Fighting the Masked Man

Primordial Chaos Gods!

"How is this possible?!" Countless black and white vertical pupils in the Black Sea showed shock and confusion at this moment, staring at Yao Yan in disbelief. Feeling that supreme innate divine aura, his mentality was unbalanced at this moment, his Dao heart shattered, and he seemed to have been completely defeated.

He couldn't understand how a being born later could evolve into a true innate deity, achieving this without even relying on the power of the world, but through its own efforts.

This scene brought back some blurry images to Tianxie Shen's mind. These were inherited memories from his bloodline, extremely brief yet real. He had suppressed them deep in his memory, but now Yao Yan had forced them out.

The Heavenly Emperor before me is so similar to the one from before, except that the Heavenly Emperor before me is even more outrageous. He has not received the inheritance of the innate gods, yet he has been able to evolve himself to this level.

"I should thank you. Without your existence, the will of the Great Thousand Worlds might not have lifted the restrictions and allowed Lin Dong to enter the Dominator Realm." Yao Yan stood above the Chaos Sea, looking down at the constantly being swallowed black sea, and said slowly.

"I never thought I'd lose to you in the end... but I didn't lose unjustly!" The self-deprecating voice of the Heavenly Evil God echoed from the Black Sea. There was not much resentment or unwillingness in his tone. After all, man proposes, God disposes. Who could have imagined that there would be such an anomaly as the Heavenly Emperor in this vast world?

Yao Yan remained silent, calmly manipulating the Chaos Sea, constantly eroding the Black Sea, and plundering the power of heaven and earth controlled by the Heavenly Evil God, as well as the part of his origin as an innate deity.

Chaotic beings are not picky eaters.

"I am willing to submit to you, but may you spare my life? I know the coordinates of many worlds in the endless void, including some great realms comparable to the Great Thousand Worlds!" The Heavenly Evil God felt his origin being constantly plundered and devoured, and his countless black and white vertical pupils became gloomy. At the same time, the voice of the Heavenly Evil God bowing his head came from the black sea once again.

"To me, the value of your origin far exceeds these coordinates," Yao Yan said slowly, not only not stopping but also accelerating the rate of absorption.

"Heavenly Emperor, we have no enmity between us, do you really intend to exterminate us all?!" The voice of the Heavenly Evil God was now tinged with coldness.

"If it were you, would you spare my life? Such a childish question shouldn't come out of your mouth." Yao Yan shook his head slightly and said calmly. He then raised his hand into the air, and the pale golden pattern between his eyebrows emitted a mysterious light screen. It connected with the Chaotic World Sea beneath his feet, and with the blessing of the Chaotic Cauldron, it transformed into an incomparably huge Chaotic Array, completely locking the Heavenly Evil God within it.

"Even if I die, I won't let you get away with this!" Tianxie Shen seemed to know that his defeat was inevitable. He let out a cruel laugh and then deliberately detonated the part of the power belonging to the Great Thousand World within his body, intending to severely damage the Great Thousand World and cut off Yaoyan's path to the Supreme God.

He knew he couldn't compete with the other party, much less defeat the Heavenly Emperor who controlled nearly 70% of the power of heaven and earth. However, he could make the other party disgusted. If he lost nearly 30% of the power of heaven and earth, the Great Thousand World would decline and become broken, the rules of heaven and earth would be in chaos, and the path of cultivation would be cut off.

"Buzz!"

The countless black and white vertical pupils in the Black Sea melted away in an instant, and at the same time, the entire Black Sea began to be filled with an incomparably terrifying destructive power. The mere aura caused the Chaos Cauldron to tremble, clearly indicating that the power of this self-destruction was extremely terrifying.

Yao Yan frowned slightly. He hadn't expected the Heavenly Evil God to be so decisive. Seeing the situation was not good, he directly chose a fight to the death. The self-destruction containing 30% of the power of heaven and earth was truly earth-shattering and destroyed everything.

He manipulated the Chaos Cauldron to shrink, suppressing the central hub of the great formation. He stood atop it, watching a gigantic black and white evil eye slowly emerge from the black sea, filled with an aura of violence and destruction.

"Let's die together!!"

A roar erupted from the black and white evil eyes, and then the raging black sea went completely berserk. An energy storm powerful enough to obliterate everything swept out instantly. It was a self-destruction containing 30% of the power of the Great Thousand Worlds. The terrifying energy instantly pierced through the Chaos Array set up by Yao Yan, and caused the entire Great Thousand Worlds to tremble and shake. Countless hideous spatial cracks were spread throughout the void, which was extremely terrifying.

After all, this power originally came from the Great Thousand Worlds, and it has now been completely destroyed by the Heavenly Evil God.

"call out!"

The moment the chaotic array was breached, a tiny black light shot out and fled into the endless void.

"Wow~"

Almost simultaneously, a dozen jet-black chains shot out from the central position of the great formation, like a pre-prepared fishing net, piercing through the black and white vertical pupils that were trying to escape and locking them in place.

It contains the most fundamental element of the Heavenly Evil God, the divine foundation originating from the Holy God of the Heavenly Origin Realm.

As the destructive storm gradually subsided, the Heavenly Emperor, standing atop the Chaos Cauldron, was unharmed. He gazed at the black and white vertical pupils and slowly said, "Make up for the thirty percent of the power of heaven and earth that you lost with your own essence."

His golden vertical pupil between his brows shone with a sacred and mysterious light, but the black chain connecting it to his pupils was strange and evil, which was completely inconsistent with his sacredness, and his actions were also extremely cold-blooded.

"Damn Heavenly Emperor!!" The Heavenly Evil God roared, trying to struggle, but it was in vain. His black and white vertical pupils, which contained the foundation of divinity, were forcibly pulled into the golden vertical pupils by the black chains, and then submerged and sealed by the chaotic sea within.

As the Heavenly Evil God was swallowed by the vertical pupil, this void fell into a brief calm. All that remained was a space that had been reduced to nothingness. Everything was obliterated, and even time and space seemed to have temporarily ceased to exist.

Yao Yan did not immediately return to the Heavenly Court. Instead, he sat cross-legged in the void and began to refine the divine essence of the Heavenly Evil God, plundering everything from him.

He spent three years completely erasing the remaining consciousness of the Heavenly Evil God, and then integrated the divine essence contained within it into the vertical pupil between his eyebrows. Almost instantly, the vertical pupil between his eyebrows radiated a divine light, mixed with a hint of darkness, the two echoing each other.

As for the remaining primordial power, it was absorbed and devoured by Yao Yan's chaotic body.

At this point, the Heavenly Evil God was completely destroyed, leaving not even a trace of his original essence.

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Three years is not a long time. As the Yin soldiers of the underworld disappeared from the Great Thousand World, everyone realized that the Underworld Lord had fallen first. But before they could rejoice, the turmoil that followed soon added a shadow to everyone's hearts. Everyone felt that the rules of the Great Thousand World had changed. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth that could be refined at will in the past seemed to have become obscure, and cultivation had become increasingly difficult.

All of this was clearly caused by the final battle. Qin Tian and the others also learned from Lin Dong that the Heavenly Emperor had won and was now refining the Heavenly Evil God. This news instantly ignited the entire Great Thousand World, and at the same time, it caused the extraterrestrial evil race to fall to the bottom and begin to flee.

The Great Thousand Worlds launched a full-scale counterattack to reclaim the lost homeland. During this time, Lin Dong used the power of the world to purify the polluted territory and restore the Great Thousand Worlds to its original state.

Unfortunately, the rules of heaven and earth were no longer complete due to the self-destruction of the Heavenly Evil God, casting a shadow over everyone.

Of course, this shadow did not affect the struggle between the various forces. With the return of nearly half of the territory, huge benefits were naturally brought, which led to the various forces starting to fight and struggle. Without external enemies, internal strife was always the main theme.

However, the Heavenly Court did not intervene, allowing various forces to fight over it, hovering high above the vast world, overlooking the boundless earth.

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On this day, the Heavenly Emperor returned to the Heavenly Court, and soon after the news spread, the Saint-ranked Heavenly Sovereigns began to arrive at the Heavenly Court one after another.

"Congratulations to the Heavenly Emperor! Congratulations to the Great Thousand World!" Everyone bowed to the Heavenly Emperor in unison, their expressions respectful, for the Heavenly Emperor had saved the entire Great Thousand World, single-handedly defeating the Heavenly Evil God, the Evil Emperor, the Underworld Lord, and others, averting a catastrophe!
"No need for formalities, everyone." Yao Yan raised his hand to support them, and an invisible force instantly lifted everyone up.

Everyone was shocked, because the Heavenly Emperor now seemed like a true god. His every move showed no outward aura or power, yet he possessed an invisible power of rules, as if the entire world changed according to his will.

After a moment of silence, Qin Tian, ​​the Demon Slayer King, asked, "Heavenly Emperor, I wonder if the Heavenly Evil God has completely perished? And it seems that the Great Thousand Worlds have also been damaged due to the final battle..."

"The Heavenly Evil God has completely perished. As for the damage to the Great Thousand World... the Heavenly Evil God launched a counterattack before his death, causing the portion of the world's origin that he had absorbed to explode, resulting in the Great Thousand World losing 30% of its original essence." Yao Yan looked at everyone and said slowly.

He paused. He continued, "The loss of 30% of the world's origin will naturally lead to overall damage to the Great Thousand World, obscuring the myriad paths of heaven and earth, and making cultivation increasingly difficult."

"Is there any way to make up for it?" one of the Saint-grade Heavenly Sovereigns couldn't help but ask. Now that they knew the path above the Saint-grade, everyone naturally had some ambitions and hoped that they could step into that higher level.

"I will soon integrate the origins of the Heavenly Evil God and others into the Great Thousand World to replenish this missing part of the origin of heaven and earth. After that, I will integrate the Underworld of the Underworld Lord into the Great Thousand World, reshape the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Underworld, and resurrect the beings who died before!" Yao Yan said slowly.

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked and looked at Yao Yan with even greater awe. To revive all living beings—what immense power that was, yet the Heavenly Emperor spoke of it so easily.

No one doubted the truthfulness of the Heavenly Emperor's words, because he had no need to deceive them.

"The Heavenly Emperor's righteousness is paramount!" everyone exclaimed in unison.

Several days later, six Styx Rivers encircling the Great Thousand Worlds emerged from the void, and the vast power of heaven and earth shook the entire Great Thousand Worlds. Even beings in lower planes could feel that supreme and powerful force.

During this time, the continents that had been shattered in the great war began to recover, and then countless beams of light fell from the River Styx, and under the power of life and death, they were reborn from the dead.

The phantom of the Heavenly Emperor floats above the nine heavens.

In a moment of thought.

Life and death cycle, yin and yang reverse.

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The Heavenly Emperor stands in the primordial space of the Great Thousand Worlds, with the Chaos Cauldron and the Nether Tower floating beside him. At this moment, the Nether Tower connects to the six Rivers of the Underworld, gradually merging with the Great Thousand Worlds and severing the original cycle of life and death belonging to Heaven and Earth. As time goes by, it will become the true underworld of the Great Thousand Worlds!
The Soul Clan and the former members of the Soul Palace have now become ghost messengers of the Underworld, responsible for its operation. Those who were unwilling, such as the Soul Emperor and Xiao Xuan, were sent to reincarnation by Yao Yan. In the near future, they will be reborn in the Great Thousand Worlds and begin a new life.

As for resurrection... they know too much. Rather than erasing memories, it's better to start over from scratch.

This was also their own wish.

"Teacher, are the Underworld Lord and the Evil Emperor really yours..." Lin Dong looked at Yao Yan with complicated eyes, and only said half of what he wanted to say. There were some questions he didn't ask. Now he knew the truth and everything, but because he knew, he didn't know how to face his teacher for a moment.

Who could have imagined that the entire Great Thousand World was nothing more than the Heavenly Emperor's chessboard, with all living beings being mere pawns... Although all living beings have now been resurrected, Lin Dong is still unsure how to face his teacher.

The person who was once most familiar has now become an absolute stranger, as if I had never known them at all.

"Yes." Yao Yan nodded frankly in acknowledgment. There was no need to hide these things now. This matter was not a secret to begin with. Gu Xun'er and the others had all made their guesses, and Lin Dong had even entered the Sovereign Realm by virtue of the Sky Ranking, so he could naturally glimpse the truth of some things.

Lin Dong remained silent for a long time before slowly uttering a sentence: "Teacher, who is the real you?"

The gentle teacher who guided him in his youth, the Heavenly Emperor who turned the tide, the Underworld Lord who manipulated all living beings, the Evil Emperor who slaughtered the world... the teacher he once thought he was, now seems incredibly unfamiliar and terrifying.

“It’s all me. People are diverse. Different environments naturally produce different people. When I was young, I didn’t have a good teacher like you did… To survive in this world and protect the people around me, I naturally have to be careful,” Yao Yan said softly.

Lin Dong thought of his teacher Hun Xuzi, whom his teacher had met when he was young, and inexplicably felt a sense of understanding for his teacher's actions.

The experiences of one's youth will inevitably influence one's entire life.

"No matter what kind of person a teacher is, he is still my teacher." Lin Dong took a deep breath, and when he looked at Yao Yan again, his gaze had become firm. He said in a deep voice that no matter whether the teacher was good or bad, the teacher's teachings in his youth were enough for him to remember for a lifetime.

Moreover, the teacher's ultimate goal was to save the world. Although he used some unethical methods and manipulated some people along the way, the result was good.

Yao Yan smiled, raised his hand and withdrew the Heaven and Earth Authority from Lin Dong's body, then continued, "This part of the Heaven and Earth Authority is just a burden to you. Once your injuries heal, you should focus on cultivation. The world is vast. When you reach the God Realm, you will be qualified to go beyond the Great Thousand Worlds to gain experience."

"Yes, teacher!" Lin Dong replied with a cupped hand, his eyes filled with excitement. Now that the world was at peace, he looked forward to a wider world.

Not long after Lin Dong left, Luo Shen's stunning figure appeared beside Yao Yan. She seemed to have been standing there the whole time, only manifesting from the space after Lin Dong left. After Lin Dong left, she couldn't help but look at Yao Yan, and said in a cool voice, "You have indeed taken on a good disciple."

"Lin Dong is indeed quite good." Yao Yan nodded, agreeing with Luo Shen's opinion.

"What would you do if he didn't acknowledge you as his teacher?" Luo Shen asked Yao Yan with some curiosity.

"What do you think?" Yao Yan looked at Luo Shen and asked in return.

"There's no point in talking about this now. What are your plans next?" Luo Shen didn't continue the topic. She placed her hands on her lower abdomen, dignified and classical, and asked softly.

"To create a divine path for the Great Thousand Worlds, to restrain the gods with the Azure Sky Ranking, to control the operation of the entire Great Thousand Worlds, to make this world even stronger, until I take another step forward... After that, I will go to the outer realms to take a look!" Yao Yan said softly.

Looking at the person before her, Luo Shen knew very well how selfish he was, unlike Lin Dong's confusion. Everything he did was ultimately for his own benefit.

The Heavenly Emperor, the Evil Emperor, the Underworld Lord... are all just masks on each other's faces.

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Time flies, and years pass by.

Hundreds of years passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past few centuries, the Great Thousand World has undergone earth-shattering changes. First, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has revived, becoming increasingly pure and abundant. This has undoubtedly created a great era for cultivation, with countless powerful figures emerging like bamboo shoots after a spring rain. Furthermore, many geniuses from lower planes have ascended to the Great Thousand World.

During this period, the Heavenly Emperor created the Divine Path and reshaped the Celestial Ranking. Any Saint-Rank Heavenly Sovereign who lacked the confidence to step into the Divine Realm could enter the Ranking and become a god, wielding the power of a region and maintaining the order of that region, thus abolishing the former Great Thousand Palace.

The Heavenly Court hangs high above the nine heavens, ruling over the vast world.

Yao Yan took this opportunity to advance further. The vertical pupil between his eyebrows had already transformed into a new 'Sky Ranking' for the Great Thousand Worlds, linking to the origin of the Great Thousand Worlds. Later, it merged with the divine foundation of the Heavenly Evil God, transforming into a primordial divine object. Based on the entire Great Thousand Worlds, it was connected to his life. With the help of its power, he extracted the vast origin of the Great Thousand Worlds to nourish his own chaotic body, making his chaotic body completely perfect.

At that moment, Yao Yan undoubtedly stood above the realm of gods, above all paths, overlooking the long river of time, and at the same time saw someone who had a causal connection with the great world.

Separated by endless time and space, the two finally looked into each other's eyes.

"Tianyuan Realm, Zhou Yuan!"

"Great Thousand Worlds, Medicine Words!" (End of Chapter)