Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 564 Forbidden Destruction
Inside the Dream God Temple of Reincarnation.

The enormous wheel of reincarnation spun violently, and countless phantoms of past and present lives transformed into sharp blades, hurtling towards Bodhidharma. Bodhidharma clasped his hands together, his countenance solemn and dignified, and chanted in a resounding voice: "All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, dew, and lightning; thus should you contemplate them!"

Golden light burst forth from between his brows, sweeping across the void like a tide, shattering the phantom blades upon touch. He stood upon a nine-tiered lotus platform, approaching the Wheel of Reincarnation step by step, chanting once more: "All conditioned things are impermanent, all phenomena are without self, Nirvana is peace! The Three Dharma Seals manifest, break!"

Under the repeated bombardment of the seals of impermanence, non-self, and nirvana, the runes on the surface of the Wheel of Reincarnation cracked inch by inch, and then shattered completely, causing the entire temple to collapse.

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Evil thoughts in the Dream God Temple.

A gigantic, malevolent demonic eye slowly opened, its surface gleaming with an evil light. A single glance from it was enough to send one tumbling uncontrollably down the path of evil.

Xiao Yan met his gaze without any reaction. He was a person who had fallen into the demonic path, and that overwhelming evil thought had no effect on him at all.

He revealed his dragon form, roared and pounced on the evil demon eye, colliding fiercely with it and unleashing a deafening roar!

The moment the Demon Eye shattered, the temple began to collapse, with stones falling one after another...

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Foreseeing the Dream Temple.

The entire temple is made of translucent crystal, with countless shimmering points of light inside, like stars, constantly arranging and combining to create scenes of the future.

As soon as Tao Hongjing stepped into the temple, countless phantoms formed from fragments of the future surged towards him like a tide. Tao Hongjing's expression was cold and stern. He waved his whisk, and wherever it passed, the phantoms shattered. But new phantoms kept forming, assaulting his spirit.

"Today, I, this humble Taoist, will sever this illusory foresight!" Tao Hongjing sneered, flipping his hand to take out a small armillary sphere. After infusing it with divine power, the armillary sphere began to spin rapidly, radiating dazzling starlight, and actually formed the Twenty-Eight Mansions!

"The stars shift and the heavens are in disarray!" Tao Hongjing hurled the armillary sphere, instantly throwing the constellations into chaos. The spacetime within the temple rippled like the surface of a lake tossed with a boulder, and the newly formed phantom disintegrated into points of light in mid-air...

As the illusory image dissipated, the sand table of destiny deep within the hall was revealed. Silvery-white sand flowed across the sand table, each grain reflecting a different fragment of the future. The points of light were the reflections of those grains of sand.

When Tao Hongjing destroyed the sand table, he foresaw the collapse of the Dream Temple...

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The divine generals stationed at the temples were all held back on the city walls by Chen Qingzhi and his nine companions, unable to return to provide reinforcements. They could only watch helplessly as their respective temples collapsed one after another...

Even more tragically, after each temple collapses, the dream master guarding the temple will lose the goddess's blessing and his strength will regress to his true level. At this point, how could he possibly be a match for Chen Qingzhi and the others?

Zhen Di, who had just been fighting A Yao to a standstill, was reduced to a demigod level after the collapse of the Dream Temple of Reincarnation. How could he be a match for A Yao? She beheaded him with a single sword strike and then skillfully extracted the divine fire... leaving only a headless, desiccated corpse lying on the ground.

The other dreamers were the same. The karmic thread of Wu Jiu, the dreamer of cause and effect, could no longer entangle Chen Qingzhi's silver spear, and was blown to the head by a single spear thrust, just as skillfully drawing out divine fire.

The evil dream master Bai Xie had his wings torn off and his horns pulled out by Wu Xie. Finally, he was dragged into the black mist and devoured, leaving only a whip that fell on the ruins of Huaxu City.

The Dream Master, Tianji, could no longer foresee the witch's actions. She knocked him to the ground in three moves, easily extracted the divine fire, and turned him into a cripple.

The Dream Weaver, Qiansi, could no longer trap Zu Chongzhi. Instead, Zu Chongzhi was presented with several difficult problems, none of which he could solve, rendering him completely incompetent...

The lustful dream master Fei Yan was stripped of all her memories by the fifth dimension, and ended up in the same place as Qian Si, though their paths diverged.

Chen Baxian swung his dragon-patterned staff and smashed the daydream master's illusion.

Yang Zhong pierced Jing Yuan, the Lord of Fearful Dreams, through with a single spear thrust, and the two then turned to help Fa Xiu kill the last divine general. Of course, Fa Xiu wasn't idle either; he performed rituals to guide the spirits of the deceased Lords of Fearful Dreams to the afterlife…

"Where are A Yuan and the others?" A Yao asked, having killed all the divine generals, and began searching everywhere for Ren Yuan.

“He should have been taken to another world by Wu Yang,” Chen Qingzhi said in a deep voice. “However, now that the Ten Gods Temple has been destroyed and the God Realm is beginning to collapse, he and the Ghost King should be able to kill Wu Yang.”

"Let's destroy the Divine Realm completely first!" he said to the crowd, "to hasten Wuyang's demise!"

"Alright!" The crowd responded in unison, unleashing their divine power and displaying their unique abilities, blasting the entire floating island, along with the Eternal Dream Palace, into dust...

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Inside the Prisoner of Heaven Diagram.

Thick, inky chaos surged and billowed, while dark red lightning, like a giant python, roamed the sky, illuminating the battlefield, which was filled with fragments of stars, with its light flickering.

Ren Yuan and Wu Xian risked their lives and were beaten black and blue by Wu Yang, but they managed to hold on until the God Realm collapsed and prevented Him from escaping.

Without the blessing of the divine realm, Wu Yang's aura weakened considerably, and the indestructible divine runes no longer flowed across the surface of his thousand-foot-tall avatar with three heads and six arms.

"Hahaha, your death is near!" Wu Xian keenly sensed the change and released the crimson death python in ecstasy!

Ren Yuan also let out a sigh of relief, and his huge dragon claw tore through the void, slashing down fiercely at Wu Yang.

"Why is everyone targeting me?!" Wu Yang roared simultaneously with his three heads, wielding his six arms to block Ren Yuan and Wu Xian's attacks.

However, without the protection of the divine realm, He ultimately could not withstand the combined attack of the two ancient gods. Yinglong spat out a black beam of light, and Wuyang hurriedly raised his shield to block it. But under the impact of the beam of destruction, the star shield's starlight quickly dimmed, and it shattered after only a moment.

Wu Xian seized the opportunity, and the crimson death python broke through Wu Yang's obstruction, coiling around His neck with lightning speed, and then rapidly contracting!
Wu Yang's agonizing roar echoed throughout the universe as he raised his four arms, trying to tear the giant python off. But Ren Yuan wouldn't give him the chance; with a powerful "Dragon Tail Sweep," he swept towards Wu Yang!

Wu Yang was hit in the waist, his body swayed violently, and his divine armor dented in.

Wu Xian suddenly wielded a massive halberd and slashed it towards Wu Yang's arm! Before Wu Yang could recover from Ren Yuan's attack, he had his head severed.

With only two heads remaining, Wu Yang's strength was greatly diminished, and he was thrown into chaos. Ren Yuan and Wu Xian, however, fought with increasing ferocity, tearing, biting, slashing, and hacking, severing another head from Wu Yang and biting off four of his arms...

The one-headed, two-armed Wu Yang was covered in blood, his former majesty gone. Yet, a scarlet, ferocious light flashed in his eyes, and his incomplete body suddenly expanded.

Even if I perish, I will take you all with me!

"He's about to self-destruct his divine core! Stop him!" Wu Xian cried out in alarm.

"I am the ancient god of destruction, who controls all destruction in the world!" Ren Yuan's Yinglong true form issued a majestic declaration, his dragon claw pressing down on Wu Yang's chest.

"I command: Destruction is forbidden!"

(End of this chapter)