Chapter 1 The Sword

That was a blade, or rather, a shadow of a blade from an infinitely distant past.

Compared to that enormous corpse that transcended the limits of the naked eye, this blade shadow appeared incredibly tiny and insignificant.

Yet, the instant An Qisheng glimpsed this wisp of a blade shadow, nothing else existed in his vision, or even in the mirror manifested by his mind.

At the end of those icy, desolate years, within the chaos, its light was faint, yet possessed an illustrious radiance that would not allow anyone to pry.

Merely glimpsing the light and shadow of this blade from the Da Dao Ji's (Great Path Record) brand, An Qisheng already felt a stinging pain in his heart.

"Ah!"

The Da Dao Ji let out a sharp scream, as if its soul had been completely ripped open, its voice filled with disbelief:

"How could you know? How could you know?!"

The Da Dao Ji's heart was filled with disbelief.

The origin of heaven and earth, the beginning of everything, the end of time – these were secrets that were naturally difficult for ordinary cultivators to touch.

But for the Sages and itself, they were nothing.

What it concealed, the true secret that the Sages seemed to be aware of but dared not easily touch, was precisely that blade shadow.

However, even the Sages might not be truly certain of the existence of this blade shadow, yet this Hong Xuan Daoist seemed to have already known of the existence of that divine blade shadow?

"...Bu Er Dao (Unequalled Blade)..."

An Qisheng naturally wouldn't pay attention to the Da Dao Ji's doubts. As he murmured in his heart, his divine will had already plunged into the darkness, heading straight for the immemorial past.

...

Boom!

The Dao fire burned fiercely, incinerating everything. Time and space, and even the void, were all burned into a chaotic abyss.

Tai Long stood on the Dao Diagram, watching the Daoist's body burning fiercely in the Dao fire. His face showed no joy, but rather, he frowned deeply:

"How could this be?"

He had exchanged blows with him several times, so he was well aware that although this demon from beyond the realm had not yet attained the Dao, he was a true existence close to it.

Especially the strength of his body, which was enough to compare to the three divine beast kings that opened up the heavens and the earth. His Burning Dao Fire could refine him, but it was absolutely impossible to do so in just an instant.

"No! He's immolating himself!"

The moment the thought flashed, Daoist Tai Long had already noticed something was wrong. He took a step forward, raising infinite Dao fire to completely incinerate this space-time.

But it was still a step too late.

Swoosh~

As he stepped forward, a fleeting stream of light pierced through the raging Dao fire. In an instant, it had crossed boundless space-time, and like the shadow against the current, rushed towards the end of heaven and earth!

"What great courage!"

Seeing this scene, even Tai Long couldn't help but be moved.

The moment the stream of light broke through the air, he had already captured the cause and effect. This Daoist named Hong Xuan had clearly burned all of his life's cultivation in the instant his body was consumed by the Dao fire!

"No matter what your scheme is, it's meaningless in front of this venerable one!"

Tai Long's eyes flickered, and the unease in his heart grew stronger.

The shackles of the river of time and space were extremely great for him. Although the Hong Xuan Daoist would ultimately not escape his grasp, he had not yet reached the point of burning his Dao body to seek escape.

This act must have a purpose.

As his thoughts turned, Tai Long completely abandoned his concerns about the river of time and space. A long roar shook the river, shattering the endless chains of Dao principles.

He stirred up boundless Dao fire, transforming it into hundreds of millions of roaring fire dragons, rushing towards the stream of light:

"Die!"

Boom!

Rumble!

With his full power unleashed, the extreme of space was reached, its power vast and mighty, shaking the boundless river and endless time and space in an instant.

Rumble!

Countless time and spaces were shaking, and ancient histories were roaring. Even, they repeatedly changed, and even ripples flew out of the original time and space, ancient history!

This was an extremely terrifying thing. The slightest fluctuations in time and space would cause endless years of chaos and distortion.

Not to mention Tai Long's actions at this time?

In this instant, countless time and space, countless creatures looked up to the sky, seeing the river rolling, and the boundless fire dragons roaring, and were extremely terrified for a time.

Not to mention ordinary people, even great cultivators, their memories were greatly disordered at this moment, and the stinging pain from the soul made countless people howl in pain.

"First Sage..."

In Nanzhan, Great Zhou, there was great chaos on and off the Tianqi Terrace. The terrifying disaster brought about by the distortion of time and space descended upon the Great Zhou under the purple sun.

Long Xingyi staggered, propping himself up with his sword, and looked up with difficulty. He saw a purple streamer surpassing time and space at an unimaginable speed on the滔滔(torrential) river.

Countless fire dragons roared and chased after it, and wherever it passed, large swathes of waves and ancient history were disordered, even collapsing!

"Time and space, time and space..."

Ceng San's forehead was covered in cold sweat, but he still gritted his teeth, summoning the Confucian ancient scroll, bursting out with righteous energy, trying to rewrite the history that was being disordered.

But a scene that shocked him, even despaired him, occurred. The disorder of memory was far more than just in his own mind.

The words and Dao contained in the writings of the Confucian ancestral masters of all ages were also beginning to distort, change, and even large swathes were directly disappearing!

This scene shocked him beyond measure.

The future is uncertain, and the past cannot be changed. This can be regarded as an iron law for countless cultivators, but at this time, the iron law was broken.

History has been completely changed!

He suddenly ascended into the air, looking around in all directions, burning his righteous energy to the extreme to strengthen himself, and finally saw the great terror happening between heaven and earth.

Mountains disappeared, and mountains reappeared, the earth trembled, cities disappeared abruptly, and various cities emerged.

Some people disappeared into heaven and earth in despair, and some existences who died in the years, in a daze, reappeared in the world!

"Ah~!"

A painful roar resounded on the Tianqi Terrace.

Long Xingyi's heart was shaken, he took a step out, and stretched out his five fingers to grab towards the not-so-distant place: "Grand Tutor!"

This grab was empty.

The Grand Tutor's aura disappeared into heaven and earth in an instant, without leaving a trace.

And then, earth-shattering roars resounded throughout the universe, shaking the four poles of heaven and earth.

One after another, terrifying great demons and ghosts woke up from their confusion, and roared to the sky in shock or anger from their silence!

"The Ten Evils of Huangtian?!"

Seeing the huge toad, as large as a celestial star, supporting the mountains, Ceng San was struck by lightning, and almost fell from the sky.

Time and space were completely disordered!

Heaven and earth were shaking uncontrollably at this moment!

For individuals who cannot transcend life and death, the ripples of time and space are truly infinite terror!

Rumble!

In the void, there were also storms rising, and various voids and infinite dimensions were also affected by the turbulence of time and space.

Between the realms, in the emptiness, it is not true nothingness. In the years from ancient times to the present, some people have escaped the baptism of the creation of heaven and earth, and hid from the world with great supernatural powers.

But they are still in time and space!

In the terrifying storm of Buddha light, Gautama stood on the lotus platform, and in front of and behind him, two sacred figures were dissipating inch by inch, as if they had been completely defeated.

"Tai Long..."

He glanced indifferently at the collapsing dimensions of the void.

He also looked at the ray of light that swept across the river, and ripples appeared in the depths of his eyes: "Finally saw it..."

"So it was you who 'enlightened' the Da Dao Ji..."

In the increasingly dim light and shadow, the old monk seemed to see through something, and looked at Miesheng with bitterness and amazement:

"How did you do it?!"

When the cultivation reached the realm of the old monk, there was not much in the world that could hide from their minds.

Just like at this time, even though his incarnation was on the verge of collapse, he still captured the cause and effect of the great war in time and space with one thought.

He also saw the shadow of the Da Dao Ji from it.

The Da Dao Ji is the only exotic treasure born before heaven and earth since ancient times. It has no ability to attack, only to record.

But its material is extremely high, even if Di Yan nourishes it with divine power for many years, he cannot transform it into a god.

But one day seventy thousand years ago, the Da Dao Ji suddenly awakened its spiritual intelligence, and overnight, it had wisdom.

At that time, they were far away in the outer heavens, and only thought it was Di Yan's backup plan, but now when they think back, they found the abnormality...

Before the Da Dao Ji awakened its spiritual intelligence, the last person to browse it was Miesheng.

"Whether it is or not, hasn't senior brother already guessed?"

Miesheng waved his hand and dispelled the holy light behind him before looking at Fansheng and said lightly: "As for how it was done, it has nothing to do with you..."

"Junior brother is too careful..."

The old monk's eyes dimmed slightly, but he did not ask further, but instead said: "Junior brother drove away Tianhuang and others, but left only this brother. It seems that you have something to say."

Looking at the old monk with a sad face, Miesheng's expression changed slightly. His luck was not as good as Bodhi's. Although Bodhi transformed into a tree, he had a hundred years of peace.

But when he descended, what he faced was the full-fledged heroes of the realms who had not yet experienced the war against the heavens...

Although the old monk forced himself into Mount Sumeru, if it weren't for him, he might have already fallen into the hands of the Sages.

With this thought, Miesheng said lightly: "There are indeed a few words, as for whether senior brother listens or not, it's up to you..."

"Oh?"

The old monk's mind was completely enlightened, and he immediately had a feeling that Miesheng's words were very important to him.

Whoosh!

Miesheng raised his hand and extinguished the last trace of the old monk left between heaven and earth:

"Flee!"

Whoosh!

Extinguishing the last Saint's incarnation, Miesheng didn't even look at Gautama in the void or Qingtian and Yang Jian who were fighting fiercely in a corner of time and space further away.

With one step, the boundless void suddenly turned into endless light spots passing by his side, only a ten-thousandth of an instant.

He had already torn apart the barriers between the realms and stepped into the dark, cold, empty, and strange underworld.

"The Demon Realm has collapsed, and the Animal Realm, along with Tianhuang's incarnation, has been destroyed by me, and the Heaven Realm has long fallen into my hands..."

Miesheng's eyes moved slightly, and he landed in a cold city that gradually became clear in the whistling yin wind, and said peacefully:

"Leaving the two of you to the end is already the last bit of affection..."

Whoosh whoosh!

In the empty underworld, there seemed to be a low wail.

Then, there was a '哗哗(shua shua)' sound made by dragging chains.

"Hehe, haha, hahaha!"

The voice, like a mockery and a laugh, dissipated the弥漫(瀰漫) yin mist and yin wind. On that ghost city spanning the underworld, eyes lit up:

"In that case, do we have to thank the Buddha for the grace of killing us last?"

The yin mist dissipated, and the ancient underworld city reappeared.

"The two of you, long time no see."

Miesheng raised his eyes and looked over, and couldn't help but feel a touch of remembrance in his heart. On the towering city gate, one black and one white figure sat back to back.

One was sitting in the north, and the other was facing south, but at this time they looked at Miesheng at the same time, but they were very unlucky:

"I don't want to see you!"

The one who spoke was Xie Qi.

Under the yin wind, Xie Qi's face was even paler, more evil, and his eyes were burning like ghost fires: "If I had known that you had such evil thoughts in your heart, I should have killed you back then!"

"Seventh Master is wrong."

Miesheng was neither happy nor angry, but just shook his head: "Whether it was An Qisheng back then, or me now, you can't kill me."

"You are very confident, and even more ruthless."

Fan Ba's eyebrows and eyes were full of coldness, but also full of fear. Although the two of them were trapped in the underworld, they could see all the realms.

Naturally, he saw clearly that in the void, the incarnations of several Saints joined forces and were defeated by Miesheng alone, and he forcibly collapsed the Animal Realm.

With such strength, even if the Phoenix Emperor of that year was resurrected, it could not be compared.

"If I am not confident, who in the world is not inferior?"

Miesheng stood in the yin wind, unhurriedly scanning the entire underworld: "As for affection, it's better to say humanity..."

Speaking of this, he sighed with some melancholy: "But as you said, I am transformed by evil thoughts, how can there be any humanity to speak of?"

"Nonsense, there is no need to say more. I am not interested in your entanglement with good and evil."

Xie Qi's eyes were凝(凝) heavy, and even more with an unquestionable hardness:

"But you, if you want to destroy the underworld, that is absolutely impossible!"

"Absolutely, impossible."

Miesheng did not comment, and did not care about Xie Qi's and the other's look of facing a great enemy. He swept his sleeves and sat down directly.

Seeing the two's astonishment and surprise, he then looked at the river of time and space that was looming in the void:

"Don't worry, just watch."

"You, what exactly do you want to do?"

Xie Qi frowned greatly, unable to fathom Miesheng's thoughts, and had to raise his eyes to look, but saw that ray of purple light had already crossed the endless time and space.

Together with the great realm that broke through the air, one after the other, rushed towards the distant and invisible end of time and space.

...

Rumble!

Terrifying fluctuations exploded in the chaos outside the sky again and again, setting off endless terrifying chaotic storms.

"Pfft!"

Tianhuang coughed blood, his Dao Diagram and the dragon's head were full of ferocity and rage: "Fan Yi?!"

"You!"

"You fled without a fight?! You dare to abandon Huangtian and flee without a fight!"

"Bald donkey, you deserve to die, you deserve to be killed!"

Blood sprinkled into the chaos, and Di Yan, Great Freedom, and the Underworld Ghost Emperor also coughed blood and retreated in the terrifying collision, and their gazes towards the distance were full of錯愕(cuò è) and rage!

Fan Yi, actually fled without a fight without saying a word!

In this instant, the killing intent towards Fan Yi even exceeded that of the demon in front of him!

"You?"

Not only Di Yan and Tianhuang, but even the Star Tower Master was stunned for a moment by the sudden escape of Fan Sheng.

No one could have imagined that Fan Sheng, one of the Six Saints of Huangtian and a being who had achieved the status of the world, would abandon Huangtian at such a critical moment.

This is根本(gen ben) not reasonable!

They combined the ways of Huangtian to become Saints, and their foundations and Dao fruits are all in Huangtian!

Even if they have the means and treasures to cross the chaos, their realm will decline once they leave Huangtian!

"I have already given a warning, but everyone does not believe it, and this old monk is also powerless..."

In the chaos, a golden bell fled away, and Fan Yi sighed as he felt the deep malice from behind.

He no longer paid attention to it.

His escape was not only because of a word from his talented junior brother, but also because he felt a deep crisis in the冥冥(míng míng).

"Fan Yi!!!"

Tianhuang狂(kuáng) roared in anger. Fan Yi's sudden escape caused him to be hit hard by the Universal Killing Dao Diagram, almost breaking his dragon horns.

"Just for that one word from Miesheng?!"

Di Yan and others were all stunned, their hands and feet trembling, and the anger in their hearts seemed to be able to burn all things in the world.

With the strength of the five people, they can barely maintain a brief stalemate, but now one person has left...

"Hahaha!"

Compared to the rage of Di Yan, Tianhuang and others, the Star Tower Master laughed loudly, extremely畅快(chàng kuài).

Amidst everyone's錯愕(cuò è) and rage, he spread the boundless stars around him, and with隆隆(lóng lóng) steps, he fully displayed the truth of the Universal Killing Dao Diagram!

He attained the Dao with stars, and also swallowed all Dao to feed back the stars. His Dao is not in精(jīng), but in大(dà)!

The Universe Three Thousand Killing Dao Diagram does not refer to three thousand methods of attaining the Dao, its meaning is infinite!

Infinite laws, infinite Daos, infinite principles, infinite stars!

"Hmm?!"

Before the Star Tower Master could unleash his ultimate strike, his heart suddenly shook, and a deep and heavy loud noise suddenly exploded in his ears.

What is it?!

Di Yan, Tianhuang, Great Freedom, and the Underworld Ghost Emperor, who were in a state of震怒(zhèn nù), were also shocked, and suddenly turned their heads back, their pupils contracting.

A pure and vast purple light, at the same time as the Human Realm was swallowed by the source of Huangtian, rose slowly from the end of time and space!

Buzz!

Boundless purple meaning, like hundreds of millions of celestial rivers rolling down, wiped out the fire dragons that were chasing after them, and at the same time, it illuminated the Tai Long Daoist, whose expression had changed greatly.

"That is..."

Above the river, Tai Long stopped, and the unease in his heart finally climbed to the limit.

His gaze changed劇烈(jù liè), and finally, from the purple light, he saw the existence that made him feel uneasy.

The source of all purple light came from a bright mirror, or rather, a bronze mirror!

As the bronze mirror spewed out endless purple light, shadows gradually appeared on its empty mirror surface.

It seemed extremely long, and it also seemed to be only the most insignificant scale of time.

The Daoist in the black and white interwoven Daoist robe had already stepped out of the bronze mirror, as if walking from illusion back to reality.

And in his palm, he was actually捏(niē) a shapeless and质(zhì)less Dao shadow that seemed to have the ultimate sharpness.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Terrifying time and space storms were wantonly肆虐(sì nüè) at the end of heaven and earth, and also lifted An Qisheng's sideburns and long hair.

"You ask me what I want to do..."

Looking directly at the river,俯瞰(fǔ kàn) Tai Long, An Qisheng's expression flickered, slowly拔刀(bá dāo), and remotely隔(gé) endless time and space.

He slashed down with a blade!

"I want all the realms to be without Saints!"