543: Cut off cause and effect

Ten thousand years are but a flick of a finger within the Qiankun Great World.

Xu Qing awoke from his seclusion, his Divine Thought instantaneously enveloping the entire Qiankun Great World.

He conveyed his will to recreate Chaos to all the Innate divine spirits born in this world.

Instantly, the gods were shaken, and heaven and earth mourned together.

They were all nurtured by the world's Origin and, sensing the Father God's unshakeable resolve, they felt reluctance but had no means to resist.

Xu Qing did not treat them harshly; he opened a passage and sent all these ancient divine spirits, who had existed since the world's inception, away from the Qiankun Great World, which was about to meet its end.

After the gods departed, there were no longer any Transcendent beings outside of Reincarnation left in this world.

Xu Qing stood at the center of the world, his gaze sweeping over this vast heaven and earth that he had personally opened up, which had nurtured endless life and civilization.

Mountains and rivers, sun, moon, and stars, all living beings... every sight flowed through his eyes, finally settling into tranquility.

"It is time."

He whispered to himself, and immediately triggered the Immeasurable Calamity!

This Immeasurable Calamity was not an ordinary world destruction, but a Dao Calamity that Xu Qing actively guided, using his own supreme Dao foundation as the catalyst.

He intended to use the power of this calamity to reopen the Dao Realm, and more importantly, to sever all ties between himself and this world.

The moment the calamity began, heaven and earth lost their color, and all things fell silent.

The Great Dao and Law began to collapse, order descended into Chaos, and the once prosperous Qiankun Great World visibly hastened toward destruction.

Simultaneously, Xu Qing made an even more astonishing move.

He began to voluntarily disperse his immense cultivation!

The Dao power, vast as a sea of stars, was ruthlessly forced out of his body, transforming into Origin energy to feed the collapsing Qiankun Great World.

This was not self-destruction, but a sacrifice, using the Dao body and cultivation of his former self to nourish the new Dao Realm.

While dispersing his cultivation, he ignited the Immeasurable Calamity Fire produced by the Immeasurable Calamity, using it to burn himself.

The Immeasurable Calamity Fire ignited from deep within his Dao body, burning backward along the threads of Karma that connected him to the Eternal Ruins, the infinite time and space, and countless living beings.

"Since I never truly belonged to this world, today I shall actively sever all of it!"

The calamity fire blazed fiercely, illuminating Xu Qing's resolute face.

He intended to burn away all threads of Karma, thereby becoming Transcendent above them and immune to worldly Karma interference.

His purpose in recreating the Dao Realm was to use this nascent Dao Realm as a foundation to achieve a brand new Dao body that did not belong to the Eternal Ruins and was untainted by any Karma.

As the threads of Karma were incinerated into nothingness by the Immeasurable Calamity Fire, their effects began to manifest externally.

The Cultivators and forces who had met Xu Qing once or had only shallow interactions with him were the first to begin forgetting.

The memory of the name "Xu Qing" and his existence quietly vanished from their consciousness as if erased, leaving no trace.

It was as if Xu Qing had never existed in their world.

Next, the influence spread to those with deeper connections.

On the Eternal Continent, records about him became blurred within the forces closely associated with him, and the memories of the relevant personnel quickly faded.

This change, silent and unstoppable, continued for a million years.

For the powerful experts of the Dao Lord and Half-Ancestor Realm, this feeling was particularly strange.

They keenly sensed that they seemed to have forgotten an extremely important existence; their hearts felt empty, yet they could not recall what exactly they had forgotten, as if that segment of memory had been violently excavated, leaving only a sense of inexplicable melancholy.

At the Dao Ancestor level, the perception was even clearer.

Inside a certain Secret Realm, Dao Ancestor Jun Tian suddenly opened his eyes, his brow tightly furrowed.

"Strange... Why do I always feel like I've forgotten a crucial person? I can't even clearly recall their appearance or name..."

He tried to deduce the matter, but only found the Heavenly Secrets to be a sea of Chaos, and all related clues were severed.

Soon after, all memories concerning Xu Qing completely dissipated from his mind.

Puzzled, he could only shake his head, suppress this anomaly, and continue his cultivation.

The same scene occurred with many other great experts who had interacted with Xu Qing, such as the Lord of Stars and Moon and Dao Ancestor Dark Heaven.

They all sensed the stripping away of their memories but were powerless to stop it, forced to passively accept this strange outcome.

The burning of the Karma Fire finally reached the few peak existences with the deepest Karmic ties to Xu Qing—Pan Yu and the Earth Sovereign.

Pan Yu, located somewhere within the Eternal Ruins, felt the thick thread of Karma between himself and Xu Qing fading.

Instead of anger, a gratified smile appeared on his face.

"This young man... has indeed forged his own path!"

Although he did not know the specifics of the transformation Xu Qing was undergoing, to trigger self-severance of Karma on such a scale meant he must have embarked upon an unprecedented Dao path.

"The road ahead is long; I hope you can travel even further."

Pan Yu laughed heartily, his spirit soaring, "As for this final Karmic entanglement, let me lend you a hand and sever it for you!"

Before his voice faded, he actively pulled at the fading thread of Karma, and his Dao thought, following the connection in the deep unknown, instantly traced the Karmic ties between Xu Qing and the several giants of the Tianyang aliens.

"Sever!"

Pan Yu joined his fingers like an axe, and a phantom silver Dao axe condensed in the Void Realm, containing supreme sharpness capable of splitting heaven and earth, fiercely cleaving toward those several threads of Karma!

This single strike crossed infinite time and space, ignoring the obstruction of the Great Dao.

"Hmm?"

In the heartland of the Tianyang aliens, several giants were alarmed, instantly understanding Pan Yu's intention.

How could they allow Xu Qing to sever his Karma so easily? Terrifying wills immediately struck out, attempting to interfere, obstruct, and even trace backward to pinpoint Xu Qing's current location.

"Hmph!"

Just then, a faint cold snort rang out.

A massive golden hand, covered with the patterns of endless mountains and earth veins, reached out from the direction of the First Main City, spanning between Pan Yu's Dao axe and the wills of the alien giants, easily blocking all attempts at obstruction.

It was the Earth Sovereign making his move!

"Earth Sovereign! You deserve to die!!!"

The supreme existence of the Black Crystal Blood Flame Clan was shocked and enraged.

The Earth Sovereign did not respond, but his attitude was clear.

He also sensed Xu Qing's state, understanding that Pan Yu's action was clearing the final obstacle for Xu Qing, preventing him from exposing his location and failing at the last moment due to forcibly severing the Karma with the giants.

With the Earth Sovereign providing protection, Pan Yu's Dao axe met no further resistance.

A silver flash crossed, and the threads of Karma between Xu Qing and the Tianyang alien giants were instantly severed!

From then on, whether it was enmity or entanglement, on the level of Karma, the connection was completely broken!

Having finished this task, Pan Yu did not hesitate, swinging his axe back to cleanly sever the last trace of Karmic connection between himself and Xu Qing.

"Young man, the road has been cleared. The rest is up to you."

Pan Yu gazed into the Void Realm and whispered softly.

Had he not actively assisted, using Xu Qing's own power to completely sever the Karma with him and the alien giants would surely have taken much longer and been highly susceptible to interference or even exposure.

On the other side, the Earth Sovereign also sighed softly, carrying a measure of expectation, "How far you can go depends on your own fortune."

After speaking, he also raised his hand and erased the Karmic connection between himself and Xu Qing.

At the Realm of Pan Yu and the Earth Sovereign, memory naturally does not vanish due to severed Karma; they still remembered Xu Qing.

However, this was their deliberate retention and unrelated to Xu Qing's own state.

Unless Xu Qing could step into a deeper level in the future, he would be unable to affect them in the slightest.