398: Chapter 389 The Sixth Incarnation: Heavenly Venerable (Seventy-Seven)

The words of the Dao Lord of Destruction were cold and cruel, yet they seemed to expound a certain "supreme" truth.

He attempted to use the scale of time and the concept of the "Eternal Dao" to fundamentally negate the meaning of everything Wei An stood for, belittling his impassioned declaration as the barking of an ignorant ant.

However—

After listening, Wei An showed no shame or anger at being refuted, nor did he display any dejection at being slighted. Instead, he revealed a look of relief, even wearing a calm smile tinged with pity.

"It seems that further words are useless."

Wei An shook his head gently, but the light upon the blood-red spear in his hand became increasingly solid. That fire-like radiance did not dim in the slightest due to the other's talk of "eternity."

"You say the morning mushroom knows not the cycle of day and night, and the summer cicada knows not the passing of spring and autumn. It is true; a Mortal's life is but a hundred years, and even a Cultivator's Lifespan has its end. Compared to the hundreds of millions of years of your existence, we are indeed as brief as a firefly against the bright moon."

"But," Wei An's tone shifted, his gaze clear and firm as if he could pierce through all Delusion, "if the morning mushroom lives for but a single day, it lives that day brilliantly; if the summer cicada sings for but a single summer, it sings to its heart's content! A Mortal's century contains love, hate, joy, and sorrow; it has Legacy and creation, their own griefs, joys, and magnificence! This vividness within brevity, this creation within the finite, this spirit that still loves, still struggles, and still passes on a Legacy despite knowing death is inevitable—this is what it means to be 'Human'!"

"You possess a near-eternal life, yet you have lived as Puppets of the Dao, cold stones that only know how to chase so-called 'transcendence,' disregarding and trampling upon everything! No matter how long your existence lasts, you are nothing more than cold, stubborn, and lifeless reefs in the long river of time! Whereas the firefly, though tiny, has lit up the darkness; and the wave, though it vanishes, once sparkled under the sun!"

"Your Dao is an 'Eternity' that annihilates all life; my Dao is a 'Brilliance' that blooms in an instant!"

"Our paths are different; we cannot walk together."

Wei An took a deep breath, suppressing the final ripples in his heart caused by the conflict of ideologies. In his eyes, only pure and indomitable Battle Intent remained.

"Since words cannot move a cold 'stone' like you, and since our paths are destined to diverge—"

Wei An slowly raised the blood-red spear in his hand, its tip pointing directly at the core of the giant palm of destruction. His voice was calm, yet it carried a decisiveness that severed all hesitation:

"Then, let us fight!"

"With the spear in my hand, with the Dao in my heart, and with all the light that this brief life can burst forth, I shall tell you, and tell this heartless Dao—"

"What is human unyieldingness! What is the weight of life!"

Before his voice had even faded, Wei An let out a long cry. The Humanity Radiance around him completely fused with the blood-red light that condensed the final sorrowful wishes and will to resist of countless living beings, transforming into an unprecedentedly brilliant pillar of light that soared into the sky!

Wei An was no longer merely defending; he poured all his power, all his beliefs, and all his love and protection for the existence of 'Humanity' into this single strike, boldly launching a counter-charge against that giant palm of destruction which represented the absolute end!

"Hahaha! Well said! Since our paths are different, then let us kill to our heart's content!"

Blade Absolute Edge also laughed loudly. Though he did not have thousands of reasons like Wei An, his Dao was to sever all obstacles and move forward indomitably!

Now that an obstacle stood before him and their ideologies were at odds, he could only ask with his sword!

His form completely merged with the sword light, turning into a ray of pure, ultimate Cleaving Light. Following closely behind Wei An, he slashed toward the source of destruction without a second thought!

Two rays of light, one red and one white—one heavy and tragic, carrying the weight of all Souls, and the other pure and sharp, severing everything—were like two meteors falling in reverse through this apocalyptic Chaos Void. They were like two sharp swords piercing into the endless darkness, striking the giant palm of destruction that seemed capable of swallowing everything with a resolve to go forth even against tens of millions!

"Stubborn fools! You seek your own death!"

The consciousness of the Dao Lord of Destruction no longer held any emotional fluctuations, leaving only pure, cold killing intent and indifference.

In his eyes, the persistence and ideologies of these two ants were nothing more than meaningless noise, redundant existences that hindered his harvest and obstructed the "Great Dao."

Since they refused to retreat, then let them, along with their ridiculous beliefs, return together... to absolute nothingness!

"How dare the light of ants compete with the brilliance of the moon? Be annihilated!"

The cold will of the Dao Lord of Destruction handed down the final judgment.

The center of that giant palm of destruction, which blotted out the sky, seemed to transform into the singularity of all things' end. The infinite Power of Guixu erupted, forming an absolute black vortex that swallowed all light, heat, existence, and even concepts, ruthlessly crushing and consuming the red and white streaks of light charging upward!

The collision was silent, yet it seemed to explode like the roar of the world's creation within the depths of the Souls of all survivors across the myriad realms!

The blood-red pillar of light that Wei An had become carried the final sorrowful wishes, resistance, and infinite attachment to the Mortal world of countless beings. Like moths to a flame, yet also like an arrow shooting the sun, it crashed violently into that absolute darkness of the destruction vortex!

In an instant, light and darkness clashed fiercely; sorrowful wishes and nothingness annihilated each other. The phantoms of countless living beings flashed and perished within the darkness, letting out silent cries and tragic songs.

The radiance of the Humanity Order stubbornly resisted the erosion of the end, like a candle flickering in a violent storm, liable to be extinguished at any moment, yet deathly determined to hold onto the last speck of light.

The cleaving sword light that Blade Absolute Edge had become was even purer and more decisive.

He did not possess the weight of carrying all Souls like Wei An, but he condensed all his essence, spirit, Dao, and Law, along with his entire obsession with "severing," into this single strike of the sword!

Wherever the sword light passed, even "Destruction" itself seemed to be sliced open! He did not strike the core of the destruction vortex head-on but instead acted like the sharpest awl, following the subtle gaps and weak points in the flow of the power of destruction to boldly pierce and tear it apart!

Rumble—!!!

An indescribable and terrifying fluctuation erupted violently from the point of collision!

It was not a common energy impact, but a fierce clash between two completely opposite and fundamentally conflicting Dao Origins!

On one side was the true intent of destruction that ended all things and returned them to nothingness; on the other side was the sorrowful Humanity Order that carried all Souls and protected existence, as well as the pure Saber Dao that severed everything and moved forward indomitably!

The aftershocks of the collision, like a world-ending tsunami, swept through the endless Chaos!

The surrounding remnants of stars, world debris, and even some small Secret Realms that had not yet been fully subjected to the Blood Sacrifice were completely turned to dust under the impact of these aftershocks, unable to even let out a wail before merging into the chaotic Law Turbulence.

The wailing of the Great Dao reached its peak at this moment, as if the entire heaven and earth were trembling and weeping blood for this lopsided yet tragic duel!

Such world-shaking movement naturally could not be hidden from the other nine Most Ancient Dao Lords who were frantically harvesting and performing the Blood Sacrifice across All Heavens.