93: Chapter 93 System Upgrade! The special effects are amazing!

A powerhouse of the Void Refining Realm, a guardian of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

This big shot, who could make the entire Eastern Wasteland shake with a single stomp of his foot, was now like a schoolboy who had recited the wrong passage in front of his teacher.

He bowed deeply to Su Changge on the stage, his posture so humble it was as if he were groveling in the dust.

His words caused the hearts of the hundreds of thousands of Cultivators present to skip a beat.

Do not vent anger on the Heavenly Sword Sect?

That was a colossus of the Central Plains, the Heavenly Sword Sect! With forests of experts within its ranks, and rumored to have living fossils at the Tribulation Transcendence Stage guarding it, it was a Holy Land that ordinary Cultivators could only look up to for their entire lives.

Yet now, simply because of the offense of one Disciple, this Sword Slave of the Void Refining Realm had actually adopted a desperate posture of sacrificing his own grand-Disciple just to ensure the safety of his Sect.

What did this signify?

It signified that in the eyes of this Sword Slave, even if the entire Heavenly Sword Sect exerted its full strength, it might not be able to withstand a single wisp of anger from the person on the stage!

Boom!

This realization struck everyone's minds like a heavenly thunderbolt.

The Cultivators below who had just been cheering for Li Haochen were now so terrified that their guts felt like they were splitting; they knocked their heads even harder against the ground, the dull thuds echoing as if this were the only way to vent the boundless fear in their hearts.

They were terrified that if Su Changge became even slightly displeased, he would unleash that same "conceptual strike" that erased one from the level of "existence" upon them as well.

Su Changge stood on the stage, overlooking everything below, his expression remaining calm and unruffled.

Deep down, he was already over the moon.

System 2.0 was simply divine!

These special effects, this atmosphere—who wouldn't kneel?

Just a moment ago, even he had almost believed he was a reclusive Dao ancestor.

"Universe in the fingertip," "Karma Law collapse"—it sounded impressive enough to make people fear it without even understanding it.

Although the System had indicated that the actual damage was zero, the repelling force that sent Li Haochen flying was undeniably real.

It must have been a small feature included with the System upgrade.

Low damage, but high insult.

【 Ding! Massive emotional fluctuations detected: shock, fear, worship... 】

【 Converting emotion points... 】

【 emotion points + 10,897,543! 】

【 Achievement unlocked: Shocking the World with a Single Thought (First time receiving over ten million emotion points in a single instance) 】

【 Reward: System 2.0 version features fully unlocked, Beginner Gift Pack × 1 】

A series of cold System notifications made Su Changge's mood even better.

Over ten million!

He hit the jackpot, he really hit the jackpot this time!

He forcibly suppressed the urge to check the gift pack immediately and swept his indifferent gaze over the old man known as the "Sword Slave" below the stage.

He did not speak.

At such a moment, silence was the most terrifying deterrent.

How could a being overlooking the ages bother with an ant at his feet?

Your grand-Disciple offended me, I flicked him away, and the matter is concluded.

As for your Heavenly Sword Sect?

I cannot even be bothered to waste the mental effort thinking about it.

Su Changge's silence, in the eyes of the Sword Slave, became a silent judgment—the ultimate indifference of a superior towards an inferior.

The fear in his heart was magnified infinitely; his bent waist sank even lower, almost to the point of breaking.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, Senior! Thank you, Senior!"

The Sword Slave said this in a trembling voice, not daring to linger for even another breath.

His figure vanished suddenly, reappearing the next instant before the distant cliff Face, where he roughly yet carefully "pried" Li Haochen, who was unconscious and had all his bones shattered, out of the human-shaped crater.

Afterwards, without looking back, he tore through the Void Realm and scrambled inside in a wretched state, as if the most terrifying disaster in the world were chasing behind him.

As the people from the Heavenly Sword Sect fled, the atmosphere at the scene became even more deathly silent.

Throughout the entire Taixuan Sect mountain gate, inside and out, hundreds of thousands of Cultivators were as quiet as a massive graveyard, with only heavy breathing and stifled sobs remaining.

Qin Wudao knelt at the very front of the crowd, his body trembling slightly from extreme excitement.

He looked up at the white-clad figure on the stage; there was no longer any worship in his eyes, only the awe and fanaticism one would have when looking up at a god.

So... this was the true power of the Dao ancestor!

Everything before did not even count as the tip of the iceberg!

The Dao ancestor wasn't preaching; he was just playing with a group of ignorant children!

Ridiculous! How ridiculous we were! To actually dare to use mortal eyes to speculate on the Realm of a god!

Li Haochen's provocation just now, which seemed like a monstrous disaster, was actually a supreme Opportunity!

If not for that, how could we mere mortals be fortunate enough to witness this supreme power that transcends all understanding in this world!

"We... are dull-witted!"

Qin Wudao used all his strength to knock his forehead heavily against the ground, roaring in a hoarse voice.

"We are dull-witted! Please, Dao ancestor, continue your preaching! We will surely turn over a new leaf and listen devoutly!"

His shout, like a thunderclap, woke everyone up.

"Please, Dao ancestor, continue your preaching!"

"Please, Dao ancestor, save all living beings!"

The mountain-shaking, sea-roaring requests echoed through the heavens once more, more fanatical and devout than any time before.

Hearing the requests from below, the corners of Su Changge's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

Still preaching?

Preach my foot!

He had almost messed up just now, and after finally managing to suppress the scene, shouldn't he quit while he was ahead?

He decided that it was time to put an end to this farce.

He slowly raised his hand and pressed it downwards in the air.

A simple gesture, yet it seemed to contain the supreme power of Words Become Law.

In an instant, the heaven-shaking requests came to an abrupt halt.

The entire venue returned to a silence so profound one could hear a pin drop.

Everyone stared at him with eyes full of a desire that was almost burning their Souls.

Su Changge cleared his throat and finally spoke again.

This time, his voice, bolstered by the System's special effects, carried an ethereal and transcendent Dao Rhyme, as if it came from above the Nine Heavens, and yet it also seemed to resonate from the bottom of everyone's hearts.

"The Dao, cannot be spoken."

"If spoken, it is not the Dao."

Eight short words, like eight bolts of Chaos divine lightning, exploded deep within everyone's Souls.

Cannot be spoken?

If spoken, it is not the Dao?

The crowd was stunned at first, and then, a sense of sudden enlightenment and overwhelming joy instantly swept through their minds!

So that was it!

So that was it!

The true "Dao" could not be described by language at all! Once spoken, it was already inferior, no longer the supreme "Dao"!

Therefore, the Dao ancestor never intended to "preach" using language from the very beginning!

His chanting of those incomprehensible scriptures was a test of our Dao Heart and Comprehension Ability!

And his suppression of Li Haochen just now, the style of that finger, the power that erased the divine weapon—that was his true "preaching"!

He was using actions, using facts, to show us what the "Dao" is!

"I have realized it! I have realized it!"

An old Cultivator at the Soul Transformation Stage suddenly burst into tears; the aura on his body surged wildly, and the Bottleneck that had troubled him for eight hundred years actually loosened at this moment!

"The Great Dao is formless, nurturing heaven and earth! The Dao is in my heart, not in the tongue! Thank you, Dao ancestor, for your enlightenment!"

One Cultivator after another showed expressions of Epiphany; although they couldn't break through on the spot, everyone felt their state of mind had become much clearer, and their understanding of the path of cultivation had entered an entirely new Realm.

Watching this group of self-indoctrinating, collectively climaxing Cultivators below, Su Changge silently said "Got them" in his heart.

He slowly stood up from the lotus throne.

Time to go home.

He had been quite spooked today; he needed to go back to calm his nerves and, by the way, open that "Beginner Gift Pack."

He turned around, preparing to walk down the preaching stage.

However, the moment he turned around.

The sky changed.

Without knowing when, the cloudless blue sky was completely submerged by boundless golden auspicious clouds.

Streaks of brilliant purple rosy light spread from the end of the eastern horizon, spanning thirty thousand miles, dyeing the entire world a sacred purple-gold color!

The sounds of the Great Dao echoed throughout the Universe, and flowers fell from the sky.

Golden lotus flowers, condensed from the purest Great Dao Laws, emerged from the Void Realm and drifted down.

A Cultivator subconsciously reached out to catch one, and the great dao golden lotus instantly turned into a warm current that surged into his body.

"My cultivation! My cultivation has improved by at least ten years!"

"Heavens! This is the great dao golden lotus! It is the supreme phenomenon that only appears when a Saint preaches and heaven and earth resonate!"

"Dao ancestor! The Dao ancestor has not left! He has bestowed a supreme Opportunity upon us!"

The crowd went completely crazy!

And Su Changge was frozen in place, completely dumbfounded.

He looked back, staring blankly at the spectacular celestial phenomenon with purple energy surging for thirty thousand miles, and then looked at the great dao golden lotus being scrambled for.

"System, is this special effect also from you?" he asked in his heart.

【 Warning: Unknown super-grade energy intervention detected. 】

【 Analyzing... Analysis failed. 】

【 Judgment: This is a real heavenly phenomenon, not simulated by this System. 】

Not from the System?

Then what was going on?

Su Changge was completely stunned.

Could it be those two lines of the tao te ching he recited earlier? That couldn't be right! Was the world's rule-set this accommodating?

Just as he was filled with doubt, an ancient, majestic voice, as if coming from the dawn of time, echoed throughout the entire world.

"Good."

Just one word.

Yet it contained the supreme will of heaven and earth.

The moment the voice sounded, the Souls of all living beings trembled; it was an absolute suppression originating from the source of life!

Even the old monsters of the Eastern Wasteland in the clouds screamed as they fell from the sky, their Divine Soul trembling as if they had seen a natural predator.

Su Changge also felt that terrifying pressure.

But on his body, a layer of imperceptible halo lit up automatically.

【 Passive special effect: Myriad Laws Immunity (Pseudo) triggered, pressure immunity. 】

Thus, he was the only one in the entire venue still standing.

He raised his head, looking blankly in the direction the voice came from; it seemed to be the endless Void Realm above the Nine Heavens.

"Who? Who is speaking?" Su Changge shouted wildly in his heart.

【 ... Insufficient data, unable to parse. 】

【 Based on the energy level, the other party's life tier far exceeds the cognitive limits of this Realm (Cangxuan Dao Domain). 】

Far exceeds the cognitive limits of this Realm?

What was that? A True Immortal? An Immortal Emperor? Or... the Dao ancestor himself?

Su Changge's heart jumped into his throat.

Had he, a fake, actually alarmed some incredible, real big shot?!

The ancient voice went silent after saying the word "Good."

But the phenomenon in the sky intensified.

A beam of pure, ultimate golden light tore through the auspicious clouds, pierced the purple energy, and descended from above the Nine Heavens.

It accurately and precisely enveloped Su Changge, bathing his entire being in a sacred and majestic golden radiance.