Southern border of the Great Xia Dynasty.
An endless, mysterious army stretched across the dark red earth.
"This moment has finally arrived!"
Xiao Rulai stood high in the sky, gazing in the direction of the mysterious army, his eyes filled with resentment and anger.
This scene is so similar to the images he saw in the Secret Pavilion. This time, can they still hold on?
The fate of Earth rests on this day!
"Zhang Rong, is there still no word from him?"
Xiao Rulai turned his head and looked at Zhang Rong beside him.
Zhang Rong now looks like a hunched old man over a hundred years old, exuding an aura of deathly decline.
All of this was, of course, caused by Bazan of the mysterious kingdom.
It was a battle fought on a battlefield unseen by the public. In that battle, almost all of the Blue Star Alliance's top combat forces were mobilized, but in the end, only a handful of them returned alive, and each of them carried potentially fatal injuries.
To this day, apart from Zhang Rong, the only survivor from that great battle is a Sheng Yang Realm cultivator from the Nordic War Zone. However, that person can only lie in bed now and has no strength left to fight.
And the only one responsible for all of this is Bazan, a mysterious figure.
According to Zhang Rong, if Bazan hadn't suddenly stopped at the last moment for some unknown reason, none of the Allied forces would have survived.
"At this point, we have no choice but to believe him!"
Zhang Rong, his body hunched over, gazed in a certain direction. Several years had passed since Chi Chen disappeared from everyone's sight, and the war between the humans of Blue Star and the mysterious kingdom had reached its final moment, but Chi Chen had still not returned.
Moreover, Zhang Rong knew that the war with the mysterious country, whether won or lost, would not be a true end. The truly terrifying existence that Blue Star would face had not yet truly appeared.
He almost completely destroyed the Allied forces with the help of Bazan. When He truly appears, Zhang Rong can hardly imagine what the situation will be like.
"well!"
Zhang Rong glanced at Lin Bai and the others standing behind him, as well as the Allied forces on the ground, and sighed inwardly. After today, how many of these vibrant lives will be left?
At this moment, even Zhang Rong couldn't help but feel a sense of despair. Even if Chi Chen accomplished what he wanted, could he really stop the catastrophe?
"roar!"
There is no time left for the human side to prepare.
Above the mysterious army, Bazan let out a roar that pierced the clouds.
"Boom boom boom!"
On the ground, a mysterious army of nearly a million men moved simultaneously.
The entire earth began to tremble as if an earthquake had struck, and a massive, mysterious army surged toward the city like a tidal wave.
"Today, for the sake of my Blue Star human race, we shall fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
"Fight to the death!"
High in the sky, Xiao Rulai's angry roar also rang out. On the ground, the allied forces, who originally belonged to different war zones, raised their arms and shouted at the same time. There were no more differences between them. They all knew that today would be the battle that would determine the fate of mankind.
"Boom boom boom!"
On the ground, first, a barrage of firearms and artillery shells were fired, and then numerous mechs burst out, forming a steel torrent that rushed toward the mysterious army.
After that, the army of forbidden ability users, from highest to lowest level and from front to back, all rushed out at top speed with the determination to die.
"roar!"
High in the sky, Bazan shouted again and instantly took off.
Go!
Zhang Rong made arrangements to the people behind him, and then he and Xiao Rulai exchanged a glance before heading in the same direction as Bazan.
Qing Sheng, Lin Bai, Xiang Ming, Gan Yuan, Wang Hao and the others watched as Xiao Rulai and Zhang Rong disappeared in an instant, a trace of grief flashing across their faces. However, they could not go with them, because there were still many mysterious high-level beings waiting for them on the other side.
If left unchecked, the human forces on the ground will be completely wiped out in less than half a day!
"war!"
With a loud shout, the last remaining thirty or so top-tier fighters on the human side simultaneously headed towards the mysterious side.
"Boom boom boom!"
High in the sky, invisible to the naked eye above the ground, Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai instantly clashed with Bazan. Lightning flashed and the heavens roared. But this time, Bazan had no more worries. His divine aura erupted completely. Although this caused terrifying phenomena under the sky, no heavenly punishment was imposed on Bazan this time!
Zhang Rong transformed into an Asura, burning his last bit of life force to briefly reach an aura comparable to that of a god, but he was considerably weaker than Bazan.
On the other side, behind Xiao Rulai, a dazzling Buddha statue appeared. After many years, Xiao Rulai finally used his strongest trump card again, the ultimate mystery of the 002 sequence taboo, which was also summoned by burning life force to form the Great Sun Tathagata Dharma image.
One gold, one black; one solemn, one sinister. The former twin stars of the Great Xia Dynasty have joined forces once again to fight their enemy.
Behind Xiao Rulai, the Dharma images clashed, and a golden palm that blotted out the sky and the sun, carrying a world-destroying force, slammed towards Bazan.
But faced with this scene, Bhadra's half-dragon face remained unchanged. He also extended a palm, and then a pitch-black palm, as if emerging from a mud pit, appeared out of thin air and directly confronted Xiao Rulai's Buddha image.
"boom!"
When the two palms collided, the world lost its color. Even though they were far apart, everyone on the ground was still shaken by the loud noise, as if they had been temporarily deafened, their heads buzzing. On the mysterious side, many of the mysterious figures could not withstand the impact and exploded to their deaths.
Fortunately for humanity, there were high-level forbidden ability users protecting low-level ability users and ordinary people. Even so, many allied soldiers were still directly reduced to dust and perished in that clash.
This is the terrifying damage that the world's strongest fighting force can inflict. Even after the aftershocks dissipate, it is enough to rob countless lives of their luster.
High in the sky, after Bazan unleashed a palm strike, in Xiao Rulai's horrified gaze, the Tathagata image behind him lost an arm, and Xiao Rulai also spat out a mouthful of blood, his aura instantly weakening considerably.
This is the power of the divine realm. Xiao Rulai did not participate in the last battle, but this time, with just one strike, he was severely injured and understood what kind of enemy Zhang Rong and the others had faced last time.
As Bazan unleashed his palm strike, Zhang Rong arrived at his side, wielding a longsword formed from dense Asura power that swung down fiercely, instantly closing in on Bazan's body amidst the constantly tearing space.
"Ha, ignorant humans, it seems I didn't make you feel enough despair last time!"
Bazan snorted coldly, and a black substance resembling silt appeared on his body, which transformed into a hand that grasped the Asura Blade in Zhang Rong's hand. Then, with a flick of his two fingers, he broke the Asura Blade in two.
Zhang Rong's expression changed, and just as he was about to react, his body was suddenly sent flying backward, and a bloody hole burst open in Zhang Rong's chest.
In just a short while, both Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai were seriously injured.
Without the slightest hesitation, the two steadied themselves and attacked Bazan once again.
On the ground, human and mysterious corpses piled up like mountains in an instant. The blood, greenish-brown and bright red, mingled and flowed into rivers on the ground, revealing a scene of hell on earth.
"Chi Chen, I'm taking my leave now!"
Amidst the mysterious army, a smile appeared on Lin Bai's aged face. In a daze, he seemed to see the time when he and Chi Chen went to school together.
"Buzz!"
This time, there was no loud roar, only a strange buzzing sound. Lin Bai used his body as a weapon, transforming himself into an annihilation black hole. In an instant, all the mysteries around him, regardless of their realm, were sucked into the black hole, forming a vast empty area.
At the same time, a black flame raged from another battlefield, spreading continuously toward the mysterious army.
High in the sky, a sacred mountain appeared out of nowhere, pressing down on the mysterious army.
On the ground, hundreds of ghosts reappeared, rushing past the mysterious army until they disappeared.
"Aww!"
A dragon's roar resounded through the sky once more. High above, the golden dragon phantom opened its eyes for the last time, taking away tens of thousands of mysterious troops.
"Qingsheng, you liar!"
On the ground, Xiang Qing was covered in blood, his face streaked with tears and a bitter smile. He looked at the place where the golden dragon phantom had disappeared. Ever since Qing Sheng returned from the dimensional realm, he had been hiding from Xiang Qing and had not seen him since, because he knew that he could not fulfill the vow he had made.
Is this the end?
High in the sky, Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai felt the complete disappearance of the five auras on the ground, and their faces showed sorrow. But Bazan would not give them a chance to grieve.
A giant black hand materialized once more and swung towards Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai. The two were now powerless to dodge, and unless a miracle occurred, they would surely die!
"Damn it!"
At the critical moment, a spatial rift opened up beneath the sky, and three figures emerged from it.
If Chi Chen were here, he would definitely recognize one of the divine beings, Venerable Lingfeng.
The other two are naturally the other two Venerables, Tong Shen Venerable and Jie Tian Venerable.
The sudden appearance of the three divine beings startled Bazan.
After revealing himself, Venerable Lingfeng said nothing and went directly to Bazan, extending a withered but powerful hand.
"!!! Lord of Evil, save me!"
At this moment, Bazan was terrified. He suddenly realized that he couldn't even move an inch in front of Venerable Lingfeng.
"Hmph, merely a false god, not even possessing primordial divine power. You think you can break free from my grasp with just some filth bestowed upon you by that damned thing?"
Venerable Lingfeng snorted coldly, grabbed Bazan by the neck, and then, ignoring his struggles, looked directly at the sky.
Xiao Rulai and Zhang Rong were shocked to see this. The arrogant Bazan who had been so arrogant in front of them was now being held by the neck by an old man who had suddenly appeared and was unable to move.
Just how powerful is this old man?
"Thank you! I suppose you must be the Venerable One from the Divine Realm that Chi Chen spoke of!"
Zhang Rong bowed and thanked the Divine Venerable who had healed him for a moment, his eyes filled with awe.
"Um!"
The Venerable Tongshen did not say much, but simply nodded slightly, and then looked up at the sky with the Venerable Jietian.
They were all waiting for the evil lord that Bazan had mentioned to appear.
"Waaaaah!"
Beneath the sky, under the gaze of the three Venerable Ones, a flowing, pitch-black face gradually appeared.
But when Zhang Rong and Xiao Ru saw the face clearly, their expressions changed, because the huge face that covered the sky was none other than Chi Chen's appearance!
"This grudge has been accumulating for millennia, and it's time to settle it today. You wretched thing, you have defiled the very essence of my realm's Heavenly Dao and even attempted to devour this world. You deserve to die!"
With a furious expression, Venerable Lingfeng squeezed the unwilling Bazan into dust, then transformed into a stream of light and soared into the sky, heading straight for the black giant face.
"He needs some more time, let's go!"
The Venerable Tongshen and the Venerable Jietian exchanged a glance before following Venerable Lingfeng.
Beneath the sky, the three divine beings each manifested their own Dharma forms, charging towards the giant black face with an overwhelming force.
In an instant, the entire world began to tremble because of the great battle under the sky. Cracks appeared everywhere on the ground, lava spewed out, and storms raged. Thunder and flames raged, and the entire human world instantly became a true hell.
"If He doesn't appear soon, this world is truly doomed!"
Beneath the sky, even with the three Venerables joining forces, they could only hold out for less than two hours against the giant black face. At this moment, the bodies of the three Venerables were all illusory, and they had even begun to dissipate into specks of starlight.
When they saw the scene on the ground, their faces showed immense grief. How similar this scene was to that of ten thousand years ago!
In that battle, the land that was originally united was directly shattered into the current landmasses, with mountains and rivers sinking and the apocalyptic scene reappearing.
"Waaaaah!"
A howl emanated from its dark face, as if mocking the three Venerable Ones' overestimation of their abilities.
But suddenly, the giant black face turned to look in a certain direction.
There, a black dot disappeared, and when it reappeared, it had reached beneath the black face.
"Thank you for your hard work, Venerable Ones. Now, leave the rest to me!"
The one who arrived was none other than Chi Chen.
"It seems you succeeded. I hope your choice was right!"
The three Venerables were slightly taken aback when they saw Chi Chen's calm expression. At this moment, they seemed to see in Chi Chen a fusion between humanity and the Heavenly Dao, which should be devoid of emotion.
The three Venerables bowed slightly to Chi Chen, and then completely transformed into specks of light, continuously merging into Chi Chen's body.
"Come on, between you and me, only one of us can survive!"
Chi Chen looked at the giant black face, and a ball of light shone from his body. The phantoms of the Monkey King, Nuwa, the Emperor of Fengdu, and Sun Candlelight appeared behind him, and then merged back into his body.
Chi Chen turned his head, smiled at Zhang Rong, and then charged directly into the giant face.
In truth, there is no longer any Chi Chen in this world. On that very night, the young Chi Chen died along with his parents who were protecting him.
What followed was merely a journey taken by the forbidden 'hope' of the 001 sequence, parasitizing that dead boy. No, it would be more accurate to describe him as a Heavenly Dao yearning for humanity.
Ten thousand years ago, the cultivation system was still ancient. Everything was born from the Heavenly Dao and perished by the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao was supposed to be the one that controlled all the rules governing the operation of heaven and earth, and it could not have its own emotions.
But all of this began to change from the moment that black substance that polluted the Heavenly Dao suddenly appeared in this world one day.
The black substance grew larger and larger without anyone noticing, eventually forming its own consciousness and beginning to control the origin that originally belonged to this world. Under these circumstances, the Heavenly Dao also developed its own antibodies, much like a human body being eroded by a virus.
That antibody was the original source of hope for the 001 sequence. When the first catastrophe caused by the black substance came, the strongest cultivators at the time discovered the ball of light born from the Heavenly Dao. After an extremely fierce battle and countless lives lost, the beings of Earth managed to put the black substance into a deep sleep.
Then, the remaining powerful cultivators even created the God Realm in an attempt to comprehend the antibodies produced by the Heavenly Dao. However, this journey took nearly ten thousand years. Until a few hundred years ago, the black matter showed signs of awakening. The God Realm's inhabitants used their last strength to move the stars of Blue Star to another realm, creating the Dimensional Realm in an attempt to suppress the black matter and delay its awakening.
However, the divine realm also paid a heavy price for this, as the black substance seeped into the divine realm, causing a tragic situation.
...
Behind the sky, in a void of chaos, Chi Chen was now merging into the black matter, constantly absorbing it into himself.
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!"
The black substance kept roaring, as if it were in fear.
"Heh, you'll never understand. The true ruler of this world isn't my so-called Heavenly Dao, but the myriad living beings beneath it. They rise from nothing to something, from weak to strong, representing boundless creation and vitality. I was merely a heartless spectator before. Only after nearly ten thousand years of gestation in the divine realm, and a lifetime of coexistence with humans, did I finally become a true human being and realize how wondrous the power of life can be. All of this you've overlooked. But it is precisely this power of life combined with the power of the Heavenly Dao that is your greatest nemesis. You may have wisdom, but you'll never understand these things. You can't imagine that one day you'll be destroyed by the very beings you've always looked down upon!"
Chi Chen transformed into a ball of light and shadow, constantly moving within the black matter.
"The giant black face is shrinking!"
High in the sky, as time passed, to the astonishment of Zhang Rong and Xiao Rulai, anger and fear continuously appeared on the black giant face, but they could not stop it from dissipating.
Finally, as the last trace of black matter disappeared, the sky returned to its clear state.
"All things perish, all things are born, let everything return to its original state!"
Chi Chen stood behind the sky, looking at everything below. As soon as he had a thought, the world trembled, but the mountains and rivers remained unchanged.
The hellish scene that had previously appeared on the ground had not disappeared.
"We're alive again?"
"I'm alive?"
After a moment of silence, there came excited sobs and wails.
Today is the last day. Unfortunately, it has to end hastily. The ending is terrible, I'm sorry! See you again someday.
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