Essence Devouring Art

Great Silence of All Heavens!

The heat death of the cosmos, the funeral of all existence!

Once this Strongest Divine Technique was unleashed, the outcome of this fated battle should have been decided...

But!!

BOOM—BOOM BOOM—BOOM!!

Within the Great Annihilation Darkness.

A colossal beast that not even the Great Dao could bury seemed to be tenaciously punching and hammering at the darkness of death, trying to fight its way from annihilation to rebirth!

BANG!!

A storm of thunderous strikes converged on a single point and erupted. Boundless, dim yellow holy light pierced the darkness, flashing in all Ten Directions like a cosmic pulse!

"Heh... heh heh..."

As All Heavens watched in horror.

A humanoid Fierce Beast, its body decaying, its blood dried up, its Grotto Heavens shattered, and its bones constantly falling from its withered, rotting flesh, broke through the darkness with a horrifying grin and roared madly:

"With just this much Power, even if you try a thousand times, a hundred thousand times, you’ll never bury me!!!"

BOOM!!

A decaying fist howled through the air!

A withered physique cracked and shattered!

The twenty-six Grotto Heaven Dragon Veins were dimming!

Wuchen, who in the eyes of an ordinary person had suffered irreversible, grievous injuries, was unstoppably ferocious. His body was constantly collapsing, yet he still clenched his fist and charged brazenly toward the equally astonished Mo Chen!

Not even the Great Silence of All Heavens could bury him!

Even with his Grotto Heavens damaged and his Dao wounded, he remained ferociously mad!

What kind of physique was this?

What kind of indomitable will?

At this moment, regardless of their opinions of Wuchen, all the spectators were dumbfounded. They fell silent, a subtle respect and awe growing within them!

If it had been them...

With such devastating Dao wounds...

Forget continuing to fight; they’d be thanking their lucky stars just to remain conscious!

"If a thousand times won’t work, then ten thousand it is!"

Mo Chen’s expression was grave and grim. Facing the undying Fierce Demon that was Wuchen, his flawless Dao heart wavered for the first time.

He was unwilling to admit it, but he had to. If they had started from the same place, in the same environment, he would have been left far behind by Wuchen.

Their wills to seek strength were on completely different levels!

But...

He admired Wuchen’s disposition, but that didn’t mean he thought his own Dao was wrong.

’Use any means necessary, seek life from death!’

’Such an Evil Demon’s Extreme Dao Technique!’

’Ultimately, it will harm others and oneself, leading down the path of extreme Tribulation Demons who plague the common people, like the Reincarnation Emperor and the Slaughter Emperor!’

"Evil cannot triumph over good! You must accept this!"

VMMMM!!

He unleashed the Great Silence of All Heavens once more!

The two began a new round of clashes!

The darkness of annihilation and the light of Reincarnation collided endlessly, the line between life and death blurring back and forth!

BANG!

A fist that seemed to tear open a vast Abyss ripped through the darkness. Mo Chen staggered, half his body exploding as he was injured for the first time. Unflustered, he threw a punch of his own, blasting Wuchen into a cloud of bloody mist.

"Sunder!"

"Die!"

The Venerable Dao Platform continued to shake.

The Ten Directions and Eight Poles were constantly shattered into Chaos, blasted into a vacuum, then collided again. It was as if two cosmic comets were repeatedly crashing into each other!

Both of them were fighting with maddened frenzy.

They madly unleashed all the Daos and Techniques they had cultivated without a thought for the cost, constantly blasting each other into bloody mist while their own bodies were also blown to pieces.

But their Life Force was too terrifying!

They seemed to possess true Undying Bodies; no matter how grievous the wound, they could instantly recover and resume their savage slaughter.

The Emperor Heaven and Earth Scripture.

The Heavenly Court Supreme Horizontal Refining Method.

The omnipresent Clear and Muddy Qi ensured Mo Chen’s Undying nature, so he had no fear of a battle of attrition with Wuchen.

The Reincarnation Saint Body.

After cultivating the Mixed Lotus Extreme Path, it too had undergone a tremendous transformation. Its Undying nature and recovery ability were in no way weaker than Mo Chen’s!

But the suppression from the Great Silence of All Heavens was just too absurd!

For every bit of damage Wuchen dealt to Mo Chen, he had to endure two, even three times as much in return. As the battle reached a fever pitch, he couldn’t fully recover, becoming just a cloud of bloody mist that continued to charge relentlessly!

Mo Chen, on the other hand, only suffered his body exploding at worst, and he would rapidly recover under the influence of the Clear and Muddy Qi. He was completely dominating Wuchen!

But Wuchen’s Life Force was simply monstrous!

No matter how he was hit, he was like an Undying Demon God, continuously charging forward. Even when only his origin remained, his ferocity didn’t diminish in the slightest!

Unable to secure a victory after a long assault, Mo Chen also realized something.

To kill Wuchen, he had to crush him with absolute Power. So, after trading another punch with Wuchen, he used the force from his own exploding body to suddenly retreat and create distance between them!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

In that very instant, the Heart Lake Alarm Bell in Wuchen’s mind, who was now just a remnant of his origin, suddenly rang wildly. A chill ran through his Divine Soul, as if a Supreme Celestial Sword was pointed at the spot between his brows!

"It’s coming! The little bastard is about to use his strongest killing move!"

The Big Black Wolf roared madly, gripping the Abi Saber tightly, ready to reawaken its Mighty Power at any moment!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

In the instant the thought formed, a sound like Celestial Soldiers grinding and assembling rang out. With each clang, sharp, cold glints of sword light tore through the Chaos, even carving marks into the pristine surface of the Venerable Enlightenment Platform!

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!!

Under the horrified gaze of the crowd.

As Mo Chen disintegrated into thousands of pieces, chains of the Great Dao linked his fragments together, bursting forth with the indestructible edge of Divine Gold!

It was as if a hundred million Killing Swords were being unsheathed, or as if a White Day Divine Sun composed of countless sword lights had erupted, illuminating the entirety of Huanwu Mountain!

"This is..."

"Celestial Soldier Armament!"

"The Celestial Soldier Armament Chapter from the Ten Greatest Supreme Divine Techniques: Original Soldier Resolution!!"

All Heavens erupted in an uproar. Amidst the cold glint that filled every inch of space, the hair on everyone’s bodies stood on end!

Original Soldier Resolution!

Desolate God Armament, Celestial Soldier Armament, Immortal Talisman Armament, Ten Thousand Array Armament, Holy Pill Armament, and the Armament of Gods!

The six great Chapters!

Each Chapter allowed one to smelt the world’s wondrous Supreme Treasures into the human body, transforming it into a weaponized armor!

Celestial Soldier Armament.

The body fuses with one Divine Weapon after another, wielding their sharp edges to unleash Power far beyond one’s own realm!

It was said that the being who created this Chapter once fused with and armed an Emperor’s Weapon while in the Saint Master Realm. His physique became indestructible, unmatched in his realm, and he was even able to slay an Emperor from a lower realm!

The Infinite Golden Body of the Boundless Sacred Land.

It was derived from the Celestial Soldier Armament, but the Infinite Golden Body was more extreme.

The Celestial Soldier Armament was a fusion-based armament.

It was like a Protective Battle Armor.

External forces could break it apart.

The advantage was that it was easier to cultivate, and the fusion process carried little risk.

The Infinite Golden Body was different.

It involved refining the body’s microscopic structures as if they were weapons, an incredibly perilous process!

The fundamental difference between the two was that one was a non-permanent means of enhancement, while the other was Power that completely belonged to oneself.

As for which was stronger... if one were to speak purely of temporary strength... it would definitely be the Celestial Soldier Armament, because it allowed one to fuse with High-level Weapons across realms. A Top Cave Heaven cultivator could fuse with a Heavy Artifact!

But overall, the Infinite Golden Body was still superior.

Because no matter which Chapter it was, to put it bluntly, it was just like wearing a suit of armor. The toll of a low-realm cultivator driving high-realm armor was, needless to say, absolutely terrifying.

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

Everything happened in a flash.

Mo Chen’s Celestial Soldier Armament was already fully equipped. Myriad chains ceaselessly passed through his body, inside and out. As his every strand of hair danced, one could see miniature Killing Swords clanging against each other!

Faintly, one could see wisps of the Power of World Rules flowing. It was clear that Mo Chen had indeed fused with a Sword Dao Heavy Artifact!

Facing an enemy with the edge of a Heavy Artifact!

There was no way for Wuchen, at the Cave Heavens Realm, to resist!

"I will cut you down with a single sword strike!"

Mo Chen’s voice rang like a Divine Sword, his gaze cold. He formed a sword with his fingers and pointed it toward the distant Wuchen, who was defending with all his might!

CLANG!

The moment he pointed.

The hundred million Killing Swords around and inside Mo Chen’s body simultaneously unsheathed, surging like a tide to form a single Heaven-Opening Sword!

The vast world was sundered by a galactic sword light that fell like a bolt of white silk. The sound of laws snapping was incessant. Chaos was split in two. Everything else seemed to vanish, leaving only the single sword strike that slashed toward the Yellow Springs Demon God!

"Victory is decided!"

The Celestial Prides of All Heavens sighed and closed their eyes, their feelings a complex mix of regret and relief.

This sword strike.

Empowered by the Celestial Soldier Armament.

It had truly surpassed the limits of the Cave Heavens Realm. No matter how heaven-defying a monster or a Son of Revival he was, there was no way he could withstand it!

SHIIIIIING—!!

BOOM!!

As expected.

In the next instant.

The all-destroying Celestial Sword slashed through the Yellow Springs River, shattered Reincarnation, annihilated the Three Thousand Demons, and split the desperately roaring Wuchen in two!

It extinguished all his life!

It silenced all his roars!

Only a few faint specks of his origin were left, barely clinging to life.

Whoosh~

The sundered Chaos Storm could not recede, undulating unstably under the lingering might of the sword light.

Mo Chen took a deep breath. His aura had weakened considerably; clearly, that last sword strike had taken a heavy toll on him as well.

However.

It was all over.

He looked with complex emotions at the distant Wuchen, who was now split in two and flickering like a candle in the wind.

Mo Chen felt no joy in victory, but rather an indescribable sadness.

’All because of a momentary obsession.’

’His entire life plunged into darkness.’

’How pitiful, how lamentable.’

"You... won..."

Wuchen, like a candle in the wind, seemed like an old man on the verge of death. His Divine Soul flickered as he said mockingly:

"It’s pathetic, isn’t it... I could have been carefree, but I took one wrong step. All the schemes, the plotting, the groveling... it all came to nothing in the end.

Mo Chen, do you miss Dragon Gate Town?

The winters in Dragon Gate Town are so, so cold. But... it feels like it’s getting warmer now."

Dragon Gate Town...

Mo Chen’s gaze was complicated as he recalled those simple, happy times. They had been hard, yes, but they hadn’t been filled with life-or-death struggles and endless grievances.

’We were born from the same root.’

Wuchen’s background was not much different from his, perhaps even worse. They should have cherished each other.

Why...

Sigh~

He let out a slow, heavy breath.

Feeling the lonely coldness in Wuchen’s Divine Soul and will, Mo Chen’s heart softened. He promised:

"If I have the chance, I will send you back—"

CLANG CLANG CLANG!!

But just as Mo Chen’s mind relaxed, his Essence, Qi, and Spirit calmed, and his battle intent and killing intent receded—at the very moment when everyone sighed, thinking Wuchen was about to die...

The Heart Lake Alarm Bell in Mo Chen’s mind shrieked violently!

"You treacherous cur, you dare—"

In his Heart Lake.

The entity that had been sighing suddenly opened its eyes in fury, and the Power of the Super Transcendent Cave Heaven Realm resurged like a tsunami!

But it was too late!

BOOM—!!

In a ten-thousandth of a second.

The viper.

Had finally found the perfect chance to strike!

Chaos parted, and a green lotus swayed!

A tenth-grade green lotus shook the All Heavens and Myriad Realms!

Amidst everyone’s looks of sorrowful lament, which they had no time to change, Wuchen—who had been a flickering candle in the wind—suddenly erupted like a volcano that had been dormant for eons!

He burned down the heavens!

He burned down the earth!

He became a fist that crushed a billion layers of Chaos, a fist that grew larger and larger as it hammered down in Mo Chen’s horrified and enraged eyes!

BOOM!!

The Venerable Enlightenment Platform sank!

The Chaos of the Ten Directions and Eight Poles trembled and turned upside down!

That bloody light, which grew from a mere spark to a raging tsunami, illuminated the faces of the Celestial Prides of All Heavens, their expressions a mixture of sorrow and terror.

It illuminated the furiously rising figures of the Creation Realm Common Lords from all four directions, and it illuminated the stars that were gradually lighting up on Huanwu Peak.

CRACK—!!

The sound of Celestial Divine Iron bones shattering exploded forth!

Outside Cosmic Mountain.

Wu Dao wore a savage grin. Reflected in his gratified gaze was a Blood Gourd whose spine had snapped and folded in half, whose knees had slammed into the ground, and whose shattered head had smashed into the earth beneath Wuchen’s feet!

How familiar this scene was!

’Worthy of being my disciple!’

CRACK—BOOM!

Sound gradually returned to the silent world!

Atop the Venerable Enlightenment Platform.

Under the terrified and horrified gazes of countless people!

"Now, I’m really..."

Bathed in Mo Chen’s scalding blood, Wuchen, like an Asura Demon God, grinned savagely and looked down at the Blood Gourd beneath him. He roared like a mad demon:

"...really so warm!!!"