A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 639 Karma, Entangled

After consuming nearly 100,000 "self-devourers," the indescribable entity that had completely taken control of the body made its move without any warning.

A rotting giant roared ferociously, wielding a stone axe. Its entire body was covered in pus, and it unleashed streaks of pale green light, carrying an extremely ominous corrosive quality.

A figure with multi-limbed insect legs was making a punching motion, unleashing one punch after another that shook the ages, tearing apart the chaos in front of it, shattering the constraints of distance, and descending relentlessly with terrifying destruction.

Some were covered in tentacles, with only one eye, their left half resembling a grotesque octopus, a terrifying creature. They waved their tentacles, twisting them into an indescribable gesture, and unconsciously began to slap themselves, sweeping towards them.

A mutated celestial body covered in flesh and blood rolled up its hair-like tongue, split open its hideous maw, and opened a rift to an unknown space, frantically devouring all matter and energy in front of it, displaying utter madness.

After the supreme attack from beyond the boundary membrane was launched for the first time, no indescribable creatures stopped.

Whether it's burning the supreme essence within their bodies, igniting the divine soul they've already "swallowed," or activating some terrifyingly dangerous secret techniques, these dark beings, whose bodies have been seized and whose memories and insights have been inherited, unleash their power without the slightest hesitation, as if they don't need to consider the terrible price they will have to pay in the future, and are going all out to use desperate measures.

In a mere instant, tens of millions of supreme killing techniques poured down like raindrops, frantically roaring against the boundary membrane that served as a defensive barrier. This tore countless tiny cracks into the first line of defense against the chaotic ocean's power, making the entire Central Divine Realm appear to be teetering on the brink of collapse, resembling a glass ball on the verge of shattering completely.

Within the central divine realm, on the altar of the divine city.

Tianzhou held the Dao Yi Seal in his hand, looking at the supreme killing techniques that were constantly bombarding the central divine realm. He stared at the strange and ominous thing that was trying to invade the world, and at the semi-transparent thread that existed between existence and non-existence. Gradually, a glimmer of understanding appeared in his eyes.

He murmured to himself, "In this chaotic 'ocean,' fate is almost nonexistent, and cause and effect are almost severed. Now, it seems I've discovered an exception amidst all this eeriness and unease."

But the next moment, Tianzhou denied the conclusion he had just drawn. "No, it's not an exception, but something that has reached the highest level of existence. It already possesses cause and effect and destiny that transcend the constraints of the long river of time, which is why it can exist in this 'ocean' where the void is constantly overlapping and the light of the universe is constantly clashing."

"Although these causes and fates at the end of the road are almost imperceptible in this 'ocean' that is moving towards order, but in which most of the underlying rules and logic are extremely chaotic."

After gaining some understanding of this, Tianzhou's thoughts became clearer.

He looked at the supreme being outside the sky who was frantically unleashing supreme offensive techniques, and stared with a subtle expression at the threads that existed between existence and non-existence, and clicked his tongue softly.

"If my conclusion is correct, then these strange and ominous things from beyond the heavens are no longer simply supreme beings who came into contact with strange and ominous things and were replaced by dark divine souls. They are all part of some dark path."

"Furthermore, the cause and effect of this yet-to-appear Dark End seems to be quite significant."

The power of faith from the entire Central Divine Realm began to converge on the Heavenly Ship. One after another, supreme laws flashed from all parts of heaven and earth, erupting from the special nodes in heaven and earth where each supreme deity stood, transforming into strands of starlight that blessed them.

With the blessing of the faith of all beings, the power of the mind gradually sublimates, gathering into flawless light, which is then incorporated into the [Divine Talisman: Rank 3 - Emperor - Universe], sublimating it to the point of touching the end of the path, giving birth to a faint, extremely brilliant essence that could fall at any moment.

In an instant, the appearance of the divine talisman changed dramatically.

This divine talisman, imbued with wisps of unstable, all-encompassing divine power, emanated strands of unique information that merged into Tianzhou's mind. Like a real ship, it lifted itself up and floated on the long river of time, unaffected by the vast majority of fate and karma.

[Divine Talisman: Rank Two - Emperor - Fan Yu]

Sensing the transformed divine talisman, Tianzhou seemed to ponder, "A third-grade talisman is equivalent to an ordinary, supreme, or even peak Dao Ancestor, while a second-grade talisman can exert power roughly equivalent to a half-step path-ending being, and a first-grade talisman is undoubtedly for a true path-ending being."

"Moreover, this special feeling..." Tianzhou slowly circulated the power within his body, suddenly shattering the previously inaccessible barrier, leaping towards a higher realm.

The extraordinary tremor instantly enveloped the entire Central Divine Realm. The Supreme Law, temporarily in a state of sublimation, unleashed its boundless power, causing all the supreme beings to be terrified.

The forty-seven supreme Dao Ancestors and thousands of subordinate Emperors, who were standing at various special nodes in the Great Realm, even though they had expected it, still felt a special fluctuation in their minds as they watched the Heavenly Boat take another half step towards the highest point of the road with the help of the power of faith.

Their own faith, divine power, and supreme laws were all violently manifested under the great power of the Heavenly Boat Road. Their divine souls subconsciously awakened various supreme laws, connecting with the net of heaven and earth, as if they were actively returning to the pantheon established by the Heavenly Boat Emperor.

The power spread, and a woman with "needle and thread" appeared behind her. A wisp of her soul was connected to the net of heaven and earth. She sighed softly, "What terrifying pressure! Under such power, I feel as fragile as an ordinary mortal being. A light touch would cause me to perish completely. Is this the ultimate end of the road?"

As Zhong Hao listened to the exclamations that echoed among the forty-seven supreme Dao Ancestors, he shook his head, his divine soul connected to the Heavenly Law Network, and said seriously, "No, this is not the pressure emanating from the supreme power at the end of the road, the 'Central Yellow Emperor,' which is far, far greater than this pressure."

"Although Tianzhou propelled himself with the faith of all living beings, indirectly making up for the missing insights and causing the supreme law he created to undergo a transformation, giving his power a trace of a higher realm, he is still not at the pinnacle of his path." "At present, he is only in a special state of sublimation, which is why he possesses such power, and this power cannot be maintained for long; it has a time limit."

The old tree chuckled, his voice echoing through the Heavenly Law Network to the ears of the many supreme Dao Ancestors, "It's alright, this doesn't affect what the Heavenly Boat is going to do at all. Even with this temporary sublimation, carrying the incomplete supreme power of the Path to the End, it's still enough to activate a great miracle at the 'Supreme Power of the Path to the End' level."
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The beings from beyond the heavens, now transformed into indescribable dark creatures, could sense this higher-level power.

In an instant, they exploded—literally exploded.

Nearly 100,000 supreme beings, every piece of their flesh, every broken bone, and every wisp of their soul transformed into terrifying power at the end of the road level, condensing into a deep darkness so profound that it could not leave any trace, falling towards the celestial ship from afar. The eerie and ominous presence contained within it was aimed directly at his consciousness and true spirit.

The "boundary membrane wall," a masterpiece of the Central Divine Realm, was pierced by this deep black light, melting out a huge pit. The entire process was completely silent and without the slightest movement. It appeared before Tianzhou's brow in the blink of an eye, intending to completely annihilate all information about this person who had already stepped into the half-step supreme realm.

This is an immense terror, one that even ordinary beings would find difficult to bear, let alone a half-step supreme being!
This faint light doesn't need to pierce through the brow; it only needs to lightly touch the flesh and blood of the body to completely and eternally silence any being below the highest level of the Path of No Return. Even an ordinary being at the Path of No Return who has cultivated the Dao Fruit of the Path of No Return, if caught off guard by a surprise attack, is very likely to be severely injured and lose the combat power of the Path of No Return.

However, facing this wisp of eerie light that could threaten his own life and destroy the Central Divine Realm, Tianzhou's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"The player hiding behind the scenes has finally begun to intervene personally," he sighed softly, extending the Dao Yi seal he had been holding and heading towards the wisp of light.

In Tianzhou's vision, one after another, threads existing between existence and non-existence were drawn from the heavens and earth, grafting along their "connection" with this ethereal light, entangled it tightly at an incredible speed, causing it to completely solidify and "freeze" in mid-air, unable to get any closer.

The distorted aggregate of consciousness within the eerie light struggled, even yearning to erupt once more, unleashing even more incredible and inexplicable changes. Unfortunately, each thread grafted onto it was a causal force heavy enough to easily crush an ordinary supreme Dao Ancestor. When all the threads converged, the immense pressure was unbearable for any being but those at the very end of their path.

A streak of bright yellow light slowly flowed across Tianzhou's eyes, and strands of "Central Earth Element" power gradually gathered between his fingers, carrying the highest level of "Dao" and "Dharma" at the end of the road. He grasped this wisp of light.

In an instant, more causal lines between existence and non-existence appeared before our eyes, even penetrating the chaotic ocean outside the Central Divine Realm, probing into other bubble worlds, connecting one after another supreme Dao Ancestor who was trying his best to save himself, and the beings at the end of the road who were being sacrificed to a magnificent world that was comparable to the Central Divine Realm.

As he browsed the scene before him, Tianzhou's smile widened even further.

He reached out and waved his hand, manipulating the strands of power reaching the highest level within his body, along with the countless powers of faith from the Central Divine Realm. He ingeniously used his own still-imperfect technique to imitate a flawless Immortal Emperor's technique, condensing a sword light that reflected countless lines of cause and effect.

"This karma is so powerful, it's overwhelming!"
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【Sword Heart (Fifth Level): Dream】
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【Dao Sword (Fifth Form): Dao, like a dream, like an illusion】

The sword light fell, one became two, two became four, four became eight.
With the line of cause and effect as its guide and the faith of all beings as its beacon, countless sword lights covered the nearly endless line of cause and effect in an instant, locking onto all the strangeness and ominousness in the causal perception, penetrating the chaotic underlying rules and logic, and projecting onto the immeasurable bubble world.

This sword light was like a river crashing down from the sky, bursting out with a roaring sound. It was also like a celestial battle falling from a distant shore into the sea of ​​stars, carrying unparalleled magnificence, indescribable splendor, inimitable wonder, and all sorts of unrealistic yet dreamlike extravagance in the hearts of all living beings in the world, blooming in the eyes of every living being connected to it by cause and effect.

The indescribable and ominous things remaining in the bodies of living beings were instantly tinged with a dreamlike color, radiating starlight that only exists in fantasy, sparkling with flawless purity, and carrying a gentle, nourishing light that melts away like ice exposed to the sun.

All the countless beings who saw this sword light, and all the supreme beings who sensed its power, were completely stunned.

Within a certain bubble-like world, an immortal being preparing to advance to the King Realm, sensing the ever-dissipating dreamlike sword marks in his mind, sighed wistfully, "What beautiful sword light! It seems to carry all the beauty between heaven and earth, containing the pure wishes of countless beings, faintly outlining a real mortal world."

A supreme Dao Ancestor, who had isolated himself and struggled to break free from the eerie and ominous aura, looked up at the wisps of dreamlike sword light lingering above his sea of ​​consciousness, perched on the precipice of the Dao, and at the "non-self" that had completely vanished from his body, his face filled with shock.

With an incredulous expression, he exclaimed, "What dazzling, dreamlike sword light! What gentle purifying power! What astonishing supreme might! This sword light was unleashed by the Heavenly Boat Emperor of the Central Divine Realm!"

Even the forty-seven supreme Dao Ancestors in the Central Divine Realm lost their usual composure when they saw such a dreamlike sword light come into view.

They had long ago, along with many supreme deities, speculated on this "ultimate miracle," deducing its scope and potential power. But when this magnificent spectacle and its power truly came into view, and its boundless truth reflected in their hearts, they felt exceptionally insignificant. Like a frog that had accidentally jumped out of a well, looking up at the moon.

Before long, Zhong Hao sensed the divine will that had completely dissipated into his sea of ​​consciousness and had a vague understanding. Looking at the divine city suspended in the high sky, his expression was extremely complicated.

Tianzhou was someone he had watched grow up since he was a child. Even if he became the Supreme Dao Ancestor and integrated the Dao Fruit he had cultivated into the "Ordination Method," he could still roughly know the limits of this disciple's abilities.

But could that dreamlike sword light just now have been unleashed by someone at the half-step end of the path?
Even though he has reached the pinnacle of enlightenment and is temporarily standing on the precipice of the Dao, he can be regarded as a being at the end of the road, and there is a unique ritual of great miracles that uses the faith of all living beings as an auxiliary.
Zhong Hao guessed that even a newly ascended being who had stabilized their realm could not unleash such sword light.

After all, this sword light was too dazzling, too dreamlike, and too real.

(End of this chapter)