It cannot harm its master; it will instinctively protect its master.

The crimson sky was torn open with huge gaps!

The blood-stained earth began to be swallowed up by a pitch-black void!

It was as if Shi Yuan's very existence was an unbearable burden for this world!

And that is indeed the case...

Even if it's just a wisp, even if it's just a tiny, insignificant part.

But the origin of the Way of Heaven is, after all, the Way of Heaven!

This is an unchangeable essence!

This incomplete, static world simply cannot contain its existence!

"So this is what it feels like to use the Heavenly Dao's essence in the Three Realms..."

Shi Yuan sighed inwardly.

"My current state should be equivalent to that of a saint in the Three Realms, right?"

"No... If the sages really did share a portion of the Heavenly Dao's origin as I suspect, then what they control should be the Heavenly Dao's origin of the Three Realms."

...............

He could sense that the wisp of Heavenly Dao essence within his body was being consumed at an unimaginable speed.

This power lasts only for a moment.

But he remained completely calm.

They are still thinking about it.

"The Three Realms are a vast world, and the origin of the Heavenly Dao is definitely much stronger than that of the Shiyuan Realm."

"So I should now be considered—a weakened version of a saint?"

With this thought in mind, he gently raised his hand.

He swung his fist again, slamming it onto the light screen cast by the Chaos Bell!

And this time...

"Click!"

Just as the information given by the Chaos Bell.

Shi Yuan, who contained the origin of the Heavenly Dao, easily shattered the light curtain with a single punch.

Even a weakened version of a saint is still a saint.

If Donghuang Taiyi were at his peak and wielding the Chaos Bell, he might have been able to withstand more than one attack from a sage.

After all, it was during the time of the Investiture of the Gods.

Kong Xuan, the current "Peacock King Bodhisattva", once fought against the Cundi Buddha Mother.

It even caused that saint to lose face.

But ultimately...

"A chaotic bell controlled by a lingering resentment."

"Even a mere moment of overwhelming power is enough to shatter it."

Upon realizing this, the Heavenly Dao Origin within Shi Yuan's body dissipated.

Shi Yuan broke free from that strange, seemingly omnipotent state.

For a moment, I felt a little disappointed.

But before he could recover from his disappointment...

"A human? How many years have passed in the Three Realms... that even a weak race like humans has produced someone like you?"

A haughty and authoritative voice rang out.

Shi Yuan heard it clearly—it was the voice of Donghuang Taiyi from just now.

So he immediately raised his head.

Then, as expected, Donghuang Taiyi's lingering resentment was standing right in front of him.

However, at this moment, he was no longer in a dazed and frantic state as before.

The eyes of Donghuang Taiyi before him were majestic and piercing.

Moreover, the body of this former supreme demon race lord... is now becoming disintegrated and transparent!

"You must not speak!"

Seeing that Shi Yuan was about to speak, the former supreme ruler interrupted him directly.

He raised his hand, and a golden light landed squarely on Shi Yuan's brow.

Shi Yuan's heart tightened, but there was no time to dodge.

The next moment, a memory came to his mind.

In his ears came the voice of Donghuang Taiyi.

"The 'World of Remnants' formed from my lingering remnant is about to collapse."

"My time is running out... Kid, you'd better listen carefully!"

Donghuang Taiyi is the most arrogant and domineering person in the Three Realms!

This domineering attitude is not superficial, but comes from the very soul.

As a primordial deity, the essence of the sun, and born with the Chaos Bell, he certainly has every right to be proud!

"Elder brother—you and I, brothers, should be the overlords of this world!"

When the Heavenly Court of the Demon Race was first established, the arrogant Donghuang Taiyi, who looked down upon the world, made such a boastful statement.

In fact, even after the saints became saints.

Donghuang Taiyi didn't necessarily think highly of the saints.

"They're just a few lucky fellows who were favored by the Dao Ancestor and received a fortuitous opportunity!"

This arrogance stems entirely from his strength.

After all, before they became saints, they were indeed not necessarily a match for Donghuang Taiyi.

But

After witnessing firsthand how his elder brother Di Jun's "Innate Heluo Grand Formation" was destroyed because the traitor Kunpeng stole the Hetu Luoshu.

After witnessing the deaths of Emperor Jun and Xihe.

After witnessing the collapse of Mount Buzhou and the fall of the demon race's heavenly court.

Guiche, Luwu, Yingzhao... one after another, the demon gods perished together with the witch clan.

In particular, when the enraged Donghuang Taiyi finally chose to use his own true soul to drive the Chaos Bell to unleash the final attack.

That attack caused him and all the remaining Ancestral Witches to perish together.

Even with his true spirit about to perish, no matter how proud he was, he had to admit one fact.

The Lich and Demon races are the outcasts of heaven and earth.

After realizing this.

At that time, he naturally felt an unprecedented grief and indignation.

He was angry, he hated, he was resentful.

He was furious about the deaths of Emperor Junxi and his elder brother and sister-in-law.

He resented the unfairness of the Dao Ancestor's division of the holy positions and the inaction of the other saints.

He was unwilling to accept such an end for the demon race.

He even harbored resentment towards Nuwa—because this only saint among the demon race had not intervened during the war between the lich and the demon.

Of course, Donghuang Taiyi also knew that it was because Nuwa had incurred a huge karmic debt to the ancestral witch Houtu in the past, so she could not take action.

However, in the final moments of his life, his anger naturally lacked much rationality.

This is his obsession.

Indeed.

As two supreme beings of the demon race, Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi are undoubtedly the protagonists of the Lich War.

Bearing immense fortune and karma, they were destined to perish from the heavens and earth the moment they were defeated in the war between the liches and demons, unable even to preserve their true spirits.

However, if it is just a lingering obsession, then it is naturally different.

"clang!"

So when the Chaos Bell rang, Donghuang Taiyi's lingering obsession was absorbed by the Chaos Bell.

This innate treasure, carrying the last wisp of its master's will, returned to the place of his birth—the Fusang Divine Tree.

Furthermore, using his ability to manipulate time and space, he created a void space within the Fusang Divine Tree using this wisp of Donghuang Taiyi's remnant will.

Everything here is frozen in time at the place where Donghuang Taiyi's obsession runs deepest.

That is, the final moment of the Lich War, the moment when the Heavenly Court collapsed.

The spirit of the Chaos Bell protects its master's lingering remnant, hoping that he can be reborn through it.

However, even the power of an innate spiritual treasure cannot withstand the power of time.

Inevitably, Donghuang Taiyi's lingering regret was worn away over the long process.

He gradually forgot reason, gradually forgot how to think, and became a projection of nothingness.

Chaos Zhong, who was aware of this, naturally knew it.

As proud as Donghuang Taiyi is, he would not allow himself to continue existing in such a muddled and confused state.

It needs to help its master find liberation, to make this static world, formed by obsession, disappear.

But it is clear that even if the Chaos Bell is a primordial treasure.

Ultimately, it was just a magical artifact.

It cannot harm its owner; it will instinctively protect its owner.

It must also obey the will of Donghuang Taiyi.