Chapter 1540: Annihilation
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign held the Primal Origin Stone in his hand, examining it from all angles, a mix of sorrow and joy in his eyes.
Countless Creators surged toward him. The Creators of the Other Shore Void, having fought against the Heavenly Court's army and survived life-and-death battles, had become fierce and skilled in combat.
Moreover, with Lang Huan leading the reforms, merging the crude ancestral divine consciousness cultivation methods with the Divine Hidden Heavenly Palace system, and sending Creators to Yan Kang to absorb the fruits of the Yan Kang reforms, the Creators of today were immeasurably more powerful than those of the primordial era.
They also cultivated primordial spirits and studied the Dao Realm system. Their strength was extremely high, and their divine abilities were exceptionally refined. Although they still primarily attacked with divine consciousness, their primordial qi was also incredibly dense.
However, before they could even reach Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's side, a series of heavenly palaces manifested behind him. An overwhelmingly powerful force pressed down, causing them to feel as if they were trapped in mud, unable to move.
The gap was simply too vast. Even the First Spirit Realm, which could suppress Lang Huan, was like a clay sculpture before Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, crumbling and collapsing at a mere gesture. How much more so for them?
Furthermore, the Primal Chaos Path included both Primordial Unity Qi and divine consciousness. Primordial Unity Qi was the primordial qi of the Primal Chaos, of an extremely high grade. When their divine consciousness techniques and the techniques formed from their primordial qi attacked, they were all absorbed by Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, becoming his nourishment.
Their divine consciousness had originally been obtained through the Primal Chaos Divine Stone. For Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, this was merely returning what was rightfully his.
The divine consciousness they had cultivated was, to Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, only borrowed from the divine stone for their training. These Creators were essentially just cultivating divine consciousness on his behalf.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign paid no attention to the powerful Creators charging at him. Instead, he raised the Primal Origin Stone and examined it repeatedly. The sorrow on his face gradually faded, leaving only joy.
His joy grew stronger, and the Primal Origin Stone in his hand began to float slowly. He was attempting to activate the stone using the Primal Chaos Path, which combined Primordial Unity Qi and divine consciousness.
Behind him, more Creators charged in, but one by one, they were frozen in place. Those as strong as clan leaders and elders seemed to experience time slowing to a crawl, while those slightly weaker were completely stilled.
The power of the Primal Chaos Path was evident!
The moment Dawn Heavenly Sovereign activated the Primal Origin Stone, the Water Moon Divine King, closest to him, began to disintegrate. Her physical body dissolved, her primordial spirit scattered, and her soul broke apart!
She was the most powerful Creator besides Lang Huan, yet she was utterly helpless against an existence like Dawn Heavenly Sovereign.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign was not merely their nemesis; he was also the origin of the divine consciousness they relied upon!
Faced with such an existence, only deep terror remained in their hearts!
However, the Water Moon Divine King, having the strongest cultivation, was only slowly disintegrating. Her physical body, primordial spirit, and primordial qi decomposed into Primordial Unity Qi, while her divine consciousness was stripped away by the Primal Origin Stone. She could not die immediately.
But the other clan leaders and elders disintegrated much faster.
The skin on the Water Moon Divine King's face peeled away, like layers of paper on a paper doll, her body's skin burning away layer by layer.
She opened her mouth, wanting to shout a warning to the Creators still charging toward them, but her voice became infinitely drawn out, and her divine consciousness could not be transmitted.
This situation resembled the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain of the Primordial Emperor. The Primordial Emperor had comprehended the Domain on his own, the first to do so. The Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain used divine consciousness to create an absolute domain, where time seemed to stand still.
With this technique, he was invincible until he met Ling Heavenly Sovereign. Ling Heavenly Sovereign saw through the non-existence of time and created the Unchanging Divine Ability, breaking the invincible myth of the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain.
Although Dawn Heavenly Sovereign had seen the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain, he had not been taught it by the Primordial Emperor. However, as his divine consciousness grew wildly and soared, he naturally comprehended the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain.
For him, everything fell into place.
Not only that, but his Divine Consciousness Domain was more complete than the Primordial Emperor's, with fewer flaws!
His Divine Consciousness Domain also incorporated the wonders of Primordial Unity Qi and the Primal Chaos Path, allowing him to seize others' physical primordial qi, transforming it into Primordial Unity Qi, and seize their divine consciousness, turning it into his own!
"Run!"
The Creators at the edge of the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain sensed the danger and immediately stopped, turned, and fled outward frantically, shouting, "Everyone, run now!"
Other surging Creators overwhelmed them and continued toward Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, but they were soon frozen in place.
More Creators realized the peril and turned to flee. One elder barely escaped, crying out in grief, "Lang Huan Divine King was right! When the lips are gone, the teeth feel cold. Without Carefree Realm, the Other Shore Void is just a cage! All tribesmen, hear my command! Head to the Void Bridge immediately and leave the Other Shore!"
The escaping Creators immediately rushed toward the various heavens of their tribes, intending to lead their people to the Void Bridge. If they could reach the Void Bridge, they might still have a chance to live.
However, as the Primal Chaos Divine Stone was activated by Dawn Heavenly Sovereign, the Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain expanded rapidly.
Though they fled quickly, the domain expanded even faster. Those lagging behind soon became rigid and unable to move.
In the eyes of these frozen Creators, their tribesmen seemed to be fleeing outward at an unimaginable speed, yet it was as if they had been frozen in time.
Even the stars, constellations, and celestial bodies in the sky were frozen by the expanding Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain. Even the vast rivers of stars ceased to rotate within the domain.
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain continued to expand, soon reaching the first heaven.
The domain swept through the entire heaven, where over a hundred thousand Creators resided. In an instant, everyone was frozen, their bodies in various poses. Some were fleeing with their families, some had already taken to the air, some hid in the shadows of buildings, and others, furious, were about to turn back and fight Dawn Heavenly Sovereign to the death.
Their faces showed fear, despair, or terror, but not one could escape.
The Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain continued to expand, soon touching the second heaven, then spreading to the third, the fourth...
In the Other Shore Void, the Creators had built a glorious civilization. Though not as magnificent as in the primordial era, the various heavens, large and small, still housed millions of Creators.
Yet not one escaped.
"How could you possibly escape?"
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign looked up at the Primal Origin Stone, his gaze fixed, but he seemed to see the myriad expressions of the Creators in the Other Shore Void. He smiled, "You used the divine consciousness that originally belonged to me to build the Other Shore Void. Coming here and destroying it is the simplest thing for me. If it were anywhere else, my Divine Consciousness Domain might not expand so quickly or cover such a wide area. But here..."
He paused slightly, then laughed, "The entire Other Shore World is my territory! I am merely coming to my territory to crush you ants who have usurped my nest."
He turned his head, looking at the Water Moon Divine King closest to him, and said leisurely, "You haven't died yet, holding on until now. Your cultivation is not bad. But you are all too foolish, as foolish as Third Brother Luo Xiao and Big Brother the Primordial Emperor. Of course, the youngest isn't much smarter either."
The smile on his face grew wider. "The youngest thought I would rush recklessly for my physical body, charging headlong toward the Yuan Realm's Surging River. He went to find the Opening Emperor and Moon Heavenly Sovereign to prepare for the battle at the Surging River. Not only that, he deliberately spread rumors to lure my son, Hao Heavenly Sovereign, to deal with me."
He clasped his hands behind his back and said to the Water Moon Divine King, "His plan was clever. If the Opening Emperor, Moon Heavenly Sovereign, Hao Heavenly Sovereign, and the Primordial Emperor were all involved, even if I could reclaim my physical body, I would be severely wounded. Then he could profit from the chaos. But how could he outwit me? His going to find the Opening Emperor and Moon Heavenly Sovereign suited my plans perfectly."
The Water Moon Divine King's gaze was filled with despair. In her eyes, everything in the Other Shore Void was frozen. The entire Other Shore World had become a solidified Supreme Divine Consciousness Domain.
Within the domain, Creators turned into wisps of Primordial Unity Qi, surging toward Dawn Heavenly Sovereign and merging into his body.
Water Moon also saw the Creators' divine consciousness flying in with a roar, transforming into Primal Chaos divine consciousness and becoming Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's nourishment.
The deaths of her tribesmen wrenched her heart with pain.
"The Opening Emperor is formidable. With Lang Huan and Moon Heavenly Sovereign assisting him, I am not confident I can defeat him."
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign smiled at her. "So I had to wait for an opportunity—a chance for the Opening Emperor, Moon Heavenly Sovereign, and Lang Huan to leave here. And I got it."
He laughed. "Pastoral Heavenly Sovereign thought I was the most anxious, but he was wrong. The most anxious were not me, but him, the Primordial Emperor, and Hao'er. On the contrary, I was not anxious at all."
One by one, the Creators' bodies exploded with a bang, disintegrating within the domain. His cultivation grew higher and higher, his magical power more and more profound.
His Heavenly Court realm was already nearly perfect, making it difficult to improve his cultivation and power. But now, his cultivation and power were advancing by leaps and bounds, progressing rapidly every moment!
"Moon Heavenly Sovereign's Three Rooms are ultimately just treasures and divine abilities. Even Moon Heavenly Sovereign herself could not stop me, let alone the mere treasures and divine abilities she refined? You relied on the Three Rooms as an insurmountable moat and placed your hopes in others. Was that not courting death?"
The starry sky of the Other Shore Void began to annihilate and collapse, reverting from visualized matter back into divine consciousness.
Those heavens, and the Creators within them, were annihilated along with them!
For a million years, the Creators had used their divine consciousness to create everything here. Now, everything returned to its original state!
The state of the Primal Chaos!
The annihilation accelerated, the Other Shore Void shrinking rapidly. The Three Rooms left by Moon Heavenly Sovereign in the distance grew closer and closer.
Soon, the tide of annihilation reached near Dawn Heavenly Sovereign and Water Moon. Water Moon watched in despair as the Creator clan leaders and elders turned into Primordial Unity Qi and divine consciousness, becoming Dawn Heavenly Sovereign's nourishment.
"It's time to end this."
Dawn Heavenly Sovereign raised his hand and grasped the Primal Origin Stone. Water Moon exploded with a bang, turning into Primordial Unity Qi.
He turned and walked toward the Three Rooms, smiling, "I can't keep the youngest and the eldest waiting too long!"