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Chapter 537 Sequence of Heavenly Law
Chapter 545

The golden sword light, like a blazing sun, swept across the entire arena.

Wherever the sword light passed, hundreds of Gold-Devouring Wraiths were instantly purified, leaving only glittering metallic dust, like a dazzling rain of stars.

The power of a sword is so terrifying!
However, Zhen Shan's expression showed no joy; instead, it became even more solemn. He could feel that the previous sword strike had consumed nearly ten percent of his divine power.

These things must be eradicated!
Xu Ran never made a move from beginning to end. He simply watched quietly as countless streams of data flashed by rapidly within the Eye of Return to Nothingness.

He is analyzing, he is gaining insight.

"Ordinary ghosts are composed of a remnant of battle intent mixed with ordinary metallic aura. After being killed, what remains is only the most basic metallic essence, which is of little value."

"Their attack methods are threefold: first, mental attack; second, contaminating divine power with resentment; and third, devouring the essence of metal."

"The weakness lies in the pure laws of order, or... the power of annihilation that can bring it to 'rest'."

Just then, the entire metal cemetery suddenly trembled violently.

A resentment a million times more terrifying than all the previous ghosts combined rose up from the deepest part of the cemetery like an ancient demon god awakening!
"Roar--!!!"

A roar, unlike anything any living being could utter, resounded throughout the heavens and earth. That roar was filled with the fury of being disturbed, and an endless killing intent towards the intruders.

On the distant horizon, a massive warship wreck, as large as a mountain range, suddenly had a pair of scarlet "eyes" light up in its core command center!
Rumble!
The entire wreckage of the warship began to "come alive." Countless metal fragments, drawn by an invisible force, converged like a tide towards those scarlet "eyes."

In a short while, a colossal metal giant, tens of thousands of feet tall and pieced together from countless warship wrecks and fragments of divine metal, slowly stood up!
Its core, those scarlet "eyes," is none other than an incredibly enormous, almost solidified... Gold-Devouring Ghost King!

Its aura has far exceeded the scope of the Divine Fire Realm, and it has firmly stepped into the Divine Monarch Realm!
"Not good! It's the Ghost King!" Zhen Shan's expression changed drastically. A strong sense of crisis made the hairs on his body stand on end.

A being at the level of a god-king! Even if it is just a mindless aggregate of resentment, it is far beyond what their incomplete battle formation can withstand!
"Form the All-Encompassing Formation! Defend with all your might!" Zhenshan made a decisive decision and issued the most correct order.

The auras of the eleven kings merged instantly, and the phantom of the military law god general became incredibly solid, transforming into a huge dark golden divine shield that blocked everyone's way.

"Ants..."

A grand and chaotic thought resounded directly in everyone's minds.

The Ghost Emperor raised its enormous claw, composed of the wreckage of several escort ships, and slammed it down towards Xu Ran and the others!
boom! ! !
Even before the claws arrived, the terrifying pressure caused the surrounding space to distort and collapse. The claws were wreathed in a dense, blackish resentment and a sharp, malevolent aura capable of tearing apart divine metal.

This strike was enough to reduce a small, inhabited planet to dust!
"Block it!" Zhenshan's eyes were bloodshot as he poured his divine power into the battle formation without reservation.

Bang-!
The giant claw slammed heavily onto the dark gold divine shield.

A deafening roar shook the heavens and the earth, as if the entire world had been silenced by this blow.

Click!

The seemingly impregnable military shield was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks. The eleven generals forming the battle formation simultaneously coughed up a mouthful of divine blood, their faces turning deathly pale.

With just one strike, the battle formation was already on the verge of collapse!
"One more blow and we're doomed!" A hint of despair crept into Zhenshan's divine sense.

However, just as the Ghost King raised its other giant claw, preparing to crush these "ants" completely.

Xu Ran, who had been silent all along, finally moved.

Instead of retreating, he stepped forward to meet the overwhelming pressure.

"The resentment of a Divine Lord-level being... formed from the core resentment of a Divine Court-standard 'Heavenly Punishment'-class flagship, fused with the unwilling will of at least tens of thousands of Divine Fire Realm warriors on this battlefield..."

"At its core is a piece of 'Chaotic Immortal Gold' corrupted by resentment; it is only by using this as an anchor point that it can exist in the world..."

"That's it, I understand."

A strange smile curved at the corners of Xu Ran's lips. In his Eyes of Return to Nothingness, the arrogant Ghost Emperor had been clearly "explained" by him, leaving no secrets whatsoever.

"Since it's ownerless, then... it belongs to me!"

The moment he finished speaking, Xu Ran stretched out a hand.

Instead of unleashing earth-shattering energy from his palm, a small, constantly rotating, dark gray vortex appeared.

That vortex seemed to be the end of the universe, the final destination of all things.

"Return to the Void... Dao Guide!"

Instead of attacking the massive metal body, Xu Ran precisely targeted the "Chaotic Immortal Gold" that served as the core within the Ghost Emperor's body!
Om-!
An indescribable force, originating from the Great Dao of "Ending," descended instantly.

The massive body of the Ghost King suddenly stiffened. For the first and last time, a feeling called "fear" arose in its chaotic will.

It sensed that its "roots" were being forcibly ripped from this world by an irresistible force!
"Do not!!!"

It let out an angry and unwilling roar, trying to resist.

However, in the face of the supreme concept of "Return to the Void," this aggregate of resentment is like encountering a natural enemy.

"Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Your battle is long over. How can you find peace if your obsession remains?"

Xu Ran's voice, like a decree from the heavens, was filled with grandeur and indifference.

"I grant you... final peace!"

As he finished speaking, the gray vortex suddenly expanded.

The crimson "eyes" at the core of the towering metal giant dimmed at a visible speed. The countless resentments and fighting spirits that made up its body seemed to have found their final destination, transforming into black torrents that were uncontrollably sucked into the Void Vortex in Xu Ran's palm.

No screaming, no struggle.

It was a kind of liberation, a kind of relief.

Countless distorted and pained faces emerged from the black torrent, then quickly became peaceful, and finally turned into specks of light facing Xu Ran, dissipating into the world.

Rumble…

Without the support of resentment, the towering metal giant began to crumble. Countless warship wrecks fell from the sky like rain, crashing onto the earth with deafening roars.

In just a dozen or so breaths, a terrifying being at the level of a Divine Lord silently "disintegrated" before everyone's eyes.

Zhen Shan and the ten kings were stunned, almost forgetting to breathe.

What divine power this is! And what incredible methods this is!

Subduing the enemy without fighting! No, this isn't even about "subduing," but about making the enemy "disappear" directly from the root!

When the last trace of resentment was swallowed up by the vortex of the void.

In mid-air, only one thing remained.

It was a fist-sized piece of strange metal, its entire surface a chaotic color, as if it contained a newly formed nebula. It floated silently, exuding an ancient, profound, and immortal Daoist aura.

Chaos Immortal Gold!

The core divine material for forging a divine-level magic weapon! Its value is enough to drive countless overlords of star fields mad!

Xu Ran reached out, and the piece of Chaos Immortal Gold transformed into a stream of light, falling into his hand. It felt warm and smooth to the touch, yet incredibly heavy, as if holding up an entire starry sky.

"That's enough to repair the core of the main space array." Xu Ran nodded in satisfaction.

However, just as he was about to put away the Chaos Immortal Gold...

hum!
Above the immortal gold, a wisp of extremely weak, almost dissipating will was suddenly triggered, transforming into a fragmented image that surged into Xu Ran's mind.

That was a battlefield billions of times larger than the cemetery beneath his feet.

Countless divine warships formed an iron wall spanning the galaxy. Each warship was teeming with powerful divine warriors. They weren't attacking, but...retreating!

Their faces showed no fighting spirit, only a deep-seated fear and despair.

Behind them, in the pitch-black depths of space.

One after another, pure white beams of light, devoid of any energy fluctuations yet capable of erasing all concepts, were mercilessly reaping the harvest, like the scythe of death.

One after another, massive starships vanished silently in the instant the white light swept across them, leaving not a trace of wreckage.

Heavenly sequence!

This massive divine fleet, large enough to conquer a whole universe, is being hunted down and eliminated by the "Heavenly Principle Sequence"!
The scene abruptly ends there.

Xu Ran suddenly came to his senses, a chill running from his spine straight to the top of his head.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, which was shrouded in gray dust and where not a single star could be seen.

He finally understood.

They were not lucky enough to escape to an unknown safe zone.

In their panic, they stumbled upon a former execution ground that had been cleared by the "Heavenly Principle Sequence"!

That cold "hunter" isn't on its way.

Its aura, its laws, its "order" have long left an eternal imprint on every corner of this star field.

They have always been in a cage.

They have always been in a cage.

This realization, like an invisible ice spike, pierced through time and space, embedding itself deep within the souls of everyone present. The shock on the faces of Zhenshan and the ten kings had not yet faded when they were enveloped by a deeper chill called despair.

The so-called unknown star fields, the so-called desolate wastelands, are nothing more than a huge graveyard drawn up by the victors for the vanquished, an execution ground confined by the laws! They are like creatures that have strayed into a slaughterhouse, thinking they have found a temporary place to breathe, unaware that the butcher's knife is already hanging over their heads, just not yet fallen.

"My lord..." Zhenshan's voice was extremely hoarse, and his burly body appeared somewhat hunched for the first time. Facing a Ghost King of the Divine Lord level, he dared to fight to the death, but faced with this preordained, conceptual "cleansing," he couldn't even find an opponent to wield his sword against.

This is a sense of powerlessness at a fundamental level of life.

"Why panic?"

Xu Ran's voice remained steady. He weighed the Chaos Immortal Gold in his hand, as if the truth that could freeze one's soul was not as substantial as the weight of this divine gold.

He raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the pale faces of the crowd, and said calmly, "A cage? An execution ground? So what?"

"Since the Heavenly Principle Sequence can clean up this place, but it doesn't keep an eye on it all the time, it means that its 'cleaning' has costs, consequences, and patterns to follow."

"The imprint of its laws is order, is rules, but it is also a double-edged sword. It is both a shackle that imprisons us and the best reference for us to understand it, comprehend it, and even... utilize it!"

Xu Ran's words were like a thunderclap, cleaving through the gloom of despair in everyone's hearts.

Yes! What kind of people are they following?

He was the supreme ruler who, single-handedly, overthrew the corrupt rule of the old divine court and ushered in the Era of Return to Nothingness! The word "despair" never existed in his dictionary!
"My lord is right!" Zhenshan straightened his back abruptly, his eyes rekindling with fighting spirit. "To hell with any order of heavenly laws, we will smash our way to the heavens within this cage!"

“Well said.” Xu Ran nodded approvingly and handed the Chaos Immortal Gold to Zhenshan. “Cangshi needs this. Also, tell him not to rush to repair the spatial array. The first thing I want him to do is to use this Immortal Gold as the core, in conjunction with the array of the Pioneer, to construct a ‘Dao Jie’ amplification array.”

"Daoist Amplification Array?" Zhen Shan was taken aback; this was a term he had never heard of before.

“Indeed,” Xu Ran’s gaze returned to the vast metal cemetery, his eyes becoming incredibly profound. “A graveyard buries not only corpses, but also history, the Dao and the Law, the resentment of the defeated, and the imprint of the victors. I will ‘Dao-dissolve’ this graveyard, along with the imprint of the laws left by the Heavenly Principle Sequence!”

"I want to see clearly how the Divine Court's fleet was defeated."

"I need to see more clearly what this Heavenly Order is!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried an unparalleled domineering aura, as if he wanted to see through everything in the world and hold the ultimate mysteries of the universe in his palm.

Zhen Shan and the others were deeply shaken. They vaguely sensed that after undergoing a profound transformation, their Lord had reached a height far exceeding their imagination. While they were still contemplating how to fight, their Lord was already pondering how to understand and even control the "Tao" of his enemies!
"Yes, sir!" Zhenshan asked no more questions. He took the incredibly heavy Chaos Immortal Gold, solemnly bowed to Xu Ran, and then transformed into a stream of light, leading ten king generals back to the Pioneer.

Only Xu Ran remained in the same spot.

He didn't move, standing silently on this desolate land composed of countless remnants of civilizations. His black robes fluttered slightly in the invisible aura of malevolence, and he seemed to have merged with this eternal solitude.

(End of this chapter)