Myth Beyond Heaven

ROOOOAR!

A deafening, primordial roar echoed not through sound, but through the soul of the universe itself.

Behind Nian Shi, the colossal, spectral form of the Primordial Azure Dragon God materialized, its scales shimmering with azure lightning. But this was no mere soul; it was a manifestation woven from Nian Shi’s chaotic power, making it more real and terrifying than ever before.

The dragon’s roar carried the authority to command the heavens and shatter worlds.

Simultaneously, three distinct flames erupted along the length of the God Slaying Sword. On one side burned the pure, nirvanic flames of the Divine Phoenix, capable of burning through karma and fate itself.

On the other side blazed the supreme solar flames of the Golden Crow, so intense they could vaporize concepts. And wreathed around the blade were the eternal, life-seeking flames of the Vermilion Bird.

“Let’s see you unmake this!” Nian Shi roared, thrusting the sword forward.

The dragon’s roar became a tangible wave of sonic destruction. The three supreme flames merged into a terrifying inferno of purification, evaporation, and consumption. And at the core of it all was the chaotic thrust of the God Slaying Sword.

Yin’s eyes narrowed. This was no longer a single, albeit powerful, force. This was a layered, coordinated assault of different primordial powers, all amplified and harmonized by the underlying chaos. He could not simply nullify it with a blanket wave of Uncreation.

He was forced to react with precision. One hand wove a complex pattern, creating a localized void that swallowed the dragon’s roar. The other hand met the flaming sword thrust, his palm becoming a sinkhole that tried to drain the flames.

BOOM!

The collision was even more devastating than before. The space for tens of thousands of light-years around them warped into a kaleidoscope of impossible colors and silent explosions before collapsing into a new, temporary black hole.

Yin was forced back a step. A flicker of annoyance crossed his face.

“Using the tricks of the child you murdered?” he sneered, deflecting a follow-up slash that carried the sharp, cutting intent of the White Tiger God’s lightning. “How pathetic. You are nothing but a thief wearing a stolen wardrobe!”

“A thief who is about to rob you of your existence!” Nian Shi shot back, his movements becoming a whirlwind.

His fighting style was now unmistakably an enhanced, more ruthless version of Yun Lintian’s. He used the Black Turtle’s profound defense to create momentary, unbreakable shields against Yin’s counterattacks.

He used the Qilin’s righteous judgment to find flaws in Yin’s defenses. He used the Ice Phoenix’s glacial domain to try and slow Yin’s reactions.

Each attack was a masterpiece of destruction, combining multiple divine beast powers into a single, cohesive, and deadly whole. He was no longer just swinging a sword; he was conducting an orchestra of annihilation.

For a moment, Yin was suppressed. He was forced onto the defensive, parrying, redirecting, and dissolving the relentless, varied assaults. A slash infused with Phoenix flame would be followed by a kick carrying the weight of the Black Turtle, which would then be followed by a gaze that held the petrifying cold of the Ice Phoenix.

“You are like a noisy insect, buzzing with stolen powers!” Yin growled, a trace of genuine irritation in his voice as he vaporized a torrent of Golden Crow flames. “It is time to swat you down!”

The pressure on him had reached a tipping point. He could no longer afford to play defense.

With a sharp gesture, he finally reached into the heart of his own being and summoned his weapon.

A sword materialized in his hand. It was not made of metal or any known material. It was a literal shard of nothingness given form. It had no color, no reflection, no edge that could be seen. Looking at it was like looking into a perfect, absolute void that hurt the mind.

This was the Sword of Nothingness, the true weapon of Uncreation.

The moment the sword appeared, Yin’s aura exploded outwards with a new, terrifying intensity. The infinite hunger of the void intensified a thousand-fold. The very concept of “hope” seemed to die in the surrounding cosmos.

“The party is over, usurper,” Yin stated, his voice now flat and utterly deadly. “Let us end this farce.”

He moved.

His movement was not fast; it was inevitable. He swung the Sword of Nothingness.

There was no flashy technique. The sword simply passed through space, and where it passed, reality ceased. It didn’t cut; it deleted.

Nian Shi met it with the God Slaying Sword, now blazing with all the powers of the divine beasts.

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The sound was not a metallic ring, but the sound of existence screaming in protest. The clash was not between two blades, but between the concept of “everything” and the concept of “nothing.”

The resulting shockwave was unlike any before. It was a wave of absolute erasure.

A quarter of the known universe, a region containing billions of galaxies, simply vanished from the cosmic map. It was not destroyed; it was rendered as if it had never existed in the first place.

“You really fight with a child’s bag of tricks!” Yin roared, his voice laced with a frustration he hadn’t shown in eons.

He dissolved the Phoenix flames, but the momentary distraction allowed Nian Shi to land a solid kick infused with the Black Turtle’s weight, sending Yin skidding back through the void.

“The ‘child’ you speak of built a foundation that is now crushing you!” Nian Shi taunted, not missing a beat. He pressed the advantage, his God Slaying Sword becoming a blur.

Swoosh!

A slash carrying the Vermilion Bird’s eternal flame was seamlessly followed by a thrust wreathed in the Golden Crow’s solar fury, all while the spectral Azure Dragon coiled around him, its roar disrupting Yin’s concentration.

Slowly, inexorably, Nian Shi began to gain an edge. It was a slight margin, a hair’s breadth of superiority, but at their level, it was everything. He was adapting faster, his combination of raw, chaotic power and versatile techniques proving slightly more effective than Yin’s pure, overwhelming negation.

Yin found himself forced back, parrying furiously. His Sword of Nothingness was still an absolute defense, deleting anything it touched, but Nian Shi’s attacks were coming from too many angles, with too many different properties.

He couldn’t negate them all perfectly.

The Chasm of Uncreation, the very first being alongside the Creator that was born into this universe, was actually cornered by the new emerging contender.

It was unprecedented…