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Chapter 408 The Fall of Eight New Gods of Rules

[The ultimate calamity, unleashed by the will of the spirit realm, nearly crushed the entire structure of spacetime, erupted with a deafening roar.]

Its overwhelming power instantly pierced through the veils of all divine kingdoms, firmly pinning the gaze and divine thoughts of the gods to this battlefield ravaged by the storm of rules.

[No words are needed; the cold, hard facts have already made it clear to the gods.]

The spirit realm's will's ability to break free from the abyss's shackles has far exceeded expectations.

At the same time, they also gained insight into the latest developments in the ancient struggle between the spirit realm and the abyss.

[The Will of the Abyss!]

The gigantic hand that had been clinging to the spirit world like a leech was loosening its grip, even showing signs of withdrawing its protection.

[Otherwise, how could the will of the spirit realm have the spare power to unleash such a terrifying calamity?]

This calamity itself is a naked signal that the will of the spirit world is about to break free of its chains!

The Star Demon God and the Heart Demon God stood at the edge of the battlefield. Their supreme vision, overlooking the changes in the abyss, naturally saw things more clearly and thoroughly than that of the other gods.

[Under normal circumstances, a demon god who embodies the will of the abyss is also a true god of authority.]

They cannot get too deeply involved, after all, this is a clash between the true god of rules and the true god of authority, and even a test of the bottom line of sacrificing authority for rules.

If they stay here too long, there's no guarantee the will of the abyss won't have any objections.

[Who knows, in the future, a bolt of lightning might strike and kill them here!]

The abyss's will's entanglement with the spirit realm is weakening!

This is a very obvious signal!

Therefore, they should decisively sever their cooperation with the Red Heart Society and retreat back into the abyss.

【this!】

[That's the true good demon god of the abyss!]

However, the two top-tier demon gods of the abyss showed no sign of retreating; instead, they stepped forward, projecting their presence into the void on one side of the spirit realm like a tangible fortress.

The Star Demon God's vast will, originally interwoven with the radiance of star destruction and rebirth, remained completely unshaken the moment the abyss revealed its intentions.

Instead, it burned with an even purer, more brilliant light, a light that belonged only to the stars themselves, becoming even more resolute and assertive in its protection of the Red Heart Society's core area.

[His immense divine sense swept across the void, directly severing a portion of the calamity wave that was about to impact the Red Heart Society's front line.]

The Inner Demon God, like the deepest, most stubborn rock of will, silently unfolded a barrier formed by pure mental rules in the face of the shockwave, devouring the dissipating chaotic energy like a black hole.

Their platform is no longer hidden, but rather declared.

The gods' gazes were filled with astonishment and uncertainty as they watched the Star Demon God's resolute stance—ignoring the upheavals in the abyss and instead wholeheartedly supporting the Red Heart Society. Confusion spread like cracks in an ice field.

[The Abyss Demon God refuses to submit to the summons of the Abyss's will, and instead assists its enemies in the heart of the Spirit Realm?]

This illogical scene threw even the deepest logic within their divine nature into disarray!

【What does it mean? 】

Did two top-tier demon gods receive a decree from the Abyss?

Or perhaps these two top-tier demon gods have other plans?

Are there any changes or key moments behind this that they haven't observed?

Only the higher-ups of the Red Heart Society are fully aware of the reasons behind all of this.

[The power of the stars makes its final dance!]

[This is the Star Demon God's last gamble before the Abyss Will relinquishes its protection. It's a massive investment, a crucial stepping stone to win the favor of the Red Heart Society in the future, and a potential catalyst for its own future, as it quietly fades from the spotlight of endless starlight into the shadows of the multiverse.]

Regardless, the immense stellar power that the Star Demon God forcefully unleashed, disregarding the pressure of the abyss, acted like a shot of adrenaline, instantly boosting the Red Heart Society's barrier against the catastrophe.

This caused the Red Heart Defense Circle, which was deeply embroiled in the storm, to suddenly create a buffer peak before its energy readings plummeted below the red line!

In May of the 218th year of the Extraordinary Calendar, a brutal harvest of the spirit realm unfolded mercilessly here.

[Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps the demigod of the Red Heart Society sensed the danger in his surroundings the moment he ascended to godhood.]

The timelines at which the eight rule-based demigods successfully ascended to godhood were remarkably similar.

Even though the eight true gods of the rules were born together and jointly bore the terrifying power unleashed by the will of the spirit realm, they were still sealed and suppressed on the spot.

Just as Wang Meng and Aglis were fiercely battling at the most violent core of the rule-based thunderstorm, trying to buy a chance for their eight comrades who had already touched the edge of divine fire, the will of the spirit realm had already locked onto all the phase space nodes where those eight ascended to new gods were located.

The connection between the spatial structure and the fundamental rules of those eight areas, representing the core divine thrones of the future, was forcibly severed.

[The eight paths, their divine essence already ignited, their blazing divine flames resonating with the laws of the universe, suddenly dimmed at the very moment their light reached its peak.] [What followed was not the sigh of stars extinguishing, but a more complete erasure.]

[Wang Meng's golden eyes reflected the coordinates of eight core links that had instantly extinguished. His massive arm slammed into the void, unleashing a deafening roar of tearing metal.]

【No----】

【Eight new gods! 】

[A terrifying reserve capable of leading the Red Heart Society to its peak!]

[The supreme cornerstone capable of instantly propelling the Crimson Flame to a throne of the Crimson God system, on par with the Titans and Heaven!]

All wild ideas about the future, strangled by the colossal claws of the calamity of the spirit realm that isolates time and space, shattered like brilliant bubbles under the sunlight, unable to even utter a mournful cry.

The grand ambition of rising from the ground has turned into dust scattered into the void!

The cruel calamity struck by the will of the spirit world nearly ignited the last fuse of reason in Wang Meng and Aglios.

[A monstrous fighting spirit surged wildly, and the giant lava fist and the terrifying energy core, gleaming with runes of battle and destruction, instantly reached their critical point, their target the coldly operating core hub of the spirit realm's will deep within the void.]

[If it weren't for your ironclad warning, the very foundation of the Red Heart Society, forcefully penetrating both of their consciousnesses and suppressing the boiling molten lava fire, a devastating attack on the core of the spirit realm would have already been brewing and erupting.]

However, at the edge of this spatial rift, filled with despair and boundless rage, the divine domain of the spirit gods, originally brimming with hostility and greed, quietly rippled with complex and indescribable emotions.

Their divine eyes pierced through layers of energy ruins, clearly seeing the raging tide of power erupting from the God of War of Rules colliding head-on with the calamity, and even more clearly sensing the essential aura revealed when the eight clusters of divine fire were forcibly extinguished.

[Furthermore, the open and covert struggles of recent years have given them a certain understanding of the true God of rules.]

In terms of combat power, there isn't much difference between a True God of Rules and a True God of Authority.

The key problem is, this is the spirit world!

[To be locked in a fierce battle with the enemy in one's own territory is itself a major problem!]

The freedom and unrestraint of the true God of rules, like a spark of starlight, captivates the gaze of all the gods.

They witnessed firsthand the fall of the Goddess of Light, and saw her transform from a supreme deity into a prisoner and a work of art in the hands of others in an instant.

All of this is simply because the other party has offended the will of the spirit realm.

Therefore, freedom is their desire!

[An ultimate desire that is not bound by a supreme will, but is solely responsible for one's own beliefs and ideals.]

The gods, bound in the spirit realm for countless eons, had never touched such power so closely.

This essential power, like a molten star core thrown into a millennia-old icy pool, instantly triggered an uncontrollable, intense ripple deep within the divine essence, a ripple known as yearning.

The sparks of freedom and order have been ignited deep within the hearts of the gods, even though they are currently suppressed by the cold shackles of authority.

The path of the Red Heart Society, the path cleaved through blood, fire, and thorns, is like a dangerous yet alluring beacon in the boundless darkness.

The desire to transform their own authority into rules is like latent magma, surging and boiling beneath their seemingly calm divine will.

But they knew better than anyone that if they showed even the slightest wavering at this moment, they would face a far more brutal and thorough annihilation from the spirit world than what befell the Goddess of Light!

[In June of the 221st year of the Extraordinary Calendar, hope finally sprouted anew from the scorched earth of despair.]

[At the core of the Red Heart Alliance, a warrior focused on the deepest analysis of the rules of suffering, a power seemingly embodying all the suffering of all living beings in the universe suddenly erupted at the crucial juncture of his breakthrough to the divine barrier.]

That was not the light of ordinary authority, but the ultimate manifestation of the rules of suffering.

The core phenomenon forming its divine throne was not the radiance of order or an explosion of energy, but rather countless wailing thorns, formed from rules and piercing through soul and matter, instantly piercing the barriers of space and time, roaring as they rapidly expanded outwards.

Every thorn's sway actively tears at and gnaws at the chaotic currents of rules nearby.

The magnificent spectacle of ascending to the status of a true god is born at this moment!

[In that fraction of a second as this strange phenomenon broke through the dimensional barrier, an invisible net of calamity, preordained by the will of the spirit realm, suddenly descended.]

The spacetime chains and causal curse, powerful enough to instantly crush the core of a demigod, arrived as promised, crashing down on the condensing authority of pain like a collapsing cosmic mountain.

This time, however, the outcome was reversed!

The crown of thorns, formed from the endless rules of suffering, is less a symbol of advancement than a shield of rebellion, steeped in the pain of the soul.

When the first, devastating wave of calamity crashed into this barrier formed purely of condensed rules of pain, the resulting sound was not a devastating shattering noise, but rather a piercing, screeching crash.

The greatest annihilation brought down by the will of the spirit world is the extension of the power of pain.

Therefore, this force of pain resonates in a certain sense with the rules of pain.

(End of this chapter)