Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1018 The Great Demon of Heavenly Decline, Refining the Dao to the Nine Heavens (More tonight)
At this time, the flow of refugees approaching the capital was endless, but the officials of the imperial court took this opportunity to make money. If you didn't have enough money, you were not allowed to enter the capital.

At the same time, the Heavenly Will Demonic Sect also took this opportunity to gather talent and recruit the children of another calamity, but in short, no one was willing to solve the problem.

But now... everyone is looking up at the sky.

The sky is cracked.

"Oh my god! The sky has split open!"

A scream pierced the noise outside the capital, and everyone witnessed that unforgettable scene.

Above the azure sky of the Huai Xu Realm, enormous, pitch-black cracks suddenly appeared without warning. These cracks were not random; rather, they resembled the branches of some giant tree, spreading wildly in all directions from the zenith, as if to tear the entire world's sky apart!

Immediately afterwards, the earth began to tremble violently.

"The ley lines... the ley lines are alive?!"

All the martial artists could clearly sense that beneath the earth, the originally hidden earth veins had transformed into huge, golden phantoms, resembling gnarled tree roots, bursting out of the ground, soaring into the sky, and dancing wildly!
—The sky is the branch, the earth's veins are the root—

—The universe is the trunk, and all spirits are the leaves—

At this moment, a truth, steeped in an ancient and endless history, was revealed to all living beings in the most incredible and impossible-to-hide way.

—The entire Huai Xu Realm is a colossal divine tree!

And the sacred tree is also life!

—The Blood Sea Demonic Cult is shaking the very foundation of the Huai Xu Realm by using life as its core!
"I really curse this evil cult."

Cang Linzu stared blankly at this scene, looking incredulously in the direction of Shenjing, a cold and mocking thought rising in his mind: "But what is Shenjing doing? What is the Imperial Court doing?"

"What is the Celestial Venerable Lingxiao doing now?"

—Yes, what is Tianzong doing? And what is Lingxiao doing?
At this very moment, in the dark side of the world, unseen by mortals and ordinary cultivators, true turmoil is brewing.

Zhonghengdao Island, the deepest part of Youli Sea.

This place is the final resting place of the dead, the origin of the underworld, where endless death and despair settle. However, with the tragic deaths of billions of living beings outside, boundless fear and hatred have transformed into the purest sustenance, pouring into this sea of ​​death.

Three enormous, indescribable shadow entities awaken here.

Firstly, it is surrounded by an aura of decay and change, causing everything that touches it to twist and distort; this is known as the [Great Heavenly Demon - Decaying Fate].

—In order to exist, how much alienation are humans willing to pay, how much they are willing to become unlike themselves, unlike humans, and like the monsters they once loathed?

Firstly, it constantly utters whispers that interrogate the soul, capable of instantly shattering even the most steadfast Dao heart; this is known as the "Great Heavenly Demon - Questioning the Heart".

—In order to continue, how many times can humanity distort its own mind, make choices that go against its true feelings, and transform itself into something completely different from its original intention?
Firstly, wherever it goes, ice freezes for thousands of miles, even light and the heart can be frozen; this is the name of the Great Heavenly Demon, Suffering and Silence.

—Clearly no one has made a mistake, clearly the truth of heaven and earth is this, so why do living beings always harm other living beings, why is heaven and earth always harmed by living beings? The earth is clearly not wrong, it even nurtures all things, so why do humans always have nothing to repay heaven with?

The first two were incomplete, as if they had been cut off by some sharp blade or giant maw, and devoured a part or even a large part of them, leaving only scraps. Otherwise, they might also be at the level of 'Great Heavenly Demon'.

But it doesn't matter now.

They gathered here, sacrificing themselves in this short but almost endless cycle of slaughter, despair, depravity, and twisting, to awaken their most ancient and terrifying kind from the Great Seal of the Netherworld Sea in the Central Hengdao Continent. — To survive, they would even betray their own companions, their only thought being to 'run faster than everyone else'.

—To survive, they would even betray their closest friends, accepting the 'gift' of the demonic cult without hesitation and becoming 'controlled evil' in their hearts.

Even in the face of such a great disaster, they show absolutely no pity or empathy, only the desire to fill their own pockets, seize more resources, and censor and exploit all the refugees.

—As long as I am safe, I don't care about the outside world at all. I laugh as I watch the blood raining down outside the building. Listening to the screams, I can feel how comfortable and pleasant it is to be at ease. What a unique victory it is.

Similarly, the same.

—It is the ultimate hatred that erupts at the very end after being betrayed by shameless fellow human beings.

—It is the despair and grief of being betrayed by relatives and friends, and being sacrificed by former friends and relatives, even fathers, mothers, husbands and wives.

—It was because he couldn't enter the capital or any other refuge that he laughed wildly, attracting other Blood Sea monsters in a frenzy, tearing everyone else apart, and luring Blood Sea demons into the refuge as revenge.

—When will this day end? When you and I perish, even the heavens will decay and the sun will dim…

Death or Defeat

The greatest fear is the demon of suffering.

【——The Great Heavenly Demon, Heavenly Decline——】

"What?! The seal on the Heavenly Decay has weakened!"

The Shangxuan Sect, which was suppressing this place, immediately noticed this terrifying anomaly. The Heavenly Lord who was left behind was horrified and frantically sent out warnings to the outside world, but in just an instant, he disappeared as if he had never existed.

Even though the other Lingxiao disciples of the Shangxuan Sect sensed something was wrong, and even Qingdu Daoist left the vicinity of Zhaolin Realm and descended here immediately, a black shadow had already begun to erode the sun of Huaixu Realm.

The extraordinary celestial phenomenon, "Encroaching on the Sun and Swallowing Its Light," has begun.

It all seems too late.

And in the more distant central frontier, at the edge of the boundless deep sea.

A blood-red figure quietly appeared.

She was so beautiful that she seemed otherworldly, like the most sacred celestial maiden from the heavens. But at this moment, countless blood-red veins, like blood vessels, sprouted all over her body.

These veins pierced the void, connecting closely with the cracking sky and the surging tides.

Then, suck.

She is devouring this world.

Around her, space was collapsing, laws were crumbling, and the heavens and earth were revealing a more fundamental and essential structure beneath them... like a piece of flesh being eaten piece by piece and completely digested and decomposed in the stomach.

She became increasingly holy, ethereal, and inviolable. Even when ten, twenty, or even more divine lights rushed in from all directions, from the major sects and the upper gate, she did not care at all.

Devouring the heavens and earth... Refining the Dao to the Nine Heavens!
(End of this chapter)