All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes-Chapter 1580 - 325: Egg of Nonexistence (1/4)
With the support of the people from the Endless Heavens and various sects, the Earth Vein Tree that came from the Northern Border penetrated the Immortal Heaven, painting the once pristine white sky in conspicuous shades of purple and blue.
As the two Divine Woods, one large and one small, collided, even the power of the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony could not withstand the tremors from this primordial force, landing on the giant egg at the roots of the Heavenly Undying Tree.
In an instant, the sky was filled with blazing ion storms resembling a supernova explosion, scattering shattered rifts in time and space that spread and descended in all directions, like waterfalls of flowers blooming in the Heavenly Dome.
But at that moment, the once indestructible giant egg, impervious even to the power of the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony, surprisingly cracked open a fissure.
This scene was undoubtedly beyond the expectations of the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony, and just in its moment of hesitation, An Jing transformed into a stream of light, slipping into the fissure with a speed undetectable and unstoppable even by it.
[Truly the Seven Fiend Tribulation!]
Seeing this scene, it was absolutely impossible for the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony to feel no shock and anger.
But amidst the shock and anger, it had long anticipated this worst outcome: [The Feast of Zhaolin, the revival of the Ancestor Dragon Saint Venerable, you surely have the imprint of Ex Nihilo... Indeed, without this trump card, how would you dare to awaken me early and act when neither side was prepared!]
In just an instant, the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony understood An Jing’s entire plan: the memories of numerous sect strongmen fused within it let it know the situation in the Feast of Zhaolin, and the momentary revival of the Ancestor Dragon Saint Venerable was known by all. As a former victor of the Feast of Zhaolin, how could it not know what rewards An Jing would receive?
It could control the second-generation Ex Nihilo and the Heavenly Undying Tree because of the gifts and help from the Ancestor Dragon, Ancestral Dragon Hall, YuanLong Sea, and other Dragon Clan elements. An Jing, being far stronger than itself and the strongest "Divine Treasure True Man" in history, would surely receive a reward greater than it did back then.
If An Jing acquired the power of Ex Nihilo before it, it would be unable to maintain its current [Empty Mirror Reflection] state and would be obliterated by the besieging Heavenly Venerables.
Despite all precautions, who would have thought An Jing could truly endure, possessing the prestige to rally over ten Heavenly Venerables to besiege it while spending the entire time outside the battle circle, waiting for an opportunity!
——Had An Jing dared to make a single move afterward, the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony was confident it could join forces with the Heavenly Demon to temporarily banish An Jing beyond Embracing the Void, making it difficult to return for decades unless Subdue Evil awakened!
And if Subdue Evil did awaken, what more needed to be said? It proved it could successfully summon a Harmonization Heavenly Sword to pierce the Illusionary Barrier!
[Among countless possibilities, An Jing, you are truly calm and vicious, unlike a young Martial Artist.]
Once again raising its hand, the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony blocked the light of the Haotian Mirror, then unleashed its three heads and six arms to repel the joint attack of Daoist Xuan Yi and Quan Wuzhong, laughing heartily while internally deciding: [Given this, I can only stake it all!]
Without hesitation, the arms closest to its chest swung, shaking off the attacks of all the Heavenly Venerables, as the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony plunged its hands into its own chest.
With ten fingers like blades tearing skin and bone, it ripped apart its divine body, flipping open its ribs to expose the inside of the Vast Tribulation Dharma Body’s chest, letting boundless dark golden light illuminate the Immortal Heaven.
It was a core, or rather, a central hub — throughout the interior and exterior of the Immortal Heaven, hundreds or even thousands of ’Mysterious Heaven Ceremonies’ existed; each was independent, yet all shared one identity, lacking a true core, forming a genuinely decentralized network.
However, within this one ’Mysterious Heaven Ceremony’ of the Immortal Heaven, there resided a core.
It was the convergence of infinite spatial-temporal possibilities under the name ’Mysterious Heaven Ceremony’, unable to control any of them, and its destruction would not affect any of them. But simultaneously, it was the intersection of all ’Mysterious Heaven Ceremonies’, akin to the deepest overlap of threads in a tangled web, colored to pure black.
The tangled web is a fusion of countless threads, of course, without a core, but this point, where all lines converge, is its coreless center.
Now, this ’coreless center’ too transformed into light, plummeting toward [The Egg of Nonexistence]’s fissure, merging within, as the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony loudly proclaimed: [The time has come for the Four Gods of Demon Heaven to fulfill our contract!]
[I want to make a bet with all the demons of this world!]
At the moment its voice resonated through the Great Void of Immortal Heaven, the path for return blocked by the swiftly approaching Great Formation, the four esteemed Heavenly Demons who appeared to be in dire straits suddenly laughed heartily, responding in unison.
[The original Mysterious Heaven Imperial Lord, the thirty-thousand-year contract, today it concludes]
[If you win, you will become the Demon Suppression Lord, Devouring Demon Saint, manifesting on the Devour Evil and Return to Truth Path; we shall be your victory’s offerings.]
[If you lose, you will be the new Supreme Demon God, and we will aid you in achieving dominance.]
[But no matter the outcome, as demons and as conscious beings, we admire your madness and fall, and in the darkness, that spark striving to transcend!]
Instantly, they all broke free from the seal’s constraints, transforming into four beams of divine light, burning dark flames, converging at the center of the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony’s chest.
Immediately, the aura of the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony surged once more, but all Heavenly Venerables battling it understood that the real Mysterious Heaven Ceremony had already forsaken its shell, handing over control to the Four Heavenly Demons, while it itself had absconded into the Egg of Nonexistence to compete with An Jing, who had arrived earlier!
[Only An Jing and the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony entered the Undying Tree?]
Everything happened in a flash, and while the Heavenly Venerables only vaguely knew about the contract between the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony and the demons, they couldn’t ascertain or prevent it. After witnessing it, the Heavenly Essence Four Saints spoke solemnly: [That Emperor Huaixu is not a kind soul, but truly possesses outstanding resolve and strength. Should he become a Holy Demon, it would indeed be a great calamity for the world!]
[How can we assist An Jing?]
This was clearly the most crucial question, yet embarrassingly, no one present could help An Jing. Moreover, there was an even more dire issue as the Great Mountain Roc spoke gravely: [It’s not just the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony and An Jing, let us not forget, previously the Little Emperor was stabbed in the back by Prince Zhong; the former was grabbed by the Mysterious Heaven Ceremony, and though unsuccessful, they still vanished, while the latter disappeared after the betrayal, likely having become a demon and escaped as well]
[If those two also entered that egg, then An Jing’s situation... might not be a one-on-one!]
