324: The ultimate slaying of karma! The divine slaying spear of destiny!

That cold, majestic voice, as if it were the Heavenly Dao itself, boomed deep within the Soul of every Elder in the Heavens Evolution Sect.

"Who shattered my mirror?"

Thump.

Several Elders, who had just stabilized themselves from the aftershocks of the backlash, immediately went weak in the knees and prostrated themselves on the ground, their bodies trembling like sieves.

The Grand Elder struggled to get up from the ground, ignoring the golden blood flowing from the corners of his eyes, and bowed deeply and respectfully, yet fearfully, towards the Forbidden Ground.

"Reporting to the Sect Master... it was not our fault. It was... it was when we were divining an anomaly that we suffered a Karma backlash from it. The precious mirror... the precious mirror couldn't bear the burden and collapsed on its own..."

His voice was filled with bitterness and terror.

Deep within the Forbidden Ground, that terrifying will was silent for a moment.

"Anomaly?"

The voice sounded again, but with a hint of chilling dread that made one's heart palpitate.

"To be able to backlash against the Heavenly Dao and shatter a precious mirror, this is no longer an anomaly."

"This is... the Cancer of the Heavenly Dao!"

The Cancer of the Heavenly Dao!

These four words, like four primordial divine mountains, heavily pressed upon the hearts of all the Elders, making them almost unable to breathe.

An anomaly was merely a star that had deviated from its orbit, still with the possibility of being set right.

But the Cancer of the Heavenly Dao was a tumor that sought to erode the entire Universe's Law, to subvert order from its very Origin! It was an existence that must be completely eradicated at all costs!

"Since the Heavenly Dao cannot be spied upon, and its fate cannot be investigated..."

That ancient voice delivered the final judgment.

"Then... directly erase its Karma."

As the words fell, the space around the altar suddenly solidified.

Three figures, even older than the white-haired Grand Elder, as if they could turn into dust at any moment, slowly emerged from the Void Realm.

They were the true foundation of the Heavens Evolution Sect, three Grand Elders who had been in death seclusion for countless years, preserving the last shred of power for the continuation of the Sect!

At this moment, they were awakened by the Sect Master.

The three Grand Elders did not speak, but merely exchanged glances, and a look of grim determination flashed in their cloudy eyes simultaneously.

They bowed deeply towards the Forbidden Ground, their bodies hunched.

The next moment.

The three simultaneously extended their right hands, shriveled like chicken claws, and, with fingers joined like a blade, heavily slashed across their own brows!

No fresh blood flowed out.

What overflowed from the wound was a tangible, rich Life Origin! And their Lifespan, which was rapidly draining away!

"With my hundred years of Lifespan, as the guide!"

"With my hundred years of Lifespan, as the edge!"

"With my hundred years of Lifespan, as the Soul!"

Three old and hoarse voices echoed on the silent altar.

Visibly, their hair turned from gray to snow-white, and then from snow-white to flying ash. Their already wrinkled skin now resembled cracked tree bark, and the aura of life was rapidly being drawn from their bodies at a terrifying speed.

In just three breaths, the three Grand Elders seemed to have aged ten thousand years in an instant!

And the vast Life Origin and three hundred years of Lifespan they sacrificed furiously intertwined and compressed above the altar, eventually... coalescing into a transparent thorn, about three inches long, entirely ethereal, as if it did not exist in this world.

It had no physical form, no energy fluctuations, and not even a color.

It was a pure concept of "absolute kill."

A "Godslaying" command, bestowed by "Heaven's Mandate"!

One of the Heavens Evolution Sect's foundational treasures, a true Karma Law weapon — the [Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn]!

Once this item appeared, it ignored space, defenses, and all Divine Abilities and Magic Treasures. It would directly act upon the target's river of fate, annihilating a person's "existence" itself from the very root of Karma!

"Go."

Deep within the Forbidden Ground, the Sect Master's will, devoid of any emotion, transformed into a command and gently settled upon the thorn.

Buzz!

The [Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn] trembled slightly and instantly vanished from the altar.

It had crossed infinite space and time, following the faint line of Karma, stabbing towards the source that had been judged as the "Cancer of the Heavenly Dao"... inside the dark starship, outside the Ten Thousand Swords Burial.

The bridge was peaceful.

Lin Fan had paved the way for Li Hanyue, and she was currently sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, adjusting her state to an unprecedented Peak.

That map, laid out by death, was already deeply imprinted in her mind.

Next, it was her turn to conquer that graveyard of swords and seek her Breakthrough in the Dao of the Sword.

Lin Fan did not disturb her.

He stood quietly on the other side, and in his palm, that faint "Origin Sword Master Will" floated.

How should he use this thing?

Swallow it directly? Or acknowledge it with a drop of blood?

An SS-rank reward couldn't just be casually handled like a stone picked up by the roadside, could it?

Since this thing was "will," it should be touched with the Divine Soul.

He pondered in his heart, separating a wisp of Divine Thought, carefully extending it towards that faint glimmer.

Just as his Divine Thought was about to touch that wisp of will.

A sudden, extreme coldness and tremor, originating from the deepest part of his Soul, fiercely seized his heart!

That was not fear.

It was a premonition of being "deleted," coming from "existence" itself!

He suddenly looked up, but saw nothing.

The starry sky was still deep, and the bridge was still quiet.

But his System interface, at this moment, was frantically bombarded with an unprecedented, blood-red warning!

"Warning! Ultimate Karma Law attack detected and locked on!"

"Attack judgment: Annihilation-level!"

"Attempting to parse attack mode... Parsing failed! Target attack method exceeds currently understandable scope!"

"Attempting to construct Karma defense... Defense ineffective!"

"Warning! Your 'existence' itself has been locked on as the target for erasure! Any Clones, resurrection anchors, or substitute death methods cannot evade this attack!"

"Warning! Existence Exemption talent activated... Expected to exempt 10% of erasure effect... Remaining 90% of erasure effect will arrive in 0.1 seconds!"

A series of red warnings, like a death knell, frantically flashed before Lin Fan's eyes!

His brain instantly went blank.

Karma Law attack?

Directly erase existence?

The System, for the first time, issued a completely helpless warning!

Almost at the same time, Li Hanyue, who was in meditation, opened her eyes without warning!

The color instantly drained from her face, and for the first time, a look of near-collapse, horror, and fear appeared in her clear, cold eyes!

She saw nothing, heard nothing.

But the faint connection between her and Lin Fan allowed her to clearly "see" an invisible, venomous thorn representing culmination and nothingness, which had transcended everything and arrived before Lin Fan!

"No—!"

A sharp, desperate scream escaped her lips.

Lin Fan's pupils suddenly constricted to the extreme.

He felt no pain, nor any impact of power.

He only felt a cold, ethereal "point," not belonging to any concept of this world, gently touching his Soul Origin.