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Chapter 492 Slowly opening five fingers!

Chapter 500

Daosheng laughed, with a deep-seated arrogance and madness.

"If the torch cannot be passed on, then by what right do you have to?!"

He suddenly raised his head, no longer looking at the crack, but instead casting his gaze at the "blood-weeping ancient wall" beneath his feet, which was soaked with endless sorrow!
"My path is not meant to attack you."

"My path is to prove that I, and we, once existed!"

Instead of unleashing any more energy bursts, he made a move that none of the guardians could comprehend.

He stretched out his right hand, his fingers like a sword, and slowly carved a word on the indestructible dam wall, which bore the marks of countless ages.

A word that is the simplest and most fundamental.

"born".

This word was not carved with magic, but written with his unique "Way of Guardianship"!

As the first stroke of the character "生" (life/life) was added, golden light of order seeped into the ancient wall like flowing water. That light seemed to trace back time, redefining this dam from a cold, inanimate object into a "living guardian"!
On the ancient wall, the long-faded fist imprints, sword marks, and Dao patterns belonging to the ancient supreme beings suddenly resonated across eras, as if awakened heroic souls!
A blurry, towering phantom of a giant emerged on the ramparts, letting out an indomitable roar.

The mark of a divine sword that had cleaved through the heavens and the earth once again revealed its unyielding and sharp sword intent.

The mysterious array diagrams began to glow faintly again, as if they were devising endless methods to combat the void.

These are the last lingering thoughts of the heroes who perished here! Their true spirits have long been obliterated by the Ruins, but their indomitable will has been imprinted on this dam!

The power of order that Tao generates is to "define" this indomitable spirit, transforming it from a vague "history" into a clear "reality"!
As the last stroke of the character "生" (life) was completed, a chaotic gray dawn surged in.

If order is what defines the past, then chaos is what creates the future!
The gray light did not try to mend the obsessions of those heroes, but instead used their obsessions as "seeds" to generate countless "possibilities of protection" within the dam!
Perhaps, that giant learned a new supernatural power.

Perhaps that divine sword comprehended an even stronger swordsmanship.

Perhaps those array diagrams have revealed entirely new changes.

At this moment, Daosheng is not repairing the dam.

He is "reviving" this dam!
With his own "way", he carried the "will" of countless heroes throughout the ages, giving this cold "blood-weeping ancient wall" a "guardian's heart"!
Om-!
The entire 7,200th section of the embankment trembled violently. From within, the dark red walls emanated a divine light, a blend of gold and gray, brimming with the pulse of life!
The power of the void that emanated from the crack was truly "blocked" for the first time the moment it came into contact with this layer of divine light!

It was no longer a silent melting, but rather emitted a series of "sizzling" sounds, similar to metal being corroded by strong acid!

For the first time, the "nothingness" of Guixu encountered something it could not easily deny: "existence"!
Because this "existence" is no longer a single individual, but the collective of the will of all the guardians on this dam throughout the endless years!
"This...this is..." The Thunder Lord's eyes widened, his eternally unchanging thunderous pupils filled with disbelief, "He...he is using his own Dao to 'imbue' the dam with spirit?! He has activated the 'Wall of Heroes'?!"

“No, it’s not just about imbuing them with spirits.” For the first time, the female guardian’s voice was filled with uncontrollable shock. “He is using his own ‘existence’ to ‘anchor’ the ‘existence’ of all the departed! He has transformed himself into a living monument!”

The torchbearer wanted him to be a "patch," but he chose to become the "heart" of the dam!
However, at this moment, a sudden change occurred!
The void within the temporarily blocked rift seemed to be thoroughly enraged.

That deep darkness began to writhe and contract violently.

Immediately afterwards, a "hand" slowly emerged from the crack.

That wasn't a real hand.

It has no flesh and blood, no bones, not even a physical form. It is composed of "nothingness." Its outline is the "shape" of a hand, formed by the "erasure" of the surrounding light and laws.

The moment this "hand of nothingness" appeared, a sense of "great emptiness" and "great annihilation" a thousand times more terrifying than before enveloped the entire area.

It was as if the end of the universe, the end of time, had been brought to everyone's attention ahead of time by this hand.

"The Void... has manifested!" Thunder Lord roared, his voice filled with unprecedented fear and despair. "Retreat! That's the 'Hand of the Void'! It's the manifestation of 'Concept Annihilation'! We cannot fight it!"

He and several other guardians erupted with dazzling divine light, frantically retreating as if fleeing the most terrifying natural enemy in the world. They guarded this place, fighting against the "tides" of the Ruins of Return, and the "aura" it emitted.

And this hand is an extension of the will of "Guixu" itself! It is one of its "original forms"!

This is not even in the same league!

However, Daosheng did not back down.

He stood there silently, his black hair dancing wildly, his clothes fluttering in the wind. His golden left eye and gray right eye reflected the "hand of nothingness" that was slowly reaching out.

He could sense that the hand wasn't locked onto the dam, nor onto anyone here, but onto him!
It was his "way of protection," the idea of ​​"bringing back the dead," that violated the taboo of "Guixu"!

The essence of "returning to nothingness" is to return everything that "exists" to "nothingness".

The Dao that Dao Sheng (the Way) aims to make the light of "existence" shine even from "nothingness"!
This is the most fundamental opposition!
"Finally, you've decided to come out and see me in person?"

Daosheng muttered to himself, his face showing no fear, but rather a hint of almost morbid excitement.

He knew that this was both a desperate situation and his only... chance!
An opportunity for him to truly understand "nothingness" and thus transcend "nothingness"!

“Spark, you asked me to mend the cracks. But you didn’t tell me that there was something hidden inside those cracks.”

Dao Sheng's divine thought, like a sharp arrow traversing endless time and space, pierced into some unknown depth of the Chaos Sea.

"Is this a test for me, or... even you didn't anticipate this?"

no respond.

The will to carry on the torch has vanished like a stone sinking into the sea.

Daosheng ignored it and focused all his attention on the "Hand of Return to the Void".

That hand had fully emerged from the crack, its five fingers spread, and gently grasped Daosheng's hand.

There were no energy fluctuations, and no laws were applied.

However, the moment it clenched, the entire space-time around Daosheng, along with the "Weeping Blood Ancient Wall" beneath his feet, began to "fade" at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The divine light, a blend of gold and gray, was dimming.

The eternal traces of the Dao are becoming blurred.

The newly awakened heroic spirits wailed and dissipated.

Everything is being "erased"!
"No!"

Dao Sheng let out a deafening roar!

He cannot retreat! Behind him are the eternal heroic spirits he just ignited with his Dao Heart! If he retreats, this "heart" that has just begun to beat will be crushed in an instant!
"My path is born to protect!"

"Order is the shield, chaos is the sword!" At this moment, Daosheng made an even more insane decision!

He didn't choose defense, but instead chose... offense!
His golden left eye, the "origin" deep within its pupil, suddenly contracted to its limit, as if it were about to collapse into a singularity.

"The First Order: Definition!"

A golden divine light, condensed to its extreme, shot out from his left eye. It did not shoot towards the hand, but rather towards the "space" between the hand and Dao Sheng!
He's defining it!

He is forcibly assigning an absolute concept to this "distance"—"infinite"!
As long as the distance between us is infinite, your attacks will never be able to reach me!
This is the ultimate application of the power of order, the manifestation of words, and the alteration of the most fundamental logic of the universe!

However, the "Hand of Return to the Ruins" only trembled slightly.

The space that was defined as "infinite" collapsed instantly, just like a soap bubble that had been popped.

In the face of "absolute nothingness," any "definition" seems pale and powerless.

"puff!"

Dao Sheng spat out another mouthful of divine blood, his body swaying precariously. The Way of Order had been crushed head-on!
But his right eye, which contained the chaotic nebula, suddenly burst forth with an unprecedented light!
"Chaos is the sword... It doesn't slay you, it slays... destiny!"

"The Possibility of the End: Something from Nothing!"

Daosheng suddenly swung his right hand forward!
There was no sword, but everyone seemed to see a gray longsword woven from billions of "possibilities" in his hand!
This sword strike did not unleash sword energy, nor did it emanate any laws.

It's a "variable"!
Since "existence" cannot overcome "non-existence," then I will create a new "existence" within your "non-existence"!
The gray sword light, like a shooting star piercing through the eternal night, entered the palm of the "Hand of Return to the Ruins" without the slightest pause!

"Zi——!"

A piercing scream, as if the soul were being torn apart, rang out from that void for the first time!

The "Hand of Return to the Ruins" suddenly froze!
On its palm, where the gray sword light had pierced, a small, golden-gray flower had sprouted!
A flower that blooms out of thin air in "absolute nothingness," composed of both order and chaos, with "protection" as its root... the Flower of the Dao Heart!
This flower is small and fragile, as if it could be assimilated into the endless void at any moment.

But it exists stubbornly and truly!

It's like a drop of ink that can never be wiped away on a piece of pure white paper!

"Success?!"

In the distance, the Thunder Lord exclaimed in shock, his eyes filled with ecstasy and disbelief.

He did it! This newcomer actually managed to injure the true form of "Gui Xu"!

However, there was no joy on Daosheng's face.

In his right eye, the chaotic nebula was rapidly dimming, as if it had exhausted all its power. The price of creating a "variable" to pollute "Return to Nothingness" was unimaginable to him.

What made him even more desperate was...

After a brief moment of stiffness, the "Hand of Return to the Void" did not retreat due to its injury; instead, it began to show "interest" in the flower.

It stopped trying to wipe away the flower, and instead slowly closed its five fingers, like a curious child holding this "toy" it had never seen before in its hand and carefully "studying" it.

A chill, deeper and more fundamental than before, enveloped Daosheng's heart.

He got it.

His all-out, risky sword strike was nothing more than a novelty in the eyes of his opponent.

The other party is just "playing"!
"Haha...hahahaha!"

Daosheng suddenly burst into wild laughter, his laughter filled with tragedy and determination.

"I see...I see...In your eyes, even resistance is just a game?"

“Spark, do you see this? This is the ‘truth’ you’ve forced me to confront!”

“Something… that treats my existence, my resistance, everything about me as mere entertainment…”

His laughter echoed through the deathly silent sea dike.

The ecstasy on the faces of those guards froze instantly, replaced by a deeper chill and powerlessness.

Yes, they forgot.

In the face of "Return to the Void," the so-called victory is nothing but a joke.

The more you resist, the more you struggle, and the more you demonstrate your extraordinary qualities, the more you will arouse its "interest".

It will be like a cruel child, slowly appreciating your indomitable spirit, your will, your brilliance, and then little by little, completely "playing with" you until finally, satisfied, it throws you into that garbage dump called "nothingness".

This is the deepest despair.

The five fingers of the "Hand of Return to the Void" are about to completely close, grasping the "Flower of the Dao Heart," which represents the strongest strike of the Dao, into its palm.

Once the flower is grasped, the connection between Dao Sheng and it will become the "bridge" for "Gui Xu" to invade the origin of his Dao heart!
At that time, he will be doomed!
"Is it over..." Thunder Lord murmured to himself, the last glimmer of light in his eyes about to be extinguished.

However, at this critical moment...

Daosheng's laughter abruptly stopped.

He raised his head, and in an instant, all the madness, tragedy, and anger on his face, stained with golden-gray divine blood, vanished without a trace.

Instead, there was an unprecedented... calm.

One is an absolute calm, as if one has seen through life and death and understood existence and non-existence.

"A game...?"

He spoke softly, his voice not loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present.

"Since it's a game..."

"Therefore, there must be give and take for it to be fair."

The moment he finished speaking, he made a move that caught everyone off guard.

He did not activate any more power, nor did he use any more supernatural abilities.

He simply, slowly, raised his left hand, and facing the "Hand of Return to Nothingness" that was about to close, he also opened his five fingers, and then...

(End of this chapter)