160: Without lifting a finger, the Great Sage instantly evaporated. [Thanks to 'Yunmeng Heavenly Emperor' for the gift]
When she reappeared, she was already above the storm-tossed skies of the [dimensional universe].
She just floated quietly in mid-air.
Her tiny figure formed an incredibly sharp and eerie contrast with Su Jue's sky-blotting Divine Dharma Body and the frantically erupting Li Wuji below.
"Hmm?"
Li Wuji's eruption faltered slightly.
He stopped his attack, his eyes burning with madness fixed intently on the... little girl who had suddenly appeared.
He couldn't sense any energy fluctuations from this little girl.
She seemed like an ordinary, defenseless human cub.
But!
His combat instinct, originating from the Great Saint Realm and spanning the river of time, was sending him the sharpest warning!
Danger!
Fatal danger!!!
That feeling was ten thousand times more terrifying than when he had faced a true Saint King Realm expert years ago!
It was as if he were facing not a Life form.
But... a type of rule.
A... supreme rule that stood above all laws!
"Who... who are you?"
Li Wuji demanded.
As for Su Jue, the moment he saw Zero appear, his heart, which had been in his throat, immediately settled back into his chest.
It was settled.
This situation was completely under control now.
With this Little Ancestor here, never mind one Great Saint, even if ten more came, they'd all have to leave on their backs today!
The little girl known as "Zero" didn't pay any attention to Li Wuji's question.
She just wrinkled her delicate little nose, first glancing at Li Wuji below, who was barking like a mad dog, then looking up at Su Jue's Divine Dharma Body, which was about to shatter into pixels.
Finally, a hint of... undisguised disdain leaked from her pure golden eyes.
"So noisy."
She stretched out a fair, tender little hand and rubbed her ears, seemingly very dissatisfied with the noisy environment.
Then.
She gently waved her hand at Li Wuji below, who was burning his Life force in an attempt to burst the entire world.
The movement was like shooing away an annoying fly.
"Be quiet."
She spoke three words in an ethereal tone.
The moment the words fell.
The entire world seemed to have its mute button pressed.
Li Wuji's violent energy, enough to destroy galaxies, came to a screeching halt.
His madly roaring mouth froze in the moment it was open.
His eyes, burning with blazing saint fire, also immediately dimmed.
Following that.
Under Su Jue's completely numb gaze.
Li Wuji, this ancestor of the Great Saint Realm, his body began to... disintegrate from the most basic particle level.
No explosion.
No sound.
Not even a trace of energy dissipated.
He was like a drawing on a beach that was silently erased by a gentle sweep of a wave.
From his physical body to his divine soul.
From his laws to his Dao Fruit.
Every trace of his existence in this world was completely erased in this instant!
Then, transforming into the purest, most primordial nourishment, it was greedily absorbed by the [dimensional universe], which had been on the verge of collapse!
Hum—!
Having received the entire "legacy" of a Great Sage Realm Expert.
The world barriers of the [dimensional universe], which had been covered in cracks, healed completely in an instant!
Not only that!
The entire world was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye!
New continents were forming!
New oceans were spreading!
New stars were rising slowly in the sky!
[Ding! Your 'dimensional universe' has successfully devoured 'Great Saint Realm' Source x1!]
[The world is undergoing hyper-evolution...]
[Ding! Successfully analyzed 'Great Sage Level · Law of Gold'! World fundamental laws are being perfected...]
[Ding! Successfully absorbed 'Great Sage Level · Devouring Law'! World circulation system is being upgraded...]
[Ding! Your 'dimensional universe' has successfully promoted to: 'dimensional universe' (Minor Thousand Worlds · Embryo)!]
[Current planet count: 108!]
[Current main planet diameter: 300,000 kilometers!]
[World stability increased by 100,000%!]
...A series of system notifications rang out frantically in Su Jue's mind like a scrolling screen!
At the same time.
An incredibly vast and pure source power flowed back from the evolving [dimensional universe], violently washing over Su Jue's physical body and divine soul!
Crack!
A sound like an eggshell breaking rang out inside him.
The massive bottleneck from the Domain Transformation Realm to the Divine Ability Realm was shattered in this moment with overwhelming force!
[Ding! Congratulations Host! Your cultivation bottleneck has been forcibly broken!]
[Current Realm: Sixth Layer of Domain Transformation Realm → First Layer of Supernatural Power Realm!]
[Current Realm: First Layer of Supernatural Power Realm → Second Layer of Supernatural Power Realm!]
[...]
Su Jue's cultivation soared like a rocket!
Finally, it stopped steadily at the [Peak of the Third Layer of Divine Ability Realm]!
It was only a step away from the mid-stage of the Divine Ability Realm!
"Holy... crap..."
Feeling the terrifying power within him, which was more than a hundred times stronger than before, Su Jue couldn't help but curse.
This... this is just too awesome, isn't it?!
Killing a Great Saint could actually yield such terrifying benefits?!
If I had known this earlier, back on the Barbaric Star, I shouldn't have let my old man crush that Gold-Devouring Rat Emperor into a pill; I should have kept it to grind myself!
However.
His excitement didn't last long.
Because as soon as he looked up, he met Zero's pure golden eyes.
"You."
Zero pointed a finger at Su Jue.
"Also noisy."
Su Jue: "..."
The smile on his face also froze.
An ominous premonition welled up in his heart... Meanwhile.
Real world.
Lihuo Star No. 3, deep within the Li Family's ancestral land.
Inside the ancestral hall.
Thousands of core disciples of the Li Family were kneeling on the ground, kowtowing frantically toward the soul tablet burning with blazing golden flames at the very top, praying for the ancestor's divine might to suppress the powerful enemy.
That soul tablet was exactly the Life Soul Tablet of the Li Family's ancestor, Li Wuji!
As long as the soul tablet wasn't extinguished, it meant the ancestor was still alive!
There was still hope for the Li Family!
Suddenly!
Crack!
A crisp cracking sound was exceptionally piercing in the silent ancestral hall.
Everyone's heart jumped as they suddenly looked up!
On that soul tablet that had burned for hundreds of thousands of years and represented the Li Family's highest glory, a... tiny crack quietly appeared.
Before anyone could react.
Crack!
Crack, crack!
More cracks spread rapidly!
Finally!
With a muffled "bang"!
That soul tablet, symbolizing immortality and Eternity, exploded into dust before the terrified, horrified, and disbelieving eyes of thousands of Li Family disciples!
???????
The entire ancestral hall fell into a dead silence in an instant.
Only endless shock and despair remained on everyone's faces.
The ancestor... has fallen?!
——
[I can't hold on anymore, bosses; I only wrote ten thousand words today]