This is so dishonest!

Chapter 455 Luo Hou: You two extraterrestrial demons, take this!

When the giant god [Varaha], who had transformed into a pig-headed human, spoke in a deep and oppressive voice to [Golden Eyes] Styx, saying, "Kidu asked me to send you my greetings,"...

It wasn't just Styx, who was caught in the middle of it, who was shocked.

Even Taishang and Xuanqing, who had been hiding on the edge of the battlefield, leisurely sipping fragrant tea and playing chess, raised their heads at the same time.

Their gazes pierced through the chaotic battlefield, traversed the endless void, and landed on the majestic image of the colossus.

"Is it really Fellow Daoist Zhunti?"

Tai Shang raised an eyebrow slightly, looking at Xuan Qing beside him with some doubt.

In his view, among all the heavens and myriad realms, there are only two groups of people who dare to shift the blame onto [Darkness Ketu Supreme].

Or perhaps it was one of their own people within the Taiwei Enclosure making a harmless joke.

Or perhaps it's those chaotic demons lurking in the shadows, eager to stir up trouble, deliberately sowing discord.

Anyway, they're either friends or enemies.

Seeing that Xuanqing did not directly go against cause and effect, Taishang threw out the jade ruyi and smashed it on the top of Xuanqing's head.

This means that the other party is most likely a friend.

However, Xuanqing's expression at this moment was rather intriguing.

His deep, star-like eyes stared intently at the pig-headed, human-bodied [Varaha].

It was as if it wanted to see through and understand everything about him, from the inside out, from his soul to his very origin.

After a long while, he slowly withdrew his gaze, his brows furrowing even more deeply.

"This universe is quite complex."

Finally, Xuan Qing thought for a moment and turned his gaze to the Ruyi Divine Tree that had been standing quietly beside the chessboard, emitting a refreshing fragrance.

He stretched out his sleeve and gently stroked the sacred tree.

"Hu~~"

A wisp of pure and holy primordial energy, like a swimming dragon, silently merged into the branches of the divine tree.

“Ruyi, Ruyi, tell me, who is hiding behind [Varaha]?”

Tai Shang stared dumbfounded as Xuan Qing solemnly recited the incantation.

He questioned, "Will this work?"

Styx said that the Ruyi Divine Tree can fulfill the wishes of its holder, but can this rare treasure be directly extrapolated to the level of the Taiyi Sect Master?
Xuanqing laughed and said, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do!"

"Using the wonders of this world to deduce the cause and effect of this world, that's what professionalism is all about!"

Then, he solemnly recited the incantation twice more towards the [Ruyi Divine Tree].

Hua Hua Hua~~
The Ruyi Divine Tree began to sway gently, and countless dazzling divine lights shone from every verdant leaf.

These divine lights outlined an incredibly clear and three-dimensional image of the [Varaha] in mid-air.

Behind this colossus, there are golden threads of cause and effect of varying thicknesses.

Among them, the thickest and most dazzling golden causal line undoubtedly points to Vishnu, the guardian deity who has always presented himself as compassionate.

The other two, though slightly thinner, yet still incredibly clear lines of cause and effect, pointed to the creator god Brahma and the destroyer god Shiva, who had just appeared.

Among them, there was a very, very thin, dark golden causal line that seemed as if it might break at any moment.

One end of it was connected to the body of [Varaha], while the other end pointed precisely at Xuanqing himself.

Then, this dark golden causal line, as if it had its own life, actually passed through Xuan Qing's body and continued to extend in the void.

Until, in some unknown place, it was severed by a kind god.

"This... this can be found too? Fellow Daoist Xuanqing, have you really not condensed the [Heavenly Mystery Dao Fruit]?"

At the end of that causal line, a god dressed in black robes with a charmingly wicked face looked at the causal line that had just disappeared before him and muttered a few words to himself.

Although Luo Hou already knew that Xuan Qing was very skilled in divination.

However, he never expected that the other party would be able to forcibly create a causal line for him and then directly touch him.
Who can I talk to to explain this?

"This supreme method of finding the cause from the effect is truly terrifying."

Originally, Rahu wanted to hide a little longer and continue watching the show.

Now that he had been found, he sighed helplessly and had no choice but to reveal himself.

He raised his head and looked at the opposite shore of the Milky Sea.

Xuan Qing had a bright smile on his face and waved in his direction.

That expression seemed to say, "I've got you."

Meanwhile, Taishang, who was standing to the side, widened his eyes in astonishment the moment he saw Luo Hou's figure.

He never expected to see Rahu here.

However, despite the unexpected turn of events, Tai Shang was still very happy to see his long-lost colleague finally return.

So he waved enthusiastically in the direction of Rahu and greeted him.

"Fellow Daoist, welcome."

However, as soon as he uttered the word "you," which signified welcome, Luo Hou on the other side suddenly became solemn.

Luo Hou pointed at Xuan Qing and Tai Shang, shouting, "Great Heaven, Lord, I want to report that there are extraterrestrial demons here!"

This sudden "righteous" report caught both Taishang and Xuanqing off guard.

"Boom!!!"

The gods of destruction, Shiva, and creation, Brahma, who had not yet entered the fray, cast their gazes upon them.

A terrifying outpouring of energy ensued as the two main gods simultaneously attacked Xuanqing and Taishang.

"tutor!"

The Asuras were terrified at the sight.

If the three gods attack at the same time, wouldn't they be doomed?

On the side of the gods, many gods cheered.

"You despicable Asuras, you colluded with extraterrestrial demons, provoking the Great Heaven and the Supreme Lord to take action!"

"Your end has come!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

Indra, the God of Gods, holding a vajra and riding a white elephant, led the gods in a counterattack against the Asura army!

~~~
the other side.

The golden boar Varaha, an emanation of Vishnu, was so enormous that even the vast ocean of milk appeared as a small pond before it.

His enormous eyes, like a crimson crescent moon, were fixed on Styx, who had also manifested the form of an Asura.

In those eyes, there was no divinity or compassion, only the purest and most primal will to kill!
"Golden Eyes, prepare to die!"

【Varaha】Initiating an attack.

[Golden Eyes] Styx could clearly sense that the "immortality" blessing from the creator god Brahma, which should have been invincible, was becoming unstable in front of this golden boar!
An unprecedented and deadly sense of crisis instantly overwhelmed his soul.

"Brahma's blessing is unreliable!"

[Golden Eye] Styx has something to say.

Asceticism and blessings are indeed the correct way to play by the rules of this universe.

Normally, no living being could kill the Styx.

Unfortunately, now it's the rules of the universe themselves that are taking their place.

"Roar--!!!"

With a terrifying roar powerful enough to shatter stars, Valaha's enormous body moved!
His four enormous hooves, like pillars supporting the sky, stomped heavily on the surface of the Sea of ​​Milk.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Every step taken caused the entire Central World to shake violently.

There are no fancy supernatural powers, nor any mysterious laws.

The simplest, yet most deadly, method is collision!
A golden, unstoppable meteor of destruction, carrying immense power capable of plunging the entire world back into chaos, hurtled fiercely towards the Golden-Eyed Styx!

"The protector of the world, is that right?"

"I refuse to believe we can actually capsize here!"

[Golden Eyes] Styx dared not be the slightest bit arrogant. He poured all his divine power into the Heaven-Reaching Blood Sword in his hand.

Then, he suddenly slashed forward!
boom--

The golden behemoth collided violently with the blood-red greatsword!

In that instant, the whole world seemed to lose all sound and color.

Time was frozen in this moment.

Space was utterly shattered at that moment.

Immediately afterwards, a destructive energy storm, even more terrifying and purer than when Shiva destroyed the world, swept outwards from the two of them!
Whether they were gods who had drunk the elixir of immortality or fearless Asuras, they were all easily swept away like fallen leaves in a storm before this energy storm.

It's unclear where they were swept into the turbulent flow of time and space.

"Cough cough!!"

The true form of the Asura King [Golden Eyes] of the Styx River was about to collapse.

His indestructible blood-red greatsword was covered with fine cracks like a spider web, as if it might shatter at any moment.

In contrast, the golden behemoth "Varaha" was completely unharmed!

"Come again!"

Varahana's wild and untamed roar rang out once more.

He gave Styx no chance to catch its breath and launched an even more violent attack!

Valaka's fighting style is simple and brutal to the extreme.

His enormous body was his strongest weapon.

His two golden fangs, as huge and incredibly sharp as divine mountains, were indestructible. Neither the blood sea barrier of the Styx River nor his Asura armor, formed from the laws of slaughter, could withstand them in the slightest.

Meanwhile, Styx, the Golden-Eyed One, displayed his combat skills and unwavering will as the Lord of the Killing Path to the fullest in this battle.

He knew that it would be almost impossible for his clone to overthrow a chief god in the vast universe of Brahma.

However, Styx is still giving it his all.

"Asuras never fear death!"

"Kill, kill, kill!!"

The Styx River sometimes transforms into billions of blood god children, attacking Valaha from all directions.

At times, it would draw upon the primal power of the endless sea of ​​blood, transforming it into blood-red chains capable of corrupting everything, attempting to bind Valaka's enormous body.

He even resorted to the same old trick.

Time and again, he detonated his Asura form, attempting to severely injure the golden behemoth through mutual destruction. "It's useless. My mission, Valaka, is to end your life!"

"No matter how hard you struggle, it's no use."

The giant god [Varaha] remained calm. His seemingly wild body was impervious to all laws and indestructible throughout the universe.

No matter how powerful Styx's supernatural abilities were, no matter how many times he self-destructed, he could not leave even the slightest mark on the golden boar.

On the contrary, Styx itself, in this long and intense battle lasting a thousand years, had its divine power and essence depleted to the point of near exhaustion.

"An extraterrestrial demon?"

He even had the leisure to look at another battlefield.

The two main gods have already started fighting against the two mentors of the Asura race.

Although in His view, these two visitors from outside the realm, who did not show any hostility, did not need to be treated with such caution.

However, once Brahma and Shiva have made their decision, He will not try to stop them.

~~~~~
“Fellow Daoists, we are merely travelers who have journeyed through the heavens. We have come to your world only to observe and learn a thing or two, and we have no ill intentions.”

After a tentative exchange with the two main gods, Taishang made his stance clear.

Xuan Qing didn't say anything; he just looked towards the other side of the Milky Sea.

With a smile on his face, Luo Hou waved to Taishang and Xuanqing, then turned and disappeared.

"You all go ahead with your work, I'm going to find Fellow Daoist Hongjun."

Rahu departed gracefully.

"Second brother, I'm leaving this place to you."

Xuan Qing reached out and put away the Ruyi Divine Tree, then chased after it.

"Eh? Wait for me!"

Just as Taishang was about to leave, he was stopped by Brahma.

"Fellow Daoist, you come and go as you please. Don't you think you're taking us too lightly?"

A golden swastika symbol spun high in the sky. At first, it was only the size of a bushel, but in an instant, it covered an entire realm and slammed towards the heavens.

The creator god Brahma revealed his form, with four faces, eight ears, eight arms, and eight hands.

In one hand He holds a command flag, and all laws flow; in the other, He holds scriptures, and His wisdom is boundless; in the other, He holds a conch shell, and His gospel resounds; in the other, He holds a bright wheel, and His power is awe-inspiring; in the other, He holds a scepter, and His influence extends in all directions; in the other, He holds a water jug, and His laws resonate…

They went all out from the moment they met, leaving the Supreme Lord helpless.

"In that case, don't blame me!"

With a gentle flick of his sleeve, the chessboard from which they had just played flew out, and the black and white energies flowed and instantly transformed into a Taiji diagram that encompassed all things in the universe and the endless Tao and principles.

The Tai Chi diagram rose against the wind, suppressing all the great powers of the laws.

A golden bridge connects the vast expanse of time and space. The boundless golden light, like a plow sweeping away a pit, shatters countless magical intents and slashes towards the four heads of [Brahma].

"drink!"

The god of destruction, Shiva, revealed himself with three eyes and four arms.

His eyes, like the sun and moon, radiated a majestic light that seemed to judge everything.

The third vertical eye, tightly closed and located in the center of the forehead, seemed to contain the purest fire of destruction, enough to completely incinerate the entire universe.

He has four incredibly strong arms, each wielding a different divine weapon imbued with supreme power.

One hand holds a trident, a weapon capable of piercing all laws and representing the power of "destruction."

In his other hand, he held the "divine conch," which, when blown, would announce the end of an era.

The third hand held a small hand drum called "Damaru". Every time the drum sounded, it was like the rhythm of the universe's heartbeat, capable of controlling the birth and death of all things.

The last hand held a mudra filled with mystery and majesty.

His entire body was covered in holy ash, symbolizing "transcendence" and "annihilation," and adorned with skulls that exuded an ominous aura as his necklace.

A huge black venomous snake was coiled around his neck, its tongue flicking in and out.

He is destruction!

He is the end!

"Anything outside the true Dharma is heresy!"

Shiva's emotionless, icy voice, like the final judgment of the heavens, echoed throughout the entire Brahma universe.

The magical artifact in his hand began to gently vibrate through the void.

A magnificent and incomparable chanting arose, and spontaneously, people began to sing loudly.

The voice seemed to exist simultaneously in the past, present, and future—a journey through three lifetimes.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, terrifying, and domineering destructive power erupted from his body!

That power, like the most violent cosmic torrent, swept across the entire space-time, easily tearing apart the billions of protective golden lights emanating from the Taiji diagram, which should have been indestructible!

"kill!"

Shiva's trident, gleaming with boundless destructive divine light, pierced through Yin and Yang with a speed that transcended all concepts, pointing directly at the Supreme Being's brow.

Tai Shang raised an eyebrow; he actually sensed a hint of threat.

This forced them to take the matter seriously.

He didn't get up, nor did he use any magical treasures. He simply slowly raised his right hand and extended a seemingly ordinary, crystal-clear finger.

Then, with such nonchalance, it touched the tip of the trident.

"bite--!!!"

A crisp, metallic clang, so clear it seemed capable of shattering the very soul, resounded throughout the entire space-time.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any devastating release of energy.

Only a single, visible ripple, composed purely of "nothingness" and "existence," in black and white, spreads silently outwards from the point of their collision in all directions.

Wherever the ripples passed, whether it was the violent laws of destruction or the wailing Taiji diagram, everything was transformed into the most primordial, chaotic, and undeveloped state of "Wuji".

Shiva felt as if his sure-fire strike, powerful enough to destroy a great world, had pierced into an endless, boundless void.

All his power was instantly dissolved and dissolved by that seemingly fragile finger, vanishing without a trace.

"Come!"

As the chanting of Buddhist hymns arose, endless sands of sand flowed through the heavens.

Brahma formed eight hand seals, and countless worlds descended, intending to subdue Taishang.

Tai's expression was calm, his posture was upright, his aura soared to the sky, and his Yin-Yang divine light was dazzling, rising from the bottom up and defying the heavens!

brush!
The Supreme Being exists within Yin and Yang, moving like a swimming fish.

The countless obstacles of the world of Ganges Sands could not deter it; no matter how many Ganges Sands attacked, they were all dissolved by it.

"What a good idea!"

Seeing this, Brahma knew that if he held back any longer, the creature would escape.

So he began to chant the Vedas.

As the chanting of Buddhist hymns arose, strands of golden, visible, and primordial Dao runes began to emanate from the ancient scriptures.

These runes are the most fundamental "creation code" that constitutes this universe.

Like living spirits, they danced, combined, and arranged freely in the void.

In an instant, the laws of the entire universe began to be redefined and rewritten!
"Ok?"

Tai Shang felt that the space-time around him instantly became incredibly viscous, as if it had transformed into a huge, eternally unyielding piece of amber.

His originally incredibly agile Yin-Yang divine light, at this moment, seemed to be endowed with a new attribute of "absolute stillness," and its flow speed became even slower than a snail crawling.

He discovered that he had become isolated from the "principles" of this universe.

The "principles" of this universe are telling him:
"You do not exist."

“You are ‘nothingness’.”

Immediately afterwards, the endless "world of sands" once again pressed down on him.

This time, they were no longer mere cages, but transformed into enormous, substantial millstones made of "reason".

They want to thoroughly grind, crush, and delete Taishang, this "heretic" and "bug" that is not recognized by the Vedas, from the level of "existence"!
"Interesting, really interesting."

He seemed completely oblivious to the devastating attack that was about to strike, one that would wipe him out entirely.

He simply tossed the Tai Chi diagram in his hand lightly.

The boundless Yin and Yang form a world of its own.

No matter how the power of the true Dharma represented by the Vedas denies the existence of the Supreme Being, he remains unmoved.

However, at that moment, the trident struck again.

A faint, elusive sense of destruction instantly lingered in Tai Shang's mind.

This made the Supreme Lord's heart tighten.

"No, this is not right!"

This supreme god is clearly stronger than Brahma!
While waving the Taiji diagram to block Shiva's attack, Tai Shang stared at his opponent intently.

Then, Taishang looked in the direction where Rahu had disappeared.

He then realized: "It was a diversionary tactic!"

"Fellow Daoist, you've returned from the void this time with quite a few tricks up your sleeve!"

Symbolizing the path of destruction, yet also the righteous god who upholds the law—aren't these both Rahu's great paths?
So, is the one that ran away the true form or incarnation representing the essence of "demonic path"?
No wonder Fellow Daoist Rahu suddenly became "cunning".

Faced with the Supreme Being's call, the God of Destruction, Shiva, remained silent, only relentlessly wielding his halberd of annihilation!

The Supreme Being discovered the truth, and his smile widened even further.

As He moved between the two gods, He asked, "Since you are Rahu, then who is this person beside you?"

The Supreme One refers to Brahma.

"What Rahu? You extraterrestrial demon, do you intend to disturb our minds?"

[Shiva] The eye at the center of his forehead suddenly opens and glares angrily at him.

The Supreme Being sees it clearly.

That slightly annoyed look in his eyes was exactly the same as Rahu's!
"Fellow Daoist, when I first arrived, I heard that you had a Daoist partner who was your yin incarnation?"

Taishang was not afraid of trouble at all, and asked another crucial question.

[Shiva] is truly angry now.

"You extraterrestrial demon, stop your nonsense and prepare to fight!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

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