Chapter 787 Facing Chaos, Whose Fist Isn't Hard? (7200)

The Yuheng Holy Hall, vast enough to bear the weight of stars, was originally as dark and profound as the universe itself. Within its boundless and magnificent structure, only the divine runes of the Holy Hall itself provided the sole source of light.

However, when Kastaraloro, the ruler of the Holy Hall and the sole legitimate scion of Balance, made his decision, a hazy and luminous radiance filled all directions, gradually brightening the Holy Hall, which was so vast that even light struggled to return.

Immense, majestic, solemn, and sacred.

Before the high platform at the center of the Holy Hall, the silver-haired, violet-eyed deity bowed slightly to Su Zhou. After offering his respects, the handsome Creator God straightened up and gazed at the youth before him. His expression was solemn, yet a hint of a smile played on his lips.

Behind him, ice-blue divine power formations spread ceaselessly across the octagonal platform, and winds carrying the rich essence of balance stirred, rustling through all things within the Holy Hall.

Su Zhou's hair was lifted by the wind, floating behind him, but he paid it no mind, his gaze fixed on the deity and the platform before him, his face filled with delighted surprise.

"A Dao-Forging Platform!"

How could he not understand the meaning of Kastaraloro's words? Indeed, as his understanding of the Yuheng Dao and the Dao of Balance deepened, his former Harmonious Dao Armament would inevitably fall behind the times. As such, even a Dao Armament needed to be reforged, undergoing another transformation through the combined efforts of numerous deities.

It was said that the Harmonious Dao Armament, Truth Judgment, had undergone thirteen major reforgings and thirty-seven minor corrections from its initial form during the Era of the Creation Ring to the present day. This was a considerable number in the history of all Harmonious Dao Armaments and further proof of the former strength of the Yuheng Dao, capable of surpassing its own past peak time and time again.

But just as there were divine weapons to be reforged, there were also places to reforge them—the power of a Harmonious Dao Armament was such that even a Harmonious Dao expert could not simply modify it at will, unless they were experts in the relevant field. For example, the leader of the Founding Dao, the Lord of the Beginning Light Heaven, [Deity of Dao Creation, Duska], possessed the power to create things from nothing and create star seas, and thus had the ability.

The place where the Yuheng Dao reforged its divine weapons was the Yuheng Holy Hall.

More specifically, it was the high platform before Su Zhou.

"This platform..."

Su Zhou stepped forward, sensing the sea of divine power nurtured within the platform before him—a power capable of distorting the universe and opening up a small world within it. Kastaraloro stepped aside slightly, standing to one side and watching Su Zhou's extremely curious expression with a smile.

Since meeting Su Zhou, he had rarely seen the youth shocked. He seemed to know everything, and no matter what secrets or powerful enemies, he was aware of them, as if there were no secrets at all.

But clearly, Su Zhou, although powerful, was far from omniscient.

"...Very good."

At this moment, having approached the high platform, Su Zhou was indeed very satisfied.

Under the guidance of the Twin Divine Trees, he had long understood the essence of Harmonious Dao Armaments and knew how to forge these almost entirely new truth artifacts.

They were not weapons in essence, though they possessed immense power, which was why the gods were accustomed to calling them armaments. In essence, a Harmonious Dao Armament was like the principle of nuclear fusion, which the gods could use to create supernova explosions for attack, but also to build Dyson spheres to collect energy.

It was, in essence, a materialized truth core hub, capable of possessing all sorts of miraculous abilities according to the user's will.

And the Harmonious Dao Armament that Su Zhou intended to forge was not just his own, because with the assistance and correction of the Twin Divine Trees, the still-imperfect Dao of 'Innovation' was infused with the elements of 'Existence' and 'Continuity.'

Thus, the Dao it contained was named [Evolution].

This was also the Twin Divine Trees' overt scheme—since creation had eliminated their influence in his world, they would use their assistance to Su Zhou to add new 'Truth' to the World of Creation once again.

For the sake of existence and continuity, one must constantly innovate oneself. The essential elements of Su Zhou's Mechanoid God Method, the 'Flame of Evolution,' were thus. Those who cultivated this method would constantly adapt to their surrounding environment, transforming themselves for the better.

But how to inscribe the essence of this cultivation method into the universe?

According to the Twin Divine Trees' plan, when Su Zhou had deduced the 'Flame of Evolution' cultivation method to the peak of the Mechanoid God of Creation, they would use the power of the Divine Power Network to envelop a planet.

Whether or not there was life on the planet was not important. Under the power of the Twin Divine Trees' Great Dao and the Divine Power Network, even the void could give rise to life.

In short, that planet would rapidly become vibrant with life, and countless beings would form a vibrant and upward-striving evolutionary biosphere there. Starting from microbes, they would constantly evolve under Su Zhou's influence, enhancing their essence, and the strong among them would evolve wisdom and souls.

And when a sapient lifeform with a soul appeared on this 'Planet of Evolution,' that planet would become the natural forging place for the Harmonious Dao Armament of the 'Evolution' Dao. Su Zhou could use the river of life on that planet as a foundation to forge a 'River of Heavenly Evolution,' fully expressing the true meaning of evolution.

Of course, this also had its shortcomings: using a planet as a foundation, supplemented by a network composed of many New Cultivation Association members, and adding the power of the Divine Power Network, was simply too meager.

The 'River of Heavenly Evolution' forged in this way would not be powerful, at most able to encircle Su Zhou, transforming into a suit of armor to protect him from being harmed by other Harmonious Dao Armaments and to quickly adapt to the terrifying power of numerous Harmonious Dao Armaments.

But now, it was different.

"This Dao-Forging Platform penetrates deep into the essence of the universe… If the harmonious union of numerous Harmonious Dao experts is similar to forcibly brainwashing the root of the universe, then this Dao-Forging Platform is a megaphone that leads directly to the brain of the universe's root."

Although it sounded bizarre, the truth was just that. Su Zhou could see that the octagonal platform before him was not a physical entity at all. It was a bridge built with pure Balance Divine Intent, a bridge leading to the root of the universe.

With this as a foundation, the River of Heavenly Evolution, although its foundation was still inferior to those Harmonious Dao Armaments of various Divine Systems that had been reforged more than a dozen times, would not be limited to defense. It could also attack, transforming the long river into a long blade, cutting out Dao wounds that would make even Harmonious Dao experts wary!

Of course, there were also benefits.

The Harmonious Dao Armament forged using the Yuheng Holy Hall would inevitably be stained with the aura of the Dao of Balance.

Su Zhou looked at Kastaraloro smiling on the side, and he also nodded slightly, revealing a smile.

Presumably, this was the silver-haired deity's idea. This was obviously a win-win situation for both parties. He could win over Su Zhou, a powerhouse from another world who was walking on the path of harmonious union, leaving behind a good relationship, and Su Zhou could strengthen his strength better and faster.

Although, in this way, the Dao of Evolution seemed to be a little less pure...

But how could evolution be so inconvenient?

Maintaining balance was also a very important part of evolution. Otherwise, those extremely evolved creatures could only adapt to one generation at most, and then they would soon decline due to environmental changes, and because of their extreme nature, they would be unable to carry out adaptive evolution in the shortest time, and then they would turn into dust and become the dust of history.

"Thank you, Kastaraloro."

Thanking the other party seriously and solemnly, Su Zhou stretched out his hand and touched the platform before him.

Sensing the endless Balance Divine Intent nurtured within it, he could not help but feel a stirring in his heart: "Now is the time."

"The secret behind the Yuheng Dao has been unlocked, and the purpose of the Universe's Will and the various Divine Systems is also roughly clear."

"I should indeed begin to deduce the Mechanoid God Method and then forge a Harmonious Dao Armament to prepare for the more intense cosmic turmoil that will follow."

Thoughts and Dao arose.

Azure-purple flames began to burn within the Yuheng Holy Hall.

And just as Su Zhou officially began to re-cultivate the Mechanoid God Method and forge his own Harmonious Dao Armament.

World of Creation, the other end of the universe.

Dark Abyss Dao, the Heaven of Morality.

A massive black hole was rapidly rotating. The speed of rotation of this small universe's mass axis was far faster than when it was created.

The central black hole of Morality Heaven, the 'Everything World Prison,' a super-Ker Black Hole large enough to distort the entire universe's spacetime, was under the constant adjustment of its ruler, the [Time-Reversing Serpent] Yangarotalo, rapidly increasing its angular momentum, thereby distorting spacetime.

The entire subspace of the Heaven of Morality was swept by storms, setting off monstrous waves, and even the small universe itself was shaking.

From the perspective of the World of Creation, a super-gravitational well shaped like the Chinese character 井, located in the center of the Dark Abyss Dao-controlled star region, was constantly rotating and expanding. Endless high-energy psionic pulses, like lightning, were colliding and annihilating each other, tearing apart spacetime, causing countless tearing fissures to erupt in the surrounding star regions.

Faintly, the entire Great Universe of the World of Creation resounded with the sound of bells, which was the Harmonious Dao Armament of the Dark Abyss Dao, the [Manifesting World-Sounding Bell], operating at full power, playing the Great Dao Holy Sound.

An indescribable divine power originated from here, and in an instant, it pierced through the immeasurable spacetime of the universe. This was an undeniable and unhidden power. Aside from the Dark Abyss Dao, the remaining Nine Heavens Divine Systems, the Four Forbidden Zones, and all the deities heard the bell sound that directly entered the soul, and the lords of creation seemed to see an illusion, a picture of a large serpent coiling in the center of the universe, carrying a world away into the endless void.

[Is it about to begin? The Dark Abyss Dao's plan!]

[As soon as the Ice-Condensing Void is dissolved, they will tear apart the connection between the large and small universes, carrying the Heaven of Morality away from the World of Creation... These disciples of Chaos have indeed long foreseen this!]

[Can they actually control an entire small universe to move? Yangarotalo's power is far greater than we anticipated.]

One by one, Heavenly God Lords rose from their own divine domains and solemnly gazed at the distant turbulence in the great universe starry sky.

It could be seen that, without anyone noticing, all the citizens of the Dark Abyss Dao who were registered in the Divine Power Network around the Dark Abyss Dao star region had entered the Heaven of Morality small universe at some unknown time. It was as if countless stars were falling, and countless trajectories were shuttling through the starry sky, drawing long arcs, and finally all converging on that gravitational well.

As of now, within the Dark Abyss Dao star region, apart from some primitive indigenous races and civilizations, and some interstellar civilizations and countries that had rejected the Dark Abyss Dao's plan and wanted to stay in their hometowns, it was almost empty.

There were even civilization vacuum zones spanning tens of millions of light-years, with no more than ten fingers' worth of intelligent life gatherings in hundreds of galaxies combined.

And at the core of this absolute vacuum zone, the only connection between the Heaven of Morality small universe and the World of Creation great universe, that infinitely deep gravitational well, was now rapidly rotating, spiraling and shrinking like a wrung-out towel, as if it were about to snap.

[Yangarotalo!]

But a furious roar could be heard.

Founding Dao, the Beginning Light Heaven.

Countless stars floated in the bright universe. Numerous civilizations freely absorbed the energy within this small universe, which was filled with psionic power and free energy, and engaged in creation.

Just like the small universe of the Yuheng Dao, 'Ritual Heaven,' where one could get results by paying the price, assisting civilizations and deities in creation.

The small universe of the Founding Dao was filled with endless free psionic energy. Relying on the energy of the great universe, this psionic energy was inexhaustible and could assist countless lives in freely creating everything they wanted.

But now, it could be seen that, within this universe, which was filled with psionic energy and therefore exceptionally bright, in the star regions where numerous civilizations were located, there were spots of light extracted from them, and then they began to converge. On the 'Star of Heavenly Light' in the center of the Beginning Light Heaven, a vast Mechanoid God, seemingly constructed entirely of milky-white jade, thus manifested.

At first glance, this white Mechanoid God looked more like some kind of overly large engineering machine, or a giant production base that had been unfolded.

But soon, the true form of this Mechanoid God contracted, transforming into the image of a middle-aged man with white hair. His beard and hair were like burning flames, releasing a blazing white light.

Deity of Dao Creation, Duska, held a hammer in his hand. With a furious roar, he strode forward.

With just one step, this Harmonious Dao powerhouse crossed the entire small universe and arrived at the World of Creation. In the eyes of the Heavenly God, which had surpassed countless ages, fierce flames were burning at this moment: [Yangarotalo, what are you trying to do?]

At the end of spacetime, a distorted spacetime phantom appeared, and the bright serpent avatar laughed contemptuously: [As you can see, we will never meet again, Duska. Finally, I can say goodbye to you. I really can't help but want to say it several more times--goodbye, our best cosmic repairman.]

Clearly, the serpent's strange tone proved that he was a genuine, one-hundred percent pure disciple of Chaos. Ordinary deities could not say such things.

For example, Duska, choked by Yangarotalo's tone, subconsciously clenched his fist.

But he had not forgotten what he had wanted to rebuke earlier, so the Heavenly God forcibly ignored the serpent's answer and directly accused: [You also know that the Final Calamity is about to arrive. Thousands of worlds are like meteorites, about to collide with the place where we live. Yet you do not consider protecting our common home, but attempt to desert at the last moment?!]

Raising his hand and pointing the hammer in his hand towards the location of the Heaven of Morality, Duska's expression was solemn: [By doing this, you are plunging all living beings in the World of Creation into misery!]

[First of all, I want to refute one point. I'm leaving soon, and the World of Creation is no longer my place to live.]

The Time-Reversing Serpent had several ways to refute the Heavenly God's accusation, but he obviously chose the simplest one, which was to spout nonsense: [Secondly, it can't be considered a common home. We are no longer the comrades in the Creation Ring of the past. We separated millions of years ago. Don't pretend that we have any feelings for each other. It's better for everyone to go their own way sooner.]

[Finally, why don't you all just run away like us? Don't you know what the Universe's Will is thinking this time? He just wants to drive us all away and create a new batch of obedient children. It's much better than the last Universe's Will, which wanted to kill us all.]

[In that case, why don't you just obey Him? He's already like this, just obey Him and take all living beings with you. Let Him do as He pleases.]

Hearing this, not to mention Duska, even the Heavenly Gods who were gazing at this place felt a sense of absurdity in their hearts.

——Obey Him? Good fellow, Yangarotalo, the Lord of the Dark Abyss Dao, who had refuted all the Heavenly Gods, would actually say "Let Him do as He pleases?"

Has the truth of Chaos changed?!

[Hmph, you are trading with the Universe's Will, but we have no such intention.]

But Duska obviously understood the meaning behind Yangarotalo's words. He snorted coldly and mocked: [The Universe's Will is created by all living beings and is much younger than us. We are the true residents of this universe. He is just a junior who awakened later... We must pursue the correct path above the Great Dao. Responding to Him is inherently part of being correct.]

[On the contrary, if you insist on leaving, then leave, but leave behind the Harmonious Dao Armament and the Source Point Key--that is part of the truth of the entire great universe of the World of Creation, and even more so the origin of the universe. If you want to transcend the karma of this universe, then return everything this universe has given you!]

Duska spoke righteously, and his words were extremely reasonable.

[Are you stupid?]

But the disciple of Chaos, Yangarotalo, was concise: [You say you want me to give it to you, so I give it to you? Who are you? Are you worthy?]

[I won't give it to you. I'm still leaving. Stop me.]

At this point, there was nothing more to say.

The Heavenly God clenched the iron hammer in his hand, clenched the Harmonious Dao Armament.

His fist hardened.

Boom!

Rumble!!!

A deafening roar instantly resounded through the starry sky.

Hundreds of millions of divine lights poured down like a galaxy, hanging in the void. Countless stars drifted in the shock, and even the vast universe and many great stars shook with light because of this roar, spilling out scattered psionic energy, like blood scattering.

As the Deity of Dao Creation, Duska, and the Time-Reversing Serpent, Yangarotalo, simultaneously used their Harmonious Dao Armaments to fight, the [World-Forging] and the [Manifesting World-Sounding Bell], the hammer of creation and the bell of world-sounding collided. Although it had no impact on ordinary people, it shook the entire Divine Power Network.

The Divine Power Network, which ran through the universe, still spread endlessly even though the Heaven of Morality was about to leave the World of Creation--presumably, even if the Heaven of Morality really went into the void, it would spread the Dao of Creation, taking the Divine Power Network forward.

However, an iron hammer fell resolutely, severing the veins of the Divine Power Network.

Duska certainly knew that the departure of the Heaven of Morality and the Dark Abyss Dao was not essentially a weakening of the Dao of Creation, and could even be said to be an expansion of the Dao of Creation, a magnificent cosmic transmission... But this was the Dark Abyss Dao's plan, which was completely opposite to the Founding Dao.

As long as the Ten Heavenly Daos were united and the only God was created, commanding the Divine Power Network, the largest Harmonious Dao Armament, and achieving the 'Torrent' realm, then there was no need for the Dark Abyss Dao to go to the void. The Divine Power Network could still run through countless worlds, elevating the civilization of the entire World of Creation to a higher level!

Of course, the most important purpose was not this... But Duska did not think that the great serpent of the Dark Abyss Dao and the gods of the other Divine Systems could understand his thoughts and correctness.

They only needed to obey.

And just as the Harmonious Dao powerhouses began to fight and the Harmonious Dao Armaments collided with each other, all the deities of the Founding Dao and the Dark Abyss Dao were also ready to set out on an expedition.

The situation suddenly became tense to such an extent less than a few days after the end of the Ice-Condensing Void.

"No, this is too fast, right?!"

World of Creation, the territory of the Dao of Extinction.

The Flying Rainbow.

Sitting on the captain's seat on the bridge, Shao Shuangyue opened her eyes wide and used the auxiliary observation array to gaze at the terrifying psionic flashes that were rapidly expanding and flashing in the distance, and various real-time broadcast information from the Divine Power Network also poured into her mind.

This half-step Pioneer of the Pioneer Space showed an unbelievable expression: "No way, they just started fighting like this? These are two Harmonious Dao powerhouses, and they started fighting after chatting for a while. Do they have no structure or rules at all?"

Jiu Ming proposed a possibility: "A guess, not necessarily correct. Is it possible that they are the ones who set the rules and structure, so they don't need to talk nonsense and reason?"

The Dragonkin teenager's words were obviously very reasonable. Dechimus on the side and Funiya, who was connected remotely, also nodded in agreement with this guess.

They were not surprised by this. After all, everyone knew that the Divine Systems of the World of Creation would fight one day, if not today, then tomorrow. As long as there was an excuse, these ancient enemies who had been wary of each other for millions of years would definitely fight and kill each other.

Now, it was the Dark Abyss Dao and the Founding Dao. After a while, it would probably be the Dark Abyss Dao and the Apocalypse Dao, and the Founding Dao and the Rotation Dao.

Soon, without even imagining it, and without much time, the entire Ten Heavens Divine Systems, the Four Forbidden Zones, and even the Universe's Will itself, would all be swept into this vast war.

For these explorers of the Pioneer Space, the changes in the World of Creation were just a fight to the death between the local natives. They had seen it many times, so they were naturally not surprised.

However, on the other side, Xing Ying, as a native of the World of Creation, trembled for a moment when she sensed the entire universe's Great Dao shaking due to the collision of the Harmonious Dao Armaments.

"This, this feeling... I seem to be familiar with it..."

Closing her eyes tightly, the white-haired Dragon Girl was hugging her chest with both arms at this moment. Her brows were furrowed, and her heart was shaking: "I seem to have seen... many Harmonious Dao Armaments appearing together, shaking the root of the universe..."

"Heaven and earth overturned, all phases extinguished, even the universe itself was on the verge of collapse, turning into ruins..."

At this moment, Xing Ying, the born Mechanoid God from the Ruins of Creation, the Dragon of Dao Inheritance.

She sensed it. Deep in her soul's origin, there seemed to be an extremely vast voice, roaring loudly.

It seemed to be roaring, as if it were angrily rebuking.

[Lies!]

That voice was saying so.

Everything was a lie--whether it was caring for all living beings, or leading the universe to rise, everything was a lie--the gods said they loved all living beings, but they never truly stooped to pay attention to what all living beings needed.

Everything was a lie, a despicable plundering. The so-called creation was just forging the original mud and sand into bricks. They thought this was great, but in reality, it was just robbing Peter to pay Paul, a boring act of destroying something and then shaping something else, an infinitely empty lie!

It seemed that such a voice was angrily rebuking.

However, compared to what Xing Ying, who was starting to feel fear from the bottom of her heart, had imagined, this roaring voice was not loud.

It seemed that someone had dissolved some of the anger in that voice before, causing it to begin to think. This shock was far from reaching the upper limit that Xing Ying could withstand, and her mind was very clear.

Even soon, as the voice gradually subsided, Xing Ying recovered.

She opened her eyes. Although her pupils were shaking slightly, and she was confused about who that voice was and what it was saying, it did not have any impact.

"What am I..."

Muttering to herself, she raised her head. As soon as she opened her eyes, Xing Ying exclaimed in surprise, because Shao Shuangyue, Jiu Ming, and Dechimus were standing around her, looking at her with some worry.

"What's wrong, Xing Ying?"

The black-haired girl approached and reached out to touch Xing Ying's face, and also pinched it intimately: "You've been in a bad state since just now. Is it because you're a Mechanoid God, so the vibration of the truth you sense is stronger than ours?"

"Um... maybe. I seemed to have some auditory and visual hallucinations just now."

Xing Ying did not mind Shao Shuangyue touching her, because she did not know what it meant. The Dragon Girl pondered for a while, and then shook her head and stood up: "It's not a big problem. It's just that the Ruins of Creation sent a message, asking all the Mechanoid Gods of the Ruins of Creation to return, so as not to be affected by the upcoming chaotic war of the Ten Heavenly Systems."

"It won't take long. The World of Creation is about to usher in a real war of the gods."

Since Xing Ying herself said so, then the others would not suspect anything.

"...Phew, it's also a good thing."

Breathing out, Jiu Ming frowned when he heard this news. He had a deck of cards flying in his hand, revealing various strange divine beasts and spell brilliance: "After all, the Ten Heavenly Systems' control over this universe is so deep-rooted that we have to join it if we want to do anything--if it weren't for the minister giving us citizenship rights, we probably wouldn't even be able to enter the border of the Dark Abyss Dao's star region."

"But now, since the gods are fighting chaotically and have no time to manage the world of mortals, our chance has come."

"Yeah."

Because he was not a related person of the Torch Dragon and was just here to save his wife, Dechimus had always been taciturn, but now, he could be seen to be obviously more energetic.

This brown-haired mage stood at the edge of the bridge. He turned sideways and looked at the universe starry sky of the Dao of Extinction outside the Flying Rainbow, and the towering fortress built on the star, and could not help but feel refreshed: "The gods don't have time to pay attention to us, so we have the space to do many things..."

"Yeah, saving a fellow explorer is equivalent to killing a big boss in previous missions!"

Shao Shuangyue also stood up and stood side by side with Dechimus, looking at the distant universe fortress, a towering giant structure that once belonged to the gods of the Dao of Extinction.

Her eyes were almost shining: "Look, most of the former prison guards have been transferred to the core divine domain of the Dao of Extinction to prepare for battle. The manpower in these cosmic prisons is mostly less than 10%!"

"Prepare!"

At this moment, the girl turned her head and announced to everyone present with high spirits: "Whether we eat spicy food and drink hot drinks in the future, or drink northwest wind, depends on this operation!"

"Our 'Pioneer Space Explorer Rescue Plan' starts now!"

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