288: Lord of Annihilation, Xuan Yuan Realm

Chen Yuan's gaze seemed to penetrate the endless Void Realm, directly "seeing" that dark place wrapped in the dense Laws of the end and annihilation—the Eternal Night Hall.

Taking a step forward, Chen Yuan's figure had already vanished from the Forbidden Ground.

In the next moment, he appeared above the Eternal Night Abyss at the Northern Border of Shenzhou.

This was the outer barrier of the Doomsday Dao Court's lair, shrouded year-round in a dark mist that swallowed light.

Chen Yuan stood in mid-air, not even intentionally releasing his aura.

He simply watched the churning darkness below with composure.

"Who dares to trespass into the Eternal Night Forbidden Land!"

Several pitch-black figures rushed out from the mist, their auras cold and violent; all were Doomsday Dao Court Protectors at the Peak of the Eternal Realm.

They couldn't even see the visitor's face clearly before an indescribable gaze swept over them, and their Souls felt as if frozen in ice, unable to move.

Chen Yuan didn't even look at them; he simply raised his hand, joined his fingers like a sword, and lightly slashed downward toward the sky.

There was no earth-shattering sword light.

Only a faint sword mark silently sliced through the Void Realm above the Eternal Night Abyss.

In the next moment,

"Riiip—!"

The dark mist that had shrouded the Eternal Night Abyss for hundreds of thousands of years was neatly split in two by this sword mark!

Sunlight shone in for the first time in hundreds of thousands of years.

"Enemy attack—!"

In the Eternal Night Hall, the Soul-Suppressing Bell rang out.

Countless powerful auras erupted from the hall as dark shadows flickered; the experts of the Doomsday Dao Court rushed out in shock and rage.

Leading them was the Lord of the Dao Court, dressed in black robes, whose aura had already reached the Perfection of the Yuanshi Realm!

He looked up and saw the figure in green robes suspended above the sliced-open abyss.

When his gaze met Chen Yuan's calm, rippleless eyes, a chill from the depths of his Soul instantly seized him!

"Chen... Chen Yuan? How could you possibly find this place?" the Lord of the Dao Court cried out in alarm, a monstrous wave of shock surging in his heart.

The location of the Eternal Night Hall was top secret, and the outer barrier had been maintained for hundreds of thousands of years; how could it have been discovered?

Chen Yuan did not answer his question.

His gaze swept over the hundreds of Dao Court elites below, who were arrayed as if facing a great enemy, including many Yuanshi Realm Cultivators.

These were executioners whose hands were stained with the blood of the Human Race and the Yao Race, the loyal executors of the Jìmìe Dao Master's game.

"Cleaning up trash—why waste words?"

He raised his hand again, this time with his five fingers slightly spread, and made a hollow grasping motion toward the massive Eternal Night Hall complex and all the Dao Court Cultivators gathered before it.

Buzz!

With Chen Yuan as the center, a Domain composed entirely of the Origin power of the Sword Origin Realm instantly expanded, enveloping the entire Eternal Night Abyss!

Within the Domain, the Laws of the three thousand paths of the sword manifested and boiled simultaneously!

In the next moment, a terrifying sight that all the Dao Court Cultivators would never forget occurred:

Space itself transformed into billions of invisible strands of Sword Qi.

The flow of time became chaotic and bizarre; some felt themselves aging rapidly, while others seemed frozen in place.

Everyone suffered a backlash!

Those Eternal Realm Cultivators didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were sliced into pieces by the Sword Qi.

The Yuanshi Realm Cultivators barely resisted for a moment, but their Origin was as fragile as paper before this Sword Dao that reigned supreme over all, and they were likewise shredded.

The Lord of the Dao Court's eyes were nearly bursting as he frantically burned his Origin, activating a black ancient bell emitting a terrifying aura of annihilation to protect himself.

Yet, within a breath, his movements came to a sudden halt.

Because Chen Yuan's gaze had finally landed on him.

It was merely a single look.

The black ancient bell around the Lord of the Dao Court, capable of withstanding a full-force strike from a Yuanshi Realm Perfection, didn't even hum before it was silently covered in cracks and then exploded into a cloud of black dust with a "bang."

The Law of annihilation he relied on to attain his Dao crumbled and vanished inch by inch like snow meeting a scorching sun upon contact with the sliver of "Slaying the Heavenly Dao" intent contained in Chen Yuan's gaze!

"Im... impossible... what Realm is this..."

With a face full of despair and disbelief, the Lord of the Dao Court's body began to rapidly turn into fly ash, starting from his feet and moving upward.

Chen Yuan took a step forward, and his figure appeared deep within the Eternal Night Hall.

Inside the hall, a figure in grey robes sat in the high seat, looking at Chen Yuan with indifference.

"Are you Chen Yuan?"

The Lord of Annihilation spoke in a deep voice.

"It is I." After answering, Chen Yuan flicked his sleeve, pointed at him, and said coldly, "Lord of Annihilation, your game should come to an end."

"Heh heh heh."

Hearing this, the Lord of Annihilation chuckled twice, his lips curling into a sneer of disdain. "Just you? One who has just entered the Immeasurable Realm? Do you know what my strength is?"

"Merely the Middle Stage of the Immeasurable Realm! So what? In my eyes, you are already a dead man."

"Arrogant!"

The Lord of Annihilation slapped the armrest, and his Immeasurable Realm Middle Stage pressure bore down on Chen Yuan like something physical.

However, before his pressure could land, it was forced back by a domineering Sword Intent.

The Lord of Annihilation's expression changed. "What is going on?"

He suddenly realized with horror that he was pinned in place by a single pressure.

That pressure was incomparably overbearing; he simply could not break free!

"You... how could you possibly have such powerful strength?"

The Lord of Annihilation was utterly shocked.

He had seen everything Chen Yuan had done outside.

To be honest, he hadn't taken it seriously at the time, because he could have achieved the same without any movement at all.

"Lord of Annihilation, it's time for you to say goodbye to this world!"

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, a golden longsword condensed in his hand, and he slowly walked toward him.

The Lord of Annihilation looked at him, feigning composure as he said, "Chen Yuan, your strength is already the strongest in this world. I can let you be the master of this world."

"No need!"

Chen Yuan replied indifferently.

"I can acknowledge you as my master."

"No need. Today you must die. If not for you, so many innocents from the younger generations of the Human Race and the Yao Race would not have died under your ridiculous game."

"Stop!" the Lord of Annihilation shouted sharply, watching Chen Yuan who was already close.

Feeling the powerful sharp edge contained within that golden sword, his rational desire to survive broke through his feigned composure.

"The two races fighting each other was not my intention! If we didn't weaken the strength of the younger generation and keep this world as a Pseudo-Immortal Realm, you, I, and the entire world would have long been destroyed by the Xuan Yuan Realm!"

"Xuan Yuan Realm?" Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow, the golden longsword already resting against his neck.

"What do you mean by that?"

Seeing the killing intent in Chen Yuan's eyes turn into confusion, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "The continent we are on is called the Xuanling Continent; it was once a Level 9 Immortal Realm.

Above it, there are levels eight down to one.

The Xuan Yuan Realm is also a Level 9 Immortal Realm. Back then, a war broke out between the two Realms, and our Realm was defeated. To avoid being slaughtered, we signed a clause to be demoted to a Pseudo-Immortal Realm; only then was the Dao Court established.

If your strength progresses further, the armies of the Xuan Yuan Realm will once again march upon the Xuanling Continent."

Chen Yuan understood everything, but the sins committed by the Lord of Annihilation were a fact.

He no longer hesitated and directly pierced his throat with the sword, then took out the innate one qi human emperor banner to suck his Divine Soul into the banner.

The Divine Soul of the Lord of Annihilation screamed miserably.

Chen Yuan turned a deaf ear.

[PS: The Xuanling Continent arc is finished.

The stats are too poor, so I won't write the Immortal Realm conquest arc. I can only end it early. Family, wait for my new book, and follow me so you don't get lost.]