Chapter 328

Chapter 328: One Splits into Thousands

With a deep and terrifying rumble, the chaos began.

Intense black light surged through a special passage, directly infusing into Bai Qiulan’s body.

“Ah!”

A piercing scream erupted from Bai Qiulan’s mouth.

Her figure blurred beneath the black glow.

The horrifying energy seemed to want to vaporize her body into particles.

This pain, unlike the extreme icy pain of Chaos Yin Poison, was a scorching, overwhelming force capable of shattering everything.

The black light transmitted through threads toward the Devouring Dao Beast, which also let out a screeching roar. The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens appeared as expected, but this time he didn’t intervene because the Devouring Dao Beast hadn’t reached a level that required his action.

He was merely curious about what the Devouring Dao Beast was up to.

“Ding, discovered! Heavenly Dao, strike now!”

“Beep, received!”

Two bolts of black lightning instantly vanished into the void, crashing toward the Darkness Origin.

“Ding, increase the frequency!”

“Beep, received!”

In an instant, a massive wave of black lightning converged like a river, cleaving toward the void.

One could imagine the Darkness Origin must be taking quite a beating now.

An Li nearly ground her silver teeth to dust.

Such a subtle infusion of power from the Darkness Origin could be sensed by the Heavenly Dao? How is that even possible?

Does the Heavenly Dao have nothing better to do than watch Bai Qiulan and the others all day?

With matters reaching this stage, there was simply no turning back. Even if it meant hurting the Darkness Origin, this plan had to go through.

“Ahhh!”

Bai Qiulan’s cries grew even more shrill, to the point where her voice might crack.

She even actively triggered the Chaos Yin Poison, hoping the chilling effect of the poison would lessen her burning agony.

However, the Chaos Yin Poison had been absorbed too thoroughly by Yue Hongling before.

So now, there was absolutely no trace of it left.

Thus, this unbearable suffering was solely for Bai Qiulan to endure.

She felt like she was dying, completely reduced to ashes.

The Darkness Origin was using her body as a vessel, a buffer. She was like a pool beneath a waterfall, bearing the most terrifying impact to let the Darkness Origin ease a bit before flowing onward toward the Devouring Dao Beast.

Her consciousness remained clear.

She could vividly see “herself” steadily transferring the power of the Darkness Origin into the black pipes. The speed was rapid because if it slowed down even a little, Bai Qiulan’s body would be blown to bits.

Just like operating the **Feminine Extreme Yin Sutra**, enduring such vast energy from the Darkness Origin required a powerful soul; otherwise, if the soul shattered, completing this task would be impossible.

“Roar!”

The Devouring Dao Beast let out a heartbreaking roar that made the stars sway and the void twist.

Under the surprised gaze of the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, the Devouring Dao Beast erupted in black light, and its massive body began to disintegrate in that moment.

At the very moment of disintegration, the aura of the Darkness Origin burst forth from the Devouring Dao Beast.

Without any delay, black lightning descended upon the Devouring Dao Beast like a torrential downpour.

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens frowned; this black lightning clearly surpassed the limits of the Fourth Heaven.

But this was the Heavenly Dao’s doing.

What could the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens do? He could only clasp his hands behind his back and look up at the sky.

The black lightning streaked through the void, overwhelming. The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens couldn’t help but gaze at it.

The Devouring Dao Beast exploded.

Literally exploded.

Countless smaller Devouring Dao Beasts appeared, and the aura of the Devouring Dao Beast plummeted, while the aura of the Darkness Origin vanished in an instant.

A vast number of Devouring Dao Beasts were annihilated.

But there were just too many Devouring Dao Beasts.

Due to the disappearance of the Darkness Origin, the Heavenly Dao could no longer continue its assault, managing to eliminate less than a tenth of the Devouring Dao Beasts.

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens stared at this scene, astonished.

Did they really think of such a method?

The Devouring Dao Beast, capable of devouring the Dao, had dispersed the various devouring Daos, blood and flesh scattered, energy dispersed, ultimately transforming into this state.

Each Devouring Dao Beast was at the pinnacle state of the Heaven and Earth Realm and possessed Dao and supernatural powers far exceeding what the Heaven and Earth Realm could offer.

Looking around, the entire void was a black mass; you wouldn’t have any idea how many Devouring Dao Beasts appeared.

Question: How many Heaven and Earth Realms equal a Quasi-Emperor?

Now we have the answer.

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens frowned, merely a remnant of the laws he had left, lacking any awareness of his own.

Seeing the Devouring Dao Beast morph into this form made him instinctively feel uneasy.

But pinpointing what was wrong wasn’t easy to grasp.

Right under the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens’ nose, the Devouring Dao Beast seemed to have glitched!

One particularly bold Devouring Dao Beast gathered its courage, flying straight toward the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens.

It approached right in front of him.

“Can you see me?”

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens nodded.

“Aren’t you going to attack me?”

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens didn’t attack.

The Devouring Dao Beast couldn’t hold back and began to circle around the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, twisting its body and bursting into arrogant laughter.

“Hahaha, Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, you can’t suppress me any longer! Five thousand years! A full five thousand years! Do you have any idea how I’ve spent these past five thousand years?”

“Now, I finally have a new life!”

“Hahaha!”

“Aren’t you formidable? Why don’t you hit me?!”

“Go on, hit me!”

“Bang!”

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens delivered a punch, and the Devouring Dao Beast turned into dust.

All the Devouring Dao Beasts jumped back, startled and huddling together.

The Great Sage of the Nine Heavens had never encountered such a request in his life; even without much awareness, he couldn’t help but deliver a punch.

Not for any other reason, just because the Great Sage was inherently *good*!

He was always so easy to satisfy others’ requests.

But after smashing this one out of countless Devouring Dao Beasts into pieces, he fell back into that calm state.

Logically, nothing should be able to breach the rules set by the Great Sage now; he should have disappeared. Yet, he remained there, seemingly waiting for the next development.

The Devouring Dao Beasts couldn’t help but stare at the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens, and as soon as he became immobile, they all erupted in furious roars.

In an instant, the void trembled.

“Don’t forget the agreement between us!”

An Li spoke through Bai Qiulan, not daring to show her face, knowing she’d be obliterated if she did.

The others inside the Darkness Origin were beginning to grow impatient with An Li.

Because of An Li, the Darkness Origin had been attacked multiple times. Although the Darkness Origin trusted An Li immensely, even it couldn’t keep tolerating her antics.

“Of course I won’t forget. Lu Ye, right? I’ll help you kill him!”

Another roar pierced the air, as the mass of Devouring Dao Beasts surged into the void.