Chapter 630: Limitless Lord Descends

"Are you saying that small stone contains at least a million souls?"

The Fifth Hall Master was stunned. "Where did he get so many souls?"

After a brief pause, both their gazes simultaneously fell upon the three figures behind Brand. Recalling the recent devastating attack on Red Dust City, an unbelievable answer dawned on them...

"It was you!" the Sixth Hall Master blurted out. "You personally orchestrated the attack on the Red Dust Realm?! Using the lives of our Red Dust Realm residents to refine the Philosopher's Stone?!"

"Are you insane?!"

"Don't be so agitated, you've misunderstood!" Brand shrugged, picking up the glass container in his hand. "This Philosopher's Stone was refined from two large regions of the Boundless Realm... it has nothing to do with your Red Dust Realm."

The two Hall Masters froze.

Immediately after, Brand reached his hand back, and one of the three black-robed figures took a second glass container from their robe and handed it to Brand.

Brand casually took the container and gently shook it, a larger Philosopher's Stone inside rattling with a clear sound.

He smiled faintly:

"This one, however, was refined in your Red Dust Realm."

The pupils of the two Hall Masters abruptly constricted.

They erupted in rage, about to make a move, when several dark figures simultaneously shot out from hidden doors within the church. A terrifying divine aura instantly descended!

These shadowy figures were almost uniformly Seventh Tier, representing the top combat strength of the entire Sorcery Association. They had been meticulously ambushed within the church, waiting for this very moment to strike!

Though the two Hall Masters were powerful, being in the Boundless Realm's stronghold, and facing a completely reshuffled Sorcery Association, their auras at this moment flickered like a candle in the wind—unstable, weak, and insignificant.

At the same time, Brand chuckled softly, and an Eighth Tier aura abruptly descended. Alchemy arrays unfolded at his feet like nested rings, enveloping the two Hall Masters.

"Brand! You're mad!" the Fifth Hall Master roared. "Do you even know what you're doing?"

"Murdering the former association president, seizing control of the Sorcery Association, forcing the sorcery schools into rebellion, sacrificing a million humans, instigating a realm war." Brand spoke lightly. "I've done all of that, but no, I'm not mad."

"Just for a few worthless stones, you're going to push all of humanity into the abyss?"

"No, no, these aren't worthless stones at all."

Brand held up the two Philosopher's Stones in both hands, looked up at the tranquil, unmoving Mercury Moon above, and his lips curved upward slightly. "These are the steps to ascending to a Tenth Tier divine position... the cornerstones for building an eternal realm! You wouldn't understand what we're doing."

"Do you think the Sorcery Association alone can escape the encirclement of the other human realms?!"

"The Sorcery Association? No, of course not enough..." Brand paused for a moment.

"But what if we also had one of the Nine Monarchs, in their peak state and immortal?"

The two Hall Masters froze in place.

Brand opened both glass containers and carefully took the two Philosopher's Stones into his hands. Facing the Mercury Moon above, he slowly knelt to the ground...

Holding the Philosopher's Stones in both hands, he raised them above his head, his eyes flashing with excitement and fanaticism:

"Welcome... Monarch Wuji."

The next moment, ripples suddenly spread across the tranquil surface of the Mercury Moon, like heavy rain falling on a calm lake. A grand and immensely oppressive aura filled the entire church!

Two mercury-like hands extended downwards from within the sphere, gently grasping the two Philosopher's Stones in Brand's palms, then retreated back into the Mercury Moon...

The Philosopher's Stones, radiating a red glow, tumbled within the Mercury Moon. Their red light intensified, and faint wails of souls could be heard emanating from them, sending shivers down one's spine!

Inside the church, everyone held their breath, watching the scene tensely. Only the Sixth Hall Master and the Fifth Hall Master exchanged a look, a flicker of determined light in their eyes.

As the red glow from the Philosopher's Stones gradually faded, the Mercury Moon fell back into complete silence...

*Hum—!*

A low hum emanated from the Mercury Moon.

Suddenly, a pair of human hands made of mercury slowly emerged from it, followed by forearms, shoulders... until finally, a complete human figure stepped out, hovering steadily in mid-air.

After he emerged, the Mercury Moon behind him had shrunk by almost a third, yet it remained suspended in the church's air, radiating a heart-stopping aura...

It was a human figure entirely composed of mercury. At the center of his brow, two red Philosopher's Stones were embedded, emitting a faint glow.

The figure slightly lowered his head, looking at his body and his mercury-flowing hands, as if deep in thought.

After a brief silence, he took another step, walking through the air, gradually descending towards the ground...

With each step he took, his mercury-formed body violently rippled. Countless material substances were born, transformed, and annihilated within him, making him appear from a distance like a shimmering human-shaped display, too dazzling to look at directly.

As these substances continuously generated, his body gradually changed from mercury to a color resembling human skin. He developed black hair, translucent fingernails, distinct muscle contours, and three-dimensional facial features...

When his feet finally touched the golden floor, his appearance was indistinguishable from that of a normal human. Only the two Philosopher's Stones on his brow lent a touch of mysterious beauty to his face.

Naked, he walked calmly through the golden church. With a casual flick of his finger across a pew, a white lab coat materialized from the gold, which he effortlessly donned, its hem swaying gently in the faint breeze.

If Chen Ling had been there, he would have instantly recognized the man's face...

A former member of the Red Star Exploration Team, now one of humanity's Nine Monarchs;

Monarch Wuji, Lou Yu.

Witnessing Monarch Wuji truly emerge from the Mercury Moon and appear before them, the members of the Sorcery Association froze in stunned silence... Only Brand was the first to recover, excitedly spreading his arms wide and shouting:

"Welcome, Monarch Wuji!"

"—Welcome, Monarch Wuji!" The others finally snapped out of their shock and spoke respectfully.

Monarch Wuji paid no mind to their greetings. He simply stood there silently, glancing at the encircled Hall Masters, and casually raised a hand.

The next moment, two blinding lights suddenly flared before the Hall Masters' brows, burning like miniature suns. Before they could react, they exploded with a thunderous roar!

*Boom—!!*

Two earth-shattering explosions rang out, and intense flames filled every corner of the church. Even Sorcery Association members standing close to the two Hall Masters were caught in the blast, and cries of alarm echoed throughout the building!