Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

The moment Zhou Jingming appeared, the entire sacrificial area fell into an eerie silence.

The twisted creatures that were roaring with their heads raised gradually slowed down.

Some claws had just been raised, and some mouths were only half open when they seemed to be frozen in mid-air.

Not only them, but also the cultivators of the Reverse True Society, the Twisted Apostles, and even the seventy-two Twisted Pillars that were shaking violently, were suppressed by an invisible force.

The power of heaven and earth did not truly stop time, but rather Zhou Jingming used the Blue Star itself to forcibly "hold down" this area from the operation of heaven and earth.

If the world doesn't allow them to move, then it's very difficult for them to move again.

Xie Wuwang's black robe trembled slightly, and although his movements were also slow, he was not completely frozen in place.

He didn't look at Zhou Jingming immediately, but turned his head to look at the other side.

Old Wang remained standing on the sacrificial platform, his four arms outstretched, his vertical eye on his chest motionless, his entire body seemingly nailed to the spot.

Xie Wuwang felt much more at ease.

In the end, it was just a twisted apostle.

Even if one possesses intelligence, one can unleash combat power at the level of nine thousand phases through the blood refining method.

Even in the presence of true celestial beings, they still cannot be considered worthy of respect.

Xie Wuwang slowly turned his head, his gaze falling on Zhou Jingming.

"The Venerable One of Heaven and Earth".

"You've really come this far."

"pity."

"It's too late."

Zhou Jingming frowned.

Xie Wuwang looked at the enormous eye hanging deep in the sky, a mocking expression on his face.

"The sacrifice has begun."

"The power of distortion is spreading across the entire Blue Star."

"Didn't you feel it?"

The Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture stood at the back, supported by Su Xingmian and Chen Mo.

He snorted coldly upon hearing this.

"So what?"

"As long as we destroy the seventy-two twisted pillars, we can seal the rift."

"You still can't do anything."

Xie Wuwang suddenly laughed, and the laughter grew louder and louder.

"Yeah?"

The next instant, he suddenly opened his arms wide, and the broken and twisted source within his body was completely awakened at that moment.

Give me your body! Give me your heart, your memories, your flesh and blood!

A chilling voice echoed deep within Xie Wuwang's consciousness.

Xie Wuwang did not refuse.

"bring it on."

His body suddenly split open, flesh, bones, heart, and twisting power, as if kneaded together by an invisible hand.

Beneath the black cloak, countless faces squeezed out of his body, and gray-white tentacles pierced his skin, growing wildly in all directions.

Xie Wuwang's head gradually elongated, and his face split open from the middle, revealing a pitch-black eye without any whites.

boom!

The previously frozen world suddenly trembled, and the black mist that Zhou Jingming had suppressed began to flow again.

The Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture's expression changed drastically.

"You're insane!"

"Completely merge with the source of the distortion."

"From now on, will you devour it, or will it devour you?"

Xie Wuwang was no longer listening, or rather, no one could say for sure whether the person standing in front of everyone was still Xie Wuwang.

He slowly raised his hand, and the distorted power permeating the world converged on him at the same time.

Zhou Jingming's eyes narrowed; his control over this world had been shaken.

"How is that possible?"

The Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture stared intently at Xie Wuwang.

Then, as if he had suddenly realized something, he seemed to understand something.

"No……"

"I see!"

"The incomplete source that he placed on Earth beforehand was itself a part of the polluted origin of the world."

"The deeper the distortion force spreads across Blue Star, the closer it gets to a part of this world."

"Now the seventy-two pillars are activated."

"Distortion has invaded the rules of the world."

"He is using the corrupted power of heaven and earth to achieve a different kind of supreme status!"

Xie Wuwang let out a low laugh.

Behind him, a strange Dharma image, thousands of feet tall, rose from the ground.

It was a colossal monster composed of countless limbs, eyeballs, and fragments of a shattered world.

The moment it appeared, the surrounding space began to rot, and large swathes of snowfield turned into gray-black flesh and blood.

Zhou Jingming did not retreat. He took a step forward, and the power of heaven and earth gathered.

Behind him, an incomparably enormous heart-shaped image also appeared.

That mental image has no fixed appearance; sometimes it resembles himself, and sometimes it transforms into the appearance of Su Xingmian, Chen Mo, his maternal grandfather, and the Heavenly Master of Xiayuan Prefecture.

Finally, countless figures converged into a giant that supported the heavens and the earth.

"I don't know what promotion is."

"I don't know anything about immortality."

Zhou Jingming raised his hand.

"That's all I know."

"There are people I care about here."

"You want to destroy this world."

"I simply cannot agree!"

The giant of heaven and earth unleashed a punch.

The twisted magic behind Xie Wuwang rushed at the same time.

boom!

The entire Cloud Top Grassland instantly sank dozens of feet.

The two forces of the world collided violently, shattering the void inch by inch.

Xie Wuwang initially had the upper hand.

But as Zhou Jingming threw punches again and again, the aura of the world emanating from him grew stronger and stronger.

Su Xingmian's fear, Chen Mo's mechanical city, and the myriad insights left behind by the Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture.

Along the way, all the bonds he didn't want to lose have become the strength that supports him.

"I won't lose!"

Zhou Jingming roared.

Another punch landed.

Xie Wuwang was blasted back hundreds of feet.

Large sections of flesh and blood burst open in his chest.

"Damn it!"

Just then, Old Wang, who was originally fixed on the sacrificial platform, suddenly had his vertical eye on his chest rotate.

Then, he grinned.

"The so-called Venerable One of Heaven and Earth."

"So that's how it is."

The so-called attainment of supreme status is nothing more than making one's power a part of heaven and earth.

If Xie Wuwang could achieve extraordinary status through the power of distortion, why couldn't he?

Within Old Wang's body, the power of blood refinement and the power of distortion erupted simultaneously.

The crimson and gray-black lights intertwined, and the suppressed body instantly regained its mobility.

The next moment, he appeared directly in the center of the battlefield, and all four of his arms slammed down on Zhou Jingming at the same time.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Zhou Jingming hastily defended himself and was forced to retreat dozens of steps.

Xie Wuwang was overjoyed.

"good!"

Two unconventional beings of heaven and earth simultaneously unleash their power over the world.

The world that was originally completely under Zhou Jingming's control was instantly torn away by more than half.

The three continued to exchange fire.

Zhou Jingming was attacked from both sides.

Even with the support of the Earth's origin, it began to retreat steadily.

But he showed no panic; instead, he took advantage of the collision to forcefully escape the battlefield.

He turned around and punched the seventy-two twisted pillars.

Xie Wuwang's expression changed drastically.

"Stop him!"

But it was too late; the giant's fist had already slammed into the nine-ringed structure.

Boom!

The first twisted pillar exploded.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

At the same time, countless cracks appeared on all seventy-two pillars, and the gray-black pillar of light that pierced the sky quickly went out.

Those enormous eyes, about to open, were gradually covered by the world barrier that was closing again.

The aura of heaven and earth emanating from Xie Wuwang and Lao Wang plummeted.

Zhou Jingming landed on the ground, panting heavily, but then he smiled.

"I don't necessarily have to beat you."

"Destroy the Twisted Pillar."

That's enough.

Su Xingmian and Chen Mo both showed joy on their faces at the same time.

The Celestial Master of Xiayuan Prefecture slowly closed his eyes.

Success! The world sacrifice has been interrupted.

it's all over!

But in the next instant, a crimson light suddenly appeared inside the seventy-two twisted pillars that were on the verge of collapse.

The crimson light, like blood, flashed by in an instant, followed by an incomparably powerful surge of qi and blood energy erupting from each pillar.

The sacrificial array, which was about to be extinguished, started operating again, and even more violently than before.

A crimson beam of light, mixed with twisting power, pierced the sky in an instant.

The world barrier is cracking faster than before!

Everyone was stunned.

Xie Wuwang stared at the crimson light, his expression completely losing control for the first time.

"The method of blood refinement?"

Zhou Jingming also stood frozen in place.

He couldn't be mistaken; it was indeed the bloodline aura that Gu Changjin had passed on to him.

But why? Why is the Federation's Blood Refining Power in the Twisted Pillar?

Why would it help the world continue its sacrifices?

A suspicion he didn't want to believe slowly surfaced in his mind.

"Brother Gu..."

Space cracked silently.

A figure slowly emerged from the void.

The black Federal General's uniform was long and straight, with gold patterns on the shoulders extending like star trails, and the cape fluttering gently in the distorted storm.

Gu Changjin stood in the center of the three-way battlefield.

His gaze swept over Zhou Jingming, Xie Wuwang, and Lao Wang, his tone calm.

"World Sacrifice".

"You can't stop."