157: Chapter 157 Gods Have Fallen, Dreams Will Awaken

Lin Chuan had a faint feeling that if he just gave the 'Mind Taboo' within Li Shanyuan's body a little more time, it would surely be able to grow to SSS-Rank Ninth Tier!

This 'Mind Taboo' even possessed the potential to become a 'Demigod'.

That "Mind Rule" was similar to the concept of "Idealism."

Under specific conditions, this kind of rule could even exert an influence that transcended rules themselves!!

After suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Lin Chuan sent Li Shanyuan and Zhao Linfeng away.

Immediately afterward, his 360-degree vision spread out from the Rebirth Temple once again, locking onto the direction of the Yanlong Empire.

At this very moment.

Across the vast wilderness of the Yanlong Empire, those shattered rule fragments of the "City God taboo" had already transformed into several streaks of dim light, shooting rapidly toward the Red Continent.

These rule fragments were incredibly fast, like meteors. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared at the edge of the world, leaving only a few shallow rule trajectories in the Void Realm.

Among the ruins of the collapsed city, the Xingtian Taboo did not pursue those rule fragments of the "City God taboo."

Of course, he couldn't have stopped those scattered rule fragments anyway!

Having lost its target, the "Xingtian Taboo" suddenly ceased all movement.

He stood quietly atop the ruins, black tainted blood constantly dripping from the bone axe in his hand.

Upon his body, various rules surged and ebbed, as if forming some kind of conflict or rejection.

His body trembled incessantly, as if it were about to be torn apart.

After a long while... Lin Chuan noticed that the chaotic and violent rules on the "Xing Tian" taboo suddenly became orderly.

It was as if some force had forcibly smoothed out the rules upon him!

Once the rules shifted from "Chaos" to "Order," the "Xing Tian" taboo's body shifted, slowly turning toward the Kunlun Ruins... "I wish to return... May my soul find peace..."

“Hometown, hometown... No hometown remains...”

A low, desolate, and ancient language issued from the navel of the "Xing Tian" taboo.

As each syllable fell, layers of ripples were stirred in the surrounding space.

This voice seemed to be calling to the past, yet also seemed to be responding to the future... A moment later, the "Xing Tian" taboo moved.

He took heavy strides, treading toward the Kunlun Ruins step by step.

Thump, thump, thump-thump!!!

Every step he took caused the earth to tremble!

His speed did not appear fast.

Yet in just a few seconds, he crossed several provinces and arrived outside the Kunlun Ruins.

From the moment he stepped into the Kunlun Ruins, it was as if time had reached its end.

Within the Kunlun Ruins, various terrifying upheavals... suddenly quieted down!

In the sky, that mysterious scroll which had already unfurled to reveal three taboos seemed to be affected by some force; it quickly rolled up again and vanished into the Void Realm.

The three taboos within the painting disappeared along with it.

“You... return?”

“No! You are not Him.”

At the final moment of dissipation, that eerie figure with three heads and six arms looked at the "Xing Tian" taboo and uttered a malicious mutter.

“You... have... fallen... away...”

“All have...”

The figure with three heads and six arms seemed to be laughing, yet also seemed to be crying.

Bloodstains streamed down his hazy face.

His mutterings were intermittent, finally vanishing on the spot like a passing breeze.

Everything returned to silence.

Deep within the Kunlun Ruins, inside that Bronze Palace that radiated ominous rules and seemed like the source of calamity, the terrifying sounds of impact were also slowly ceasing.

All disasters seemed to have been suppressed.

Even the distorted and chaotic space around the Kunlun Ruins was gradually returning to normal.

A subtle balance was gradually forming within the Kunlun Ruins.

The "Xing Tian" taboo dragged his burly frame to the mountain peak.

The moment he stood firm, he gripped his bone axe and became completely motionless, as if he had turned into an eternally standing statue.

“I...”

“...shall return.”

In the gray and hazy world, low chanting could be faintly heard falling.

In mid-air, that giant white crane looked down upon everything.

When the "Xing Tian" taboo stepped into the Kunlun Ruins, the crimson color in its eyes gradually faded.

Its body was once again draped in a layer of holy colors.

“Skree...”

A crisp crane cry issued from the large crane's mouth.

The large crane circled, staring deeply at the "Xing Tian" taboo.

In the next instant, its form flashed, transforming back into that youth carrying a broken sword.

“Disaster rises, dreams shatter, all returns to the ruins.”

“Gods fall, gods rot...”

“Sigh...”

The youth gripped his sword, his words tinged with killing intent. His hand gradually drew the broken sword from his back, as if he wanted to strike at the "Xing Tian" taboo.

But in the end, he gave up.

“Three hundred eons of cultivation come to naught.”

“Sinking into the Sea of Fate, beyond my control.”

The youth chanted softly, treading upon the void as strands of rules surged from his body, sealing the world in all directions.

Immediately after, the broken sword on his back flew out and transformed into a giant net... completely enveloping the Kunlun Ruins along with the entire land of Qing Province.

Having finished everything, the youth turned into a sky full of white rule-light and vanished without a trace.

Within the Rebirth Temple, a wisp of Lin Chuan's will had been watching the direction of the Kunlun Ruins the entire time.

The rules displayed by the youth made his heart tremble!

For a brief moment just now, he had faintly sensed a wisp of supreme... divinity within the youth!!

...The scene shifted.

On the Arctic Continent, the cold wind was biting, and snowflakes fell like goose feathers.

The mountains and valleys were covered in white. Looking around, the surrounding world was as quiet and beautiful as a fairy tale.

Before the Terror Resurgence apocalypse, the ice fields of the Arctic Continent had always been a Holy Land for tourism.

The ancient Shaven Empire had created a brilliant civilization here that lasted for a thousand years.

However, the Shaven Empire of today... its civilization was nearing extinction!

Terrifying taboos were spreading Chaos in the cold wind!

The towering buildings of the old era were being eroded and distorted.

The high towers symbolizing the Empire were teetering, becoming strongholds for the eerie.

Even the capital, 'Belgrade City', had completely fallen.

The remaining survivors of the Shaven Empire were either howling in despair in the cold wind or simply closing their eyes... quietly waiting for death to arrive.

“Great [taboo of sin], please descend once more, cleanse the filth upon the ice fields, and lead your kin... out of the abyss to see hope again!”

In front of a dilapidated church, Petrovsky knelt on the ground, praying devoutly.

Ever since the medium Projection of the [taboo of sin] had collapsed multiple times, the Shaven Empire, having lost the protection of a high-tier taboo... was almost unable to hold on.

Although that [taboo of sin] was also greedy, cunning, and cruel, He would at least give the ordinary people of the Shaven Empire a thread of a way to live!!

Petrovsky had once thought about simply turning his faith to Lin Chuan of the Land of Rebirth on the Other Shore.

But he never dared to betray the [taboo of sin].

Because before the medium of the [taboo of sin] collapsed, He had already told him... in three to five months at most, His true body would completely descend!

If Petrovsky dared to lead the remaining survivors of the Shaven Empire to betray Him, then in the end, he and the rest of the Shaven Empire's survivors... would surely suffer quite terrifying consequences!