Primordial Era: A man at the mouth of the Guanjiang River marries the Third Holy Mother.

"boom!"

Chen Changsheng's brain felt as if it had been struck by an invisible hammer. The purple lightning in his sea of ​​consciousness, condensed from the Great Dao Thunder Technique, dimmed for a moment under the sudden malicious impact of the Heavenly Dao.

Damn, are you serious?

Chen Changsheng gritted his teeth, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

This is no longer a simple probe of will; it is the Heavenly Dao launching a direct attack on his soul!

That force was cold, vast, and devoid of any emotion; it was determined to completely erase him, this "foreign object," from the realm of existence.

"You want me to stop?"

"The more you tell me not to do something, the more I'll do it today!"

Chen Changsheng's stubbornness finally kicked in.

Instead of stopping, he used more of his magical power to stabilize his mind, while pushing his physical strength to its limit.

He gripped the treasure-digging shovel, his arm muscles bulging and veins standing out, and he dug even faster than before!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

The shovel left trails of afterimages as the depth of the pit increased at a visible rate.

With each shovel strike, the entire Penglai Immortal Island trembled even more violently.

"The fifth floor!"

"The sixth floor!"

"The seventh floor!"

The Xuan Turtle's thoughts echoed continuously in Chen Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness, gradually transforming from initial ecstasy and shock into a near-numb broadcast.

It could no longer comprehend what was happening before its eyes.

The will of Heaven has descended and is launching a soul attack on this kid. Any quasi-saint in the primordial world would probably have lost their mind and their Dao heart collapsed by now.

But this kid not only held on, his digging speed actually got faster?!

What kind of monster is this?!

Doesn't he know what he's fighting against?

That is the Heavenly Dao! It is the supreme being that established all the rules of the primordial world and governs the fate of all living beings!

Let alone a Primordial Golden Immortal, even a Saint would have no choice but to retreat and submit when faced with the direct crushing force of the Heavenly Dao's will.

But Chen Changsheng chose the most forceful and direct way to confront him.

If you press me down, I'll dig even faster!

You attack me with malice, I will crush your malice with lightning magic!

This isn't just a matter of being bold; this is downright insane!

A complete madman who doesn't respect the laws of Heaven!

"The eighth floor! It's broken!"

The black tortoise's thoughts trembled slightly.

Only the last floor is left!

If we can break through just one more layer of the merit barrier, we can reach the fundamental connection that links its soul and body, the core of the seal!

Imprisonment for endless years, despair of eternal damnation, at this moment, it seems that it is really going to be ended by a broken shovel!

Chen Changsheng also sensed it.

The moment the eighth layer of the barrier was broken through, the resistance from the shovel suddenly increased several times over.

At the same time, the malevolent force from the heavens above also surged to its peak!

Boom!

The dark red mist in the sky over the entire Penglai Immortal Island was completely dispelled by an invisible force, revealing a desolate and gray void.

The earth wailed, and bottomless rifts appeared out of nowhere, as if this continent, formed from the body of the Xuan Turtle, was about to completely collapse.

An indescribable sense of terror began to slowly seep out from the gray void.

That was not power, not law, but a pure "will".

A supreme will that transcends all things and disregards all living beings.

Heaven's will was utterly enraged.

"Kid! Hurry! Now!"

The black tortoise sensed a deadly danger and roared with all its might.

"The last layer! Once I dig it open, I can..."

However, before it could finish speaking...

Chen Changsheng suddenly stopped moving.

It wasn't that he wanted to stop, but a tremor stemming from a life-or-death instinct made all his muscles stiffen.

He and the Xuan Turtle simultaneously raised their heads, their gazes fixed on the void that was being permeated by a terrifying will.

The space there began to distort.

It's not being torn apart, but rather a folding in a higher dimension.

Then, an "eye" slowly "opened" from behind the folded space.

Those were eyes that defied description in any language.

It has no pupils, no whites of the eyes, only a chaotic, indifferent, endless halo that seems to contain all the ultimate truths of the universe's birth and death.

It hovered quietly in the void, looking down at everything below.

The moment it opened its eyes, everything in the entire Penglai Immortal Island world froze.

Collapsing mountains, cracked earth, raging energy—everything was brought to a standstill at this moment.

Time and space lose their meaning under the gaze of this eye.

Chen Changsheng gripped the shovel, remaining motionless in the posture of about to swing it down.

He felt no pressure, nor any murderous intent.

But his soul was screaming madly, issuing the most primal and terrifying alarms.

That's an instinctive reaction when facing a "natural enemy".

It's like ants gazing up at the sky, or mortals facing the gods.

That was an absolute crushing defeat on a life level.

Holy crap...

Only these two words remained in Chen Changsheng's mind.

The eye of heaven!

I only peeled off a few layers of its plaster, is it really that big of a deal?

As for projecting the real body?!

How the hell are we supposed to play this?

The black tortoise beside him, its palm-sized soul body, had now completely solidified.

The hatred, madness, and resentment that had accumulated over countless years in those dark eyes were replaced by a deeper and purer emotion the moment they saw this Eye of Heaven.

fear.

A deep-seated, eternal fear, etched into the very core of one's soul.

that's it!

It's this eye!

Back then, it was this very eye that coldly watched as it severed its own limbs.

It was this very eye that betrayed it when it was at its weakest, imprisoning it for eternity!

This is its nightmare, the root of all its suffering!

It’s over.

It's all over.

In the heart of the Xuan Turtle, only endless despair remained.

The glimmer of hope that had been so hard to come by was utterly crushed into dust the moment that eye appeared.

Before the true form of the Heavenly Dao, any resistance is futile.

However, in this deathly silence, a voice broke the frozen air.

"Hey, old turtle."

Chen Changsheng's voice, transmitted through divine sense, rang out in the Xuan Turtle's sea of ​​consciousness, carrying a hint of impatience.

"What are you staring at? It's just a big eyeball. Why are you so scared?"

The black tortoise was suddenly startled and looked at Chen Changsheng in disbelief.

What did it see?

It saw on Chen Changsheng's face that, although solemn and vigilant, there was not even a trace of fear or despair!

His eyes remained clear and bright.

His back was still ramrod straight!

Surprisingly, he was not intimidated by the power of the Eye of Heaven.