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Chapter 1133: Lord Saint Defier's Treasure!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The white ring was very thin and did not look like it belonged to a man. Instead, it seemed like it was something a woman would use. When it flew out, it shot into the pillar of light which reached the heavens and went to float above the altar, right on top of Su Ming's real physical body.
"Lord Saint Defier's treasure, we ask that you help us!"
A dark light shone in the eyes of Xing Ji Dao, who was dressed in blue. He formed a seal with his right hand and pointed at the ring in the pillar, and it immediately shone with a dazzling light before growing larger, nearly reaching thirty feet.
At the same time, waves of aura that shook the pillar of light were released. They filled the pillar before seeping out. Bai Feng's expression instantly changed drastically, and she took a few staggering steps back. Shock, the kind of which she had never felt before, showed up on her pale face, but there was also fervent ardor shining in her eyes.
She trembled and immediately knelt down in worship.
As for Di Tian, he was once a Sublime Paragon and a powerful warrior who had surpassed in power the current bodies of the black-robed man and Xing Ji Dao. Even though he could not compare to the real bodies of the two in Saint Defier's camp, he could still put up a fight against them.
When he and Su Xuan Yi had been gravely wounded in the past, his injuries were worse, which made it so he could only retain his soul, and his level of cultivation had also regressed by a lot. But no matter what, he had once been a Sublime Paragon.
Yet under the mighty pressure spreading out from the ring, his expression changed as well. He took a few steps back, and shock appeared in his eyes.
The mighty pressure was filled with an air of supremacy, as if all those under it had to kneel down in worship and bow their heads. All those who dared to struggle would be destroyed.
'Avacaniya! This is definitely Avacaniya's presence! Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos' powerful warrior is in Avacaniya Realm!' Di Tian's breathing quickened. When he moved back, his expression changed, and he chose to kneel down.
The white ring in the pillar of light continued exuding a mighty presence while numerous complicated runic symbols came to surround it. Each of one contained power which could suffocate Su Ming, and when he saw them, he felt as if a door had been opened before him!
It broadened his horizons and had, during that instant, allowed him to see… a cultivator in Avacaniya!
The presence was the strength of something in his memories. When Su Ming searched through them, a figure appeared in his head… an ancient figure standing on an ancient ship which watched all manner of lives bringing offerings to him.
'Old Man Extermination gave off the same feeling. This person's presence means that he's in the same Realm as the Old Man Extermination. This ring came from Saint Defier, so it's Lord Saint Defier's treasure!'
Fervent ardor appeared on Xing Ji Dao's expression, and he immediately knelt down in the direction of the ring. The black-robed old man also swung his arm at the moment he sensed the presence spreading out from the ring and knelt down.
As the presence continued spreading out, gradually, all the cultivators knelt down with shaking hearts.
Slowly but surely, even all the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect who were fighting against those in the Immortals' Union within the territory of the Immortals' Union reacted in the same manner as their enemies. Their hearts trembled, and in shock, they looked in the direction of the core of the Immortals' Union. Then, they instinctively chose to kneel down and worship the presence.
About a dozen breaths later, the presence spread through the entire True Morning Dao World. In fact, it even affected Morning Dao Sect and shocked countless cultivators. Their bodies trembled, and with humiliation as well as despair, they were forced to kneel down in the direction of the Immortals' Union.
The entire Morning Dao Sect descended into dead silence, with countless cultivators kneeling down in worship.
Only Su Xuan Yi let out a low growl at the instant he sensed the presence while in his isolation grounds within Morning Dao Sect, and a glint of anticipation for something long-awaited shone in his eyes. He slowly stood up under the presence. He raised his right hand and clenched his fist, then threw a punch at the air.
The whole world was silent, but Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds trembled furiously, like it was about to crumble. However, countless runic symbols immediately appeared in the air, and as they flashed rapidly, they seemed to mend the air.
"This presence still isn't enough… but the first stage is about to be completed. When it reaches completion, I will gain full control of this body, and I will be able to walk out of this place!
"Saint Defier, Dark Dawn, and you Young Little Sublime Paragon, you have all been speculating for a long time, but you could never guess my plans. You could never understand… my madness after my race was destroyed!"
Su Xuan Yi threw his head back and laughed. Ferociousness appeared on his face, and hidden underneath it was a madness that could destroy the universe.
Su Xuan Yi's roar echoed in the isolation grounds, but it did not reach the Immortals' Union or Su Ming's ears. At that moment, he was in the black-robed old man's body. He stared at the white ring in the pillar of light, and a feeling he'd never felt before rose in his heart. It surged in him violently, and his heart seemed to go through a metamorphosis… a metamorphosis of longing for even greater power and becoming the greatest in the world.
'So this is Lord Saint Defier's level of cultivation… I wonder if there will come a day when I will possess this power?!'
Su Ming fixed his stare on the white ring while ripples appeared in his divine sense. Yet he did not notice that the bald crane, who had also hidden itself in the black-robed man's body, had started trembling ceaselessly when it saw the white ring. Fond remembrance showed up in its eyes. An indefinable feeling rose within it, as if it was recalling something.
"Fei Hua… how many years has it been? How many years has it been since I left that place? So you… have already taken that step forward and become Lord Saint Defier… Did you use the method I told you in the past? It was a path I discovered based on the calculations from my whole life.
"It was the wrong path, but one that could allow you to become Lord Saint Defier…"
As the bald crane mumbled, it suddenly used its claw to grab hold of its head. "Damn it, I seem to have remembered something again…"
During that moment, numerous cracks appeared on the altar holding Su Ming's real physical body in the pillar of light. The cracking continued, and more breaks appeared. In the span of a few breaths, the entire altar… melted!
It did not collapse, but melted and became muddy liquid. Waves of faint fragrance spread out from it before turning into fog. It enveloped Su Ming's real physical body and the ring.
At the same time, the light seeped through the fog and shot through Su Ming's real physical body as if the ring possessed its own consciousness. Immediately, right before Su Ming's eyes, his physical body turned transparent.
He could see venous paths in his physical body, and there were vortices packed densely together within them. It looked like the venous paths formed a gigantic, complicated runic symbol and a lock.
To the others, the runic symbol was complicated and profound, but Su Ming felt like he had seen life upon taking a look at it. The runic symbol formed by the venous paths was the Brand of life which belonged to the Abyss Builders, and the lock was clearly something that kept the bloodline safe.
"Paragon Zhang Ji Dao!" the blue-robed Xing Ji Dao said.
Right away, the black-robed old man raised his arms. When he formed a seal, he instantly charged towards the pillar of light with Xing Ji Dao. Once they shot inside, they sat right beside the white ring.
The two of them sucked in a deep breath at the same time before spreading out all of their cultivation bases to fuse into the white ring. Clearly, neither of them was worthy enough to control the ring alone, so the both of them were had to act at the same time. Even so, they they were still faced with great difficulty.
Su Ming's divine sense rippled. While in the black-robed old man's body, he sensed the black-robed old man's cultivation base tumbling about before it charged towards the white ring. A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He had a strong urge to split a part of his divine sense to follow after that cultivation base. The urge was incredibly strong, so strong that even if Su Ming wanted to suppress it, he felt a great reluctance to do so.
'This is Saint Defier's treasure. This sort of treasure…' Su Ming's divine sense rippled violently before he sent out a bit of it towards the white ring along with the black-robed man's cultivation base.
The bald crane had no idea of how important this matter was during the entire process. Once Su Ming promised it crystals, it immediately stopped thinking about all the jumbled up memories in its mind. Instead, with its full power, it worked to transform Su Ming's divine sense so that it would appear the exact same as the black-robed old man's cultivation base.
The thread of divine sense which Su Ming had separated from himself instantly surged into the white ring with the black-robed man's cultivation base. At the instant it entered the ring, rumbles rang out in Su Ming's head. He saw a vast world with mountains and rivers as well as countless liveforms. Yet when he looked closer, he discovered that the lifeforms and even the world itself was formed by various runic symbols. There were so many of them that even Su Ming could not count all of them. There was only one word which could be used to describe the number—countless.
At the instant Su Ming saw the world, he noticed that the white ring was not activated by Xing Ji Dao and the black-robed man. Their levels of cultivation were just like a drop in an ocean compared to the supreme treasure.
However, the injection of their cultivation bases into the ring seemed to have unlocked some sort of seal within it. The action disassembled all the existences formed by runic symbols amid loud rumbles, and they turned into countless runic symbols that danced in the air.
Su Ming watched it full of shock. He had a strong feeling… that there was a path hidden within the runic symbols which he could not understand. Once he managed it, his cultivation base would increase by leaps and bounds. This feeling was incredibly great, and Su Ming's full attention was fixed on his observations.
Once the entire world turned into countless runic symbols, Xing Ji Dao shouted out, "Di Tian, offer up all the things you've prepared in the past… use them to overturn the universe, make the earth turn into the sky, and cause the reversal of time run to its end!"
A light shone in Di Tian's eyes. He suppressed the strong excitement in his heart and threw his storage bag forward. With a raise of his right hand, the bag opened, and a countless items he had prepared in the course of numerous years flew out.
Chapter 1134: Change for the Worst!!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
All of the items were rarely seen things in True Morning Dao World. Each one could tempt countless cultivators and make them go mad. They were so rare that the degree of rarity was would be difficult to describe.
Yet all of them immediately melted into the pillar of light, and it was so quick that their appearances could not even be seen clearly. They turned into liquid and were swiftly absorbed by the white ring.
Di Tian had prepared them for tens of thousands of years. Yet in just about a dozen breaths, all of them turned into liquid and were completely absorbed by the white ring.
Soon after, a piercing white light spread out from the white ring. In a flash, that light spread out in all directions and covered an area of eight hundred million feet, and then, this area in the galaxy… disappeared.
It was described as such because the dark hues of the space in the galaxy had vanished and were replaced by a layer of white light. There was a color to that light, and if a person raised their head to look, they would have a strong feeling that the galaxy had turned into a blue sky!
Su Ming's heart trembled when he saw it, because he was the only one who saw the event in its complete form. In fact, not even the black-robed old man or Xing Ji Dao saw it, because they had only sent their cultivation bases to fuse into the ring. Due to some sort of show of respect, they had not dared to send their divine senses into the ring.
Su Ming saw that once the items Di Tian had prepared for tens of thousands of years melted, they were absorbed by the ring. Their only use was to turn into a power that would gather all the runic symbols.
The act of gathering the countless runic symbols in the world within the ring required a lot of energy. The materials Di Tian had prepared could do so, albeit only for a short moment. The countless runic symbols merged together until there were only three left!
The complexity of the three runic symbols caused Su Ming's divine sense to crumble the moment he saw them. He could not withstand them, but even though his divine sense had crumbled, he had a strong feeling that… all the runic symbols in the world within the ring were formed by the three runic symbols continuously merging with each other.
At the instant the divine sense was destroyed, Su Ming saw one of the three divine senses had sent out the white light to form… the blue sky which stretched out to a circular area of eight hundred million feet beyond the pillar.
The entire sky was in truth… just a runic symbol!
Su Ming's heart trembled. He might have had one sliver of his divine sense destroyed, but without any hesitation, he split up another portion and used the black-robed man's cultivation base to charge straight towards the white ring.
It was a serendipity, a fortuitous event. It was a great serendipitous event that a normal person would find hard to experience under normal circumstances.
Even though Su Ming had come for his real physical body, he would absolutely not give up on this chance. He might not understand the three runic symbols for the moment, but he still wanted to look at them. His instincts were telling him that they were connected to the Avacaniya Realm!
When Su Ming's divine sense entered the white ring again, he saw light spill out from the second runic symbol. Its color was black. At the instant it spread out, it immediately changed the area beneath the blue sky into black earth!
Even though the color was black, it was different from the black hue of space. It was truly earth!
Within the area of eight hundred million feet in the galaxy was a blue sky and dark earth. The place had been changed into a world!
Such a divine ability dazed all the cultivators in the area, but their absent-mindedness did not last for too long. When the light from the third runic symbol spread out, all the people who saw it immediately felt like the world had been overturned.
The blue sky turned into the earth, and the earth changed into the blue sky. Nobody changed position, but the feeling of the world being overturned immediately made all the cultivators nauseous, and their faces went pale.
The world had been overturned!
The power to make the world within eight hundred million feet overturn fell back the next instant. All of it surged back into the pillar at the center and gathered on Su Ming's real physical body.
Boom!
Su Ming's real physical body might still have been transparent, but the venous paths and the runic symbols were trembling and distorting faintly. If they could have been compared to a lock of life previously, then at that moment, that lock was reversing under the power that overturned the world. That lock… opened!
Di Tian watched this from beyond the pillar of light with excitement. He understood the Abyss Builders very well, and he could tell at that moment that the lock on the blood within the Abyss Builder's physical body had been opened!
During that moment, the runic symbol which had turned into the earth changed into the runic symbol of the sky. The invisible runic symbol which overturned the world also seemed to have flashed at the same time. Immediately, booming sounds shook the entire True Morning Dao World.
Su Ming immediately sensed that the three runic symbols were continuously circling each other. Based on some sort of pattern… a power of time which was similar to that of the Abyss Builders spread out from them with a bang.
At the instant the power of time appeared, it spread in all directions. It flowed swiftly, making time flow in reverse, and the effect was clearly seen on Di Tian as well as Bai Feng.
Sometimes, they would appear old, and their presences would instantly gain an even more ancient air. At other times… Di Tian would look young, and Bai Feng even more so. These changes lasted for about a dozen breaths before swiftly coming to a stop!
Time no longer moved, and neither did it flow in reverse. It had stopped completely!
At that instant, the power immediately shrank and gathered on Su Ming's real physical body within the pillar of light. This resulted in everything in the area beyond the pillar to return to normal. Only Su Ming's real physical body was cut off from the time in the area outside, frozen in a state in which time was not moving for it.
At the instant time stopped, Xing Ji Dao's exhausted traveled outwards.
"Di Tian, change your Life now!"
Di Tian threw his head back and roared before he sat down cross-legged. He struck his forehead with his right hand, and immediately, his body started aging with a bang before he was instantly destroyed.
However, at the instant his body was destroyed, his Nascent Divinity flew out, and he started burning in midair. This burning lasted for the span of two breaths before he reached his limit. As his Nascent Divinity burned… a golden soul appeared!
Di Tian had absorbed the power of his physical body so his Nascent Divinity would increase in power exponentially for a short period of time. With the power burning his Nascent Divinity, he also forced out his soul, which had fused with the Nascent Divinity. The golden hue on the soul exuded the great power of Sublime Paragons!
He had used the burning of the physical body and Nascent Divinity for his soul to return to its former level of cultivation. However, this could not last long. Once the time ran out, the damage he'd suffer would be incredibly grave, but it did not matter to him. During that instant, not only did he regain his former level of cultivation, he even showed improvement. Clearly, even though his level of cultivation in the past years could not match up to his former power, he had gained a lot of epiphanies.
Even the black-robed old man and Xing Ji Dao raised their heads and cast sideways glances at him. Their pupils narrowed slightly.
At that moment, Di Tian's golden soul turned into a golden long arc that shot into the pillar of light connecting to the heavens. With greed in his eyes, Di Tian cast a glance at Su Ming's transparent physical body for which time had been frozen.
It lasted for a brief moment before he moved his soul without any hesitation. In an instant, he rushed into Su Ming's real physical body. When Su Ming saw it, his response was a cold laugh.
Since he could come so close and hide in the black-robed old man's body, then what Su Ming needed to do was at that moment was not to seize his body back before Di Tian. This was not practical. What he needed to do was simple—to make Di Tian fail, and it would be enough.
Once Di Tian failed, Saint Defier would begin the process of searching for another person to go through the Life Changing Art. In the meantime, Su Ming, who had already attached himself to the black-robed old man, would have enough time to easily seize back his real physical body.
In fact, the instant Di Tian's soul fused with Su Ming's real physical body, the black-robed old man helped Su Ming a little. A glint appeared in this eyes, and black light immediately shone on his body.
It was the Light of Extreme Darkness, the one the black-robed old man had promised Di Tian. When he changed his life, he would use it to help him keep his soul steady. The moment the Light of Extreme Darkness appeared, Su Ming immediately gave up on his original plan.
Instead, he had his divine sense leave swiftly with the Light of Extreme Darkness. At the same time Di Tian's soul began to fuse, Su Ming's divine sense… entered his real physical body for the first time ever.
A warm feeling he had never sensed before instantly rose in his heart. He was in the physical body he had desired for a long time. It was his real physical body, which he had craved for even in his dreams. When he was in the land of Berserkers and realized that he was just a soul, he had always dreamed about seizing his physical body back. Even when he was banished to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, that thought had persisted in his heart.
At that moment though, he had come infinitesimally close to his physical body. His divine sense fused with it, and the feeling that he could control the body with ease if he was given just a little time gave Su Ming an urge to fuse with it regardless of all costs at that instant.
He could sense the venous paths in the physical body. While they were frozen, Di Tian was swiftly spreading his soul over them. Once his soul spread to all of them, he would succeed in changing his Life.
Su Ming forced down the urge in his heart and laughed coldly. He only needed to change a few things, and he could make it so that Di Tian would not succeed, but the instant Su Ming was about to take action, an indescribable sense of danger rose in his heart.
The sense of danger came from his own physical body. Once it reached him, Su Ming also sensed… a hint of unfamiliarity hidden underneath the familiar sensation of his physical body!
The next moment, the bald crane's piercing scream resounded in Su Ming's heart with a hint of anxiety in it. "Something's off! Su Ming, there's something wrong with this physical body!
"Su Ming! Damn it, this is the One Billion Corpse Soul Seal! It is the incredibly diabolical forbidden Art only the Sacred Lady of Dark Dawn's camp had mastered! Su Ming, this isn't your physical body! This… This… This is a corpse of an Abyss Builder specifically refined by someone using one billion corpses!
"Retrieve your divine sense! If you're too slow, you'll be doomed for all eternity! Damn it! Just who could possibly be so malicious?! Once this corpse explodes, it can easily destroy an entire True World!"
Chapter 1135: What Is There Left in My Life…?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When the bald crane's piercing scream reverberated in the air, a huge storm of an unprecedented magnitude rose in Su Ming's heart. He was in a state of disbelief, unable to believe it. In fact, in the depths of his heart, he refused to believe it.
He did not want to believe that his physical body… the physical body he had always believed belonged to him… was just a diabolical corpse that someone had created from a billion corpses!
He did not want to believe that Su Xuan Yi knew about this. He did not want to believe… that his real physical body was in such a state!
This completely overturned all the memories Su Ming had and flipped all of his knowledge over its head. Even with Su Ming's composure and intelligence, he fell into a daze at that instant.
He was full of anguish that he had never experienced before. His heart ached with grief and indescribable pain. He felt as if his heart had been dug out, as if everything that he knew had been overturned at that instant.
Ever since he had learned that he was just a soul and that his real physical body was in the land of Immortals, he had treated his desire to retrieve his physical body as the greatest desire in his life.
Yet at that moment… when he was so close to his real physical body, much closer than ever before in his life, the bald crane's words hit him like a sledgehammer. His heart trembled, and he felt… like his soul and Nascent Divinity were about to be torn apart…
"Why… Why?" Su Ming mumbled.
"Hurry up and leave! Damn it! Hurry up and leave that accursed body! IT isn't your body! It's a huge trap someone had laid down! HURRY UP AND LEAVE!!" the bald crane shrieked. In its voice was unprecedented anxiety and hysteria.
However, Su Ming did not seem to have heard its words. He did not leave, because he did not believe any of it. He simply refused to believe that his real physical body could be a lie. The truth that Dark Mountain was a lie had already dealt an incredibly huge blow to him, but as time passed, the wound had slowly recovered, but now…
'If even my real physical body is fake, is there anything real in this world is? Dark Mountain was fake, Bai Ling's love was fake, my childhood friends were all fake… What is real… What is real?!'
Su Ming's Nascent Divinity trembled. He could not believe in anything. He… could not bear such a truth. It could be considered to be the strongest blow against him, one that even surpassed what he'd felt when he found out about the Dark Mountain!
However, he had clearly felt the unfamiliar sensation hidden underneath the familiar feeling of his real physical body. It felt like it had been intentionally created and had changed his memories. Because of it, Su Ming had always believed that it was his physical body… He hadn't doubted the truth of it even once!
'Why… just what is the reason behind all of this?!'
Su Ming's Nascent Divinity raged. Without caring about the piercing, hysterical warnings from the bald crane, he had his divine sense fuse into his real physical body without regard for anything else. He wanted to find an answer, to find something that would change what he'd just realized so that he would could relax knowing that nothing was a lie and it was indeed his physical body.
Or rather, Su Ming just wanted to find something which would allow him to lie to himself and willingly shroud himself in the deceit.
However, when Su Ming sent his divine sense inside and touched the core of the physical body, ripples he could not suppress swiftly rose in his divine sense… because he could clearly sense that unfamiliarity hidden under the familiar feeling.
Eventually, Su Ming even found the source which had brought about the familiar feeling. It came from a drop of blood at the core of the physical body. It generated a presence which filled the physical body and made Su Ming feel familiarity towards it.
Su Ming laughed brokenly. With his intelligence, there was no way he would not understand what was going on, but the answer was too brutal, so brutal that even Su Ming could not bear it. At that moment… an exhaustion so great that he could not describe it with words filled his heart. He felt like his heart had already died.
His life had tired him out, but that was not all. All the falsehoods had pushed his exhaustion to its peak a long time ago. If it was not because of his hope for his mother, Su Xuan Yi, whom he did not acknowledge but who still remained in his heart, and having to retrieve his physical body, he… would have long ago closed his eyes and went to sleep.
At that instant though, the subversion of his knowledge, the crushing of his dreams, and all of the falsehoods caused Su Ming to feel as if he had begun crying in his anguish. He was weeping despite not having a physical body. It was his Nascent Divinity and soul crying.
The sadness hidden in his soul came from all the pressure he'd suffered in the course of his life. At that moment, Su Ming felt like the most miserable person in the universe, because it felt like there was no longer a hint of truth in his life.
Deep confusion, anguish, and sorrow turned into self-deprecation. As he ridiculed himself and laughed at his choices, he felt his life fading away while depression welled inside him. The flames of his life became increasingly dimmer.
For the first time in his life, he chose to run away… He chose to close his eyes… and acknowledge his destiny.
He accepted it. If all of it was fake, then he would accept it. Once he did so, he could afford not to be so tired. He could put an end to his laughable life.
Su Ming… acknowledged his destiny.
Even if he had extraordinary power, even if he had incredible willpower, and even if he had experienced many things that normal people would not survive through, he was still alone. In the end, he was a normal person, a person who could get sad and hurt.
"Damn it! Su Ming, do you actually want to die?! Are you going to accept dying here so willingly?! Are you going to give up on Yu Xuan and even stop searching for your senior brothers just like that?! Are you going to accept all of it so willingly??!!"
There was an unprecedented anxiety and grief in the bald crane's voice. It had traveled with Su Ming all along the way and had conquered all sorts of trials and hardships by his side, even living through numerous dangers with him. Because of that, it could clearly sense Su Ming's intent to die.
He was not someone walking towards death due to injury, but because of the death of the soul. There was a thick aura of death spreading out from a person's entire body when he no longer had any desire towards life.
His intent to die terrified the bald crane. It almost made it remember the person who had been incredibly important to it in its earlier life. In the end, her wish for death had filled her whole body, and the bald crane could only watch helplessly as she gradually lost consciousness, then slowly… turned into a statue.
Like that, she ended her life, removed all signs of her life in the world, and extinguished… the brand of her life.
"Su Ming, is this worth it?! Is it worth it?! If you want to die, then you should go fight till you die against your enemies, and I would die along with you in battle!
"But how do you dare to give up on your life and everything else in this place?! Have you forgotten about Yu Xuan?!"
Su Ming's gradually fading life seemed to throb a little at that instant.
"Without you, who will protect Yu Xuan?! Don't you know that the damned Su Xuan Yi will continue using Yu Xuan?! Is that fine with you?! If you're no longer around, what is she supposed to do?! I'm absolutely positive that she will die as well to be with you!!"
Su Ming's heart started throbbing again.
"What about your third senior brother?! Have you forgotten about him?? If Hu Zi learned that you died, how sad would he be?! He'd go mad and overturn the world so that he could create a dream in which you existed!
"Because you're his junior brother!!
"What about your second senior brother?! Have you forgotten about him?? Darn it all, Su Ming, if you died, then what would happen to your second senior brother?! He'd go mad! He'd be sad, and it'd be the worst pain he'd have to suffer in his life!!
"Because you're his junior brother!!
"What about your eldest senior brother?! Have you forgotten about him?? He no longer has a head, so do you want him to lose his heart as well?!
"Su Ming, you damned fool! Don't you want to know all the answers about this place?! Don't you want to search for the person who has been manipulating your life?! You can't die here, you coward, you bastard! You coward, you're giving up on them, and you're giving up on me! Y-Y-You… If you really want to die, then I will die with you!!" the bald crane screamed.
There was deep sadness in its eyes, and its words continuously traveled into Su Ming's heart. Because of them, his heart began beating more vigorously.
And it continued… until the intent to die affecting his life was replaced by a great wave of madness and a will that hated the heavens, the earth, and everything in the universe!
"That's right, that's exactly it! You have to learn the truth about everything! You have to kill until everything in the universe is dyed red! Kill until you become the Paragon of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos! Kill until you bring forth a madness that will cause Saint Defier and Dark Dawn to fear you and retreat!!
"Su Ming, you… cannot die!!"
Su Ming's Nascent Divinity descended into pure madness at that moment. His divine sense roared as if there was a huge wave surging in him. His desire to die was replaced by madness. He had previously closed his eyes, but a will like that of rebirth made him swiftly open them
His soul also seemed to have been reborn at that moment. It seemed to have woken up… like it had gone through a metamorphosis while passing through hell!!
The waves of intense pain in Su Ming's soul caused his madness to become even stronger. He no longer cared about the pain of his soul being torn apart. Since he had opened his eyes, he would proceed to rise to power despite all the pain.
Su Ming saw his soul shattering from the intense pain. When it did so, a scene that had been hidden inside it and was something that he was not supposed to see in his life rose before Su Ming's eyes.
He saw a chaotic galaxy in which countless people were fighting against each in a corpse-filled battlefield. Hundreds of people exuding the presence of those in Life Realm and some even with the presence of Death Realm were attacking a middle-aged man with black hair.
He held a baby in one arm while in his other was a long blade. There were hundreds of corpses around him, and each of one was a formerly powerful warriors above Life Realm. In fact, some of them even belonged to those in Death Realm!
There was an awe-inspiring, righteous air about the middle-aged man, along with a will that screamed that he would not submit even if the entire universe collapsed. As he killed, he threw his head back and laughed, long and hard. There were numerous wounds on his body. His cultivation base was rapidly growing weaker, but his presence was filled with fevered fighting spirit!
Chapter 1136: The Gap in Arid Triad!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The middle-aged man's fighting spirit shocked the powerful warriors around him, and without even knowing it, they began feeling respect.
"Ming Er, you could have had a good life, because I am your father. I am only an ordinary Abyss Builder, but my existence is one even the royal family has to respect! If this hadn't happened, you would have been brought up and taught by me, eventually surpassing me and even the royal children. You were to be my son, Su Zhan's son, whom even the Abyss Builders' Progenitor has to regard with great importance!!
"But now you will have a bad life, because you are my son, because you will die with me in this battle. Are you afraid?!"
The middle-aged man threw his head back and laughed. He swung the long blade in his hand, and an indescribable, domineering power erupted from it with a bang. It beheaded an Almighty in Life Realm and destroyed his Nascent Divinity. The man's blood gushed outwards and landed on the baby's face.
The baby extended his tongue, and as if he was sucking on milk, he drank the blood. He even giggled happily.
"Now that's my son. As expected of the son I've sired after sneaking into Dark Dawn and seizing your mother, who belongs to the sacred bloodline of the Essences in Dark Dawn. It doesn't matter whether she was willing or not, in the end, she gave birth to you!
"But you… truly do not have a good life…" The middle-aged man lowered his head and stared at the baby in his arms. There was kindness in his domineering gaze as well as sadness.
Booming sounds reverberated in space, and the slaughter continued. Su Ming simply watched everything before his eyes while staring at the tall and built middle-aged man. He… was not Su Xuan Yi, but a stranger who had never appeared before in Su Ming's memories.
However, this stranger gave him a feeling that made his soul tremble. It gave him… a feeling that he was that baby who was giggling while licking his enemy's blood.
Booming sounds reverberated in the air once more. The scene continued until Su Ming saw everything turn into dazzling fireworks in the galaxy. They were lit by a single life releasing everything within it and drowning everyone out…
Even the man and the baby in his arms turned into nothingness in the dazzling fireworks. There were only a few words which still echoed quietly in the galaxy.
"Ming Er, if we can be born again, then I'd like to still be your father. If we are born again, I will teach you the paths of cultivation. I will… bring you along while I travel through the universe. I will… love you with my whole being, because you are my son. Even if I die, you must remember, your father's name is Su Zhan!
"As for that convenient mother of yours… Perhaps she'll shed tears when she knows I died, but perhaps she won't… No matter what, I, Su Zhan, have no guilt towards the heavens, the earth, my people, and my best friend!"
The scene ended, and a tear tore Su Ming's soul apart. Intense pain shot through his body and mind, but he no longer cared about it, because he saw another memory which had clearly been sealed. It also had the same galaxy filled with corpses. After an unknown number of years had passed, a person walked into it…
He was Su Xuan Yi!
He moved quietly forward in the galaxy filled with death. He stood there for a long, long time, and sadness appeared in his eyes. The moment he was about to turn around and leave, he let out a gasp of surprise. When he raised his hand, he seized a weak soul from the galaxy.
It was a baby's soul, protected by his father when he died. Due to the mysterious qualities of his mother's race, he'd remained a broken soul still struggling to survive in the barren battlefield!
Su Ming saw Su Xuan Yi stare at that soul for a long, long time before he mumbled, "Su Zhan, you lured away our pursuers so that I could leave smoothly with my wife… You knew that I would one day come to this place, which is why you self-destructed and protected your child. Then, from now onwards, this child will be my son."
Su Xuan Yi's voice was soft. When he turned around, he left the galaxy with all the corpses belonging to his enemies, his allies from the Fifth True World as well as… a drop of blood which was pressed at the center of the baby's brows.
"Your father sacrificed himself to protect his race. You… will sacrifice yourself to do what your father did not manage to complete. You will make our race rise to power. Are you willing to do so?"
Su Xuan stared at the fragile soul in his hand while speaking softly. However, there was a hint of a cold madness in his words. The baby's soul seemed to sense something horrifying, and it trembled while looking on the verge of dissipating.
"You will be."
Su Xuan Yi brought his right hand up, and with a hint of cruelty, he yanked the blood from the baby's soul. He then turned around and left into the distance.
When another scene appeared, Su Ming saw a beautiful and gentle woman. She stared at him blankly with pain on her face.
"I won't agree to this. Su Zhan died in battle for our sakes. We can't—"
An aloof voice cut off the woman's words."This is my choice. Su Zhan died for our race, and he died a worthy death!"
"He did not die for our people. He died so that we could leave. With his cultivation base, he could have taken his son and fled without any problems. We can't do this to his son. He was Su Zhan's son, but from now on, he will be my son!"
"If we don't do this, then our own son will die! If we compare my blood to Su Zhan's, then it is already considered a great honor for this broken soul to have the right to help us! If Su Zhan was still alive, he would definitely agree to this as well!"
"You're mad, Su Xuan Yi! You're mad!"
The scene disappeared, and when another appeared, the baby was held in the woman's arms while they drifted in the vast galaxy. The woman's aura was weak, and she was already on the brink of death. Tears fell from her eyes when she looked at the baby..
"I'm sorry… I'm sorry… If there comes a day when you learn the truth behind everything, you can blame me, but please, spare my son. I'm truly… sorry…
"Our entire family has wronged your father, and even more so, we have wronged you… Su Ming, my son…"
The scenes ended in Su Ming's mind at that point. His soul no longer ached in pain, and there was no longer any confusion in his mind. Madness made the pain irrelevant, and his previous confusion was meaningless.
He only smiled. It was an expression filled with madness that longed to destroy everything. His smile was no longer one of self-deprecation, but an aloof one which would terrify anyone who saw it.
Laughter echoed in his Nascent Divinity at that moment.
It was filled with a forlorn tone as well as hate that surged into the heavens!
"Sorry, huh?"
Su Ming moved his divine sense and swept up the bald crane. By the time Di Tian succeeded in refining the physical body created by one billion corpses, Su Ming's divine sense had left and returned to the white ring and back to the black-robed old man's body.
Moments later, all the veins in the physical body started shining with a dazzling light. When it opened its eyes, a brilliant light shone in them—it had already come into Di Tian's possession.
Happiness and excitement appeared on Di Tian's face. He slowly sat up, and when he threw his head back to laugh, the black-robed old man and Xing Ji Dao smiled faintly.
Bai Feng, too, saw this scene beyond the pillar of light, and eager anticipation appeared in her eyes.
Yet at that moment, a brilliant light spread out from the white ring. When it shone, a strong sense of danger rose in Xing Ji Dao and the black-robed old man��s hearts.
Di Tian's laughter came to an abrupt halt. He swiftly lowered his head to look at his body, and disbelief as well as shock showed up in his eyes. Countless faces appeared on his body in a manner as if his body was melting. The faces were packed densely together, making it impossible to calculate just how many of them were in total.
A presence powerful enough to destroy an entire True World erupted from his body, and it was so strong that Di Tian's expression changed drastically, and Xing Ji Dao's pupils shrank.
"Something's wrong with this corpse. This-this is—"
"This is the Forbidden Art of Dark Dawn's Dark Chamber, One Billion Corpse Soul Seal!" the black-robed old man shouted loudly. His expression twisted, and disbelief as well as shock appeared in his eyes. His voice had even started quivering at that instant.
"THIS IS THE ONE BILLION CORPSE SOUL SEAL!!!"
When the black-robed old man instinctively repeated himself, he started screaming shrilly, then swiftly rushed away. Shock was on his face along with fear that had never been seen on him before.
Xing Ji Dao shuddered violently and let out a roar filled with despair, then moved to leave the pillar of light as well.
Yet during that moment, while the destructive power spread out, the physical body Di Tian had just mastered let out a loud bang which shook the entire True Morning Dao World.
At the instant this loud bang shot out, Di Tian let out a shrill scream of pain. He wanted to leave the body regardless of the cost, but he found that it was impossible. As he screamed, an indescribable hate seeped into his voice!
"SU XUAN YI!!!"
It was Di Tian's last cry in his life, the final words belonging to the most formidable man of his generation, the Sublime Paragon whose level of cultivation had shocked the world and who had fought against Su Xuan Yi for tens of thousands of years.
His voice was instantly drowned out by the booming sounds. Amid them, the body he had just gained control of exploded. The explosion from one billion bodies and the collapse of Dark Dawn's Forbidden Art brought forth a power that surpassed even what Sublime Paragons could use. In fact… no one could say whether it possessed a power close to those in Avacaniya Realm or whether it had surpassed even that. No one knew the full power of the first stage of Su Xuan Yi's plan, which he had prepared for countless years!
It was an explosion which could destroy an entire True World, a madness triggered by Di Tian, who had personally refined it with the help of Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos. Its collapse could destroy all the lives in True Morning Dao World and even the planets and the entire galaxy. After it, there would no longer be any True Morning Dao World among the four Great True Worlds. From then on, there would only be three Great True Worlds!
And that power which could destroy an entire True World was gathered within the pillar of light, which it was about to tear apart. At that moment, the pillar became the one and only gap leading from within Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos to the universe beyond, and it was something which had never appeared before in this Expanse Cosmos.
The appearance of this gap could allow a large number of cultivators from Saint Defier to descend. Their levels of cultivation would not be limited, and neither would they need to rebuild their bodies. In fact, besides those in Avacaniya Realm, no one else would be affected no matter how strong they were. All of them could descend with their complete power in large numbers.
The gates to hell had been opened. This… was Su Xuan Yi's plan, because once such a gap showed up, Dark Dawn, who had their previous Relocation path destroyed by Su Xuan Yi using Su Ming's hand and who had been preparing a new Relocation path, would be forced to give up on all their preparations… They would have to attack Saint Defier at full force so that they could seize the gap in the shortest amount of time possible.
After all, they could not allow Saint Defier to enjoy the benefits by itself. If one camp completely occupied Arid Triad, they would be able to destroy all existences within the other camp.
The first stage of Su Xuan Yi's plan was to ignite the war between Dark Dawn and Saint Defier so it would reach its peak in an instant and become more frenzied than ever before in their history.
Chapter 1137: Possession!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
This was directed outwards…
And the attack directed inwards…
At the instant Su Ming's divine sense returned to the black-robed old man who was about to rush out of the pillar with fear and disbelief, Su Ming sensed great danger.
It did not come from the physical body which he had believed belonged to him, but… from his Nascent Divinity's right hand!
Su Ming's right hand, the one which could allow him to release power surpassing his level of cultivation, gave off ripples which could endanger his life. It did not choose to self-destruct like his physical body, but instead… it had started melting, turning into an energy source that nourished… the Seed of Life Extermination!
This might not cause direct harm to Su Ming, but it could change the Seed of Life Extermination's parasitic relationship with his soul. From mere absorption, it could turn into an incomparably violent and blatant pilferage.
This would not last long. When the Seed of Life Extermination was close to ripening, it would use a short period of madness to instantly complete the entire process.
"Su Xuan Yi… what a man you are. I don't know whether you have any follow ups to your plan, but by the looks of it, this is still part of it. To the world outside, you showed the souls of one billion corpses exploding to destroy the pillar and overturn Saint Defier as well as Dark Dawn, while underneath this plan… you hide the fact that you're using my soul to nourish the Seed of Life Extermination. Only half of it has formed because I am not your son. I am only nourishment to restore your real son!
"If I hadn't seen the sealed memories, then perhaps even at my last moment I would have not known the reason for my death…"
Su Ming fell silent. He understood everything now. His fake physical body was an item used by Su Xuan Yi to further his goals, and his soul was clearly the same. It was an object entangled in the man's numerous schemes.
But Su Ming still remained silent. Even though he had come to understand everything, he wanted to know whether Su Xuan Yi intended… to utterly annihilate him in his plan.
Did he still have other tasks for Su Ming after using him this time, or was Su Xuan Yi going to cast him away after he lost his purpose once his soul was used to nourish the Seed of Life Extermination until it fully matured?
This question was incredibly important to Su Ming.
He wanted to know the answer.
And it was not hard to find that out. When Su Ming saw the right hand melt and the Seed of Life Extermination descend into a frenzied state before gradually burning his soul, he knew his answer. The seed seemed to be persecuting him, even burning his soul just so it could reach maturity.
His lips curled up into a smile while he shook his head. There was an air of a person being freed from all their shackles in that smile. Su Ming seemed to be bidding farewell to his past as well as finally growing up from a child he'd been for so long.
At that moment, Su Ming looked like he had truly grown up. All his emotions came to a single point that cut him off from his past. After all, he was supposed to die there, because of the Seed of Life Extermination buried in his soul as well as Su Xuan Yi's plan.
"From now on, the Su Ming you speak of has died… The person who will appear from now on in this world will be a new person, a ruthless and unfeeling person…" Su Ming mumbled.
The moment the destructive power erupted from the body he once believed was his, it disintegrated with a bang, and Su Ming… chose Possession.
He would Possess the black-robed old man, and he would be born anew when he Possessed his physical body.
"Su Xuan Yi, you've kept a broken soul like me alive up to this moment. Even though you've only done so to have my soul nourish the Seed of Life Extermination, this is still a kindness towards me.
"You let me grow from that weak, broken soul to this date. If you weren't around, I would have disintegrated a long time ago. I will never forget this kindness you've given to me.
"If you want to have my soul to make this half of the Seed of Life Extermination mature… why should I hesitate in giving it to you?!"
The moment Su Ming chose to Possess the black-robed old man, he let go of many things, just like a phoenix rising from the ashes.
Rumbling sounds rang out. They were so loud that they resounded at an unprecedented volume. That sound spread through the entire True Morning Dao World, and even went to the galaxy belonging to Saint Defier's camp through the gap where the pillar once was.
As the rumbles echoed in the galaxy, Di Tian's will was wiped off, and a destructive force which could collapse True Morning Dao World was brought forth. The destruction did not affect the area beyond the pillar of light, however. Instead, it charged straight into Saint Defier's galaxy through the gap.
The space in True Morning Dao World was torn apart by the destructive force, and a huge tear was formed. Countless screams of pain traveled down from the other side. Those screams were from the people controlling the Heaven Penetrating Pillar in Saint Defier's camp dying all at once.
The moment the power which could destroy a True World erupted, the pillar of light… shattered with a bang. Countless fragments fell back, cutting space. It tore apart the galaxy, but most of the power rose continuously into the gap, tearing it wider.
Xing Ji Dao, one of the Eight Paramount Daos of Saint Defier who had just descended and who was a powerful existence with a great level of cultivation as well as a high status in Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos, almost disintegrated once the destructive power erupted. Only his Nascent Divinity managed to escape. With a fearful expression, he charged forward through the destructive force. While enduring waves of terrifying damage, he had only one thought in his mind—Run!
Fortunately, he still had the white ring with him. The supreme treasure from Saint Defier was the only item which could fight against the destructive force.
With the greatest speed he could muster, Xing Ji Dao dashed into the white ring while swamped by fear. He watched the pillar of light beyond the ring shatter and the huge gap being created in the heavens high above the pillar. He knew that it led to Saint Defier's camp and heard countless shrill screams of pain. He trembled, and disbelief appeared in his eyes.
"They're mad, these people from Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos are all mad! This is a scheme, Dark Dawn's scheme!"
When this event in True Morning Dao World whose after effects could even be felt in the remaining three True Worlds, the black-robed old man let out a shrill scream of pain. As his body shuddered, madness appeared on his face. It was very clear, and it looked like he was fighting against something trying to Possess his body from within.
His robes had long ago been torn, revealing an old face and a thin body. He had countless injuries, and blood spilled out from him before it was reduced to nothingness.
However, all of this was insignificant compared to the fear he felt in his heart at that moment. It originally came from Di Tian's body self-destructing, but that had only lasted for an instant. His fear changed targets the instant he sensed someone Possessing him from within his body.
The strange power had appeared without a single sound, having hidden away from his senses. In fact, only when most of his body had been Possessed did the black-robed old man suddenly realize the unfamiliar presence. The shock and terror this discovery brought to him instantly reached the peak.
Yet even when the black-robed old man cast his gaze on the power Possessing him, he had no idea who the other was and why they would want to Possess him from within instead of the general trend of Possessing forcefully from the outside world.
The timing was also so impeccable that it was terrifying. It began when the black-robed old man fought back against the destruction of the world around him with all his strength, which meant he had no spare energy to watch within himself. At that moment, the power had appeared like a bolt of lightning and instantly began Possessing him.
The Light of Extreme Darkness shone brightly around him and moved with him towards the white ring. He approached it in no time. The moment he rushed in, the eyes hidden under the Light of Extreme Darkness were no longer filled with madness, but had turned into aloof and as cold as ice.
At that moment, the old man was no longer Zhang Ji Dao, one of Saint Defier's Eight Paramount Daos, but… the reborn Su Ming!
The speed of his Possession this time was unprecedented. After all, the current Su Ming was incredibly powerful. Besides, his soul had started burning due to the stimulation provided by the melting of his right hand. This sped up Su Ming's speed in Possession, and since he had hidden himself in the black-robed man's body at the start, his Possession had become even faster.
Besides, since Su Ming's timing had been impeccable, it meant that before the black-robed old man could even notice him, Su Ming had already Possessed most of his body. Because of it, Su Ming managed to complete the Possession in a few breaths. He had also devoured the black-robed man's soul in one fell swoop.
The power of his soul instantly fused with Su Ming's soul to serve as nourishment. Once the Seed of Life Extermination devoured Su Ming's soul, the black-robed man's soul would replenish it.
"Damn it, what's going on?! Zhang Ji Dao, what's the meaning of this!" Xing Ji Dao's Nascent Divinity trembled. When he saw Su Ming rush into the white ring, he immediately questioned him while lifting his head to look at the huge gap in space which had been formed when the pillar of light had shattered.
"This is Su Xuan Yi's plan," Su Ming answered in a raspy voice. While hidden under the Light of Extreme Darkness, he stared at Xing Ji Dao. His gaze was that of a hunter staring at a prey.
Waves of power from the World turned into whirlwinds that spilled out from the gap. They swept out in all directions, and since it was their first outburst in countless years, they instantly filled a small portion of True Morning Dao World.
No one knew how long the power of the World would continue rampaging in the galaxy, but once it weakened, Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos would descend en masse. Before that could happen though, Dark Dawn would definitely launch a heinous massacre beyond Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos to fight against Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos for the only gap which would allow them to descend into Arid Triad!
As the power of the World swept about the galaxy in a wild rampage beyond the white ring, invisible whirlwinds destroyed everything. Countless cultivators from the Immortal's Union died straight away. Their sects were also instantly reduced to nothing.
Bai Feng was the closest to the attack. By then, she had already coughed up an unknown amount of blood. Her face was pale, but there was a huge cocoon encasing her. It was crimson, like the egg of a fire phoenix, and it was one of the Ultimate Protection Arts in Phoenix Sect. It could be used only once in their lives, the Phoenix Art Cocoon!
At that instant, all those in the Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos who were capable of noticing what happened in True Morning Dao World were shocked. In truth though, even those who did not notice felt an abnormality in the galaxy, and all of their hearts trembled. A mighty pressure descended, traumatizing them.
Chapter 1138: Another Possession!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The whirlwinds formed by the power of the World swept outwards from the spot which was once the core of the territory belonging to the Immortals' Union. As it tumbled outwards, piercing whistles rushed out in all directions at an even faster speed.
The place was described as the spot formerly belonging to the Immortals' Union because it had now been reduced to complete ruin. Countless Immortals had died, numerous planets were shattered, and an innumerable number of sects were instantly destroyed. However, all of this had yet to reach the degree at which it would threaten to destroy an entire True World. After all, it was not the damage caused by the explosion brought by the One Billion Corpse Soul Seal wreaking havoc, but the power of the World between Saint Defier and Arid Triad spilling forward.
Even so, it was still a great disaster to True Morning Dao World. And there was an even greater disaster waiting for them—the huge gap in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, which had been created by the power of the One Billion Corpse Soul Seal which could destroy a True World.
The gap was like a newly cracked hole in a huge egg that was still some time away from hatching. The the power which was being formed to give birth to a dragon of the heavens had begun flowing outwards. At the same time, due to a large amount of aura from the worlds beyond surging in, signs of erosion appeared in the space around the gap.
There might have been only a few at the start, but more and more of them appeared without stop. Perhaps this process would need a certain amount of time, but in the end Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos would lose its right to become the third camp standing on equal ground with Saint Defier and Dark Dawn!
If Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos had life and could feel pain, it would be experiencing an indescribably intense pain while sensing its life flowing away.
Then, it would spread its pain to all the lives born in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.
The Predecessor of Dao Ocean tumbled about in Morning Dao Sect while letting out a pained cry. The countless planets in the galaxies which had yet to be affected by the whirlwinds formed by the power of the World in True Morning Dao World started trembling, and countless living beings within them howled in pain. They sensed their lives flowing out of their bodies. Intense pain came with it, and they felt like their bodies and even souls had lost a precious part of them.
All lives behaved in such a manner, including the cultivators. It did not matter whether they were cultivators from the Immortals' Union or disciples from Morning Dao Sect. All of them sensed the intense pain and felt their lives seeping out of their bodies. Right away, their hearts filled with indescribable terror.
It was as if the universe… had become different from before, like a crack had appeared in an invisible barrier which had protected them without their knowledge.
True Morning Dao World was not the only one affected. The same scene could be observed in within True Sacred Yin World as well. All the cultivators there felt like their spirits were about to be torn apart, and the tremors from all the planets made True Sacred Yin World fall into complete chaos for a period of time.
At the same time, all the powerful warriors in True Sacred Yin World, especially those who were in Fate Realm and above, as well as the Kalpa Lord along with the Sublime Paragon, sensed all what had happened.
There were five mountains floating in space in the galaxy. They shone in five different colors whose light was very piercing. At the centermost mountain was a middle-aged man. While standing quietly at the top, he raised his head to look at the endless universe. At the same time, a dreary expression appeared on his face, followed by a hint of shock.
"I can sense… a huge gap being torn open in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, right where True Morning Dao World is… The power protecting Arid Triad does not exist in that gap…"
"You can sense this because you are connected to True Morning Dao World. What you sense is what True Sacred Yin World understands," a faint voice said. The air distorted, and a child in red clothes walked out to stand beside the middle-aged man.
The child looked incredibly young, but there was an unimaginably ancient air to him. If anyone looked into his eyes, they would lose themselves.
"Lord Sublime Paragon." The middle-aged man cast the boy a glance, then wrapped his fist in his palm before bowing slightly to him.
"Many years ago, I sensed that the Sublime Paragon of True Morning Dao World had become incredibly weak. He disappeared the next second, hiding himself away.
"Just now, I sensed his presence again, but it only lasted for an instant before it disappeared once more. At the same time, I sensed… a destructive power that not even I would dare touch coming from True Morning Dao World.
"It could easily destroy Sublime Paragons like me, and it could even destroy a True World!" The boy stared in the direction of True Morning Dao World while speaking calmly.
His words immediately caused the middle-aged man's expression to change.
"This destructive power that terrifies even me did not shatter True Morning Dao World, but instead opened a gap to Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos…"
A complicated expression appeared on the boy's face. In fact, even with his level of cultivation, he could not suppress the great anxiety which had appeared on his face at that moment.
"Send the order to all in True Sacred Yin World to prepare for war and bring forth all their strongest equipment. Have the cultivators in all True Worlds… prepare for a great war the kind of which we have never experienced before!
"War is about to start, and it will be of an intensity we have never seen before. Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos will fight against those from beyond! Be prepared to die in this battle. Even I will most likely die in this war, so it is even more like for other cultivators. Be prepared… for True Sacred Yin World to be completely destroyed.
"War…" the boy said softly.
The middle-aged man beside him had already started breathing rapidly. His pupils shrank, and if it was not because of his respect for the boy and knowledge of the other's status, he would have not believed anything he just said.
Yet those were the words of True Sacred Yin World's Sublime Paragon. And he even said that he would probably die himself too. This caused the middle-aged man, the Kalpa Lord of True Sacred Yin World, to feel an indescribable terror.
The same scene could be seen in the Emperor of Abyss' True World. The planets trembled and the cultivators sensed fear and intense pain; however, the person with the greatest influence besides the Sublime Paragon of the Emperor of Abyss' True World, the Emperor of Abyss, was incredibly quiet.
In a world existing in an unknown region within the Emperor of Abyss' True World was a lavish palace which towered into the skies. It had a window, and standing beside it was a person.
He had his hands behind his back as he stared outside. Sunlight scattered all over the place, making it impossible to see his face.
He stood beside the window quietly and watched the universe roar. The cultivators within the True World were panicking… but there seemed to be a hint of a smile on the man's face.
"Lord Sublime Paragon is about to return. The second stage is about to start," the man murmured in a barely discernible volume. His words were faint, disappearing into the sunlight beyond the window.
True Spirit Hell World, the Fourth True World, was the most mysterious of the four True Worlds, and its name was known only by a select few who were worthy. The instant the gap connecting to Saint Defier's camp was torn in True Morning Dao World, countless shrill screams reverberated in the Fourth True World.
The came from all regions. Once they joined into one loud roar, the whole world shook..
The screams came from pain as well as a sort of madness…
However, there were cultivators within each region of the Fourth True World who did not make a single sound. Their faces were pale, but they remained aloof.
There were plenty of such cultivators in each region, and they all wore uniform clothes. Once the roars reverberated through the True World, they immediately started trembling, and a grim expression they had never showed before appeared on their faces.
"There is a gap in Arid Triad. Release me! Release me now! I'm willing to fight for Arid Triad!"
"Haha, a gap appeared in Arid Triad! I can sense Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos' pain. All of you will die. All of you will die…"
"This is the presence of the power of the World. There's also the presence of those damned cultivators from the worlds beyond. All of you of the damned later generation shall die a million times for your crimes. Look at the Expanse Cosmos we gave you because we felt at ease handing it to you. Open the Spirit Hell and let us out!"
Various roars reverberated in space, and there was an incredibly mighty power contained in each voice. They were so terrifying that most of the cultivators protecting the True World coughed up blood as their hearts trembled.
"Seniors, please calm down. Without the orders from at least two Sublime Paragons from the other three True Worlds' Sublime Paragons and Kalpa Lords, it is impossible for us to open the Spirit Hell and let you out.
"Even if a disaster which Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos cannot withstand has appeared, it has nothing to do with Spirit Hell. Seniors, please be quiet," an old, aloof voice said. It could be heard in all of the Fourth True World, but his only response were even stronger roars than before.
However, no matter how much the prisoners shouted, the cultivators protecting the place did not say a single word. Even the ancient voice from before did not say anything.
In the meantime, the whirlwind formed by the power of the World continued sweeping outwards through True Morning Dao World. The spot where the pillar of light connecting to the heavens once existed was the spot where the whirlwind had originated. Bai Feng's cocoon was being weakened by the wind formed by the power of the World. From the looks of it, it would only be able to last for dozen more breaths before shattering.
Not far from the cocoon was a white light. It came from the white ring, the supreme treasure from Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos. At that moment, the ring was slowly rising into the sky. Judging by the looks of it, it was about to stand up against the power of the World and force its way back into Saint Defier's camp through the gap.
"Zhang Ji Dao, we have to leave this accursed place as soon as possible. We have to tell the three Lord Saint Defiers that Dark Dawn has prepared such a treachery in this accursed place.
"You have to help me. We… absolutely can't stay here. Before long, numerous cultivators from Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos will be led here. The both of us must not let Lord Saint Defier's supreme treasure be snatched away!" Xing Ji Dao roared in the white ring. Even the eyes of his Nascent Divinity were bloodshot as he used his full power to control the white ring.
The eyes of the black-robed old man, who had been Possessed by Su Ming, flashed briefly. He nodded and raised his arms to send his cultivation base to fuse with the white ring.
It immediately lightened Xing Ji Dao's burden, but the instant he relaxed his guard, he sensed great danger, and his expression changed drastically.
"Zhang Ji Dao… what… what are you doing?!"
Chapter 1139: Morning Dao Sect's Disaster!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Su Ming was skilled in reading the changes in his opponents' thoughts and taking control of the weaknesses that came from their emotions. This was something which had already showed itself when he was hunting in Dark Mountain.
Since then, a thousand years had passed, and he had become even more proficient at it. His experiences had made his intelligence grow incredibly quickly. When Xing Ji Dao was shocked by the things happening around him and wanted to leave Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos as quickly as possible, why Su Ming used this to his benefit. He first offered help and activated the white ring so that his enemy would relax his guard.
At the instant that happened, Su Ming sent out his Nascent Divinity and soul without any hesitation. He attacked so fast that Xing Ji Dao did not have time to fend against him. If this had happened at any other time, he definitely would not have been in such a state. However, his heart was shaken by the things around him, like the completion of Su Xuan Yi's crazy plan. He was also fully invested in escaping, which was why he showed a weakness that he would never show under normal circumstances.
"You're not Zhang Ji Dao!!" Xing Ji Dao growled.
His physical body had been damaged, but the great cultivation base within his soul kept him strong. There was a reason behind why Su Ming could Possess the black-robed old man in just a few breaths, but when it came to Xing Ji Dao, it was not so easy.
However, Su Ming still chose to Possess him. If being accurate, however, it was not Possession just for the sake of itself. He was pushed by the Seed of Life Extermination devouring him.
The instant Su Ming's soul rushed into Xing Ji Dao's Nascent Divinity and the man's roar reverberated in space, he lost control of the white ring. The whirlwind of the power of the World immediately started sweeping towards them.
When Su Ming made his choice, waves of power of the World surged in. They might not be able to destroy a supreme treasure like the white ring, it could destroy Xing Ji Dao and Su Ming who were within it.
"It doesn't matter who you are, but without us controlling the supreme treasure, we will both die! Damn it, are you mad?!" The moment Xing Ji Dao's terrified voice rang out, it was completely drowned out by the loud rumbles caused by the power of the World surging inside.
When the white ring was dragged into the tornado, loud whistles reverberated in space. No one knew that there was a crazed Possession and devouring going on there at that moment.
Su Ming was no longer his past self. At that moment, he was like someone who had risen from the ashes. He was going to pursue his new life, and this life would require him to get rid of the Seed of Life Extermination. Only by doing so would he cut off the final connection between him and Su Xuan Yi.
The moment he did so, he would also make Su Xuan Yi think that his body and soul had been destroyed, and that he had turned into nutrients to make the Seed of Life Extermination grow.
To do this, Su Ming needed to Possess Almighties like Xing Ji Dao and devour their souls to replenish the life force absorbed by the Seed of Life Extermination.
That was why even though it was incredibly difficult and there were great dangers in attempting it he had to do it. If he did not, he would not be able to separate himself from the Seed of Life Extermination and run away from the destiny of his body and soul being destroyed. Because of it, there was really no other option for Su Ming.
He had to devour them, and he had to succeed. This was the only thought in Su Ming's mind the moment he rushed into Xing Ji Dao's body.
The whirlwind of the power of the World roared and enveloped everything in the area. The white cocoon not too far away was being weakened layer by layer while a woman inside it was hugging herself. As she shivered, helplessness and despair appeared on her face.
Everything around her was in ruins. There was nothing else beside the whirlwind. The entire True Morning Dao World had been reduced to a wreckage.
Fear was on the faces of all cultivators in Morning Dao Sect. All the Relocation Runes connected to Morning Dao Sect were destroyed completely by the whirlwind, separating this True World from the world outside. No one could venture out, and no outsider could get in.
The violent whirlwind rushed around the area beyond Morning Dao Sect. All the cultivators who tried to leave with any method they could think of had their flesh and blood torn off as they screamed shrilly in pain. Once they became a bloody mess, even their Nascent Divinities and souls were forcefully torn apart, and their forms were destroyed.
This scene was the result of Sect Masters of Morning Dao Sect choice to send some of their disciples outwards. The moment they saw it, their expressions grew dark.
Right then, there were only a few cultivators left in Morning Dao Sect. There were only about a few million of them. After all, most of the cultivators of Morning Dao Sect were in the world outside, and there were definitely very few who could survive the rampaging whirlwind. Because of it, the whirlwind's actions were the equivalent… to giving a hard blow to Morning Dao Sect's soul.
However, as long as they could survive it, then with their foundation, they would definitely be able to recover.
But the prerequisite to this was that they did not suffer an even greater disaster, or else… there would be a great possibility that after existing for countless years, Morning Dao Sect would disappear in the river of history within Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos, just like Ancient Wei.
Yet… to Morning Dao Sect, this sort of hope was only that, hope. In fact, it did not even last for long before it shattered when a shocking bang came from Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds.
The chamber serving as Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds was falling apart layer by layer in the mid of the rumbling sounds. In just a dozen breaths, it crumbled to pieces with a bang. When the dimension shattered, a heinous, murderous aura which seemed to have been oppressed for tens of thousands of years rose was swiftly released.
Along with that murderous aura came a figure with long hair and black robes. It walked out slowly from the destroyed isolation grounds. Its appearance immediately caused the sky in the world to turn black and countless cracks to appear on the ground as it trembled.
"Sublime Paragon, you had your physical body explode so it would turn it into a seal that would put my body in complete lockdown! Dao Chen, you used the Great Soul Reversal Art to have your will fuse with this place so that I could not walk out of this chamber.
"But now…" The black figure threw his head back and laughed menacingly. There was madness in that laughter, along with thirst for blood and a craziness that spoke of willingness to destroy the universe to achieve his goals.
"But now, Lord Sublime Paragon, your body and soul were destroyed. When you personally entered the physical body I prepared for you, your soul naturally disappeared!
"Dao Chen… you might have been able to fuse your will into the dimension and turn it into a seal serving as a chamber, but you didn't expect that once the whirlwind fused with the power of the World, it could reduce your seal to its weakest state, allowing me, who had fully recovered, to be able to easily break it!"
The black-clad figure with the heinous murderous aura was naturally… Su Xuan Yi!
"I swore an oath in the past that if I should ever be able to walk out of this seal, I would definitely bring about a bloodbath in Morning Dao Sect to exact revenge for what you've done in the past!"
A bloodthirsty smirk appeared on Su Xuan Yi's lips. Behind him was Sang standing silently. He stared into the distance, but no one knew what he was thinking. However, it was obvious that… Morning Dao Sect had reached its end.
When Su Xuan Yi's laughter spread out, he immediately left the world. Booming sounds that surged into the sky reverberated in the air, and the world immediately shattered to pieces.
At the same time, a loud, deafening bang which shook the hearts of all the cultivators within Morning Dao Sect rang out in the nine floating continents within the first plane of Morning Dao Sect. At the instant it echoed, everyone saw a scene they would never be able to forget in their lives. In fact, it could even be said that it was the final, most dazzling thing they saw.
One of the nine continents suddenly shattered amid the loud bang, and all the lives on it, all the mountains, rivers, and buildings instantly collapsed.
A long-haired, middle-aged man dressed in black stood at the spot where the shattered continent had once been. His head was lowered to stare at the ground. There was an bottomless, profound look in his eyes, like flames were burning madly in it.
"I once said that this World shall be built for Abyss." His voice was not loud, but the instant it traveled outwards, it caused the air to tremble, the heavens to shudder, all the continents in the place to rumble, and the hearts of all the cultivators to quiver while indescribable terror rose within them.
With a smile on his face, Su Xuan Yi took a step forward and swung his right arm. Booming sounds rose in the air, and another continent shattered.
"It has been many years since then, and I have waited long for this day." Su Xuan Yi moved, and three consecutive bangs shook the sky. In no time, only four of the nine continents remained!
"Who are you?!" Roars filled with shock and anger came from the distance. At the same time, dozens of long arcs charged forth with loud whistles. Needless to say, the people in the lead were Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing.
They fixed their stares on Su Xuan Yi. This person appeared unfamiliar, but there was also a hint of familiarity about him. However, they simply could not remember who he was.
"Who am I?" A hint of derision appeared at the corners of Su Xuan Yi's lips. He suddenly threw his head back and laughed before he lifted his right hand. He did not even move his body, only choosing to point at Sect Master Ri, who had been the one to speak among the three.
"This person's flesh and blood shalt be used as an offering for mine people, and his soul shalt become mine vessel.���
The pupils of Sect Master Ri, who had the power of those in Death Realm, immediately shrank. At the same time, a shrill scream of pain tumbled out from his mouth. His body instantly withered.
The moment he looked like he was about to die, he raised his right hand and struck the center of his brows. With a bang, his physical body was destroyed, but his Nascent Divinity succeeded in fleeing.
"A Sublime Paragon's power! He has the power of a Sublime Paragon!!" At the instant his shrill shrieks reverberated in the air, Sect Master Ri's Nascent Divinity shuddered, and under all the people's disbelieving gazes… he turned into a crimson wooden sword in the blink of an eye.
The wooden sword hummed, and in a flash, it charged to Su Xuan Yi. It was a telling sign that it was now an Enchanted Treasure. If anyone observed the wooden sword closely, they would find that its presence was identical to that of the wooden sword he had wanted to give to Su Ming!
"Art of Serendipity… This is… the power of a Sublime Paragon!"
The expressions of Sect Masters Ri and Yue instantly changed while Sect Masters behind them went stark pale.
"You're a Sublime Paragon!!" Sect Master Yue's voice was filled with disbelief.
"Sublime Paragon? Look closely and see for yourselves who I am!!"
Su Xuan Yi swung his arm, and his face immediately changed. His presence also became that of Dao Chen!
Chapter 1140: Dust
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The instant a presence with which all the Sect Masters of Morning Dao Sect were familiar with erupted, they recognized… that it belonged to their Progenitor, Dao Chen!
"Impossible. Impossible…" Sect Master Yue shuddered. Disbelief appeared in his eyes, followed by great sadness.
"Su Xuan Yi! You're Su Xuan Y!!" Sect Master Xing's cried out as his breathing quickened. In his voice was indescribable fear and despair.
"I remember you. You were not yet a Sect Master in the past." Su Xuan Yi smiled faintly. While staring at Sect Master Xing, he raised his right hand and pointed at him.
The world darkened. Shrill screams of pain caused all those who heard them to feel their hearts tremble. When the world brightened, Sect Master Xing was no longer around. The Almighty in Death Realm had already turned into a red wooden sword that floated around Su Xuan Yi.
"Run! All disciples of Morning Dao Sect, Morning Dao Sect is no longer! With everything that you have, RUN!!!"
As the only Sect Master remaining, Sect Master Yue laughed brokenly with madness in his voice. His words were filled with grief, and he rushed towards Su Xuan Yi the next moment. This Sect Master in Death Realm had chosen to die a heroic death.
"I was born in Morning Dao Sect, and I will die in Morning Dao Sect! This is my home, and even if I die, I will die defending my home!
"Morning Dao Sect, if I am ever born again and you are still around, I still want to be a part of you!"
As he roared, he went aflame. His physical body burned, his Nascent Divinity burned, and even his soul started to burn. A destructive power born from self-destruction was swiftly released by the rampaging power within him.
Madness appeared on the faces of people behind him. Some might have chosen to retreat, but the majority chose to self-destruct.
If they could not live with Morning Dao Sect, then they would die with Morning Dao Sect!
The explosion from dozens of Sect Masters was a madness that could shake the heavens and earth, but it was… destined to be unable to erupt. If Su Ming could control time and make it go in reverse, then it was even more so for Su Xuan Yi!
He only lifted his right hand and swung it forward, and the whole universe's time flowed in reverse. The explosions were extinguished. The next moment, everyone… turned into red wooden swords.
"From today onwards, Morning Dao Sect will no longer exist," Su Xuan Yi said faintly, then raised both his arms to swing them forward. Immediately, the dozens of red wooden swords around him whistled and charged in all directions. Wherever they went, continents would crumble, and cultivators would be sliced apart and die wretched deaths.
Even more strange was the fact that every single time the dozens of wooden swords killed a person, a new one would appear in place of the person who had died.
Because of it, as the wooden swords swept sideways, their number gradually increased. If anyone was to use their divine sense to check them at that moment, they would be able to tell that a soul of a member of Morning Dao Sect could be found in each of the wooden swords. They were in endless pain, and they could only watch helplessly as the wooden swords formed from their bodies killed their fellow sect members, friends, lifelong partners, and even the love of their lives.
And the cause of all this was Su Xuan Yi who stood in midair. With the expression of someone who enjoyed watching the deaths and slaughter around him, he stared at the destruction of the sect and listened to the pain-filled cries.
"Destroy all of your families and your sect. I will take back several times what you took from us when you descended on the Fifth True World all those years ago. This… is just the beginning."
A smile appeared on Su Xuan Yi's lips. Behind him, Sang watched everything quietly. Conflict and hesitation appeared in his eyes. Yet after a long while, he only sighed and lowered his head.
For a time being, the entire Morning Dao Sect was drenched in blood and encased in crazed slaughter. The continents shattered, and soon, all of them were reduced to pieces of rock that fell into Dao Ocean.
The ninety-nine continents in the second plane too, could not escape from the disaster. As more red wooden swords appeared until their numbers eventually reached a state where they could no longer be counted, the continents crumbled simultaneously.
It did not matter whether they were men, women, the elderly, or the young. Even the toddlers died forlorn deaths. It was a destruction of a sect, so all manner of living within it had to be killed.
Roars echoed in the air at that moment. Four long arcs shot out from Dao Ocean. Within them were the four Spirit Beasts of Morning Dao Sect: the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Turtle!
The four beasts had bloodshot eyes. At the instant they rushed out, they charged towards Su Xuan Yi. The fastest among them was the Vermilion Bird. It instantly closed in, but Su Xuan Yi only raised his hand and swung his arm in its direction before a sea of fire surrounded it. The Vermilion Bird was born of fire, but at that moment, it let out a shrill cry and was reduced to ashes.
Sword light shone. The incoming Azure Dragon was beheaded. Its Nascent Divinity was destroyed, and only its long body fell onto a destroyed continent with a bang.
Falling along with it was the White Tiger. Its body was not complete, for it had turned into countless threads of flesh and blood. Like blood rain pouring from the sky, it scattered all over the land.
As for the Black Turtle, its shell was destroyed. Su Xuan Yi dug out its bloody heart and squashed it into a core. Then he ate it.
"A Black Turtle's core still tastes pretty good," Su Xuan Yi said softly, as if he was enjoying the aftertaste. Nostalgia appeared in his eyes.
Booming sounds surged up into the heavens. Once the ninety-nine continents were destroyed, the 999 continents and 9,999 continents in the third and fourth planes were shattered along with all the innocent lives on them. All of them were robbed of their right to live.
Everything in Morning Dao Sect was destroyed, and the sky was reduced to a mere wreck. The ground was ruined. Blood dyed the fog in Dao Ocean, and a bloody stench filled all the parts of the sect.
"Only this Morning Dao Sect is pleasant to the eye."
Su Xuan Yi ended his recollection of the taste of the Black Turtle's core, then raised his right hand to strike the shattered sky. Immediately, rumbling sounds rang out once more from the highest spot of the sky. The tower of the Sect Masters was shattered along with a plate created from countless valuable materials. They had originally floated up in the sky, unseen by the naked eye.
Carved into the plate was Morning Dao Sect's name. At that moment, the plate which had been passed down through generations and which had existed since Morning Dao Sect was created cracked into many pieces.
A smile appeared on Su Xuan Yi's face. As he stared at the no longer existing Morning Dao Sect, he turned around and walked away. Sang followed quietly behind him. The two of them walked out of Morning Dao Sect and stepped into the rampaging whirlwind.
"It has ended. With just one more thing, everything will be perfect."
Su Xuan Yi stood in the whirlwind. The distortions of time could be seen around him, as if he could affect a certain part of the whirlwind surrounding him. The distortions made it disappear, returning that part of the galaxy to a point many years ago when the galaxy was in a state of peace.
"Su Ming, my son, where are you?"
Su Xuan Yi smiled faintly. When he was about to close his eyes and search for him, Sang finally lifted his head behind him and stared at Su Xuan Yi's back.
"You promised me," he said softly.