The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the wind howled. With Chi Miao's call, the Emperor's Banner swayed rapidly and fiercely in the wind, as if even the world's essence, which had lost the Way of Heaven, considered this an act against the heavens!

But Chi Miao had already made up her mind to do something against the will of heaven.

So what if you defy the heavens?

So what if we violate the laws of the world?

This is a new world that everyone in Miaohua Continent spent countless years creating. Her laws are the only laws, and her rules are the only rules!

She should be above this world!

Chi Miao waved the Human Emperor's Banner even more recklessly, and the light from the array below grew stronger and stronger. She kept shouting:

"Kill the enemy and take their souls!"

"Offering sacrifices to the departed souls, welcoming back the departed!"

"The soul returns—!!!"

Everyone was filled with trepidation. They were certain that Heaven and Earth knew that Chi Miao was doing something extraordinary, but at the same time... they could also sense Heaven and Earth's disapproval and Chi Miao's unyielding nature.

This time, Chi Miao is... fighting against the heavens!

The spiritual energy deprivation came almost directly from the most fundamental forces of heaven and earth, causing Chi Miao's spiritual energy to continuously drain away.

However, she herself possesses a Yang spiritual root, which allows her to continuously generate spiritual power within her body.

Heaven and earth once again intend to punish the physical body with thunder!

But Chi Miao only cursed it as "a trivial skill," and then his terrifying physical strength made the lightning seem insignificant.

Heaven and Earth will punish Chi Miao with even harsher penalties to stop his defying Heaven's will.

How can the dead come back to life?

Back then, one person risked everything to resurrect one, already breaking the most primal rules of this world. How can we allow a whole group to do the same?

And it's your Nine Swords Mountain, is this really never going to end?

Chi Miao could sense that all the Dao around him had dissipated.

But her eyes hardened, and she roared:

"Dharma Image, arise!"

In an instant, a thousand-faced jade shadow appeared on her back, so huge that it almost covered her entire body. Its smooth and translucent texture left everyone speechless.

"This is a Dharma form? This...this...this Dharma form's aura is terrifying! I've never seen anything like it before!"

"My God, it's clearly just one head, yet I feel like I see countless faces of gods and Buddhas on that face. What's going on with Chi Miao's Dharma form? It's incredibly powerful!"

The power of the Dao, the power of nature, and all sorts of world-destroying forces nearly destroyed Nine Swords Mountain again, but Chi Miao would quickly repair it whenever there was even the slightest damage.

So these forces began to attack Chi Miao's jade statue.

Chi Miao clenched her teeth in pain, her eyes fixed on the heavens with unwavering determination and utter contempt.

Was it this kind of pain that Senior Brother Rongyue endured to revive Master back then?

Everyone has sacrificed a lot for what is important to them, and she absolutely cannot give up here... She will never give up!

If we cannot even conquer the world will of Miaohua Continent, how can we talk about creating a universe?

Chi Miao gritted his teeth, blood began to seep from his body, the Dao essence within him began to overflow, and the perfect, lustrous surface of the jade image began to crack with a "crackling" sound.

At the same time, Chi Miao generously released all his spiritual power, waiting for these forces to erode him.

Jin Shengfei was the first to react: "Chi Miao has gone mad?! If she doesn't defend against this kind of power, she'll be killed instantly!"

Ying Wuhuo said with a somber face, "Perhaps she has her own reasons..."

Jingming, however, saw it all clearly with his divine eyes, and he suddenly burst into laughter:

"She's gone mad... but not in the sense that she's throwing her life away; rather... she's using this opportunity to devour the will of the Miaohua Continent!"

"What does this mean?"

"Besides the Heavenly Dao acting as the manager, the world itself is also a vast, high-dimensional life form, which you can think of as—the group owner."

Everyone: "????"

No way, group admin, that's a ridiculous analogy.

But it was this simple and easy-to-understand metaphor that allowed them to quickly understand what Chi Miao was doing.

While reviving Nine Swords Mountain, she also attempted to devour the world's will, so that her own will could supersede the world's will of Miaohua Continent.

If successful, Chi Miao will have complete control over every blade of grass, every tree, every breeze, and every stream in Miaohua Continent.

This level of difficulty is no different from the ascension in Miaohua Continent before!

Chi Miao is only at the Mahayana stage; doing something like this is far too risky!

Can't she think of anything less reckless?!

Just then, Jingming spoke up: "They've arrived."

A powerful and ancient voice resounded:

"You are challenging the entire world!!!"

Chi Miao sneered, his golden eyes filled with disdain, the jade statue behind him already half destroyed.

"A soldier who doesn't want to be an officer isn't a good soldier. Perhaps some things in this world are better left to the beings of the world to govern?"

The ancient voice was filled with rage: "Then... let me see just how far you can go!"

At this moment, every corner of Miaohua Continent is shaking; it is the world's anger, their unwillingness to bear this provocation.

The independent Miaohua Continent is no longer as fragile as it once was; even true immortals dare not claim they can defy the will of the world.

But Chi Miao was not afraid at all. If she couldn't even do this kind of thing, wouldn't she be letting down the sacrifices made through countless lifetimes?

If we can't even handle this, how can we talk about creating the universe and truly achieving the ultimate goal that destiny points to for all eternity!

If she can't even handle this, and she loses the chance to revive her friends and relatives from Nine Swords Mountain, then what face will she have to become the ruler of the world?

The ceremony of the emperor's ascension to the throne was so that everyone could see it clearly!

She! Chi Miao! From the inside out! From living beings to gods to the world! She is the undisputed ruler of all under heaven!

The will of the world coalesced into a pure white dragon, unleashing a deafening roar at Chi Miao and charging towards his heart!

Even as he was struck by this attack, Chi Miao still waved the Emperor's Banner in his hand and shouted to the sky:

"The soul returns!!!!"

Boom—!

The enormous impact created a wormhole that disrupted time and space. An inexplicable explosion seemed to erupt from within one's mind. That golden-red figure and jade image, along with the chaotic flow of Dao energy, almost turned that area into a forbidden zone where living beings were on the verge of certain death!

Everyone was in a state of chaos at that moment.

A passerby who came to the Emperor's coronation ceremony simply to watch the drama almost had his Dao heart shattered:

"Damn it... We agreed we were just going to have an enthronement ceremony, how did this turn into all this? Chi Miao, you're playing such a big game?!"

"Did Chi Miao succeed? I can't see it, I can't see it at all. This energy fluctuation is too great. It's completely beyond our level. How is Chi Miao so awesome? Holy crap."

"So she actually already has the power of a sage, right? That's outrageous. If this were a fictional story, the power level imbalance would be too severe!"

"Mind your own business. What's done is done. Why don't you worry about the final outcome first?"

"They're out! They're out! There's a figure... Did Chi Miao win?"

"No—there's more than one figure!!!"

—Author's Note—

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