Living in the deep palace

boom--! ! ! !

This sword strike was Su Chen's ultimate attack as a "Taiyi Golden Immortal" and "ascended to the Heavenly Dao"!
He incorporated all his understanding of time and space, and his insights into the Great Dao, into it!

Wherever the sword light passed, even the ever-flowing river of time was momentarily interrupted, and countless fragments of history were instantly crushed into the most primordial nothingness under the aftershocks of the sword energy!
If you strike first, you will be stronger, if you strike later, you will suffer disaster!
Su Chen felt that the mysterious figure was very dangerous, and only by striking first could he have a chance of survival.

"you……!"

The illusory figure seemed completely unprepared for Su Chen's decisiveness, turning his back on him so quickly, leaving no room for maneuver whatsoever!
For the first and only time, His eyes, which seemed to see through eternity, revealed a human-like, extreme astonishment and bewilderment!

That's not how His script was written!
According to His deduction, after hearing that mind-blowing "truth" that revealed the ultimate darkness of the universe, Su Chen's heart would inevitably be filled with shock, confusion, and even despair.

The "spark" He threw out from His "homeland" was the only ray of light in the endless darkness, and Su Chen's only lifeline!
No matter how many doubts or wariness Su Chen had in his heart, in that desperate situation where he could not call for help, faced with such an incredible "opportunity," his final choice was inevitably...to accept!
As long as he extends his hand, even if it is just a thought of "contact", the grand scheme he has laid out for eternity will be successful!
But now, what has happened?!

Why would this "prey," who should have been easily manipulated, suddenly erupt into such fierce resistance?!
Did he... see through something?
But this is impossible!
"Om-!"

Before he could think further, Su Chen's terrifying sword light, powerful enough to annihilate even a Golden Immortal giant, had already descended!
The illusory figure reacted with lightning speed. Its illusory hand suddenly pushed forward, and the lifeless, cold bronze gate instantly came to life!

Ancient, weathered, profound, immortal...

Streams of Dao essence, indescribable in words, flowed across the door. On the surface of the tightly closed giant door, countless intricate inscriptions, like stars that had been dormant for billions of years, were simultaneously illuminated!

"clang--!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

A terrifying roar, seemingly capable of shattering the entire universe into dust, suddenly exploded in this chaotic spacetime!

Su Chen's invincible Primordial Sword Light struck the bronze giant gate squarely!
However, the imagined scene of the giant gate collapsing and the figure vanishing did not appear.

The sword light, powerful enough to overturn time and space, seemed to have struck an "absolute wall" that could not be shaken or understood the moment it touched the bronze giant gate!
All the laws, all the power, and all the concepts contained within the sword light were being frantically absorbed, assimilated, and obliterated by the bronze giant gate at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The stalemate lasted less than a moment before the sword light, which had gathered all of Su Chen's power, melted away silently, like ice and snow meeting the blazing sun.

On the contrary, Su Chen himself was shaken by the terrifying backlash. His Dao heart trembled violently, and even his "Taiyi True Spirit" felt a sharp pain. He was uncontrollably sent flying tens of thousands of miles away in the river of time before he could barely stabilize himself!

His dark, indistinct eyes were filled with profound solemnity.

So strong!

A mere door could so easily neutralize his full-force attack! The power of this mysterious being before him far exceeded his expectations!
"call……"

After blocking the fatal blow, the illusory figure seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

He slowly straightened up, and the deliberately created sense of weakness, as if it were about to dissipate at any moment, vanished completely.

Instead, there was an unparalleled majesty that Su Chen had never felt before, a majesty that transcended all living beings, looked down upon the era, and regarded all things as dust...
Although His figure was still illusory, at this moment, He seemed to have become the sole ruler of this chaotic space-time!

Even the mighty river of time becomes as gentle as a babbling brook before Him.

Even Su Chen, with his status and position at the top, felt a sense of insignificance.

How did you find out?

He finally spoke again, his voice no longer weary or melancholic, but filled with a cold, condescending scrutiny.

It's like a chess player observing a piece that has jumped off the board with great interest.

"My methods of persuasion, combined with your state of mind at the time, should have made you completely believe me."

"The aura of that 'spark' is definitely not fake; it does indeed contain supreme mysteries that transcend the fifth realm."

"Tell me, where... did you slip up?"

This was the only thing He couldn't understand.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen laughed, but his laughter was filled with endless coldness and mockery.

"It's very simple."

He slowly raised his hand, wiping away a trickle of golden blood that had spilled from the corner of his mouth due to the recoil from the previous impact, his eyes sharp as knives.

"Because you shouldn't have, absolutely shouldn't have, used my hometown... to deceive me!"

"Oh?"

The illusory figure spoke with a hint of amusement, "Hometown? Are you referring to the world outside that 'door'?"

“I said we came from outside the gate, what’s wrong with that? A being of your extraordinary talent could not have been born in this broken sea of ​​stars.”

"The world outside the door is vast and boundless, and what I'm saying is extremely general."

"That reason is perfectly reasonable, isn't it?"

“Yes, it makes perfect sense.” Su Chen nodded, then his tone shifted abruptly, his voice turning chillingly cold. “For any living being in this starry sea, this reason is irrefutable! But unfortunately…”

"I am not one of them!"

"You think I come from outside the 'door,' but how could you know that my homeland is neither in this world nor outside the door!"

"That was a world... a world where even beings at the Fifth Realm would tremble and tremble with fear at the mere sight of its name!"

"You can imitate my aura, you can imitate my power, and you can even deduce certain 'possibilities' of my future. But you can never imitate my...memories and ties to that land!"

Su Chen's words were resounding and powerful!
The illusory figure fell completely silent.

For the first time, His calm and unwavering will stirred up a truly monstrous wave!
Inside the door... outside the door...

There's a third place?!

A forbidden land that even the Fifth Realm Nether Lotus Saint Lord fears?!
How can this be? !
This is completely beyond His comprehension!

He orchestrated countless ages, believing he had seen through everything in this universe and even the world outside, but he never imagined that the root of this greatest variable would come from a place He had never heard of and could not even comprehend!

a long time.

"Hahaha...ha ...

The illusory figure suddenly burst into a maniacal laugh!

That laughter was filled with realization, self-mockery, and also with boundless greed and fervor!

"I see... I see!!"

"No wonder! No wonder your destiny is so special! No wonder you were able to attain the legendary 'Taiyi'!"

"No wonder you became the 'Peak' of this broken universe! It turns out your origin is from that 'Forbidden Land' that even the Nether Lotus fears!"

"Great! Great! What a wonderful surprise!"

His laughter abruptly stopped, and his ethereal eyes stared intently at Su Chen, as if he were looking at a rare treasure! "Never mind, none of that matters anymore."

His tone suddenly turned chilling, filled with undisguised murderous intent and predatory intent.

“Originally, I wanted you to willingly swallow my ‘soul seed,’ so that in endless ‘hope,’ I could painlessly alter everything about you and replace you, making you the best vessel for my return to the world.”

"Now it seems there's no need for that."

"It's just... a little more work!"

"Su Chen, you shouldn't have revealed this secret. Now, my interest in you far exceeds your 'Taiyi Dao Body' itself!"

Say it!
"Boom—!!!!!"

That illusory figure suddenly attacked!

He did not use any supernatural powers or enforce any laws; He simply issued a command with His supreme will!
"town!"

One word, and the law will follow!
The bronze gate that had originally stood in front of Su Chen seemed to break free from some kind of restraint at this moment, and began to grow to an endless... gigantic size!

Hundreds of feet! Thousands of feet! Tens of thousands of feet! Hundreds of millions of feet!

In the blink of an eye, this giant Qingtong gate had expanded to an unimaginable extent!

It seems to be larger than the entire vast starry sea, and heavier than countless universes combined!

It is no longer a "gate," but has transformed into a "sky"! A despairing bronze sky composed of the pure concept of "suppression"!
It slowly, yet with an irresistible and unyielding force, pressed down on Su Chen in the river of time!

Before it, Su Chen's majestic body, as the "Heavenly Dao," was as insignificant as a speck of dust!

"Damn it!"

Su Chen's expression changed drastically!

The instant the colossal bronze gate pressed down, he clearly felt that all his connections with this universe and with this river of time were being forcibly severed!
At this moment, his authority as the "Heavenly Way" was actually suppressed!

This is an unprecedented experience! It's as if a monarch of a country has encountered another being with higher authority, even capable of directly amending the country's fundamental laws... a creator god!

"Who...who are you?!"

Su Chen let out a thunderous roar. He did not sit idly by and wait for his death, but chose to fight back most fiercely!

"The Primordial Great Dao, all laws return to one! The starry sea is me, time is my sword!"

boom!
Su Chen's "Taiyi True Spirit" was burning wildly! He forcefully squeezed out every bit of his potential, pushing the power of the "Heavenly Dao" to its limit!

In an instant, the entire surging river of time seemed to be stirred by his will and began to boil violently!
Downstream, in the endless fog of the "future," a giant hand made of "possibilities" reaches out!
Upstream, countless historical phantoms belonging to the "past" have coalesced into a spear of time that shimmers with the brilliance of the birth and death of eras!
At this moment, Su Chen forcibly connected the powers of the "past" and the "future," transforming them into a deadly technique that transcended time and space!

"Open it... for me!!!"

The terrifying attack, carrying the past and the future, transformed into an extremely dazzling torrent, crashing fiercely into the bronze sky that was suppressing it!
however!
Faced with this terrifying attack that would make any fourth-realm Great Luo turn pale, the illusory figure merely let out a disdainful... sneer.

"Even a grain of rice can shine?"

"Su Chen, you simply don't understand what the difference is between us!"

"You think that by taking control of the 'Heavenly Dao,' you are the master of this universe? How laughable! You are nothing but an 'intruder' who has stolen some of the authority!"

"And I..."

"He is the one and only creator of this universe, this sea of ​​stars, this river of time, destined from the very beginning!"

"Before me, everything you are so proud of is nothing but... showing off your limited skills in front of an expert!"

"I was once a celestial being of the fifth realm!"

"This starry sea was once my inner universe!"

The moment the words fell!
The bronze sky that had been suppressed suddenly revealed deeper and more ancient patterns on its surface!
Those patterns seem to be the first "laws" at the beginning of the universe!
Om-! ! !
An incomprehensible and irresistible force of "stripping" suddenly erupted from the bronze sky!
Su Chen's earth-shattering strike, which drew upon the past and future, disintegrated the moment it came into contact with that power!
The giant hand formed from the "future" shattered with a crash, turning back into a void of mist!

That divine spear, forged from the "past," shattered inch by inch, transforming once more into scattered historical illusions!

The connection between Su Chen and the River of Time has been completely severed!

"puff--!"

Su Chen was struck dumb, spitting out another mouthful of golden blood. His aura rapidly declined at an unprecedented speed!
For the first time, emotions of "horror" and "powerlessness" appeared on his face!

Creator!
The mysterious being before us is actually the... creator of this universe?!

This answer was more shocking, more...despairing than any of his previous guesses!
How to fight this? !

It's like a program trying to rebel against the programmer who wrote it!

No matter how much a program struggles or mutates, a programmer only needs to type one very simple line of code to completely... crash it!
"ended."

The illusory figure, who called himself the "Creator," delivered the final verdict in a cold voice for this battle.

The speed of the suppression of that bronze sky suddenly increased ten thousandfold!
Su Chen didn't even have time to react before he was completely... enveloped by that huge shadow!
Boom—!!!!!!!!!

The river of time was abruptly severed by this absolute suppressive force!

Everything around us—spacetime, laws, energy, concepts…—vanished into chaos!

Su Chen felt as if his "Taiyi True Spirit" was being squeezed by billions of universes. The intense pain originating from the very source of his soul almost made him faint on the spot!

His consciousness was rapidly fading.

All his strength, all his resistance, seemed so pale, so... laughable before that bronze heaven.

"Why……"

"Why is this happening..."

In the moments before his consciousness was about to completely sink into darkness, Su Chen felt only endless...unwillingness.

He came against the tide of eternity, not to die!
He was searching for a glimmer of hope! To save an era from being destroyed by the "Heavenly Calamity"!

But now...

Is it all over? (End of Chapter)