The spell's range covers the entire territory of China? Hand it over to the state.

On the arena, the so-called "Tartarus Embers" was no longer a puddle of mud, but a sea.

The Dead Sea is black, viscous, and exudes a nauseating aura of emptiness.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!"

Zhong Kui's voice came from the edge of the Black Sea, sounding somewhat exasperated. This man, who had just been so imposing and seemingly devouring death, was now like a cat with its fur standing on end, jumping back and forth on the last remaining patch of ground.

The Seven Star Sword in his hand had become a fire poker; its once gleaming blade was now patchy with black and purple marks, looking like scrap metal just salvaged from a garbage dump. His red robe was even worse, with a large chunk missing from the hem, revealing the underlying golden image of his Dharma body, though the gold was now dull, as if covered with an indelible layer of ash.

It's sizzling!

A clump of black mud suddenly erupted, like a venomous snake flicking its tongue, almost licking Zhong Kui's beard.

"Wow!"

Zhong Kui let out a strange cry, his body twisting and turning in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the attack. But the spot where he had just landed was instantly swallowed up by the hard divine floor, leaving not a trace.

"How could we possibly win this battle! I'm absolutely furious!"

Zhong Kui jumped up and down, shouting at the top of his lungs, "This scoundrel is utterly shameless! I tried to cut it with my precious sword, but it swallowed it whole; I smashed it with my imperial seal, but it was swallowed as well! Even if I wanted to eat it raw, I would find it too foul-smelling and hard to swallow!"

Above the clouds, Hermes looked down at the disheveled red-robed figure with a mocking smile, his twin serpent staff lightly tapping the ground.

"madness."

The Greek god of messengers and deception commented with a tone of utter disdain, "He's still trying to attack 'entities.' But he doesn't understand that he's not facing living beings, or even energy. This is entropy increase, disorder, the inevitable process of the universe heading towards annihilation."

"In areas where physical rules are erased, any tangible attack will only become its nourishment."

Ares crossed his arms and coldly replied, "The fate of that false god from the East is already sealed. Whether it's divine power or divine status, it will be assimilated by this primordial chaos and return to nothingness."

Command Hall.

The atmosphere was heavy.

The constantly flashing red warning boxes on the screen felt like they were putting pressure on everyone's hearts.

Qin Shuangyue analyzed the data on the arena, saying, "The data shows that the energy reading isn't increasing, it's going to zero. All matter entering that area is 'disappearing.' Senior Zhong Kui... seems to be defying the laws of the universe."

Zhang Daoxuan also said helplessly, "Lord Zhong Kui is a judge in the 'Department of Punishment for Evil,' in charge of spirits and intelligent beings. But this black mud has no brain, no soul; it's just a lifeless, undead mass of natural disaster. The judge's pen can't draw any marks on it!"

The old master had barely finished speaking.

The situation in the arena suddenly deteriorated.

The Black Sea seemed to have grown tired of the cat-and-mouse game, and instead of launching tentative attacks, it suddenly surged upwards.

boom--

It wasn't an explosion, but a muffled sound of space collapsing.

The black mud instantly transformed into a gigantic maw that blotted out the sky, its upper and lower jaws almost connecting heaven and earth, sealing off all possible escape routes for Zhong Kui. It gave Zhong Kui no time to react, not even a chance to utter a final curse.

One gulp, swallowed whole.

The figure that jumped up and down in the red light and slew ghosts amidst curses vanished into thin air.

All that remained was that black void that was still writhing and chewing.

It’s over.

At that moment, the hearts of people around the world in Longxia sank.

The hands that had been waving cheering flags in the square fell limply to their sides; the celebratory gestures in the bars froze in mid-air; and countless students in the school covered their mouths in disbelief.

Just seconds ago, they were cheering "The Celestial Master is invincible," expecting the iconic grappling hook to snatch away the enemy's soul; but now, looking at the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword broken on the ground, a suffocating feeling as if the sky had collapsed gripped everyone's throats.

Conversely, the fanatics in the Western camp instantly erupted in a long-suppressed frenzy.

"I knew it! Those so-called 'gods' in the East are just a bunch of magicians!"

"Faced with the true laws of the universe, they are as vulnerable as infants."

"Death may lose, but death itself will never lose!"

however.

Amidst the screen filled with despair and jubilation, Su Yun's hand had already pressed down.

[Host's intention detected...]

[The skill "Descending Star" is being activated...]

[Judging in progress... The talent "Territory is Territory" has intervened.]

[Detected that the current unit "Zhong Kui" is not powerful enough to suppress the "Tartarus Embers" rule... Searching the Chinese Divine Genealogy administrative system...]

[Search complete. Promotion path established: Exorcist Lord -> Judge of the Punishment Department -> Great Emperor of Fengdu, Northern Underworld]

[Using the nation's destiny as ink and the mountains and rivers as seals, we are conceptually elevating our goals...]

[Skill mutation complete.]

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【The Great Emperor of Fengdu in the Northern Underworld】

[Description: Beneath Mount Luofeng dwell the six palaces of ghosts and gods; at the pinnacle of the underworld, he reigns supreme over the netherworld. He is the lord of all ghosts, the ultimate definer of the Yin-Yang order. Due to the host's forceful elevation of his status, this form possesses the attribute of "absolute order." Wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever rivers flow, even the chaotic void of the west, all must obey the Great Emperor's decrees.]

[Effect 1 (I Am Everything): Passively activated. Immune to all rule erasures and concept corruptions below the "Emperor" level. The "Black Mud" that originally devoured everything will be judged as an "illegal structure," and its spread within the domain will be forcibly stopped.]

[Effect 2 (Netherworld): A miniature version of Fengdu City automatically generates a domain beneath your feet. Within this domain, the "Chaos" attribute of all hostile targets will be forcibly converted to the "Order" attribute, and they will suffer the soul pressure from the eighteen levels of hell (all attributes reduced by 50%).]

[Effect Three (Life and Death are Impermanent): Unlocks the divine artifacts "Emperor's Sword" and "Book of Life and Death - General Outline". The Emperor's Sword can sever divine destiny; beings observed in the Book of Life and Death, whether gods or demons, will have their "immortality" forcibly stripped away.]

[Current consumption: 500 points of national fortune (already deducted), maintenance consumption: 0 (Due to the characteristic of "All land under heaven belongs to the emperor," the emperor's tours are sustained by the heavens and earth).]

[Note: When the King of the Underworld goes on a tour, all living beings kneel in worship.]