The Supreme Being has fallen, and the main force has been wiped out.

The space was completely sealed by the Dao Reversal Cage.

Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being hovered in mid-air, the black-gray flames still burning at the wound on his right shoulder, crazily devouring his Origin.

For the first time, panic appeared on his face—not panic over being wounded, but panic over 'death' itself.

He had lived for nine thousand eight hundred years, climbing step by step from a small Cultivator to the position of Grand Elder of the Divine Court, having seen countless life and death situations, and even personally ended the lives of many strong enemies.

But those were the deaths of others.

His own death... he had never considered it.

"Nightmare!" Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being hissed, his voice carrying a trace of imperceptible trembling, "Let me go, and I guarantee in my capacity as the Grand Elder of the Divine Court that the Divine Court will no longer pursue everything you have done before! You can even join the Divine Court, and I will personally recommend you to be the next commander of the Zhennan Branch!"

He was begging for mercy.

Although it was said obscurely, it was indeed begging for mercy.

Nightmare carried the Dao Reversal Supreme Blade, walking closer step by step, with no expression on his face.

"Saying these things now," he said indifferently, "is too late."

Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being's expression was ferocious: "Do you really think that if you kill me, the Divine Court will let you go? I tell you, the Heavenly Emperor of the Divine Court has already stepped into the Late Stage of the Cosmic Supreme Realm, only one step away from that legendary Creation Realm! If you kill me today, the Heavenly Emperor will arrive in person tomorrow and grind you and all your subordinates into powder!"

"Then let him come," Nightmare said, not stopping his steps, "I will kill one for every one that comes."

"You—!" Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being was completely desperate.

He gritted his teeth fiercely, and his glabella cracked open again; this time it was not for communication, but for burning!

Burning his Divine Soul, burning the prototype of his inner Universe, burning everything that could be burned!

He was going to fight to the death.

Even if he died, he would drag Nightmare down with him!

"Divine Court Forbidden Art: Life Bound to Heaven and Earth!!!"

Amidst the roar, Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being's body began to swell, and countless golden cracks appeared on his skin surface, with dazzling light emanating from within the cracks.

That was a sign that he was compressing all his Origin to the limit, preparing to self-destruct.

The self-destruction of a powerhouse in the Cosmic Supreme Realm had enough power to flatten an area within a thousand miles, and even space itself would be completely shattered, forming permanent Void Realm rifts.

But this was the moment Nightmare had been waiting for.

"Want to self-destruct?" A cold arc curved at the corner of his mouth, "Then go ahead and explode."

Before the words fell, Nightmare gripped his blade with both hands and held it high above his head.

Inside his body, the power of the three dao reversal keys, the full might of the Grandmist Chaos Void Dao Reversal Demonic Star Flame, and the Divine Court Origin he had devoured from Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being these past few days... all powers were completely fused at this moment.

"Grandmist Chaos Void: Reverse Path Annihilation."

He uttered these eight words syllable by syllable.

Then, he slashed down.

He did not slash towards Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being, but towards... the Void Realm above his head.

Where the blade passed, a thin black line appeared in the air.

The line was extremely thin, so thin it was almost invisible to the naked eye.

But after the line appeared, everything around it began to twist, collapse, and disappear.

Light disappeared.

Sound disappeared.

Even space itself was collapsing toward that thin line.

Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being's swelling body suddenly paused.

He felt that the Origin compressed to the limit inside his body was being crazily extracted, devoured, and annihilated by an indescribable power.

It was not being attacked, but... erased.

"This... this is..." He looked down at his chest.

There, a thin black line had pierced into his body at some unknown time.

Where the line passed, flesh, bones, Meridians, Dantian, the prototype of his inner Universe... everything was disappearing.

It was not shattering, nor was it being destroyed.

It was disappearing.

Just like using an eraser to wipe away pencil marks; nothing remained where it was wiped.

"No—!!!"

Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being let out a final roar.

But the roar was also rapidly weakening because his throat, vocal cords, and lungs were all disappearing.

Three breaths.

Only three breaths.

A powerhouse in the Cosmic Supreme Realm who had lived for thousands of years completely vanished from this world.

There was no explosion, no light, no residue.

Only a wisp of pure Cosmic Supreme Realm Origin and a palm-sized, gilded token remained, hovering in mid-air.

Nightmare reached out and grabbed both items.

He absorbed the Origin directly into his body, and glanced at the token—the front was engraved with "Divine Court Mobilization", and the back was engraved with "Core Access".

"Divine Court Core Mobilization Token..." Nightmare put away the token and looked at the battlefield below.

---

On the ground, the battle had reached its end.

The moment Suppressing Heaven Supreme Being fell, all Divine Court Cultivators sensed it.

It was a resonance originating from the Origin—the Grand Elder was dead.

"The Grand Elder... has fallen?"

"How is that possible... The Grand Elder was in the Cosmic Supreme Realm!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

Morale collapsed completely.

Of the twenty Hongmeng Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators, only seven remained now.

Of the hundred Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators, only thirty-odd remained.

They no longer had the will to fight, turned around, and fled, wanting only to survive.

But Nightmare would not give them the chance.

He hovered in mid-air, watching the Divine Court Cultivators fleeing in all directions, his eyes as cold as ice.

"None of you will leave."

He opened his arms.

Black-gray flames surged out from his body, not just a wisp or two, but pouring out like a broken dam.

The flames spread rapidly in the air, turning into a sea of fire covering a hundred miles.

The sea of fire crashed down.

"Ah—!"

"Mercy! I am willing to surrender!"

"No—!"

Screams rose one after another.

But the flames had no mercy.

Whether you were in the Hongmeng Celestial Venerable Realm or the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm, whether you were begging for mercy or cursing, the flames treated everyone equally—burn.

A mere ten breaths.

The sea of fire receded.

On the ground, everything was charred black.

All the fleeing Divine Court Cultivators had disappeared.

Not corpses, but not even ashes remained; they were burned into the purest energy and devoured and absorbed by the flames.

On the battlefield, only the Cultivators of the Joint Defense Army remained.

They stared blankly at this scene, their throats dry, unable to speak.

They won?

Did they really win?

They not only blocked the Divine Court's main force, but also... completely annihilated them?

Even the Grand Elder in the Cosmic Supreme Realm was dead?

"Master... long live!" The Deputy was the first to react, shouting hoarsely.

"Long live Master!!"

"Long live the Nidao Alliance!!"

Cheers erupted like a tsunami.

Nightmare descended from the sky and stood in the center of the charred battlefield.

He scanned the surroundings and spoke slowly:

"Count the battle losses and collect the spoils. All Storage Pouches, Magic Treasures, and lost Origins of the Divine Court Cultivators must be collected."

"Yes!" The Deputy immediately took people to do it.

Nightmare turned and looked toward Chixue City.

The protective shield on the city walls had been removed, and countless commoners and low-level Cultivators in the city were standing on the walls, looking toward this side.

There was fear and awe on their faces, but more of it was a kind of... fanaticism.

From today on, no power in this edge of the inland region would be able to threaten the Nidao Alliance.

And from today on, the name Nightmare would truly resound throughout the Higher Domains.

---

Half an hour later.

The Deputy returned with the statistics: "Master, our army lost three thousand two hundred men, over five thousand were seriously injured, and over ten thousand suffered minor injuries."

"We killed twenty Hongmeng Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators of the Divine Court, one hundred Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators, seized one hundred and twenty Storage Pouches, over three hundred various Magic Treasures, and countless origin crystals."

Nightmare nodded: "Compensate the families of those who died in battle, and reward those who have merit heavily. Distribute all spoils according to merit."

"Yes!"

The Deputy was about to leave, but Nightmare called him back.

"Also," he looked to the north, which was the direction of the core area of the Hongmeng Divine Court, "pass down the order for the whole army to rest for three days. Three days later... we have new things to do."

The Deputy's eyes brightened: "Master, are we going to..."

Nightmare did not answer, only gripped the Divine Court Core Mobilization Token in his hand.

"The Divine Court will not let this rest. Rather than waiting for them to come again, it is better to..."

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

"We take the initiative to go to their door."