Chapter 634 - 416: End of the Dao Collapse
Although the Temple was over ten zhang tall, the space inside was not large, less than a hundred square meters, and it was not just an empty temple in name; there were actual statues of gods placed inside.
There were three statues in total, neither too tall nor too short, each precisely one zhang and six chi tall, all cast from Star Divine Gold.
Wei Fan looked up. The three statues were of men in various forms, each wearing a crown, with righteous expressions on their faces. Beneath each statue were several large carved characters.
"These were personally cast from portraits discovered by the ancestors when they visited the descendants of the Three Emperors in the past. Though the Three Emperors have passed, their statues possess the mighty power to suppress Evil Spirits, especially within this Cangwu Mountain where their power is even mightier."
These three statues were none other than the legendary Human Race Three Emperors.
Wei Fan nodded. He indeed felt a majestic righteousness emanating from the statues of the Three Emperors. He wasn’t certain if this was the handiwork of Qi Daozhen, or if the Three Emperors, who had fallen countless tens of thousands of years ago, still possessed such capabilities.
The Three Emperors had all achieved the Martial Arts Ultimate Realm at the Martial Emperor Realm. The power of this realm was beyond his comprehension, but it probably did indeed have the mighty power of suppression; otherwise, Qi Daozhen wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths.
In front of the Three Emperor statues lay a massive coffin, and aside from that, there was nothing else in the Divine Hall.
"Aren’t you after my body? Come out, then!" Wei Fan stared at the coffin, aware that the Evil Thought Body was sealed within it.
"It hasn’t completely awakened; the consciousness that was awake before has already been scattered by you."
The old Clan Leader shook his head. If the Evil Thought Body still had consciousness, it would be roaring in fury by now.
"You mentioned that if I uncover the coffin, could it be completely destroyed?" Wei Fan felt somewhat tempted.
"Absolutely not!"
The old Clan Leader hastened to stop Wei Fan. Unlike other obsessions formed by Martial Emperor powerhouses, which would merely wander Cangwu Mountain without leaving, the Evil Thought Body was different.
The Evil Thought Body had emotions and intelligence. If Wei Fan opened the coffin and released the Evil Thought Body, it would indeed be a cataclysmic disaster.
No matter if Wei Fan’s large bell could destroy the Evil Thought Body, he did not intend to take that risk. Completely destroying the Evil Thought Body would bring little benefit, whereas if it escaped, the consequences would be unbearable.
"Qi Daozhen the Ancestor said that the Evil Thought Body isn’t a taboo formed by obsession, and like a normal Martial Emperor powerhouse, it has a finite lifespan, living at most twenty thousand years. Based on Qi Daozhen the Ancestor’s lifespan, it has already lived about thirteen thousand years, so the Bone Tribe just needs to endure another seven thousand years to see the end. We must not take risks."
He was still very kind-hearted, unwilling to risk the people of the world for the freedom of the Bone Tribe. If there were no Martial Emperor powerhouses in this era, and the Evil Thought Body escaped, nobody might be able to contain it.
Wei Fan also gave up on the idea. Releasing the Evil Thought Body, his opponent might not necessarily fight him to the end. If it was intent on fleeing, he could only watch helplessly.
"Then I’ll wait until I become an Emperor-level Expert to completely destroy it!"
Wei Fan stepped forward and began to activate the Divinity-Sealing Seal.
"What level of item is this? Even after reaching the Saint Realm, I still can’t fully activate it."
Wei Fan was somewhat astonished, unable to dare use full force. Despite having surpassed the Extraordinary to Saint, there was still a sealing power backlashing against him, forcing him to allocate half his power to counteract the sealing force of the Divinity-Sealing Seal.
The square Great Seal in his hand did not emit a strong fluctuation, nor did it emanate a radiant divine light. Its momentum seemed weaker than the Martial King Divine Soldiers, but such an item once sealed the obsession of the Netherworld Martial Emperor, returning it to rest within the coffin.
"Boom!"
Wei Fan imprinted the Divinity-Sealing Seal onto the coffin. In an instant, a mass of runes surged from the Great Seal, drilling into the coffin. This time, more runes erupted than when sealing the Netherworld Martial Emperor.
Back then, he was but a Martial King. This time, he was already a Saint Realm powerhouse, utilizing Dao Power. Under such circumstances, the sealing power unleashed by the Divinity-Sealing Seal was even more terrifying.
There was no reaction within the coffin, and the conscious awareness of the Evil Thought Body had already been dispersed.
"It works!"
The old Clan Leader revealed a joyful expression. He didn’t know what Wei Fan held, but after the runes disappeared, the evil aura emitted by the coffin felt as if a water source had been cut off, and it began to rapidly weaken.
"Let me give you a few more!"
Wei Fan was still not reassured. He continued to infuse power, wielding the Divinity-Sealing Seal to repeatedly smash, sending mass after mass of runes into the coffin.
One!
Two!
...
"Boom!"
By the sixth strike, a massive sound resonated within Wei Fan’s Heart Spirit, as if some towering object had collapsed. Immediately, he only felt the Great Dao tremble, continuously emitting loud rumblings.
Affected by this, his Saint Dao also trembled, seemingly about to sever its connection with other Great Daos, causing his swinging action to freeze.
He turned back to see the old Clan Leader showing a sorrowful expression: "Qi Daozhen the Ancestor’s Dao has completely collapsed."
The Dao Collapse has ended!
Wei Fan’s heart trembled. He did not have the same feelings as the old clan leader, but he understood that the end of the Dao Collapse meant that the Wilderness was about to fall into chaos, and his identity would be revealed.
The enemies he provoked in Beiding Continent now had means to leverage against him. Although these means might not succeed, those Demon Saints would certainly not mind trying.
During such a long time, he didn’t think the deeds of slaying many Demon Saint’s descendants and destroying the Zilan Sect hadn’t been reported in the Wilderness. The Martial Saint from Zilan Sect and the Qilin Ape Saint probably already knew about the occurrences in Beiding Continent, they just chose not to leave the Wilderness.
"I have already sealed this thing. He shouldn’t be able to wreak havoc for a short time. I’ll leave the rest to you, old clan leader; I must hurry back to the Wilderness."
Wei Fan took out the Divine Shedding and handed it to the old clan leader, who obviously also understood that the conclusion of the Dao Collapse would cause immense calamity in the Wilderness.
He had long known that many Martial Saints and Demon Saints had infiltrated the Wilderness, and he also envisioned the Martial Kings and Demon Kings, along with more unbacked Martial Kings and Demon Kings, constantly guarding outside the Dao Collapse Barrier, waiting for the Dao Collapse to end to enter the Wilderness and partake in Qi Daozhen’s banquet of all things flourishing upon a whale’s fall.
During this process, the indigenous inhabitants of the Wilderness, repeatedly suppressed, are unable to compete with the external strong forces and must have a powerhouse to oversee and guard.
"I will notify the disciples of the Bone Tribe who are training outside to go to the Wilderness to assist you."
The old clan leader did not say much more; for him right now, the most urgent thing was to use the Divine Shedding to repair the destroyed seal.
Wei Fan stepped out of the Temple, and the fog shrouding the Bone Tribe had already dissipated, revealing a clear sky. However, due to the old clan leader’s orders, the people of the tribe still hid inside their houses and hadn’t come out.
The houses of the tribe had also been permeated with the will of the tribe’s generations of Martial Saint powerhouses, providing a certain degree of defense against the Evil Thought Body’s malevolence.
He did not go to bid farewell to Liya or anything, he simply left the tribe directly.
The ending of the Dao Collapse came without warning, and he was unsure if it was due to using the Divinity-Sealing Seal on the Evil Thought Body, which had caught him somewhat off guard.
"Did you settle the things inside?"
Huangfu Nalan was still outside the Bone Tribe, staring at Wei Fan with a shocked expression.
Wei Fan shook his head: "I just resealed him, solving it is still difficult."
He knew Huangfu Nalan might have connected the Dao Collapse’s end and the incident in the Bone Tribe, assuming he had slain a supreme powerhouse.
"The commotion you sensed earlier, in fact, was the end of the Dao Collapse of a powerhouse who deceased ten thousand years ago. That’s where my hometown is, and I must hurry there now..."
Wei Fan briefly explained the situation concerning Qi Daozhen and then rushed out of Cangwu Mountain.
"So it was the Dao Collapse of a powerhouse who passed away ten thousand years ago..."
Huangfu Nalan followed him, expressing her interest in going to the Wilderness as well. She had lived through countless ages, certainly not for simple pleasure trips.
The rebirth of heaven and earth following the Dao Collapse of a Martial Emperor powerhouse provided great benefits to experts like Martial Saints, potentially leading to breakthroughs into the Emperor Realm.
Because a powerhouse who could cause a ten-thousand-year Dao Collapse scene was typically nearly invincible.
"Alright!"
Wei Fan naturally did not refuse Huangfu Nalan’s companionship, and the two quickly vanished outside the Bone Tribe. When Liya learned of Wei Fan’s departure and rushed out, she saw nothing.
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The name Wilderness was not initially part of the Eastern Domain until Qi Daozhen suddenly passed away ten thousand years ago. His Dao Collapse formed a barrier, turning the area into deserts, thus giving rise to the name Wilderness.
Its geographical location is particularly unique. Although largely belonging to Beiding Continent, it also encompasses portions of Donghua Continent and Western Hezhou.
Since a few months ago when the Dao Collapse suddenly began showing changes, the Wilderness instantly became the focus of these three continents. After determining that the Dao Collapse would end within one or two years, strong warriors from the three continents began infiltrating the Wilderness, awaiting the end of the Dao Collapse to receive the rebirth of heaven and earth.
Those who lacked the means to cross the Dao Collapse Barrier could only endure the wait outside, but on this day, the Dao Collapse suddenly ended, the Barrier disappeared, and all the experts who had been waiting eagerly entered the Wilderness, hastily spreading the news.
Not long after, the news of the Dao Collapse ending and the reappearance of the Wilderness spread across the three continents, and many rushed towards the Wilderness in haste.
Another day passed, and an astonishing message came from the experts who entered the Wilderness—a figure sweeping across Beiding Continent, resisting Holy Soldiers with bare hands, annihilating the Zilan Sect, hailed by Beiding Continent’s Jianghu as comparable to Xuanyuan Peak, Wei Fan was actually from the Wilderness.
No one could trace Wei Fan’s background, not because he had some prominent lineage, but because he was from the Wilderness, making it impossible for outsiders to ascertain his origins.
Simultaneously, besides the revelation of Wei Fan’s origin in the Wilderness, much more information about Wei Fan was revealed.
For instance, Wei Fan’s real age was actually just nineteen years; he hadn’t even reached nineteen when he left the Wilderness, advancing to Martial King Ninth Layer in merely two to three months.
Furthermore, Zilan Sect was not the first Holy Sect destroyed by Wei Fan. During his time in the Wilderness, he annihilated both the Human Race’s Saint Sect of Guangling and the Demon Race’s Saint Sect of Profound Crane with the cultivation of Martial King First Layer.
He also led the Desert Human Race in wiping out all the Demon Fiends in the Wilderness, becoming a figure comparable to the Human Emperor in the Wilderness, revered by many commoners as a god.