He has been reincarnated through countless worlds, adorned with billions of mythological terms!

Chen Ya looked at that hand.

That hand holds nearly half of the laws governing this world.

It is the cause and effect of countless lives.

She stared at it for a long time.

Then she lifted her foot.

She took a step.

No matter what schemes the other party may have, she is confident that she can crush them.

Her foot landed on the golden avenue, and the entire avenue trembled.

She stood at that point, her gaze passing over the Heavenly Emperor's hand, past his burning laws, and looking directly at his face.

"Then what."

She spoke, her voice even colder than before.

The Heavenly Emperor looked at her, a faint hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

What do you mean?

"Let me come up here."

Chen Ya said.

"and then?"

The Heavenly Emperor did not answer immediately.

The two of them stared at each other across the burning golden road.

The wind blew up from the depths of the Sea of ​​Illusion, stirring up grayish-white mist that made the hems of their clothes flutter.

Why don't you believe me?

The Heavenly Emperor finally spoke.

Chen Ya did not respond.

She simply stood there, waiting for him to continue.

The Heavenly Emperor withdrew his hand.

The flames on the golden road slowly died out, and his life force ceased to fade.

"Fine."

He said.

"Since you've only taken one step, then take it one step."

As soon as he finished speaking, his body suddenly began to shatter.

From skin to flesh, from bones to veins, his whole being was like a container that had been torn apart from the inside, with countless fine cracks.

The patterns radiated a golden light.

"This road was paved with my life."

The voice of the Heavenly Emperor came from the shattered body, now blurred and distant.

"I'm burning everything."

"I never intended to leave alive."

Chen Ya's pupils contracted slightly.

"you……"

"I have come this far as a mortal, and this body should have been returned long ago."

A smile appeared on the face of the Heavenly Emperor.

That smile was so clean, like someone who had finally let go of all their burdens.

"Kill Him for me."

After he finished speaking, he shattered completely.

Golden fragments scattered in all directions, merging into the world, as if they had become part of every inch of land, every gust of wind, and every drop of water.

The golden avenue also vanished.

But those golden laws did not disappear. They were like countless golden threads, starting from the Sea of ​​Illusion, passing through the human realm, the demon realm, and the celestial realm, connecting the entire network of laws of the world.

Those silk threads formed a vast network covering the three realms.

Within this network, a wisp of grayish-black mist is slowly drifting.

That was a fragment of the Calamity Dao that the Heavenly Emperor had drawn out of Chen Ya's body at the cost of his own life.

Chen Ya stared at the wisp of gray-black mist, a look of disbelief flashing in her eyes.

She raised her hand, and a bluish-gold light gathered in her palm as she pressed it towards the wisp of mist.

But as soon as she moved, a deafening dragon roar came from the depths of the illusory sea below.

The dragon's roar carried a frenzied and desperate rage, and the entire Sea of ​​Illusion churned at that sound.

Chen Ya looked down.

In the deepest part of the Sea of ​​Illusion, in that forgotten swamp, the Mysterious Heavenly True Lord opened his eyes.

His dragon body was badly damaged, almost all of his seven-colored scales were shattered, only one horn remained, half of his tail was broken off, and his whole body was covered with deep wounds that exposed the bone.

But he's not dead yet.

Even though the body of the Eternal Dragon was shattered to such an extent, it still clung to life.

He had just opened his eyes and hadn't even had time to see the scene before him when he felt a force forcefully intruding into his consciousness.

That will was vast, cold, and domineering.

Xuan Tian Zhenjun's pupils contracted sharply.

"Heavenly Emperor!"

He roared in his mind.

"What are you doing here!"

The Heavenly Emperor's will stood at the center of his sea of ​​consciousness, his face still ordinary and gentle, his gaze towards Xuan Tian Zhenjun so calm it was chilling.

"I've come to reclaim what's rightfully mine."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun was stunned.

"Your things? What's your things?"

The Heavenly Emperor looked at him and slowly spoke.

"My destined body."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun's mind went blank for a moment.

"What do you mean, 'destined body'? That's mine! I am the destiny of this era! I am the only destiny of this era!"

He practically screamed it out, his voice filled with an almost frantic resistance.

The Heavenly Emperor looked at him and shook his head.

There was a faint pity in his eyes, as if he were looking at a child who was immersed in his own world and would never wake up.

"What an arrogant yet weak soul."

He said.

"I was so determined to take this step back then."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun's voice paused for a moment.

"What did you say...?"

The Heavenly Emperor did not rush to answer.

His will slowly paced within the consciousness of Xuan Tian Zhenjun, as if recalling something from long ago.

"When I was born."

"At that time, I was the destiny of this world, the eternal dragon, and the head of all spirits in heaven and earth."

"I saw Him."

"He saw me too."

The Heavenly Emperor's voice was very flat, as if he were talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"I know that if I am still born of destiny, if I continue to sit in the position of destiny, I will never be able to escape His gaze."

"He will stare at me like he's staring at a dish of food."

"So, I made a decision."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun asked instinctively, "What decision?"

"Abandoning the body destined by fate."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun was stunned.

"I randomly selected a person with great fortune, namely you, and gave them my destiny and my body."

"You have inherited the body and destiny bestowed by Heaven."

"And I, I was given the body of an ordinary person."

The Heavenly Emperor paused slightly at this point.

"Then, as an ordinary person, I gradually got to where I am today."

"I suppressed you, who possessed the body of destiny, and sided with the Path of Calamity, gaining the greatest possible time for development under His nose."

"It also bought the world the most precious time."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun froze completely.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

The Heavenly Emperor continued.

"Do you know how much determination it took me to take that step?"

"I have no idea how difficult that journey was."

"But in the end, I succeeded."

"But you, more or less, have disappointed me."

Xuan Tian Zhenjun's body was trembling.

"Despite my disappointment, I still chose to use my backup plan to bring forth those six wills that I had split off from myself."

"By severing the part that is the main body, I can then legitimately separate the body of destiny."

"Otherwise, with the combined Destiny Body and the blessing of Destiny, I really wouldn't be able to do anything for the time being."

"Having come this far, I can't even imagine how I would face my past self, but you gave me hope and made me succeed."

"I'll choose."

"So that you survived as a pawn."

"Just for this moment."

After the Heavenly Emperor finished speaking, he looked at the Mysterious Heavenly True Lord.

Xuan Tian Zhenjun's expression suggested a violent struggle.

"Impossible...impossible..."

His voice trembled.

"You're lying to me! You're trying to sway my will! I am destiny! I am the destiny of this era! I am chosen by heaven and earth!"

The Heavenly Emperor shook his head again as he watched him struggle.

"I do want to sway your will."

"Because of this, it will be easier for me to take control of my body."

"But I didn't lie."

"You are indeed destiny, and you are indeed chosen by heaven and earth."

"It's just that I chose you."