449: Chapter 449 Transcendence! Severing the Heavenly Dao and Achieving the Primordial Dao Master!

A sea of pure white destructive fire swallowed all sound and color within the Heavenly Temple.

This torrent, triggered by the collapse of the Heavenly Dao's Origin core, swept in all directions with an absolute will to erase every trace of Law.

In the midst of this deathly white light, sufficient to trigger an Era's reset...

A streak of crimson lightning forcibly tore through the void, surging against the current!

Xu Chen held the purple-gold light cocoon enveloping Shen Xi tightly in his left arm, while his right hand gripped the zhu xian sword embryo. From amidst his wildly dancing black hair, Great Emperor's blood continuously seeped out only to instantly evaporate, turning into clouds of blood-red mist that lingered around him.

"Get the hell away from me!"

Xu Chen's eyes were bloodshot as a piercing roar that shook the Nine Heavens erupted from his throat.

The zhu xian sword embryo seemed to sense its master's heaven-burning, monstrous rage, and its blade began to vibrate violently. The originally purple-gold Sword Qi was completely dyed a violent crimson at this moment.

He swung the sword once.

Screech—!

Amidst the ear-piercing sound of tearing...

That pure white sea of fire, capable of instantly melting even a Great Emperor's divine weapon, was actually split open by Xu Chen's strike—laden with tyrannical killing intent—creating a vacuum trench tens of thousands of feet long right through the center!

The sea of fire rolled back frantically to both sides.

At the end of the trench, the illusory face of the Ancient Divine Venerable, hidden deep within the light of destruction and woven from the rules of the Heavenly Dao, was revealed.

At this moment, that high-and-mighty face was covered in unconcealable horror and bewilderment.

"Impossible! The Heavenly Dao Origin has already been detonated; this is a situation of Universal extinction! How can you break through this world-ending light?!"

The Ancient Divine Venerable's consciousness surged frantically within the sea of fire, permeated with the despair of a falling empire.

Xu Chen stepped onto the path carved through the sea of fire, approaching with large strides.

With every step he took, the boiling Great Emperor's Qi and Blood around him rose a notch higher.

"Old thing, open your dog eyes and look clearly. Today, this Emperor shall sever your destiny!"

The universal black hole formed by the Hongmeng Heaven-Swallowing Art on Xu Chen's chest was no longer limited to defense. It actively detached from Xu Chen's body, transforming into a sky-blotting black abyssal moon that loomed directly over the Ancient Divine Venerable's head.

"Swallow it!"

Accompanied by Xu Chen's violent shout...

The black hole erupted with a terrifying suction force that overturned heaven and earth.

The pure white fire that was originally raging outward in an attempt to destroy the Myriad Realms was like a wild horse forced into a harness; it was pulled back by an irresistible power and poured into that black abyss!

Not just the aftershocks of the explosion...

Even the Ancient Divine Venerable's remaining will and that collapsing Heavenly Dao Origin core were deathly locked by this extremely domineering devouring force.

"Stop! You are seeking your own death! Such a massive amount of Era Origin is enough to burst your Emperor's body into pieces!"

The Ancient Divine Venerable let out a shrill scream.

He desperately tried to break free from the suction, but before this devouring Law that stood above the Heavenly Dao, his massive phantom could only be compressed and torn apart at a visible speed.

Xu Chen completely ignored the Divine Venerable's curse.

He stood suspended in the Void Realm, enduring the terrifying impact of the massive Heavenly Dao Origin pouring into his body.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of earth-shaking muffled thuds echoed from within Xu Chen's body.

The Hongmeng Creation Origin Body, which was impervious to all methods, actually showed fine cracks at this moment.

The golden Heavenly Dao Origin and the purple-gold Primordial Qi fought frantically within his Meridians. The two overbearing powers refused to yield to each other, nearly grinding his internal organs to dust.

Pain.

A pain that went deep into the marrow and tore at the Divine Soul.

But in Xu Chen's blood-red eyes, there was not a hint of retreat.

He lowered his head and glanced at the purple-gold light cocoon he held tightly in his left arm.

Through the glow, he could see Shen Xi's face, pale as paper, and her flame of life, which was so weak it was nearly extinguished.

This foolish woman, for his sake, had even burned her supreme divine status clean away.

How could he fall here?

"Mere dregs of the Heavenly Dao think they can burst this Emperor's Physical Body?"

Xu Chen threw his head back and laughed wildly, his black hair standing on end.

"Refine for me!"

The circulation path of the Hongmeng Heaven-Swallowing Art underwent an earth-shattering change within Xu Chen's body.

The barrier of the Peak Great Emperor realm was originally an insurmountable ceiling in this Universe.

But under Xu Chen's crazy forced compression and the impact of the entire Heavenly Dao Origin acting as fuel, that indestructible barrier finally began to glow red and melt.

Crack... Snap...

A faint but crystal-clear sound of shattering echoed deep within Xu Chen's Divine Soul.

Immediately following, the shattering sounds were like a prairie fire, instantly merging into a single roar.

The absolute shackle that had troubled Xu Chen for a long time collapsed with a bang!

At the moment the barrier shattered...

The chaotic and violent torrent of energy within Xu Chen's body instantly found an outlet. The golden Heavenly Dao Origin, the black Devilish Qi of the Return to Ruins, and the purple-gold Hongmeng Qi and Blood miraculously fused into one at this moment.

A brand new, extremely profound grey-purple brilliance blossomed from every pore of Xu Chen's body.

This brilliance was not blinding, but it carried a supreme majesty that could encompass all things and assimilate all Daos.

The raging sea of destructive fire around him, upon contact with this grey-purple brilliance, was like a subject meeting a king; it instantly calmed all its violence and submissively transformed into wisps of the most primitive Spiritual Qi.

Rising above all Daos.

Transcending beyond the Era.

Unprecedented, and never to be repeated.

[Ding!]

[Detected that the Host has forcibly refined the Heavenly Dao Origin, breaking through the shackles of the Universal rules!]

[Host has successfully stepped into the Transcendent Realm—[Grandmist Dao Lord]!]

[Current Status: Words are Law, unique in the Myriad Realms. Your will is the absolute truth of this Universe.]

The storm subsided, and the sea of fire dissipated.

Within the ruined central domain of the Heavenly Temple...

Xu Chen floated quietly in mid-air.

His damaged Black Robe fluttered without wind. The crimson in his eyes had faded, replaced by a deep grey-purple that could reflect the stars and seas of the Universe.

He did not deliberately emit any pressure, but just by standing there, the surrounding space automatically folded and distorted, as if this world could not bear his transcendent, magnificent existence.

Not far ahead...

The phantom of the Ancient Divine Venerable, with only a wisp of a remnant soul left, flickered violently like a candle in the wind.

His hollow eyes stared fixedly at Xu Chen. Feeling the terrifying aura from the other party that made him unable to even produce a thought of resistance, his voice was filled with the tremors of despair.

"Transcendence... You actually truly transcended the rules..."

The Divine Venerable laughed miserably, the sound filled with endless sorrow and absurdity.

"I have dominated the Myriad Realms for countless Eras, yet in the end, I personally paved the way for you, an anomaly."

Xu Chen looked at this once high-and-mighty, invincible Incarnation of the Heavenly Dao. There was no pity or pride in his eyes, only an absolute coldness that held the power of life and death.

"This Emperor said, your Era is over."

Xu Chen slowly raised his right hand.

Facing the Ancient Divine Venerable's fragmented phantom, he lightly clenched his fingers across the air.

Words are Law, the might of a Dao Master!

"No—!"

The Ancient Divine Venerable let out an extremely shrill wail.

The void around him, at the moment Xu Chen's fingers clenched, was crushed inward like a piece of crumpled rag.

The Ancient Divine Venerable's remnant soul, along with his last remaining trace of the Heavenly Dao mark, was annihilated into the smallest dust of nothingness under that casual squeeze, like a popped bubble.

Form and spirit destroyed, never to be reborn.

The greatest haze that had weighed on the heads of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms for countless Eras completely vanished at this moment.

Within the vast ruins of the Heavenly Temple, a deathly silence fell.

Only the broken bronze pillars and white jade floor tiles silently told the story of the ultimate battle that had just destroyed heaven and earth.

Xu Chen withdrew his right hand.

He lowered his head. Those deep, cold eyes instantly transformed into endless tenderness and pity when they touched the purple-gold light cocoon in his left arm.

Inside the cocoon, Shen Xi's eyes were still tightly closed. Her weak breathing relied entirely on Xu Chen's Origin Qi to stay alive.

"Foolish woman."

Xu Chen reached out a finger and, through the glow, virtually caressed Shen Xi's pale cheek.

"I said, as long as I am here, not even the Lord of Heaven can take your life."

Xu Chen turned around. A grey-purple Dao Master halo spread out beneath his feet, forming a grand path that spanned the Nine Heavens void.

At the end of the path, on the Purple-Gold Divine Carriage, were his wives and the Myriad Realms Allied Army, who had long since been dazed by the sight.

Holding his heavily injured wife and treading upon the corpse of the Heavenly Dao, he walked with steady steps toward his army.