At the location of the Darkness Origin.
The Darkness Origin now is nothing like those underdeveloped things like the Moldy Swamp or the Pit of Sorrow.
The current Darkness Origin is nearly complete.
While it can’t match the Heavenly Dao, which has been nurtured over eons, it just doesn’t have enough time, so it’s facing suppression.
For now, the Darkness Origin consists of three main parts.
First, there’s the Darkness Origin itself, which exists with consciousness. From the last life, it was just enjoying a show when it got caught off guard and blown up by Lu Ye’s self-detonation. Its last angry curse was quite telling.
Second is An Li.
It chose An Li to be its avatar in the mortal realm—An Li is definitely a crucial part of the Darkness Origin.
Why choose An Li?
Simple. In the last life, she not only played the Nine Lives Celestial Lord Lu Ye like a fiddle but nearly toppled the Heavenly Dao.
This left even the Darkness Origin astonished. This woman is fierce!
Third are the beings within the Darkness Origin.
Some of them were once human, but unwilling to die or escape the great calamity of heaven and earth, they became part of the Darkness Origin.
The so-called Dark Chaos is caused by those ancient and powerful beings in the Darkness Origin, coming out to replenish their own essence.
What An Li is currently stirring up…
Hmm…
To be honest, it’s hard to hold it together.
An Li’s face twisted as she struggled.
The entity trapped by the Devouring Dao Beast isn’t An Li’s true body but just a manifestation created using the energy from the Darkness Origin.
If it were An Li’s real self, the Great Sage of the Nine Heavens would have immediately shown up before her.
Right now, the Great Sage’s laws remain immensely powerful. Whether in the Nine Heavens or beyond, anyone who comes is bound to follow the Great Sage’s rules.
The stronger you are, the more you’re restricted.
Such is the power of the Great Sage.
Boom after boom.
The Darkness Origin is being continuously shattered by thunder.
The Darkness Origin is flabbergasted because through An Li’s several attacks, it’s the only one that ended up injured.
Naturally, it wasn’t happy and decided to shift the pain back to An Li.
An Li cried out in agony.
The black thunder is terrifyingly powerful, and the pain it brings is easy to imagine—she felt like she was turning to ashes, and even after that, she’s being roasted in intense heat.
A part of the powerful and ancient beings within the Darkness Origin awakened, shocked out of its mind.
The Darkness Origin was hidden pretty well, so how did the Heavenly Dao catch onto it?
Can the current Darkness Origin fight the Heavenly Dao?
Don’t be ridiculous. The Heavenly Dao could easily handle two Darkness Origins.
So, why was the Darkness Origin discovered?
It was being crumbled bit by bit; no kidding, this time it dropped thousands of years of accumulation.
Attacks are still ongoing.
“Cut off the connection! Quickly sever the path the Heavenly Dao has found!” A strong individual flashed chaotic energy in their eyes and slapped out, shattering the black thunder.
“Don’t interfere!”
Another being saw this scene and changed their tone.
Holy crap! How dare you intervene in the clash between the Heavenly Dao and the Darkness Origin? Do you think the Darkness Origin hasn’t suffered enough damage?
In the next instant, a fiery red bolt of thunder shot out from the void.
Yes, fiery red thunder!
In that moment, the Heavenly Dao’s authority unleashed because someone helped the Darkness Origin, and that fiery red thunder was essentially the ultimate compression of the Dao.
At this moment, all fire-related Dao energies within the Nine Heavens went berserk.
“Boom!”
With one strike, the entire Darkness Origin was set ablaze.
“Quick, sever the connection!”
“I can’t! I’m sealed!” An Li hurriedly replied.
A powerful being’s eyes flashed with killing intent as they went for An Li. Since you’re the connection, all I have to do is kill you, and the link will naturally be severed.
Watching the fist aimed at her, An Li’s pupils constricted.
Suddenly, the Darkness Origin intercepted the attack.
Just a Quasi-Emperor? All it has to do is inject power into An Li to break the Quasi-Emperor’s seal.
Although An Li failed, it was just once or twice.
If it weren’t for the Devouring Dao Beast turning traitor, Lu Ye might really have been killed.
Lu Ye, since coming back to life, has never been pushed into such a desperate situation.
Yes, the Darkness Origin possesses memories from the last life.
When the Heavenly Dao reversed time, it was originally with Lu Ye. Since Lu Ye returned, it would definitely come back as well.
Because of that, the Darkness Origin recognizes that Lu Ye is its greatest enemy in this life.
Actually, it was the same in the last life.
The Dark Chaos should not have been triggered at that time.
The only reason it forcefully initiated the Dark Chaos was Lu Ye’s rapid rise in power.
So the Darkness Origin wanted to take advantage of the chaos to break Lu Ye’s Guarding the Great Dao.
When everything you protect falls, then what is it that you are guarding?
The result? Failed!
Though many of Lu Ye’s friends died…
As for the core of his Guarding Dao, none of the eight women were killed.
Injecting more power from the Darkness Origin.
Breaking free from the Quasi-Emperor’s binding!
Beyond the realm!
The Devouring Dao Beast was wildly excited because it saw those black thunders.
The Heavenly Dao is attacking!!
Look at the speed of the attack, Lu Ye is obviously under constant surveillance by the Heavenly Dao.
Last life, a Celestial Lord; this life, once again becoming the fated child under the Heavenly Dao’s watch. Just thinking about it reveals how much luck he possesses.
So, its gamble was right!
At that moment, the sealed Darkness Origin began to convulse violently.
The Devouring Dao Beast instantly felt its seal wearing thin.
But it had no choice; in front of the Darkness Origin, although it was a Quasi-Emperor, it wasn’t enough—far from it.
“I can’t hold on any longer!”
The Devouring Dao Beast roared.
The black mist within the seal expanded rapidly; the entirety of its head turned red.
Two Heavenly Daos kept striking.
In such a short time, they had at least crushed thousands of years of accumulation of the Darkness Origin.
Don’t underestimate a mere thousand years; while the Darkness Origin has existed for a long time, the actual time for it to actively strengthen itself is limited.
This accumulation over the millennia is enough to take down a chunk of the Darkness Origin.
That’s why Lu Ye in the Fourth Heaven had yet to face the Fifth Heaven and Sixth Heaven; he’s still got a long way to go.
“I really can’t hold on much longer!”
“I tried my best!”
It’s clear that the Devouring Dao Beast is genuinely doing its best.
The enveloping black mist suddenly exploded.
Just at that moment, a Dao cage, which is countless times stronger than the Devouring Dao Beast’s own, suddenly appeared and enveloped the expanding black mist.
Yes! Emperor Dao Hen has made his move!