Evil dragon and demonic shadow, the end of annihilation.

Beneath the ancestral temple, the Blood Pool surged, and evil Qi soared.

The mutated and fused Zhao Wuji sat high upon a throne of bones. His terrifying half-dragon, half-shadow body exuded suffocating pressure. His twisted face bore madness and greed, with one Dragon eye and one Shadow eye, fixed intently on the intruding Nightmare and Su Wanqing.

"Welcome to... My Dao-Attainment Land!" Zhao Wuji's voice was like metal scraping, mixed with a Dragon's roar and the whisper of shadows. "Behold! This perfect power! Power that transcends the limits of this realm! And you, will become the final part of this great power!"

Beside the throne, the Qianyuan Pavilion Master, bound by shadow chains, struggled to raise his head. Seeing Nightmare, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, immediately turning into anxious warning. He seemed to want to say something but was confined by power, unable to speak.

When Su Wanqing was swept by that evil gaze, she felt her Soul tremble. Her Nine Aperture Exquisite Body instinctively resisted violently, emitting a pure halo.

Nightmare shielded Su Wanqing behind him, his rule fragment having already thoroughly scanned the opponent's state.

[Target: Zhao Wuji (Evil Dragon/Origin Shadow Fusion Body)]

[Status: Energy Rank surpasses Body Integration Peak (suppressed by realm), power is chaotic and highly polluting, core Fusion is unstable, with severe rejection reactions. Weakness: Junction of Dragon Soul and Shadow Origin, heart position.]

[Threat Level: Extremely High!]

"Forcibly devouring impure power, turning yourself into neither human nor ghost, and you dare call it perfect?" Nightmare's voice was cold, carrying undisguised mockery. "Today, I will let this monster of yours completely return to Annihilation!"

"Arrogant!" Zhao Wuji was enraged and slammed the armrest of his throne!

Boom!

The entire Blood Pool boiled. Countless foul blood transformed into ferocious giant pythons, twisted shadow spikes, and violent Dragon fiend shockwaves, rushing towards Nightmare and Su Wanqing like a tsunami from all directions! The intensity of the assault far surpassed anything before!

Nightmare's eyes narrowed, and his rule fragment instantly activated!

"Annihilation Domain: Absolute Clear Space!"

A more solid, more profound grayish-black Domain rapidly expanded with him as the center! Within the Domain, it was as if a separate world had formed. All external energy, Law, and even malice were forcibly repelled, purified, and annihilated!

The surging blood pythons, shadow spikes, and Dragon fiend impacts, upon entering the Domain's range, were as if they had encountered an invisible barrier. Their speed drastically decreased, and they dissolved and disintegrated at a visible rate, eventually turning into nothingness!

Absolute Defense!

"What?!" Zhao Wuji's Dragon pupils contracted sharply, clearly not expecting his attack to be so easily resolved. The opponent's strange Domain seemed to completely counter his power!

"Your power... is mine!" Zhao Wuji's greed intensified. His fused body suddenly stood up, stepping directly out of the Blood Pool. A massive claw covered in Dragon scales and shadows tore through the Domain, personally grabbing at Nightmare! The claw wind was sharp, containing the dual powers of tearing Law and corrosive shadows!

"Close combat? Exactly what I wanted!"

Nightmare did not retreat. His Undying Golden Body operated to its extreme, his fist wrapped in highly condensed Annihilation runes, and he punched out!

Fist and claw collided again!

Boom—!!!

A terrifying energy storm instantly exploded, shaking the entire underground space violently. The Blood Pool churned, and the ancestral temple's foundation groaned under the unbearable strain!

This time, it was no longer a contest of Law, but a direct clash of pure power and Origin!

Crack! A grating sound of bones breaking echoed!

Zhao Wuji screamed. His seemingly indestructible giant claw was actually shattered by Nightmare's punch, scales flying, shadows dispersing, and finger bones broken! The Power of Annihilation was like a persistent gangrene, madly spreading up his arm. Wherever it passed, flesh withered and energy was annihilated!

"Impossible! My power is invincible!" Zhao Wuji was both shocked and enraged. He frantically activated the Evil Dragon's power and the Origin Shadow Seed, barely forcing back the Annihilation power's erosion. Flesh wriggled at his broken arm, attempting to regenerate.

But would Nightmare give him the chance?

His rule fragment had already calculated everything! The moment Zhao Wuji was injured and retreated, Nightmare's rule fragment locked onto the most unstable weakness at his heart, where the Dragon Soul and Shadow Origin powers intertwined!

"Now! Annihilation: Exterminate Evil!"

Nightmare's fingers converged like a sword. His rule fragment, nirvana dao seed, and Undying Golden Body's triple powers perfectly fused, all condensed at his fingertip! An extremely restrained, grayish-black Annihilation Finger Force, seemingly capable of piercing through the Origin of all things and ending all evil, disregarded spatial distance and instantly struck!

This finger strike was fast! Accurate! Ruthless! It condensed Nightmare's strongest attack power at this moment, and it was also the optimal solution deduced by his rule fragment, targeting Zhao Wuji's current state!

Zhao Wuji had no time to react. He had barely even formed the thought of resisting when the Annihilation Finger Force had already precisely struck the chaotic energy node at his heart!

Pfft!

The Finger Force easily pierced through his bodily defenses and entered his body!

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Zhao Wuji's massive body suddenly stiffened. The madness and greed on his face froze, replaced by extreme horror and disbelief.

"Im...pos...sible..." He lowered his head with difficulty, looking at the ever-expanding hole at his heart, emitting Annihilation Qi.

Buzz—!

The next moment, the barely fused, violent and chaotic Evil Dragon's power and Origin Shadow Seed energy within him, like a lit powder keg, suddenly lost control, conflicted, and erupted!

"Roar—!" "Hiss—!"

The wail of a Dragon Soul and the shriek of shadows simultaneously emanated from within him!

His body swelled violently like an inflated balloon. Dragon scales and shadows clashed madly, and countless cracks appeared on his skin, spewing out foul blood light and shadow energy!

"No! My power! My..." Zhao Wuji let out a desperate and unwilling roar, trying to suppress the runaway power within him, but it was all futile. The Annihilation Finger Force not only severely damaged his core but also acted as a fuse, completely detonating all hidden dangers within his fused power!

Rumble rumble rumble—!!!

The ultimate explosion occurred!

A terrifying energy storm instantly swallowed Zhao Wuji, the throne of bones, the entire Blood Pool, and the ancestral temple's underground!

Nightmare, the moment the Finger Force struck, had already used his rule fragment to protect Su Wanqing and himself. At the same time, his rule fragment swept out, pulling the bound Qianyuan Pavilion Master into the protective range, and his figure rapidly retreated!

The destructive energy shockwave pursued them, spreading violently. Wherever it passed, everything was flattened and turned into nothingness!

The entire Imperial City's ancestral temple, along with half of the Imperial Capital ruins, completely vanished at this moment, leaving only a bottomless giant pit in its place!

The aftermath of the explosion slowly subsided.

The three of them, Nightmare, Su Wanqing, and the Qianyuan Pavilion Master, floated at the edge of the giant pit. The light of the protective shield formed by Nightmare's rule fragment was somewhat dim, but it had successfully withstood the impact of the explosion.

He looked at the center of the explosion, where nothing remained but faint traces of conflicting and annihilating evil energy, proving Zhao Wuji's existence.

The Imperial Dynasty's ruler, the fused monster Zhao Wuji, finally reaped what he sowed, his body and spirit utterly destroyed!

The bloody light screen shrouding the Imperial Capital, due to the death of its orchestrator and the destruction of its core, began to flicker violently, becoming extremely unstable, and finally let out a mournful cry, shattering and dissipating with a boom!

Sunlight once again shone upon this ravaged land. Although it was scarred, the suffocating evil and oppression finally began to recede.

"Is... is it over?" Su Wanqing looked at the huge pit below, still somewhat disbelieving. That terrifying monster was just... annihilated by Senior Brother's single finger?

Nightmare's rule fragment scanned several times, confirming that Zhao Wuji's aura had completely disappeared, before slowly nodding: "Yes, it's over."

He waved his hand to unlock the shadow chains on the Qianyuan Pavilion Master, and passed a trace of pure Annihilation Origin to help stabilize his injuries.

"Thank... thank you, Fellow Daoist Ye... for saving my life..." The Qianyuan Pavilion Master thanked him weakly, his gaze at Nightmare filled with shock and complexity. He hadn't expected that the one who would ultimately save everything would be this "Devil Head" whom the Imperial Dynasty had previously regarded as a great enemy.

"What exactly happened? Why did Zhao Wuji turn out like this?" Nightmare asked in a deep voice.

The Qianyuan Pavilion Master gave a bitter smile, speaking intermittently: "Zhao Wuji... was already seduced by the Shadow Clan and that Evil Dragon's Soul... The Blood Sacrifice plan failed... and you destroyed his Dragon Soul Clone... He knew he was no match... so he took a desperate gamble... used a forbidden art... forcibly fused with the remnant ancient Evil Dragon Soul suppressed beneath the ancestral temple and the 'Origin Shadow Seed' bestowed by the Shadow Clan... and even... even performed a Blood Sacrifice of the entire city... wishing to forcibly Breakthrough... and... and capture Miss Su... as a vessel to stabilize the Fusion... My Qianyuan Pavilion... tried to stop him... but..."

At the end of his words, his face showed grief, indignation, and guilt. The Qianyuan Pavilion had clearly paid a heavy price for this.

Nightmare was silent. Ambition and madness ultimately led Zhao Wuji and the entire Imperial Dynasty to destruction.

His rule fragment swept across the scarred Imperial Capital. Billions of lives had turned into withered bones, a lamentable sight. But the culprit of all this had been brought to justice.

His rule fragment moved slightly, retrieving several items from the ruins: a twisted black Dragon horn (Evil Dragon remnant), a pulsating shadow crystal (Origin Shadow Seed residue), and a damaged but still emitting Imperial Dao aura jade seal (Imperial Dynasty National Seal).

These would be excellent Materials for his rule fragment to analyze Dragon Clan, shadow, and Imperial Dao Law.

"This place is not suitable for long stays. The Imperial Dynasty's collapse will surely shake the world, and various forces will arrive soon." Nightmare said to the Qianyuan Pavilion Master, "Take care of yourself."

After speaking, he no longer lingered. He pulled Su Wanqing, and his rule fragment activated the Law of Space. With a flash of silver light, the two disappeared.

The Qianyuan Pavilion Master looked at the spot where they disappeared, then at the massive scar beneath his feet, and sighed deeply. He also dragged his injured body, staggering into the Void Realm and departing.

After this battle, the Imperial Dynasty, which had dominated the Tianxuan Continent for ten thousand years, completely became history.

And the name of Nightfish will, with undisputed absolute power, shake the entire continent and become a legend of an era.

In the Void Realm, Nightmare took Su Wanqing and headed into the distance.

Old grievances were settled, but new challenges, such as the existence behind the Shadow Clan, the mysteries of this realm's Law, and the vaster Myriad Worlds, still awaited them.

(End of Volume)