Chapter 1 The End

Within a soft murmur, An Qisheng overlooked the starry sky and the sea of clouds.

The boundless thunderclouds had dissipated, but the baleful aura brought by the Heavenly Tribulation lingered for a long time.

The traces of the great battle remained in space, enough to make this starfield an absolute forbidden zone, inaccessible to people.

Perhaps heaven and earth would eventually eliminate the traces left by the aftermath, but that would inevitably be thousands upon thousands of years later.

"Outer Demon, what have you done?!"

Somewhere in the Divine Court, the Heavenly Demon, who was being licked and tempered by the flames of will, seemed to sense something. But having suffered heavy damage, then enduring eight hundred years of resistance, and finally paying an immense price to summon the River of Time and issue an edict, He no longer had the strength to struggle.

This Divine Court, connected to the star sea above and the earth's veins below, severing the connection between heaven and earth, and containing the imperial power of this world, was already enough to suppress Him at this moment.

But An Qisheng's whispered words seemed to sting Him, giving Him a sense of foreboding.

"Just had a dream."

An Qisheng smiled faintly. In his eyes, a point of light transformed into words, flowing down:

An Qisheng】
Lifespan: 31??? Status: Excellent】
Specialties: Dream Entering the Great Thousand/Great Thousand Dream Entry (Four Stars) Taiji Body God (Three Stars) Taiji Divine Court (Three Stars) Investiture of the Gods (Two Stars)】
Treasures: Kingly Sword (Three Stars)】
Life Trajectory: Unpredictable】
Daoli: 343,000,000 points】
Evaluation: Three Flowers Gather at the Crown, Five Qi Return to the Origin, Dao Foundation Forged, Mind Seen, Nature Realized, Taiji Dao Achieved. Three Stars, Dao Rising!】

One Star Dao Foundation, Two Stars Clarity, Three Stars Dao Rising.

Eight hundred years of millennial meditation had allowed him to consolidate his own system and divine powers, silently reaching the Three-Star rating in the Dao Yi Diagram.

But this was not his greatest gain. His greatest gain was the further breakthrough of Dream Entering the Great Thousand!

The Four-Star Dream Entering the Great Thousand possessed a majestic ability beyond ordinary people's imagination. Compared to Three Stars, it even had earth-shattering changes!

It was because of this that he could dream back to the ancient times.

Millennial planning, eight hundred years of pondering, until now, it could be considered a preliminary success.

But there was no need to tell this to the Heavenly Demon.

"Dream?"

The Heavenly Demon's will trembled: "Can you even cross the River of Time in your dreams?!"

The Heavenly Demon already knew something.

Did this Yuanyang Daoist reach some kind of consensus with those Supreme beings in the endless years?

Hu~

An Qisheng casually raised his hand. In the Divine Court, it seemed as if many gods were awakening, and ripples woven from laws spread out in layers, completely submerging the palace shrouded in smoke and fire:

"There's no need to tell you this."

"Outer Demon, if you abandon this body, it will be difficult to stay for long..."

The Heavenly Demon resisted and struggled fiercely.

There was no material in this world that could bind Him. The reason why the Divine Court could bind Him was because this Divine Court was transformed from An Qisheng's body!

He had abandoned his body to serve as the seal for this Heavenly Demon!

"Leaving is not abandoning."

In An Qisheng's indifferent words.

Boundless Dao essence had completely fallen. Within the palace permeated with smoke and fire, the Heavenly Demon's final roar echoed out:

"Even if you collude with them, immortality and attaining the Dao are their lifelong pursuits! Everything of yours will eventually be destroyed!"

"There's no need for you to say more about this."

An Qisheng raised his eyebrows and looked into the depths of the void. The aura of the River of Time that had appeared briefly had already disappeared, but he could still sense it.

What should come, and what shouldn't come, had all come.

Very good, and also a pity...

.......

Was it over?

Gazing at the majestic Divine Court at the highest point of the thirty-six heavens, Feng Xinglie and the others looked somewhat dazed, unsure of what expression to make.

Only the shock in their hearts was difficult to calm for a long time.

This speculation was too terrifying. If it came true, it would inevitably be a major event beyond everyone's imagination!

"Sky Changer, Sky Changer..."

Chu Mengyao's eyes trembled, and she suddenly recalled the decree passed down by her ancestor. Could it be that it was being fulfilled here?

Her heart was filled with uncontrollable shock.

While everyone was stunned, she suddenly stepped forward, entering the star sea and heading straight for the heaven and the Divine Court.

Feng Xinglie, Feng Jinhuang, and the others exchanged glances, unable to suppress the throbbing in their hearts, and followed suit.

This matter was too big, and it was very likely to involve future changes in the world.

Even Long Aotian couldn't help but grit his teeth and follow.

Hu hu~

The closer they got to the Divine Court, the stronger the aura they felt, and the deeper the throbbing in their hearts.

"The imperial power has been divided..."

Feng Xinglie murmured to himself.

Looking at it, he saw the thirty-six heavens, boundless and majestic, filled with radiant light and auspicious colors, the Dao essence and laws as tangible as substance.

At this time, the Huangji Continent had also undergone earth-shattering changes. The former distribution of the nine provinces, the four seas, and the endless desert was completely gone. The continent had become unfamiliar.

Looking down from the high sky, one felt that the entire continent was divided into seventy-two neat pieces, distinct yet inseparable, with Dao patterns and array patterns within them.

The thirty-six heavens were above, and the seventy-two great lands were below. The two reflected each other, like the yin and yang poles of the Taiji, corresponding remotely, yet having an undeniable connection.

This was an unprecedentedly vast array!

It was this array that isolated the entire Huangji Continent, and even the large ring of stars outside it.

Independent of heaven and earth!

"The Imperial Lord's array..."

Chu Mengyao's pupils shrank. Under her gaze, she saw that the many arrays left by the various Imperial Lords, which had once been scattered throughout the Huangji Continent, had now completely disappeared.

Or rather, they had become a part of this truly great array.

The seventy-two great lands clearly had the aura of the seventy-two Imperial Lords within them. And this was not just the Imperial Lords of the human race, but also the Imperial Lords of the other myriad races!

This was a vast array encompassing the star sea and the continent, the ancestral lands and holy lands of the myriad races, and the legacies of the Imperial Lords of ancient and modern times!

And within the array's embrace, it was like two different worlds from the outside!

This Yuanyang King had seized a piece of heaven and earth, becoming the uncrowned king of Huangji!

"Unexpectedly..."

Long Aotian's body trembled slightly, feeling immense shock.

While facing such a terrifying enemy, he could still move the various continents and set up such an earth-shattering array?!

Outside the layers of heavens, many people stopped, all filled with awe.

Whether they were enemies or friends in the past, whether they had harbored hostility in their hearts, they were all like this at this moment. This was not cowardice, but respect for the pioneers of the Dao.

Awe for the ultimate power in the world.

Whether they were willing to admit it or not, the one within these layers of heavens was already a true Supreme being.

None could compare, thus he was Supreme.

And at this moment, looking around the universe, the myriad races and spirits, there was no one who could compare to this person.

"The Great Era is over."

Feng Xinglie sighed a long breath, and the fighting spirit that had not yet been released dissipated without a trace.

The Great Era was over.

Long Aotian, Feng Jinhuang, Emperor Amitabha, and the others were also silent. They were all rising stars with the hope of becoming Supreme beings, and they asked themselves that even if the Imperial Lords of ancient and modern times were at the same level, they would not surpass themselves.

But they were one step too late, and there was no way to catch up...

Hu~

Chu Mengyao silently took a step forward and ascended to the Divine Court above the layers of heavens.

The Divine Court contained profound Dao essence and laws, array restrictions, but there was no obstruction outside. She took a step and arrived outside the Divine Court.

Looking up slightly, what came into view was a sacred gate that she was extremely familiar with.

The Southern Gate of Heaven!

In the Hegemon Overlord Court, there was a Southern Gate of Heaven left by the ancestor, but compared to this Southern Gate of Heaven, the two had the same aura and style, but the inside was completely different.

"If those with extraordinary talent were to see this gate, they would probably be able to comprehend Dao techniques and divine powers..."

Emperor Amitabha also arrived in front of the Southern Gate of Heaven, put his hands together, and said with some emotion:

"This gate contains a being similar to a 'Holy Spirit', evolving Dao essence, yet it is different..."

He seemed to feel the Dao essence contained within this gate, as well as the intertwined laws on it, and the strong will contained within.

"Perhaps, it is a god."

Chu Mengyao left a thoughtful remark and stepped into the Southern Gate of Heaven.

The Divine Court was majestic and sacred, but it was empty inside and out, without any living beings. Only a faint aura of gods existed.

As a result, the floating islands, palaces, pavilions, and towers were beautiful, but they seemed somewhat unusually deserted.

Even more unlike a place where mortals lived.

Everyone's minds were heavy, extremely focused, and they walked very carefully, passing through the Dispelling Cloud Palace, the Visha Palace, the Five Lights Palace, the Wonderful Cliff Palace, and other palaces along the way.

They felt that in any palace they passed, there was a faint aura of a god, as if a god was cultivating in seclusion within it, suppressing external evils.

"Legends say that great powers can transform into Holy Spirits, but there are too many of them..."

Later on, Long Aotian and the others felt their scalps tingle.

This aura was faint, but it was like a powerful divine power being held back. This invisible pressure was like thorns on their backs, a huge test for anyone's mind.

Enemies everywhere, yet they had to endure.

The few people endured the huge sense of incongruity in their hearts, followed the guidance of their hearts, and arrived in front of a majestic and imposing divine hall.

This divine hall was located at the highest point of the thirty-six heavens, the very center of the myriad palaces of the Divine Court, the source of all Dao essence and laws, and also this place.

It was also the absolute central place of this great array that had changed heaven and earth!

"Hu!"

Feng Xinglie exhaled a long breath, clearing all the distracting thoughts in his heart, and put away his Thunder Sabre, being the first to step into this majestic divine hall.

Buzz~

Separated by a door, it seemed as if he had traveled through time and space. Feng Xinglie felt a strong aura of time filling his heart, as if he was walking on the unseen River of Time.

He raised his eyebrows and looked around. This hall was completely different from what he had imagined, and not like any palace he had ever seen. Instead, it was a magnificent starry sky.

Above, it was endless, the starry sky as the ceiling. Below, it was boundless, suppressing all existence.

Without any words, Feng Xinglie felt the supreme spirit of its master, a state of mind of being invincible in the world, the ultimate of the Dao.

"Such a Dao..."

Feng Xinglie murmured to himself, suddenly feeling a sense of facing a high mountain, feeling ashamed of his own inferiority, and also a sense of despair of seeing the boundless Dao and being unable to catch up.

Could such a realm really be something he could achieve?

"The Great Dao is endless and ever forward. I am just standing on the shoulders of my predecessors and walking a little higher. It is not worth boasting about, nor is there any need to belittle oneself..."

Feng Xinglie, whose heart was dark, trembled, and suddenly heard a gentle and calm voice spreading from the depths of the starry sea, sweeping away the haze in his heart:

"I can, Feng Xinglie, and you can too."

Huh?!

Feng Xinglie's body shook, and he suddenly looked up.

He saw that in the far distance, on a Dao platform woven from large swaths of starlight, a white-haired Daoist in a Taiji Dao robe was looking at him calmly.

He was sitting on the Dao platform, he could have been higher, but he did not look down on himself, but looked at himself calmly.

"I....."

Feng Xinglie's throat moved, and his voice was a little hoarse: "If you are strong, you are strong, and if you are weak, you are weak. You don't need to comfort me."

The haze in his heart was swept away, and Feng Xinglie's mind was condensed again, but he no longer had the heart to challenge.

"Why would I need to comfort you?"

On the Dao platform, An Qisheng stared at this young man who was the only one in the world who dared to challenge him, and shook his head slightly: "It's just that it's better to be forgiving where it is possible!"

His divine will was extremely high, and he could see his previous state of mind with a glance. He didn't even need to do anything, and this peerless master who dared to challenge him would have his heart collapse.

But what was the point of that?

"Be forgiving where it is possible?"

Feng Xinglie chewed on these words, and suddenly sneered: "There has always only been cutting the grass to eliminate the roots, how can there be forgiveness?"

He had already admitted that the Daoist in front of him was too strong for him to catch up with, but he would not submit.

"Personal principles are different, what applies to oneself may not apply to others."

An Qisheng's expression was calm, and his tone was even more casual:

"I have been invincible since I came out of the mountain, so I can be forgiving where it is possible. I can, but you can't!"

"......."

Feng Xinglie wanted to say something, but suddenly closed his mouth, because he was speechless for a moment.

Since his rise, even without the Yuanyang King, there were still Emperor Amitabha, Yuan Duxiu, Chu Mengyao, and others who could be his opponents.

The one in front of him had been truly invincible in the world since he came out of the mountain.....

While the two were talking, Long Aotian, Feng Jinhuang, and the others also walked into this place. They did not hear the conversation between the two, but they also felt the same state of mind as Feng Xinglie before.

"Daoist Brother Yuanyang."

Chu Mengyao stood in the air, cupped her hands from afar, and said, "May I ask what happened before?"

She had many questions in her heart.

About the Heavenly Demon, about this Yuanyang King, but the biggest question was about the River of Time before.

The people present were already the strongest in the world, but the edict was not issued to them. The things hidden behind this were too shocking.

Those who could surpass the people present, who could threaten this Yuanyang King, were rare in ancient and modern times, or even very few.

But those existences.....

Not only Chu Mengyao, but Feng Xinglie and the others were all shocked and looked at An Qisheng.

"Since you have guessed it, why ask more?"

An Qisheng did not hide anything, and answered Chu Mengyao's question lightly:

"Time is a passerby of a hundred generations, and all spirits are in it, but it is only a snap of the fingers. However, geese leave shadows, and so do people. What has passed still has traces in the years.....
With traces, it can always return."

Time and space, time is before space, but time depends on space for existence, just as mortals see the starlight that has been shining for thousands or tens of thousands of years.

People see starlight like this, and starlight sees people, isn't it the same?

"Will they really return?"

Feng Jinhuang, who was extremely handsome, with a cold and taciturn aura, opened his mouth at this time, but his voice was trembling:

"Then, will my Phoenix Clan's Supreme beings also return?"

The Supreme beings are about to return!

And it is very likely that all the Supreme beings from ancient and modern times will return!

If this news were to spread out, it would surely be earth-shattering and shock countless people. At this time, including Feng Xinglie, all the King Sealing experts who had already foreseen this could not hide their discoloration.

Those were the most amazing and talented overlords of ancient and modern times, who had truly suppressed an era!

"Perhaps there are, perhaps there are not."

An Qisheng shook his head.

During those thousand years, he did dream back to the ancient times through the spiritual materials sent by the various holy lands and saw many powerful beings of the past.

But there were not a few Imperial Lords of ancient and modern times, and many had not left behind any inheritance or spiritual treasures. He naturally could not see them one by one.

Also, there was no need.

"Thank you, Daoist Brother Yuanyang, for clearing my confusion."

Feng Jinhuang was slightly regretful, but not disappointed. Having received the answer he wanted, he did not linger, and pulled Long Aotian away.

The latter still had a lot of doubts, but he could not resist, so he could only cup his hands and leave.

"The Buddha once said that in the future, he will be born, but he should be here....."

Emperor Amitabha looked solemn, put his hands together, and gave a long bow:

"The Buddhist Sect will never forget Daoist Brother's kindness."

She understood that this change must have been created by this Yuanyang King alone.

An Qisheng nodded, accepted her bow, and let her leave. After she disappeared, he looked at Chu Mengyao:

"Guanglong will not return. I don't know where he has gone."

Chu Mengyao's expression was slightly dim, but she was not too disappointed. She cupped her hands and asked again, "May I ask Daoist Brother, how will you deal with the return of the various Imperial Lords? The Decree of Heaven?"

The Decree of Heaven was issued against this Yuanyang King. Everyone in the world knew this.

If the various Imperial Lords really returned, even if he was strong and invincible, how could he suppress the various Imperial Lords?

"Then you have underestimated the various Imperial Lords."

An Qisheng smiled dumbly:

"There are many roads to immortality, and the road to success is long. What they need has never been charity....."

Having said this, he said no more.

He waved his hand, watched the two bow and leave, his eyes calm, as if without ripples.

"You, are you leaving?"

After everyone had disappeared, Ying San, with a complex expression, came to the starry sky and gazed at An Qisheng, whose figure was becoming more and more ethereal on the Dao platform, with reluctance and loss:

"If you leave, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the things you leave behind....."

Ying San had seen the beginning and end of the battle of the Thunder Tribulation with his own eyes. He knew much more than Feng Xinglie and the others, so he naturally saw even more.

He clearly sensed that everything the Yuanyang King had done was to clean up the mess and arrange his affairs.

This meant that this Yuanyang King, who had risen out of nowhere and shone brightly for a time, was really leaving.

"The Great Dao has always been traveled alone. Apart from me, everything else is a passerby. You are like this, and so am I. What should go, will eventually go."

A trace of ripples appeared in An Qisheng's eyes, and a trace of loneliness floated in his heart.

Long Floating World, Human Realm, Myriad Yang World.

Jiang Tingting, Zhang Hao Hao, Sa Wuling, Yuan Duxiu..... All enemies and friends, will eventually accompany him for a time. What exists forever is only loneliness.

"You once said that there will be a great calamity in the future....."

Ying San hesitated.

He was not a sentimental person, but at this time, the reluctance in his heart was difficult to dispel.

But he also knew that he could not change the fact that the Yuanyang King was leaving, and could only sigh.

"Perhaps, it's resolved?"

A rare hint of hesitation appeared on An Qisheng's face, but it turned into a sigh: "I have done what I can do, and the rest can only be left to the future....."

If he had not seen everything from the Heavenly Demon, he would definitely have left this body behind, manipulated it to exist and cultivate, and perhaps it would really become the source of future disasters, or even the destruction of the world.

But since he had foreseen all of this, he would naturally not sit idly by.

Therefore, he transformed his body into the Taiji Divine Court, so that even if he left, he would not be infected by 'entropy' and give birth to a god's mind.

But would the calamity really be eliminated?

There was a shadow in his heart. He had not forgotten that the world coordinates of the Myriad Yang World were deduced from the memory of Russell, the descendant of the Nightmare Nine-Headed Serpent.....

He knew what this meant.

In addition to this, there was still 'entropy', there was still the Star Building Lord, and the world behind the Blood Spring Old Demon who was suspected to be from outside the territory.....

But as he said, everything he could do, he had done to the extreme.

If the things that even the Imperial Lords of ancient and modern times could not solve together, then he, too, would probably be unable to do it.....

"The grace of re-creation is difficult to repay. Ying San will be here, waiting for your return."

Ying San said no more, and bowed deeply in the starry sky:

"In this case, Ying San bids farewell....."

"Farewell, then."

An Qisheng got up from the Dao platform, stared at Ying San, and returned the salute.

Immediately, he disappeared into this void. Even though Ying San's divine will was extremely strong, he could not sense his departure at all.

Buzz~

Just as An Qisheng disappeared, the starry sea in this hall suddenly shook, and endless starlight boiled and surged, the deep Dao essence rumbling.

Hu~

Ying San suddenly looked up.

He saw nine large stars rising in the starry sky, blooming with thousands of rays of light.

"That is?"

Ying San's heart trembled, only to feel that there was a palpitating law in those nine large stars.

And in the center of the square inch of land of the Dao platform where the Yuanyang King had been sitting, surrounded by the nine stars.

Suddenly, a purple light burst out!

Vaguely, it seemed as if a majestic god was about to step out from within it.

Boom!

In the instant the purple light flashed, the Taiji Divine Court and the thirty-six heavens below all trembled, and then, there was a wave of divine light.

But the wave was only for a moment, and the tranquility was restored in that heaven. Only by looking closely could one see that the many divine halls of the Divine Court were still trembling slightly.

Between the interweaving of divine light and laws, vaguely, gods wanted to break free.

"Hmm? This aura....."

Feng Xinglie, Chu Mengyao, and the others, who had not gone far, were all shocked, as if they had sensed something.

They suddenly turned their heads and gazed at the Taiji Divine Court.

They saw that the majestic and sacred Taiji Divine Court was filled with the light of myriad divine powers, and there were shadows of gods whose faces and figures could not be seen, only auras floating.

And as they gazed, they saw that as the divine halls roared and the layers of heavens trembled, it was as if thousands of gods were bowing down, and a majestic divine king, whose form and shadow could not be seen, was seated high here.

Operating yin and yang, regulating the fundamental principles, controlling life and death.

His aura was magnificent, his will was high, and his light shone everywhere, illuminating all directions, and was radiant throughout the Great Thousand.

In a trance, there was an even more Dao essence humming, the sound of gods chanting resounding through the sky, the star sea, and even every inch of subtle void:

"...Wearing purple robes and flying Luo skirts inside, the nine truths of the Niwan reside in all directions, within the square inch, pay homage to the Jade Emperor!"