Sir’s voice boomed, resonating through the cosmic void. “After this strike falls, the Primordial Realm will seal its borders! The true victory of this war lies not in today, but in the future!”
Xiao Qing, still somewhat naive, blinked. “The future?”
She knew Sir controlled the River of Time, but in this protracted, grueling war, the Eerie Lord had already severed and seized a significant portion of it. Had Sir truly planned out the grand scheme for the future? She had no idea what his complete strategy was! He had only instructed her to close the Primordial Realm. What about the rest?
“Sir, what other plans do you have?” Xiao Qing began to ask, but Sir had already made his move.
Boom!
Sir’s white robe billowed, radiating a blazing divine brilliance. He ascended like a colossal sun rising in the Star Sea, his form impossibly vast and majestic, his might completely overshadowing even the Eerie Lord. His body was burning, consumed by an internal fire. In an instant, he unleashed a devastating palm strike!
This palm contained terrifying Grand Dao power, encompassing every shred of Sir’s Dao Rhyme. Heaven and earth trembled violently, the Primordial Realm roared incessantly, and the entire Star Sea seemed to wail in sorrow. The River of Time itself transformed into countless shimmering chains, binding the cosmos. This ultimate strike descended directly upon the Eerie Lord and the assembled Innate Ancient Ancestors! Killing intent erupted, absolute and final!
The sheer, terrifying might made even the Eerie Lord’s expression change drastically, a flicker of genuine fear in his eyes. Ancient Ancestor Mei, Ancient Ancestor Hansheng, and the other Innate Ancient Ancestors were all seized by unparalleled terror and dread. It felt as if a colossal, unseen blade was relentlessly descending upon their heads, threatening to cleave them in two! They frantically activated their defensive Dao patterns, desperate to block this cataclysmic palm.
But it was useless! Utterly, tragically useless!
“Boom!” “Crack!”
Countless defensive Dao patterns shattered in an instant, the starry sky tore apart as if made of fragile silk, and everything in the path of that descending palm was utterly annihilated, reduced to cosmic dust.
“No! No… Sir, I was wrong!” Ancient Ancestor Mei, her body already covered in blood, screamed in a desperate, guttural cry. But in a flash, her form began to crumble, her very essence dissolving.
On the other side, Ancient Ancestor Lie Yuan, Ancient Ancestor Hansheng, and the others were equally powerless to resist. Their scalps tingled with an unbearable dread. What kind of power was this? Why was Sir still so incredibly strong, even in this state of self-immolation?!
Ancient Ancestor Red Lotus suddenly sacrificed the Red Lotus behind him, similarly reaching the pinnacle of sublimation, burning himself to unleash his full power! He roared, “Perhaps if we bind our Daos to Sir’s, we won’t die!” Ancient Ancestor Mei, her face a mask of terror, gasped, “Really?” Red Lotus replied, “I don’t know.” Ancient Ancestor Mei gritted her teeth, a desperate glint in her eyes, and also began to sublimate to her peak. She was burning!
At this moment, Sir’s body became incredibly ethereal, on the very verge of dissipating between heaven and earth. Xiao Qing only heard two words, faint yet absolute, whispered in her ear: “Close the Realm!”
The power of that palm had not yet ceased its devastating work! Ancient Ancestors fell like rain, their forms dissolving into nothingness! The lingering might swept forth like a raging, cosmic sea, blotting out the sky and sun, almost engulfing the entire Primordial Realm, sending shivers down the Eerie Lord’s spine.
“Plateau!” The Eerie Lord directly summoned the Eerie Plateau. Boom! From an extreme distance, the Eerie Plateau, a vast and ominous entity, tore through the starry sky, devouring everything in its path like a rolling black hole.
Xiao Qing gritted her teeth and immediately activated her spirit art, beginning the arduous process of closing the Primordial Realm!
But at that moment, the Eerie Lord seemed to see through Xiao Qing’s intentions and sneered, “What? Is even Sir preparing to hide in the Primordial Realm to reincarnate? I won’t allow it!”
Boom! Sir’s palm struck the Eerie Plateau, and the colossal Eerie Plateau immediately shattered into countless pieces. But it had, miraculously, blocked the attack!
“Pfft!” The Eerie Lord spat out several mouthfuls of vital blood, his body almost tearing into shreds. His face was filled with profound shock. “This strike was actually so terrifying?”
But he had no time to heal. Seeing the Primordial Realm about to close its borders, he unleashed another terrifying palm strike, intending to shatter it completely before it could vanish.
“Boom!” The black colossal palm descended, its Half-step Heavenly God Realm power utterly destructive, tearing through reality.
Just then, Dao Yi suddenly roared, “I am guilty!” Boom! He immediately burned himself, sublimating to his absolute peak!
In an instant, Dao Yi’s Origin of Dao erupted with terrifying power. Driven by his desperate will to survive and his profound shame, his strength subtly approached the Half-step Ancient Ancestor Realm.
With a thought, Dao Yi’s body transformed into a colossal, shimmering dome, covering the Primordial Realm, a final, desperate shield.
Chen Changsheng and Wuwu similarly began to sublimate to their peak, burning their own essences. Sir was dead! How could they possibly live on in such a world?!
Witnessing this, even the Eerie Lord was stunned. “Dao Yi, how are you so powerful?”
“So, you cultivated Sir’s Grand Dao, the Origin of Dao, unconstrained by convention. It’s fortunate we prevented your growth, otherwise, we would be facing Sir himself, and a weakened version of Sir. In that case, the outcome would likely not be this.”
Dao Yi’s face was filled with shame, and two clear lines of tears streamed from his eyes. “I have failed Sir, I have failed Senior Sister and the others.”
The Eerie Lord continued, “However, we noticed you long ago and prevented your growth. That fool Ancient Ancestor Mei completely infatuated you. This Star Sea doesn’t have that many idiots; we couldn’t possibly be Sir’s opponents.”
Dao Yi was utterly shocked. “Could it be that Ancient Ancestor Mei was always secretly commanded by you, leading me astray?”
The Eerie Lord shook his head. “Not so. You leaped into the abyss yourself.”
Dao Yi was speechless, his face a mask of despair. The Eerie Lord declared, “Die!”
Boom! Crack! The terrifying defensive Dao patterns Dao Yi had laid down through his sublimation quickly shattered, and Dao Yi’s body was torn into countless pieces, dissolving into nothingness.
Just then. A wisp of Sir’s Reincarnation Power, ethereal and profound, enveloped Dao Yi, pulling him into the Primordial Realm.
The Eerie Lord struck the Primordial Realm with another palm, and the Primordial Realm instantly shattered, with less than one percent of its core area remaining.
“Whoosh!” In the final moment, Xiao Qing felt herself lose consciousness, but at the same time, the entire Primordial Realm vanished from the Star Sea. Untraceable!
The Eerie Lord sneered, a cruel glint in his eyes. “Can you escape?” He directly activated his Half-step Heavenly God Realm power to search, and quickly detected a faint, rapidly dissipating trace of the Primordial Realm’s aura.
“Boom!” At that moment, from Sir’s ethereal, dissipating body, the Bronze Ancient Palace fell. Whoosh! The Bronze Ancient Palace erupted with sky-piercing Dao Rhyme, instantly fleeing into the distance.
In the Eerie Lord’s moment of hesitation, the Primordial Realm had completely vanished. And the Bronze Ancient Palace had also disappeared without a trace.
***
Lu Xuan felt a pang of melancholy, a faint sense of loss. These subsequent scenes were all things he had witnessed within the River of Time. That war truly was terrifying, a cosmic tragedy.
Just then. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Five colossal Ancient Ancestor auras shot straight into the sky, shaking the very fabric of reality.
Ji Fuyao had directly stepped into the Ancient Ancestor Realm! Ye Chen had similarly entered the Ancient Ancestor Realm! Ah Li, Chen Changsheng, and Wuwu had all broken through to the Ancient Ancestor Realm!
A massive, overwhelming influx of cultivation feedback poured into Lu Xuan’s body.
Ji Fuyao’s eyes sparkled with profound reverence. “Master!” The others, equally ecstatic and devoted, also cried out, “Master!”
Lu Xuan simply nodded, a faint, unbothered smile playing on his lips. His cultivation directly broke through to the Seven-star Ancient Ancestor Realm!
Suddenly. “Boom!” “Crack!”
The void tore open with a deafening roar! Space twisted violently, contorting into grotesque shapes! Twenty terrifying Ancient Ancestor auras emanated from the newly formed spatial rift.
There were distinct auras from the Eerie Race, from the Human Race, and from the Demon Race!
A colossal roar, like shattering gold and cracking stone, reverberated through the sky, shaking the very stars. “Sir, we’ve come to kill you! We wonder, how much of your former strength do you retain today?”