Nexus Ascension: My Comprehension Defies the Heaven Chapter 489: Invoking the heavenly mandate.

As the spaceship touched down, a man with flowing black hair stood exposed in the open, a grin plastered on his face.

The moment Xia Qingyue spotted him, her blood started surging fiercely.

"We are killing that dude in a minute." Grey flashed a cryptic smile.

"We are pleased to meet the patriarch."

Flanking the patriarch were his trusted right-hand and left-hand subordinates, encircled by immortal cultivators radiating the auras of 5th and 6th ranks.

The mastermind orchestrating it all turned out to be the very man positioned right before her.

"We were waiting for your arrival, but... who are they?" Zheng Xuan questioned, gesturing toward Grey and his companions.

The remaining elven prodigies displayed baffled looks upon hearing this. They sensed something off, yet the elders' deception caused them to scowl. Shortly after, the elders exchanged telepathic messages, prompting universal silence.

Yet, no answer came from them. In that instant, Grey locked his unblinking stare on the man at Zheng Xuan’s right side.

’We are pretty lucky, aren’t we, Fragment? And it looks like this guy managed to merge with the Lesser Heaven and reach the 6th rank.’ Grey gazed expressionlessly at the fellow.

Alissa shot piercing glares his way during their exchange.

’Do we care about that?’ Grey responded, a grin gradually spreading across his features.

Eve and Eterna attempted to reach him mentally, but he severed the telepathic connection.

Boom!

Boom!

Grey’s disguise dissolved completely; he advanced in his authentic form, adorned with his crown and radiant saintly halo.

"What?!" Former General Ben and Priest Leon’s faces shifted dramatically.

Witnessing this, those trailing him likewise unveiled their genuine appearances.

"Y-You... Xia Qingyue?!" Zheng Xuan’s eyes bulged in frenzy.

Boom!

"The Soul Nourishing Jade." Zheng Xuan’s visage twisted in terror. "So it was with you after all."

"You might not remember me, but you might remember this power." Grey grinned while releasing the Chaos Lotus’s power across the world.

Overwhelming pressure engulfed the entire group—the elven elders, the elven prodigies, even his own allies showed shocked faces.

"This... that lotus." Leon stood frozen in shock.

Boom!

"Zheng Xuan. I am back." Xia Qingyue fixed her gaze on the visibly frantic Zheng Xuan.

Simultaneously, Leon made his move.

"Leon, kill them!" Zheng Xuan commanded, his voice dripping with savage killing intent.

"Brother..." Julie cried out.

He offered a smile, and in the next breath, his voice distorted like a doomsday decree. "Xia Qingyue, hold onto my hand if you want to kill that man. It’s time to unleash my domain."

Leon, bearer of Lesser Heaven, unleashed his abilities; the immortal cultivators surged toward Grey en masse, while the recuperated elders from the Sovereign Immortal Palace leaped up and charged ahead as well.

Then, those words descended.

The Beast of Finality bellowed, channeling its strength to ignite the domain.

It instantly blanketed every foe, shattering reality like brittle glass.

"I’m dying... is this my injury from the past?! How can it appear now?!"

"I will leave you to him. The Beast of Finality has locked his cultivation. Do whatever you want with him." Grey declared, glancing at Xia Qingyue whose face remained blank yet seethed with overwhelming bloodlust.

Shaking his head, Grey pivoted toward the panicking Leon.

"The High Order? Does A##### even know it exists?" Grey let out a icy chuckle. "You are just a doggy with no role in this world. You once antagonized the Blue Star. Yet look at you now."

He flung it at Leon, who let out a scream of utter disbelief.

Being a 6th ranker, Leon ought not to sense a thing, but now he felt like a powerless mortal gasping for air beneath Grey’s grip.

Searing agony burst forth from within as Heavenly Flame fused with the Flame of Entropy, obliterating him entirely.

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Two thunderous voices echoed through the outer world, now barren after Grey pulled everyone into his domain.

"N-Not good, it’s 8th rankers."

"Grey cannot win against that." Eterna warned urgently. "Quick, call the Yellow Ancestor or we should use the escape talisman given by him."

"Call the Yellow Ancestor and escape? Hmph, don’t think you can leave. Don’t look down on the might of us 8th rankers!"

"No... Brother." Julie’s eyes widened in horror.

Yet, in the precise next second, the whole world came to a standstill.

Fearsome golden brilliance exploded from the earth, lancing toward the heavens. In mere seconds, it enveloped the entire planet and stretched across the vast starry skies.

The Heavenly Dao had descended.

"This power... HEAVENLY DAO? AGAIN?!" Eve rose from the ground in shock, her form flickering digitally. "Fck, is this guy related to the heavenly dao?!"

"I’m the one who dared to stir trouble in the Immortal Sovereign Palace." From the fractured domain, a figure burst forth and hovered in mid-air, shielded and amplified by vast power.

"This voice... That boy. It’s him." At the world’s edge, the Yellow Ancestor and the rest stayed on full guard; the moment they heard him, disbelief filled their eyes as they verified it.

Boom!

"You two immortal dogs got caught scheming with the Crystal Zerg race, allies of the Abyss, and worst of all, you harmed my benefactor, Xia Qingyue. Yes, this is personal. So today, you die."

Boom!

Before the 8th rankers could even react, their very existences dissolved into oblivion.

On this day, Grey Lockhart had taken down two 8th rankers.