System Possession, One Sword Shocks the Gods

265: The true power of the sword points to the heavens.“I... have arrived in person... to bestow upon you... eternal sinking!”

The voice did not travel through the air but originated directly from the wailing of the Laws of the Universe, like billions of icebergs colliding and shattering deep within the Soul!

The entire Valley of Buried Soldiers—no, the entire space-time of the Ancient Path within sight and perception—was violently bending and collapsing at this moment!

The sky was no longer dark red but was covered by a pure, ultimate darkness that devoured all light!

The earth roared, and the ruins of the throne of bones were further pulverized and annihilated under the invisible pressure, while the lingering phantoms of immortal battle spirits let out silent, fearful shrieks and instantly faded away!

In the direction of the Emerald Forest Realm, the barrier that had just barely stabilized emitted a harsh cracking sound, spiderweb-like cracks covered the emerald light curtain, and the wailing from the ancient tree of life was clearly audible!

This was the might of the Abyssal Lord descending in his true form!

Merely the unconscious emission of his will and force field was enough to bring an entire world to its end!

Ye Chen bore the brunt of it!

He felt as if he had been thrown into an invisible, constantly tightening Chaos millstone!

The surrounding space solidified like divine iron, the flow of time became chaotic, and a terrifying, irresistible force aimed at completely erasing his very existence squeezed in on him from all directions!

His cultivation, which had just reached the Late Stage of the Law Realm and was incredibly stable, was like a candle in a gale before this force, teetering on the brink of collapse!

The demon seal in his chest, which had already achieved balance, sent waves of intense burning pain; it felt as if the power of return to silence within it was afraid and trembling!

The gap! An insurmountable gap!

This was not a gap in the level of power, but an absolute suppression in the essence of life and the authority of Law!

“Pfft—!”

Ye Chen could not even make a move before spitting out another mouthful of blood; his face, which had just regained its rosy complexion, instantly turned as pale as gold paper, and his bones groaned under the unbearable load!

He held the chaos and silence sword, the blade humming, and the dark gray Sword Intent of return to silence erupted autonomously, barely supporting a gray Domain of less than a zhang around him to resist the omnipresent power of annihilation, but it only delayed the process of being crushed!

“Fellow Daoist Ye Chen!”

Qing Lin cried out in alarm; she wanted to step forward but was pinned firmly in place by the terrifying force field, unable to even lift a finger, and could only watch helplessly as Ye Chen struggled under the Lord’s pressure, blood constantly spilling from the corners of his mouth.

“Does the light of an ant dare to compete with the bright moon?”

In that ultimate darkness covering the firmament, two huge, scarlet eyes, like the abyss of a blood prison, slowly opened and indifferently “looked down” at Ye Chen, who was as small as dust below.

Within those eyes, there was no emotion, only a pure negation and indifference toward “existence” itself.

As the eyes opened, the force field that was crushing everything doubled once more!

“Crack!”

The gray Domain around Ye Chen emitted a shattering sound, its range compressed to only protect his body!

His arm holding the sword trembled violently, the web between his thumb and index finger split, and golden blood flowed down the blade.

His chaos minor world vibrated crazily within his body, the five-leaf Chaos seedling’s light flashing rapidly as it tried its best to maintain the stability of the world, but it still showed signs of disintegration!

Impossible to resist! Even the slightest thought of resistance seemed so ridiculous under this absolute pressure!

Despair, like a cold tide, tried to drown Ye Chen’s will.

“Is this... how it ends?”

“No!”

Just as his consciousness was about to be swallowed by despair, the light of Chaos and return to silence intertwined in the depths of Ye Chen’s eyes suddenly erupted with the final and most intense flame!

He remembered the destruction of the Star Pavilion, the perseverance and tragic heroism of the Bedrock Giants, Qing Lin’s self-sacrificing rescue, the hope in the eyes of the Wood Spirit Clan warriors, and even more, the legacy passed down by Senior Yu, as well as the final hope of resisting the abyss represented by the source core of silence behind that door!

He came to this Ancient Path to follow in the footsteps of his predecessors, collect authority, and seek the truth, not to kneel and beg for mercy or offer his neck for slaughter at this moment!

His Dao is Chaos! It is inclusion! It is evolution! And even more... it is unyielding! It is the Sword Heart that cuts through all obstacles!

“We Sword Cultivators—”

Ye Chen abruptly raised his head, letting blood gush from his seven orifices and stain his pale face, but his eyes were as bright as burning stars!

He roared at the scarlet eyes above the firmament, a roar that tore through the Soul:

“I would rather take the straight path than seek a crooked one!!”

“Roar—!”

He poured all his remaining power, the Chaos Origin, the authority of return to silence, the power of balance from the demon seal, and even his unyielding Sword Intent and will, without reservation, into the chaos and silence sword in his hand!

“Hum!!!!!”

The long sword emitted an unprecedented wail and clang!

On the blade, dark gray light shot into the sky, no longer for defense, but transformed into a chaotic and silent sword qi that tore through the darkness and fought against the firmament!

This sword qi contained all of Ye Chen’s understanding of Chaos and return to silence, contained all the persistence and sacrifices he had made along the way, and even more, contained his unyielding, death-defying, and determined Sword Heart!

The sword qi was not large; compared to the darkness covering the firmament, it was as small as a firefly.

But the will and Dao rhyme condensed upon it were like a chisel, fiercely striking at that seemingly unshakable absolute authority!

“Hmm?”

Above the firmament, for the first time, a trace of an extremely subtle fluctuation flashed in that pair of scarlet eyes; it was a kind of... surprise, similar to seeing an ant trying to shake a mountain?

It seemed not to have expected that this ant, under its absolute pressure, would not only not collapse but instead erupt with such a resolute, such... dazzling blow.

The sword qi surged upwards; wherever it passed, the solidified space was forcibly torn, the chaotic time was briefly severed, and even the omnipresent force field of annihilation was torn open by a tiny gap by this sword qi, which had condensed a trace of the “Wuji” true meaning and the Origin of return to silence!

It could not harm the Lord’s true form in the slightest, nor could it even get close to those eyes.

But it successfully cast Ye Chen’s will, his Dao, his unyielding nature, his everything... fiercely toward that supreme existence!

This was a declaration! A challenge! An unyielding spirit that would never bow its head even if death and the dissipation of the Dao were to follow!

“Interesting bug.”

The indifferent voice sounded again, carrying a trace of imperceptible playfulness.

“But, that is all.”

A giant hand covering the sky, composed of pure darkness and countless twisted Laws, slowly extended from the ultimate darkness and gently... pressed down toward the sword qi fighting against the firmament below, and toward Ye Chen, who was small behind the sword qi.

There was no momentum, no energy fluctuation.

But Ye Chen felt that he, along with everything around him, the very concept of existence, was being... forcibly stripped and erased from this space-time by that hand!

The chaos and silence sword qi, the moment it touched the giant hand, melted and disintegrated silently, like snow meeting a scorching sun!

Death, unprecedentedly clear!

Ye Chen stared fixedly at the descending giant hand, no fear in his eyes, only Battle Intent and regret burning to the extreme.

In the end... I am still not strong enough...

However, at this critical moment—

An anomaly occurred, exceeding everyone’s expectations, and perhaps even... exceeding the expectations of the descending Lord!

“Hum—!”

When the stabilized dark gray demon seal in Ye Chen’s chest felt the power of the Abyssal Origin contained within the sky-covering giant hand—a power of the same source but far more vast and terrifying—it not only did not fear, but the vortex at its center suddenly began to rotate wildly in reverse!

An unprecedented desire to devour, not actively driven by Ye Chen, erupted with a roar, like a sleeping Vicious Beast awakened by a higher-level blood sacrifice!

At the same time, the chaos and silence sword in his hand, which had fused with the source core of silence, seemed to be stimulated by something, and the dark gray crystal at the hilt (formed by the source core) suddenly lit up!

The next moment—

At the edge of the descending giant hand, a wisp of pure Abyssal Origin Qi was forcibly... torn and devoured by the demon seal in Ye Chen’s chest and the source core sword in his hand!

“Ssh—!”

Like a drop of water falling onto a red-hot iron, that wisp of Abyssal Origin was instantly divided and absorbed by the demon seal and the source core!

Ye Chen’s whole body shook violently, feeling a cold, violent power far exceeding his limit of endurance surge into his body, almost bursting him open!

But the cycle formed by the demon seal and the source core, with a barbaric posture, forcibly suppressed and transformed this power!

Although it was only an insignificant wisp, for that sky-covering giant hand, this was undoubtedly... blasphemy!

Above the firmament, that pair of scarlet eyes, for the first time, clearly... narrowed.

A will, far exceeding the previous one and truly carrying anger, descended with a boom!

“You... dare to... devour... my power?!”