The heavens appear and disappear, sparks ignite a prairie fire

A pitch-black fist print surged upward like a nirvana star falling toward the sun, resolutely crashing into the golden rain of spears that filled the sky!

There was no deafening explosion as expected.

The moment the destructive Fist Intent of the Dao Reversal Demonic Star Flame, condensed to its limit, came into contact with the Demon-Slaying Spears formed from pure Heavenly Dao Laws, time seemed to freeze for a brief moment.

Then, there was a silent annihilation.

Centering on the fist print, the golden spears within a radius of hundreds of meters melted and disintegrated silently, like snow meeting boiling water. They turned into the most primal fragments of Heavenly Dao Laws, only to be greedily swallowed, reversed, and converted for personal use by the following pitch-black demonic flames!

The natural suppression of Dao Reversal against the Heavenly Dao was fully revealed at this moment! Especially since Nightmare held the title 'Heaven-Defying Fate,' his resistance to and damage bonus against Heavenly Dao power had reached a staggering level.

The pitch-black fist print's momentum did not decrease, cutting through the sky-blotting golden spear rain like a red-hot knife through butter, forcibly plowing a shocking black path! On both sides of the path, golden light rain continuously collapsed and dissipated. At the end of the path, it pointed directly at that towering dark-gold figure—the heavenly dao avatar!

“Dao Reversal power... has it actually eroded to this point?!” For the first time, a flash of clear fury and... a trace of extremely faint trepidation, which it hadn't even noticed itself, flickered within the sun-like eyes of the heavenly dao avatar.

The power mastered by this Mortal Realm ant suppressed the authority of the Heavenly Dao beyond its estimations!

It had no time for further thought. The 'Demonic Star Sky Shatterer' fist print, which condensed the Peak of Nightmare's essence, energy, and spirit, had already pierced through the last of the spear rain and arrived with a roar!

In haste, the heavenly dao avatar could only cross its arms in front of its body. Boundless Heavenly Dao Laws condensed before its arms into a dark-gold diamond-shaped giant shield, as heavy as a mountain!

The fist print and the giant shield collided with a boom!

Dong—!!!

This time, it was a solid, terrifying roar that shook the entire Far West Land! It was as if two stars had collided head-on!

At the center of the impact, an indescribable brilliance erupted as black and gold frantically intertwined, tore at each other, and annihilated! A terrifying shockwave spread in a ring, completely shredding the surrounding space and revealing the chaotic void background behind it! The ground below was scraped once again, and even the light of the Dao Reversing Heaven Extinguishing Array flickered violently!

Crack... Crackle... The tooth-aching sound of shattering came from that dark-gold giant shield!

Centering on the point of impact, spider-web-like cracks rapidly spread across the entire surface of the shield!

“Break!”

Below, Nightmare's eyes were sharp as knives. He suddenly clenched his right fist and gave a fierce twist through the air!

Boom—!!!

The dark-gold giant shield, along with the crossed arms of the heavenly dao avatar behind it, exploded! Countless dark-gold Law fragments mixed with wisps of pale-gold light particles (the Origin flowing out from the damaged heavenly dao avatar) splattered in all directions!

The heavenly dao avatar let out a muffled roar of pain. Its massive body was sent staggering backward by the terrifying explosive force, each step stomping spider-web-like spatial cracks into the void! On its body condensed from Laws, clear damage appeared at its arms; its light dimmed, and its aura suffered a momentary fluctuation and drop!

“The heavenly dao avatar... is injured?!”

“The Night Lord... injured the Heavenly Dao with a single punch?!”

“Dao Reversal! This is the power of Dao Reversal!”

In the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, countless demonic Cultivators witnessing this scene felt an indescribable sense of shock and wild joy! They saw hope, the possibility of defying heaven! With solid results, Nightmare proved to them that the Heavens are not irreversible! The Dao is not unbreakable!

However, Nightmare's expression became even more solemn. He could feel that although his punch had injured the opponent, it hadn't touched the core. The Origin within the heavenly dao avatar, vast as the starry sky and supreme, had merely fluctuated; it was far from being truly damaged. Moreover, the fury and killing intent emanating from the opponent after being wounded were even more intense!

Sure enough, the heavenly dao avatar stabilized its figure and looked down at its damaged arms. Then, it suddenly looked up, the gold light in its sun-like eyes so fierce it seemed ready to incinerate everything!

“Ant... you dare... to wound my Dharma Body!” Its voice was no longer cold and flat, but filled with the tremors of violent rage. “Dao Reversal evil power truly cannot be tolerated by the world! Today, even at the cost of consuming this wisp of Divided Soul Origin, I will surely erase you, along with this filthy place in the Lower Realm!”

As its voice fell, the heavenly dao avatar no longer maintained its hundred-meter-tall towering form. Its body suddenly shrunk and solidified! In the blink of an eye, it turned into a 'humanoid' figure about three meters tall, its entire body seemingly cast from dark-gold divine iron. Its face remained blurred but appeared even more sharp and fierce.

Its size had decreased, but its pressure increased instead of diminishing! The dark-gold light flowing around it was like liquid fire, emitting a supreme majesty that made even Tribulation Crossing Stage Cultivators feel suffocated. Its damaged arms were quickly repaired by Laws, and a halberd condensed in its hands—entirely dark-gold, surrounded by countless tiny lightning bolts and runes: the Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Halberd!

It was getting serious! It would no longer use large-scale Spells to crush him, but would use the purest Heavenly Dao power and combat techniques to completely slay Nightmare!

Nightmare's gaze narrowed, knowing that the true life-and-death struggle was only beginning now. He took a deep breath, power surging within him. The Dao Reversal Demonic Star Flame condensed into a pair of ferocious yet sleek pitch-black armor around him. The phantom spear in his hand also completely solidified, turning into a pitch-black spear with a tip flashing with the light of nirvana stars: the Dao Reversal God-Slaying Spear!

There was no nonsense.

Two figures, one dark-gold and one pure black, crashed into each other beneath the shattered sky!

Halberd shadows and spear light crisscrossed! Every collision erupted with light and roars that tore through heaven and earth! Pure power clashing against power, the ultimate annihilation of Laws! The speed was so fast that the vast majority of Cultivators below couldn't even see their tracks; they could only see two spheres of destructive light frantically flashing, crossing, separating, and colliding again in the air!

Nightmare compressed the range of the Dao Reversal Ultimate Killing Array around his body, forming an absolute defense and enhancement Domain. He integrated the Demonic Star Sky Shatterer Fist Intent into his spear techniques. Every thrust carried a terrifying will to crush stars and reverse the myriad Daos! His fighting style was sharp, ruthless, and aimed directly at the Origin—no bells and whistles, only slaughter and destruction!

The heavenly dao avatar, on the other hand, displayed unimaginable combat skill and subtle control over power. The Heavenly Dao Demon-Slaying Halberd in its hand thrust, swept, or cleaved; seemingly simple Moves drew the Laws of heaven and earth to follow and dark-gold lightning to protect, possessing infinite power. It frequently used various Divine Abilities containing Heavenly Dao authority: brief imprisonment through 'Words as Law,' death zones that stripped away Spiritual Qi, and healing gold light that reversed injuries... Had Nightmare not possessed the Dao Reversal power and the 'Heaven-Defying Fate' title, giving him high resistance to Heavenly Dao Divine Abilities, he would likely have been defeated long ago.

This was a duel that transcended the level of the Mortal Realm. The aftershocks of the battle continuously tore space, shattered mountains and rivers, and even affected the flow of Spiritual Qi and weather patterns in the Far West Land. The top experts of the entire Mortal Realm could faintly feel the terrifying fluctuations coming from the west, making their Souls tremble.

As the fierce battle continued, both sides began to sustain injuries.

Nightmare's armor was torn several times by the halberd's light, leaving bone-deep wounds entwined with golden Heavenly Dao power. The Dao Reversal demonic flames burned frantically, barely managing to stop the injuries from worsening and preventing the erosion of the Heavenly Dao power. A wisp of pitch-black blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and his aura became unstable.

On the heavenly dao avatar's dark-gold body, several holes pierced by the Dao Reversal demonic spear also appeared. Pitch-black flames continued to burn and erode at the edges, preventing them from healing. Its blurred face seemed even more distorted. Although its aura remained vast, it was clearly no longer as perfect and flawless as it was at the start.

“Dao Reverser, your tenacity has exceeded this seat's expectations.” After another intense exchange, the heavenly dao avatar stood with its halberd, its voice magnificent. “But it ends here. This seat has sensed that the barrier of this realm has loosened due to our battle... It is just as well. I shall draw upon the power of the 'Heavens Patrol Envoy' to cleanse you along with the rebels of this realm!”

Heavens Patrol Envoy?

Nightmare's heart skipped a beat, and the System's notification sound rang out almost simultaneously:

[Warning! High-intensity cross-realm spatial fluctuations detected!]

[Source: Myriad Realms of the Heavens · 'Inspection Divine Palace' affiliated plane.]

[Target: Mortal Realm (Current Plane).]

[Analysis: The heavenly dao avatar is using itself as a coordinate to summon higher-level Heavenly Dao direct forces to descend! Estimated arrival time: Thirty breaths!]

[Warning: 'Heavens Patrol Envoy' are the armed forces of the Heavenly Dao for maintaining order in the heavens. The minimum individual strength is 'True Immortal Realm.' Due to realm suppression, the descending Clones are estimated to be 'Peak Tribulation Crossing' or 'Half-Step True Immortal,' and there may be more than one!]

[Emergency Suggestion: Immediately interrupt the heavenly dao avatar's summoning ritual, or heavily injure/expel it before they descend!]

Higher-level forces! True Immortals? Even if they were just Clones suppressed by the realm, they would absolutely be terrifying existences far surpassing the heavenly dao avatar before him! And there might be more than one!

He absolutely could not let them descend!

A fierce glint flashed in Nightmare's eyes! He had to settle this quickly and deal with the 'coordinate' in front of him!

“You want to call for backup? Have you asked me first?!” Nightmare growled, no longer holding back!

He suddenly thrust the Dao Reversal God-Slaying Spear into the void and rapidly formed hand seals! The star dao fruit in his body, the remaining marks of the Dao Reversal Legacy Bead, all the plundered Luck, and the fragments of Heavenly Dao Laws swallowed during the recent battle were all frantically driven and fused by him at this moment!

“Dao Reversal Origin—Burn!”

“Star Nirvana—Draw!”

“All Laws to Return to the Ruins—Array, Rise!”

With each of his shouts, a pitch-black energy vortex only ten meters in diameter but condensed with extreme terror formed around him! At the center of the vortex, a point of ultimate dark light lit up, as if connecting to the end of the Universe's Return to the Ruins!

He forcibly extracted and compressed the power of the Dao Reversing Heaven Extinguishing Array into this! This was the prototype of the most powerful single-target killing Move he could currently control—**Eye of the Return to the Ruins**!

The heavenly dao avatar sensed the destructive aura coming from that pitch-black vortex, which was enough to threaten the core of this wisp of Divided Soul. Its expression finally changed drastically (if it had a face)! It no longer cared about maintaining the summoning ritual and frantically poured power into the halberd in its hand. The halberd glowed with ten thousand rays of light, turning into a golden halberd beam that seemed to split heaven and earth, striking toward Nightmare first! It wanted to strike first to gain the upper hand!

“Too late!”

Nightmare suddenly looked up, his eyes having turned into a pure, all-consuming pitch-black! Facing the striking heavenly dao avatar, the faintly emerging spatial tunnel to another world behind it, and this unjust heaven and earth, he let out a final roar:

“Those who pry into this realm—”

“Those who covet my Dao—”

“All shall—Return to the Ruins!!!”

The moment his voice fell, the pitch-black vortex in front of him, which had condensed infinite destructive power, suddenly shrank into a single point, and then—

It exploded silently.

No light, no heat, no sound.

Only an absolute 'pitch-black' that seemed to erase even the concept of 'existence' spread quietly from Nightmare toward the heavenly dao avatar ahead and the spatial tunnel further away.

Everywhere it passed, space, light, Spiritual Qi, Laws... everything disappeared quietly like pencil marks being erased, returning to eternal silence and nothingness.

The golden halberd beam thrust by the heavenly dao avatar was the first to enter that 'pitch-black,' vanishing without a sound or trace.

Next was the dark-gold body of the heavenly dao avatar.

It let out an unwilling, terrified roar, frantically driving its Heavenly Dao Origin to resist. But before the ultimate Profound Truth of Dao Reversal, which represented 'The End' and 'Return to the Ruins,' its resistance was like an ant trying to stop a carriage.

The dark-gold light rapidly dimmed and extinguished, and the body condensed from Laws disintegrated inch by inch, turning into nothingness.

Finally, even its wisp of angry and shocked will was completely swallowed and annihilated by that boundless 'pitch-black.'

The heavenly dao avatar had fallen!

Yet that 'pitch-black' did not stop; it continued forward and touched the newly formed spatial tunnel meant to receive the 'Heavens Patrol Envoy.'

The tunnel vibrated violently. Several shocked and furious mental fluctuations seemed to come from the other side, but before they could penetrate the realm, the tunnel structure became unstable under the erosion of the 'Return to the Ruins' power. It collapsed and finally closed completely, disappearing!

The threat from the Myriad Realms of the Heavens was temporarily blocked.

Having done all this, the terrifying 'pitch-black' around Nightmare rapidly receded. He turned pale and suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. His aura instantly withered, his armor dissipated, and the Dao Reversal God-Slaying Spear turned back into flames and retracted into his body. Forcibly driving an ultimate killing Move he hadn't fully mastered and burning his Origin to interrupt the summoning had placed a massive burden on him.

But he still forced himself to stand in the air, looking up at the sky that was gradually returning to normal yet still bore traces of being shattered, and at the spot where the spatial tunnel had vanished.

He won.

Though it was tragic and the price was enormous, he had won this battle. He had defeated the heavenly dao avatar and temporarily repelled the prying eyes from the Myriad Realms of the Heavens.

However, there was not much joy in his heart.

The final words of the heavenly dao avatar and the emergency prompts from the System clearly told him—the Mortal Realm was not an island. Beyond this heaven and earth, there were even more vast and cruel Myriad Realms of the Heavens. And the power of the Heavenly Dao was even more immense there, its order even more strict.

Today, by reversing the fate of this realm and slaying the heavenly dao avatar, he had essentially torn a hole in the 'order' of the Myriad Realms and planted a flag of rebellion.

‘Heavens Patrol Envoy’... ‘Inspection Divine Palace’... these terms meant greater challenges, a broader battlefield, and... more 'sons of destiny'?

Nightmare wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. In his pitch-black eyes, exhaustion was gradually replaced by an even deeper and more determined light.

The struggles of the Mortal Realm might be coming to an end.

But the road of defying heaven never has an end.

The Myriad Realms of the Heavens... He looked up toward the depths of the endless sky, where the starlight of countless worlds seemed to be flickering, and even more magnificent trajectories of fate were intertwining.

“The Heavenly Dao plays its game, with the heavens as the board...” Nightmare whispered to himself, his voice hoarse yet carrying an unbreakable edge. “Then let this fire of Dao Reversal...”

“...burn through the heavens and start a prairie fire across the myriad realms!”

Under the gaze of countless fanatical and reverent eyes below, his figure slowly descended back into the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, which was scarred yet glowing with new life.

Behind him were the gradually calming aftershocks of battle and the shattered sky.

Ahead was a magnificent new chapter of the heavens, filled with unknowns and challenges.

The legend of the Lord of Dao Reversal had written its prologue in the Mortal Realm.

And the true journey had only just begun.