Chapter 578

Chapter 578: Encirclement and Annihilation

“Ding!!!”

The eighth toll of the bell rang out, its heavy sound piercing through the three heavens, shaking even the Honored Beings standing in the Red Heaven. Many Honored Beings momentarily found their forms flickering.

The third heaven trembled, causing these carriers of power to briefly leave the material world.

Though it wasn’t a serious matter, the implications were terrifying, leaving even these Honored Beings in silence.

On the second heaven, Azure Heaven,

They were about to fall into the hands of this unknown Master of Heaven’s Cavern!

If this cavern continued to expand unchecked, wouldn’t it eventually form a Fourth Heaven that enveloped the world, overshadowing the three heavens and directly severing them from three major realms?

Killing intent inevitably spread.

“Who can step forward and slay him?”

“To slay him means becoming a king or a monarch, gaining invincibility, and immense merit!”

“Why don’t we all join forces, fellow Daoists!”

Many Honored Beings’ energies intertwined, their killing intent evident, as Royal Path Extreme Weapons were summoned, ready for action at any moment.

They were indeed cautious, hoping someone would take the lead, not wanting to act rashly.

After all, one misstep could make them one of the twenty-one Honored Beings to be slain.

Even if they could kill the Master of Heaven’s Cavern, the enormous rules of slaughter that awaited them would deter nearly all from striking first.

This time, the only reason they were willing to summon their Royal Path Extreme Weapons was that this invincible being was at the cusp of advancement!

If he had already ascended to Azure Heaven as the Master of Heaven’s Cavern, it would be difficult to find the willingness to act against him. The Master was far too powerful, requiring ultimate foundations to resist him.

Royal Path Extreme Weapons and Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts possessed unbelievable foundations, but using such divine weapons surely incurred losses, didn’t it?

If they aimed to exterminate this Master of Heaven’s Cavern with full force, the returns might not justify the risks; their own foundations could be exhausted, risking their very inheritance.

With such immense risks, how many millennia could the foundations of the Royal Path powers survive this?

Are true monarchs so easily persuaded not to kill?

Many Royal Path families ended up exterminated after establishing grudges with monarchs. Once, a highly prosperous mythological Dao sect almost unified the Red Heaven during a time before monarchs arrived, with arrogance so extreme they believed a monarch would surely emerge among their line one day thousands of years later.

In the end, after forming a blood feud with that generation’s monarch, the monarch rose up like a main character, ultimately pointing heavenward and bringing down the bright moon.

Under such tremendous power, the so-called invincible mythological Dao sect was crushed to ashes and reduced to historical dust.

No one cares about the failures; unless they’ve felt it themselves, only the true top powers remember this history as a cautionary tale. In the Red Heaven realm, countless possibilities exist. Even if they exert all efforts to seal off everything, surprising entities will eventually emerge to shatter any peaks reached.

“When we act, it must be to secure a killing blow.”

Multiple Honored Beings held Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts, waiting for the moment to erupt. They certainly would strike; otherwise, getting severed across three major realms would place their lives solely in the hands of this individual.

“Ding——!!!!”

The ninth bell toll finally resounded again, the roaring sound overpowering everything as the Dual Heavens tore apart. The man standing amidst the chaos spread his arms, and a blue light fell from the sky, piercing through the world. The entire Red Heaven realm shook violently. The ground, air, spirit energy, and everything else turned chaotic in that brief moment.

This signaled the imminent breakthrough to Azure Heaven!

From the perspective of the material world, one would reasonably think this blue light penetrated the sky from below, but in fact, it was the opposite.

The Mystic Heaven lay above, Azure Heaven in the middle, while Red Heaven was the dimension closest to the material world. Thus, the power coursed down from above.

After the Mystic Heaven attained its path, the three heavens gradually formed, clearly separating the laws of the Royal Path and the laws of the Holy Path.

Practicing the laws of the Royal Path began from the First Heaven, the outermost layer, where interference was minimal, and difficulty lower, making breakthroughs easier—the primary path to longevity. The only drawback was that, being in the outer heavens, their influence over the Red Heaven realm was greatly reduced. Once, monarchs bestowed blessings upon all beings; that capability was now lost.

Conversely, the laws of the Holy Path began from Red Heaven. The higher Mystic and Azure Heavens would suppress practitioners, rendering them almost immobile. Each breakthrough necessitated passing through heavenly tribulations, with death being a common outcome. Meanwhile, if the Holy Path pierced through the three heavens and descended upon the Earth, it would gain maximum influence over the material world, modifying rules at a vastly superior speed and effect compared to the Royal Path.

Once one embarked on the Royal Path, shifting to the Holy Path required normally unreachable strength, only the Master of Heaven’s Cavern could possibly manage it.

This is force breaking skill, regardless of the foundation, as long as there is sufficient power to shatter the barrier. With Yun Ye’s authority over the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, he could compensate for the inadequacies of the monarch’s realm concerning the Red Heaven realm—merely needing to break through Red Heaven, while the Royal Path required traversing across the Mystic, Azure, and Red Heavens completely.

Opening Heaven and Earth!

The term Power of Opening Heaven and Earth is quite literal—it could open the three heavens and penetrate the lands. With Yun Ye achieving the cave realm in the Mystic realm, he was destined to become a god of his time.

“Kill!”

All the prepared Honored Beings recited the incantation, their power starting from Mystic Heaven, piercing through Azure Heaven, and falling into Red Heaven, pushing their capabilities to the maximum.

Talismans, Killing Formations, and Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts erupted in power, crossing the continents towards the Border Continent. In a moment, the heavens and earth dimmed, the entire Red Heaven realm was engulfed in tumult, shaking and collapsing. Had it not been for the high energy levels within the Red Heaven realm, it might already have shattered into countless pieces under the collision of these terrifying powers.

Among the various powers, the Dao Domain of the Four Sun Continent was one of the few without a concealed identity. A golden crow flew up from the ancestral land, spreading its golden wings as the True Fire of the Sun connected with the great sun above, transforming into a blazing sun that struck into the Mystic Heaven, aiming directly at Yun Ye, who stood in the realm of Mystic Heaven, opening the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven.

“The Sun’s Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact?”

Yun Ye recognized this Royal Path Extreme Weapon, the golden crow divine bell of the Sun Sovereign, perfected from the power of the sun.

Power and power do differ greatly. Many conceptual powers lack offensive capability, and even when possessing some offensive aspects, they tend towards support, needing precise contexts and timings to create miracles, often unable to reverse fate.

However, the power contained in the Sun’s Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact was ruthless to the core. It possessed the True Fire of the Sun capable of incinerating all, along with abilities associated with the sun: revival, rebirth, territory, and vitality. This was undoubtedly superior power, and even those at the Honored Position found it rare to control fully.

Using this Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact as the main attack weapon was the consensus among many Honored Beings; it would mark the beginning of annihilating the Master of Heaven’s Cavern.

No inquiries about names.

No questions about origins.

Simply achieving the authority of the Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven was the gravest of sins that must not be allowed to continue.

“Boom!”

At least the power of four Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts struck down at one point, causing the firmament to collapse in that instant.