Essence Devouring Art

Golden Immortal Island.

RUMBLE—

The vast ocean of the Black Sea surged within the endless Destruction Divine Light. Under the world-refining Mighty Power of the three Heavy Artifacts, the waters continuously evaporated into nothingness.

「Beneath the seabed.」

Dense clusters of ancient stars and giant, unknown skeletons disintegrated into dust. An area as vast as a Star Realm was battered into a veritable Abyss.

WHOOSH~

A tyrannical pressure layered down from outside the World of the Heavy Artifacts, crashing down like a collapsing heaven. It was as if a great, primordial beast was striding toward this region.

”Which rat dares to intrude? The Carefree Emperor Sect is conducting business here. Don’t bring disaster upon yourself!”

The attendants from the Cave Heavens on the perimeter heard Jiang Yu’s sharp rebuke. A chill ran down their spines, but they blustered, shouting out the name of their backer to make the newcomer retreat.

THUD!

The heavy footstep was like a Divine Being beating a war drum.

It was also like the Stabilizing Needle piercing heaven and earth. With a single step, it suppressed the furiously surging Black Sea.

A black Daoist Robe fluttered in the wind.

A purple-gold Gourd hung from his waist.

His body was as majestic and unparalleled as a heaven-propping Demon God. His eyes were as deep as an abyss, and his divine bearing was soul-stealing.

But...

’Dharma Aspect?!’

The moment Jiang Yu, who had been bracing for a powerful enemy, saw Wu Dao, his androgynous face froze. His expression then turned utterly grim, feeling as if he’d been mocked.

He was at the Thirteenth Layer of an Emperor Grade Cave Heaven.

Whether someone was in the Cave Heavens Realm or not...

He could tell with a single glance from the changes in the Heaven and Earth Creation Qi.

Although he couldn’t see through the newcomer,

the aura surrounding him was still composed of the lower-level Extraordinary Factors beneath Creation Qi. It was, without a doubt, the Dharma Phase Level!

A Dharma Aspect...

Even a Daoist Child’s Dharma Aspect at the peak of Thirty-Three Heavens Perfection would have to tread carefully here!

’And he still dares to put on an act.’

’He must be out of his mind!’

”You there! Get rid of this clueless fool!”

Jiang Yu snorted coldly, ashamed of his earlier panic. He immediately ordered an attendant at the Ninth Layer of a Saint Grade Cave Heaven on the perimeter to execute Wu Dao.

A mere Dharma Aspect.

It wasn’t worthy of him taking action personally; that would be beneath his dignity.

”Don’t worry, Emperor’s Son! I’ll finish him in one strike!”

The Cave Heaven expert who received the order was a lean, middle-aged man. He held a silver willow-leaf saber, a Saint Grade Celestial Soldier, and gave off an incomparably sinister and treacherous air.

He took a single step.

He vanished silently into the void. A ghostly voice, like that of a soul-reaping Fierce Ghost, echoed across the Ten Directions as if toying with Wu Dao:

”Relax. This Saint Child’s blade is very quick; you won’t feel a thing. Of course, you can also try to run. That would add to the fun, hahaha.”

WHOOSH~

Above the constantly collapsing Black Sea,

Wu Dao’s majestic physique stood unmoving. With an indifferent expression, he perceived the lean young man who was darting about in the void with a mocking look on his face.

’It was like watching a circus monkey.’

’Not amusing.’

’Just a little noisy.’

”Tsk!”

The young man, hidden in space and intending to toy with Wu Dao, saw his lack of reaction and suddenly felt embarrassed.

BOOM!

He stepped out of space.

He crossed hundreds of millions of miles of spacetime in an instant.

”Die!”

The young Saint Child’s eyes flashed with killing intent as he appeared high in the sky above Wu Dao’s head, his expression terrifyingly cold.

He no longer had any intention of cautiously probing.

His first move was a killing blow.

He wouldn’t give him any chance at all.

CLANG!

A bright silver blade light suddenly pierced the Azure Abyss. Countless millions of miles of layered void were sliced in two. The single slash carved out a terrifying scene of Nine Cave Heavens being born and destroyed, of the sun setting and the moon being ruined!

A Ninth Layer Saint Grade Cave Heaven.

In the outside world, this was by no means a weak existence.

If he were to attack with his full power in the Chaotic Star Heaven Universe, he could instantly blast a small galaxy into dust.

Compared to that, a Dharma Aspect...

...was a world of difference. The two were simply incomparable.

”He really is tired of living.”

Jiang Yu coldly retracted his gaze. He didn’t need to think to know the result of that slash. He turned to resume his assault on Golden Immortal Island.

But in that very instant,

”Emperor’s Son, save me!”

A cry for help, filled with utter terror and horror, suddenly resounded throughout the universe, brimming with absolute despair.

What...

Jiang Yu whipped his head around.

He met Wu Dao’s abyss-black eyes and saw his majestic physique slowly striding forward.

THUD, THUD, THUD—

The footsteps were like celestial drums, shaking the Ten Directions.

Within the endless killing light of Creation that rained down from the sky,

Wu Dao was like a great dam holding back a vast sea. There were no divine lights or strange phenomena, just an ordinary stride.

But wherever he passed,

all the impacting Magnetic Field Energy disintegrated and exploded into nothingness!

All phenomena and scenes before him collapsed and shattered like a raging tide. He was unstoppable, like a supermassive black hole moving forward!

The Primordial Magnetic Dao.

It controlled the creation and destruction of all tangible and intangible Magnetic Fields.

This Incarnation of his wielded the Primordial Magnetic Power of a Fifteenth Layer Emperor Grade Grotto Heaven Level.

It was a classic case of the strong bullying the weak.

He didn’t need to lift a finger.

He only needed to release his Primordial Magnetic Power. With a single step, a single thought, he could obliterate all existing Magnetic Fields within his range.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—

As Wu Dao continued to stride forward,

the universe collapsed, and the vast ocean returned to nothingness.

Everything was being utterly destroyed!

The Heart Lake Alarm Bell of the Ninth Layer Saint Grade Cave Heaven expert who had attacked began to ring wildly. The aura of death devoured his Divine Soul.

But he felt as if spacetime had solidified into Divine Gold, rendering him unable to move an inch. All he could do was cry out to Jiang Yu for help.

But those would be his last words.

BUZZ!

Wu Dao slightly raised his eyes, casting an indifferent glance at the young Celestial Pride who was trapped in the field, screaming hysterically for help.

With just that one glance,

WHOOSH~

a tidal wave from the Magnetic Field swept over the young man.

As if hit by a dimensional-reduction strike, he was rapidly flattened from a three-dimensional being into a two-dimensional scroll within the Magnetic Field storm.

The scroll then turned into countless colorful threads.

The colored threads also disintegrated.

They degraded into primitive particles and returned to nothingness.

Of course,

his Divine Soul was an exception.

It was collected into All Heaven.

’After all, Wu Dao wasn’t some kind of Demon.’

’Annihilating both body and soul was too cruel.’

’If they were guilty, they should be re-educated. Mindless slaughter was wrong. The Sea of Suffering is boundless, but salvation is at hand.’

WHOOSH~

Above Golden Immortal Island,

there was dead silence.

The disciples of the Carefree Emperor Sect watched Wu Dao stride forward like a Great Demon God. Their limbs turned cold again, and they felt on the verge of suffocating.

A Ninth Layer Saint Grade Cave Heaven!

With just a single glance.

He was blasted into dust with just a glance!

GULP~

Jiang Yu’s mouth went dry. His expression was one of stunned shock, his entire worldview shattered. He almost thought he was dreaming.

’No.’

’Not even a dream could be this ridiculous!’

’This is a Dharma Aspect?’

’What kind of joke is this?!’

「Inside Golden Immortal Island.」

”Hahaha, the Alliance Leader is mighty!”

Lv Tiezhu and the others wore expressions of reverent fanaticism, howling with excitement. They wished they could rush out right now to prostrate themselves in worship.

Twenty years had passed.

The blurry figure from their memories—the one who suppressed all, tyrannical and heaven-propping—had not lost an ounce of his unparalleled majesty. On the contrary, he had become even greater, so far ahead it was impossible to even see his back, like a god or a demon!

「Outside.」

After the initial shock,

Jiang Yu quickly adjusted his mindset and reacted. Killing intent surged in his eyes as he snorted coldly,

”I don’t care what hidden methods you have! You dared to kill a disciple of my Carefree Emperor Sect. No one in heaven or on earth can save you now!”

Wu Dao’s earlier move.

It was indeed astonishing.

Annihilating a Ninth Layer Saint Grade Cave Heaven with a mere thought... he was most likely hiding his true cultivation level.

But Jiang Yu wasn’t afraid.

They had two World Heavy Artifacts on their side.

He himself was at the Thirteenth Heaven of an Emperor Grade Cave Heaven. He too could annihilate a Ninth Layer Saint Grade Cave Heaven without the slightest effort!

ROAR!!

The sound of a dragon’s roar shattered the heavens and the earth!

Before the sound of Jiang Yu’s voice had faded, he mobilized the Heavy Artifact he controlled: the Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors!

RUMBLE—

In an instant, the vast ocean lost all distinction between light and dark.

Black and white flickered at an ultra-high frequency.

At its core,

a World gushing with Yin and Yang Qi opened up. From it surged World Law Order, transforming into countless flood dragons that spanned the sky.

Countless flood dragons galloped like a river through the universe, carrying an unparalleled destructive might that could sever Yin and Yang and refine the World itself as they bore down on Wu Dao!

A World Heavy Artifact!

It contained the fundamental Power of a World’s Law!

It could suppress a World’s fortune so that it would never decline. It could also alter or shatter World Law, transforming a World into any desired form, or even refining it into nothingness!

Strictly speaking,

only a Creation Realm cultivator who had forged a complete Inner World and could absorb Creation Mother Qi could display the full offensive and defensive Mighty Power of a World Heavy Artifact.

But if one possessed Creation Mother Qi,

even those below the Creation Realm could release a fraction of a World Heavy Artifact’s Power.

The difference was...

...like an expert moving his own arm versus a child wielding a blade.

However,

even if it was ’a child wielding a blade,’

as long as the blade was sharp enough, it could still kill!

The Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors!

It was a Saint Grade World Heavy Artifact!

Furthermore, the Power of its Yin and Yang World countered the vast majority of Taoist Magic and Divine Techniques.

Wielding this World Heavy Artifact,

Jiang Yu would not even fear a Daozi Cave Heaven at Thirty-Three Heavens Perfection.

Of course,

that was assuming the opponent didn’t have a Heavy Artifact of the same grade.

ROAR!!

Myriad dragons surged across the sky like a tide, inverting Yin and Yang throughout the universe.

Seen from afar,

it looked as if a vast black-and-white World was grinding toward Wu Dao, who seemed more minuscule than a particle in comparison.

It was irresistible!

And it could not be blocked with brute force!

In just an instant,

Wu Dao felt that grave, destructive power, as immense as layer upon layer of Yin and Yang heavens collapsing. He absolutely could not face it head-on!

However,

’It’s just a World Heavy Artifact.’

’As if I don’t have one myself.’

CLICK~

Faster than a thought,

Wu Dao flicked the purple-gold Gourd at his waist, which was densely covered in World Dao Patterns.

BUZZ~

The moment the Gourd’s stopper opened,

the mouth of the Gourd, dark as a black hole, revealed a bottomless Abyss. Within, a furnace of Three-Colored Divine Fire could be faintly seen refining the sun, moon, and stars, as if an entire World was fused within that abyssal furnace!

An Emperor Grade World Heavy Artifact—

The Furnace Abyss Gourd!

The Furnace Abyss within the Gourd, devouring and melting the universe!

Half a month ago,

this was one of the Creations obtained by one of his Incarnations.

For this trip to search for the Primordial Demon,

Wu Dao, to prevent any accidents, had equipped this Incarnation with the Furnace Abyss Gourd. The small amount of Creation Mother Qi he had was also poured into the Gourd, ready to be used at any time.

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG—

The moment the Furnace Abyss Gourd was uncorked,

Jiang Yu felt an abyssal furnace open, and an endless sense of danger washed over him. The Heart Lake Alarm Bell rang furiously. Without time to think, he instinctively tried to withdraw the Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors.

But it was too late...

WHOOOM—

The Power of the World Law within the Furnace Abyss Gourd fully awakened! Wreathed in brilliant Three-Colored Divine Fire, it hung at the zenith of the Nine Heavens. The Gourd’s mouth transformed into a bottomless Black Abyss, unleashing a suction force of a Terror Level!

Instantly!

All of creation began to shake, crumble, and explode!

The sun and moon lost their light, and the world was plunged into darkness.

All things and all scenes, the ocean and the starry sky, were all sucked in and distorted into abstract scrolls, flowing like a thousand rivers returning to the sea into the Furnace Abyss Gourd.

”ROAR—”

The mournful howls of ten thousand dragons echoed.

The Yin-Yang Power unleashed by the Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors was completely suppressed, shaking and shattering as its laws continuously broke apart.

The flood dragons that spanned the sky,

were also sucked in completely within a single breath.

Then, they were refined by the Three-Colored Divine Fire within the Furnace Abyss Gourd into the world-origin Creation Mother Qi, which in turn fueled its Mighty Power like adding oil to a raging fire.

”An Emperor Grade Heavy Artifact!”

Jiang Yu struggled to control the Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors to keep them from being devoured, his expression turning extremely grim.

He never would have thought.

He had assumed the purple-gold Gourd on Wu Dao’s waist was merely an Imperial Artifact, but he never imagined it would actually be an Emperor Grade Heavy Artifact!

A higher rank crushes those below!

The same held true for Extraordinary items. Unless a Saint Grade Heavy Artifact was wielded by someone in the Creation Realm,

it would be incredibly difficult to fight against an Emperor Grade one!

...

”Vile fiend, don’t you dare be so arrogant!”

The instant the Yin-Yang Double Flood Dragon Scissors fell to a disadvantage,

the Carefree Emperor Sect elder wielding the blood-colored killing blade let out a thunderous roar and also turned his blade on Wu Dao.

ROAR!

The blood-colored killing blade was also a Saint Grade Heavy Artifact. The moment its World opened, it spewed forth a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, along with countless shadows of Asura Evil Ghosts.

This Heavy Artifact was somewhat unusual.

It seemed to possess a Power of Law that could defile all things in heaven and earth.

Wherever it passed,

the universe and the ocean withered, decayed, and melted, constantly falling into the blood sea World to be refined into foul pus.

RUMBLE—!

The scene of the three Heavy Artifacts clashing was extremely terrifying.

It was as if three Worlds were colliding and fighting to the death.

The Law Order was in complete chaos. Destructive Divine Lights of all colors flashed at ultra-high frequencies, radiating throughout the cosmos. Everything was undergoing a great annihilation!