The fate of the fifth land being refined was unavoidable.
With the help of dark pieces, the resistance of the fifth land was almost futile.
It was precisely because of this that the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao became the last lone figure.
Even his words were not believed by anyone, or rather... it wasn't that they were unwilling to believe, but that they simply wouldn't.
The fate of the fifth land was already sealed.
And at this very moment, the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao stood up.
*Snap.*
The sound of fingers snapping suddenly rang out.
All color in front of their eyes completely stripped away.
Ashy decay and rot became the sole prevailing order of the fifth land.
This realm was truly decaying.
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao, like a divine being, with a mere snap of his fingers, stripped away all color, turning this region into a netherworld abyss and ushering in death.
"What's happening?"
At this moment, everyone was so shocked that they looked up.
Staring at the dying world, they were stunned.
"Ah..."
The old man with gray hair suddenly let out a scream.
Then, before the eyes of all, his physical body began to rot, his soul bound within it.
As his physical body decayed, his soul also dissolved.
The mottled power of the Great Dao had long since shattered.
"What's happening?"
Those who were watching were all shocked.
They subconsciously distanced themselves from the gray-haired elder, but at this moment, another traitor was facing the same fate as the gray-haired elder.
His soul and body were also collapsing and rotting.
All living beings enveloped and refined by the Heaven Refining Array were turned into rotting corpses.
"Hoo."
A chilling wind blew from the netherworld.
The entire fifth land instantly became a deadly abyss.
Save for the outsiders, all others had become walking corpses.
They... had long since died.
It was only by the support of countless insects that their bodies appeared no different from the living.
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao shed his final disguise, and the fifth land revealed its true form... a netherworld dojo.
This was the underworld.
"Roar."
Deep, soul-piercing roars echoed throughout every corner of the fifth heaven.
This was a scene that made everyone's scalp tingle.
In the Hall of Void, the controller of the array opened his eyes.
The refining hand seals had to be halted.
His eyes, now open, gazed towards the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao, his voice chillingly resounding across the heavens and earth: "Azure Heaven, you have actually slaughtered the beings of an entire realm and turned this place into a netherworld dojo."
"That is correct."
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao did not deny it.
His voice was so cold it sent shivers down everyone's spines.
This was a scene of despair.
Who would have ever thought that the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao had long ago slaughtered all the living beings of the fifth land.
"Ruthless."
The voice of the lord of a heaven carried a chilling coldness: "By killing an entire realm, are you not afraid of karma?"
"What are you shouting about?"
The two stared at each other across the void.
The voice of the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao was filled with utter disdain: "You are all here to destroy worlds, so why can't this seat do the same? You kill, and I cannot?"
It was truly a grand jest.
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao could almost burst out laughing.
Who had decreed that only those from the Nine Heavens could refine a realm's beings, but not others?
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Everyone fell silent.
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao sneered: "Cang Yue, do not make this seat look down on you. You executioners have no right to judge this seat's actions. What you can do, this seat can naturally do as well."
Cang Yue, the lord of a heaven.
At this moment, he was silent.
After a long while, he revealed a smile: "Indeed. It's just a pity about the opportunities in this realm. Alas... this is a huge loss this time."
Having no gain was a loss.
The million tribulations that descended from the Nine Heavens were meant for their growth.
Unfortunately, Azure Heaven had annihilated this realm beforehand.
"Snap."
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao snapped his fingers again: "Now, you may enjoy the grand feast I have prepared for you."
Ripples spread outwards.
*Boom!*
In an instant, the fifth land erupted.
Endless walking corpses, controlled by insects, charged towards the enemies.
They had no minds of their own, their movements driven entirely by the insects. They feared no death, madly charging towards their foes.
No one wanted to fight against people who were already dead.
Losing felt stifling, and winning... was merely killing corpses again, what was the point?
"Buzz buzz buzz."
The entire fifth land was covered in insects.
There were too many. Insects existed in all the Great Daos, having long since burrowed into the bodies of the enemies, integrating into their Daos, devouring their essence blood, souls, and Dao power.
*Boom!*
A crescent moon descended.
Lord Cang Yue made his move.
The Dao of Cang Yue possessed infinite destructive power.
"Kill."
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao had no habit of standing idly by.
Having annihilated a land, he was no saint. Dense swarms of insects surged from within him, engulfing Lord Cang Yue.
*Squeak squeak squeak!*
The insects gnawed at his physical body, his essence blood, and his river of Great Dao.
"I have journeyed through chaos."
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao did not approach, fighting with insects from afar.
*Bang.*
The cold crescent moon erupted with brilliant radiance.
All the insects were frozen into ice corpses and fell from the sky in dense masses: "Who hasn't?"
Among these veteran powerhouses, who hadn't journeyed through chaos?
"No, no, no."
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao shook his head: "You have not journeyed into the depths of chaos."
"You went to the depths of chaos?" Lord Cang Yue's face showed profound shock.
The spirits of chaos had gone mad, isolated beyond the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
He could not comprehend that the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao had actually ventured into the depths of chaos.
"What did you see?" Lord Cang Yue no longer rushed to attack.
"I saw nothing."
"Hmm?"
Cang Yue thought he didn't want to say.
But then the Azure Heaven continued, saying: "I ventured into the depths of chaos, encountered a corpse of an insect, and then... I died, consumed by the insect corpse, and became like this."
As he spoke, the physical body of the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao cracked open, and dense swarms of insects poured out from within him.
It turned out he had died long ago.
Only a sliver of his soul remained, trapped within the insect corpse.
"Hiss."
Cang Yue sucked in a cold breath.
He did not believe the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao was lying.
The depths of chaos were terrifying; this much everyone knew.
No one had ever dared to venture into the depths of chaos, yet the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao had done so.
He had entered the depths of chaos, only to be consumed by a small insect corpse.
It was almost unimaginable.
"I am unwilling!"
The flesh of the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao continued to peel away.
The Great Dao of Azure Heaven had long since completely collapsed: "I have not yet taken revenge, how can I be willing to die like this?"
"Perhaps it was my last trace of will that the insect corpse sensed, so... I returned."
Although his tone was calm, it sounded even more terrifying to Cang Yue.
The Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao had died countless tens of thousands of years ago. Now, he was merely a corpse possessed by a lingering obsession.
A moment later, the body of the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao completely vanished.
In its place, a golden insect the size of a fist appeared. This insect possessed the gaze of the Lord of the Azure Heaven Dao, its eyes filled with boundless killing intent.
"I wish to take revenge, so I have returned."
The killing intent in the insect's eyes intensified: "Cang Yue, last time, during the million tribulations, you destroyed the fifth land, and only I escaped. This time, try me again..."