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

"good!"

"I'll accompany you, you little madman, even if it costs me my last breath!"

The hoarse yet resolute will of the Xuan Turtle exploded like the most explosive thunder and fire in Chen Changsheng's sea of ​​consciousness!

Its palm-sized soul body stopped trembling at this moment and instead ignited a dark red flame that was almost tangible!

That was the flame of desperation produced by igniting all the remaining essence of its divine soul, regardless of the consequences!

Become!

Chen Changsheng roared inwardly, his blood seemingly boiling at that moment!

He no longer hesitated; all his attention was focused on the treasure-digging shovel in his hand and the moment that was about to arrive!

now.

Above the sky, the raging Eye of Heaven has compressed the entire chaotic sea of ​​lightning into a single point!

A dark, lifeless singularity that seems to devour all light and hope!

That was the purest killing intent of Heaven, the ultimate means to obliterate all rules!

"die!"

A cold will, transcending time and space, pronounced judgment directly within Chen Changsheng's soul.

next moment.

That death singularity has moved!

It didn't transform into lightning or a beam of light; instead, it simply "descended"!

Ignoring space and time, it appeared out of thin air above the Eastern Emperor Bell!

coming!

Chen Changsheng's pupils contracted to their maximum size at that moment.

"Now!"

He let out a roar that shook the very soul.

"Break it!"

With all his faith and strength, he shoveled the treasure-digging shovel in his hand, shoveling down fiercely towards the last layer of merit barrier that was just a hair's breadth away!

"Pfft!"

A soft sound.

That strongest and most crucial barrier crumbled instantly!

at the same time!

With a thought, Chen Changsheng caused the Eastern Emperor Bell, which hung above his head and was radiating billions of Xuanhuang Qi, to instantly dim its light. In that instant, all its defenses were deliberately removed by him!

boom--!!!

Without the obstruction of the Eastern Emperor Bell, the death singularity, representing the wrath of Heaven, pierced through without any hindrance!

Its target is Chen Changsheng!

However, its path leads directly to the core of the seal, which was just broken open by the treasure-digging shovel!

Time seemed to stretch out to its limit at this moment.

The Xuan Turtle watched helplessly as the death singularity pierced through the primordial connection between its soul and body!

"Click—"

A crisp sound, seemingly emanating from the deepest part of one's soul.

The thread of cause and effect that had bound it for countless years and pinned it firmly to this world was... severed by the power of the Heavenly Dao itself!

Followed by.

That death singularity slammed solidly into the shattered continent formed from the flesh of the Xuan Turtle, which contained nine layers of merit golden locks!

No sound.

There was no explosion.

There is only an extreme, all-consuming "nothingness".

Centered on the point of impact, the indestructible earth and the invulnerable golden lock of merit, like a picture erased by an eraser, began to silently and rapidly... vanish!

layer!

Two layers!

Three floors!

……

The nine-layered golden lock of merit was as fragile as paper in the face of the ultimate blow from the Heavenly Dao itself!

"roar--!!!"

The shackles have been severed, the cage destroyed!

A terrifying aura, suppressed for countless eons and mixed with overwhelming resentment and boundless ecstasy, surged into the sky from beneath the annihilated earth!

Under the enhancement of that aura, the Xuan Turtle's soul body instantly surged!

A thousand feet!

lofty!

One hundred thousand feet!

It transformed into a towering, dark red behemoth, its massive body even filling this shattered little world!

It is free!

The moment Chen Changsheng withdrew the defense of the Eastern Emperor Bell, he was violently thrown away by the aftershock of the death singularity that had just grazed him.

His body was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks, his internal organs were almost displaced, and his soul was in excruciating pain as if it were being torn apart.

But he smiled.

He looked at the enormous Xuan Turtle Soul, and at the Heavenly Eye in the sky that had momentarily "frozen" because his attack had destroyed its seal, and laughed with unbridled joy!

We won!

He won this incredibly crazy gamble!

The sage was startled, and the primordial world trembled!

Boom!

Just as the soul of the Xuan Turtle completely broke free from its restraints and revealed its enormous true form that blotted out the sky, the moment came.

An indescribable, terrifying aura, like a flood bursting its banks, broke through the already dilapidated world barrier of Penglai Immortal Island and instantly swept across the entire Hongda Thousand World!

This aura was too ancient, too powerful, and carried an undisguised resentment and hatred towards the Heavenly Dao!

In an instant.

Throughout the entire prehistoric world, all the powerful beings whose cultivation had reached the Quasi-Saint realm or above were shaken to their core, and unanimously turned their gazes toward the endless chaos on the shores of the East Sea!

What happened there?!

……

Shouyang Mountain, Bajing Palace.

On the futon, the Supreme Sage, who had been sitting with his eyes closed as if he were one with heaven and earth, slowly opened his unchanging eyes a crack.

His eyes were devoid of any emotion, only an endless void.

But the slight tremor of the whisk revealed the turmoil in his heart.

"well……"

A long, drawn-out sigh echoed through the empty palace.

"The seeds sown have finally yielded the fruit of today."

"Heavenly Dao... what will you do then?"

After saying this, he closed his eyes again, as if everything was irrelevant to him, and continued to comprehend his Dao of non-action.

……

Kunlun Mountain, Yuxu Palace.

Yuanshi Tianzun was sitting upright on his cloud bed, explaining the doctrines of the Chan Sect to the twelve Golden Immortals under his seat. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he looked up sharply towards the east.

He tried to calculate, but all he felt was chaos, as the secrets of heaven were obscured by an overwhelming resentment.

"Is it that old tortoise?!"

Yuanshi Tianzun frowned deeply, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face.

"How did it escape?!"

"The golden lock of merit personally laid down by Heaven is unshakeable even by a sage; it..."

He couldn't figure out which part of the process had gone wrong.

The old tortoise's escape signifies a major variable emerging in the upcoming Investiture of the Gods calamity.

This caused his belief in destiny and his commitment to following the will of Heaven to waver slightly.

……

Nuwa's Heaven, Nuwa's Palace.

The smile on Nuwa's face, who was teasing Lingzhu, instantly froze.

She sensed that familiar yet unfamiliar aura, and within that aura, she felt an unmistakable resentment that pointed directly at her!

"The Black Tortoise..."

Nuwa's expression became incredibly complex, a mixture of shock, guilt, and worry.

When she mended the sky, although she acted on the orders of Heaven, it is also a fact that she personally cut off the limbs of the Xuan Turtle.