I became a god through frontier slaughter, and I crushed the academy's prodigies!

His robes were torn in the storm, his gaunt muscles bulged, and his veins took on a bluish-black hue as if about to burst.

He burned away all the remaining life force in his body without reservation!

A gray-white Dharma image, three thousand meters tall, materialized behind him.

The Dharma form is the mark of the ten stages.

Unexpectedly, with Xu Daozhen burning without reservation, he actually broke free from the limitations of the world's origin.

It has reached the tenth-order standard.

Although it was just a fleeting moment, a brief burst of fireworks.

Even Shen Tian was somewhat surprised.

Faxiang has six arms, each holding a sharp blade condensed from pure death energy, attempting to sever the invisible, devouring force.

He looked at the Dharma image that was fighting like a trapped beast, his gaze completely unmoved.

Within the illusory realm, countless remnants of weapons, stuck upside down in the ground, trembled and emitted a deafening buzz.

The flames of tribulation cascaded down like a waterfall, precisely pouring onto the three-thousand-meter-tall gray-white Dharma image.

The Calamity Flame's ability to incinerate all things directly ignited the Law of Withering.

The 3,000-meter-tall Dharma image melted into a pool of ash water within three seconds, and was then completely drained by the vortex above.

Without the protection of the Dharma Image, Xu Daozhen's body could no longer resist that pulling force.

He was like a kite with a broken string, forcibly dragged into that dark red vortex.

Gravity was tearing at his body.

At that moment, Xu Daozhen's thoughts seemed to slow down considerably.

The roaring sound in my ears gradually faded away.

He looked down at the ground below.

The mountains stretched endlessly, the cities were bustling, and those ordinary martial artists whom he regarded as ants or even people who could be sacrificed at any time were now hiding behind the barrier, looking up at the sky.

Was I wrong?

The thought flashed through Xu Daozhen's mind.

He recalled the corpses and blood scattered across the city during the early stages of the Cataclysm when the alien races massacred it.

In order to preserve the flame, he chose to endure and scheme.

But he suddenly raised his head and looked at the boy in front of him, who was wearing black battle armor and looked like a demon god descending to earth.

The boy's blade severed the tenth-level god, and also shattered the grand scheme he had laid out.

Xu Daozhen suddenly laughed.

He laughed somewhat manicly, but also with a sense of relief.

"So, it turns out, you don't have to kneel to survive..."

He gave up all resistance.

The grayish-white law of withering has completely dissipated.

Without the protection of power, Xu Daozhen's physical body disintegrated the instant it approached the edge of the black hole vortex.

To be completely annihilated.

Only a ball of energy radiating a dense gray-white light floated out.

That was the peak ninth-order origin that Xu Daozhen had condensed by expending countless resources.

The primordial sphere trembled slightly in mid-air, seemingly trying to escape, but was immediately gripped tightly by an invisible hand of the world.

Whoosh!

The gray-white orb transformed into a stream of light, disappearing into the depths of the vortex and completely merging into the realm of the Asura World.

In the sky, the illusory realm with a diameter of over twenty kilometers devoured Xu Daozhen's origin.

It begins to contract rapidly.

The churning black-gold Nether Sea, the burning Extreme Tribulation Flames, and the towering mountain range of weapons vanished into thin air, like a painting that had been erased.

The violent gravitational field vanished without a trace.

Only the dark red spatial rift was slowly repairing itself.

The dark clouds dispersed, and sunlight once again shone on the buildings of Longjing.

The World-Destroying Divine Punishment in Shen Tian's hand transformed into countless dark red light spots, dissipating in his palm.

He hovered in mid-air, the Asura Holy Armor receding like flowing water and disappearing back into his body.

The power of heaven and earth returned to calm.

The energy barrier below was also removed.

Ye Zhen withdrew his hands, panting heavily, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

He looked up at the sky, then at Lu Changfeng and Ouyang Qianjue, and the three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

The entire sky above Longjing could no longer be felt with any trace of the death aura associated with the withering law.

A pillar of heaven, thus erased.

Shen Tian descended slowly, without releasing any pressure.

But as soon as his feet touched the ground, the air in the entire city of Longjing seemed to freeze.

The thousands of elite Tian Shu Bureau personnel remained completely silent.

Large groups of people knelt down on one knee one after another.

They looked at the young man with nothing but awe in their eyes.

Although they also watched the entire live stream.

But it was far less shocking than witnessing Shen Tian's formidable strength firsthand.

The peak of the ninth rank vanished into thin air with a wave of his hand.

Ye Zhen, Lu Changfeng, and Ouyang Qianjue removed the barrier and walked out from the back.

"Is he really dead?"

Ye Zhen finally spoke, his voice carrying a complex mix of emotions.

The Dragon Kingdom's Heavenly Pillar, which rose with them from the Dark Ages, was reduced to ashes in just a few minutes.

Deep down, I still felt a bit unreal.

This young man, through this battle, revealed his true fangs to the world.

Possessing the unparalleled combat power to annihilate a ninth-tier opponent with a mere wave of the hand.

Shen Tian nodded.

Ye Zhen swayed slightly.

Lu Changfeng reached out and supported his old comrade's shoulder, letting out a long sigh:

"Xu Daozhen got what he wanted. He lived a very tiring life, scheming against everyone in the world, and driving himself into a dead end. Today's release may be the best ending for him."

Images of the early stages of the Great Cataclysm flashed before Lu Changfeng's eyes.

Amidst the city engulfed in flames, the one-armed Xu Daozhen carried him on his back, fighting his way through the encirclement of strange beasts.

Back then, Xu Daozhen would risk his life for an ordinary person he didn't even know.

Later, humanity grew increasingly desperate, struggling to survive amidst the various alien races.

Xu Daozhen changed.

They became cold and ruthless, willing to sacrifice everything for their goals.

Lu Changfeng closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the stinging sensation in them.

Shen Tian stood with his hands behind his back, offering no further explanation.

Xu Daozhen certainly had his own purposes and principles.

At this moment, Shen Tian also wanted to stand on the moral high ground and criticize him.

He has come this far, and his hands are stained with countless lives.

He and Xu Daozhen adhered to different paths.

This destined a battle between the two.

That's it.

"Old Xu's path might be fundamentally wrong. Even if he truly becomes a god, what will he use to stand against the countless divine thrones in the endless world? Will he continue to kneel?"

Lu Changfeng understood.

Ye Zhen gave a wry smile and rubbed his temples with his fingers.

"You see things more clearly than we old folks."

"Old Xu's final form...did he actually see the scenery of the tenth level at that very moment?"

"I saw it."

Shen Tian nodded.

"A sublime transcendence, a fleeting leap. So when he died, he discovered that humans could surpass those gods without kneeling. He laid down the burdens he carried throughout his life at the very last moment."

"What's the next step?"

Ouyang Qianjue spoke.

He and Xu Daozhen did not have a very deep relationship.

He just wanted to know Shen Tian's intentions.

After the trip to the historical sites, I've gone on such a long journey.

Something big is definitely going to happen.

Shen Tian looked away.

"Planning for the future of humanity."