I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 938. Calamity Descends
"Who else could it be?"

Huang Shifu tilted his face up, his gentle, soft voice seeming to emanate from his Adam's apple, or perhaps from his abdomen.

"Given the current situation in the empire, only the Burning Heaven Temple could cause such a commotion. The Fifth District is the territory of the Golden Finch Flower, but the Goddess of Flower is being held back by the Burning Heaven Holy Lord and is probably too busy to take care of it, so she sought help from the Great Sin."

"Knock knock—" Just then, a knocking sound came from the door.

The officer who brought Huang Zhaoyue here stood outside the door and said respectfully in a deep voice: "Lord Shifu, the fleet has successfully passed through the space gate and arrived at the Yongliu Sea, which is located at the junction of the Fifth and Sixth Districts."

According to reports from the front lines, Burning Heaven did indeed launch a war against the Fifth District, but an unexpected incident occurred, and now the Great Sin Fleet dares not advance any further.

"Oh? Accident?"

"The Calamity God." Xue Ying lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "The Calamity God's power has sealed off the entire Fifth District!"

"Hmm?" The faceless man in the white robe, who had been looking up without moving, stood up and turned to look at the officer.

Huang Zhaoyue also turned around in surprise and looked towards the door.

The Calamity of Nine Eyes! A being second only to the Void Emperor, in theory, such a being should not be able to break through the spatial barrier and enter the mortal realm.

If Huojin can freely enter the Empire, then the re-ignition of the Three Realms War is not far off.

Xue Ying continued in a deep voice: "According to the search, it was not the true form of the Calamity that descended, but only a wisp of divine power. Therefore, although it sealed off the Fifth Region, the Calamity Realm rules did not completely cover the region, but only one planet in the Fifth Region."

The Empire has fifty-one regions, each of which is a cosmic plane.

The higher the region, the more habitable planets have been discovered. For example, the top ten regions each have at least 10 habitable planets.

As for the last ten regions, each has only one habitable planet. That single planet encompasses the entire population and territory of the entire region.

The fifth region contains 13 habitable planets and is encompassed by three star systems.

The Star of Sparrow Kings is the power center of the Fifth Region because Mount Sparrow God is located on this planet.

According to Xue Yingjiang, the wisp of divine power from Huojin only covered this planet.

But this was enough to cause the greatest upheaval in the Fifth District since the establishment of the empire.

"What exactly is Burning Heaven trying to do?" Xia Heimao stood on Huang Zhaoyue's shoulder, wondering if Burning Heaven Saint Lord had actually cooperated with Huojin.
"The Fifth Region is protected by the Boundless Realm. If the Boundless Realm is not destroyed on a large scale, how can the power of the Calamity God be applied to the Fifth Region?"

Huang Zhaoyue asked in confusion, "Is the Fifth Region also like the Fifty-One Region, with an inside traitor hollowing out the Boundless Realm from within?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Ying quickly stepped forward and handed the two documents in her hand to Huang Zhaoyue and Huang Shifu.

The document was marked as confidential. Huang Zhaoyue opened the document, and Xia Heimao glanced down with his vertical pupils, quickly scanning it. He couldn't help but gasp.

Of course, it's not like in District 51, where someone destroys the Boundless Realm and digs out Boundless Stones for their own benefit.

It is a sacred ritual!

The collaboration between Burning Heaven and Zhou Yin, the Lord of the Holy Star Court, in the Holy Ordination Ritual against the Demon God actually had a third purpose.

Zhou Yin's attempt to defeat the Demon God failed because of Xia Mu. The Burning Heaven Saint Lord succeeded in opening the Gate of Calamity to release Tian Shu Wu.

Unexpectedly, although Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong successfully destroyed the sacred rituals of the present and gray realms and stopped Zhou Yin's plan, the sacred rituals of the star realm were still intact, and the Holy Star Strike was not completely destroyed.

They simply lost the ability to track down and kill the demon god.

Using the unformed Holy Star, the Burning Heaven Saint Lord forcibly blasted a gap in the Boundless Realm of the Fifth Region, allowing the Calamity God Power to enter.

Arriving in the Fifth Region - Sparrow King Star.

It seems that this was the true purpose of the Burning Heaven Saint Lord. That foolish Saint Star Court Lord Zhou Yin was completely used by the Burning Heaven Saint Lord.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng still had some doubts and asked in his mind, "Although Huo Jin is a nine-eyed god comparable to Huang Ye, he is ultimately not the real body that descended, but only a wisp of his divine power. The Great Sin Legion and the Golden Finch Flower should not have much difficulty in dealing with him, right?"

Huang Zhaoyue shook her head: "The power of the Calamity God alone is indeed not difficult, but if we add the Heavenly Calamity of Burning Heaven, it would be an apocalyptic disaster for any planet or region."

Hearing this, Xia Feng became even more puzzled. He knew about the power of the Heavenly Calamity: any spirit master infected with the 'Artifact Calamity Poison' would have their artifact develop self-awareness and become a living being if they possessed one, potentially turning against their master.

And what are the rules governing the realm of calamity of Huojin, the pinnacle of calamity? How can a mere wisp of divine power keep the Great Sin Legion from approaching?

"The Calamity Realm is called the 'World of Destiny.' It can 'gamify' any area, which is to put it simply as—'game-like.'"

Seeing that Xia Feng didn't understand, Huang Zhaoyue silently explained.

"Different amounts of divine power can construct different levels of difficulty in the world of destiny, but regardless of the difficulty of the world of destiny, there is only one core rule: the more people you kill and the closer the relationship between the people you kill and the more you get, the better and rarer the settlement rewards you can obtain when the calamity comes to an end, that is, when the game ends."

Moreover, even if you only kill one person, the rarity of the reward far exceeds your imagination.

"Therefore, before the establishment of the empire, wherever the calamity of the Calamity descended, all living beings perished, with only a few or even one person surviving to the end and escaping the calamity."

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After listening to Huang Zhaoyue's brief introduction to the Calamity Realm, Xia Feng's pupils contracted instantly. What kind of massive battle royale game is this?

The more people you kill, and the closer the relationships between them, the better the rewards at the end of the game. The core rules are indeed simple and brutal, but they are also the most challenging to human nature.

"But why is the Great Sin Legion afraid of Huojin?" Xia Feng wondered. "Shouldn't everyone be afraid?"

"It is because it is a gift from heaven."

A hint of mockery seemed to flash in Huang Zhaoyue's fox-gray eyes. "The Tree of Sin is indeed a divine object for developing the power of an army. But unfortunately, this divine object is countered by the Great Calamity bestowed by Heaven."

"?" Xia Feng was slightly surprised. "You mean, the divinely bestowed artifact, the Calamity Poison, can also infect the Sin Shadow and Sin Leaf? And develop self-awareness? But doesn't the Sin Shadow already have self-awareness?"

“Wrong.” Huang Zhaoyue shook her head. “The ability of the Heavenly Calamity Poison is to generate a self-awareness with a will to resist. The principle of the birth of the Shadow of Great Sin is similar to that of a spiritual artifact, so it is also unable to escape it.”

“If it were a normal situation, it would be fine for the Shadow Master to actively remove the Shadow of Sin. However, if one is in the world of Destiny, these self-awarenesses will be given a ‘game identity’ by the rules of Calamity, forming an independent individual that cannot be removed or dissipated.”

This puts the masters of the Shadow Creatures in danger, as these masters are their closest, and perhaps only, 'relatives.' Killing a relative of this caliber would undoubtedly yield the most lucrative rewards, such as becoming a truly independent individual after the game ends.

(End of this chapter)