666: Falling before dawn

"Yan Mo Divine Flame!"

Great Sage Yama roared.

The black flames burning on him suddenly expanded, enveloping Zhou Chuanqi.

Zhou Chuanqi's heart stirred; it seemed he didn't need to do anything, as this passage couldn't harm him.

But even though he had a premonition, Zhou Chuanqi didn't refuse; it was better to be safe.

Buzz~

The endless distorted time and space transformed into streaks of colorful, shimmering light in a way Zhou Chuanqi couldn't comprehend, appearing before his eyes.

Zhou Chuanqi was not unfamiliar with this.

After all, the Zhou Family governed several worlds.

He had naturally seen such sights before.

The passage was constantly changing.

Who knows how long passed.

Perhaps an instant, perhaps a year, or even a century.

Amidst the distortion of time and space, one couldn't distinguish between time and space.

As the mystical scenery gradually peeled away from his vision, Zhou Chuanqi began to regain his senses.

Buzz~

Time and space trembled.

Zhou Chuanqi instinctively closed his eyes.

A moment later, time and space stabilized.

As Zhou Chuanqi reopened his eyes, a vast world appeared before him.

In this world, the sky was expansive, yet it held a blood sun.

The land was vast, yet covered with black flame-like patterns, splitting the earth.

"Yama Great Realm..."

Beside Zhou Chuanqi, the tall figure with two horns on his head had slightly moist eyes.

"Yama Great Realm..."

Zhou Chuanqi's heart felt even stranger.

Although it was his first time here, he didn't feel unfamiliar; it was as if everything here belonged to him, under his control.

Buzz~

Zhou Chuanqi instinctively spread his hands, his Divine Sense extending.

The moment it touched this world.

His Divine Sense quietly merged with the Great Dao of the world.

And constantly spread out.

In just an instant, it had already surpassed the limit of his Divine Sense in the Chaofeng Ancient Realm, and showed no sign of stopping.

The endlessly vast world, in this short moment, all merged into his mind.

Such a vast sight, yet it caused him no burden.

In the Yama Great Realm, as his Divine Sense merged with the Great Dao, imprints continuously entered his mind.

Those were not mere imprints; they were living beings.

Living beings.

At this moment.

As these imprints, like bright lamps, appeared.

A realization arose from the depths of Zhou Chuanqi's heart.

It seemed that if he willed it, the beings marked by these imprints could all be under his command.

They would live for him, die for him.

"This is enslavement..."

Zhou Chuanqi's face turned slightly pale.

There were too many imprints, covering the entire world.

This meant that with a single thought, he could enslave an entire world.

"Enslaving a world..."

Zhou Chuanqi's mind wavered slightly.

This was too terrifying, even though he had been mentally prepared and, as a Genius Disciple of the Zhou Family, was well-traveled and knowledgeable.

But at this moment, he was still shocked by such a method.

Zhou Chuanqi turned his head and looked at Great Sage Yama beside him, whose mind was somewhat shaken.

He felt a huge, bright, profound imprint appear in his mind.

With just a thought, this Void Refining Realm expert could be at his beck and call, under his control.

"How is it?"

Great Sage Yama, feeling Zhou Chuanqi's gaze, a thought quietly arose in his heart: he must protect Zhou Chuanqi well.

This thought surfaced so naturally that Great Sage Yama was completely unaware.

Perhaps, when Zhou Chuanqi decided to return to the Yama Great Realm with him, he would fulfill his promise without any additional control.

He would surely safely return Zhou Chuanqi to the Zhou Family.

"I've gained some insight, but it's not enough."

Zhou Chuanqi withdrew his complex gaze; although he could now perceive and control these imprints, he seemed unable to remove them, especially the imprints of an entire world.

Buzz!

It was at this moment.

Above the sky.

From within the hanging blood sun.

A vague, human-like figure, whose face could not be seen, slowly began to materialize from the depths of the blood sun.

This blurry figure showed no face, no body, no Dao, but merely by appearing.

It caused the Great Dao of the entire Yama Great Realm to tremble and hum.

"Beast God!"

Great Sage Yama's expression changed as he looked towards the blood sun.

He had read the ancestral records; this was the figure of the Immortal, known as the Beast God, who had merged with the Great Dao of heaven and earth.

Having disappeared for countless years, he reappeared at this moment.

At this very moment.

Throughout the Yama Great Realm.

Countless regions, countless races, countless powerhouses all looked up towards the figure within the blood sun.

Some prostrated themselves on the ground, reverently calling out the Beast God's name, constantly worshipping.

Only a few powerhouses who knew the truth showed hatred and fear on their faces.

But no one could do anything.

"You are me..."

Just then.

The blurry human figure that had re-materialized from the blood sun seemed to open its eyes.

The gaze, formed by the Great Dao, pierced through layers of space and fell upon Zhou Chuanqi, who was frowning slightly and whose face was a little pale, below.

"I am you..."

"I am Myriad Beast Heavenly Venerable!"

Waves of realization arose from the depths of his soul.

It was as if an endless fog had been dispelled, and a bright path suddenly appeared before his eyes.

"Was all of this a contingency I set up...?"

"Even a Heavenly Venerable, after Reincarnation, will become lost. If they cannot break through the confusion, they will cycle through Reincarnation for generations, never truly realizing their true self."

Zhou Chuanqi's heart suddenly understood.

He had only grasped a fraction of the truth, but it was enough to understand the matters of the Yama Great Realm.

Buzz~

Within the blood sun.

The gaze formed by the Great Dao fell upon Zhou Chuanqi.

It caused Zhou Chuanqi's figure to begin flying towards the blood sun.

Within that blood sun lay his Dao, his legacy, all that was his, waiting for him to inherit.

Only by mastering all of this could he truly remove the enslavement imprint of this world.

"I've found a way."

Zhou Chuanqi said to Great Sage Yama below.

Great Sage Yama's expression shook.

At this moment.

The endless painstaking efforts and struggles, day and night, of countless ancestors throughout the Yama Great Realm, found their culmination in this brief sentence.

This was the future of the Yama Great Realm.

The eternally resolute, massive figure, at this moment, found his eyes blurred by the wind, slightly moist.

"Thank you."

Great Sage Yama opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

That gradually ascending, tiny figure seemed to support an entire world.

"Hahahahaha!"

Just then.

A hearty laugh came from the void behind.

"Heavenly Venerable's projection, it's mine!"

"Three Daos merging into one, I shall be invincible!"

A middle-aged man with an extraordinary demeanor stepped out from the void.

His gaze was fervent as he looked at Zhou Chuanqi and the blurry human figure within the blood sun.

He controlled the heart of the heavenly venerable and the weapon of the heavenly venerable, but his body was too weak.

If he could integrate a Heavenly Venerable's Great Dao into himself.

Then, he would not be a Heavenly Venerable, yet he would be superior to one.

Behind him, Dao Lord Yuheng, with an ancient green lamp floating, pointed a finger.

He intended to steal Zhou Chuanqi's body and seize the Heavenly Venerable's Great Dao.

"Stop!"

Great Sage Yama's face changed drastically; this middle-aged figure had no Qi fluctuations within his body, yet contained boundless terror.

The instant the middle-aged figure extended his finger.

Great Sage Yama's body instinctively swelled, transforming into a giant ten thousand feet tall.

He stood in front of the gradually ascending Zhou Chuanqi.

Buzz!

The finger descended.

Dao Lord Yuheng's expression remained unchanged.

A mere Void Refining, an ant trying to stop a chariot.

Buzz!

Great Sage Yama felt a moment of trance.

He felt everything was dissipating.

His Primordial Spirit was perishing... and at the same time, the imprint deeply etched in his Primordial Spirit also vanished.

"Am I free...?"

The ten-thousand-foot-tall black flame giant fell.

It fell beneath the scorching sun, before dawn.