"Cult Master, the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth has finally begun. Currently, the storm of destruction has already swept all the way to the Immortal King Battlefield. This time, the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth is much more enduring than any previous one."
Inside Tiandu City.
Taihuangtian, the Lord of Yin and Yang, the Lord of Fresh Blood, the Ancestor of Two Modes, and other experts knelt uniformly before Hua Tiandu, reporting the situation: "Right now, the black storm has swept right outside our Tiandu City. We have activated all protective spell formations, yet we still cannot block the erosion of this black storm. Affected by the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth, many of the disciples in the sect who are not Heavenly Lords have experienced the Five Declines of Heaven and Mortals and begun dying in massive numbers."
"Is that so? The Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth has finally begun!" Hua Tiandu opened his eyes from cultivation, both eyes filled with excitement, his spirit flying high: "Does that mean the Gate of Eternal Life is about to spew out divine objects?"
"Yes! The moment for the Cult Master to rule the world is about to arrive. However, that Fang Han has actually activated the Realm of Yuan to transform into a blazing sun in the center of the Heavenly Realm, recruiting the experts of the myriad heavens and realms to enter it. This matter is no small issue. We hope the Cult Master makes a firm decision, lest Fang Han's faction grows larger and larger." Taihuangtian spoke again.
"This is nothing. Let him be. What I want is the finest, not those mixed-bag ants and garbage." Hua Tiandu waved his hand, looking at Taihuangtian with a secretive smile appearing on his face: "As for those disciples in the sect dying from the Five Declines of Heaven and Mortals, let them die. It is no big deal; usually, they didn't work hard in cultivation and failed to reach the supreme position of a Heavenly Lord. Dying is just what they deserve."
"What the Cult Master says is true. In our Tiandu Cult, we only need loyal elite disciples." the Lord of Fresh Blood spoke ingratiatingly.
"Good!" Hua Tiandu slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "The two words 'loyal', well said. I like loyal dogs exactly like that. Lord of Fresh Blood, tell me, are you my, Hua Tiandu's, dog or not?"
"Yes, I am Lord Tiandu's dog, fiercely loyal…" A smile appeared on the Lord of Fresh Blood's face, yet he felt incomparable humiliation in his heart. But he had no alternative, flattering against his inner feelings while his body repeatedly kowtowed on the ground.
"Hmph! Isn't your heart feeling humiliation? I know everything clearly." Hua Tiandu waved his large sleeve, speaking coldly.
"I dare not, I dare not. I genuinely and sincerely serve as the Cult Master's dog." The Lord of Fresh Blood was greatly shocked, breaking out in cold sweat all over, trembling non-stop, scared out of his wits.
"Alright, although you feel humiliated in your heart, you have not plotted or schemed against me. I can spare your life. Get up." Hua Tiandu's moods were volatile; he waved his large sleeve, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the crowd one by one, finally landing on Taihuangtian's face. "What I despise the most are those people who pretend to be loyal outwardly but ultimately plot against me. Taihuangtian, wouldn't you say so?"
"Yes, the Cult Master's teaching is profoundly correct."
Taihuangtian's face twisted inadvertently before returning to normal, and he hastily replied.
"Taihuangtian, your strength has progressed so rapidly. You have actually reached the peak of seventeen epochs now. Presumably, there is an Immortal King behind the scenes passing energy down to you…" Hua Tiandu said faintly once more.
"Not at all, not at all. The Cult Master has misunderstood. My cultivation base right now is merely at the sixteenth epoch." Taihuangtian stated in a panic.
"Others might see you as having the cultivation base of sixteenth epoch, but I see you at the peak of the seventeenth epoch, or maybe even the eighteenth epoch. You are a chess piece planted hidden beside me by those Immortal Kings, aren't you?" Hua Tiandu's tone grew fainter yet deeper and colder.
"No! That is not it…" There was not a shred of color left on Taihuangtian's face.
"I do not need to hear so many explanations." Hua Tiandu sneered repeatedly: "Now, I am giving you two choices. Number one, immediately kill yourself and die. Number two, cripple all your magic power, hand it over to me, and become an ordinary mortal."
"Cripple all magic power and become an ordinary mortal, that would mean immediately being polluted by the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth. Hua Tiandu, you want me dead either way." Taihuangtian's face contorted: "That is right, I am sent by the many Immortal Kings to monitor you. What, do you dare defy the will of these Immortal Kings?"
"Hahaha, you have finally admitted it." Hua Tiandu laughed out loud three times, a layer of frost appearing on his face: "Those Immortal Kings? They wanted to use me as a chess piece, but little do they know, I am also using them. Their wariness of me is normal. I also know that after this Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth, even if I slay Fang Han, they will destroy the bridge after crossing the river when they return. Right now, it's the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth, and the Gate of Eternal Life has undergone changes. Their intents also cannot be transmitted out; they must wait until the divine objects are spewed out to fully descend. So, this is the best time for me to break free from their control. Killing you now isn't wronging you. Nobody can control me, Hua Tiandu, not even destiny can!"
"Kill!"
At this very moment, Taihuangtian already knew that Hua Tiandu had made up his mind not to let him off.
He waved his large hand, completely breaking the seals upon his body. An aura reaching the cultivation base of eighteen epochs surged out, launching a lethal attack towards Hua Tiandu.
"Stubbornly unrepentant and overestimating your capabilities! My cultivation base is infinitely approaching that of an Immortal King, at the peak of the nineteen epochs. You think you can contend with me? It's simply a joke!" Hua Tiandu raised his hand and threw a punch, covering the eight wastes and six directions, possessing absolute dominance. A gargantuan King of Kings descended out of thin air, hammering Taihuangtian until he continuously coughed up blood, finally slamming him flat onto the floor, his entire body locked down by innumerable halos.
Normally, if Hua Tiandu were to deal with Taihuangtian and employ the Immortal King halos, it would certainly invite the perception of the many Immortal Kings and lead to their direct interference. But right now, a variable occurred with the Gate of Eternal Life, and the Immortal Kings' intents could not transmit out, making it the perfect time for a purge.
"Hua Tiandu, you are deceiving your masters and destroying your ancestors!" Many experts of the Taiyi Sect suddenly sprang up and launched an attack at Hua Tiandu. Peerless experts such as Taihuntian, Taiyantian Yan Chenyu, Tailongtian, Taixutian, and Taihetian undone their seals one after another, unleashing overwhelming power. It turned out they had all been hiding their strength and every one of them had received power instillments from the Immortal Kings.
"A bunch of ants, also daring to bare your fangs and brandish your claws before me?" In the midst of loud laughter, Hua Tiandu suddenly opened his mouth!
Roar!
A massive roar emanated from his body.
This wave of sound merged perfectly with the storm of the Great Destruction of Heaven and Earth outside, vibrating ceaselessly.
Bang bang bang bang…
Through successive explosions and screams, Taihuntian, Taiyantian… these peerless experts of the Taiyi Sect all had their bodies blasted to pieces, actually roared to death by him in a single breath.
The magic power and primal qi of their exploding bodies all merged into Hua Tiandu's body, making him feel refreshed and clear-headed. "How nourishing…"
"Taihuangtian, what else do you have to say now." Having roared numerous experts of the Taiyi Sect to death, the smile on Hua Tiandu's face grew thicker. Looking at the ground where Taihuangtian lay like a sack of mushy meat, an air of having everything under control naturally arose.
"The winner is crowned king; the loser is treated as a bandit. I have nothing to say…" Taihuangtian panted, his expression becoming exceedingly calm: "I only regret that back in the mortal world, I opposed Fang Han. If I had curried favor with him, I wouldn't have ended up in this miserable state now. Standing on the wrong side is the most regrettable thing… Hua Tiandu, no matter how arrogant you act, you are not Fang Han's opponent, and you are destined to die by his hand. Although you are also a mysterious entity, a cancer from the Gate of Eternal Life, similar to his existence, yet it was the Creation Immortal King who fused you and Hua Tianjun's soul to reincarnate, utilizing you as an entity to oppose Fang Han. You are a bastard! A complete bastard through and through, did you know that?"
"Die!" Hua Tiandu finally could not tolerate it anymore. His full bodily power erupted explosively, blasting Taihuangtian into dust and absorbing all of his power.
"Fang Han, so I am actually a mysterious entity from the Gate of Eternal Life too, possessing an identity the same as yours. In that case, I will replace you and become the dominator of the Gate of Eternal Life."
Taihuangtian's words before his death unexpectedly awakened a dreamer with a single sentence, making Hua Tiandu aware of his own identity—that he was a mysterious tumor from within the Gate of Eternal Life who fused with Hua Tianjun's soul and was created by the Creation Immortal King as an existence to deal with Fang Han.
"Quell your anger, Cult Master, please quell your anger…" At this moment, within Tiandu City, thousands upon thousands of Heavenly Lords saw this scene, dropping to their knees and shivering all over: "The Taiyi Sect attempted to commit treason and was executed by the Cult Master, they deserved death!"
"Hmph! They indeed deserved death! Form the grand formation now to dispel the storm of destruction and await the Gate of Eternal Life's spewing out of divine objects, understood?" Hua Tiandu sat back down properly, his magic power appearing to have progressed again.
His gaze looked towards the already destroyed void of the Heavenly Realm. The blazing sun that the Realm of Yuan had transformed into stood eternal and unmoving amid the black storm. Heaven and earth might perish, but it did not; the sun and moon might rot, but it remained imperishable.
Within the myriad heavens and realms, surviving experts projected towards the Realm of Yuan, choosing to pledge allegiance to Fang Han. In an instant, the strength of the Era Gate swelled.
"Fang Han, I will let you be arrogant for a period of time. When the divine objects are spewed out from the Gate of Eternal Life, that will be the day of your death, understood? Your doom is about to arrive."
Hua Tiandu spoke silently.
Rumble!
Who knew how much time had passed, but the myriad heavens and realms were all being destroyed, and the Realm Above Realms had long ceased to exist. Between heaven and earth, there was only the surging, violent black storm. If absent the concerted effort of many Heavenly Lords, and without the protection of an invincible divine object, even Heavenly Lords would be torn apart within the black storm.
The boundless and endless aura of destruction continued to spread. The entire universe, the heavens beyond the heavens outside the universe, and the parallel universes as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, no longer existed. All the places Fang Han was familiar with were gone as well. From the mortal world to the Heavenly Realm, everything such as the Heavenly Court, the hundred thousand provinces, the Central State… all turned into distant memories. Even the laws in the void vanished; time, space, life, death… all sorts of laws turned into chaos, turned into Hongmeng.
Heaven, earth, and the universe had only destruction left.
However, just as this destruction intensified, a massive boom transferred down from the highest heaven. Amidst the infinite and boundless black storm, a gigantic gateway slowly appeared.
The Gate of Eternal Life had finally reached the moment to spew out divine objects!