Chapter 616

Chapter 616: Dao follows nature

Roar!

Bei Di roared, manifesting the true form of the Black Tortoise. The flying serpent coiled across the heavens, while the divine tortoise, bearing the Great Zhou Tian Star Disk covered in cracks, charged at the Epochal Celestial Lord like Gong Gong furiously striking Mount Buzhou.

"A lazy ant trying to shake a tree!"

Boom!

The Epochal Celestial Lord deployed his immense divine power, mysterious light brewing in his palm.

"Purifying World Mysterious Light!"

He slammed down his palm, and as the mysterious light touched the Black Tortoise’s true body, he saw its flesh begin to dissolve continuously, vanishing into nothingness within the space of a few breaths.

The Epochal Celestial Lord stirred his divine power and took away the Great Zhou Tian Star Disk.

However, with Bei Di no longer controlling it, the Great Zhou Tian Star Disk began to crumble bit by bit. Even if the Dao Ancestor used all his strength, it was beyond saving.

"I vow to eradicate the Black Tortoise clan!" the Epochal Celestial Lord said furiously.

Bang bang bang!

Without the suppression of the epochal treasure, the Sea of Yuan Magnetic Star Light rapidly shattered like glass, eroded by resentment, noxious qi, and evil qi. The Sea of Star Light turned ink-black.

"Ke ke ke…"

Sinister thoughts surged out evil, swirling like heavenly demons.

That sound brimmed with ultimate charm, containing all sorts of beauty. Even the Epochal Celestial Lord grew dazed in an instant, and countless beautiful figures manifested in his Purple Palace.

In that eerie silence, he seemed to perceive the future.

"Dao One…"

The Epochal Celestial Lord’s smile spread across his face.

"No!"

The next moment, the Epochal Celestial Lord suddenly realized: how could he have achieved Dao One?

He could never do so in this lifetime!

It was all an illusion.

"Bold heavenly demons, evil heretics, how dare you show off your tricks before this lord?" the Epochal Celestial Lord roared, his voice resonating like a giant bell through heaven and earth.

Bang bang bang bang!

The evil qi and resentment drifting in the void vanished completely under that roar.

Yet, more bizarre forces floated up into the void.

The Sea of Yuan Magnetic Star Light was fully assimilated into the Evil Sea; countless black shadows drifted through it. The purest evil in the world, like a ferocious beast escaping its cage, devoured the heavens and devoured the earth.

The Epochal Celestial Lord immediately stepped into the past.

He still wanted to save it once more.

After all, he had seized the Cold Light Immortal Domain and toiled hard for years; he couldn’t let it be lost to Bei Di in a single day!

"Heh heh heh…"

But when he stepped into the River of Time, he suddenly discovered that even the past had been polluted by the evil of the Evil Sea, with thick black gas covering the world like a haze blocking the sky, sealing off the world of the past.

"Trouble is big!"

Epochal Celestial Lord frowned tightly and felt extremely troublesome.

"With my power alone, it’s impossible to stop the spread of the Evil Sea."

He was filled with worry.

"Once the power of the Evil Sea is fully released, it will inevitably erode the world of the Pure Land, cause the yin realm to manifest, and initiate the first step of Yin and Yang Fusion!"

"The master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion has misled the people of the world!"

He sighed heavily.

This was no ordinary dangerous place.

The terror of the Evil Sea could perhaps contend with the third epoch of disaster soil where the Witch Master fell. That strange evil force was formless and immaterial, yet it could corrode everything.

Even the lofty world of the Pure Land could not escape.

He could only delay time.

Thinking of this,

Epochal Celestial Lord summoned one formation flag after another, eighty-one in total, which was remarkably a set of epochal treasures. With a wave of his hand, the Eighty-one Formation Flags flew toward various parts of the void.

Buzz!

When the formation flags landed, divine patterns interweaved in the void, constructing layer upon layer of void worlds, exactly eighty-one layers, matching the formation.

After completing this, Epochal Celestial Lord did not stop.

He also summoned a Treasured Mirror, also an epochal treasure, with mysterious light flowing around it, extremely sacred, originating from the same source as the power he used to subdue Bei Di Xuanwu.

The Treasured Mirror hung high in the air, divine patterns fluttering, giving off a colorful glow, and its mysterious light shone upon the Evil Sea.

Buzz buzz!

When the Evil Sea was illuminated by the Purifying World Mysterious Light Mirror, black gas emerged, revealing its ugly side, resembling Asura demons and Yaksha evil spirits, screaming as they turned into smoke.

The Purifying World Mysterious Light penetrated into the eighty-one layers of void, layer by layer dissolving the power of the Evil Sea.

But his power was just a drop in the bucket.

The Evil Sea gradually revived, and the black gas wriggled. In a few days, it had spread and covered the first layer of void. At the same time, evil was invading the world of the Pure Land.

"Has it begun?"

In the Ninth Era region of the world of the Pure Land, Shenjie, the Dao Ancestor of the Haotian lineage, sensed the anomaly in the heavens and earth and gazed at the scene of the Cold Light Immortal Domain.

"The Evil Sea?"

Shenjie’s eyes focused. "The master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion’s calculation was indeed correct."

"This place was covered by the Sea of Yuan Magnetic Star Light, showing no sign of it, but once the Sea of Star Light was destroyed, it became hard to suppress the Evil Sea, and it invaded the world of the Pure Land."

"In another thirty days, it’s likely that a corner of the yin realm will collide with a corner of the yang realm, and the two worlds will overlap in reality, initiating the first step of fusion."

"Exactly."

The Faceless Celestial Sovereign approached and said lightly, "Everyone knows that the Evil Sea condenses the evil thoughts of all times; even the Pure Land can be corroded."

But no one could guess that the first step of the fusion of the yin and yang realms began from here.

"My lord," Shenjie said respectfully. "I have something that remains unclear to me."

"Speak," said the Faceless Celestial Sovereign calmly.

"When did the Epochal Celestial Lord become a Dao Ancestor?" Shenjie was very astonished; the Haotian lineage monitored the yang realm of all heavens and ten thousand domains, and even when the Hall Master of Hongmeng became a Dao Ancestor, nothing slipped past them. But the Epochal Celestial Lord suddenly revealing his cultivation as a Dao Ancestor was truly surprising.

"The Book of Fortune is still in the past era, not in the hands of the Epochal Celestial Lord. How did he achieve his breakthrough?" Shenjie grew more confused the more she thought about it.

"It’s normal that you couldn’t see it," the Faceless Celestial Sovereign smiled. "He possesses the power of a Dao One powerhouse. Even Haotian couldn’t deduce his true origins."

"But when he made a move today, he revealed his flaw."

"My lord, do you already know his identity?" Shenjie’s gaze shifted.

The Faceless Celestial Sovereign nodded. "He’s just a mantis trying to stop a chariot," he shook his head and said. "Amid the torrent of time, even a Dao One cannot resist it. What big waves could an ordinary Dao Ancestor stir, even with Dao One’s support?" Shenjie’s eyes deepened. She vaguely guessed the Epochal Celestial Lord’s real identity.

"Then… should we lend him a hand, stop the erosion of the Evil Sea, and delay the pace of Yin and Yang Fusion?" Shenjie inquired.

"It’s unnecessary," "Dao follows nature," said the Faceless Celestial Sovereign leisurely. "What must come will surely come."

…

In the world of the Pure Land, the Epoch of Disaster Soil. The Primordial Dao God wore a blue robe, gazing at the ink-like evil power that crept in like woodworms, aiming to cover the Epoch of Disaster Soil.

"I never imagined that the trigger for Yin and Yang Fusion would be ignited by a Great Celestial Lord," the Primordial Dao God laughed.

"Isn’t it the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion’s doing?" a man clad in a black robe smiled bitterly—he was Xuan Ancestor.

"Master, why did you not intervene to stop it?" Xuan Ancestor was deeply perplexed. With his strength, he could easily suppress the Sea of Yuan Magnetic Star Light and repair the Great Zhou Tian Star Disk, so how could he let a Great Celestial Lord disrupt everything? "Why intervene?" The Primordial Dao God’s view matched the Faceless Celestial Sovereign’s. "The heavenly path flows with regularity." Those words held a similar essence to "Dao follows nature."

"By stepping in to prevent it, you defy the Dao’s laws, likely leading to adverse results," the Primordial Dao God looked up at the sky and murmured, "You must understand, this is the unfolding pattern of the Hongmeng Dao Realm."

"No one can defy it," Xuan Ancestor said gravely.

"What we must do is find loopholes in its operation to preserve a shred of hope," the Primordial Dao God smiled lazily. "Striving against heaven brings infinite joy!"