The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 326 Hongwu and Shi Hao merge into one body, battling against the consciousness of the plateau.
Above the plateau, the ten patriarchs have vanished, leaving only a wisp of mist that stretches endlessly, obscuring the vastness of time and space.

Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao have reached the source of the strange and ominous events and are about to personally quell the chaos.

However, gazing at that original progenitor, the highland consciousness felt an extraordinary sense of familiarity. It even had a feeling that the person from the past had returned, and that he had not disappeared.

The source of everything, the existence that could be called the master of the plateau, made it deeply fearful.

However, upon closer examination, it felt that this shouldn't be the case, because that person had vanished completely, and even if he reappeared, he would only be a wisp of a trace, without any power, so how could he threaten it?
“Now, I am the master, and you are the visitors.”

The consciousness of the plateau whispered softly, and suddenly spread out an endless fog, reshaping history in the field and rewriting everything that had already happened!
Pollen Emperor was startled. This ominous plateau had its own consciousness? And when did it take shape?

She could even clearly sense that the surging power beneath the vast plateau was indeed far beyond the sacrificial path, reaching another incredible and unimaginable realm.

Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao looked back and saw that the past history had changed and was being rewritten, covering their origins, recreating the Ten Ancestors, and erasing the heavens and the world!
This is not simply rewriting history, but completely erasing 'this line of history' and shattering the worldview that has developed to this point! Then, a new worldview without variables, without the heavens and the two emperors is reshaped.

Such methods would naturally not kill the priests, but they could temporarily trap them.

"He transforms into eternity, I cling to all worlds!"

The two would not sit idly by and wait for their doom. With the fusion of imperial laws, a power that surpassed the sacrificial path also emerged. Shi Hao directly transformed into countless ancient histories, while Wang Hongwu rotated through the cycles of reincarnation. Ancient histories alternated, and the old worldview and the new worldview created on the plateau became mixed together, indistinguishable from one another. Neither could escape the other.

However, this collision between the two sides resulted in a genuine shift in the worldview, giving rise to a new direction. It appeared beside the 'main trunk' and became a tributary, containing no heavens, no wilderness or kings, only the cursed lands and the myriad worlds under its control.

Moreover, this tributary, after merging into the main stream, also had a significant impact on the world at that time.

"What you want to protect, I will destroy. With the power of that person from the past, I will change everything." A voice came from the end of the plateau. It was a voice that wanted to suppress Huang and Hongwu while destroying the Great Thousand World.

If these tributaries were to merge, the heavens and the world would vanish, and countless living beings would instantly disappear.

"All the heavens are my manifestations, and there is only one true truth throughout the ages!" Upon seeing this, Wang Hongwu used the Emperor's Law, merging the heavens and the vast world into his body, not only protecting all living beings but also increasing his strength.

Then, the tributaries merged with the main stream, the worldview was violently shaken, the vast world and the heavens disappeared, leaving only the Calamity Land and another myriad worlds.

In this world, there are other people who have been forgotten by the world, namely Ye Fan, Duan De, the Empress, Wu Shi, and the Azure Emperor!

When all the heavens and myriad worlds disappeared, they were caught in a journey of fighting against the strange and searching for their homeland in the chaos. Now, the great battle that has erupted on the plateau, surpassing even the sacrificial path, has annihilated the vast world and the heavens.

Furthermore, a completely new land of calamity and myriad realms appeared before them, in which ten new high priests and ten new progenitors resided!

That was an existence shaped by the power of the plateau; such a situation was utterly despairing for the six people and the dog.

They were merely at the realm of Immortal Kings, yet they faced a situation where the entire world was their enemy.

With no divine intervention, no help from the vast world, and even the Great Celestial Venerable and the Celestial Court vanished, the world was in utter chaos, save for the desolate land!
They became wanderers in this space-time, but they did not give up. Instead, they continued to try to delve deeper into the river of time, searching for traces of the Great Celestial Venerable and the Desolate Emperor in the past.

All this has just begun.

On the plateau, the battle between the two sides was incredibly fierce. Although the power was imperceptible, it truly permeated the main worldview and the derivative worldviews, influencing and reshaping everything in infinitely high dimensions.

"How long can your imperial laws last? My power is boundless!"

"Is that so? But soon, that will be my power."

The voices of both sides resounded across countless ages, echoing simultaneously in ancient times, in the present world, and in the future, transforming into two colors, each occupying half the sky. The light of the sacrificial ceremony spread across the sky, unprecedentedly brilliant and powerful, blooming before the source of ancient history, tearing and distorting the so-called historical process, causing the infinite possibilities, and all the heavens of eternity to sink and perish, becoming ruins.

Clearly, this plateau possesses the qualities of a ritual site, though its consciousness is hazy and it doesn't know how to fully utilize this power. But now it's boiling over, and it's extremely terrifying.

It understands its own shortcomings. Although it contains infinite power, its combat methods and techniques are severely lacking, because it is merely a vessel.

"So what if you can annihilate ten progenitors? Can you fight against twenty? Thirty? Fifty? A hundred? You've been dormant for too long. Today, let me see just how strong the being that can stimulate my complete awakening truly is."

The Plateau Consciousness looked down indifferently and began to use this power to create puppets. Instantly, first, ten ancestors soared into the sky, and then ancient coffins buried deep underground rose up, revealing rotting corpses.

The plateau is seen as omnipotent by many. The number of progenitors it created has long exceeded ten, and it immediately infused the great power that should have been contained beneath the plateau, directly transforming them into beings in the sacrificial realm!

Rumble!
Those terrifying figures charged forward. With a thought, Wang Hongwu mobilized the eight ancestors he had previously summoned, causing them to charge forward as well. Ancestors fought against each other, battling each other, while they continued to maintain their resistance against the plateau, even constantly enlightening and summoning new helpers and converting hostile ancestors.

"Hmph, I'd like to see how many you can withstand!" The highland consciousness sneered, and suddenly created many more progenitors.

Then, the ten progenitors in the arena merged into one, becoming a new ultimate progenitor. And there were ten such ultimate progenitors in the arena!
Furthermore, another hundred progenitors formed another transformation, ten in a row, and transformed into the mirrors and longswords they had before, which went straight into the hands of the ten ultimate progenitors.

The arena was instantly engulfed in a terrifying wave of primordial power. Each ultimate primordial wielded a mirror as a shield and a sword to strike. What was even more terrifying was that each of the ultimate primordial wielders, mirrors, and swords was a composite of ten primordial wielders. The sheer number of them was terrifying, and they all possessed power that surpassed the Dao of Sacrifice.

"Then I'll tell you, you're no good if you talk, and you're even worse if you fight!"

At this moment, Shi Hao and Wang Hongwu became one! Their imperial laws merged to their peak, completely transforming into one person, even encompassing the Pollen Emperor and the eight progenitors, achieving complete integration.

Then a completely new figure appeared in the arena, his face possessing features of both Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao. His hair was a mix of black and red, and his eyes, one gold and one silver, trailed a comet-like brilliance. A massive cross extended from their bodies, at the center of which were two vast worlds rotating like a Tai Chi diagram. Their limbs were integrated with the void, and the river of time flowed within their reach. The entire worldview seemed to be contained within their embrace, and a Dao flower bloomed between their brows—the power of the Pollen Emperor. Having merged, they reached their peak state and directly charged towards the ultimate ancestral army in the arena.

Such a being grew more and more ferocious in battle, spinning like a windmill, as if demons and gods were rampaging and the heavens were turning. Various moves and imperial techniques were unleashed one after another, many of which were never seen by the plateau consciousness. They were created by sublimating imperial techniques on the spot, and not a single move was repeated. In an instant, the ultimate killing move came rolling in like the Yangtze River.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of swords and mirrors formed by the fusion of the progenitors were shattered, and the ultimate progenitors were blown apart, unable to withstand the attack.

But the plateau consciousness continues to be generated, and the number of ultimate progenitors continues to grow, one hundred, two hundred... constantly rising, forming a vast army.

The next moment, the three combined into an unparalleled being collided violently with the army of the ultimate progenitor. One second they were in the center of the plateau, and the next they had arrived at the end of endless space and time.

The terrifying clash of forces extinguished the endless, infinitely numerous futures with the overwhelming force of their punches. At the same time, they leaped again, arriving at the origin of the distant past. With another clash, the violent aftershocks exploded, crushing all subsequent ancient history, annihilating all development and change. The power that erupted reshaped the worldview and swept away all traces of it.

In the end, they became so powerful that they assimilated and transformed all the shattered ancestral weapons and ultimate progenitors, unifying everything into themselves and growing stronger and stronger.

It is visible to the naked eye that although the number of Ultimate Ancestors is increasing, the threat to Wang Hongwu and his group is decreasing, because as the power of assimilation and integration increases, their growth rate is measured in units of Ultimate Ancestors.

The Plateau Consciousness never expected that the massive army it continuously created would be caught in such a tug-of-war, which was truly bizarre. Moreover, there were even a constant stream of ancestors being enlightened, turned against, or transformed by it.

If this continues, the army it generates might not even be as large as the enemy's in the end!
During the great battle, Wang Hongwu and his companions expanded to another dimension, filling the void. Wherever they went, countless realms and worlds arose, each realm giving birth to countless great worlds, each world giving birth to countless universes, each universe giving birth to countless celestial bodies, and each heaven giving birth to countless living beings. He is the ancestor of all things, the creator of everything, born before heaven and earth, the supreme master.

His towering figure, like a pillar of heaven, exuded unparalleled pressure. With a thunderous punch, he encompassed all laws.

Within that fist, the entire world was constantly collapsing, evolving, decaying, destroying, and reincarnating. This fist created countless great worlds and destroyed countless great worlds. In an instant, endless and brilliant civilizations were born in those worlds.

The entire army of the ultimate progenitors, struck by this punch, stopped abruptly, completely settling into the long river of history. They felt the past, present, and future, all the cycles of reincarnation and birth and death, rising and falling in their minds. In that instant, they felt the great terror of the cycle of reincarnation.

Then, with a "poof," it all exploded, swept away by a single punch. The remaining power transformed into Origin Mother Gold, which merged into Wang Hongwu's body, making him even more majestic and towering.

"Why bother? What is the point of this futile struggle? This is an insurmountable chasm. Even if you can kill as many ancestors as possible, what then?"

Are you going to keep me here, or are you confident that there are others in the world who can take this step?
I admit that you possess enviable potential, and if I hadn't interfered, you would likely have eventually found your way to the path of sacrifice. The path of sacrifice is not the end, but unfortunately, today I will stifle you and transform you into new vessels and containers, thus fulfilling my own purpose.

The consciousness of the plateau began to intervene personally, and the process of infinite possibilities from the source of ancient history to the future appeared in its eyes. That power even exceeded the limit of the sacrificial realm, and had a transcendent charm.

At this moment, it fully revealed its consciousness, causing the many ultimate progenitors it had created to reunite and form a huge, ominous humanoid vessel.

Moreover, new ultimate progenitors kept merging into it, making this humanoid form even more terrifying and profound. It even grew thick red hair all over its body, and the whites of its eyes, which looked like those of a dead fish, began to flow black blood from its mouth, nose and eyes. The hair on its head began to turn yellow and wither. Blue light and gray mist emanated from its body, and the whole person exuded the most intense eerie aura, which was extremely terrifying!
Then, the consciousness of the plateau leaped directly into it, bringing this huge ominous ancestral god to life and becoming its vessel, truly utilizing that part of the power of the sacrificial path.

Strangely, its appearance is remarkably similar to Wang Hongwu's, as if it were imitating something.

"Although this body is a bit lacking, it should be enough to deal with you." The highland consciousness spoke, stretching its body, with new progenitors constantly connecting to the ends of its arms and legs, always in a state of infinite growth.

The combined form of Wang Hongwu and his two companions was not intimidated and pressed forward directly, unleashing a devastating punch.

Beyond the vast universe, on a mysterious plateau, a bloody battle beyond the comprehension of all living beings erupted silently, burying countless ancient heavens and the very source of history. Nothing could be seen but a veil of gloomy mist.

The dark fog was so mysterious, so despairing, so terrifying. It shifted everything, changed the worldview, and caused countless tributaries and new directions to split off from the main body.

Even the progenitors of the new world were bewildered and could not comprehend such a drastic change.

In the eyes of Wang Hongwu and the consciousness of the plateau, they had already appeared outside of endless space and time, outside of the infinitely existing universe, and then returned to a point in the original state.

From this point, countless points of the initial state emerge, and countless primordial lands of the same level appear, then disperse and extend again, forming a new worldview, that is, a new tributary.

Subsequently, the power generated from their battle converged from this infinite primordial state into "one," which then underwent another explosive fission, resulting in an endless stream of one.

And so, after endless appearances, they are gathered again, returning to a single point... This is a continuous cycle, an endless alternation, a repetition, reshaping the infinite universe, spacetime, chaos, and Tao, evolving into different worldview trajectories.

In just a moment, their clash triggered a continuous split and rebirth of worldviews, giving rise to countless tributaries in addition to the main trunk!

It can also be seen as countless parallel worldviews. Their scattered power has polluted countless dark futures in the heavens, and Ye Fan and his group are scattered among them, searching for their way home.

They were repairing the timeline, enduring countless bloody battles, and almost saw no hope.

This is also part of Wang Shi's struggle with the plateau mentality, and Ye Fan's existence is also crucial.

In this dark and hopeless world, Ye Fan and his companions rose up and quickly created their own cultivation system, ascending to the level of Dao Ancestor. In their battles with the Dao Ancestors of the Calamity Land, they even traced back to the past, seeking hope in distant times.

In that long river, they met Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao. All of this was noticed by the creatures of E'tu. They were the creations of the plateau and knew everything. They wanted to prevent the changes and sent the Dark Dao Ancestor to intercept them.

The two sides clashed and fought, traveling back up the river of time to the Chaotic Ancient Era!

(End of this chapter)