Chapter 823
Clash of Ultimate Paths, Refining Myriad Paths in the Cauldron
"Die!"
With a single step, the Lord of War Stars shrank the void of millions of miles beneath his feet. His figure merged with the divine spear, transforming into a dark red meteor that pierced through the concepts of time and space, carrying unparalleled supreme power capable of penetrating the crystal walls of the Great Thousand Worlds, and stabbed straight towards Su Chen's brow!
This attack sealed off all the law nodes around Su Chen. Before the spear even arrived, the extremely sharp and murderous aura of war had already caused the purple-gold divine soil beneath Su Chen's feet to collapse inch by inch.
"The Way of Slaughter? With your mixed resentment, you dare call yourself the ultimate path?"
Faced with this earth-shattering spear thrust, Su Chen stood rooted to the spot, his expression as cold as ice. He did not manifest a divine form thousands of feet tall, but instead, with the body of an ordinary person, slowly raised the [Origin Demon Blade] in his hand.
The primordial divine power within him surged wildly like a river bursting its banks, and dark golden divine runes spread from his arm to the blade.
"True battle is about discarding all complexity and returning to the purity of nothingness!"
A cold glint flashed in Su Chen's eyes, and the long sword in his hand drew an extremely simple, pitch-black blade of light from bottom to top, without any supernatural light or shadow embellishment.
【Original Daoist Techniques - Annihilation】!
Boom!!!
The blade and the spear tip collided violently in mid-air without any fancy moves!
In an instant, an extremely terrifying circular shockwave erupted from the two of them. This shockwave even surpassed the speed of light, instantly sweeping across the Primordial Divine Realm for hundreds of millions of miles, turning all the remaining palaces, mountains, and rivers along its path into dust.
"what?!"
The face of the War Star Lord, hidden beneath his divine armor, suddenly changed.
He felt that his all-out attack, imbued with the laws of war honed throughout his life, vanished without a trace upon touching Su Chen's seemingly ordinary blade, losing all momentum instantly. Moreover, an overwhelmingly domineering and all-consuming "Origin" power surged back up along his spear, attempting to shatter the very essence of war within him!
"This child's power... is actually devouring and assimilating my Great Dao?!"
The Star Lord of War was greatly alarmed. As a supreme being who had just entered the eighth realm, his Dao origin was incredibly solid, impervious to all laws. Yet, the cultivation technique of this youth from the lower realm was unheard of, capable of ignoring the suppression of higher-dimensional laws and directly plundering concepts!
"Old man, your strength is too soft!"
Su Chen sneered and suddenly exerted force with his right arm again.
"Crack!"
The supposedly indestructible Primordial War Spear actually developed a tiny crack at its tip. Immediately afterward, Su Chen spun his blade, unleashing an overwhelming and unstoppable surge of ethereal sword energy that sent the War Star Lord flying back tens of thousands of feet. With each step he took, he created a bottomless black hole in the void.
"This fiend is strange! His Dao origin is extremely pure and possesses a very strong aggressiveness. Zhan'e, you must not fight him one-on-one!"
High above, the **[True Lord of Law]**, who controlled order and logic, finally discerned the truth. His deep blue eyes gleamed with the light of deduction that illuminated all things.
"Everyone, let's hold back no longer. This child is the ultimate heretic capable of overturning the order of the outer realms. Join forces, form an array, and unleash the ultimate punishment!"
"it is good!"
With a command from True Monarch Fazhun, the other six high-dimensional giants no longer harbored any underestimation of their opponent. They simultaneously extended their hands, and seven streams of primordial power, representing the pinnacle of this multiverse, roared together in the sky above the Primordial Divine Realm!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
War, order, fate, death, space, time, and destiny!
Under the command of True Monarch Fazhun, the seven distinct high-dimensional Daos transformed into a perfectly closed absolute barrier, tightly enclosing the space within a million miles of Su Chen!
[High-Dimensional Forbidden Technique: Absolute Dimensional Seal]!
"Om——"
The moment the barrier took shape, the environment around Su Chen changed drastically.
The once dilapidated Primordial Divine Realm vanished, replaced by a bizarre space filled with iridescent light. Within this space, gravity, the flow of time, spatial distance, and even the concept of "existence" itself were being wildly altered and distorted by these seven higher-dimensional laws.
“Deprive them of their foothold in ‘space’!”
A completely transparent councilor gave a cold shout, and the void beneath Su Chen's feet instantly collapsed, turning into an endless abyss, attempting to exile him forever.
“Deprive it of the continuation of ‘time’!”
Another giant who controls time formed a hand seal, and the flow of time around Su Chen instantly stopped, and even began to flow backward, attempting to weaken his cultivation back to the mortal stage of the lower realm.
“Strip them of their ‘fate’ trajectory!”
The Fate Weaver Demon Lord let out a sharp shriek, and countless threads of cause and effect transformed into sharp blades, slicing towards Su Chen's soul from all directions, trying to completely erase him from the long river of history of multiple universes!
Faced with this "concept stripping" that combines the power of seven eighth-realm giants, even a strong person of the same level would instantly lose their Dao heart and become a mindless walking corpse.
However, Su Chen, who was at the very center of the blockade, did not show the slightest sign of panic.
He floated silently above the collapsed abyss, letting the laws of time flow backward wash over his body, and letting the threads of fate entwine his soul.
He slowly closed his eyes.
"Time, space, destiny, order..."
Su Chen murmured in a low, calm tone.
"Do you think you can define my existence based on these stolen cosmic authorities?"
What is the origin?
The blood in Su Chen's body began to boil, but it wasn't boiling at a high temperature; rather, it was the resonance of the Great Dao's origin at its ultimate sublimation!
Before heaven and earth were separated, before chaos was created, this was the origin. Without time, there is no passing; without space, there is no place to stand; without destiny, there is no trajectory!
Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes. In those eyes, there was no longer any other color, only the purest and most extreme nothingness—a void interwoven with black and gold!
"My Dao encompasses all things, and can also annihilate all things!"
"A mere conceptual stripping dares to try and trap me, Su Chen?! Break through!!!"
……
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"Boom boom ...
Accompanied by Su Chen's soul-shattering roar, a terrifying power that surpassed the limits of this barrier's comprehension suddenly erupted from his body!
The dark golden Origin Divine Power that had been suppressed on Su Chen's body surface has now transformed into blooming, ethereal red lotuses. These red lotuses are not physical entities, but are formed from pure "manifestations of the Dao".
The laws that attempted to deprive him of time were instantly assimilated and absorbed the moment they touched these ethereal red lotuses, becoming nourishment for them instead; the threads of fate that severed his soul were brutally torn off and burned by the power of origin!
"What kind of power is this?! It's actually reversing our very essence?!"
The [True Lord of Law] who was in charge of the formation finally lost his composure. His absolute logical deduction, which he was so proud of, was riddled with errors and crashed in the face of Su Chen's "origin".
"All laws return to one, all paths return to nothingness!"
Su Chen raised one hand to the sky, and the Origin Demon Blade in his hand unleashed a world-shaking blade light that stretched for a million feet.
"You seven old fogies have a terribly outdated understanding of the Great Dao! Today, I will show you what true defying the heavens and challenging the Dao really means!"
Instead of attacking the weak point of the barrier, Su Chen focused his attention directly on the [War Star Lord] whom he had just repelled.
"Let's start with you!"
The void beneath Su Chen's feet suddenly shattered, and he transformed into a dark golden lightning bolt that ignored any spatial distance, instantly appearing in front of the War Star Lord at the edge of the barrier.
"Arrogant! You dare to launch an attack within our barrier?!"
The Lord of War Calamity was filled with shock and rage. He frantically squeezed out the high-dimensional divine power within his body, and the Primordial War Calamity Divine Spear in his hand once again erupted with a world-destroying killing light, stabbing fiercely towards Su Chen's heart!
"Too slow." Su Chen's voice was as cold as the Grim Reaper from the deepest hell.
He didn't even swing his sword to block the divine spear. Instead, Su Chen's left hand transformed into a dragon-catching claw, striking first despite being behind, and at an incredible angle, he forcefully grabbed the shaft of the War God Spear!
"clang!"
The divine spear, powerful enough to pierce through the Milky Way, rubbed violently against Su Chen's palm, which was covered with dark gold dragon scales, and burst into dazzling sparks, but it could no longer advance an inch!
"How is this possible?!" The Star Lord of War was terrified. His all-out attack had actually been caught by the opponent with one hand? Just what grade of treasure was his physical body?!
"Before my Origin God Body, your killing is nothing but a child's toy."
Su Chen's lips curled into a cruel sneer. His right hand, wielding the Origin Demon Blade, unleashed a jet-black streak that sliced through the War Star Lord's right arm from bottom to top without any resistance!
"Hey!"
The blood of the high-dimensional gods gushed out like a fountain, and the right arm of the War Star Lord, which was holding the divine spear, was severed off by Su Chen with a single slash at the shoulder!
"Aaaaaaah!!!" The Lord of War Stars let out a shrill scream. Once the divine body of the half-step eighth realm is damaged, the pain goes straight to the depths of the true spirit.
However, Su Chen's offensive did not stop. He released the intercepted divine spear, and his left hand transformed from a palm into a finger, carrying unparalleled Origin Piercing Power, and fiercely pierced into the chest of the War Star Lord!
"Pfft!"
Su Chen's arm pierced directly through the War Star Lord's dark red divine armor and entered his body.
"What...what do you want to do?!" The Lord of War Star looked down in terror at Su Chen's arm that had pierced his chest, an unprecedented sense of impending death enveloping him.
"What for? Naturally, I'd like to borrow your Dao Fruit."
A mad glint of extreme plunder flashed in Su Chen's eyes as he suddenly clenched his five fingers inside the body of the War Star!
"Come out here!"
"boom!!!"
As Su Chen forcefully pulled his arm back, a rhombus-shaped crystal radiating brilliant blood light and containing endless war laws and extraterrestrial origins was forcibly pulled out of the War Star Lord's body!
[High-Dimensional Core]!
This is the culmination of the cultivation of an eighth-realm giant, the foundation of their concept of dominance. Once the Dao Core is seized, even if the physical body remains, they will instantly fall from grace and become utterly useless!
"No!!! My Dao Core!!!" The eyes of the War Star Lord instantly lost all their luster, and his enormous high-dimensional divine body began to crumble wildly in the void, like mud that had lost its support.
"Battle against Calamity!!!"
The other six giants, witnessing this scene, were instantly filled with rage and felt their scalps tingle.
A supreme being at the early stage of the eighth realm was actually stripped of his arm and had his Dao core extracted by this youth from the lower realm in just a few breaths?! Such ruthless and brutal methods are a thousand times more terrifying than the most ferocious chaotic beasts from beyond the realm!
"This child is invincible! The great formation has been broken, retreat quickly! Go and summon the Grand Elder from seclusion!!!"
True Monarch Fazhun finally realized that even if the seven of them joined forces, they would be no match for this monster. Its Dao was completely superior to theirs; it was a dimensional crushing defeat!
"Want to leave now? Too late!"
Su Chen casually absorbed the warm, high-dimensional Dao Core of the War Star Lord into his body and began to refine it frantically with his own Origin Divine Fire. He could feel the vast source of power contained within this Dao Core continuously solidifying his early eighth realm.
"Since you're all here, leave all your Dao Fruits behind and let them become stepping stones for me to reach the pinnacle!"
Su Chen roared to the sky, his black hair dancing wildly behind his head.
He held back no longer, and the Origin God Power within him went completely berserk!
"Divine Power—[Primordial Furnace, Refining Myriad Paths]!!!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Centered on Su Chen, the ruins of the Primordial Divine Realm, spanning tens of millions of miles, were forcibly distorted and reshaped by an invisible supreme power!
Heaven and earth transformed into a bronze furnace, and nothingness became the furnace walls!
The six high-dimensional giants who attempted to escape were horrified to discover that the surrounding space had been completely locked. They were like insects that had fallen into an unparalleled furnace, unable to escape this world no matter how much they struggled.
"He...he actually wants to refine us all?!" The Fate Weaver Demon Lord was terrified, her face turning pale, and she screamed shrilly.
"Refine!"
Su Chen sat cross-legged in the void at the very center of the furnace, his hands constantly forming complex and obscure Dao seals.
"Whoosh—"
The dark and profound Origin True Fire rose from the bottom of the furnace, transforming into six fire dragons that tightly bound the six eighth-realm giants!
"Aaaaah! You dare to do this, you brat! We are the supreme rulers of the council, protected by the Grand Elder. If you kill us, you will be doomed forever!"
Fazhun Zhenjun struggled wildly in the true fire, the dark blue logic runes crackling as he burned, and he uttered a desperate and vicious curse.
"The lament of a defeated dog."
Su Chen's expression was extremely cold; he completely ignored the threats from these giants. He closed his eyes slightly, his mind completely immersed in the process of depriving and comprehending these six high-dimensional Daos.
As the Origin True Fire burned, the high-dimensional divine bodies that the six giants were so proud of began to gradually melt. The fragments of laws and the essence of origin within their bodies transformed into strands of the purest Dao rhyme, which continuously flowed into Su Chen's crown chakra.
With each wisp of Dao essence he absorbed, Su Chen's aura deepened. The dark golden divine halo behind his head became increasingly solid, as if it were about to give birth to a true multiverse.
"Time...space...order...destiny..."
Su Chen continuously verified his Origin Dao during the refining process.
"All laws share the same origin, and all paths lead to the same destination."
"You worship these concepts as gods, but you don't know that true power lies in transcending the shackles of concepts and controlling the source of everything!"
Several days later.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
With several muffled explosions, the six high-dimensional giants within the Primordial Furnace finally succumbed to the refining power of the Origin True Fire. Their divine bodies shattered, transforming into six dazzling high-dimensional Dao Cores, each with distinct attributes, which floated silently within the flames.
Thus, the seven giants of the High Dimensional Judgment Council, who had ruled the outer realms for countless epochs and whose power shook all the heavens and myriad worlds, were all annihilated!
"receive!"
With a wave of his sleeve, Su Chen pocketed all six priceless Dao cores.
The furnace dissipated, and the Primordial Divine Realm returned to its deathly silence.
Su Chen stood in the void, feeling the immense primordial power surging within his body. The barrier of the early stage of the eighth realm was beginning to loosen under the impact of the seven Dao cores, and he was only one step away from the middle stage of the eighth realm.
However, Su Chen was not in a hurry to go into seclusion to break through.
He slowly turned around, his abyssal divine eyes piercing through the flying ruins of the realm, staring intently at the core of the [Supreme Judgment Temple], the only one still standing in the deepest part of the Primordial Divine Realm.
At the moment when the seven giants were refined and perished, Su Chen clearly sensed it.
Beneath that temple, an ancient and terrifying aura, dormant for countless cosmic eras, is slowly awakening in an irreversible manner!
The aura was so strong that even Su Chen, who had just devoured the seven giants, felt a long-lost sense of... danger and fighting spirit!
"Peak of the Eighth Realm? Or... halfway to the Ninth Realm?"
Su Chen gripped the Origin Demon Blade tightly, his knuckles turning slightly white, but his eyes burned with an unprecedented extreme fervor!
"The Grand Elder, is it?"
Su Chen's longsword pointed straight into the depths of the temple, his voice like thunder tearing apart the outer sea:
"Your dogs are all dead. Now it's your turn, old dragon, to come out and face your death!!!" (End of Chapter)