299: The blade that slays gods, cutting down myths.

Li Chengqian's voice was filled with unquestionable dominance and proclamation!

Roar—!

The human Dao Golden Dragon let out a roar toward the sky. Its massive dragon body swung violently, crashing directly into the headless war god fixed in place!

This was not a physical attack!

It was a far more dangerous and terrifying war on a "conceptual" level!

It was the conquest of "primitive wilderness" by "human civilization"!

It was the crushing of "individual Battle Intent" by "collective will"!

Boom!

The golden torrent collided fiercely with the blood-colored Battle Intent!

There was no sound, no light effects.

But Queen Mother of the West seemed to see, on that invisible battlefield, billions of Great Tang heavenly soldiers in immortal armor, wielding divine weapons, forming an endless army formation, frantically charging at that lonely war god who stood tall against heaven and earth!

Xingtian's Battle Intent was strong!

Strong enough to battle heaven and earth!

But, in the end, he was only one person!

And behind Li Chengqian's human Dao Dragon Qi stood the entire Great Tang Immortal Kingdom!

It was the billions of subjects, united in heart and mind, with a single faith!

It was the magnificent momentum that fused the three major civilization Systems of cultivation, technology, and magic!

In the face of such a surging torrent of the era!

Any individual's stubborn and untimely resistance seemed so pale and ridiculous!

Crack...

A sound of shattering, seemingly from the depths of the Soul, rang out.

The blood-colored Battle Intent, which had been as solid as substance on the massive body of the once-unparalleled headless war god Xingtian, actually began to collapse and disintegrate, inch by inch!

For the first time, confusion and wavering appeared in those eyes formed by his nipples!

His "never-give-up" fighting spirit, in the face of the magnificent human Dao trend of "humanity conquering heaven," produced self-doubt for the first time!

"Why..."

"What is my battle... for..."

A vague, ancient will, filled with unwillingness, echoed in the Void Realm.

"For yourself."

Li Chengqian's voice answered him coldly.

"And I am for all living beings."

"Your Dao is too small."

Boom!

Like the last straw that broke the camel's back!

The moment Li Chengqian's words fell!

Xingtian's supreme Battle Intent, which had supported him for countless eons, collapsed with a bang!

His massive body trembled violently, and that terrifying Aura that suppressed all Laws instantly dissipated without a trace!

He changed from an invincible "conceptual god" back into an ordinary "creature" with powerful strength!

"Well done, Your Majesty!"

Bai Qi, who had been silently repairing his machine on the side, saw this scene, and piercing light erupted from his eyes!

He knew the opportunity had come!

"Bai Qi."

Li Chengqian's voice rang out at the right time.

"His will has been crushed by me."

"Now."

"Send him on his way."

A cold, icy light flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes.

"As you command!"

Bai Qi let out a low roar, and the battered "White Tiger" mecha erupted with endless ferocity at this moment!

He wanted to use the death of this legendary ancient war god to offer the most perfect sacrifice for his "god-slaying blade"!

"Roar!"

Having lost the protection of his supreme Battle Intent, Xingtian was like a tiger with its teeth pulled, left only with hollow anger and unwillingness.

He could feel his body, constructed from the flesh and blood of countless gods and demons and resentful Souls, rapidly losing power.

That power of the "human Dao" from the "Human Emperor" opposite him was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, constantly eroding the Foundation of his existence!

He swung the giant axe in his hand frantically, wanting to tear everything in front of him into pieces!

But his movements became sluggish and clumsy.

The invincible Aura that once suppressed all Laws was long gone.

"It's over."

Bai Qi's cold voice rang out behind Xingtian.

Unknown when, the battered "White Tiger" mecha had appeared behind Xingtian like a ghost.

The only remaining intact left arm of the mecha was raised high.

The "god-slaying blade," which had once suffered a setback on Xingtian's shield, bloomed with an unprecedented, dazzling, blood-colored light at this moment!

Hum—!

All the light on the peak of Kunlun Mountains seemed to have been swallowed by this peerless fierce blade at this moment!

Between heaven and earth, only that one pure, ultimate blood-colored blade light, which seemed to want to split the entire world in two, remained!

Bai Qi poured all his insights, all his will, and all his Killing Intent as the "God of Killing" into this one strike, without reservation!

This strike no longer cut Karma!

This strike no longer cut Laws!

This strike cut "existence"!

It cut "concepts"!

He wanted to completely erase the name "Xingtian," this legend, this unyielding war god myth, from the Mountain and Sea Realm and from the long river of time of the myriad heavens!

"Slay!"

With a low roar from Bai Qi!

That blood-colored blade light, which condensed his lifelong Dao of Slaughter, silently swept across Xingtian's massive, headless body.

There was no collision, no loud noise.

There wasn't even a single wound left.

The blade light passed through Xingtian's body so eerily, as if it had only passed through a phantom.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Xingtian's frantically swinging movements froze abruptly.

He slowly lowered his "head" and looked at the giant mouth formed by his navel.

He wanted to let out an unwilling roar, but found that he could no longer make any sound.

He wanted to raise the battle axe in his hand again, but found that his body was no longer under his control.

Crack...

An extremely faint sound of shattering rang out.

A crack appeared out of thin air on Xingtian's chest.

Then, a second one, a third one, and countless more...

Like a spider web, it instantly covered his whole body!

His massive, immortal war body, constructed from the essence of countless gods and demons, was like a sand sculpture weathered for billions of years.

It began to collapse and disintegrate, inch by inch!

It turned into the finest cosmic dust!

"I... am... not... willing..."

A will filled with endless resentment and unyielding spirit echoed in the Void Realm for the last time.

Then, it completely returned to nothingness.

Boom...

The ancient bronze shield and the axe that could open mountains, having lost the support of their master's power, slammed heavily onto the ground, making two dull, loud noises.

Declaring that a legendary ancient war god had fallen completely!

With Xingtian's dissipation, the terrifying Battle Intent that had shrouded the entire peak of Kunlun Mountains and was suppressed to the extreme finally vanished like smoke.

Sunlight shone again on this messy white jade platform.

Silence.

The entire Kunlun Mountain peak fell into a deathly silence.

In front of the Yaochi Immortal Palace.

Queen Mother of the West stared blankly at the two masterless divine weapons lying on the ground.

She looked at the dust drifting away with the wind.

On her well-maintained, eternal face, for the first time, an expression of "despair" and "dead ash" finally appeared.

She had lost.

She had lost.

Lost miserably.

Her greatest trump card, the ultimate weapon she summoned with the lives of countless living beings in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Was just like that, casually erased by the other party.

One used that strange "human Dao" power to crush Xingtian's will.

The other used that even stranger "blade" to erase Xingtian's existence.

These two people... these two devils from outside the realm...

What kind of monsters were they?!

The gods behind her were already scared silly.

One by one, they collapsed to the ground, trembling like chaff, without even the strength to stand up.

Their faith, their pillar, the omnipotent mother in their eyes, their last hope...

Just like that, it was shattered.

Roar—!

Just at this moment, the human Dao Golden Dragon coiled behind Li Chengqian let out a high-pitched, victorious dragon roar toward the sky!

Then, it slowly merged back into Li Chengqian's body.

Li Chengqian slowly landed back on the ground.

He didn't even look at the two ancient Divine Artifacts that had fallen to the ground.

In his eyes, they were just two pieces of relatively valuable scrap metal.

His gaze fell calmly on the beautiful woman who was ashen-faced and distraught.

Then, he took a step.

Step by step, he walked toward the Queen Mother of the West, who had once been high and mighty, dominating the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

His footsteps were very light.

But every step was like a heavy hammer, slamming fiercely into the heart of the Queen Mother of the West.

Making her heart, which had been frozen for countless eons, sink into the endless abyss bit by bit.

"Now."

Li Chengqian walked in front of her and looked down at her.

His voice was flat and cold.

"It's our turn to settle the final account."

Facing Li Chengqian's cold, emotionless gaze, the body of the Queen Mother of the West couldn't help but tremble slightly.

She had lived for countless eons, witnessed the birth and destruction of heaven and earth, and experienced countless wars between gods and demons.

She once thought that her heart was as unbreakable and eternal as the Kunlun Divine Mountain.

But at this moment, in front of this man, she felt an emotion called "fear" for the first time.

It was not the fear of death.

It was a deeper, instinctive dread of the unknown, of a power that was completely incomprehensible.

She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the trembling in her heart, and tried to make her voice sound like it still maintained the dignity of a god.

"You won, Human Emperor."

Her voice was a bit hoarse.

"According to the rules of the myriad heavens divine ranking, this world belongs to you."

"Kill me."

"As the last and highest god of the Mountain and Sea Realm, I request to die in battle with dignity."

She slowly closed her eyes, looking like she was waiting for execution.

In her view, this was already the best ending.

As the loser, being killed by the winner was a matter of course.

However.

She waited for a long time, but the fatal blow she expected never came.

She opened her eyes in confusion.

Only to find that the man wasn't even looking at her.

He had actually just walked straight past her!

As if she, the Dominator of the Mountain and Sea Realm, this ancient god holding the authority of the divine Dao, was just a stone on the side of the road, a speck of dust in the air in his eyes!

She didn't even deserve a second glance from him!

This was simply more humiliating than killing her directly!

"You...!"

The Queen Mother of the West was trembling with anger, just about to say something.

But she saw that the man had actually walked straight to the back of the Yaochi Immortal Palace.

That was her sleeping quarters, and also the most sacred, most core area of the entire Kunlun Mountains.

—The Peach Orchard of Immortality.

Far away inside the "Lingxiao" mothership, Li Jing and the others also saw this scene through the shared perspective, and everyone was completely stunned.

"Your Majesty... what are you doing?"

A young staff officer couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

"Why... not kill that Queen Mother of the West? She is the leader of the enemy!"

"Shut up!"

Li Jing glared at him and scolded.

But his own heart was also filled with confusion.

Based on his understanding of Your Majesty, Your Majesty was never a soft-hearted person.

If you don't pull out the roots when cutting the weeds, they will grow again with the spring breeze.

Your Majesty could not possibly not understand this principle.

But why did he want to let go of the Queen Mother of the West, the greatest hidden danger?

Could it be...

A ridiculous thought suddenly popped into Li Jing's mind.

Could it be that Your Majesty... has taken a fancy to that Queen Mother of the West?

After all, although that Queen Mother of the West was an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years, her appearance was truly graceful, luxurious, and peerlessly beautiful...

"Ahem!"

Li Jing was startled by this ridiculous thought of his own and quickly shook his head.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

His Your Majesty was such a heroic emperor of the ages! How could he be bewitched by mere female beauty!

Your Majesty must have his deep intentions for doing this!

At this moment, Li Chengqian had already walked into that Peach Orchard of Immortality, which was shrouded in seven-colored immortal light.

He had never even thought about the messy things in Li Jing and the others' minds.

Kill the Queen Mother of the West?

Why kill her?

He sneered in his heart.

These guys still had too small of a perspective!

A living "World Administrator" who was familiar with the operations of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm and could manage all the gods and Vicious Beasts—wasn't her value far greater than a corpse?

If he killed her, he would have to go to the trouble of sending new people to take over this world, organize the Laws here, and inventory the resources here.

How troublesome!

Now, by subduing her and letting her be an "Advanced" worker for him, responsible for managing this "large-scale Mythical Materials farming base," wouldn't it be worry-free and effortless?

As for whether she would rebel?

In the face of absolute strength and the "Human Path Heavenly Constitution" contract, Li Chengqian did not believe she had the guts, nor did she have the ability.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

As soon as he stepped into the Peach Orchard of Immortality, Li Chengqian's eyes instantly lit up!

He saw that inside the orchard, there were hundreds of ancient trees planted, gnarled and vigorous, like coiled Divine Dragons.

The trees were covered with fist-sized, tender and dripping, immortal peaches that emitted an alluring fragrance!

The life essence and Law fragments, which were so dense they were almost tangible, made Li Chengqian feel every cell in his body cheering and leaping with joy!

This was the legendary Peach of Immortality, which bloomed every three thousand years, bore fruit every three thousand years, and took another three thousand years to ripen; if a person ate it, they would live as long as the heaven and earth, and as long as the sun and moon!

"I've hit the jackpot! This time, I've really hit the jackpot!"

Li Chengqian's heart was blooming with joy!

Without any hesitation, he casually picked the largest and reddest one he could see from the nearest tree.

He couldn't be bothered to wash it, so he put it straight to his mouth and took a huge bite!

Boom!

A massive, indescribable surge of pure life energy and complete fragments of the Law of Longevity instantly exploded in his mouth!

Then, it turned into a warm current and surged into his limbs and bones!

[Ding! Detected that the host is consuming "Innate Spiritual Root · Peach of Immortality"!]

[Analyzing its Law composition...]

[Analysis complete! Obtained "Law of Longevity" complete fragment x1! Obtained "Law of Life" complete fragment x1! Obtained "Law of Creation" incomplete fragment x1!]

[Host's Physique greatly improved! Lifespan limit +10,000 Yuanhui!]

[Human Path Dragon Qi nourished, strength increased by 10%!]

Listening to the series of System prompts, Li Chengqian's face showed an incomparably comfortable expression!

One Peach of Immortality added 100,000 Yuanhui of lifespan! And it even boosted his Human Path Dragon Qi by 10%!

If he ate all the Peaches of Immortality in the whole orchard...

No! He couldn't eat them!

Such good things, once eaten, would be gone!

He had to take them back and let the Academy of Sciences carry out artificial cultivation! Mass production!

At that time, he would give one to every citizen of his Great Tang Immortal Kingdom!

Everyone would live forever! Everyone would be as long-lived as heaven!

Wouldn't his great plan of "everyone like a dragon" be realized in an instant?!

Thinking of this, the look in Li Chengqian's eyes as he gazed at the orchard full of Peaches of Immortality became even more fiery!

These weren't just peaches!

This was clearly the Great Dao leading his Great Tang Immortal Kingdom to a higher level of civilization!

Meanwhile, the Queen Mother of the West, who had followed him in, watched his appearance—like a starving ghost reincarnated, hugging her most beloved Peach of Immortality and devouring it.

And she looked at his greedy eyes, like a nouveau riche seeing a mountain of gold and silver.

The expression on her incredibly beautiful face was extremely colorful.

From anger to humiliation, then to confusion, and finally, only endless sorrow and despair remained.

She finally understood completely.

The man in front of her was not a conqueror.

He was not a tyrant either.

He was a completely, greedy, unreasonable...

Locust!

In his eyes, this sacred home of hers, which had been passed down for countless Yuanhui, was nothing more than a rich farm waiting for him to come and harvest!

Just as the Queen Mother of the West was in despair, feeling as if her heart had died.

The man who had just finished eating a peach, licking the pit clean, suddenly turned his head to look at her.

Then, he revealed a bright smile that, in her eyes, was even more terrifying than a devil.

"The taste is not bad."

"From now on, I am taking over this orchard."

"From now on, you will be the exclusive gardener here."

"As for your salary..."

Li Chengqian paused and said in a tone that sounded like a huge favor:

"I allow you to live."

"You..."

Hearing these words from Li Chengqian, which were full of endless humiliation and tyranny, the Queen Mother of the West trembled with anger, her teeth almost shattering!

To let her, the dignified Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm, an Innate God, be a gardener watching over a peach orchard for a Mortal?

This was simply more unbearable for her than killing her!

"What? You are not willing?"

Li Chengqian's eyes narrowed slightly, and a trace of cold Killing Intent flashed and vanished.

"I can give you a second choice."

"That is, I will slaughter you right now, and then uproot this Kunlun Mountains of yours and move it back to my Great Tang Immortal Kingdom to be a bonsai."

"Choose for yourself."

Li Chengqian's voice was very calm.

But the Queen Mother of the West could clearly feel the unquestionable, terrifying will contained beneath that calm tone!

She had no doubt that if she dared to say the word "no,"

In the next second, that terrifying killing machine that had just slaughtered Xing Tian would tear her, along with this Divine Mountain she had guarded for countless Yuanhui, into pieces!

Humiliation!

Endless humiliation!

The Queen Mother of the West's nails dug deeply into her palms, and golden Divine blood dripped slowly between her fingers.

In her eyes, which had once looked down upon all living beings and were as calm as an ancient well, a mist called "tears" welled up for the first time.

Her pride, her dignity, everything she had built up over countless Yuanhui, was at this moment trampled under the feet of this man and crushed to dust!

But...

She had no choice.

She took a look at the devastated summit of the Kunlun Mountains.

She took a look at those children who lay in pools of blood, unable to close their eyes even in death.

She took another look at the last remaining gods, who were still alive but had been completely terrified out of their wits, shivering like quails.

If she died.

Then this world, this home she had guarded and ruled for countless Yuanhui, would really be completely finished.

"I..."

A word, incomparably difficult and bitter, was squeezed out of her throat.

"...am willing."

When she said these two words, she seemed to instantly age countless years.

The arrogance and spirituality that belonged to an Innate God completely dissipated from her.

What remained was only endless numbness and dead silence.

"Very good."

Li Chengqian nodded with satisfaction.

Those who know the times are outstanding.

What he liked most were these kinds of "smart" employees.

"Since you have agreed, then sign it."

Li Chengqian waved his hand casually.

A golden scroll, woven from pure "Human Path Dragon Qi" and "Heavenly Dao" Laws, appeared out of thin air in front of the Queen Mother of the West.

On the scroll, lines of tyrannical and unequal clauses emitted an irresistible, supreme majesty.

[Human Path Heavenly Constitution · Master-Servant Contract]

Party A: Heavenly Emperor of the Great Tang Immortal Kingdom, Lord of the Human Path, Li Chengqian.

Party B: Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Holder of the Divine Path, Queen Mother of the West.

Contract Content:

1. Party B, Queen Mother of the West, voluntarily transfers the ownership, management rights, and final interpretation rights of the Mountain and Sea Realm unconditionally to Party A, Li Chengqian.

2. Party B will be eternally loyal to Party A and shall not have any acts of betrayal, disobedience, or passive work.

3. Party A will retain Party B's title of "Lord of the Mountain and Sea Realm" and authorize her to manage all "resources" of the Mountain and Sea Realm on his behalf (including but not limited to Divine Beasts, Spiritual Roots, mineral veins, etc.).

4. Party B must regularly pay 99% of the Mountain and Sea Realm's output to Party A as "management fees."

5. This contract is witnessed by both the "Human Path" and "Heavenly Dao"; once signed, it shall never be changed! Violators will have their Divine Souls destroyed and their true spirits will fall into the abyss forever!

...

Looking at this "realm-humiliating" unequal treaty.

The Queen Mother of the West's body trembled violently again.

She had seen countless contracts.

God-Demon contracts, Great Dao oaths, Soul bindings...

But she had never seen such an unreasonable, harsh to the point of being hair-raising, slave contract!

Where was this a contract?

This was clearly turning her, along with the entire Mountain and Sea Realm, into the most lowly slaves of that man!

However, did she have a choice?

She smiled bitterly.

Then, she stretched out her trembling right hand, which was still dripping blood.

She forced out a drop of golden Divine blood that contained all her Divine Path Origin.

She gently touched it to the position of Party B on the golden scroll.