Destiny is ashes

Chapter 1005 Slaying the True Monarch (13)

--What?
The increasingly dazzling sword light flashed past Chengyu Zhenjun's gem-like divine eyes, causing him to widen his gaze.

Because of the ancestral dragon scales, the ancestral spirit of the trial was able to regain a portion of its lost wisdom and spirituality.

Therefore, when Chengyu Zhenjun saw that Anjing was still alive, he was not very surprised. In his enhanced wisdom, the trial participant who could make Zulonglin increase its power to deal with him should have such power.

It would be unreasonable for him to be easily killed by the Heaven-Turning Seal.

But why...?

Why is it that this trial participant not only wasn't injured... but actually became stronger than before?!
This is unreasonable!
Fueled by anger at being provoked and misjudging the situation, Zhenjun roared, and the Fantian Seal spun and rose up, then once again pressed down on Anjing!

Enveloped in the might of heaven and earth, as if Buzhou were collapsing! The divine seal descended, instantly displacing the air, and the earth silently shattered and sank beneath its shadow!

But in that instant, An Jing unleashed his 'Primordial Spirit Consciousness' and 'Martial Will,' which was also the already sublimated 'Divine Will of Heaven,' without reservation!
boom!
The dark red dragon scale armor covering his body seemed to come alive at this moment, with the armor plates completely fused with his flesh and bones. With each heartbeat of his, a crimson-gold divine light surged and flowed between the gaps in the armor plates.

The First Divine Treasury is flawless, with no leaks, and its essence and blood are perfectly preserved; it is complete!
The unparalleled Primordial Chaos transformed into surging 'Blood Chaos' within his body, churning like magma and giving birth to boundless power.

The second divine treasure is immaculate, with inexhaustible primordial energy, and is perfect!
The array realm had long since transformed into a grotto-heaven. Within the Heavenly Punishment Realm, the Taiyin and Taiyang stars, high in the sky, erupted with unprecedented brilliance, mobilizing the power of the entire world to begin condensing.

The third divine treasure is unimpeded in all actions, and the mind and spirit are without flaws; it is perfect!
The surging divine will transformed into the sharpest edge, freely controlling every bit of essence and vital energy, and began to freely shape the strongest original body in this world!

And... [Manifestation of Supernatural Powers]!
At this moment, An Jing's body began to swell and grow larger under the divine light, rapidly shifting in the light and shadow.

[Divine Manifestation - Heavenly Tribulation: Four Punishment Swords]

When the world is without morality, divine retribution will befall it; when the people are in no peace, divine punishment will be meted out.
May the heavens bring endless calamity and divine punishment! May the world be in turmoil and heavenly retribution befall us!
Upon arriving at the Third Divine Treasury, when a martial artist unleashes their full supernatural power, they can condense a divine-like phenomenon based on their destiny, either transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall divine body with three heads and six arms, or undergoing countless transformations with battle markings covering their face.

Now, An Jing has transformed into an ancient deity, his face blurred, yet as blazing and majestic as the midday sun, radiating light in all directions. At the same time, behind him, in front of him, and on his left and right sides, four identical shadows, majestic as gods and demons, are projected.

Its power is light, it moves in the center of the Big Dipper, it commands the four directions, and it dominates all sides.

Its power extends to the four cardinal directions, governs the four elements, controls the four seasons, and pacifies the four wildernesses; it can regulate the four energies, punish the four evils, support the four pillars, and stabilize the four borders!

This is the master of the four directions, four seasons, four poles, four calamities, and four punishments, wielding the power of Heaven and Earth, and the emperor who brings down calamities and punishments!
However, this illusory image of the Heavenly Emperor of Heavenly Punishment has many gaps, with only the divine might of the Western Venus and the condensation of the Eastern Heavenly Sword.

But it doesn't matter. At this moment, the golden energy of Venus converges towards the center, and the Heavenly Emperor draws his sword!

Endless crimson-gold flames burst forth from An Jing's palm, instantly coalescing into shape.

It was a sword. A celestial sword radiating boundless malevolent energy, imbued with the boundless fury and majesty of a world whose power had been usurped and whose rule had fallen into chaos!
Its color is red, its shape is flame, its spirit is fierce, and its blade is black!
【Heavenly Punishment: Four Calamities - Heavenly Retribution Sword】!
—Those who are struck by this sword will have their spirits severed, their magic spells cut off, their supernatural powers rendered useless, their destiny shattered, their karma destroyed, and they will never find peace again!

At this moment, An Jing no longer manipulates heaven and earth like a true person, nor does he command heaven and earth like a true lord.

Because of himself, he transformed into the very 'Heaven' that descended to deliver the judgment!
Chengyu Zhenjun opened his eyes wide, clearly reflecting Anjing's raised eyes—like a furnace of creation, like a millstone of destruction, so deep that they were unlike any other born creature; on the contrary, on the contrary…

It's like the First Emperor!
An Jing also exchanged a surprised glance with Cheng Yu Zhenjun. "My realm is not soil, dust is gold, stone is sword, towering mountains and peaks, the Eastern Divine Mountain, is..."

He raised the Heavenly Punishment Sword high and swung it at the Heaven-Turning Seal that was pressing down, and at Chengyu Zhenjun who was fully activating the Heaven-Turning Seal!
"Condemnation!"

With a single sword strike, even the Heaven-Turning Seal could not land; in fact, the spot where the Killing Sword had left its mark began to crack...

Even to the point of complete collapse!

boom!
The Heavenly Punishment Sword is drawn, and the Heaven-Turning Seal is shattered!
Then, the sword light spread endlessly and struck the True Monarch!
The massive body of True Lord Chengyu suddenly trembled violently. The dark gold battle armor on his body, forged from the most solid rock layer in the secret realm, burst open in an instant with a sound as if billions of invisible blades were cutting at the same time, making people's teeth ache. It shattered inch by inch and peeled off like dust!
But what was truly severed was something deeper, something more essential!

laugh--

It was as if an invisible umbilical cord had been cut, forcibly severing His connection with the entire Zhaolin Realm. The surging torrent of earth veins came to an abrupt halt, and His power to command the primordial energy of heaven and earth and drive all things became invalid in an instant!
In an instant, the massive legion of divine beasts that had just been roaring lost its source of will and power, instantly freezing and turning into amber, solid rock, and salt blocks, before collapsing together and turning into ordinary dust and sand that filled the sky.

The world suddenly became deathly silent.

Then came a divine pronouncement, like a revelation, emanating from all directions of the entire secret realm.

[Trial passed]

Between heaven and earth, countless sands and salt rocks condensed, and with the sandstorm and gale, they began to coalesce into a 'true symbol' that radiated a bright yellow like jade, yet was as deep as an abyss inside, containing the principles of [earth] and [suppression], and the laws of [firmness] and [abyss].

According to the standards of the Zhaolin Realm, the Seven Luminaries Ancestral Spirit, the Earth Star, has already been defeated.

In mid-air, the Heavenly Emperor, wielding a sword, slowly dissipated.

After the 'manifestation of supernatural powers', An Jing's armored body reappeared once again.

It's a bit incongruous for the 'Western Heavenly Emperor' to wield the 'Eastern Heavenly Sword', but since An Jing's incarnation is the 'Central Light, the Supreme Emperor of Heaven,' the consumption is barely acceptable.

But he didn't even glance at the [Seven Luminaries Star-Suppressing True Talisman] that the Scale Realm had condensed after passing the trial; instead, he looked ahead.

Chengyu Zhenjun still stands tall on the desolate plain.

His body kept shrinking, shrinking, until it was the size of a human.

The armor was shattered, the authority was severed, and even the divine body was lost. Furthermore, the connection with the Zhaolin Realm was also killed and severed by the Heavenly Punishment Sword.

and so.

For the first time since being devoured by the Ancestral Dragon, He felt the pain and weakness, and...

The loneliness of freedom.

(End of this chapter)