Heavenly Way

"To take your place."

Those five words, calm and peaceful, were like the first thunderclap of chaos, blasting through every corner of the deadly Lingxiao Palace! The arrogance and determination contained within them made time seem to freeze for a moment.

Replace the Emperor of Heaven?

Since the establishment of the Heavenly Palace during the Great Desolation, no one had ever dared to think of this, let alone speak of it! Even the Demon King who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace all he sought was a seat at the table, not the supreme position that ruled over the three realms!

“Arrogant——!!!”

After a brief moment of dead silence, there was a volcanic eruption of anger and rebuke! Countless immortals and gods trembled with rage, their divine power erupting uncontrollably, causing the remaining golden light in the hall to flicker!

On the throne, the aura surrounding the Emperor suddenly became extremely dangerous! The drooping tassels moved without a breeze, and behind them, the eyes had turned into pure gold, like two blazing suns, containing the rage and murderous intent to incinerate all things!

"You rebellious beast! How dare you speak such outrageous words!"

The Emperor of Heaven finally became completely angry. It was no longer just pressure, but he actually took action!

He did not stand up, but just raised his right hand and pressed lightly towards "Ao Guang" in the hall!

This press seemed to be understated, but it seemed to condense the weight of the entire thirty-three days and part of the authority of the ancient heavenly way into one finger!

“Buzz——!!!”

The space within the Lingxiao Palace groaned under the weight of the heavy burden, and completely froze! A golden fingerprint, pure to the extreme, containing the original power of "order" and "judgment", seemed to transcend time and space, ignoring all defenses, and instantly appeared in front of "Ao Guang's" eyebrows!

Wherever the fingerprint passed, laws retreated and concepts submitted! This was a finger that carried out punishment on behalf of Heaven! It was the embodiment of Heaven's authority!

Faced with this terrifying blow that could easily wipe out any quasi-saint and even threaten the existence of a saint, a ripple finally appeared in Ao Guang's empty eyes.

It wasn't fear, nor solemnity, but a kind of...excitement of finally meeting a decent opponent.

He didn't even make any defensive or evasive moves.

Just…open your eyes wide.

In his left eye, the silent dark blue suddenly began to spin, transforming into a bottomless vortex of annihilation! In his right eye, the chaotic vortex also accelerated, as if countless worlds were being born and destroyed within it!

Two invisible gazes, which seemed to contain the most fundamental rules between heaven and earth, shot out from his eyes and collided head-on with the golden fingerprint representing the authority of the Emperor of Heaven!

No sound, no explosion.

There is only a kind of conceptual, soul-shattering annihilation!

The power of "order" and "judgment" contained in the golden fingerprint was like encountering a natural nemesis the moment it came into contact with those two gazes!

"Order" was annihilated and returned to nothingness!

"Judgment" was swallowed and assimilated by chaos!

The fingerprint that condensed the power of the thirty-three heavens and part of the authority of the heavenly way, in front of the incredulous gaze of all the immortals and gods, began to crumble and dissipate inch by inch from the fingertips like ice and snow under the sun!

But in the blink of an eye, it completely disappeared!

"puff--!"

On the throne, the Emperor's body trembled violently, and a trace of fear and disbelief flashed in his pure golden eyes! His fingers pressed on the armrest curled slightly.

He... actually... broke his Heavenly Dao Finger so easily?!

How is this possible?! He devoured the laws, could he even forcibly seize, analyze, and restrain part of the authority of the Heavenly Dao?!

"Nothing more than that."

"Ao Guang" spoke lightly, and there was no joy or anger in his voice, only a condescending evaluation.

He no longer gave the Emperor of Heaven any chance to react.

Take a step forward.

Instead of rushing towards the throne, he directly merged into the space of the Lingxiao Palace!

The next moment——

The entire thirty-three days were shaking violently!

It is not a vibration at the physical level, but a collapse and reconstruction at the level of laws and concepts!

The immortal officials and generals were horrified to discover that the immortal laws they relied on for survival were failing! The magical powers they cultivated were in disarray! Even their connection to the divine offices of Heaven was becoming blurred and unstable!

The order of heaven is being forcibly covered and rewritten by a more powerful and more essential force!

"He is...devouring the foundation of Heaven! Devouring our connection with the Heavenly Dao!" An ancient star official roared in despair.

In the sky, the once eternally radiant immortal sun began to dim, as if shrouded by a gray veil. The swirling auspicious clouds grew turbid, and the auspicious aura turned into turbulent currents. The suspended immortal palaces and temples creaked and groaned, their spiritual light rapidly extinguished, and they even began to fall from the sky!

And in the "process" of all this chaos, collapse, and extinction, the huge amount of energy and fragments of laws released, just like rivers flowing into the sea, rushed madly towards the figure in the fluttering black robe!

He hovered above the ruins of the Lingxiao Palace, with his arms open, as if embracing the end and rebirth of all this.

The left eye of annihilation devours the remains of the old order.

The right eye of chaos contains the prototype of new rules.

His aura, amidst this frantic devouring and reconstruction, soared infinitely at a despairing speed! It had already surpassed the comprehension of all the immortals and gods present, and was even beginning to... approach the throne, representing the authority of the old Heavenly Dao—the Emperor of Heaven!

"Stop him! Stop him quickly!" The prince struggled to appear outside the palace at some point, looking at this doomsday-like scene and letting out a shrill roar.

However, no one could move.

All the immortals and gods were suppressed and unable to move in the face of this terrifying force that could change the world. They could only watch helplessly as everything they depended on for survival went to destruction.

Yinglong stood not far away, looking at the figure that looked like a world-destroying god or demon, feeling the immortal body around him that was also passively absorbing the power of the collapsing order and becoming more and more powerful because of the causal connection with him, and his heart was cold.

He not only wants to replace the Emperor of Heaven.

He was... eating up the entire old heaven as his nourishment for reaching the top!

After the wedding, the "bride price" he brought her was to witness with her own eyes... the end of the old world.

On the throne, the Emperor of Heaven slowly stood up.

Beneath the crown, the anger in those golden eyes had subsided, leaving only an extreme coldness and determination.

He looked at the "Ao Guang" that was devouring the Heaven Palace, and his voice was as cold as eternal ice:

"Those who reach the pinnacle through devouring and destroying will eventually be abandoned by Heaven and devoured by all living things."

"Ao Guang, you're taking the wrong path."

Upon hearing this, "Ao Guang" finally withdrew his gaze from the collapsing Thirty-three Heavens and returned it to the Emperor of Heaven. The cold arc at the corner of his mouth seemed to widen a little.

"Heavenly Way?"

He asked back softly, with an indifference that seemed to override everything else.

"Soon, I will be the Way of Heaven."