326: The ceremony is complete!

The deepest part of Soul Burial Valley, the Core Altar.

The scene here could no longer be described as merely eerie.

Instead, it had completely transformed into an absolute Domain of evil that profaned the mind and distorted the Laws.

This was a thoroughly reconstructed, massive space with a diameter of over a thousand meters.

In the center of the space, a giant altar a hundred meters tall had now been fully activated.

On the surface of the altar, countless writhing and squirming abyssal runes were visible.

They flowed with a dark purple light, like living blood vessels.

They continuously drew ten thousand years of resentment and negative energy gathered here from deep within the ley lines.

Directly above the altar, there was a dark purple "World-Ending Curse Seal" over ten meters in diameter, pulsating incessantly.

Billions of agonizing faces surfaced on its exterior.

It was solidifying rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Every pulsation seemed to synchronize with the heartbeat of the entire world.

It emitted terrifying waves of curses that could freeze one's Soul.

Space was completely warped, forming a "Curse Domain" independent of the main world.

Gravity was chaotic, and the light was dim.

The air was filled with a thick, liquid-like Poisonous Curse Mist.

If an ordinary being inhaled even a single breath, they would instantly turn into pus and blood, their Soul eroded into madness by resentment.

At this moment, the last and most elite three hundred Abyssal Demons surrounded the altar.

Without exception, they were all beings of the Sixth Order or higher, including more than ten Eighth-Order Commanders.

They sat or stood according to specific positions.

Their hands formed complex and bizarre curse seals, and their mouths chanted ancient, profane Abyssal Incantations that reached directly to the Soul's Origin.

Vast Evil Energy and their own life essence flowed like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

Guided by the lines of the ground's Magic Formation, they were continuously injected into the central rune seal.

In the entire ritual site, the Evil Energy was so dense it had turned into a viscous dark purple liquid.

It slowly flowed and dripped through the air.

Resentment condensed into substantial grey-black mist ribbons, entwining every caster.

Above the altar, in the center of the vortex formed by blood clouds, dark red lightning flickered faintly.

It echoed the pulsations of the rune seal below, emitting a terrifying pressure as if the world were ending.

Standing at the highest point directly in front of the altar was the one behind all of this—the Lord of Curses.

His true form was still shrouded in a thick, inseparable churning black mist.

Only two beams of light, crimson as blood moons and as large as lanterns, were His eyes coldly overlooking the world.

At this moment, those eyes were staring at the "World-Ending Curse Seal" that was about to be fully formed.

They revealed unmasked satisfaction, fanaticism, and a massive ambition to devour everything.

"Soon... it will be completed soon..."

The Lord of Curses' voice was low, carrying endless majesty.

"Ten thousand years of accumulated resentment and the fear of the living beings in this realm shall finally fall into my hands!"

"Once the 'World-Ending Curse Seal' is completely stabilized, I shall be the absolute Dominator of this realm's Authority of Curse and Resentment!"

His voice grew louder, filled with absolute confidence in controlling destiny:

"At that time, the Law of Curses will cover every corner of this realm!"

"With a single thought, I can make rivers flow backward, mountains collapse, and living beings suffer!"

"The fear and despair of those weak humans will become the most delicious food to nourish my Authority!"

"And that human bug who has repeatedly offended the majesty of the Abyss and slaughtered our kin—Chen Nian..."

An incomparably spiteful and cruel light burst from the Lord of Curses' crimson eyes.

"I will personally capture his Soul imprint and apply the most vicious curse of the myriad worlds!"

"I will make him taste the endless suffering of Soul-tearing and eternal perdition!"

"Let his wails echo through the Abyss, deterring all who dare to oppose me!"

"His power, his existence, will all be devoured by the curse seal, becoming the foundation for me to step toward higher authority!"

His voice carried an uncontrollable wild joy and an ambition expanded to the extreme.

For this moment, he had plotted for too long and sacrificed too much.

He had even gone as far as using an important stronghold and thousands of elites as bait, just to delay that troublesome human.

Now, it seemed it was all worth it.

Once the "World-Ending Curse Seal" was finished, his strength would undergo a qualitative leap.

Not only would he hold an absolute advantage in the power reshuffling within the Abyss, but he might even... replace that "Abyssal Overlord" and become the new supreme existence!

Thinking of this, a cold and greedy light flashed in the Lord of Curses' crimson eyes.

However, just at that moment—

"BOOM—!!!"

"Aaaah—Help!"

"A devil! He's a devil! Lord, save..."

From the direction where the Barrier had shattered, violent energy explosion sounds faintly drifted in, along with... the short, sharp screams of the Demonic Evils under his command, filled with extreme fear and despair!

The sounds penetrated layers of spatial Barriers and the ritual site's own energy interference; though faint, they clearly reached the ears of every demonic evil in the core area.

The originally solemn and fanatical chanting stalled for a moment.

Many Demonic Evils subconsciously looked up, a hint of shock and doubt flashing in their eyes.

They could feel the auras of their kin on the periphery.

They were being extinguished and disappearing in large swaths at an unprecedented speed!

That intruder... he had actually broken through all the outer defensive lines so quickly.

He had even slaughtered his way to such a close distance?!

Sitting upon his throne, the black mist churning around the Lord of Curses fluctuated violently.

Those two crimson eyes suddenly brightened, like two burning stars.

Uncontrollable rage and killing intent burst forth from them!

But soon, that anger was replaced by a nearly arrogant confidence.

He redirected his gaze to the "World-Ending Curse Seal," which was pulsating more violently and glowing more brilliantly.

Feeling the increasingly powerful and complete power of the curse authority within it.

The corners of his mouth curled into a hideous grin.

"It's just as well that you've come... it saves me from having to look for you."

"The ritual is about to be completed; only the final injection of Resentment Essence remains..."

"At that time, I shall be the Incarnation of curses in this realm!"

"No matter how great your abilities, within the Domain of my authority, you are nothing more than a lamb to be slaughtered!"

"Once the curse seal is formed, the first thing I will do is extract your Soul and refine your spirit, letting you wail for ten thousand years in endless curses to sacrifice to the Souls of the warriors under my command!"

The Lord of Curses' whispers echoed above the altar like the most vicious curse.

They carried infinite longing for the power about to be obtained and a cruel sentence for Chen Nian's fate.

It was as if everything was already within his grasp.

Just then—

"HUM—!!!"

The "World-Ending Curse Seal" in the center of the altar suddenly erupted with an unprecedentedly intense light!

The dark purple brilliance soared into the sky, momentarily even overshadowing the light of the blood cloud vortex in the heavens!

The billions of Soul shadows on the surface of the rune seal simultaneously let out a silent but Soul-shaking shriek!

The entire structure of the rune seal completely stabilized and solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye!

An indescribable, terrifying fluctuation that seemed to originate from the primordial evil of the world.

Like an awakening world-ending behemoth, it boomed out from the rune seal!

"It's done! Hahahaha! It's finally done!!!"

The Lord of Curses let out a world-shaking wild laugh!

The laughter was filled with incomparable wild joy, relief, and the boundless ambition of one about to rule the world!

He suddenly raised a hand and made a grasping motion toward the now-formed World-Ending Curse Seal!

"Come! Return to my body! Become my authority!!!"

"RUMBLE—!!!"

The rune seal seemed to be summoned, vibrating violently!

Immediately after, it transformed into a highly condensed dark purple torrent.

Like a weary bird returning to its nest, it surged madly toward the Lord of Curses' body shrouded in black mist!