318: Chapter 318 The Heavenly Punishment of Tearing Apart and the Reshaping of the Origin Realm

"Begone."

This single word, spoken in a steady tone without any intense emotional fluctuations, was like a supreme Law command transcending all dimensions, slowly rippling out beneath the absolute, deathly silence of the pitch-black sky of the Taisu Origin World.

Facing the high-and-mighty eye of taissu heavenly punishment, Zhou Wannian calmly pointed his sword-finger upward.

At this moment, the inner universe rules of the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art completely crossed the boundaries of his physical body. There was no world-shaking vortex of Spiritual Qi, nor any brilliant or dazzling Divine Ability manifestations; it was a pure dimensional crushing, devoid of any worldly traces. That invisible inner universe will met the deathly grey-white Heavenly Dao Annihilation Light Pillar, which was over a million feet in diameter.

The two collided violently in the void above the collapsed ruins of the Canglan Divine Palace.

There was no deafening sound of energy bursting, nor any radiant shockwaves. This was a mutual erasure and encroachment at the level of underlying logic. The grey-white light pillar represented the supreme will of the taisu heavenly dao to forcibly reset all heterodox concepts to zero, while the inner universe rules rippling from Zhou Wannian's fingertips represented an absolutely self-consistent, endlessly circulating, and perfect existence that could not be modified by any external force.

At the moment of contact, that grey-white Annihilation Light Pillar—which was sufficient to erase a half-step Creator and make all living beings in the Taisu Origin World tremble—actually came to a forced halt in its descent.

An incredible scene unfolded beneath this pitch-black canopy.

Starting from the very bottom of the light pillar, the Taisu Law—capable of making any matter or Soul vanish instantly—encountered the Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration power of Zhou Wannian's inner universe and exhibited a structural, overwhelming collapse. The edges of the light pillar began to peel away layer by layer like weathered rock, turning into countless tiny grey specks of light.

Before these light specks could dissipate into the void, they were forcibly captured by the Great Perfection Time Reversal Law. The River of Time was arrogantly reversed here, and the internal logic chains of those Taisu Laws, which originally carried the kinetic energy of erasure, were forcibly dismantled and inverted.

The massive grey-white light pillar was now like a fragile icicle being frantically crushed by an invisible cosmic millstone, collapsing and melting upward inch by inch at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.

High in the sky, within the eye of taissu heavenly punishment that occupied a third of the firmament, the grey-white Law chains flowing inside experienced unprecedented and violent turbulence. As the manifestation of the Taisu Origin World's supreme will, its operational logic—which possessed no emotion, only cold calculation—encountered an absolutely unresolvable infinite loop for the first time.

The erasure command it issued not only failed to take effect on the Youth in Green Robe but was instead being counter-eroded by the other party's higher-dimensional power along the threads of Karma. The eternal majesty of the Heavenly Dao was being trampled underfoot at this moment.

The eye of taissu heavenly punishment attempted to sever its connection with the Annihilation Light Pillar. Its massive eyelids, condensed from Chaos currents, began to frantically close together, attempting to retreat back into the depths of the pitch-black Chaos clouds to evade this high-dimensional backlash that exceeded its Heavenly Dao processing authority.

Zhou Wannian slowly withdrew his sword-finger and placed his hands behind his back once more. He slightly tilted his head, looking at the massive Heavenly Dao eye that was trying to escape like a startled beast. His deep gaze held an extreme calmness that saw through the essence of all things, along with a hint of unmasked mockery.

Zhou Wannian spoke calmly, with a natural sense of control: "Since you have already opened your eye, do not think about closing it again. It is time for you, this high-and-mighty, blood-sucking Heavenly Dao, to roll down from that hypocritical altar and take a good look at this land you have allowed to become so foul."

He did not perform any fancy flight techniques to soar into the air, nor did he bring out any Magic Treasures for support.

He simply took steady and relaxed steps, treading upon the absolute void of darkness, walking step by step toward the retreating eye of taissu heavenly punishment high in the sky.

With every step he took upward, the Great Perfection Space Law automatically laid down a layer of invisible, solid stairs. As he ascended, the vast phantom of his perfect inner universe forcibly expanded another fraction between the heaven and earth of the Taisu Origin World.

The heavy aura of the grandmist mother earth suppressed the violent space turbulence, the sound of the great sea true water's waves echoed in the void, and the sharpness of the Primal Origin Geng-Metal sliced through the remaining Heavenly Dao pressure.

When Zhou Wannian walked to a height less than ten thousand feet from the eye of taissu heavenly punishment, he stopped.

Here, the rejection force of the taisu heavenly dao reached its peak, sufficient to instantly crush any Lower Realm star into dust. However, Zhou Wannian's faded green robe fluttered gently in the breeze, without even a single extra wrinkle appearing.

He very casually extended his right hand, fingers slightly spread, and performed a simple tearing motion toward the massive grey-white eye that was about to fully close and had already retreated halfway into the Chaos clouds.

The power of Great Perfection Space Collapse erupted violently at the very top of the firmament.

Before this power, the extremely dense, pitch-black Chaos clouds surrounding the eye of taissu heavenly punishment were like a piece of fragile, ancient cloth. They were gripped tightly by two invisible cosmic hands and then suddenly torn toward the sides.

"Riiip—"

Accompanied by a dull, massive wail as if the spatial framework of the entire Taisu Origin World was being torn apart, the sky that symbolized the highest barrier of the Taisu Origin World was forcibly ripped open, creating a terrifying crack tens of millions of feet long.

The eye of taissu heavenly punishment, which had been trying to flee, emitted a violent Law vibration. It was forcibly dragged out from the depths of the Chaos by this irresistible spatial power, completely and unreservedly exposed before Zhou Wannian.

The Law chains inside the eye of taissu heavenly punishment began to rotate frantically, grinding out blinding sparks of Dao principles. Sensing an unprecedented crisis of life and death, it almost instinctively mobilized all the Origin power of the Taisu Origin World to frantically condense a purple-gold Heavenly Dao Shield in front of its massive eye.

This purple-gold shield was incredibly massive, blotting out the sun. Its surface was densely engraved with all the rule runes of the Taisu Origin World since its birth: the evolution of Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind; the alternation of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements; and the rhythm of life, death, and Reincarnation. It represented the absolute defense of this world and was the final trump card of the taisu heavenly dao.

Looking at this incredibly heavy Heavenly Dao Shield, Zhou Wannian's expression remained as composed as ever, even showing a hint of boredom.

He slowly clenched his right hand into a fist and, facing that purple-gold Heavenly Dao Shield, threw out a simple punch.

This punch had no blinding flashes of magic power, nor did it stir up any violent astral winds that tore through the void. It looked like an extremely ordinary straight punch thrown by a Mortal martial artist during morning practice.

But this punch purely concentrated the entire dimensional weight of the perfect and self-consistent Great Five Elements Illusory World Art from the inner universe onto the tiny space of the fist's edge.

The fist and the Heavenly Dao Shield collided silently in the void.

On the purple-gold shield, those ancient and sacred rule runes stopped flowing the moment they touched the fist's edge, as if they had encountered a supreme command for formatting and reset. Immediately after, the power of Great Perfection Five Elements Disintegration surged through the fist's edge like billions of invisible, violent venomous snakes, directly injecting into the shield's internal structure and frantically devouring its Law Foundation.

"Crack."

An extremely crisp sound of shattering rang out across the firmament.

On that Heavenly Dao Shield, which claimed absolute defense and the ability to withstand ten thousand tribulations, a tiny crack appeared at the center point of contact with the fist. Within a ten-thousandth of an instant, this crack spread outward at a frantic speed, covering the entire ten-million-foot-long shield surface like a spiderweb.

"Boom."

The shield exploded violently, turning into purple-gold fragments that danced across the sky. Before these fragments could scatter, they were ground into basic energy powder by the devouring force emitted by Zhou Wannian's inner universe.

Zhou Wannian's punch continued unabated, striking directly and without any hindrance at the very center of the eye of taissu heavenly punishment.

The eye of taissu heavenly punishment trembled violently. Under the dimensional weight of that punch, its colossal form began to collapse inward frantically. The gray-white Law chains snapped one by one, and the underlying logic codes that maintained the cruel operation of the Taisu Origin World were forcibly erased and crushed under the Great Perfection Space Collapse of the inner universe.

There were no wails, nor was there any ability to resist. This eye, representing the supreme will of the Taisu Origin World, was gradually compressed and condensed under Zhou Wannian's fist, eventually transforming into a gray-white energy sphere barely a zhang in diameter, emitting a faint glow.

Zhou Wannian slowly retracted his right fist and reopened his fingers, steadily cradling the gray-white energy sphere in his palm.

This sphere was the taisu heavenly dao Origin, the core of the Taisu Origin World and the ultimate source of all rules, energy, and Luck within this world.

Zhou Wannian lowered his head, his deep gaze carefully scrutinizing the Heavenly Dao Origin in his palm.

Inside the sphere, countless minute Law threads still flowed and reorganized mechanically, attempting to reconstruct the form of the eye of taissu heavenly punishment and restore its high-and-mighty taisu heavenly dao majesty. However, all their efforts were deathly imprisoned within that tiny space by the Great Perfection Space Law covering Zhou Wannian's palm, unable to move even a fraction.

Looking at this stubborn Origin, Zhou Wannian's lips curled into a faint, mocking smile. He remarked casually, "A pure collection of rules, like a rigid marionette without a shred of flexibility or life. No wonder it birthed a parasite-like civilization like the Canglan Divine Domain, which only knows how to mechanically harvest the Lower Realm. Keeping such a Heavenly Dao would only be a curse for ten thousand years. I might as well reshape the rules for this world today."

He did not directly devour this Heavenly Dao Origin into his inner universe as he had with the godheads. Although this power was immense, it was riddled with too much of the Taisu Origin World's deformed and stagnant decay; swallowing it would instead require effort to strip away the Impurities.

Holding the gray-white sphere in both hands, the Five Great Primeval Origins within his body began to circulate in an incredibly profound manner.

The Creation Power of the Great Five Elements Illusory World Art followed his palms, flowing into it like a gurgling spring.

Within his inner universe, the towering phantom of the chaos jianmu flashed behind Zhou Wannian. A green Creation Divine Light, containing infinite vitality and representing absolute freedom and proliferation, instantly enveloped and permeated the gray-white taisu heavenly dao Origin.

Zhou Wannian's gaze sharpened, and he suddenly pulled his hands apart.

Wrapped in the green Creation Divine Light, the taisu heavenly dao Origin was forcibly stretched and extended in mid-air, finally transforming into a massive Law light net that covered the entire firmament of the Taisu Origin World, shimmering with specks of vital green light.

Standing at the center of the light net, Zhou Wannian's voice was steady, yet it carried a supreme majesty that could rewrite the heavens, as he made a proclamation to the vast land below.

Zhou Wannian declared majestically, "The old, decadent rules have been utterly shattered. From this day forward, the Taisu Origin World shall no longer have a God Race that reigns supreme and herds all living beings, nor shall there be an Ascension Altar to intercept the Luck of the Lower Realm. All Taisu energy and Luck shall return to the myriad beings of this world. What kind of new civilization you can birth upon this land, and how far you can go, depends entirely on your own fortune and evolution. I grant you absolute freedom."

As his words fell, Zhou Wannian pressed his hands downward.

The massive green light net covering the sky instantly transformed into a downpour of Creation Light Rain, radiating endless vitality and hope. This light rain scattered across the vast land of the Taisu Origin World without leaving a single corner untouched.

Where the light rain fell, miracles began to unfold.

The mountains and rivers that had suffered devastating destruction due to the collapse of the Canglan Divine Palace and the fall of the divine generals began to heal and recover at a visible rate under the nourishment of this Creation Light Rain. Dried-up riverbeds gushed with clear spirit springs once more, and collapsed mountain ranges rose again, even more majestic and beautiful than before.

The violent and heavy origin mother qi that had permeated the air, suitable only for the God Race to absorb, was completely decomposed and softened by the washing of the light rain. It transformed into a gentle and pure Taisu Clear Qi, perfectly suited for any ordinary creature to breathe and Cultivate.

The low-level beings who had survived the catastrophe of the Divine Domain's destruction...

Whether it was the strange desolate beasts hidden in the endless deep mountains and marshes, hunted for years by the God Race for their cores, or the lower races who had been enslaved for generations, working like walking corpses in the mineral veins...

After bathing in this Creation Light Rain, the Bloodline shackles and Slave marks forcibly planted within them by the taisu heavenly dao shattered and dissipated like brittle ice.

Long-lost free will and surging vitality returned to their bodies and Souls. Many elderly, weak, and sick who had been stagnant for countless eons were reborn in the light rain, and their cultivation even showed signs of a Breakthrough.

They stopped their flight and panicked movements, looking up one after another at the green-robed figure in the sky, who was like a god yet more approachable than any deity.

In their eyes, there was no longer the blind fanaticism and extreme fear they once felt toward the high-and-mighty God Race. Instead, it was replaced by an absolute peace and deep reverence from the depths of their Souls.

Curiously, among the billions of creatures on this vast land, not a single one chose to kneel in worship.

Because they could clearly feel that the will within the Creation Light Rain was filled with respect for the free evolution of life. That Youth in Green Robe did not need any of their faith, nor did he need them to build temples for offerings. He was merely a passing Cleaner who had casually swept away the haze pressing down on their heads.

Zhou Wannian stood quietly in the void, his deep gaze overlooking the Taisu Origin World below, which was rapidly reshaping and brimming with vitality.

He felt the brand-new underlying logic of this world, confirming that it had completely escaped the original rigid, blood-sucking parasitic mode and begun to walk a path of diverse evolution full of infinite possibilities. Only then did a heartfelt, leisurely smile appear on his handsome face.

He slowly retracted his gaze, casually dusted his sleeves, and placed his hands behind his back once more.

Zhou Wannian turned around and looked up, his deep eyes peering into the deepest reaches of the Taisu Origin World's firmament.

There, due to the reshaping and upheaval of the Heavenly Dao Origin, the Space barrier between the Taisu Origin World and higher, more unknowable dimensions showed a faint loosening.

It was a crack almost imperceptible to the naked eye.

But through that loosened barrier crack, Zhou Wannian's acutely sensitive inner universe perception captured a looming, vast Starlight River, woven entirely from ancient Stardust Sand and the River of Time.

That long river flowed quietly in the unknown void, and the aura it emitted belonged neither to the deathly silence of the Great Primordial Void nor the heaviness of the Taisu Origin World, but was a strange rhythm filled with endless mysteries and diverse intersections.

Looking at that Starlight River, a glint of great interest flashed deep within Zhou Wannian's eyes.

With a touch of leisurely composure, like a traveler carrying a pack, Zhou Wannian spoke softly, "Since I've seen the crude scenery here and cleaned up while I was at it, it's time to set out on a brand-new path and see what other interesting things I can find."

He did not linger any longer, taking steady and relaxed steps as he walked toward the crack in the depths of the firmament, one step at a time, along the invisible stairs paved by the Great Perfection Space Law.

His steps seemed slow, but with just a few strides, his green-robed figure had completely pierced through the barrier of the Taisu Origin World.

Zhou Wannian's figure gradually merged into that brilliant and mysterious Starlight River, completely leaving behind this Taisu Origin World that had just been reborn and was now writing a new history.