Chapter 825
Ultimate Sublimation, Annihilating the Dao Lord of the Epoch
Beyond the boundary, in absolute nothingness, the violent aftershocks of energy, like raging waves, swept wildly in all directions.
That colossal rift, stretching across billions of light-years of nothingness, was like an unhealable scar on the body of the multiverse. And at the end of that rift, the Epoch Lord—the supreme elder who had lived through countless Great Cataclysms and ruled the High Dimensional Judgment Council—was clutching his chest, his cloudy eyes filled with disbelief and bloodshot veins.
Before him, the seemingly indestructible epochal barrier, layer upon layer, had crumbled inch by inch like shattered ice. And Su Chen, clad in dark gold divine armor and wielding the Origin Demon Blade, stepped amidst the countless flying fragments of law, like an invincible god of death traversing the river of time, pressing forward relentlessly.
"You... you actually broke through to the mid-stage of the eighth realm right before the battle?!"
The elder's hoarse voice revealed a deep fury and a hint of barely concealed fear.
He couldn't understand. The eighth realm was indescribable. Reaching this level, each small leap required tens or even hundreds of epochs to comprehend the supreme truths of the outer realms and to refine one's inner universe.
But this variable from the lower realm actually managed to devour the Dao cores of the seven councilors in a desperate situation. Not only was it not overwhelmed by the chaotic and violent high-dimensional laws, but it also perfectly fused with them, thereby breaking the shackles of the realm!
This monstrous talent, which violates the ironclad rules of cultivation, has completely exceeded the Grand Elder's comprehension!
Are you surprised?
Su Chen stopped in mid-air, less than ten thousand feet away from the Grand Elder. He casually twirled his sword, and the dark golden blade light tore a jet-black trail through the void.
"The path of this deity is called 'Origin.' All things originate from the origin, and all paths return to the origin."
"The high-dimensional laws that you regard as treasures are powerful weapons for defending against enemies, but in my eyes, they are nothing more than pure nourishment for my inner universe."
Su Chen slightly raised his chin, and his eyes, which were like deep abysses and black holes, revealed an extremely domineering aura that looked down upon the ages.
“Old dog, your era is already rotten. This outer realm has no need for a withered skeleton who only knows how to hide in the temple and suck blood.”
"Now, hand over your half-step ninth-realm Dao Fruit, and I might let you die a quicker death!"
"Extremely arrogant!!!"
The elder let out a furious roar, and his originally hunched body suddenly straightened up at that moment!
"boom!"
A grayish-white shockwave, several times more violent than before, erupted from his body. His full head of white hair danced wildly in the gale outside the boundary, and his turbid eyes instantly turned a pure, deathly gray.
"I was born in the beginning of time, and have survived countless calamities, ruling over the high-dimensional order for endless years! You, a mere brat who has just entered the middle stage of the eighth realm, think you can kill me with a momentary breakthrough by brute force?!"
The Grand Elder clasped his hands together in front of his chest, forcing out drops of chaotic, half-step Ninth Realm primordial blood essence from his fingertips.
These essences of blood did not dissipate, but instead rapidly sketched out an ancient array diagram of immense size and indescribable depth in the void.
"Since you've forced me to this point, then I'll show you what true half-step into the ninth realm is! What ultimate power that transcends multiple universes is!"
"Divine Power—[The River of Epochs, All Ages are Empty]!!!"
With the Grand Elder's extremely shrill roar, he unhesitatingly sacrificed his lifespan of tens of millions of years and nearly half of his original essence blood!
"Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!"
In an instant, the entire outer realm trembled violently. Above Su Chen's head, the void was forcibly torn open, creating a massive rift stretching for countless billions of light-years.
Immediately afterwards, a vast river, its entire body a dark, turbid color, rushed out from the gap!
This is not an ordinary river of time, but a river of epochs woven together by the destruction and rebirth of countless worlds and cosmic eras!
Every drop of the river's water contains the ultimate resentment and decaying power of a universe coming to an end; every wave of the river's surge is accompanied by the desperate cries of billions of lives perishing.
This long river represents absolute "end"!
Any living being that falls into it, no matter how high its cultivation level, will be stripped of all its vitality, fortune, and laws in an instant by the endless power of epochal change, and will eventually turn into a handful of silt at the bottom of the long river, never to be reborn.
"Bury this old man in his grave!!!"
The elder pressed his arms down sharply.
That vast and boundless river of time, like a colossal, dark dragon capable of destroying the world, swept down towards Su Chen below with terrifying power capable of shattering multiple universes!
Faced with such a peerless divine power that is almost like divine punishment and enough to make any eighth-realm expert tremble in fear.
Su Chen stood still, his dark golden Origin God Armor reflecting a cold and hard luster under the dim light of the long river.
"The River of Time?"
Instead of dodging, Su Chen raised his head and looked at the turbid river water that was pouring down from the sky, his eyes bursting with an unprecedentedly fervent fighting spirit.
"You think you can bury my ultimate path by using these remnants of the dead universe?"
"Today, I will flatten your broken river and show you what true defiance of the heavens and the Dao is!"
"Origin Divine Power, to this one—Burn!!!"
"boom!!!"
The eighth-realm mid-stage origin within Su Chen's body erupted without reservation! A pure black primordial fire shot into the sky from his divine armor, instantly transforming him into an ancient war god burning with black flames!
Instead of backing down, he kicked off the air with both legs.
"boom!"
As the void beneath his feet completely collapsed, Su Chen actually took the initiative to face the surging River of Epochs, transforming into a black meteor that flowed upstream and plunged headlong into the turbid river water!
"You're courting death! How dare you try to withstand the erosion of an era with your bare body!"
Upon seeing this, the Grand Elder was first taken aback, then let out an extremely cruel laugh. In his view, Su Chen's actions were no different from a moth drawn to a flame. The decaying power of the River of Epochs could instantly turn even high-dimensional divine metal into ashes, let alone flesh and blood.
However, the elder's smile lasted only half a breath.
"Hiss hiss hiss—"
Within the long river of time, a deafening sound of the laws tormented them erupted.
When the turbid river water touched the black Origin True Fire surrounding Su Chen, it was like cold water being poured into a boiling oil pan, producing a violent explosion!
The death energy of the era, which was enough to decay all things and deprive life, not only failed to invade Su Chen's body, but was instead burned, purified and finally forcibly devoured by the domineering Origin True Fire!
Su Chen remained unmoved, standing within the long river, despite the countless waves crashing against him.
"This water is too murky!"
Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes in the long river, his deep gaze like two sharp swords piercing through the murky water.
He gripped the Origin Demon Blade tightly with both hands, raising it high above his head. The surging, peak-level power of the mid-stage Eighth Realm, which had just fused with the Dao Cores of the seven councilors, poured wildly into the blade at this moment!
"Sever it from my grasp!!!"
"Whoosh————————!!!!!"
A dark golden blade of light, stretching for tens of millions of miles, carrying the supreme sharpness that could cleave the heavens and earth and reshape chaos, suddenly erupted within the River of Epochs!
This strike had no unnecessary variations; it was the ultimate "severing" and "annihilation"!
"BOOM!!!!"
Before the horrified eyes of the Grand Elder outside, the River of Time, which he had summoned by consuming nearly half of his own essence and blood, suddenly stopped in mid-air.
Immediately afterwards, a pitch-black crack pierced through the interior of the long river!
"Click-clack-clack—"
With a deafening cracking sound, the vast and boundless River of Time was actually cleaved in two by Su Chen's single strike!
"puff--!!!"
His supernatural powers were forcibly severed, and the Grand Elder suffered unimaginable backlash. He coughed up a mouthful of grayish-white primordial blood, his already hunched body trembled violently, and his life force drained away like a deflated balloon.
"No...this is impossible! How could my long river of history be severed with a single strike?! What kind of monster are you?!"
The Grand Elder, disheveled and seemingly insane, roared shrilly. His supreme Dao Heart, at the half-step Ninth Realm, was on the verge of collapse under Su Chen's extremely brutal strike.
"Splash—"
The severed river of time, having lost its power to sustain it, transformed into countless gray specks of light that dissipated beyond the boundary.
And at the center where the light dissipated.
Su Chen, carrying the dripping Origin Demon Blade, stepped out of the void as if strolling in a garden. Although his dark gold divine armor was covered with some mottled marks of time, his aura was even more fierce and arrogant than before.
"Old dog, have you exhausted all your tricks?"
Su Chen pointed his blade diagonally at the Grand Elder, his eyes as cold as ice.
"If your skills stop here, then I will send you on your way."
"Don't even think about it!!!"
The Grand Elder let out a desperate roar, like a cornered beast. He knew that if he could not suppress this variable before him today, he would surely perish, and all his arduous cultivation over countless eras would be in vain.
"I am the founder of the High Dimensional Council! I represent the absolute truth of this multiverse! Truth is not to be profaned!!!"
The elder bit his tongue hard, burning away all the remaining half-step ninth realm essence within his body without reservation!
His physical body, under this extreme burning, began to turn to ashes inch by inch! He actually abandoned this divine body that had endured countless tribulations, just to obtain that ultimate strike that surpassed the limits!
"Buzz—!!!"
As his physical body dissipated, the Grand Elder's [True Spirit] manifested in the void. It was a soul entity radiating an extremely pure white light, containing his ultimate understanding of all the laws of the outer realms.
"By the guidance of my true spirit, I offer sacrifice to the multiple universes! Astral projection—[Wheel of Absolute Truth]!!!"
"boom!!!"
With the Grand Elder's frantic roar, a colossal Dharma wheel, crafted entirely from pure white jade and inscribed with the ultimate mysteries of the birth and death of all things, suddenly appeared above his head! This compass differed from the previous epochal compasses; it had no physical form, but was woven from pure "Tao" and "Principle." Its appearance directly rendered all surrounding physical laws ineffective!
Because it is the highest manifestation of the laws that this universe system can currently withstand!
"Judgment of Truth! Heretics, die!!!"
The Grand Elder's true spirit merged into the Wheel of Truth, transforming into a pure white divine light that judged all heavens. With the power to obliterate all that defied reason, it crashed down upon Su Chen!
This attack was devoid of any grand scale, only absolute silence. For even the concept of "sound" was erased under the crushing weight of the Wheel of Truth.
Faced with the Grand Elder's ultimate gamble of sacrificing his physical body and burning his true spirit.
Su Chen's expression finally showed a hint of seriousness, but only a hint.
"Absolute truth?"
Su Chen took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.
Within his body, the vast and boundless inner universe of origin began to operate wildly. The primordial power of the mid-stage of the eighth realm, the law fragments of the seven councilors he had just absorbed, and the supreme domineering intent he had amassed through countless battles were forcibly combined into an unprecedented ultimate power at this moment!
There is no absolute truth in this world.
Su Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and two dark golden divine lights, like aurora piercing through chaos, shot straight at the Wheel of Truth that was suppressing him!
"If I had to say there is."
"The blade in my hand, my power, is the only truth in this world!"
"The ultimate mystery of the Origin Daoist arts—[Multidimensional Annihilation, Great Thousand Worlds Return to Nothingness]!!!"
Su Chen gripped the blade with both hands, pouring all his essence, energy, and spirit, as well as the profound mysteries of the Origin Dao, into the blade!
Facing the pure white Wheel of Truth, he unleashed his most powerful, brilliant, and indescribable strike since entering the eighth realm, rising from below!
"Whoosh————————————!!!!!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a terrifying stillness that surpassed the limits of hearing.
In the core area of this extraterrestrial land, all the remaining dimensional crystal walls, all the light and darkness, were forcibly extracted the moment this sword collided with the Wheel of Truth!
The whole world seemed to have turned into a black and white silent film that had lost its color and sound.
The pure white Wheel of Truth and the dark Origin Blade were locked in a fierce struggle in mid-air.
The two ultimate sources, representing the highest power at this stage, are frantically eroding and annihilating each other!
"Die, you old man!!!" The Grand Elder's true spirit roared unwillingly within the Wheel of Truth, using the last bit of his soul power to try and kill Su Chen.
however.
"Click".
In the silent world, this faint cracking sound, like a death knell, resonated clearly deep within the Great Elder's soul.
He was horrified to see that his so-called "Wheel of Absolute Truth," which claimed to represent the supreme laws of multiple universes, actually developed a tiny crack in front of Su Chen's pure and ultimate Origin Blade Light!
"No...this is impossible! How could the truth be shattered?!"
"Your truth is too weak!"
Su Chen's cold voice pierced through the blade's edge and exploded directly within the Grand Elder's true spirit.
"Smash to me!!!"
"boom--------!!!!!"
With a sudden push from Su Chen's arms, the dark gold blade light on the Origin Demon Blade surged ten million times!
The tiny crack instantly expanded, spreading like a spider web across the entire Wheel of Truth!
"boom!!!"
In the terrifying turbulent currents of the complete collapse of the void beyond the boundary, the Wheel of Absolute Truth, which represented the Grand Elder's lifelong cultivation and faith, exploded into pure white fragments flying everywhere!
"Aaaaaaaaaa!!!"
The Wheel of Truth shattered, and the Grand Elder's true spirit suffered a devastating blow in an instant. The pure white light dimmed to its lowest point, trembling and shaking violently in the void.
lost.
They were utterly defeated.
The Grand Elder's spirit was filled with endless fear and despair. He never imagined that after living for countless epochs, he would ultimately be defeated by a variable who had climbed up from the lower realm, and defeated so thoroughly that even the truth he was so proud of was shattered with a single blow.
"escape!"
This was the only thought in the Grand Elder's mind at that moment. As long as his true spirit remained, he could simply retreat into the deepest forbidden zone of the outer realms and eke out a few epochs of existence, until one day he could start over.
"Shh!"
The Grand Elder's true spirit transformed into a faint stream of light, attempting to tear through the void and escape into the crevices of higher dimensions.
"Trying to escape now? Too late!"
Su Chen was like a god who controlled life and death. He put away the Origin Demon Blade, and his right hand transformed into a giant dragon-capturing claw that covered the sky and the sun. He grabbed at the fleeing true spirit from a distance!
"Origin Blockade!"
"Buzz!"
The surrounding void instantly solidified into an absolute impenetrable barrier. The Grand Elder's true spirit crashed into the invisible boundary with a "bang," becoming firmly trapped in mid-air.
Su Chen took a step forward and instantly arrived in front of the Great Elder's True Spirit.
He reached out his large hand and grabbed the frantically struggling ball of light.
"Spare me... Su Chen! If you kill me, you will surely incur the hostility of those ancient beings deep within the Great Void Sea! As long as you spare me, I will give you the foundation of this High-Dimensional Judgment Council and the power to rule over all worlds!"
The Grand Elder's spirit uttered an extremely humble plea, completely devoid of the previous lofty and majestic aura of the Dao Lord of the Era.
"Power? Foundation?"
Su Chen looked down at him, a chilling, mocking smile playing on his lips.
"The power I desire will be seized with the sword in my hand; the resources I crave will be plundered with the Dao of this venerable one."
"As for you?"
Su Chen's five fingers suddenly tightened, and terrifying Origin Devouring Power erupted from his fingertips!
"Your only value is to become nourishment for the inner universe of this being!"
"No--------!!!!"
In the final, heart-wrenching, and agonizing scream of the Great Elder's spirit.
"boom!"
Su Chen clenched his five fingers tightly, crushing the ball of light representing the supreme true spirit of the half-step ninth realm into dust!
The Grand Elder, the Dao Lord of the Epoch, has fallen!
As the true spirit shattered, a crystal radiating nine-colored glazed light and containing the most core primordial laws of this outer realm slowly drifted down from the broken true spirit.
【The Core of the Great Thousand Paths】!
This is a treasure ten thousand times more precious than the Dao Cores of the previous seven giants; it is the crystallization of the Dao Fruit of a half-step ninth-realm powerhouse throughout his life!
Su Chen grabbed the Great Thousand Dao Core in his hand, feeling the surging, unfathomable cosmic origin within it, and his eyes flashed with extremely satisfied light.
"This is a wonderful item. With this, not only will my mid-stage eighth realm be completely stabilized, but I will even be able to glimpse a path to the later stage, or even the peak!"
Without hesitation, Su Chen opened his mouth and swallowed the Great Thousand Dao Core whole. He then used the Origin Divine Fire to suppress it in the deepest part of his inner universe, intending to refine it slowly in the future.
This is the end.
This earth-shattering battle outside the box has finally come to an end.
Su Chen stood above the ruins of the Primordial God Realm, which had been completely reduced to nothingness.
He lowered his head, his gaze piercing through the layers of external gales, sweeping towards the surviving high-level cultivators and messengers from all realms who were hiding in the shadows and trembling in the far distance.
At this very moment, the entire outer realm, with its billions of cosmic bubbles, fell into an unprecedented stillness.
The High Dimension Judgment Council, the supreme and unassailable temple that had ruled them for countless eras, was utterly destroyed by this man in a green robe, who single-handedly slaughtered his way through it!
"From today onwards."
Su Chen's voice, empowered by the Origin God's power, transformed into an unparalleled supreme heavenly sound, booming and resounding throughout every corner of the outer realms, exploding deep within the souls of billions of living beings!
"In this realm beyond, there is no longer a High Dimensional Judgment Council!"
"All realms and countless dimensions must obey my decree!"
With a wave of his sleeve, Su Chen unleashed the dark golden Gluttony Halo behind his head, which shone like a dazzling black sun, illuminating all realms.
"I am Su Chen!"
"Here, a Daoist temple shall be established, named—[Eternal Heaven]!"
"Those who obey me prosper, those who defy me... die!!!" (End of Chapter)