140: Demon Devouring Ruins, Oath Shaking the Heavens
"Wuuuu—Ooommm—"
The whisper of the Eye of Guixu transformed into an enraged roar. The viscous darkness was no longer content with slow dragging, but instead stirred up monstrous waves! Countless stellar remnants were swept up, colliding and annihilating in the darkness, emitting silent wails.
Space twisted like crumpled paper, forming bizarre and colorful cracks, each one radiating a terrifying suction force capable of tearing apart a Sea Overturning Realm Cultivator.
This graveyard of the Universe truly bared its fangs at the Devil Head who dared to provoke it.
"Come on! Let's see today if you, this dead thing, can swallow me, or if I, this living devil, will tear down your graveyard!" Liu Qingtian was drenched in blood, his demonic body covered in new wounds before the old ones had healed, but the flames in his Demonic Pupils burned with unprecedented intensity. Not only did he not retreat, but he advanced toward the dark waves, pushing the Wither and Flourish Star Annihilation Domain to its limit!
No longer a gray force field, the Domain now seemed to transform into a miniature cosmic nebula heading toward heat death. The speed of stellar birth and destruction within it increased a hundredfold, creation and annihilation occurring simultaneously. A grander, more tragic true Concept of Annihilation permeated the area, creating a resonance-like resistance against the surrounding Power of Guixu.
Boom!
The dark waves slammed fiercely onto the Annihilation Nebula. There was no earth-shattering sound, only the teeth-grinding friction and annihilation on the Law level. Liu Qingtian's body shook violently, and he spat out another mouthful of demonic blood. The Domain's light flickered erratically, as if it would be extinguished in the next moment.
But he held firm! His feet were like demonic nails, deeply embedded in the Skeletal Continent beneath him. His Demonic Essence and will were burning to the extreme.
"The reason I, Liu Qingtian, could climb all the way from being an ant on the Water Blue Star to where I am today, is not due to destiny or the support of benefactors! It's due to this unwillingness! This hatred! This ruthlessness that dares to bite off a piece of heaven and earth!"
He roared. The Myriad World Roots no longer scattered; instead, thousands of them condensed together, transforming into several hideous dark red Demonic Dragons that actively charged into the dark tide!
"Devour the Heavens, Devour the Earth! Swallow these waves!"
The Demonic Dragons roared, opening their mouths that devoured all things, frantically tearing at the darkness condensed by the Law of Guixu. This time, it was no longer a struggle to absorb, but a frenzied plunder! The Power of Guixu, like a black waterfall, was forcibly dragged into the mouths of the Demonic Dragons and poured into Liu Qingtian's body.
A more violent conflict erupted within his body. The newly surged, purer Power of Guixu Termination fought a more brutal battle against his initially fused Annihilation Demonic Essence and that faint trace of Chaos Qi. His Meridians were breaking inch by inch, and his Demonic Source was violently shaking, as if it would completely collapse in the next second.
Pain? He was long since numb!
Liu Qingtian's consciousness was almost submerged by endless pain and the desire for destruction, yet a single obsession guided him like an eternal lighthouse—Grow stronger! Survive! Revenge!
"The billions of living beings in the Primordial Realm are watching me! The trillions of vengeful spirits I devoured are cursing me! Luo Jiuxuan is looking down on me from that supreme height! How can I... fall here?!"
He suddenly raised his head, looking past the dark waves, as if gazing at his destined nemesis in the dark.
"Luo Jiuxuan! Do you see this? This is the ant in your eyes! This is the variable you scorned! You are accumulating power, preparing to crush the stars, aren't you? Fine! Then I will first swallow this Star Graveyard before going to fight you in a battle to the death!"
The mad vow, wrapped in monstrous Demonic Might and an unyielding will, actually temporarily overpowered the roar of Guixu, echoing throughout this silent land where even light could not escape!
As if completely enraged by this Heaven-Defying declaration, in the center of the Eye of Guixu, deep within the ultimate darkness, a point of black light, even deeper and seemingly capable of swallowing all Concepts, suddenly illuminated!
The next moment, a beam of Guixu Annihilation Light, only as thick as an arm but pure to the extreme, ignored the distance of space, instantly crossed the endless darkness, and shot directly toward Liu Qingtian's glabella!
This strike contained the Terminal Power of the Origin of the Eye of Guixu, enough to instantly cause an ordinary Profound Void Realm Cultivator to have their Dao extinguished and their spirit destroyed, without even a chance for Reincarnation!
The sense of fatal crisis was like ice water poured over him, causing Liu Qingtian's boiling Demonic Blood to instantly solidify.
He couldn't dodge! He could only take it head-on!
At this critical moment, inspiration struck him, and he made a decision that was almost instinctive, yet the most insane!
He did not attempt to defend, nor did he use the vengeful spirit willow. Instead, he suddenly spread his arms, drew the maximally condensed Wither and Flourish Star Annihilation Domain back into his body, and forcibly compressed it, along with his own Demonic Essence, that trace of Chaos Qi, and the massive amount of Power of Guixu he had just devoured, into his chest!
He intended to use his own body as the final battlefield and the crucible!
"Either help me achieve a Breakthrough, or... be buried with me!"
Pfft—!
That pure Guixu Annihilation Light Beam accurately shot into Liu Qingtian's chest!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Liu Qingtian's demonic body instantly became transparent like glazed glass. Inside, one could see an ultimate dark energy frantically colliding, annihilating, and achieving Fusion with a gray energy that flickered with starlight and a trace of Chaos Qi!
On the surface of his body, gray patterns unique to Guixu, symbolizing the termination of all things, began to appear, but the next moment, they were covered by the dark red of Demonic Essence and the primal color of Chaos.
This cycle repeated, like the Reincarnation of life and death.
His aura was rapidly plummeting, nearly dissipating completely, yet always, just as it was about to extinguish, it stubbornly reignited a trace of fire that was more condensed and terrifying.
He didn't know how long passed—perhaps an instant, perhaps ten thousand years.
The Guixu Light Beam that had pierced his chest finally vanished completely.
Liu Qingtian's lowered head suddenly snapped up!
Boom!!!
A terrifying aura, several times stronger than before, mixed with annihilation, termination, stellar birth and destruction, and a trace of the Concept of the Dawn of Chaos, erupted like a volcano dormant for ages!
The darkness surrounding him was forcibly pushed away by this aura, forming a momentary vacuum! The Skeletal Continent beneath his feet, already overwhelmed, collapsed and annihilated outward in layers, centered on him like waves!
Profound Void Realm Middle Stage!
After devouring a massive amount of Power of Guixu and using his own body as a crucible to withstand a strike from the Guixu Origin, he actually achieved a Breakthrough in this place of absolute death!
At this moment, Liu Qingtian's demonic body was completely healed. Faint gray streams of light circulated beneath his skin, a symbol of the Fusion with the True Concept of Guixu. Although his Wither and Flourish Star Annihilation Domain had not expanded, its condensation level far surpassed the past, and the Domain seemed to inherently contain a miniature Projection of Guixu.
He slowly raised his hand, feeling the surging, brand new Demonic Essence within his body that carried traces of termination. In his Demonic Pupils, coldness and madness intertwined.
"Guixu... is nothing special."
He looked toward the still deep, dark core, a cold arc curving at the corner of his mouth. He did not continue deeper; the current him still couldn't truly shake the foundation of this Universal Death Zone. But this time, he won! He plundered enough power from this death zone and stepped onto a new stage.
"Luo Jiuxuan, I hear your footsteps. But mine will not stop either."
The demonic figure turned, no longer lingering in this graveyard that had brought him pain and rebirth. He took one step, tore open the still unstable space, and vanished into the void.
Only that cold vow seemed to faintly echo in this Place of the Termination of All Things, issuing a Heaven-Defying Challenge to the existence at the supreme height.