Living in the deep palace

"No!"

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao of Mythology sensed something was wrong and revealed a look of horror.

An unprecedented sense of crisis has arrived.

Even back then, when he had just perished and transformed into the Heavenly Dao, he was besieged by the Twelve Ancient Venerables and killed two of them, it was not as intense as the sense of crisis he felt now.

His powerful intuition told him so.

If things go wrong, he might be completely wiped out today.

This is not a physical confinement, but a more fundamental and irresistible "logical stripping".

After Su Chen wielded the "Scythe of Karma" and severed the causal line that maintained the historical fact of the "establishment of the Divine Court," a piece of the "narrative" foundation upon which the mythological Heavenly Dao depended was forcibly removed!
He is the "Mythical Heavenly Way" and the "Lord of the Divine Court," and these two identities constitute His supreme "personhood."

However, Su Chen is now telling Him in the most unreasonable way—the divine court you are so proud of has never existed since the beginning of history!

It's like removing the foundation of a towering building out of thin air; even if the building itself remains magnificent, its collapse is only a matter of time.

This is erasing half of his foundation since the past.

"You bastard...!!!"

"This scythe of destiny should be in my hands, cutting away your concept of coming from the future into the past."

"I was careless and you managed to steal it, and now you're using it against me, you damned bastard!"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, an even more violent surge of will erupted!

On the body of the Mythical Heavenly Dao, the "order" runes that constitute His form began to flicker and become chaotic, and some of the light even dimmed, as if they would be extinguished at any moment.

He sensed a faint yet fatal sense of alienation emerging from his connection with the rules of the entire universe.

Su Chen wielded the Scythe of Destiny, and it began to take effect.

"Do you think that by rewriting 'history,' you can shake my foundations?!"

"I am Heaven! I am the Tao! I am the 'present' of this universe! As long as the 'present' is eternal, the 'past' is nothing more than a canvas for me to paint!"

The Mythical Heavenly Dao unleashed a roar that shook the entire Guiyuan Temple.

He suddenly broke free from the shackles of the "historical paradox," and his majestic body no longer lunged forward but instead retreated instantly, his hands clasped together in front of his chest, forming an incomparably profound and complex "Tao seal."

"Heavenly Decree: True Reshaping!"

Buzz—! ! ! !

A more vast and unquestionable power of cosmic authority than before erupted from His body!
It is no longer a single attack, but an attempt to forcibly "overwrite" and "correct" the "historical record" of the entire universe!
Under His will, the causal thread that Su Chen had severed began to reconnect and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The ripples in spacetime were forcibly smoothed out, and the universe's "memory" is being twisted back onto the "correct" track by His supreme power!
This is the most terrifying aspect of the Heavenly Dao's authority. It is not only the enforcer of the rules, but also the definer of them!
As long as His "personhood" exists, He possesses the supreme right to interpret the universe!

The current confrontation with Su Chen is nothing more than a mutual depletion of their essence. Both of them have the power to make their words law, and in this vast universe, we will see which Heavenly Dao is superior.

Upon seeing this scene, the horror that had just appeared on the faces of the hundreds of Golden Immortals instantly turned into fanatical worship.

"The Heavenly Dao Immortal Ancestor is supreme!"

"How dare a mere traitor attempt to shake the foundations of the universe?!"

"This fiend will surely be annihilated!"

However, faced with this immense divine power capable of overturning cause and effect and rewriting history, Su Chen's face remained calm to the point of being almost cold.

He didn't even try to stop the other party's "repair" action; instead, he slowly raised the "Scythe of Karma" in his hand once again.

His gaze pierced through the "history" that was being reshaped, looking towards the deeper, more essential... "roots".

"I said."

This time, his voice was softer yet clearer than before, as if it resonated directly in the depths of every living being's soul.

“Your 'believers'…”

"I have never heard of your 'name' before."

*Sizzle!*
Another soft sound!
If the first strike was like tearing apart a painting...

So this time, the "paint" used for painting will be completely... erased from this world!
"Believers" are one of the cornerstones of the existence of "the Way of Heaven".

No matter how powerful a deity is, once it loses all its followers and is forgotten by all living beings, its divine power and status will inevitably weaken, and it may even perish completely in the end.

The reason why the Heavenly Dao of mythology is so powerful is not only because it is the remnant of the Fifth Realm Immortal Ancestor, but also because under the rule of countless eras, every living being in the universe has had absolute awe and faith in the "Heavenly Dao" imprinted deep in their soul from the moment of their birth.

This torrent of faith, formed by the convergence of countless beings, is the inexhaustible energy that sustains His "Heavenly Status" and ensures His immortality!

Su Chen's strike severed the connection between the mythical Heavenly Dao and this endless energy of faith!
Every time Su Chen uses this "words become law" technique on the Mythical Heavenly Dao, he also consumes the essence of his Heavenly Dao status as the one who has reached the top.

Now it's a matter of who can outlast whom.

Whichever side exhausts its Heavenly Dao position first will lose. Currently, the situation is unclear.

The Mythical Heavenly Dao has fourteen star seas of beings that are nearly infinite as anchor points for believers, making it far larger than Su Chen.

Su Chen relied solely on his position above the Heavenly Dao, which was valuable because of its excellence, and he also successfully seized the [Scythe of Fixed Karma]!
Boom boom boom——!!!!

At this moment, the entire universe seemed to have suffered a violent "amnesia"!
From the remote edge of starfields to the bustling central star sea; from newly born, ignorant beings to ancient monsters that have survived for several eras... all beings, at the same time, began to have their concrete and supreme image of "mythical heavenly way" become blurred and faded!
They still revere "Heaven" and still follow "the Way," but the specific "personified" image of that lofty "mythical Heavenly Way" seems to have never existed and is quietly evaporating from their perception!
"No...no!!!! This is impossible!!!"

Inside the Temple of Origin, the Mythical Heavenly Dao let out the most terrified and disbelieving scream in history!

His magnificent body, which had just barely stabilized, began to contract and expand violently, like a punctured balloon! The divine light of "order" that constituted His body was disintegrating at a visible speed!

Having lost the foundation of faith for all living beings, His "Heavenly Status" is like a tree without roots or water without a source; its stability instantly plummeted to a dangerously low point! "You...you thief! You madman!"

"You really want to die with me!"

“It’s crazy!”

"What good would it do if we both perished? This starry sea would just be given away to others for nothing..."

He finally understood Su Chen's intention.

Su Chen did not intend to confront Him on a power level, but rather to thoroughly "falsify" His existence itself on the level of "concept" and "logic"!
This was a crazy and deadly way of fighting that He had never seen or even imagined before!
At the same time, Su Chen was not unscathed either.

After swinging the scythe that negated "faith," he clearly felt that the "ascendant" within him was also partially worn away by an invisible force.

The "Summiter" is also a supreme being who transcends all living beings. When he denies the universal law that "gods" need "believers," his own "divinity" and "supremeness" will also suffer the backlash of this "denial" force.

This was indeed a battle that harmed both sides.

In order to overturn the chessboard, he was even willing to drag himself, the "new chess player," into the abyss as well.

“But…” A cold smile slowly curved Su Chen’s lips, “I don’t care!”

His path is the "path of the true self"! What he pursues is never to be superior and enslave others. What he wants is liberation! To allow every "self" to become its own god!

Therefore, for him, the position of "the one who has reached the top" was, from the very beginning, merely a tool he used to fight against the ancient god of mythology and the Heavenly Dao!
Since it's a tool, it can be discarded at any time!

"It's time to finish."

Su Chen murmured and raised the 'Scythe of Karma' in his hand for the third time.

This time, the sharp edge of the scythe is aimed directly at the core of the mythical Heavenly Dao, which is collapsing madly—its "self-awareness"!
"No! Stop!!"

The Heavenly Dao of Mythology was plunged into unprecedented panic. It sensed an ultimate threat of death.

He no longer tried to fix history, nor did he attempt to reunite faith. Instead, he gathered all the remaining, rapidly fading Heavenly Dao authority into one, transforming it into a pure, lawless pillar of chaotic light containing only the most primal concept of "destruction," which shot toward Su Chen with a thunderous roar!

This is His final blow as the Way of Heaven! It is His death throes, a desperate struggle to return to the purest power, risking everything!
He wanted to use absolute power to completely obliterate this heretic from the level of existence before Su Chen could swing the third scythe!

Wherever this beam of light passed, time, space, cause and effect, destiny... everything vanished into nothingness.

Even forbidden areas like the Temple of Origin, constructed from the most fundamental substances of the universe, were easily penetrated and evaporated before it!
Faced with this deadly attack that would make even a true fourth-realm expert pale in comparison, Su Chen's eyes flashed with absolute calmness and determination.

He did not dodge, nor could he dodge.

He simply and calmly swung the third sickle, the one that would decide everything.

At the same time, his judgmental voice resounded for the last time in the Temple of Origin, and even in the core region of the entire universe.

"I said……"

"Your name, 'Heavenly Way'..."

The scythe cleaved through the ultimate pillar of destruction, not through a clash of forces, but in a more unbelievable way, striking directly at the "source" of the pillar.

"Yes, it's an overstepping of authority!"

Overstepping!

These two words, like the most vicious curse, like the ultimate judgment, are fiercely imprinted on the "core logic" of the existence of the mythical Heavenly Dao!
boom--!!!!!!!!!!!!

This time, it was no longer a silent tearing apart, but a violent explosion that caused the entire universe's primordial level to groan in agony!

The chaotic pillar of light from the Mythical Heavenly Dao, capable of destroying everything, suddenly lost all its "legitimacy" when it was only inches away from Su Chen. Like water without a source, it collapsed and dissipated in an instant!
Immediately afterwards, His already broken and magnificent body completely... disintegrated with a roar filled with endless pain, resentment and hatred!

The light composed of "order" and "rules" shattered inch by inch, and the "Heavenly Dao Position" that symbolized supreme authority, like glass being struck by a giant hammer, made a crisp shattering sound, turned into billions of light points, and dissipated into nothingness!
The mythological era began... from then on, there was no more Heavenly Order!
However, Su Chen's "trial" did not end there.

At the moment the mythical Heavenly Dao's position collapsed, a pure will, condensed with countless eras of resentment, madness, and the most primal life imprint, screamed and rushed out from the shattered light and shadow!

That is its most original core after stripping away the outer shell of "Heavenly Dao"—the lingering will of the Immortal Ancestor!
This lingering resentment, while lacking some of the majesty and order of the previous mythical Heavenly Dao, possessed a hundred times more chaos and madness!
It no longer possesses the authority to manipulate the rules of the universe, but the energy it contains and its understanding of the Great Dao are still at the level of the fourth realm pseudo-realm, and in some aspects, even more pure and terrifying.

It had no fixed form, but was just a constantly twisting and roaring gray mist. As soon as it appeared, it was filled with overwhelming resentment and rushed towards Su Chen, the "culprit" who was right next to it, to completely devour and tear his soul apart!
This is the lingering regret left behind by him, the fifth-realm immortal ancestor, after his fall.

The fifth realm is called Eternity.

Extremely difficult to kill!
He had previously been killed by another being at the same fifth realm, yet he was still able to transform into a starry universe, his remnant spirit becoming the Heavenly Dao, making him immortal and indestructible.

Even as time passes and eras collapse, they can still survive in the cracks of time during this era known as the Fallen Era.

And now.

He met Su Chen!
Only those at the fifth realm, or those already in reserve, can kill someone at the fifth realm! And the Path of Taiyi is undoubtedly one of those in reserve.

"Well done!"

In Su Chen's eyes, the fighting spirit only intensified!

Almost at the same time, he also felt the complete collapse of his "Peaker" status.

A profound sense of emptiness washed over him; the supreme authority that allowed his words to become law and control the universe had completely departed from him.

He is no longer the "New Heavenly Way".

He reverted to his identity as "Su Chen".

One, a seeker of the Dao, at the mid-stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm!
But it is precisely because of this that he is able to devour this... supreme "resource" before him without any scruples!
Faced with the overwhelming remnant of the Immortal Ancestor, Su Chen neither dodged nor avoided it. Instead, he opened his arms wide, his whole being like a black hole embracing the abyss, taking the initiative to meet it!
"The Way of the True Self, devouring heaven and earth!" (End of Chapter)