Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1198 Xuanming Sishui Zhenlu
【No……】

At this moment, Grand Tutor Hong's aura was weakening, and his face looked even older, so much so that he took a step back, causing the Guiyi Star, which had been binding and suppressing Anjing, to begin to dissipate: [You have no idea what you have done... Those imperial bloodstains were mixed with 'poison,' and the Heavenly Official's blood was the same. If the Holy Ancestor were to absorb it upon his resurrection, He would become weaker.]

[Whether this plan will be useful or not is unknown, but if you kill them, the plan will certainly be useless!]

"Poison?" An Jing was slightly taken aback. He quickly thought of the Holy Demon of the Tianyuan Realm. Because he had absorbed too many villains and false people, he had become short-sighted and reckless. Then he suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. No wonder the Great Chen court is full of a bunch of incompetent scoundrels. It turns out that you prepared a special feast for the Xuan Tian Sacrifice."

"No wonder, no wonder you say that the Xuan Tian Sacrifice will revive when the Great Chen is at its peak, because what it wants to eat is the Great Chen at its peak, a group of true geniuses and talents, that is true abundance."

"But you're mistaken."

Thinking of this, An Jing shook his head: "The real feast of the Xuan Tian Sacrifice is the entire Heavenly Official system—the essence of all the Heavenly Officials throughout history, and the achievements created by the entire Great Chen Dynasty."

"The Imperial Court will select and appoint some outstanding imperial bloodlines. Although it seems like they are carefully selecting ingredients now... Even though I dislike the Great Chen Dynasty, to be honest, the selection of the Zhenwang and imperial bloodlines has been very successful. Most of them are indeed excellent. Even if you have mixed in some garbage in recent years, it does not affect the overall quality."

You don't understand... I'll weaken it as much as I can. When it concerns the world, I'll do even the smallest and most despicable thing without hesitation!

At this moment, Grand Tutor Hong's power was still weakening. Although he had long ago established a civil and military array outside the capital, the core of the Great Chen Three Realms National Suppressing Array was still in the Xuan Tian Palace.

The Heavenly Officials and Imperial Blood within are useless, which is why they can serve as the core relay; their lives are the core of the 'array'.

But now, all these core members are dead. Even though Grand Tutor Hong can still maintain the power of Lingxiao, he can no longer control it as perfectly as before.

With his skill, An Jing instantly saw through the weakness caused by the decrease in power. He slashed out with his sword, using the 'Heavenly Punishment Sword' to cut a gap and was about to escape.

Meanwhile, the Xuantian Palace collapsed.

Above the Northern Mystic Sacrifice Continent, billions of stars fell simultaneously, like a celestial river descending, a shower of silver rain.

And it was at this time.

thump.

A heartbeat.

One... a violent pulse!

At this very moment, all the beings and souls in the entire capital, the entire Northern Xuan Sacrifice Continent, the entire Huai Xu Realm, and even the Youli Bitter Sea, heard and felt a violent heartbeat and pulse!
Something, something that exists, has had its most fundamental constraints broken, and is about to awaken from its long slumber.

【An Jing! ! ! 】

But in that instant, the heavens changed drastically, and just as An Jing was about to truly escape, Grand Tutor Hong suddenly roared.

The unwavering resolve in that voice was palpable to anyone who heard it; they could clearly sense the anger and hatred within it.

An Jing raised his head, meeting a pair of eyes burning with the most intense flames: [The Holy Ancestor is a foreseeable calamity, but you are the Seven Fiends Calamity, which will unleash even greater destruction and is completely unpredictable!]

"The Holy Ancestor's return will at most mean him devouring the world. Even if the Great Chen Dynasty is destroyed, other celestial sects will still make their move. I only tried my best to stop it because I couldn't bear to see hundreds of millions of people become the Holy Ancestor's food for no reason. But you... you are more dangerous, more terrifying!"

[You were already capable of becoming stronger! You didn't need to eat people or cause destruction to become stronger!]

But for the sake of your terrifying ideal, you are willing to destroy all the peace and tranquility of the world. Can't you just stay out of trouble, cultivate yourself, and not come to this world to cause harm?

You truly are a harbinger of the Seven Fiends!

At this moment, under An Jing's slightly surprised gaze, although Grand Tutor Hong's aura was weakening, his aged face was constantly flowing, and the rising blue light was restored like flowing water, making him look younger.

Anger, horror, and despair all subsided. At this moment, Grand Tutor Hong resolutely declared: "Since the Holy Ancestor is destined to be resurrected, then I must stay here and completely seal him and you!"

In that instant, every living being in the entire Northern Profound Sacrifice Continent who had reached a certain level of strength felt a fear that emanated from their very soul. For an immense and unparalleled destruction was about to descend.

The young Grand Tutor Hong had a handsome face, a melancholy expression, and his eyebrows were always furrowed, as if he was always thinking about some problems. However, his hair was still gray, because he had thought too much in his youth and had prematurely gray hair.

And now, Grand Tutor Hong—Hong Xieshi—the man who stands at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Officials, is stabbing himself in the chest.

The body, which had regained its youthful appearance due to the extreme exertion of power, was torn open, and bright red blood flowed out. Even An Jing's eyes widened at this scene, because Grand Tutor Hong was bleeding—he shouldn't have been bleeding. With the Heavenly Official Talisman protecting him, he was a martial artist even when the talisman was still in use. And martial artists cannot bleed bright red blood due to physical damage; what flows in their bodies is pure spiritual energy.

In other words, Grand Tutor Hong has now returned to being an ordinary person.

Where did his earth-shattering power go?

It's right in his hands.

Pulling his hand out from his chest, Hong Xieshi's palm held a pure black talisman with a deep blue halo. Countless fine, dust-like runes were inscribed on it, forming an array resembling a celestial river. It seemed insignificant, but upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be an entire world. Each of the countless runes was rapidly expanding, about to transform into dazzling spiritual stars, operating with endless and complex laws.

That is a reflection of the entire Great Chen, and then uses the entire Great Chen to simulate the Heavenly Dao of the entire universe, simulating the talismans of the Huai Xu Realm. It is one of the three supreme talismans of the Great Chen, in charge of 'all laws'...

【Xuanming Sishui Zhenlu】

The true core of the Emperor's throne, the pinnacle of the Heavenly Official's Way, began to expand rapidly the moment it was extracted, enveloping Anjing, Yin Gujin and Xuan Mingyu, the entire ruins of the capital, and the entire Xuantian Palace.

Then... within this range.

The light has frozen.

light.

Light is a mysterious thing that has no rest mass.

Its mass is zero. It can run at the maximum speed allowed by the universe. Its transmission is equivalent to the transmission of causality itself. It is the foundation of the present world. It is the original 'formless and intangible primordial thing'. It is the 'ultimate purity' of the 'separation of purity and turbidity'. It is completely different from all particles that have mass because of turbidity.

It does not react with the Higgs field or with turbidity, so it has no mass.

But now, it exists.

In that instant, the ultimate rainbow spread out from the 'Xuanming Sishui Zhenlu' as the center, but strangely it was divided into layers. The first thing to be seen was the purple light, which had the highest energy level and carried the most energy. Then came blue, cyan, green, yellow, orange and red. Each layer of light was more viscous than the one above, as if it were a substance.

Wherever they pass, everything crumbles, the wind and thunder that connect everything cease to exist, and all electrons escape.

When light has speed, the original meaning of 'light' ceases to exist. Even the photon itself, because it has mass, can travel over short distances, but it is no longer something that can be transmitted infinitely. Instead, it is like a wave that slowly spreads and will eventually subside.

This wave is infinitely cold, composed of plasma made up of countless exposed material sources and free electrons, which is 'fire' in a sense, but this fire is dark and cold because electromagnetic force can no longer constrain the transmission of any information, and the vibration of molecules is meaningless.

Now that things have come to this, it's more accurate to say it was water than fire.

Still water.

The waters of the Dark Abyss.

[The Dark Underworld governs water, its laws are boundless!]

At this very moment, Grand Tutor Hong, who was controlling everything, raised the True Talisman in his hand and shouted: "[The Emperor commands that all things be united as one, with no distinction between pure and impure!]"

All tangible things return to ignorance!

(End of this chapter)