the terrors of Yizhi Sand Sea, instructing them to be extremely cautious and whatnot.
However, after entering the Yizhi Sand Sea, they felt it was just that, a very ordinary place.
They could easily traverse it.
They believed those elders were just making excuses for their previous failure in the Western Expedition.
But now, they regretted it immensely.
If given a chance, they would seek out those elders who participated in the Western Expedition and listen carefully to all they had to say, especially about the strange means of this Sand Sea.
They would absolutely not find it annoying!
No one expected these swirling yellow sands to be able to seal the void, rendering their spatial divine abilities ineffective.
But the Great Divine Masters trapped in the encirclement would probably never have such opportunities again.
In duels among Dao Realm experts, it’s tough to kill one another one-on-one, but two-on-one, three-on-one, or even four-on-one becomes very easy.
Ultimately, seven Great Divine Masters managed to escape the battle; among these seven, some had some knowledge of the Sand Sea Divine Priests’ methods or possessed incredible life-saving divine abilities.
However, their fate of escaping successfully was still in the hands of luck.
Among these seven, five had a Sand Sea Divine Priest following behind, while the other two, also facing bad luck, each had two Temple Guardians chasing them.
Ye Zhen felt a bit frustrated.
Originally, Ye Zhen thought the battle would last longer, allowing him to gain more, at least enabling the Little Demon to advance its cultivation further.
But the battle ended so quickly that, until now, Ye Zhen had only managed to trap one Great Divine Master of Early Dao Realm.
Moreover, this master’s main cultivation technique was Earth Element Techniques, meaning the Little Demon’s Plumb Blossom Essence-Stealing Needle had a low conversion effect, and even if this master was drained dry, the Little Demon could at best advance from the Fifth Stage of Realm King Realm to the Seventh Stage of Realm King Realm.
According to Ye Zhen’s plan, the Little Demon’s cultivation should break through to the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Realm King Realm through this battle.
Once the Little Demon’s cultivation reaches the Peak of the Ninth Stage of Realm King Realm, coupled with its characteristic of being infused with Creation Spiritual Power, Ye Zhen would indeed possess self-preservation strength even against Dao Realm experts.
But as of now, it’s still a bit lacking.
Ye Zhen glanced at the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, where intense power fluctuations were vaguely emanating, and couldn’t help but lick his lips.
If Grand Priest Nahar would cooperate, capturing the heavily injured Xuan Sheng alive wouldn’t be impossible for Ye Zhen.
Inside the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, Xuan Sheng, disheveled and covered in blood, looked like a mad tiger, fighting Grand Priest Nahar to a standstill.
If Ye Zhen could see, he would notice each of Xuan Sheng’s strikes carried a significant amount of All Living Beings’ Will Power.
Xuan Sheng’s heart was bleeding.
These All Living Beings’ Will Power were his treasures accumulated over countless years and his capital for breaking into the Creation Realm, but now, in order to save his life, he had to squander them.
It wasn’t that Xuan Sheng was cowardly, but the name of the Grand Priest Nahar in front of him was too terrifying; after all, this was a being that had slain a Heavenly Temple God King.
"Nahar, by doing this, you’re actively provoking a war. Is your Yizhi Temple intending to declare full-scale war with our Heavenly Temple?" While fighting fiercely, Xuan Sheng attempted to disturb Nahar with words.
"Does it make a difference?"
"When has the war between the Heavenly Temple and our Yizhi Temple ever ceased?" Nahar sneered coldly.
"You know that’s not what I’m talking about. Our Heavenly Temple and Yizhi Temple have had no major conflicts for three thousand years. What you’re doing now is tantamount to declaring war on us."
Through the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, Xuan Sheng saw yet another Great Divine Master fall. His heart was filled with urgency.
The Great Divine Masters by his side were his core strength. Losing one was like having a chunk of flesh ripped from his heart.
"Declare war?"
Grand Priest Nahar suddenly became furious. "Then can you explain the hurricane sandstorm from a few days ago? The origin of that storm was the Magma Hell Sea, and before it happened, people from your Heavenly Temple were sighted there!"
"Such natural disasters, not even the Divine King possesses the ability to create them." Xuan Sheng quickly denied the accusation.
Such deeds that cost countless civilian lives can be done but never admitted.
"Natural disasters?"
Grand Priest Nahar’s expression turned angry, "We’ll consider it a natural disaster for now. What about your sealing of Yizhi Sand Sea’s void with the Heavenly Domain All-Sky Divine Mirror?
Moreover, during this critical moment of our disaster, you used an Innate Spiritual Treasure to sever our link with the outside world, preventing us from buying supplies for disaster relief!
You provoked us first; you declared war first!"
With these words, Grand Priest Nahar was already seething with inexplicable rage. "Today, I’ll use your heads to remind those old scoundrels in the Heavenly Temple of our resolve. We from Yizhi Temple are not afraid of you!"
As soon as the words fell, the radiance within the Yellow Sand Divine Realm changed, and the pressure on Xuan Sheng suddenly increased exponentially.
Xuan Sheng, who had previously been calm and composed, instantly found himself in dire straits.
At that moment, Xuan Sheng saw the Great Divine Masters fleeing in various directions outside the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, and his expression turned bitter.
He used the avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror to block the space of Yizhi Sand Sea solely to retrieve the Five Seed Pomegranate.
But he never imagined it would anger Yizhi Temple and prompt an ambush.
"Xuan Sheng, your head will be the best gift for the Yizhi Sand Sea Sky God...." A glazed knife appeared above Grand Priest Nahar’s head.
At the sight of this knife, Xuan Sheng’s face drastically changed, and a trace of fear emerged in his eyes.
Now he was certain that Nahar truly intended to kill him.
Without much thought, Xuan Sheng fiercely bit the tip of his tongue, spraying a mouthful of golden Origin Essence Blood into the avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror.
Along with it, a large mass of golden All Living Beings’ Will Power surged into the mirror.
Immense spatial fluctuations suddenly emanated from the avatar. In the next instant, with a slight shake of the avatar by Xuan Sheng, a golden luminous beam shot from the mirror.
In a flash, the firmly held Yellow Sand Divine Realm by Grand Priest Nahar was pierced open by the beam, and Grand Priest Nahar let out a muffled grunt.
An enormous amount of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surged out from the opening, restoring the familiar spatial sense.
With no delay, Xuan Sheng transformed into a stream of light and rushed out of the Yellow Sand Divine Realm.
"Go!"
Grand Priest Nahar flicked his hand, and the glazed knife transformed into lightning, slashing toward Xuan Sheng.
Having just escaped the Yellow Sand Divine Realm, Xuan Sheng saw the incoming glazed knife, and his hairs stood on end in fear.
This very glazed knife had personally beheaded two Divine Kings.
In the Heavenly Temple, this glazed knife had a notorious, fearsome name—Glazed Divine Slayer Blade!
At that moment, Xuan Sheng’s battle instincts honed through countless years in numerous battles kicked in without fail.
Instinctively, Xuan Sheng brought the avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror to shield against the Glazed Divine Slayer Blade.
Crash!
The sound of shattering echoed crisply.
Beneath the Glazed Divine Slayer Blade, the avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror fragmented abruptly.
As these two supreme treasures collided, a terrifying spiritual power shockwave scattered in all directions.
Countless yellow sands in the void were instantly pulverized into dust.
The Temple Guardians from all directions, including Ye Zhen, screamed and retreated at full speed.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Xuan Sheng also tore through the void at the fastest speed, fleeing far away.
Yet, upon disappearing, Xuan Sheng gazed at the shattered avatar of the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror with a heartache so intense it felt like bleeding.
A moment later, as the spiritual shockwave dissipated, Grand Priest Nahar appeared at the spot where Xuan Sheng vanished.
"Sigh... my Yellow Sand Divine Realm isn’t the true Yellow Sand Divine Realm after all...."

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