136: Chapter 136 Beichen Admits Defeat

Above the Tianyuan Arena, the voice of the eye of destiny fluctuated for the first time.

[Warning: Attack intensity approaching the Seventh-Order detected!]

[Evaluating the endurance of the Netherworld World's rule barrier...]

[Evaluation result: Critical threshold.]

[Recommendation: Red side should immediately deploy all defensive measures.]

Thirty-two trillion viewers held their breath.

Qinglin Province, Chu Family Main City. Thirty million people stood up from their seats, their faces pale.

"Seventh-Order... that is power approaching the Seventh-Order..."

"Su Bai's world is only Sixth-Order. Can the power of rules block it?"

On the provincial capital's viewing platform, Chu Zhentian's fingers suddenly gripped the armrest. His knuckles turned white, but he said nothing.

Lin Canglan stood in the shadows, his lip bitten until it bled.

The Old Principal opened his eyes; for the first time, a hint of tension appeared in those cloudy eyes.

In the Netherworld World, before the Ghost Gate Pass.

Su Bai looked at the nine stars falling from the sky, his ashen-gray eyes as calm as water.

"Approaching the Seventh-Order?" he whispered, the corners of his mouth curling slightly. "So what."

He raised his hand, his consciousness linking with all the Hero Units.

"City God."

"Present."

"Judgment of the Underworld, operate at full power."

"Yes."

The City God stood on the Soul Capturing Platform, raising the seal of the city god with both hands. The four characters for "seal of the city god" on its surface erupted with blinding golden light. This golden light was not mere radiance, but rules—the rules of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the rules of the Netherworld World.

A golden light screen rose from the boundaries of the Netherworld World, thicker, wider, and brighter than before. The City God's aura plummeted rapidly—from the peak of the Sixth-Order to the high stage, then to the middle stage—as he poured all his power into the rule barrier.

"Ghost King."

"Present."

The Ghost King hovered before the Ghost Gate Pass, raising the ghost king sword. Eerie blue light on the blade intertwined with ashen-gray Yin Qi, and the phantom of the Ghost Gate Pass behind him erupted with blinding blue light.

"Ghost Gate Pass, unbreakable."

He plunged the ghost king sword into the void, and the phantom of the Ghost Gate Pass extended from the gate itself, transforming into a massive portal that stood behind the rule barrier. This was the second line of defense.

The Ghost King's aura also began to drop—peak Sixth-Order, high stage, middle stage.

"Ten Great Yin Marshals."

"Present."

Black and White Impermanence, Ox-Head and Horse-Face, the Day Patrol Envoy, the Night Patrol Envoy, and the Four Great Demon Underworld Envoys—ten figures stood before the Ghost Gate Pass simultaneously, pouring their respective powers into the gate's phantom.

"Eight Great Races."

Zhao Tiezhu stood before Rakshasa City, his dark-gold vertical pupils fixed on the nine stars, a ferocious grin spreading across his face.

"Rakshasa, roar!"

One and a half million Rakshasas roared in unison as dark-gold blood qi surged from their bodies, converging into a torrent that poured into the Ghost Gate Pass.

Blood Howl stood on the Dragon Blood Wasteland, Dragon Flame spewing from his mouth, pure golden fire interweaving with dark-gold blood qi.

"Dragon-Blood Orcs, offer your dragon blood!"

Four hundred thousand Dragon-Blood Orcs slit their wrists, and dragon blood gushed from the wounds, turning into a golden river that flowed into the Ghost Gate Pass.

The Naga, Shadow Demons, Mushroom People, Ice Crystals, Humans, and Bone Spirits—all races offered their power simultaneously.

The power of thirteen million living beings converged into a torrent of ashen-gray and gold, pouring into the Ghost Gate Pass and the rule barrier.

The nine stars crashed down.

The first one slammed into the rule barrier.

Boom!!!

The entire Netherworld World trembled.

The second, the third, the fourth.

Three stars crashed down at once; the rule barrier shook violently, and the City God's body jolted as golden blood leaked from his seven orifices.

But he did not retreat.

The fifth, the sixth.

The rule barrier began to collapse. Golden fragments drifted down from the sky like falling leaves. The City God knelt on one knee on the Soul Capturing Platform, the light of the seal of the city god having dimmed by more than half.

The seventh.

The rule barrier shattered.

But the Ghost Gate Pass remained.

The seventh star slammed into the Ghost Gate Pass, erupting in a deafening roar. The phantom of the Ghost Gate Pass shook violently, and the runes on the portal extinguished one by one. The Ghost King's body jolted, and the first crack appeared on the ghost king sword.

The eighth.

The phantom of the Ghost Gate Pass began to collapse. The Ghost King knelt on one knee, the cracks on the ghost king sword spreading like a spiderweb. His aura had already fallen to the Fifth-Order.

The ninth.

The final star, and the largest one.

Carrying all of Bei Chenyao's obsession, pride, and unwillingness, it hurtled toward the world core.

Hurtling toward the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Su Bai watched the star, his ashen-gray eyes still calm.

He raised his hand and gave it a gentle wave.

"Six Paths of Reincarnation, activate."

Deep within the world core, the ring-shaped phantom composed of countless light spots began to rotate.

The heavenly path, human path, Asura Path, animal path, hungry ghost path, and hell path—the six light wheels lit up simultaneously.

The power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation surged from the world core, transforming into an ashen-gray pillar of light that shot straight into the sky.

The ninth star slammed into the pillar of light from the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

There was no roar, no explosion, and no shockwave.

Before the Six Paths of Reincarnation, that star, which was infinitely close to the Seventh-Order, was like a snowflake falling into the River of Oblivion.

It was swallowed in total silence.

The star's power was decomposed by the Six Paths of Reincarnation, turning into countless tiny specks of light that scattered to every corner of the Netherworld World. Those specks fell to the ground as stardust, into the water as starlight, and onto the living beings as blessings.

Bei Chenyao's final trump card was effortlessly swallowed by the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Bei Chenyao stood in the starry sky, looking at the swallowed star, his deep-blue eyes filled with disbelief.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation... can even swallow Seventh-Order power?"

He didn't finish his sentence, as his body had already begun to disintegrate. The power from burning the Star World was exhausted; his frame shrank from a thousand feet to a hundred, then to ten, and finally back to the size of an ordinary person.

Behind him, the phantoms of the nine Star Gods had vanished. The stardust of the six million Star Spirits had scattered into the void, no longer able to coalesce.

The Star World now existed in name only.

Su Bai stood in the center of the world pod, looking at the swaying figure across from him, and did not continue his attack.

He simply stood there, looking at Bei Chenyao calmly.

There was no contempt or mockery in that gaze, only a faint sense of respect.

A Creator willing to burn everything for their world deserved the respect of any opponent.

Bei Chenyao looked up at Su Bai, his deep-blue eyes filled with unwillingness, but also a hint of relief.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

Opening his eyes, he tapped the surrender button.

[Bei Chenyao has conceded]

[Match 008, Winner: Su Bai]

[Su Bai advances to the Points Race]

The world bridge began to disconnect. Silvery-white starlight receded from the Netherworld World, and ashen-gray Yin Qi once again shrouded the entire void.

The phantoms of the nine Star Gods flickered one last time in the starry sky before completely dissipating.

The stardust of the six million Star Spirits scattered through the void like a sky full of fireflies.

Bei Chenyao stood in the world pod, watching the dissipating stardust, his deep-blue eyes filled with sorrow.

But the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Su Bai... you won."

Above the Tianyuan Arena, the voice of the eye of destiny resounded across sixty-seven star sectors.

[Match 008, the outcome has been decided]

[Red Side: Su Bai (Tianxuan Star Sector, Qinglin Province) - Victory]

[Blue Side: Bei Chenyao (Tianshu Star Sector, Beichen Province) - Defeat]

[Advancement Status: Su Bai has advanced to the Points Race]

[Bei Chenyao has been eliminated]

In an instant, the entire Great Xia Kingdom's public opinion sphere felt as if a bomb had been dropped into it.