405: Chapter 396 The Sixth Incarnation: Heavenly Venerable (Chapter 84)

Sure enough, Dao Lord Yuqing continued, her voice ethereal yet sounding like the coldest of verdicts:

"And this 'great undertaking' of yours—this Blood Sacrifice of all heavens that subverts Yin and Yang—is precisely the... optimal Dao arena! The supreme sustenance for our two new Daos to reach Perfection and ascend to the Origin!"

"Did you think Fellow Daoist Destiny spread the Dao Realm methods across the heavens, sowed the seeds of cultivation, and divided his Legacy into ten thousand parts just for fun? Or to pave the way for those who came after?" Dao Lord Shang Qing sneered. "That was merely the first step! It was the sowing! It was to weave an invisible web within this world that is vast enough, precise enough, and involves all living beings, all worlds, all Karma and the Mortal World!"

"Your Blood Sacrifice sends the myriad worlds of the heavens to their graves. Countless living beings perish, and infinite worlds return to the ruins... The despair, resentment, anger, attachment, curses, and prayers that erupt in the final moments before their extinction... these emotions and obsessions, blazing to the extreme, are the purest 'Mortal World Calamity Power'!"

The magnificent halo around Dao Lord Yuqing grew increasingly brilliant as she spoke, as if it were absorbing and refining the endless Mortal World resentment and Karma from the remnants of the Blood Sacrifice across the myriad heavens!

"The karmic connections between these infinite beings and worlds are forcibly severed and twisted at the moment of destruction. The resulting karmic turbulence and tide of Karma is the most primal 'Karma and Heavenly Mandate Power'!"

The silver-white karmic threads around Dao Lord Shang Qing spread frantically, seemingly outlining and absorbing the unimaginably vast karmic network and the backlash of Heavenly Mandate generated by the Blood Sacrifice in the Void Realm!

"The cycle of life and death was broken by your brute force, and the River of Fate has violently vibrated due to your Heaven-Defying acts, even showing signs of stopping or diverting... All of this 'change,' all of this 'Chaos,' and all of this 'rebellion' are catastrophes for ordinary Cultivators. But for the two of us, who hold 'Karmic Affinity and Mortal World' and preside over 'Karma and Heavenly Mandate'—"

The voices of Shang Qing and Yuqing merged into one, cold and grand, echoing through Chaos:

"It is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity for enlightenment! It is the supreme fortune that pushes our new Daos to break through their limits, complete their Origin, and ascend to the Origin level in one fell swoop!"

"The infinite Mortal World Calamity Power produced by the Blood Sacrifice has completed and strengthened Yuqing's Dao of Karmic Affinity and Mortal World! That chaotic and violent Karma and the backlash of Heavenly Mandate are absorbed, organized, and converted into sustenance by my Dao of Karma and Heavenly Mandate!"

Dao Lord Shang Qing's Aura climbed steadily. Those silver-white karmic threads became increasingly solid and complex, as if they were weaving a web of Heavenly Mandate that covered the past and future!

"Fellow Daoist Destiny foresaw this day long ago! Using his own fall as the trigger and the spreading of the Dao Realm and the weaving of the great web of Karma and the Mortal World as the Foundation, he intended to use your hands to carry out this world-ending Blood Sacrifice. With the destruction of the myriad heavens and the end of countless beings as the offering, and with infinite Karma, Mortal World, calamities, and Karma as the fuel, ultimately—"

Dao Lord Yuqing took a step forward, and her Dao of Karmic Affinity and Mortal World Dao Rhyme erupted. Within the magnificent halo, the faces of countless beings seemed to flash by, and phantoms of the birth and death of infinite worlds rose and fell. That halo became deeper and more vast, already carrying the terrifying Aura of a true Root Great Dao, like a pillar of the world!

"Ultimately, it helps the two of us push 'Karma and Heavenly Mandate' and 'Karmic Affinity and Mortal World'—these two paths born from 'destiny' yet more focused and extreme—to the Root Great Dao level, standing alongside you! Perhaps... even surpassing it!"

"Boom!"

As if to validate their words, the Dao Rhyme erupting from Shang Qing and Yuqing finally completely broke through a certain invisible boundary after absorbing the massive amount of Karma and Mortal World power generated by the Blood Sacrifice!

The Dao of Karma and Heavenly Mandate fully manifested!

The silver-white light transformed into a phantom of a vast, ceaselessly flowing river that pierced through from beginning to end. What flowed in the river was not water, but countless clear or blurred karmic threads, as well as those cold, heartless trajectories of Heavenly Mandate that seemed to contain all possibilities!

The Dao of Karmic Affinity and Mortal World was completely formed!

The magnificently changing halo expanded and evolved, turning into a boundless and bizarre illusory world. Within it, the Mortal World stretched for ten thousand yards, love and hate intertwined, affinities began and ended, and calamities were born and dispersed, enacting all the emotional entanglements and the impermanence of destiny in the world!

The two grand phantoms of the Dao rivers and illusory worlds stood side by side in Chaos with the Root Great Dao phenomena manifested by the Most Ancient Dao Lords of Time, death, Order, and Chaos. They were not at all disadvantaged; in fact, because they had just broken through and their Aura was at its peak, they appeared even more vibrant, their Dao Rhyme soaring to the skies!

"Destiny has died; destiny shall be established."

Dao Lord Shang Qing and Dao Lord Yuqing stood side by side, their voices cold and firm. Their gazes swept over the nine Ancient Venerables, whose expressions were unsightly to the extreme. "Today, we shall use your Daos to test the edge of our new Daos. This opportunity for 'Soul Transformation' is something Fellow Daoist Destiny was not destined for, so the two of us... shall take it in his stead!"

The truth was out!

The self-severing of the Dao Monarch of Destiny was actually a world-shaking layout that spanned across the ages!

He used himself as a sacrifice, the heavens as chess pieces, and the Blood Sacrifice as a furnace to forcefully forge a ladder to ascend to the Origin for these two new Daos, Karma and Heavenly Mandate and Karmic Affinity and Mortal World, out of the impossible!

At this moment, facing Shang Qing and Yuqing, whose cultivation was perfect and whose Aura was like a surging rainbow, the nine Most Ancient Dao Lords finally felt an unprecedented pressure and... a hint of a chill.

These two existences born from the corpse of Destiny had a threat level that already exceeded that of the now-exhausted Wei An and Blade Absolute Edge. They had become the most direct and powerful obstacles on their path to competing for the Soul Transformation throne!

"Well done, Destiny!"

The voice of the Dao Lord of Time was cold to the extreme, his killing intent almost solidifying. His will swept over Shang Qing and Yuqing, who stood side by side with soaring Auras, finally settling on the vast River of Karma and the magnificent illusory world of the Mortal World behind them.

"But even if your cultivation has reached the Origin, if you want to snatch food from a tiger's mouth, you'll have to see if you have the ability!"

The Dao Lord of Time declared indifferently. Behind him, the silver phantom of the River of Time, which pierced through the past and future, became increasingly clear. The river water surged, kicking up ten thousand waves of time. In each wave, a world seemed to be born and die, and a trajectory of destiny rose and fell.

"Destiny's methods are indeed world-shaking. However, even among Origins, there are highs and lows. Your new Daos have just been formed and your Foundations are unstable, yet you wish to contend with us? Wishful thinking!"

"You've merely borrowed the momentum of the Blood Sacrifice and luckily stepped into this realm. Do you also hope to play the part of the oriole, and dare to speak of taking the opportunity for Soul Transformation in his stead?"

"Today, I shall let you know what true... Origin power is!"

The cold voice of the Dao Lord of Death rang out, and the gray Death Absolute Domain expanded once again, as if to swallow all light and life.