Living in the deep palace

hum!
There was no tearing of space, no overwhelming pressure.

That patch of pitch-black lotus petals appeared abruptly in front of the "Jianmu Twenty Phases Guardian Dao Array".

It wasn't large, no bigger than a house. It wasn't luxurious either, all black, as if it contained all the malice and decay in the world.

A faint black-gold flame burned at the edge of the lotus petal, proof that the origin of the fifth realm was burning!

It hovered silently, gazing at the twenty Venerables within the great formation, and at Su Chen, whose seven orifices were bleeding and whose Dao body was cracked, at the heart of the formation!

This is the true incarnation created by the Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus with painstaking effort!

now.

With this powerful avatar, in this special region where the present-day star sea and the Void Realm Pure Land meet, he is now qualified to unleash some of the true divine power of the Fifth Realm.

He doesn't believe it.

Even a minor fourth realm cultivator, a Great Luo Immortal, or even a powerful Great Luo Immortal achieved by Taiyi, could still slay this avatar of fifth realm power.
Ha ha.

It should be noted that such a thing has never happened before in the entire Heavenly Domain and the Ruins Domain.

The fifth realm is eternity.

It is the origin, the progenitor, and the supreme god of a universe.

All beings encompassing the Fourth Realm are merely beings gestating within the inner universe, and are the children of the supreme god.

There are worlds apart between the two.

"Ha ha……"

The vast and icy will of the Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus emanated from the lotus petals.

"Found it. My perfect beacon..."

"Su Chen!"

"I've come to take you away."

"You are dead!"

Its gaze swept over the twenty Venerables, who were on high alert.

"An ant trying to stop a chariot."

"Insolence!" the Dragon Emperor of the East Sea roared in fury. "A mere flower petal! How dare you presume to claim divine authority! How dare you... before my lord..."

"Enough with the noise." The lotus petal avatar of the Underworld Lotus Saint Lord interrupted him. "I have no time... to waste words with ants like you. My target is only Su Chen! You... retreat! Or... die!"

The will of the lotus petals has transformed into a tangible judgment!

"The Law Fades."

hum!
It uttered a word similar to the "Wu" that Su Chen used in his self-destruction. However, Su Chen's "Wu" was a concept of "Daluo," while its withering was a law of the Fifth Realm! It was a command that made words law!

Click!

"Jianmu · Twenty Phases · Guardian Dao Array"... The cyan cocoon of light... dimmed instantly upon this command! The array patterns of the twenty true Daos began to wither.
puff!puff!
The Heavenly Venerable of Myriad Powers, the Heavenly Venerable of a Hundred Flowers… all twenty Venerables coughed up blood! Their true Dao Seeds trembled! They wailed! As if they were about to shatter at any moment!
"This...this..." Tianyi Ancient Venerable exclaimed in shock: "This is the avatar of the Fifth Realm? He broke our combined attack formation with just a single sentence?"

"No!" Blood tears streamed from the Heavenly Venerable of the Great Evolution's eyes!
He frantically deduced: "He didn't break the formation! He established a law! In this area... he said 'withering'! Our Dao must wither! Unless... our Dao can transcend his law!"

Surpassing the Fifth Realm?
Despair! Utter despair!

"The last chance."

The lotus petals, transformed into icy pronouncements, "Retreat."

"retreat?"

Wan Jun Tianzun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Enduring the excruciating pain of his seed withering, he grinned ferociously: "In my dictionary, there is no word for retreat! Nor is there any word for abandoning one's master to survive!"

"We!" roared the Dragon Emperor of the East Sea, "will live and die with our lord!"

"To live or die together!"

The twenty Venerables roared in unison! They actually burned their newly born true Dao seeds! They forcefully resisted the withering Dharma!

The "Jianmu Dao Formation" lights up again!
"Oh?" The lotus petal avatar exclaimed in surprise. "A bunch of interesting ants. How dare you defy the law? You have angered me!"

"Dharma Lotus of the Underworld - Breaking Through the Void!"

hum!
That lotus petal spun instantly!
It transformed into a jet-black drill!

Ignoring the defenses of the Dao array! Ignoring the spatial barriers! It appeared directly inside the Dao array! It appeared on the top of Su Chen's head!

It aims for a fatal blow!

"not good!"

"My lord!"

The twenty Venerables were horrified! They had no time to react!

"Die."

The lotus petals became the pronouncement of judgment.

However, just as the pitch-black drill was about to pierce Su Chen's head, Su Chen, whose seven orifices were bleeding and whose body was cracked, suddenly opened his eyes!

In his "Chaotic Dao Eyes," there was no more anxiety, no more madness, only a cold order!
boom!
A completely different Dao power suddenly erupted from Su Chen's body!

"You... dare to judge me?!"

Buzz! Su Chen opened his eyes!
The instant he opened his eyes! His "Great Luo Dao Furnace" became completely calm! The "Rotten True Seal" of the fifth realm disappeared! The "Order Remains" of the fourth realm disappeared!

Only one Dao Pill remained, half as black as ink and half as brilliant as gold, slowly rotating!
The Dao injury of the fifth realm and the Dao body of the fourth realm... under the forceful refining of Su Chen's "Great Luo Dao Furnace"! Under the suppression of the nine "Great Luo Laws"! they were actually refined into an unprecedented "Yin Yang Dao Pill"!
"The Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus..."

Su Chen raised his head. His "Chaotic Dao Eye" had changed!
Its left eye is a jade-like blue, containing the essence of life and representing the all-encompassing Jianmu tree!
His right eye shone like gold! Reflecting the supreme order! Representing the earthly authority of the "Holy Son"!
"You...your eyes?!"

The lotus petal incarnation stopped! Its deadly strike halted just an inch above Su Chen's head!
It instinctively felt fear!
The left eye represents Jianmu (建木)! The right eye represents order!
These two forces merged together... The lotus petal incarnation was horrified to discover! Its fifth-realm magic... had failed?
"You...you devoured the 'Order' of the 'Holy Son'?!"

The lotus petal shrieked, "No! Impossible! How could you possibly refine my 'Rotten True Seal'!"

They are capable of doing such a thing.

Perhaps it's not surprising in front of fellow cultivators in the Fifth Realm!
But Su Chen in front of us is only at the fourth realm.

The fourth realm and the fifth realm are worlds apart, so how was he able to do it?

At this moment.

For some reason, Minglian had a feeling that she was fighting a fifth-realm expert with her avatar, but it was clearly the opposite.

He is the only one at the Fifth Realm present!
"Refine?"

Su Chen slowly stood up.

His cracked Dao body was instantly healed under the feedback of the Dao Pill of "order" and "decay"! His aura of the mid-stage "Great Luo Golden Immortal" not only did not decline, but became more refined and unfathomable!

Why should I refine it?

Su Chen retorted coldly.

"[Order] is the great way of this world! [Corruption] is the destination of all things! They are one! They are all part of my 'Jianmu'!"

"I am not a cultivator." Su Chen raised his right hand, and the "golden eye" of order suddenly lit up!
"I am 'returning to my rightful place'!"

"The Great Law of Luo - New Order... Judgment!"

boom!
In Su Chen's hand, the azure Jianmu divine light was gone, replaced by a pure, golden beam of light!
That is the authority of the supreme order of the "present-day star sea"! The "gun of judgment" formed from its essence!
"No!"

The lotus petal shrieked, "The authority of this mortal realm! What right do you have to wield it!" "Heh!" Su Chen sneered, "You filth of this 'Ruins Domain'... in the starry sea of ​​this 'mortal realm'... to 'judge' me, the axis of this 'mortal realm'? You are the heretic! Judgment!"

boom!
The golden "Judgment Spear" shot out with a roar!
scoff!

The indestructible lotus petals, the spinning black drill... all crumbled inch by inch before this single shot of order!
"Aaaaah!" The will of the Underworld Lotus Saint Lord let out a shrill scream: "Order! Restrain decay! You...you tricked me!"

He finally understood! Su Chen's self-destruction, taking the brunt of his injuries, and seizing the "Holy Son"... it was all a setup!

What Su Chen wanted was not healing! What he wanted was the unique authority over the world's order as the "Holy Son"!
"Too late!" Su Chen shouted coldly!
The golden light of order erupted completely!
"Purify!"

boom!
The lotus petal incarnation exploded! The will of the Underworld Lotus Saint Lord attached to it was instantly erased by the Order!
"Su Chen!!! My true form will surely kill you..."

The aftershocks of will echoed in the chaos.

"Pfft." Su Chen spat out another mouthful of blood. But this blood was no longer blackish-gray, but a pure cyan-gold! He had forcibly used the authority of order, and he had paid the price!

"My Lord!" The twenty Venerables surrounded them!
"I'm fine," Su Chen waved his hand.

He stared at the spot where the lotus petals had shattered.

Willpower dissipated, and decay was purified.

Only one piece remained... the size of a palm, as black as ink jade, radiating the purest and most refined primordial energy of the fifth realm... the lotus petal itself!
“This…this is…” Tianyi Ancient Venerable trembled as he reached out his hand, but dared not touch it.

The origin of the Fifth Realm! A pure fragment of the Dao of the Fifth Realm!
This is simply unimaginable!
The Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus... suffered a double loss! Not only did he fail to possess Su Chen, but he also failed to retrieve the remains of the "Holy Son"! Furthermore, Su Chen forcibly severed a petal from his true lotus form?!

"This is the spoils of war." Su Chen slowly grasped the lotus petal.

Cold. Pure. Vast.

Simply by grasping it, his "Great Luo Daoji," which had just merged with order, emitted a hum of longing!
"Swallow it!" The "Jianmu Axis" urged! As long as he swallowed this fragment of the Fifth Realm, his bottleneck at the mid-stage of the "Great Luo Golden Immortal" realm would be instantly broken, propelling him straight into the late stage!

But... Su Chen held back!

His golden right eye, a symbol of order, gleamed with absolute rationality.

"No. I can't swallow it now. This is the origin of the Fifth Realm, the Dao of the 'Ruins Domain'. I can't refine it."

Su Chen was very clear-headed.

He was able to refine the Dao Wound and the Holy Son because they represented a balance between order and decay! They were the remains of the Fourth Realm! And this area right now is pure Dao of the Fifth Realm!
Rushing to consume it will only lead to further pollution!
"This is the 'key'."

Su Chen put away the lotus petals. "A 'key' to the fifth realm. It's also a 'death warrant' that the Underworld Lotus Saint Lord will inevitably come knocking on my door again!"

"My lord!"

After a brief period of ecstasy, the Twenty Venerables calmed down.

We have slain the avatar of the Fifth Realm! This grudge is dead!
"The true form of the Nether Lotus Saint Lord is still trapped in the 'Ruins Domain' rift of the 'Ancient Path Star Domain'."

Su Chen deduced, "If he wants to descend in his true form, without the remains of the 'Holy Son' and without the 'Star Refining Array'... he can't come! At least, he can't come in the short term."

"Then I'll wait..."

“We…” Su Chen turned around and looked at the twenty Venerables, “After this battle, your foundations were damaged, but you also witnessed the true Great Dao! It has benefited you.”

hum!
Su Chen raised his hand.

The Law of Life flowed from the "Jianmu Axis"! Azure life radiance enveloped the twenty Venerables.

Their burning Dao seeds and withered Dao bodies rapidly recovered under the nourishment of the Law of Life! They even progressed further!
Their Dao Seeds were even tainted with a trace of Su Chen's golden light of order!
"This...this is...my Dao...evolved?!"

The twenty Venerables were overjoyed!
"This is the reward you deserve for fighting to the death," Su Chen said calmly. "The retinue of 'Jianmu' shall share in the glory of our lord."

"After this battle, every one of you will have the hope of reaching the Great Perfection of the Fourth Realm!"

"even."

"Within my inner universe, there is a chance that I will reach the fifth realm in the future."

Su Chen could sense it.

After stepping into the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, his immortal apertures, which had already touched the fifth realm of the universe, became even more special.

Or.

The scale of his immortal apertures and star seas within his body has long surpassed that of ordinary fifth-realm star seas.

"Thank you, my lord!"

The twenty Venerable Ones prostrated themselves in reverence! A frenzy of excitement erupted!

"It's not suitable to stay here for long."

Su Chen looked up at the endless chaos and nothingness.

The threat posed by the Holy Lord of the Underworld Lotus has been temporarily averted.

this moment.

Su Chen's left and right eyes lit up at the same time!

"I need power! I need more followers! I need to complete my self-destructing [Waste] Law! I need to truly step into the late stage of 'Great Luo'!"

"Lord of the Underworld Lotus...you wait." Su Chen clenched his fist. "Next time we meet, I will surely sever your true form!"

The azure divine light enveloped the twenty Venerables, instantly disappearing into the spatial turbulence.

Next.

We are about to leave this damned place where the ruins meet the starry sea of ​​the present world.

He's going to the real, real starry sky!
Go and visit old friends, and see how Xinghai has been ravaged by the calamity.

"I wonder how much time has passed since I went to the Mythical Era, and now, in the Star Sea..."

Su Chen murmured.

But back then, he had no other choice.

after all.

The resources of the Star Sea were simply insufficient to support his growth to the perfection of the third realm, let alone step into the current mid-stage of the fourth realm, the middle stage of the Great Luo Immortal realm.

Even if he stayed behind, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot; he could never be a match for the terrifying fourth realm of immortals—Tian'e, who specializes in hunting down immortals!

……

……

The void returned to its deathly silence.

After a long, long time.

A faint, almost imperceptible sigh echoed from the spot.

"Alas... Jianmu has finally returned... and order has been restored..."

"He embarked on the most difficult path... but... can he really succeed?"

"The Nether Lotus is just a minor character... The real terror... is still slumbering in the darkness..."

"Well... this remnant of my soul... should also depart. I hope... it's not too late... to see him one last time..."

Slight spatial movement.

Business as usual.

It was as if nothing had happened. (End of Chapter)