Chapter 40:The Heavens Tremble—The War Beyond Gods Begins
Chapter 40: The Heavens Tremble—The War Beyond Gods Begins
"You wish to erase me? Then let us see if your power is enough."
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The Absolute Command—Annihilation Itself
The Supreme Celestial Lord stood above all, his robes flowing like the threads of the universe itself.
His expression, once indifferent, now carried a rare emotion—severity.
"You were never meant to exist," he said, his voice layered with divine power. "You are a remnant of something that should have been buried beyond time itself."
He slowly raised his hand.
Reality collapsed at the motion.
The sky, the land, the stars—all vanished.
This was not an attack.
It was erasure.
Even the very concept of "existence" ceased to acknowledge Xiao Tian.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A power beyond laws, beyond fate, beyond the cycle of reincarnation descended upon him.
Even cultivators at the peak of immortality, watching from distant realms, felt their souls tremble.
Even the Forgotten Legion, warriors who had once ruled the battlefield, felt their spirits flicker.
This was not a battle technique.
This was judgment.
And yet—
Even as his golden aura flickered—Xiao Tian grinned.
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The Defiance of an Emperor
His body cracked, his very essence rejecting the Supreme Celestial Lord's command.
But instead of fear—
Instead of despair—
He laughed.
"Is that all?" His voice was steady, unshaken. "You rule over the heavens, yet you still believe in 'fate'?"
His golden eyes burned with an impossible light.
His very presence distorted the laws of reality.
The Supreme Celestial Lord's expression darkened.
"Impossible…"
Xiao Tian lifted his hand—
And shattered the Supreme Celestial Lord's absolute command.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!
The world reformed around him, golden energy exploding outward, sending ripples across the void.
The weight of divine law crumbled.
Time, once frozen, resumed.
And for the first time in eternity—
The Supreme Celestial Lord stepped back.
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The Awakening of Something Beyond Heaven
The battle should have ended there.
The Supreme Celestial Lord should have crushed him.
But something had changed.
Something had woken up.
Xiao Tian felt it—a pull from beyond the stars, beyond the heavens.
The vision of the abyss returned, flashing before his eyes.
A voice—deep, ancient, incomprehensible—whispered from the void.
"You… are not yet whole."
A shadow rippled in the distance, unseen by the Celestial Court.
A force older than the heavens themselves stirred.
The Supreme Celestial Lord noticed it too.
For the first time, his expression was not of anger.
But fear.
And Xiao Tian?
He clenched his fist, golden flames roaring around him.
"Then let's see what happens when I become whole."
The battle was no longer about defying the heavens.
It was about claiming something greater.
And the heavens?
They were terrified.