From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 621 The Exquisite Heavenly Lord's Sword

"Primordial Era... Ancestral Dragon... have you... gone mad?"

The voice was filled with anger, confusion, and bewilderment.

He was naturally puzzled and confused, because the behavior of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon was completely against the rules.

Some say that rules are determined by those with power, but when there is more than one person with power, rules become a moat to prevent things from developing in the worst possible direction.

The same applies to the world of immortality.

Although there are countless powerful beings, even among those at the Immortal King level, there are more than one. Despite their fierce battles for immortality, their efforts to avoid mutual destruction, and their desire to prevent all their hopes from being dashed, there are certain rules governing their interactions.

Now, the actions of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon are breaking their rules and uprooting them!

Exterminate the gods!

Do you think you can just wipe out the Protoss like that?
Has the balance between all parties been disregarded?
You attacked the younger generation so recklessly, yes, you crushed them all with your bare hands, turning them into dust, but if you can do that, why can't the Ancestral Saint King do the same?

He can do it too. He can also take action and grind all the juniors in the Dragon Realm into dust!
Let alone the Primordial Saint King, even the immortals of the Immortal Realm would not allow the Primordial Ancestral Dragon to do such a thing!

This is why Taihuangtian and others, who have the closest ties to the Immortal Realm, hesitated.

So, why is all of this happening?

"Of course, it's because all of this is a setup!!"

In the void, when the Primordial Ancestral Dragon saw the Ancestral Saint King awaken, a smile finally flashed in its eyes. The enormous dragon shadow that spanned the starry river moved slightly, and the huge dragon head turned slightly in a certain direction. Its gaze seemed to pierce through layers of space, and it swept over Li Chengqian, who was fighting with the remnants of the God Clan at the edge of the Xuanhuang Great World, in an extremely subtle way.

This seemingly unintentional glance sent a jolt through Li Chengqian's heart. His Taiyin Refining Technique spontaneously activated rapidly, as if sensing some ancient, shared aura. A subtle message entered his consciousness. But before he could ponder it further, another unexpected event occurred!

"Ancestral Dragon! You perished long ago in the Primordial Era, and the origin of the Dragon Realm has fallen into silence. How can you manifest such a complete body today? There must be something fishy about this!" A Heavenly Monarch incarnate, surrounded by an aura of calamity and seemingly representing the tribulations of heaven and earth, shouted sternly. This was the descent of the Heavenly Monarch of Calamity.

"Not bad! Ancestral Dragon, you have actually been able to revive. There must be a great secret behind this. Hand over your secret!" Another Heavenly Monarch incarnation, radiating endless eternal and unchanging truth, spoke. It was the will of the Eternal Heavenly Monarch.

"If you don't give an explanation today, even if your Dragon Realm closes itself off, you will not escape the Immortal Realm's conquest!" The avatar of the Slaughtering Heavenly Lord was filled with murderous intent, his will as sharp as a knife, cutting through the void.

Several avatars of Celestial Lords from the Immortal Realm subtly surrounded the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, their imposing aura overwhelming. Although not the true form, their combined pressure was enough to annihilate any being below the Celestial Lord level.

These were all Celestial Sovereigns who had lived for countless eons; they had seen it all. But the sudden "resurrection" of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, who should have perished long ago, truly shocked them, as it completely defied the common sense they, as Celestial Sovereigns, possessed.
Faced with the interrogation of the avatars of the Heavenly Lords, the massive mouth of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon opened and closed slightly, emitting a deep dragon roar that seemed to come from the distant past. To the ears of the Heavenly Lords, this dragon roar sounded like a mockery.
It remained silent, its massive dragon shadow slowly fading into nothingness. The next moment, the primordial ancestral dragon's shadow vanished completely from the sky above the Xuanhuang Great World like a bubble, along with its suffocating, supreme dragon might, disappearing as if it had never existed. Only the ravaged sky, the dried-up seabed, the shattered earth, and the lingering aura of destruction left by the annihilation of countless gods testified to the reality of that earth-shattering attack.

"It...it just left like that?" Taihuangtian was dumbfounded, completely unable to comprehend the Primordial Ancestral Dragon's anticlimactic behavior. It appeared, nearly annihilating the gods of the Xuanhuang Great World with overwhelming force, withstood a blow from the Primordial Saint King, remained silent in the face of questioning from the Heavenly Monarchs, and then...left?
Just as all the survivors, including the Primordial Saint King and the incarnations of the Heavenly Sovereigns, were filled with astonishment and uncertainty due to the inexplicable retreat of the Primordial Ancestral Dragon, and their minds relaxed in that instant—

"Boom!!!"

A completely different, vast, ethereal, and supreme aura, seemingly transcending all worldly constraints and attaining great freedom and ease, suddenly erupted from the deepest core of the Xuanhuang Great World!
This aura was so immense that it instantly dispelled the destruction and despair that permeated the heavens and earth, and even stirred up the remaining Xuanhuang Origin once again, transforming it into rays of brilliant light and auspicious energy that frantically converged towards a certain point!
"That's... someone is attempting to seize the Heavenly Monarch's throne! And they're extracting the Primordial Origin of Xuanhuang!"

"It's Linglong! Linglong Immortal Venerable!" Taihuangtian was the first to react, his expression changing drastically. He finally understood what had caused the abnormal decline of the Xuanhuang Origin! And feeling that familiar yet unfamiliar aura, he was even more furious and on the verge of collapse.

Linglong Immortal Venerable, a traitor to the Taiyi Sect, had a disciple who actually achieved the position of Heavenly Lord?
In the center of the Xuanhuang Great World, where the original floating continent had long since crumbled, a colossal figure slowly rose. She still wore that simple white Daoist robe, her black hair cascading like a waterfall, her face exquisitely beautiful. But the aura emanating from her had transcended the realm of the Longevity Secret Realm, reaching a completely new level of life! Boundless willpower condensed into divine rings behind her, and the massive amount of Xuanhuang Great World's essence, which she had just forcibly absorbed, surged and transformed within her body!
At this moment, the Celestial Venerable Linglong actually took that final step in this way, thus becoming the Supreme Heavenly Monarch!

"Boom!"

Before the signs of the Heavenly Monarch's Great Calamity had fully manifested, they were forcibly suppressed and absorbed by the Linglong Immortal Venerable with her supreme power. Her eyes were clear, as if reflecting all the heavens and myriad realms. Her gaze swept over the Primordial Saint King's giant hand of rules in the void and the avatars of the Heavenly Monarchs, a faint smile curving her lips. "Not good!" The Primordial Saint King's giant hand of rules trembled violently, as if realizing something. Endless rage and a trace of fear erupted like a volcano. "Linglong! You dare to steal the Xuanhuang Origin, and you even dare..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Immortal Venerable Linglong had already made her move! She pointed her fingers like a sword and gently slashed at the giant hand of rules and the vaguely connected void behind it!
This sword strike was devoid of any brilliance or power, seemingly just a casual dance by a young girl. But the instant the sword finger was drawn, the colossal hand of the Primordial Saint King, formed from the rules of the gods, along with the special space-time behind it—the "Virtual God Realm"—hidden for countless epochs by layers of restrictions and endless divine power, suddenly rippled violently like a stone thrown into a calm lake!
"Crack——!"

A crystal-clear, crisp sound, as if some crucial shackle had been severed, resonated deep within the hearts of everyone present who was at least a master of the Longevity Realm!
Immediately following, amidst the primordial holy king's roar of shock and rage, that hidden space-time was completely exposed! It was an incomparably vast world, yet it exuded a dark, profound, and deathly aura that was completely out of place with the present world! It was the Void God Realm, which the gods had cultivated for countless years as their stronghold and foundation!

And at that very instant—when the barrier of the Void God Realm was shattered by the sword of the Linglong Immortal Venerable, and it was completely exposed to the gaze of all the heavens and myriad realms—

Far away in the Xuanhuang Great World, Li Chengqian, who had just finished digesting the information transmitted by the Ancestral Dragon, suddenly trembled and looked up in the direction of the Void God Realm!

In his perception, a familiar yet incredibly faint aura, as if it had been isolated for billions of years, was emanating from that shattered, dark world!

The aura of the underworld!
"The Underworld... So that's how it is! The Primordial Saint King actually used a broken fragment of the Underworld as a foundation to forge this illusory God Realm! And he separated it from the true River of the Underworld and hid it away!" Li Chengqian instantly understood, and his heart was filled with shock.

Almost at the same moment Li Chengqian sensed the aura of the underworld—

"Boom!!!"

An indescribable will, terrifying, ancient, and majestic, seemed to have been awakened from its slumber for countless epochs, traversing infinite time and space and endless dimensions, and descended with a thunderous roar!

This will is not directed at any individual; its target is the exposed Realm of the Gods, and...

The thief who stole and hid it—the Primordial Holy King!
A "hand" that cannot be described by size, color, or shape, seemingly formed from the most primordial laws of death, reincarnation, and judgment, accompanied by a deep sigh that seemed to come from the beginning of creation, ignored time and space, and appeared directly above the Xuanhuang Great World, gently patting the giant hand of the Ancestral Saint King and the core of the Void God Realm connected behind it!
"Do not--!!!"

The First Holy King let out the most terrified and desperate roar of his life.

He sensed that the power of this palm strike surpassed that of a Celestial King, as if it were the final resting place of all the souls of the myriad realms, and the eternal order itself!
He desperately channeled all his divine power, unleashing a giant hand of rules that could illuminate hundreds of star fields in an attempt to resist. The avatars of the Heavenly Monarchs also turned pale instantly, retreating frantically, fearing being affected by this incomprehensible power.

However, everything is in vain.

The invisible hand descended, and the colossal palm of rules condensed by the Primordial Saint King melted and disintegrated silently, like ice and snow under the sun. The power of the palm pierced through all obstacles, directly impacting the Primordial Saint King's true form hidden in an unknown space-time, and the core of the Void God Realm closely connected to that form!

"puff--!"

Like a punctured balloon, the immense will of the Primordial Saint King instantly dissipated, and even his physical aura was extinguished like a candle in the wind! The exposed Void God Realm, under this palm strike, had its outer restrictions set up by the Primordial Saint King and the imprints cultivated by the divine race for billions of years completely erased. The essence of the entire world began to undergo earth-shattering changes. The dark and deathly aura quickly faded away, replaced by a deeper, more inclusive, and more majestic realm!

It is being assimilated and recycled by the forces of the underworld!
After delivering the blow, the invisible hand slowly dissipated, and the terrifying will receded like a tide.

The world fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was stunned by this series of earth-shattering events.

The Primordial Ancestral Dragon appeared and slayed the gods; the Exquisite Immortal Venerable became a Heavenly Monarch; a single sword shattered the Void God Realm, triggering an unknown supreme being to annihilate the Primordial Saint King with a single palm strike… All of this happened in the blink of an eye, exceeding everyone's imagination and understanding.

Meanwhile, the Realm of the Void Gods began to slowly disappear before everyone's eyes...

Li Chengqian, suddenly inspired, gave Fang Qingxue some instructions, and his figure transformed into a streak of light, ignoring spatial distance, and rushed directly into the Netherworld, the deepest and darkest place in the Xuanhuang Great World, a place where countless deaths and filth converged.

(End of this chapter)