Outside Of Time

Chapter 1764  Why Would I Not Dare!

Venerable God.

The supreme existence within the Fourth Star Ring.

After a prolonged silence, the Venerable God finally emerged from the divine court, stepping out slowly.

The starlight began to distort, and countless arcs of rainbow-colored electricity manifested out of thin air, weaving into a grand staircase that materialized beneath Its feet.

It stepped onto the staircase, walking forward step by step.

With each step, the fabric of the cosmos cracked like fragile porcelain, revealing fleeting, illusory scenes within the fissures.

In some scenes, all things began to reverse their growth—ancient trees shrinking back into seeds, and mature lifeforms regressing to their embryonic states.

In others, stars withered and died, erupting in a blaze of brilliance that illuminated the cosmos with a tangible radiance.

These scenes were a testament to Its majesty.

The entire Fourth Star Ring was affected.

Fragile lifeforms exploded, their bodies blooming like lotuses, their brains transforming into rainbow bridges that stretched into the heavens.

All temples emitted earth-shaking hums, unable to withstand the supreme divine presence, undergoing instinctive transformations, becoming transparent and gradually turning into shimmering divine matter.

Even the star orbits that marked the passage of day and night solidified into crystalline structures.

Ancient creatures hidden in the crevices of time curled their tentacles toward the divine court, trembling in awe.

As for the Lord Gods, they too bowed Their noble heads in the direction of the divine court.

All of this… was worship!

At this moment, all eyes were on the Venerable God.

Until, step by step, Its vast and unfathomable form—a form that no mortal or divine being could fully comprehend—finally appeared in the cosmos.

Its body was composed of three trillion overlapping shadows!

The outermost layer was a misty outline flowing with galactic debris, collapsing inward into a humanoid silhouette, only to burst into countless stars before fully forming.

Anyone attempting to gaze upon Its face would only see a swirling vortex of collapsing nebulae, each fold seemingly hiding cycles of birth and annihilation.

Within it surged torrents of energy that tore through dimensional rifts.

Occasionally, streams of light spilled out, scattering into stardust that fell into mortal realms, becoming divine radiance that stretched for millions of miles across the heavens.

Under this light, the winds on the stars froze, and countless clouds turned into black glass edged with gold. At the same time, the divine artifacts of the gods began to seep dark golden liquid!

They wailed.

These artifacts, meant to be eternal, began to decay under the divine presence.

This was the Venerable God!

And the divine voice that echoed throughout the Star Ring was the divine decree that influenced all beings.

”The umbilical cord of the gods, the boundless end… has finally opened!”

This path was indeed hidden deep within the divine way…”

This voice did not echo in the ears of the gods but resonated deep within Their bones, like the tolling of a grand bell!

For all language lost meaning the moment the divine decree descended.

All beings, including the gods, now received the direct imprint of shifting rules upon the core of their souls.

And then… they began to collapse.

Because within it were nine words, a great taboo!

And the impact of this on the external world was not even intentional.

This was merely the faintest ripple of Its presence, the slightest overflow of Its power, and yet it was enough to cause the entire Fourth Star Ring to begin transforming into something strange and otherworldly.

Whether True Gods or Lord Gods… even the coffin hidden in the depths of the void… all fell silent at this moment.

Floating in the vortex of divine chains.

The Venerable God Itself, from beginning to end, was focused only on the old man in straw sandals standing before It.

”I did not stop your arrangements here. Now… will you stop me?”

The Venerable Godʼs gaze fell upon the old man.

The old manʼs eyes flickered with confusion as he sensed the opened star gate beyond the location of the Primordial Home Planet.

Then… he shook his head.

The Venerable God spoke no more, raising Its left hand.

In Its palm appeared not the sun or moon, nor chaos, but something beyond material form—a ”concept of existence.”

Countless pupil-like rings of light flickered within it.

Each ring reflected the rise and fall of entirely different civilizations.

This was Its supreme divine aspect, incomprehensible to those not of equal level!

Gazing at Its palm, the Venerable God slowly clenched Its hand and then took a step forward.

With this step, Its vast form traversed infinity, arriving outside the Primordial Home Planet.

There, it did not even glance at the mother planet, Its eyes fixed solely on… the opened star gate and the gray world within.

Without hesitation, for this was the one opportunity It had waited countless ages for, It stepped into the star gate!

To pursue… the path of the Divine God!

As Its colossal form, with Its terrifying stature, entered the star gate, the gate itself began to tremble, as if unable to bear the weight.

The divine way of the Fourth Star Ring struggled against it.

But it was futile, for the gate… was already open!

And so, in the next moment, the Venerable Godʼs figure forcibly entered, completely disappearing into the gray world, charging toward the depths of the mist!

As for the star gate, under this violent intrusion, it shattered into pieces, collapsing entirely.

Along with the sound of its collapse echoed the lament of the Fourth Star Ringʼs divine way.

The divine way… was in decline!

But before this, the chains formed from the symbols of the star gate had already extended outward, and so even as the gate crumbled and the chains within disintegrated, a fragment of the chain… fell toward the Primordial Home Planet.

In an instant, it pierced through all dimensions, even the fortune of the Fifth Star Ring unable to stop it, as it appeared in the sky above the Primordial Home Planet.

Like a world-devouring serpent, it lunged toward Young Master Aurora below!

This was unexpected!

And the pressure from this fragment of the chain caused the Primordial Home Planet to tremble, the sky shattering completely. Xu Qing and Fairy Spirit Phoenix felt their minds and spirits shaken.

This was not divine might, nor was it the power of the immortal path.

It was something far more ancient and mysterious, beyond the scope of understanding.

Like a cataclysm.

Young Master Aurora was in peril.

”The immortal path values life, the divine path values death… I shall use your power to accelerate the shedding of my divine aspect!”

Under this overwhelming cataclysm, Young Master Auroraʼs eyes flashed with determination. Muttering to himself, he raised his right hand and plunged it into his eyes.

With a pull, he extracted the golden light from his eyes, severing it in his palm!

Blood gushed from his eye sockets.

Without hesitation, he used the dao bones within his body, which were currently transforming, to reclaim the true Ordinance he had been born with as a child… the Mirror Ordinance!

Then, using this most primal Ordinance, he replaced his lost eyes.

In the next moment, light returned to his eyes!

His vision was restored!

These eyes, imbued with the power of the mirror, reflected the river of fortune in all directions, wherever he looked.

As if the river of fortune itself had risen within him!

Causing the river of fortune to surge into his body.

Amidst the roaring, the power of fortune intertwined within and without, amplifying each other!

Causing Young Master Aurora to erupt with a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering aura, merging completely with the fortune of the Fifth Star Ring. In that moment, his voice echoed.

”Xu Qing, I have a gift for you. Do you dare to accept it?”

Xu Qingʼs eyes gleamed with curiosity upon hearing this.

He had already guessed what Young Master Auroraʼs gift might be!

There was only one gift that Young Master Aurora, having transformed from god to immortal, could not touch himself!

That was… the divine authority over fate that Young Master Aurora had seized from the Venerable God of the Fourth Star Ring during his ascension to Lord God!

And the reason Xu Qing could guess this was because he understood the purpose behind the Venerable Immortal sending him here!

His mind shook violently, his breathing grew rapid, and he responded with resolute determination.

”Of course I dare!”

The karma of Desolate was something others dared not touch, but Xu Qing himself had long been deeply entwined with Desolate.

His divine avatar had been forged from the flesh and blood of Desolate.

Though it had been stolen by his senior brother, and later used by his master in an unknown manner.

But the fact remained, and so taking on the divine authority was nothing in comparison.

With this thought, Xu Qingʼs eyes shone with intense light.

In the sky above, Young Master Aurora laughed upon hearing Xu Qingʼs response.

He raised his right hand and grasped at the sky, causing the fortune of the Fifth Star Ring to gather in his hand, forming a blade of fortune!

Then, using the vibration of his dao bones as power, the fusion of his Lord God and Immortal Lord energy, and the divine spark from the divine calamity as guidance, he swung the blade of fortune toward the approaching chain of runes…

And slashed!

As this slash fell, the threads of fate in the Fourth Star Ring cracked, the light of past and future intertwining into a waterfall of blood.

The Fifth Star Ring also trembled, all beings resonating in unison.

Together, they accompanied the blade as it clashed with the chain.

A sound like the splitting of heaven and earth erupted over the Primordial Home Planet, spreading to the sea of memories.

Stirring up colossal waves.

The chain trembled!

Young Master Aurora also trembled violently, retreating as if countless universes had exploded within him, his body torn by countless wounds, divine blood transforming into crimson ice crystals that scattered in all directions.

Each crystal reflected the projection of his transformation from immortal to god.

And these crystals, under the collision of fortune and the chain, rapidly melted.

Forming chaotic waters that reshaped the foundation of the immortal path, surging toward Young Master Aurora.

As they poured into his dantian, his divine sea began to collapse and reform, the divine aspect buried at its depths rising, countless threads connecting to Young Master Aurora.

It was resisting the incoming external force!

These threads were karma!

”Not enough!!”

Young Master Aurora spat out a mix of gold and silver blood, watching as the threads remained unbroken, his expression twisted with ferocity.

His pupils now bore the pattern of yin-yang fish.

His left eye showed the divine aspect entwined with threads of karma, rising and falling with the collapsing laws of the Fourth Star Ring.

His right eye showed the newly born immortal energy vortex, reflecting all living beings of the Fifth Star Ring.

With a leap, he charged once more toward the descending chain of runes!