All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes-Chapter 1498 - 270: Death Ray (1/4)

In that instant, Shenjing lost all sound.

Desolate, silent, even... silent extinction.

A quietness akin to death spread across the world.

And all eyes, all hopes, followed with the upward tilt of each Shenjing resident’s head, and the gaze of countless pupils, focused on the Divine Beheading Platform.

Determination. Confidence.

Almost, to the point of faith.

So that when the blue-green Sword Lotus, suspended in the Heavenly Dome, the mountainous Spirit Stone core, truly burst forth with brilliance far beyond the stars, they didn’t even immediately see it, nor feel fear.

—Go! Forbidden Army! You can definitely do it!

—The Town King is here, the Grand Governor and the Grandmaster are here, if these pillars of Da Chen act, then this An Jing... was this Heavenly Mandate the name? They will definitely be suppressed!

—Damn those government officials, aren’t they usually so arrogant when they bully us? They can’t be lacking when dealing with outsiders!

In this moment, An Jing could hear, could feel... these voices.

These, ’beliefs’.

Because at this moment, he was also ’Da Chen’.

Shenjing was not just An Jing’s goal alone. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Gu Yeqi wanted to know what kind of place had swallowed all her family.

Cang Linzu wanted to see what the imperial capital he once believed in looked like.

Bai Qinghan wanted to know the workings of Da Chen and the truths after numerous disasters.

And You Ruhui... or rather, Xuan Mingjing, daughter of Da Chen Jing King.

What she wanted, was termination.

The future visions King Jing had planned had already been burned to ashes, and so, as a daughter of her father and a Commandery Princess of the Imperial Court, she couldn’t allow the monstrous spawn of disasters to reside in her hometown.

No matter if that spawn was the Civil-Military Group gradually driven mad in the pursuit of power, or the Holy Ancestor who founded Shenjing and the Empire, all of ’Da Chen’, or indeed the truly ’Emperor’s Natural Master’ whose plans were utterly inscrutable — she would crush, obstruct, destroy their plans.

She too would become the ’calamity’.

Therefore, An Jing also shared his strength with this companion who was not his Companion Star, using his own power to cover her Emperor’s Blood, and with Bai Qinghan and Gu Yeqi’s actions and assassinations, sent this Commandery Princess’s blood and skills into every corner of the Divine Capital Array.

Then... erode, usurp.

Thus making Da Chen’s Array become An Jing’s power.

How strong.

At this moment, An Jing could sense, that what was linked to him was an entire vast empire.

From Minhai to Hao River, from Hanhai to Jiannan, from Jiulin to Baiyuan, from Chi Jiang to Western Mountain.

All of it, whether ancient ruins of the Heavenly Gate’s old soil, or deep forests and mountains of Youxia; whether mighty rivers of Hongjiang, or abyssal canyons submerged beneath billions of spans of Yu Yuan.

Everything was governed by a network, a system, an organization, a... gargantuan entity’s will.

That is the [Earth Vein Xuan Net].

Unlike what people imagined, in essence, the [Heaven and Sea Array] was aimed at ’Heaven and Earth Law’, in other words, it primarily maintained the ’Heavenly Governor’s Law’ throughout Da Chen, which was similar yet distinct from Huai Xu Realm, along with other related details, and didn’t involve much with material Spiritual Fiends, nor was it truly the ’sky’.

On the contrary, the Earth Vein Xuan Net, is what governs everything earthly, including the Earth Vein Divine Soldier, the transport and operation of Material Image Spiritual Fiends, and the ’sky’ within its core central hub.

And now, based on the blood of You Ruhui, who left the Imperial Court but was never officially removed, An Jing, who had prepared in advance, also temporarily became one-third master of this incredible power.

Thus, gaining the qualification to confront Da Chen’s Civil-Military officials.

Indeed.

At this moment, it seemed that the Civil-Military officials at the Divine Beheading Platform remained immovable, but in reality, they were contending with An Jing, You Ruhui, and the Spirit Net Formation from Tianyuan Realm for cross-realm support.

Both sides’ will, souls, and calculations were engaged in a speed battle beyond human imagination in Shenjing’s dark corners.

In mere instants, some officials secretly spat blood, collapsing, and several far-flung Da Chen city and town Earth Vein Xuan Net malfunctioned, their accumulated Spiritual Fiend and Incense Fire Wishing Power was invoked.

On An Jing’s side, all Feathered Humans within Bright Mirror Sect having a Puppetry body temporarily halted action, their thoughts stemming from their souls, but the calculation power of the built-in chips coordinating their actions was fully mobilized.

And within Tianyuan Realm, clusters of large-scale Spirit Crystal servers overheated and burnt out, with priceless pinnacle technology crystallizations discarded like waste at the fastest speed, switched.

Each seemingly quiet moment was the burning of mountains and seas of gold and silver, Spiritual Objects reduced to ashes.

Yet, these mortals of Shenjing understood none of this.

They knew nothing, saw nothing.

Clearly, Shenjing was shattered by An Jing stamping a crucial Earth Vein core node into pieces, nearly obliterating the joint efforts of the Four Great Families in an instant.

Clearly, the Civil-Military officials were suppressed by this sudden usurpation, unable to exert their full strength for the moment.

Clearly, An Jing had seized such a strategic advantage through an ambush.

Yet they still believed, believed without reason, depending neither on thought nor wisdom, relying solely on instinct and habit to believe.

Da Chen can definitely suppress, obliterate this ’traitor’, ’rebel’, even ’evil demon’, with ease!

[An Jing]

At this moment, An Jing’s Cave Heaven echoed with You Ruhui’s voice carrying a hint of fatigue: [All those Shenjing people wishing to live have moved to the Great Void, where do you intend to place them?]

"Just casually throw them at Bright Mirror Sect or over to Jin’s side."

An Jing said calmly: "If they don’t want to die, let them live."

"As for those who refuse to leave no matter what..."

Even as ’calamity’, he couldn’t help but sigh at this moment: "Such loyal people, Da Chen, how wasteful?"

The Martial Artist sensed this majestic tide of thought, overlooking the countless citizens unwilling to leave Shenjing City, showing an expression of admiration and sympathy: "If this confidence were to shift, even a fraction, applied to themselves, this Shenjing, this world, would surely change its form, never to be the same as it is now."

"But if it’s placed upon others, without thinking, without understanding, merely submitting and accepting, merely blindly believing and stubbornly giving up autonomy and wisdom..."

A mere instant of thought.

The countdown ended, An Jing no longer spoke.

He raised his hand, making a gesture akin to a gun.

And above him, the constantly changing Spirit Stone contracted amidst sharp, ear-piercing screams, forming a layered acceleration track at its geometric center.

All the energy was concentrated in the center of this track, the base point of the Spiritual Fiend, and then...

"Die."

He unleashed a Divine Light.

In that instant, the previously crimson Heavenly Dome turned white.